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The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
THE DUELLO.
A Curious Ease Of Defamation Of Chnr-
Rctcr.
News and Courier.l

A Curious Ease of Defamation ot Chnr'
acter.
News and Courier
The duelling mania appears to be
spreading in Europe. A lieutenant OF
engineers and an infantry captain in the
Belgian army have just fought about q
lady, near Ghent. The parties fired
three times. The captain, who was the
insulted party, was struck three times,
once in the thigh, once In the jaw, and
the third time he was shot through the
heart. The captain, Charles Van Hecke,
was forty-flve years OF age and the
father Of a family. Apropos Of duels, a
remarkable case Is now on trial In Paris.
After the recent duel at Longwy, which
resulted In the death OF M. Olivier,
by the surgeon in attendance that
a considerable part OF the body Of the
deceased was protected by broad
steel girdle. The surgeon added
that the girdle in question was unlike
anything OF the kind with which he was
acquainted; and, further, that M. Oil
vier suffered from no infirmity which
would account for the presence of such
an article. The inference was the more
derogatory to the memory OF the dead,
as nj. Olivier was professional duelist,
the encounter in which he lost his life
being the eighth in which he appeared
as principal. On the facts being pub
lished, the mother Of the deceased laid
the blame upon her late sons antago-
mist, and sent a letter to several Of the
newspapers upbraiding him with tra-
ducing the memory OF the man he had
slain. The antagonist felt compelled to
respond by publishing letter which he
had received a month earlier from the
two seconds Of M. Olivier, in which
these gentlemen stated that they were
forced to confess, after the expose re-
ferred to, that their principal had been
guilty of treachery. On the publication
Of this letter nj me Olivier has based an
action for defamation Of the character
OF her son. The point is curious one
in law, and is curious commentary on
the dueling mania.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
PArrs. Juns y. ~. m:-Rentes ics.saH.


COTTON,
NEW YosK.. June y, l9:ao D. M Market quiet
Sales ia bales. Ordinary ex. good ordinary
10, strict good ordinary 10 11-16, low middiing
1lK middling nplands II l-1e.. middling Ala-
bama II 9-16, midding Orleans 12k. middnbR
Texas 17i
FuTuRBs. $3.50 ..,.. .,d
barely sIeady & saies 81 S 70 bales. June Inc Il isis
ii 1918 July II 1s.1s@l1K. August 1902 1rf6,
September II IS 1s@12 October II 13-1e@f1n, no
vember II II 1-16011k. December II 11-16@l1M,
January II 49, 160117s. February II 1b-t6gf2 l-i6
March IL s416@l2i. April II 5-1s@i3 Tie. May 12h.
HAvRE. June "A. r. m.-CottOn market-
American very dull other kinds steady. Tres
ordinaire.fspots) rs low middling tafoat, IS.
LIVERPOOL. june a. 10 m.-C?tton IN markse ason
American Uplands 3-i6: Orleans 5-16.
LIVERPOOL, June a.. 1880 .. Deliveries,
Uplands. ordinary middling. low middiing. July
1850 .. m.-Juiy and August g. September
and October Cad, August and September 1-l6d,
October and November 6zd, June and July
So. m,-September and October ssd.
10. m.-June. ed.
COMMERCIAL
CHICAGO June n. g.35 q. m.-Wbeat active at
Sf O4A for July or August Corn steady at 46s
for July. 46e1@e4els for August.
LIVERPOOL. June "a. IL 30 y. m.-Cotton easier.
Sales 5000 bales export and speculation 1000.
Middling Uplands s-1e: Middling Orleans
G5-16.
8. o. m.-Baeon, L. G. NJ. 4os cd 8. G. M. 5fs
cd. Corn 2bs 9d@26s. Flour 2is 6d024s. Lard
SIS cd. Pork s0s. Oats 3se93s cd Tallow, Am.
AIS: r. Y. g. 4Gs 9d. Wheat. spring Ss 4d09s Cd
winter 9a Gd6gs 1Od
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
FACTS AND FIGURES.
w0man's Chances Of Marriage Between
Fourteen and Forty.
IN. Y. Worlt

A Cincinnati girl sends to the En-
quirer, of that city, table that she has
made up, based upon her own observa-
tion, showing woman's chances of
marriage between the ages Of fourteen
and forty. or 1000 women, taken with
out selection, it is found that the num-
ber married at each age is as below; or
IL (by an arithmetical license) we call a
woman's chances OF marriage in the
whole course Of her life 1000, her chances
in each two years will be shown in the
table.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
Trials Of Life
Norwich Bulletin.l

The Wonaap's Journal is trying to as
certain the highest test OF self-control.
As far as our experience goes it is help
ing pretty girl on with her shawl and
folding it about her, with her mother in
the Same room, looking on. This Is the
hardest trial Ne know Of, excepting, Of
comm tho go the firl has 10 Ondsrgo.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
COMM ERCIAL.

