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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-03-22

Tn THE DISTRICT COURT OFF THE UNI
i TED STATES fer the Eastern District of Vir
ginia. 40 sr.8 +
b In the matter of William II. Cottingham,
bankrupt--in bankruptcy
At Norfolk, before Mr.. Benjamin d. Foster.
Register. ~ tls gsr,
To Whom it May Concern-The undersigned,
William b. Wilson, of Cherrystone, Va, hereby
gives notice of his appointment as assignee OF
the estate of VIM. II. Cottingham, of Northamp-
ton county, in said district, who was on the 18th
day of December, 1872, adiudged a-banlnnpt on
his own petition by the District Court of said
district. -t'
Dated Cherrystone, January 2s, 1873.
FL Et+ts il VIM. i. WILSON,
ia 80 -Th3w* Assignee
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-03-22

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
j. TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
Virginia. 6 a
In the matter Of Abraham Kraker VS.. G..
Zander' bankrnpt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this Goth day of February,
1873 a.sa 'rsFl,sstEr tel.t.s.t 81 taHs
To Whom it May Concen-The undersigned,
VIM. Fiegenhemer, of Richmond city, Virginia,
hereby gives notice of his appointment as
signee of the estate of G. lander, of Henrico
county, in said district, who was, on the 2lst
day of jan, A. d., 1873, adiudged bankrupt
upon thepetition of his creditors by the District
Court OF said district. 1EE
Dated at Richmond, February 20, 1878
1tEAi sfi VIM. FLEGENHEIMER,
fe 22-S3w 81 A ssipnpe
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-03-22

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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District Of
Virginia. t III
In the matter of A. d. Chestermau & Co.,
bankrtpts-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this l4th day of Feb'y 1878.
To Whom it May Concern--The undersigned,
O. II. Wendlinger, of Richmond city, Virginia,
hereby gives notice of his appointment as as
signee of the estate of A. D. Chesterman & Co, of
the county of Henrco in said district, and who
were to- wit, on the 18th day of January A. d.,
1878, adjudged banlrrupts upon the petition of
themselves, by the District Court of the United
States for said district. a 4 au
Dated at Richmond, the l4th day of February
A. u. 1873. G. II. WENDLlNGER,
fe 22-S2w t' Assignee.
I'm THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI-
IL ted States for the Eastern District of vir-
gina. ga,t esyy IIeIsl,
At Richmond, Va. this Goth day of February,
1878.
In the matter of Willoughby Newton, Jr.,
banfrupt--in bankruptcy. af tFH lss.
In compliance with an order made directing
the undersigned as a Special Commissioner to
take, settle and report an account Of all liens
and encumbrances on the estate of said bank
rupt,. notice is herby given to all concerned,
that shall proceed on WEDNESDAY, the 18th
day of March, A. ID i 1873, at my office in the
city of Richmond, to execute said order, when
and where all persons interested are invited to
be present.
i iii i f. w. MAHOOD,
fe 26-l0t Special Commissioner.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Weight of Honey for Wintering Bees.

Mr.. Topper states that in the case of
a number of strong colonies of bees, the
consumption of honey in October was 4
pounds; in November, A pounds; De-
cember, q pounds; January, 8 pounds;
February, 81 pounds; March, 5 pounds;
and April, y pounds--a total of 80
pounds. This was ascertained by actual
weight, and affords criterion of the
amount needed for winter consumption
out of doors. But as the amounts vary
in various localities and seasons, it will
be safe to see that the hives contain
more than this amount when the bees go
into winter quarters.
Every empty hive, on being made
ready for occupancy, should De carefully
weighed, and the weight duly marked
upon it, or registered in a book. When
the bees are put in they can also be
weighed, and the weight of the combs
and honey also be .ascertained from
week to week. Such facts will always be
of interest and Importance.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Slaughter Your Own Meats

