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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
A Gambler Robbed.

A party of thieves entered house in
New York, representing that they wers
taking the census. The lady Of the house
only was present. They took off her
apron, made rope of it, and, putting
it about her neck, two of the thieves
drew it tightly, threatening to strangle
the woman if she made a noise. Others
of the party then robbed the house of
bonds valued at S35, ZOO. The house and
stolen property belonged to a noted
gambler, of whom the Sun says: Rear
ed in a smithy, Dancer entered the lists
with professional gamesters as a dealer
of "snaps." He won money rapidly,
and boarded it. He was one of the
chief stockholders in the faro bank at s
Barclay street. This bank is reported
to have taken in $1,500,000 during the
war. His cronies say that he is worth
between $500, 900 and 100000. He has
frequently carried on his person be-
tween $4,000 and 100000, and on
Monday morning he started out with
1874, $40 in his watch fob. Occasionally,
when thus valuably freighted, he has
beclouded his mind with liquor, but has
generally escaped the spoilers hands.
On wintry morning four years ago,
however, $1,000 was taken from the
change pocket of his overcoat by a
bootblack. A detective to whom Mr..
Dancer promised to give one-half of the
amount recovered soon handed $3.50 to
him, and informed him that the boy
was in the Tombs awaiting Mr.. Dancers
action. Mr.. Dancer, however, refused
to prosecute the child, and even went
before the grand jury to ask mercy for
him.
Mr.. Dancers reputation as back
CANNON player is unequaled in the Uni
ted States, and in backgammon matches
where skill alone is brought to bear he
is commonly the victor. A few years
ago tricky professional, having arrang-
ed the box so that he could control the
4uIs LIdIOCI w u lllotUO1s
After Mr.. Dancer had lost $500 he was
warned by a friend. He then withdrew
from the game. This is perhaps the
only known instance in which he has
been overreached. Gamblers say that
while playing cards or backgammon he
shows as much anxiety to win twenty
five cents as he would if the stakes were
$25, 1000; and that he is as much elated
over the winning of an opponents last
cent as he would be were his prize for
tune.
Among Mr.. Dancers treasures is q
note signed by William M. Tweed, given
in 1867, in addition to all the jewels then
possessed by Mr.. Tweed, as security for
loan of $4,000. Mr.. Tweed was not
singular in those days in borrowing
money from Mr.. Dancer, the latter fire.
quently supplying the sinews of politi-
cal warfare.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
Centennial Good Feeling.

The Boston Journal tells this story ::
A few weeks since resident of this city
who had been passing a year in Texas
started for home with his wife to renew
his business connections in Boston. He
reached Little Rock few days after the
18th of June, and having recorded his
name and residence was shown to his
room. He had scarcely busted his coat
and washed up when rap at the door
was given. Upon opening it he found
three strangers.
"You are from Boston, I think p"
said the spokesman.
"Boston is my native place, and Bos-
ton is my destination" replied the gen
tleman.
"Well, you are the gentleman we are
looking AFTER" continued the Little
Rocker. "We want you to step down
stairs few minutes"
"Don't CO." said the wife, who had
unpleasant "reminiscences of past un-
pleasantness.
eve want you to go, too," continued
the gentleman.
Well, what does all this mean p
said the Bostonian. Has anything
broken, gentlemen ?"
Broken2" reiterated another mem
Der of the self-appointed committee,
"haven't you read the newspapers
"Have not seen q newspaper for three
days." was the reply.
"Well, my friend" he continued,
Massachusetts and South Carolina have
buried the Ratchet on Bunker Hill, and
Maryland and Virginia saw it accom-
plished. But come down stairs, for
we've got something on ice, and as you
are the first Bostonian that we have got
hold of, we propose to have the deed Of
reconciliation between Arkansas and old
Massachusetts, signed and witnessed
right here and now"
The Bostonian was little dazed, but
he went down stairs, where he was re.
ceived with cheers. He was interviewed
by the local editor, he and his wife were
shown the beauties of the place in the
best turnout in the place, and he was
sent on his way rejoicing, with his hal
chalked and his hotel bill paid. He now
states that he is prouder than ever Of
old Boston, and relates the incident as
indicative of the effect of the greetings
given to our visitors by the people Of
Boston en- the occasion of the centennia,
of the battle of Bunker Hill.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
The Schoolgirl.

