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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-21
rornsx-on a London rog.
London Letter to Philadelphia Press.l

London Letter to Philadelphia Press.I
To a stranger who has never seen a
London fog it is difficult to convey an
idea of that annoying visitation. | do
net wonder, since | have seen it, that
the Frenchman Taine declared it TO be
his conception OF the internal regions.
About IL, high noon, to-day, Nov. "a, it
was so dense that we had to light the gas
and candles. The trees and houses were
blotted out; the cabs stopped running,
and business came to a pause. How sad
the difference between the noise and
hustle few minutes before and this
sudden silence and gloom. Last Dec
ember (1873) the great fog hung like
thick veil for several days over London.
Many cattle had to be killed from the
difficulty of breathing, which affects
everybody. Many persons perished by
walking over the docks into the Thames
and falling down steep places, and thou
sands lost their way. The sun, whenever
is seen, is exactly as we see it in an
eclipse through smoked glass, and at
night the moon hangs like a red balloon,
while the lamps resemble little spots OF
fire, shedding no light, yet making dark.
ness visible. This phenomenon is caused
by millions Of coal fires contributing
vast quantity of pestiferous matter,
which mingles with vapors from the
drainage, and penetrates everywhere.
A Scotch physician asks. in referring to
the effect upon the general health; "If
a person requires half gallon Of pure
air every minute, how many gallons Of
this foul atmosphere must be, as it were,
filtered through his lungs in the course
of the day2' Some persons carry pro-
tecting tubes, with cotton at the end,
through which to breathe as they walk.
The safest plan is to build great fires,
light the gas, and stay in your rooms.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-21

6OOO CASH GIFTS. aggregating. g...........s25O.O 900
PRICE OF TICKETS:
Whole Tickets, $40; Half Tickets, IS; Quar-
ter Tickets. 50 90; Eleven Tickets. 800.
For Tickets, Circulars. etc.. address.
JOE LOCK Il
will give full particulars. $50 Main street,
Room 4, upstairs. 72.HeodkwS8-4l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-21

Market gardeners cultivate 5000 acres
of land in and around Paris and use in
the production ftheir vegetables $50, 600
glazed frames and 1000, 900 bell glasses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-21
Directors;

Insures at Board rates. Private. dwellings
especially desired; policies issued for three
years for two annual premiums. Att
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-21
New Advertisements.

His Accusers. The only respectable, COM
plete and unprejudiced history of the Great
Scandal. Finely Illustrated and selling by
thousands For terms address VALLEY PUB
LIsHING COMPANY. Cincinnati, o.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-21

California to New York: "You've
bad an earthquake, too. have youg
Shake"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-21
winter NODES iOr the sterner Sex.

NNAAANNA rAN0No
Business suits are single breasted and
buttoned high, with vest corresponding,
made mostly of English check cassi-
mere with pautaloons to match.
Overcoats are single breasted sacks,
with hy fronts, and reach below the
knees. The edges are bound with a
fancy diamond pattern satin finish.
A medium suit for semi-dress ocea-
sions, for evening, street or church wear,
is mostly in black. Diagonal English
worsted goods IN double frock shape,
reaching quite TO the knees; the vest
single breasted Of the same fabric.
The handsomest overcoats are made
Of fur beaver lined with satin de chene,
with velvet collar and fat braid.
Full dress suits have no especial nov
city, except that coats are the regulation
swailowtail, made very long, rolled very
low, and edged With fine braid.
The fashionable material for overcoatI
is Elysian fur beaver, in handsome shades
of deep blue and also in black.
For strictly evening dress, paRtalooni
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03
Second hand Machines
of ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
Sold Cheap for Cash, and Repaired.

