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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-31
The Immense Ransom Asked for the Release
Of q Captured American.

From Letter by an American Lady in Sicily.
So YOU understand the brigands on
the roads have nothing to do with me.
But last month they caught young Mr..
Rose, of the firm of Gardner & Rose,
correspondents of Mr.. Cobb of Boston.
He has just got home, and his expe-
rience is worth a good deal; perhaps
he will publish it. Leone is the name
of the capo, or head of the band which
took him and, in consequence of an
Englishman being taken, the country
was overrun with troops, gendarmes,
&C., &c. When Sicilian is taken,
which happens once or twice month,
they are more quiet about it, pay their
money and are free at once. So that
poor Rose was obliged to stay in a
grotto, instead of accepting the hospi-
tality of Milford Leone, who assured
him he had a house at Cerda, Sciara,
&C.; but, because the country was
alarmed, he must put up with a grot-
to. But he got a dinner nearly every
day-cold, however-beef, English
cheese, brandy, coffee, and even tea.
All these articles that I have named
are about as easily got in the interior
OF Sicily as oranges would be on the
trees about your house. So you see
they were en- train to entertain an
Englishman. At first they asked one
million ounces in gold Zone ounce is
two dollars and half) but as Mr..
Rose justly remarked, 81 had better,
then, take a gun and belong to your
band, for at that price head l should
be better off than sulphur mer-
chant.'' However, they reduced their
terms by degrees, saying thatif it was
not paid directly they would increase
a thousand francs for every days de-
lay. The money was paid, and Mr..
Rose restored to his family, after part
ing on the most affectionate terms
with his captors-even kissing and be.
ing kissed at the last. But what won t
one do to obtain freedom +? And it
seems even brigands have affections
and are much attached to their prison
erS.
All this band have fine houses, ex-
cellent guns, and are young, stalwart
men. Leone, himself a fine type
not dark, but blonde dresses well. has
good manners and withal a reward Of
twenty-five thousand francs for his
head. Perhaps Mr.. Rose will be the
means of catching him yet. The part.
ing words of Leone were: ''Now you
are free; go where you please
over the country, if you like-we will
protect you And so it is. a man
who has once paid his ransom is free
as air. Meantime, during his captiv-
! ity. all the movements Of his family
here in Palermo, what they said and
what they did, were known bv Leone
and his band. How! They have their
paid spies everywhere and the old
proverb, that "a servant is a paid enc
my is, one may really believe, & truth
with us and such is country life
about Palermo. Like the times of
Rob Roy in Scotland.
The eagle he was lord above,
But Rob was lord below.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-31

The business of Rochester Touring
mills last year was about s545, 900. The en-
tire amount Of the city was upwards of 81,
OOO, OO0
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-31
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines.

Washington Correspondence Boston Times.
Only last week saw her signal a car
which couldn't stop till it had rounded
a curve, but, fearing to lose it, she ran
more swiftly than could, and hoped
into it as gay]y as if As years of per-
picking litigation, and 7O-odd of har-
raised life, had left no trace upon her.
She is altogether irrepressible. Her
eyes are exceedingly beautiful still,
her complexion wonderfully clear and
free from wrinkles, and the auburn
frizettes don't seem bit too youthful.
She talks well her "reminiscences of
celebrated men and women are innu-
merable; she feels vivid interest in
current affairs, laughs while she calls
herself the ''Old lady, and believes in
WomanhOOd with an intensity that is
as delightful as it is rare. go dear!'
she sighed, ''what is to become Of our
country? do wish women had voice
in elections !; they would soon settle
Matters smiled incredulously. s.Do
you really think so? It seems to me
we should squabble worse than the
men, ':sNo indeed we shouldn't
she answered. earnestly ''a woman's
instincts are much better than mans
logic. She may make fuss about
little things, but in any great emer.
gency she always comes up on the
right side." .s...n. .. 49,:
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-31