We are paying twice as much for
meats as we ought. Less than half of
all we pay goes to the producer Of the
cattle. Enough to make this up to n
full half and a trifie more, very properly
goes to the butcher. If honest. he IS
fairly entitled to SO much. What be-
comes of the other half of all we are nav
ing for fresh meats
The honest butcher and the fair droyer
are getting, as general rule, no more
than Just compensation for the labor
and hardships they take upon them
selves in supplying the public necessi-
ties, at all seasons and In all weathers.
30 many of them as are not unreasona-
bly, grasping, and will not stoop to
fraudulent practices in their weight.
should be paid the amount of their bills
promptly and cheerfully. But nearly
half OF what we pay for our meats is vet
naccounted for. Who gets it? An
swer-the big spectators in cattle of all
kinds, men with large means already ac-
cumulated in this business. and others
with slender means of their own but
with large accommodations, who can run
out from the large markets $50, 1000, or
l 500 miles, and buy up all the droves
that are approaching any of our large
cities, and hold them back till they can
sell at their own prices. This is one of
many sharp practices by which the great
mass OF the American people are forced
to pay twice as much as they ought for
an important article of living.
No law exists, and perhaps none could
be made strong enough to correct, or
even to keep these spectators within
bounds; and we see not but that the
professional men and merchants, me-
chanics, and all the laboring classes,
must make up their minds to swallow
the imposition as best they can, in
despair Of the great wrong ever being
righted.
But with the farmers land we have in
mind those who live near cities) the case
is different. Redress, in part, is in their
own hands. They are under no necessi-
ty of selling all their fattened animals to
the drover, and then repurchasing so
much OF the meat as will supply their
own families, at great advance on their
selling prices. They can slaughter their
fattened animals at home, to the extent
OF supplying their own families with
iooH luodIo. LII Hlany cases, Wnen a
large animal is slaughtered, they can adj
vantageously turn over the surplus above
their own wants, in the payment of
merchants and mechanics bills; and it
dot unfrequently happens that the farm
loqorer who works for them would be
glad to take home to his family a piece
of fresh meat at reasonable price, in
stead of SO much cash. The farmer
and his man could so arrange the matter
as to favor the interests OF both parties.
We close with these few suggestions,
thinking that some of our readers may
be SO situated as to profit by them.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Sheep MANAGEMENT.

A correspondent of Western paper
says: "The inquiry is often made of
how L manage my sheep to obtain so
large yield Of wool from year to year.
Some say, You must feel large
amount of grain and when 1 tell them
that L fed no grain to my sheep in the
last three or four years, they seem sur
prlsed; but such is the fact If grain is
fed, corn is best, and should be fed in
the months of November and December.
assisting nature (the animaD il it's efforts
to clothe itself with heavy, warm coat
preparatory for winter. It is in these
months that wool grows the fastest, for
the reason above stated.
My sheep are pure-bred Spanish
Merinos, and I raise no ticks. A sheep
that is infested with ticks cannot pro-
duce a heavy fleece of wool. A sure
and cheap preventive is to feed once in
two weeks one-twentieth part of sulphur
with their salt; it not only prevent ticks,
but also the various skin diseases"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
A California Gourmand.

The Pacific street negro Eoff, who dis
tlnguished himself short time since by
drinking gallon and half of mixed
liquors in the period of half an hour,
gave another of his recherche parlor ex-
hibitions, Thursday night, on a wager.
The affair came off at grocery shop, on
the corner of Jackson and Bartlett
streets, and the programme advertised
the devorlring of fffteen-pound turkey,
with stufing and trimmings, two loaves
OF bread, quart bottle of pickles, and
two quarts of whisky prepared in the
form of hot sling Two prominent officers
OF the police attended to preserve order,
and also kindly oficiated as judges, and
during the performance large number
of spectators attended The feat was an
entire success, at the expiration of an
hour the skeleton turkey being picked
as clean as if an hyena had gone over it,
and the condiments, including the
whisky, having disappeared The cham
pion was visited this morning by the re-
porters, and found curled up like
gorged anaconda, and sleeping sweetly.
The parties having this gifted African IN
training contemplate public exhibition
shortly, probably for the benefit of some
charitable institution.-San Francisco
Bulletin
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Cure for Rattlesnake Bite.

