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, 1875-04-17
A BAD S.
(From the Barba os Times.l

The House of Assembly met on the 10th ult.
when a petition from the Directors of the West
India and Panama Telegraph Company, Limit
ed, was presented by Mr.. Jones. The peti
TONERS prayed the House to grant them 4 sub
sidy of .f25, 900 per annum, for ten years,
guaranteed them by the legislature, the amount
10 become due from the lst April, 1874. At
the conclusion of their petition, which il a
somewhat lengthy document, the directors re-
ferr6d the House to the fact that the Island OF
Guadeloupe had not only renewed the grant f'r
ten years from LIST January, 1878, but had
agreed to pay tn company a subsidy from lst
April, 1874. The hon. introducer of the petit
ton confessed that that fciiity of communica-
ZION by means Of the line which had been ey-
pected they had not enjoyed yet they had no
option left if they wished to con iRue in tele-
graphic communication with the rest Of the
world. He saw no objection to the subsidy
being granted, especially as the benefit confer
red was not partial in its operation. Ihe com
pany excuse themselves from the objections
urged against them on the ground that they
had to encounter circumstances over which
they had no control. 70 use their own words:
1.-The company is entitled to the full subsidy
because substantially the obligations have been
tulf4 led, and where interruptions have been oc-
oasioued they have been caused by force ma
jeure."
The Barbados Public Library was opened 10
the Public on the 18th ult. The public
had been long deprived of the pleasure they
had enjoyed previously to its having been
closed, so that there was quite a rush, and We
have been informed that applications for the
food which its supplies are daily on the in
crease. 1t has certainly conferred a great
benefit on the community, in exciting and fOs-
tering a taste for reading. We want to see
the labouring class educated up to the level of
that large number of artisans and Others Of
their class who avail themselves of the boon.
The more valuable members of society they
would become the more useful TO themselves
and their species. 1t is now declared by long
headed economists of England that England's
future greatness as a Commercial and Agricul-
tural country will depend, in a great measure,
on the skill of her workmen; for those of the
Continent are outrunning them in scientific
knowledge of the various pursuits in which they
engage.
The manufacture of sugar is now going on
actively throughout the Island: and day after
day it is brought into tow for shipment pro.
ducing that life and hustle which are peculiar
to this season. The crop will be about the
largest ever reaped, but the very low price of
sugar operates as a damper to the spirits of
those interested.
9i' DEM A.
lFrom the Royal Gazettei
The quantity of Sugar exported in 1874
vas $3.50 1924 hhds. against 95. 3O44 ia
ar~o .Loc;u~ an ;norooca IF Q 666 T-CA
, 1875-04-17

nsormatio adds that the people Of the yam
producing parish of Hanover have been obliged
to send from Lucea to Montego Bay for provi-
sions. All the information received from other
parishes tends to confirm this information and to
Intensity its interest.
, 1875-04-17

nLLE og Enhver, SON have No
III get at fordre paa Skiftet efter
afg. H0ker Samuel Joseph,s ind
kaIdes herved med Maaneders VAR
sci til for undertegnede Skifteret
at anmelde og bevisligjore deresKrav.
Ligeledes indkaldes med lovligt
Varsel Afdodes Arvinger .efter Lo-
ven til at varetage deres Tary under
Skiftebehandlingen. as a.
st. Thoms Skifteret, den Ste Apri
1875.
p. NJ. ANDERSEN,~
, 1875-04-17
PAN NJ A

The surveying party under Captain Lull,
have divided into two sections and proceeded
mp the Chagres river, and from a central point
will extend the survey, one party going
towards Panama and the other towards Aspin-
wall.
, 1875-04-17
DE NJ E R A RIA

from the Royal Gazette.I
The quantity Of Sugar exported in 1874
vas $500 1924 hhds. against 95. 3041 ia
1873, showing an increase of 1866 7-24.
on the quantity for 1874, s4,i7s 22-24 vas
, 1875-04-17
To the Voters OF ChrIsGiansted
and Suburbs.
L !

GENTLEMEN
The statement that I am opposed to the
establishment of Central Factories in this
island, said to be given you by the Canvas
sers for the Election Of yesterday in favour
of Messrs. Hanson and Dahl, is false, and
said Canyassers knew such statement to
be false.
St. Croix, April 10th 1875.
NJ. JOLLIFFE.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-21
Extravaganza of Farmers.

