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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-09

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procured and sent to the Legislature as
would certainly insure its passage. This
subject should certainly hc promptly at
tended to, as it is of the greatest interest
to sheep raiscrs in particular and the pub
lie in general. Such law has been pass
cd for Prince Georges, and was told 10y
Il former resident Of that county that il
worked well and h,d given general salts
faction.
feel sure our worthy representatives in
the Legislature would favor the passage o
any law that the maiority.of our people
wished; and 1. for one am willing, al
though 4 Democrat to give them Il fan
trial, and if they fail to do their duty
hereafter hold them accountable.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-09

leS~ Group is violent inflammation of the
windpipe, and is peculiarly disease of early
life. a hoarse, dry cough and wheeling re-
spiration always portend danger, and should
not be neglected. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup will
Invariably prevent an attack, and can be admin
iStered to young children with utmost safety.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-09


Iuny law that the maiority.of our people
wished; and I, for one am willing. al
though Democrat to give them Il fan
trial, and if they fail to do their duty
hereafter holl them accountable.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
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stcnb.cs REPRESENTATIVE from Georri,
mad. q .rooch ON rho Ciyil RIGHTS Riu
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was granted. Mr., stephens took his ro.
sition in the back part Of the hall on the
Democratic side and proceeded IN read
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Of the subject, he had reduced his view,
to writing. The following is but a brief
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-09

E,s~Be wise to-day. It's madness to neg
lect cough or cold, however slight. Con-
sumption may follow, and though DR.. Wistar's
Balsam of Wild Cherry has frequently cured
this much dreaded disease, it almost invariably
cures the primary diseases of the throat, lungs
and. chest, where other remedies fail
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-09

CIVIL RIGHTS BILL INorERArIvE AT
FAIRFAX c. H.-Yesterday while the col
ored Sheriff of Alexandria county and his
two sureties were in the village they went
to an eating house kept by James Ferguson,
(who was hostlcr to zen }. +. johnson
during the war; a colored man whose
house is much rcsortcd to on public days
by white people, as Jim keeps an excel
lent table and an orderly, respectable house.
When dinner was served i'll the usual
dining room, the colored sheriff and his
friends cssaycd to eShr,- when mine host,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-09
Fatal Case OF Shooting.

Holly Springs, Jan. 5, 1874.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

The AMERICAN BoARD.-It is decided that
the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions will hold its next annual
meeting at Rutland, in October next
The general committee of arrangements
appointed to make preparations for the
meeting are Rev. j. Gibson johnson, John
b. Page, j. NJ. Haven, L. E. Roys, Joel B.
Harris, Henry Clark, E. V. N. Harwood
and A. c. Bates. Mr.. j. Ii. Goulding has
been appointed secretary, and will at once
open an office for the transaction of the bus.
mess connected with the preliminary work
of preparation. Special trains will run
each evening on the Rutland road to Mid
dlebury, on the Rensselaer, and Saratoga
TO Fairhayen and Harlem Extension to Wal
lingford, and return in the morning for the
accommodation of strangers who may have
entertainment in those places and the inter
mediate towns.
The meetings of the American Board at
tract large numbers of distinguished men,
and commonly call together assem5lages
numbered by thousands, fson all parts of
the country,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

The Brooklyn Eaqi Is informed by "A
gentleman who appeared TO be in a position
to speak with authority, that Mr.. Tilton
has been before the committee Of inyestira-
ton, and has dcuioi in the most positive
manner that there ever va, the Slightest
| lmpropriety in the conduct # Mr.. Beecher
toward her The reason assigned by Mrs.
Ilton for tie strange conduct Of her hu>-
band l., that when his intimacy with Mr..
Noodhull was AZ Its height. She call
ell upon Mr. Eeecter, and asked him
for his advice Her feelings Hail been
terribly outraged in consequence u her
husband running aftei strange women. and
Mr.. Beecher advised her t. leave her huS-
band With the lapse Of time +. rs free
love fever cooled and be learned 1r tie ad-
wee Mr.. Becche- hai given - bis wife.
Mr.. Hilton is unable 10 assign any
other reason for her husbands cuniuc-.
The EQg's says f-r;ier that many Of
Mr. Hilton 5 friends and acquaintance aye !
oi the opinion that bis mind has been in a
very unsettled condition. an. that insanity.
which Is said o. he hereditary in bis family. +
j. gradually developing itself
The Egy.e also says il j. stated that Nr
Ilt1n, when before the investigator. COM
mlttec. said be- bad no desire 10 iniure
Mr. Beecler. that lie liI not mean 10 tell
any more than was necessary !lr hi, own
ylndlcati0n. and De supposed BE bad done
that already. t. this the committee re-
Piled that they deemed J, Mr.. Ti.ton'- duty
- speak without reservation. 10 this Mr..
lnton ONLY rl0lgicr was that BE could
Ta|. g"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17
Shocking Death Near Plattsburgh.


