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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-07
WHAT DOES IT MEANT
The Belleville Chinese Laying 10 Stock Of
Pistols and Bowie Knives.

The Bellcvillo Chinese Laying 10 n Stock Of
Pistols and Bowie Knives.
The heatnen ChInee attached to the laundry OF
Captain Hervey, at Bellevle, seem TO be believers
In the proverb in time Of peace prepare for war;"
Recently several Of them visited Newark and pur-
chased number OF pistols and bowie knives. In
the store where they purchased one Of them tested
under the direction Of the proprietor, MT.
Kay, but In attempting the same thing
while the attention Of the latter was
drawn In another direction the cartridge exploded
IN such proximity 70 his head as to SINCE ms ear
The Cninaman at once flew into paroAysm OF ex-
element gesticulating wildly and distortlng ms
face and body In the most Understandable manner In
his efforts TO make atOnenIent f0r the mlsnap.
Alter the excitement that ensued was over anu the
heathen had made ample apology he commenced
beating down the price. lie succeeded, out as ne
paid In gold the dealer lost nothing aiter ALI
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-07
susGLAss N NEWARK.

Early yesterday morning tine residence OF NJ. V.
o. Headley, In Newark, was entered by burglar
and robped OF large quantity Of silverware. While
making his escape he was observed by an oficer.
VINO darted after him. lie dropped MS plumber and
succeeded In escaping. lie was IN MS stockings.
Early on Monday morning Richards b Browns
shlpyard located in the Twelfth ward, near the
New Jersey Zinc WORKS. was broken into and the
following articles were carried on:-Fbteen bales VI
oakuni forty-aye fathoms of new vanished anchor
cnatn, u number OF snip blocking ana a wagon load
OF new ropes valued az $1,000. A bran new sci Of
sails for schooner. valued nc $500, taken from
"A tou lott OF one vi the buildings
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-07
MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES.
In the Provinces.


The San Francisco Minstrels are pretty severely
condemned by the press throughout the West In
consequence Of their broad remarks and double
e7atepdyeS.
Miss Ada Harland has been secured, through
Colonel T. Allston Brown, to open at the Museum,
Boston, on July 8, Tor summer season or bur-
lesque, with Robert Craig as the star.
M. Blondn will revisit this country the LAST OF
this month for a farewell tour Of America Mr.. Cor
Dyn. OF the hrm OF Parravcini Il Corbyn, the prln-
cipa dramatic agents or London, VIII accompany
him.
Robert Craig. Hart Conway, II. B. Phillips, c. r.
Thorne, May MOnteda, MISS Phillis and Mary Mad
dern. have already been secured for the Chestnut
street theatre, Philadelphia, for next season by f.
L. Davenport.
Little Ned. with dramatic company, under the
management OF Mr.. Kdder, 90 out skirmishiDg
June s. Harry Clifford. q. w. Loveday, Mary SAT-
ford shannon, Miss Williams ana Others are OF the
company.
Trimbe Opera House, Albany, N. Y. on the 18th
inst. for one week. and go thence Westward. Char
ley pay their business manager does not 60 With
tour through the South, stopping ut Euiala, Ga.
Driftings Abroad.
on ait that Miss Butler, daughter OF Pierce Cutler
and Fanny Kemble, Will be married In London on
the Goth inst.
Barney Williams Is endeavorIng TO make arrange
two OF water from the Lakes Of Killarney, where
he is domicied at present.
At the Royal Schauspiehaus, OF Berlin, three one
act pieces have been produced. of which the two
first nave been very well received Ham's dramatic
poem, "CamanS, which has not beea performed IN
berlin for many years was very effective; and Herr
Adolf Wnbrandts "Jugendliebe'' met with great
success ''Vater Kurniarkcr und Mutter ricardo, /"
by Herr Jonas, did not please.
Mr.. Byron's new play. IAN English Gentleman y
produced at the Haymarket theatre will hardly al
vance the authors reputation or Mr.. Sothern'S.
Since his great 'Creatlon the latter gentle man
has not succeeded In making part successful as
| TO stamp him a. y remarkable actor. He mas rather
proved his bitterness out OF the particular line whicl
| reached Its climax In Lord Dundreary. His suisse
quent parts have been echoes OF the Dundrear.
| type, all favored with similar mannerisIns and in
| formed with much the same spirit.
! AT the Italian Opera OF Calcutta "Lucian ha
been given for the benefit Of the prin1d Gonna Sig
nora Coy. The Calcutta papers, while calling atten
| ton to the fact that Signora Coy receives re
muneratiOn Tor her services during the season ex
cept what may be obtained by her benefit, suggest.
that the hd0ttues should do what is done IN some
Of the great European cities and should send al
h0nOjd I'm to the O51lGnc,aire over and above tn,
mere price Of o ticket. How glad would American
fDlpresGrtt be II such a mode Of payment VI tnel
prime dome existed
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-07
Tine CoDc IN PENNSYLVANIA.

