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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-24
Weather Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, February %. = For the
South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States,
rising and high barometer, fresh and brisk
northwest to northeast winds, and high of
the coast colder and generally clear weather
will prevail, succeeded in the latter by rising
temperature. .lr,..-... .-.s..
For the Middle States and New England,
rising and high barometer, brisk west and
south winds, diminishing in force, decidedly
cold and clear weather, and succeeded in the
afternoon or night from the lower lakes to
Virginia by southerly winds and rising tenn.
perature. e ~, -ge'> 5-4>Ii.aI' 1i.:si,fEFJ
Various Items.
WASHINGTON, February 23.-There was
nothing special donein the Cabinet meeting
to-day. - - = - .'!''s!", =. up
The heirs of .John j. Crittenden have sued
Fremont: for $40, 900, alleged due for legal
services. ,,..,.,<-. ~ -,r.g.,
1t has been decided that the appointment
OF ShankS as commissioner for the Indian
Territory was unauthorized by law. Fifty
thousand dollars had already been paid him.
The PacificsRsilroads Committee had no
quorum this morning, and Oh motion of Mr.
Atkins adjourned for o week, as some mem.
bere are necessarily absent 4 1853 ~
Pinchback's case Is again among the buried
Issues. No one thinks or talks about IT..
1t was said By. spme Of the western MEM
bersof the NEtionaf Democratic Committee
yesterday thakthel financial platform which
.WiiH be prepafed!by the House caucus COM
mittee, based on MIR. IPayne's 'bm, will be
such that the Democracy scan safely present
It to, the western v1ters,t !. f,ys stfsI,f
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-24

Ja4 ~ Geperai Frstxht dTicket 1gep
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-24
Markets by Telegraph.

NE~E.AtI DT Edo -
CORN.-Hifed 81 bushels. Pr
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
THE STEWART HOWL.

Mr.. Ben. Poore writes to the Boston
Journal: The death of Mr. Stewart,
of New York, recalls his nomination
as Secretary of the Treasury in 1869.
Gen. Grant, when elected President of
the United States, had to look about
him for Cabinet officers. With one
exception the departments were in
good working order, and the work of
retrenchment in the war and navy had
already been inaugurated. But the
Treasury Department, which had so
increased in Importance during the
war, and whose army of internal rev.
enue officers had not been reduced, ap-
peared to need some one at it's head Of
marked executive ability, who could,
and who would reform existing abuses.
Gen. Grant saw no such example Of
practicle executive ability as was dis
played in the mercantile establishment
Of A. T. Stewart. The lowest cash boy
was responsible to some one, and as the
responsibility increased, those who be-
came responsible became fewer, until
three or four men became responsible
for armies of men, women and boys
to Mr.. Stewart. Everything moved
along with the regularity Of clock.
work, Mr.. Stewart himself keeping the
key and setting the hands to the right
time when they were q second out Of
the way, without waiting to adjust the
regulator first.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
STORIES ABOUT STEWART.

Judge Henry Hilton, to whom Stew
art left 81 ,OO0,0 900, was for many years
past the legal adviser of the testator,
whom he served assiduously for the
handsome sum of 100000. Hilton
was, when Stewart first took a fancy
to him, a Tammany politician of the
least reputable kind. He had the sharp
ness and cunning peculiar to the breed
of American politicians, but could not
boast Of any single quality which
would commend him to an ordinary
man. Perhaps this was why Mr. Stewart
took him. Mr.. Hilton at one time held
the office of park commissioner, and
perhaps he was a good officer. His
acts were not many it is true, but they
were notable. He celebrated his ap-
pointmcnt by ordering all the bronze
statues in Central park to be white
washed, an order which was fortunate.
ly countermanded by one of Hilton's
associates. But MIR Stewart apparently
never heard Of this, or if he did, must
have approved Judge Hiltonss original
plan, for he bought many of the pic
lures in his art gallery, which is val
ued at s .O00, 900, by the judge sadvice.
The Judge and Mr.. Stewart were the
most intimate friends, and Mr.. Stewart
wanted the judge to become a member
Of the Union League club, of which he
was vice president. This was no easy
job. To bring into the Union League
a broken.down Tammany politician,
the bosom friend and comrade of
Sweeny and Tom Fields in the palmy
days of Tweedism! But Mr.. Stewart
had to resort to strategy. He gave the
club to understand that he might very
probably make it 4 present Of his mag
nilicent marble mansion on Fifth
avenue and Thirty fourth street, and
the members were delighted. When
they had thoroughly digested this dish
and the report of the promised gift
had been disseminated far and wide,
Mr.. Stewart proposed Judge Hilton for
membership in the club. But, alas !
he was black-balled, badly black-ball-
ed, beaten out of time. Well, MIR.
Stewart did not leave his house to the
Union League club, and now the mem.
bers are wishing that they had waited
to hear the will before they so hur.
riedly passed resolutions of respect,
regret, remembrance, etc.
It is very generally believed that the
81 ,OO0, 900 left to Judge Hilton is not
for him, but was so left with a private
understanding that it should, or that
part of it should, go to certain irreg-
lllar offspring of Mr.. Stewart, and par
ticularly to a party now residing in or
near Paris. Hilton has already made
large fortune out of Mr.. Stewart.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
Teaching Horses.