COTTON-We notice some inquiry, but thus
far only few small sales have been reported
Nothing has transpired to indicate any varia-
ton in prices. The dispatch reporting spots
1-l6e lower at New York is Just TO hand. The
previous kilograms reported futures 1-S2t@3.92c
lower liverpool easier. with no quotab!e falling
Off but sales of only 5000 bales, and arrivals fiat
and Hayre very duh for American but steady for
other kinds
Under date Of 1880 pm, the Exchange reports:
Market quiet"
Yesterday when the sales proper embraced
100 bales ffor the week 10000 the market closed
at the following quotations:
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
RED RIVER.

Regular Independent Tsn.Day Packet.
FOR SHREvEfORT AND JEFFERGON.
Leaves on WEDNESDAY, June n, At ID. n.
~ = FOR SHREVEPORT. COUgHATTA
and oil way landings on Red River--a
'"e III sYEtMSSWEE, t.SsiEE '"'
III. L. Leo, master. Parker and Posey. clerks. .
will leave as above. For freight or passage Ap-
p'' ." '0a' Join 70 JANNEY, III Common st.
DOUGLAS a WINBQRN. IS Natchez st. E
je22tf BHOCKETT d CARTER. 80 Magazine st.
NEW roaA4os ShhE4Asss dSRR d6Rrs9 ksER sTzMs seHzsM asASs
Mary Louise. Texas.
II. r. Bryarly. Lotus No.S,
Col. A. r. Kouns. W.y. tenant
- ' FOR sHREyEPoBT. IN JEstF1R.
k s,,.JR scn; Upper alsd Red KRiyer: R nindsn hi1ss
ing New Orleans as follows:
For Shreveport and Jefferson.
Leaves on SATURDAY. Jnne ~. at .. m.
g. n. DUaFEE,
W. r. Boardman. master.
No wharfboat charges will be msde on freight
consigned to the company ct the mouth 0f He'd
River.
Forwarding freights consigned to the company
at New Orleans will be handled free Of draya9e
and commissions.
For freight Or passage. apply on board Of The
boats, or at the office OF the com pany. No. III
dravfer street. JOS. A AJKEM AZ I1 President.
HITE & CARLIN, BRiTT0N EPpffk.
die LORD d MCPEAKE. Agents.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
oUACHITA RIVER.

NEW ORLEANS AND OUACHITA RIyHR
TRANSFORMATION COMPANY.
REGULAR OUACHITA RIVER WEEKLY
PACKET.
Leaves every WEDNESDAY. at p. m.
,.@ FOB OUACHiTA CITY. MONROE.
and Ouachita rivers-The Ane, light
draft passenger steamer
f.ls4 WILkIRs
I'm place Of Ouachita Belle and Lessie Taylor j
f. A, Blanks, master
will leave as above. making connections with
light draft steamers for all the tributary streams
For freight Or passage apply On boArd.or 70
Capt. r. A. BLANKS, President.
HITE 4 Cabin, BRiTTON 3 EFPfTTR.
ADAMS d WORK, LORD a McPEAKK. Agents.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24

The offerings Tor discount continue liberia! az
several Of the banks. limited at few, and OF
fair extent on the street, with exceptional COM
merca paper not quite as strong. We quote
exceptional paper Mt So per cent per annum
discount, All do. at t0912. and second grade 10
0D1s.
There is scarcely anything doing In mort
gagaes. First class are quoted al g@10 per cent
per annum. and second grade nominal.
Gold is dull and continues to rule at 112@1f2A
against I12t4 mt New YORK.
Foreign exchange is quiet and unchanged.
bill of laiing and Al clear sterling bills being
still quoted at 5440e5i5, bank at --@5i2ls bank
counter rate -@550. and francs at 4.64A@4.65 for
com mnercial and nominal for bank.
New York sight is quiet and steady The banks
continue to check on New York at q per cent
premium. and commercial sight is still quoted
at 4.
Stocks are dull State consols are in good re-
quest and strong at 69i4t@69h. City premium
bonds are quiet and steady at 35@35k.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24

