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says 4Ao AcpuUAtChu udS 1u-
formation from what is deemed an
entirely trustworthy source, that
Sherman, through second parties. is
negotiating for elegant property in a
brilliant and fashionable suburb of
this city, for q future residence.-
That he will retire from the army
after the 4th Of March in the event
of the election Of Hays and Wheeler,
and that Grant will heappointed as
as Shernan's successor.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 9.-The largest
State Democratic State Convention
ever held in this State adjourned
after midnight. The platform rati-
fies the st. Louis nominations, and
opposes repudiation and increased
taxation -at...,.a ~.az ,.--t-
JEFFERSON CITY, Aug. 9. The
Missouri Republican Convention
passed resolution declaring that
the Republican. party welcome to
full fellowship any and all persons
who have ever been in council or
camp in the rebellion, on condition
of belief and support of Republican
principles, was adopted as an amend
ment to the platform.
New YORK, Aug. 1O.-Gold closed
111H@1115s. EEEE
New YORK, Aug. 10.-The first
wires were slung over the eastern
tower of the Brooklyn bridge to-day
they will be brought to position
early next week, when temporary
foot-bridge will be completed as
soon as possible, some think in a
month. The immense Three Broth
ers, formerly the steamer Wander
bilt, yesterday passed up the East
River, when observation taken
showed her topmast at least ten feet
under the lowest part of the pro-
iected bridge, thus dispelling the
idea that the bridge will disturb
navigation.
.|FH
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. - Pacific
Coast items on river and harbor bill
passed both Houses to-day, and
was sent to the President for his ap-
proval. For Oakland harbor, $75,
600; for Improvement of the San
joaquin River, $4,000; for con-
struction Of canal around the Cas-
cade of the Columbia River, Ore
gon, 800, 900, of which amount s1O,-
600 may be expended by the Secre-
tary of War to secure the right of
way; for improvement of Lower
Willamette and Columbia Rivers
from Portland to the sea, $50, 1000;
for the Upper Willamette, $4,000,
and for the Upper Columbia, in
cluding Snake River, $4,000. The
bill as passed appropriates s4OO, 600
for incidental repairs of harbors and
for such surveys and examinations
of rivers and harbors as in the judg-
ment of the Secretary of War will
subserve the general interest of COM
merce, and all special provisions for
surveys were stricken out. Luttrell
and Wiggington. in consequence of
the omission of any appropriations
for their respective districts. endeav-
ored to defeat the adoption of the
Conference Committee report. and
voted to-day against the passage OF
the bill. This opposition is based
on this ground in some cases, and in
others on the conviction that the
whole was indefensible, but only
obtained fifty-five votes, however,
and the bill appropriating ss0O,OO
less than the amount originally
sanctioned, by the House, passed by
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1t Is recommended to the several
counties to hold their County Con-
.ventions on Saturday the 9th day of
September, 1876.
By order of the Republican Terri
torial Central Committee. Dated
this 9th day of August, 1879.
T. T. MINOR, Chairman.
VIM. McMIcKEN, Secretary.
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THERE were no cases before the Po-
lice Court this morning.
, 1876-08-12
Latest by Telegraph

Reported Expressly for the Daily Dispatch.
, 1876-08-12

FLOUR At Wholesale and Retail.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
A Cold Water Boy.

"Why, Neddy, didn't you get t6e,su-
car ?" asked lady whose hsnds sEere ia
pan of flour. s-~s'
mo, ma, I couldn't" said Ned. -f.ii.
tie Sammy that made the paint oai Of
beet juice, and painted my Primer, told
me don't 60 in that near store, 'c,use
that man sells rum, and beer. aud elder,
and all sort Of drunk thugs, Sammy is
a cold water boy, and sem going to be
oil my life."
whats cold water boy" asked bis
mamma.
"It's boy that won't 60 into rum
store to buy sugar and won't taste wine.
nor cider; and shuts his lips tight-this
way-when his grandma gives him miuco
pies with rum in EN- and pudding with
rum in the sauce and won't touch en-,
fear he'll grow into drunk man. And
cold water boys are sorry for poor Teddy
Charry, and give him shoes and clothes
and lend him their balls aud marbles, and
hide him in their houses when his father
is drunk and cross to him."
"Oh. but want that sugar in such a
hurry. Neddy." said his mother.
"Well send Patty way of far, to e
cold water store, but l shan's go Into a
rum grocer, cause, may be just une drop
OF rum might get into the sugar barrel
and We might buy it! I'm going to have
ell my sugar cold water sugar, cause In
a cold water boy; and we'll all be cold
water folks in this house."
80 we will. dear" said his mother
"aDd never put wine in our sauce. uos
brandy in our pies. - Watehman.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
The Prodigal.

