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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-20
ANNUAL STATEMENT.
Railway Passengers Assurance Co.,
OF HARTFORD conn.
CAPITAL, $500, 10000


ASSETS, DECEMBER 81, 1876.
Cash on hand and In Bank tB352 20
Cash IN hands CT Agents Goo u
Loans on Bond and Mortgage $500 o.
Market JQiue
United states Bonds SIS CtS II
Connecticut State bonds $3.50 90
Municipal Bonds 10000 90
Railroad Bonds 1850 20
Bank Il Trust Company Stocks 1913 90
Railroad stocks o2,OI7 80
- 35G,263 10
Gross Assets $50 ,535 Al
LIABILITIES.
Losses uDadjusted $4,000 %
Re insurance reserve 1900 70
TOTAL LIABILITIES $500 "
Surplus TO Policy holders s4Ij,6S6 Al
JIG PATTERSON, President.
CHARLES Z. WILLARD, Secretary.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-20

OXFORD, S.: Alta Court OF Probate held at
Paris, within and for the County of oxford
on the third Tuesday of Januaay A ID. 1877,
~ OF samuel s. Dunn, late of Bethel, in said
County, deceased, praying for allowance out
of the personal estate OF her late husband
Ordered, That the said petitioner give notice
10 all persons Interested by causing copy Of this
order 10 be published weeks successfully in the
oxford Democrat printed at Paris, that they may
appear at a Probate Court TO be held at Paris, in
said County on the third Tuesday OF March next
mt O'Clock in the forenoon and sbew eau II any
they have why the same should not be granted
A. II. WALKER, Judge.
true copy, attest IN. c. DAVIS Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-20

OXFORD, ss;=-At a Court of Probate held al
Paris within and for the County OF Oxford on
ON the petition of LOUISA j. BURBANK,
~ Administrative on the estate Of j AMES BUR
BANK, iatc of Bethel, in said County deceased,
pray ing for license TO sell aud convey all the real
estate which said deceased owned, at his decease,
In the County OF oxford:
eOrdered, That the said petitioner give notice TO
all persons interested by causing an Abstract of
said petition with this order thereon to be publish
ed weeks successfully In the Oxford Democrat
printed NJ Paris that they may appear at Probate
Court 10 be held at Paris In said County on the
third Tuesday Of March next at o O'Clock A NJ and
shew cause II any they have why the same should
not be granted
A. ii. WALKER, Judge.
A true copy-attest: ii. c. DAVIS, Register.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21

The capture of Kars by the Russians, re.
ported in our dispatches gives the army
of the Gar immense advantage in a strate
gic point of view. and is destined to take
high rank among the important achieve.
ments of the war. Kars is one of the most
strongly fortified cities of Turkish Armenia
and has an estimated population of about
$4,000. It has been the scene of two pre-.
vious Russian sieges-6rst in the commence
ment of the present century, and again dur.
ing the Crimean war, 1885; when, after q
gallant defense by the Turks, commanded
by the English General Williams, it wa.
forced to capitulate. Without Kars, Ere
roum were but q barren victory, since the
Russians and their supplies would be in con.
slant danger from a we'll protected enemy il
the rear. There will probably be some hard
fighting yet before the wal in Asia Minor ii
finished, but it looks as if the beginning Of
the end Of the bloody struggle might be nea,
at hand.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21
THE WHEAT CROP IN ENGLAND AND TIL
UNITED STATES.

Wheat,is now dearer than it has been,
We believe, for many years. and there are,
of course, those who say that it must get
dearer yet. The home harvest ia said to
be generally below the average. We have
had all through the middle and northern
parts Of the island a most tempestuous
season ; crops will be exceptionally poor,
and altogether the outlook Is gloomy.
Add to the position at home to the fact
that the French harvest is probably but
barely equal to the requirements of the
country, a; the very best view, and that 1t 10
therefore not unlikely that France may
have to be . considerable buyer abroad
that the yield In Spain is, though showing
. surplus, mot equsl to expectations; that
the Russian crop, though good, is likely
to be difficult to get at, through the wal,
and that all supplies from the valley of the
Danube are cut off through the same cause,
and We have q serious junction of>causea
al tender to support the view that bread
may be dear. The most favorable estimate
otthe home wheat crop which We have
seen. gives % barely twelve million quar
tiers. or hardly half what we require fol
food and stock purposes ;snd IL the harvesti
OF Europe are, with the exception Of thst
OF Hungary, either indifferent or inacces
sible, 1t e evidently q serious problem t
know whence this deficiency Is TO he sup
piled: We want, II may be con
coded, In round figures 1t least eleven mil
lion quarters of wheat between now snt
this time next year. Where 1t 1t 10 to b,
hadf The United States aloSe profess I,
be able 10 supply the whole 81 the immens
Quantity. They claim 70 hsse . surplu
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21
why cooLBAveH KILLED HIMSELF.

