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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-08

CONTEMPT OF CoURT.-There is case on
the docket of Henrico County Court in
which colored man is plaintiff. Mr..
John N. Davis is counsel for the defend
ant, which fact having come to the ears of
the negro, he approached Mr.. Davis in the
courtroom on yesterday and made threats
of personal violence if he appeared for the
defendant, accompanying the declaration
with menacing gestures. Mr.. Davis called
the attention of the court to the matter,
and the negro was severely reprimanded.
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We have received from ]. Wall Turner
the New York Ledger for May 18th, con-
tanning the opening chapters of Rev. ii.
Ward Beecher's story.
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THE GRAND JURY OF THE UNITED
STATES CIRCUIT CoURT.-The grand Jury
was, we heard from a good source, yes
terday engaged in examining into the
street: car question. A large number of
colored witnesses were examined, and we
will doubtless hear mnch upon this subject
in day or so.
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THANKS to Mr.. Snyder, of the Southern
Express, for papers.
Also, to Purser Barns, of the steamer
John Sylvester.
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STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.-A
- called meeting Of the stockholders OF the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac and Rich
mond and Petersburg Railroad Connection Com.
pany will he held on the 3oth day OF May, 1887, at
Petersburg Railroad Company in the city OF Rich
mond j. b. WINSTON,
INV l-tdm Secretary.
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MeetilHS.

LIRE DEPARTMENT. mem.
II bers Of the Fire Department will meet At theii
respective engine houses, In citizens dress with
past 8 o. clock M, to receive the visiting nre-
men from Wilmington, Delaware.
WILLIAM A. CHARTERS,
mv7-2t Chief Engineer.
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Horse THIEF ARREsTED.-Henry Brooke,
colored, was arrested yesterday for steal
ing horse from Wilson Strange, cOlored.
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q P Rim G TRADE.

g p r I N G TRADE.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS and others Visiting the
city will nnd my stock equal TO any In the sivs
amongst which will be found every variety os
COLLEGE and SCHOOL BOOKS published,
CAP, LETTER, and NOTE PAPkkS, f1
BLANK BOOKS Of all sizes,
ENGLISH, FRENCH, and AMERICAN INhb
and FLUIDS, .-.F
STATES Of all Sizes, from by to u By -;
WRAPPING PAPERS and TWINH,
FAMILY, PUPIL, and POCKET BIBLkS,
EVERY VARIETY OF STATIONERY;
sll OF Which pledge myself to sell as low % thsy
can bs bought In any Of the northern citioa.
Y. p. TOWNSEND,
Bookseller and Ststioner,
70 M-Sm 1878 Main street. Richmond, Va.
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r IGHTNING Rods.
HAwLKY's PATENT COMBINATION
LIGHTNING Rod,

