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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-01-14
A Kansas farmers Account ~ },
GrasshOppers. We

Near Topeka, Kan, / ta,Laa
farmer who planted thousand With
corn but did not gather an esd
year he sold corn for seventeen M Las
this year he was shipping it from y sn
al $i.2o. de sat on the balcony nl IOWA
ing the utter destruction of his s,a u,oun
How old they come-the grsi p.
They came like shower, sir ~.
piled. They came in great nets
from the west. They filled th suOwer
They darkened the sun. They all an
the stalk of corn until il was eJhsefed
Then they ate every leaf, ate tho ' LAG.
down to the young ear and then -, s' AL
little ear too" Ion a'e The
"Cob and all, sir?"
Yes, cob and all. Why, dom,
see that 900 acres Of corn ont you
nows" he exclaimed" stand;n, 'I ia
broken whip-stocks?" IKE
What else did they eatsn askoa
why, they ate every leaf off ~ ),
peach trees, ate the young peaches, leay
ing the stones, and there stood NV t isas
leafiess, bearing a crop of peach.stonsea'
They ate little cottonwood limbs an ;na,
thick; they ate my beets, turnins a.a
onions clean down into the ground u
followed them out, leaving the rn3
ate cigar-stubs, sir, and" u4
Hold up" said, that's too much,
that's"
But it's the solemn truth, sir WI
one night sat on the balcony with i,
engineer of the Santa Fe Road IT,
'hoppers had piled up against the YVES,
side of the house three feet thick !,
was a crawling, sinking, nasty pile Tbs
balcony was covered. / threw dou,n =
quid of tobacco and the hoppers coyereS
it and ate it up in few minutes and
when put my foot on pile of then
the rest sailed in and ate the smashed
ones up. Why, when ! went to build NV
fires this fall the stoves wouldn't draw
and, on examination to learn the cause
/ found the fues full of 'hoppers. Tbev
filled the air with a horrid stencil. Tbeyy
covered the pools and springs with Their
poisonous green excrescence and made
the cattle sick, they made the hens and
turkeys sick; and they fairly made me
sick. Why, I've seen them so thick on
the railroad that they'd stop train
grease the track till the locomotive
wheels would roll over and over"
"What became of themg" asked.
"They flew east. They always flew
in the daytime and ate at night. The,
went through my corn-field in day, ani
the next day they were half-mile t
the east.
"And the trees?"
"Why, they all leaved out again, am
many of them blossomed over again AM
tried to bear fruit, and did bear it till th
frost came. In my trees you'd see dea,
peach-stones and pink blossoms--al to
gether. Oh, it was mournful sight, 81
dreadful" and the farmer drew lon
sigh.-Cor. Neao York Sun.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-01-14

At the Cabinet meeting on the 9Th the con-
dition OF affairs In Louisiana was discussed.
protest against the action OF the United
States troops, received by the President from
Mr.. wiliz, was read at the meeting. The
Associated Press dispatch says 1.-THE
Administration is well satisfied that
Gen. Sheridan ia In every way COM
petent 70 carry out the ideas OF
the General Government respecting whatever
participation 1t may be thought necessary to
take regarding affairs In Louisiana. These,
as now understood, constitute an In
dorsement Of the report OF the Re
turning Board and the maintaining Of the
authority of the Legislature reported elected
by that Board"
Secretary Belknap sent a telegram to Gen
Sheridan ON the 9th that the President and
all Of us have full confidence in and approve
your course" A Washington dispatch Of the
same date says there was no probability that
the President would issue such proclams.
ton rs Gen Sheridan had suggested In his
telegram Of the 5th.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-01-14

A Washington paper says that it is a
amentable fact that the number of men
and women now out of employment in
the city is greater than at any former
period.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-01-14

into semi ofYiciai relations with the new Gov
eminent
An explosion Of fre-dsmp In coal mine at
Rotterdam, England, on tie morning OF the
5th killed eight persons.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-01-14
General News Summary
Washington News.