THE HOWE MACHINE Co.'S SEWING MA
CHIMES have become celebrated tho world
over The work done on these machines is un-
surpassed-sewing the thinnest material and
the heaviest goods with equal facility, and re-
quiring no extra adjusting for uneven thick
ness Or.passing over seams.
The Attachments for Hemming, Telling,
Braiding, Cording, Quilting, Tucking, Binding
and Gathering are of the latest improved pat
tesns, and are superior to those used on any
other machine.
EST and SIMPLEST, and seldom or never
give any trouble in operating. They are the
oldest established in the world (Mr Howe
being the original inventory, and are in adj
vance of all others in Improvements and per-
lection of mechanism.
II. CAMPBELL,
Agent for Southern California,
COMMERCIAL. ST. oc26m2
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03

A desperate encounter took place on
Monday night at the st. Nicholas
building, Marysville, between George
Everett, hackman, and Samuel P.
Everett, well-known actor. The
origin of the difficulty was a. woman
of questionable character and too much
whisky. G. Everett is held for assault
to murder in shooting S. Everett, and
he also suffers from bruised head,
which came in contact with water
pitcher in the hands of S. Everett. The
Darties are not related.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03

Not content with Oleomargarine, it
is proposed to go even further, and
company has been formed among the
dairymen of Bear river, Humboldt
county, for the purpose of manufac-
turing Oleocephaline, or butter from
the fat of the seal or sea lion.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03
SBECIALINDUCEMENT.


All yearly subscribers to the WEEKLY
PRESS Will obtain, FREE, an illustrated
Number, and copy Of WOODS GUIDE to
Santa Barbara, Town and County.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03

Valuation Of Foreign Coins.

Acknowledgement Williams has re-
Gently rendered decision which is of
Importance as bearing upon question
which grew out of the Act of March
Sd, 1873, to establish the value of for
eign coins, and which has been refer
red to him by the Treasury Depart
ment. The law referred to declares in
the first section that the value of these
coins, as expressed in the money OF
the United States, shall be that of the
pure metal of standard value OF such
coin, and requires the Director OF the
Mint to estimate each year the value
of such standard coins, and directs the
Secretary of the Treasury to announce
those values on January LIST of every
wear. From time to time Congress
has fixed the value for Custom-house
purposes OF such foreign coins, and ac-
cording to those values, invoices ut
the Custom-house have been trans
muted into United States money as a
basis for assessing percentage of duty.
The values estimated by the Director
of the Mint differed in many instances
very largely from these valuations
thus established by Congress, and the
enquiry was whether the law of 1873
authorized the Secretary of the Treas
ury to disregard the previous values,
as fixed by Congress. AS the matter
has thus received the consideration
and decision of the A ttorney-General,
it must be regarded as settled that the
valuations of the Director of the Mint
will govern all the Custom-houses in
the country. The second section of
the Act arbitrarily decided that the
value, in American money, of the
British sovereign was 81 SO and 81 mills
for all purposes, and declared that all
contracts based on an assumed par of
exchange with Great Britain at the
rate of S4 40 40 should be null and
void. The decision of the Attorney
General is somewhat lengthy, but he
comes to the conclusion that the Di-
rector of the Mint is the proper person
to fix the values of coins in all cases
except the one above nOted-English
sovereigns-which the law fixes at
uniform value, in Custom-houses, of
81 Sc and 81 mills. There is no doubt
that Congress can, for Custom-house
or other purposes, declare what shall
be the value of foreign coins, but it is
certainly new for that body to make a
fixed and unvarying measure for bank
ers of the par of exchange.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03
The Santa Barbara Press
An Independent Newspaper,
Devoted TO the Interests of South
ern California.
J. A. JOHNSON, Editor and Proprietor.

-
A S THE CHARMING CHARAC-
IA ter of Southern California, and more
especially that most favored section called
Santa Barbara, becomes known TO the world
it is not surprising that widespread and
growing interest in this region should DO
awakened. 1t is the constant aim of the Press
to. furnish perfectly reliable Information on al
points of interest to tourists, invalids and
hOme-seekers, which We are now able to do
with greatly increased facilities.
While the PRESS seeks to promote the
prosperity of all Southern California by all le-
ultimate and honorable methods, ii is more
directly interested in the growth and coming
greatness of Santa Barbara The unequaled
loneliness Ofthe climate, its almost incredible
healthfulness, the beauty OF the scenery, tn
wOndrous variety and fertility OF the soil, tn
almost unlimited range of products whic
flourish there without irrigation, will b
known from time to time by facts which CO
not be contr0verted, in the columns Of
PRESS. Any intelligent person can becui,.-
familiar with this part OF the State by reading
the PRESS for a year.
Terms of the Weekly, per annum.."........ 90
Currency and POstoffice Money Orders taken
at par
SPECIAL INDICTMENT.
All yearly subscribers to the WEEKLY
PRESS Will obtain, FREE, an Illustrated
Number and a copy of WOODS GUIDE to
Santa Barbara, Town and County.
A WORD TO ADVERTISERS.
1t is an admitted fact that the SANTA BAR
BARA PRESS is the leading journal ofSouth-
ern California, and has much larger circu-
lation than any other newspaper in that sec
ton, being mere chiefly read by the more
thrifty families, and hence its advantages to
advertisers are obvious. nov20tf
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03
S a M. e Z r C 9
Bill Poster and Distributor.

HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS. Pro-
Ii GRAMMES, NOTICES, Etc faithfully
POSTED OR DISTRIBUTED throughout the
city and country.
Y. B.--Partles at distance can send any
thing they wish posted or distributed In the
city or surrounding country, with assurance
that the work will be faithfully done.
Orders may be left al the office of the DAILY
HERALD, SAM. BERGE,
oc2-tf Los Angeles.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03
HERALD Job OFFICE.
THE MOST COMPLETE
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

They have engaged as foreman of this de-
partment, one of the most experienced Book
and Job Printers In the country; and the
presses will be superintendent by Skilled
FRESHMAN from one of the largest offices in
New England.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03

eminent, state, County and City Bonds bought
and Sold. Receive valuables for saiekecll-
ing.
Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-03
The SOUTHERN CALI FORM AN,
RICHARD MELROsE, Proprietor.
Anaheim, Los Angeles Co., California.

THE CALIFORNIA n is Il Weekly News
paper, just entering the fourth year Of its
existence, and has the largest circulation of
any Weekly published in the country. Under
the management ofthe present proprietor its
columns have been devoted to the advance
ment of the agricultural interests of Southern
California, and it Is now recognized as the
represen tative newspaper of the Farmer.
The CALIFORNIAN is Independent in
politics. Upon all subjects, however, in which
the interests OF its section are involved, its
editorial columns will advocate the cause of
the People against Monopolies, either Politi-
cal or Commercial. Closely identified with
the Grange movement in this State, 1t as
pires to become an exponent of the principles
upheld by the Patrons of Husbandry and
therefore asks of the Changers of Southern
California their assistance and support.
The aim of the CALIFORNIAN will also be
to give to its readers an eptome of the latest
news items of the week. both foreign and do
mestic. No trouble or expense will be spared
to make it, i'll this respect, equal to any week.
ly newspaperiu Southern California. 1t will
also contain Il full report fthe The local news
of the day, and a careful and thorough review
of the Local and Foreign Markets.
Subscription
One year, in advance................ 81 90
Six months, in 25O
Three months, in advance.................... | 50
in7-tf
The daily Argus., 1874-03-14
CLIMAX! CLIMAX !

Pages Climax SaIve, a Family
blessing for % cents.
1t heals without a scar. No
family should be without il.
Wewarrant it to cure Scr0fula
Sores, Salt Rheum, Chilblains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and Sprains.
1t has been used over twenty
years, without one failure.
Ithas no parallel-having per-
fectly eradicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. 1t is a compound of
Arnica with many other Extracts
and Balsams, and putup i'm largel'
bOxesfOr the same price than any
other Ointment.
The daily Argus., 1874-03-14
a Tribute TO Summers Memory

Hon. J. B. Grinnell, of Iowa, on hearing
OF the death Of Charles Sumner, wrote a
letter to the Des Moines Leader, from
which we extract the following:
No American Senator for quarter of a
century has filed SO large q place in our
history. Bentop,t the brave Roman,is asso-
ciated with bold frontier measures Claw
held the highest place as an impassioned
orator; and Webster had no peer as rhe.
torician, with q command of senatorial
gifts which were aptly compared to those
of Chatham and Burke, 1t was my for,
tune to listen to the last senatorial speech.
es OF this famed triumvirate, as bolde,
and Younger statesmen rose to fill thei,
The daily Argus., 1874-03-14
LIST OF GIFTS.