HAwLEY's PATENT CoMBISATIos
LIGHTNING Rod,
consisting Of
IRON, ZINC, AND COPPgB. SCIENTIFICALLY
ARRANGED.
being half inch diameter, and equal to three.
inch bar OF iron In conducting
capacity.
This rod Is entirely continuous In It's charaetss,
and decidedly the safest and best LIGHTNING
ROD now in use, and so pronounced by scientific
experts, as the following extracts will show; being
but few OF the many that can be produced:
TESTIMONIALS.
DEPARTMENT or TIRE IErIlIoR,l
WAsHIEaToS, ID. c.. Junel7, bss
sirIn reply 10 yours OF the eth instant as 70 the
qualities Of your RI patent nsStnins rod q combine
nation Of fSppst a ana Sn @ w,p .,tfs hs
bs % opsoa s Of the Scientific sxp.'t. in which
fully coincide, that II Is the best rod yet produced,
and therefore very eheerfally recommend IL use.
Very respectfully your 'fsSlsns Tsosns B. Bod,
Engineer and Acting supsrin.endsnt
To l.. J. HaUlsy, ESQ.,, Baltimore, Nd.
concur in the above opinion.
late Architect Of United states Capitol E1tsnsicn.
CAPITOL OF Thx U.lrrp sr.Lss.l
Prom the knowledge have Of the opsFations Of
electricity. and the examination nsys made OF
nr. ~ Hswiey,s invention, Am on the SpisaoG
have ever known. The parts are scientifically az
ranged, and no. liable to get out a Srds, s.,.c.
Commissioners OF Public Buildings.
oYyros or rsE scigxfrpIc AnKa,cAS,l
wAsHISaroS, d. u, August II, isss.
Dear sir,-ws are much gratihsd TO hear Of yoar
II sO1nsson wi,h ysur sss
practical merit, thar yoa viii md them even moro
popular the more they are need.
Respectfully youn, NUHH Co.
10 !. L. HdUtsy, ksq., Baltimore, Nd.
NEW YoRK. November -. isss
Upon inspection Of !. J. Kawlsy's invention Of
lightning Conductor. am OF the opinion tsa V
superior 70 any rod that have ever seen. hsss-
fore .aks pleasure In recommending tts gee. a.,
| poyss CoHrAsYl
| OFFICE OF yHeIHEln AID suplHIsf.sDs,,.I:;,
| DovnR nIxRs, Va, Aprh sss i~''
Nr. Willian 3. Aunson. Richmond
Dsa. sir.-Ths Pstsn. Lishtnns zoo 60 osSSiiS SsiiS.
HE pnciple Of Nc construction is una sssmSsassss
hlv .correet-ths AMOUNT OF eonA AanhS hS~ishs -
being very great In proportion " "
Tss wUTi % Of setting up seems also 70 AAvs been
ysT nn ni.sp.sssIy y0sr osstcisns ssf.11s sscs,
Iasiussr aaa ssss'iAi'aAsAi' /
poa ..hns As s:lSssai S a y:
common 9Stv ~ vxasS done in tke aosl faitAful naa.
s'i ss' siiIiiss Il is,,; Sssou,
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RE TO FAMILIES,
sg NEW GOODS AND NEW PRICES

sT NEW GOODS AND NEW PRICES
ISAAC GREENTREES,
sll Broad street, between Eighth and Ninth.
The undersigned has just returned with a new
sad desirable stock of goods, consisting of
Boys, Youths, and Gents CLOTHING,
FURNISHING GOODS, Of all kinds;
SHIFTS DRAWERS,
HANDKERCHIEFS,
COLLARS, SOCKS,
HATS, OF all the latest sty les;
all Of which will be sold at the lowest cash prices.
Give ms a call before purchasing elsewhere.
/. GREESTREE,
sll Broad street (old No. ll0,
an ?o-lm between Eighth and Ninth.
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DOARDING.-One or two families can
Dbe accommodated in private family. Neigh
borh ood pleasant. Reference required and given.
Location No. 4l2. second door from corner of Clay
and Tenth streets.
my e-st& MRS. F. w BASS.
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POLICEMAN ARREsTED.-Policeman
Moody was arrested yesterday upon a
charge preferred by negro boy for using
undue violence in arresting him. The boy
had no marks of violence about him when
brought to the station house, and made no
complaint until after he had been released.
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-Dry Goods.

rARDOZO, ALSOP
SPRING AND SUMNER DRY GOODS.
THIRD SUPPLY.
We will receive on TUESDAY NEXT, 3oth In.
stant, q full assortment Of DRESS GOODS direct
from New York, comprising everything new In
that market. Our purchases are made In person
(many of them from auctionI, and goods carefully
selected expressly for this market. Our supply Oh
DOMBsTICs,
WHITE GOODS,
LINENS, GLOVES,
HOSIERY, and
HANBKERCHIEFS,
as also been replenishsd.
We respectfully solicit q call from our friends
''N - CARDozo. ALsoP FOURQURRAN.
ap29-tMayl8
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For Sale.
FURNITURE WARERoon

EURNITURE WAREROOMS.-Al.
81 yays on hand large assortment Of ParioE
robes, Buresna, Bsdstssd Washatands, Cane and
Wood seat Chairs, Arm and Rocking Chairs, HaiS
and shuek Mattresses, and other articles too nus
marcus 70 mention. Call md examine for your.
selves. HABLlSTON BROfHxR,
No. sos Main strsat, corner 1tpth.
Two STORES for rent, on Cary between MINI
and Tenth streets. apOh
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BOardi1lH and Lodging.