Norwich Bulletin: Kate Claxton
was saved at the Brooklyn theatre by
having a petticoat with her. This con.
firms our opinion that no right.minded
young man should attend an entertain
ment without one.
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hands, but she became aware from the
increased INTENSITY of the all.pervad-
ing scented soap aroma that Slythrope
was drawing nearer to her, and in an
another moment his arm was around
her waist. She drew herself up proud
ly.
s.Sir, I am willing to believe you
mean kindly, but your offer under such
circumstances is an insult. Be good
enough to leave me-"
1t was two days after this scene that
Mary Hope, with The Times before
her, was answering three advertise.
ments, and had folded and sealed her
letters, and now with her. open desk
before her, was counting her little
store of ready money, and calculating
how long she could at any rate sub
sist before she found employment. In
replacing her purse, her hand fell up
on a portrait, which she took out and
gazed on fondly, Dear old Godfrey, if
you had lived, how different my future
would have been! I suppose ought to
say Gods will be done, but, 0, it's
very very hard!' A few moments
she continued gazing through her
tears at the portrait, when a sharp
knock at the outer door startled her
and she replaced it in the desk. She
heard Mrs. Murgatroyd in conversation
with some one, and then quick, well
remembered voice said, ''Where? This
room! And in another moment the
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03
THE RUIN OF THE SUGAR IN
DUSTRY OF CUBA.

The sugar crop of the island OF
Cuba is in danger of ruin. There is
every probability that within a very
short space, this island, which few
years ago produced more than one
half of the whole cane sugar of the
world, will be little better than a
barren desert.
Spanish colonial rule is producing
its natural results in Cuba. 1t
ground the colonists down until they
revolted, and in It's futile endeavors
to suppress the revolt, it has so bur-
dened industry as to render 1T unre-
munerative. The grinding of the
cane is about to commence, the fields
never looked more promising and the
estimates of the crop from every sec.
ton of the island where cane is still
cultivated are flatterlng; but with all
these favorable elements the yield
will be deficient. 1t does not pay al
present to make sugar in Cuba, and
Cuba cannot compete with any othel
cane producing country.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03

Mr.. ELIHU BURRITT, the " learn
ed blacksmith" has written a letter
to the New York Tribune proposing
a remedy for the existing distress in
the manufacturing regions. Mr.. Bur-
ritt says the problem is to draw
away from the manufactures some
proportion of the great over supply
of labor. AS the government lands
In the West are too far off to be
reached he proposes that a few citi-
zens of Virginia, choosing that as an
easily-accessible State, having the
most spare land and the greatest
natural advantages, shall form a
company, buy, say 1900 acres Of
wooded land, divide it into thirty
acre allotments, and then advertise
in the crowded manufacturing dis
tricts for fifty or a hundred men; add
to these men of skill in trades in
short, form a colony-aud allow its
members to earn title to the prop
erty on which they are placed. MIR.
Burritt says it would not take much
capital to set on foot movement of
this kind: which might turn a tide
of emigration toward Virginia. A
necessary amendment of Mr.. Bur-
ritt's plan is that the capital for the
purpose should come from the
North.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03

I 7 n I I
III If YOU can't get gold you can
III get greenhacks. We need per-
AOIOsson in every town to take sub
-Grlptlons Tor the largest, cheapest and best
illustrated family publication in the world
any one can become successful agent
lhe most elegant works of art given free to
subscribers. The price is so low that al
most everybody subscribes. One agent re-
ports making over $3.50 in a week. A lady
agent reports taking over 400 subscribers in
zen days. All who engage make money
.ast, You ca1 devote all your time to the
business or only your spare time, Yos
need not be away from home over night
You can do itas well as others. Full par
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ana expensive outfit free. If you want prof
'table work seAd us your address at once
IT costs nothing to try the business. No one
who engages fails TO make great pay. Ad-
dress " The Peoples Journal, )" Portland
Maine.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03

SOME of the Republican newspa-
pers hereabouts very glibly speak of
Senator Butler as a "red-handed
murderer" They have not the fair
ness of the Philadelphia Times,
which, once having expressed SINH
lar opinion, examined the facts of the
case and finding itself mistaken did
the libeled senator entire justice by
promptly retracting its assertion.
Gen. NJ. G. Butler is not murderer,
had nothing whatever to do with
"the Hamburg massacre" except
to make every effort to prevent it,
has insisted upon a Republican dis
trict attorney prosecuting the alleged
case against him if it will bear pro-
secution, and has in every respect,
by all who have investigated the
facts, been honorably acquitted from
every charge that partisan malice
made against him. He is no more
a murderer than Conkling is a THE
or Edmunds an adultercr, and the
men who make the charge against
him are not worthy to lose the latch
cts of his shoes.-LancdSter InteiR.
genCer.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03
A CASE OF CONSUMPTION.
EAST SToNEHAN, Oxford county, Me. I
May u, 1873.