In "Walks and Talks on the Farm"
In the American Agricultural for De-
cember there are some very good ideas
expressed in the writer's peculiarly ra-
cy style. The Deacon wishes him TO
write on the above subject, for he
thinks the young people spend four
times as much now as they did when
he started in life. Without denying
this he proceeds to show how different
the times arc now from what they
were fifty years ago. Instead of pull
ing through the mud to get his mail
twice q week the Deacon now gets his
morning papers every day by the "fast
mail" train, and, although four hun
dred miles from the city, can go down
and back again in few hours, jour-
ney which was once formidable I'M
dertaking.
Now the age in which such things
are done, and done every day and done
without thinking how wonderful they
are, is very different age from that OF
our fathers. What would have been
extravagant then, Is not extravagant
now. We waste less time. We can dc
more work. Or rather, we work as
hard IA our fathers did, We can accom-
plish much more 1t does not require
rs much labor to make n suit of clothes
and consequently the same amount o.
labor will enable us to clothe ourselves
better and more comfortably. If til,
ladies will work as hard they can af
ford to dress better than their great
grandmothers. The same amount o
labor will light II house better will
kerosene oil, than pine knots or tallow
candles. The same amount of labo
will furnish more and better meat
Hold ON there" said the Deacon, :"
don't see how you can make that out
We used TO get meat good deal cheap
er than we do now" That is not tn
point What ! assert is that 1t cost
less labor to produce good beef, NUT
ton, pork. poultry, eggs, milk, butter
and cheese. than it did hundred year
ago. And consequently If we work a
hard we can afford TO live better.
THAT would be true" said the Dea
con-" provided we could raise these al
ticles with less labor, but do not seer
see it," viii not the mowlng-ma
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-21

We were indebted, too late for no.
tice in our last, to Mr.. Burnet Lam
dreth, chief of the bureau of agricul-
ture under the u, s. Centennial Com
mission, at Philadelphia, for a sched-
ule of the classification and prizes on
Live Stock, to be exhibited, as already
stated
Horses, mules and asses, Sept, LIST TO
18th.
Horned cattle of all varieties, Sept.
Goth to Oct. 5th.
Sheep, swine, goats and dogs, Oct. 10
to 25.
Poultry from Oct. % to NoY. 10.
Those interested will undoubtedly
apply to Mr.. l.. for copies of this circu-
lar. and for entry blanks, so that we
need scarcely publish in detail the va
rious provisions embraced. which in
the main agree with those usually
adopted by our agricultural societies
Exhibitors will be furnished forage
and grain at cost. Numbers alone will
distinguish stock in the show yards,
preceding the award of prizes, but as
the prizes are intended to be awarded
on the opening day of each of the Sc
rles of exhibitions, the names of own
ers can be affixed as soon as the pub
lie are admitted, and an official cata-
logue will be published. On the last
day of each serial show, an auction
may be held of any animals il is de-
sired to offer in this way.
In breeding horses, there will be
Glasses for pure bred turf stations and
mares, for trotting stations, brood
mares and fillies, and for pure-bred
draught stations and mares. Running
and trotting horses will be judged from
their record up to August Is, with due
regard to their condition at that date
In breeding cattle, a herd prize in eacl
breed will be given for the best bull
and four cows over fifteen months old
sweepstakes prizes for the best bul
and COW separately, and both sexes IL
three classes of bulls and four of fe
males, according to age. In sheep, {
prize is offered in each breed for the
hsst ran, aud four awas. ana lnuivIuua
prizes on rams and ewes-also a sweep
stakes prize for the best ram, ant
another for the best pen of three ewes
respectively, of long, middle and fine
wooded breeds.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-21
agricultural department.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT CHAPMAN.
State Agricultural Society.

