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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-25

PATERsoa n. j., Dec. 24.-Wm. Golfer,
charged with setting his rolling mill on fire on
Sunday morning, was released this afternoon on
$4,000 bail. 1t is understood that lie has been
indicted by the grand jury.
Henry J.. Malls was arrested on suspicion OF
having set fire this morning 10 his furniture
store. The fire was extiuguished with trialng
loss; insured for $500.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-25

SUPERIOR CoURT-CIvIL TERM.-DEwry. 7
Tuesday, Dec. A.-The cases of William Rilev
VS.. Richard Condor, and Cornelius W. Durgan
VS.. Richard Condor, continued from Monday $
session, was resumed at the opening Of the
mornings session, and occupied the entire dav.
The arguments of the counsel for the different
parties were concluded little before five O'Clock
in the afternoon, and the cases were given to
the jury at quarter past five. verdict was re.
turned late in the afternoon. In the first case
the jury found Tor the plaintiff, and assess the
damages at $s5. In the second verdict was
returned jor the plaintiff, with $50 damages.
The court then adjourned until Monday next
at 81 o'clock
CASES next in order Nos. AIS, 41e, 40. 400.
1874, 485, 1853, 27e as2 AT. A2s
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-25

A London dispatch says R. C. Schenck, minis
ter to England, has returned and assumed the
duties of his office.
1t is reported that Rev. DIR. Haight will de.
cline the Episcopal bishopric of Massachusetts,
TO which he was recently appointed.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-25

WASHINGTON Dc. 24--General Sherman
and staff will wear the newly adopted army
uniform for the first time in making the official
call on the president New Years day.
Several attorneys and claim agents are en-
deavoring TO induce Secretary Boutwell, 10 mod
fy his order relative to their official intercourse
with the treasury department.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-25
wrecl, ar n Traiu-Tbrce killed,

CINCINNATI, Dec. GA special to the Times
from Jacksonville, Ind, saws freight train of
thirteen cars, with the locomotive, on the JEFF
fersonville, Madison and indianapolis railroad,
jumped the track at HenrySville. The engineer,
fireman and brakeman were instantly killed.
The cars and engine were wrecked.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-25

Yesterday afternoon the grand jury returned
an indictment against the members of the phi.
adelphia common council, charging them with
maintaining nuisance ia permitting the Grand
avenue bridge TO be opened for travel in les
present condition. ~
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-25

CENTRAL DISTRICT CoURT.-WILLIAMs, j.
Tuesday, Dec. 24.-John Hagerty, charged with
keeping his place of business open ON the LORDS
day, was found guilty and fined $50 and costs.
Appealed, and recognized in 5000 bonds for his
appearance at the superior court
The seven boys arrested for breaking aud en-.
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LATEST NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH
70 THE WORCESTER DAILY sFY
From Washington.
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corning Appropriations - The Cold
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28

