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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-01
CLOSING PROCESS O'CLOCK P. M.

Receipts and Disbursements at the Once of
the United States Assistant Treasurer mt
New York for the Month Of January.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-01

late residence l72 Hudson street. hoboken, on
Saturday, February3, at one O'Clock p. NJ, to the
O'BRIEN.-On Tuesday evening, January 30,
JAMES O'BRrEN, In the 54th year OF his age.
fully invited to attend the funeral from his late resi-
dence 822 Bergen street, Brooklyn, on Friday Feb
ruary p at two p. NJ. precisely. Interment at CAL
PURDY-on wednesday, January 81, JONATHAN
Funeral win take place on Friday, February Q, at
two O'Clock p. NJ, from the residence Of his son,
Aonzo A. Purdy, Harrison, Westminster county. =,
ROLLINS, only daughter or James and Mary Rollins,
aged year, months and % DAYS.
to attend the funeral from the residence OF her
parents 631 L0rlmer street, Greenpolnt IL L., az
one o'clock on Friday February a. Her remains
SHADDLE.-In Jersey City. Oh ru sday, January
! So OF consumption, EUPHEMIA CUSHING, daughter
OF the late John Shaddls, aged 40 years. monsn
Tue relatives and friends OF the family are invited
| to attend the funeral, on Friday, February z, At
twelve O'CLOCK from the residence OF her brotnerin-
law, James N. Clark. Isl South Fiftn street, Jersey
SMrrH-ln Mount Vernon, N. Y, on Tuesday,
January 30 OF heart disease, DAVID !. SMITH.
Tne relatives and friends OF the fanny are , re-
Methodist church. Mount Vernon. on Friday feoru-
' STEEL. On Tuesday, January So 1872, ANN, wife
| OF John Steel, aged 43 years. ,.v,o,
Her relatives and friends are respectfully invited
| In attend the funeral on Thursday. February H. ~
eleven c,cocr A. NJ, from the Emory Methodist
church, near Library Hail. Jersey City Heights Qa'e
| Bergenl. ,s~- ,o xv,,y,.w
| +. THoMPsoy, late OF New Orleans aged 80 years.
| Remains inferred In Greenwood -,
| TaoMPsos.-At Harlem, on wednesday, January
| ~. Mrs. HANNAH THOMPSON, widow OF Asa L.
| Th,omnson. IN the s0tn year of her age.
Notice OF funeral tomorrow.
WJSTER--On wednesday, January 81 LOUIS
WINTER only son Of Louis and Martha Winter,
aged m0nth2
attend the funeral, Friday February q at r.
NJ. from the residence ~ his parents 80 Iewtq
HtreeS
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-16

Boston, not content with a monster Jubi-
lee; is about to produce another mon ster in
the fern of a gigantic balloon, which an
aeronaut of that city is constructing. The
circumference Of the body of the balloon is
to be one hundred and ninety-on feet and
il will be capable Of holding one hundred
thousand feet of gas. IL is to be called the
Colossus, and will carry nearly seven thou
sand pounds when flied with hydrogen. It
is t0have two cars--the upper one FOR SCI
passenfeTs. 1t viii be the largest balloon
aver nHad On thia eQQntEY.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
T AIDES; READ THrsi
E. BurTERIck & Co.'S PATTERNS


First.-THEY ARE ENTIRELY RELIABLE. sasr
pattern having been practically tested before heaz
offered for sale.
ssoond.-THEY ARE I'M All. srzks. 20 ss.. ssy
can obtain psttasn Ee9niripg l.ttje val htoz.
LABEL showing its Site the auoant osciesk t1s.l.G
etc, required With necessary tnstrueteeo for eussE
and making. and q picture Of tho Earneas whsn.As-
Fourth.-raEY ARE MORE PERFECTLY Cg9
PARf BEINa PEREEcT AND FITTED ms
d,henlt payts are pesched 80 asto b ssey
manner that mistakes In cutting or nakinR tzp
possible u tho directions on the iatet which
1t, are foloWe- ,,,,
These Patterns csn bo had all aiEes for Ln11las,
Misses: Boys sna ChdIso ard for every se2ls OF E1
65sSF ssS hh Cd z. =
REPREsENTATIVK FASHIONS or AMERllsA
their le6st IS Of the
which would be Incurred By aEy ether nsthoa-
We arc daily receiving lestsrn ffon Lsdies whs ssss
Thought they could not make THAR their $50
system by which are obtained such perfect rSsuita
Send in your subacriptton far tho HErROPOLITAN
which alns illustr atioes and Of all
patterns iasued. and also pfice ss and 10 R
lshed monthly ate3 year Single copy IS cent? F~5
The METROPOLITAN also gives a review Of II
novelties in ladies' fAshionS-neN goods ssy so
nnd all kinda Of srmmiDgS and also practical Aris
on subjects connected with f1sbloua
Descriptive Catalogues Of Platforms sent TO S2J sAA
VIZ. 4. COOPER q Co. sS Canal st.,
Agents for the Singer Improved Family seuis,I
Machine. Jo1 ~
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-16

