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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25
The EPIDEMIC,
From the Shreveport Times, 23rd.1

in the progress or abatement
of the feVerin the last u hours.
4 few new cases were reported
in the city and considerable
number in the suburbs. Aside
from the yellow fever there is
a good deal OF other sickness,
such as dengue and Chills and
fever, and it is often the case
that it is sometimes after a pa
tient is taken before it is
known exactly what disease he
has got. The yellow fever
treatment, however. is most
( generally adopted at first. We
have not heard of any amount
of sickness among the black
people lately, and Judge that
they are pretty well over it
With the white people it will
linger until the last one that
has got any fever material in
him has suCCUmbed.
THE FEVER IN THE COUNTRY.
We learned yesterday from u
reliable source that DIR. A.
Flournoy is dying from yellow
fever yesterday, at his resi-
dence, thirteen miles in the
country. His son, Capt. VIM.
FIournOy and those ofhis fam
lily were very sick with the
fever. Capt. VIM. FlOurnov
lives at the old Hooks place,
one mile this side Of Green
wood. We have news Of other
cases among the planters. but
were unable 20 trace them to
any reliable source. 1t is 4
positive fact that the yellow
fever for the first time is rapid
Iy spreading in the rural dis
tricts.
YELLOW FEVER N TEXAS
PicayUne special says that Gal
weston is full OF refugees from
Bryan, Calvert and Columbus,
and that each train brings more
in. \ telegram from Columbus
reports the fever on the increase
and of a very fatal type. Four
deaths in the last twelve hours.
Hon. Geo. ". Smth and J. ".
HaTCOuct are among the victims.
The place is almost dcpOpulatcd.
4 special train was forwarded TO-
day with physicians from Calves
ton. 4 Calvert telegram reports
nine death in the last twenty-fOur
hours. and the disease continuing
very viruieut. In Bryan there
were two deaths and seven new
cases. Business was almost sus-
/ pended.
. MARsHALL.-Mr. L. 7. Schmidt.
President Of the New Orleans
Howard Association, and DR..
HuTd also Of New Orleans. re-
turned today from Marshall on
1 the relief train. They. report the
fever very bad. and that about
seyeuty-hve per cent. of attacked
die. They found people in want
of certain medicines necessary to
the treatment Of yellow fever.
which were forwarded to them 10y
| the return train. II the fever is
so malignant there what is the OBJ
! iect in keeping up the quarantine
against US! We have not got any
such fever as that here, with our
treatment. At the time Mr..
Schmidt and DR.. Hurd left, II of
the citizens had been taken with
the fever, 10 of whom had died.
The force Of habit is fully
illustrated in the case Of a re-
tired milkman, who says he
never sees a can of water with
out having an almost irresisti-
BILE desire to put some milk
into it.
j. -
Many men, many minds,
says the old proverb; but how
many men one meets with no
minds at ALL
The man who pretends to
know everything generally
knows nothing.
One who knows says it is
easy to get UP stares with a
pretty foot and ankle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

The word Canada" is from
an lroquise expression mean-
ing a collection of huts..
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

David Preston, banker in De-
troit, begins his card announcing
that he had suspended payment
in the following unique manner:
"It's good; there's light ahead;
there's help in God; there's wealth
in Jesus; there's power in prayer"
David need not be astonished if
his depoSirOrs should cOngregate
before his bank and try the effica-
ey ofprayer in stentorian peti-
tiUns for their deposits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25
Manufacture II the scatn.
ON the Louisvillc CourierJournaI |

