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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-10-02

A day or two ago the daughter Of a
German grocer in Rochester, n. Y, was
married. Her father, with pride and
spice of humor, placed placard in the
window bearing this device This
store is closed on account o some fun
in the family"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-10-02
H. A. GRAVES LINIMENT.

THIS LINIMENT. which is we'll known, and has
Il been received by many with much favor, in this
section, is now manufactured by Mrs. MARIA A.
EARL daughter of the originator. with whom he
left the recipe for manufacture. 1t is good for
Chapped Hands. Sore Lips, &C., and viii be found
or sale at Z. +, DEWEY'S.
Bellows Falls May20. 1S72 q
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INNOCENT OF THEoLoGY.-A good
story is told of Rev. Mr.. B, Of
in Massachusetts,
An old lady in bis church was told by
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Blessings.

He who blesses most. is blessed:
And God and man shall own his worth
Who tolls to leave, as his beuuest,
An added beauty to the earth.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-01
HOUSE.


WASHINGTON, March 3l.-Mr. Dawes
presented petition of the taxpayers of
South Carolina, Teciting the excessive tax
alton TO which the people of that State are
subjected, and that the proceeds of such
taxation are Systematically sqUandered or
stolen, instead of being devoted to the
legitimate purposes of the government,
and asking Congress to consider their con-
dition and TO devise some means of relief.
The petition bore the signature of a large
number of prominent and influential citi-
Zens.
Mr.. Randall asked what Congress could
do in the matter. He had always opposed
any interference of Congress in the affairs
of States.
Mr.. Dawes said he did not know exactly
what could be done, but he thought it Just
and proper that the House should receive
the petition.
After further discussion the petition was
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
After considerable time in struggle for
precedence of business, the House proceed
ed with the consideration of the bill which
was under discussion, providing for the pay
ment Of the
Louisville and Portland Canal Co.,
and MIR. Wheeler, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Commerce, from which it was
reported, addressed the House.
At the close Of the discussion, Mr.. ely
mer moved substitute for Mr.. Wheeler's
amendment, providing that if the cession
of jurisdiction should not be made by the
State of Kentucky, the tolls on the canal
shall be raised to their existing rates. Mega
tived; yeas 105, nays 124.
The question was then taken on Mr..
Wheeler's amendment providing that no
money shall be paid under this act until
Kentucky shall have ceded the jurisdiction
over the canal property to the United States.
The amendment was agreed to, yeas 100,
nays %.
The bill as amended then passed with
out yeas any nays, and the House resumed
consideration of the currency bill. Speech
IS on the subject were made by Hubbell
and Sherwood in favor of expansion.
Mr.. Myers introduced bill for the re
lief of the Commissioners to the Vienna
exhibition. Referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs. House adjourned.
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AREMARKABLE STORY.

A few DAYS ago the Scotsman men
toned that Bible, bound in calf, and
bearing the name Of William Sim" a
Dundee man, and the date 1880, had
been discovered IN the stomach OF
Goldfish. This fact alone was remarka-
bic enough, but still more extraordina-
ry is another circumstance connected
with the affair, also reported by the
Scotsman. On the very same day ON
which the discovery was made known
to the public through its columns, the
heirs of the deceased Mr.. Sim succeed
ed in obtaining warrant IN the outer
house of the Court of Session from
the Lord Ordinary Mure) to
uplift several hundreds of pounds
belonging 10 the said William
Sim, who was described IN
the legal proceedings as a sail
or. a native of Dundee, who
had gone to sea about 1884, and had
not since been heard of. There can be
little doubt that the Bible thus pre-
served in the Goldfish s stomach belonged
to the lost William Sim, of Dundee,
and although the Scotch papers have,
to their credit, taken up the miraculous
incident with as much fervor as though
the sea serpent had appeared at this
unusual season of the year, little or no
notice has been taken of it as yet IN
this country. This Is not to ourcredlt,
and that so little fuss has been made
about the affair is a painful symptom
of the morbid state TO which the pub
lie appetite for news has been reduced
by the Tiehborne case, and other sensa-
tional stories. Nothing short OF good
murder will rouse the public from their
apathy, yet surely the story Of the cod
fish ought to satisfy any sensible per-
son.-PaH Mall Gazette.
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PARLOR ORNANENTATION.

