Saint Mary's beacon., 1875-05-27


George Medley, negro. lately COM
mitted to our County Jail on . charge
Of stealing chickens, and Hiram Carter,
also black, conmitted for assault with
intent to commit rape, escaped from
our slower" on Tuesday night last and
are ''nov upon the seas'' or somewhere
else. It is tolefably certain from the
outside appearance Of the Jail that
Messrs. Medley and Carter are indeb-
ted to assisting friends for their pres
ent liberty.
The new pest, the Colorado Bug, has
put in an appearance here and is busy
at this writing. in laying eggs and eat
ing potato leaves Forty-eight hours
ago, We invested with our young peo-
pie to kill these buggers at the rate of
half q cent bug. We are ut present
paying Eve cents . quart. Whatever
may be thought of corn, bugs are get
ting cheap.
Here is question for hair splitters
A correspondent of one of the metro
poitan journals states that he recently
prepared package for the mail and on
weighing Il found that it required just
seven postage stamps of the three cent
denomination, but after putting on the
stamps the scale was turned for anoth.
er half ounce, the weight of the seven
stamps making it necessary, according
to Postoffice rule, to apply another
stamp. In other words, says the cor
respondent, I was obliged to pay three
cents postage on the seven stamps used
in paying postage on the letter. Is it
right to compel payment for the privi-
lege of paying?
The fear expressed of a renewed Wis
itatior of the g-asshopper plague is
verified by accounts from various quar-
ters. In Eastern Kansas and Western
Missouri grassbopper panic already
prevails. The pests are already up and
doing, and have started on their line
of march, destroying everything green
in their way. The route lines in a north.
westerly direction, and the only hope
Of the farmers is that the grasshoppers
may disappear in time to save the corn.
crop. In several counties in Minneso.
tn the eggs are Matching fast, and warm
weather is expected to bring with it a
renewal of last years devastation and
ruin.
Among the most absurd efforts of the
Whisky Ring to counteract the mora
effect of Secretary 'Bristow's attack or
their intrenchments is the endeavor tc
represent the whole thing as merely a
political movement, having only in view
the advancement of the Secretary hope.
of the Presidency. The active worl
that he is doing in tearing to piece.
their combinations and unearthing theil
frauds, suffers no diminution from thi.
discussion of his motives. Determined
honesty in office is, however, so new t.
the whisky dealers, that they tLinl
some explanation of it is necessary.
On the 18th inst, the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company paid into the
State Treasury the sum of s424, ,220 81,
being the amount due in accordance
with the recent judgment of the Su.
preme Court of the United States, in
reference to the capitation tax. Suits
are also pending to recover the amount
due by the Company on account of one.
fifth receipts, none of which has been
paid since 1870.
The Governor of Missouri has issued
a proclamation calling upon the peo-
pie of the State to observe Thursday,
June Srd, as day of fasting and prayer
to invoke the interposition of Divine
Providence to avert from the State the
grasshoprer plague, with which it is
threatened, with its consequent evils.