DOARD.-MRs. SUSAN II. BRAN
- SOM having removed TO 15l7 Main street
few doors below the ST. Charles Hotel can 40.
AND LODGING. Her experience In this branch
OF business has been quite extensive. and she
feels confident Of rendering satisfaction TO all
who may favor her with call. Her house Is ad-
m irably situated for the accommodation OF DAY
BOARDERs, being convenient to the business
portion OF the city She Is well known In the
community, having, during the late war, had
charge Of the Piedmont House, on Main street.
and many apoor Confederate soldier can testify to
the hospitality and kind treatment which all re-
ceived at her hands. yS-ts
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DEXTER HOUSE, formerly Parish
- House, Charlottesville. Va, having recently
changed hands and been RENTED and refurnished
with new and elegant furniture. is now prepared
10 give as good Accommodations. and at as reason
able terms, as any house in any part OF Piedmont
Virginia JAMES NJ. POlNDEATEh co,
an lg-lm Proprietors.
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OFFICE OF THg INSURANCE. AND SAvISGs(
COMPANY OF VIRGINIA.
rINHE ANNUAL MEETING of this
i COMPANY will be held at the Office OF the com
pany, No RIA Main street. on TUESDAY the l4th
of May next at o. clock p. NJ.
BY order OF the Board Of Directors
an 2s-td DAVID J. BURR. Secretary.
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8ittmond 4ispatth.
WEDNESDAY.............. MAY 8, 1867.
classification or Advertisements

Classification OF Advertisements.
tNoTR.-All advertisements are classified, as
they thus more easily referred to by the reader
The new ones appear hrst under each hsading.1
Advertisements received too late for clsssidca.
tion will be found at foot OF columns.
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A SHLAND HOTEL, HANOVER
N COUNTY, VA.-The above old established
Hotel is now open for the accommodation of
SUMMER SEASON. Every effort will be made to
make this place
RESORT
for persons desiring retirement and Ieersation;
PRICE FOR BOARD.............S S25 PER MONTH.
furnished at short notice on reasonable terms.
Orders left at J. K. MoUSTcAsTLE's or HIRscH-
BERG Co.'s, Broad street, will meet with prompt
attention.
ap 20-aod2m MRS. w. a. WYATT.
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WILL BE PUBLISHED IN FEW
BEAUTIFUL LIrHoaRAPH AND PHOTOGRAPH
PICTURES
or THR LATE REv. JOSHUA sOyLn.
South, from an original. highly nntshea. and
accurate likeness taken st the General Contsxsnss
st Nashville In 1883. The siIss are
LITHO9RAPHs, LIfE SIZE
PHOTOGRAPHS, CABINET Sizni,
PH0TI0RAPHS. CARTE DB vIsITB BIz1.
BIDGOOD & EILEY. General Agents..
w. w. BENNETT, Publisher.
- ALA in reonisr ordey nh Nh
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TREDERICK THE GREAT.
Il FREDERICK THE GREAT And HIS FAAlLf'
YRspERiCK q sTi THs e CHEAT AND HIS COURT. q.
FREDERICK THE 6REATAND his FklkNDb. ".
THE MERCHANT OF BgRLIN. 81
JOSEPH The SECOND AND HIS COURT:
A JOURNEY TO ASHANGO-LAND. AND Iuk,
TIER PENETRATION INTO koUaTokiAh
AFRICA. ByPAUL B. Du CHAILLU: SI
A. H. CHRISTIAN CO..
Booksellers re- and stationers,.
AMI Sll Main street.
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Mrs. N. II. THORNTON
has taken the

RICHMoND HOUSE,
on Governor and Ross streets, and will be pre-.
pared by the 10th of April to accommodate perma-
nent, transient, day boarders, and members of the
Legislature. The rooms are large, airy, and hand
somely furnished. The location Is very central,
and combines everything to make 1t desirable.
ap Sim
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NV 1T