A Washington telegram Of the LIST says
Vice resident Wilson had arrived In that
city, Ind intended TO preside over the Senate
duriie the remainder OF the session.
TIE internal revenue receipts for the month
Of December were ss,9s4s3 For the fiscal
year to Dec. 81, So, 273, 43O.
The public debt statement Jan. Is as fol-
l.ws.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08

"WHo EVER heard of man being
hung who was worth ten thousand
d llarsP" was the expression gen.
tman made in our presence a few
q Us since. We suppose such events
j ye come to pass occasionally, but
~ are very rare. But who ever
J ard of the Penitentiary holding
J. Ilionaire within it's walls long at a
t.ae? Boss Tweed carried on his
Ealing operations on larger scale
l IN any man we read of in ancient
o. modern times. He is peculiarly
tie Great American Thief of the
Nineteenth Century. He did it open
J.. unblushingly and fearlessly. He
for time, bid defiance to public
opinion, and when the New York
ines commenced its mastery expo
ton of his career and that of his
associates in crime, he did not lack
Or defenders, even among those who
moved in the higher circles of life,
and who made loud professions Of
honesty. But he was exposed, and
New York City will always owe the
Times a debt of gratitude for its fear
less course. He was convicted, and
sentenced to the Penitentiary. After
remaining there some time, he was
released, and has since been in lux.
urious confinement in Ludlow Street
Jail. Now, as our dispatches Of Sun
day morning relate, he has escaped,
and is at large. We can not say we
are surprised. Ever since he was
taken out Of the Peniteniary, we
have believed he would, in some way
or other, regain his liberty. If he
din mt succeed through the courts,
we believed he would in some other
way, and now we have no doubt of
his having corrupted the officer who
had him in charge, and bribed his
way out. He had too much wealth
at his command to languish long
within the grated windows Of prison
cell.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
The Coffee Market.

The visible supply of Rio has increased
to 100000 bags, against 10000 bags on
Nov. 9th, and the Rio kilograms show con-
tinued large purchases for this country,
thereby indicating still further increased
supplies Notwithstanding these facts,
importers have advanced the price within
ten days, lac gold, the range being at the
present writing, 1Sla2lo for ordinary to
choice Rio. For particulars we refer to
our market review.
On the Both October the American Gro
Ger alone, of all the papers in the country
exploded the fallacy of a short crop of cot;
fee. The belief in great falling ell of the
supply had been industriously cultivated
with view to the maintenance of prices
already unreasonably high, and SO strong
was the impression created that the state
ments we made of large stocks and abund-
ant receipts, accompanied by the predic-
ton that coffee would decline, may have
seemed incredible TO q great many readers.
But knowing that the statistics we possess
ed we're unimpeschable, we were enabled
TO speak with the fullest confidence that
time would vindicate our policy. The vim
dication came almost before we expected It,
On the following week we announced de-
cline of 10. per pound here, and %. per cwt.
in London, and soon after further decline
of lac. The caption of our article, The
Coffee Mania" SO far from being q misno-
mer, has proved absolutely correct, as IL Is
now freely admitted that the bulling re-
ports Of the short crop of Rios had no found
alton whatever except on the cupidity OF
spectators. On the Goth November we
pointed out Bonanza to the attention Of
the consumers of tea and.cotfee throughout
the country, in the shape of a proposed tax
on those articles, and limited that the Mer-
chants Protective Associations and the
country dealers should make their voices
| hi
late the iniquity to the consumers, that no
sane politician would dare to sustain it. 1t
is not our policy to cry "Wolfr' in every
issue ofthis paper, and we believe our ad.
monitions are needed when they are offered.
A large number of our brethren of the
press have been pleased to notice the warn
| ing for the benefit of their readers, and
their powerful endorsement of the view we
take is a strengthening CT our hands.
American Grocer.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
A Remarkable professional, success.

