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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-27

JOHN f, VANLEER, jR, Ticket Agent.
Nc. e01 Chestnut Street.
FRANCIS FUNK, Ticket Agent.
No. 16 MARKET Street.
SAMUEL H. WALLACE,
Ticket Agent at the Depot.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company win not
assume any risk for Baggage, except for Wearing
Apparel, and limit their responsibility to Ono Hum
bred Dollars In value. All Baggage exceeding
that amount in value will be at the risk of the
owner, unless taken by special contract.
A. ]. CASSATr,
42o General Superintendent, Altoona, Pa.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14
sABRATA g6HooE 1NcTpENT.

Weihave some assliyeIy boys in this
town as can be found any where. "A
lady teacher in one of our Sabbath
Schools was on last Sunday instructr
ing a class, consisting mostly of boys
under WwelFe eyeafsA 81 Age. The
teacher had just read from the Bible
the account of Christ's temptations,
and His rejection of Satan's Offer of
the whole world if He would fall
down and worship him. This eyi!
IDENTIFY set the young brains to work,
for pretty soon one sharp-eyed ur-
chin was heard saying folah0ther:
Well, if Satan came along now
and made that offer, know some
folks would 60 right off," -. 3. ;,
Another boy-"So do 1 !; Ben Butt
ler.n, '''''A
+" AnotherAa Yes, and Schenk too aal5l 20
Third boy-"So would Covode."
Fourth ~ Iboy-i1ft 3f'yf f. f9g bet. And De
lano, too"
First boy-"Oh jimmy, wouldn't
Sen. Grantsgo.ip Though tGolly !" .,79 2,
WheredpOn4he young fascals had d
stifled laugh, and, the teacher COM n;
manding silence, they resumed their
pious studies.-Nizers6urg Farmer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

BEECHER's FIRST eSHoT.--+Did you
know that the first time that / evel
fired q gun it was at p q chippy," and
that did not hit him ?,i My father i.
. was, that let me trot behind him, a
!, seven or eight, year old, while he
hunted through the fields.d How my
nerves screwed up when he took aim !
and what crash in my oyyer-sensi.
tiYeaear was. the report! \ It. was al
ways painful, and always an iresisti-
bic fascination And SO, one day, re-
turning home, out ran q bold chip
monk, and coursed alonguthe wall
with trailing tail, then mounting a
stone, tail cock mp, be said dsti Hit me,
hit me, he, he l1lq" Here, % Henry, do
you want to shoot?" 90 Yes,q sir
no-yes, do" @Get behind me-let
the gun rest on my, shoulder4now
take aim come, pull the trigger or
he'll be off,. -. spi.i,an, ~, ,iid.
shut up one leyea in manner that
carried the other with 1t. / opened
both. The tears came. The squirrel
seemed six or seven squirrels whirling
around in the air. took aim, but DO
would not stay aimed. Somehow, 1
saw the sky, the stone wall, great
mullen stalk; the sqrirrel, and twenty
other things, all in a jig Bang went
the gun. Chieger-ree-ree" went the
squirrel as he diyed down, laughing,
into d hole. .,l 4 7. .,..,a .''.1t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14
GIRL WITH. TnE ca11co pREss.

- -ssF ~ E.J IL g t3ll------l5Ii EEFf.Et
A fig for your upper-ten girls,
With their velvets and satins and iaces.
- Their diamonds and rubies and pearls,
And their milliner figures and faces;
They may shine at party or ball,
Embiazoned With half they possess;
But give me. In place OF them all,
My girl with the calico dress
She is plump as partridge and fair
As the rose in its earliest bloom:
Her teeth will with ivory compare,
t-.s And her breath with the clouer perfume
Herstep Is as free and as light
As the fawns whom hunters hard press.
And her eyes are as soft and as bright,
Ny girl with the calico dress
She is cheerful, warm he arted and true.
a And = kind to her father and mother.
: She stuliesJhow much she can do
For her sweet little sister and brother:
Ifyou want q companion for life. 81.
To comfort, enliyen and bless, 49,
She Is just the right sort of q wife.
Ny girl with the calico dress.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

