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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22
STATE GRANGE.

Fifth Degree-Pomona Hope
Composed of Masters of subordinate
lodges and their wives who are mat
rons. Past Masters and their wives
who are matrons shall lie honorary
members and eligible to Office, but not
entitled to vote.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

Tor the relief an
cure Of all derange
ments IN the stoil
ach, liver, and bow
els. They are n mix
aperient, and "A
excellent purgaiivc
Being purely wee
table, they contain
no mercury oruilrt
l'al hatevcr Nv
serious sighncs a'.'
suffering Is prevent
cfl lN their I .rll
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-18
MEETING OF THE CREDITORS OF BOWLES
BROTHERS.

BOSTON, March IL, 1873.
The first meeting of the creditors Of the defunct
and bankrupt firm OF Bowles Brothers was held be.
fore Register Thorndike IN this city to-day. There
were but few creditors present in person. most OF
them being represented by counsel The first
claim presented was that Of Helen Josephine
Mansfield for $11,53s, which was allowed The
counsel who represented this renowned woman
were James ID. townsend OF New York, and John
M. Way, of this city. large number OF other
claims were presented and allowed, among
the largest of which were those o. the
the estate OF the late Edward ogden, of Newport,
Tor So AIS; Noukazu wakoyoma OF Japan, S. 20S 70,
and afss twenty other Japanese creditors, with
claims ranging In amount from 1888 TO $4,000.
one that Of Yuri Reimosa, was $7.975 80. The
ST. Louis Third National Bank have a claim Of
5000, and several New York parties OF over
$4,000. A question was raised during the
meeting whether the Claims should be proved
as debt payable In gold or whether the amount
In francs should be reduced to currency basis.
Some OF the claims having been already CON-
pHted In the latter way were allowed to 90 in,
while others were proved on the gold easis
Henry J. Stevens, or Boston, was unanimously
elected as assignee.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-18

Since JAM SOL 24S $751; S51 1906 $sS, ,214
THE FOREIGN MARKET.
The London quotations were steady and firm for
cOnsols and nOminally unchanged for United Statea
bonds, with quiet market. Erie shares were
heavy and their price declined about one.half per
cent, to SIX.
MONEY ACTIVE.
The money market was active, but at compars.
tiyel~ steady rates. the average Of business on call
having n >en at 1-64 and interest equivalent Ia
about twelve and one-half per cent per annum,
The extremes were per cent on the one hand ia
the government dealers and 10 some OF the more
favored stock houses, and 1872 and interest the
other, the latter being equivalent to about eighteen
and one-half per cent per annum. Commercial pa
per was nOminay q II per cent discount for
prime names.
ADVANCE IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
The easier terms for the use of gold induced fur.
Their flrmness in the foreign exchanges and the
leading bankers advanced their rates u per cent
for sterling bills. The following shows the rates
according TO the new standard STERLING, sixty
days commercial, 1917 1917; do, good to prime
bankers, 10s a 1ost4; do, short sight, 1881 q
100; Paris, sixty days. 5.321l 5.27h; do, short
sight, 5.2aZa 5.22,6; Prussian thalers, 7O% 71x;
Antwerp 5.31A 5.27H; Switzerland, 5.31k q
5.27H; Hamburg, 947S 95; Amsterdam, 39X .
4oH; Frankfort 4Oh 4oX; Bremen, 047I q 95.
GOLD sTRONG-115 115H.
The gold market was strong in response to the
1rmer tone OF the foreign exchanges and the price
advanced from lis to.1151, the rise being assisted
by the nomination and confirmation this afternoon
of Judge Richardson as Secretary Of the Treasury,
in succession to Mr.. Boutwell,, who almost at the
same time, was sworn in as United States Senator.
This action has put at rest all the speculations
to other candidates for the ONCE OF Secretary Of
the Treasury, and indicates General Grants nten.
ton TO maintain the same financial policy. The
course OF the market Is shown ia the table,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-18
FATALLY BURNED.

Coroner Herman was yesterday called to 55s
West Fortieth street to hold an inquest on the
body Of John Hogarth, man thirty years OF age,
who died from the effects OF burns received by
being burned in his blacksmith shop on the morn.
ing OF the 18th instant. In what manner uogarth
was burned did lot appear.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-18
GOVERNMENTS STRONG.

