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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-01
The Confederate Claim. In congress,

TheConfcdernte Clntmst In congress.
From the Cleveland Leader.
There is before us az we write, a let
ter from tho Quartermaster Generals
Office OF the War Department, enclos-
ing a claim Of James @. Moses, Of
Knoxville. Tenn, for 2,05s cords Of
wood, 20, $50 fence rails and three field
gates, said 10 have been destroyed by
two regiments Of cavalry belonging to
Hazen's division, in the latter part OF
1863. The letter accompanying the
claim asks the sx-officer Of cavalry TO
whom IL is addressed TO state the facts
in regard TO the property named, and
whether Mr.. Moses claim for &C, ,667. so
should be paid. IA
We give thus briefly the details OF
this case because il will servo ~ an ex-
ample OF tens OF thousands Of rebel
claims now before Congress and the
various Departments, aud which il paid
as demanded would add at least 500
900, 900 10 the National debt. What
are tho facts in the case of Mr.. Moses?
The Moses farm lies three e-fourths OF a
small stream OF fresh water which flows
into the Holston River. Nature gave ID
such advantages as q camping ground
that IL was occupied during the entire
war whenever there vas q squadron, .
regiment, q brigade or division OF
mounted troops OF either army at Knox
vile. The claim Of Mr.. Moses is that
his woods were cut down aud burned
by the Ohio and Michigan cavalry
brigade in December, 1863, aud Janua-
~ 1864. Before that tims-in 1862
Floyd's Confederate army had encamp-
ed there, and stripped the neighbor-
hood Of everything movable. The
cavalry OF Bragg's army rested there
three months on its way out OF Ken
tucky, and subsequently, Longstreet
occupied the same ground with his in
fanfry. When the two small regiments
upon whom Mr.. Moses now charges the
loss Of his property came there, there
was not tree nor q board, not even q
fence post left on the farm, and the
commanding officer waI obliged TO send
men aud wagons TO forest two miles
distant for every stick OF fuel that was
burned during his brief occupancy OF
the place. This claim represents in
character. nine-tenths of al that ara
now being poured 10 from the South.
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nIsCkLLANEOUs.

1t seems almost incredible. but
there are ass churches in New York
city.
Old-man- afraid of-his- wives" is
what the Indians call Brigham Young.
The January thaw came at the
wrong time. There was nothing to
thaw.
Only the other day mule caught in
a severe wind-storm was blown ont Of
his harness in Nevada.
The young wife of Mr.. Oliver, of Sum-
reville. Gibson county, Ind. whose nup-
tials were celebrated on Dec. 16, COM
mitted suicide this week, on learning
that her husband cared nothing for
her.
A great deal OF plowing has been
done in Kansas during the past weeks.
Winter plowing is said to be destruct-
i've to the eggs Of grasshoppers and the
farmers hope to avoid the visitation OF
the pest next season.
City Marshal Martin, Of Delvin, Ill,
shot and killed q man named Cunning
ham, in that place, Wednesday, who
resisted arrest and attempted TO shoot
the marshal. The coroner's Jury re-
turned verdict of justifiable homicide.
A dandy. getting measured for .
pair of riding boots, make them GOV.
er the calf. Heavens" exclaimed
the shoemaker, astonished, surveying
his customer: 81 have not got leather
enough.
Samnel Dean, Of Clint on, Iowa,
took laudanum TO cure his appetite
for strong drink. IL was q perfect
cure, and he will never drink whisky
or take laudanum again.
Two hours after he had been pro-
nounced dead by the physicians in at
tendance, q small pox patient OF In
dianapolis, set up in bed aud COM
mcnced talking.
DIR. ID. B Barbor aud his partner
Mr.. Lawrence, have been arrested by
the United States marshal and taken TO
Council Bluffs, for violating tho rev
enue laws in not destroying the stamps
on empty liquor kegs at thei drug
store in Sibley, MINI.
In Newton county, Kansas, last
: Wednesday, q four-yesr-old boy fell in
( to hole containing slscken limo. Az
they we're taking him out he drew one
band over his face and swall Jwed lit
4 tie Of the lime, which produced bleed
ing OF the lungs and killed him.
The opposition of the French Canadi-
ans to vaccination is widely known.
and sad and telling commentary on
their regard is msnifeast in the fact
that at Montreal last week out of 65
persons who died OF SMALL -pox, 81 we're
French Canadians.
While butcheriug the other day. Jo-
seph Grunterat, of Butler county, Ne
braska, upset boiler OF boiling water
scalding three OF his children go badly
that one Of them died soon after; the
other two are in a critical condition.
Recently. % Petroleum Centre. Pa.
$500 barrel tank in which $500 bar
rels of oil we're placed five years ago,
was emptied of its contents, after
rest since 1870. Thirty-seven hundred
I barrels ~ merchantablc crude was ob.
tanned, showing that 800 barrels had
been lost by evaporation, sediment and
ther causes, decline OF twenty-nine
] er cent
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The Grand Rapids 4 Indiana aud the
jackson Lansing A Saginaw Railroads
are collecting, through. their respective
land Offices having In charge the land
grants 10 each road, specimens OF Mich
iean lumber TO be exhibited At Phil
sdelphia this year. Some OF the hne
qualities Of walnut aud maple are sent
10 Europe for vencering-a commercs
that has been maintained N the lower
countries for years, but 10 now nearly
exhausted.
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popular desires and needs. Indeed, when we
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month, we must consider II a. one Of the eduea-
tors As well a. entertainers OF the puslie mind. -
Boston Globe.
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Periodicals..

