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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31
SECRETARY EvARrs' DAUGHTERS

The Misses Evarts-there are five or
elk who can lay claims to this tiile-are
all blondes, and have in them the same
vein of sepulchral Immoral humor, so to
speak, which characterizes their father.
They are not pretty, but thoroughly
intellectual and refined, much more
after the Boston type than the metro
pOlitan. In conversation, if you can
succeed in drawing them into it, they
show keen sense of the humorous, and
careful training in books and otherwise
a training which is due to Mrs. Evarts.
In dress the young ladies are demure.
They commonly wear their hair in the
most prime of knots, and display no
ornaments unless it be an antique gem,
or something valuable for its age or
history. But their silks are the heaviest,
and they do not eschew seal-skin sacques.
Mr.. Evarts has son in his law Office,
and another, travelling, am told, in
China. His eldest daughters is Mrs. G..
C. Beeman, who resides here. The town
house isat the corner of Fourteenth street
and Second avenue-one of the old
fashioned double mansions, and is
beautifully furnished. With his hos
pitality and taste for good cooking, and
with family of such size, Mr.. Evarts
has occasion to keep up his business in
come, which is said to he over 800, 900,
and probably does not despise the
revenue from his farm; which can hardly
equal the summer expenses.-Chitugo
Tribune.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31

This is the most natural explanation tor
the presence of the undisturbed tracts in
deep water where the animals have lived
50 long. How can animals live under
such physical conditions sat the shore
and in the deepest parts Of the seas?
Physical causes have brought about
varieties. Natural selection has been
thought to be sufficient to cause all the
changes in the fauna now in existence,
but i, really fails to explain these
changes. We find animals along the
shore net greatly differing from those in
the deep sea, and yet their environment
is very different. Natural selection
must be limited to higher forms, and has
nothing to do with the changes of the
lower forms. The study Of sea life
opens new field for research, and we
are only just entering upon it.--A9ass'7 s
Hd.rdfd lecture.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31
ABOUT "KETTL e DRUMS IN WiSH-
ING TON.

Society would be at quite Il standstlil
but for the DINERS, kettle-drums and
Dorcas societies, which latter hold high
revel at least four times q week. Din.
ners have never been more elegant, and
the kettle-drums have quite lost their
identity in the magnifcence of the COLA
ton. Invitations for kettlc-drums are
sent on square silver OF gilt-edged cards,
having stamped on one corner silver or
gold kettle, and are placed in an en-
velope, around which is also faint line
of silver or gold, and On the flap kettle
resting on a drum. An English kettle
drum takes place in the afternoon, at five
o'clock, by card, to which no answer is
necessary. When the hour arrives, the
tea equippage is brought in, and this
affords fine opportunity for the display
of the family plate, placed near the lady
of the house, who serves the tea, which
is handed by the gentlemen guests, who
are perpetually handing cake, toast and
sandwiches while the reception lasts.
4 kettle drum in Washington means
seventy-five guests in superb carriage
dress, drawing room decorated with guam
titles of flowers and ferns, conspicuous
among them being floral kettles and
drums, supper room open from the ar
rival of the first to the departure Of the
last guest, in which is table glittering
with glass and silver, rich in mintOn,
wedgewood and maiolica, furnished with
every luxury, from terrapins to plom-
biere. At the last kettle drum, given
by the widow of Gen. Robert Anderson,
of Fort Sumter fame, the center piece
was an immense copper kettle filed with
the most delicate and expensive flowers
resting on a floral drum. 1t was very
beautiful. English people are amazed
by our kettle drums, while We are
starved out of the expression of an opin-
ION at theirs" RdynaOnde" IN C"cfn-
natl Commercial. f.-
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31

THE fashion critic of the London Cour,
Journal says: "A few years ago riding
habits were SO long that accidents were
of frequent occurrence; they are now so
short that they are not habits. l was
standing the other day at the ratings in
the park, when young lady on horse
back passed me. l presume she wore a
"riding habit" but were asked to make
an affidavit that she was not attired in
trousers nv strict love Of veracity would
prevent me from doing So"
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31
MANY INTERESTING PARTICULARS.

