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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23
NEW YoEK. October q. R:O p.m.-Cotton
is dull. with futures quiet and steady. Sales
for future delivery, 500 bales.

LIVERPOOL. October o 1880 p,m.-oe,ton
is firm. Uplsuds, 5l5-l6d; Orleans, 61s4.
sGles. 400 bales. Of Ehicb goo we're for ex-
port and speculation; receipts. 500 bales, Of
which so are American. Arrivals are quiet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23

LIVE STOCK Quiet; choice gross, SkQ4H:
oxen aud cows <g3ze gross fedcattie. 2k9
81: calves. S50S per head: COWS and calves.
SIS 00e 40 90 hogs. h95xe; sheep, SHSixc;
lambs. 81 509a0 per head.
MESS P0Rk-lightwcight. SIG soto II So;
mess pork, heavy, SIS 50 TO 10 90;
M0lASSES-Common -940o; fair q to 50;
prime % to Sc; strictly primo 30 to SIC; fancy
choice So TO Soc per gal.
MATCAks. BLACKNG. ETC.-Wequote,
Matches 3 gross. 500 IN box. 7 50; paFiof, 3
gross. 5 llSS SO; .Dixon's stove polish, y
gross, 8; Mason's backing, Y gross. sSo;
EIiLs-Ssl 10 tosS IS q kee.
NAVAL STSRES-Resin. = hbl; virgin,
s 90; pale. 5; No. IL rs; No. 2, 4 80; pitch, n
Dbl. so; tar, ~ Dbl, ] 60; half Dbl, so;
asnlil 5o 5Spis |. 20, ioylSn'' Sl.a s.n apSi vans
2ci oakum, q bals, navy, 5, American nRvy.
[ sc: best law. s.
OATS-Oats. mixed. 47s4So per bushel.
0NI0NS-Per hnI. s2 l092 Is.
PlaSFkEf-Kegs 200 to rs; half Dbl. $50
P0TAT0ES-s2 5O8s IS per barrel. Sweet
potatoes, 81 75to20.
PTCKLES-per nalf-barreI. 4 50 to %.
PAINTS-Linsoei oil. 68; beiied. Use;
surpentine, Ne; Japan dryer. S9Sl 70; putty,
bulk; a; bladders, .4hc, varnish, coach, ; 90;
eopal, No. /, l IS; 6re-proof paint, dry, go;
ANN 49, ~ - - oFNAa 49,
ochre, dry, French. Sc: white lead. l09no;
red lead. lie; cottage colors. 9Mgl0%c.
PEAS-s1 S0G2 % n bushel.
RICE Ordinary to choice. 5H97Ho.
SUGAR. L0UISIANA-In hhds. fair, 10Nc;
fully sair. l05<c;. prime, lie; choice, 1l4c;
l2c; b~srreled 20 higher.
SUGAR. REFINED-Refned A.lIh9llslc;
crushed and powdered 1879; ~Eranulated l2Hc;
cut loaf l274e per pound.
gallon.
SALT Coarse aud conner ine 81 1901 SIS;
dairy in bbls; ais to 5 90; Liverpool coarse.
sacks. 80 to 40; Liverpool fine, sacks, l 6O to
] 6i per Dbl.
sOAP-Rosiu and German S to sxo per lb.
STARCH-t%d5c per ID.
IINNEeS' ST0CK-Tin pleta, &c, i0xl4,
= box, is; &c. Nx2O, Is; IC, i2xl2, l2iO0; 10.
roofing, II; TX, l0xll, Is; TX, IA 90; IS; TX,
T2xl2, ~ rs; sheet iron, boiled, Nos. 20 and
81, 595Ec; do, charcoal. Csc; do, galvan-
ICED, lSgi4c; Russia iron, 24o; imitation DO,
lie; sheet sine, lie; iron wiro, 90l5o; soldier,
997s; lead. l9c; copper pits. Soc; metallic.
TuRREYS-lO 90 to u 90 per dozen.
VINEGAk-GoOd TO choice. 1890, and
cummen, l4c Fer SALON.
WHISKY-Proof. per gallon. as In age and
quality, 81 &9T 90.
W00L-Fine fleece washed. 25 to &c per
pound; medium fleece washed, 50 to SIC;
coarse fleece washed. q TO 2Sc; choice tub
washed. 3lto S5c; fair tub washed, Is to SOC
fae unwashed, Is to lie: medium unwashed,
= to t5c; coarse u~nwashed, Is to Zoe; common
aEd bury. 10 to l3c.
WOOD AND Willow WARR-Tw and
three hoped, painted buckets, 81 Is; buck
cts, q dozen. brass-b0und, cedar, z and 3
hoops, $500; tubs. painted, nests Of 8, 3 IS;
No. l. 3 90; No. z. 8 50; Ne. s. Z 80: churns,
pine, 10 10 y inches. 7 50g9 SO; cedas,
iruu-bound, Is al7c; cedar, brasi-bound. 165
20; well buckets. ! $685. so; Washboards, wood,
2 co.; zinc, 2 Is; ax-handles, ! 1901 $50;
measures. nests Of &. l@l IS.
WHEAT-No. 2. 75c TO 81 o9. a bushel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23

