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FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.
:. WEDNESDAY. March 10. 1878
snrn.-s3. 900 Richmond city e's at 79H.

,Ss.H
GOLD. 1.u. N m
Cola ...................1114 W
STATE SECURITIES. IN
yirpipia consois. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" " GOV
Virginia consots. new.........'.'"''' nv liz
Virginia deferred .o,;,,;: nv
Virginia interest certificates. w
CITY. - -oX
Richmond city 8s.........,......'''.. 10 SIS
Norfolk city S'a....... ..........'.'.'' 40 QO
Manchester Bridge s's...............'" w "
RAILROAD BONDS.
chesapeakc and Ohio Railroad U.s. m 56
v E1!fG, al Central third mortgage as y 90
so d. Railroad first mortgage 10 SIX
Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad sec 90 SIX
oud mortgage S's. j. & J..... ,,a
Petersburg Railroad second moi~e 90 s7H
p, IS, and Petersburg Railroad 40 o.
ar,t mortgage rs. j. u D...;. d.; wv
Ri naia 'aS esreesrickseurg and POLO. 90
pichmond Fredericksburg ana folo- ,r 90
mac Railroad 6's, j. J...:;;,..,I,...,ai 80
ornnre and Alexandria Kaiiroau an al
s, cond mortgage 6's, >. &J:.;;;it;;rIdi
f,ranc. and Alexandria Railroadthro ON 90
mnrirage S's, NJ. N.-..:....,.....' Ola
Richmond and Danville Railroad coh- no 7Oy
sols 6's, II. N,..........''.'.''...' II
RAILROAD STOCKS. r
Richmond. Fredericksburg and ,oo e7X 90
Potomac, common. .......'. Aoo '''1
| Richmond Fredericksburg anu
Potomac six per cent. guar ,oo 70 90
anteed. ......'.,.; Ao
Richmond, Fredericksburg anc
Potomac seven per cent guar 7oo sc 90
auteed............... AN
BANKS. ,oo 600 121
First National. ...........:.'''' mo Inn 1O5
National Bank Of Virginia.. 11on III 600
Planters National. ......''''. I'M I'M 200 100
Merchants National. =. ......" IN OK 90 -.
State Bank of Virginia ....'' A oS 90 24H
Merchants ind Planters. T0 IN IS
Union Bauk OF Richmond 800. oo Wv
Richmond Banking and lllsu- oz OK 90
rance Company. -..........''' ~
INSURANCE COMPANIES. on no
Virginia Fire and Marine...... 81 24k 90
Virginia State. ..........'.'.'' mn 90 SO
Virginia Home. .............''
MISCELLANEOUS.
Virginia Steamship and PacAe' 100 AZ 43
Company. '''''
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AUCTION sALEssThis Day.

zo-N-~~~~~-~~~.~
At RICHMOND REAL ESTATE EYCHASGE:
By N. NJ. Lee,
Auctioneer and Real Estate agent,
No. 1O14 Main street.
DEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.-COM
IL MISSIONERS' SALE OF 4 VALUABLE
HOUSE AND LOT IN THE TOWN Ok SAnEM,
ROANOKE COUNTY, AND an Nj UN = NhPEI
AND NINETY ACRES OF LAMP IN MEW
KENT COUNTY, VA, AT PUBLIC AUCIlON.
Pursuant to decree pronounced by the CnaHceIy
Court of the city of Richmond In the SUIT OF doo-
sons administrator rs. Robert W. LaTEe, tne uuoeI-
signed speCial commissioners named In said degree
Will on THURSDAY the 9th day OF hlarch. 10 z,
at O'Clock NJ, on the premises. in the toWn OF
that valuable HOUSE and LOT situated In and
numbered the plat Of said tnwn as LOT NO. OIL
being the property Of Robert W. Larke;
TERMS OF SALE: One-third cash; the purcna-
sers executing their negotiable notes Tor the oeler-
red payments at six and twelve months, with Id
terest at the rate of six per centum per annuln
ADDED. and the title to he retained by the court
until the entire purchase money Is paid.
o I. z. TURNER,
Observation-Disclosures. JOHN A. LYMAN.
G. H. WENDLINGER, .
Special Commissioners.
y. VI. LEE, Auctioncer. mn o-tos
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UOuISVILLE MARKETS.