Improvement I'm
HOT G. r A P FL Y.
THE FINEST WORK IN THIS CITY.
MGR OSCOPIC PICTURES SET IN EVER
DESCRIPTION OF yEWELRY.
THEY ARE PERFECTION ITSELF.
AND
VERY REASONABLE IN PRICE.
Photographs Enameled In the Latest Style Of
Italian Art.
Faded Pictures retouched or enlarged to any
size and q perfect likeness guaranteed.
JOHN Fl. CLARKE, Photographer,
ale 6mSu No 1O1 Canal street.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
Receipts last Evening.
ny Railroad.

ny H@IIfO0O.
NEW ORLEANS. ST LOUIS AND CHICAGO
127 bales cotton 3s hhds tobacco and snndries to
order
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE RAILROAD
-206 bales cotton ITO SKIS cotton seed IA hhds to-
bacco 35 tcs meat.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24

Bluel It's the blue OF heaven-the domain
OF Cynthia--the bright palace Of the sun.
The tent of Hesperus and oil his train.
The bosomer OF clouds. gold. gray. and dun.
Bluel tia the life of waters s:--Ocsan.
With oil his tributary streams. pools number
less.
May rage and foam and fret. but never can
Subside. IL not to dark blue natveness
Bluel gentle cousin to the forest green,
Married to green In all the sweetest flowers. -
Forget me- not the Blue-bell: and that queen
OF secrecy the Violet. What strange powers
" Hast thou, as a mere shadow:-but how great
When in an eye thou art, alive with fateF'
There Is sure to be big house tonight Mt the
ST. Charles Theatre. Flynne never fails to I'll IL.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24

VIRGINIA ROOFING SLATE-THE BEST
' and strongest in the world. not excepting
the well known Welsh Slate.
The undersigned having accepted the agency
for the sale of the celebrated ORE BANK and
IMPERIAL QUARRIES, is now prepared to fllI
orders at prices much below those Of Welsh and
put lttie IN excess Oh nose OF orolnery american
orally are invited to submit them to the severest
tests ALEXANDER HILL,
my5 emd&W 40 OCarondelet street.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24

~ FOR BAYOU SARA. WAT1RIOO.
Le0A&t Hermitage. Fort Hudson. Baton
Rouge. Pladpemfne and P0st0fncs
packet Gov. Allen,
In place Of W. s. Fke3 J. J. Brown. master.
Leaves every MONDAY and FRIDAY ak p
HITE OARLfN, ACTS, 3 Tchoupitoulae st
d2s Sn A. q. GODDIN. ~ Ma9Asjne.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
s. HERNSHEIM & BRO,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers In
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
50, II and 70 Gravier Street.

We have just received per steamship G. W.
Lord an invoice OF the celebrated brands OF
La Hia de Cuba CIGARS. all sizes and styles.
La Corona :. =. ;. +.
La Igualdad >. =. :.
La Legalidad :.
To which the attention OF the trade is invited.
ie1O Hu 6t
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24

ArrIye0 Inst EveuIug. .

Steamship Hudson. eager. from New York. nth
inst. to A Moulton-2d dis g.
STEAMBOATS,.
Martha. Bassett, from Lower Coast.
Exports.
KEO WEST-Per steamship Tappahannock-
1O15 bbls -four 8 bbls whisky rs bbs grease 10 cks
bacon n tcs hams 1880 skis corn $50 SKIS outs 100
SKIS bran 2I4 pkgs sundries.
CEDARKEYS-Per steamship Tappahannock
-27s bbls flour bbls pork bbls whisky, z bbls
oil 422 SKIS corn 10 cks bacon 1870 pkgs sundries.
BARCELONA-Per brig Nueva Sabina-3i 800
pcs slaves.
Imports.
HAVANA-Per steamship Tappahannock
RUATAN--Per schr g Whipple-1b00
punches bananas 5000 cocoanuts. 70. 600 plantans
125 doz pineapplss 1 bb lines.
NEW YORK-Per steamship Hudson-Assort-
ed mdse
Receipts last Evening.
LOWER COAST-Per steamer Martha sun
dries to order.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
GRAND ECORE.