An unsophisticated magazine writer
says "When young girl reaches the
age of fifteen or sixteen years, she begins
to think of the mysterious subject of
matrimony, state, the delights of which
her youthful imagination shadows forth
in the most captivating forms" If this
writer were to sit down. on the curb
stones and listen, just after school is dis
missed, he would not only hear girls less
than nine years of age talking about
marriage, but he would actually hear
them discussing the day of the week
suspicious for putting their asburd little
heads into the yoke. There never was a
time in the history of the world when
conducted converts were so neces-
sary as now, and very large proportion
of all the female babies should be put
into them three weeks after birth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
Successful Shad Culture.

1t will be remembered that Mr.. Seth
Green's experiment of introducing shad
into the Genesee river with view to the
propagation in Lake Ontario of this de-
licious inhabitant of our waters, was
proved successful by the capture of
several well-grown fish. Another and
more convincing proof now comes from
Cobourg and other Canadian towns on
the northern shore of the lake, which
have been visited by great shoals of q
novel sort of fish, supposed at first to be
herring, but which proved ON close
examination to be shad, evidently from
the Genesee plantation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
The Beginning.

Here is the Yute account of the crea-
ton In the beginning the earth was
covered with mists. You could not see
before you. The Great Spirit took his
bow and arrows and shot-shot so well
that he scattered the mist. The earth
became visible to him, but there were
no men upon it. Then he took clay,
fashioned a man and set him to bake
Man came out white; the fire had not
been strong enough. The Great Spirit
began his work again, and this time the
man came out quite black; he had re-
NAMED too long in the oven. 1t was
necessary to try third time. The ex-
pertinent at length succeeded and man
came out done to turn; be was the
redskin, the most perfect of human
types.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
Don't Shoot the Birds.

Too many farmers encourage their
sons to shoot birds generally supposed
to be destructive TO their crops, such as
crows, jays, blackbirds, sparrows, justi-
flying themselves with the plea that the
birds are great marauders in the gardens
and orchards. Every one who has paid
attention to the matter knows that even
crows, jays and blackbirds are produc-
tive of more good than harm, and that
the vast and rapid increase of destruc-
tive insects is owing almost entirely to
the wanton destruction of birds which
are not even legitimate game. The in
sectivorous, or insect-eating birds, which
include nearly all the small ones, appear
to have been sent to keep the balance of
power in insect life, which would other
wise multiply so such degree as to rem
der the agriculturist's toll entirely use
less. A farmer keeps a watch dog to
guard his premises, and cats to kill rats
and mice in his granary and barn, yet
takes no pains to cherish and preserve
the birds that do him more good than
dog or cat, working diligently as they do
from early morning until dark, killing
and destroying insects injurious to his
crops, which, if not thus thinned, would
eventually multiply to such an extent
as to leave him scarcely any crop what
soevel. There is the jay it is said that
single family of jays will consume
twenty thousand noxious insects in a
season of three months. The poor crow,
despised and prosecuted by nearly all,
is productive of some good, and is
friend to the farmer, although he finds
in the latter an inveterate enemy. Dur
ing the winter the crow picks up scanty
subsistence on the return of the spring
the bare earth affords him a supply of
grubs and other noxious larvae on which
he fares literally. He also acts, often
times, as q self-constituted sentinel,
chasing the thieving hawk from the
poultry yard. The cedar bird for the
hour together feeds on the all-despoiling
canker worm. .Wrens and bluebirds
consume spiders, caterpillars and bee
ties. A single pair of sparrows will
destroy between three and four thousand
caterpillars in week. Many other
birds destroy like proportion. There
fore let every farmer and occupier of
the soil constitute himself the protector
Of the birds which are his chief friends.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
An Unfortunate Man.

