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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24
Singular Phenomenon in Alabama.

The Selma Gazette of the 9Th, says
Yesterday morning there was
heavy shower of rain in Elizabeth and
the region of the country north OF
there, on Apple River, but none at Han
over. In the afternoon OF the same
day, the river at Hanover commenced
to rise rapidly, and was very turbld and
muddy from the wash, of cultivated
fields. Towards evening it was no.
ticed that the fish came up to the 81 ore
and fingered in the shoal water, some
of them coming up SO far that Their
backs could be seen in the above wa
ter. From some reason they appeared
exceedingly discouraged, and not a few
of them turning their bellies up where
their backs ought to be. As darkness
approached, the number increased, til
whole shoals of them could be seen
near the shore, looking very sick. Dur,
ing the night the nver receded, ana
this morning there were millions OF
dead fish lying along the shore. me
Oldest iEhabitant never before saw the
like, and the people are at loss to &C.
count for the strange phenomenon. ~
was doubtless caused by the mud ana
dirt in the water; but there have been
heavy showers in former years. making
the water equally turbid, which pro-
duced no such fatality among the hsh.
parties who came up Galena River IN
the skifis, after the great shower OF
Wednesday, noticed the same phenoIne-
non among the fish of that river. lheeE
stated that thousands of them couid
he seen budding up close to the ShoT5
among them larger ones that FouI'
weigh from ten to twenty pounds
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24

FAST TINE By THE GUIoS Line
STEAMERS. A great deal has been lateN
written about the ocean-racing OF tnf
lnman Company's steamer CITY -
Brussels, and the Oceanic and AtlAnI1
Of the White Star line, white ~
rapid passages OF the Wyoming, q 'ng
Gmon Line Of Mail Steamers, nay.
been overlooked. This steamer uhaei
the command Of Captain Wfineray' has
accomplished one OF the most success .s,
full voyages on record. She LEFT L1,s.-
pool on the DIST of June, arrived N Nes
York on the 1st Of July, and start ''i
for her return voyage on the i2ta' -. -.
arrived on the 23rd, making ~.
run, from land to land each way u
nine DAYS
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07

A MOTHER charming serial commences in Jan. No. of Athe Mliputlan Advertiser, Mtchheld Ct 10e. year. pAGES Combined Writing Tablet, Pin Case Mirror!
 new, neat and useful article, needed by all at home or while travelling. Only < inches in diameter and will
 last lifetime. Price 25c postpaid. eB Splendid terms to Agents Ives, Gen1 Agt Litcheld Ct Send for it. LIVERY BOY should take The Illputian Advertiser GA
 capta little paper at 10c ayr. Box 46 Litchheld Ct
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07

vote against certain measure, did not honestly earn that money by his personal labor. The resemblance between this payment for not more than twenty-five days of work in the lobby of the legisla- ture>at Hartford and the payment for a job of Garvey plastering on the new court house in New York, is too obvious and impressive to need pointing out. Every intelligent citizen knows that, for any hon. est and honorable work, the man himself, with all his abilities, would be dear at less than half that price. The significance of the affair is two fold. It shows first, by what sort of influence measures are sup posed to be carried or defeated in the leg islature of old Connecticut since the era of special legislation in the interest of railway corporations was inaugurated; and, secondly, that the abstraction of large sums from municipal treasury is as pos sible, and is thought to be as safe, in g Connecticut city of less than sixty thou. sand inhabitants as in that fathomless abyss of municipal corruption at the mouth of the Hudson.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07

A Coop OFFICIAL RULE.-Governor Gratz Brown of Missouri in letter taking notice of some insinuations against his habits of sobriety, says
 ''I can say for your satisfaction, that realizing the sinister use that was being made of insinuation and inuendo about the ordinary courtesies of entertainment, and not feeling willing that our great State should be put to the defence in re- gard to the character of it's executive, but rather that it should stand above snspi- cion and above even malignity, I deter mined some time since to vindicate this reputation by habits of total and entire abstinence. From that time to the pres ent, give you my word that have ad- hered rigedly to such determination, and have not permitted myself to use anything in the shape of alcoholic drinks. i pro, pose to maintain the same attitude SD long as may be charged with any administra- tion of public affairs.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07