a
LITTLE THINGs.-OhsE Who go
Through the world with sladowea
Eyes and frowning brows, who scatter
thorns instead of roses, and gloom in
stead of gladness along your pathway,
remember this: "Only stray sun
beam! Yet perchance it has cheered
some MfetehedI aBode, gladdened
some stricken heaat, or its golden
light has found its way through the
leafy branches of some wild wood.
kissed the moss-covered bank where
t4e tinyOieiets grQpss and shades g oof Of
beauty to adorn its lovely form. On.
ly frown! But it left sad dreary
ache IN that tehfid's heart, and anditH tie qttiiE-t
ering lip and fearful eyes told how
keenly he felt it. Only a smile!-
But ah! it cheered the broken heart,
engendered a ray of hope, and cast
halo of light around the unhappy pa
tent; made the bed-ridden one for
get his present agony for moment,
In the warmth of the sunshine. ONLY
a word of encouragement-a single
word! ,GItgivesl to the IdFooping spir-
it newlifes ana tile steps press onto
vict oJ,a.,Js5aG buu0ID 9TffaI W. ~ ~
-SfSiI3 3.iggri) bnuef;J rfJsT : q!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

One Ocean Cable Stealing the Dispatches
r., Of the Other
A recent number of Nature men.
tions very curious fact II, connection
with telegraphy, which may have i'm
portant practical consequence. The
English and French Cable Companies
both have stations on the little island
of st. Pierre Miquelon, between New
Foundland and Cape Breton, the Eng
lish using a battery with the Morse
signals, and the French having Sir
William Thompson's very delicate re-
ceiying instruments. The Thompson
instruments were seriously affected
by earth currents, and to remedy this
Inconvenience an insulated wire was
laid from the station to the sea, about
three miles distant, the sea being much
less subject to changes of electrical
conditions than the earth. To. the
surprise of the operators It was now
discovered that the disturbances at
Ftributed to earth currents had been
caused in part by the signals sent into
the other line, which nowhere ap-
proached within several hundred
yards of the French wire. The island
in fact acted as great Leyden jar,
continually charged by the powerful
battery used on the English line, and
partially discharged BY three miles of
wire which connect the French sta
ton with the sea. And Nature gives
fac simile of part of dispatch an
nouncing the loss of the Oneida,
which was stolen, if we may use the
word, in this novel manner. Each
time the American operator depresses
his sending key, he not only sends
current through his lines, but electro
fies the whole island, and this. electri-
fication is detected and recorded by
the rival company's instrument. Its
rather uncomfortable tofeflect that an
inquisitive person, by providing him
self with an insulated wire, can take
off messages in perfect safety without
going near the wire he wants to tap,
b6Eeieetricians,YiA fortunately have
no difficulty in providing remedy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

Well I've seen many minister Go
the same same thing 4 with it'll a Sermon, and
feel as satisfied as did. To be sure,
/ had not hit anything, but had made.
q splendid noise. y 3
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14
THE Fraw HUNTERS.