From the Missouri Republican (St. LOUISE
Among the notable professional men
of this country who have achieved ex-
traordinary success, is DR.. Il. ID.
Pierce, of Buffalo, New York. The
prominence which he has attained
has reached through strictly legiti-
mate means, and, so far, therefore, de-
serves the enviabie reputation which
he enjoys. This large measure of sue
cess is the result of thorough and
careful preparation for his calling, and
extensive reading during a long and
unusually large practice, which have
enabled him to gain high commenda-
ton, even from his professional breth-
rem. Devoting his attention tocertain
specialties, he has become recognized
leader. Not few of the remedies pre-
scribed by him have, IL is said, been
adopted and prescribed by physicians
in their'private practice. His PAM
phiets and larger works have been re
ceived as useful contributions to medi-
cal knowledge. He has recently added
another, and perhaps more important
work, because of more general applica-
ton, to the list of his published wri-
tings. This book, entitled "The Peoe
ple's Common Sense Medical Adviser"
Is designed to enter into general circu-
lation. DIR. Pierce has received ac-
acknowledgements and honors from many
sources, and especially scientific de-
grees from two Of the first medical in
situations in the land.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08

WASHINGTON is literally overrun
with Democratic Office seekers. They
come in by every train, from every
county in every State, by the dozens
and by the hundreds. No such a
hungry crowd has been attracted
there by so few offices since the first
days of the history of the Republic.
The "oldest inhabitant" has seen
nothing like it.
The Washington Republican says:
The avalanche of Democracy precipits-
ted upon Washington by the near approach
of the beginning of the first session Of the
Forty-FOurth Congress proves 10 be a per-
feet bonanza for the dealers in Bourbon
and similar liquids. The number of can
didates for offices to be vacated by Repub-
lican incumbents constantly increases but
it is a noticeable fact that the majority of
them seek places that "pay well, and where
there's not much writin' to do"
The New York Tribune denomi-
mates it "a procession of patriots"
and says:
They are flowing in from all quarters !;
orators, editors, committeeman men who
have made sacrifices for the cause, men who
have never bolted, or kicked, or scratched a
ticket, and men who have inst come over
and brought great strength to the party (;
men who have sat up nights TO save a q" dee
strick," and men who have led forlorn
hopes and kept the party together-and all
Ofthem breathing the accents of patriotism,
favored more or less with the stimulating
decoctions which serve to keep the love of
country warm. And they are ready for
anything-that involves looking after the
Constitution between drinks and signing
pay-rolls at stated periods. They will not
object to acting as clerks, or assistant
clerks, or deputy clerks; they are willing
to be doorkeepers or assistant doorkeepers,
or sit in the rotunda in the uniform of a
policeman, or go down into the folding
room and help wrap up what remains of
the mother tongue after Congress has got
through with it and printed it. They'll
serve anywhere, in anybody's department,
so they be permitted to sustain the Consti-
tuition and draw regular pay. Each Demo-
cratic member of Congress has a process
sion of his own no member of the major
ity need be lonesome so long as there's a
place left untitled or change waits to be
made.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08

WE DO not know that anything we
may say will influence the minds of
a single member of Congress, or be
instrumental in directing his atten.
ton to the subject of improving river
navigation in the South. But, never
theless, it is our determination to
write up this subject whenever the
occasion seems to demand it, and
never to cease until the law.making
power Of the Government realizes
its Importance and takes action upon
it. There are a number of rivers in
the South that ought TO be made nav
igable at all seasons of the
year that are not so now. They
traverse rich sections, the resource,
of which if properly developed would
add millions of wealth to the coun.
try. Heretofore these streams have
been measurably ignored while others
In other sections of the country have
received millions for their improve
ment. The reason of this is, the
South has been weak, numerically and
financially. Besides, the bearing of
Southern members of Congress in the
past, has been too dictatorial, and
they have fought for abstract ideas
and principles, while the North has
worked for practical results.
But we trust all this is at an end
now, and that Southern members of
Congress will join as one man in ma
king knownour necessities and in i'm
pressing upon their Northern col
leagues the justice and the Importance
of granting aid to Southern river i'm
provements.
In East Tennessee a large sum is
required for improving the Tennes-
see, the Holston, French Broad,
Clinch, and Hiwassee rivers. Trib-
utary to all these rivers will be found
rich valleys Of the finest land, vast
bodies Of timber and inexhaustible
supplies of coal, iron, marble, etc.
We trust that we may soon have the
pleasure Of announcing that Congress
has granted liberal aid to these en-.
terprises. They are equally impor.
tant with railroad enterprises which
are demanding large subsidies, and
superior TO the claims of various 10.
calities asking for expensive public
buildings.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08