THE CHICAGO RELIEF FUND.-Rowland Swift, Esq.,, has received circular from the chairman of the executive committee in Chicago, announcing that the entire aid fund amounts to about S, ,5O0, 900. The great matter pressing now is shelter for the coming winter. The committee have provided over four thousand houses, com fortably built on land owned by those who were burned out, or leased by them, the same being 16 by 20 feet, with two rooms 12 by 16 feet, and one by 10 feet, with a plain and matched floor, panel doors and good windows. Allowing five for fami- 1y provision is made for 20, 900 people, and with the 1000 houses in all, which will be completed before winter sets in, there will be houses for 35,000 people. After pay ing the expense of this building, there will be some g, 800, GOO left to meet de- mands for food, clothing, fuel, Ec. If the demand continues as urgent as at present the fund will be exhausted by mid-winter; but work is being found for many, and it is hoped that the number who will be self supporting will be so great that the pres sure for help will be very considerably di- unfinished. d.-COuranf.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
cLIpPlacs.


 The Mormon question--Whet next.
 Things that know no autumn prices there's no fall in 'em). ~t,Y l
 Diogenes bequeathed histub to nobody; so there's no Diogenes tub-ee (Ha ).
 Charity begins at home Wisconsin justice has granted himself divorce.
 Who killed the most poultrys Why, Hamlet's uncle, who "did murder most foul"
 Where do all the ugly cOuntfywomen come from? From the City of the Plains, to be sure. Fatf
 Indiana has raised the price of wife beating from $2.50 to $3 per beat. Di- vorces at old prices.
 The very small boy who savagely beat bass-drum ignored the injunction to ''take one of his size"
 Kerosene now combines with coolie em- | igration to reduce the superabundant pop ulation of China.
 l Cincinnati children are to be vaccinated | before they have the smali-pox, and promptly buried" if the vaccination does | no good.
 It is moro than probable that some of the sensational stories about the breaking | in of levees by the flood are overdfawn accounts on the Mississippi banks.
 Jupiter is getting in bad way. An as- tronOmer notices the "rosy protuberance now visible on his face. Evidently Jupi- ter has been "out" too muclf O nights.
 An ingenious editor in Indiana commits himself in the following notice: "We leave to morrow for the county hog-show, and hope to take the prize"
 The Mobile Register in an obituary over dead gambler, says he deserved to be shot for playing three-card monte when he might have been playing poker just as we'll.
 The French clergy require man to confess all his past errors before marrying and then they repeat them to his mother in-law in order to secure future family harmony.
 A gentleman travelling home from At- lanta, met an old colored man on whose hat was entwined the crape of grief The gentleman said, 'tfou have lost some friend, I see." ''Yes, massa." ''Was it Q near or distant relative ?" 'TWas it near or distant relative P "Well, pretty dis tant-'bout twenty-four mile"
 An editor at Illinois having engaged a new reporter, received the following as his first effort: "We are informed that the gentleman who stood on his head under Q pile driver for the purpose of having 6 tight pair of butes druv on, shortly after wards found himself in Chiny, perfectly naked and without cent in his pocket"
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07

Febrine, the devastating scOurge of the silk-worm, is now rapidly decreasing un- der the treatment laid down by Pasteur, whose long and patient microscopic -ob- servations have resulted in forming some indications as to those eggs which should be destroyed to prevent the hatchng of diseased worms. Last year one-tenth of of the French silk-worm breeders used this method of detection, and in few years it and the wearing of silk dresses will be in universal practice. God bless M. Pasteurl say all grateful ladies who have now nothing to wear. '"
 Captains Thomas and Lewis Will iams, who commanded two vessels of the Arctic whaling fleet, recently lost in the ice, married Wethersfeld girls, both of whom had accompanied their husbands l on several voyages and were with them at | the time of the disaster.
 The Washington Republican says:-"A young woman was sent to a New Jersey jail day or two ago for drunkenness. Once she was the belle of New Haven, where she married a rich man, and had one child. Unfortunately, she learned to drink, and her child dying, became, in- ! temperate, her husband at last killing himself in despair"
 | Mir. Fly, second mate of the city of
 New London, lost in the late disaster,
 was to have married Norwich lady
 Thanksgiving. There was probably no 5 person on the boat whose chances ofreach-
 ingthe shore were better, or equal to, this mans. He threw of his heavy clothes , and was encumbered only with light under , garments. He was an excellent swimmer, . foo. and it was Q matter of great surprise , that he was lost When found he was
 within a few feet of the shore. Benjamin Purdy. the cook, weighs nearly 300 pounds. He had to be t0wed ashore.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07

