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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-20

De WITT CLINToN's DUEL WITH JOHN
SwARTWoUT.-If you wish to know what man
ner of young man De Witt Clinton was, you
have only to read the official report of the duel
which he fought in 1902, with john Swartwout,
at Weehawken. Clinton was then opposing
Aaron Burr, and Swartwout accused him of be-
ing actuated in his opposition only by personal
and selfish motives.
''He is liar, a scoundrel and a villainp ex-
claimed the hot headed Clinton.
A chalange followed, and a duel was fought
suppose that it was the most remarkable affair
Of the kind that ever occurred-out Of Ireland.
The first fire doing no harm to either antagonist
one Of the seconds asked Swartwout:
Are you satisfied, slr?"
81 am mo-" said he, with more bluntness than
courtesy.
They fired a second time without effect.
"Are you satisfied, sir2' asked the second.
MOP Numbered Swartwout.
The men fired third time without effect, when
the Same gentleman again politely asked Mr..
Swartwout if he was satisfied.
81 am not, was the reply; "neither shall
be until that apology is made which demand
ed. Until then we must proceed"
SWartwouts second then presented a paper
containing the apology demanded, for Clinton's
signature, saying, owe cannot spend our time
IN conversation. This paper must be signed, or
proceed"
81 viii not sign any paper on the subject"
said Clinton, with rrmness and dignity. 81 have
no luminosity against Mr. SwartWCut. | will
willingly shake hands, and agree to meet on the
score of former friendship"
The fourth fire then took place, when Gin
toms ball struck his obstinate antagonist in the
left leg below the knee.
care you satisfied, STRIP the wounded man
was again asked.
Standing firmly at his post, he answered: ut
is useless to repeat the question. My deter
mination is fixed, and beg we may proceed. !"
While the surgeon was extracting the ball
from the opposite side of Swartwouts leg, Gin
ton again declared that he had no luminosity
against Swartwout, that he was sorry for what
had passed, and was willing to 90 forward, shake
hands and bury the circumstance in oblivion.
Swartwout, however, standing erect at his place,
insisted upon the written apology. A fifth time
they fired, and Clinton's ball struck his antag-
onist in the same leg, a little below the former
wound.
care you satisfied, sir" asked the second.
81 am not, STRIP replied Swartwout, "pro-
Clinton then left his station, threw down
his pistol, and declared that he would fight no
more.
Whereupon Swartwout, turning to his second,
asked what he should do, to which the second
replied:
"There is nothing further left for you now but
to have your wounds dressed"
so the combat ended, and the two parties re-
turned IN their barges TO the city.
such was Clinton at thirty-thrce, when he had
already been member Of the legislature, and
was about to enter the senate of the United
States. He was brave to rashness, and ambi-
tious beyond measure; but he lived up to the
standard of his day, and acquitted himself of
every trust with honor and distinction.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-20

The SEA SERPENT AGAIN.-"A gentleman"
(says the Inverness Courer,) con whose intelli-
gent observation and accuracy we have perfect
reliance, sends the following account of a
strange animal now to be seen about the west
coast of Invernesshire, and which, if not the
yeritable or traditional sea serpent, must be the
object so often represented under that appella-
ton: 'On Tuesday last | went on trip to Lo-
choum in my small sailing boat. was accom-
panied by my friend and your acquaintance, the
Rev. Mr.. -, of Kent, my two daughters,
young man, my grandson, and a servant lad.
While we were proceeding along the Sound of
Sleat il fell calm, and we were rowing the boat,
when we observed behind us row of dark
masses, which we took at first glance for a shoal
of PROPOSES; but a second look showed that
these masses formed one and the same
creature, for it moved slowly across our
wake, about 200 yards off and disappeared. AT
forwards, what seemed its head reappeared, fol-
lowed by the bumps or unduations of its body,
which rose in succession till we counted eight
of them. 1t approached now within about 100
yards or less, and with the help of binoculars,
of which there happened to be three on board
we could see it pretty distinctly. We did not
see its eyes, nor observe any scales; but two of
the party believed that they saw what they took
to be small fin moving above the water. 1t
then slowly sank, and moved away just under
the surface of the water, for we could trace its
course till it rose again, by the large waves it
raised above it, to the distance of a mile and
upwards. We had no means of measuring its
size with any accuracy; but, taking the distance
from the centre OF one bump or undulation Of its
body to that of another at six feet, land it could
not be less), the length of the portion visible
above the water would be about so feet; and
there might have been about 20 or 80 feet more
of its length which we did not see. Its head
seemed blunt, and looked about Is inches in
diameter, and the bumps were rather larger than
the head. When in rapid motion the bumps
disappeared, and only the head and neck could
be seen above the surface of the water. 1t con-
tinued to rush about the same manner as long
| as we remained within sight of the place, but
did not again come so near us that day. On the
afternoon of the next day, as we were returning
| home, we encountered our strange acquaintance
again within the entrance Of LOchourn, and saw
him careering swiftly along the surface of the
| water, which was now slightly rippled with a
| light breath of wind"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-20

"a JOLLY MISTAKE AFTER a dose Of Williams Jamaica
Ginger. eramps are missed ache.