"Unquestionably the best sustained
work of the Kind In the world"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-01

There are 741 prisoners in the House
OF Correction-the largest number ever
confined in that institution at any one
time.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-01
AN ENEMY DIsARMED.
Fire Has No Terrors for the
Property Owner Who Is
Properly Insured.
BULWARK OF INDEMNITY TO
TITS POLICY HOLDEus.
pany-Its Record, Method
and Noble Success.

From the Chicago Tribune. Jan. 23. 1870
Plain aud straightforward is the sto-
ry which the American Fire Insurance
Company has TO tell in its seventeenth
annual statement. published elsewhere
in this paper. 1t is story Of contin-
ued success; the result Of correct prin-
ciples and wise administration. 1t is a
story Of figures and footings which
speak eloquently and to the point, and
which prove the American one Of the
foremost insurance organizations Of the
world.
There is always good, solid comfort
in reviewing years business Of this
company. It's records of each succeed
ing twelve months are pleasant eviden-
ces that
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-01

however, Of the Status is seen IN the
quotations Of local stock; that barome-
ter which indicates so unerringly the
condition of every Chicago corporation
The stock of the American stands al
80 bid, and none for sale.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-01

East Saginaw patronixes the Detroit
troit House of Correction so lIberelly
that she proposes to encourage home
industry by erecting one Of her own.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-01

Samnel Dean, Of Clint on, Iowa,
took laudanum TO cure his appetite
for strong drink. 1t was q perfect
cure, and he will never drink whisky
or take lnudanum again.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-01

In Newton county, Kansas, last
Wednesday, a four-year-old boy fell in
to hole containing slscken lime. Az
they we're taking him out he drew one
band over his face and swall Iwed lit
tie of the lime, which produced bleed
ing OF the lungs and killed him.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-01

DIR. ID. B Barbor aud his partner
Mr.. Lawrence, have been arrested by
the United States marshal and taken TO
Council Bluffs. for violating tho rev
enue laws in not destroying the stamps
on empty liquor kegs at thei drug
store in Sibley, MINI.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-27
A GOLDEN JUBILEE.

This week the Roman Catholics of
Ohio are celebrating what is called
the Golden Jubilee" of Archbishop
Purcell. Fifty years ago, on the 2lst
instant, the Archbishop was ordain-
ed priest, and ever sinceh has been
laboriously employed in the work of
extending the boundaries and in
creasing the influence of his church.
Among the persons who join in do
ing the Archbishop honor is Cardi
nal McCloskey, who was one of his
students when Mr.. Purcell occupied
the position of President of Mount
st. Mary College, in Maryland.
Archbishop Purcell is one of the
notable men of the country, fact
which Protestants may cheerfully
recognize without injury or deroga-
ton to their own religious convic-
tions. Born in the South of Ireland
in 1900, he came to this country in
his eighteenth year, and began his
career by becoming private tutor in
a Maryland family. He had been
well grounded in Latin and tOlerably
grounded in Greek, and by the sur
roundings and instructions of his
childhood he had been led, like so
many other Irish youths, to regard
the priestly Office as the highest and
most desirable of earthly distinctions.
Having received from the Archibish-
OPP of Baltimore the four minor or
ders of the Catholic Church, Mr..
Purcell continued his studies during
some years in the Seminary of st.
Suffice, in Paris, where he was at
length ordained by Archbishop De
Quellen.
In 1888 he became bishop of Gin
cinnati, in which town there was at
that time a single church of his de-
nomination, where in the entire dio-
cese there were only sixteen churches.
1t is needless to say that his labors
have been abundant and successful.
He has in fact been so conspicuous
in the eyes of Western people of all
religious names as to invest his ca
reer with particular interest for ev-
cry American who takes an intelli-
gent interest in contemporary his
tOry.
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The Singer VIII Confess.