EVEN extremely partizan Demo
cratic papers concede that President
Grant has acted in good faith, in Civ
ing aid TO Secretary Bristow in his
merciless prosecution of the st.
Louis whisky ring. A Washington
special to the Louisville Courier
Journal says;
"Itis believed by your correspondent
that but very few hours will elapse before
Gen. Bsbcock will be indicted by the St.
Louis grand jury, as party to thisIconspi-
racy. This result is deeply painful to the
Government officers who have been associ-
ated with Gen. Bsbcock, but this feeling
will not be suffered to interrupt the regular
course of proceedings. As this develop
ment Of Babcock's completely, in the opin-
ion Of many, will reflect upon the Presi-
dent, it is but right to say that there is no
reason known here to doubt the good faith
with which he is cooperating with Secre-
tary Bristow in this NATTER
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
The Penitentiary Lease,

Governor Porter and the Inspectors
of the Penitentiary, Gen. S. r. An
derson, Mr.. Green Sawyears and DIR.
Thomas Menees, met at the Capitol at
8 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the
Secretary of the State turned over to
them three sealed bids-one from the
present lessees of the penitentiary, one
from Gen. n. b. Forrest, and third
from George White and A. L. Lands.
Action on the bids was postponed
until Saturday afternoon at O'clock.
An american reporter endeavored to
ascertain the amount of each bid, but
was informed that he could not be ac-
commodated until Saturday afternoon
1t was reported, however, that the
highest bid was something over $4S,-
O00-which is pretty hefty for hard
times, when II is taken into considera-
ton that the amount must be paid in
money and not in labor, as was the
case with the old lease.-[ Nashville
American, December I'd.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
Hawkins County.

From the tax books Of the county for
1875, we gather the following facts
The total number of town lots in the
county is lo5, the assessed value of which
in the aggregate is $113, 800.
Number of acres of land, 285, 4224; value
by the assessor, at s., 167, 977; value Of per-
sonal property, $l73, $50; value of all other
property, Sc, 789 total value of all proper
ty in the county, 81, 461, COS.
The number of taxable polls is 2,968
number of dogs, 1866; number of female
CANNES, assess ed at five dollars each, lSl.
The aggregate tax levied upon the people
and property and dogs of the county for
the year, is $50, 922.26; as follows: State
tax, SO, 8464 AZ; county tax, 50, S46. AZ;
school tax, 81 923. 81; railroad tax, "a 923.-
81 poll and dog tax, Sc. 1890.
In round numbers the taxable property
of the county is worth two and one half
millions of dollars upon which we pay an
annual tax of thirty-seven thousand dol
lars. -Morristown Gazette.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
WEDNESDAY, DEC. S, 1876,

Rev. Justin d. Fulton, Pastor Of
the Hanson Street Baptist Church,
Brooklyn, has resigned again.
They have a new name for it in
Washington now. When the poll
ticians want to imbibe, they say,
Let's take Speakership."
The prospects for the election of
our young friend Neil 5. Brown, Jr.,
to the Clerkship of the Democratic
House Of Representatives, DO not ap-
pear very alarming.
One hundred years ago the Bap~
fists had one college and twenty-five
THOUSAND members in the United
States. Now they have forty colleges
and a membership of over two mill
lions.
The Cincinnati Commercial says
the election of Kerr as Speaker of the
House lis the proper sequence of the
defeat of the hair. Drained doctrinaires
of the party in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania.n
THE Louisville Courier. Journal
man feels great pleasure iu the fact
that the Presidents "boon compan-
ions" are in felon's cell. The only
difference is that the c. US friends,
some of them, ought to be in felon's
cell, but unfortunately for the country
are not.
1t is said that Vice President
Wilson's entire estate, including real
and personal property, is valued
at only about six thousand five hun
dred dollars. Although he reached
the second highest office in the Gov
ernment and was in public life more
than third of century, it cannot be
said that he was man of ''ample for
tune"
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
a Healthy Free Luncher.