Leaves EVERY SATURDAY. at .. m,
~ FOR GRAND ECORE MONT.
gomery. Alexandria, Norman'e
Wares, Barbins' and all way land.
ings intermediate on the Nississippi and Rod
hivers-The steamer vs.
New Bart Abl0.
r. Sinnott, master, Geo. q. Hamilton, clerk,
For freight or passage apply on board, or to
ADAMS d WORK.
de19 6m No. . Commercial Paee
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
OPELO OUsAs.

INDEPENDENT OPEI.OULAs WEEKLY
PACKET. 7~
Leaves every WEDNESDAY, at s p. m.
. FOB WASHINGTON. P0RT
qlaizes, Atchafalaya. 6immsporf.
Big Bend Landing. Old River, and al intarme.
d1ate pOtnt6-The H&ht-dra& passenger steamer
ROBT. YOUNG, {;
TN place Of st. Mary
w. II, Daniel. master. J. n. schmidt. clerk
H1TE 4 CABIN. Tchoupifoulas IT
Connecting at Gimmsport with steamer Sallie'
for Bayous Des 0latxes dis im
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
MAXINE NEWS.
N. o. DEMOCRAT OFFICE. June "a.
Arrived this Morning.
No arrivals from sea.

No arrivals from sea-
STEAMBOATS,
st John, Bergeron. from Baton Rouge,
Carrie A, Thorn. OPrey, from Lower Coast
Mary Ida. kuiz. for Upper Coast
Receipts this Morning.
BATON ROUGE-Per steamer st John--114
hhds sugar SKIS seed cotton.
LOWER COAST-Per steamer Carrie A Thorn
-sundries to order.
UPPER OOAST-Per steamer Mary Ida
sundries TO order.
BY Railroads.
MORGAN'S LOUISIANA AND TEXAS r R.
127 bales cotton sos SKIS rough rice bbls sugar
255 aks potatoes 2ol head cattle.
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE RAILROAD
II bales cotton 1876 SKIS cotton seed "a hbds tobacco
10 SKIS peas coo bbs lime.
Cleared Yesterday.
Steamship Tappahannock. Cooksey. for Key
West via Cedar Keys X Roberts
Span brig Nueva Sabina, Rodos. for Barcelona,
d Fatjo &co
Arrived last Evening.
Steamship Hudson. eager, from New York. nth
inst. to A Mouton-2d dis 8.
STEAMBOATS,.
Martha, Bassett, from Lower Coast.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
OFFICE N. o. DEMOCRAT. |
Saturday. June "a. 1s7s-12 m.
MONETARY.

NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24

vICKsBURG.

Leaves every TUESDAY at .. m.
ssS. ron V1CKSBUR4. NATOHEz
tS3kSx@hs Davls's Bend and intermcdlaee
laudinRs-Th steamer
Tin place Of 4. K LeeJ -.
VIM Campbell. master. A; mcy ~. csef1 cseffs1
leaves sss above, connecting at yick5DurR 49,
Parisot's Line for all points on Yazo0, 6unn0W
or. Deer Creek and Tallahatchie, ,,,orv
d2f JNO. JANNEf. ARonW.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
GREENLAND.
No News from the British Expedition
Hinder Cant. Nayes.

COPENHAGEN, June 23.-The govern
ment has received advices from Upper
Navik, the most northern Danish set
tlement i'm England, to March 81, which
state that the winter there has been
mild. No communication north OF Nell
Vile Bay had been received since
autumn, 80 there was no news from the
British expedition under Capt. Naves.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24

FOR dREENvILLE. vICKsBUHg, .NATQHkz
AND ALL WAY AND PLANTATION
LANDINGS. .
LanAft The nne and fast PASSENGER pa'1's
FRANK RAn0OUD,
Leaves every THURSDAY atsD.
j M. White, master. Holmes ciGrk.
Will leave ss above OonneetinR at vi0kspuf9
with the ''Parisot Mne" for sll points on Iaeo0
and Taahatchie rivers. For freight oE Ressa9e
my3 ADAMs ~ WOnA@
SATURDAY vICKsBURa UNITED STATES
MAIL PACKET
Leaves every SATURDAY, at IL ~
For TICKSBUHG. DAVIHp BEND.
ings--The passenger packet
Matches,
r. P. Ieathers. master. y. T. Muse. cieFk.
connecting at Vioksburg with the Paris0t Ldne
for Yazoo, Tallahatchie and Sunf!Ower rivers
and with Anchor Line for Memphis. Cairo ana
st. Louis.
For freight or passage apply on board. or %
JOHN JANNEY, f17 CommCu etf00t.
or TO HITE 6CARLIN. q TehoupitOula1 q.
mas
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24
FOREIGN NEWS.
SERvIA.
MWN1lisat atjemIDf the pel1Itla a--Program.
me We military Operations.