IorIsy1LLE, March 1S.-Flour quiet aud un-
CHANGED Corn quiet and unchanged. Provisions
quiet and unchanged. Lard-Tierce, &c.; xcg' 97lc
WhiSkey, 90c.
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BY Pulue, Csbell s Co.. AuctioneefS'
ARGE AND ATTRACTIVE SALE OF
- FRESH DRY GOODS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING, &C.

On THURSDAY the 10Th Instant, commencing
Mt O O'Clock, we will sell at our warehouse very
large and desirable assortment Of
FRESH DRY GOODS, - !.
now receiving. and adapted to the spring trade.
Also, n large invoice of
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
from large northern house, comprising full line
of FIRST-CLASS GOODS; to which the particular
attention Of all dealers I'm clothing Is Invited
Also, the entire balance Of u wholesale STOCK Oh
MEMS aud BOYS WOOL and FUR HATS,
comprising full assortment of all grades. Also,
STOCK GOODS,
CASSIMERES, JEANS,
DRESS GOODS,
BOOTS and SHOES, sc.
Sale positive and without reserve.
PAINE, CABELL & CO.,
NH ia Auctioneers
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By Cook & Laughton, Auctioneers,
corner Governor and Franklin streets.

TOBACCO FACTORY FIXTURES AT
i AUCTICN.-On TUESDAY the "a til instant,
alley between Main and FRANKLIN and Nineteenth
and Twentieth streets, our nny
NEW AND IMPROVED MACHINERY,
~ - consisting of
HYDRAULIC PUMP,
~s. SHAPE KETAINERS,
POT RETAINERS,
POT MILLS,
10 Box SCREWS,
/ l2-horse-power BOILER. with STEAA-PiPES anu
HEATING APPARATUS;
- lot SHAPES In good order;
LICORICE BOILERS,
cc 1lO-BoARp MILL PoCXET-PIECES,
together with all the fixtures necessary for the con-
duct of q first class tobacco factory.
The machinery Is new and improved, and merits
the attention OF manufacturers.
TERMS: Sums under 500, cash over SIVo,
ninety days for approved city paper. ,,,o,r-
roop 81 a1rcItToS. Auctioneers NH IL
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DEPARTURES OF sTEAMERs.

EOR NEW YORK The TIN
T. steamship OLD DOMINION, Cap SaasG
tain WALKER, will sail FRIDAY. March 20lh, At
O'Clock P. NJ. Freight received until O'Clock
P. n.
Through bills OF lading signed, and goods for.
warded with dispatch to all points North. south.
east, and west Close connections made With Cunart
Line for foreign ports.
For freight apply to
GEORGE w. ALLEN CO.. Agents,
NH 1921 Company's Wharf, Rockets
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It will thus be seen that this branch OF
expenditure largely exceeds any work done
aor any other one department Of the govern
( ment. The auditor, who has to almost
broadcast the State with blanks, &C., does
mot expend by a large amount as much as
this, and bis work includes very large
amount Of pGper--wbiie the records are
ALL PaIATiNo-only EGarlEx COPIES being
printed.
The law provides that the DECISIONS Of!
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BY Lyme 4 Brother,
Real Estate Auctioneers'
No. 1912 Main street.

ARaE BRICK AND FRAMED AN 1I9 I Thh or
A MsNT on rae sognTHTWEEEss HaIk rs BE
sSLs AZ FIN ssa ans q the Oh af ss
lion the fs g1s S Of 1874
the house to be gaos as PEE
T1s asenon ss S9 baidsrs and others
fbe sale Of same. =. tho bonr of sole
TERMS LYME s. BROTHER,
- Aucti0neer5.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. MARCH ls, 1874.