What can be more appropriate than
the now prevailing fashion of orna-
Inenting the interior of private resi-
dences with artificial flowers: Parlors,
reception rooms, boudoirs, and dining
rooms are made brilliant with bright
garlands Of flowers. Parian marble
and decorated China vases upon the
mantle shelves contain bouquets IN
imitation Of the rarest blossoms of the
conservatory. On the window inches
and the four corners Of the room
handsome jdrdinieres are placed upon
rosewood and black walnut stands. These
are filed with sawdust and cOveredwIth
dried moss, and from this soil pyra-
mids, crowns, anchors, crosses, and
wreaths of flowers are built up IN the
most graceful manner. Proud Jessa-
mines, graceful lilies, ethereal blue
bells, pert daisies, bright buttercups,
royal heliotropes, meek violets, and the
sweet little arbutus, mingle In lovely
confusion with rose leaves and trailing
Wild vines, falling gracefully over the
jdrdiRiere, and sweeping the carpet
with their emerald leaves. These are
expensive Injuries, but nevertheless
whatever makes our homes attractive
should be adhered to at the sacrifice OF
of extravagant clothing.
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RHODE ISLAND.
The snrarue Rankrun.ex Case

PROVIDENCE, March 3l.-PrOceedings
in bankruptcy against the A. * W. Sprague
Manufacturing Company, was instituted
TODAY by the National Bank of Commerce
and citations were issued, but are not vet
served upon defendants. The announce
ment of this proceeding this morning
caused intense excitement among business
men. and extraordinary efforts were made TO
induce a suspension or discOntinuance of
proceedings. \ call for a meetingOf stock
holders of the bank TO request the directors
TO suspend action has been signed by rep
resentatives of 1900 shares, all who
could be reached to-day. 1t
is understood tonight, however, that the
pressure has been unavailing, and no agree
ment TO stop proceedings has been secured.
The trust mortgage viii have been in force
four months tomorrow. Il. Chaffee, trus-
tee.rin a card to creditors, says more than
twelve thousand persons, including
men, women and children, are in
the employ of the company, and
are dependent upon the mills and print
works for their daily bread; upwards of
800 people derive their entire or chief
support from the industries connected with
the business. Upon the filing of the petit
tiOn must close the various works and
turn these people out of employment. The
immediate loss which this will entail upon
creditors will amount TO at least a quartz .
of a million dollars. / viii not yield to this
necessity until | have declared my firm con-
yiction that tlIa a. az W. Spragle Manufac-
turing COMPANY would, in the absence of
proceedings against il in bankruptcy, be
able to paw and discharge in full within
reasonable time every dollar of its oblica-
tons.
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FOR EIGN.


AAC AfonOOn AO1cI M0Ehct.
LONDON; March Silt is the general
opinion on the Stock Exchange that the
rate of discount of the Bank of England
will be advanced Thursday next.
Parliamentary.
Anderson has postponed the introduction
OF his motionfor thereimbursement Of Brit
ish subjects for losses by the Alabama. In
the House Of Commons tonight select
committee on the eommittal and filming Of
Whalley NJ. p, for contempt of court, re-
ported that Chief Justice Cockburn only
did his duty under the circumstances, and
the affair did not require further investi-
CATION. Whalley himself subsequently
gave notice that lie should call attention &c
the case April IL, and ask for new Com
mittee of Investigation. The House ad-
Journed for the Easter holidays.
From the Far East.
Later news from Hong Kong in regard to
the loss Of the steamship Nile ON voyage
from that port to YokOhoma, say that so
persons were drowned.
Financial Panic.
LONDON, April 1.-The Times acknowl-
edges the existence Of financial panic in
London, and attributes it TO the effect of
those with which New York and Vienna
have been visited, combined with depress-
ing influences Of the Indian famine. 1t
says the check to trade is probably as severe
as in any former instance.
CALCUTTA, March 31-Reports from the
districts affected by the famine show great
improvement in the situation. There are
no fatal cases Of starvation except in Tish-
oct, and in that district only few.
The Situation at Sanfander.
MADRID, March 3I-Marstal SerranO has
issued an order prohibiting the transmits
sion from Santander and vicinity of private
dispatches. A heavy fire is kept up by the
artillery upon the Carlist position and their
troops are resting.
Reinforeements for serranO.
Troops to the number of 500 are on the
way to reinforce Marshal Serrano. II is
been killed. A final attack on ObantO will
be made Tuesday or Wednesday.
Cushing COnsuIts siekIes.
PARIS, March S1.-Gen. Sickles, late
United States Minister to Spain, and Caleb
Gushing, had an interview yesterday.
Cushing will leave for Madrid Friday.
Sic1leS will remain some time in London,
in consequence Of sickness in his family.
La Lanterne.
A dispatch from Melbourne says Roche
fort and his companions escaped from New
Caledonia by slowing themselves away in
vessels. They have arrived at Sidney, and
will proceed 70 Europe direct.
Another Bishop In Limbo.
BERLIN, March 3I.-The Roman CaihO-
lie Arch Bishop of BOlogne was aHestedto-
day for violating the ecclesiastical laws.
The arrest was made without any demon
stratiOn.
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The Neaq York Times. the Ieadin,