EAST SToNEHAN, Oxford county, Med
May u, 1873.
Messrs Seth W. Fowle Sons
Gentlemen-I feel ID my duty to write a
few words in favor of Or. Wistar's Balsam
of Wild Cherry. In the early part of last
winter / took a severe cold, and shortly af.
terward distressing cough was added TO 1t.
My friends did everything they could for
me, but without avail. The best physicians
hat could be procured did not relieve me,
and my cough continued with me all
through the winter. W tn increasing severi-
ty. spit blood three pr four times day,
and my friends, considering my case hope
less, gave me up as confirmed Consump-
tive. was in this condition when heard
of DR.. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry.
began its use, and before had taken half a
bottle of it my cough and all my other
troubles left me, and was cured. l feel so
truly indebted to this great remedy for
what it has done for me that send you this
voluntary testimony, hoping 1t may be the
means of inducing others who are suffer
ing as l was, to make use of 1t. 1t is the
best remedy for lung complaints that l
ever heard OF and am constantly recon-
mending 1t to my friends.
Yours with respect,
MRS. MELISSA NJ. BALL.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03
FOURTH EDITION
DEATH OF MRS. sAM'L HARLAN.

Mrs. Samuel Harlan,wife of Sam1 Harlan,
Preeident OF the Harlan & Hollingsworth
Company Of this city, died at ten o'clock this
morning. at her residence in Philadelphia.
Of the company will be closed until after the
funeral.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03

II Schooner ched.-The schooner
Stella Bright, owned by George w.
Bright, this city, was lying anchored
on the Jersey side of the Delaware
during the storm of Saturday week,
broke her cable and blew across the
river on to the beach, about two
miles below Liston's Point. This
vessel suffered the same fate during
the heavy storm of October. last,
and was stranded three weeks before
she was floated.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03
A MONKEY IN COURT.

His Demednor tchen Arrdigned for an
Assault on Mrs. Shea in Bottle Alley.
On the arraignment of the prisoners in
the Tombs Police Court yesterday morn
ing, monkey approached the bar with
with the rest. He wore a scarlet coat,
and velvet cap trimmed with gilt lace.
He pulled hard at the string by which an
Italian held him, and, being led in front
of the bench, climbed nimbly to the rail-
ing that separates prisoners from The pre-
siding magistrate. Steadying himself on
that perch by encircling the iron with his
tail, he turned his wry face toward jas
tice Hammer, chattered volubly, pulled
off his cap aud bowed with profound
gravity. The gray hair bristled thick on
the top of his head, and his face was
wrinkled, so that he looked astonishing
ly like very small and very old man.
"What is this ?" Justice Flammer
asked.
ga prisoner" replied Officer Hatton.
"His name is Jimmy Dilleo. arrested
him for assaulting Mary Shea"
"a monkey arrested for an assault ~
the Justice exclaimed.
Jimmy blinked his eyes, showed his
teeth, and bowed good many times, as
though the proceeding, as he viewed it,
was very funny indeed.
"Where is the complainant ?" the JUS
tice asked.
Mary Shea stepped forward. She took
her right forefinger out of a handkerchief
and showed that it was lacerated. She
said that she was neighbor of Jimmy
in Bottle alley, that notorious adjunct of
Mulberry street I; that she kindly offered
him a stick of candy; that he grabbed it
greedily and bit her finger.
Jimmy sat on the railing with his head
on one side, and constantly taking off his
cap and putting it on again, as though
successively forgetting and remem bering
that he was in court Of justice.a
"What do you think ought to be done
with jimmy" said Justice Flam-
mer,
"Why, sir" Mrs. she answered, ~
think he ought to be locked up"
"But we can't imprison a monkey, yeu
know. Your remedy is to bring civil
suit against the owner for damages 2"
"And amt there any justice to be had
against the miserable brnte ?"
~ don't know of any law that makes a
monkey criminally liable for biting"
Mrs. Shea was exceedingly indignant
and, as she wrapped her hurt finger in
her handkerchief, she exclaimed: "This
is nice country for Justice" Casseo
Dilleo, the owner of Jimmy, said that
the monkey was wildly fond of candy,
and in his frantic delight had uuinten-
tionally bitten Mrs Shea.
che is discharged" said the Justice.
Jimmy gleefully tried to climb on the
gas fixture on the JUSTICES desk, and to
sit on the glass globe. Then he reached
to shake hands with his Honor; but, be-
ing repulsed, he screamed loud and long
like hurrah, took off his cap several
times in second, and bowed so low that
his feet slipped from the railing and he
hung by his tail. His owner carried him
out of the room
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03