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.-All
IL persons interested In organizing STATE
HORTICULTURAL AND POM0LOGICAL So
CIETY are requested to meet at the ONCE OF Ihs ne
F1rmer, in the Whig building, on TO. MOkBoW
EVENING, May, at o'clock p. N. Asthis
society is Of vital importance to the interests and
prosperity Of our State full attendance OF all In
terested in her welfare is desired. my 1T
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0FFICE STATIONERY. = Copying
OPr.ss.s, Copying Books, CogZins !. lsf k.,ss, ~,
Psppsr, Pps Poolscsp Paper, L.ssi Up. Co.n.ssss.i g
l .ps PsS.s sss
per- p..i p.ns .ssr's Lead Pencils. Inksisnds.
Wsisr:, Red Tape Indie Kusbss E,s.'EE; esa.
Holders, Check Books on All CITY pan fn,i,s N II.
Change. % Bills Of Lading, and Blank BOOK. Of o.
every description, In stock and IsnSts~9nS
order Tmy7l WOODHOU6E YAhnAA.
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FASHIONS FOR MAY.
i LESLIE, ....
DRMORgST,
LIZ BON TON.
PRTERSON'S,
LADY's FRIEND,
ARTRUR6 HOME NA0AEIMks.
At TURnBRe,
apls-ts No. % Thirteenth street.
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TERMs OF ADvrrTfgrNo /:
Books, Stationery. &c.

NEW LAW BOOKS.--Abbott's .Di.
IN sest of the United States Courts ana Asts Of
Cossssss % is 1sny Sths, .s rnW H%ks s.S
farssls low A. RANDOLPH 3 BN0LfsH'6,
Booksellers and Binders. 1899 Aain strsse
Old Books bought or taken In sxensngs !os
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dJter1tOOn DeSStOH.
The Judge, without taking his seat, ad-
iourned the court until II o'clock this
morning.
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Tobacco a1td cigars.

CHOICE TOBACCOS OF THE FOL-
- LOWING popular brands:
CHEWING:
FRUITS AND FLOWERS, pounds
PLANTERS PRIDE, pounds;
COMMONWEALTH, pounds
PLANTER'S DAUGHTER, half pounds;
EXTRA EAGLE los.
SMOKING:
FRUITS SANDELOWERS, In fancy pound boxes
FRUITS AND FLOWERS, in fancy half pound
boxes. ... .... 49, :,
We keep constantly on hand the above orands,
h well az those of other manufacturers, which we
orsr to the trade in quantities 70 suit, al reasona
bic p:ices.
PILKINToN, PULLIAM i CO.,
Auctioneers, Commission Merchants,
and Real Estate Agents,
nh la-ts No. Is Pearl street.
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nv dis wtd
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-16
"A Horrible Tale.

A newspaper, published at Colima.
Mexico, tells the following frightful
story, and calls upon the public to
punish the criminals:
When General Pueblita entered
the town of Ayo, in September last,
he exacted a forced loan from the
people, and portion of it fell upon
the curate of the place. The curate
acted as though he would pay, but
he did not make his appearance at
the point designated for payment,
and General Pneblita ordered him to
be arrested. Il party OF men went
to his dwelling and knocked at the
door; there was no answer, and they
broke in. They found no one in the
house, and were about to leave it.
when they heard frightful voice,
proceeding from the ground, saying,
I'm hungry.
The officer in command went back
to Gen. Pueblita, and told him about
the voice. The General appointed a
commission to examine the house.
This commission went to the curate' S
dwelling, and, after careful exa-
mination, they found a movable stone
IN the floor, and under this was q
stairway leading down to a vault.
which was entirely dark, and had no
connection with the air, save by the
staircase and a small hole that served
as Tentllator. In this vault, they
discovered 4 lew articles Of furniture
and Il woman who had been shut up
there for eighteen years. She was
taken to General Peublita's quarters.
When brought into the light, where
she saw number of persons, she
tainted. After she returned to her
senses, 4 thousand questions were
asked her, to which she replied that
she had been buried in that vault for
eighteen years, without going out for
a moment; that she had been married
and had children by her husband, but
she knew nothing Of their fate; that
whilo imprisoned in the vault, she
had had children by the curate, but
she knew nothing of what had become
Of these children; and after that
much, became obstinate and silent.
While this was passing, a sergeant
OF the Pueblita Brigade, then present,
discovered that this woman was his
mother, and she recognized him as
her son, and embraced him. The
son then ran for the father. who came
and recognized his wife. The hus-
band, fifteen years ago, was impri-
soned three years, under charge of
numbering his wife, this woman.
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COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