The Neaq York Times, the leading
Republi IAN organ in the Empire State,
says:
Doubtless the day may come when
che question of sound finance will be
one of immediate political Importance,
viii be direct political issue; but it is
not so now. At present the
people are comparatively Indifferent to
the question of finance
The Ne1v York EUening Post, which
supported Grant as against Greeley,
says "If the Times truly represents
the Republican party in these declar-
tions, the biographers of theparty may
begin their work at once. Its sands
are run, if this is a true statement of
its policy The Chicago StoatEeitang
takes similar view of this matter IN
an article entitled 1.-The Suicide of the
Republican Party" The people are
at last beginning to discover that with
the Republican party, profession is
one thing and practice an altogether
different affair.
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NASHVILLE TENN, WEDNESDAY,, APRIL l, 1874.
THE BRIDAL TOUR.

Young Spriggles and his Amarantha
Jane had just beenmarried, and were going
tipOn their bridal tour. They didn't know
whether upon their return they would
board with the old folks or take rooms in a
private hotel. Being only a clerk, Sprig-
gles' means were limited, and he could not
expect much at first in the way of living.
"Of course" he saidto old Dodge, wealthy
member of the firm who had granted him a
three weeks leave of absence, "we must
be in style, you know, sir. 1 s'pose you
took a rusher when you were married.
mean you took an extensive one and showed
your wife the sights"
'sYes," said Dodge, with nod, 'sI'll tell
you about it. / made long preparations
for my bridal tour, and the girl that was TO
be my wife helped ME. We had 1t all fixed,
and everything laid out beforehand.
worked hard for it, and she worked too.
1t was to be the grand event of our lives,
and We wanted that it should be a success.
We felt that as the new life opened, so
should it continue. | was earning $500
year. That was good pay for salesman
five-and-thirty years ago-better than three
times that amount now, as things 60. We
were married in the morning AZ the house
miles to the substantial cottage / had Sc
cured as home. My money had made the
first payment on it, and Mary = money had
furnished three rooms in it. And we
ate our first meal thereafter in our own
house, and thence went to my work, and
my wife set about her work. II was new
life, and we were determined to
succeed if possible. And in
that effort was our joy. And in the
success that followed was usually happi-
ness. In less than three years my house
was paid for, and my home was my own.
Come storm or come sunshine, we had
roof 10 cover us-a roof from which the
hand Of man could not turn us. | doubt,
young man, if ever a bridal tour was hap
pier or more profitable than was mine; and
| know that the exercise Of housekeeping
upon her own account was invisorating
and healthfiIl. But then we married for
real earnest living and loving. We be-
lieved we should find lifc's purest joys in
the discharge Of life's sacred duties. / de-
clare" pursued the old man, with glisten-
ing moisture in his eve, Il should like
those first blessed DAYS of my own home
life 10 live over again. But it may not be.
And" he added, with a regretful shake Of
the head, Il fear the young men of the
present generation will not live them for
my viewing"
SpriggleS walked away scratching his
head. lie wasn't sure that he had
really caught the drift Of The old mans re-
marks.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-01
DIsTANCES N COLORADO.