We notice by the Waterman and
Journal that some one has written TO
our good friend DIR. Hoskins, and set
him worrying again about the funds
accumulated, and safely invested by
the State Agricultural Society. Some
man who owns n fast horse is going
for those funds sure. According to the
doctor and his correspondent the thing
Is all running 10 horse, and the direc-
tors are all fast changing to trotting
men, and they are after the funds of
the society, and they will soon be
squandered on trotting horses. We
believe that is about the way they felt
two or three years ago, but we fail to
see any deficiency in the funds of the
society yet, except from want of good
weather and some other causes. The
receipts of the society have not been so
large as usual for two or three years
back, but with all these drawbacks.
the funds of the society are greater
now than they were three years ago.
They are, in the main steadily increas-
ing. We think if the doctor and his
friends will take off their green specta-
cles and look over the records and
standing of the men who are running
the State Agricultural Society they will
see sufficient reason to expect that the
affairs of the society will be managed
with the same general ability that
they have been managed in the past.
While some of the directors of the So
ciety are breeding horses extensively
and some of them very profitably, we
fail TO see that single one of them is
especially patron of The turf. or OF
fast horses and from personal knowl-
edg. of facts that have transpired in
the last few years.a and especially in the
last year, we know that jockeys and
fast men have not had very good
time in getting possession of the funds
of the society by any chicanery, and
we doubt if they will SO long as the
present board run the society.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-21

A pretty and sensible young lady re-
marked in the presence of seven bare
faced young men, the other night.
"that 1t Just doubles the value of kiss
to burrow ii from under "a muslache.
The next morning one Of our druggists
sold seven bottles ola preparation to
encourage mustaches. in less tlan hall
an hour after opening his Store Nor-
ristown Herald.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-21

A review of the dairy products of
Canada for the past six years shows an
immense increase of proAuciion IN HAT
country. Between 1869 AMI 1874 fhe
production of cheese rose from ( 500 600
to $4,000, eco pounds vhi, rteat in
crease has been owing to the very gem
eral erection of cheese factories which
has taken place. In 1869 the dairy ex-
ports of Canada were-butter, pounds,
10, 853, 265 cheese. 24,0509S2. The
values in the two years were ms fol-
lows: 1866. butter, 1924, 227; cheese,
S549, 572; in 1874, butter, S2,G2O, 305
cheese. So ,553. pol. The greater part of
these exports have gone to Great Brit
ain, a comparatively small portion
having been received by the United
States. Newfoundland and the West
indies.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-21
THE WEEKLY SUN.
1776. NEW YORK. 1879.

Eighteen hundred and sevcnty-six Is the Cen
tonnial year 1t is also the year in which an OPP
position House Of Representatives, the first since
the war, will be in power at Washington; and the
year Of the twenty-third election of a President
Of the United States. Al of these events are
to be Of great interest and Importance, espc-
cially the two latter; and all of them and every
thing connected with them will DO fully and
freshly reported and expounaed in the sun.
The Opposition House Of representatives, taxi
ing up the limo Of inquiry opened years ago by
the sun, win stenly and diligently investigate
the corrup.ions and misleols Of Grants admins
tnion; and viii, it is to be hoped, lay the foun.
dation for Il new and better period in our nation
al history. Orall this the sun will contain COM
rletc and accurate accounts furnishing its read
ers with carly and trustworthy Information upol
these absorbing topics.
The twenty-thirl presidential election, with
the preparations for it, will be memorable as de-
Gliding upon Grants aspirations for a third torn
of power and plumber, and still more deciding
who shall be the candidate Of the party Of Re-
form, aad MS olocting that candidate. Concerning
all these subjects, those who read the sun will
have the constant means Of being thoroughly well
informed.
The Weekly sun, which has attained a circula-
ti0n Of over eighty thousand copies already has
it. reader in every State and Territory, and We
trust That the year 1876 will see their number.
doubled. II will continue to be n thorough news
paper. All the general news Of the day will be
found in it, condensed when unimportant, at full
length when of moment; and always, we trust
treated in q clear, interesting and instructive
manner.
1t is our aim to make the Weekly sun the bes
family newspaper in the world, and we shall con
tinue TO give in it, columns large amount o
miscellaneous roalng, such as stories, tales, pc
ems, scientific intelligence and agricultural in
formation, for which we are not able to max,
room in our daily edition. The agricultural de
partmcnt especially is one Of its prominent fea
turo5. The fashions are also regularly reported
in It's calumns and SO are the markets Of ever,
| kind.
The Weekly Sun, eight pages with Gfty-si!
broad columns. is omly Sl.2o year postage pre-
paid. As this price barely pays the cost of tn
paper, no discount can be made from this rate t.
clubs, agents, postml tiers, or anyone.
The Daily sun, large four page paper Of 2
subscriI ton postage prepaid, Doc. month o
$3.50 year. sunday edition extra, Sl.l0 pc
year. We have no travelling agents, Address
37-cw THE sun. New York City
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-21
Mansard Cook stove

