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The New York herald., 1876-03-01
CUSTOM HOUSE NOTE.

Matters never dullcr at the Custom Rouse than
they are present. Tho Custom House inspectors have
ceased making any seizures OF undervalued passengers
baggage since the decision OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury in the matter of Mason Hirsch, of Phadel-
phia. The abolition of the moiety system IS also
thought have something do with the almost total
cessation OF seizures The number OF passengers ar
rviDg from Europe is rldiculously small One stoam-
ship which arrived yesterday brought none at all
The New York herald., 1876-03-01

At above priceA Macksrel selling only in small way
At about quotations Bareled herrinRGO bels Labrador
sold At 70 90 and 30 bbls. Portland, ~ - We quote
GEORGES cod - % S5 y; Grand Bank "a 20 snore
mackerel No l. x2T $2S do large No. p $l6a SlT BOX
herring, No 2ue; scaled do zoe barrelled do Port
land 81 IS 4 So: Labrador 50 IS.
FLOUR AND GRAIE-Receipts-Flo 1904 bbls wheat
1900 bushels mea 600 bbls and 900 sacks; oats,
26,3eO bushels; 4O7lS do: 1872 do. barley.
500 do barley malt 3o4 do. The -four market was duh
with a light demand for shipping extras. The sales
including state Western and Southern about Il uo
bbls at tho anne Ned quotations Corn meal quiet
with sales OF bb aud 200 81 80 for Brandy
wine 81 80 So 25 Western and ~ 10 50 Is for Jer
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
AN IMpoSTOR.

Mr.. Clarkin OF No. $50 seventh avenue reported 10
Superintendent waling yesterday that well dressed
clerical looking man, representing himself as Catho-
lic priest connected With ~. Francis Xavers church.
but who was aIcrward discovered TO be al impostor,
had called upon Mrs Campbell, OF No 40 West Thirty
third street. solicited procured money, which,
he represented would be used 10 deay the eoet Of -
pairs lu tha nhurnh mantionGa
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
PRINT CLOTHS MARKET.

PRovIDEScE. X. l.. Feb 20. 1876.
Printing cloths held 4Sc 30 days for best standard
and 64x64 with dull market and
SLIGHT concessions.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALvEsrox. Feb. 30 1876
Cottop--Hoiday-Ma Gras. Net receipts, 7s3 bales;
gross. s1i. kxporsro the Continent 42lO; coastwisc
2,10J. stock. 5J,s50
NEw ORLEANS. Feb 20 1876.
Cotton-Holday- net receipts, 500 bales
gross. 1000 stock aeS.2Se.
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
HAVANA MARKETS.

HAVANA Feb ZsI IS1b.
Spanish gold. 2O9iS 21o. Exchange dull; the United
States 90 days. gold ium; short sight gold "a
premium; ON London i3 IA premium Paris, y
premium. Sugar dull
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
A NEw srRAMsHIP LIXE.


private advices from Aspnwall. per steamer Colon
give information Of informal meeting Of agents OF
steamships, called by Mr. Park ut Aspinwall, the
l4th ulL, Mr. Park that occasion officially ad-
vng the agents Of the new line OF steamers to be put
the route between New York and San Francisco
via the lsthmus. The company will be known by the
name OF the Panama Transit Company, and the first
is expected to leave New York BY the lst OF
April Mr. Clyde, OF the firm Of william p Clyde
Co.. Of New York, present. and stated that for
the present II proposed to run bLmonthly be-
New York and Francisco but as soon as Ave
new propellers OF 5000 burden each were ready
that the line would make weekly trips These steamers
Eoud be ready by April, 1871 The company also pro-
pose to establish line to Central American ports
MEMORANDA
Advices from Washington state that the Senate FL
nance Committee reported adversely the bill author
izing the organization national banks with $4,000
capital in towns irrespective Of population
In the reorganization Of the Eric Railway Company
are informed that the plan which be submitted
20 the English committee, in the city business
relating the affairs OF this company, is understood
be about as foows:-Frst ten millions consolidated
gold bondhoders asked to fund four coupons the
Ave millions gold convertible bondholders iund
coupons and the ten million consolidated gold
bonds fund eight coupons. They willnot be asked
10 pay any money this 1t is claimed is all that
needed TO put the road in prosperous condition. pro-
viding for steel rails and the narrowing OF the gauge
RAILROAD RATES
When the excitement occurred last autumn about the
rates on West bound freighs the HERALD the only
Journal that pointed ts farcica character because
she principal shippers had contracts with the railroads
the low rate or thirtyve cents per 100 pounds for
hrst class and therefore that the fuss strongly savored
Of stock jobbing purposes II that the con-
tracts have boon in force all the and that the
railroads now propose to cancel them. should they do
This II cannot be doubted but result will be
another railroad because necessity will compel the
making OF new special contracts with large shippers
In which each line will attempt outwit the others
EEcEIPrs AND DISBURSEMENTS THE oFPIcE or rHR AS
sIsTANr TREASURY AT YORK, FOR THR MONTH
ENDING FkBRUARY 20, 1876
BY balance Jan $50 521 52l "a
Receipts
The New York herald., 1876-03-01
EUROPEAN MARKET.