An Anglo Mexican correspondent re-
cords his experience with regard to the
bite of II rattlesnake as follows "Many
years ago [ Travelled over the Western
prairies of North America to Mexico.
accompanied by large number of men
and animals. The journey occupied
many months, and during the whole
time we were expased to the attacks of
Red Indians and rattlesnakes. From
the former we were able to defend our
selves, bit against the latter we were
not so fortunate, for our animals suffered
continually. Upwards of fifty horses,
mules, oxen, and dogs were bitten at
different times. We had, however. a
ready remedy at hand. When an ami
NAL was found to have been bitten-and
it was soon seen by the swelling-the
place was punctured about a dozen
times with the point of a penknife, and
plenty of gunpowder rubbed into the
wounds, until the blood was all alb
sorbed then more dry powder was adj
ded and fired. This rough method of
cauterizing never failed to effect a cure,
and we did not lose a single animal from
the bite of rattlesnake." This is a
simple remedy, and, if as effective as
stated, it cannot be made too widely
known. When men were bitten, they
received the same treatment as the
horses, and they recovered just as rap
idly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Overgrown Hogs.

There is not one single advantage to
be claimed In favor of big hogs. There
never was monster hog which did not
make the man who raised him pay for
every pound he weighed. They do not
furnish an ounce of meat gratis, but
charge full price for every atom of their
carcass. When slaughtered, it takes a
long time to get one cool to the marrow
in the bone, and then when the hams are
put in salt it is troublesome to finish
them to the center. -Four hundred live
weight is as, large as hogs should be in
order to make good bacon. Beyond this
size there is loss somewhere Either
the feeder, butcher or consumer is
cheated, and as a general thing every
one who has any thing to do with the
big hog will find, if he observes closely,
that they are not so profitable as the
smooth nice hog of only $50 pounds
weight. A small head, with little up
right ears, and legs and ears delicate to
perfection, are marks which indicate the
greatest amount of food consumed; and
it will always draw more readily the at
tention of every butcher.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
When to Apply Fertilizers.

Prof. Voelcker, of the English
Agricultural Society, reports as follows
on recent experiments:
A considerable percentage Of the
nitrate of soda was carried off in the
drainage, when applied as a fertilizer.
The soil did not retain the whole of the
salt, nor of the assimilable nitrogen.
Being readily dissolved in the soil. it
should not be applied till late in the
spring, according to the climate and the
season. The sulphate OF ammonia stays
in the ground better than the nitrate of
soda, and should be sown two weeks
earlier. Potash salts and soluble phos-
pilates at the same tmes All stable and
yard manure is best applied In the fall
or winter. Lime, mari, and gypsum may
be applied in January, February, and
March-the earlier the better.
Mr.. J. B. Lawes, of England, has
plot of experimental meadow that has
had fourteen tons of stable manure every
year since 1913. Plants grown on this
surface have absorbed all the rain-water,
so that little or none has been discharged
by under drains. Similar drains under
part of the meadow not manured
4" have run freely several times year"
An acre of long MANFRED lands within Sc
inches of the surface holds 1,610 tons of
water; while the same area and depth of
similar ground unmanured holds only
591 tons. These facts show how largely
manuring from 1843 to 1871 changes the
character and constitution of soil. An
industrious, reading and scientific farm
er may make his farm what he pleases.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Sothern's Joke not Original.

That was good joke of Mr.. Sothern's
very good indeed-but it was not
original. A warier and more distin-
g1ished Englishman than the unsuspect-
ing husband of Miss Adelaide Nelson
was similarly put upon at the Gait House,
IN this city, thirty-fve or forty years ago
A certain Capt. Marryatt, famed in
romantic novel lore, was travelling in
America. He had heard of the dark and
bloody ground, and he came here to see
it. Those were the days of the Wards
and Throckmortons, and hvelier times
or a hveller set were known nowhere
betwixt Lizards Point and Simms'
Hole. The author of Peter Simple was
cordially received and Hospitality treated.
He was taken to the race-course every
day. He was invited into the mysteries
of tOld Crow" OF course he could not
be allowed to quit Kentucky without a
taste OF draw poker, and a beautiful
little seance was organized for his espe-
cial benefit. What followed is told by
Capt. Marryatt himself in the book
which he published after his return to
England: "The game proceeded with
good nature for half an hour. Then
there arose dispute between a gentle
man they called Judge and another
gentleman who went by the title of
Governor. [ think the Governor ac-
cused the Judge of concealing card in
his sleeve. At all events, the debate
grew very hot, when the Judge suddenly
drew his revolver; Immediately the Gov
ernor drew his bowie-knife; the table
was tipped over in trice, extingushing
the lights, when at least twenty shots
were fired. Three gentlemen were
wounded-one fatally" The author
does not add that Capt Marryatt was
found under the bed. Nor does he tell
his readers that the whole affair was a
farce. for how could he know that, hav-
ing fled by the 6 o'clock coach next
morning for Nashville? The same hoax
was ''set up for Dickens, but Boz was
too full of his greatness at that time to
accept the familiar attentions of the ma
Courier-.Jou7adL.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Whisky as a Medicine.