MINIATURE ALMANAC, MARCH -, 1874
Sun r!ses.......... COZ Noon setS.......". 500
SIM sets. 5.5S High ude.......... $50
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. ,.,,@,,Sy0n aAnFs-Fnture Bays:
y So
Nv Cook d Laughson. Aucsloneets.
~ nr FrankIIn, and Governor streets. &

rrRsT.cbAss YOUNG MULES AT.
4U AuCTIoN-at the request saal1sns his teams, we
Harvey, G the sabe of Mr. t. Bossisux on Fras
n, I'm. and Eighteenth streets, ON '
al st Instant, at 0 O'Clock, nc
FORTY FIRSr-CLAsS MULES
=, THREE AND roUn YEARS oLp DIP o,1v for
une Of use aud are good stock as can DC
anywhere. -, .redit for approved. en-
dorsed paper. Auctioneers. :
NH @
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COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE
RICHMOND. March ! s, ] S74.
SALES.

Bushels. Quality. a., Price; ~
W11EAT-whte. 1873. to fairs s s99s1 ~
Red. rs. Fair to comm LOG i.99
CoRS-White.. .41S. Prime. .............. 9900
SGnrENISGS 10..............,..,.,,, ~
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REAL ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE
BY j. L. Apperson, ~..
Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent,
corner OF Eleventh and Main streets.

TOR SALE PRIFATEL1.-By request
IL of the executor of the late Roscoe Is. Healh,
Fso / cffer for sale the fIRsI-CLASS MAN
SION. No. 8 west franklin street, between toush S
and Adams streets. now In the occupancy OF w. w :
Henry 81, containing about twelve rooms. be-
sides closets, &C.; furnished with marble mapiciS
throughout, and In every other respect hhished
and built inithe very best manuer-Ar. Heath spar
ing neither cost or care In its construction. Ample
accommodations tor servants, &c.
Lot SAY by 1853 feet to 4 Wide alley. The terms
will he made remarkably accommodating.
This Is justly regarded the most desirable pro-
perty of the kind In the city, now OIL the market,
and II is rare that so choice piece IS offered: Ap
plyto D. L. kIPEksoN,
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-! 0- !. DeI"eeh Main and Hant
peal ESTATE EXcHAsap
~ MlSsI0NERB SALE OF Re;,-LOH-
N NM 9s nNE hsSEssERaREI iND TEg
CHOPPED ROAD, FOUR NIT ~ hE TakEg
KIGIHs a q =, ApJ0lNlFG The Ls tWsE Sr on
s sHSHAs .h Eh1h hEg tfoRMEKLY n Spsss
ton OF decree Of the Circuit roSst' -. y ereea
winston &C. %. Green. &c viii soil ,t ease ..
ESTATE above referred TO at auction a tae SEAL
Estate Exchange. on MONDAY 90. ~ me Rtsi
1874, at IL o'clock H., 80, - Hod OF March
Inc land aes admirably, Is wen cra,,.t :,
the purposes or the place. 80 A0uSh wood for
Few gaes OF It's size so near the city prf,
Terms: One-fonrth cash; balance at .,-
and eighteen months for notes with sstlre
and title retained. A., r. fs11iipIrssss ADDED
GRuBBs & WILLIAMS, Auctionecrs Ssi6nef.
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TOR AIDE l. P II A. %h
Il The steamer j. W. EEERMAN. Cap .1zzSesS
tain PLATT, will receive freight for the above port
TIL THURSDAY the 9th instant, at 10 O'Clock.
Freight taken for Providence Boston, Whining.
ton Del, and all parts Of Pennsylvania and Sss
Jersey; also for Liverpool and Antwerp ria Red
Star and American Steamship lines, Bills lafins
signed through w. 2. PORTER, AgeRa
NH 17-3t .... ~ No. 2i25 DOCK Street
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DHILADELPHIA, RICP- &FTs
i MOND, AND NORFOLK STEAh s n ~; ,