ing age. Its fayorite pursuits and
investigations are not speculative,
chivalric nor romantic, but are
employed in those fields which
promise TO yield the greatest
amount of wealth, comfort and
to the individual.
and to society The Southern
people are in a condition to feel
the force of this fact rather pain
fully. They have lost many hun
dred of millions of their property,
at a time when other portiOus of
the country have been accumula-
ting wealth rapidly. The North
east and West are rich and pros
porous; the South only moderate
ly so in a few scattered localities.
Yet the mass of the people in all
parts of the United States belong
to the same intellectual, active,
thrifty, .enterprising Anglo-Saxon
race. The agricultural capabili-
ties and mineral resources OF the
South are Of the first order, while
its climate is one Of the finest Oh
the globe. There is no good rca-
son why the South should lag in
the rear in the accumulation OF
wealth, and the acquisition CT
power generally. While
our lack Of development is attrib-
utable in no small degree to
political c2useS, much Of the
blame justly falls upon the South
ern people themselves. There is
a ldmentable want of enterprise
in many Of the finest
portions of our territory. What
city ogthrity thousand inhabitants
in New England would, for ex-
ample, permit a water power like
that of the Ohio falls to run to
vast for years as we have done}
Here is a mine of wealth which,
if worked with the right object,
would not only at once bring a
force Of operatives to our doors
in their own numbers equal to the
population of a large city, but
every interests and trade now ex-
iSting in Louisville would receive
a powerful impetus. The mer-
would double their retail
custom, the wholesale merchants
would double their trade, the
would be benefited
in the same proportion, and every
vocation, from the highest to the
humblcSt, would receive an infu
sion of new life. Not Louisville
only sleeps over patent advauta-
ges and opportunities. Many in
stances Of like neglect exist over
the South, whose people are slow
to learn the fact, shown in the
history of every country in Chris
tendon, that the wealth Of a ma
ton comes from her manufactures
far more than from the raw mate
rial that itprOduces. 1t is non
sense to say that manufactures
viii not prosper in the South.
We maintain, on the contrary,
that they can be made more prof
liable, with fair business manage
ment, in the South than they are
today in Great Britain, Germany,
or New England. An Alabama
newspaper of recent date says:
'Ex-Goyernor Patton, of Ala
bama, in a letter to "The South,7
says that the dividend paid by the
Augusta cotton mills is over 90
per cent. a year. a cotton mill
at Petersburg, Va, pays % per
cent. year. One at Columbus,
Ga, pays over 20 per cent. The
mills in this State do at least as
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25
F. ID. WATKINS
MAIAlNS' n. NJ Et
W'aEkisgS - Fort.

A ttorneys at Law, Mindcn. La. VIII
n practice in all the Courts for Web
ster and BoSsier parishes, and in the
Supreme Court of the State. vl2n5
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25
Il. IL, EGEkEgss,

A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Ninden,
A Webster parish, La VIII practice in
Courts Of Bnssior, Webster, Red River,
BienviIle, Claiborne, Union and Jackson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

The near-sighted hen that
ate sawdust, supposing it to be
cOrnmeal, then went and laid a
nest full of bureau knobs, set
on them three weeks and
batched out a complete set Of
parlor furniture, was a pretty
fair hen.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

Mutt 6 EcORRg'G,

TTORNEYS AT LAW. Texas Street.
"A Shreveport, La. VIII practice in the
Courts OF Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne and
Bicnville. ylAnip
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

In 1884 smoking was forbid
den IN Russia, under pain of
having the nose cut off!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

Last words of the two roughs
who recently killed each other
at Truckee: Fugate-"Oh,
Godl I'm killed." White
"Thauk God, I've killed him.
It's some satisfaction to know
that Pve outlived him, but I
suppose | must follow him in a
few minutes. Pull off my boots"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

Two women will occupy seats
in the next Wyoming Legislature.
There may be an appropriation
for certain lOw-seated chairs need.
ed should the new members bring
their cherubim to sing angle
songs for the bachelors of the Red
Cloud Territory -a.r
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

There are seven newspapers
published in the United States
which are over 100 years old:
Portsmouth n. H. Gazette, New
port Or. I.) Mercury, New London
Conn., Gazette, Hartford Comm
COu"ant, New Haven (Conn.)
journal, Salem (Mass.) Gazette,
Worcester (Mass.) Spy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

In some section of Illinois the
corn crop will not average one.
fourth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

a gentleman with a good
falsetto voice wishes to ex-
change with anybody possess
ing good false set o teeth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

Dg-. EES. y. .FEO6Eey,
PRACTrCING PHYSICIAN,
OFFICE: BELLEVUE. la.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

Kansas City has billiard
hall which is named "The Lit>
tie Church." Those people are
bound to be irreligious, if they
don't lay up a cent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25
IL. W.. Baker.