funeral.
Getting LiUely.-A desperate tragedy is
imminent in Denton, Nd, as the proba-
ble result of an Editorial sDat lbetw
the Editors of the Journal and Union
newspapers. growing out of the, recent
election. The Cn.on E iitor, in his last
issue, boasted OF his ability to thrash the
Journal Editor "out of his boots," but
TO this threat the Journal promptly made
the following reply:
His threatening to thrash us won &
help matters in the least. In fact we
are somehow led to believe that he is
not man enough to do it. If, however,
ne thinks he 10, and is particularly anx-
ious to try it. he can find US almost any
time between sunrise and niue o'clock
N the evening at our place of business"
Nkw CHURCH AT MILToE.-A new Nj.
p. Church is to be erected at Milton, and
the contract for the erection has been
aH arded to II. j. Belts, of that town.
The church is to be two-story frame
structure IL 81 feet, with recess pulpit
and a corner tower and steeple 100 feet
high. The lower story will contain class
room, infant school room and Lecture
room.
Audience room above, without gallery,
windows gothic and stained glass. Pews
pulpit, altar, wainscoting and all inside
wood work of walnut, ash, Virginia-pine
&C. and finished in oil. 1t will be com
modious and beautiful church, cositi ng
with thN lot (for which 5000 was paid)
but about S5,659.
Farms Sold.-Mr. Stephen Lecats has
sold his home farm, containing about 220
acres, a short distance from Chestertown,
Nd, to Mr.. Wilbur Eliason. Price not
stated, but reported to be $l0,750.
@. Fl. Baker, Esq, as attorney for II.
N. Thomas, has sold the farm Of the lat
Ter near Chestertown, called "Cedar
Vale" and containing 1855 acres, to
VIM. b. Usilton, for sos per acre, or
SS,157 90.
HEEOE OF A DELAWARE VE-sEL-0l Sun.
day night last the schooner James An derson,
Capt Grey, hom Philadslph.s to Norfolk.
loaded with coal went ashore on DAVIS son s
Shoals near watchprague inlet, on Sea side,
eause-losS of rech Oniug-too close TO the
Beach. Vessel and cargo valued at about
" 2OO, total loss The vessel was owned by
Mr.. kbe Tunnell of Lewes J. NJ. Houston
OF Indian river hundred. and others.
The New York Times raises the question.
is Christianity Fdiur,?' 1t takes the
negative, and In a long and aole article de-
tends she church from the heavy assaults
Wblon many orat RS and wr ters have been
making upon il. H. should mail a copy of
the article In question TO Bob Ingersoll.
a Social and Literary entertainment
will be held in the lecture room of the
slrst Presbyterian Church this evening.
All are cordially invited TO attend.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03

MOSES H. GRINNELL's WILL.-The
will of the late Moses H. Grinnell, of
New York, was admitted to probate
on Friday. He leaves an estate val
ued at shout half a million, and be-
queaths to his daughter Fanny Cush-
ing $4,000, to his son Irving $780,
600, to his daughter Julia Bowdoin
$780, 900, and $4,000 for his grand
son Templeton Bowdoin. All the
remainder of the estate is to be di-
vided between his son Irving and his
daughter Julia Bowdoin absolutely.
The reason why his daughter Fanny
is given less than the others is be-
cause she is already we'll provided
for.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03
Fashionable Furniture l
-
]. & ]. N. HARTMAN,
No 40 H King Street,
WILMINGTON, DEL.