popular last season in the trade and
and we feel assured that she will
add this season to her already en-
yiable reputation. Mr.. Chasing, a
gentleman with whom it is a
pleasure to travel and do business,
controls the Office, and has for his
assistants two clever and accommo-
dating clerks.
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8. O. r. B~ERROwOGu.
odd Fellows, Han. oOrnsr Main and NOrt
Court ~etrestsa

LQD6fkf
Mrxrars LopeR, No. B-maets svtry Tuea-
dny. S. S. Garrett. n. o.; A. J. knapp
Y.g.; i. S. Burr, Seoretargi b. n. RISK
0sIoE1sAw LoDsH. No. S-uests every Mon
day night. +. VI. earn, No; GID
son, v. o.; I. J.. Hogan, R. s.; John A.
.olt. Treasurer; Thomas bacon, ?. 5.
nesday night. Frank Dries, N. CT I'd
Bohle, Y. O.; Chas. BorSer. secretary; John
linkhauer, Treasurer.
siaat. J.W. Anderson, n. g.; W.k. French,
V. o.; Wm. Henry, p. and x. 3; Sd. VII
Ai Hs1ss CRY Lopez. No. 1sT-ms4ts every
TharFday evening gt Odd Fellows Hall Ma
con Webo. n. g.; J. =. Young. N.o.i w H..
Noysten, Secretary; A.. e. Kennedy. treas.
HlRvOSY Lopez No. lya-meets every ines
dav night at odd Fellows Hail. corner Beal
O.; D. O. Reahard. v. g.; D. A. McOnber,
Sec'y; Henry g.. Dent, treasurer.
ESoAnFxEEFs.
atvoso EEoAxPxEHr. No. s-mseis on the
let an5 Cd Thursday nigktE OF each month.
n Il Good ear, c. P; w. X .frcnch, H.P {;
D Smith. S. W: Th0s. Bacon, sCTioe; u.
Bi5ehaa, Treasurer; T. j. Hogan, J. ".
MTvpsIs EEOAgrNEET, no. 5s-m5ets "a ana
az Thgrgday nights Of each month. G. W.
e:.J nrgg 4. W.;B. p. Cullen. J. W.; G. H
PIschko, soribo; John Waynesburg. Treas.
DEGREE LeDeE,
MrupHIs DEGREE LoBeE No. Sheets aEst
s,4nFday Of each month, WA. Henry u.
I'D. A. Wardlaw, D. ID. Nj, FRANK Mel
lersh, A. y. NJ; I, P. Holland, S0Gyi Z.
w. Smith, Treas. D.,
RrrH Lopez, No. I'D OF R.-meets second
ond fonrtb saturday nights Of each month.
rs Burr. N. e.; Mrs Marcus Jones, y. 81
TIP Holland. Sec'y; Mrs. Geo. Miller, Treas.
GENERAL RELrgR COMMITTEE J IS, wilkins
Chairman, $50 Main street; John W. WayAes.
bure. Secretary and Treasurer, 2l0 Froni
street.: A. D. Gibson. 6 West Court street; u
q. Schmidt. % Monroe street; DIT. Porter
Is Union street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23
TEHPLARs OF HONOR.