MO0llA4oetOu0DM tne EIl1tI0--rfOUroAe
me Ut military Operatisns.
LONDON, June ga special dispatch
from Vienna, published In the second
According to intelligence received from
Belgrade, an order for the mobilization
OF the first contingent OF the Servian
militia has been issued. Each brigade
IA to assemble in its station next week.
An order will be issued for the mobiliza..
tion OF the second contingent at the end
OF that week.
The army is to take it's strateQical po-
sition on the frontier; ut the same time
Prince Milan is to issue manifesto TO
the people and proceed to the army AZ
an Intention to attack Turkey Is stiii
disclaimed, these measures, II carried
into effect, may be meant as demon
stration and pressure to promote the
diplomatic success Of Mr.. Ristir, the
Servian minister.
THE sERvGANs.
Military Preparations - the 1nsur.
gents from Hungary,
VIENNA, June 23.---It is openly assert
cd at Belgrade that 5000 Servians will
soon arrive from Hungary. The Ser.
vians are equipping four battaliOns OF
artillery, and Sclavonic towns In South
Hungary have subscribed two millions
OF fiorins to the insurgents In Turkey.
SPAIN.
The spanish CUnstitutiOn IL at Last
Adopted.
MADRID, June 23.--The Senate finally
adopted the Constitution by 1877 to IL
votes. Canavos Del Castillo has been
appointed Minister OF Finance during
the absence OF Sallaverria.
FEROCIOUs MOOn.
NE Gets Excited and stabs Eleven Jews.
LONDON, June 23.-The Gibraltar
CtrOnicie reports that on the 9Th inst,
at Alcassar, In the province OF Fez. q
Moor stabbed eleven Jews with q dag
ger. Among the persons wounded Is a
British subject and Moses Abecasis, o
son or the Vice Consul of the United
States at Larache, Morocco. The Moor
has been arrested and bastinadoed.
The Governor, Cadi and principal in
habitarts OF Alcassar, at the demand 81
the British and italian Vice Consul,
have signed a document guaranteeing
the lives and property Of foreign Jews In
that place. The Moor declares he was
not aware OF what he was doing when
he committed the crimes.
The Post reports that the italian Am.
bassadorship in Paris has been offered
to Count Selopis.
GREENLAND.
M News from the british Expedition
Under Capt. Naves.
COPENHAGEN, June 23.-The govern
ment has received advices from Upper
Navik, the most northern Danish set
tlement i'm England, to March 81, which
state that the winter there has been
mild. No communication north OF Nell
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-24

ST John, Bereeron. from Baton Rouge,
Carrie A. Thorn. O'Prey, from Lower Coast
Mary Ida. Kuiz. for Upper Coast
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-07
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
a BELLAIRE.

f, b. -,ri49s f.s IBELLAIRE. 81
The price of Strawberries has fallen to
fifteen cents aquart, Let 'em still come
down. iaBlid 10 So pit .d 1s1
1.-THE workmon are now putting up the
posts on which 20 rest the floors Of the
varandas around the Centennial Hotel in
this city '-.'
Bellaire can produce more dust and
dirt to the square inch than any other
towu of ITS size on the globe
Why can Bellaire have q boat club 2
THE steamboats, Courier and Emma
Graham, with the delegates to the STATE
Convention from the northern counties,
passed this city yesterday morning on
their way to Charleston. There was q
band of music on each boat, and every
thing looked lively and like business.
A LADY was badly burned on the arm
by the explosion of an oil can at the Bel
lairelbrewery.
SOME workmen were engaged in re-
paring the lightning rods on the public
school building yesterday.
WE understand that the Ohio Glass
Works will start up in two or three
weeks again, but we did not learn wheth-
er there will be q new set of hands, or
whether the old ones who have been on
a strike will be employed. .
The Mrs. Hess building on South
street, will soon be completed.
SOME of our streets are in most
dreadful condition, on accoun. OF sand
piles, stone piles, mortar beds, old boxes,
old barrels, &c, being left upon them.
Some of the distractions are necessary at
present for building purposes, but many
of the boxes, but many of the boxes and
barrels are of no use whatever In the
position they are now in and only serve
us an annoysncet to psssers by. The only
efficient way to remove such distractions
is for our police officers to notify the
parties who have placed the same upon
the sidewalks to remove them at once,
and if il IS not done then arrest them and
have them fined. D.l
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-07

