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preached at Bethlehem, attended BY
his wife. When the services were
over, many persons crowded around
arc. invited him and his wife to din
ner, and among them were several
who had heard his first sermon. Re-
cognizing them, with merry twinkle
in his eye, he said: 'sThe first time
came here / got no invitation TO din
ner, but now have the pick and
choice of the neighborhood. and
am going to the nearest place where
they have plenty to eat; where il.
that?' Uncle Ben Pierce instantly
replied: "That's my house--right
over there. pointing to his elegant
residence short distance from thu
church. Uncle Ben continued: .We
have plenty to eat, and know, how; NJ
cook it, every well, = said Marvin,
ssI will go with you.' 9'i'fs IS
1t IS said that some years after this
Mr.. Marvin, VIII had become a bishop
related the incidents of his first ant.
second visits to Bethlehem to some Of
his friends in st. Charles In D spirit OF
pleasantly, Uncle Benjalnin Pierce be /.
ng present. Having concluded III
turned to him and remarked 81 .unclsl
Bon. I discovered by myFvisits te
y,ur neighborhood, that .yon don, !,
shink much Of man who swears
patched cIothes.n To this Mr.. Pierre.
dryly replied: "Well, Marvin, tbe III
fact Ia, you were not much Of II
preacher, then, nohow, and that was
not much Of sermon, ether al
Bishop Marvin was ordained 6.eaconI
d lS4o, and elder ID Is45. IN 1881
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INDORsED BY VIM. H. VANDERBILT.

One of our townsmen, being in New
York recently, had occasion to visit one
OF the city banks. A gentleman entered
the bank, ana with a nervous air pushed
forward to the principal officers desk,
where he presented note for a heavy
amount and desired to have it dis.
counted. The bank officer took the
paper, examined it, and pointing to the
name on the, back, said: "That name,
sir, is not good here; we can't take that
paper" "rhen," said the other, 81 am
ruined--ruinedp'
With hurried glance at the bystand-
ers, the man was about to withdraw the
worthless note, but another gentleman
who had been engaged close by, and VINO
had evidently observed Wnat was going
ON, quietly put forth his hand, took the
rejected paper, scrutinized it, and then
having taken a good look at the man who
rad presented it, lifted a pen from the
desk, and deliberately wrote under the
previous indorsement, "William II. Van
derbiIt." The action was accompanied
by the simple words, II guess thapll
CO." Then the seventy.fve millionaire,
for he it was, turned hastily away and
went about his own business. Hence
forth, for him at least, the name OF Van
derbilt will mean something more than
railroads, stocks and bonds.-[ [EflenYille
IN, Y, journal.
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8; do fancy.$s O5a9 80; extra Ohio 80 s0as so; ~
Louis, 10 85al0; Minnesota patent, t6 75alI- Rye
flour very firm at s4 3Oa6. Corn meal is a shatfe
nrmer: Western. 81 SDa3. Wheat: ungradc,I
spring, 81 37al 5J: do old No. 2 Chicago spring.
in store, 81 SO; old No. ! spring, 81 So; No. 4
Milwaukee, in store, 81 s.; regular No. 2
spring, in store, 81 51; winter quieG
and held firmly. Rye steady; Western, sta
4c. Barley neavy; light ungraded Canada,
7SaSOc. Corn active and in demand; uugradcd
Western mixed, 55a56Sc; steam mixed, 56a
61sc; white Western, SIC; old Western mixed,
56a56hc. Oats strong: mixed Western and
state, d a57c; white Western do 46a6Uc. Hay:
Dc- Hops dull and unchanged. Coffee: de-
mand moderate and prices unchanged. Sugar
dull and unchanged. Molasses quiet and
unchanged Rice in fair demand and firm. Pc
troleum duiet ana firm: Crude. 10s<allc: re-
lined, lBhal6Mc; cases, 2la23ci naphtha, 101zc.
Tallow: prime, &c. Strained resin easier at
$2a2 O7H. Spirits turpentine heavy at 37a37 &c.
Eggs firm: Western fresh, lDhal7c. PORK ex-
cited and higher, and the market opened and
closed heavy: new mess $l5al5 l2%; May,
Beef dull. Middles firm: Western long clear,
saShc; city do, S1IaS<c. Lard closed dull and
heavy: Prime steam, 9S5c. Butter heavy:
Western, l0algc. Cheese duh at 7al4kcc-
Whisky q shade frmer at 81 06a1 09h.
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its passage by the House, the COMMITTEES
supposed it to be the same as they had
examined in the morning. He remem.
bered that when the resolution was
read by the clerk, the reading showed
exceptions as TO six counties. He
thought it likely that the Senate had
voted for one resolution and the House
had voted for another.
The President said 1t was too late to
enter motion TO reconsider, and a
graver question behind that which had
been presented in this discussion was
whether any resolution had been adopt
ed, and, therefore, whether any pub
Usher could receive pay for publishing
the resolution as sent out.
The matter was allowed to drop here,
with the understanding that the whole
question would be investigated by the
committee on Judiciary.
No bills OF Importance were intro
duced or passed.
HOUSE.
No bills OF general interest were In
tr0duced. Among those passed were:
House bill requiring Assessors to col
lect satisfies of the deaths OF hogs by
cholera.
House bill to adopt and enact that
chapter OF the Coditying Comm mission's
work which relates to criminal proceed
ings,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-10
AN HEIRESS.

