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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-23
The Sutro Tunnel. often mentione

The Sutro Tunnel, often mentioned
III correction with the biectof Nevada
mining, is ali unfinished work of unap-
preciated magnitude. The famous
Comstock lode is in a fi5sure several
miles long aud of unknown depth.
Over $500, ,000 900 worth of gold and
silver has been taken out of it. To
reach the rich deposit shafts are sunk
all along the vein, and some
Of them are 1000 feet deep, The
lowest mines are the most productive,
out the air in them is SO hot that the
miners Can only work on the system
OF fvs minutes labor and followed by
fifteen of rest. This makes mining
there very uncomfortable aud expen-
sive. Mr.. Sutro's plan is to run a
tuunel from the foot of the mountain
meeting the lode at right angles, and
then following it, the total length be-
ing about eight miles. This would
furnish handler outlet for the ore,
besides draining and ventilating the
mines. The tunnel, which is now
about a third done, is fourteen feet
wide by ten high, and will cost about
eight millions. The company will get
royalty of two dollars ton from the
miners. and the ownership of any min
eral lodes which the tunnel may strike
on the way to the Comstock vein.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-23

The Boston Advertiser says of the
Connecticut election that 1t was "a
patent lesson of the result that the
Republican party cannot successfully
undertake to approve anG defend tue
errors of lis national airninistra ton,
and adds gingerly: "Thc name of the
President is not potent railyiDg cry
East or West; and if the,a ever was
design on the the part OF anybody to
make him the Republican candidate
for a third term, the Connecticut cleo
ton is a significant warning thatit will
not do to try it.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-23

England is good market for auto
graphs, yet any one who should under
take to construct rules of value for
them would have difficult task. At
q recent sale, letter of Queen Mary
brought $405 one of Queen Eliza
beth, $40; an autograph OF Mary
Queen of Scots, 1886, and one q
Burns. $500,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-23

It is asserted that the government
officials of British India and the con-
tractors they employed, disbursed the
heavy appropriations for feeding a
famished population of ignorant ma
tives without stealing a penny. The
statement is almost incredible to the
progressive American mind.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-23

A spruce gum famine is threatened
in Massachusetts and the Boston girls
are saving up their old India rubber
shoes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02
EMPLOYER AND EMpLOYE.

The following are the main sections Of
an act passed by the General Assembly
intended to remedy an evil Of which
there has been great complaint in the
rural districts:
Section |. Be it enacted by the Gene
raj Assembly of the State of Tennessee.
that, hereafter it shall not be lawful for
any person in this State knowingly to
hire, contract with, decoy or entice away.
directly or indirectly, any one, male or
female, who is at the time under con-
tract or in the employ of another; and
any person or persons so under contract
or employ of another, leaving their en-
ploy without good and sufficient cause,
before the expiration Of the time for
which they we're employed, shall forfeit
to the employer all sums due for service
already rendered, and be liable for such
other damages as the employer may rea-
sonably sustain by such violation of
contract.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that any
person violating the provision of the first
clause Of the first section of this act
shall be liable to the party whs original
ly had and was entitled to the services of
said employee by virtue of previous con-
tract, such damages as he may reasona-
bly, sustain by the loss Of the labor of
said employe; and he shall also be liable
for such damages, whether he had a
knowledge of an existing contract or
not, if he fails or refuses to discharge
the person so hired, or to pay such
damages as the original employer may
claim, after he has been notified that
the person is under contract, or has
violated the contract with another per
son, which amount shall be ascertaiued
and the collection enforced by action
for damages before any Justice Of the
Peace of said county where said viola
ton occurs or the party violating said
section may reside.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

The wild animals in the forests oil
Eulengebirge, Germany, are reported to
be in great straits for want Of food. The
snow is not only deep, but hard frozen,
and many of the poor creatures almost
entirely destroy themselves in their
efforts to penetrate through the ice to
the grass below. Steps are being taken
to supply them with food. Eagles, TAX
ing advantage Of the weakness and ex-
haustion of the deer, attack them while
still alive.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