CUPTD's ANBUsoADRs,-The sly archer, Love, shoots
his from eolgns of vantage but it doubt
full if he delivers his hearaking shafts from any ambush
with more effect than when he arms them from the
braids and folds and rngets Of superb head OF hair
Ladies who have not been favored by Nature with this
browning charm of womanhoOd. readily and
tany increase the volume of their hair and impart
a silken lustre by using LIONS KATHAIRoN daily
dressing; while those whom Providence has blessed
with superabundance of this "Glory of the sex,
preserve it, undminished in quantity and unfinished
in beauty to the latest period of life There gem
mating principle in the Kathairon which literally com
pes the hair groW 1t extirpates scurf dandruf and
all calculations and excrescences of the scalp which in
terere with the rapid and healthy development of the
dbres. wlt&deoplw $50
'HEALIEG ON THE WINGS" say all who have made
of Dr. WTstars Bdsam Of Rld Cherry, and by such
been cured of coughs colds bronchitis sore throat
influenza or consumption. The prudent will always
keep this standard remedy by them deop&wlw sis
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-20

KEW YORK STOCK HARKET.
NEW YORK. Sept. l9.-Nloney has been in active de-
mand to-day though the extreme rates lower than
yesterday in spite of the locking up operations ofthe
gold clique a greater number Of borrowers in the
stock market supplied at per cent gold, though
transactions at per cent by halfpast two;
however the rate has fallen to q per cent per annum
with exceptional transactions at 4per cent. Several
OF the banks had checks presented for payment, for
which prosecutors demanded greenbacks which, it is pre-
sumed, to be put in private safes In the Afternoon
the Bank of Commerce refused to cash certified checks
in gTeenbacks from three houses in the gold clique in ia
of Henry N. Smith, amounting in the aggregate to
SsOG,0OO which, it is supposed intended to be
locked up the ground that they were engaged in the
conspiracy, and that bank woudnO pay except through
regular exchanges from the clearing house as custom
airy. Sterling dull and unsettled long 1918 q 1913;
sight lOST q lO9 Gold very active and excited. opened
1888 fell to 1875 advanced to HAS, fell to ll4A, ad
vanced to ll5% and closed very strong lis az 5h
Offers were made after 4so'cock OF ll5A Loans were
made at 1872 to fiat for use and a. per cent for carry
ing. Ceaungs Sl2l 100000 The treasury disburse-
ments were slS30Ol The government sold one million
gold at ia a. ia l-100, nearly all being taken by the
clique, who bid ia TOR four millions out Of the total bids
of ten millions six hundred thousand. The announce
of the sale of only Sl0OO0O0 caused great excite
but 1t is PLAIN that sale by the treasury would
only have resulted to the advantage OF the clique, and
ll5h before night. Governments strong, in sympathy
with gold closing about y per cent above the opening
rates State bonIs dull and unchanged The stock mar
kethas been feYerish and excited all day. with frequent
fluctuations but there better feeling in the after
nooa despite the desperate efforts Of the gold clique to
depress prices The amount of business is less than the
past two days, but still large at the opening prices ad
vanced generally to Ia per cent, but afterwards de-
elined to 2k per cent. In the afternoon portion OF
the decline was recovered but the market finally reacted
under the hammering Of tae bear clique Erie continued
the special feature OF borrowers who paid to lAipr ct
its use for to-day deliveries the lower rate at the
close The price uctuated between s. and 52H cash,
and "a to 52B regular The corner shows no signs OF
breaking are the strongest contracting in the
stock. Pacific Mail was the next most active STOCK,
fuctuatng between 6SH and SIN; late in the day it
suddenly el under bear sales, from 6Ss to 67l Union
Pacific is active S99 3SS and is the strongest
the list it is believed to be cornered Columbus
Cincinnati and Indana.Centra though lower, was also
very strong, and corner is still rumored in it, Bust
ness otherwise is well distributed. The whole market
closed pretty steady. The suspension of Phillip Dater
Co.. an old heavy grocery house. is announced iabil-
tfpgu nt
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SALT FOR FowLs.-A lady thus writes in
Hearth and Home: "In the fall of the wear 1869
my fowls began to molt-as thought, quite too
early; soon, as began to think, quite too fully.
wondered and watched and waited; at last
became convinced that my beautifulplumed and
hitherto well behaved pets were actually and
Enthusiastically addicted TO that low, vulgar Wee
of stealing and eating each others feathers. OF
all disagreeabe occurrences in the henyard, this
is about the most disheartening. 1t diyests the
occupation of all its poetry at once. Even cack-
ling and growing sounds, so delightful and full
Of promise to the ear Of the hen shepherd lose
their lubllant resonance, when, in addition to
what you hear you can see them caCklc all over;
that is, If you should not happen to get en-
gagged in the scientific study Of muscular move
ments as eXemplided in the process. "What
ans your hensP was the question ever recur-
ring and ever uDanswerable, eating feathers be.
ing only the result Of some idiosyncrasy beyond
my lathoming. Having read in different papers
that hens must not be fed with salt, and having
taken extra pains TO Keep il from mine in their
1000 ! resolved, for sake Of change, they now
should have il. had fed them sour milk or
curds almost daily through the summer, so |
auucu ono teaeupiul Of the salt 20 pan holding
three quarts OF sour milk, stirred well together,
and set u before them. At first they did not
seem inclined 70 cat u, but soon began one after
another TO pick little, asking by their manner
as well as they could, "What have Won done 10
our clabberV left it standing over nigbt and
in the morning found it all gone, and the lid.
dies quite as well as usual instead of beino
dead, as ! felt / had some reason 10 exnecf3
The treatment was followed, keeping well salted
milk before them at least half the time, giving
also plenty Of water The result YVES, In abonf
a fortnight the long necks were bristling with
pin feathers, and in an incredibly short time
they were full plumed and shining maryeously.
Since then have taken particular pains to give
my fowls salt food, as much as | should Judge
necessary or paatable for person, and have
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-20
Gks aag spp: aa1masr. foap ung September %, 1879.