From the Essex County Press Newark. v.
At the foot of Clark street, in the Eighth
W ard of the city of Newark, on the banks
of the Passaic. occupying several acres of
ground, upon which are buildingst the floor
inps of which measure nearly eight acres,
are situated the largest thread works in
the New World, employing about fifteen
hundred hands and paying out every two
weeks from sixteen to twenty thousand
dollars in wages, to be distributed by the
employees among different classes ard &C.
equations in the city, and from fifteen to
twenty thousand per month to other par
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31

A lady, whose cook went to a wake,
was given notice by her fortnight af-
forwards tina. she was going to be mar
ried. "Who to-" asked the mistress.
"Plase, nam. to the husband of the
CORPSE "Why, does he love you?"
was the next question. ooh. yes, mann ;
he said was the light of the funeral
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31

THERE is no evidence, accordingtO the
London Lancet, to show that revaccina-
ton, ::once efficiently performed at or
after puberty, need ever be repeated.
On the other hand, the frequent repeti-
tien characterization, which has become
common during alarms of smallpox, is
distinctly to be deprecated. Such re-
petitions are as a rule futile, they are
wasteful of vaccine lymph when lymph
is most precious; they tend to unsettle
the minds of people regarding some oil
the best established facts as to the pre-
sentative power of vaccination, and they
are unnecessary. The official memoran'
dunn of the local government board on
revaccination says: characterization
once properly andsuccessfully performed
does not appear eter to require repeti
tion." The nurses and other servants o.
the London smallpox hospital, wher
they enter the service are invariably
submitted to vaccination, which in theil
case is generally revacc;nation, and Il
never atterward repeated and so per
feet is the protection, that, though Ith'
nurses live in the closest and most con
slant attendance on smallpox patients
and though also the other servants are il
various ways exposed to special chance
of infection, the resident surgeon Of thu
hospital, during his forty-one years o
Office there, has never known smallpox t
affect any of these nurses or servants.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31

..Lenten Diet. Inquirer -" Well.
Sambo, how do you like your new
place ?" SambO--Berry well, massa. F"
Inquirer" What did you have for
breakfast this morning3" Sambo-
" Why, you see, Misses billed three eggs
for herself, and gave me the brof.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31
CLARK'S 20. N. T." SPOOL COTTON.
How. and Where 10 IL Wsde-The Clark
Thread Company -l.argest WOrkstn
the New WOrld-Acres Of Splen-
did BulldinEK-l Orests Of
Wonderful Marhtnre..
The Process of Manufacture.

Down iushe Cotton Flclds En- plOyes's
Sacieties-The Clark Hose COmpsm!
a sirana Relief Soriety-Em.
pI,y 60 Centennial Excur-
- siOn-The Renowned
Eureka Club and
Thistle Rand.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

OLIVE LOGAN is astOnisheG at the
quickness Of young girl in London VINO
has remarkable gifts Of clairvoyance.
Olive took out of her pOcket-book a
Chinese coin that she had obtained In
San Francisco and handed it to the
father Of the little girl he stood in the
audience while the daughter remained
on the stage. "what is this Louie -
asked the man. GA coin, papa," an
swered the little girl. "What sort OF a
ooin?" "Foreign coin, papa" "Can
you tell me what country it::came from p
"China, papa" she replied, without a
pause. Olive Logan was surprised that
the man should know the coin, even
when he held it in his hands and IN
spected it. for Chinese coins are not so
common in London as they are in San
Francisco.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31

AN idea is gaining ground with aero
nauts that the solution of the polar prob
lem now rests with them. Capt. Cheyne,
a retired British naval officer, has vol
unteered to conduct balloon party over
the four hundred miles or thereabouts
which have not yet been traversed, and
the project finds warm supporter In
Mr.. Coxwell, who deems such an ex-
petition quite feasible. The only trou'
BILE in the mind of the latter seems to be
the supply of gas in the higher ATTITUDES.
This, however, he thinks may be gotten
over by, the use Of fire-baloons. be
recommends the use of every large
Montgol6ers," in which it would be pos
sible to stow away couple Of sledges
with dogs, and "boats 6t for contention
with a Polar sea as a forlorn hope"
Four hundred miles at the average rate
of atmospheric speed would not in his
opinion, occupy twenty-feur hours. Mr.
Co1well's plan is we'll calculated to
startle the uninitiated in aeroststies.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31