The government list was strong and prices ad-
vanced a o q per cent in sympathy with gold, the
currency issues remaining steady. The CTS sold
at lle%. The following were the closing quota
constituted States currency skies, ilsH a 1l3x;
do, do 1881, registered, llsX l1sN: do. DO. do.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-18
Great War Talk at MOdOc
Headquarters.
Steele Protected from the "BOys"
at Night by Two Chiefs.
sCHONCHIN'S RHETORIC
''It Looks Like Another Heart
Has Entered the Talk"

Why Won't the Commissioners
60 To Be Scalped?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-18
ssWhO Are the Bad Men That
Want to Kill Us 70

S II E E L ELS TYE E S.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-18
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Money Market Still Active, with
the Rate on Call Steady.
THE AVERAGE ia AND INTEREST.
An Advance in Foreign Ex-
change and Gold.
The Rise in Gold Helped by the Appointment
of Secretary Richardson.
HEAVINESS OF "CASH" GOLD.
The Stock Market Unset
tied and Lower.
Activity and Strength in Pa
cific Mail Shares.
TUMBLE IN BOSTON, HARTFORD AND ERIE.
Government Bonds Strong and Higher.
Advance in Tennessees to &C.
The Dividend on Panama
The Stock Market Unset
tied and Lower.
Activity and Strength in Pa
cific Mail Shares.
TUMBLE IN BOSTON, HARTFORD AND ERIE.
Government Bonds Strong and Higher
Advance in Tennessees to &C.
The Dividend on Panama

WALL STREET,
MONDAY, March 17-6P M.
On 'Change to-day cotton was excited and from
&c. 1c per Id. lower for spot and future, closing
weak. Flour remained dull and unchanged Wheat
dull, and corn In better demand, but easier.
COMPARISON OF THE IMPORTS.
The total imports OF foreign goods at the port On
New York for the past week aud since the begin
ming OF the year compare as follows:-
1871. 1872. 1873.
Dry goods. So, 1913, 450 g. 653 800 948
General mdse 3,995,442 2,584521 3,694,645
Total for week.. $7,3S3,S92 SIS, 23S AL $5,974593
Prev reported. 66,307,3S6 76,613,525 82,475621
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-18
SOUTHERN SECURITIES Dull

SOUTHERN SECURITIES DULL.
Very little was doing in the Southern State b0fdA
outside the Tennessees, which were active and
strong and advanced to SO. The Tennessee LegA-
lature is considering funding bill which pro
poses to convert the outstanding debt into q
new bond on which interest payments will COM
mence July /, 1874, and be maintained there
after. The new South Carolinas were weaker,
with small sale at II. The following were the
closing prices Tennessee, ex coupon, $50 SO;
do, new, $50 SO; Virginia, ex coupon, 40 80;
do, registered stock, DID, 81 40; do. skies, con-
sodated bonds, 5e5s 81; do. do, deferred scrip.
ID Is; Georgia skies, 70 IS; do sevens, 81 90;
North Carolina, ex coupon, 80 a 32 do to North
Carolina Railroad, 60 a 81; do. funding, 1866, 20
IS; do. do, 1868, II %; do, new II a Is; do,
special tax, ID Is; Louisiana skies, 4s SO; Ala
bama fves IS a 81 do. Fights, so So; South Caro-
lima skies, 80 a As; do, new, January and July, II
20; do. do, April and october, 20 %; Arkansas
skies, funded, 40 AZ.
THE RAILROAD BONDS.
The railroad bonds were quiet and firm. Erie
fourths sold at 9s1s and Fort Wayne rsts at 1861.
Bosten Hartford and Erie frsts sold at 4OA The
following were the bids at the regular call "a
anended bv prices in subsequent dealings.-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-18

In the gold loan market the rates ranged from
4per cent to 1872 for carrying. The operations Of
the Gold Exchange Bank were as folsws-
Gold cleared $35, $40 O00
GOQ DalduCeS ,031 466
Currency balances. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,OO3561
The Sub-Treasury paid out 500 900 on account Of
interest and So, 100 on account OF redeemed i've.
twentles.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04
A Danbury Child Lost.

