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The New York herald., 1877-01-14
THE NEWELL DIVORCE SUIT.

The leading facts In the suit brought by Anna Newell
for divorce against her husband. Lorenzo d. Newell,
were published exclusively In Fridays HERALD
motion was made before Judge Dononuc TO compe'
Frank Duaan. Mary Campbell and Daniel G. Knowlton.
examined by commission in Boston, 10 give oral ees-
timony. Mrs. Newell claims that, in the irst place,
Eleazor B. Lorng, who was appointed commissioner.
together with Charles T. Waicott ailed TO get notice
Of his appointment, and mat tho examination TOOK
place before Mr.. Walcott the sole commissioner.
Dugan was head waiter and Mary Campbell chnmoer-
maid the house No. - Somerset street. wnere she
boarded, such house being kept ty Mr. khowiton. IL
Is stated by Dugan that he looked tnrough
kcyhOle OF the occupied by MIS- Nvwell, when he
what he considered indcations OF aduterous in-
with strange gentleman lie describes the
gentleman s'gallus looking as Jim FISK Nrs.
Newell claims that this testimony Is entirely laise ana
gotten up with purpose OF rninng her reputation as
cnaste II Is also averred W her that her nus
baud is party to tins conspiracy, IN conjunction WIN
the who appeared against her IN her SUIT 10 re-
cover 81 600 100 winch she claims was lett her by
William II. Boardman, the Will bequeathng hcr this
sum having been destroyed concealed by the heirs
OF the deceased. Mr. Newell denies in toto all the
charges preferred against him. including that 0f adu
terry with the proprictrcss OF u fashionable uptown
millinery store Judge Donohue yesterday gave his
decision regarI 10 the more SPECIFIC examination o
the Witnesses named above. He grants The motion,
holding under the allegations made Dy Mrs. New
ell she Is clearly entitled nave them orally examined
and be present ut such examination.
The New York herald., 1877-01-14
A MODERN MALT STORY.

Matthew White brought suit against Jesse Hoyt
Co. before Judge IAN Hoesen, in the Court OF Common
Pleas for balance duo for mating lot Of barley IN
October 1872 Mr. White agreed to malt about 20 0O0
bushels OF barley Tor Gordon & Son at tweny-threo
cents per bushcl Tho barley came to Whites malt
house IN fvc lots and ut Gordon Sons request he
gave receipts to them Tor two of the lots The barley
was afterwurd matted, and Gordon Son took AWAY
portion OF The malt and paid White ST. 900 on account
vi the mailing OF the whole quantity. Gordon Son
subsequently delivered tho two receipts to Hoyt
Co. as collateral for loan, notifying Mr.
White that he had transferred all ms inter-
est in the balance OF malt IN Whites malt
house to Hoyt 4 Co., the latter demanding the
balance OF malt IRON White, who refused to de-
liver any OF IL until Hoyt Co. should agree 10 pay
all the unpaid charges lor uaiting the whole 10000
bushels and which balance OF malt White held subject
TO lien for charges for mailing, the amount oi which
charges Hoyt T. Co. had notice. Hoyt Ca. subsc-
quenIiy sent letter TO White agreeing TO pay the
char yes upon the malt Upon tho faith OF this letter
Mr. White delivered all the balance Of the malt 10 Hoyt
Co. A bill was atcrward sent 10 HUyt Co aud
they paid 81, 500 account and acrward refused to
nay the balance amounting TO about 81 .U0O claiming
that when they said they would pay the charges on
.rh,s mat' they meant only the malt which their two
receipts called for The Court directed a verdict Tor
the plaintiff the ull amount ciaiined with interest
Mr. Frank d. Harmon appeared for the plalntiH and
Mr j. A. Mapes for the defendant
The New York herald., 1877-01-14
ESTATE OF A MARCHIoNEss.