"What country is on the opposite aide
of the globe Z" asked o teacher of a hopeful
pupil. "D0n't know, .sir,n was the reply.
" But II you should dig hole straight
through. the earth, and Jon went-iD at this
esd where woala Jon Oano pat 81 "Ops Of
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-16

why is the sasly ers.s like II. Rsn A,.ast :
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-16

IA sense feeling that ne Iooes not-
A something that in forms him tits moment
Whence he may date henceforward and forever
There is nothing rugged in the smooth
and rounded outline Of these soft seeding,
verdure clad bills, $50 softly blending, that
the cheated eye forgets-or which is earth
or which is heaven" ADOBE.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
Murder of Whole Family in Arizona.

A correspondent OF the Alta California
reports that Mr.. j. w. Baker, keeper of
what is known as the Blue Water
Station, y in Pima county, Arizona, about
sixty-tive miles west of Tucson, together
with his wife and one or two children,
were brutally murdered on the 10th of
December. In a corral adjoining the
house were discovered the dead bodies
of Mr.. Baker, his wife, and child (boy),
about or 8years of age, stretched out
upon the ground, completely riddled
with rifle balls and buckshot. The body
of a child, about 5 months old, was also
lying near by, which had died from ex-
posture. Mrs. Baker had evidently
desperately struggled with her muir
derers. The dress covering her right
arm was burnt, extending from the
hand up to near the elbow, while her
arms and breast were full of buckshot.
1t is certain that the deed was done
by three Mexicans, whom Mr.. Baker
had employed only one week before to
cut hay for him from rancho near the
house, and haul it up to the corral, as
he had always to keep on hand sup
ply of hay and grain for animals at the
station. These men were missing.
Their object must have been solely
plumber, but it does not appear that
they got very much after all They de-
camped with some three or Jour head of
Bakers horses, and carried off an amount
OF money from trunk, and other port
able valuables, having thoroughly ran
sacked the house before they left.
They did not disturb any of the cattle
on the place. 1t is pretty certain that
they passed through Tucson on their
road to Sonora, which seems to be a
favorite hiding place for most all Next
can bandits who commit crimes in
Arizona.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
New Use for the Signal Service.

An intelligent writer in the Troy
Daily Times has found new use for the
signal service. He makes it a sort of
medical director by considering that
the knowledge of climate gained by its
effective working may be useful in
saving life from the ravages of disease.
Fevers and consumption owing their
power to harm to sudden changes of
temperature and violent atmospheric
connections, an intelligent physician
will be enabled to point out climate
where consumptives and other sufferers
may find relief from the aggravating
cause of their maladies. The result of
the signal service observations has
shown the possibility of finding regions
where pulmonary diseases are unknown.
Undoubtedly there is much truth in
these observations, but since many per-
sons have found an instant relief from
their sufferings in the climate of Mime
sofa, it seems clear that the writer goes
too far in denouncing that State as a
" residence improbable for hygienic
Exact scientific knowledge
of climate being now possible, it will, of
course, be made useful.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
Lions and Lion Tanning.

