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Mar. 81, Mar. 20, Mar. I /, Mar.
1874. 1878. 1875. 1879

ro,., deaths. e & 20 8 Is 8 IS Is. $
stiiI. born..... g. 473 ,al"2 i
Mean temperature for the week ending
March II, 55.S5; mean temperature for the
week ending March 1s, 48.4s.
Amount Of rainfall for the week ending
March II, 0eo inches amount OF rainfall for
the week ending March 18, OBJ inches.
g Populationof the city estimated by school
census, 72,5O8-White, Il, 400; colored, oi,-
100.
Rate of mortality of whole population was
1877 per ]. 1000 per annum rate of mortality
of white population was 1882 per 1000 per
annum; rate Of mortality Of colored popnla.
ton was 1904 per 1000 per annunl.
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skvR MONEY by having ycuf UftafiD& dskd aIfaa
DfsrArcH PhnxrIsGsHouxa. s5o6a Horks I0N:
prices, and sssax faction srarsaseeds 80 81
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gCUsToK {kande eInsoei wosx o. order. and Susys
anteed toat Repairing neatly 6ons bys
pogoHxN q El1cEEB1
81. 49,. 6p0 and s11 Bsoe6 rstztsss &
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The Courts. Both ithe Hastings and the
County, courts meet ste-day. iF {; sss'
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Go 70 ea1se,e, Tenth and Ms.a s.seets. fora
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DrsPATcH PRrxTLHa-Hogs1.--U Unra1pss&ad ~;
cilities for the prompt. execution of All kints o9
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Z HEsRrco County CouRr. This court meets
again to-day. lis
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-.,rArHER REPORT.

,p1IIr1Es TO-DAY Wdsh'ngton,
PsoBs1, 1s-s,-For the New England
Is'eh ~ v;dGle States, partly cloudy and
SID Toe .a,Ier " Gather during "Wednesday,
tesl'ng;, g;,;or " barometer and northwest to
Tesle'Hb 10 Soutb Atlantic States, clear or fair
10. ."v r;tb rising barometer. northerly
Tts'os,, winds, aud during Wednesday
10 Ves...' a. slight rise In temperature.
snNpH; .rc signals continue at stations or
~ II:i Atiantic coast from New Haven to East
nhrt.
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Asouacx OF GREAT AsxsErx,

Nv dsustter has received arest begsat fecHs ske
t,se ofVteetfne. Her dsclining healuf Has Scase0
N rreaf xpxiety O. al her sfltoHds. BE ndttiee
q lhs yegs,iue restorsa nss lss ysfe saa
Ippsmras,ce and Real Tstatss Assus.. 6esxSs
Buildi Boston, Mass., june o, ~.
syraErIsK Is soEDBY 1IL BEues1s1s.
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own a4rrzas 1f ssiaes, rea.A !: snd a'a VI

60 ToaaIaG's, Tenth ana llaia stFssss lcs
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II baye analyzed the wIHsKxr known uneer tha
brand Of aB SELECT. . rsontrolled by Messrss WaLs;
TER d. BLAIR 4 Co, Richmond, Va. and ind it
FREE FRoM FUsI. on and other impurities. and
recommend lbs use Tor medicinal and family pure
poses. j. B. MeCAw, III. ID. Rse Professor Of
Chemistry, Medical College OF YirTinla,
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-1uislag in my freedom, did the most

escsnsS strslght, with lG7 other Ussen cfBoes,
nexps or rom LIBBY Prison fcbruary 81, e6as ny
ysseiec ,Ssk SIXTY, ancladlns CpaoaG fsSystshs,
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RUPTURE OF BUSINESS RELATIONS BETWEEN
THE RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG AND PETERS
BURG RAILROAD CoMPANIEs.--The Richmond
and Petersburg Railroad Company has been
served with the two following papers: -
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
A Singular Elevator,

A reporter went down about fifty or
sixty steps below the street level in the
New York post Office building, to get at
the bottom of the thing; and as hydraul-
ic and steam are the combined motors,
there in the dim light he saw the great
main pipe springing up in the center,
and apparently ending at the first floor,
under the frame now forming the bot
tom of the elevator. Into this main
pipe slide--telescope fashion-.othe
pipes corresponding in number to the
upper stories of the building. The first
pipe is about thirty-six inches in cir
conference. The second slides into
the first, and the third into the second,
and SO on, section for each story. The
frame of the elevator sits on the head
of the main pipe, and from its dark
clvity within springs up, like the tabled
"bottle imp" Section first sends the
elevator up the first story. Then imp
number two pops up his iron head and
shoves it up to the second story. Then
bottle imp number three puts it to the
next, and so on. Now the water force
is gradually withdrawn from the bot
tom, the pipes sink as they rose, section
by section, and the elevator descends.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
Mushrooms and TOadstOOls.