Labor Trouble in COttan manufac.
tu,iRE Ton ns-New Liquor Law.
Boston, April labor trouble is re-
ported in several cotton manufacturing
towns in this State and New Hampshire,
caused, as is alleged, by an imperative
order from the Fall river head-center Of
the National Union, requiring operatives
to demand a restoration Of the former
prices. No concession in prices will be
made in prices at Lowell, Mass. Notice
of the intention to strike has been given
by the male spinners only in the Massa-
sachnsetts, Prescott and Lawrence mills.
The male spinners' union at first voted
not to strike. but upon receipt of i'm
perative orders, from the National Asso.
citation served their notice upon the
mills mentioned. The agents have de-
clared that the increase demanded will
not be paid, and a meeting Of directors
will be held in Boston to devise
means for supplying the places of the
strikers.
The liquor bill, as substituted for the
present prohibitory law, finally passed
in the House yesterday. 1t requires the
Governors signature to become a law.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

In Missouri, wolf scalps are received
in payment Of taxes, aud the other day
a legislative committee was appointed
to burn the scalps thus received and &C.
cumulated during two years past, there
being about $4,000 worth at IS a head.
In Wisconsin, recently, a doctor mar.
ried a woman sixty-three years old, in
order that she might pay his fare to
Milwaukee. He then borrowed her last
sixty five cents to pay for a shave and a
clean collar, and heartlessly deserted
her. During the courtship he had told
her he was wealthy, and the guileIess
creature blindly walked into his snare
We are glad to hear, says the ACADEMY,
that the manuscripts Of Peter sterry,
one Of Cromwelrs chaplains, and one Of
the best known mystics of bis time, have
been found in the hands of some Of bic
descendants by Mr.. ]. Tindai Harris,
who has. long been a diligent inquirer
into the history Of the English mystics.
and has from time to time set on foot
searches for additional traditional traces
Of Dell, William Law, and others. Be
sides the MSS mentioned in the second
volume of Sterry's works, a number u
his letters have been found with.tbem,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02
FOREIGN.

LONDON, April 2.-The steamship Sa-
marian for Portland took 200 agricul-
tursl laborers for CANADA.
John Mitchers funeral at Newry was
attended by 90 coo persons.
Schichkin has been appointed Russian
Minister to the United States.
A dispatch from Berlin reports that
eighty Ecclesiastics are imprisoned in
Posen alone.
The Cologne Gazette states that Prus.
sis has been formally notified by Spain
to arrest Don Alfonso, by virtue of the
extradition treaty between those coun.
tries, and the Prussian authorities have
in consequence received instructions Ia
arrest the Prince if he enters Prussian
territory and hold him until the grounds
Of SPANS claims are examined,
TRIESTE, April 1.-THE monument to
Macmillan was inaugurated on Wednes.
day last.
Emperor Francis Joseph reached here
to-day on his way to Italy. he was re.
ceiVed with great enthusiasm.
BERLIN, April 2-It is stated that
Spain has repeatedly requested Ger
many to lombard Seranz for the Gustav
outrage, but Germany has refused to dc
so, because in case Of bombardment in,
nocent persons would suffer.
VIENNA, April 2 John Jay, late Min
lister Of the United States, has left fol
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

always be kept clean. and when an cpl
demic disease appears anywhere to
which. under any circumstances, We are
liable, extraordinary efforts should be
made to remove every inviting cause;
and while the yellow fever is down on
the Floridian coast, let our sanitary
board 20 to work and raise all proper
defenses against any probable attack
upon us. The board is composed of
some of our most competent, watehful
and careful physicians, who are willing
to do, but Of course are powerless unless
furnished with the necessary means by
the City Council for healthgiying pur-
poses. Let that body at once ascertain
from the health officers if anything is
wanted to put Memphis safe from attack
by this terrible scourge, and if it is. fur
nish the necessary means. This is the
best way to do, and let it be done at
once.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

Here is a singular sketch from Win.
stanley's "Lives of the Most Famous
English Poets; or, the Honor of Par.
nassus," 1887: John Milton was one
whose natural parts might d~eservedly
give him a place among the principal Of
our English poets, having written two
Heroick Poems and a Tragedy, namely
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained'
and Sampson Agonists;' But his Fame
is gone out like a Candle in a Sn1f, and
his Memory will always stink, which
might have aver lived in honorable
Repute, had not he been a notorious
Trsytor, and most impiously and vii.
l%ianously bely'd that Blessed Martyr,
King Charles the First"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02


