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Sharp County record., 1877-08-17
school and Church.

A reduction of 1b per cent. has been
made i'm the salaries of The Boston
teachers; the total saving is S82,803
The State Teachers Association of
Kansas has recommended the teaching
of the metric system i'm the schools Of
that State
The President of the retiring Board
of Education of st. Paul, Mimi, has
lust made an address to- his colleagues
declaring against co-education Of the
sexes
Five suits are to be brought by as
mary German teachers against the City
of Rochester, Ny, on account Of the
decision of the School-board to abolish
the teaching of German.
Father Tom Burke has entirely re-
covered his health, and is again actively
engaged in preaching He has an en-
gagement somewhere in Ireland on al
most every Sunday.
The death is announced of the old
est Methodist minister i'm Ireland, the
Rev. Joha Nelson, in his oath year. He
was baptised by John Wesley, and was
also a friend of Dr. Adam Clarke, the
commentator
Mrs. Ellen Foster, woman lawyer
of Clinton, Iowa, has been appointed by
the District Court one of the committee
to examine candidates for admission to
the bar. 1t is safe to say that no woman
ever held such an Office as that before
President Andrew White, of Cornell
University, now travelling in Europe,
writes home that our good Americans
are wretchedly mistaken in supposing
that the only or the main progress Of
the world, during the last twenty years,
has been made on our side of the Allan
tic. In the department of education
especially there is much to learn from
England, Germany, Switzerland, and
even Italy.
There are p colleges in the New
England States. Maine has 4, with 455
students; New Hamshire one, with 847;
Vermont three, with tI2. Massachusetts
nine, with 1918; Rhode Island one,
with 250, and Connecticut three, with
l,O37, making q sum total of 4,lI9. Of
all these colleges Harvard has the largest
number 0,57Q} of students. There are
20 women students at Harvard in the
summer schools Of chemistry and botany,
and Y at Yale in the school of fine arts,
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and literary.

Dom Pedro will write q book OF his
travels
Senator David Davis and family are
at Middle Bass Island Lake Erie
The Life and Letters of Charles
Sumner, edited by Edward l.. Pierce, OF
Boston, one of his literary executors,
will be published in the fall.
Coy. Blue Jeansn William, as
loniShcd the indianapolis people the
other night by appearing at a reception
in a black dress suit with white vest.
There is publishing house at Set
tin, Germany, which has existed for 300
years 10 is that of the Hessenlands,
which was established i'm l57L and q
history of which has just appeared.
Mr. Longfellow, the poet, It is said,
can not be aIlmed into making am after
dinner speech. This remark is attri-
buted 20 him. Ct wouldn't touch
toast list with % pair of tongs.'
Mrs. George Macdonald, the wife of
the author, has dramatized the second
part of " Pilgrims Progress, " and with
her children has played it i'm the town
hall of % little town i'm the South of
England
Bishop Gilbert Haven has been an
invalid since he returned from Africa.
He now returns from southern trip,
and pops TO Saratoga for q while, i'm or
der tO be- under medical care Thence
he win go To Martha's Vineyard.
Shakespeare will be read i'm tongues Of
whose very existence be never dreamed
His Merchant of Venice hes just been
translated into Tamyl by Y. Bsnooga-
pola Charyar of the Madras University,
who also announces "a rendering of the
same play into Sanscrit.
Mr. Burdette, the famous funny man
of the Burlington lIa) Ha1ok-cye, has q
wife who is an invalid, requiring his
continued attention He has been her
nurse for years, writing his funny para
graphs ut home, and visiting the Ha1rh-
eye Office only for an hour or two i'm the
day.
DR. Orpheus sEyerts, Superntend-
cnt of the Insane Asylum at Indianapo-
lis, where Robert Dale Owen was con-
fined while temporarily insane, express
es the opinion that the Katie King expose
had nothing whatever to do with Mr..
OWENS insanity, which was purely the
result of physical and mental ovework.
Clarence King has lately attacked
Darwin's theory ofevolution ina lecture
on Catastrophism, " in which he talks
of "uniformitarians," ," sweeping ca
tastrophi@ts," and orthodox catastro-
phists, " modern vulcanism, " " hered-
itivity,n and adaptivity," i'm the most
reckless manner.
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17
Japanese Children.