LONDON PRoDucE MARKEr.-LosDoS. Feb 29-Evening.
Spirits OF turpentne 24s 3D. per Lnseed OIL 23s 3
per cwt.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
Death from Drinking Water Poisoned
by Dead TOads.

Some days ago Mr.. Alexander Higbie,
prominent resident of Springfield,
tcsvn of Jamaica, Long Island, noticed
pimple coming upon his upper lip,
near the entrance to the right nostril. 1t
grew rapidly in size, and the adjacent
parts soon began to swell. Some one
who pretended to medical knowledge as
sured him that it was only the effects of
a cold, that there was no danger, and
treated it accordingly. At last it was
determined that the affection was erysip-
elias, and the family becoming alarmed
sent for DIR. Beldin, of Jamaica, their
regular family physician, who at once
determined it to to be case of malig-
nant pustule. The patients head was in
frightful condition, and the brain was
already affected so that he was delirious.
Under the circumstances it was impossi-
BILE to save him, and he died on Friday
In making inquiry as to the probable
cause of the attack, DIR. Belden found
that for some time past the water of the
well had had a peculiar taste, and inves
tigation proved that it was polluted by 9
number of dead toads in various stages
of decomposition. Mr.. Higbie was in
the habit daily of drinking large guam
titles of water, and he continued to dc
80 after the taint was discovered anC
even during his illness. DIR. Beldin has
no doubt that this was the cause of hi
death.-NeW York World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
L Remarkable Accident and Dental
Operation.

Strange things happen at Hartford.
The C0,lrant tells this story : On the 4th
of last July an 8-year-old son of William
Whitehead, living at 10 New Britain
avenue, in this city, fell upon carriage
step in such manner as to drive CEN
tral incisor tooth upward and backward
one inch and half, the cutting edge
lodging that distance above its natural
position, and visible through the right
nostril, the tooth having penetrated the
floor of the nose. The tooth was allowed
to remain in this position for two months.
when, by the advice of the physician,
the case was referred to dentist and
fell into the hands of DIR. Dills. On
making an examination DIR. Dills decided
to attempt extraction through the right
nostril, the operation being performed
successfully last Friday, the doctor hav-
ing taken one day TO provide suitable
instrument. The tooth is very broad
one, and is, without doubt, the first one
ever thus extracted. The case through
out is remarkable, and will present MANY
interesting points to the dental profess
sion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
Thad Steve, ms as a Lawyer.

A correspondent of TIE Baltimore
Gazette, writing from Lancaster, Penn.
relates the following anecdote of Thad-
deus Stevens Many years ago, when
Thsddeus Stevens was practicing law in
Lancaster, he was employed to defend
two bank officers who had been indicted
for conspiracy, they having nsed the
funds of the bank in speculation. ALI
the legal talent of Philadelphia and sur-
rounding counties had been engaged TO
assist in the prosecution. When The
trial was opened Mr.. Stevens rose, and,
addressing the court, said [: II it please
Your Honors, presuming there are differ
ent degrees of guilt attached to the pris-
oners, my clients, / move they be tried
separately The Judge consulted for .
few moments with his associates, who
consenting, the motion was granted and
so recorded. Waiting some time for
Mr.. Stevens to go on, the Judge at last
becoming impatient, said impetuousfy
Proceed, Mr.. Stevens, proceed. We
are waiting for you, sir. Stevens rose
deliberately, and looking around the
courtroom for q moment, said !: did
Your Honors everhcar of one man bein
tried for conspiracy Then waving his
hand to his clients, he said : You can
go home you can go home Aud thex
did go home. The jury were discharged
and the court adjourned. And for this
piece OF legal strategy Thad Stevens re-
ceived $5,000."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