lnheri tors OF vast wealth arc proven.
biallY spendthrifts. The golden orc is
dug from the mine, refined and coined, by
the labor Of other hands and the sYea, Of
other brows. Like children playing .sith
an expensive toy, they can form no Just
estimate Of its value. When the donor
weighed it, he cast into the balance 80 ma.
ny days of unremitting and fatiguipg
toll, so many anxious and sleepless nights,
80 much self.denial, and so much care.
But the inheritor into Ills balance throw
only-pleasure. The one values it by
what it cost him; the other. for what Il
will purchase. Like the prodigal in the
Scripture parable, he tbOughtlessly cx.
ponds it to crafty the caprice and crav.
ings Of his nature. Then comes the last
scene--the misery, the remorsc, and the
long and wearisome journey back to the
home Of frugal industry. But there are
other prodigals. On her favorites our
bounteous parent, Nature. has lavished
her richest treasure--health. But the
prodigal values it lightly, for ii cost him
nsoSut ohu iSoAiocciy cYuouuoT3 ~ III
riotous living. Present pleasure obscures
future want. Soon the curtain rises on
the last scene. We see him helpless, i'm.
poverished.- rich treasures Of body
and MUD all lost,--in misery and des.
pair, Remorseful Conscience holds up
to him the mirror ofmemory. In bis own
reckless folly he peroeives the cause of his
present pain. He resolves to return. The
journey is long and tedious. but i'll he per.
sevsringIy follows the right road. he will
at length see the haven Of his hopes in
the distance, and Nature. seeing her in.
valid child afar off, will come out to
meet him, and receive him back with
love and blessing. To find the right
road homeward, the suffering prodigal
soeuld read "The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser" Therein it is com,
pletely mapped out, its landmarks all in,
dicated and its milestones all numbered
Read it. Price $3.50 postage prepaid)
Address tho author aud publisher, r. Y
Pierce, NJ. D., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
The Longest Days.

At London aud Bremen, Prussia, the
longest day has sixteen and half hours
at Stockholm, in Sweden, the longest day
has eighteen and half hours at
Hamburg, in Germany, and Dantzic, in
Prussia, the longest day has seventeen
hours, and the shortest seven hours; OF
st. Petersburg, in Russia, and Tobolsk,
in Siberia. the longest day has nineteen
hours. and the shortest five hours at Tor.
nea in Finland the longest day has twen.
ty-one hours and half, and the shortest
two hours and a half at Wardhuys, in
Norway, the day lasts from the 2lst Of
May to the 22nd of July, without inter.
ruptioD, and ct Spitzbergn the longest
day is three and half months at New
York, the longest day, june 10, has
fourteen hours and and fifty.six minutes
and at Montreal fifteen and hall
hours.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
A New Mode of Washing.

The i'll effects OF soda on linen have
given rise to new method of washing,
which has been extensively adopted in
Germany, and introduced into Belgium
The operation consists in disolying two
pounds of soap 10 about three gallons OF
water as hot as the hand can bear, and
adding to this one tablespoonful of tur.
pentioe and three of liquid ammonia
the mixture must then be we'll stirred
ard the linen stepped ia it for two OF
three hours, taking care to cover the
vessel containing them as Theoretically y
as possible. The clothes are afterward
washed out and rinsed 10 the usual way.
The soap and water may be repeated and
used second time, but in that case
half teaspoonfnl of ammonia must be
added. This process is said to cause o
great economy of time, labor aud fuel.
The linen scarcely suffers at all, and its
cleanliness and color are perfect. The
ammonia and turpentinc, although their
detersive action is great, have no injuri.
Gus effect on tho liucn and while the
former eyaporates Immediately, the smell
of the latter is said to disappear entire.
ly during the drying of tho clothes.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
Brunei and His Singular Ac.
cident.