There are people who have q pre-.
ternatural faculty for detecting evil,
or the appearance or evil, in every
mans character. They have a fatal
scent for carrion. Their memory, is
like a museum I once saw at a medi-
cal college, and Illustrates all the hid
eous distortions and monstrous
growths and, revolving diseases by
which humanity can be troubled or
afflicted. : They have wonderful
i knowledge of human nature. But il
is blunder to mistake the Newgate
Calendar for q biographical diction-
Lryl) A / ST ST 40
A less offensive type of the same
tendency leads some people to Fisd
apparent satisfaction in the Discovers
and proclamation of the slightest de-
]. ( fects in the habits of good men, and
the conduct of public Institutions
They cannot talk about the benefits
conferred by great hospital without
lamenting some Insignificant blot in
its laws, and some trifiing want of
prudence in its management. Speak
to them about man whose good
works everybody is admiring, and
they cool your ardor by regretting
oi that he is so rough in his manner, or
"A SO smooth that his temper is SO
hasty, or that he is so fond Of ap-
plause. They seem to hold brief,
requiring of them to prove the i'm.
possibility of umanperfectlon. They
detect the slightest alloy in the pure
gold of human ,geodnesss1 That there
are spots in the sun is, with them,
something more than an observed fact
1T takes rank with a priori and nec-
+. essary truths. ,5 40 asla7. aIa4'4
D. There are people ,who,n If, they hear
an organ, find out at once which are
the poorest stops If they listen to
great speaker, they remember nothing
but some slip in the construction of q
sentence, the consistency of meta
phor, or the revolutions of an argu-
mesnplts mesnplts While their friends are admir-
ing the wealth and beauty of tree
whose branches arc weighed down
with fruit, they have discovered SOL
itaf'y bough, lost in 4he Tgolden aflu-
ence, on II which nothing IL il hanging.
.Hazlitt was sorely troubled
with them in his time. Littleness,'
he said, " is their element, and they
give character of meanness, to, what
ever they touch. Good Words.
Isft4zi.54 lioIju4 fi.aifsas., .,-ff 80 ffi-,i.gt
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

o. THE New York Enpress says - --,
"The types are compelled to make
many rawkard mistakes, but none
more a%skafd Than that which madessulsl n !
say that Olive Logan had "married
Aer 'nnsle,2 when we had writtet
"sprained her ANGLE" Fortunately,
it did not get out before the public. a.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

A New REsfEDY. AFrpm Surprise s,e
valley e0hsesl, ,sEbes, sbes Z li9Fing story Of
an GID fsAowawAol getqvery jealous
because his young wife went to ball
with good-looking fellow, and,
stayed ut dntil Boa bfoaadd 4 ddaay daylight. The
old chap went to Justice of the
eeaee and Eold bis story Winding aill up
III want yer to help me, for that ar
thing has been going on bout long
enuff."
."Well," said the Justice, "you can
write down TO Yreka and see if some
OF the lawyers can't get divorce"
"Divorce I" roared the angry man.
who the devil wants divorce ?'
The Justice now began to get riled.
IF ,yoP a9af Want q Iget divorce
What lgth the deuce broaght yen here T" i
Why, I IMantEaninjanetion to stop
further roceeding5 psT9yA
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14
CERTAIN CURE FOR HYDRoPHoBIA.


A Saxon forester, named Gastel,
nov Of the Venerable age of eighty
two, unwilling to take to the grave
with him secret of such import, ms
made public, in the Leipsic Journal,
the means which he has used fifty
years, and @herewith, he affirms, he
has reseured many human beings and
cattle from the fearful death of hy-
drophobia: Take Immediately, warm
vinegar or tepid water, wash the
wound clean Herewith, and then dry
it; pour upon the wound a few drops
of muriatic acid. because mineral acid
destroys the poison of the saliva, by
which means the evil effect of the lat
ter is neutraiized.4e1 ,sr T. aaei
AsoTHfk Res sEaEby1q4s / 5 "A gentleman
had two. of his servants bitten by
Jdog--one 9lwas ~ bitten four times
through the arm, the other merely got
a scratch on the ball Of his. fore finger.
Not aware that the dog was rabid, he
paid no attention to the latter, but
caused the former to hold his arm in
barrel of herring pickle Il presume
that beet, or any, other brines would
have the same effect awhile, and then
scraped the salt from the bottom of
the barrel of pickle, and bound it on
his arm, four days in succession. He
realized no further injury, while the
other died with all the horrors ofthel
dreadful malady. iI'l,a'
4 Al French physician, who was Bit
ten, and had symptoms of spasms, en-
tered a steam bath, the thermometer
indicating 70 deg, all the symptoms
left him; and, often applying the same
rsmed' M aFea9 paay cases with
entire success. taz %
ASPARAGUS A REMEDY FOR HYDRO
PHcBrA-Ah Correspondent of the.
Providence Journal sends that paper,
the following recipe as a remedy fof
hydrophobia: "Eat the green shoots,
of asparagus raw; sleep and perspira-,
ton will be induced, and the disease
can thus be cured in any stage of ca
nine madness" A man in Athens,
Greece, was cured by this, remedy af
ter the paroxisins had commenced.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

