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The daily gazette., 1875-05-25
.Lucife9' Matches.

1t is questionable whether the general
and almost indiscriminate us, of lucifer
matches is not causing more destruction
to property than they are worth, and it
does seem that some legislative action
is required to stop the manufacture Of
matches that contain SO large an amount
of combustible material. 1t is no un-
common thing to see a lady or gentleman
startled by the loud report of a match
which they had tread on in the street.
The report sometimes is quite quail to
that of small pistol and the flash not
unfrequently fully as distinct.
These matches are carried by millions
OF people. The men carry them in their
vest pockets frequently without any pro-
lection, and they are often left in cast
of clothing to be exploded occasionally
in pile of ''duds' that is intended for
the wash or the rag man" Servants
carry them from the cellar to the garret,
and stable men are never without them,
although the lofts are slowed with hay
and the stalls strewed with light straw.
The inveterate smoker lighting his cigar
dashes aside match that fails to ignite
without regard to whether it may have
been fully exploded or not; and there
are hundreds of ways and means ly
which these dangerous things, the cause
doubtless Of thousands of fires, may be
exploded. Even the nibling of mouse
is said to have produced an explosion.
Matches are often found between floors,
where they had fallen through crevices
and never recovered. There can scarcely
be a.doubt that many of the confasfa-
tions that have ragged throughout the
country of recent years, destroying nil
lions OF dollars worth of property, had
their origin In the use Of matches. Even
the roads and the fields are fred by
them. 1t was only last week that one of
the most singula fires we ever heard OF
was caused by such carelessness. 1t was
at country church meeting on Sunday,
and the fire occurred in q stove where
the horses and carriages were hitched,
and number o: the poor animals per-
lshed before the flames could be extin-
g1ished, others had to be killed. Many
carriages were also burned, and a num-
Der of the male members of the con-
greSation were also burned in their ef.
forts to save their property. We hope
we have said enough to suggest to OIL
people, both in city and country, the
necessity of abandoning the use to such
nn unlimited extent. of these dangerous
matches. There is cheaper match that
may be used with much more safety. Tn
the country it would be well to 90 back
t. punk or to the "Aint and tin
der box"-in fact lucifer matches should
be prohibited on their farms by every
gentleman who values his barns and hi.
stock. They should never be allowed in
stable or where combustible littc- wa.
necessity.
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

The Ledger says: There is about l.
millions lie. of currency now than at
this time one ye + AGO. Indeed, the
volume of currency has not materially
altered from what it was two years acc
when tie rates on the street were about
double W lat they now are and have been
for the last half yer. Some of the mo [
approved four months paper WI placed
last week at four per cent. whicl is q
decline of full one per cent on what ",
had previously quoted it, Many Of IT,,
institutions, with means TO lend largely
are iDdustriously III arch OF good busi-
ness paper, and those paying interest on
deposit are very mucn put to il 20 fad
takers for their la!Ge su, .>lu3es at lat >:
t, a. will make them whole.
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25
Terrible IcCideRt--sG tG'H0tic
PiF1rlJIlS DgOtCHed.

LoNDoS, May 2l.--A special dispatch
toIimcs from vienna dreadful accident
has occurred on the river Mur, at the
town of IndenLurg, Province of Tyrol.--
A ferry boat, having on board humber
of Catholic pilgrims en- route to visit tho
shines on the other side OF the Muir,
from Indsnburg, sunk in the middle of
the stream. Eiftynine pilgrims are known
to hay been saved, but 7G are missing,
all of whom are believed to lie drown
al
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