Letters of administration were yesterday applied for
and granted by Surrogate Calvin to Adoph Lemoyne
apd Edward W. Lemoync bankers Ia this city, in the
estate OF Louisa Adelaide Caroline de Saint Aary,
March,oness de Laurcncc.C .Charras. Deceased was or
mcrly wife of Jean NJ lchcl Brucfcr, Marquis dc Ia
Lawrencic but had obtained II divorce IRON him sonc
years previous her death The deceased Marchioness
leaves considerable real estate in and near Paris
France where she resided Ut the time Of her DEATH
and some and other personal property In TINS
city Two brothers, living in France, are the heirs 10
the estate.
The New York herald., 1877-01-14

To these numbers should be added 800 retired 0fi-
GERS making General Shermans total 20, ST. and tho
Adiutant Generals 2S l72 The 0i stall officers
over the lcgazed number s accounted for by the fact
that stan have been reduced with
the proviso that stan officer shall be mustered out
service by OF such reduction. rhe Bureau of
Military Justice has excess 0f four judge advocates
The Inspector Generals department has three colones
more and one major less than tho liked number Tho
Ouarteriasers Department has colonel and seven
sorekeepers. tho Medical Department four stUrckcep-
crs and The Ordnance Department eleven sorckecpers
whose Offices have been abolished on paper
several changes have been made by deaths, retire
mcnts and promotions In the list OF field officers. Tho
following IS corrected roll showing tho number and
LIyEAL RANK or FIELD ofFicERA
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06
News and Other Items.

The Secretary of the Treasury prohibits dis
| trict attorneys hereafter from receiving over
$4,000 in fees.
The women journalists of Chicago are now
numerous enough to have club all to them
selves. They call it the Inland.
A delegation of Mormons have notified Gen.
Crook tn there will be no trouble in Utah
unless Brigham Young is arrested for COM
plicity in the Mountain Meadows massacre.
A proposition is under consideration to sus-
pend all work in the iron furnaces throughout
Pennsylvania for 60 days. owing to prospective
labor troubles
The Chicago City Council has created a SEN
sation among strawberry venders and others
by decreeing that quart box must hold a
quart.
The remains of Is officers who fell with
Custer are to be buried at I.eavenworth, Kan
sas, with funeral honors by the whole city, on
the 33d inst.
The ex-President is not the only American
now lionized in london. Mrs. Jnlia Ward
Howe has been entertained by Lord Houghton,
and has received many distinguished attentions,
of which her intellectual and social accomplish
ments make her abundantly worthy.
Gov. Vance of North Carolina has written a
letter advising the planters of North Carolina
to plant corn in the place of cotton, wherever
the latter has failed. In view of prospective
high prices in consequence of the European
war, he thinks the experiment well worth a
trial.
Gen. G. w. Custis Lee has added greatly to
the interest of the Mount Vernon mansion by
permitting the display of some of the original
property of Washington now owned by the
family. 1t consists of the bedstead on which
Washington died, an old mirror, bracket and
handsome writing desk and bookcase.
In the annual report of the Michigan State
Board of Health, DR.. Scott describes disease
that he thinks is result of using tobacco. The
patient feels violent pain in the left side and
believes that his heart is affected. The trouble
is rheumatic condition of the wall OF the
chest. Abstinence from tobacco cures.
More than half the Russian officers in II di-
visions of about 5000 men, which were encamp-
ed near Bucharest, formed temperance league,
pledging themselves at the outbreak of the war
not to drink, smoke or gamble, and they have
kept their oaths. The Gear was much affected
when he heard this, and declared to the officers
that if his ancestors had commanded such an
army, the whole world would have been theirs.
A number of Quakers from the fruit-growiDg
district of Delaware called on President Hayes
last Thursday, and one of them invited MIR.
Hayes to take trip in the fruit-growers'
steamboat the Mary Washington, saying
"Friend Hayes, 1 have word to say. Tbe
Mary Washington was built by the fruit grow
ers mainly. AS it is a temperance boat, and
thou art, see, warm supporter of that good
cause, thought it might be further induce
ment to accompany us, if that fact were
known" ''Ohr' blandy replied the Presidents
smiling, "Mrs. Hayes has that matter in
] charge.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06