-otal, $4,000 Gifts, all Cash. amounting to$1 100000
sE- The concert and distribution Of gifts will
positively and unequivocalIy take place on the day
and the l2.OcU gifts all paid IN proportion to the
number OF tickets sold
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole Tickets, $50: Halves. $25; Tenths, or each
coupon, S.; Eleven Whole Tickets for $500; 221.
Tickets for 81 600; 1l3 Whole Tickets for 5000
22I Whole Tickets for $4,000. No discount on less
than $500 wo tn of tickets.
The time for the drawing is at hand, and
persons intending to purchase tickets have time
to lose.
THOS. E. BRAMLETTE,
Ag't Pub. Lbr. Ky, and Manager Gift Concert,
Public LIBRARY Building, Louisville, Ky
Tickets at E. Breunert's Smith Il Bonney's
Drug Stores. 2-16d&w1m
The daily Argus., 1874-03-14
MOFFAT's LIFE PILLS
and
PHOENIX BTTTERS.

The Most Successful Medicines
i'm the World.
Established in 1885, by one of
our Most Eminent Physicians.
and now used throughout North
and South America, with more
pleasing results than any other
Medicine in cases of diseased
Liver, Blood or Skin, Indiges-
tiOn, Costiveness, Bilious Corr
plants, Rheumatism, and Fever
and Ague.
Thousands of certificates are
i'm our possession, giving detailed
accOuts of perfect CURES effect
eddy these Invaluable Medicines.
They regulate the System and
put all the functions Of the body
In n healthy condition.
tY- Sold by Druggists everywhere.
]. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
So Liberty Street, New York.
The daily Argus., 1874-03-14
VINEGAR BITTERS.
DIR. J. Walkers California Vim

DIR. J. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
a perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir 10. They
are gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases. e
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphorenc,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dluretc,
Sedative Counter Irritant, Sudorlflc, Altera'
tive and Anti-Riious
r. H. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts San Francisco, California,
and cor of Washington and Charlton Sts. N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
IL d&w1y
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-02
SOUTHERN NEWS.

4. Il. Edwards. a. Osborn and A. Halse,
were drowned, Monday, while cod-fshin9
off Montauk Point.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-02
WESTERN NEWS.
ENGINEERS STRIFE.

IxplAxArotls. Dec. a6-The engineers
on the Pttsburg, Cincinnati and St. Lonls,
Indianapolis and Nineennes and Jefferson
vile. Madison and indianapolis Ra,lroa is
struck at noon. to-day. All trains leaving
the starting poin. before L. O'Clock Were
run through on the indianapolis and Vim
cennes Railroad, the regular passenger
trains went out on schedule time and the
night passenger trains ON both the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis and Jetier-
sonville. Madison and indianapolis roads vii
go out as usual in charge of engineers not
members of the brotherhood of Engi-
neers." There has been 10 disturbance, a
yet. and it is not anticipated that the strike
will extend 10 other roads. No trains have
arrived on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
St Iouis Railroad since noon.
CINciNNArI, o., Dec. 26.-lhe strike OF
engineers and firemen on the Pan Handle
route commenced here at noon, to-day
The strike is against the reduction of L
per cent on the wages of these employee
from the first Of the present month. SincG
noon two passenger trains and all the
freight trains on the Pan Handle road
were unable to leave this city.
CHICAGO. Dec 36.-The engineers on the
Illinois Central, Great Eastern, Chicago
and Northwestern, pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago, and Pennsylvania Contra
roads struck at noon to-day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-02
SINGING SCHOOL

Clarkes Dollar instructor sos Reed " ans
Clarke's Dollar Instructor Cor Piano.
ClarLes Dollar Instructor iog Violin
For beginners and amateurs Full OF useful lib
structiyc. and At the same time brilliant mus.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-02

HAVANA. Dec 26.-The insurgents on the
18th inst, entered the cultivated zone of the
jurisdiction Of Puerto Principe, destroying
the town and everything within their reach.
They met with a repulse before Fort
Diamant, and in the subsequent attack on
a detachment of civil guards lost several
killed. The latest report says they are now
in full retreat, pursued by the Spanish
froppe
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-02