INDICTED FOR GhSfBLING.- corrt
proceedings, it will be seen that an in.
dlctment has been made by the Grand
Jury for gambling. We learn that tho
evidence before the jury covered "pIav.
ing at dominoes for drinks" f"placiny
Tor drinks" is gambling in the eye Of the
law, those who frequent the saloons
should be on their guarl, The statr+o
is very plain upon gaming, and it wo,,l1
be we'll for some persons TO ner,,yo -
much of the first section as We lo,o
sOpy;
SEcTIoN l. That if any person or pe,-
sons shall keep or exhibit gaming tahia
faro bank, sweat cloth, roulet tabia -,
other derice under any denominatio1 ~
which cards, dice Or any other pamn ~
chance is played for money. or otber
thlng OF value, or shall be . partner or
CONCERNED in interest in the Keeping ~
exhibiting such table, bank, sweat cloth
or other devlce, he, she or they snail he
aeemeo guilty OF a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fnnd
not less than one hundred nor more 1be" Ie,
one thousand dollars, and in defanlt of
the payment thereof, shall be imprison.
ed Tor term Of not less than one month
or more than twelve months. Any such
table, bank, sweat cloth, or ether device
may be seized by order of any Court, or
under warrant from any Justice of lie
Peaee, and Immediately destroyed; and
al the money and every thing Of value
staked or exhibited upon @. al snch
table, sweat cloth, bank or other device
may also be seized under such order or
warrant by any sheriff, deputy sheriff
and the money so seized, after dedmctiri,;, ti,i
forty per centum thereof for the servirass
OF such officer for said seizure, shall bn
deposited by such officer 10 he credit Of
the treasurer of the poor of the county
IN which such seizure may be made, in
the Farmers Bank in said county.
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25
WEITHER REPORT.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-l a. NJ.
PROBABILITIES

WAsHTNUTON, NIdy -J.--I "a, II.
PROBABILITIES.
For the lower lakes, Middle and East
tern States, southeast 20 southwest
winds, backing 20 IDLY to northeast
in the southern portion of the Middle
States. and veeringto northwest on the
lakes, falling barometer, cooler cloudy
and rainy weather, clearing away
during the day west of the Allegha-
mics,
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

1nETH DIVIDEND.-Thc Directors O
1\IC this Institution have this day de-
clared a Dividend OF three per cent. for the
last six months, payable to the Stockholders
or Their legal representatives, on and after
the goth inst, clear of all taxes. by order
w. NJ. BELL, Cashier.
Bank of Smyrna, May G. 1876. swift
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

vTHE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE
l. CANAL COMPASY.-Th Annual Meet
ing OF the Company will be held at the office
in Philadelphia, No. 52S Walnut street, on
MONDAY, the 1,G OF June, 1875, at II o. clock,
y. NJ, at which time and place On election
VIII be held iof a President and Directors to
serve for the ensuing year.
HENRY V. LESLEY, Sec'y.
May 9Th, 1918, Il, % .Je3to7
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

OTICE.-Thc Annual Meeting OF the
~ State Medical Society, will be held at
Lewes. Sussex County. the second Tuesday.
or the sth day of June, after the arrival Of
the cars in the afternoon.
may2Jtm DAVID HALL, Sec'y.
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

NJ OTICE.-Mechanics Loan Association,
~ fifth series-300 shares in the fifth series
OF this Association are now for sale, first nav.
ment to be made The second Tuesday in NAV,
Apply to w. }. MORROW, Sec'y,
mar2if No. All French street,
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25
NEW CASTLE Il FRENCHTowN TURN,
PIKE & RAILROAD COMPANY,

April 2ith, 300
The annual meeting OF the Stockholders Of
Will take place at the office OF the Company
in New Castle, on THURSDAY, the 18th day
OF May next, at IL o'clock, A. Nj.
apr2T'2tawtm A. HORNFR, Sec'y
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25
NOTICES..

A PUBLIC TEMPERANCE MEETING.
"A under the auspices OF the Women's
and West streets, on Fifth.day, (Thursday)
evening, the 27th inst, at 71% p. NJ. Address
ses will be delivered by MIR. j. Smith, pastor
OF the church, Mrs. DIR. French, OF Philad'a,
and others. Prof. Ehodes promises the mu-
sic shall be OF the best order. Tne public
are cordially invited. may252t
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

VoUNG MEMS LOAN ASSOCIATION
Il Shares In the Third Series, first pay.
ment June 10th, may be had by applying 10
Thos. Y. de Normandie, President, No. &c!
Maj set street, or to
apr2stf Il. l.. YOUNG, Sec'y.
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

oTICE.-The co-partnership heretofore
IN existing between William Green, Charles
Green and William Wilson, Jr., under the
firm name OF William Green Il Co., is this
day dissolved by mutual consent. Either to
sigh in liquidation.
WILLIAM GREEN,
CHARLES GREEN,
WM. WILSON, JR.
Wilmington, May, l, 1873. Inns
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

OST-On Saturday afternoon. in Market
i street. between 9th and eth streets, a
small black and tan taYrier bitch, cd-N)
without u collar. Whoever returnsA-&%-n
her to 800 Market street, or to the Southwest
corner OF Eighth and Broome, will receive
liberal reward. may24-3t.
The daily gazette., 1875-05-25

GO TO MULLINS for your FIoInJn,1
~ TOBACCO. Cor. Front & ,Jefrerson g.. phf
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20
The Georgia State Grange.