An illiterate peasant girl, servant in q
prominent family Of South Maitland,
Australia, has lately inherited 1900, ,O00f,
or $500, 000. The golden shower has de-
scended on the heiress from the will of
distant relative, OF whose existence
she was ignorant, but who had made a
large fortune in America, and left it to
this girl and her brother in equal por-
tions.
The brother is a stable boy in a
wealthy family near Paris. Both are
utterly without education, not even
knowing how to read. The lady with
whom the heiress continues to live while
the affairs OF the defunct relative are
being settled, is vainly trying to give the
girl some clear notion OF he-importance
OF the fortune she has fallen into; but it
seems impossible to make her see either
the possibilities 1t will entail or the
necessity Of turning it TO useful account.
Her sole idea in connection with her i'm
proved foftune is to have "a little house
in the country and good lot of FOWLS"
She stubbornly refuses to learn to
read or write, declaring that she can
look after "the little house and the
fowls" without either. "But how will
you manage your servantsr urged her
mistress, "ii you do not take the troub-
lie to improve yourself and acquire a
better idea OF thingsp "Servants p
answered the girl, with French gestures
OF amazemelt and disgust, "Do you
think would have servants? Why,
what should do If had servants to do
my work? No, NO; no servants for me.
l want no one to meddle with my little
house and my fowls. l shall take care
Of them myself"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-10
Ohio Legislature.
SENATE.

COLUMBUS, April 9.-The proposed
amendment to the Constitution made a
lively stir, owing to the fact that some
of the Senators discovered that they
had voted for it without understanding
it.
Mr.. Harris moved to reconsider the
vote adopting the resolution, which, by
the amendment, was proposed for popu.
Oar ratification.
The President decided the motion out
oferder.
Mr.. Bates said he and others had
voted for the adoption OF the resolution
slppos ng that it excepted several coun-
ties from the operation of the clause
sbolishing the Probate Court. 1t had
been 30 explained and so understood in
the Senate. 1t had been ascertained
that such was not the fact, and he urged
Upon the Senate an inquiry as TO what
remedy ives proper.
Wr, Burress said the fact was that the
3id was considered by the Senate Com.
thitsee In advance OF its passage by the
House.
MFR. Bates said that when the Senate
ISommittee made an official examination
br tks Ssselntion in the afternoon after
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-10
A VERY SAD STORY.