There are q number of theories aaoat re-
garding the causes which induced Mr.. Cool
baugh, the Chicago banker, to take his own
life, but of course there is more or less con
lecture about all of them. The Chicago
correspondent of the 81. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat, in seeking the explanation of the
awful 1eed, says:
The vice president and cashier stated that
neither the bank nor the bank affairs had
any connection with the suicide that the
trouble was domestic, and all the mental suf.
fering which Mr.. Coolbaugh had undergone
whisky. Although he drank more OF les
himself, yet there was another in the house.
hold addicted to its use, and this had wor-
ried him until he was almost insane at times.
Of course, the statements which were made
on the streets to-day should be taken with q
great deal of allowance, but those who are
most intimate with the Coolbaughs say there
has been one dark shadow upon the family
of late which its head could not remove.
| While nobody can say whether it was from
this or other causes Mr.. Coolbaugh ended
his life, yet the impression on the minds of
his friends is that life had become a torment
to him principally from this cause. Another
source Of trouble which preyed upon MI.
SV0AOoOSu WAuO Woo tuC ubSEdCSAuA COue
duct of his brother, George Nyse Coolbaugh.
This fellow is the husband Of Jennie Will
liams, the notorious keeper Of a well-known
bagnio in this city. George Nyse Cool
baugh was superintendent Of military rail
roads during the war, aud was stationed in
St: Louis in 1864. There he met Jennie
Williams, then a reputable girl, and married
her. During the continuance Of the wal his
wife was sent to his father, Moses Cool
baugh's home in Pennsylvania. After the
war George Coolbaugh received the appoint.
ment Of mail agent on the Iron Mountain
railroad. While serving in that capacity he
robbed the United States mail and was tried
for the crime, found guilty and sentenced tc
serve eight years in the Arkansas peniten'
tiary. He is there now serving out his sen,
tence. He and his wife separated abou,
nine years ago, she coming to this city ant
entering upon q life Of conspicuous shame
The conduct of his brother and the tryinl
presence of his abandoned sistc1-in-law hav'
been . constant source of annoyance ant
shame to the unfortunate deceased.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21

The Mississipians are experiencing a
feeling of vague unrest, because their next
legislature will be altogether too unani.
nous The senate, thirty six members,
is solidlv democratic, and Of the 100 men,
bers of the house. ia are democrats. -four
Independents, and two republicans. The
Independents m so called because
elected in opposition to the regular demo.
mocratic nominees, but they are also demo-
Gratis, go that of the 1856 members of the
Mississippi legislature 1854 are democrats
and two are republicans.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21
YANkToN, DAKOTA.
rERR1roRY OF Dakota.
By the Governor:

BY the Governor:
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
In devout recognition Of the blessings of Al.
mighty God for seed time and harvest for free.
dom from deyOuring insects. and as an earnest
of our heartfelt gratitude to the arbiter and dis
poser Of all human affairs, and In conformity
with the proclamation of the President of the
United States, I appoint
THURSDAY, the ssth day Of NOVEMBER
instant. as a day Of thanksgiving to Almighty
God, for the manifold blessings that we. as a
people have enjoyed during the year now draw
Ing to q close.
fearnestly urge all christian ministers Of all
denominations to ass mble their people at theft
respective places Of worship on that day. laying
aside all secular pursuits, and let the pleasing
spectacle be presented at least in go far as this
territory is concerned, of q whole people, OH the
same day. and at the same hour, bending the
knee and lifting the voice In prayer and thanks
giving, for Divine blessings already bestowed by
our Merciful Lord, and In earnest fervent invoca-
lions for a continuance OF the same.
Done at. Yankton, the Capital Of the said Ter
rftOry, this the first day Of November.
IT.. ST. A d. one thousand eight hundred and
seventy Seven.
JOHN L. PENNINGTON.
By the Governor:
GEO. H. HAND,
Secretary Of the Territory.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21
LATEST BY MAIL.