The process of lion tanning is elabor-
ately described by writer in the Lon
don Daily News, part of whose story we
copy:
Whatever is the reason, the forest
lions are more intelligent and teachable
than those bred in confinement. The
lion-t tanner begins by taking the feeding
OF them into his own hands, and SO gets
them to know him. He commences
feeding them from the outside of the
den, then ventures inside of one at a
time, always carefully keeping his face
to the animal and avoiding any violence,
which is mistake whenever it can be
avoided, as it rouses the dormant devil
in the beasts. Getting to handle the
hon, the. tanner begins by strokinc him
down the back, gradually working up
to the head, which he begins to scratch,
and the lion, which, like the cat, likes
friction, begins to rub his head against
the hand. When this familiarity is well
established, a board is handed in to the
trainer, which he places across the den
and teaches the lion to jump over it.
using whip with thong, but. not for
the purpose of punishment.
Gradually this board is heightened.
the lion jumping over it at every stage /;
and then come the hoops, etc., held on
top OF the board to quicken the beasts
understanding. To teach the animal
to jump over the trainer, the latter
loops alongside the board, so that when
the lion clears one he clears the other,
and half dozen lessons are ordinarily
about sufficient to teach this. To get a
lion to lie down and allow the tanner to
stand on him is more difficult. 1t is
done by fiicking the beast over the back
with small tickling whip, and at
The same time pressing him down with
one hand. By raising his head and
taking hold of the nostril with the right
hand, and the under lip and lower Jaw
with the left, the lion, by this great
pressure on the nostril and lip, loses
greatly the power of his jaws, so that a
man can pull them open and put his
head inside the beasts mouth, the feat
with which Van Amburg's name was so
much associated. The only danger is
lest the animal should raise one of his
fore paws and stick his talons in, and if
he does, the tanner must stand fast for
his life till he has shifted the paw.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
Anecdote of WigfalI.

A Texas correspondent sends the fol-
lowing, saying it has not appeared in
print: Mr.. Louis 7. Wigfall, one of the
leading secessionists of Texas and the
South, felt, after Lees surrender, some
what embarrassed as to his corporal
safety in a land then in possession of
his enemies. He left Richmond in dis
guise, and travelled on mule back. alone.
for Texas. Dick Taylor had also sur
rendered, and all the ferries and cross
ings were in the hands of the Federal
forces. Wigfall could pursue no other
course but to risk himself to be put
across the Mississippi by detachment
of Union soldiers. He was we'll dis.
guised. Observing that no allusion was
made to himself, and wishing to know,
if possible, how the wind blew, he began
a general TRADE against the leading
Confederates, winding up by inquiring
what would be done with that scamp
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
A White Negrn.
iourier-J

FROM the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
Mr.. William Hardin, "a we'll known gen.
tleman of this city returned short time
ago from tour through Arkansas, and
relates, among other things, that he
saw at! Duval's Bluff a full-blooded
negro who ten years ago was very black
and now is very white. The darkey
belonged during slave times to Esquire
Mann, of that place, and was thought
to be the blacklist negro in the neigh
borhood.
A locust bit him on the shoulder some
time during the first year of the war,
and small white circle formed at once
around the bite. This circle gradually
extended itself, and finally covered the
whole body with the exception of
small black spot on the neck and also a
narrow ring which grid round the eyes.
The negro is still negro in all other
respects. The hair, for instance, is
kinky, the nose fiat and broad, and the
lips thick. His complexion, MIR. Hardin
says, is exceedingly fair, and shows a
wonderful change wrought, as is sup
posed, by the bite of the locust.
The medical profession tell us that
there are recorded in the books one or
two similar cases, with the exception
that the locust bite had nothing to do
with them. White men, they say, have
also been known to turn black, and
look, as regards their skin, Just like
negroes. The cause of the change is
not exactly known, and is a question
for scientific investigation.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
The Sensational Cannon rrisk.

1t may be interesting to the public to
know that the sensational cannon trick
now performed at the ROYAL Holborn
amphitheater is just SO years old, and
that an account of it may be found in
The annual Register" of 1872. A
correspondent of that publication de-
scribes the new feat "of mans stand
ing the shot of cannon at small dis
lance, with a method of doing it with
safety" A man boasted that he could,
at 10 yards distance, stand the shot of a
nine FOUNDER cannon charged with a
full quantity of powder and a proper
ball. His friends, not desiring to be
accessory TO his death, desired him not
to oppose his body when the cannon
was fired, but to catch the ball in his
hand. This he did, receiving no hurt,
although the ball was of full weight.
and the loudness of the explosion left
no doubt but that he had put in the
full charge of powder. The secret is to
put very little of the powder behind
the ball and the rest in front of it, the
wadding being put in last of all, and
rammed down tight. The writer who
discovered this trick to the world thinks
that, for fear of accidents, it is better
to practice against thin deal boards !;
but as the fear of accident is the chief
charm of modern entertainments, and
as in this case the life of the principal
performer depends entirely upon great
accuracy in loading, the original form
OF the trick is perhaps the best for pur-
poses OF amusement. We do not know
whether the feat, as performed at the
Holborn amphitheater, is done in this
way, but the thing looks probable
enouph -Eebo
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
The French Throne.