On Beacon avenue, Jersey City, re-
sides family named Morrison. The
father had been out Of employment for
nine months, and the family was In a
state OF utter destitution. On Friday
Morrison gladdened the hearts of his
wife and two children with the an
nQuncement that he was to obtain en-
ployment on the Jersey City & Bergen
horse cars ON the following Monday
Later in the day he received 81 for re-
moving a piano, and the sight of that
dollar threw the starving creatures
into ecstasies.
The wife suggested that the first pur-
chase should be q bucket OF coal, but
morrison replied that he would 90 out
with bag and gather coal on the rail-
road tracks west of the tunnel. While
thus engaged he was run over by q coal
train ON the Delaware, Lackawanna &
western Railroad at West End, and
both his legs and LETT arm were cut Off
he Was taken to his home, where he died
In the evening. Officer Short, who had
Morrison conveyed home, states that he
never saw such an abode of misery.
Night came, and there was no fuel nor
light OF any kind except the rays of the
moon as the mangled remains lay
stretched on a. bed. rhe wife and her
two children, who had not eaten NOR
sci during the day, left the house and
wandered from one undertaker's estab-
llshment to another, begging some of
them to bury her husband. Morrison
was a quiet man, of temperate habits,
and had been tor three years In the en-
ploy of the People ssGas light Company,
from which he was discharged on ac-
count of the depressed state of the
times. He was thirty-two years of age.
The distracted woman said OF him that
a more devoted husband never lived.
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60 hhds at SO lOa5 s5, 40 at SO Ooa7 90 20 at $sa
0 80, at $40; 45 hhds old-S hhds at So 25a
81, 10 at IS 1919 81, ID at $1Oa14 Is, y at $1ja
49, 7 at $20a2l 81; 1903 hhds Brown County. o.,
Distrlct-69 hhds old at IS 81, 2 at SO 20a7 10,
2! at $S 0Ua9 80, 30 at $l0aA Is, Tat $15al9 50,
at 3z2: 80 hnds new-15 hhds at s3a5 65, 10 at
s6a7 81, 8 at S8as %, at SlOa12. 90 hhds 0w-
en- County, Kentucky, District-43 hhds at 81 O5
as 95, 81 at $6a7 80, 10 at IS 05a9 s5, . at Sl1a
IA 70, 2 at SIS 75al6, III hhds new Pendleton
County, Kentucky, District-l04 hhds at 81 5Ja
95, 80 at soar IS, 13 at $8 10a9 10, A at $40
al 20; % hhds and boxes new Boone County,
Kentucky-Shhd at $3a5 so, at soar 65, at
sSa9 A., boxes at "a 40; 80 hhds and box new
West Virgina-l7 hhds at 81 50a5 IS, 8 at SO GOA
95, B at So 0ja9 %; hhds old at 81 50aS 10;
hhds new Southern Indiana at 81 30a4 20; 4
hhds old Missouri at 5 0Oas %; 209 cases seed
leaf smokers, hllers aud binders, 10 fine wrap
pers-l41 cases Ohio seed, al cases new--49
cases AT - 1Oa3 3d. 81 at $4a5 80 Is at scar 40,
at $40 25a14 10 at SIS 5Jal6 so; " cases old at
from $3 to SIC 20. 81 cases Indiana at from 81
TO I'll 75. o cases Wisconsin at 81 35a6 90 ID
cases Connecticut seed leaf 5 cases at $SaS Ge,
at SO 50all 0J, at $l7 75I30 90.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-10
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers were filed
up to noon to-day:
Francis W. Dury and wife to Charles Hofer,
warranty deed, $40, Lot II, Harvcy's subdivi-
sion of lots in Section b, Township 3, Fraction
81 Range 2, being AZ feet front on west side OF
Harvey street by 1873 4-l0 feet deep.
Administrator OF John N. Nc cDonnell ct al,
per sherif, to j. W. b. Kelley, Sheril's deed,
$4,000, undivided one-half OF 20 feet on west
side of Race street by 40 feet deep, lying y9k
feet south Of Fifth street, also OF part of Lot 26
being 25K feet front on south side Of Fifth
street BY W feet deep. 10 :
William Bepnet apd wife to James Newhir-
ter, special warranty deed, sl0v, undivided one
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FINANCIAL.
CINCINNATI. April lO-l:a

CINCINNATI, April l0-l 40 P. M.
Geld is frmer o-day. 1t is quoted In Wall
street 105 4 ka1O535. The local rates are 105X
buying ana 1862 selling. Gold checks on New
York 1857.
Eastern exchange Is firm at previous rates.
The offerings are light and demand moderate
Dealers are buying at par ana selling at 1-D
premium.
Sterling exchange is firm and higher 1t is
quoted $4 90 for sight drafts and "a 81 for sixty
Jay bills per t, in gold.
Governments are firm and rates somewhat
up to-day. The local buying and selling quo
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-10
County CIerk,a Office.

