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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-04
THE WEST,

Rates on the shipments of hogs to New
York have been advanced 10 cents per hmm
bred as follows: Chicago to Boston, e
cents to New York, 55; Philadelphia, 50
Baltimore, 80. Rates on cattle, sheep and
horses have been advanced 8 cents, and 6
proportionate advance has been made on all
products of cattle and hogs on the basis Of
bulk meats to New York 90 cents.
Last Thursday morning Lieut.. j.. L.
Knapp, L. S. A, post surgeon DR.. Andrews,
and post sutler J. s. Moore, left Fort Candy,
at the mouth of the Columbia, to cross to
Astoria, in a small boat. On their return
fresh winds sprung up and the boat failed
to reach the fort thatnight. Next day Capt.
Witter, commandment ordered the lighthouse
steamer Shubrick and two tugs to cruise in
search. After a long search the boat was
discovered capsized, but no trace of the mis-
sing men. Undoubtedly all were drowned.
Thomas X. Williams, formerly a stock
broker in San Francisco, committed suicide
By shooting himself through the head at
half-past nine o'clock in the morning, on the
22d, in front Of his wife's dress making es.
adjustment, 1919 Olive street, st. Louis,
Mo. He was formerly a man of some wealth
and resided at Davenport, where his wife
was divorced from him seven years ago. He
came here about a week ago from Hot
Springs, Ark, where he had been for his
health, and attempted to effect a reconcilia-
ton with his wife, with a view to remarrisge,
put falling, blew his brains out.
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MatrimOny Extraordinary.

Wm Smith, residing and doing bust.
ness at No. 1880 Lancaster avenue, west
Philadelphia, cannot exist in single bles
sedness. Fifty three years ago, being
then twenty years of age, he took unto
himself his first helpmeet, who sickened
and died. He mourned deeply, but al
the end of four weeks had Mrs. Smith
No , to comfort him. Life is uncertain,
and again was William a widower; only
four weeks, however; but aa ! Mrs.
Smith the third joined her predecessors.
Poor William; just four weeks from the
time he wept owe the grave of No. 9 he
led No. 4 to the altar. There seems,
however, to have been a fatality attached
TO Mr.. Smiths matrimonial alliances. for
again, he had to wear Grape on his hat.
The sister of No. 4 tried as only warm
hearted woman can, to comfort her dis
consulate brother-in.law until his heart
was deeply touched. But with his past
sad experience, he hesitated. Yes, he
waited this time till six weeks had ex-
pired before he was by law entitled to
call her sister wife. At the reception.
NJ. William Smith received the con-
of his forty-six children and
& an clildren, besides a host of friends
he n de last Monday celebrated her
IL birthday. She also has had
some matrimonial experience. William
being her third liege lord. Their com.
ages are just 1913 years.
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TIsE EAST.

J. Beaufain Irving, the w~ell-knowr
American artist, died in New York on the
2lst.
A special from Bethlehem, Pa, says
Last night two wood-choppers' cabins in the
mountains, near White Haven, were washed
away by a sudden food, and six laborers
were drowned.
The Lehigh Valley railroad company
having made a ten per cent. reduction in all
depa rtments OF labor, it il believed that the
locomotive engineers will strike May l, I'M
less the old rates are restored.
The editorial and cOmposing-roems of
the New York Journal of Commerce were
ruined by fire on 23d of April also files of
the paper extending back to 1928, and the
valuable library of Mr.. Stone. Other occu-
PANTS of the building suffered from water.
The total loss is about $4,000 insured. The
Journal will be issued as usual from new
.ulrters.
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rase wt reversed by the supreme court, has
just been again sentenced To be hung at
Dover. Stewart county.
It Is estimated that it would cost Texas
$4,000 to hold o constitutional convention,
and the Houston Age suggests that, instead
Of that expense for convention, FIVE cotton
mills be built, which can be done for the
same money.
San Antonio (Texas) Herald There
is a sergeant and a detachment Of men from
Fort Sill in town, who have been here nearly
a month, the object Of whose visit is to take
back to that post a number Of goats for the
Indians ON the reserve.
The Wytheville (Va.) Dispatch of the
4th instant announces the shipment to Phil
adelphia from a quarry in that county of a
block of fine marble weighing 5000 pounds,
and adds: This fine vein of marble has the
appearance of being almost inexhaustible.
The Fredericksburg (Va.) News states
that one shipper in that city is now loading
three schooners with corn for New York.
They will take $4,000 to 10000 bushels.
Another firm have also several schooners in
the river loading with corn, one of 10000
bushels capacity.
Here is what a resident of Texas says
about hograising: Experienced men csIcu.
late on an increase of ten pigs to each sow
annually, and at one year old these sell at
ten dollars a head. He makes the calcula.
tion of a man starting with a stock of five,
increasing at the rate of five a head, which
gives him in a year thirty. Fifteen Of these
he sells, retaining a like number. At the
end of the second year he has seventy.fye
sells twenty-five; at the same ratio Of
increase, by the close of the fifth year he
can sell two hundred and sixty-fve, leaving
a stock of five hundred. Selling these
at the rate of eight dollars a head, his sales
will amount to $10,S40 during the period of
five years. Allowing an increase of eight
annually, at the end 'of five years he will
have a stock of five hundred, and will have l
sold 1,G25, for $4,000, and, at the rate of =
increase annually, the amount of sales i
reach 1926 400. u
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FOREIGN.