CURleUsrBdcqsiI4 NAruRE.-In the
fish, the average proportion of the
brain tofhe spinal Cord is only 2 to L.
In the reptile the ratio is 21l to 1. In
the bird It il 8 to |. a fn4 4thhe mammalia
it is A to l. But in man it is % to /. t.
No less remarkable is the fetal pro.
gress in the human brain. 1t first be-,
comes a brain resembling that Of ffia. a.,
fish; then it grows into the form Of
that of reptile; then into that of
bird; then into that ofa mammifera.
GUS quadruped, and finally it assumes; su11inies;'
that of human brain, thus compris-l
ing in its fetal progfess an epitbme of
geological history, as if man was in
itself compendium of all animated
nature, and ofGkin to every creature
that lives.-Utah Magazine. sdnii
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14
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a. <s=si.s9st ,r5Giog5 Z PoT q. -" .--.as,-,- F.
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

'fSOME, to tn o Press Oface on Chestnut streeti
north end Of Empire Bloek,r anl get ,youi,t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14
We haze hfty Inherent as,asa Z STYLES OF genuine

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.LfTZA4lS ~ -,THL2 ~ if'
~ AfJIi = ~ Z,FaEt
~ u .itJc-Id = Il -
tt[s 4 sis "a E4FfE5d
AMERICAN. ! FINE KEEPERS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

TK N4THG ybbaaIw ybba wait doRe n tRe line If BIN
IA Heads, Galtls, Posters,, Psanphlets, &e., be
sure and come 30 the Press Onico, ON Ches tnti
STU q north end oil HnipiYe Biodk>h9Ni
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

4 ILOTH AND CASS1MERES.-We have
" very large and beautiful Stock, all kinds
and qualities. Some very nice goods for max
ifo spi'Sff y W &s! | a,, /
REkpS M.ADEG 0I1IAIzNG. largest
Clothing ever brought to this mBrket. t}jitg
, = Mems and Youths Clothing, '"
Mems and Youths Clothing, ,y:i,i. bilf
summer Overcoats, -r.,c;,
Fine Frock Coats, NO. I
BAD Pants and Vests to mattel, 200 AOE .fo.f5,.
Fun Suits IN Plaaidiand Plain Goods. :. nd
We are bound to be Headquarters in Ready
MADE Ciothlng, and WILL sell more Goods for the
money, than any House in the County T0rbed
A1s 'aa rr'sss assss:, 5'asir tyls eod5. r"'1o
Adj Is -f,ooD za9 d ain redjod i'noi.i ii a1oa
ads IF. .ls,a., aailY i.-a4 a.Da S.',,3i51
40 nsrla is.ls .qtEIt az a7..,, EG,,s - ,.n
sHi'a7,ss fi.Ehh.!o a.is,@l.A IA aad 4''lit
LII :, :, l9 -, l,si ,ag Z ~ st sOa "a ~
a. for Bai1od e Cos. Shirts, known and ade
iifitbedt be thsi best Fitting Shirt in market,
ANA selling at prices that defys competition.
i'nH slsoo III 1sl a7 nad! szsl-.s,.t 5&hi 4
lsfiio iuB ,ii 4pq aG7 81 c9aEdoT s1ioiJ 9ll! III
TYMBRELLAs,G - UBIBRELLAs:-4As, .the
4 ~ Crs1ny, season is at hand, it will he 10 the
advantage of all to examine our Stock of Um,:
Dreilas, before purchasing
, W ater Proof Umbrellas Elt!iisI i
it' Alpaeea Umbrellas ''E!91tiii'4 ''t. =
= a>sFine Oambrici Umbrellas, &c. &C. "' ~
sjt4ii
1e9IiUsf0 ssE fn..,,
IIAhUfSShss TRUNKS, TRUNKS.-A full
suppty Oh Saratoga and all Otlier kinds, tist1
Leather Satchels .s9IiTIoT,g '''i I
Oil Cloth Satchels, Og bob
s,arA... and Travelling Bags,
: :. i'aHoi Jd n.. aiiAiIToIa 3ug ~ aJ Il
r. ENrs.. hFURNIsHING TaooDs.-An
VI abundant supply selling cheap El
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14
NEW ELEcrRIcAL PHENoMENA "a,