A family named Cobleigh, living on
Nelson street, Danbury, says the Ne,cs,
lost their little child, a girl of six
years. The alarm was at once given,
and a vigorous search was soon prose-
cuted. The neighbors for several
streets adjoining either joined in the
search or assembled at the house
of the afflicted family and graphically
recalled cases were little children were
lost and after long search found stark
and stiff in death, and thus consumed
time that would have otherwise passed
drearily enough to the agonized parents.
Several people rememberedto have seen
the little girl in several different direc-
tions, and parties followed the various
directions. Then there were others
who had ideas of their own in regard to
the whereabouts of the missing child,
and one of these, a neighbor named
Wakely, was led by this instinct to crawl
under barn, but in the transit became
so wedged in that it took two men and
a shovel to get him out again. A few
minutes later his zeal and discretion led
him to 60 down q well, and when part
way down he lost his hold, gave forth 9
WuOOIJ llhc an Iuulul, bll blSbP PPCoiS SN
beneath the sparkling waters. He was
rescued more dead than alive, but still
burned with sympathy for the stricken
family, and with the water dripping
from his garments, crawled up on c
beam to look over into a hay-mow, and
owing to the slippery condition of his
clothes, again lost his balance and came
down to the barn-foor on his back will
a force that deprived him of his breath
At ten o'clock the search was given VI
for the night and the parents retired, bu
not to sleep. At half-past ten knocl
sounded at the front door, which, being
opened, revealed the lost child. Sh'
had fallen asleep on top of the hen
house, and becoming uneasy in he,
dreams had fallen off and awakened
and had now come in for the particulars
No words can express the delight of tn,
parents at the recovery of their child
nor depict the sensations of Mr.. Wakel,
when he came around the next mornin.
on a pair of borrowed crutches, anC
smelling strong enough of liniment t,
knock down chemist, and learned tn
result of the AFFAIR. 1t is pleasant t.
learn that not one of the excited neigh
bors had any serious idea that the cir
was lost, any of the time.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04
COUNT a.

him in private. The surprise occasioned
by his sudden appearance, with one pis-
tol cooked in his hand and another in
his sleeve, was increased by Mr.. Bowers
request, accompanied by his determined
air. Lord Baltimore desired him to
lay down his pistols, which he did, beg
ging pardon for not having done SO be-
fore. On being informed who he was,
Lord Baltimore proposed to the COM
pany that they should rise up, and
taking him in the midst of them, try to
cover him till they could get to his lord
ships boat. The scheme succeeded;
the boat was near; they got to it unob-
served, and rowed about two miles to
where the yacht lay, in which they had
come for an excursion. The wind being
fair, they soon reached Dover, where he
was safely landed on the 18th of July,
1882.
A long time afterwards, being with
the same Lord Baltimore at Greenwich,
a message came to him that some gen.
tlemen wished to speak with him at a
house close by the water-side, where
was a passage into the river from sum-
mer-house in the garden. Lord Balti-
more asked who could want him, and
recommended Bower not to go. But
he, not wishing to be thought afraid,
determined to investigate the matter
Two armed servants, however, attended
him; but when he and his guard reached
the house, no one there would own to
having sent for him.
The hero of the above story after
wards procured an appointment as keep
er of Queen Caroline's library, and died
in 1766, aged eighty.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04
4 Railroad Suit.

An important suit has been COM
menced in Fillmore county, Minnesota,
by @. Easton and others against the
Milwaukee and st. Paul and the South
ern Minnesota Railroad Companies. In
1871 the Minnesota Legislature made a
law prescribing maximum rates for the
transportation of freight upon railroads.
The companies above named disregard
ed the law, and made their own schedule
of charges. The plaintiffs were heavy
shippers, and paid without protest or
objection the rates demanded. They
now sue to recover the amount paid
above legal rates. The decision of the
Supreme Court affirming the constitu,
tionality of the law seems to give color
to the plaintiffs claim. If the case is
decided in their favor, Minnesota rail.
road companies may have to refund
millions of dollars.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04
The Family NEWSPAPER.

We clip the following truthful item
from the Decatur Republican. 1t is
precisely to the point A child begin
ming to read becomes delighted with
the newspaper, because it reads of
things which are very familiar, and
will make progress accordingly. A
newspaper one year is worth one
quarters schooling to a child, and every
father must consider that substantial
information is connected with this ad-
vancement. The mother of a family
should be herself instructed. A mind
occupied becomes fortified against the
ills of life, and is braced for any en-
ergency. Children amused by reading
or study are of course more considerate
and more easily governed. How many
thoughtless young have spent their
earnings in tavern or grog shop, who
ought to have been reading? How
many parents, who never spent twenty
dollars for books or papers for their
families, would gladly have given
thousands to reclaim a son or daughter
who had ignorantly and thoughtlessly
fallen into temptation.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04
The Largest Steam Engine in the World.