full neck like that of a swan, and Missed
slightly, while its broad jaws were part
ly opened. I fancied that 1 could see
the curved poison-fangs-more to be
dreaded than ever was Malay creese or
Moorish dagger-while the jewel-bright
eyes glistened ominously. One wild,
then the futility of resistance or of
fight forced itself upon me, and I stood,
motionless as marble statue of en-
bodied fear, gazing at the emeraldine
eyes, fixed with so pjtiless a stare on
mine. The subtle, suffocating odor
which large serpents exhale, when an
CRY, reached me; but already 1 gave
myself up for lost, and waited passive
till the tic palunga should make his fatal
dart.
The sibilant noise from the snakes
half-shut jaws had grown louder, and
the bright, baleful eyes more menacing,
while the grim head lowered high aloft,
ready to strike-when, suddenly, some
thing bright flashed through the flower
ing vines of the creeping plant, and the
snakes hideous head and 1.-the body dis
appeared, as if by magic. Then followed
the sounds of fierce struggle, repeated
blows, trampling feet, and swapping
boughs, and the accents of human
voices and then Oswald came leaping
through the doorway, clasped me in his
arms, and bore me out into the broad
light of day, where lay-writhing yet
the carcase of the dead snake, hewn
through by the sharp-cutting ak which
Oswald still grasped in his right hand.
"Shabash I" exclaimed Lall Singh,
whose swarthy face cleaned with de-
light, as he spurned the body of the
vanquished reptile. "It was well that
first blow went home, or it would have
Jared but badly with the young sahib
when this accursed slayer of men turned
on him. Wah I'd sooner have faced
tiger"
To Lall Singh / was, indeed, in no
slight degree indebted for my safety.
Convinced, from the agitation of my
manner, that something was wrong, he
had followed me, and was in the act OF
arousing Oswald from his slumber, when
the piercing shrek which fear had
wrung from me re-echoed through the
woods, and called attention to the immi-
utuCt VI tllo porn. LhCh ObWuiN hoea
snatched up one of the keen, short axes
which the native wood-cutters had left
sticking in tree-trunk, and had been
fortunate enough to disable the snake at
the first blow.
My story is now told, and have only
to add that I was overwhelmed with
praises and caresses by the Forster fami-
ly-hitherto 80 cold-and that, on the
following day, Mr.. Forster himself rode
over to my fathers house tc entreat
Mr.. Travers, from whom he had of late
been estranged, to accept his renewed
friendship, and to ask for my hand on
behalf of his son. Oswald lost his pass
age on board the homeward-bound
steamer that was to touch at Point de
Gale and when ne did visit Europe he
took with him Ellen Travers as his wife,
We have long been happily settled
far from tropic jungles and their dan
gerous inhabitants-but never have
either my husband or myself forgotten
those few instants of bitter anguish anG
alarm beside the Tank of Minary.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13
THE NIGHT-wIND.
by THOMAS BAILY ALDRIcH

At q lonely inn among the pines
1 sit alone In the fire-hghts glow,
Losing myself in the backlog's mines,t
And hearing the night-wind come and'go
And now II threatens, and now 1t grieves,
Pleads at the Intel, or slams blind;
Now II prowls, sullen, about the caves,
This protean, bitter autumn wind.
Fiercely II sweeps on the doorside yew,
AS O vulture drops upon its prey;
And now In the throat of the sooty hue
hear 1t howl, like beast at bay.
Now 1t flies shrieking across the downs,
And now, like ghost, IL whispers me
OF people starving 10 death in towns.
And Of wrecks thousand leagues at sea
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

Mrs. WnHELMINA GILE, who died Z,
England few days since, was one of
the few women who took part in the bsf-
tie OF Waterloo. She was so. 49,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

By Popular Vote.