EAToyA TENPLE or II. AND I.
So. l-meets every Friday even
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FINANCIAL AND 0OEEEROAL

Pubic LEDeER 0TFIcE.
.mtrro VrN,- 0at0hor n lETf


MEMPHIS. TENS.. October q. 1876. (
Last week was one Of excitement and
uneasiness, oceasioned by the European
war news, but nevertheless considerable
business was done. During the three last
days of the past week the loan market
was very dull, loans having very percept-
IDLY decreased. Now that the markets
have become settled and quiet, a brisk
weeks business is anticipated. The
money market to-day was quiet and rates
unchanged-8@lO per cent, per annum;
on the street money is plentiful on good
collaterals at l4@s per cent. for short
loans. Exchange is in good supply, as
follows: New York commercial bills rule
at Sc discount, selling at par; Eastern
commercial bills, &c discount buying and
selling at par; New Orleans, buying, to
discount to par, and selling at tc pre-
MUM. Brokers are offering l09@l099
for gold, with few transactions. Local
stocks and other securities are quiet aud
su
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inactive.
CnT1,OR.

The market opened quiet and siaedy,
with offerings free and a fair inquiry.
The adyices from New York and Liver
pool we're not very encouraging, though
the market exhibited q good feeling.
Estimated sales for the day, $500 bales;
sales Saturday we're $500 bales, of which
exporters took 1900, spinners $50 and
spectators $50.
COTTON ~ExcuAEGE QUOTATIONS. - STANDARD
ANgRfOAN CLASSIFICATION.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23
RNIGHFs or n

FouyrA1v LODGE, No. Connects every
Tuesday evening in Natema Hall, No. 29S
Second street. at o'clock during Ssptembe'.
and ~ o'clock during October, November
and December. w. II. Bates. p: D.; John
johnson, D.; Geo. r. Merritt, V. D.; -.
Aldrich, A. D.; A. NJ. NeEsom, g.; John
LegleE r.; j. b. Galloway, =. X. Geo. 7.
hathst, T.; j. X. Aldrich, Guardian; 4. H..
Stevenson, b.
UNITY LODGE No. 2l7-meets every Wednes-
day night at Hall, No. 298 Second street up
stairs. S. s. Garrett, Dictator; A. d. Hill.
Reporter.
CHELSEA LODGE. No 2S0-meets ID and 4tn
Thursday In edch month. at Brick Church.
w. z. Mitchell, D.; A.. J. Knapp, L.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23

TpgsEssKn Lopev No. 5-hests Me-
every Monday pi2ht at No. go
Second street, Vinosnt Block; OPP. Court
SGuars. @, Layton, @. C.; Jno. Wilson, VIC. :
W. Klostemsyer, pew ~ nroek,A Of e;
CIR. and s.; Joe Locke, P. C.
MEMPHIS LoDGE No. 6.-Msets for drill en-
nrst Thursday of each month. Regular meet
~ second, third and fourth fhursdsy. John
Wood, CC; T z Bath, V Ca Mergell, p
Martin Cohen, X RS; J gutz, il; FL = w
Vigus, 81 Y /; Jos S Leon, PC.
CouR Dc L1OE LODGs No. lS-Meets I'd and
lth WEDNESDAYS e,ery month, 81 z69 Second
etreet, Vincent Nock, opposite Court Square.
III, III. Briggs, O.. c.; NJ. Cooper, jr.,Y. O.; Y.
e, Wilson, + A; G. a. burr, n, Of b.: j. ].
Tomlinson, NJ. Of r.; u. W. 5ohaaer, Z.
Of Il. B.; j. j. Ross, P. q.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23