had no more feather eating, though the fowls
and the treatment have been the same in other
respects imagine they obtained little salt
from the feathers; whatever the reason may be,
the cure was perfect, and no injury to the fowls
resulted tberefrom
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FALL OPENING


of aces, embroideries, white goods, fannes, hand
kerchiefs, ladies', gents and misses silk and me-
rino underwear; skirts, night dresses, chemises
fringes, gimps, buttons and fancy trimming goods;
worsted embrOideries, zephyr worsteds, and COM
plete assortment of worsted materials; neckties
sashes and ribbons; French corsets kid gloves, in
l, 2, and 4 buttons. The aforementioned goods
are at the lowest market prices, and comprise the
largest and choicest assortment ever offered in this
city, at their new and spacious store.
GROSS, STRAUSS & Co.,
3S3 Main street,
Opposite Elm street.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-20

SPECIALLY!
An immense assortment of the celebrated Jouyin
kid gloves, in all oolors, bought at late perempto
ry auction sale, worth Sl50 pair, are offered for
the next thirty days at rs cents pair, at
GROSS, STRAUSS & Co.,
1888 Main street. opposite Elm street.
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assay as high as $500 to the ton. The vein is
considered exceedingly rich, and the ore found
to be easily reducibe. The doctor considers
his fortune made, as the mine Is only between
thirty and forty miles from Monterey, in an ac-
cessible locality.
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n. Taow Candles, q II IA a lsc; Sperm do IS q &C
Rice, q H. 10 q l2c. Kerosene Oil, Is q 35c e. gallon
Sperm OIL 500 a $50 per gallon. Honey, ~ g SOC q d.
Japanese teas 81 q LIS.
FISH-Haddock Is NJ loo; fresh cod l2c, dry, q sc;
solid oysters, q OF, q Soc; Holsters, l0c; Ha1but
zoe Smoked salmon, SOC Il h; picked salmon 2Qe;
Picked Herrings, 80 a 40 q doz. Smells zoe u fo
Pickerel Csc II h. Pouts, zoe. Clans SOC q peck.
Quahogs Soc q peck Shad IS g soc apiece. Fresh sal
mon Soc u b. Fresh mackerel Is a Csc. Sword nsn
2Oc Blue fish l2e. Spanish Mackerel, 4oc u b..
COAL = Franklin, u ton, $1,000; Lehlgh, SS50
Chestnut. $500; Bitumnous, $500; Lackawanna, SS5O
Tr-Momtain $3.50; seventy-hve cents ton less than
these prices when delivered at the yard. Charcoal
Hard. Soc; chestnut, 40c u basket.
WOOD AND HAYWOOD q cord, walnut $40, hard SO
O. green hard $50 chestnut and hemock 81 a 49, pine
New hay SIS @ $50 Rye Straw, Q ton SIS.
Foreign RIarkets.-tBY Atlantic Csblel
LONDON, Sept l9.-Csnsols opened at 924 @ On. U.
s. $50 bonds 1865, old, 92K do 1851 9lHi U. ;, ten
fOrties, SIX; new IS, 80.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. l9.-Cotton dull; middllng uplands
at esd do Orleans l0d sales 1900 bales Of which 1000
bales were for speculation and export
FRANKFORT, Sept. ls.-U. S. 5-20s, 1852, 9S
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gneeiaI Motreas.
Republican Congregational District
Convention,