The story is told Of a gentleman who
rode his own mare in the course of an
Eastern tour, asking his Arab attendant
II he was quite sure she always got her
allowance. "oh, yes" he replied, " my
conntrymen sften steal from one an
other and rob their friends horses. but
| a always find out if your mare has
been cheated" Howl" 81 always
put some pebbles in with the harley
(seven or eight, and count exactly bow
many l put in. The mare never eats
the pebbles, and if any one steals The
barley he is sure to take two or three
pebbles with it. If | find the nsbbls,
short in the morning, l have hard words
aud they cannot tell how l know, 90 thew
give up cheating her."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02
personalities.

WASHINGTON, April For the East
ern and Gulf States, Tennessee and the
South Atlantic States, rain, exceptin the
Mississippi valley, with southwest to
nsrth winds, rising barometer and lower
temperature east of Alabama. The Ar
kansas, lower Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri, rivers will rise slowly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02
Accidental Death OF Captain James
G0slee.

Special to the LEDGER
Louisville, April 2-Captain James
GOslee, for many years a well known
steamboat commander on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers, was accidentally
killed this morning at Anchorage, KY,
while trying to get aboard Of a train Of
cars. &c had many warm friends in
Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02
IET us PREPARE our DEFENsEs.

Telegraphic dispatches from Wath
ington City yesterday announced the
yellow fever as epidemic in the cities Of
Havana, in Cuba, and Key West, in
Florida. In all probability it will never
reach Memphis again, il the proper san
itary measures are used in time, and the
proper time to use them is when the
fever strikes on lower coast country, as
il has done now. A city like ours should
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

The Comptroller, Colonel James l..
Gaines, has sent to the various clerks of
the County Courts a copy of the first
section of the new assessment law that
the Quarterly Courts may elect a County
Assessor at the approaching term, which
opens next Monday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

SHowMEN seem to be in the line of
promotion. Old John Robinson is run
ming for Mayor of Cincinnati, and now
the Republicans have nominated Phineas
I. Barnum for Mayor of Bridgeport,
Connecticut. Dan Rice is next in order.
This world is all q Aeeting show"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

TREASURES SPrSSER's successor is Mr..
New, cashier of the First National Bank
of Indianapolis. During the war he was
Quartermsster General on Governor
Morton's staff; he has served four years
as State Senator, and is represented as
a gentleman Of wealth and culture, who
is likely to give general satisfaction.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

GENERAL SPIYYER's retirement will
necessitate the counting Of every dollar
in the Treasury vaults, amounting to
more than one hundred millions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02
INSURANCE STATEMENT.
PHGNIX INSURANCE Co.,
MARCH %. 1875.
January 1, 1879.

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF d.
"A rectors Of this Company, held to-day,
TH0s. H. ALLEN was elected President, s. r,
CLARKE, Secretary, and JOHN +. WLKERsoNI
Assistant Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-02

me subscription prise OF the
PUBLIo LEDGER Is 50 per aunum
. Daily, ana 81 per amman for
WeehIy. POSTAGE FREE.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15
THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL - 1875

for life. Then another from the citizens
list "dropped,p and still another yielded
before "enginery" of war. Some of the
losses were the result. of careessness or
recklessness. On tile side of the schools
one was Unnecessarily" disabled, and quick
ly following this casualty one of the citi-
zens, n lady, was Unnecessarily" forced to
retire from the field. One, who stood IN
fearful jeopardy" for moment, was at
last obliged TO succumb. The words "col-
ony," "frontispiecc,' shepherd, "pigeon"
USUALLY" diligence" secession" "vol-
umes," dunbar" "cymbal" "traveler,"
biennial" and "parochial," each brought
their victim
These shots rapidly thinned the ranks
until there remained but ten citizens and
three on the side of the schools 1t may
be proper to say that most of the scholars
were young and the citizens appeared TO
have the advantage during the last of the
fray. With the sides thus unequally bal
anced, considerable time elapsed and no
casualties were reported. The newspapers
having been exhausted, spelling book
was brought into requistion which was
soon followed by dictionary. BY these
means the sides were slowly thinned until
there remained only F. II. Shepard on the
citizens side and Miss Sophia Smith on the
side of the schools. For little time the strife
continued between these two, when Mr..
Shepard suddenly sickened. napplcation
of "opodeldoc" was made but it failed to
restore him. This left Miss Smith IN undis-
puted possession of the field and entitled
her to the first prize, copy of Bryant's
Library of Poetry and Song" The
second prize, Dr. Hartwigs "Polar and
Tropical Worlds" was awarded TO Mr.
Shepard. The match was in every respect
a success and it is proposed to have another
at an early day. Em.P.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15
WednesdnY,s Fire.