TIVE NJ. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. WITHIN
the bounds of its circulation. embraces n
membership of about one hundred thousand.
The geographical lines which bound its field
embrace the largest portion of that torrit ory.
the commercial center of which is Men .Dbis.
LaWyers. Doctors, Merchants. Teach, ns and
Farmers Subscribe for, and read the wEsT-
ERIN METHODIST.
Business men viii End it, no doub t, to thsi
int'roa! before completing their advertising
arrangements to consider tho comparative
merits Of our paper as an adve rtising mo
dun.
mean business. nd will make terms a.
reasonable as any fail dealer would urrO.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

canaan s q lari bchurL-...-...0 pm
New orleans, James Howard....-.........4 pm
ARRIVALS
Steamer Capital City, Vicksburg.
Colorado. ST. Louis.
Ella, st. Francis river.
0sceola Belle, Ashport.
Belle Of Texas, Friar's Point.
A. j. White, Riverton.
Carl Schurz, Scanlan's Land'g
Illinois, Vicksburg.
0sceols, st. Francis river.
James Howard, st. Louis.
Belle of Texas, Friars Point.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Cherokee, New Orleans.
James W. CAT, Cincinnati.
Rath. White river.
Gov. Garland, Arkansas river.
Capitol City, St. Louis.
Colorado, Yicksburg.
IN PORT.
Geo. W. Cheek, Phil Allin, Belle Of
Texas, Carl Schurz, Ella, 0sceola Belle,
A j. White, 0scsola, Illinois, Belle of
Texas, James Howard.
Condition Of the Rivers.
The river here has declined 9
inches from Saturday noon up to
noon to-day, ard now stands Z feet
2 inches above low water mark. The
packets report from G! to u feet
water from here to Cairo, and Z to
feet on the bars below here. At st.
Louis the decline yesterday was 2
inches, with 4 feet 10 inches on
Horsetail bar. At Cairo it was
stationary, with s feet / inch on
the gauge. At Pittsburg the Ohio
fell 3 inches, with 2 feet on the
gauge; at Cincinnati, 5 inches,
with 6 feet II inches on the gauge;
at Louisville, 2 inches, with 4 feet
s inches in the canal, and ) feet in
the channel in the lower Ohio.
Arkansas river is rising at Little
Rock, with is inches in the chan
mel and 30 inches from Pine Bluff
to the mouth. White riveri is re-
ceding, with 30 inches in the chan
mel from Jacksonport to the mouth.
mfsceIIaueous.
The receipts of cotton by river
from Saturday evening up to noon
to-day foot up 1896 bales.
A busy day on the landing.
The steamers experience much
trouble between here and Cairo,
and from here to Helena, on
account Of shoal water and the
crooked and lumpy channel.
The Leopard and barges left
Cairo yesterday afternoon for New
Orleans.
The Golden Rule for New Or
leans passed Evansville yesterday
morning.
The Belle of Shreveport will be
due tomorrow for New Orleans.
David Sinton, en- route from the
Ohio for Arkansas river, is due to-
day.
The Belle Of Texas, Capt. Davis,
came in at IL I'm. from Friar's
Point with 395 bales and "A bags
Of cotton and 1927 sacks seed.
The Belle of Shreveport will
leave Glenn's wharfboat tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock for New Or
leans, making all principal way
landings.
Devils Elbow cutoff and Fogle-
mans chute, owing to the low stage
of water, have become the two
most dangerous places on the river
10 run.
The Arkansas river is rising
again, with good prospects of an
improvement of navigation in that
! stream,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23
NKursonnn nRUDER.nUxD.