Those who are accustomed to the use
OF "good old Irish whisky" for certain
physical maladies with which they are
afflicted, may be interested in the infor-
nation that DIR. Hodges, of Belfast, has
recently had occasion to analyze several
samples of whisky" and has published
the results of his examination in one of
the Dublin papers. A bottle of whisky
described as fair sample of the drink
sold In low-class public houses was on
examination found to be heavily adul-
terated with naphtha, cayenne pepper,
and vitriol. Another sample was com
posed almost entirely of naphtha, slight
y colored with genuine whisky; and a
third delectable compound had not even
" a coloring" of the genuine spirit, being
pleasing combination of cayenne pep
per, oil of vitriol, alcohol, and sulphate
OF copper, which could be produced by
any amateur chemist at the rate of one
penny per gallon. The physical results
to the consumers of such decoction can
be imagined.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
To Find IL O'clock at Noon.

A traveller states the following as
fact, but as all travellers are privileged
to relate what they suppose to be strange,
new and true, this paragraph need not
be received as having the appreciation of
horologist, in regulating chronometers:
Among the peasantry of China, it is
said, they ascertain the exact hour of noon
by opening the lids of a cats eyes. At
the exact moment of IL o'clock, the pupil
looks like black hne;i but, as the sun
descends, it gradually widens to be a
pretty large oval at sunset. From sun
rise to noon, the pupil is gradually mar
rowing up to IL o'clock again. So they
say ha1f-past IL, l, 2, or 8, according to
the width of the aperture, their accuracy
depending upon experience
Neither discrediting nor asserting to
this, not knowing how cats eyes may
be influenced by solar light in the Gen.
trail Flowery Kingdom, each one is at
liberty to experiment for himself.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Feeding Swine.

The Neac England Farmer says Feed
regularly. Perhaps three times each
twenty-four hours is better than twice.
When fed only once or twice, they eat
too ravenously, and crowd the system SO
as to impair digestion and make them
selves uncomfortable. They will not
grow fast, or fat fast, while in this con-
dition. Never add fresh food to any
that may be left in the trough from a
former meal. If worth preserving, take
it out, work it up with the fresh food,
and clean out the trough with cold water
and an old broom. This will not seem
SO painstaking to persons of methodical
habits, and is the true course by which
to make money on the animals fed. Add
little salt frequently 10 the food, and
in warm days give them as much pure
cold water as they want.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Natures Freaks.

The three grown persons known as the
Alligator Children are to be exhibited at
the Savannah Fair. The first child has
a scaly skin, and, when lying down, her
actions are very similar to those of an
alligator. The other two are not SO dis
tinctly marked, yet are similar in appear
ance and actions to their sisters. They
walk with difficulty; their usual style Of
locomotion is crawling,s but when erect
they walk upon the tips of their toes.
Their natural position is recumbent
one, and in that only they are at ease.
The parents of these singular children
are very destitute, but refused an offer
of $40, 900 from Snowman to take them
North for exhibition. s inH
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Personal Paragraphs.