Pittsburgh claims to have in progress
of construction pair of engines which
will be the most powerful in the world.
Reducing the capacity of some of the
largest pumping engines to a uniform
lift of one foot in twenty-four hours, it
is found that the one at the Lehigh
zinc mines willlift 3, ,456, 6,00O,O 900 gallons;
the pair at the Chicago water works,
1900, 100000 gallons; the pair at
Haarlem, Holland, 10000, 100000 gal
Ions; while the new Pittsburgh engines
will lift IA, 4,240, ,0O0, 900 gallons. The
pair will weigh l,50O tons, and will cost
1923, $50. The following dimensions
will serve to give some idea of the mag
nitude: Cranks, nine tons shaft,
twenty-four tons four sections of the
two valve chambers, one hundred and
twenty ons fly wheel, seventy tons.
The four plungers will weigh upwards OF
four hundred tons. Cylinder, sixty-four
inches diameter II; stroke, fourteen feet.
Plungers, forty inches diameter, eleven
feet stroke.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04
Looking for Love.

AS fisherman looks out over the bay
For ship that comes from sea,
look for my love from day to day,
But my love comes not to me.
Who is the maid that the finger Of fate
Has given, and where lives she?
How long shall linger and hope and wait
Before she will come to me?
Or have 1 no love, and shall be blown
Like a lost boat out to seal?
No! Pleasure and peace shall be my own,
And my love shall come to me.
And when and where shall know my doom
Indoors, or where flowers grow?
Will the pear-trees all be white with bloom,
Or will they be white with snow?
Have I ever heard of your name in talk'
Or seen you child at play?
Are you twenty yet, and where do you walk
Is it near or far away?
Come, my love, while my hearts in the south
While youth is about my ways
will run to meet you, and kiss your mouth,
And bless you for all my DAYS
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04
Gen. Taylor as a Historian.

Gen. Taylor, although an excellent
soldier, and man of strong good sense
in the everyday affairs of life, had been
educated in the camp, and knew no
more of craftsmanship or the opera
tions of government than Comanche
Indian nor was he distinguished for
colloquial accomplishments or narrative
or descriptive talent. Then he had
habit of hesitation in conversation that
amounted to almost stammer. He
spoke in terse, sententious style upon
subjects with which he was familiar,
and his suggestions, especially on mill
tary matters, were marked by quick
perception and sound judgment. But
he was never diffuse or demonstrative,
and wasted no words upon anybody.
Judge Butler, a colleague in the Sen
ate of Mr.. Calhoun, calling to pay his
respects to the President, begged HIM
to describe the manner in which the
battle of Buena Vista was fought. His
brother, Pierce Butler, commanding
the Palmetto regiment, and very gal
liant officer, fell in the battle, and the
Judge was naturally anxious to learn the
particulars of that desperate contest.
"Well, well, Judge, you want to know
how the thing was done. Come and
dine with me to-day and I'll tell you all
1 know about it,
Judge Butler was hasty, impetuous
man, and the words flowed from his
mouth in torrent whenever he had oc-
casion to speak. He was all impatience
during the dinner, and the moment they
were alone he brought up the subject
of the battle.
eyes, yes, Judge, your brother was
a brave man, and behaved like true
soldier. But about the battle-you
want to know how it was fought?
eyes, General, if you will be so kind.
I wish to learn how your troops were
disposed on the field, and how you
posted them to resist a force so over
whelming. Santa Anna must have
out numbered you at least four or five
to one."
"The difference was greater than
that, L think, but we didn't stop to
count the Mexicans. 1 knew there was
q heavy force, and longed for a couple
of regiments more of regulars.
Undoubtedly" said the Judge
"but what was your order of battle p
"Why, why, you see, Judge, we went
to fighting early in the morning the first
day, and we fit all day long, losing 6
good many men, and at night it looked
pretty bad
"Well, what next?"
"When it got dark rode over to Sal
tillo to look after our stores and to pro
vide against surprise"
"Why did you go yourself? Why not
send one of your aides ?"
You see, everything depended or
not having our supplies cut of, and
wanted to see after things myself" ?"
"How was it the next morning wher
you come on the field ?" inquired Judge
Butler.
"Not much change since the night
BEFORE"
"Who was the first man that you
met ?"
"Gen. Wool"
"And what did he say?"
"All is lost"
"What was your reply"
" Maybe so, General-weU see.
: And upon that we went to fighting
again, and fit all that day, and towart
night it looked better"
The Judge, looking rather blank
asked "What nexu?"
"Well, the next morning it was re
: ported to me that Santa Anna and al
J his men had disappeared in the night
and I was very glad to be rid o
them So"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04
Fancied HydrOphObia.