Ono Ocean Cable Stealing the Dispatches
-, Of the Other
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Everybody Wa,sts a, Good Watch

fElTtba3F5Ff
'.rsi tesa $50 i-r,. .-rs.,. iH-4 + ei
.e.a "a 81 -ss.-ril.lEol esi. -da
o.. s..ii x 'r sHj s'.' sr,r
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

A Saxon forester, named Gastel,
now Of the keneral1Ie ave of eighty.
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1tH'- is'e7sa - 'siti .anigE .fis :.
b. g-gnYFai - raj iils 3f ssauI a
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-14
as A BLOOD PURIFIER,
IT HAS NO EQUAL.
Bling POSITIVELY
The most Powerful Vegetable Altera.
tive Yet Discovered.
DISEASES OF THE BLOOD.

"The life Of the flesh Is In the Blood" is a
Scriplual maxim that science proves to be
true. The people talk Of bad blood, as the
cause Of many diseases, and like many pop
ular opinions, this Of bad blood Is founded In
truth.
The symptoms OF bad blood are usually
quite plAin-bAd Dlgc%stiOn-causeS imper-
feet nutrition, and consequently the eircu-
laliOn Is feeble, the SOFT tissues loose their
tone and elasticity. and the tongue becomes
pale, broad. and frequently covered with q
pasty, white coat. This condition soon
shows itself In F~oughnOss Of the skin, then
in ERUPFlvE and LUCRATIVE diseases, and
when long continued, results IN serious
LESSONS Of the Brain, Liver, Lungs, or uri-
nary apparatus. Much, very much suffer-
ing Is caused by impure blood. It lS esti-
mated by some. that one.Afth Of the human
family are effected vita serOfula 10 some
form. ..r.
When the Blood Is pure, you are not 50
liable 70 any dIseA.e. Many Impurities Of
the Blood arise from Impure dheases Of
large cities. Eradicate every lmpurity from
tn fountain Of lie, and good spirits, fair
skin and vital strength will return 10 you.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-14

A CONFEDERATE soldier died
near the residence Of Mr.. 4 Glow
eF, 10 this county, on the 9Th Of
December, 1853, and was buried by
bic comrades In aFms on Mr..
Cl0wers plantation. The araye has
been cared for, and o board stiil
stands with this inscription /: "Died
"a. Il Newt0n. Go. G, 28th Miss,
Dec. O 1853" Perhaps the sleep-
ing colder hes fdshd, 7 .
brother, q sister, Q mother, who
may not DO advised Of bic resting
place. Our brethren Of the preSa
may eOnfefa great favor by eopy-
this hotics.-tHlnds C6aniy
Gazette.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-14