crowded with the gawky spec
linens of the moneyless coun-
try throng? But the bars at
the inns are crowded, you see,
and the pennies come forth
from their prison of rags,
to call for the social and liveu
the hour.
Oh, the homes made wretch
ed! Oh, the incomes lean! Poor
farms running in debt, bad
luck, seanty fare, and a host of
miSeries, the result of a de-
sire to loaf, of a dread of toll!
For work is wearying and loaf
ing is lulling, and the little that
comes somehow without drudg-
cry is so precious to the hearts
of the listlesS crowd.
But isn't Uriah's misfortune
simple, unadulterated bad luck3
Doesn't he attempt to battle
the unseen enemies of his. to
fight for a living in the face of
despair Yes he fights like many
other loafer, fights everything
else but his aversion of toll.
Battle against shiftlessness,
battle against debt and crawl
ing interest, battle against q
barren soil and the economy of
scrimps-contending against all
but the love of loaf, the curse of
his life.-[Country Gentleman.
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and do all the winter work,
and you are away dreaming of
luck. / am glad of one thing
that you are as stingy as
lazy, for l never fear your be-
ing a sot! When others will
treat of course you accept; but
liquor, though precious and SO
sweet, is opposed by the scrim-
py stinginess of the race of
Stacks. -.... A
One must have fun! Some
people always require sport as
long as they live. Uriah's ma
tnre demands amusement.
How could he lean over the
rickety saw-hores, moving the
rickety buck-saw through the
opposing stick7 Such pleas
ure possibly suits some, but
he'd rather take a dose of
physic! And then, could he
be expected to work back of
the barn on the promised shed,
while teams unseen are pass
ing along the travelled roadP
Isn't it his duty to see all that's
going on, and know all that's
known Work may be fun
for some-such as neighbor
Stark, owner of fertile acres,
numerous houses and massive
barns. But such as Uriah,
impulsiye, uneasy, undecided,
can't bear the thought OF
steady drudging work, to say
nothing of the actual wear and
tear of mucles and conscience
The meetings in the bar-rooms
varied pleasures of the stores
the excitement of the shooting
: match-all these are very
pleasant recreations and afford
many a rare chance for &C
F quiring wisdom!
Among the many pleasan
places dear to the loafer is th,
tavern on Copper creek witt
6 the sign of the Three Forks
Here the artful Lam, with hi
, smiling face and his ready wit
> rules the purse and the con
q science of his host of tipplin!
y friends-landlord partly, hall
i. way farmer, and banker at cd
times for his closest friends
;. who must have the none
;, whatever the rate. For th
n sake of old friendship he wi
Fl lend for a time, though til
ID moueyi is needed to replenish b
t stock. Willy old fellow with
d beaming face, always ready
To present the welcome glas
W cementing thus the friendsh
l. that lures the yearly gains
as a hundred friends! Patron
1,r the favorite winter spree, Il
Ie shooting match, which ca
~ the rifles from a hundred rus
as hooks, the roughs and t
tb idlers from the valleys and t
- hills for miles around.
NJ Such splendid country di
- ners as Polly, his wife, and t
on sprightly girls, are wont to :
=. in the narrow, dingy kitch
of the country inn! Gal
- from the neighboring hill, f
- from the little brooks, hand
,st to the eaters by the saucy 81
that know the effect of fel
nine snicel Is there won,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28

Mrs. Shoddy puckered up
her mouth genteelly and told
a gentleman friend that one Of
her lovely daughters was a
"bluenet" and the other a
"bronZe."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28

There is nothing like a
a good definition, as the teach
er thought when he explained
the meaning of "old maid" as
a woman who had been made
a very long time, 800
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28

pointing to the same down.
ward course whittier tend the
footsteps of the enchanted
throng!
What wonder that Uriah
should often 60 to Crowley's
bar for the loan of a little to
buy another horse7 "What!"
the smiler would say, "luck
bad again7 Just as | thought"
And going once makes it
easier to gs again. The
tongue and the smile and the
treat lure him on, unconscious
of the blow that lurer longs to
see. 1t needn't come now,
not as long as the property is
worth more than the debts, and
good customers must be humor-
ed as much as policy allows.
The idling Uriah is urged on be-
cause of the rates of per cent
which swelIs the gains of the
sharper, .
Ali we talk of shiftless, far
mers, like the owner of the in
herited farm, and we think it
is ignorance of tillage or lack
of skill. But trace the idlers
of these starving acres, find
where they linger at night and
by day, in the listless winter
or the dozy hours of summer;
guess where the dollars are
wasted or lost by neglect;
then see if the beaming face of
the country landlord isn't a
key to the sgualor of many
a farmhouse to the miserable
income of many a farm. Not
merely by drinking is poverty
won. Lingering around the
sacred haunts of drunkenness,
by the loss of time, by the en-.
couragement given the seller oI
death, poverty and disgrace
by the actual loss of self-re
spect, by the enervating effecr
of these coarse gossip and The
lewd harangue, by the genera
evil of the loafers meetings
the community sink down to ;
lower level, in activity, in NOR
ality and In religiouslife. I'm
morality, ignorance, irreligion
drunkenness, are serious evil:
, and nourished by the foster
ing of loafng, they are fas
= undermining worth and lif
e Idleness, supposed to be il
| nocent amusement, is q crime
Fl and is a pool in which a thou
: and evils are hatched. Idl
n ness, sworn enemy of healtI
q of life, of wealth or worth,
: knowledge or piety, so Ion
n lulling our drowsy perception
# so long blasting the good tn
IF is, as well as preventing tt
,e infinite good that else mig
Is be. Loafing, seductive, e.
" chanting idleness, that stup
10 fies the life of a communit
le wasting the vigor of manho'
and sapping the restraint
n age!
le In a place where loatil
ct pleases, notice the trace of t
en- evil lull. See the listle
ne crowd reclining, notice {
sh dragging, sDailly footstel
ed the absent glance OF
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28

The greatest mistake Grant
ever made was in not appoint
ing thirty-seven Cabinet Off
GERS, so that he could send one
to stump every State.-[Det.
Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28

Now France beats even the
United States in its swarms of
Office holders. President
Theirs Finance Minister late
ly boasted that he command
ed an army of $4,000 employ
apc
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Uriah's Luck.