The following new suits were dled up to
noon to-day:
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
b2,323. Barney Knoblauch VS.. Morltz EichIer.
62,8A. Anna M. Won Bohr VS.. Ii. Cooper
Assignee, &C. .-
52,325. Holman Hirschman vs.. The Cleveland.
Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway
Company. "f f''T -"'"'' -
52,326. Ruth A. Patrick VS.. VIM. w, Judd &
Co.
52,327. In the matter of the petition of samuel
Stickney-Habeas corpus.
52,32S. j. M. Hayes & Co. VS., Frank Skinner.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-10

Ex-President Grant made a speech to
his old friends and neighbors in Galena,
ILL, last night,
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Cincinnati Live stock Market.

NANOlNNAllJ APlh W. L. NE
The following are the receipts and shipments
OF live stock for the past "a hours:
Receipts. Shipments.
Cattle. le....,....,.....,..... 1853 l26
Hogs s...................3 3DsS 549
cneeD. D...........s...ss.... zoo ,...
CArTLE-Steady market and prices un-
changed. Demand moderate at 80 5Ua8 90 per
eental gross for common S3 25a3 10 for medium,
aud $4a5 Z5 foa good to choice.
HOGS-Narket firm to-day, and active.
CommouquotSd "a 4Ja4 8. medium s4 9Oa5 lO,
and good to choice IS 20a5 ~ per GENITAL.
SHEEP-Extra selling at So 75a6, good to
choice at n 75a5 50, medium at So 75a4 25, and
common at So 0Ja3 50, per GENITAL. and demand
firm and market firm.
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I'm ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE EASTERN
THE STAR, MIR. 10. DUN
CAN SNIFFEN, NO. 72 AsTOR HOUSE, NEW
YORK CITY, has been appointed our general and
special Agent for the Eastern States This will be
abranch office of the STAR, Mr.. snlffen being au-
thorized to make advertising contracts on our be-
half and receipt all collections therefor in our
name.
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The following is the 80 p. NJ. report Of New
York Stock Market, as received by Lea. Ster-
rett u Co., Is West Third street:
, 1877-01-12
NEWS EROH Ar PAKIA


living childran.
Prince Bismarck h 10 Be honorsd
with a statue 1t Cologne.
South Bend, Indiana, people are
trying 10 get up . revival among
their pastors.
Texas railroads are overloaded
with cotton, and running behind
! time.
Society journals mention that bri-
dal trips are becoming unfashion-
able. - -. ..........
The iron mines Of Wyoming are
proving richer than the gold mines.
The poet Whittier lives in the ut
most simplicity, and expects to sur
vive a hundred years.
The streets Of San Francisco have
always been remarkably free from
>beggars until recently. esio'ai !,
Several Generals who bought
their positions, along with number
of ex-sutlers, are keeping up the yell
for war. = Ut '.. -
Over one hundred murderers are
running at large in this country, on
bal, and yet some people say Justice
is not dead. -gls - 5ls.t
Mrs. Belknap affects to be q soci-
ETY. woman yet, and talks Of writing
history Of latter-day society circles
in Washington. ssaar
JEFF Davis is becoming very with
cred and emaciated, anditsissineere-
ly hoped by some that he win soon
entirely dry up and blow away =.
If you are tired of city business
and its small profits, you might 60
to loggingin Minnesota, where hands
get 81 month. = 7sg -
In England, after the 1st of this
month, it will be illegal to employ
factory children less than nine years
of age, Z e, ~ Ia
The Tooth anniversary of the bat
tie OF Trenton was celebrated on a
grand scale at Trenton, N. j., on
December, 26th. ~ 80 ~
The Atlanta Times says an un-'
broken stream of emigrants to Texas,
and Arkansas has been for some
time flowing through that city.
~ ,.ost I. ,h,;ftvs Naw Hamnsb;rA
formsr x11Ien ~ sall a tb;ytv.f;ve
nonnd s,ons - sl,slo of bsv
F
Ayoung man,has been arrested at
Santa Clara Csl-, for stealing stealing so0o'
ana. a powie knlle ana plstoi' IRON
priest; IL, 80 :.
a New forks nrm sofa sl2,oyO,
worm OF gas ana nxtures 10 laoy
lssg week ior 2 prlvase residence IN
california s,i.s sss.3a ~ ss.l,s
silver Wascnes seem % Q oe unPoP-i, saI
uiar IN ,Fhtlilladelpma. III only 4so are
assessed IN the wnoie CITY, wnile tne
numper oE goia wascnes l'sIss q y 5ls 54tso4o.
The Grant family have had during
their residence in the White House.
a wedding, birth, a christening, a
death--that Of Mrs. Grants father
and funerala4e "a 81 -
It has become known to the House.
judiciary committee that important
political dispatches sent during the
campaign were put out Of their reach
by theaW. U. Telegraph Co. before
the meeting of the present Congress,
and that II the company were wiling
to give them to the investieetipg
committee it would be impossible.
Reports in the case Of the Admis-
sion of Belford from Colorado as
member of the House, are nearly
ready to come from the Judiciary
, 1877-01-12