DRUNKENNESS IN SCOTLAND one of statistical reports on morals presented to the English parliament some time since some very interesting facts concerning drunkenness in Scotland are given. It appears that in one single parish of Edin- burgh, in which there are 90,OOO people, 1953 were found dead drunk and 3935 era zy drunk m year. Drunkenness is more common in Edinburgh in summer than In winter. Saturday is the favOrite day, and Tuesday ranks next, for debauchery. Nothing is more common than to find a man who. has been in prison twenty or thirty times for drunkenness.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07

The ceremony of tying the marriage knot is very much simplifed in the Hoo sier State, as the following will show = "What is your name sir ?'' Matty. ? 'sWhat is your name, Miss ?'' stPolly. ? Matty, do you love PoIlyY' No mis. take. 2 Polly, do you love Matty ? Well, reckon" We'll, then,
 's pronounce you man and wife
 All the days of your life.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
Farm For Sale.

A VALUABLE Farm containing 119 Acres, sit- A uated miles south. east of Litchfield, with IA or 16 acres of large timber; apple orchards and other fruit, farm house and necessary farm build- ings, two never falling wells of good water, and fine brook running through the farm. This farm
 lies in pleasant valley, the land naturally warm and dry and admirably adapted for raising fruit and farm and garden crops. desirable location. For further particulars inquire of
 s9-tf s R. CONKLLN, Litchfeld Conn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
.1nfa DPlnfin0.

All kinds of book and Job Printing neatly and promptly done.
 Business Cards, Wedding Cards, Bill Heads, Labels, Ball Tickets. Handbills, Pamphlets, &e., &c., done in the best style, and as cheap as at any office in the State.
 Orders can be sent in by mail and the jobs sent out by mail Qf small), by stage, or express, to most parts of the county, without serious risk or delay.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-07
0rbe Gitfbhelo Gnquirer, G. A. HTCK0X, Editor < Proprietor
 lITCHFlELD, CONN.
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-09
BY TEL RAPH
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
IMPROVED HEALTH OF JUDGE CEASE
SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSIONERS
BIsMARCK's WELCOME HOME
THE EMPEROR REVIEWING TROOPS
WASHINGTON.

Chief Justice Chase at WnshingtOn-His
Health IlmprOved-C0 Commissioners 10
Examine southern Claims-SynOpsis Of
Weather RcpOrts-Severe Storm Indi-
Gated for the Calf.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Chief Justice
Chase is here. His health is much inl-
proved.
Messrs Ferris, of New York, Allize, OF
Vermont, and 1lOwels, of Iowa, have been
appointed commissioners to exaMine South
ern claims.
Weather Reports.-Thc department re-
ceives now the full list of reports from
it's stations reached by the Western Union
and Franklin lines.
The following is a synopsis Of the weather
report for the past twenty-tOur hours: The
pressure has diminished with threatening
weather on the middle Atlantic, and less 80
with clear weather on the south Atlantic;
it has risen with threatening weather on
the east Atlantic.
The central area of the lowest barometer
which was yesterday evening in Nebraska.
has moved very slowly to the southeast, and
now covers Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. Its
influence has extended very rapidly to the
gulf, and less so toward Lake Ontario.
Heavy rains are reported from the Missis-
sippi valley, with high and brisk sOutherly
winds from the gulf to lakes Michigan and
Huron; high nOrtEerly winds in Nebraska;
fresh winds prevail on the Atlantic coast.
A severe storm is indicated for tonight
and tomorrow for the gulf, high winds for
Thursday on the lakes, and threatening
weather on the south Atlantic with fresh
winds
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-09
Yesterdays Evening Dispatched