MErEOR0OaY will never attain Its
full rank among the sciences until the
causes Of the movements of wind and
storm, as we'll as their average directions,
are ascertained. An advance in thif
particular is recorded in Germany. M.
Gustave Hellmann had ascertained by
careful comparison that during the sum-
mer in that country there are two
periods of maximum rainfall, separated
by dry period. With the first of these
rain periods. and partly preceding it, in
June, there is through limited strip o
country a succession of currents Of cold
air, coming from the Atlantic across the
coast of the North sea, and moving from
northwest 10 southeast over middle
Europe. M. Hellmann concludes tina,
the cold winds are caused by movement
to supply the place of heated air rising
from the great European-Asiatic step
pes, as those tracts become hotter with
the frightening days late in the spring
and early in the summer. The winds
which are thus ultimately drawn from
the North Atlantic surface are cold and
heavily charged with watery vapor, and
their advent determines the beginning
of summer rains in Germany.-N y
T.,;l,,De
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31

introduce the reader.
on THE DOCK
of the Clark Thread COmpany. which i
five hundred feet long, is mountain ot
two or three thousand tons of coal. drawn
out of boats ut the wharf by donkey en-
CINE, and the bales of cotton find their
way from the same wharf to the bri (
house, for storage of that precious m.,-
terial, one pound OF which will make on
hundred miles of thread, containing about
forty-two million doublings The mind
cannot graspthe numericalf fact. But four
grades of cotton are ordinarily used III the
manufacture of Clark's 40. Mt" ',pool
Cotton, and known a. % Sea Island Cot
ton" This comes principally from SoutL
Carolina and Is grown on the small H.
lands along the cost. Considerable j,
raised on the peninsula and around the
bays and inlets, but it is not equa. 70
that of the sea islands, which is the fine,
in the world. The first bag of this &c.
island cotton of the crOpO of 1876 Was Dur
chased by the Clark Thread Company AZ
fifty cents per pound. The inland cotton
is not nsed in the manufacture of t1rcad.
being too short in the fibre. On these
sea islands were the richest planters q
the South in
THE OLD SLAVE DAYS.
many of them having as high as six hui
bred slaves, and compared with whom the
feudal lords of England were children IN
luxury, hospitality and elegance. Blu
Continued on Ia:c7.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-27

AIRS. MCDONALD AND N. ALLISON,
M baving recently located in Eureka.
wish to inform the ladies thar they are pre-
pared to 90 H,,.; phEsSMAnaNd 50 s,.i. IN ~ ~
Corner Of Spring and Clark strsstsL
Eureka, esptsmbsY 10. 1877. fsll-lns
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-27
xA COUNTY. NEVADA. THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER
MrsCELLANEoUs.


"a CLASSES ARRANGED AS For.
III rsss. Nevada, co%m,DeiDsH nHc q NJ. ~
Hsk nssday Evening. -OeteSsf q. ii77.
~ Gents classes on WedneodGy snd
FRIDAY Afternoons and Evsnings. ffon o
T.di.s' classes lass V On SstsrdsS VS xfss.,e..s.
from to l:30 o'clock.
Al MINERS UNION HALL, Ruby Hill
Gents glasses on Tussday and Thursdsy Az
ter'sons end ID Ey:cicss. g ften = - Sslssk
Ladis9 classes ON Monday Afterneens,
from to Gao o'clock. HI.
Special attention given 70 privats classes.
Boys and 0iriS Highland Fling . specially.
Terms reasonable Aad satisfaction guarnn.
tsed. NORMAN BEATON.
Eureka. Sept. q. 1877. s26lnS
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-27
. . . A Y L n q
y. xUMDDoN

y. 1UNO3 ON
A NNOUNCES TO THE PUBLIC THAT
"A he may hereafter be found at his oo
office, on North Main street. where be win
be pleased to receive orders for assaying
until the Eureka Consolidated furnaces again
resume operations.
Eureka. April 3. 1877. apl6
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-27
NOT &c e .