SHIP LINE.-FOR TWiGEA
WEEK.-Until further notice the steamers o. ua
and SATURDAY, and Richmond every MONDAY
and tn TUESDAY at II O'Clock II.
Freight taken for all parts OF psnpsyivanls, New
Jersey, and Delaware, for Providence ana bostoL
Also. for Antwerp and Liverpool ria. Red star aud
American steamship lines and bills OF lsding lgErd
through. Insurance effected for Ill parties who de'
Sire IL at low rates.
Passage 10 Philadelphia, Including meals sLd
stataroom XS W. Z. PORTER, Agent,
-. : y '. No. 242j Dock street. Richmond.
WILLIAM p. CLYDE & CO., Agents,
fe12 No - South Wh2rYes, Philadelphia.
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T ANDS.-I have for sale large number
IL Of first. class ESTATES with splendid improve
mcnts and lurge and small FARMS with and With
out buildings in almost every section OF the Stale
Many Of the large estates are situated on the James
ne,r thc civ - GEORGE VI. DREWRY,
mn elm 10l4 Main street.
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GIFT CONCERTS.
S25O,OOO FOR FIFTY DOLLARS
FOURTH GRAND GIFT CONCERT
FOR TILE BENEFIT OF TILE
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY,
On MARCH 31sT NEXT.
10000 TICKETS-12,OOO GIFTS!

TOTAL, $4,000 GIFTS, ALL CASH, -
amounting to..,..,............... 900
THE CONCERT AND DISTRIBUTION OF GtFTs
WILL POSITIVELY AND THEORETICALLY TARE
PLACEON THE DAY NOW FIXED, WHETHER ALL
GIFTS ALL PAID IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER
OF TICKETS SOLD. 80
E, PRICE OF TICKETS: Id
Whole tickets, $50; Halves, 925; Tenths. or
each coupon, So; eleven whole tickets for 5000. II
Send for circulars. -t5z8syt. y ;sssI $50:
The time for the drawing Is near ut hand. and
persons intending 70 purchase tickets have NO Time
TO fose. ajsS THOS. Il. BRAMLETTE, 1871
Agent Public Library Of Kentucky aud Manager
OF Gift Concert. Public Library building, Louis
willie, KY. 81.
DECUYER, 900 Bank street. or WILLIAM IL.
'1-' 70 Ia-TltAIh25&wsth25
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. a. Extracts from Treasurers Reports
Amount paid for PRINTING RECORDS
for year ending September. 1S71....$ S,720 20
ysss Ia s'sSa IS lop
for year ending September. 1875. s,9sB os
Totals for three ,s4s le
Amount RETURNED to the Treasury
during the came period on account
OF above disbursements. ............. 5,093 20
Deficit to be made up out OF the gene
raj sax..:.."............ ........s1s.749 40
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-iI>CI.i.I.NsFOUS i'Tr ~ g..