A singular accident once happened to
the late Mr.. Brunei, the engineer. Mr..
Brunei, while performing copjuring
trick for the amusement ofsome children,
allowed half sovereign to slip into his
throat (no. his windpipe), where it re.
mained immovablc. A surgeon was
sent for, who at once pronounced it On
impossibility to remove the obstacle BY
any Of the ordinary means. He opened
passage into bis gullet, through which
Mr.. Brunei might be fed, and told his
patient that couch must be constructs
ed on which he must be fastened, face
downward and then be tilted up, feet
uppermost and brought up suddenly with
isrk on reaching.a perpendicular position.
Brunei entered into the plan with his
usual energy. and devised sketch of the
machine for the upholsterer. While it
was being made, tho patient was kept
quiet, and fed through the aperture.
Several days elapsed. and then, on being
placed on the couch, and treated in the
way intended. tho shock caused By the
sudden stoppage when tilted up with his
head downward, relaxed for an instant
the muscles which held the coin, and it
fell against bis teeth:
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
Pet Prairie DOGS.

This morning we had great frolio
with our little prairio dogs. One village.
which was startled by the introduction Of
six or eight 10 our front yard. now con-
sists of more than twenty funny little
creatures. whose antics and gambols are
equal to those Of our household pet, the
kitten. They still fear strangers, and al.
ways seem to keep out picket guard to
warn of the approach Of foe. This
guard changes. but is always one Of the
old dogs. He remains upright. watching
while the others are playing or feeding,
and sounds his note Of warning by the ut
tcrauce Of a succession of rapid squeaks
or barks. At the first sound the others
Immediately scamper like mice down
their holes, whore they remain until the
bark ing ceases, when they timidly venture
forth again. Having habitually fed them
they regard me as q constant friend. and
my approach is signal for the rallyine
of their forces around my feet. They
climb in my lap, upon my shoulder. i'm.
pudently nimble my buttons or fingers
while their inquisitive little noses are
snufiiing vigorously for the cake or cracker
which they know l have somewhere con
cealed for them. The latter they are
very fond of,and one of the liveliest frolic,
was caused by giving them some ginger.
snaps. which they ate eagerly at first, bu
were quite disgusted at the burning sen
sation produced by the ginger. They
scOlded and chartered. struck at their
noses with the hands which they use 81
cleverly, and utterly refused to eat any
more, though they were very hungry
Ono Of them has been named Billy. aud
will always come when called, even from
the depth Of bis hole; consequently ht
gets the fret bite. aud is at once attacked
by oil the others to take it from him
They scramble and tumble over and over
five or six after the same morsel. chatter
ing ell the time like 90 many monkeys
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
An Oregon Yarn.

Rumors are rife on the street concern.
ing the most remarkable discovery of
silver in Wasoo County. The stories
floating about tell of nothing less than
acres Of boiling springs which, instead Of
water, flow STREAMS Of chloride Of silver.
Ship.loads Of precious metal are repro.
sented to be in sight, in the shape Of a
soapy gray substance somewhat resem.
bling quicksilver. The molten masses
bubble and boil with escaping gases. The
substance is go heavy that stone will
not sink in it, but stick or erow.bar
may be forced down into the pools of
wealth several feet, when the immense
gravity Of the moss will throw it back
into the dir like Gn arrow shot from an
indians bow. AT least one hundred and
sixty acres is covered with these springs,
ranging from few feet to hundred
yards across. Each one is surrounded
with rim Of crystalizcd silver. The
depth has not yet been imagined, but tho
vast wealth in sight is enough to make
every man in Oregon bonanza king.
AL you have to do is to back cart I'D
to the edge Of your spring and load il
with money. Some people may think we
are drawing on our imagination for these
statements. But such is not the case.
We merely tell what we hear. Some of
tho silver amalgsm said to be from these
fabulous springs has positively been as
sayed by gentleman in this city, and pro
nouDced to be precIpitated chloride ofsil
yer worth $4,000 per ton. If this should
be true, the Comstock lode would stop
working, Nevada would be deserted, and
tho silver springs of Oregon become the
wonder Of the world. The original dis.
coverers are snid to have been in the CITY
purchasing supplies, and to have departed
by the Dalles boat this morning, while
rival boat has been fitted out by others.
who claim to know the whereabouts of
the "ind," who 60 by pony express by
the way of Of Albany and the Mimic
Pass. to get in ahead Of the others and
make themselves weather. than Jones,
Sharon, and the Lick estate combined.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
Widely Distributed Animals.