TTORNEY AT LAW. Bellevue, Il.
A WEI practlce in any court in the state,
except the parish court OF Bossicr Parish.
vlln46lV.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

Men magnify trities till they
are frightened at them,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

One who knows says it is
easy to get UP stares with a
pretty foot and ankle.
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THE BossIER BANNER,
Advertising Rates:

Advertisements inserted at the rate of
sI 80 per square for first insertion and -
for each subsequent insertion Ut, 20 one
month Ten lines or less constitute a
sonare No fractions OF squares counted as
snch. but they Will be counted as squares in
every instance. For longer periods, as fol-
lows:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

The man who pretends to
know everything generally
knows nothing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

Many men, many minds,
says the old proverb; but how
many men one meets with no
minds at ALL
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25

The force Of habit is fully
illustrated in the case Of a re
tired milkman, who says he
never sees a can of water with
out having an almost irresisti-
bic desire to put some milk
into it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-10-25
Professional Cards.
R. r. Fort.

A ttc-nev at Law, Bellevue. Bossier par
"A ish. La. vluI7
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y. III. AeySeF,

ttornev at Law, Bellevue, Bossier par
n ish, La. n3D 6m
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-01-25

4 MYSTERY.
BY JOHN G.. WHITTIER.

The river hemmed with leaning trees
Wound through its meadows green;
A low, blue liue of mountains
Showed the open pines between.
one sharp, tall peak absve them all
Clear into sunlight sprang
saw the river of my dreams,
The mountains that | sanp,
10 elew Of fmystery led me on
Bur well the way knew;
4 feeling of familiar things
With every footstep grew.
not otherwise above It's crag
Could lean the blasted piue.
Not otherwise the maple hold
-Aloft its red ensign.
so Up the long and shorn foothills
The mountain road should creep;
So, green and low, the meadow fold
Its red.haired kline asleep.
The river wound as it should wind;
Their place the mountains took,
The white, torn fringes of their clouds
Wore no unwented lock.
Yet ne'er before that rivers rim
Was pressed by feet of mine;
Never before mine eyes had crossed
That broken mountain line.
A presence, strange at once and known
Walked with me as my guide;
The skirts of some forgotten life
Traled noiseless at my s.de.
Was it a dim.remembered dream
Or glimpse through eons old:
The secret which the mountains kept,
The river never told.
But from the vision ere it passed,
A tender hepe drew,
And, pleasant as dawn of spring
The thought within me grew,
That love would temper every change,
And soften all surprise,
And, misty with the dreams of earthf
The hills of Heaven arise.
February 4tiaHfic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-01-25
Committee on Military .afairs

The Committee on Military Affairs will meet in
room under Adjutant Generals office on Wednes
days at ; p NJ, until otherwise ordered.
WILLIAM Il. HADLOCK, ,,i
MELVILLE NJ. FOLSOM, N"itn's"'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-01-25
'omNltttee on Education.

The regular meetings of the Committee on Edn
cation v III be held on Wednesday of each week, a
80 o'clock, +. NJ, in the judiciary room.
f.. &. FARRINGTOS
NELSON DINGLEY, JR., 'ha'f'''eh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-01-25

NUTTfTtFVtct V7t Utt UttEV tJyottHt'
The Committee on the Jail System will meet in
room No.G every Friday at 2 O'Clock =. NJ. until
otherwise ordered
II. ii. BURGESS, jr,iro,
d. N. MORTIASD, Nii"i' '"N"'
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C0DaHiitee on Railroads.

The Committee on Railroads will meet in the
Senate Chamber on Wednesdays and Fridays at
$50 =. NJ, Gntill otherwise ordered.
JDINGLEY, JR., }rp.
JAMES ID. FESSENDEN {Oh"'iHen'
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Colnnaiitce on 7olrnS.

The Committee on Towns will meet IN the Rep.
resentatiyes Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays at
23O z. NJ, until otherwise ordered.
JOHN MAY, ic,.
SAMUEL G. BUTMAN, oh''iinch'
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neel lwthth
The edinngo will sea one hundred
nt tua ton aual
nreae rInaryop
M astb so the uett eIa
Profr
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Con2nittea on Fisheries.

The Committee on Fisheries will meet every
Wedne> day III room No. lG, at O'Clock until other
wise ordered.
A. II. WHITMORE,
GEORGE TREFETHEN, th"'iheh'
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Committee on Coanty Estimates.

V07FHEfttt V7t IUUHtY EottUfUttS.
The Committee on County Estimates will meet
in room No. 30 on Thursday of each week at 2.30
J.. NJ, unta otherwise ordered.
g. w. s. PUTNAM, Secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-01-25
Committee on State Prison.