Mr.. LINCOLN was once waited upon by a
delegation of Southern gentlemen, who
wished to complain to him OF the unruliness
of the blacks living among them. He listened
to them with patience, and after a short
pause, said he was reminded of little story.
"Out in Illinois," said he, ga school teacher
once saw a little boy crying in his seat. He
called the youngster to him and asked what
was the matter. Why said he between his
sobs, "that boy next to me won't let me
stick pins into him." Mr.. Lincoln made t he
application that the Southern gentlemen
were crying because the blacks would not let
them stick pins into them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06

FROM now until the close of the election,
France will be in the highest fever of excite
ment. The Due de Broglie and Fourtou
have turned the entire government, from the
highest to the humblest part of it, into the
most unscrupulous political machine. No
device, no resort o f power will be left untried
to sustain the new MacMahon regime. The
friends of the Republic, under the leadership
of that sturdy veteran, M. Thiers, will make
grand and heroic fight, but it must be con-
ceded that with all the enthusiasm reused by
the fcombined followers of the .ex-President,
Jules Simon and Gambetta, the battle will be
an exceedingly hard one.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06

A NOTICEABLE aim of the Postal Commits
sion which, after recently visiting many por-
tiops of the Southern states, arrived at Nor
folk, Virginia, on Saturday, is their avowed
desire TO increase the amount of postal service
performed in the South by stage-coaches,
hacks and other inferior modes of convey
ance, the object in view being the creation,
In thousands Of rural districts hitherto neg
lected, of facilities for the circulation of news
papers and delivery of letters analogous to
those which have always been supplied to the
interior towns and townships of the Northern
states. The Postal Commission was prma-
rily interested in the establishment of fast
mail facilities between all the leading cities of
the country, and that branch of its duties has
received attentive consideration, but it is now
making an earnest effort to accomplish the
important additional object of quickening the
intellectual life of many interior districts of
the South,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06

SINCE 1772 Russia has doubled her terrific.
ries. Within eighty years she has advanced
$50 leagues on the road to Vienna and to
Paris. She has swallowed up half Sweden,
and of Poland as much as would make an
other Austrian Empire. She has conquered
from Persia about as much as the area of
Great Britain. From Turkey she has wlested
by successive wars and treaties states as large
as Prussia was before the war of 1866.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06

A PIECE of DR.. Strousberg's sharp prac-
tice in railroad construction has just come to
light in Roumania. One of the railroads fol
lows the bank of the Danube with remarka-
BILE closeness, and with so many sinuosites
that general astonishment has invariably been
caused by a first examination. The reason is
that the Roumanian Government paid GER
tain subsidy per mile, and Strousberg was
naturally anxious to make the road as long as
possible
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06

The Legislature of South Carolina is get
ting on. 1t has now declared vacant the
seat Of the only Republican left among
the eight circait judges of the state. He was
elected by the unanimous vote of the Legis-
lature year ago and his title is perfect. But
that is no IL npediment to the revolutionists.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couptersigned by Stanley T..
PuHen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06

Congress ,man Cox was hurried out OF
Washington by impertinent inquiries about
his indors sment of nephew Butler. There
are some subjects so solemn that even great
American humorist does not like to joke
about tnem.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-06
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

THE Bellefontaine Republican eX-
poses swindle being produced upon
farmers in Logan county. The mode
of operating seems to be, to induce
farmers to accept an agency to sci,
clothes lines, telling them they are re-
quired to pay only for what they sell.
They then get the farmers to sign an
agreement, which, it is afterwards
learned, binds them to buy the clothes
lines at pretty round figure. Farm
ers then refuse TO comply with the
agreement, and by some hocus-pocus,
a compromise is effected by the farm
ers giving their notes, payable condi-
tiOnally as they are assured, for some
thing over 500. The notes prove to
he negotiable notes and are sold 10
banks and street brokers by another
party, who processes TO represent the
clothes line factory, and to know
nothing about party No. L. Then the
signers Of the notes find them in the
hand OF innocent parties, and are re.
quired 10 pay them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12
MONEY ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO

MONEY ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
One hundred years ago, students at
Harvard College paid their tuition
with live stock and provisions. The
currency of the Pilgrims was the first
issne of paper money in this conn try.
During the war of Queen Anne pa
per currency was established, known
as Queen Anne's war currency, which
soon became worthless. In 1755,
Virginia issued paper currency, pre-.
vious to which the clergy were paid
in tobacco, In 1715. John Coleman
established bank in Massachusetts,
with land for capital, and began the
issue of loans. Other colonies follow
ed, and the amount of loans by the
colonies finally reached to millions,
which the mother country paid off at
reduced rates to save the credit of the
colonies. In 1775, Cong ress issued
paper money to the amount of $780,
600, to be redeemed in coin in three
years. The colonies or States also is
sued paper money, and soon the
whole volume of State and National
currency amounted to $12,OOO,OOO.
This money was taken without much
question at first, and those who refus-
ed it were stigmatized as unpatriotic
but in the following year it began to
decline, and in 17SO it was worth al
most nothing. A barber shop in
Philadelphia was plastered all over
with Continental money, and dogs
were tarred, stuck over with the same
shinplasters and let out to run the
streets for the public amusement. To
Robert Morris is due the salvation of
the Revolutionary army. He lent his
private fortune and credit to the gov
ernment, and when all his money was
gone and his credit had been literally
used, Washington said he must raise
more money to carry out war meas
ure, the perfection of which only
waited for the money, Morris, there.
fore, issued his own notes for 81 .4OO.-
BOO. Washington gained the battle of
Y YorktOwn, and CORVALLIS surrender
ed. Every one of these Morris notes
we're subsequently, redeemed. In 1882 |
he Bank of North America was es-
ablished at Philadelphia, with capi-
al of 100000. This was the first bank
VI the National Government, The
late of the first silver coinage was
794, and of the firstt gold coinage
794.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12
LITTLE THINGS.


A serpent's fang is little thing, but
death is its victory.
A baby is a wee little thing, but
constable was once baby.
A lap dog Is little thing, but he is
very silly thing besides.
A cross word is little thing, but it
is what stirs up the elephant.
The tongue is little thing, but it
fills the universe with trouble.
A star is little thing, but it can
hold this great world in its arms.
An egg is q little thing, but the
huge crocodile creeps into life out of
it.
A hornets sting is a little thing, but
it sends the school boy home bowling.
An oath is little thing, but it is re-
corded i'm the great ledger in heayen.
An orange peel on the sidewalk is a
little thing, but it has upset many q
giant.
A kind word is little thing, bat it
is just what soothed the sorrows of
the setting hen.
A kiss is a very little thing, but it
betrayed the Son of God into the
hands of the enemy.
A word is little thing, but one
word has been many mans destiny,
for good or for evil.
A spark is little thing but it can
light the poor mans pipe, or set the
world to burning.
The acorn is little thing, but the
black bear and his family live in the
oak that springs from it.
A penny is very little thing, but
the interest on it from the days OF
Cain and Abel would buy out the
globe.
A minute is little thing but it is
long enough to pull dozen aching
teeth, or to get married and have
your own mother-in-law.
Life is made up of little things.
Life itself is but a little thing; one
breath less, then comes the funeral.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12
COMMON MEATEr-The butcher.

COMMON MEATEr-The butcher.
A QUESTION for Keys-The opening
of lock.boxes.
A VERY old dead head at the thea
ters-that skull of Yorick.
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY has thir-
teen children.-A whole bunch of lit.
tie keys,
An Indianapolis fruit-selier has be-
come an editor. He will still deal in
the latest dates.
A MAN with a night-key may be said
to be a stylish fellow, for he is gener-
ally the "latest thing out"
RUSSIA is feeding no less than sew
enty-five thousand cavalry horses.
Here's chance for corner on oats.
SEAL.sKIN and a hustle, in a woman s
opinion, ought to go together. That's
fact; they are both fur down the
back.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

THERE are ten cities in the world
which have population of 100000
or over; twenty-nipe cities with q
population of less than 100000 and
more than 100000; and two hundred
and fifteen cities with less than 100000
and more than 100000. London stands
first among the large cities, with a
population of 3,4s9, ,42S; Paris second,
with population of 1851, 1872; Con-
stantinople third, with population
of ,075, 600; and Berlin fourth, with a
population of 1,045,OOO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12
EVERYDAY CARES.