If the taste for mushrooms is de-.
PRAYED one, as many persons think, it is
at least very common, and the recent
deaths from eating poisonous fungi in
mistake for the innocuous species would
create considerable alarm among the
eaters of these plants if it were little
more difficult than it is to detect the
difference between mushrooms and
toadstools. As it is, there is reason to
wonder that anybody who knows enough
of mushrooms to like them should ever
mistake any other species of fungi for
them. The newspapers have repeatedly
printed instructions for distinguishing
the poisonous from the edible kinds by
certain tests, but without any tests
whatever no person who is tolerably
close observer ought ever to have the
least difficulty in detecting the difference
after once comparing mushrooms and
toadstools. The two plants are not close
ly like each other except in their form.
As to the other question, whether or
not fungi which feed upon fresh stable
manure. or rather which grow suddenly
out of fresh stable manure anu almost
constitute part of it, are fit for any
human food in any case. it is not worth
while to discuss it, because the lovers
of mushrooms will &c on eating them
regardless of their race, color or pre-
vious condition, whatever the persons
WHO do not like them may say. It will
be we'll for such persons, however, to
study the plant they love SO we'll, and
learn how to distinguish it from its
poisonous cousins.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
Russia and the Servians.

The Russian assistance of the Servi-
ans is not even thinly disguised. The
Servian troops are almost entirely com
manded by Russian officers, who ex-
hibit great improvement in their profess
sion since the time of the Crimean war.
The Servian soldiers, however, are poor
material, having often to be driven into
battle by the sabers of the officers, and
stopped by the same means when they
start to fly, the officers striking them
right and left like frightened cattle. An
English staff officer, who has compared
the bearing of the hostile forces, speaks
OF the Turks as under strict discipline,
indefatigable on the march, and firm in
action. When we'll led he thinks they
make the best infantry in the world.
As an indication of the temper of Rus
STA, he tells of Russian officer of Ser
Wan artillery who at home is non
commissioned officer, and who was
promised that his Servian service would
count him for promotion and pension
the samo as if he had served under the
Russian flag. A body of six hundred
artillerymen and sappers coming from
Russia received one hundred ducats
each, to pay for their equipments and
passage as far as Galatz. The Russian
engineer officers are particularly skillful
in rapidly throwing up earthworks, q
means of defense so generally availed of
in our war. But SO far as concerns
dash, bravery, and discipline, the Turk
ish infantry are infinitely superior to
their Servian opponents.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
iidn,t Make a Cent.

An unknown man entered hosiery
store in Detroit, says the Free Press, and
asked to be shown ga few socks" Wher
he learned the price per pair of woole1
ones, he put them aside and said:
81 guess III keep on wearing cotton
ones. They say if you wear 'em right
along through the winter your feet don't
gel cold"
Some cotton socks were handed out
and he persuaded the dealer to DROP
from twenty to fifteen cents per pair
Then he said
II can buy, the same kind in Toledo
for ten cents"
"It doesn't seem possible" replied
the dealer. "Will you swear to it?'
81 will. I'll make affidavit to the
fact"
The dealer told him to 60 around to
a justice, make the affidavit, and then
he should have four pairs at ten cents
per pair. The stranger was as good as
his word, and he chuckled and cackled
over his shrewdness until the document
was made out and he had been sworn.
Then the justice remarked:
GA dollar is the fee."
Something came over the stranger
about that date. His knees wobbled a
little, and he swallowed as if something
choked him. He handed over the dol.
lar, walked out, and the four pairs of
socks are still left on the shelf. If the
shrewd chap made any remarks to him
self, he probably whispered:
"Virtue is its own reward, and you
are 150 pounds of fool.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21