Henry Hanks, of Stapleton, Staten
Island, N. Y, short time ago lost a
daughter, who died after short illness.
Shortly afterward his wife died in child
birth. Two weeks afterward he was dis
charged from the Staten Island ferry
company. Then his remaining child,
while picking cherries, fell and was i'm
paled on picket, receiving injuries
from which it cannot recover. While a
doctor was dressing the wounds, kero-
sene lamp exploded, setting fire to the
child's bed. Hanks, in attempting to
extinguish the flames, was seriously
burned about the head, face and hands,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
To Destroy an Unpleasant Smell.

A correspondent says: A few days
since q mouse died in the wainscoting
of my house where 1 could not get at it
to remove the body, and the nauseous
smell thence arising was very disagree
able. So I got few pennies worth of
copperas, set asolution of it in the closet
where the smell was strongest and we
were Immediately relieved. This solu-
ton had to be renewed every day or
two, but it absorbed entirely every trace
OF the unpleasant odor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
The Great Medical Reformation.

The satanic theory that preparations
which inhame the brain are, in any
sense of the word, remedies, has been
overthrow, and can never be re-estab-
lished. The wonderful effects which
have attended the use of DR.. Walker S
Vinegar Bitters as an antidote to the
causes of disease and cure for every
comfortable ailment, have demonstrated
the utter fallacy of the doctrine that
alcohol is tonic as well as a stimulant.
The new and incompatible vegetable
remedy which has superseded the death
draught Of rum bitters is as free from
every intoxicating element as the dew
of Heaven, yet see how it is invigorat-
ing the nervous, relieving the bilious,
curing the dyspeptic, purifying the
blood of the scrofulous, strengthening
the debilitated, arresting premature de-
cay, and replacing dependency and
weakness with cheerfulness and activity.
Truly grand medical revolution is in
progress.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
A Distressing Scene.

The Paterson IN. J.) papers tell the
following story: Mrs. Post, wife of
Thomas V. r. Post, residing on the
Erie railway, near Ridgewood, sent her
children to the store, about half mile
distant, on an errand. They were so
long absent that she feared they would
be late for school, and accordingly, talk
ing her youngest-a little boy of less
than two years-along with her, she
started out to look for them and found
them. They not having been to the
store, or else having forgotten something,
she concluded to go herself and send
them on to school. She left the little
one behind and started, not intending to
be long gone. Upon returning some
half an hour later, she observed, as she
neared the track, an express train come
laundering along at the rate of mile q
minute, it being two hours behind time.
She saw her child sitting, carelessly
tossing up the sand, directly between
the tracks and in the way of the incom-
ing train. She rushed forward and wild
with alright almost precipitated her
own body beneath the iron wheels. So
near was she that the locomotive struck
her hands in passing, as she held them
forth in her agonized attempt to do
something for her child. The train
passed and the little one was discovered
with its head completely severed from
its body-in fact, eye witnesses aver that
the child's head rolled away on one side
as the body fell on the other. The
mother is said to have become maniac.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
A Desperate Miner.

Frank Engstrom, Swedish miner
well known in Austin, Nevada, has been
barricaded in drift connected with the
Grove mine, where body Of rich ore
has lately been struck. He is armed
with guns, and refuses to let anybody
come in or to come out himself. The
sheriff, who knows him well, went to
serve warrant on him on account of
some threats he had made to one of the
men employed by Grove, but all at
tempts at explanation were vain. He
has lot of powder in the drift, and
swears he will blow everythingt to atoms,
himself included, if any attempt at an
entrance is made. 1t appears that the
Grove people broke through to the place
where Engstrom was working, and where
a rich body of ore has been found, they
claiming it as their own, whilst Engstrom
claims it as his. The entrance to the
latter's drift, which is quite distance
from the Grove incline, is barricaded,
and, it is said, so much caved in that it
is very dangerous. The only safe exit,
therefore; is through the Grove incline,
but he declines to come out, food hay
ing been furnished him, as he says that
his drift will be taken possession of as
soon as he leaves it, and he intends to
stay there until he hears from the Swed-
ish consul in San Francisco, to whom he
says he has written. A friend advised
him to come out, Offering to put man
of his own choosing in the drift during
his absence, buthe will listen to nothing,
and it is feared he has become insane
through excitement.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
A MAN OF A THOUSAND.

