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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
Kidd's Buried Booty.

The excitement concerning the gold
digging in Colin Island, New Jersey,
is greater than eve The association
for that purpose has been strengthened
by the addition of several names,
among whom is w. H. Hutchinson, of
Philadelphia, a gent eman largely in
terested in the prosperity of Ocean
Beach. The principal excavations
have been made On the western side of
the island, but since then a smaller pit
n the precise shape of a grave has
been discovered in the center of the
plot. By whom this was dug, a not
be determined. MI. r. P. Miller, the
signal officer, who keeps a strict SER
veillance yer the property, admits that
he fired upon a man whom he discov-
cred clandestirely digging some nights
ago, and he simply states that he ''dis-
appeared" and will probably never be
heard of again.
The cargo of the Norwegian ship
Rjuken, wrecked some weeks ago on
this coast, was purchased by James L.
Alger, President of the association, who
thus came into possession of two brass
cannon, one of which has been present
ed to the company, with the under
standing that if it becomes necessary it
shall be used to rake the island from
end to end. This fact is made known
for the benefit of those who are con-
t~emplating a raid upon the sacred soil.
One of the most earnest men on the
ground is Samuel Carhart, Surveyor
General. He has associated with him
H.. H. Yard, the civil engire er, who laid
out Ocean Beach. Mr.. Carhart says
that while surveying near the mouth of
Shark River some days ago, he ap-
preached a protuberance, said to be the
remains of a pine tree fully 200 years
old. A sudden dipping of the needle
arrested his attention, and upon bring
ing it t. the stump the instrument point
ed directly downward toward the earth.
Surprising that a powerful magnet must
be lying beneath the sod, he was about
to dig for it, when his companion
caught his arm and whispered:
"Don't you know this is one of the
places where Captain Kidd buried his
money!"
The surveyor complied with the arm
est request, though, as may be sup
posed, the Information was calculated
to make him do otherwise. Inquiry led
to the discovery that his companion had
repeated a tradition a century old.
Within a radius of one hundred yards
more than fifty holes had been dug
during the recollection of the Oldest res
idents. Mr.. Carhart deemed that this
stump, with the land Immediately sur
rounding it, should be considered a part
OF the property of the association, and
he is carefully guarding it against dis
turbance. A popularity attaching to
this particular spot is that search shall
be made at midnight, in the full of the
MOON, and the 9th of March was fixed
upon for a careful and thorough explor-
alton of what may be called the new
vein. Until then it will be useless for
any intruders to venture near the spot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
Don Plat and Mme. LIE Vert.

The old lady got, after a time, to have
that most terrible of all things, a griev-
ance. She would hold us by the hour
on that inexhaustible subject.
One night, at a charming party Civ
en- by Mrs. Carlisle, we found ourselves,
with Mime. LIE Vert on our arm, being
made acquainted with that grievance.
We happened to pass the Spanish Min
lister, then Admiral Polo, who was lean
ing gracefully against the wall.
els not that the Spanish Minister"
asked my companion.
cit is"
"Do you know him well enough to
present meP'
"Know himP Do I look like a man
who did not know the Spanish Minister
OF course I will present"
Now, we had never exchanged a
word with this diplomatic gentleman,
but we were desperate, and so, march
ing up, we sad:
"Admiral Polo, permit me to intro
duce you to my dear friend, Nine. LIE
| Vert"
"It gratiies me, Madam, to make
your acquaintance" And then, after
a slight pause, in which he eyed US, he
added, "And now, Madam, will you be
so good as to introduce your escort?''
This was such a cool piece of diplo-
matte impudence that, before Nine. LIE
Vert could answer, we said:
"Why Admiral, don't you remem-
Der meP I am Col. Casey, brother-in-
law to the Government
Poor Nine. LIE Vert gazed at u both
in mute astonishment, but soon was
chatting with his diplomatic E~xcellency
in Spanish Washington Capital.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
to cool. A volume of smoke proceeded
Haps and Mtshara.