Tho family Of rats is found in nearly
every quarter, aud bats 10 every quarter
Of the globe, None Of the large land
animals arc SO widely distributed. Among
birds, the most extensively found are
swallows, kingdshers, pigeons, falcons,
owls, rails, snipes, plovers, herons, ducks,
gulls, petrels, pelieans. aud grebes. All
Of these are found In each OF Mr.. Wal.
lace's regions, and also in each Of their
subdivisions. Crows and swifts arc uni.
versal except in New Zealand and cuckoos
except in the north Of North America.
Among reptiles, snakes may be mention.
ed as n>Arly cosmopolites, being found
everywhere except in New Zealand and
the tropical islands Of the Pacific while
geckoes, or wall lizards arc absent only
from the north Of North Americs. Tosis
are dispersed over the whole world except
Madagascar, New Zealand and the
Pacific Islands; and The frogs have the
same area with the addition Of sIadagss.
car.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23

GOSnO YEAR. AGENTS WANTED.
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our great so book Combination, we have been
induced 70 enlarge IT, and now offer grand Com
bination Prospestus representing
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23

They suffer little from smoky chimnsys
10 Paris, having simple invention for
doing away with the unpleasant effect Of
smoke. In the chimney stack q fne
spray Of water is introduced, which falls
through the columu Of smoke, and not
only washes it. lat takes from Il the car.
bon. The impurities are caught at the
bottom Of q chimney. where they run of
into tank. A certain quantity Of lamp.
black, secured 10 this way, amply re2sys
the cost Of the Introduction Of water.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23

They attempted to take one of Bar.
NUNS new giraffes across Rhode Island
last week, but just as it was on the Mas
sachusetts line it reached over and eat
up about half Of a hsystaek in q farm.
yard in Connecticut, and when the farm.
or came out with a club and attacked
tho Connecticut end, the Massachusetts,
end got mad and kicked man in Boston,
and nearly killed him. It created q
good deal of excitement at the time in
Rhode Island, aud most Of tho people
stepped out OF the state till il was over.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23

The sweetest and most signal revenge
TO inaict upon enemies who seek to bs
little our labors or underestimate our
abilities. 10 to do everything we'll. to lead
irrsproaehable lives. to earn popular con.
ddenee and respect, to esehew all but
sudsbls undertakings. to succeed 10 ev.
cry aot aud labor. Success Is the most
sfiectual rsprosch to envy, malice and un.
friendliness.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
WOMANS TEMPERANCE COL
UliN.
To o Drunkard.

Drink drink What arc you drinking
But for a moment hold your breath
But for moment just be thinking
That you are drinking-drinking death!
Drink drink Your wife is sighing;
See her in rags and tattera 70.
Drink, but hear your children crying,
What are you drinkingf Woe woe Voc
Take the pledge; It may savo you wholly
Save you from vretchedness and sin,
And from the depths Of pain and folly
Bring you pleasure and peace within.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23

"lies-yur is yer Gags Of all na.aa
tiops," shouted q Centennial padler o.
the street. A red.nosed joker stopped
him to ask, "Have you flag Of danea.
tion ?" mo, sir" was the quick reteIt;
"you ind that in the whisky bottle" "
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23

r LANNON'S DYES COLOR SILKS. WOOL.
IL ems, cottons; color anything. Druggists sell
thea. 4 book giving full and eI plcit directions
vtI be ssnt to snyons BY addressing the propris-
sorv. Wrnts, RicIsAspsoN Co., Bprlington. VT
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23

The latest novelty 10 Paris 10 per.
fumed hats" Such head gear should be
popular Among the Feaisps. They would
make good Head sosntsrss
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23

The pet Of wealthy pareats" has
just been sent to the Missouri peri.
tentisIy for ten years. They left him
$4,000.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-08
OUR SOUTHERN CORES.
PONDENCE.

Another Letter From Column.
bia-The City Before the War
and SInce-Tle Legislature,
White and Black-TaxatiOn,
business, dc:
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Republican State Convention.