While on his travels, tramp noticed q
placard in front of Il bar-room. 1t bore
the pleasing legend: Free Lunch" and
he went in, walked unostentatiously up to a
plate, and commenced operations with q
sandwich then the bar-keeper walked up
to the cadavereus wretch, and said:
men who eat here are expected TO pay
for drink"
II know il" said the tramp.
We'll, then, why don't you conform to
the ruleP'
"Cause L go in for health, and don't
drink till am through eating"
The bar-keeper turned his back for mo-
ment, and the tramp slipped three sand
witches into his coat pocket, and calmly de-
voured four; then he walked up to the bar,
and to the dispenser of stimulants huskily
whispered:
Gimme glass o. water, will We p
Whats water, after four sandwiches r'
beloved the bar-keeper, angrily.
"Yes'r water" replied the tramp. I've
been drinkin' O. it for nigh onter forty
years, and it's just the healthiest stuff q
goin'."
And he hobbled out; but if he had
caught the foot that few after him, he
wouldn't have been satisfied with the boo
tyr of his visit
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
Henry Wilson's Humble Origin.

A correspondent of the Salem Mass }
Gazett writes MANY anecdotes concern.
ing the late Vice-President will doubtless
be recalled l have one, received some
years ago from an eye and ear witness,
which shows that the allusion to humble
life was distasteful to his parent. Twenty
years ago, when Henry Wilson was elected
United States Senator, his townsmen al
ways kindly approaching the advancement
of their fellOw-citizen, held a meeting to
testify their satisfaction at the event. One
of the speakers, after lauding Mr.. Wilson
said And when we remember whom he
sprang FROM &c, Mr.. Goliath, Henry
Wilson's father, was sitting near the orator,
much gratfed by the homage to his sons
character, but, at this point, said, =
him, what does he mean I've a good
mind to get up and kick" etc, In choos-
ing a change of surname in early life,
Henry Wilson was influenced by the fas-
cination Of leading politician oflhis native
State, who was then 1888 full of promise,
but who seems to have decreased in proper
ton as Henry Wilson ncreased-General
james Wilson, of Keene, Democratic
Speaker of the New Hampshire House OF
Representatives, then in the early prime of
life, Of captivating address, fine person,
1.-the and nervous in frame and phrase, OF
attractive conversation as well as orstory,
and surrounded with al that should con-
stitute earthly happiness. But his change
in politics, in the campaign Of 1910, seemed
to unmake him, as the same campaign
made the fortune of his Natick namesake.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
TIE New York Tribune saws I:

Gov. Hendricks is in the field early for
the Presidential nomination. He has or
gained a Hendricks Club in indianapolis,
where speeches are made at frequent in
teryals, setting forth his eminent fitness fo7
the Presidential chair. He seems also to
have begun operations in Michigan, for a
special dispatch 10 the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, from Detroit, announces that within
the last few days the friends Of Gov. Hen
dricks in this State have taken a series Of
adroit steps which promise to secure for him
the States delegation to the next Demo-
cratic National Convention
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
The Members of the FOrty-Fourth Con.
greSS.

The Clerk of the last House has pre-
pared an unofficial list of the mem bers
of the Forty-fourth Congress, all of
whom are now elected, with the ex-
ception of one member from Tennes-
see, The list contains the name of Mr..
Patrick g. Halves, of Nebraska, who
is described as contingent" 'TheIe
are many curious names, and an unu-
sual number of caaes where there are
two or more members of the same
name. There are two or more of the
following: Bagley, Baker, Brown,
Burchsrd, Cannon, Clark, Hamilton,
Harrison, Hewitt, James, Landers,
Mackey, Phillips, REILLY, Ross, Smith,
Vance, Walker, Wallace, Williams,
Wilson, and Wood. There are seven
members of the name of Williams, and
there of Harris.-Specisl to the Gin
cinnati Gazette.