Horses can beeducated to the extent
of their understandings as well as chill.
dren, and can be rs easily damaged or
ruined by bad management. We be.
lieve that the great difference found
in horses as to vicious habits or relia.
bility comes more from the different
management of men than from varf.
ance as natural disposition in the AMI.
mails. Horses with high mettle are
most easily educated than those of less
or dull spirits, and are more suscept.
able to i'll training, and consequently
may be as good or bad, according to
the education they receive.
Horses with dull spirits are not by
any means proof against bad manage
ment, for in them may often be found
the most provoking obstinacy; vicious
habits of different characters that rem
der them almost entirely worthless
Could the coming generations of hors
es in this country be kept from thei>
days of colthood to the age of five
years in the hands of good careful man
ayers, there would be seen a vast diff
ference in the general characters OF
the noble animals.
If a colt is never allowed to get an
advantage, it will never know that it
possesses power that man cannot
control; and if made familiar with
strange objects, it will not be skit.
tish and nervous. If horse is made
accustomed from his early days to
have objects hit him OH the heels,
back, and hips, he will pay no atten-
tion to the giving out of a harness or
of a wagon running against him at an
unexpected moment.
We once saw an aged lady drive a
high spirited horse, attached to 4 car.
riage. down a steep hill, with no hold.
back straps upon the harness, and she
assured us that there was no danger,
for her son accustomed his horses to
all kinds of usages and sights that
commonly drive the animal into a fren'
~ of fear and excitement.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
News From the National CAPITAL.

News From the National Capital.
Secretary Bristow has given notice
of new loan Of q, ,s3a, 600 to pay the awards
of the Alabama claims commission.
The President has nominated Mich.
ael Schaffer chief justice for Utah; Elisha p.
Ferry governor Of Washington territory; and
Jos. c. Wilson, collector for Colorado.
The bill which passed the House for
the transfer of the Indian bureau to the war
department,provid that after the first of July
the commanders OF geographical departments
shall have charge Of Indian affairs in their re-
spective departments.
1t is authoritatively announced that
Gen. Schenck will not be returned as minis
ter to England under any circumstances.
Although the President is fully convinced
that Schenck is entirely innocent Of any in
tended fraud in Emma Mine affairs, he has
delayed making any further nomination until
the investigation is completed.
To Belknap's plea of jurisdiction,
the managers Of the impeachment trial re-
piled, on the opening Of the court ON the 18th,
that Belknap was public ficer when the Of
lenses were committed, also when the inves-
tigation was made and until measures were
commenced for impeachment. On motion Of
Belknap's counsel four days were given in
which to make answer to the managers, and
the trial was ordered to proceed on the 9th.
The impeachment trial of W. W.
Belknap, ex-secretary ofwar, was commenced
on the 18th. The Senate galleries were
crowded with spectators, and unusual activi-
ty was apparent on the floor. .Belknap was
present with his counsel, looking care-worn
and anxious. His counsel entered plea de-
snying the jurisdiction OF the Senate to try the
accused, as he is not public officer, but q
private citizen Of the state of Iowa. The
managers on the part Of the House than asked
for time in which to consider the plea, and an
adjournment was had until Wednesday, the
18th. .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
THE GREELEY MANSION.