WASHINGTON, March st is rumOred at
Havana that there was q heavy engage
mcnt recently near Los Tunis. The inspr-
gents had two guns. The Spaniards were
victorious.
The radicals of Porto Rico elected depu-
ties to the Spanish Cortes-the conserva-
tives not voting.
The Democrats in Des MOines, Iowa,
elected treasurer and marshal. The usual
Republican majority in this place has been
about 500.
In New York municipal elections the Re-
publicans carry Elmira, Rochester, POugh-
keepsie, Auburn and New Hartford.
The Democrats carry Utica, Troy, Water
vile. Rome and OswegO.
Wendell Phillips, in lecture for the
benefit OF the French, in New York, de-
LONDON, March Z, evening.-Bismarck
in his circular to diplomats, narrating the
events OF the war and the changed cOndi-
ton of Germany, comments with severity,
almost amounting to animOsity, upon tho
offensive and evasive policy of England
during the war.
Paris, March THE journal Obiciel in
vites the mayors OF Paris and the COM
munes to address a demand for q part of
the funds sent by citizens Of the United
States, and urges that a delegate Of the
American government be added to the
commission for its distribution.
AL the theatres are preparing to open az
soon as gas can be supplied.
The Bank Of France will commence issus
ing balance sheets on Thursday.
A letter from Jules Simon is placarded
everywhere. 1t announces the deposition Of
Napoleon, and declares him responsible for
the ruin and invasion f France.
The appointment Of General Paladine has
given confidence because Of his acknOwl-
edged frmness and talent. He has plan
for reorganization Of the National Guard,
approved by Theirs.
The National Guard for the future is q
difficult problem.
The disgraceful scenes in Paris will soon
be put down.
PARIS, March 7, Evening.-The Prus-
slams today delivered to the French all the
forts upon the left bank of the Seine.
The Emperor William and staff left Ver-
sailles to-day.
The Prussians will completely evacuato
Versailles by the eleventh, and the neigh
borhood by the nineteenth instant.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-09
FAIR POSTPONED.
Ii Will Regiu November rs.

We learned last evening through Luther
Holmes, Esq, Secretary Of the Mechanics
and Agricultural Fair Association, that ut
a meeting of the board Of directors held
last evening, it was determined to postpone
the annual fair of 1871 until the eighteenth
of November next. This postpOnement has
been made after due consideration of all
the circumstances arising from the late dis
astrOus fire at the Fair Grounds, it having
been found impossible, after duly estimat-
ing the difficulties in the way, to have
everything in complete readiness before
the summer season is too far advanced.
Several reasons have been adduced here
toforc for holding the fair in the autumn
instead OF the spring. 1t may be that here
after it will be found expedient to hold it
regularly in the month of November, iDs
stead OF April.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-09
THURSDAY 9

| ing reinstated the case to enable them tC
do 50, they only compiled in part, and
omitted to give the required detail Of the
, quasi sales made betweena january an,
| October 19. 1869. 1t was n(t until the day
OF the last trial that they supplied this
| omission. and even now that their whole
account is filed, in different sections, in
which they profess to give the required de
tails, they 90 not tell the weights hale by
bale, for in each instance where there is
more than one bale, they lump the lot, and
this generally in round numbers-an I'M
probable t:.ct-for there were ut least nine
chances to one that the footing UP would
end in q digit rather than a zero.
Under all these circumstances, it. is my
duty to suspect. if not wholly reject, the
account OF weights given by plaintiff, and
of them, but here tho same doubts arise
against defendants account. They also
dead too largely III round numbers, and
from their many reticenccs and eXagrra-
tiOns prevent me from entirely trusting
their figures. l Will, therefore, give them
the benefit of any doubts of the plaintiffs
accuracy. only so far as | can do so safely
and without going to the other extreme
adopting their equally suspicious and cN-
age of the two accounts of weights. As to
the market prices at the date Of sales. the
evidence, with some slight exceptions, Sis
tains the plaintiffs account.
1t is therefore a,ljudged and decreed that
there he Judgment recognizin. the exist
ence of the factors and supplier's privilege
in favor Of plaintiffs on the property
Sequestered for the sum OF $ll75 ~. with
interest from judicial demand; this said
judgment to take effect only i'll rem Oh said
property. 1t is further ordered, etc, that
defendants reconyentional demand be re-
jected SO far as it claims any balance in
their favor, and controverts the effect in
rem of this Judgment. 1t is further ordered
that the defendants be condemned per-
sonally and in sOlidO to pay the costs of
this snit. II is further ordered that the
intervention of ii. n. McCrea be dismissed
with costs.
Miscellaneous.
In the suit Of G.. :. Sauvinet vs. the pro-
prietor of the Bank" saloon, Royal street,
in which damages are claimed in consc-
quence of a refusal on the part of the latter
to entertain the former, the Judge OF the
Eighth District Court has ordered that the
Coroner of the Second and Third Districts
shall draw Il jury OF seventytive for the six
tcenth instant, for the purpose Of trying the
said case.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-09
Novelties mt the Academy.