.
I call that a good days work
and the fun thrown in"
"But your dinner, your time
and the whisky! You forget
these little items when you
think of your good luck"
Shooting matches do not
come off every day, and Uriah
has enjoyed himself so well at
the "Three Forks" that the 81
lent tongue will rattle in spite
of the awing presence of Eliza
Ann. To be sure, Ned Coburn
happened to be passing by,
and must come and talk of the
mortgage, saying money was
$50 scarce" and others weuld
give Fifteen" Or" twenty" if
one had the face to demand it.
And naturally it made the
nerves of Uriah a little shaky,
knowing that Ned was driving
for a higher rate, or for the
money, which was known to
be out of the question. But
then Ned is a true brick, so
polite, and so willing "to ac-
commodate a friend" and he
always treats! So the thoughts
of the debt are lost in every
sociable talk around the bar.
81 got the three biggest tur-
keys" continues the talker
sand there were only twelve
in all. One-fourth of all OF
the lot, and yet there were sc
many good marksmen there
who couldn't get one! But it..
I
on account of this old long bar
, rel. They don't come acros
such guns nowadays. AnC
haven't we had such lots o
fun! Almost everybody come
to Lam. Crowley's shootin.
matches. i can't name hal
:, who were there, or begin t,
: tell of the sport. And to
night they'll have the mos
;, fun, rafting the nine turkey
and hosts of chickens. Ho,
I'd have liked to stay and wi
about three more turkeys
But ] thought / must com
n home, though 1 could hardl
: get away from the crow,
they all wanted me to stay"
s "Certainly the sharpe
: would like to have you sta,
" Whose money can they W
: so easy, or believes their SO
palava as you 2 It's a goo
RS thing for you that you didr
i, stay oryou'd never have heal
the last of it. Yes, they tried
'er keep you, I know. And | knc
: you longed to stay, for you
wayshave such splendid tim
C.. around the taverns with 70
darling cronies! A lit
whisky, of course, was an i
} portant attraction, as well
- Crowley's buXom girls W
8, their saucy ways and sharp
plies! You needn't attem
es, to deny, for l understand!
, sides, I want to know VIII
you'll make the shed. Do J
!, ever intend to have a shel
for the shivery COWS? Or
&c. there more shooting mate
lille, coming off, where you m
delay time and fool away m
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28

They have Dolly Warden
chills in Georgia. The suffer
er turns all sorts of colors,
and is terrible bumped up. u
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-09-28

AS daylight can be seen
through very small holes, so
little things viii illustrate a
persons character.
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Great powers and natural
gifts do not bring privileges
to their possessors so much as
they bring duties, r.aq r
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"You are the victim of the
cowardly practice of carrying
arms"
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If you will look into the
Grant organs, you will find
that all "our colored fellow
citizens" are for Grant and the
Triggers for Greeley"
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Porter Palmer's new hotelin
Chicago is to be eight stories
high, and will contain $50
rooms.
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VOLUME Ill.
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In sentencing John Gafney i,
of Buffalo, to be hanged for
the presiding judge
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ttorneys at Law, Minden, la. VIII
! A practice in al the Courts for Web
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"A ! Shreveport, La. Will practice in the
Coarts Of Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne and
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-14

MEANS WHAT He SAYs.-Though
combinations strong as proofs of Holy
Writ," and as numerous as the sands
on the sea shore, were produced to
prove that DR.. Pierce, the proprietor Of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, is in earnest
and means what he says, when he
offers $500 reward for any case oil
Catarrh which he cannot cure, yet
there would be some skeptics and fogies
who would continue to shout HIM,
bugf "Humbug!" at cannot be,
because DR.. Homespun says Catarrh
cannot be cured" Now, this DR..
Homespun is the identical, goodnatured
old fellow who honestly believes and
persists in declaring that this earth is
not round or spherical, but flat as a
"slapjack," and does not turn over,
otherwise the water would all be spilled
out of Deacon Bascomb's mill pond.
But astronomical science has positively
demonstrated and proven that DR..
Homespun is wrong in supposing this
earth to be flat and stationary, and
medical science is daily proving the
fact that he is no less mistaken and be-
hind the times in regnrd to the curabil'
ity Of Catarrh. In short, it has pos.
itively been proven that this world
moves. and that medical science i, pro-
9rsssiue-the opinion OF DR.. Homespun
to the contrary Notwithstanding. .Ths,
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will cure
Catarrh, thousands who have used i:
attest
Then buy It, and use II, in doubt do no:
stand,
You will rnd it in drug stores all over the
land.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-14