4 letter from Japan to The
Spectator says: One OF the il
lens presented to q foreign d
Japan is the reason Of the grl
rent happiness and Iight-heart-
japanese children. One may
hours through the streets OF 7.
scarcely ever hear a child's cr
tress. Four principal causes d
periority OF the children Vi Jq
those Of other nations have
gested by an English IadvTe,id'
They are so well worthy the I
of teachers at home that "A
them here. They are: l. Ili
clothing, loose and yet warn.
more comfortable than the dus
children. 2. Japanese child
much more outin the open aira
shine. 3. The absence OF +
and. therefore. the absence 0tH
lv given instructions not Il
The thick. soft mating, tDrmILs +
the carpet and the beds ui au (
houses, and the raised Im,el A
the child may Chamber us f
strong, constitute the very boa8
an infants playground. A &
are much petted, without I'D
ciousIv thwarred. A child /, r
one moment and indul@od th
is too frequently the case agl8
these four most suggestive
would add ahfth. which is that
character is so constituted a
their elders into much sryng
thy with the little ones thania &
in busy, bustIing, mOney-ma4
land. 1t has been well said th
is @ Paradise OF babies, " for
see old and young together
battledOre and shuttlecock init
while on holidays the Nation
ment Of men, women and q
flying huge paper kites. Pup
and masquerades also have
ries in thousands, from amo
sexes and all ages.
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17

The latest wrinkle in sewing-ma-
chime attachments is % device by when
buttons hooks and eyes, buckles etc.
NAV De -ewed ON bv machine power.
The sales of wool nt Boston last
week were the largest ever made in one
week. close ON TO 100000 pounds,
namely, 2,745,OO0 of domestic and l.
go7. 900 of foreign. The sales of the last
seven weeks amount 90 over l9,OOO,OOO
pounds.
The Philadelphia Press says that
while there is depression in the dry
Goods trade, the manufacturers OF that
rifv are I'm q remarkably lourishing con-
diiion. some of them doing better bus
mess than at any previous period The
production this year is estimated at
$500, 100000, against S552, OOO,OOO for
last year
-Looking-qIasses superior to those
backed with mercury TO give them re-
hecting power are made in st. Louis.
A solution containing nitrate OF silver,
copper. and some other ingredients Is
foated over the glass, and when the So
mtion settles and dries-a matter of a
few minutes-rhp work is complete.
CIparness of reflection and am ability to
stand a greater degree of heat are two
points If .-uDerioritv over the old style
of glasses
The Southern gold mine, are rising
again to prominence, the product OF
North Carolina forthe fiscal year $500
amounting to $40, O,335,000 that of
Georgia to S7,379,0o0, and thatot South
Carolina TO ,3S1 .0OO-a total of Sl9,-
J0G.O0O. The product for the year just
closed is supposed to be much greater,
Eleven 7tamp-mills are now running
near Dahlonpga, Ga, and Boston capi-
tai is the dominant interest Labor is
IS cents q day, and wood 81 a cord.
Europe is now importing a surpris-
mo quantity of American fruit-S2, ,5OO,-
900 worth within a year past, estimates
The New York TTijuue, to S60Q,00
worth the year before. Dried apples
fgure largely i'm this movement. This
country has exported over 100000
pounds of them since last June, as COM
pared with 522 600 pounds the previous
year. This new addition to the trade Of
the United States is due to invention,
which has occupied itself Of late with
improved methods for drying and pre-
serving and transporting fruit.
A wonderful automaton is now be-
inc exhibited in London, and puzzles
even those who studied out the secret of
Robert Houdin or lie DrOz's ingenious
The figure is that of a
woman, in a sitting posture, which is
placed upon a light stand allowing no
possible cover for a confederate, yet it
adds up long columns of figures and
writes down the result, writes any thing
it may be called upon for, and executes
outline sketches, two Of the recent ones
being capital caricatures of BeacOnsfield
and Gladstone,
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17
Not in the Bills.