| THE TERRIBLE FATE OF OWEN o'NEIL.
Saturday morning, Mr.. Owen o Neil, re-
siding on the old military turnpike, in the
town of Altoona, about six miles northwest
of Beekmantown Corners, n. Y. left his
home, to 20 to Plattsburgh on business.
Early the next morning, Mrs. 0'Neil arose,
and, going into the yard saw Mr.. O'Neil' 5
horse and wagon standing under the horse
shed. On further inspection, imagine her
horror at discovering the body Of her hus-
band, lifeless, mangled and distorted, almost
shapeless mass, dangling between the
wagon box and the right forward wheel.
His right side lay across the hub, his head
hung between the thills and the wheel, his
feet rested on the ground behind the wheel.
Mrs. Neil, with the aid Of son. boy of
about twelve years, removed the body, when
1t was discovered that the wheel had worn
off the clothes, the flesh and deep into the
bones of O'Neil's right side, extending from
above the knee to near the shoulder The
hard oak spokes and hub of the wheel were
much worn by the contact with the body,
some OF the spokes as much as an eighth of
an inch deep
1t seems substantiated beyond doubt,
that by slow process, over a distance of
four or five miles, this man was ground to
death. From point near Peter Le0nard's.
about four miles north Of Plattsburgh to near
his own home, numerous citizens that night
heard a horse and wagon going slowly
along in northerly direction, with a man
groanlng pltiiully, but suppOsing 1t was
some one IN state of intoxicatiun, little
heed was paid it. But when the circunl-
stances Of . 'Neil's death reached them, the
terrible truth flashed upon their minds that
1t was his cries for help and his dying |
groans that they heard in the stiffness Of |
the night. 1t is not probable that the horse |
went faster than a slow walk
Monday afternoon Coroner LaF0untain |
and Dr. 4. ). Wolf, assisted by |
DR.. Fulton, OF Beekmantown, made
a careful and very thorough exam
nation of tie body Several gashes
and confused wounds were found upon the
back of the head. as though the deceased
had received blows from some hard, but not
necessarily sharp weapon The skull and
brain were not found 70 be injured but
the blows were plainly Of sufficient force to
knock O'Neil out of the wagon and render
ed him temporarily In>ensihle. They also
his stomach 10 see if any traces
Of alcohol could be found, but found none.
and gave it as their opinion that he could
not possibly have been intoxicated Other
acts in evidence 20 to show that he was
per icctly sober. These facts lead to the
that he received violence at the
hands Of some one.
Owen O'Neil was about 3 years old lie
caves family Of seven or eight children.
lie was man Of some position and inlu
nee in his town and neighborh0od owned
large farm; was a trustee of his school
district, took considerable interest in
chools, and other public matters. He was /
'uried in Platt~burgh. Tuesday. an I'M q
Usually large procession following him to
he graye.-ESset County Republican.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