Inc Committee on State Prison will meet in the
senate Chamber every Tuesday at 2.3o z. NJ. until
otherwise ordered.
II. II. BURGESS, jc,;
JAMES A. CAREY, Nh'i'''
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tO1Nnilllcc on B0NNS al}d B0nNtNY.
The Committee on Banks and Banking will meet
at room No. 20 every Wednesday afternoon at :
O'Clock, until otherwise ordered.
John JOINS g; BRooks, Chairmen.
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CHARLES SHAW,
a. j. KNIGHT.

fonanittee on Financial AGairs.
The Committee on Financial Affairs will meet at
the Treasurer's Office Tuesdays at , o'clock r. NJ
until otherwise ordered
JESSE DAVIS, c,,a;son
5. Z. HATCH SNh'i'heh'
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Committee on Insane Hospital.

The Committee on Insane Hospital will meet in
the senate Chamber on Thursday OF each at 30 p.
Nj until otherwise ordered
\. u. O'BRION, i.,.
WARRINGTON PAUL 'Haitiheh'
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Committee on Counties.

The Committee on Counties will meet at room No
II on Tuesday at 230 T.. NJ, until otherwse or
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C0an2NNtee on Inferior Uutera.

The Committee on Interior Waters will meet in
room No. Tuesdays, and in room No. IL Thurs
days of each week at 2 80 =. n, until otherwise
dered.
j. l.. SMITH, 1,t
CD. BAILEY, ehalrmen-
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Com3uiHec on Bils iu Thru Rea9in0

The Committee ON Bills in Third Reading will
meet III room No. t. each secular day, at O'Clock
A. NJ, except Saturdays, when they will meet al
\. M, until otherwise ordered.
JOHN BENNETT Chairman,
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C0nnlittee on Claims.

The Committee on Claims will meet at their room
No, 10 on Tuesday Of each week at 230 T. NJ, until
otherwise ordered
JOHN kIMBALL, lchai,.r
JESSE PRENTlSS, '""' "''"
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Commtttee on agriculture.

Tie Committee on Agriculture will meet in room
No 20, every Thursday at2 r. NJ, until further no
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PIANO TO RENT

/ INQUIRE of A. T. THOMPSON Treasurer's OF
L flee, Maine Central K. K. Co.
Augusta, Oct 81, 1872. oct2l.'tf
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Committee on State Lands and State Roads.
The Csmmittee on State Lands and State Roads
will meet at Land Office on Wednesday of each
week until otherwise ordered at $50 7. NJ.
G. l.. DUNNINC, lc..
DANIEL RANDALL, N"""'eh'
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For Sale.
TENEMENT TO LET !!

A CONVENIENT Tenement with twelve rooms TO
n let, on Gage street. For particulars apply TO
IRIS. W. X. WESTON, No II state street.
Augusta, Nov. 8, lS72. novg.ttf
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Committee on Commerce.

The Committee on Commerce Will meet every
Wednesday afternoon in room No. II at , 80 o'ck,
until otherwise ordered.
MOSES WEBSTER, rn.f,o,,
ISAAC 4. HOBSON, '""ihe"'
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Committee ON L36jou 4H;,jys

01ENl'Nee on 7Hatan ItaVS.
The Committee on Indian Affairs will meet at
Their room, No. l6, on Thursday at ? =. NJ until
otherwise ordered,
II. HARMON, f,,a,..,
JWIIDER, '"'i'"eh'
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HENRY PENNELL, Cbai,pc,
MARX ROLLINS, '''''' -
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Nfnntbft gournal,

Published ut AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street,
foot OF Court, by SPRAGUE OWEN NASH.
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Com0uAee on the Judtctarg

me Committee on the Judiciary will meet at
their room on Tuesdays and Thursdays at ? O'Clock
+. M. until otherwise ordered.
CALEB A. CHAPLIN, to,-.
WARREN III. NINTON, i 'h"'hen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-01-25

Conmtttee on WaYs and Bridges.
The Committee on Ways and Bridges will meet
every wednesday afternoon in room No. g. at . 80
O'Clock, until further notice.
AMBRosE AN, Il; ABRoT, Cbatrmen
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The Committee on Pensions will meet at room
No. Il, every Friday at o'clock 7. NJ until other
wise ordered.
Il. p. CARR, },.
FRED T.. RICHARDS i thairiheh'
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Commitiec on Manufactures.