At the theater last evening. B
to give general eclat to the ,
which Buffalo Bill scalDS yellow
it was determined 10 enact ir on
back. Accordingly i'm the an
two very gentle horses were bro
to the stage from MONEYS liverv
and trained to familiarize the.
with the explosion Of firearms.
hour they became so accuStoms
that pistOl-shOts could be fired /
succession under their very nos.
ont giving them the slightest \
When the curtain rose for the
equestrian scene, Buffalo Bill, h
on a snow-white charger, I
across the stage. A moment LAID
Jack (as Yell0w-Hand) trottedd
the wings, and then the trouble
gun. Bill raised his Henry rifeI
gan firing, while Jack pulled
Tolver, firing one shot in doing
fell heavily to the stage, with 1
clinging for a moment to the
The horse, relieved of its rider.
about wildly, confused by the
fall and continued firing, and.
time ran toward the tJoyligs
seemed about To- iUml
the auditorium. Capt. Jack
his feet and limped off the stag
moment aftermade hisanUearml
I'm q hand-to-hand enuouuJerwr
10 Bill. He stood upon one
blood streaming down the I'll
seemed to be in great pain, all
was considered by most of the
to be only a part of the pert0f
At the sight of the blood, Miss Gt
who was in @ box on the right
The curtain fell abruptly, and,
actors rushed on the stage to
was the matter. They loud
hardly able to rise, and Dleedhs
the groin. He was taken to Il
ing-room, and physicians imH
summoned. When his leggua
removed, an ugly wound was
the left groin, from which the u
flowing so copiouslv that the pt
were apprehensive that an ar
severed. The wound was caUS
premature explosion of Jack's- j.
the weapon having been disc1..
he was pulling it from the shea.
gjnjG (NerD Chronicle.
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17
Americana Egyptian Gent

A private letter received
ericksburg, Va, states that
the American officers in The
service are now on their "
This letter was written from
Gen. Field, formerly Of VII.
has been in the Khediye's arm
eral years. He says that W
ceptions all the American Z
been discharged from the
army and paid off in full
then on his way home. Gs
who is among the eXcepllo
his position and remains
Khedive's service. The reas~
is that the disagreement O
Khedive and his American o..
out of some complications al
the position OF the LgIpD"
ment towards the Eastern J.
at war. 1t is believed that
cans would refuse to draw I'd.
in q cause 50 much at van
their religious convictions
Herald.
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17
Hans and NIishaDs