Among the resolutions adopted
AT the recent Meet ~ at the Georgia
State Gran9" wa> one requesting the
Senators and itcrrc 'cutaiivcs in
Congress from that state To urge
the passage ut an act rcfunding
the cotton tax illegally collected by
the United States Government, to
the producers at cotton, where pad
either direct : or indirectly by them;
and when the saline was sold by
the producers while not subject Ia
said tax. then to such persons as
may ;,atc aid the same
a preamble, setting forth that il
is Ia tho interest of the farm ng com
munlry especially, aud of the coun-
try generally, that a speedy reform
should be mad" in it's labor, and that
concerted and systematic action
through the subordinate Oranges is
the surcst and most direct mode of
in and further, tina:
its universal decentralization grows
directly out at its anomalous condi-
tion in which labor controls capital
was followed by II resolution, which,
while not designing certain alvan-
tagrs to the cropping and tenant
system, of employing labor, recog-
nIzcs the wages system as best for
ihe employer, and best - because
the safest, for the cnployc.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20

Washington dispatch, 18th inst:
The President said "whcthcr Con-
gress passed any measures with re-
gard to the South or not, he had de-
termined to do his duty. He did
not court responsibility that proper
ly belonged to Congress, but, as the
head of the Government, he would
not shrink from it. If Congress
adjourned without action, it would
be sort of encouragement for the
bad element of the South to con'in-
nc their present course, and it
might become necessary for him to
proceed to greater extremes than II
mere suspension OF the habcas COR
pus. He would do what he con-
ceived to be his duty, at all hazards,
and no appealed to the people to
support him."
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20

Next Monday week Circuit Court
will commence, and we hope W.
Ben Cunningham will find a place
in his charge to the grand jury for
some remarks on the subject of the
bonds of our county officials. Let
him tell that honorable body that
be himself figures quite extensively
rs o bondsman. Let him be honest
enough to do this and ask that due
inquiry be made as to his solvency
and capacity to pay one half of tho
sum he is surety for. Again, we
trust the judge will not forget to
cali the attention of the grand jury
DO the fact that DIR. Tolcs has, by
gross neglect of duty and by inhu-
man careIessncss, sacrificed the lives
of several paupcrs, inmates of the
poor house. Also let him say some
thing about Ed. Grant, the jailor,
who has been driving a lively la
Dor business in working the pris,-
ners in the Jail on private contracts.
Let him refer TO these things as
he did last court to tho matter of
EARNED drilling and mastering"
And ws hope he will not forget to
soy something about Tom. JEFF.
Boyd's sixteen hundred dollar spec
plation in county warrants. Giles
can tell all about il.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20

Every farmer should keep a
book in which to paste aSricultu-
raj soaps. Evory one in reading a
paper will see things which he will
wish to remember. lie will perhaps
see suggestions the value of which
he will desire to test, or hints which
he will want t" be governed by III
future operations. And yet, after
reading the paper, he will throw it
down, and will probably never sec
it again. In such n case all the val
liable articles will be lost. To pre-
vent such loss, every reader should
clip from the papers >nch articles as
hef lcsires to preserve,and then paste
them in a scrap book. Such Il book
at the end OF Il year or two, will be
Interesting and valuable.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20
THE POOR HOUSE.

Under the most favorable circum-
stances, with all the comforts and
necessarics possible to be had, there
is something Connected with the
very name of a poor-house that is
cold, comforilcss and cherries.
How important it is, then, that the
poor unfortunate creatures who are
its inmates should be as well and
considerably cared for as possible.
The poor-house of Madison county,
under the administration of the
Sanity Hungry Heather Toles, is
an abomination in the sight OF chris
tian men. 1t is q disgrace TO the
county and state, and the Board Of
Supervisors should at once send a
committee of honest men, not a pack
of liars with McCool at their head,
to examine into its condition, and,
if it is as has been reported to us,
Toles should be removed and q pre-
sentiment of malfeasance in Office
should be made in his case by the
Grand Jury.
We have been told that several of
tho inmates have died during the
late cold spell from sheer want,
starvation and cold. Do you hear
this, colored men of Madison coun-
ty (? Your own color in a pest house
tortured to death by the neglect of
their keeper, a man of their own
color, and a minister of the gospel
at that. The poor creatures in the
poor-house ut Sharon, we are told
are half starved, are thinly clorhed,
and half the time without fire, ex-
cept such as they have been able to
make from the fences and out-hous-
cs connected with the premises
The sanity Tolcs gave As one of
his reasons for removing the poor
house, that he desired to give its in
mates the advantage of the churches
at Sharon. Maybe he meant the
graveyard
We learn that several out-houses
and the entire fencing TO the Hollo-
man place Uhe poor-house) have
been destroyed. Now, the county
will surely have to pay for this
waste and destruction of private
property, and We suggest to the
Board of Supervisors to reserve
from any amount that may be due
Toles, the keeper, a sum sufficient
to reimburse the owner of the said
property. Look into this matter
At once and remedy the evils.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20
GENERAL NEWS.