which has taken the premiums and attracted so
much notice at the state and other fairs Ii is
considered the best in uso. We have also com
plete line Of other Stoves, Parlor Heaters a.,
for coal and wood
Agents for the celebrated
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-21
CONFESSIONS OF A VICTIM

Published as WARNING and for the benefit of
You've MEN AND OTHERS who suffer from NER-
voUs DEBILITY, LOSS OF MANHOOD, etc,
giving his rules OF Self Cure, after undergoing
much suffering and expense, and mailed free on
receiving post-paip directed envelope. Address
NATHANIEL MAYFAIR, p. o. Boz 1853,
Brooklyn, N. Y. le-em
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-09-10

Perhaps one of the most bungllng
bank robberies on record, is that of the
Planters National Bank of Louisville,
Nv. The teller of the bank robbed the
institution of one hundred thousand
dollars, and after secFeting the plumber
in the rear of his house, slammed in
iured innocence by representing he had
been chloroformed and stabbed by
masked robbers, and made to deliver up
the kew of the safe. The story was al
together ." too thin I" for belief, and very
slight persuasion induced the teller to
confess that he himself was the robber.
The money was found wrapped IN
sheet under the floor whe he had plac ed 1t.
II would be hard to find parallel for
such foolish end criminal infatuation.
Two days ago the man occupied an hon
orable and responsible position, to-day
he is the inmate of felOn's cell, with
blasted hopes, and maybe penitentary
home as a legacy for the remainder oil
HE life.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-09-10

cody examining the books they saw that
he had just credited himself with 81 so.
The leader took from the stolen funds
this amount and handed it to him, assur-
ing him thai.they did not,wish his money.
He replied that if he had got to his re-
Volver they wouldn't have got the money;
but they told him it wasn't any account
any how, which on investi cation, proved
true, showing it had been tempered with
They then took the cashier tout into the
street, mounted their horses, and, assur-
ing him that he was a gentleman, rode
away double quick in southerly direc-
ton over the hills and dales to freedom.
The town was the scene of of great ex-
element, and police officers and citizens
with shOtguns and revolvers Immediately
started in pursuit, but have not been
heard from. Mr.. Oney thinks there
were two footmen, and that transfer OF
the money was made at the door, bat the
reVolvers were not good specks, and he is
not sure.
1t is very clear that the robbers had
the run of the bank, and planned we'll
what has every prospect of being a very
successful robbery. This will be heavy
blow to the bank, for the stock holders
are individually liable for more than ten
times the amount, YET should a run
be made it will be hard to meet it with
the small cash capital on which they
have been doing business. They will
come out all right in a few days, hOweV-
er, even if the worst should happen.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-09-10

The Savannah News is authority for
the interesting statement that the Smith
sonian Institute has just received the
largest and most interesting colleetion of
prehistoric relics ever gathered in the
United States. The collection, which is
from the Santa Barbara Islands, Califor-
MIA, consists of stone implements OF
every description, and aggregate fifty
tons in weight. They were found IN vast
tumuIi, and excavated from innumerable
graves, the traces of which were almost
obliterated. Portions Of this collection
will be arranged for exhibition at the
centennial. An old Spanish Admiral
who visited these islands three hundred
years ago reported that he found living
there in we'll built houses a race of abo-
rhymes far advanced in civilization be-
yond all kindred tribes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-09-10