The provoking delay in ascertain
ing the result OF the late election al
fords one good argument in favor of
the system of electing the President
by popular vote. The New York
HeraM says on the subject
We take this occasion TO urge once
more upon the attention Of the people
and the politicians the expectancy of
a constitutional amendment abolish
ing the useless aud cumbrous ma
chincry of an Electoral College, and
providing for the election Of President
and Vice President by the direct
vote Of the people. We see to day
how troublesome and possibly daa-
gerous is the present method. Had
the people voted yesterday in their
Congressional district, not a board OF
electors, but directly for President
and Vice President, the certain re-
suit would have been known carly
this morning, and we should not be
waiting anxlously for the count Of
the Who'll, vote Of several States
There is no reason whatever why
the people should not vO directly
for President, but there are many
reasons in favor of such a change.
Some of III, ablest men Of both par
ties in the Senate haze urged the
change, and we believe an amend
ment would be easily passed by both
houses this winter, il tie public de
mands it. and could be ratified by the
State Legislatures at once. Under the
present System close count on the
electoral vote will always create at
least a feeling of uneaslness IN the
public mind and besides THIS the
vote of Electoral College, or bY
States ha', on anumber OF occasions,
virtually, thought Of course constitu-
tionally, and therefore regularly, de-
feated the popular will by giving the
Presidency to candidate who did
not receive a majority Of the popular
woe. Neither Mr.. Buchanan nor Mr
Lincoln on his first election received
a majority of the peoples votes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
Previous Close Contest.

The present extreme closeness of
the electoral vote, should it eyentuate
that Gov. Hayes gets the three States
set in doubt, is not the only one
where one vote woul have changed
the result. There have been several
occasions where a very few votes
would have given the victory to the
other side, both on the electoral vote,
and on the popular vote in States =
More than once a Presidential candi.
date has secured the electoral vote of
a State, which gave him plurality
in the electoral college, by so small
majority that a change of few hun
dred would have defeated him. This
has oftener been the case thar when
the electors have been nearly evenly
divided, and is a cogent reason to sup
port the popular vote theory. In 1897,
John Adams received u votes in the
Electoral College and Thomas Jeffer-
son 81. In 1900 Jefferson received
rs and Burr 10, and the election was
decided by the House Since there
has been no close count in the Elec-
toral College, though there have been
several occasions when there being
more than two candidates, no one had
clear majority Of the electoral vote,
aud the election was completed by
the House Of Representatives, as the
constitution in such cases provides.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
WHOLE NO. 1853.

were both untrue he said as lovers
but as friends we VIII be the oppo-
Site
And The trip 20 Europe 2 said the
artist.
wen put that off a year
Are You not anxious to admire
the works of art there p
4 prefer nature he said signif-
cantly, taking Jessie's hand again
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
Who Count the Votes.

tIII0IITI
"The constitution does not ex-
pressIy declare by whom the votes
are to be counted and the result do.
clared. In the case of questionable
votes and closely contested elect
ion, this power may be all important,
and | presume IN the absence Of ell
legislative provision on the subj set,
that the president Of the senate counts
and determines the result, and that the
two houses are present only as
spectators, t. witness the fairness
and accuracy of the transaction, and
to act only if no choice be made by
the election.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

Hon. VIM EvERTs. the great con-
stilutionsl lawyer on being asked his
opinion about the dispute az to who
shout count the electoral vote, aays.
at il cl9ar that the counting devolves
upon tho President Of the Senate l.
is to De done in the presence Of the
Senate snd House of Representa-
tices, more to give dignity and sol
ementy to the occasion" He also
added that he thought tho House
would be 10 its place Of duty when
the count was made"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

A Halifax correspondent of the
Toronto Globe says at seems not
unlikely that valuable trade in fish
will be organized between Halifax
and the Great West. Cars that come
down. with -four wheat, pork, butter
or other western products, will carry
back dried Goldfish, picked herring,
mackerel, or other products of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
The Beaten Party.
(From the Burlington (IA) HAvy -Ey.)