The institute at Fort Edward, New York
was burned Monday. Loss 1925, 900; in
sured $4,000.
L. candee & Co.'S, rubber factory at New
Haven, Conn, employing 1000 people
burned on the 10Th. It is feared some Of
the workmen persisted in the flames. Loss
$500 600; insurance $350,O00.
The official figures show the majority
against woman suffrage in Colorado at the
recent election to have been 7,44l.
Official returns from all the counties in
Kansas except three, give Humphrey, re-
publican, q majority over all Of %, 1896 for
acknowledgement. The counties to hear
from will increase the republican majority
about 400.
Sometime last summer ex-United States
Attorney Williams brought suit against
William Mckee Of st. Louis for the bal
ance Of . sum Of money alleged to be du.
him for services in procuring . pardon 70,
Mckee. A demurrer was filed BY the de
PENDANTS counsel, and Judge Wickham o
the circuit court yesterday sustained i,
using the following language: Contract
Of the nature Of the one ret out in the peti
ton are illegal, ~ they tend to encour.s
the use Of imprqRer means to accomplis
the object and &nd to interfere with Ii
proper exercise Of the pardoning powe
and are therefore against public policy.
-Four suicides occurred in Iowa duriu
the u hours ending the 10th.
Seventeen hundred bills have been intr
duced in the lower house of coneress do
ring this extra session.
Thomas Brannan, Q lawyer of Nilsson
Valley. shot himself on Monday with su
cidal intent and died In . few houi
Whisky dtdit.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21

The anticipated revival Of trade may not
have met public expectation in all particu-
lars, but it is worth while to note that the
report Of the commerce of New York for
the month of October shows heavier ex-
ports than for any other single month in
the history of the port.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21
Baily Times. Nov. 10Th.

AAly AtAtC " w.
Mining news from Pennington county
are of the most encouraging character.
Cooks ten stamp mill, to be located on
Rapid, eight miles below Pactola, is expect.
ed daily from Pierre. This will be tie first
mill in that section.
Ed Mckay, who owns considerable prop.
erty at R%ockerville, has refused a liberal
offer for an interest, and proposes running
a hundred foot tunnel to thoroughly test
the value of the ore, which in character
closely resembles Deadwood cement.
Judge Benefits lecture last evening at
the Cor gregational church was largely at.
tended by our NEST cultivated people, and
was thoroughly enjoyed. The Judges
broad comprehensive view of Books and
Their Authors" is characteristic o ,he man,
while the reverence shown the bible and
sacred history was Enthusiastically heartfelt
1t wasa fine effort, and one which will LONG
be remembered by those so fortunate as to
hear il.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21

Of exporsable grain Of over twsivs million
quarters, and this they will b ready
70 lei " hsve . pfice. This Ia merely the
ollcial estimate, Il b true, aud lmay there.
fore be Alsifed, but there can be no doubt
that the American surplus will be verv
large In nearly all the states Of the Union
except California.-London Spectator.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21
The official vote of Pennsylvania gives
the democratic pluralities all the way from
$3.50 to 1901.
The senate on Monday confirmed Hugh
j. Campbell, of New Orleans, United States
attorney for Dakota.

Insurance companies have been having
a tough time of it during the present month.
Field & Letter drew largely from them and
two fires reported in our --latest by mail'
column call for near'y half . million.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21
BLACK NILS NOTES
black Hills Pioneer, Nov. Is.