The Sluc>c twins were B:pti-t- '' Bat"
/ ~tyS the Pros Hfr5Ga. " ~Gppn-e one hal
I b,cn di~lclrver. huV could :hr ,thtr
have been immcr~,d?'' Bat annihrr LAY =
I they were nat Hapt ST; they were United
brethren
There j. lroiui.cc IN human hind a-ainst
large ears. y the poet -ay>; - Man
wants bat liti.c car below. nor wants thai
little long.
The Arkansas bar Is evidently Improving.
il has ,oiemniy' passed a resolution ccn~if-
Inr the a>-;;>>inatiou of Judge Fox by Law
yer Aliridge g urrr1ic~~i0nal. - trpro-
lc>,ioual' l. good.
1t was quaint Oh Rev. Dr. Todd, former
Is Of Pit;~.e.d, who >aid about thirty Years
a-o tha; the World va- divided into ji,rr
ciaS-c~-saint>. sinners, and the Ecrcirr-.
Illinois has extended in narri,i voncI.
every right but Jliat of suffrage. They eau
k,-p their own earnings. and transact hu-i-
ness with ttc-r husbands - with strangers.
\ capital story = t,li Of Il We, S,'ia.-
field eccentric parsJn. Rev. Dr. Lati'rlr-
4 Young LADY, Nho was mcrnhrr cd Dr.
Lltirnp : church vert on 4 visit toa neigh
boring town and while therr attended a
partv and danced TidinE- pf her ~in
r,arhci home before ler. On her return
Size was visited ord called t. n,-; severe ac-
count for the di-rra,, ~hc bad ii.u~ is,ught
Gpan hc7s,lt AMI upon the church. and
which Lad been fund ou; IirtWIth-i aaiiu.
10 hei been done among STRANGERS. One
~,n'1 maiden va- -Vccially ,atuc>i iu her
rrhukcS and mlic tie pop- s.r i,,a Yer,
bad What shall d. he asked You
lad better go and see Or Lrthrnp" She
iid go. aad ,aid him al. ahnHt Z. " And
-., nv dear Vua went tu the TlgtN and
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All. SORTS.

ff..,. ID, . .f,,,,..,,.. GI,..' ....,.....,
- ~ -.
ri,I Nh An tbr r.1J re..Ic rrsr-.,i
,,,ai,,.t ~, ,,,,,sarrcj ,,.,,,, ,,jr.- -,.', 80,
rnhcorl nr tbinr. and tLen went I, .rr Loy
she did it. and wa s1rcly disappointed. IL
not vcxei. that She ,!il upi say ~mcthin-
very mughtv.
The only b,tcl in I,n.lan k.,. n t.r
American pl,n raiI q Dividend lt-, year #
l-I-1 Ter cent.
E,v,rl Tovl,r say. Enron. T., l,5 ,l,,,.
far nm ,ncri,-,p f., 'le,rn i,rciar ,,u,,,',.,..-
in Tb, cnilcs nor,cr. and other flk.
have J;.cHlcrcI tb,t the Fr..li.l, ton,,,.. l.. +,
the mouth Of the Yank,, rnekct ami a.,-il
the American traveller in h:. own language.
char,,in. him ,l,,llc ,r;,.., t- c,rrvihine
ON ar,,nnt Of This littlr iinrui-ti, Injury.
,c...l,...;., ,l... r..1...,...- r. a..
Rock Island road. with companion. tra-
YELLED from Washington {, MnS,aiiuc on a
hand ear. prouel,cd cntiIev los q sail .tlnt
six feet squarc. The Strnn. wind blow iar
at the time enablel him to make the irip-
forty mileS-in lust two hours. tlc average
time made by passenger trains
1t is proposed to substitute steel ,ube- oa
English locomotives for the copper and brass
)nes now in use
Nichi,,p las = 200 miles or c,u,ul.teJ
r, ilrnad. An but four 90. the road. are sup
NJ I'D with air brake,
D.l,u,rc ,,.p l.o.. t...,,, p, ina. c.l -l;rcr
oa =, cnnr ve,r. r., cnre tre rnn-nn,rt;,n
and n, insi c,npJ out tbat le meyer had any
consumption; lie is the madde~t man IN N
Ame-ie4': aud hiN children haven t~iid ''''"
in week
Rather keen piece of slica-a Is induiged
in by the author of "Eldoradn. new bur-
| lcsqnc ut the Strand Theatre. London lie
makes the son Of one of the characters vel
come his father to Paris, AMI ask him if he
had 4 pleasant railway journey. "Oh. yes, y
says the parent. capital We had railway
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Llyln. Two Lives.


