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The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-02
Public Library of Kentucky

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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
A Ring as a Detective.

In August last young lady, a resi-
dent of San Francisco, died During
the the following October lock of the
deceased's hair, together with two rings,
were placed in registered letter and de-
spatched toward the East During the
mail robbery on the 22d of that month,
the letter in question was opened, and
one of the rings appropriated. When
Postal Agent Barstow took possession Of
the debris in the mail car, he found the
lock of hair, one ring, and several pieces
of the letter. After considerable trou-
Bile, he managed to decipher the name of
the party, forwarding the letter and that
of the party for whom it was intended.
The writer Of the letter, lady, furnished
him with minute description Of the
missing ring, mentioning that its princi-
pal feature consisted of heart crossed
by two clasped hands This clue was
furnished to the detectives, and through
its aid they captured one of the leading
spirits of the robbery. But for the ring,
which he had devoted to the adornment
of his own clumsy hand, he might have
escaped unScsthed. He has taken up
his abode at the Nevada State Prison,
and the ring was returned to its owner
one day last month. l. a
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
Lost and Found.

A FEW years since a gentleman en-
IN. gagged in the lumber business in
Maine, having an appreciative eye for a
fine diamond, and being convinced that a
real gem would, if properly bought be a
safe Investment, accordingly commission
ed jeweler to purchase for him stone
about thousand dollars in value which
was mounted as a spiral-backed stud.
As months rolled on the owner was Of
fered by connoisseurs constant advances
on his purchase, which temptation only
made him value his gem the more, and
he said to himself, off it is worth that
to them, it is to me, and will keep it
until forced by necessity to sell it,"
In April of last year, while working
on his boom of logs on one side Of the
streams of the Kennebec, having on a
shirt, the stud-hole worn large by service,
he saw his sparkling brilliant fall from
his bosom, strike the log, and glide qui-
etly into the current below.
Determination to regain it, over
powered the regret of his mind He
kept his loss whore his stud should have
benin his bosom. Sounding the
depth of the water he found it to be about
seven feet; he then decided to wait till
the summer drought should bring the
stream to its lowest ebb, and taking accu-
rate measurement Of the place, by the
bearing of the rocks and trees on the
shore allowing eighteen inches for the
change of direction by the current, he
left his treasure to compete with the dace
and sinner in fascinating the river mer-
maid, and returned to his Massachusetts,
home.
The September following, six months
after the loss, the river being then at its
lowest point for the season, the undaunted
lumberman started for his diamond. The
river full of logs, covering the place, had
been saved and shipped, and now only a
few inches Of water trickled over the spot
where the stud fell. He took with him
large tin eolander, the holes of which
were of size to hold the prize, if found.
He had determined to work a fortnight
before giving up the gem as lost, and to
have all the river bottom go through his
handy kitchen strainer. He made his
first dip of gravel and water, as nearly as
he could calculate, eighteen inches down
the current from where it struck the
surface of the stream, seven feet above
And lucky dip it was, for at the bottom
of the pan lay the lost gem, bright and
sparkling as when it came from the jew.
eller. ''
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
Gbe Gintes, Mem BLOOMFIELD, ]Da.

ten and twenty-five cent pieces which.
formed the contents of the work-box
I" Is it possible that you treasured it up
in this manner, my little wife 7"
l saved it against time of need, Will
liam dear; it is all yours now. There
is more than fire hundred dollars there.
We may keep our OWE dear home !"
And l am free man once more,
thanks to my own, dear wife," exclaimed
William, as he clasped her to his BOSOM
" | accept your GIFT, love, as freely as it
is given. Strange.that both sorrow and
gladness should be caused by the three
glasses day"
Years passed on. The busy sound
of the blacksmith's hammer was still
heard in the little shop. The gray-hair-
ed gentleman still smoked his pipe, as
with complacent air he watched his in
dustrious son at his work, and both, at
the old homestead and the cottage, all was
sunshine and happiness. The dark cloud
had indeed passed away.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
The Smuggler's Dog.