The Committee on Manufactures will meet Mt
room No. l6 on Thursday of each week at . 30 r.
NJ, until otherwise ordered
CYRUS II. HOBBS, c,.aiuo,,
ID. w. BROCKWAI, ! @hairiieh'
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The Committee on Mercantile Affairs and Insur-
ance, will meet at room No. 20, on Tuesdays at 2
o'clock p. NJ, untii otherwise ordered.
CHARLES HUMPHREY, -, ,,
PRENTISS LORING, '"atfue"'
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t0iHNllUee on Fe1eTuI ReldllOn2.
The Committee on Federal Relations will NEE
every Thursday, in the Senate Chamber at o'crl
i. NJ, until otherwise ordered.
j. +. BUTLER t,,.
WI. CORTHELL, Nhhfiieh'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-25
MANCHESTER ITEMS.

CurEcu NoTEs--:At the Methodist church
it was expected that Bishop Doggctt would
preach in the forenoon aid Rev. Dr.. Lee at
night, hut the inclcmcnt weather prevented,
and the pulpit was filled on both occasions
by the pastor. The Rev. Mr.. Wenman
preached morning and night mt the Baptist
church, Rev. Dir. Dickinson having been
kept away by the weather. The Meade Me
mortal church was opened for the first time
for rubl!c worship since its renovation both
Mt this aud the Presbyterian church the pas.
tors otliciated. Considering the bad state of
the weather the attendance at all of the
churches was large The missionary meeting
to have been held at the Baptist church in
the afternoon was postponed, az was the
church riieetng ut the Methodist church.
There will he services at The Meade Memo
rial church "Wednesday morning at II
O'Clock.
I:tuEy TO A FORMER CITIzEN.-lIr. John
A. CerSley, Of this Place. has received a let
ter announcing The injury of his brother-l-
law on the st. Louis and Indianapolis rail-
road. His left arm has been a!uputated.
Mr. Eggers is we'll known in this town,
having been farmer resident and Il member
Of the Elliott GHrs. Mr. Eggers has re-
cciyed every attention both from the railroad
officers and the Sisters Of Charity at st.
Louis. The injured man had but recently
returned from Il trip To China and around
the world.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.--Messrs. Moody g.
RoyaIl have disposed of t"o lots on Decatur
near CIopton street to Captain W. |. Clop-
ton; two on Hull street near Evans to Mr..
james Hendricks: and one on Hull street
hear Clopton to Mr. Charles Severance. All
of these lots arc in the Buck Hill addition,
fronting 33 feet and rutining back 1JTI, and
command III elegant view Of the tCWn and
all the surrounding country.
BRIDGE MarTERs.-Wor would have been
resumed both Oh the bridge and OF the ap-
proachcS yesterday hut ior The extremely cold
weather. Operations will begin as soon Is
the state OF the water and weather will per
nit.
NOT RECOGNIZED. MIR. CufrOde, foreman oI
the bridge operatives, with i number Of his
men. viewed the dead body found Oh The
north side b,Iow Richmond on Saturday, but
were satisfied that the body vas not one OF
their unfortunate comrades who lost his life
st the disaster.
MINOR ToPlGs. The magistrates cour: Of
appeals has been adjourned to next Monday,
when it will meet at 7a 2. NJ. This session
is only for civil business.
Mnny of the stone-cuttcrs are yet lille
waiting fot i:iitetiai;
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-25

SHRovE-TUEspaY AND Asu-WEDNESnAY-
To-day is Shrovc-Tuesday, or Pancake Day
In Roman Catholic times it was compulsory
upon the people to confess their sins and
he striUer by the priest on that day. 4 bar
barous custom was prevalent-that Of throw.
ing sticks or stones at cocks. Cock-fghtiDg
was also common till prohibited by act OF
Parliament. The only custom now remaD-
ing is that f,eating pancakes. The earliest
day on which Sllrovc-rucsday can fall in any
year is February 3, and latest March 0.
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. the first Of
the forty days of Lent, instituted about the
year l30 in reference to the miraculous Elsts
OF Moses. Elias, aud our Lord. Ashes weIe
placed on the beads Of pcnitents, and flesh
was forbidden to be eaten. Eggs, milk, and
wine were also at times intcrdictcd
Religious services will be held in the
Catholic and Episcopal churches.