Con,,ortion
.,-, 49,.
are requested to send delegates to Convention to be
held in Washington Hall. Greenfield. on THURSDAY
October lOh at 2 O'Clock NJ for the purpose of nom-
MATING candidate for Memher of Congress and Pres-
Dental Eleetor for this District
-. 80 80, - -. .,. g. ,o
Each town ana each Waru OF city is emitted 10 one
delegate and to one additional delegate for every two
hundred voters and for eyarv fraction ma large as one
huureu 'oeis anu ioI every fa'ton DIS la 80 aS Oiie
nuluIeo o"S' lol "eh' HiaHt III suon to"h VI ""i" III
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nAnnsr DnAEGl4 Rag.

Ladies' If you want good French corset, call at
Weinberg Bros 357 Main street
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-20

Ladies', if you want nice thread or point lace
collar and barbe, call at Weinberg Bros 357 Main
street.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-20

Weinberg Brothers, 357 Main street, have just
received 500 pieces Hamburg edging. Entirely new
patterns at very low prices.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-20

and in his lecture gave complete translation of
this address of Rameses to his people, which,
together with the lecture, has been published at
leiDZig,
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

NEW YORK, Sept. l9-Cotton y 90 Nc lower and in
GOOD spinning demand sales 1880 bales; middling up
lands at lg4c. tOur quiet and firm; sales 1880 hbls;
state at $500 a SIS; Ohio SI45d975; western $500 90
gS5 southern at s7SO0D 1880 Wheat shade better and
IN better export demand; sales 100000 BUSH No spring
SIG! g 1866 No do Sl53 a l,6l red western
Sl,6O ~ l,l3; white Michigan Sl.75@S2. Corn shade
better and in good export demands sales 1885, 900 bush;
steamer mixed western at 63@63hc sail do at 6i@6iAc
Uats scarce and very hrmi new du and heavy; sales
4l,OVO bush; Ohio -@9-o; western 4795Oc. Beef quiet.
Pork hrm new mess Sl42O a l4,25; prime S-dS-.
Lard uul; at S% a. 9Ac, Butter seady state 2412sc
Mhlskey unchanged; western 93c. Rice dull; Carolina
at - "a $40. Sugar hrmer; MuscoyadO 81 a. 0he; re-
lasses dull Turpentne firm at 50 a. 63&c; rosn quiet
at 81 @ 4O5 for strained. Petroleum dull; crude at lilo;
refined 2iAe. Taow dull at S9i@9 5l6c.
CHICAGO, Sept l9.-Ftour seady extra spring $3.50 "a
1877 white winter extras SS25 a 50, Wheat in fair
demand and higher-closed quieti No spring at s2j
LIS No do closed at 81 20Acash Sl9h IN ll96 seller
heptember 81 II seller October Corn active and high
err No mixed at 36c for fesh 35hc regular cash. 36N
~ 3BAc seller october; rejected "a a 3ihc; No high
mixed SIC. Oats in fair demand; No 2 at Mhc rive
and closed dull No fall zoe. Pork dull and lower;
mess at S3,1O % 1915 seller September; $3.50 bid for
December and january. Lard steady; winter Sc;
NOR SIC. Bulk meats quiet and unchanged. Bacon I'M
-four, $4,000 bush wheat 10000 bush corn 10000 bush
oats 5000 bush rye 10000 bush barley. Shpments30O0
bba Hour IOOO bush wheat $4,000 bush corn 239 900
bush oats, 10000 bush rye, $4,000 bush barley.
CINCINNATI, Sept, l9.Pork advanced and in fair de-
mand at $3.50. Lard in fair demand and and higher;
summer 81 01SAc steam rendered SNc Kettle BN ID &C.
Bulk meats in good demands sides at csc clear rib sides
9hc clear sides lOc Bacon steady for shoulders at 7hc
and demand good az full prices for sides; clear rb sides
l0%@99c; clear sides H. Live hogs steady at s45O@
new ORLEANS, Sept lo-Cotton heayyi mddngs
at l9c.
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John \. Clark a. Son, Commission Merchants
and d6AleTs IN Flour and GRAIN Land Plaster Lime
Caclned Plaster, Or. Bone Cement Salt Gsaano Snner
Phosphate OF Lime and Western Prsduee Mes bal ADJ
2S9 Front st., Worcester, Mass. u
dtl JOIN 8. CLARK 4 SON.
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Republican County Convention.
District Convention.