tains her In doing 90. e. Samuel Burkett,
colorsd, entered an African church at Mount
Washington, Ky, during service, under the
influence Of liquor, and on Elder VIM. Barnes
requesting him to leave, replied "You and
your church can 60 to- Upon repeating
the remark, Barnes shot him dead ....., The
entire business portion Of Sandy Hill, N, y,
was destroyed by nre, which originated In
tho Rexford House. Owing to the Unite
quantity Of wator, the hrs was Above to take
its own course. Losses will reach 1900 900 /;
partially insured. BY . IRE In tho Mitchell
Il Rowland lumber companys yard ct Toledo,
Ohio, $4,000 worth Of stock was burned.
Insured $50 900. -. During tho athletic sports
At Dartmouth College, Prof. Taylor ran ten
miles in fifty-eight minutes and nfty-1ve 500.
onds. IA professional single scull race took
place on Greenwood lake and was contested
by some Of tho best oarsmen In tho country,
namely: Plaisted and Biglin, Of Now York,
Powell and Coulter, Of Pittsburgh, Nickel, Of
Cresskill Station, Pa, and Lsnders, Of Boston.
The course was three miles with a turn.
Plaisted crossed the score first In 21.45I, eight
lengths In advance Of LAnders, who was close
ly followed by Coulter, McKiel, Biglin aud
Powell in tho order named. As tho three first
named turned the stakeboat from west to east
instead Of the reverse, as ordered by the
terms, the referee gave the purses to the last
three. 49,. Congressional nominations: New
York, thirteenth district, John o. Whitehouse,.
Dem.; twenty-sevcnth, p. H. Van Auken,
Dam
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
A BLACK Hills Incident.

He was coming down Main street,
Deadwood, with a revolver in each
bootleg and just little top-heavy, when
a man happened to run against him in
passing. Our bloodthirsty hero of the
boots jumped off the sidewalk, and
fourishing a pistol aloft yelled Now,
look yer, everybody in this yer gulch /;
look at me and crawl I'm Wild Cat
Tip, from Bear Gulch. I didn't come
to Deadwood to be insulted, so git out
here half dozen of yer sons O. guns an
form line O. battle, cause I can't hold
onto this yer hammer much longer; so
trot 'em out" About this time some
one in the crowd fred pistol in the air,
and simultaneously rotten eggs struck
"Tip" between the eyes. Dropping
his revolver and throwing both hands in
the air he yelled: Sim murdered"
and fell heavily to the ground. After
he realized Just what had happened, he
Strengthened up, and looking around,
exclaimed, while he wiped the decom-
posed egg from his face /: "Now, boys,
that's rough joke, but I'll stand it
I'll take it all, only let me see the caliber
of the gun what shoots eggs" Not
gaining the desired informa' ion he
silently stole away.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
The Fenian Movement.

We have not learned that the British
government has taken any official notice
of the new Fenian movement. Mr..
O'Donovan Rosa has for long tint
been collecting money, at the rate of
about three hundred dollars week, for
a =" skirmishing fund.-" which, he says,
is to be expended in secret assault ON
England. There must be ere this a
very large sum in the hands of the illus
trious leader, and the promised blow
ought to be struck soon, if the givers of
the money are to be satisfied. The con-
tributions are acknowledged in the Irish
World, and an examination shows that
most of the money comes in small
amounts from men, women, and chill
dren, who, presumably, earn it by hard
work. For example, eighty -four dollars
were sent by over hundred factory girls
in Lawrence, Mass. Some of the con-
tributors ore getting impatient, and, in
answer to them, Mr.. Rossa says:
"We notice that several of our
friends wish us to 60 to work immedi.
ately and strike skirmishing stroke,
and we will say that we are as anxious
for the fray ourselves as any of those
who would spur us on. This skirmish-
ing fund is not fund to be preserved;
it is fund to be used, and used active
ly, and if our friends will have little
patience, and keep collecting, we have
every hope that in due time they will
have their due share of satisfaction.
One thing they may be sure of-that
every dollar of their money is safe, that
it will be applied to strike the enemy,
and that such scare has already seized
in connection with it and the
release of the Australian prisoners, that
she is shivering in her skin lest all her
prisons and all her public places may be
blown to smithereens some fine night"
Mr.. Rosa seems to hint that the
public buildings in England are to be
blown up, after Guy Fawkes' plan; and
this idea is strengthened by tho fact
that he recently published an elaborate
description of the various explosives,
his preference being for nitro-g lycerine.
The public, and especially the con ri
butors, await with interest the evidence
Of use of the skirmishing fund.-
NeaO York Sun.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
Peruvian Syrup vs.. Alcoholic TONES.