CONSERVATIVE CURED. - When death was
hourly expected from Consumption, all remedies
having failed accident led 10 a discovery whereby DR.
H. JAMES cured bis only child with preparation Of
CaHnabs Idiea He gives recipe free on receipt of
two stamps 70 pay expenses. There Is not single
symptom of Consumption that II does not dissipae-
Night Sweats Irritation of the Nerves Difficult EGpec-
toration, Sharp Pains In the Lungs, Nausea at the
Muscles. Address CRADDOCK 4 CO., 1852 Race
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, giving Of this paper
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31

The relaxing power of Johnson's Ano-
dlnle Lintment is truly wonderful. Cases are
already numerous where bent and stiffened
limbs have been limbered and Strengthened by
it. When used for this purpose the part
should be washed and rubbed thoroughly.
Apply the liniment cold and rub it in with the
hand Com
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
DE. j. WalRer'S CalifOrnia Win.

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim.
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges Of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of CalifOr-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrOm without the use
Vt Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR BIT
rERSp Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
:,lood purifier and life-giving principle,
Z perfect Renovation and Invigorator
Of the system. Never before in tbs
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs il healing the
sick Of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DR.. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTRRs are Aperient, DiaphOretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedatiye, Counter Trritsnt SudOrhc, Altera-
tive, and Auti- Bilious.
II. ii. MCDONALD & CO.,
,sngrIsts and Gen. ACTS, San Francisco California
and cor. Of Washington and Charlton SITS, N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31

The noted running horse, Lexington,
Just dead, was the sire of Norfolk, AS
toroid, Idlewild, lightning, Lancaster,
Harry Bassett, Kingfsher, Kentucky,
haywood, Bayonet, Daniel Boone, Freak.
ness, Monarchist, Acrobat, Judge Cur.
tbs, Vauxhall, Foster, Tom Bowling,
Wanderer, and many other famous run
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31

A LOOKOUT. masters of cotton
mills in Ashton, Stalybridge, Dunkin-
field and Mossley, England. decided to
give notice of the commencement of a
lockout because the worlSpeople en-
ployed in certain departments refuse to
refer disputes in regard to their wages
to arbitration, and the other employees
have quit work,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31

Dobbins' Electric Soap (made by era
gin a Co, Philadelphia contains moth
ing but the purest material, and does the
work quickly, but without impairing the
finest fabric. Try it without fail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31

A crowd of horsemen and others
daily throng the stores in country and town
for SheriddH's CdUdIry Condition POWDERS.
They understand that horses cannot be kept i'm
coed condition without them, and with them
can be on muchl esq quantity of grain. Com
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31

Within the whole range of tonic and
Alternative medicines known, none is entitled 20
more consideration than she Peruvian Syrup.
In all cases Of enfeebled or debilitated consti-
buttons it is the very remedy needed. The
most positive proof Of this can be adduced.-
Dofn
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31

NEW YORK TRIBUNE.

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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-12-01

supervisor Munn's Man" Under
ConkliDg's agency, every rectflcr and
distillcr In the ring, and this included
every dealer in the district, .for none
could run outside the ring" was assessed
two hundred dollars per month, the as.
sessmcnt being divided among Conklng
and his associates in the 'crooked"
business. There were other large profits
made also in the way of election
cerinR expenses and special lcvies
on the manufacturers of the "crookcd,"
all of which went to enrich the members
of the ring. Their accumulation of
wealth was shown in various ways.
Some purchased fine residences and in
dulged In all the luxuries of high living.
others invested largely in bonanza shares
in Nebraska, and others gave cham.
payne suppcrs and lived "iast" generally.
n few removals were made occa.
sionally, but the ring was not ma
terially disturbed in its operations.
all of which went on Immediately
under the eyes of Supervisor Mum.
Whether Mr.. Mum can explain away
these ugly facts remains to be seen. The
experience of Joyce and Mcdonald indi.
Gates that it will be difficult matter.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-12-01
CHsCAGO's sELFIsHNEsS