Is a remedy Of Wonderful Efficacy in the
curgof diSeas &, OF the Kidneys and Bladder,
In these Affections II Il ~ near q specific as
any rcmedj can be. Il does is WorK kindly.
silently, and surely. The Relief which ii
affords Is both certain and p ~, eptlble.
Diseases Of the Kidneys and Bladder,
Persons unAcquainteh with the structure
ana functions Of the Kidneys cannot eati.
mate the t~mpOFfdReS OF their AadktAV dofSoH.
Regular and sufficient nc ion OF the Kid
neys Is - important, nay, eveh more so than
regularity Of the bowels, The kidneys M.
move from the blood those efet0 natter.
which, II permit dtO remain, would spCed'
NY destroy life. A total Suspension OF Ihe
urinary discharges will occasion death from
thirttg'six to forty Eight hours.
men tlo Urine Is VOlded Ia small GUAM
tilles ~ the time, or when there Is a dispo.
sitlon 70 UTinAte more frequently than nat.
hTal or whrn The Urine Is high oOlOFed or
scAiuing with weakness In the small OTthe
tark, II should not be tribe I with or DELAY.
ed, but kDskO0 should be taken At once "a
remedy the difficulty, before q lesion Of the
organs taxes plaza. Most Of the diseased of
tue bladder originate from those OF thu Kid.
neys, the Uhne being imperleetly secreted
70 the Kidneys, prove Irritating 70 the Blad.
Ter ana Urinary passag 5. When we ree0l.
lect thai metlicine never reaches the KID.
neys except through the general circulation
o. the blood. we sec how necessary IL "a 10
ketp the fountain Of Life Pure.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-14


PHGANIsM IN IS6I.-Shcr!dan
wrote to Grant, 18th Of October,
1864:
Lieutenant j. II. Meigs, my en-.
gineer officer, was murdered be.
yond Harrisburg, near Dayton.
For this atrocious act all the houses
within an area of i've miles were
burned" In the same report he
adds: II have destroyed 1000
barns filed with wheat and hay
and farming implements, over 70
mills filed with flour and wheat /:
have driven in front of the army
1000 head of stock, and killed and
Issued to the troops not less than
1900 sheep" Whereupon the
World Gays: Suppose General
Lee, whose aid Augustine WASH
ington, the last heir of Mount Yer.
non, was killed by ourpickets while
making reconnaissance, had re-
vcnged his death by ravaging Penn
sylvania, burning the dwellings,
the mills, the wheat, the hay and
destroying wantonly all the stock
of her farmers, would not all have
exclaimed against his violation of
the laws of war and the heartless
wrong toward q peaceful popula.
Lee did not even complain
Of the shooting Of his aid. He knew
that a staff officer, aid or engineer,
engaged in making examinations
Of the country to facilitate opera.
lions Of an opposing army, is, Of
all men, most properly the mark
Of the pickets Of that camp which
luch explorer is apt to endager BY
bic Communication to his superior.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-14

TIE following 10 the statement Of
losses and insurance at the fire at
BrOOkhaven in the columns Of the
Citizen:
Bowen & Millsaps, drug store,
1880; A. Scarborough g Son.,
$1,000; d. II. Alexander, $4,000;
r Daley, 500; T. Cummings,
$500; J. W. 3 J. N. Martin, sl,20O;
Bowen & YOHkin's stOrehOuse,
5000; Z. l. Bowers Hotel,
$4,000, insured In London, Liver
pool ana Globe for $500; Lee
Bros., $4,000, insured In New Or
leans for $6.00O;J. DaughOFty q Co.
$500. insured In London q Globe,
and u. s. Fire and Marine for
$1,000; Martin q HoskIns $500,
insured In Planters Of Mississippi,
for $500; II. 0Hara & Co., store
house, insured In Liverpool and
Globe for $4,000, also their entire
stock, amount Of insurance un.
known; n. J. WhitwOrth 5000,
insured In Planters OF Mississippi,
1880.
Messrs. Storm & Son, z. PfeiFer,
J. Cope and Mlllsaps had their
goods damaged TO q considerable
axtent.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-14

We are informed that four negro
policemen entered a private dwell
ing, Wednesday night, about II
o'clock, and without authority and
In an insulting manner proceeded
to search the house, pretending to
be seeking foa a person against
whom they claimed to have a war;
rant. An old lady who was in the
house with her young daughter
were much alarmed by the negroes
manner. We hope and believe
that Mayor Weber will investi-
gate this matter aud if the police
men are in fault punish them Sc
vereiy. Such an outrage as enter
ing a private dwelling at midnight
without legal authority Is too great
3 crime to be overlooked.