1t has been desideratum with the medical
profession to procure q preparation of iron
lets Objectionable than any of those now in
use, which often produce uufavorable effects
upon the system, especially when prepared
with alcoholic fluids.
In many cases Of debility and sonvalescence
from disease, where tonic is indicated, wine,
brandy, porter, etc. have been recommended;
but these are of very doubtful efficacy, to say
the least Alcohol is never digested, is ranked
among the diffusble stimuli, and is incapable
Of affurding nutrition. 1t creates eenei ally an
unnatural excitement and arrangement of the
circulation, irritating the whole system by
preventing the blood from losing its carbon
Again, how difficult it is to obtain an article
approaching to purity, almost all the wines,
brandes, porters, etc., being more or less
adulterated.
Such being the case with regard to the
spirituous preparations of iron, aud the alco-
holic drinks Of which any one can satisfy him.
self by investigating the subject, an oppor-
tunity is now presented in the Peruvian
Syrup, fer the trial of All article in general
prac ice, which has the very strongest recon-
mendations from medical and scientific men
of the highest caaracter-a preparation which
so happily combines the protox!de of iron with
the other constituent parts that the effects
incident to the use Of iron salts are entirely
obviated.
For all cases in which iron or any tonic is
needed this preparation is confidently believed
to be far superior to any other. 1t seems to
purify the very fountain Of health.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
Worried About her Diamonds.

Previous to Aimees first visit to
America in 1871, she had sung two sea-
sons in Brazil. At the time it was said
the Brazilian mines were giving out.
Aimee was rsuaded that she could do
nothing better, as speculation, than in
vest all she had in Brazilian stones, as
she was told old mine diamonds were
certain to rise in price. She bought
$4,000 worth of diamonds of all Sizes
The Dramatic NeaUs thus narrates the
results: She returned to France with
the diamonds sewn in travelling dress.
She never ventured on deck alone far,
under the idea that somebody would
take her diamonds and throw her over
board. Once in France she was more
tranquil. When it came to accepting
an American engagement, her fears be-
gun again, and she almost decided not
to come to country where, sh had
been told, every second man was ban
dit. In her dress she struggled unwit-
tingly large amount of diamonds into
this port. When she opened at the
Grand Opera House she dazzled the New
York public by her magnificent display
OF brilliants. But her nervousness about
them never deserted her, and when she
came to playing parts where she could
not wear them, she feared they would
be robbed from her dressing-rcom. She
made Col. Fisk the confidant of her
fears; who had two policemen placed at
the door of her dressing-room each
evening. She took them with her on
her first trip to Havana, and returned
with them to France, sgain bringing
them back when she returned. On her
last trip to Havana, however, she deter
mined not to take them, fearing the
condition of the island and scared by the
stories of the outrages by the volun-
teers there. The major portion of them
she placed in bank in New York city,
which has since failed, and valuable
amount she confided to'a gentleman in
the same city. This person was wealthy
and above suspicion. Reverses hap
pened to him, and in a moment of de-
spair he pledged the diamonds in tho
hope of rescuing them in a few days.
Aimee returned and demanded her
property. The man then made con-
fession. Aimee with her own money
rescued her property from the hands of
the money lender. The man has since
repaid in full the sum she was obliged
to lay out. When she returned to France
that summer she took all her precious
stones with her.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
The Centennial Medals.
The Centennial Awards.

One Of the grossest outragos known
to modern times, the New York Herald
says, has been perpetrated by the Cen
tennial commissioners. It appears that
there were forty or fifty exhibitors at the
Exposition who did not get any first
prizes. They have complained, as it
might be expected they would, and the
commissioners have appointed com.
mittee to consult with them, take their
case into consideration, find out just
what they want and give it to them. II
the funds are exhausted in the purchase
Of gold medals the enterprise will 60
down in blaze Of glory. Having start
cd so we'll and succeeded 80 nobly thus
far in furnishing frst prizes to every
body, we sincerely hope the commits
sioners will satisfy the few whom they
had evidently only forgotten.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
ScOrns the Newspapers.