HAVING SOLD ALL MY INTEREST
Gernty. | take thi. ~ he'd VI thanking my
friends and tn, pu bile for the patronage III ~
have so literally bestowed on me. AMI to be.
speak for my successor u con'inuancs Of the
public patronage. WV. GILLEN.
Eureka, eptember 10, 1877 fsli-lm
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-10
THE AsHTABULA ACCIDENT.
The Cvroner's Jury still He.ysng Eyi-
dence.

CLEyRzAND, o.. Jan. 9-The Leaders
Ashtabula special nays the cOroner's iurv
convened at 8 a. m, The first witness was
George M. Reid. He said: | am superin-
tendent of the bridges for the entire length
OF the Lake Shore railroad; have been in
the employ of the road for five wears: pre-
yious TO that was employed by MeEairy &
Clafiin, a manufacturing company of CIeve-
land. Am perfectly familiar with
the construction of both iron and
wooden bridges. All inspection and repairs
OF the bridges are under my direction.
Mr. A. l.. Rogers is inspector of the DIVISION
IN which the Ashtabula bridge is located.
Considered myself perfectly familiar with
the Ashtabula bridge Thought it was
very strong bridge, heavy in all its parts.
Have never received any report that any
thing serious was the matter with il. 1t
never needed anything but trifing repairs.
Went through the bridge last September
for the purpose of inspecting it,
and while 50 doing two trains passed over
it. Examined it for two hours. Have made
bridges study for the past %. years The
bridge was put up in 1865. The bridge was
considered above the ordinary run Of
bridges. DON know that there was ans Oh
jecaonable feature in it. had every conf
denee in the bridge
A l. Rogers, the next Witness said: I
have charge of the carpenter work of the
between Cleveland and Erie. Wit.
ness corroborated the testimony of Mr.. Reid
he considered the bridge perfectly safe
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-10
SESSION OF THE CABINRY.
Out Of which the Following Order
Grows.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The cabinet session
to-day continued for nearly three hours.
There was much conversation about political
affairs generally, but especially with regard
to the condition of those in New Orleans. as
various kilograms had been received from
that city expressive of tears of the violation
OF the public peace and owing to two state
organizations and consequent excitement of
the acts OF the respective parties. The fol-
lowing dispatch was sent to General Auger
Immediately after the adjournment of the
cabinet by the direction of the president
and which indicates the purpose of the gov
ernment as expressed by the president In his
recent interviews:
EXECUTIVE MlxSsIoH,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 9. {
TO General c. c. Augur, New Orleans, La:
A dispatch just received from the United
States marshal at New Orleans indicates that
unauthorized armed bodies of men are as
sembled in a manner to threaten the peace
and safety of the city. If this be so notify
the leaders of such organizations
that they mtAt desist on pain of coming in
conflict with United States authority sus-
tanned by the military power OF the govern
ment. Report at once the situation and
your sction, keeping in mind the fact that
this order has no reference to the recogni-
tion of either claimants for the governor
ship. or either legislature.
(Signed) ]. ID. CAMERON,
Secretary of War
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-10
The Committee Invited 60. Join sAe Dos