Rustic Blades Attempt to Heal Their Wounded
Honor-A Woman In the Case Unfortunate
Interference by the Police.
PITTsT0N, June q, 1871.
Considerable excitement was caused in this vicn
ity to-day by an attempt to fight duel about day.
liRnt, on the banks OF the Susquehanna, within the
limits OF West Pittston and within short distance
OF the scene Of the late mine disaster. Charles
schloslnger, alias give Cent Joe," and !. HARRIS
both living in this place, quarrelled about q
woman, and the former sent challenge to the
latter. A meeting was arranged, and as the APP
pointed time and place Harris, attended by friend
or two arrived and was followed shortly by Schos-
niger and his second. The performances were ar
ranged and the men were about 10 1re their pistols
when the police appeared, and the whole party fed
No arrests were made.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-28

A Scott county man had terrific fight with
an Indian, In Madison, Ind, few days ago
The red mau got several severe blows in the
face, and fractured arm. The Scott county
inan was a little tipsy, and the Indian was q
wooden one in front of cigar store.
The daily travel in and out of New York to
suburban places is immense, and rivals that
of London. million people week is the
record so far, while from Newark alone there
are eighty eight trains daily to the city.
The orthography Of the Flemish language
has lately been modified by d royal decree,
and printer demands OF the king an indem
nifty of9O,O OC francs, on the ground that the
decree prevents his stock Of dictionaries.
An angry Western editor wrote to a poet
ical correspondent the other day: eff you
don't stop sending to me your abomnib'e
poetry, I'll print piece of IL some day with
your name appended in full, and send copy
TO yonr gal T. The poetry from that fountain
" as quietly dried up. 12
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-28
LIVE RIGHT. ITO be insensible t.

LIVE R1GHT-"To be insensiblc to
evil that is spoken of you, you mnSt be
likewise 80 to the good "-OM MaDtm
A very great deal is said and writer,
exhortlng men and women to be indie
pendent of public opinion; but it is so
against human nature to he so that few
acquire the gift unless Nature has first
implanted it IN their minds. None but
the most combative or reckless are really
indifferent to either the good or evil that
is spoken Of them The mistake that
many make is the being so sensitive OF
what is thought and said of them that
they stoop to unworthy acts to avoid the
censure and win the praise of men.
We ought always to have moral cour-
age enough to live up to our ideas Of
right, no matter what is said of us. The
desire to be well thought of and we'll
spoken OF is one of the incentives to
virtue, and is not to be condemned SO
long as we only use worthy and suitable
means to gain appreciation and do not
let the fear of reproach keep US from DO
ing our duty. B. G. d.
EIkhorn, Wis, 1871.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-28

Beverly (Mass.) is known as "Bean
Town" No virtuous citizen Of that place
thinks of passing Sunday morning. with
out baked pork and beans for breakfast
Formerly they went to the different
bakeries Sunday night, each man with
his bean pot. Each pot was numbered
with check as received, and the number
given to the owner, and crowds would
gather round the bakery door Sunday
morning, eachman calling his number
and receiving his pot. But now they
have aspottery in The town, and each
househ2lder has his bean pot made t.
order, with his name. or initials baked
into the sides, and the plan works beau
',fulIy. The bakers charge six cents
for baking beansand it is a valued source
Of revenue.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-28
Circuit Court Kenosha County.