DzETscHER BaupER-BUy = Facets lst Sunday
sail. =. G.. Scheper, Pres'ti g. A. Junksr-
nam. Vice rest; W. dlaentzer, tec'y: II.
W. Schultz. t~ress'r; Aug Zweifel and John
Handweiker, Sick Committee for Northern
Division; John Wendell and John Margle.
SICK Committee for southern Division.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23

EOr Cairo N st. LOuts.
S. Mail-For 0sceola, New Madrid. HAL.
man., Cairo and st. Louis.
BELLE MEMPHIS ....a...Crane. mas,s-
WILL LEAVE THIS DAY. r-..
w Esd inst. at 3 pm. l41trh
For freight or passage apply to sAAs3hlk
AID STORM.
Sup't Mississippi River Elevator Co.
For V~ieksburg.
Anchor Line Memphis and st. Louis packet
co.,. S. Mail Line-For Woksburg and
the Bends.
CITY OF HELENA..... ......McKee. masior
r EAVES AS ABOVE TUES rua.
ADAY, Oct. q. at TO- N. LeQHfhr1
For freight or passage apply to SSA4A2&
AID STORM,
Sup't Mississippi River Elevator Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23

cOus
The Golden Rule is due from the
Ohio river en- route to New Orleans.
The Keokuk's stone barges are
still aground at Grand Chain.
There is only 4 feet 10 inches in
the channel at Horsetail bar below
st, Louis.
Rates on freights from St. Louis
to New Orleans rule at zoe. per
hundred and Acc. per barrel on
-four.
The Grand Republic leaves st.
Louis this week for New Orleans.
The Ashland is loading in White
river for New Orleans.
The Ella Hughes was towed up
yesterday to the foot of Exchange
street, where she will remain until
turned over to her new owners.
The damages on the cargo of the
j. W. Gaff will not amount to fifty
dollars.
Cotton shipments from here to
New Orleans by river have been
quite active the past week.
The Fleta's cruise up White river
in search of a load of cotton for
New Orleans did not pan out very
well, as she came out of the river
light.
The Cherokee added here ZOO
bales of cotton, and at Hopefeld
300, and got away yesterday morn
ing for New Orleans.
The Colorado passed down last
evening for Vicksburg, well laden.
She put off here several hundred
packages OF freight, and added 40
tons of way freight and several
The Arlington for Cincinnati,
Peytona and barges for Evansville,
Of Augusta fer Memphis, and
Howard for White river, left
New Orleans Sunday evening.
The Fannie Tatum and Atlantic
aud barges for New Orleans, and
of Helena for Vicksburg, left
st. Louis Saturday evening.
The Vint Shinkle for Memphis,
Moore for New Orleans,
and Trout for White river, left
Saturday evening.
The full account of the sinking
Of the mail pack ct Rosa Miller, in
the Arkansas river, will be found
on our local page.
James Kinman and Cook Hoyle
now pilot the Ruth.
The Ruth for White river and
Garland for the Arkansas
left Saturday night with
splendid trips.
The J. W. Gaff got away yester-
day afternoon for Cincinnati with
800 bales of cotton, 200 barrels oil,
"a bales rags and a lot Of old iron
and beer kegs, and 80 cabin passen-
gers.
Captain james Lees new lower
coast packet, the Coahom;I, is re-
.eiving her finishing touches and
will arrive here the latter part of
the week ready for business. She
viii ply In the Friars Point trade,
tri-weekly trips.
The Capitol City passed up yes
for st. Louis with AN ex-
cellent trip. She added here a lot
Of Eastern cotton.
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Crane,
is the regular Anchor Line packet
leaving this evening for Cairo and
Louis, attending to all way
and connecting with the
principal railroads for all points
East and West.
The blue ribbon packet Phil
Capt. Stacker Lee, leaves this
evening for Arkansas City and the
carrying the mail and pay
ing strict attention to all way bust
ness. Capt. Jimmy Thompson.
Cook Creighton, Mr.. Burke and
Martin Jones are her clever and
accommodating clerks.
The Oseeoh Belle, Capt. An
drews, came in from the upper
coast with 1856 bales and 1856 bags Of
cotton and 012 sacks of seed and
She returns to Ashport
this evening, attending to all way
business. Capt. 0. X. Joplin has
charge Of the Office.
The Carl Schurz, Captain Mat
Tremmel, brought in yesterday
from the lower coast another big
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-23