A manifesto has been issued by the
Count de Chambord to the French peo-
pie. The Count claims as of wore the
right divine, and says: 81 shall never
abdicate my claim to the throne of
France. l shall never forsake the mon
archical principle, which l have pre-
served intact for forty years, and which
is the best hope of Frances greatness
and liberties. Cesarism and anarchy
threaten France because her salvation
is sought in personal questions and not
in principles. | shall ever uphold the
flag OF France and aid in restoring the
ancient prestige of her armies. The
happiness of France is my only ambi-
ton, and l will never consent to become
revolutionist when l am the legiti-
mate King.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08

the Republic of Bonapartists and liberated
Communists, who would lose no opportunity
to create disorder. The General further
stated that of the Communists captured by
the Government, 19, 222 had been liberated
4,473 were sentenced to various punish
ments, and 12,O45 were still confined in the
hulks at the naval stations of the country.
The American survey steamer Bib
sailed. from Havana on Monday, to make
soundings between Yucatan and Cape
Catoche, for the proposed Mexico Cuba
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
Woman Kills Man Because He
Would Not Marry Her.

The Nashville Banner gives the fol-
lowing details of horrible tragedy in
Smith county, Tenn. A private letter
was received here, giving details of a
murder committed recently at tobac-
co-stripping on the farm of Will. Card
well, at which number of neighbors
were present, and among them negro
man so years old. Some of those
present, thinking to lave little fun at
the expense OF the old negro, COM
menced joking him about matrimory.
He said that he did not know of any
one to marry, whereupon one of the
crowd suggested: "There's Moll Quails
before you why don't you marry her 2"
Casting a suspicious glance at Moll
Qualls, and surveying her leisurely from
head to foot, he slowly remarked that
he would not have her. At this the
woman in question became enraged,
and demanded an immediate explana-
ton. He replied that it was useless for
him to say why F.; the crowd well knew
the reason. Considering this reflection
upon her character, the woman became
furious, seized a stick and beat him over
the head until she thought him dead,
and without the least interruption from
the bystanders, coolly strobe out of the
barn in which the alteration had taken
place.
Having occasion to return to the
barn, she stopped at the door to make
an inspection of its interior, and OBJ
serving that the old man was not dead,
and that he had, notwithstanding his
many wounds, arisen from where she
had struck him down, she again seized
the billet of wood and attacked him in
the most ferocious manner, breaking
his skull into fragments and scattering
his brains and blood some distance from
where he sat.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08

Wigfall, if they should catch him The
soldiers replied, they supposed they
would hang him. eyes, thew would do
exactly right, and / would pull at one
end Of the rope replied Wigfall, mount
ing his mule and trotting off westward.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
Hints to HOrsemen.

You should always keep your horse
fat, and never allow any lien on him.
When your horse refuses to take
up an oat, consider him as having failed.
You may stirrup your saddle, but
don't stir up your horse-in crowd.
If you don't look carefully after the
bits of your horse, you may some day
be looking after the bits of your wagon.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08

THE question is settled at last, and
the public will breathe freer. The old
est woman in the United States lives
at Eltonville, L. l., and is ITO years
old. She is colored lady named
Maria Robinson. Her husband was
cut off nine years ago at the tender
age of LOG.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08
Washington.