CHARLESTON, February 15.-The cotton
market has been regular during most of
the week, prices at the close being nearly
tho same as those prevailing at the end of
the week before. The sales of the week
amount to about $500 bales, at 29l32c.
Rice 9I@92c. per lib. The price of hay has
an upward tendency-North River ST SOFA
100 per hundred. Corn active, at S1.tlM
1.50. Oats SIC. per bushei. Flour $1201
is per barrel. Bacon in active demand
prime shoulder 13lGlall; prime ribbed sides
II; prime clear ribbed sides 14lD15. Salt
S2.3UW2 so per sack.
New YonK, February 15-Money per
cent. Exchange-60 days s.; sight o..
Gold 36l Flour dull and dec!ining. Sn
perfine State sSS0GG1S. Wheat duh and
declining. Corn 1c. better. Lard heavy.
barrels 1i@123. Cotton-33 for middline
Eplands.
7p Cotton firm and excited, with
sales of 1900 bales -mddiing 80. Flour
declined 1oM15c. Wheat 2M3c. lover
Corn advanced lc. Mess pork s2O75 Gold
rose to 36E, but last sale 36!. Money closed
easy, at 50L6.
BALTIMORE, February 15-Cotton steadv.
mid(lling upland 32!. Coffee firm Rio tx
l113}. Cargoes sugar firm. Flour dnli
and easier. Wheat dahl. Corn declining
MOBILE, February 15.- sales of cotton
| $50 -middling 80.
LIVERPOOL, February 14--Evening.
Cotton improved this afternoon, thonoh
prices are unchanged; middling uplands
14td. Breadstuff5 firm. Provisions gene
rally unchanged.
New ORLEANS, February 14.-Cotton
easier; low middlings 304; middliugs 3I4M
81.
LONDON, February 14-Evening.
soils 81. FiYe-twcnties 73I.
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Doubtful Isonors 10 Sheridan.