All that is left of Horace Greeley's
old homestead in the woods at Chap
paqua is cellar full of debris and a
high brick chimney. The structure
was destroyed by fire on Friday eve
ming. The tenants who had occupied
the house during the past year moved
out on Tuesday, and Col. Smith, the
husband Of Ida Greeley, employed a
woman to clean the house preparatory
to repainting it for occupancy this
summer by himself and wife. To heat
the water needed by the scrubbing
woman, fire had to be built in an
open fire place, but at four o'clock,
when Col. Smith visited the house,
this was but q heap Of dying embers,
and the woman believed it to be ont
when she closed the house an hour
later. At half-past six the flames Of
the burning house were seen above the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
Minnesota Gossip.

Twenty-seven families from Illinois
have settled in Mcleod county sthis
this spring. IS
The boy who was shot at q recent
charivari in Waseca county has entire.
ly recovered. l y
The revival at St. Charles has not
yet reached the delinquent subscribers
of the Times.
Anoka still continues its war be.
tween Catholics and Protestants. The
three papers published there are full
of it.
The great newspaper changes at St.
Paul and Minneapolis are the cause of
much comment among honest people
as well as politicians. &. II ,:,,,g zs1r
Norman Chance got his foot in, a
saw at Monticello, last week and lost a
toe. It was by chance only that he
didn't lose his entire foot.
Remember that the first Monday in
May is Arbor Day, and that the State
Forestry Association offers desirable
premiums for tree planting. .,..
Capt. A. G. Hawley, once well.
known music instructor in Minnesota,
is said to be captain of the guards at
the Centennial grounds in Philadel-
phia.
The 1nebriate Asylum commissioners
have purchased site for the building
just east of the city limits of Roches-
ter, and paid therefor the sum of
900.
Several exchanges are noticing the
receipt of new potatoes, not grown in
hot houses, either. In Hastings they
are already eight inches in circum.
| ference.
James Thomas, of Lake Prairie, was
lately found dead by the side of a fall
len tree which he had chopped down.
One year ago Mr.. Thomas lost two chill
dren by burning.
The Dispatch reporter represented
Tilton as having :'piercing. scintilla-
ting eye," but Jennison, Of the Red
Wing Republican, failed to see any,
thing scintillating or piercing in the
lecturers visual organs.
| Faribault has new brass band, and
the residents Of that pleasant city are
congratulating themselves that the
first efforts Of the new players were
made during the winter with closed
windows and doors.
| Spring lake, at Albert Lea, is becom-
ing dangerous nuisance. The Stand
ard says it is fast drying up, and that
the smell which arises from it's decay
ing weeds is almost intolerable.
The Preston Republican says: Elk.
periments with wheat grown last sea.
son, to ascertain what proportion is fit
for seed, show that of the best seed
which could be procured at least fif-
teen per cent. was unfit for use.
When the editor of the Owatonna
Journal sees a mans gray hair and
beard turn into deep black during the
process of courting, and then assume
its original color after the business is
completed, he wonders if perpetual
courtship would keep the hair black
forever.
= a correspondent of the Rochester
Record tells of 4 school teacher in the
f town of Dover who adjourned school
l to play billiards and invited the schol
e ars to his room to play seven-up. Not
Y content with this crOokedness he gO1
e in debt all around, and on the last day
4 of his term dismissed his school JUS
e in time to step aboard the train ant
: leave his friends to mourn.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
The Art Of Making Coffee.

''Aunt Prudence" writes to the
American Grocer: IF we Drowned
our coffee, which we confess we do
not, we should certainly adopt plan
which we see spoken of in Hall S
Journal, and which carries conviction
of it's excellence to the mind of an old
housekeeper. 1t is this: When the
coffee is roasted, and before it is quite
cold, while you can hold the berries
comfortably in your hand, add to every
pound of coffee the white of an egg,
and stir the mass thoroughly, SO that
every berry will be wet with it. 1t has
two advantages:-the first is one spok.
en- of by the writer of the article, of
settling the coffee without the addition
of anything but boiling water, and the
second would be to coat the berry
with the egg SO as to preserve the
aroma, which will pass away in a
measure from the roasted berry. We
feel morally certain that coffee pre-
paired in this way, with the addition
of cream, would be 4 beverage fit 70,
| the gods.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
Miscellaneous News Items.