UI0Ck k1lllS IlOlccIs XNVVs 10
Joseph Violin, tho boss freightsr, IL In th'
grocery and provision business at Eliza
beth, and full Of business. Hts train u az.
pecteu In daily.
A cinnamon bear, captured In Tie Beal
Lodge mountains, and weighing 5l6pounds
was hanging In front of Sasse s Scollard''
meat market Yesterday. The akin sold fol
$15 and the flesh for twenty. five cents pei
pound.
Helena (lfontJ Herald: Mr.. John Fla.
herty, the original discoyerer, and Mr.. Geo
D. Haven, one of the owners of the great
Father De smet gold mine, located neal
Dssdweod. the Leader Gays. has sold one.
half of mine to 81. Louis capitalists for the
snug little aum of $350,O0o.
Cheyenne Sun: Messrs. Stebbins, Post
s Co. received by coach from Deadwood
on Friday night . $4,000 button from the
Hidden Treasure mine. 1t was shipped for
New York yesterday afternoon. The trea-
sure coach from Deadwood arrived late on
Friday night, bringing $4,000 in gold from
the Hills.
Our reporter visited the scene of action
yesterday, finding everything in statu quo.
The miners within the tunnel are as deter
mined as ever to hold the fort. They are
allowed to come out as often as they please,
returning to their underground quarters
without molestation. They avail them
selves of this privilege daily by coming to
he surface and smoking the pipe of peace
with the deputy sheriffs stationed around
The tunnel.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21
MovINo
EAST.
STATIONS.
pAssInals Ns.s


9 Passenger train going east connects at Davis
Junction with branch trims arriving 1T Port
landville at 1915 ?. NJ, and then connecting with
Towards stages for Virginia. Eden, Faifview.
Beleit, Canton, Harrisburg, Flandreau, Linwood.
Rock Rapids, Sioux Falls and al points on the
Big sioux River, and from leaving Portlandville
at l.l5 p. M, connects at Davis junction with
train going west.
S: A. Eik Point with stage. for P ,ncs, Neb.
and Rlchla d. D. T.
4. At Vermillion with. stages for Lodi, River.
side, Turner. .Bioomingdsle and Finiay.
s. A Meckltng With sfAges for u. m
s. At Gsyville with stages forS Helena.
!. At Yankton with stages for all points liz
southern and western Dakota, and North Nebrae
ka; and during the season OF navigation with
Missouri River Transportation Companies line
Of steamers for Randall, Brule. Pierre, Sully,
Rice. Bismarck, Stevenson, Berthcld. Buford.
Carol and Benton; connecting 1t Pierre with
transportation wagons for the Black Hills.
This Is the only Direct Route to the
Black Hills.
E.V. D~ERRIcKsON, 0Snv SvDsSiStsndt
Agent
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-21
Seven Reasons
WHY YOU SHOULD
Y YOUR OYSTERS
:

LIST. Because his is the only
house in the city that makes
q speciality Of Oysters and
Fish.
Cd. Because he sells the
best brands Of Oysters.
Sd. Because he ships Oys-
tiers direct from Baltimore
per express, avoiding the
thawing, freezing and delays
which freight Oysters are
subject to, destroying their
fine fresh flavor.
4th. Because he sells all
goods at a living profit.
9Th. Because he has had
many years experience in the
Oyster business, and there
fore can give his customers
more and better goods for
the money than any other
house in the city.
9Th. Because Of his con-
stantly increasing trade in
handling many hundred dollars
worth of Oysters each year, he
is enabled to get q large discount
enabling him to sell a cheaper
Oyster for the quality than any
other house in the city.
9TH. All goods warranted as
represented.
Fresh Fish every Thursday
evening.
Oysters by the case in any
quantity on Four Days Notice.
N. H. JENkINSON,
Third St., North Side.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-02-17
Newspaper Laws and Regula
tons.

!. Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered
wishing to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the disrontlnn
ance of their periodicals, the publisher
may continue to send them until all ar
rearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to
take their periodicals from the office to
which they arc directed, they are held
responsible until they have settled Their
bills. and ordered them discontinued.
A. If Subscribers move to other places
without informing the publishers. and
the papers are sent to the former dircc-
ton, they are held responsible.
S. The courts have decided that "ret'1-
sing to take periodicals from the Office,
or removing and leaving them mcalIed
for, is prima facie evidence of intention
oil fraud"
6. ANY person who receives newspa-
per and makes lse of it. whether he has
ordered it or not, he is held III law to be
subscriber.
7. If subscribers pay in advance. they
are bound to give notice to the publish
er at the end of their time, if they do
not wish to continue taking it; other.
wise the publisher is authorized to send
it on, and the subscribers will be res,
lonsible until an express notice, with
payment of all arrears, is sent to the
Dublisher.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-02-17
SPECIAL BUSINESS MENTION.