JSESxSr1 We respectfully inform the cIti
s~zSgxeP Zens of Wilmington, and the sur
IL rounding country that we continue
se7sSzszE TO manufacture and keep on hand
at our large and long established ware
rooms, Furniture of every variety and
style, consisting of Mahogany Rosewood
and Walnut Furniture suitable for parlor
c.nning-room and chamber uses.
Our assortIn lent OF Furniture is larger an
more varied than can be found in Delaware
and all articles sold at our establishment
are warranted as represented.
Venitian Blinds Of the most fashionable
designs made to order and kept constantly
on hand. We also manufacture and con.
stantly keep large assortment of Spring
Hair Moss and Husk Mattresses.
j. & j. N. HARMAN,
40 King street, Wilmington.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-03
rTlHE ARTIzANs SAVINGS BANK.

TYlHE ARTIZANS SA WINGS BANK.
6O2 MARK 1T STREET,
INCORPORATED JANUARY 23D, 1861.
Open to receive DEF poslts daily from A
NJ. until p. M, and on Tuesday and Sat
urday evenings II ON TO o'clock.
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND,
of six per cent, mas been regularly paid on
deposits, since the organization of the Bank
and it is the expectation of the Managers
that this rate of dividends will be continued
When dividends are not withdrawn, they
are accounted as deposits. Thus permanent
deposits compound their interest twice In
each year.
MANAGERS.
Clement b. Smyth, George W. Bush,
Chas. w. Rowland, George S. Capelle,
Nathan'l X. Benson, NJ. l.. Lichenstein,
Henry F. Dure, Edward Darlington
f. NJ. Stonsenberg, Job H. Jackson,
William NJ. Field, VIM. II. Swift,
Anthony Higgins.
GEO. W. BUSH, President.
| GEO. 8. CAPELLE, Vice President.
feb2l f. y. TAYLOR, Treasurer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-09-11
Liquid ErcFemeHtS.

How strangely We overlook the value
of the liquid excrement Of our animals !.
A COW, under ordinary feeding, furnishes
in . year about twenty thousands pounds
of solid excrement, and about eight thou
sand pounds of liquid. The comparative
money value of the two is but slightly in
favor of the solid. This statement has
been verified as truth, over and over again.
The urine Of herbiverous animals holds
nearly all the secretions Of the body which
are capable of producing the rich nitro
genous compounds so essential as forcing
or leaf-forming agents in the growth OF
plants. The solid holds the phOsphoric
acid, the lime and magnesia, which 20 to
the seeds principally; but the liquid
holding nitrogen, potash and soda, Is
needed in forming the stalks and leaves.
The two forms of plant nutriment should
never be separated or allowed to be vast
ed by neglect. The farmer who saves all
the urine of his animals doubles his man
urial resources every year. Good. sea-
soned muck is of an immense service TO
farmers, when used as an absorbent, aud
the stalls for animals should be so con-
structed as to admit Of wide passage in
TIE rear, with generous room for muck,
to be used daily with the excrement.-
Journal of Chemistry.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-09-11
sa,hng ana Lining .shing,e<.

l have seen several inquiries Of late
with reference to sailing shingles and lin
ing them. s. S, Of Vermont, in i late
issue Of the n. f. FARMER makes the
same inquiry.
will state that the practice Of linz
ing has become so common with Us here
in Maine, that | thought it was generally
admitted that it is Of great value to wood,
increasing its durability very much. 1t
is considered with us, that second quality
shingles, well lined before or after being
laid will last as long as first quality with
out lining. | have had the opportunity
10 witness the difference on the same roof,
and with shingles laid on the same side
of the roof, and the difference was so plain
that it was my opinion that the lime adj
ded at least one-half to the durability OF
the shinge.
The most common practice with us is
to wash the roof after laying the shingles,
but some prefer to dip them in tub Of
lime water, But one thing must be re-
membercd, never 10 add salt to the mix
ture when lining before laying, for the
salt rustS the nails and the shingles will
soon blow off, but little may be added
TO the wash, if applied after laying,
although do not consider the salt OF
much consequence. \ great portion OF
our shingles are hemlock, and we think
that hcmlock single well lined will
last as long as a pine or cedar one with
out lining.