Wien other political gossip runs short
some Democratic OF independent paper start,
the notion rat Gen. Grant is fsarug f.r a
third term and fresh discussion. pro and
c'n,eoe- lie roand of the political journals.
The following are specimens of some Of the
--latest opinions on tie subject The New
York EraaJ Post is disposed to suspect
talt President Grant may be seriously
thUtIu- ,t a r. election r. notifies him
IN .l~ most impre~>iye.l pouicrou, manner
that lie tiirI term IS forbidden fruit"
Tie Albany IoarHqi notes the fact
that the Democrats are doin. most Of
tn, talking oa the subject It says.
" The President himself SAY, nothing
looking 20 a tlrt term. Republicans do
not propose II or even give il serious talk.
All who are mentioned as discussing. con-
templatir- OF advocating it are Democrats.
What doe this mean? That tie Democratic
party j. so 1i-orgauizci that considerable
part ii wou.d support Graut2'' The Utica
Hr7d lEl!i~ II. E3lcrt-) would regard tie
third term as little short of revolution. I,
cannot believe Grant VIII be intoxicated ly .
the " cle4p hattory winch advises hi:n 10
the ruin Of his high reputation. but is .
confident in any event tha5 the men who
are responsible fer the Republican PARTY
Will not permit any Partially lor an in
diyidual to make them false TO the essence
Of our Institutions The 81 Loui. R.st-
araa objects to the discussion as premature
hut express q suspicion that Grant i.p.tas
strong as he looks. Tie y. Louis Gae.
On the contrary, warns Us TIA, unless til,
opposition 30 the third term 4, copceBr
ted w "ni-at a. well settle l,-.
acknowledging Grant a. Prc-i3entf 10. y.
The Worcester. CNa,,j >.y .,r' H..
cIas-e t4s, The President is see ,,,. lid
terra lisa lie pure and simri,. gr.-.;--.,
,hc >,isht,-; Warrant or exc ,....-.,........
tbir.- Ia t... ..-r -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

lance below, had large portion o
the underpinning torn out and one
of the abutments of the water wheels
was destroyed, but most of Its ma
chinery is saved. This comprises the
damage done at Blush Hollow, except the
roads and bridges. The road bed Is now
rushing torrent. The report that the large
new mill of Church was undermined proves
unfounded, as docs the rumor that some
persons were missing.
AT CHESTER
The amount of damage to individuals and
TO the town of Chester is estimated at So
900 or S25, 900. The village of Chester owes
its escape from an almost entire destruction
to the fact that there were so many stone
arch bridges above that place, BY which the
flood was stayed for a time, accumulatlng
in little ponds, to be let down in INSTALL
ments on the village below. The second
cause was the considerable width of the
valley, a mile above the village, whore the
waters spread out somewhat as they did IN
the Mill River flood, on the Florence mea-
dow.
AT MIDDLEFIELD SWITCH
new, owned by West, Buckley Il Co, paper
NOlS SNOPh
also an old house used as pay office
when the railroad was building. Several
barns and out buildings were also carried
off a; the Switch and farms and gardens
were badly damaged. The woOllen mill
midway between Middlefeld and Chester,
owned by John West, Jr., of Pittsfeld,
was not injured, but both ends of his
wooden dam and the head of his race-way
We're destroyed. His loss will be from
81 900 to $1,000. The tenement house
occupied by the family of Leon Janesaux
was swept away. He and his wife, mother
in-law and four children were with con-
siderable difficulty persuaded to leave the
house just before it went off.
AT HUNTINGTON
there was but little damage, the flood hav-
ing mostly spent its force before it reached
there. Some Of the farms were flooded and
the water broke over the bulkhead Of the
Manufacturing Company mills,
swept through the lower story and did some
ianiage 10 goods stored there.
At wEsTFoRD,
he next town below Huntington, the island /
md some low lands were flooded but no /
,reat harm was done.
TUE TOTAL Loss.
The latest figures indicate that the total
oss Will reach $3.50, 900.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