The sale of the Alabama ant
Chattanooga Railroad was postpon
ed to day by the Special Master o
Commissioners till the second Mon
day, the 10th of March, next.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, will start {
cotton factory as soon as the neces
~ary machinery can be put up
Some unoccupied store-bouses arc
to he used Tor the purpose.
Negroes in Georgia own Sc, ISL.
1913 of property and the total amount
| of tax assessed is SSO,7S8,O0 Their
polls amount to S93,31S. The white
polls of the state numbers lis $50.
President Grant has profited by
his association with Phil. Sheridan
and rivals him as liar. In 1874
he said Baxter was elected Govern
or of Arkansas now he says he was
not.
The people Of Mecklenburg coun-
ty, North Carolina, are bent on beat
ing Philadelphia, and will celebrate
in due form the centennial Of the
Mccklcnburg Declaration of hide
pendence On May 20, 1873.
The Obion county, Tenn, News
says: "The wheat crop in Obion
county is very good at this time,
and if nothing happens to iniure 1t,
there will be a splendid yield of the
grain at harvesting time.
The Western Georgia Co opera
tive Grange, which met in LaGrange
a few days ago, passed resolutions
dcprecatIng the Ie enactment of the
lien law. The resolutions are said
To reflect the sentiment of Troup
county.
A young man bought dictionary
from Columbus, Ga, book store and
carried it home. The farmer father
looked it over, and took it back,
saying he did not want his son to
have u volume that did not treat on
any particular subject.
Thos. J. Stolnakcr, of Burke coun-
ty, Ca. who, on the night of the
14th of last October, murdered III.
III. Chance of the same county, has
been sent to the penitc ntiary for
life. Stolnaker called the poor old
man to his door at n yht, and shot
BIN with a rifle.
The Hon. Jefferson Davis is now
a resident Of Memphis, Tenn. He
has recently purchased a handsome
building site in the suburbs of the
city and will shortly begin the con
strIction of a family residence. His
heath is reported good, and it is to
be hoped he may be permitted to
end his days i'll the enjoyment of
the peace and quiet of life of,retirc-
mcnt. He is now full of years and
houor., and has the affections OF the
entire southern people.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20

Grant has brought down upon
his devoted head the Indignation
and ire of his own political house
hold. Blaine and Garfield are pro-
nounced against his third term pro-
gramme as mapped out in his pro-
ject for the re-enactment OF the Ku
Klux law of 1871 substituting White
League for Ku Klux. They are OPP
posed to the restoration of the right
to suspend the writ habeas corpus,
and the establishment of O compli-
Gated system of election machinery,
designed to place the majority COM
pletely at the will of the minority.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20

Thc universal complaint Of our
people is hard times, and the all
absorbing subject of conrer.atio on
is how to get through the present
year. We arc frequently asked the
question, will times get better +?
and the only answer VIC can give j.,
we cannot see from the present out
look how things can improve, until
after another crop is harvested, ex
cert by the immediate commcnc-
ment to economist during the chr
rent year, so that when tho end
comes, the products and increase
may not be absorbed by debts and
other obligations. 1t behoovcs our
people of every class. rank and con-
dition to practice the closest Seono-
my, to do with as little as 20 'sibIc.
Our farming friends need mt be
told the imp, rtance of producing ms
much as possible the articles they
consume, for it is an Off told story.
whose truth is Acknowledged but
whose practice has been disregard
ed. Let everybody practice econo-
my this year, and at the samc time
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20
OVER THE STATE.