RAILROAD CoMPETITIoS.-Mr. Watt,
ticket agent Of the Pen nsy lvsnia railroad,
yesterday, received ordered to sell tickets
to Washington and Baltimore for seven
dollars. reduction OF one dollar sddi-
tionsl on the. previous tariff. As the
Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio
companies had been working in
harmony, n against the Northern
lines, it was surmised that the reduction
would force the latter company TO put
down its rate. During the afternoon
Ticket Agent Smith, of the Baltimore
rond, received an order to put down the
fare 10 seven dollars to the points named
The tickets on the Pennsylvania road are
SPECIAL, and good for two days only.
Whether this is the beginning Of gen.
eral rupture, or mere temporary eIper-
iment we are not able TO say. The Cen
tennial rates are still adhered to.-htts-
bsrch Commercial. -
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-07

1T may afford some satisfaction to de-
fenseless wives in this vicinity to read
the text ofthe new California law for the
punishment of wlfe-beaters. Here It is:
"a battery ispunishsble by fine not ex-
ceeding 81, 900 or by imprisonment in the
county Jail not exceeding six months; or
if committed upon the wife of the sssa,l.
ant, it shall be in the discretion OF the
court TO punish the offender by the inaic.
ton of not less than twenty-one lashes on
the bare back, to be administered by the
sheriff of the county or any constable OF
the township"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-07
THE PRINTERS STRIKE.
Further Developments.
Editors of the Register:


The Standard endeavors to justify Its
action in attempting TO force starving
rates upon its compositors by the fact (?)
that they have been receiving better
wages than those paid cOmpositors on
afternoon sheets in neighborIng cities, (2)
citing Steubenville and GAINESVILLE.
Now, granting, for the moment, that
these places are cities, 1propose to clearly
disprove the statement of the Standard.
In Steubenville land we'll the Standard
man knows it, the price paid for compo-
sition is thirty cents per 1000 ems. A
reduction of three cents was some time
ago proposed, but the proprietors were
atterward ashamed of the proposition,
and withdrew it. Not so with the editor
of the workingmen's organ ~. He
makes a statement which he knows to be
false, and then contsrds he is right, facts
to the contrary notwithstanding. The
other place mentioned is not worthy of
consideration in this connection, us its
journals are small concerns, and the
work on them Is performed by boys and
girls.
Small wages have not been the only
aggravation on the Standard. 1t has
been no easy matter TOR an employee to
get what little he did earn. Some weeks
since it became necessary TO strike for
money already due, as it had become a
fixed habit of the company to pay of in
sma lnstallments. On one occasion, in
response to an inquiry rs to whether the
money was to be sent, or the men call Tor
it, the model manager said that sowing
to the inclemency Of the weather they
had been unable to collect any money
that day, and consequently could not pay
off until the day following"
On Monday morning last the manager
said he would pay off at the usual hour
Is o'clock p. NJ. At the appointed hour
the compositors presented themselves
and asked for their money, when they
were requested t. cal! at seven o'clock.
Seven o'clock found them in the count
ing room of the &andard,-but still no
money. Another hour was set, viz
nine o'clock this Tuesday, morning.
The now Thoroughly disguised compost
tors concluded to give the COM
pany one more chance, and filed out,
resolved to sue their dilatory debtors, if
the money was not Forthcoming this
morning.
To-day, the familiar file marched
to the otfice-in quest OF what? Their
overdue money, OF course. Two or three
were paid in money; the others received
checks. But lol upon presenting
the cbechs at the bank, they
were found 10 be worthless-for
the present, at least, perhaps forever
They bore the date of FRIDAY, June 9th,
1876" The bank would not receive
them, even al theusual discount. If the
checks ere not cashed when DUE some
body will know the reason why.
A PRINTER.
Wb,fli11. June 6, 1876.