The question OF Woman Suffrage. whic!
is to be voted en- in Michigan at the mex;
State election. is OF course uuGcr active dis
cussion throughout that State. 1t being Of
some consequence 10 know how the women
themselves stood ON the subject, some ofthe
men Of Traverse City, Michigan. undertook
TO lind ont. They accordingly left ~ each
house copies Of a circular, the material ;or-
zion of " hich MAS as follows:
To III, iasi,s oa,p. Shall the wolaen a. ,IsrL:..sn
hoe allowed tn vote. Tie men 81 Tie state are T.,
answer t.- question at the next election. There
are many voters that would like. Z zoos, lie. TO
know W.-cl EaN thc women thciuse YES dies re the
quest lon ~1a.l BE- decided Now then propose &
possible. 20 ascertain how the ladies OF Traverse
tity stand 100 regard 90 this important .nqu ~. We
are SEEMING one tl these circulars 10 every house In
THIS village. There is slip of paper enclosed with
question, th1t we want answered yes vr No. We
wish al ", iaeu. tTtuty-uue years " age and over
actual residents TO-. tc village, To vote understand
.n-ly-
NoNAN'- nALlor N REGARD 20 WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
First DO you want Co vote
Seroud- J. " o. tie first quest. on answer this.
IN cise it should Zee oeca.d tiai women be allowed
10 vote would YOU EUte On questions e.. TEMPERANCE
ana moral 'r political re.vlm -
When the ballot, we're collected it was
found that f5rty-two women out Of two
hundred and ana thirty-one had voted YES.
There we've ninety-fye nay. and sixty->ix
blanks. Twenty eight women refused to re-
turn the ballots. The most emphatic mega
uvos were the blanks and the non-yotes. 50
that IN reality cnc bundled and eighty-ninc
women expressed them>clre, in opposition to
iena:a suffrage considerably more than
iour 70 one; nearly five to one, in fact.
Ira'er~e City j. a place in which the aGvo-
Gates OF what are called women's nights are
exceptionally strong. and it Is altogether
probable that in the whole State OF Alichi- /
gan nos more than one woman out of six. /
on the Average, is in favor Of claiming the
ballot. That would be about the propor. /
ton everywhere, We presume. 1t should be
stated that q number Of the women of
Traverse City who voted against female
suffrage generally. indicated desire 10
vote on questions affecting temperance and
moral reform, but there was majority
against even that.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

\ pyrotechnic exhibition occurred in
Washington square. New York City, on
Monday evening which was not anticipated
by the immense throng in attendance. The
regular display had progressed nearly to a
close. when spark caught in the pile of
rockets. bomb shells and Roman candles,
which were awaiting their part in the eShi
bition, and in a moment there was a gene
raj fusilade Of those projectiles. The 50 uare
was at once filled with fiery missiles of
every sort. The crowd. embracing about
i've thousand people, scattered like sheep,
not few of them being injured by the fy-
ing rocket sticks and darting Roman can
die balls. Luckily, however, nobody was
very seriously hurs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17


chg,ctl..
4 BROKEN DAN AT MIDDLE. iEi1-NIrLs not ,E-
AND IRIuIE, SWEPT AWAY-NINF BRIDGES
CARRIED AWAY oN TIE BOSTON A>D ALBANY
RAILROAD
Within less than tw0 months after the
terrible disaster that devastated the VIII
liam-burs valley, We have the intelligence
of another Hood similar in character. though
less fatal and destructive. Sunday after
noon. a large Reservoir oa a Tributary % the
Westfeli river. situated in the hills Of
Middleie.i, -weilcl hy the heavy rains.
burst it, dam. anl poured llwn tie valley
with tremendous force. Only partial ac-
counts Of the damage have been re-
eeiyed, owing to the interruption IF
railroad and telegraph, communication
with the region hut it is known that
the railroad arch bridge of stone, at Middle
field. was swept away, AMI two dwelling
houses; and that at Chester. -hodIy mill.
a shop, the dam Of the IIampden c,aery
works, and four highway bridges were
swept away. Mail agent snow informs Us
that he learned at Bellows Falls yesterday.
that aiae railroad bridges Oh the Boston and |
Albany road had been swept away or dam
aged, and that all travel over the road east
Of Springfield Will necessarily be suspended
or some days. No loss Of life Is as vet
'eportcd.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17
The Crops.