Owing to the lateness of the hour at
which the fire of Wednesday morning oc-
Cured, our report thereof was necessarily
brief, and we, therefore, give the following
additional particulars which were CLEANED
too late for that issue.
Mcclure and his family retired Tuesday
night, as usual, and being awakened by a
sick child, noticed that the room occupied
by them was unusually light. In searching
for the cause, Mcclure passed into the
kitchen, where he found fire dropping
through the stairway. The first care was
the rescue of their children, four in num-
Der, who were sleeping in the house. Hav-
ing removed the children from the burning
building and given as much of an alarm of
fire as was possible, the family commenced
to get out their clothing, etc. While en-
gagged in this work, the neighbors COM
menced to assemble, and with their assist
ance a portion of the furniture in the
kitchen was saved.
The greater part of the furniture was on
an upper floor, together with the children's
clothing. and most of that of the parents,
was consumed, That anything in the
house was saved, and that the inmates es-
capped unframed, is only matter of sur
prise, when we consider the hour, the cir
cumstances, and the absence of a general
alarm. 1t is believed that the fire origi-
mated from defective stoYepipe.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15
NeighborhOOd Paragraphs.

The town records of Ticonderoga were
destroyed by fire.
Most of the insurance companies have
paid their risks on the Ticonderoga fire.
Rev. II. L. Gross, formerly of Hydeville,
has been appointed member of the board
of health of Ballston, N. Y.
The iifty-seventh anniversary of Odd
Fellowship will be celebrated at Fort Ed
ward on April 2G, Monday afternoon. Hon.
Charles Hughes will preside, and Hon.
Schuyler Colfax of Indiana will deliver the
address.
A heavy blast was recently fired at the
rock cut just north of the tunnel, near
Port Henry, which threw out about 800
hundred square yards of stone on the ice
and into the lake. Some of the stones were
eighteen to twenty-five feet square. Eight
kegs of powder were used.
Mrs Ruth Howe died very suddenly at
the house of her son-in-law, Il. f. Foster,
on High street, Springfield, Mass, Monday
morning, by an apopleclic stroke. She
was nearly 81 years old. Her remains are
to be brought to Ludlow, VT, where she
spent much of her life, and where her hus.
band was buried. She was the widow OF
DR.. Howe, well-known citizen of Lud-
low
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15

Carrying rates ranged from to ~ per cent.
and HAT.
Clearipgs Of the Gold Exchange to-day, ti,-
OlI.OOO.
customs receipts to-day amounted TO t24s,-
600.
Treasury disbursements to-day amount to
$4,000.
Government bonds are quoted as dull and
strong.
state bonds are quoted as being quiet and
nominal.
Railroad bonds are quoted as being firm with
good demand at the commencement OF business
to-day.
The stock market was fairly steady and after.
wards became weak and prices went Off 4 to
~ per cent, with the chief decline In Erie,
Union Pacific and Pacific Mall. Later on the
market became steadier at a considerable re-
covery, but during the afternoon became weak
again and declined.
The transactions in stocks to-day aggregated
2Os 900 shares with the principal dealings as fol-
lows
Erie 1900 Pacific Mail 1890 Western Uni
on $1,000 Union Pacific 43,l00 Lake Shore,
6,1O0 Wabash, 1900.
Gold closed at 49,.
Money ranged at 2@2k per cent.
Government bonds are quoted as dull and
strong.
State bonds are quoted as being quiet and
nominal.
Stocks closed dull and weak.
The following are the closing quotations:
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15
Especial to THE GLoBE.l
Suicide of a Young Woman.
ST.. ALBANs, April a

ST.. ALBANs, April "A.
a special to The Messenger from Mont
peler says Mary Clancy, who had for
several years been employed in the family
of DR.. j. y. Dewey, and was thought very
much of, committed suicide, this morning,
by hanging She was missed and found a
little before noon, in the attic of DR..
Dewey's house. She had, for some time,
been growing Respondent and her mind at
times appeared wandering and disturbed,
causing great anxiety to her friends and
leaving no doubt, now, If some derange-
ment of the mind. Her age was twenty
seven years. II.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15
The Spelling Match at Fairhavcn.