A Young girl named Hanley was
burned to death near kearnev, Ohio,
while kindling a fire with kerosene.
A youth of II at Utica, n. T., fatal
Iviniured himself while trying to turn a
back handspring.
Katie Wells, aged e., was fatally
burned while attempting to start fire
with kerosene, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
A Pennsylvania German was so
much afraid he was going to die OF by
droDhobia from a dog-bite that he COM
mitted suicide
At Lafayette, Ind, some boys found
% rusty revolver, and while examining
their prize it was discharged, killing
Ora Lyman, aged II.
A little daughter of Mr. l.. McLain,
living near Indianapolis, was killed by
the discharge of an old gun with which
she was playing.
At Little Rock, Ark, two boys were
PLAYING with an old muSket, when it
went off, shooting the ramrod through
both arms and the body of Sam Welch.
A Bvron,N.Y., farmer drove horse
rake under tree, when his head became
entanoled in the limbs, and his horse
suddenly starting, he sustained injuries
that caused his death in a short time
Col. Julian Harrison, Tobacco In
spector at the Shockoe Warehouse,
Richmond, Va, was killed by the dis
charge of p pistol while closing a draw
er in his office
At Comnna, Mich, Charles Mu1y
was killed by lightning in the harvest
field; and at Flint, Mich, Miss Ella
Ogden was also struck and killed during
the same shower.
VIM. KnowltOn, q man employed in
the saw-mill of NJ. G.. Hamilton, Of
Omaha, while engaged at work slipped
and fell on a saw which was i'm rapid
motion, and was instantly killed
Lizzie Peck was walking on the
beach at Bulock's Point, 2 l., wNen
the fire from her companion, cigar
communicated to her light clothing, and
she was fatally burned
-WhHeaNGr. Gardner of Bolton, Ca,
was resting in the shadewith three chill
dren q dead tree near byfellupon them,
killing two of the children and seriously
iniuring the other.
Oscar Jecken, - years old, acci-
dentaliy shot q younger brother at VIII
mington, Del, and then tried to shoot
himself through fright, and, failing, fled
and can not be found.
A farmer in Wayne County. Pa,
who had predicted his death before
night, was going into the field with his
pitchfork on his shoulder, when a flash
Of lightning struck the tines Of the fork
and, passing through his body, killed
him instantly.
A North Carolina boyupa a tree tied
a rope around his neck, told his sister
he was going to hang himself, and
jumped to the ground, supposing the
rope was long enough to reach, but it
was seven feet too short, and he broke
his neck.
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17
To CORRESPONDENTS

NI communications forthi4 paper should ~
accompanied hv the name Of the author NOT
necessarily capitalization, but as evidence nt
good faith ON the part of the writer Nrlt"
onlyou ono side Of the paper. BE particularly
careful iu giving names and dates, 90 have
All letters or figures p,ain and distinct.
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17
Sciencc md Intlnstr.Y.

The coinage at the Philadelphia
mint last year amounted to 0,S35, 720
pieces, valued at S2l ,3l0,6
During the first half of this year
110,357 pounds Of opium valued at
Sj5l, ,199) were received at New York.
Capt. Joe Ellsworth, a New Jersey
oyster-man, has just returned from
planting beds Of Blue Point and Rocka-
way oysters in the Thames, ner Lon
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17

"A farmer took our paPg.
wears before he discovered tD
neighbor was also q SUBS,
first his voice was pitched on
then he got sulky thrasl
children three or four tlD
come to- his meals till they
and for three nights he SIG
lounge with his clothes on
when his boys 90 over to t9g
to borrow q noe, or sometb
them not to forget to bon
vr,,F-.r-.,'7 L'TjS
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17

-" That's my butcher" said an ac-
tor to q friend, ,at the same time pointing
to q lean, cadaverous looking man just
passing. 'Looks pretty bad, doesn't
hep" "Does look bad, - was the reply.
CLOCKS as if you had dealt with him a
long time, doesn't he?n The subject
was Immediately changed.-C0nIand
Sharp County record., 1877-08-17

Dom Pedro will write q book OF his
travels
Nnnn-nr nauil naui. amL l.milH nm.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-17
Leyts, sulph,sret steel Duss.

Those who. having used and tested the value
Of this medicine and tonic. are respectfully mo-
titled that 1t can now be obtained ut the drug
emporium of ]. i. Lyons. New Orleans.
10 the uninitiated and skepticaf, I have
here to remark that In putting my Sniphuret of
Steel before the public as q valuable compound.
have deviated from the usual path laid down
by the whole conclaye u inventors of the best
and surest ambitious and beet tonics. etc. u
alluds 10 their secrecy. Of ingredients. / have
no secrecy In my Offering. / ask for none.
This preparation IL simply steel brought 10 u
fine dust without the Intervention of aojds The
mode Is Q. little intricate. but simple when
understood. -sge
I much doubt II 1t will be denied, that iron
occupies q larger list Of its com binations az q
medicine In the Materia Medica than any other
ingredient either mineral or vegetable. claim
from every diplomatic physician an indorse-
ment OF iron as Il valuable medicine and tonic.
and take the unauthorized liberty to say. from
experience, that within the last five or six years
many Of the physicians In the vicinity where.
this medicine was first introduced In eaaess
where iron was required. this Suphuret wse
un Universally preferred on account Of its easy al
mixture with other ingredients aud usfialIv
known strength. an1n
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-17
SPECIAL NOTICE.