TWNHEODORE BORKES against MARY BORKES
Summons. The State of Wisconsin to Mary
Borkes. EN8 t teHs =
swer the complaint in this action, which will be
lied in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Kenosha County at his
Office in the city of Kenosha, and to serve
a copy OF your answer on me at my Office in the
city and courty Of Kenosha, and state OF Wiscon-
sin. within twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive OF the day of such service; and If You
fail to answer the complaint as aforesaid, the
plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint.
Dated Keno aha. August 10th, A d. 1871.
6wi2 MYRON A. BAKER, Kenosha, Wis,
! n#a Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-28
MANY EMINENT MEN

Have candidly asserted their opinion that
there is no remedy equal to MISHLER'S
HERB B1TTERS, for that class Of diseases
peculiar to people of sedentary habits. 1t is
o preparation of wonderful virtue in all cases
Of this kind, never having failed in efecting
o cure, and it still continues on it's triumph
ant career. For all forms Of diseases arising
from impurity OF the blood, or arrangement
of the digestive organs, including General
Debility, Dyspepsia, Liver complaint, SICK
Headache, Constipation, and similar ailments
it is q certain remedy. Leading physicianf
everywhere prescribe it for their patients, a11t
have given the proprietors of the Bitten
many testimonials Of their confidence in tn,
efficacy of the preparation as remedy. Solo
in square glass bottles only, by all respect.
able druggists and storekeepers. Price one
dollar per bottle.
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ON MARRIAGE.

Essays for Young Men, on great social evils and
happiness OF tlousands--with snre means of re
lief for the Bring and Unfortunate. diseased and
debilitated. Sent In sealed letter envelopes free
OF charge. Address stf~ 80. - Il
.t3ei 100 HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Z "a
No. 2 South Ninth St. Philadelphia, Pa.
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WANTED. AT THE BURLINGTON


VN' ITH maRg thanks to our Numerous custom
BN ers for their liberal patI onage during the
past year, we desire to assure TIA and all the
farmers and. wool growers OF this vicinity that we
are prepared, by many desirable imp aoveme nts in
our facilities for manufacturing and doing busl"
ness, to fill their orders with dispatch and shall
spare no pains togive EN- satisfaction. tits our
aim to manufacture just the kind OF pure wool.
hard twist, Doe-skins, Cassimeres Tweeds,
COatings Ladies' Cloth and Flannel in such vari-
this section may require, and that we warrant
hem to be what they are recommended. We have
now on hand at the Factory about 10000 yards OF
these goods, which we propose to exchange with
our customers for wool, giving not less than ~
per cent. more for the wool in Cloth than for the
money the wool would bring in market. We also
manufacture Wool into oloth by The yard.
DRESSING CLOTH AND ROLL CARDING
,se shall make a specially, and Gard so that peo-
pie from distance can take them home the same
day. Homemade Cloths colored and finished in
the mort approved style.
FRETGHT.-Wool to be made into rolls will be
taken from the depot free OF charge. Wool to be
manufactured may be sent from any part of Wis
consin, Illinois, Minnesota. or Iowa. and we will
pay the freight and return Cloths by Express, re-
turn charges to be paid by the customer.
Packing and Objections.
Put the Wool in strong sacks, not in old sheets,
II you wish it all to reach US. Be cure and put
your directions inside the SACK with your address
and place to send goods. Write by mail and we
will answer and notify you of the shipment of
goods and there will be no trouble about your re-
ceiving them in good season.
p. NJ. PERKINS & CO.,
P. 0. Box Ill. Burlington, Wis.
3m6
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-28
SHERIFF'S SALE.

MNY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID out of the Circuit Court in and for the County
of Kenusha. state of Wisconsin. in favor of David
W. Baker. Plaintiff, and against the goods,
chattels and real estate of william Fosd1ck and
Lyman Fosdick, Defendants, to me directed and
delivered, have. for want of goods and chattes
to make the sum therein mentioned, levied upor
and taken all the right, title and interest which
the defendant Lyman Fosdick had on the twenty
fifth day Of april A. D: 1871, or at any time after
ward in or to the northeast quarter of the north
east quarter of section number sixteen (16) town
one ~ North Of Rangenumber nineteen (l9)east,
in the town OF Randall: County OF Kenosha and
state Of Wisconsin. Which aforesaid property /
shall exoose for sale and sell at public auction, as
by law directed. at the front door Of the Court
House in the city of Kenosha. county of Ken0sha
aac state Aforesaid, on Friday the 921 day of
September. A. d. 1871, at one O'Clock ia the after
noon OF that day,
Dated sheriff Office, Kenosha. Aug. 9th, 1871.
#H.- #He rsa JOHN LUCAS,
~ Sheriff Kenosha Co., Wis.
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TWENTX-TWO WEARS,

experience in the Baking Business, with the adj
dition of my NEW STEAM BAKERY, enables me
to do better. sell cheaper, give better eatables,
than any other bakery in the Northwest. Yen
viii find that do just as say.
The stricteft attention paid to orders, in and
out of the city.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-28