EAToyA TEMPLE or II. AND 7. hX4Ih
SO, l-meets every Friday even M
ing at 3 o'cleck at Tenperance Tp-Th
Han, 10. 29S Second street.
D. C. McDougal, W. G. T.; e. o. hilton. ".
v. T.; @. A. S. Richardson. ". r.; q, i.
Shepherd. ". A. R.; j.. II. Thompson, w. i.
r.: Bun z. Price. " Ir,; 4. Hum; WI III.
II. hampson, W, D. u; W. A. Hin, ". W.
g.; Geo. b. Elliott. W. s.; Rev. IL. G. Cul-
ton. W. Chaplain.
CHELSEA TEMPLE OF II. AND i. No. 2-meete
every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at their
IAN, Brick Church, Chelsea. y. y. Colby,
a. q. r.; D. T. Carr. W. Y. T. X, M. Ken
dali. W. r.; 7. B. R~awlings. W. A. r.; !.
F. Chandler, W. R.R.;W NJ. Carr, w. T.;
W. S. Rodgers. W. u; r. I. White, W. b.
u; Chas. IL. Lanham, W. g g. r. EgneW,
w. IS; R. J. Rawlings, W. Chap.
MoNT0ONERY COUNCIL No ], 7. A. AND S
T. meets first Monday in each month, in
Masonic Hall. Gayoso Block, at ~ O'Clock
pm. John W. Graham, G. Of G.; Jshn ".
Brueh. z.
THALss iEMPLE OF II. AND 7. No. 4-meetl
every Monday evening at ~ o'clock at theii
ball, corner Second and Adams streets, ovel
.fngine-house. Jonathan Wood, W. .. T..
1ohn W. Brush, W. v. T.: W. u. Atkinson
W. R.; John d. Cox, jr.. W. A. R; John W
Ca,ey, w +. 81: Chas. II. MeDousal, W
T.; T.. D. Davis. w. N.;R II. Hester, W. D
o.; Il. W. Halle, W. g.; J i. Bourne. W
s.; Ian A. johnson, W. Chaplain.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-10
Accidental Gold Strikes.

TWo-thirds of the rich "strikes in
California, says an old miner, were
purely accidental. A man in Columbia,
out of luck for years, strolled out Of
town one day in state of utter despair.
Seating himself under the shade of q
tree, he began poking, in an aimless
way, at black bowlder before him. Its
weight attracted his attention. Itproved
to be lump of gold worth ten thousand
dollars.
Another man was travelling one hot
summers day on the trail leading from
Mariposa to Tuolumne county. He sat
down on q white rock to eat his dinner,
and after having eaten, and while smok-
ing the postprandial pipe and wondering
how many more years must elapse before
he could make a pile which should
guarantee him an honorable reception
by his Eastern relatives, his experienced
eye was attracted by the dull yellow
color of goldin the rock about him. He
was sitting on his fortune, one of the
richest quartz leads in the country.
The history of Indian Bar on the Tuo-
lumne is another illustration. Indian
Bar was supposed to be worked out.
All save half a dozen miners left. Pat
Gibbons and his gang remained. These
four men were content to work for
grub and whisky money" They
gathered up the gleanings. One day
Sam Jones commenced picking at thin
streak of gravel left by the Point Com
pany in bank thirty feet above the
river. A painful yielded three cents.
He dug in little further. 1t panned
out ten cents. That was better. The
gravel streak increased in thickness, and
the bed rock pitched away from the
river and into the mountain. Pat Glib
bons and his crew Immediately took up
their claims for several hundred feet.
They had now three and four dollars
per day diggings. This was wealth
drunken wealth. They worked as little
and drank as much as possible. Two
days labor by the gang would furnish
the means for a weeks dissipation.
Meantime, John Sanborn, prudent
man from Massachusetts, biding pa
tiently his time, approached one mem
ber after another of this reckless gang
and bought their claims for sums rang
ing from 81, 900 to $500. When he had
secured 1early the whole frontage, he
went to work systematically, and the re-
suit was sometimes a yield of forty
ounces per day. In two years. time he
took out near 100000. Pat Gibbons
crew could not bear prosperity. Two
soon drank themselves to death. Pat
rick killed his wife. Jones survived it
all, and is probably to-day shaking his
rocker in some forgotten gulch, making
seventy five cents or dollar day.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-10
A Plague of Mice.