The Italian government has called out
NO reserve contingents.
General Tchernayef has started for
Kishnew.
4 London dispatch reports that the
Russian army has advanced into Bucharest.
Prince Milan has received General
Faditf Fl, the Russian Pan-Slavist, in an au-
dience.
The Servian semi-oficial press are
again exceedingly hostile. Turkey demands
that Seryia participate in the war.
The cars manifesto to the Russian
array and people was promulgated April "a.
The emperor declares thai in view Of the re.
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A LOAD of fruit brought all the way
from California to the centennial exhi-
bition in a refrigerator car, created much
establishment there. The company which
made this and other shipments last year,
has now been enlarged and intends going
into the business on a large scale. 1t is
called the California fruit and meat
shipping company, and has a capital of
$500, 900. The California fruit made a
good impression in the eastern markets
last year, and it is gratifying to learn
that generous shipments of it are to be
made the present season.
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SAN Francisco appears to be grow
ing with a healthy growth. Its last di-
rectory contains 100,85 names, which &C.
oo'ding to the usual method of computa-
tion-three persons for every name
would give the city 302, $50 inhabitants /;
2, 900 are Chinese. I'll e increase in pop
ulation for a year was eleven per cent;
900 new buildings were erected during
the year, 80 of which oost So 5 900.
Public bull lings during the year cost
$4,000, 900. There are now $1,000
buildings in the city limits of which
1890 are brick; S4,o29 children are en-
rolled in the public schools, and 26,7 Z
attended Theexpense of maintaining the
schools was ss67 ,754, and the total value
~ school property is s., J05, 200.
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n.shfs q sfaiemfnt@ corrected tothe hit.
Instant of The imports and eHpoftsof ths
| United states i0f the month ending Feb
mafy ~ 1871 and for the period vt eight
months terminating On The same date.
The chief oi The bureau compares these
statements with like data for the cores.
ronding periods oi the year immediately
preceding, and shows that the excess ii
trade hiss been in favor Of the United
States. Reckoning wholly in gold values.
II appears that u excess Ji exports over
imports on merchandise accounts. for
February, 1877, amounted to enc, AGO.
d97, while Tor the corresponding month
in 1876. the excess was sl8, 5Ol, Gs5, n diff.
ference Of S2,9G4, 7l2 in %fayorof the pres
ent year. In February, 1877, the ex.
ports OF coin and bullion amounted to
s~3,3lO,OS2 and the imports toSl ,903, $3.50.
During February, 1876, the exports
reached the sum of S4,55S, Ut and the
imports TO 1882, 528. The difference
tayOrs the present year to the extent of
Sl,922, 254. The following tables exhibit
the state of trade tor eight months ter
minating with February 28, 1877, and
the corresponding period for 1876:
Exports and Imports Of Merchandise. Values.
l'it'- domestic eNpOrts... .ftIh.I AZ, IA
Foreign re-eXpopts."......r........... s,U22,lss
.s464. ig2, 1872
Imports OF 267,3si,III
Excess of eIports over imports. .sl57, Ios, 22l
lS76.-homostic eIports."..-..rr........~...s35l s57, 2s
Foreign re-eNpOrts"mm-..a.......... ~g,3s7,s5s
otal".. ..,.....--...... 1901. 245,l O7
Imports of merchandise ............ 2Os, N2, I36
Excess ofexpOrts over Imports. ....a 90, 4 ,g1
Excess Of ex ports over imports, Is77... ....sI5L Ics,2 2l
Excess oi.eNports over imports, ls76........ 81, 1881
Difference in favor of 1877. ....-.... .slOi, s5, 25n
Exports and Imports of Coin & Bullion, YaIpcs
lo''- DOMESTIC cNIOrts....... .,.."........S %. ,676
foTelgh g., lgs, 5lj
Imports Of coin and bullion"......, 33,,i9,ga
Excess ofimports over exports....,s 1851, 729
$50 Domestic ex 26, Bis. los
ForelBh Ie-eX 3, 46i,3 1876
l..-".,"~.,....~.. ....., ............s 3,,O29. 500
Imports of coin anu bullion........... u, I0i,SiS
Excess ofexports over imports...s 1924 10
Excess of exports over imports, Is76.....s II. ga us
Excess Of exports over imports, lS77.""... 1881. 729
Difference in favor of ls77. ...m. IA, gs6
During the eight months ending with
February Is, 1877, the domestic exports
and foreign re-exports of merchandise,
coin and bullion amounted to S453, 731,-
53, while for the corresponding period
of 1876 the exports aggregated S39i ,274,-
go, leaving a balance in favor of 1877
of $62,456, S53. The total imports for
1876 were 1920, soc, 1854, and those for
1877 of $300,5 1901, a difference in favor
of the latter year amounting to $20,031,-
953. On the whole volume of trade the
difference in favor of 1877 over 1876 foots
up a sun total of $S2,488, 800.
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AN account Of the business failure Of
81 keck, of Cincinnati, is pleasant read,
ing, despite pity for his misfortune. He
was possessed OF over a million dollars,
was president of several moneyed insti
t%utions, and estates were entrusted to his
management. By a reverse in an i'm
mense speculation he lost all he had
but an examination of his affairs showed
that not one Of the institutions that he
might have ~plundered had suffered to the
extent of a cent, and the estates in his
hands had been touched. This is a
bright example in these days.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-04