,,,-,-,-.
"''''-' = '''N ~ @',' '>' " "'' NJ
Two weeks ago the writer cniovci an
hour ; conversation with one of oar down
town merchants. wh0i> engaged in the for
eign fruit trade. This hale oil man told
how he had gone into business for himself in
1891, forty years ago. when oranges were q
luxury, and banana, were almost unknown.
At that time two carrocs Of oranges would
glut the market. Now said the mer-
chant. with jiStiiiahlc pride. ..yon see what
| am doing in these two buildings. and vou
can iudse how the husinCss Ia. crown. g"
The firm of I:adcau. Lockwood * Co.. Is one
OF the largest in the city. Yet within the
las; week .hc pride Of TINS honorcl house
has been hnmbed, but not by the fault Of
either of its partners. Yet one of them had
ianit which the hard %! heart arcnot ready
10 forgive. He was generous and truStiul-
before hr had heconc riea he had bosom
friend named Bailey, who afterwards dici
poor and lett son When thr New ork
merchant learned of these iict~ h' provided
a home iur the widow and 'hc mean~oi earn
ing her owa li'eliAaoi- ana took tle Youth
INTO Ei~ employ The boy. frcicricS. grew
up INTO a Siire"d' active man whose h"cinc-'
c'lar''y Pleased "ll tie members oil thc
hfin- y Time went "a "e wis ah'an'.H
mona one position "i trust - another ,ii-i''
n'' years a-'' ne "a~ mair chirl ''''
k,e'Per "l the concern. Ills hcnciaei9r Wa-
Pleased ana had hope tha; her deelin'aS
year "@Hii n' happiy la.~cd anna pi'l-'ht
'"rr'Vnd'ns- and chrereI by the love 'i t"e
son VINO WIS her say ana lIiie-
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ginning to speak of ''thc white element Of
our population
Effects of the fog. Mr.. Jollie was ds-
covered by his anxious wife Il long time after
midnight yainly trying with his latch -kce to
open the front door. He stated for excuse
that the fog was sho sloth-hc that he
e-eouldn't t seekey-hole.
An Arkansas man is travelling around
delivering lecture composed of eight chap
tiers in the Bible, and none of his hearers
have detected the literary thief
Five Harlem young ladies recently en-
gagged in jumping match for silk dress
pattern.
Wyllie. the champion checker player, is Z
native OF Edinburgh, and is - years oragc.
Ills first match game was in lS39
\ young religious convert in Kingston,
n. H., insisted upon being baptized on a re-
cent cold Sunday. lie argued that NJ bad
result could possibly follow y holy rite. and
against the circumstances of his friends the
ceremony was performed in stream from
which the ice had to be cut lie died of the
exposure and shock
y Paris letter saws drunkcnncS., Is Getting
common there. In the halmy days Of the
Empire they were content to get light
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81 struggled wud a patther and avry; it
| gey me courage, for saz |, afther little, It's
4 terrible night, yer reverence
g Are ye reddy to sarve me mass p says
| he. in voice that made me shiver, for it
was if it ken out ay nailed coffin.
. I'm reddy, yer riyerince. says !, but
| there's not n erayture stirrin'. ken up the
boreen, an there wasn't thrack.
care We reddy to sarye me mass p says he
agin. in the same awful voice.
'''Nill light the althar, yer riverincc? ?
says l. He scd nothin' to this. but waved
me wud his hand for to 90 before him. Me
knees was rattlin' together, like pays in n
mug. hut lurched before him, ont into the
dark chapel. an it was as dark as the velvet
ON yer anner'- collar, barrin one little light,
in the althar, that med the place look ike
the bottom of the lake. An now KEN the
fear on me that | cudn't ansur right, an
that | was nv no more use nor thatould ram
that's nbhlin' over in tn island there, but
its tine truth I'm tcllin' yc, from the mint
he comminccd. the whole nv the rcSponsis
kan to me a, II they wor wrote in letters ay
light on the wall, and sarvcd his mass az
well a. il I'd hecn in Maynooth Collidge for
quarther.
~ or not Catholic, MSthcr Bowlcs. IN
Inebhc We never hcarcl mas. or was in
chapel nayther:''
This was put iatcrrogativcly.
Il am not n Catholic. Jerry. hut have
been in Catholic church. and have heard
mas more than once replied.
'I'm glad of it, for ycIl understand
what I'm goin' to tel We. sir. At the ind
ay the mas. when al. j. over, the priest
comes down the steps Nv tn althar, an
conninrc. wnl the Day Projandis or pray
ers for the dead. Wei. sir. WIS rcddy wnd
me rcspon-i-. wien lie turns to me. an he
,qz-,i uurtbcr. how shake whin pom
dhcr ON Thin wari--sez lie. Pray for the
.owl av dead man. PRAY > SCI he, pray
rs We hope tn Ic saved. Let yer PRAYERS be
a4 white a- the snow that's lallin' from the
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PDI.iGiCts H..