A Convention oil The Union Republican Party Of
West Virginia will DO held at ClarkSburg, W, Va,
on THURSDAY, MAY II, 1875, for the purpose oil
appointing ton delegates to the Union Republican
National Convention which Is to assemble ut Gin.
s!nnat on tho 18th day Of juno, 1879, and to nom
luatH Ave Presidential Electors.
Tho committee Is Of opinion that 1t will 10 Inn
practicable to avoid holding two Conventions, and
that the purposes Of this Convention are not Of
sufficient importance to Justify calling for large
county delegations and therefore suggests that each
county will send Owe dClCgates-thesC delegates to
bC appointed by the County Executive Committee,
or by County Convention, as such committee may
deem HxpCdIent. II Is proposed to call another
Convention during tho summer, at which tho COM
uttCO hops to meot al, without regard to past pO-
lLIcnl differences, or previous party affiliations
who IRE 10 favor Of making such changes In our
lava as time and experience have shown necessary
who arO IN tAVorOi the continued prosecution aud
punishment Of official corruption, and VINO arc In
iavor Of retrCnehment and economy In tho admin
istration Of our stAtG affairs. =
BY order Of the State Republican Executive CONF
mittoe. JoHN W. Mason, Chairman.
GRAHtoS, W. VA, Feb. IS, 1876.
,RepublIean papers Of the state please puhIishl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-08
CURSED WITH LAWYERS.
4 ZancsyilIe Preacher Steps
Down md Ont.

We have before us acOpy ofthe Zanes-
vile Courier containing the sermon Of
Rev. R. a. Griffin, Baptist minister Of
that city, delivered oil the 9th ult., in
which he voluntarily disconnGcts himself
with his congregation on the ground that
he hns undergone such changes Of views
rs will no longer allow him to preach such
doctrines rs they expect and require at
his hands. Here is an extract from his
parting remarks to the brethren:
Blessed are they who are content with
Jesus rs he was, clothed in homespun,
neither priest nor theOlogian, but the
truth-loving, pomp.spurning, simple
teacher and redeemer OF men, the elder
brother leading mankind to that heavenly
state in which they display the glories Of
the Divine nature, rather than a parts
ian friend availing himself Of fictitious
legal arrangement to secure for those
who became his adhercnts immunity
from all post.mortem disabilities and pen
alties.
l am convinced that the idea Of God is as
degraded among us as it was among the
Jews in Ezekiel's day. He whomI re.
gard as the eternal Omnipresent source
Of all purity, truth, mercy and goodness,
whose gracious spirit is working mans
regeneration in every heart, whatever its
nation or religion, and from whom
cometh every good and perfect gift, | see
degraded in the orthodox mind to the
level Of being capable OF consigning
men, women and children to everlasting
fire, however, virtuous, noble, Just, and
true they may be- they do not accept the
random versions now in vogue Of the
ology not older than the Reformation. A
being wantonly distributing his fatal gifts,
creating millions on millions OF creatures
in every age, never pausing in the cruel
work, but thronging his feet continually
with an increasing multitude OF beings,
destined to the most horrible future DO.
cause they did not or could not believe
what was dishonorinG to their Maker.
When l ponder the real ideal OF
Deity the Evangelical teaching coutem.
plates, 1 was heSrt.Sickened and repealed,
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SEsu.WEEKLY.


BY mai, IA GdrGNot, PottdCs frtPa'd'
One year..,...........sS OOslx mOnth''.'"""'si o.
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Business Letters for Us should DO addressed
freH 4 Campbell" aad should In no case DO I'D.
dressed 10 either individual member Of The firm BY
name. .tH-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-08
DIED.

BEAM.-on Tuesday, March 7th, 1876, at *
o'clock r. NJ, MARY E., wife Of James ". Beam
and daughter Of Stephen Clark, aged % years.
Funeral notice hereafter.
TALLMAN.-0n Monday, March Q, 1876, at
o'clock A. NJ, JOHN c. TALLsiAS, In the GSth year
Of his age.
The funeral will take place from his late resi-
dcnce In Bridgeport, Ohio, on Wednesday, March
sth, at 10 o'clock AN.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-08

Her programme will consist Of original and Sc
lected poems and prose articles, embracing scenes
Poems by Jean IngeloW, Browning, TennySOn,
SAKE, Whittier, Carleton, Bret HaIte and others,
introducing the Sublime, Tragic and Humorous.
Admission SOC. Tickets for sale at Adams 4
Lucas Music Store. mrs