They are having quite lively cam
paigu in Mississippi Intelligence reaches
Us of bloody and fatll riot among the
negro politicians at Yazoo City on the
End instant. The Radicals had q pub
lie meeting on that day, where a large
number of negroes assembled to hear
what was said and to engage in the pow
WOW. One of the speakers, notorious
white Radical named Morgan, in the
course of his remarks, alluded to the
present state of taxes in Mississippi.
He stated that the Democrats charged
that high taxation had been caused by
the Republican administration in that
State. He denied that such was the
case, and asserted that the present rate
of taxation was no higher than when the
State as under Democratic rule, which
he denounced in bitter terms. At this
iuncture a negro, who was doubtless I'm
der the influence of whisky, called Nor
gan a "liar." Thereupon Morgan took
personal notice of the remark and made
use of rough language which induced
the negro to shout out, You are a ID
liar" BY this time the crowd had be
come very much excited, and negro
Radical fred a pistol at the negro whC
called Morgan "a id liar" A gen
eral exchange of shots then took place
and the meeting broke up in bigrOw
A white Radical and a negro were
killed during the fight, which also sre
suited in the wounding of several other
persons who were pres ent. This, in sub
stance, is the telegraphic report Of tn
row. No persons except white Radical
were present at the meeting or engages
in the killing of two and the woandFni
Of several men,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-09-10

Frank G. DuuuingtOH, Of Mar lrv. is
dead The State has lost a son VIII ose
intellect andiutegrity were inva luable to
her; his friends q oOmpaniC N whose
place they cannot Gil; his family the
main stay aud ruler whose. love made
chem happy.
Mr.. Dunnington's for ner position as
editor of the Union nd American gave
him means to powerfr Ally influence public
opinion in this State; and in exercising
his right to do 50, he was always pure
and upright, alw avs clear and forcible.
The State can ill afford to lose such q
man. His family have the consolation,
and it is a consolation, to know that
thousands mourn with them, aAd that
throughout the land, many hearts are
filled with grief
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-09-10
THE LAST BANK ROBBERY,

Last Monday, while the president of
the Bank of Huntingdon, Vest Virginia,
John H. Russell, was at dinner, leaving
Robert T. Oney, cashier, in charge, four
mounted men rode up to tn door. Three
of them entering and instantly jumping
over the counter, wreathed Mr. Oney's
head with the muzzles of four revolvers.
The combination doors to the safe were
open, but the reserve fund door was
rocked. They turned Mr.. Oney's head
in that direction, and ordered him not to
attempt to look any other way, but to
open the drawer He, thinking to gain
time, refused and detained the robbers
ten minutes, but they assured him they
we're brother soldiers in Mosby's com
mand, and knew their man, and notwith-
standing his pluck, meant to kill him IN
stantly if he did not comply. The four
large revolvers pressing against his head
were too much to bear, and the drawer
WAC opened. A colored man coming IN
about this time had q revolver presented
70 his head, and was commsn3 led to keep
quiet. which he did. The robbers ind
ing only SIS, 900, accused the cashier OF
having more, saying they expected the
bank to have $4,000. They asked
Oney if he had any personal deposits,
and be answered them no ) but while
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-09-10

John w. Mcdonald, formerly Judge
of the Court of Harris county, Texas,
was arr ested in Chicago, last week, by
s. S. Ashe, Sheriff of Harris county,
upon a warrant issued by Gov. Bever-
idge upon a fequisition of the Governor
of Texas. The requisitiOu charges Nc
Donald with the crime of forgery, but
Sheriff Ashe says there are several in
dictments against him for the embezzle-
ment of public funds while in office.
Mcdonald fed from Houston in 1873,
went to various places, among others to
Denver. where he was near being caught;
thence it would seem he came to Chicago
and engaged in business. It is under
stood his wife was keeping up business
in Chicago under the name of Mr.. DR..
Cleveland. Mcdonald is a man of pre-
possessing appearance, and an old citi-
zen of the South, where he is well
known.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-09-10

''The newspaper is an index of the
city where it is published, from which
the stranger, the emigrant, the distant
capitalist eF the business man naturally
forms bis estimate Of the city's adVan-
ges and prosperity
The truth of the above is patent and
cannot be controverted. A paper well
supported is proof positive of the energy
and advancement of the business men
Of community. When the contrary is
the fact, it is equally as strong evidence
that there is lack of enterprise not fat
tering to the place.
The paper is the only means by which
parties in various parts of a city OF
county can exchange ideas and thoughts
and by such exchange enlarge their
views and correct crude beliefs that will
prevail in isolated neighborhoods. Let
our friends note this and lend their aid
in making the BULLETIN an example of
the success of the county.