A plague of mice has appeared on sew
eral farms of Teviotdale. The farmers
club of the district lately appointed
committee to investigate the matter. On
some farms the mice have eaten thirty
per cent of the grass which should be
ready for the ewes, and in consequence
of the want of keep the ewes are in poor
condition, aud the lambs are perishing.
The mice, which are in millions, do not
in all respects resemble the house or the
ordinary field mouse; they are from
three to four inches long, with short,
stumpy tail, have bright piercing eyes,
and large ears almost level with the fur; /;
are brown colored on the back and ash
colored on the belly; and the stomachs
of the few that were captured contained
vegetable matter only. The Importance
of weasels and birds of p1ey is suggested
by the Scotsman as the best remedy for
the plague-which has been coming on
for the last five years-even though the
game should to some extent suffer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-10
Centennial Notes Of Interest.

Saturday is evidently destined to be
favorite day with Centennial sight
seers. On each Saturday the visitors to
the Exhibition were largely in excess of
other days during the week.
Commissioner Meeker, of Colorado,
will try the Western system of irriga-
tion upon piece of ground assigned for
the purpose, by surface application of
water from running stream.
A monstrosity has been placed in a
passage in the Art annex, which ought
to be removed forthwith. 1t is a group
of wax figures of "Cleopat ar and Her
Family" in a large and cumbersome
glass case.
The panoramic view from the south
western tower of the Main building is de-
scribed as one of the most beautiful and
extensive in the United States, taking
in the valley of the Delaware down to
Chester. The elevator car will accom-
modate forty persons.
A gentleman who lunched at restau-
rant near the United States building was
so struck by his bill that he has pub
lished it as follows: Bread, twenty four
cents two cupfuls of coffee, fifty cents ;
omelette, thirty cents ; services, thirty
cents total, one dollar and thirty-four
cents.
The silk banner presented by the
ladies of the State of New York to the
Women's department is twelve feet by
seventeen feet. Fourteen young women
have been embroidering it for the last
two months. 1t is the largest piece of
silk embroidery ever done in this
country.
Gentlemen in the Pay department, who
are best qualified to give an estimate,
say that the daily cost of running the
Exhibition is about $500. This in
cludes the pay of 800 men engaged in
completing the large amount of un-
finished work of all sorts, of between
1000 and l, 100 guards, 175 firemen and
a small army of sweepers.
The colored people who desired 60
erect monument in honor of Bishop
Allen, the founder of their church, have
abandoned the enterprise, as there have
been restrictions placed upon its erec-
tion, 70 which they will not submit.
They have concluded to place the statue,
when completed, in the Bethel church
yard attached to the church on LON
bard street.
The field trials in the Agricultural
department will take place as follows :
Moving machines, tedders and hay
rakes, June Is to 80; reaping machines,
July 5 to Is. The exhibition of live
stock on the following dates Horses,
September to IA; dogs, September l
to 8 neat cattle, September 81 to Oc-
tober 4 swine, October 10 to 18 sheep,
October 10 to IS (; poultry, October 27 to
November 6.
The dedication of the Catholic tent
perance fountain, which will be one of
the imposing features of the fourth of
July celebration, will be ever memorable
as the most brilliant temperance de-
monstration ever made in Philadelphia.
All the we'll known advocates of the
use will be present, and the clergy
and the leading societies of the Catholic
church will take active parts in the
ceremonies.