OrR1GH STATE TAX CordHGroH,
First District. 100 uInyisr strset.
New Orleans. March At, 1877. J
All PROPERTY OWNERS Of the FlHBT Dis
TRICT arc informed that the assessment rolls
for said District arc now ready. and that per-
sons desiring 10 pay the Real Estate Tax at this
time may now receive their bills promptly.
i no following named persons only are att@
thorizsd TO sign receipts for the Collector OF
this District.
For REAL ESTATE and CAPITAL TAX4-Mr.
M. BTODDAHT.
For LICENsEg@M A. w. COCKEHTON.
Or the undersigned.
mh2s ID. A. BURKE, Collector.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-17
Japanese Journals.
IN. Y. Sun. |

There are now published about fifty
Journals in Japan. They were all COM
menced about four or five years ago. OF
the twenty journals published at Toxic,
the most important are the Nichlnichi
Shimban, the Hochi Shimbu,,. the ike
bono Shimb,sa,, and the Ntsshin nisshi7,
chi Shimb,ua, which issue respectively
$500, 5000, $500 and 1890 copies day.
The subscription varies from Sc to So a
year. The Jonteobri Shimbun. which is
read chiefly by women. has 12.00o SUBJ
scribers and costs only two rios wear.
These journals are all printed on Euro
pean, chiefly Belgian, paper, and with
European presses.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-17
q. Il. GrRARDEY's
Calendar OF
Auction sales Of Real Estate, stocks, Etc,
no TAHR PLACE AT THH
AT. oHAnLgs AUCTION EXCHANGE.


4AHuSsr,tax ArrtJ al Eight Choice brick Stores
ftsrtminu tha entire frontage Of Tanal.
bet ,raau l,at,,i,arf and BaaaiisHtfunta.
Thrae TwoaktDry Brick pwellinEa, Noe. l. =
,,,,i \ Ha,,i,,aftl fnuf Iwb4atorY Brick
iiwaiiinsa NoH /, and BHHin. between
canal and Common streets. all specially
nfantad Tor central aud professional
rtsjslenne and the retail trade. centred
AMI daveepins OF, Canal street,
srhhI choice Property. the Upper City Hoa
tei ]. with its splendid HtuIeH. forming
natthweat Garner OF Magazine aud Jack
aon stree q, In the thfiitiest portion Of
Tho Fourth District, near The Magazine
Market and tile churches and schools Of
The Reverend The HedemptiHtH..
! Tor thp nitrpaagjpb Of tue late u. w. Huddaa
Tha very valuable and extensively Inns
urived batturaf store and Warehouses
prnpnFty OH Front aud Clay streets. pps
paHIta tho hugar Fhads, near tho Packet
Landings, Mo GuHtomhetHe and Canal
atfrnta
Tliat steadily enhancing aud central Two
ntofy Brick Store aud dwelling TO 2te
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-17