Hydrophobia simply means the dread
of water, which is one of the symptoms
of canine madness but the same symp-
toms also occur in other diseases dis
tinct from it. The horror of water al
most (not absolutely always accompa-
MES canine madness, but it is also met
with, in greater or lesser intensity, in
several nervous diseases. 1t may be
brought on by strong mental emotion
of various kinds. A schoolmaster, af-
ter a violent fit of anger, died in fifteen
hours, with decided symptoms of hydro
phobia. Fright will have the same eff
feet. A man bitten by dog which he
believed to be mad had fearful attacks
of hydrophobia, which ceased several
months afterward, on his learning that
the dog remained in perfect health. A
girl who witnessed a sudden broil, in
which the disputants fought with
swords. was so terror-stricken that she
was seized with hydrophobia, and died.
A woman whose companions had aban-
doned her alone in the fields all night
was greatly terrified thereby; next day
she refused every sort of liquid, and
shortly died.
1t is, therefore, not surprising that
an aversion to water should have been
occasionally induced by the bite of men
and animals that were not mad. NAL
pighi records the case of his mother,
who became hydrophobic after having
been bitten by her daughter in an cpl
leptic fit.
Gases are not rare in which, when one
person has bitten another, the bitten
person has been attacked by and some
times died of apparent canine madness.
The most singular instance is that of q
young man, twenty-nine years of age,
who bit his own finger in violent fit Of
rage, and became so hydrophobic in
four-and-twenty hours that at the very
name of water he fell into convulsions
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04
Thirst Ouenched Without Drinking.

1t may not be generally known that
water, even salt water, imbibed through
the skin, appeases thirst almost as well
as fresh water taken inwardly. In il
lustration of this subject, correspond
ent has sent the following abridged
quotation from Narrative of Captain
Kennedy's Losing his Vessel, and his
Distresses Afterwards" which was no.
ticed in Dodsleys Annual Register !"
for 1869. L cannot conclude without
making mention of the great advantage
l received from soaking my clothes
twice day in salt water and putting
them on without wringing. Itwas con-
siderable time before L could make the
people comply with this measure, al
though, from seeing the good effects
produced, they afterward practiced it
twice day of their own accord. To
this discovery L may with justice at
tribute the preservation of my own life
and six other persons who must have
perished if it had not been put in use.
The saline particles, however, which
remained in our clothes, became in
crusted by the heat of the sun and that
of our bodies, lacerating our skins, and
being otherwise inconvenient; but we
found that by washing out these parti-
cles, and frequently wetting our clothes
without wringing, twice in the course
of day, the skin became well in a
short time. After these operations we
uniformly found that the violent drought
went off, and the parched feeling was
cured in a few minutes after bathing
and washing our clothes, and at the
same time we found ourselves as much
refreshed as if we had received some
actual nourishment. -Four persons in
the boat who drank salt water went de.
lirious and died ; but those who avoided
this and followed the above practice ex'
perieiced no such symptoms.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04

The experiment of restocking the
waters of Vermontwith salmon promises
to be a success. Those put into the
Winooski last spring have grown to be
three or four inches long, and have be-
gun to run into the lake.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04

We have received a note from a
tramp" desiring us to warn people
against making apple sauce in iron YES
sells. He says it spoils the favor, and
adds that he will not eat apple sauce
cooked in that way, if he knows it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-04

The Sources OF Three OF the Largest
Rivers in America Mountains
Twelve thousand Feet Above the
Level of the Sen-Grand and Beauti-
tuI Scenery.