LADIES, BE ON HAND !-Messrs. En-
sheimer & Blum will have a special
sale of Dry Goods, commencing this
morning and to be continued for one
week only, to which they invite all the
ladies to be present. They will offer
the greatest bargains ever known in
this region. One OF the firm is now in
the East purchasing their second stock
of Summer Dry Goods, promising to
excel any stock in extent ever brought
to this city, for which they must make
room at once. We would urge our
readers to call on Messrs. En- sheimer
g. Blum, who will certainly offer you
goods at prices much beyond you'll
expectations.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-14

A New TARIFF.-The keepers OF the
different livery stables in this city have
agreed upon the following prices to be
charged for hacks for funerals from
and after this date:
For each hack to Greenwood and the
new Catholic Cemetery, near Green
wood, 81 if the funeral be in the morn
ing and s. if it be in the afternoon; to
the city cemeteries, So in the morning
and 81 in the afternoon for each hack
to Caldwell's Run, 81 for each hack
to McMechan's, Sc; to Martinsville
S.; to Neelands, &c. to Rock Hill, s.
and to the Stone Meeting House 81 70,
each hack. The difference in the
charges for hacks in the morning and
afternoon is rendered necessary by thu
fact that if a funeral be held in the
afternoon the hacks cannot be used il
the morning, while if the funeral bt
in the morning they can be used fol
other purposes afterwards. All the
livery men in the city, as is stated
above, will hereafter charge these
prices.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-14

u. 5. DISTRICT CoURT.-The Court
met yesterday morning pursuant to it's
adjournment on the 9th OF April, at
the United States court room.
John w. P. Reid, ESQ, was admitted
to practice in this Court.
Frederick Forsch, a native Of Bavaria,
was admitted citizen OF the United
States.
The District Attorney requested that
the Court would not proceed with the
calling OF the cases in which the Uni
ted States were interested until to-day.
The civil docket was then called and
cases assigned for several days hence,
The probabilities are that the present
will be a very protracted term, as there
are quite a number of cases OF consid-
cradle interest to be disposed Of.
At the request of the members oil
the bar in attendance upon the Court,
his Honor, Judge Jackson, will occupy
the County Court House for the residue
of the week.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-14

ALL SlGNED.-Last evening the con-
tract between Tom Scott and the Pitts.
burgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Rail,
road Company, whereby the former
binds himself to lay the track, build
the depots and put the rolling stock on
the road from here to Steubenville
bridge as soon as the road bed is finish
ed, was received all signed and sealed
in legal form. The first installment OF
the county's subscription to the road
now becomes due and payable, and the
chances are that we will have a road
from here to Pittsburgh on this side Of
the river by Christmas, AID it would
not astonish US if it was extended to
the Big Sandy within five years.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-14

RECEIyEp.-We noticed two drays
passing up Monroe street, Saturday, on
which were several boxes such as we
used to see in 1861, 2and 3 carted abou!
here full of Springfield" rifles, flint
locks" and smooth bores." We came
to the conclusion that those we saw
Saturday contained the ARMS and &C.
coutrements" for Company c, and when
the drays stopped in front Of the armo'
~ of that organization, our suspicious
OF the contents and their destination
WAS fully Observation-Disclosures.
With his usual ability our contem"
porary has got his facts all mixed, and
has taken for granted what is not true,
What he saw left at the armory Of
Company C are the arms and the only
arms owned by the State. They have
been stored in q warehouse at Mounds.
vile, and were SO badly packed tina,
they are of no earthly account except
to ornament some scrap pile" They
are the worst locking lot of guns we
ever saw, and are nothing but odds and
ends. There are forty-fve boxes Of
them, and we would like to have the
IntslHgencer explain what Company {
would do with 1900 or 1000 old smooth
bore French, Belgium and Harpers
Ferry muskets, with a few Enfield
French and Springfield rifles thrown in
to make good measure? In accord
ance with the request of the Governor
Capt. Trimble is having the "State
arms" Heaven save the mark over
hauled. Thus far he hasn't found fifty
good guns in the lot. Company c is to
be armed with breech-loading SPRING
field rifles. They expect their guns
here by Decoration Day, when the
Company will make their first parade.