The Chicago Tribune is virtuously OPP
posed to the object of the late st. Louis
railroad convention, and Indignantly ap-
prchensivc that the national treasury is
to be dipped into for the purpose of
furthering an enterprise which will bene-
fit st. Louis and consequently not be adj
vantageous to Chicago to any great
extent. This frugal disposition in re-
gard to the National funds is commenda.
BILE, but the question suggests itself il
Chicago were the point to be benefited
by the Texas Pacific railroad scheme or
any other, would the Tribune exhaust
itself in column articles against national
aid to it? We think not. The Lake City
is not remarkable for its practice OF the
adage to olive and Let Live
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-12-01
HIS REWARD.

Never write letters on Sunday. 1t is
wicked. 1t is related of the late Vice.
4 President that on one occasion when he
was candidate for representative in
Congress, he said TO the wife OF deacon
at whose house he was staying, II must
60 home and write some letters. or will
lose the nomination" The lady told
him 1t was wrong 70 write letters on Sun
day and prevailed on him not to write
them. lie lost the nomination. But al
terward, when Edward Everett was CON-
PEELED to resign his place in the Senate
on account of Ill health, and Henry Will
son was elected in his place, how thank
full he was that he had done right and
had not written his letters on Sunday
The moral OF this incident is too plain to
need pointing out.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-12-01
NAVAL MOVEMENTS.

Naval movements continue to excite
much curiosity and interest at Washing
ton. The st. Louis Republicans special
Washington dispatch says that all the
vessels In the New York, Boston and
Philadelphia navy yards have been Or
dered into service. including fourteen
monitors. One of these has been fitting
out at the navy yard, and the officers ex-
pect to sail on Thursday. They are or
dered to rendezvous at Norfolk and await
orders. The meaning of all this naval
activity is kept profound secret. and
whether It means war or not is a matter
which is locked up in the breast of Grant
and Robson.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-12-01
MUM AND THE wHISKEY RING

Some Of the Chicago Radical papers
have tender consideration for the repu-
tation Of ex-Supervisor Mum. They
deny that Mum has been indicted and
mat he has had any completely with the
irregularities OF the whisky rings in his
territory, and Insist that he Is as honest
as the day is long. But sad as il may he.
circumstances point the other way. II
MUM was immaculate hiins,.ls. lac oybih.
ited remarkable faculty for not seeing
the evidences OF an opposite disposition
IN MS subordinates. A correspondent 0,
the Chicago Tribune, writing from Mil.
waukee, gives an account of the manne,
In which the members OF the whisky rino
in that city conducted themselves. whicI
leaves very little room to doubt that Mr.
Mum was purposely blind to their one
rations. 1t appears in one instance
where dlstillery had been .scizc
ct Madison for shipping illici
highwines to firm in Milwaukee an,
another one In Chicago, that MIR. Nun,
possessed himself Of the papers and sup
pressed oil damaging disclosures, thu
making himself master Of, the situation
by holding the ring in terror.
At this juncture, it also appears tina
man named Conkllng, who had beer
supervisor OF the New Orleans district
from which he was removed for irrcou
laritiss, was appointed revenue agent. ant
that amonsithe oficlal portion Of the rim.
b soon acquired the significant title 0
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-12-01
the LATE VICE.PREslDENT.

The remains of Vice-Prcsident Wilson
lay In state in Boston on Sunday after
noon. No less than twenty-five thousand
people passed through the State House to
take last look at the dead. On Monday
morning the body was taken by special
train to Worcester, Mass. when 1t lay in
state for four hours. From there it was
taken to Natick, the home of the de-
deceased. A public funeral will be held
in that town to-day, after which all that
remains OF Vice-President Wilson will be
buried in the rural cemetery of Natick,
by the side Of the graves of his wife, son
and parents.