Queen Victoria has returned from
her foreign trip.
Spain has closed negotiations with
the Pope on the subject Of religious unity.
The freight pool from Chicago to
the seaboard has broken and rates have de.
clined ten cents.
The Centennial grounds have been
closed to visitors until May 10th, the time
set for the grand opening.
The steamer D. A. Mcdonald collid.
ed with bridge pier at Keoknk, and WAS to.
tally wrecked. Loss $4,000.
The Moody and Sankey meetings in
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
TREASURY CLERKS.

BY an amendment to the s,,ndry civil
appropriation bill, passed a year ago,
it was provided ''that on and after
January 1st, 1876, the appointments of
this (the treasury department shall be
SO arranged as to be equally distributed
between the several States of the
United States, territories, and the Dis
trict of Columbia, according to popula.
tion." The whole number of names
now on the register of the treasury
department is 2,5O6, and the basis of
the apportionment is the ratio of 2, 400
employees (which is greater than the
average number will be in the future)
to 8,558,37l, the total population Of
the United States at the time the last
census was made. Reduced, the ratio
gives one appointment to 10000 of
population, and under the new appor.
tionment Minnesota will gain five ap.
pointees, Iowa forty.one, and Wiscon.
sin twenty-four.
1t may not be advisable to rush for.
ward to the positions to be filled, how.
ever, for at the beginning of the next
fiscal year a large reduction will be
made in the clerical force of the treas
ury department., which will render
necessary the discharge of several hum
dred of the present employees. The
amount of this reduction will depend
upon the action which Congress finally
takes on the appropriation bill now
pending in the House, and the interest
ing question arises whether, in dis
charging clerks from the treasury de-
partment, the secretary will be re-
quired, by the law already referred to,
to select for dismissal first, clerks
from those States which already have
an excess of patronage, or whether he
may be guided by other consider.
ations.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
Household Hints.

To whiten flannel made yellow by
age, dissolve one and a half pounds Of
white soap in fifty pounds soft water,
and also two-thirds of an ounce spirits
of ammonia. Immerse the flannel.
stir. well around for a short tire.
and wash in pure water. When blacS
or navy blue linens are washed soap
should not be used. Take instead two
potatoes grated into tepid soft water
latter having them washed and
peeled), into which teaspoonful of
ammonia has been put. Wash the
linens in this, and rinse them in cold
blue water. They will need no starch,
and should be dried and ironed on the
wrong side. An infusion of hay will
keep the natural color in buff linens.
and All infusion of bran will do the
same for brown linens and prints.
If brooms are wet in boiling sud<
once a week they will become yer,
toug h, will not cut carpet, but last
much longer, ana always sweep like :
new broom. A handful or so of sail
sprinkled on the carpet will carry thu
dust along with it and make the carpet
look bright and clean. A very dust,
carpet may be cleaned by setting pal
OF cold water out by the door, wet thu
| broom in it, knock it to get of all th'
drops. sweep yard or so, then wasl
the broom as before and sweep again
being careful to shake all the drops of
the broom, and not sweep far at a time
If done with care it will clean a carpe
very nicely, and you WILDE surprise,
ut the quantity of dirt in the water
The water may need changing once O.
twice if the carpet is very dirty. Snov
sprinkled over 4 carpet and swept of
before it has time to melt and dissolv
is also nice for renovatilig soiled car
pet. Moistened Indian meal is use,
with good effect by some housekeep
ers. The broom wears out carpets a
much as feet do.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
Mules for Farm Work