A correspondent in Georgetown, Col
Orado, vouches for the truthfulness of
the following:
1t Is well known that in high alti-
tudes, owing to the rarehed air, objects
are visible at a great distance; and from
the city of Denver, the Rocky Noun
tains, although some sixteen miles dis
tant, seem but a very short way off.
An English gentleman, a tourist, came
in the Kansas Pacific train one morn
ing, fresh from the old coUn-
try, stopped at the Inter-Ocean
Hotel in Denver, and soon made the
acquaintance of two or three "old
citizens" The Britisher was eaptiva-
ted with the appearance of the noun
tains, and suggested to the two ''Old
citizens" that, as the mountain range
was such a very short distance from
the city, they should all take walk to
it, and return in time for dinner. The
two "old citizens" saw a chance
for some fun, and Immediately consent
ed. The trio started west, and walked
toward the mountains for some two
hours and a half, and the mountains
seemed as far away as ever. The Eng
lishman was a good walker, and kept a
little in advance of his
friends. Finally they saw him de-
hberately sit down, as he came
to small irrigating ditch, perhaps
two feet wide, and began taking off his
shoes and stockings. When they came
up to where he was sitting they asked
him, in some surprise, what he was do
ing that for? The Engishman said he
was going to wade that stream. Both
the ''old citizens" looking at him in
astonishment, asked him why he didn't
step across it.
"Step across it, replied the British
er-'step across it! Not 1. What do
l know about distances in your blarst-
ed oountry:"-EditOr's DraIver, IN Har-
,1ey's M101-fD far ADrI
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The Spirit willing, but the Flesh is
Weak.
DAYTON.
A Rolitiso.rsmrsranse ,IaddIs.

DAYTON, o., March S1.-The Republi-
can nominating convention was an i'm
mense affair. Intense interest was mani
tested. The Democrats had presented the
rugged liquor question issue. The Repub-
licans had no available candidate represent
ing the various opinions in the party, and
there was danger of a third ticket. The
Republicans, therefore, with enthusiastic
unanimity. resolved to nominate partisan
candidate, and with great uproar eomfieIid-
ed all Republicans to support David a.
Houk. lifelong Democrat, and admirably
qualified. The nomination Of HOuk will
make the contest the most honest fight ever
had in Dayton, with chances favorable to
Houk and the Republican ticket.
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CUBA,
Sugar Plantations Given to the
Torch.
vandaI Destruction of Property.

VandaI Destruction of Property.
NEW YORK, March 31e-A letter from
Havana says the incendiary torch is making
great havoc in the sugar plantations of the
island. The Spaniards call the peTpetra-
tors highwaymen and the CubanS say this
is the work Of the Insurgents. The des-
tructiOn of property is fearful and in the
most fertile part of the sugar growing
country. On the 18th of March the village
of JsbuayaSOn i'm the jurisdiction of Rene
das and the whole surrounding country
were illuminated by burning cane-fields of
sugar. The plantation Of Maria. about
500 acres Of sugarcane were destroyed, 30
acres of which had already been cut, -eady
for the mill. Volunteers were sent out in
search of the incendiaries and several
other detachments have been distributed
among the other estates for their protec-
tiOn.
The patriot army in the central depart
ment now numbers over 10000 and the
whole army throughout the island is eSti-
mated at near $4,000. The impression is
general that Concha will make propositions
of peace to the Marquis of Santa Luccia,
but no conditions will be accepted except
the unconditional surrender of the Span
iarls and their departure from the island.
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PHILADELPHIA.

Death OF a POet-COnductOrsC Convicted
i PHILADELPHIA, March Sly esterday
afternoon Henry B. HiIsch, once well
known rs poet of considerable promise,
died in this city, aged 60.
The trials of the former conductors of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
char I'D with embezzling moneys, stealing
icl; 5, etc., resulted in conviction.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

Brownsville begins to dream Of cisterns
and fire engines.
Alamo is to have two base ball clubs this
season.
The DOrer Record thinks the peach crop
of Stewart county is cIIt s,Aort by half.
The Jackson Herald .states that Herman
Hawkins, youth, accidentally shot him
self in the arm, in.icting a severe flesh
wound.'
The county jxil of Wayne has been M
occupied for months and it is suggested by
the Citizen, of WayneSboro, that the County
Court let it out.
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AT Dubuque wedding, among the pres
ents OstentatiOusly displayed, was one
hundred-dollar bill. present from the dot
ing father TO his darling daughter. After
the guests had departed, the old man eoolly
rolled up the bill and put it in his vest
pocket. and that was the last Of it.
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The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette states that prom
inent railroad men, now In that city,
assert that it is not true that the roads
will bring influence to bear on the SEN
ate to- defeat the pending transporta-
tion bill. They base their indifference
to the passage Of tie measure on the
belief that the co.orts viii not sustain
the interference proposed by the bill
with the railroad lines. -
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FORTUNES PAVORITES.
The Louisville Library Drawing.
$1,125,OOO in the Wheel.
List Of the Numbers which Drew
Prizes Of OYER SI.OOO.