ENTERPRISE always did and always
will merit and receive special men
ton. The mark of a successful man
or firm is his or their enterprise. Nc
Cook & Bro, on Washington street,
in this city, can safely take rank
among the most enterprisins of our
business men. Their business is con-
Quoted on the STRICTLY CASH
principle and their sales, in consc-
qucnce of the very low prices of all
kinds OF merchandise, so heavy that
they can always afford to be cheaper
than the cheapest. Having secured
that reputation as we'll as one for
best goods at bottom prices, courtesy
and strict attention to the wants of
their customers, and pnnctuality in
the delivery of goods, McCook &
Bro, are determined to keep it up.
Those wishing bargains in anything
and everything should not fail to give
McCook & Bro, call when visitin 6
our city.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-02-17
The Vernon Legislator.

BROWN did not take our facetious
remarks kindly. He kicks through a
friend named HUNT in most fear
full manner. A Maltese Jackass
wonld weep with envy to hear him
bray. Brown should remember that
We but expressed the opinion ofevery
decent white man, when we said he
acted without shame in taking seat
in the Returning Board Legislature,
when he knew that he was beaten,
and that the decent world has very
little regard for what Brown says or
thinks about it.
As We said last week, it made no
difference in principle whether Brown
was beaten eleven votes or eleven
thousand-fair and honest men would
have been satisfied with one MAORI.
ty, but it seems Brown goes on the
principle of the Radicals, that
the only way to get Office; the only
title to it, is to be counted in by a
villainous Board of villains.
HUNT says he is a ''76 Democrat ;"
which is a new thing or party to us ;
however, Hunt may be a good fellow,
but at the same time his cause, Brown,
is a poor one. 1t seems Hunts Dem
ocracy begins where Packard's Radi-
calism ends; that is, Hunt, according
to his letter, is not much worse Radi-
cal than Packard is Democratic.
Hunt and Brown are pretty pair
to talk about conservatives" and
"rule or ruin Democrats" The man
who is not fred hot" when standing
in the face of the ruin and degreda-
ton Packard, Kellogg, and their ne
gro hackers have heaped upon Louis
lana, is a traitor to principle too con-
temptible for notice. We feel assur-
ed that our friends in Vernon, who
love their race and country, will
think less even Of Brown and Hunt
than they do now, and that will DO
hard to do, when they know that
Hunt says the Returning Board did
right in counting out DR.. Smart, and
that Brown endorses Hunt. What a
lucky escape Vernon had when Brown
was beaten.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-02-17
On the Hunt for Excuses,

| The trickcd Democrats, who sur
rendered their Constitutional rights
to the fair decision Of eight partisan
republicans, are all on the hunt for
an excuse to escape the wrath of their
constituency.
They have finally settled down on
Judge Davis aud the Illinois Leg
islature, upon whom they have heap
ed and are heaping all the sin of the
miserable il)-jndged compromise
This, however, will not be sufficient
atonement for their escape from con-
domination. The election of Judec
Dayis may have been an effect, which
We do not admit, but the grand cause
lies with the craven Democratic maj
ority of the House. The political
future of every man who voted for
the electoral bill on the Democratic
side is sealed. Success might have
toned down the feeling Of the masses,
but its utter failure to meet tie de-
mand which the prccarious situation
of the country required, will cover
the progcnators opponents and max
ers of this Electoral Commission with
opprobium and disgrace, to say moth
ing of the charge frank idiocy which
is sure to meet thom at every step in
| future.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-02-17
A. MAYEUR.

A decided change takes place
in Grand Ecore with regard to the
shipping and receiving of freight.
The N. O. and Red River trans
portation Co., have established at
that point a FREE WARE.
HOUSE, and all freights and cot
ton consigned to their line will be
stored free of charge to shippers.
Mr.. VIM. French, a thoroughly
competent business gentleman,
has charge of the management Of
the Company's Warehouse at
Grand Ecore, and will give prompt
as we'll as satisfactory attention to
all business entrusted to his care
See advertisement.