NM hO would nave imagined tnat
wv dog had been made serviceable as
a clerk, and thus rolled up for his master
upward of hundred thousand crowns?
And yet big thing" like this happened
some years ago.
One of those industrious beings who
know how to make a chaldron of Goals out
of billet of wood, determined in extreme
poverty, to engage in trade. He prefer
red that of merchandise which occupied
the least space, and was calculated to
yield the greatest profit. He borrowed a
small some of money from friend, and
repairing to Flanders he there bought a
piece Of la ce, which without any danger,
he smuggled into France in the following
manner:
He trained an active spaniel to his
purpose. He caused him first to be shay
ed, and procured for him the skin of an
other dog, of the same hair and the same
shape. He then rolled the lace around
the body of the dog, and put over him
the garment Of the other animal so adroit-
ly that it was impossible to discover the
trick. The lace being thus arranged in
his canine band-box, he would say to his
obedient messenger, Forward my friendp
AT these words, the dog would start and
pass boldly through the gates of Malines
or Valencionnes, in the very face of the
vigilant officers placed there to prevent
smuggling. Having passed the bounds,
he would wait for his master at little
distance in the open country. Then they
mutually caressed and feasted, and the
merchant deposited his parcels in places
Of security renewing his ventures as ne
cessity required.
Such was the success Of the smuggler,
that in five or six years he amassed hand
some fortune, and kept his coach. But
envy pursues the prosperous; a mischiev-
Gus neighbor betrayed the lace merchant,
and Notwithstanding the efforts of the lat
teg to disguise his dog, he was tracked,
watched and detected. The game was
up.
How far does the cunning of such an
animal extend Did the spies of the
custom house expect him at one gate, he
saw them at distance and instantly went
toward the other. Were the gates shut
against him, he overcame every obstacle
sometimes he leaped over the wall, at
others passed secretly behind carriage,
or running slyly between The legs of tray
elers, he would thus accomplish his aim.
One day, however, while swimming a
stream near Malines, he was shot, and
died in the water. There was then
about him five thousand crowns worth
of lace-the loss of which did not afflict
the master, but he was inconsolable for
the loss of the faithful " clerk"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
Very Little Difference.


A man was once travelling through the
State of Illinois, aud, coming to ferry
and being out of money, the following
eolloquy took place between him and the
ferryman:
Ferryman--" say, mister, have you
got any money 7"
Traveller" No, sir"
Ferryman--" Have you got any at
homer
Traveller" No, SIR"
Ferryman-" Can you borrow any p
Traveller" No, sir."
Ferryman-" Do you expect TO get any
on the other side p"
Traveller" No, SIR"
Ferryman-" Well, you had better stay
where you are, for II makes little differ
ence which side you are on.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
Bound to do a Coed Days Work.

Mr. NJ, of Oxford, don't object
to having hired man do . full days
work, at least so We should judge from
the following story:
A short time ago man went to his
place for work. Mr.. M set him to
plowing round forty-acre field, After
he had plowed faithfully all day, until
the sun was about half an hour high, he
expressed his opinion that it was about
time to quit work.
"Oh, no" said Mr.. M" "you can
plow around six or eight times more just
as veil as not" ''.
So the hired man plOwed around six
or eight times, then vent to the house,
took care of his team, MIXED nine cows,
ate his supper, and found ten o'clock
staring him in the face from the old
time-pieco. ..l
Said the hired man to Mrs. NJ,
Where is Mr.. M"
The good woman answered, "He has
retired do you wish to see him ?"
He replied that he did. After being
conducted to the bedroom, he said, Mr..
NJ, where is the axe 2"
Why" said Mr.. M, "what do
you want to do with the axe ?"
"Well," said the hired man, II was
just thinking you might want me to
split wood until breakfast is ready"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

s&- A woman at Oberlin, Ohio, col
lected money for the soldiers orphans,
and used it to buy bonnet. She said
orphans, after they got used to it, could
get along without bread, but women must
have bonnets.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

SS- Lay your fingers on your pulse and
know that at every stroke some immor-
tai passes to his Maker some fellow being
crosses the river Of death; and IL we
think of it, we may well wonder that it
should be so long before our turn comes.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

s@- A Missionary agent, collecting
funds in New Hampshire town, was
informed by a church member that he
could not contribute, as he had no change
less than cent?
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19
~ s. R. Bailey 4 Co. Of Bath. N

B0- s. r. Bailey & Co., Of Bath, Me-,
carriage and sleigh makers, have a pat
ent machine for saving around a log,
aud are thus enabled to furnish boards Of
any width desired They recently sawed
out a board fifty-eight feet wide, which
was never done before. They are princi.
pally used for sleigh dashers and carriage
panels. adlg h3if
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