List OF the Numbers which Drew
Prizes OF over $1,000.
LOUISVILLE, March 3l.-The Public
Library drawing commenced at u o'clock.
A very large crowd was in attendance and
there was great interest and excitement.
The following were the fortunate numbers
that drew over $1,000: No. 36.j1T drew
$3.50, 9,59T drew $3.50, 1888 drew
$3.50, 964 drew $500, 33, 1875 drew
$3.50, 3.5Tl drew $3.50, 37.S93 drew
$3.50. 1854 drew $3.50, l.2SS drew
8, $50, 1889 drew 81, $50, u ,l01 drew
$4,000,
1926 drew $3.50, 40 drew $3.50,
1886 drew $3.50, l2,211 drew $500.
3l.4O4 drew $500, 21.sIS drew $3.50.
T6S4T drew $3.50, II, ,491 drew $3.50,
1885 drew $500, 23,545 drew $3.50.
20.S34 drew $3.50, 51.2Sl drew $3.50
1858 drew $500, 16,O9T drew $3.50
A man named Stevens, of GreeEsburgh,
Ohio, holds 2-10ths Of the ticket which
drew $4,000. 0,01T drew $3.50. 81 1865
drew $3.50, 49,5S2 drew $500, 43, ,435
drew $3.50, 6,423 drew $3.50, SSH
drew S13,125, S,J04 drew $3.50.
The Capital Prize
of S1S1,5OO was drawn, ticket No. 55,104
being the lucky number. 1t is not known
rs vet who the holder is.
4P.M.-Ticket 1,950 drew $500, 3, ,332
drew $3.50, 1886 drew $500, 1858
drew $3.50, 2T,464 drew $3.50, 5G,T52
drew s., $50, 2S,5T4 drew $3.50.
This completes the report. The draw
ing closed five minutes ago. have only
sent the number Of tickets drawing over a
thousand dollars.
Long Division.
MEMPHIS, March S1.-Two young men
of this city hold tenth, aud a club of
forty hold fifth of the ticket which drew
the capital prize in the Louisville Library
Lottery to-day.
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The Pacific SIOpe.

SAN Francisco, March 31.-The Legis-
lature adjourned at midnight last night.
The Transportation Commissioners bill was
defeated; also the bill allowing the people
to elect United States Senators.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
After the Panic,

BOsTON, March 31.-Tbe operatives in
the Jute Mills at Mathews, about two
hundred and fifty in number, are on a strike
for the restoration of wages to what they
were before the panic.
About five hundred operatives in the
Hosiery Mill and Bleachery of the Boston
Manufacturing Company at Waltham,
struck for ten per cent advance of their
WaUpc
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CINCINNATI.
vaIIandigham-s Client.


CINCINNATI, March 31.-The notorious
Tom Mcclellan was shot in the head in
Hamilton, Ohio, last night, it supposedly
10. ROchler. They were both drunk at the
time. The IeasOn for the shooting doesn't
appear. McGehan's wound is PRONOUNCED
not fatal. 1t will be remembered that C..
l.. Nallandigham lost his life while acting
as McGellan's lawyer in a trial for murder.
Whisky.
Christian Warren, residing at the corner
OF Young and Slack streets, committed
suicide by hanging himself. He was man
OF means. Whisky was the cause of it.
John Anderson, MY 10.
About ten months since a man calling
himself }. Anderson opened a store in
Central Avenue for the sale of notions and
cutlery. During the past month he made
very extensive purchases, informing deal
ers he was going to place it on the road to
sell to country dealers at wholesale. Yes
terday his store was found closed and emp
ty, and Anderson not to be found. II is
supposed he has fled to Canada. The
value OF the goods not paid for is about
$4,000.