Ames' Metropolitan Police bill,
it is estimated, will cost the state
$500 900 a year.
Capt J. S. Hoskins, of the Du-
rant Advertiser, is n candidate for
Sheriff of Holmes county.
The price of the Revised Code of
Mississippi has been fixed at 81 90
each,i in State warrants, where twelve
copies are sold at one time.
At the sale of lands delinquent
for taxes in Claiborne county on the
LIST Monday of February, only sew
en- small parcels were sold to the
state.
There are forty four counties in
this state from which the delinquent
poll tax collectors have made no re-
ports of collections for the years
1870, 1871, 1872 and 1873.
The state holds 800, 900 acres of
land forfeited for taxes, and the le-
wee boards hold 100000 acres
in all 5000, 900 acrcs-one sixth of
The land in the state, on which no
taxes are paid.
An exchange says n grange in
Cook county, Illinois, is negotiating
tor the lease of $500 acres of land
in Monroe county, Miss. If the lease
is made fifty families will at once
move from Illinois and occupy the
land.
Handsboro Democrat: The amend
ment to the exemption law which
has passed the Legislature exempts
two horses, or mules, insteads of one,
and three hundred bundles of fodder
from attachment for debt in this
State.
Handsboro Democrat: Auditor
Gibbs was at Bay St. Louis a day
or SO ago. He owns no real estate
there, but it is said he is about to
get a life interest in a beautiful piece
of personality, which he will move
to Jackson ere many days.
Madison Tcat who has been in
Grenada Jail over two years because
there was no such institution in
Montgomery county, has now been
in the Winona Jail over two weeks,
awaiting the meeting of the next
Circuit Court of that district for an
other trial.
The Copiah Herald makes good
point on the Board of Supervisors
of Copiah county. That honorable
body refused to allow the official
journal full rates for fractional lines
in the advertisement of the proceed
ings of the board, whereupon the
Herald claims that "what is sauce
for the goose should be sauce for
the gander," and objects to the men,
beers of the board receiving five dol
lars per day, full pay, when often
times they are occupied only frac-
tioE of day.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20
LEGISLATIVE ITEMS.

The speech of Hon. w. ii. III. tt
son, Of Lee county, in opposition to
the Metropolitan Police Bill is one
Of the ablcst yet delivered.
In the Senate. ON he 18th. n bill
reducing the salaries of members
of the Board of Supervisors to three
dollars per day WIS passed also in
commissions five per cent. on stale
tax also To amend laws in relation
10 sale of real estate decedcnt+.
Tho Senate also ac'cd upon bill
Ia allow ccrtai.i counties (abour
half ia the Srate) to work prisoners
in Jail an public roads, etc. 1t WAS
considered at Length AMI i now
ready for engrossmcnt.
The bill Ia repeal the act to pro-
hibit the sale of Intoxicating liquors
in Iuka (Which WAS vetoed by the
Governor). came up in the House.
The committee reported that the
bill should pass over the veto.
Mes<r-. Sullivan and E"kforl ia
vorcd; Mr. Harris (col) opposed.
Mr.. Pcyton moved the previous
qur~ti"n. and the bill passed over
the veto; yeas 81, nays 20.
4 pHmbcr Of Senate bills were
read aud referred. and the following
were passed Joint resolution ill.,
CoDgre.smeu to use their
influence in aid Of the Southern Pa
cjfc Railroad ); To postpone col
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20

try t" produce something that will
return profit. Town people can
make and save much from gardens
and orchards if they will turn their
attention to these thin IS in time; so
too,with our country friends. There
are many little things tina by prop
err care and attention, might be
made TO contribute To the increase
of our fortunes, which if neglected
will cause a decrease and maybe
entail upon US want for the ac-
tual neccssarics. Economy and
thrift will find their reward; like
wise extravaganza and Incidence.
Neither will croaking make amend
for hard times, nor faint heart win
a victory.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-20
When Congress struck from the

When Congress struck from the
Civil Rights Bill the school and
cemetery clauses, before its passage,
1t virtually declared that the negro
is not, and shall not be full ledg
cd American citizen, entitled to all
the rights, benefits and privileges of
other citizens. 1t is now q matter
of record, and as little Us the negro
may suspect it, his own friends have
gone back on him, and have COM
promised his status. If it is right
to curtail his rights in one instance,
why may it not be done in Others,
should it become a matter of policy
or expediency to do SO?