Mrs. Mary M. Foster, who claims to
be the widow of the late |. NJ. Singer,
pending the decision upon her appeal
from the ruling of Surrogate CoffiE in
the contest OF Mr.. Singers will. has
brought suit 10 the supreme court cir
cult at White Plains, to enforce her
alleged dover right in property in
Yonkers. In examination before Judge
Dyman, on Saturday, David Hawley,
the executor Of Mr.. Singers estate.
against whom the action is brought,
testified that in 1875 he was called to
England TO make will for Mr.. Singer,
by which Mrs. Isabella Eugenia Singer
the late wife, and her children were
given all the testator's English proper
ty, valned at $4,000, 900. The will Of
1870, offered as the last will by Mr..
Hawley and contested by Mrs. Foster,
also devised his estate to Mrs. Isabella
Singer, and of the estate Of this country,
of which an inventory has been & led for
So, 000,0 900, thirty-eight sixthieths were
devised to her and her six children.
The remaining twenty-five portions
were devised in different proporti lns to
the eighteen children of four other
wives, whom he acknowledged in his
will. ~. Y Tribune 22d.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-27

A means of utilizing these insects,
the destructive effects Of which was de-
scribed in the Times of Wednesday
has been devised by French physi-
clan. DR.. Morvan, OF Douarnez, Finis-
ierre, and consists in preparing them
in different ways as bait for fish. In
America, where swarms of grasshop-
per often do serious mischief, devastating
large tracts Of country, raps have been
devised for catching 4 Sc insects; but,
except in few insa ,s.s, when they
have been used for ma, =. they have
been made to serve am efui purpose.
DR.. Morvan dries the lvcusts 10 the
sun, presses them into barrels, and sub
sequently smashes them into paste,
which is made iuto small balls and
thrown into the sea during fishing oper-
atoms. Another method Is to boil the
locusts before making them into paste.
This bait is Of the oily nature, and is
said to be eagerly devoured by the sar-
dine or pilcbard' Large quantities Of
Gods roe are used on the coast Of Brit
tany in the prosecutions Of this fishery,
but the increasing high price Of this
bit, has lately been serious addition
to the expenses Of the fishermen, who
have eagerly availed themselves Of the
novel substitute. Bait is not generally
used in she English pilchard or sardine
fishery, different modes Of ishing being
adopted by those employed in France,
but 10 those instances where Gods roe
has been tried it has been fouud to at
tract large numbers Of fish. The in.
creasing demand for pilcbards which
the operations Of she Cornish Sardne
Company Of Falmouth are likely to
create, for the purpose Of preserving
fish in OIL in the manner which has
found SO much favor, will probably
lead to the more extended use Of the
bait, and locusts or grassboppers will
no doubt come into requisition in
Cornwall, as we'll as France. The ex-
periments OF DR.. Morvan were consider
ed so important by the French Govern
ment that 100 barrels Of locusts were
supplied by the Governor General Of
Algeria, and transported to Brittany to
be tried on a large scale at the coast Of
the State The result was so satis-
factory that during the ensuing fishing
season the locust bait is expected TO be
lawfully used.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-27