Oh, how they blister and scorch us,
how they hinder and beset our every
step along the highway of life
Who is'there, that looking backward
down the roadway of their years, but
can see and count in that roadside
dust. the small imperishable footmarl;s
of their little everyday cares?
How many of us eXelaim and cry
out against such q bitter bondage and
yet few of us are impressed with the
Importance of our daily duties.
We only see the annoyance and vex-
alton, the anxiety and trouble, entire
ly forgetting the fact that sometimes
the greatest possibilities OF life are
held within the compass of ordinary
things.
There is heroism displayed in the
earnest doing of unwelcomed duties,
that is unsurpassed by the yaunted
courage of the hero of a thousand bat
tie fields. lie has not always the
bravest soul who faces the smoke OF
the murderous cannon. Few duties
are pleasant one.
Cares are never pleasurable. may
almost say that anything in the shape
OF, either the one or the other, is in
direct opposition to human desires.
We scold at care and we grrmblc al
duty, yet bereft of both, would life be
worth the trouble of living.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

THE Bank of England has present
stock of gold amounting to Sl3i, co.,
l35. The Bank of France holds of
gold and silver $4l3 $50 600. The I'M
perial Bank Of Germany is certified
with Sl37, ,5l5, ,O0O while the Austrian
National Bank holds $6S,305,0O0.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

A FASHIONABLE young man lately
presented his sweetheart with string
of pearls. AS she hung them joy ously
around her neck, a cloud came over
her brow, and she cried: "Beloved
do not pearls betoken tears?"
"Nary tear!" was the response
s'them's limitations"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

tJoHNsoN's CoMIN'H-A friend OF
ours, says the New York Express, who
attended sable might meeting,' re-
ports as follows: Then Mr.. johnson
arose and exhorted substantially as
follows: 'Breddreu, I'm gwine to
glib you a sample OBJ de pious man and
de oDpious man. Now, you are de
onpious, and whar de ye s'pose yell
go when ye die? 1 know. Yell 60
down into de pit. Tremendous SEN
sation.1 Yah, an dar ye'll burn for
eberl No use hOllerin' dar, canse We
can't get out. Shuddering through
ont the meeting. But, breddren, whar
shall go 2 resumed the speaker, rol.
ling up his eyes. Il shall go up, up,
up, and de good Lord'll see me COM
in, and he'll say ANGELS, make way
dar-' And de angelsII say, what fur,
Lord, what fur?' And den de LordIl
speak up sharp, and say, Il tell ye, an
gels, make way dar. Don't 20 see |
Johnson's comin'?'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

DULL times have driven many mer-
chants to the cash system, and they
are now ornamenting their stores
with notices such as: 'Pay to.day,
trust Tomorrow; IF l trust 1 bust;
SIN God we trust all others cash.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

THE gentleman in waiting at the
ante-rooms of the White House are
now saying to each other. in whis-
pers: Have you ten dollars you can
lend me to go home with ?'-I Boston
Transcript.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

ssMADAM, did you eyer lift dog by
the tail?' why, no, you cruel thing,
your Il didn't know, because 1 just
saw you carry your little child across
the gutter by one arm. A dogs tail
Is good deal stronger than the liga.
ment of baby's shoulder
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

SOME confounded idiot has put that
pen where can't find itv growled a
man the other day, as he searched
about the desk. 'Ah, um, yes! l
thought so = he exclaimed in a lower
key, as he took the article from be-
hind his ear,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-12

PAT saw lady passing along, and
espied two stripes depending from
under the lady's cloak. Not knowing
that these were styled sashes, and in
the right place, he exclaimed: Faith
Ma'am, your galJusses are untied.'