| NTOpss
The farmers in most ofthe Western States
have either harvested their wheat crop OF
are now gathering it. The yield is said to
be excellent in quantity, and the amount Of
land planted to wheat greater than in any
former year. In general the weather has
been favorable. and destructive insects have
been less mischieyous than in average years.
| Some Missouri'farmers boast of fields hun
dreds of acres in extent which yield from
thirty to forty bushels to the acre, and in
California they lay claim to even larger
crops. The corn crop also is promising
though late, but with plenty of time yet for
a great yield if the weather during the rest
of the season should be propitious. The
June report of the Department of Agricul-
ture sets the aggregate increase of wheat
acreage at : per cent. As compared with
last year, New Iork's area Is 100 per cent. ,
Nermont's 95. and Massachusetts, SO. In
New \ ork there is depreciation ten per
per cent. in condition of the crop. In rye
there Is an average increase of per cent
Vermont shows the remarkable increase of
20 Per cent, while in New York there is
slight falling off. In cats the increase is
two per cent. Vermont shows five per cent
increase, and New York decline of three
per cent. The condition is slightly below
the average, though Vermont shows a su-
perior average Of four per cent. In cotton
the average reduction slightly exceeds ten
per cent. The season was unpropitious for
planting, and the floods in Louisiana and
Georgia have rendered replanting necessary,
and damaged the prospect. The weather
has lately been favorable. however, and it
Is hoped that the July report will com
pare favorable with that of last year. In
apples, twenty-one States report percent
age above the average, and twelve below.
The latter are Southern Sta ties in which
the late frosts were very destructive New
! ork's increase Is per cent, Vermont : ;
New Jerseys IL, and Connecticut 5 Is, the
highest on the list In the eastern peach |
growing States there is falling off in that |
'rop OF 20 to 40 per cent, but in the States
west Of Ohio there is a full average. There
: a generally unlavorable showing in re-
gard to pears. The extreme Western States
how large increase in clover. but in
'thers there is not more than an average,
nd in New York IL per cent below In
maple sugar there was a general increase
production, reaching 80 per cent in New
-ngland = in New York, and from to u
n several other States. On the whole the
rop prospect for 1874 is unusually favor
hle
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

One Of the workmen employed in taking
down the Nathan mansion. New York. the
scene OF the terrible tragedy. few years
ago, discovered night-shirt covered with
blood, hidden between the wall of the build
ing and the dumb waiter. On the collar it
was marked "B Nathan, October 81.
lo69. The collar and back were free from
blood. The shirt was inadvertently or pur-
posely cut off the person who last wore it.
Ii Is claimed that this is the shirt produced
at the inquest, which is denied by the de-
teetive, Bennett, but the police are not sure
on this point.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

In the important railroad cases of the
Northwestern Railroad, arising out of tho
enforcement of the Potter flaw in Wiscon.
SIN the United States Circuit Court. in ses-
sion at Madison. Justices Davis. Drummond
and Hopkins being on the bench. has de-
cided in favor Of the State authorities. The
Court held that under the Wisconsin Con-
stitutlon 1t l. competent for the Legislature
to tx the rates Of toll within the State,
even to the extent Of destroying the pro-
perty Of the corporations. CONCERNING 50
much Of the State legislation as pertains to
tie transportation Of freight and passen-
gers from ether States into Wisconsin. or
IRON Wisconsin into other States, the Court
expressed doubts as TO the authority of the
State, on the ground shat this traffic con-
Stltutes " commerce between the several
States, which Is under the regulation of
Congress. This point the Court gives no
opinion upon, but leaves open to considera-
lion at some future time. The Court fur
Their suggested that as the questions involy-
cd were so grave, and would ultimately
have to be decided by the courts of last re-
sort, prosecutions for penalties arising ont
OF the law should be suspended while the
litigation Is in progress. The case will pro-
Daoly be taken to the October term of the
United States Supreme Court.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

MONTPELIER AND RUTLAND RAILROAD
Books for subscriptions to the stock of the
Montpelier and Rutland Railroad will be
opened at Montpelier. Rutland and a dozen
other towns, July 81. and will be kept open
ten days and as much longer as it will take
to get 100000. Every person buying stock
mus. pay per cent down,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

We learn that the j. d j. Rogers Iron
Company, across the lake, nave reduced the
price paid for making iron one dollar ton,
and for hammering fifty cents. Similar
action Is being taken BY the iron manufac<
turers all over the country. owing to the
great depression in the iron business,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-17

The Prov idcnce Journal says that New
Hampshire. with population of about 50
per cent greater than Rhode Islands. IS
governed at One-third the cost, and YER
mont, with a population more than 50 per
cent greater, gets along for two-thirdS as
much. Moreover, New Hampshire and Yer
mont have large and elegant state houses.
and Rhode Island hasn't.