''~--' 0AN AA'NA'AJs
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Has restored many Persons
who have been
unable to work for years.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Should be taken if your Stomach
is out of Order.
Dr. Crooks Wine OF Tar
Will prevent Maarious Fevers,
and braces up the System.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Possesses Vegetable Ingredients
which make it the
best Tonic in the market.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Has proved itself
in thousands of cases
capable of curing all diseases of the
Throat anA Lungs.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Cures all Chronic Coughs,
and Coughs and Colds,
more effectually than any
other remedy.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Has Cured cases of Consumption pronounced
incurable by physicians.
DR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Has cured so many cases OF
.H Asthma and Bronchitis
that II has been pronounced q specific
for these complaints.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Removes Pain in Breast, Side or Back.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR.
Should be taken for diseases of the
otr a Urinary Organs. v
DIR, CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Cures Gravel and Kidney Diseases
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Should be taken for all
Throat and Lung Ailments.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Should be kept in every house, and It's life.
giving Tonic properties tried by all.
DR.. CROOKS Compound
Syrup of Poke Root,
Eruption on the Skin.
DIR. CROOKS COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT,
Cures Rheumatism and
Palms In Limbs, Bones, &C.
DIR. CROOKS COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT,
Builds up Constitutions
broken down from
... Mineral or Mercurial Poisons.
DR. CROOKS COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT,
Cures all Mercurial Diseases.
DIR. CROOKS COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT,
Should be taken by all
requiring remedy
to make pure blood.
DIR. CROOKS COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT,
Cures scald Head,
Salt Rheum and letter.
DIR. CROOKS COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT,
Cures long standing
Diseases OF the Liver.
DIR. CROOKS COMPOUND
SYRUP OF POKE ROOT,
1ssl Removes Syphilis
on the diseases II entails
more efiectually and speedily
than any and all other remedies combined.
bsely
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-09-19

DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Has been tested by the public
FOR TEN YEARS.
DIR. Crooks Wine of Tar
Renovates and
Invigorates the entire system.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Is the very remedy for the Weak
and Debilitated.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Rapidly restores exhausted
Strength
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Restores the Appetite and
Strengthens the Stomach.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Causes the food to digest removing
Dyspepsia and indigestion
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Gives tone and energy to
Debilitated Constitutions.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR.
All recovering from any Illness
will find this the
best Tonic they can take.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Is an effective
Regulator of the Liver.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Cures Jaundlce,
or any Liver Complaint.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Makes Delicate Females, who are never feeling
Well, Strong and Healthy.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Has restored many Persons
who have been
unable to work for years.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Should be taken if your Stomach
is out of Order.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-23
Louisiana.

There is a singular ENHANCEMENT in the
State Government of Louisiana. Dunn, the
late colored Lieutenant-G Governor of the State,
died. The question arose in what manner
the vacancy occasioned by his death was 10
be filed The Constitution empowers the
Governor to fill vacancies in certain Offices
in the recess of the Legislature; but it cX-
ccptS from this authority certain other officers,
among them the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. With
regard to the Lielltenant-GoveInor it is pro-
vided that in case of vacancy i'll that office
the President Of the Senate shall succeed
him, and in case there is no such President,
then the Speaker Of tine House CT Delegates
shall assume the Office The Governor is au-
thorized to convene the Legislature for GER
tain purposes; but the Governor convened
the Senate alone, that it might elect Prcsi-
dent to become ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The
Senate met, and elected PIHCHBAcK President,
who, in the Governors view, became er-
ofcto Observation-Disclosures. But the Speaker
of the House denies the power Of the Gov
ernor to convene the Senate alone, and as
sumcs that as there was no President of the
Senate at the time Of the death of Dunn, he
acceded at once to the Office of Lieutenant
Governor; that the action Of the Governor
was unauthorized; and that PNcnBAoK has
no right to the office. So there is quite
tlare-up in New Orleans on the subject.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-23


wants and interests Of personal or inter
esfs. II would not do for 1t TO relapse lh'o
the old idea Of the day Of fossils, when Ihe
o,,,v questions about the, Gtnessof an Office
were, as he capable? Isfe honest = salae
faithful to the Constitution"
We are satisfied that no Administration viii
ever surrender the. idea that the service must
be sufficiently flexible to enable 1t to reward
its prominent and most scryile adherents.
Nothing but constitutional amendment fix
ing the duration of office will ever rescue the
service from this " fleNibility."
The regulations :" are strict enough. They
require thorough examination Of candidates
for Office by the boards, and the three highest
names in the list Of applicants are to be re-
ported to the appointing power, from which
to make selection. The rules about pro-
motions and for appointing enteebled or dis
abled officers to lower positions which they
can fill are all good. The tenure OF Office IS
during good behavior and competency Inc!
prohibit heads Of departments or subordl-
mates from levying or authorizing any assess
ment of money for political purposes in their
offices. Very good. Heads of departments,
Judges, and few other officers, are excepted
rom the operation Of these rules.
We think General GRANT certainly de-
serves credit, not only for his declaration OF
his willingness to acquiesce i'll these rules,
but for his determination to adopt them at
once. 1t may be hoped that, once thoroughly
established. they may be respected by future
Presidents, and save the country vast deal
of injury. In one view, they will save Pre-
sidcnts great amount Of annoyance. The
plague of the White House is oliice-hunters.
They are worse than the locusts or the frogs
of Egypt. They have killed two Presidents;
and no man ever entered the White House,
if ne prayed at all, that didn't pray Heaven,
when asking for his daily bread, to deliver
him from evil, and especially from o1nce-
hunters. So that the regulations would be
protection to the Chief Magistrate.
But then we must not forget that the sue
ccssor, if he is of different stripe from Gene
raj GRANT, may think it unfair that these re-
c11lations should be an iron-clad refuge for
the appointees of the party that preceded
him. 1t would be hard for him to keep his
hands off; and there is no power that could
restrain him. He may make the service quite
"fexiblc" enough for. his purposes, and so
would begin the party tit for tat, which would
make the service as unstable and rs much
the means of gratifying partisans IFS ever.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-23
The Funding Act