In speech in Massachusetts, Benz.
F. Butler told his opinion of the news.
papers as follows: They say the news
papers do not like me. 1 don't mean
they shall. abhor, detest, scorn and
defy all the lying sheets this side of the
place where they will yet go to. I now
take occasion right here to say word
on this subject. offended them seven
or eight years ago while in Congress, by
looking up to the reporters gallery,
which we used to call "buzzard's
roost," and saying that I thanked God
I was a man that God made, and not
one that the newspapers made. They
have never forgiven me because was
not man of their creation. If 1 am
anything like the man they paint me, if
I resemble him as much rs they (the
editors) resemble angels of light, and
no more, then not one of you cast your
vote for me.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
The Hotel Clerk.

What valuable lesson to the OBJ
noxious sort of hotel clerks is that con-
veyed by the experience of good and a
bad brother of their craft in Delaware.
The clerk of one hotel was so rude to a
poorly dressed, would-be guest that he
decamped to another, where he found
a clerk 80 polite that the contrast stung
him into the execution of a codicil
leaving the young man $685. 900. Let
all hotel clerks reflect that they may be
entertaining legacy leavers unawares.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21

There is hardly q schoolboy in the
land that has not read Of Merchants
Gargling Oil. Before the public for the
last forty years, it has become almost a
household word from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. As liniment and exterior ap.
plication in burns, scalds, sprains,
bruises, frostbites, flesh wounds, and
the numerous ailments of flesh and limb
in both man and beast, Merchants
Gargling Oil stands unrivaled in the
world. Merchants Worm Tablets, o
certain and safe remedy for worms, in
either children or adults, have likewise
become famous for their effectual cura-
tive properties. These remedies can be
obtained at almost any drug store in the
land.-Sand,lsky (Ohio) Register.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21

II 10 almost q full generation since the
Mountain Meadow massacre shocked the
whole country by its atrocities, and II
was not until few days ago that this
tragedy, long since grown painfully f.
miliar, reached its final act in the sen.
tencs OF John d. Lee, o Mormon con.
spicuous in that bloody deed. II Is a
strange Incident In its history that the
chief OF the criminals, being allowed tn
choose tho manner Of his death, should
prefer to die as the victims OF his own
hand died so many years ago.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21

On recent visit to New York We were for.
tunate in finding new hotel, adapted to the
times, facing an open square, all front rooms
and everything new and clean, at the follow
ing prices Single rooms, so cts, rs cts. and
81 family, $1.50 and 90. At the restaurant,
on the European plan, you can live as cheap
as at home. Go to the Congress Hall Hotel,
Chatham Square aid East Broadway, only four
blocks above new post-ofice. Out this out and
show it to your fliends and you will benefit
them. Mr.. Otis, the proprietor, is an old
merch ant and we'll known.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
Hotel Reduction,

Leland's Sturtevant House, Broadway, 18th
aud 29th streets, New York city, has reduced
one hundred rooms, with board, to $3. one
floors, $500 per day. The Sturtevant is kept
in first-class style, superbly furnished. Ele-
vator and every Improvement Location con-
venient to all places Of interest to the visitor.
Street cars pass hotel for depots and Central
mark
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21

A needy politician called on his repre-.
sentative in the assembly to endeavoi
to obtain some government employment.
The member proceeded to write letter
of introduction "This will introduce
Mr.. Smith, who desires employment -
Hold on" cried the constituent
!" hold on. 1t isn't employment want
its a government BERTH"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21

When impurities in the blood are
determined to the surface in the form OF
blotches, dry exfoliations, rashes, etc., the
safest and most expeditions remedy is GLENN 8
SULPHUR SOAP. Depot, Orittenton's, No. z
Sixth avenue, New York.
The hair is benefited as we'll as colored by
Hills Hair Dive
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21

Ohapped hands, face, pimples, ring.
worm, saltrheum, and other outaneous affeo-
tons cured, and rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using JUNIPER TAR Soar. Be care
full to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard 4
Co., New York, as their are many limitations
made with common tar, all of which are worth.
lasa Conn
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21

The very highest award that the Gen
tennial commission can confer upon any
exhibitor, diploma of honor and media
of merit. has been granted to I. L. Ora
gin & Co., Phila., for the celebrated
Dobbins' Electric soap.