1t is really rather hard that a man,
simply because he proved himself n
bold rider and a dashing soldier in
the country's service, should be forced
to submit to such an ordeal as that to
which General Sheridan was put in
the House of Representative on
Tuesday
Can anything more undignifed and
ridiculous be imagined than the spec
tacle of whole chamber Of national
legislators deserting their seats and
crowdlng, open-mouthed, about an
eminent officer, as the nurses and the
children in the Park might do about
a newly-arrived rhinoceros or gorilla :?
Ovatlons of this sort certainly cannot
be physically agreeable to their OBJ
Ject. To be pressed upon and stared
at, to have ones face breathed into.
and ones hand shaken till the arm
aches III its socket, by mob of peo-
pie, all, or nearly all, Of whom are
perfect strangers, is such a refined
kind Of torture as even the genius of
the Inquisition had never hit upon.
But, If they do not please the senses,
neither can these oyations fatter the
spirit of any intelligent being. Gene
raj sheridan knows perfectly we'll that
the Ashleys and Binghams and Ste
venses and Grinnells. who made up
Tuesdays man-s;;dc upon his own
devoted head, would rush in precisely
the same way to stare at and cape
upon andpump-handle Daimio from
Japan or an ex-President from Mexi-
co, or any other strange and curious
political or diplomatic monster whom
fate might throw in their way. Ho-
mage OF this kind is really as insult
ing to It's object is it is dcscrcditablc
to those who render it.
We are informed by the telegraph
that, after eating up and paving over
General Sheridan to their full salts
faction, these decorous and respccta-
bic legislators proceeded to force him
down into scat by a desk, and to
compel him to uash off scores OF au-
tographs, as if he were another veri-
table yankee card writer or "Ja-
panese Tommy 1t is to be hoped
that, when he was writing these auto
graphs, the gallant General may have
remembered the wise practice of Tai
leyrand, who, whenever he was re-
quested to furnish his autograph for
collector, always took the precau-
ton to write it at the very top of a
sheet of paper. General Sheridan
may depend upon it, that, if he has
carelessly signed his name at the bot
tom of sheet Of paper, he will, be-
fore long, be edited by reading, in
radical newspapers remarkable let
ters from himself, setting forth views
and opinions such as it has never en-
tered his head to conceive of.
Ne,U York World.
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1t has been discovered at the Gene
raj Post Office, in England, that many
persons in the United States are in
the habit of sending over to that
country sums of money wrapped in
newspapers. Iu consequence of the
existence of this practice, American
papers are now examined at St. Mar
TIN 's-le-Grand. 1t is impossible to
examine every paper; but selections
are made at London, and frequent
seizures are the result.
There was quite an excitement in
Fayetteville, n. c., on the 18th inst.
created by Il negro attempting to
outrage the person of Miss Massey.
The Sheriff arrested the negro, and
summoned 4 posse for his protection
but shot was fired at the negro with
fatal effect by some unknown person.
Capt. W. II. Williamson, of Mo
bile, has purchased the race horse
Harry, of the West. and challene ees
any horse in the United States to
meet him in the spring races for any
sum between $4,000 and $4,000.
Fresh herrings, the first of the sea-
son, were in Norfolk market on Mon
day, and sold at forty-tive cents per
dozen.
Twelve ewes were sold recently in
Vermont for 81, 900 each, and q ram
lamb was sold for $4,000 at the same
time.
y Lexington (Kentucky) paper
says that town has population Of
$4,000 persons with l, 100 souls.
There has not been a murder. a
burglary, or a robbery committed IN
Norfolk this year. A moral town.
1000 young men have left North
ern Schleswig 8 to escape conscription
III the Prussian army.
The Cretan National Assembly has
a newspaper organ named "Crete." :"
with the motto ''Frecdom or Death" :"
The freedmen have almost entirely
abandoned the rice lands of South
Carolina.
The city of Moscow was lighted
with gas for the first time on Decem-
Der 81.
Picked poultry is being shipped
to England from this country. They
are packed in salt slush.
\ choked horse in New Haven was
relieved by inserting street hose in
his mouth and the water turned on.
A colored man was fined one dol
lar and cost in New London for
'groanlng Ikea possum' in meeting.
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The committee appointed by the
New York insurance companies to
devise means for the prevention of
fires, recommend that no risks be
taken on buildings used for general
storage of cotton for less than six
per cent. per annum, unless compe-
tent watchmen, in sufficient numbers,
be employed day and night. The
rate of insurance to be three per
cent. on warehouse property 50
guarded.
Not many moons since, some In
dlans who saw several women bap-
tlzed by immersion, in the river at
st. Joseph, Missouri, o hole being
cut in the ice for that purpose,
imagined that the ceremony, which
they could not understand, was to
make them good, afterwards brought
their squaws, cut hole in the ice
near by, and gave them a ducking in
spite of their 1emonstrances.
A Broadway boot-maker is advo-
Gated for the next Mayor of New
York, because he has, at his own ex-
pcnse, cleaned the street from his
place Of business to the Metropolitan
Hotel.
CBoYs Nor WANTED. Gen. Grant
has issued a circular saying that here
after boys under the age of twenty
one will not be enlisted in the regular
army.
A young lady in Boston school,,
Oh being asked why, in Latin, winds
came to be called masculine, quickly
replied, II do not know, unless it is
because they are so tickle!'
The wife of a poor artist died sud-
denly at Darlington, Pennsylvania,
last week, and it was discovered that
she and her husband had been sub
slsting on nothing but corn meal
Gov. Brownlow is at Knoxville, in
reasonable good health, but full of
spirit. -EccAange.
The editor doesn't say what kind of
spirit.
Brandon, VT, contributes its share
towards human misery by making
21,600, 900 pill boxes every year.