Hannah Binding >ho...
BY LUCY LARCoN.
Poor, lone Hannah,
Sitting at the window binding shoes.
Faded, wrinklef,
Sitting, stitching in a mourniul muse
Bright-eyed beauty once was she,
When the bloom was on the tree
Spring and winter,
ilannah's 1t the window. binding shoes.
Not mel ghbor,
Passing nod or answer will refuse
To her whisper,
Is there from the fishers any news
Oh, her hearts adrift with one
On an endless voyage gone!
Night snd morning.
Hannah's at the window, binding shoes.
Fair young Hannah.
Ben. the sunburnt fisher, gaily woos
Hale and clever
soI wiling heart and hand he sues
ay-day skies aer all aglow
And the waves are laughing 50,
For her wedding
Hannah leaves her window and her shoes
May is passing,
Md the apple bOu Chs pig eon coos
Hannah shudders,
For the MILD Southwestern mischief brews
Round the rocks OF Marblehead,
Outward bound schooner sped
Silent, lonesome.
hsnnah's al the " ndow, binding shoes.
IT'S November,
M no tear her wasted cheek be,iew-
From Newfoundland
Nor sail returning will she lose,
Whispering hoarsely, Fishermen,
Have you, have you heard OF Benz
Old with watching
Hannah's at the window, binding shoes.
Twenty winters
Bleach and tear the aged shore she views,
Twenty seasons!
Never one has brought her any news
Still her dim eyes silently
Chase the white sails DER the sea;
Hopeless, faithful
Hsnlah's at the window, binding shoes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-02
NEW YORK NEWS.


IMPORTANT DECISION.
.Nrw York Dee. 26.-The Bank OF British
North America. the Bank Of Montreal ana
the Canadian Bank Of Commerce. having
declined to pay the state tax j Judge Barrett,
to-day rendered decision that they having
all the protection OF the laws OF the state
are liable to taxation. and directs the TAX
commissioners TO collect.
THE VILE pU HAyRE pisAsTER
The English papers of the 18th contain
letter from Capt. Surmont of the vile du
Uayre. DENYING in toto the charges against
himself and crew of cowardice and negii,
pence at the time of the accident, ana
making charges against the officers OF the
, och Earn, which vessel Captain Surmont
sars. sailing as she was close hauled, might
with single turn of her wheel have avoid
ed the collision. This might have been
done I'D 10 the very moment OF the COLI
| sion.
INCENDIARY FIRE.
A fire tonight destroyed the livery
stable of Herbert Maxlow, 18th street ana
Madison Avenue, involving loss OF 81
900. Palmer Soper, wealthy contractor =
is under arrest, charged of having employ
ed two boys to fire the stable and aided then'
in DONG so.
| GENET 5 WHEREABOUTS.
A Montreal despatch reports Genet there
to night.
THE LABOR TROUBLES.
The committee appointed at the late meet
ing at Cooper Institute waited on Com
missioner Van Mort, to-day and presented
letter demanding work or pay for the SAINT
for those in enforced idleness, which wa
brought about by the government sanction
ing speculation in our circulating medium
they also demanded that work should d.
furnished direct to them. abrogatlng al
contracts, and demanded a speedy answer
in writing. The commissioner said that h
would send them an answer. Another dele
CATION of workingmen waited on Mayo
Havemeyer, requesting him to sign certain
ordinances which have passed the boards o
aldermen for the improvements OF street
and avenues. 50 that they may obtain work
The mayor intimated that he would slgI
them
DROWNING ACCIDENT.
4. b. Edwards. A. Osborn and A. Halse,
were drowned, Monday, while cod fishing
off Montauk Point.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-02
WAsiIN..ToN NEW


WASHINGTON, Dec. 70. As there Is no
absolute necessity for heavy appropriations
for the Improvement Of harbars and rivers
and fortifcations, under the engineer 5
bureau Of the war department, the esti-
mates for such Improvements amounting to
500, 0OO.00 viii probably be reduced to
50 600 600
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-02

EXT HEESAS5From America has come news OF
the death OF Heenan. An eminent sporting noble
man has been inspired to write the hero's epitsph
and send IL 10 Plact. The latter can hardly help
printing IT, and would exceedingly like to know
who gave his lordship the names OF the ylrgilisn
heroes
Here Heenan lies, the sfalwart son Of Troy
But better known as the Benecis Boy"
With him In co. bold Tom Savers fought
The battle ended ii didn't ought altp
Heenan was beaten blind, and Tom instead
of his ma med right, took blows upon his head,
Then PeeleFs came. Each champion got belt
Which course unsatisfactory was felt
Now both are gone fso's Menken, Heenan's wife,
Let's hope TO meet where there is no more strife
But this we do say-both was noble fellows
As good as Virgils Dares and Entellus. ff