NEw ORLEANS, Jan. 9.-Lieutenant Holmes,
of the 18th infentry, testified before the sem
ate subcommittee to-day TO peaceable cleo
ton in East Baton Rouge where he vas sta
toned.
Mayor Jostrenski, of Baton Rouge. who
had promised certain information in refer
ence to the order of Dos, submitted s,letter
from Judge Whitaker setting forth that the
order was secret one. bat arrangements
have been made by which the members
of the committee could he initiated. and
assuring them that nothing inoonsistent
with their ideas of politics OF religion would
be required Senators Wadleigh and Nc
MILAN respectfully declined the invitation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-10
A GRAND FARCE
Bennett and May Fire Three Shots
without Effect and are Satisfied.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 9.-The meeting
between Bennett and May took place one
mile from Marydell, Maryland, at l clock
yesterday afternoon. The party carried
blankets, overcoats, two cases of pistols
and surgical instruments. They repre-
sented themselves as railroad officials May
saying that he was a director of the Penn
sylvania road, and Bennett giving his name
as Laniel Drew, of New York, stating that
his mission was the purchase of the Maryland
and Delaware railroad. They had with
them also maps of Pennsylvania, and 70 sew
eral parties they reported themselves as
printers on cunning expedition. and such
was the privacy of the whole affair that
these statements were believed in the neigh
borhood. Mr. Bennett's face showed a scar
which was much swollen, probably by the
cold. The scene of the meeting was short
distance from the line of the Maryland and
Delaware railroad. Three shots were fired
without injury TO either of the principals.
after which the entire party left the grounds.
The parties returned to Marydell separately.
The Bennett party secured a conveyance to
Clayton, Bennett himself appearing nervous
and distressed, and subsequently took a
special train for Wilmington and Philadel-
phia. The MAY party went 70 Slaughters
station, thence 10 Dover and from there to
Philadelphia. In this mornings train Mr..
Tilghman was with Mr.. May but the names
been ascertained. The party paid literally
for all the services rendered them, and also
for the train. II is believed that both meT
are satisfied and there will be no furthei
hostile meeting. Bennett and his friend
will leave for New York at midnight.
MAY usHuRr.
BALTIMORE, ND, Jan. 9.-The friends of
Fred May received dispatches this evening,
stating positively that he was unhurt
NAY sHoT IN THE BREAST.
NEW York, Jan. 9.-In the recent duel
May was wounved in the right breast, near
the shoulder ajoint. The. seconds
were men residing in other states
than Ney York Mr.. Bennett will
probably sail for Europe tomorrow,
or, at the latest, on saturday. May has
gone to Washington with his friends, and
will remain there until his wound heals
Bennett arrived in this city this evening,
and went at once to his home,
Mays wound is not dangerous, and he
was able to telegraph his family:'I am well
enough yet, and can write" Mays family
admitted receiving a dispatch from their
boy, stating that he was slightly wounded.
Beyond that they vouchsafed no informa-
ton
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-10
THE OREGON CASE.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The investigation of
the Oregon electoral committee was con-
tinued to-day. Mr.. Klippell, one of the
democratic candidates for elector, testified
that he had a pistol five shooter} in his
pocket the day of the meeting OF the elec-
tsral college, but did not know there was an
other armed man about the capitol Money
was collected 10y Mr.. Ballinger TO pay Gro
nin's expenses and to pay the fees Of the
lawyers who argued against issuing the GER
tificate of election to Watts at the hearing
before Governor Grover
Other witnesses were called. apparently to
confirm or contradict the statements Of the
previous witnesses.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-10
THE LATE ACCIDENT.
Both Captains Tell Their Stories.

BosToN, Jan. 9.-Captain Winter, of the
steamer Montgomery. sunk in collision with
the steamer Seminole, says the officers and
men of the latter did all possible to avoid
the collision, and il was owing to thick
fog that the Montgomery people made a
mistake in identifying the Seminole as a
schooner, and when the error was discovered
il was too late to make amends. Captain
Matthews of the Seminole states that the
Montgomery had ported her wheel instead of
putting it to the starboard or
kept her course. the disaster would not have
occurred at the time of the accident. Sew
eral Of the Montgomery crew got on board
the Seminole, and after departing, the Mont
gomery sunk in a few moments. A boat
was Immediately got out TO rescue those on
board. One of the Montgomery's- boats
came alongside with seven or eight persons
in it, and the Siminole's boat returned with,
only three in it. 1t then searched for 9TH
ers but could find no one. After lying
around two hours the boat came alongside.
Finding the Seminole was..badly damaged.
and not knowing but that she might sink at
any moment, he thought it advisable to-
make for land The Seminole, part of the
time, had five pumps going to keep her
clear