The Legislature came down to Richmond,
as It's members say, to kill the funding act.
They were rs determined about that as was
the great Fe-Fo-Fum to have the blood of
the Englishman. They have awfully cat
hauled the poor act through all the acts Of the
concise play and left it down in the dust, as
did ACHILLES the dead body Of HECTOR after
dragging it around the walls of Troy.
Well, they pronounce it dead; and SO let
it be considered. 1t leaves some property
behind and what about that? The Lcgi>la-
ttTc stands before il like FALsTAFF over the
body of PERCY. He asks what if PERCY
should he counterfeiting? They will, like
FALsTAFr, probably deem another gaping
wound necessary to the extinction of life in
the well-abused act. There is life in the tail
OF the act-the snake is "scotched." There
Is much to he done vet before the Legisla.
lure can ''trammel up the consequences"
The members will have some time to think
over it, and the public will await with
anxiety their action. They have all protested
ttmt they mean not reputation. 1t is proper
to take their declarations, and We shall there
fore look for measures intended to assure the
public creditors by some prompt step that
they intend to pay some Of the interest that
Is due them.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-23

The President and the Civil Service
The President has enclosed to Congress
the report of the ciyil-service commission.
lie Informs Congress that he has adopted the
rules they have framed, and that these 60
into effect OIL the 1st of january. Very
rightly the President infers that the Federal
Executive may enforce these rules or alter or
abridge them at its option without the inter-
vention OF Congress. Indeed, the President
has control over the whole matter, except
that If he requires the aid of board to ex-
anime into the qualifications of applicants
for office he will have to look to Congress for
the money to pay the board.
The President says these rules are not bind
Ing on his successors without further legis-
htion." They are not binding on him, nor
will they be on his successors unless they.
like him Gf he willy, surrender their preroga-
tive under the Constitution to appoint and
to remove at will. Indeed, the commission
ers who have devised the rules the President
thinks proper to put in force declare in their
report that 1t is proper that the President
nlay remove an officer at any time without
assigning reason, notwithstanding that un-
der these regulations the tenure Of Office is
during good behavior. They say that this
:" is necessary to give the requisite .fesibikey
to the service, which otherwise might be-
come fossiiized."s Exactly. The service
must be 'flexible y enough to bend to the
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-23
The I ,episla t,lre--Tha Interest

The House on yesterday passed by IN over
whclmins vote the resolution directing the
Auditor not to pay any interest on the public
debt until further instructed ny the Lcgisa-
ture. We are glad to say that the body also
unanimously passed a resolution protesting
that in passing the prohihtory rcsolu-
ton there was no intention of denying
the public obligations, or of rcpudiating
them III any sense. These resolutions were
sent to the Senate, but that body adjourned
without concllrring in them.
so the members having taken step that
is quite prejudicial to the public credit, 60
holne to eat their Christmas dinners. We
hope this will sit better upon their stomachs
tl'an does the funding bill, which they repre-
scut to have greatly disturbed their diges-
ton. We wish them merry Christmas, and
trust they may return in better frame of
mind.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-23

the African travellers one of his equatorial
Journeys. Infhe Ashira country hc enlisted .
number Of porter, who turned out to be very
faithless. They scattered his boxes along the
r,outeformsles, openedmany, and robbed them
with exceeding cunning, taking no packages,
but opening eacl, and abstractiDg something
from every one. The French traveller was
awfully perplexed. He could not leave his
advanced camp to go back after his goods
and his delinquent porters, because there
were faithless fellows In camp. The work OF
gathering up his property and regulating his
march, thus suspended by the Ashiras, occ'i-
pied month or two. And SO will the COM
mitteemen perplex MIR. BUcKrNeHAM's advance
along the line of investigation. Du CHArLLu
would, we doubt not, prefer the trouble OF
the Ashiras to that Mr.. BUCKINGHAM will pro-
badly have to endure.