This evening there will be an entire
change OF programme, and the new bill en-
braces THE Dutch Justice the burletta
OF The Nymphs of the Caribbean Sea-
the ballet CT THE Zephyr" dances, songs
and a great variety Of other goods, the best
Of which are by Monsieur D'Atalie, the man
with the iron jaw, and Mile Angela, the
female Samson Tomorrow evening, benefit
Of Monsieur D'Atalie and Mile Angela.
Saturday noon, grand matinee. Monday
evening, the Water Sprites of Boston
Bay" and the new sensation OF the great
female song and dance ballet.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-09
LONDON.

French Prisoners Forwarded to Hamburg
-Bismnrck nnd His Welcome Home
Review of Troops by Emperor viii.
liam.
LONDON, March s.-A dispatch from
Hanover, of the eighth, says the French
prisoners who have been held in various
parts Of the kingdom OF Hanover, have
been forwarded to Hamburg, whence they
90 to France.
Count Bismarck has passed through Din
gerbrnck en- route to Berlin. He will he
met at Mayence by a committee of citizens,
who will welcome and escort him home to
Germany.
Emperor William has reviewed the first
and twelfth corps, and the Wurtemburgers,
at Villiers. The headquarters of the En-
perOr are now at Ferrieres.
The elections to the Bavarian Chambers
resulted i'll the choice Of twenty-nine lib
erals and seventeen patriOts-the latter
are opposed to confederation.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-09
WHOLE NUMBER 1884.

l4s4c. Flour: Southern dull; shade easier;
common to fair extra $707 90; good to
choice$7 6509. Whisky firmer; SO 93Ac.
Wheat heavy and lower: winter red and
amber Western 70075c. Corn heavy; 10
lower; 81 087lac; handsome Southern
yellow 90c. Pork heavy at S2l 15S
q 87l.. Beef quiet Lard duh
and hcAvy; kettle rendered l3Ac.
Navals firm TallOw active. Frcights firm
Money easy, 405. Sterling ga. Gold Ill ~.
Governments declined Is a 81; ive-twenties.
of 1862, Il23s. Southern securities very
dull; Tenncssees, "a ls, new "a; Virginias %,
new G5; Louisianas G9, new 63; levee skies
73 eights IS; Alabama eights IOl, tives 81;
Georgia skies S0A, sevens 80; North Caro-
linas 47A. new u; South Carolinas ~,
new g..
CIScIsNArI, March S-Cotton dull and
unsettled; middlinss l3as a lac. Flour firm
aud in far demand; family $6 5000 75.
Wheat firm; demand fair; red ST. $50
| 40. Corr: demand good at full prices;
81 a 5Sc. Rye. firm; 81 03Wl 05. Oats
dropping; No. 2, so Sic. Barley dropping;
80 a 95c. Provisions dull and dropping; mess
pork S2l so. Bulk meats: Shoulders 7h0
Use; clear rib sides Gig q 93sc; clear 'des lOh
a lO1ac. Bacon: Shoulders sac; clear rib
sides lie; clear sides II lac. No sales Of inn
portance. Lard 12 a l2Ac asked. Whisky
advanced to Sjc.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, March 8, Evening.-COnsOls 9lsS.
Five-twenties of 1862, 81.
LIVERPOOL, March 8. EveniRg.-COttOn
market stcadier; middling uplands nearly
7 al lsd; Orleans nearly "a a 73stl; sales to-
day 1900 bales, OF which 5000 were for ex-
port and speculation.