= a. as opAos
CoNKL1NG is the Apollo of the Senate.
hair.
MILE. LEIBHARDT, the soprano of the
Kublnsteln troupe, travels with twenty
eight trunks.
GEN. JOHN A. DIX and Thurlow Weed
draw pensions as soldiers of 1872, the
latter as a ffer.
AGAssIz can get along on one meal
per day, and feel we'll Eating is mere
habit, and very expensive.
DAVID G. CRoLY, late of the World.
has been engaged as managing editor of
an illustrated daily, at New York
POLITICAL speculation puts candy
johnson soon in the Senate in the place
OF Parson Brownlow, who is to resign.
IT is said that the house of William
q. Fargo, at Buffalo, of express fame, is
the finest In the State if not in America.
The story that Ida Greeley was be-
trothed to the purser of the Missouri is
again denied. She did not even know
him.
STANLEY appeared on his second lee
ture at Steinway Hall dressed in fancy
white flannel suit, with summer helmet
and top boots. 2-
BAYARD TAYLOR never eats a meal
away from home without having a dish
OF oatmeal to sip from. He says it
keeps the brain clear.
The late Capt. David Chase, who re-
Gently died at Seabrook, n. H.. at the
age of SO years, did not have a gray hair
in his head, and his eyesight, hearing
and reason were perfectly good up to his
decease.
Mrs. GEN. SANDERsoN, of Washing
ton, Ohio, owns box said to have been
brought to America by Cortez, when he
came to conquer Mexico. It is inlaid
with ivory. Its age is stated to be about
400 years.
JUDGE WARD Hunt will not take his
seat on the bench of the United States
Supreme Court until certain opinions of
his, to be delivered before the Commission
Of the Court of Appeals of New York
State, are rendered.
Mr.. WHTTELAw REID, who now be-
comes the absolute editor-in-chief of the
New York Tribune, is probably the
youngest member of the profession who
has stepped into position of such COM
handing Importance. He is but two
years older than Mr. Greeley was at the
date OF the foundation of the paper.
A LONDON correspondent of the Boston
Globe states that it is not at all unlikely
that Mr.. Benjamin, ex-Confederate At
torney General, viii be elevated to a
judgeship sooner or later He is at this
moment one of the most successful advo-
Gates at the English bar, with an enor-
nous growing practice. The appoint
ment of barrister of foreign descent to
SO high an Office would be very unusual,
if not unprecedented, in Great Britain.
4 TOUCHING illustration of the deep
and tender feelings of our people toward
Mr.. Greeley was afforded on Sunday,
when gentleman and his wife visited
Greenwood in the drizzling rain, and
placed magnificent wreath of natural
flowers upon the grave of the great
journalist and sage. There was nothing
to place the beautiful emblem upon, and
the unknown mourner drove his cane
into the ground and hung his offering
upon that. Golden Age.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
EIGHTEEN sEvENTY-THREE.

The past has gone, beyond recall,
The present will not stay
While moments, like the flakes that fall,
In silence melt away.
Can we forecast the future here,
So that the world shah be
Proud of thesjoyous happy year
OF Eighteen Seventy-Three?
Under the frost and frozen snow.
0utsof sight are the seeds,
From thesweetest flowers Will blow
Like fame on silver reeds.
Down IN cur heart OF hearts is sown
Pure Thoughts of love, which we
Must not chill INTO flowers of stone
In Eighteen Seventy Three
Beautiful world, this world Of ours,
Even IN Winter cold.
The songs Of birds, the sweetest of flowers,
And fields Of green and gold
Will cheer as all, the coming Spring
Fast viii the Winter flee,
Why should wa wish to speed the wing
Of Eighteen Seventy-Three2
What style of dress will nature wear?
No crape for old years dead?
No fearful eyes, no brow of care?
No weeds about her head? .
The young year wrapped in stainless white,
Emblem of purity,
Is ushered to the golden light
Of Eighteen Seventy-Three.
Nature often changes her dress,
To suit the seasons change,
She is constant nevertheless,
Now see - this be strange
Nature never made mistake
In her past history;
There is no law that she will break
In Eighteen Seventy-Tkree.
In Winter, her robes are white with snow,
In Spring, they're many dies;
In Summer, they have golden glow;
In Autumn, they warm our eyes,
With yellow, and purple, and red,
Scarf on every tree,
Now dropped on the path we tread,
With Eighteen Seyenty-Three.
We pledge in water pure, the wine
Nature gives her children dear,
Through Winters frost, and Summers shine,
happy, prosperous year.
Here is good health to every one
Upon the land and sea,
May she work of life be nobly DONE
In Eighteen Seventy-Three!
' George ". BuRgGy.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-09
Peculiar People.

People who like bagpipes. People
who have no poor relations. People who
like getting up early in the morning.
People who have more money than they
know what to do with. People who give
donations to street beggars and organ
grinders. People who take long walks
before breakfast. People who light and
leave off fires on fixed days. People
who Like to pay income tax. People
who give large parties in small rooms.
People who have the ice broken to en-
able them to battle in winter. People
pie who keep all their old letters. Peo-
pie without prejudices, weaknesses, an
tlpathies, hobbies, crochets, or fayorite
theories. People who have nothing the
matter with their digestion, and can eat
anything. People who take snuff. Peo-
pie who hold their tongues. Punch.