s. Curtis and the constitution. first, last
and forever, was the toast which Young
Jack Adams proposed At the recent DEM
ucralic iIbilec in Boston. That boy don t
seem t. have much interest in the political
prospects Of his dad.
Some of Gen BGrnsidc's managers are
aecurSed of bribery in the late Rhode iS-
land election.
Eight amcndmunts t. the new State Con
stitutiOn have been proposed tu the Penn
sylvania Senate. They propose to reduce
the number oi Senators from fifty to thirty
six ; ofieprcscntativeS, from two hundred
to one hundred; to give a majority of
members present power to pass bills, instead
of majority of the number elected to d.
away with minority representation in the
Supreme Court and the Philadelphia police
courts. and to add colleges and parsonage
to the list Of properties that may be cxemp-
ted from taxatiOn.
The Harrisburg correspondent of tho
Philadelphia Press, says thar the new State
Constitution Of Pennsy lyania has proved 81
efectual in preventing Jobs that two-thirds
of the present Assembly will not think il
worth while to seek re election.
K. NJ. I. Hunter. late Confederate Cen
eral, and formerly United States Senator
from Virginia. is to he i candidate for Con
gresS from one %. the districts nf that
State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-04-17
IN d.I.N!,lfNI..

Theodore Tilton says it Is the hardest
thing in the world to bow and smile when q
man weighing 300 pounds has stepped or
your corn. 1t is a hard thing to d.. GER
tainly. say, the Louisville Cournr-JaurnaI
and the man who thus bows and smiles
when he feels infinitely more like hnmpin.
himSclfanl howling, and howling profancly
at that, j. fraud against which the law
should protect us.
The irish Nationalist, san Fnncis,.,
paper. was printed in green st. Patrick
day.
Three calico skirts were seized recently
on the steamer America in New York har
Dor, into whose folds were quilted 9jC
''Switchcs, '' weighing Sc pounds.
During the carnival at Rome. IN English
man was knocked down for insulting the
American flag. The stars and stripes were
hanging from the balcony Of Mrs Mainl
Goddard, and the EngIislman remarked
that the nasty rag should come down. An
Ameri. an was standing near, and the Eng
lishman promptly went down to the pave
mcnt.
Passengers to the Pacific by rail break
last IN the SlerilS with twenty ieet Ol snow
around them: four hours later they find
wheat four inches high. and the next day
see pear and peach trees in blossom.
The inspiring sunshine of the season la.
touched the heart of an indianapolis girl.
who concludes love letter thus The
ring is round. the dish is square, and we II
be married the next State fair The bell
shall ring. the drum shall play, and we'll
20 dancing all the way. Answer soon.
Mary
\ tippler says that Lot as well as Noah
got drunk as soon as they had chance.
This explains the phrase Lot on it
Napoleon Gosselin cooked his goose in
Connecticut, last week, by swallowing 4
screw lie suffered 'Screwciatingly.
Van Pelt has escaped to Belgium.
In the Ynln county hospital, California,
interesting experiments have been made
with magne; Tor the cure of rheumatism
and paralysis. A large horseshoe magnet
is used. and one case Of paralysis has been
almost cured. and several eases of chronic
rheumatism relieved.
Chicago has formed a Cary Club in honor
Of the sisters.