ton in the Belknap impeachment
case, there was 40 business of pub
lie importance transacted in the
Senate, and al $40 the Senate adj
journed.
In the House the consideration
of the Naval Appropriations bill
occupied the entire session, in the
course of which Mr.. Harrison de-
livered speech on the proposition
10 abolish the Marine Bank, which
excited considerable merriment,
and viii n had the effect of defeat
ing the proposition. After strik-
ing out the provisions for the re-
duction OF thepay ofnaval officers,
for the reorganization OF the Ma
rine Corps and the abolition of
certain navy yards, the bill was
reported to the House and was
passed Mr.. Ward. of New York,
made an argument in favor Of the
distribution of the Geneva awards
among the insurance companies
in proportion to their losses, but
without making any progress in
the matter TIE House adjourned.
MAY 24.--In the Senate the House
joint resolution asking the President
to take steps for the rvlief Of Edward
ON. Condor, now confined in an
English prison, was unanimously
passed. A bill was passed fixing the
rank of paymaster general as briga-
der general U. S.army. The Senate
further considered, without coming
to a conclusion, the question of jur-
isdiction in the case Of W w Belk-
nap.
In the House Speaker Kerr occu-
pied the chair, seemingly i'm
proved in health. The contested
election case of Spencer VS. Morey.
from the fifth Louisiana district, was
called up, the majority report being
in favor of w b Spencer, contestant.
After debate the matter went over.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-27
Health and Longevity.

1t would seem, from the statistics
gathered by medical men, that invalids
are more likely to attain a great age
than are the healthy and robust; and
that life-assurance companies would be
wise to accept them as patrons, instead
of rejecting them, as is now the custom.
10 recent lecture by DR.. R. Southey,
it is declared that "Heath and longevi-
ty are not Synonymous; neither are
health and great muscularity. The
most muscular men, great prize-fght-
ers, men who could fell an OK with their
fists, have been known to be always
ailing, and complaining about them
selves. The state of perfect training,
regarded by those who know little of it
as condition OF most perfect health, is
rather one of morbid imminence.
Longevity, like height, is race-at-
tribute. but it does not signify health.
The three Oldest people l ever knew
women who reached respectively 80, 90
and 100-were valetudinarians, and
had boon SO nearly all their lives"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-27

The potato bugs are giving much
trouble to the farmers of Queens county.
Their ravages are already quite con-
siderable, although some neighbour
hoods are infested more than others.
tits probable, however, that the damage
this year will be relatively less than
last, because most OF the farmers, ex-
pecting the visitation, made prepara-
tions to meet it with vigorous measures
from the start. But in some localities
even this precaution is unavailing and
whole fields have been virtually ruined,
the bugs in large number attacking the
tender shoots the moment they showed
themselves above ground and complete
ly destroying them. In such cases the
only cure is to pillow up the fields and
utilize the ground for other kinds of
seed such as carrots and other farm pro.
auctions which the bugs will not feast
upon; This has already been done in
number of instances upon Queens
county farms. IN. Y. Herald. 22d,
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Given His own Medicine.

There are, perhaps, those whs will ex-
perience sort Of grim satisfaction on
reading the following from the Albany
Journal: "a photographer on South
Pearl street recently disposed OF his bus
mess to another party. for considera-
ton, and with the business large
number Of old negatives. The new
party, in rumaging among the mega
tives, discovered one of the wife of the
photographer whom he had bought out.
She being an attractive-looking woman,
he had picture fixed up and exhibited
it 10 the show frame outside. The fact
was discovered by the other party, and
he made application to Justice Clute
for warrant for the arrest OF the
present owner of the gallery. He was
informed that his only remedy lay in
effecting purchase of the picture, and
then removing it from its exposed stu
ation."
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-27

DENVER, CoL., May "a vio-
lent rain and snow storm, which pre-
vailed for twenty-four hours in and
along the base Of the mountains,
broke up early this morning. The
rain fell in this city upwards Of six
inches. At Central City, George
town and other mountain towns,
snow is reporte, rs three feet deep.
The railroads centering here have all
lost bridges and entertainments, and
travel Is suspended but it is believed
that all the roads except the Denver
and Colorado Centrai and Valley will
be able to move their trains regular
ly tomorrow. The damage to the
country bridges and throughfares
cannot now be reliably estimated
but is undoubtedly very heavy.
Considerable damage was done in the
lower part of this city, but thus far
no causalties are known to have re-
suited from the food which has been
unequaled since 1874.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-27
Mormon Plants.

The Denver (Col. News of the
10th instant says: can immi-
grant agent, with credidetials from
Brigham Young, came to Denver
some time ago to get rates from
the Dever and Rio Grande railway
for about five hundred people who
are expected TO arrive from over
the sea next September. He
wanted rates to Fort Garland, to
which point it is expected the
road will have been extended by
the time named. The agent said
that Brigham intended to move
his followers into a new field, and
intimated that the region selected
embraced portions of New Mexico
and Arizona. Since the disclosure
of the scheme in the newspapers
the agent has written to the rail-
road authorities that the project
had been abandoned for the pre-
sent"