The usual children's pastime in Wash,
ingtOn of rolling eggs in the capitol
grounds of Easter Monday, was 10 en-.
Joyed this year, a law having been en-
acted by congress prohibiting the use OF
the parks as a play ground. The custom
had come to be an established feature Of
the day, and was a source of great amuse-
ment to young and old. On Easter Mon
day last year the parks were visited by
from 1000 to 10000 persons, and the
privilege allowed the children was
usurped by grown and halfgrown PER
races was damaged to such an extent that
congress was moved to pass the bill re.
ferred to.
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BEAUTIFUL English girl rejected one
lover TO marry the other, with whom she
settled in Michigan. When be died.
lover No. / heard Of her sorrow. His
love revived. lie could not sleep O.
nights from dreaming Of her with his
eyes wide open. He took passage in a
steamer. He found her milking a brin
die COW and so homely and dilapidated
generally that he did not discover him
self, but took back tracks and thanks
his stars for his escape.
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THE funeral of a Chinaman, who was
recently murdered in San Francisco,
seems to have been quite an unique af-
fair. The dead man held a ~keen-edged
carver in his hand, and a yellow flag
bearing the word Vengeance" covered
the coffin. A mounted Chinaman rode
at each corner of the hearse, and All Qua
rode ahead to clear the road. He sue
ceeded in running over a white man, in.
juring him severely, and getting himself
arrested.
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THE latest chemical notion is to fell
trees by electricity. The two ends of the
copper wires of a galvanic battery are
connected with a platinum wire, which,
of course, instantly becomes red-hot, and
while so is gently see-sawed across the
trunk of tAe tree to be felled, until it
burns its way through, 1t is calculated
that a tree which would require two
hours hard chopping to bring down, can
be cut through by this process in fifteen
minutes.
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MosT every country has its peculiar
style of coftee-drinking. In Germany,
pipes and dominoes accompany coffee;
in Antwerp, cucumbers and hard boiled
eggs; and in France the coffee houses
are miracles of tasteful splendor. In the
United States, we are the largest coffee
in the world. Germany and
France stand modestly behind us; and
we drink six times as much as some of
the European states. The United States
imported in the year 1867, 1877, 236 $3.50
pounds, valued at $50, 696, 259.
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TIMELY tories.