District Convention.
A Convention Of the Republicans of the Ninth Con-
gressional District will be held at Horticultural Hail.
Worcester on FRIDAY, Sept. 27th at 10 O'Clock A NJ,
for the purpose of nominating member OF Congress
and one Presidential Elector.
The basis of representation will be the same as at the
last State Convention. T. L. NELSON
Chairman District Committee.
Worcester, Sept, Il, 1917. dts27 sls
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Room aud Board for single gentlemen can be
obtained reasonable rates, at the Bay state House.
IS dim
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- FOR SALE-In lots to suit, the land
N;;; east of CromptOu Loom Works. Also, some fine
l.A Lots on Green ST., and street running from
$40 dit l.. A. Ely T. co
Marshall County Republican., 1872-07-04
The Founding Ticket.

All the original Jacobs of reform
have deserted the Cincinnati move
ment. The bantling that first opened
its eyes under the star-spangled canopy
of the Exposition barn has been aban-
doned in disgust by its free trade father
and its civil-service- reform mother, and
is nursed only by the distant poor rela-
tions who have superstition that the
brat is a dauphin. Even these declare
that they can't do anything for the
child unaided. The tow head and the
head mewl uneasily in the basket on
the Democratic doorstep waiting to be
taken in and made the proteges OF
more wealthy family. In the basket
lie two books from which the infants
are vainly endeavoring to extract nour
ishment-Greeley's political encono
N.Y. and Grosvenor's Does Protection
protect?n Across the street is the orig
inal accoucheur, the German press
wholly Indifferent to the fate OF tn
twins. Why doesn't Mast work up thi
picture?
We have said that the Cincinnati
ticket was deserted by its originator'
Let us see. Carl Schurz, the Presiden
: of the Convention, denounced the non
ination of Greeley to the Missouri deli
CATION when the successful ballot wa
; pending. Judge Matthews, the temp
. rary President, is outin a letter IN whlc
he alludes to the gathering as "the la1
q disgraced and disgraceful convention
this place." and declares that he
greatly chagrined at the whole matte
e Edward Atkinson, at whose behest tt
impatient convention adjourned ov
till Friday morning, is out an lett
II repudiating it and demanding anoth
convention for the nomination
Adams. The German papers, almC
re without exception, denounce the tick
viii the Democratic party take tho
,s orphaned infants in ?-Chicago Post.
Marshall County Republican., 1872-07-04
The Old Mems Grant Meeting.

Well, wife, we've had meeting at the school,
house on the hill
And was chosen Chairman to keep the old men
still.
But found couldn't do it; each man down his
cane would plant, az,
And shout with all the voice he nao' LII soihs
in for Grant!
We talked about the past four years. what great
things had been done:
uo,r I'M Inations debt had melted like the snow
We said, to keep it meltin'. do better thing we
Than to stick and hang together. and all go in
for Grant
We all looked through our spectacles upon the
Then drew the veil of charity Ger giant Sum
We said, Weiike you, Sumner. but go your way
Then made the school-house echo with rousing
shout for Grant.
We didn't have much charity for Trumbull or
for Schurz;
They stand around the party gate a pair OF snari-
Their speeches cannot harm us. nor make Grant
toe their mark, - - =.
He's an old Galena tanner. and knows how to
handle BARK.
We talked about Grants smokin'--we thought il
To vote e that out of Office we might vote worse
in; ,.,l,. a. fo
And. seein' we were smokers, 'twouldnt do TO
So we lit our pipes together. and smoked tn
health of Grant.
In the days of the rebellion none Of US could g
to fight,
But we read from morn till evening how he bat
tied for the right:
He has been the nations servant in the days {
peace and war, 49,
And treason melts before him like the smok
from his cigar.
After I'd adjourned the meeting gave each II
friendly grip;
We, every one, determined to stano oy the wa
tried ship; -
We will not toppis over. we will not eve
slant,
But put our canes down firm and ssrong. al
ssand up straight for Grant.