The spelling match, which has been all
the talk in Fairhaven for the past week,
came off on Tuesday evening. At the APP
pointed time the house was crowded, many
being present from adjoining towns, and
at little before eight o'clock the contest
commenced. Twcnty-four spoilers answer
ed to their names on the side of the citi-
zens and twenty-seven on the side of the
schools. Rev. l.. N. Beaudry acted as
president, and A. N. Adams, s. w. Bailey
and w. f. Parker, referees Rev. Dwight
Spencer was enunciator. AT the beginning
the words were selected from the New
York Independent. The first victim was
the tallest man in the class, If not in the
house. lie was removed from the field on
carriage"
Quickly following this casualty, another
victim bit the dust and was removed on a
"wagon." A little later, and certain dent
list, of immense ayordupois, was "crippled"
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15
4 Shiftlcss WeJchnian.

John Hughes, Wclchman living in
Poultney, near Fairhaven, is shiftess
fellow, who has disappeared and left a
wife aud three children TO support them
selves. Last fall he went to Wales for a
vacation, and returned four weeks ago, his
wife cordially receiving him. Recently a
strange women, comcly and young, ap-
pcared at Poutney and demanded $3.50
from Hughes, claiming that he owed that
amount for board in Wales. To this he
objected, but finally agreed to pay her
5000, and so gave her check on his en-
ployer Tor 500 and his individual note for
the balance. Mrs. Hughes, hearing of the
transaction, became enraGed and protested
against it, but 1t wa5 of no avail. Finally
she bought the note for S75, and on Friday
last settled the trouble between the strange
lady and her husband. Saturday the lady
suddenly disappeared, and as Hughes is
also missing, it is surmised that he has
eloped with the young woman. 1t is be-
lieved that lie married his paramour while
in Wales.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15

Bolivar Base RaIl club.

The Bolivar base ball club are arranged
for playing as follows:
Rowell, catcher; Owen, pitcher Pease,
first base Valiquette, second base Hop
pins, third base Medon, right short stop;
Merrill, left short stop b. J. Finn, left
field; Ross, center field B. Finn, right
field. Morse, Sheldon and Otis, ''subs."
The club meet for practice at the park,
on Main street, next Friday afternoon
The Bolivars are the first in the field and
have strong nine. Why don't the Name
less, Dexters, and various other clubs of
last year appear +?
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15
EairlIaYen,

The spelling furore is fully felt here.
Another match, under the auspices of the
ladies aid societies of the different church.
es, will be enjoyed next Friday evening, in
the basement of the Baptist church. Two
prizes are offered, which, with the novelty
of choosing sides, will undoubtedly attract a
crowd. 1t is thought this will be good
way Of closing fast-day.
Rutland spoilers had better look out, or
we will come out and spell them down.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15

Other companies will please notice that
the conditions upon which an agent can
retain the agency of the Qneen, are that no
shall take the largest and best rene,cals of
his other companies, and give them to the
Queen, and the beauty of this pompous de-
nand can be better appreciated when we
consider that tile risks ichch I aoas expected
TO gire them ,cere noe insured in the London
Lirerpool and Globe Insurance Company,
and 1t was part of that company's regu-
lar business at my agency.
My appreciation of their plan of opera
tions is embodied in the following letter in
reply
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-15
Louisiana Jockey Races.

New ORLEANS, April Ii.
Survivor won the first race to-day,
Janeck Boy second, and Leap Year third !;
time 1;59. Galway won the second race of
three miles, Falmouth second, Granger
third time $40, Harry Filter won the
third rrcc in two heats, Mary L. second !;
time 1:4S, LAD