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be- claimed But q hundred thousand
people petition TOR bic release from jail
and parade the streets 10 emphasize their
demand and overawe parliament. It IL
in reality an expression Of democratic
feeling against aristJcrucy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-09
CROP PROSPECTS.
REPORTS FROM ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI,
AND ALABAMA.

REPORTS FROM ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI
AND ALABAMA.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May s. - The Ardtdnche
publishes a long crop report, from which the following
in reference TO this section IS taken:
ArkdHsGs-C otton-Seyenty-fye per cent Il planted,
and IL is expected that planting VIII be nnished Oy me
IOth inst two weeks earlier than last year. During the
latter part April ram storms sc H. excluding
over the northeastern portion, ncceSstdng rcpantlnS
In many cases Labor is doing well The condition or the
crop j. good and advanced There Is heavy rise In the
Arkansas River but no overflow ~ apprcheuiled.
Nearly the entire planting has been hished
with the exception Of three counties which are reported
as beng only half planted. Bottom crops are more
backward than .Lusc OF upllnds. For two weeks ending
Aur - the weather has been unusually cold.
NisstsoGBi-WIth the exception Of Plantations along
the river ana few sections M the northern part OF the
STATE planting is noary completed beng two weeks IN
advance oil last year, and from many sections good
stands are reported Heavy rams ana severe hailstOrms
visited the northern and northwestern sections OF me
state the 2-d 10 the 21th of April ana IL Is reared
some rcpautlug VIII be necessary.
misunderstanding some plantations along the Tom.
bigbce and Warrior rivers where ln cons Quence OF
heavy rains during the month OF April, Held work has
been retarded, planning IN TINS section was finished 10y
the 9th inst There mas been very N'Ie repairing ON
bottom lands. The weather Is az favorable a. st year,
and planting Is somewhat more advanced fivld aDO IN
some parts has been scarce, but Otherwise saiactufy
The rivers falling, ana there Is now 10 danger OF IN
nLei
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Erzcrmn Olt and Kars and union OF all the RUSSIAN
forces is possible until the left column sha nave
passed eastward toward Erzerum at least 100 mics 10
the end OF the mountains retraced its steps 10 inc
northward and joined the main army now at kars'
TIE CITY OF ERZERUM.
The pashalic Of Erzcrum is the most important III
Asia Minor, including population OF 100000 people
distributed in 1,5OO villages and towns The ehlei
city is Erzerm which has a population estimated AT
40 OOO beside its garrison or these 10000, 10000 are
Turks, 5000 orthodox Armenans, and 1000 Calhohc
Armenians. In 1927 the population was estimated AZ
10000. The number OF its inhabitants Is constantly
changing however owing the great number of people
who arrive and depart with the caravans. Pesience
has often made serious nroads upon the population ana
emigration has taken many people away Ihe city con
tans % khans l3 public baths, 20 mosques ana meJds
and churches OF the Armenian, Latin, and Greek christ
ians The part of the town is partly surrounded Oy
an old cascllaed wall hut large part Of the place Is
NOT walled dccp ditch was cxcavaed round the sub
urs some years ago to keep off the Russians There are
some curious ancient buildings in and around the
citadel, and nearly 80 tomhs IN the form OF CIT
cular towers with conica roofs, after an early
saracenc style of architecture, dating some OF them as
far back AS the twelfth century. The most elegant
buildings ever erected in the city in ruins being Two
colleges one of them remarkable for It's mnarcts, which
were built OF tire brick, nutcd like lone columns, ana
enanced in some parts with bde color. Tine winters
in Ezcrum very owing to its elevation toooo
fect above the sea. The plain about the city, when is
80 or 40 long, formerly contained 100 houriSlng
villages, hut emigration has depopulated many oil them
which now lie in waste. The chief trades are dyeng and
tanning morocco leather Great numbers of horses and
cattle arc reared Ia the plain.
Regarded tratecally the town is not fayoraby To-
Gated Although at a hi III elevation II is surrounded on
one side by higher h which in the hands of au enemy
would render defense exceedingly dIlhcut some OF
the SUBMITS of these hills continually covered with