THE Secretary of the Treasury has di-
rected the Assistant Treasurer at New York
to purchase s1,OOe,OOO of bonds on the first
third and fifth Thursdays of February, or
S3,O00,O00 ii all, and sell 81 900 600 of gold
on the second and fourth Thursdays, or
$4,000, 900 in all.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-08

A YOUNG lawyer in Fort Wayne, Ind,
recently charged one dollar per minute
for consultation with client.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-30
TIE Cincinnati ENQUIRER SAYS:

"The fact that the President has par
doned Paymaster Hodge, who was de-
fsulter TO the amount OF $400, 000-a defal-
cation carried on for several years, strange
10 say, unbeknown to the Department
doesn't look exactly as if he was interested
In the cause of civil service reform. OF
course the excuse is that Hodge is to be
made witness Tor the Government against
somebody else. Now, the administration
could punish nobody who would furnish
half so edifying an example as Hodge. But
then be has powerful friends, and with such
aid thieves have no difficulty ~ getting Off"
While the President is thus ready 10 lib
crate a defaulter TO the Government to a
large amount, the poor Southerners sent to
the Albany penitentiary by courts "orgsn-
Used to convict" are LEFT to lsnguish In
prison. The convictions In nlne-tenths of
these cases are disgrace to the jurispru-
dence of the country and libel to justice.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-30
NEW SUPPLIES OF COAL.

The consumption of coal extends SO rapidly
from year TO year that some anxiety is felt
in England aid elsewhere that the supply
may fail. But the geological fact should be
considered that new islands rise out of the
ocean, elevated by volcanic action, and in
these coal may be found as on the island of
Newfoundland. The Grand Bank near
that island is 600 miles long by 200 miles
wide, and known to be rising from the sea.
There is every reason to believe that coal
underlies these extensive Banks, as it is
known to abound in Newfoundland in the
same neighborhood. Fuel will be had in
coming centuries from sources not now
known to exist.
Professor Anstead mentions that quar-
ter of million ofsquare miles of the earth's
surface "are covered with sandstones and
shales of the csrboniferous period, among
which coal is buried, and this coal is for the
most part accessible. Now there are up
wards of three million square yards of sur
face in square mile, and, assuming 81
average total thickness of ten yards for all
the distinct seams of each coal field, we find
for the total number of cubic yards or avail
able coal the enormous figure of 100000
600. As a cubic yard of coal weighs nearly
ton, we may say that there are in round
numbers 7,OOO,OOO,OOO oftons of coal avail
able for the use of the human race. If we
took the average number of human beings
living at each moment during the next
$500 years to be 2,OOO,OOO,OO0, and the an
nual consumption for all purposes to be at
the average rate of one ton per human be-
ing, the supply would last for that enormous
Dariod.o
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-30


the year 1Sl5, is consequently 81 years Of
age, and is engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was elected member of the Kentucky
Legislature in 1915, and after serving in
that body during the session of 1916 and
1847, be returned home and volunteered as
a soldier in the United States army and
went to Mexico. Since bis return from
Mexico he has never sought Office, prefer
ring to follow the peaceful avocation of a
farmer to mingling in politics. In the late
canvass Mr.. Board made the race without
the action Of q convention, none having
been held in bis county. He, however,
made the race as Democrat, supporting
the entire Democratic ticket. He is truly
a representative man, and in bis election be
received the votes of many of both the po-
litical parties, knowing as they did that the
interest of the entire community would be
safe in his hands. he win perhaps be the
Oldest member of the House of Represen-
tstives, and having had some legislative
experience nearly thirty years ago, he will
bs looked up to with considerable rever-
ence by the younger members of the House.
His poStoffice is Union City.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-30
THE Presidents SOUTHERN
POLICY

We end the following in q Washington
telegram TO the. Courier Journal under date
of Nov. -:
The President ia a recent interview ex-
hjbiled some uneasiness at the idea of a
change of policy in respect TO the South,
and is fearful of confessing that his policy
has been harsh. BE stated that be could
not make general jail delivery Of Ku-Klux
prisoners, but would consider each case on
It's merits. He intimated that, if the neigh
bors of prisoner petitioned for his release,
il might be granted.
The Herald in speaking Of the draft of
the message which was to be submitted to
the cabinet on the 26th, says:
The document embraces many important
recommendations, but apparently it does
not include the full measure of Justice to the
South that has been so often boosted of as
forthcoming during he recent campaign.
We are told that h has yielded this year,
as he did last, to the advice Of experienced
politicians and changed the tenor of the
message so far as it relates to that part ofthe
country. He praises the wisdom Of the En-
foTcement laws-an inference that the SUI
premacy Of the Enforcement act is to be
Tigjdly maintained.
From this it appears that his Excellency
has not yet escaped from the clutches Of
Morton, Chandler s. Co.