Knits all sizes Of work, narrows and widens
II; shapes all sizes complete. Knits over 80
different garments, socks, stockings, mitfens
leggins, wristets, gloves. etc. IL knifs every
possible variety OF plain or fancy stitch IS per
cent profit In man nufacturing knit goo Isl Tar-
me1s can treble the value Of their wool bv
converting It into knit goods. Women nlaEe
90. 90 per day with II. !
AGENTS WANTED. Send for samples. Price
ufactory. -
Bickford Knitting Machine Mfg. Company.
u aH - BRATrLEBoKo, VI.
OF office No. $50 broadway, n. r.; No. % West
ID Street. St. Paul, Mn. asi ~ 81 81 |
f.i'A isef g tlat1 ~ nfs4r t.a.a i
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-25
The Death of Nellie Chisolm.
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE DE KALB
TRAGEDY.

ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE DE KALB
TRAGEDY.
Nellie Chisolm, whose death from
wounds received in defending her father
from the De Kalb (Miss.) mob occurred
on Tuesday, seems to have been a girl
of rare courage. A Washington lady,
who was impressed by the story of her
brave conduct, wrote her a letter of con-
dolence, and received this reply by mail
on the same day her death was an
nounced by telegraph:
DE KALB, Miss, May IL, 1877.
Madam At the request of Miss Nellie
Chisolm whose wounds renderit impOssi-
bic for her to write, / serve as her aman
uensis. She takes great pleasure in ac
knOwledging the receipt of your kind
letters which have come to hand since
the De Kalb horror took place, and let
me assure you that your kindness is ap-
preciated. l have had the pleasure of
opening your letters and reading them
to her, and, from your writing, judge
that you do not know that the brave
and devoted little daughter was shot,
beaten and mangled equally with the
father. Her right arm was shot through
and through while endeavoring to shield
her father. A whole charge of buck
shot, which first struck the fiat iron
bars of cell, struck her full in the face,
filling it with chips of lead and burnt
powder. She was struck in the face by
some brutal hand, which has blackened
and disfigured it in fearful manner.
She was also shot in the leg above the
knee, and is now lying prOstrate and
helpless as an infant, and nothing but
the tenderest care and best surgical aid
can save her arm and precious life.
Her father is still alive, but suffering
intensely, yet we have some hope of
his final recovery. The house is being
guarded by few faithful friends and
relatives, but we do not know at what
hour the savage barbarians may renew
the attack. You can do us all no more
good at present than to lay the enOrmi
ties of the massacre before the people
of Washington and especially the Pres
ident.
To the above was added the follow
ing postscript in the handwriting of
Mrs. Chisolm ''Our son, this heroic lit
| tie Johnnie, was shot to death because
her persisted i'll getting before his father
for his defense"
\ Mrs. Chisolm now mOurns the violent
Meath of all her family-husband, son
AND daughter. The Times says, edi-
toNially:
Northern Democrats may cant and
snivel like the World about "the wild
JUSTICE of revenge" and "the not un-
natural sequence of series OF crimes
against individuals and society" But
over the body of this heroic girl-black-
ened aud\ scared by the hands and
weapons of Nchivalrous" Southern ''gen-
tlemen'-t there ought to be pronounced
such discourse us would shame every
true man and MOman in Mississippi into
Il unanimous cry for vegeance against
the cowardly assAssins who have added
the crowuing infaSuy of warning upon
women and children to record of
rapine and murdek which Louisiana
itself can hardly excel. 1t is safe to
infer that the 'inigger"Will rule Kemper
County no longer, now that the family
whose head stood up So sturdily for
that "black crowd" has Geen extermi-
mated.