An Arkansas correspondent of the
American Farm Journal thus strongly
states the superiority of mules over
horses for farm work in the South.
The SUBJECTS worthy the attention of
Northern farmers:
''MuleS on an average are more val
liable than horses, and more easily
raised, and are not so subject to- dis.
ease, are not likely to run away in
wagoning and blowing, are longer
lived, will do more work, and require
less feed and attention; they are strong
er, will draw heavier loads, and stand
a great deal more hardship, and are in
every way preferable to the horse for
general farm use. Mules come in
earlier, being ready for light work
when three years old. They will then
do enough work on a farm to pay for
their food, and after having reached
the age Of four years they are ready
for any kind of service. But the horse
(colt) must be kept until he is four
years old before he is worked at all,
and when he is he must be first
rate colt to- bring as much as the mule
will at 2 years old. But assume the
animals are both required for farm
work, see what a difference there is in
favor of the mule. The working life
of the mule can be safely estimated at
thirty years, and that of a horse at ten
years. So while a mule is working its
life out three horses will be required tc
do equal service. But these are not the
only items. The saving of feed is at least
one.fourth, or not less than 647 bushels
of corn and 457 tons Of hay. These
amounts added to the original saving
in purchase of animals, show an ad.
vantage in favor of the use o. the mule
over the horse of 81, 900 during the or.
dinary life of the animal. The mule
is less dainty about food, unground
grain and dry feed being just the thing
for him. .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27

A hospitable lady gave her young
friends a party the other night, and
when round dances were proposed, she
strenously objected; ''but,'' she
added, ..if any of the boys wish to hug
the girls, let them sit down on the So
fas and 60 at it in earnest-but no round
dances, mind you.'' They went at it
and seemed to enjoy themselves e :ry
bit as much as if they had glidet- in
round dances all the evening. and
the girls are 'sjust dying as one of
them expressed it, for that lady to
give another party. ., ss .,l.... s.ss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27

A boy, in fact a good sized youth,
was passenger on train between
Waterbury and Naugatuck. When ap-
preached by the conductor for his
ticket he handed up a half-fare ticket.
GLOW old are you!'' queried the con-
ducter. II shall he just twelve years
old at precisely 7 o'clock this evening"
answered the boy. swell, you can re-
turn tonight .forhalf fare, a. the even.
ing train is due at Waterbury at $50, ~
said the gentlemanly conductor as he
DaSSed on.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27

"A candy store window displays, in
worsted letters the inspiring text ''The
Lord will provide A hoy who pass
es daily says it amt so, and ..you can't
git no candy in there on the credit of
Providence. Nickels is the only stuff
wot gifts them gumdrops.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27
Domestic Economy.
Norrfstow-n Herald.

NOrr1stOWn ACrai0
When a Norristown woman asked
her husband for two dollars to buy
calico dress, he whipped paper ont of
his coat-tail pocket and pointed to an
editorial which clearly showed that
female extravaganza was the ruination
of some of our best men, and even the
country itself was becoming demoral-
lied from the same cause. Then he
gave her ten cents to buy hair-pins, lit
a ten-cent cigar and left the house
and lost three dollars playing billiards
before he came home.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27

Personal, Impcrsonal and Political.
The Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro,
has gone to California.
Henry c. Bowen has withdrawn from
the Congregational Union.
Queen Victoria has safely arrived
at Windsor castle from her trip on the conti-
nent.
The Emperor of Brazil attended the
closing session Of Moody and Sankey's New
York meeting.
I. Dwight Ellis, of Cleveland, prom
inently identified with the Lake Superior iron
ore interest, lately died in Cleaveland, Ohio.
The Cook county savings Bank, of
Chicago, suspended on the 22d. The deposi-
tors numbered six thousand, mostly Scandi-
navians, who will receive very nearly dollar
for dollar.
The Nebraska Democratic convention
was the largest and most influential ever held
in the State, and elected delegates to the
national convention unanimously for Tilden
for President.
The Indiana Democratic convention
nominated Jas. D. Williams for governor and
elected delegates to the national convention,
and endorsed Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks as the
choice of the contention for president.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-04-27

hill which hides it from the village,
but when the villagers reached The
scene the entire building was ablaze,
and in little while it was totally con-
s"med. There is no suspicion of in.
cendiarism, and only surmise that
the flames sprang from the embers on
the hearth.
Beyond barrel of vinegar, nothing
was in the house when it burned. All
Mr.. Greeley's books, manuscripts, and
valuable works of art are safe in the
house on the: edge of the farm in the
keeping Of his daughter.
The intrinsic value of the burned
house was small. It was the most or.
dinary kind of frame cottage, two
stories high and shaped in the simplest
style. ... .,.... ss ,,.-...' ....,
In it Horace Greedy spent the twenty
years that succeeded his purchase Of
the Chappaqua property. In it he
wrote, reared his children, received
his friends, and lead that quiet life
that made the rustic neighbors wor
ship him as demi-god.