PIES OF oil kinds in their season, and mad
from THE VERY BEST MATERIAL, not fro
decaying stufs Refreshments served in the be
STYLE and quality, NV
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-05

river, at q point 70 miles from Hope
town, and 100 miles from R~loetnfon-
tein, u being on the Free STATE side
and the other claimed aS the territory
OF a petty Bcchuana chief, who. how
ever, gives no trouble 10 II en-
ployed i'm digging there.
No one. a. Vet, has done ANYTHING
else bu. surface digging, and it is cal
cuiated tina. the largest number OF
gems VIII he found in the sand forna-
ton which extends only a few feet he
low the level of the ground. Up To the
present time the number that has been
found above the ground has satisfied
the people.
The first diamond was discovered in
tho Hopotown division Of the Capa
colony in ls6i. and weighed - caratS.
II was sold 10 Gov. Woodhou<a for
EaGu. In March. 1852. the community
was startled by the finding of a stone
weighing s3ta carlts. which was at
once called the ''Siar Of south Africa
II was sold 10 NessrS. Hunt x RoSkcll,
the noted London jewelers.. for u large
sum. Another gem Of - carass was
soon after found. aud was sent to Eng
land by MeSsrS. Breda. iIaIkett IL Co.
OF tape Town. 80 MANY gems of
over 70 cIrats have since been found
that II would be tiresome 10 chronicle
their description. \ writer in Cape
Town lately said to Il newly arrived
friend. diamonds are coming i'm now
rs thick a. flies in Summer"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-05
A SCENE OF MERRIMENT In CON
GREss-A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.

Mr.. Wood Of New York, introduced
n resolution in the House at Washing
ton, March LIST, to repeal all duly on
coal, The high tariff men made i'm
mediate and vigorous war on the reso-
luton, and were greatly astonishcd
that they were unable to table il.
Finding hat it held the floor. they
done their best TO prevent a vote being
taken, but TO no purpose. Is the reso-
luton was passed to "A vote aad car
ried by n vote of ii2 TO IS, many of the
Republicans voting with the Demo
Gratis. The result caused great %reioic-
ing and merriment on the Democratic
side. The repeal of the duty on coal
will not find much favor with the pro-
te%ctionists Of Pennsylvania, but the
a body of consumers of this article
in the Eastern States will greatly re-
joice Mt this action of Congress. 1t j.
a well-known fact that the duty on
coal Is almost probibitary, and while
all classes of consumers are compelled
by the tariff to pay a largely advanced
price, yet but little If any money goes
into the Treasury. The tariff OH coal
has been maintained almost exclusive
ly for the benefit Of Pennsylvania cap
ttalists, and not 10 bring into
the Treasury. II would be a great
blessing 10 the people should the tariff
on iron meet the same fate as that on
coal, as but a very trifling amount of
revenue isdcrived from imported iron,
while the nation is paving enormous
sums by the enhanced price on what
the people 4 few more
Democratic Victories and we Will be
back to the old revenue tariff which
was established in 1872 Ivy the
Democratic party, and continued in
force until the Republican party as
ccnded to power, when they went back
to the high tariff doctrines of the old
Wing party under the cloak of var
ODsity. But the war has been end
h several years and still thee seek
'inre the high protective tariff
f.of the few ard for the
early to- many.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-05
RETURNS TO ITS HUTTON.

The Enterprise, in it's issue Of yes
terday, relieves itself Of another chap
ter of pointless abuse against; the mem
bers of the Legislature which has lust
adjourned; hut like its former charges
it consists Of glittering gcncralitics.
The Enterprise pretcnds TO have proof
that members sold themselves like
cattle, in the open market, and that
many of them 20 home with we'll
filled wallets, the fruits Of corruption.
Now, we don't believe n word Of this
70 be true. We don't believe the En-
terprise has n particle Of proof in its
possession that "A single member of the
Legislature sold himself and cast his
vote for a price in gold. We don't
pretend to say that such may not have
been the case, hut men who are cor
Tupt enough 10 sell their votes are
cunning enough 10 keep their "
counsels, and are not likely 10 hawk
their shame about the streets. Again.
~, - 'A'N HlA ~ = AAANilA~'lNF - " AAtt-
out they find a purchaser. Now. il Is
VIGOROUSLY known, here a. the capital 1t
least, that there was not a single
measure with money ia it," except
the Capitol Appropriation bill, which
passed the present Legislature: aud.
in fact, it has been a subject of general
remark here that the lobby force was
unusually small and had a very un-
profitable season.
The matter which called into life
the largest lobby force of any measure
during the present session was the
Lyon county subsidy bill, and aS that
bill was defeated in the House by an
overwhelming vote, tho presumption
Is strong that If money was used il
was used TO but little purpose. Now.
we believe we, who have been here
during the entire session Of the Legis-
lature, ought To know rs much about
the yenal and corrupt practices Of
members of the Legislature a. the
editor OF the Enterprise, twenty miles
away. IL he has the proof in his pos
session that members sold themselves,
and that measures were carried by pur-
chased votes, he should give it to the
public that the guilty miscrcants may
go forth into the world with the brand
OF iniamy stamped deeply on their
perjured brows. Give the proofs, good
sir; facts, sir, ficts. are what the people
want, and will pay but little heed 10
your Sordy rawlings without you pro-
duce them.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-05
MEASURE TO SUSTAIN TIE
CREDIT OF THE STATE.