The increase IN number for the quar-
Ter appears TO be only e3, and 10 only
significant because any increase at oil
was unexpected. The falling off In the
average Of liabilities, however. is good
align, and ought 70 atone Tor the small
addition TO tho numbers.
In seeking To account for tho con.
tinued large number OF these casual
tics, the Agency states
s,ConsiderinR the poll oal uncertainty In jan
nary and u, hruary, aud the restricted business
which has prevailed throughout the quarter, IL 10
rather auipriapg that tho increase In failures 10
40 email. 10 mnst be reeolleoted thai the decline
In the volume Of trade, within the past four years
haa been much greater than the decline in the
number of traders whom II eustains. II the came
ratio had prevailed In the number OF failures and
withdrawla from busi less, In proportion ~ buH-
mean became restricted In extent dur ng the past
three yeara, 10 IL certain the number OF failures
would have been much greater. and, 20 long 40 bu-
ainaHs continues without material improvement.
30 long may failures BIO numerous. hame ia, Great
Ing figures on this view of the situation may DO
CLEANED by comparing the disaaters In bueineaa
with the decline IN lie extent nor the thr'
years from the end Of 1873 10 beginning OF 1877.
Tho total number OF failures in the United states
has been "a bda Thia amounts TO lcss than four
per cent of those engaged ia business at the end
af 1879 Tha Ia IN email proportion to the decline
in the volume of trade. ltis aiti nt to arrive ut
any definite conclusion as to tho extent OF this
Imports and the well known decrease in tho pre-
duction OF manufactures, the internal business oil
the country to-day Ia less by thirty 30 thirty
per cent than IL was in 1873. 30 that the num-
Der of Withdrawals from business, by failure or
otherwise. Ia far lees than seems either iuetiho
or demanded by tho decline in the extent OF bust
ness 10 be transacted"
After charging upon the Bankrupt
Law an aggravation OF existing COM
mercial disabilities, the Messrs. Dun q
90. conclude their review as follows:
The early prospect of u practical settlement Of
ths Southern question Ia regarded IA marked
contribution toward n return Of more prosperous
times. Tho great staples OF this section are OF
prime Importance In the markets of the world,
and lie power OF absorption Of goods, especially
IN view OF the small stocks held, 10 too well
known 10 need comment. III recent events re-
move the clog from its material progress, and in
spire Ice people with energy TO extend their pro-
ductions and increase their wealth, better hope
! may be entertained for the whole country. This,
With other indications, are Of an encouraging
character and lead TO the belief that the worst Ia
past and ii We are favored with another good
crop of agricultural produce, the remainder OF
the year will enable us TO mark . substantial
progress.
The number OF failures In Louisiana
for the first quarter Of 1877 was 10. and
! the amount of liabilities $4,000.
Respectfully. ID. WEBSTER,
OF r. q. Dun II Co.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-17
PROCLAMATION
by
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.

doNcThoT Oh tue state Oh LoulSidna.
Whereas, II Is provided by act No. % of the Ex-
ira Session OF the General Assembly, approved
March %, 1877 that an election shall be held on
the 3oth day of April, 1877, by the qualified cleo
tors OF the parish Of West Carroll. Tor u parish
Judge. n clerk OF the District Court. a sheriff a
recorder. a coroner. five justices Of tho peace
and Ave police jurors from said parish at large !;
Now therefore. /, FRANCIS 7. NICHOLAS
Governor of the State Of Louisiana, have
thought proper to issue this my proclamation.
directing the Supervisor Of Registration in and
for the parish of West Carroll. and the commits
sioners of election and all other officers con-
eerned to hold said election on the day above
mentioned with the view of eecting the above
named officers, and that said election be con-
Quoted and the returns thereof made in the
manner required by the constitution and laws
Of this State.
In witness whereof. I have here
-~ unto signed my name and caused the
(T | seal of the State to be affixed at the
- city OF New Orleans this tn rty -arst
day OF March. In he year of our ord
one thousand eight hundred aud
seventy seven. and Of the one hun
dred and first year of the Independ-
ence Of the United States of America.
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor of the State of louisiana
By the Governor:
WILL a. STRONG,
apl 2taH sod Secretary OF State.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-17
SPECIAL NOTICE.

OrFtda STATE TAX COLLECTOR.
Third District, Parish 81 Orleans, !
April 7, 1877.
All persons within tho limits 81 the Third
District owing license and capital tan afe hereby
notified that The office Tor the collection Of said
taxes Ia now opened ut No. II EsDlanads street.
n. H. PROCTOR.
apa I'm Htats Tax Collector.