"My son. said pious father out
on South Hill, to his hopeful son, "you
did not saw any wool tor the kitchen
stove yesterday, q, | told you to !;
you left the back gate open and let
the COW get out ; You cut off oigh-
teen feet from the clothes line to
make lasso You stoned Mr.. Il b.
inson's pet dog and lamel it you
put hard shell turtle into the hired
girls bed you tied a strange dog to
Mr.. Jacobsen's door bell, and painted
red and green stripes on the legs Of
old Mrs Polaby'S white pony, and
hung your sisters hustle out of tie
front window. Now, what am I
what can l do to you for such con
duct" care all the counties heard
from % asked the candidate. The
other replied sternly, "No trihing,
sir; no, have several reports TO re
ceive liom oLners o. Inc fnclgnU0ro
"Then," replied the boy, "yon will not
be justified in proceeding to extreme
measures until the official account is
in" Shortly after the election was
thrown into the house, and before
half the votes were canvassed it was
evident from the peculiar intonaton
of the applause, that the boy VS.
badly beaten.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

A negro witness in triel the other
day was asked what be was doing
10 q certain saloon at a certain time.
He explained that he had gone there
to "change his brett" Tho explain
alton was accepted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

TIE following is the explanation
given by a New Orleans journal of
the term "bulI.dOzed" Cnot bull
dogged,' as some of the paper pint
iD:
The pleasant brethren of the "Stop,"
a political society, were in the habit
of giving warning calls once, twice,
three times, to those whom they de-
sired and demanded should join
Stop" If, on tho third and last
call, they did not comply with the
demand and take the oath, the unfor
tunate negro who refused was taken
to the woods and given "bull-dose'
of the cow-hidc on his naked back. =
A cool hundred well laid on was con
sdered bull dose for once and the
victim either listened to such potent
reasoning and took the oath as n
member, or fled the country. From
bulls dose soon came the verb TO
bull DOLE
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

A negro in listed that his rec vas
named il the B.blo. H. sail he
heard the preacher real ab01t how
Niger Demu4 warti 70 b. born
again
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

A Covlngton man diei and they
put him on ice, bat he aw Ike in the
morning and yelled ont /: Why don't
you put some more wood in the
stove.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

A dressmaker's apprentice speaks
OF her cross-eyed lover as the fellow
whose looks are cut bias.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
aFFIC!4L DIRECTORY.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
AIp.tr;acfs.
Asemls.

.sretCr1FgfCE F0R GRANT COUNTY. JOS
i ah & lancaster. ONCE oyer thc Bank af-4.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
Attorney

BUSHNELL & CLARK. ATTORNEYS AND coUN-
! ....- v-i..,3.4p S0-42
The Grange advance., 1876-02-23

Carl Shurz, who occupies a po-
sition similar to that in which we
are placed, says that he is convinc-
ed that "a great majority of the peo-
pie have come more or less clearly
to the conviction that a change is
necessary; but it is also certain that
if public opinion does not rise
against the naneuvres of the spoils
politicians before the meeting of the
national conventions, the election
of the centennial year will be degrad-
ed to one of the most shameful of
wire pullers' farces."
The Grange advance., 1876-02-23

dent Grant he pursued the same
course precisely as he had followed
with the other testimony, and the
statements of the Pioneer-Press, that
he had attacked the President and
reflected upon him unnecessarily,
were wholly unfounded. Had he
done less he would have been Gen.
sured for tosdying to the President,
or for being awed by the latter's
position and deferred from doing
his duty.
The Grange advance., 1876-02-23

The Babcock trial, at St. Louis,
had not been concluded at last &C.
counts. The evidence was all in
on Friday, but the counsel on both
sides made. very elaborate argu-
ments. In his address to the jury
Mr.. Broadhead, for the prosecution,
reviewed the evidence very fully, and
presented each point clearly. In
reviewing, the deposition Of Presl-
The Grange advance., 1876-02-23

the party successfully. Among the
democrats there is, also: fierce
contest. There are a number of
presidential aspirants among the
democratic leaders and the friends
of each of these are becoming daily
more active in pushing the claims
Of their respective favorites. Mean
while the advocates of financial re-
form are working energetically. or
ganizing and preparing for the con-
test. If they are wise enough to
hold themselves in readiness to take
advantage Of circumstances; and,
instead of merely pushing the for
tunes Of would-be leaders ofatheir
own party, force the other partiess*to
adopt their views, they may succeed
in consummating the early reduction
TO practlce OF the principles they
advocate and a triumph that will be
Of incalculable advantage to the
country. Let them, therefore, be
firm, but careful; and be willing, for
once, to make haste slowly. One
thing is sure: the money power"
is striving to hold both the old par
ties in its grip. 1t already has a firm
grasp on the democracy, in that it
holds its organization; but we are,
by no means, satisfied that the re-
publicans will not rebel against its
influence and array themselves under
the banner of financial reform, with
Judge Davis as standard bearer.