Tho Legislature did n good and
wise act when it passed a law reauir.
ing foreign insurance companies to
make a deposit of fifty thousand dol.
lars inState bonds in some bank within
the state to be held as security for the
payment of losses on policies held
within the State. IL is a well known
fact that insurance companies have
multiplied and increased so enor.
mously within the last few years that
the people are coming o look upon an
insurance agent rs the early settlers in
the West in early days looked upon
Yankee clock pedlers and galvanized
watch venders-a regular Cheap John
affair TO take out all kinds of risks
in order to secure the percentage on
the premiums. The result OF the bill
passed by the Legislature, should it
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-05
TIE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND
MINES.

-
FOR some time past there has been
quite q lull in the diamond mine fever
occas:oncd by a report that an emi.
nent London jeweler had tested some
Of the African Jewels and found them
to be nothing but crystalized quartz.
ms story havin- gone uncontradicted
for quite a length Of time. the public
had about settled down into the con
clusion that the South African diamond
ti,'f+ were a gigantic fraud. but later
reports from London put quite a differ
cnt face 81 the matter. The London
Globe OF February 18th contains a very
lengthy account FROM that ant of
extraordinary deposits Of precious
stones, from which we take a few ex-
tracts, but nj the same time will eau
ton our readers not to become excited
and go of with a rush, n the extra
ordinary extent of the fields will en-
able all who desire to go in the next
ten years to accumulate all the precious
stones they may desire. The Globe
saws:
More extended investigation has
shown a very important fact, viz: that
the region in which precious stones
were discovered extends over immense
tracts, comprising not only Griauland
and the Hopetown division of the Cape
Colony, but the Orange River Repub-
lie. the country Of the Bachnans to the
north, and the Transvaal territory. \
diamond of 3O52 carats was found al,
B~loenhoff. on the Naal river. At the
Pniel diggings the success Of a party
from Natal, who were in a short time
able TO export diamonds To- the value
OF eli,O00, and the knowledge that a
company from King Williams Town
had made fortunes in a few weeks,
o peopled the banks of the Naal
river with n mass of excited prospect
ors and diggers, and ut the present
tine there Is one town on its margin,
where are the deepest mines, of over
10000 inhabitants.
IL is positively known that since the
first discovery there has been upwards
OF W and half million dollars worth
OF diamonds and other precious gems
found. In the same gravel in which
the diamonds are can also be found
green-stones, agate, garnet, garnet
spinal opals, amethysts. blood stones,
and indeed almost all the known pre-
cious stones.
Inc diamond region is o known
10 extend beyond latitude 30 degrees
south and p degrees east, which in
Guides many thousands of square
miles wherein hundreds Of thousands
OF people may easily work without
los.iing each other. The principal
fields, and where most digaers are
now concentrated, consists of lands
divided into two sections by the vaal
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-05
NO LonGEg A DAILY PAPER

After this issue We propose cutting
he paper down 10 a semi-wecklv ami
make u sclf-sustaining. We have
gwen Carson n fair trial and ind that
the place will no. support a rosperta-
BILE daily paper. The Register la,
been u nj a heavy loss 10 It's propri-
stors for the last two months. hut we
do not propose To continue x losing
business. As n matter Of pride a.
home and abroad, we would be glad
to continue the paper as n daily. but
canno; afford TO stand the loss our-
selves. oar rule has always been that
il paper don't pay to stop its publica.
ton, just a. we would do IN auv other
business that didn't pay. We intend
TO try n semi-weekly and II that il not
demonstrating will cut 1t down 10 q
weekly. The paper will be published
Wednesdays and Saturdays