maps ana MtShA 80.
Miss Alice Kelso, of Storm Lake
Iowa9, was probably fatally injured
on the 10Th, by the discharge of a re-
volver she was lifting from her sewing
machine. The ball took effect just
above the heart.
Stella Winter, aged 20, daughter of
the Rev. Fl. A. Winter, pastor of the
German Lutheran Church of Madison,
(Wis.), committed suicide by taking
strychnine in an orange.
Jasper Reas, a farmer of Tai
madge, o., was kicked to death by a
vicious horse on the 10th.
At Twinburg, Summit County,
Mrs. Harriet Oviatt, hanged herself.
She was 45 years old, and has had Pc
RODS of alteration of the mind for a
few years past.
John Arst, an employee of Holiness
saw-mill, 4 miles west of Fort Wayne,
Cnd.), fell across a revolving circular
saw, and his body was cut in two and
frightfully mangled.
At Paris, KY, the night of the 21st,
j. T. Parker, a well known citizen, was
killed by the ears. He opened a switch,
and, falling under the engine, was cut
in twain.
A little girl, 4 years old, daughter
of Levi Holler, was burned to death on
the Goth on her fathers farm, six miles
from Dayton CO.,. She was playing
neal some burning brush when her
clothes caught. Her body was roasted
to a crisp before assistance could reach
her.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
Foreign Notes.

Victoria refuses to permit high
necked dresses to be worn at Court.
"A young Turk has invented a stem
ographic machine.
The Cremationist Society in Brus-
sells O numbers 400 members.
OF the sovereigns of Europe, ten
are members of the Church of Rome.
Paris received 138,O34 foreign Wis
itors during 1876, against 139,085 the
year previous, and 1913, 1913 in 1874.
The Oldest harp in Europe, if not
in the world, is to be seer at Trinity
College, Dublin. 1t is said to have be-
longed to King Brian Borromh, in the
tenth century.
The ball recently given by the Lord
Mayor of London to the Prince of Wales
was the most expensive ever given,
costing S135, 795. The supper cost
$4,000, wines $685., flowers $500,
upholstery $4,000, and a temporary
marquee, that was torn down the next
day, $47,195.
-Lilias Ashworth, John Bright's
niece, one of the largest landowners in
England, and q leading woman-suf-
fragist, is going to be married, in the
face of the popular belief that she had
vowed not to marry till she had remov-
ed all political disabilities from English
woman.
The Pope has received from France
a splendid and colossal cabinet contain
ing in separate drawers 800 volumes,
each containing a translation of the
Bui on the Immaculate Conception in
rs many dialects. A silver statue of
the Virgin surmounts the cabinet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Charles Cowden Clarke, English
lecturer and author, died recently at
Genoa.
Count Won Arnim is reported dying
at Nice. His son has been summoned
with the utmost haste.
-Augustin Picard, who would have
been 10 years old on the oath inst, died
at Rochester IN. ", on the 18th.
The late Oliver Ames was, it is re-
ported, the wealthiest man in New
England-his estate being valued at
$15, ,00O.
Samuel P. Stickney, probably the
oldest circus-rider in the United States,
died in Cincinnati the night of the 10Th,
aged 20.
John Randolph, of Roanoke, had
two nephews in the late House of Rep
Observation-Disclosures P. Bland, of Mis-
souri,, and John Randolph Tucker, of
Virginia.
The Japanese Minister in Wash
ington is described as looking not over
20 years old, and as about the size of
an American boy of IA. He wears
cream-colored trousers, scanned with
gold, and a black coat with a gold
collar.
-Four only of the So signers of the
Texan Declaration of Independence in
1885 survive. These are Edward WAL
Ter, of Virginia; John w. Bunton, of
Tennessee; w. B. Scates, of Sherman,
Colorado, and Charles B. Stewart, of
Texas. All are over 60.
-Second-Lieutenant Green Clay
Goodloe, who has been appointed to the
pleasant position of Paymaster of the
Marine Corps, in place of the late Maj.
Cash, is a native of Kentucky and
served two years in the Union Army
before he entered the marine corps. He
is engaged to a daughter of Senator
Beck.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
Science and Industry.

The plums grown in Martin COun-
tv. Minnesota, will he converted into
brandy this year.
The hitherto nearly valueless pop
lar timber about Lewiston, Maine, has
sprung into demand for paper-making.
Out of IS samples of so-called wine
sent from Hamburg to England "a
proved to be no wine at all. d..
The condition of the British coal
trade grows worse. The Oldest man / n
the trade can not remember a time so
bad.
The smallest battery used by the
electric clock, invented by MIR. Clark,
of Bourbon, will run the clock two
years without any attention whatever
An ivory and porcelain button-fac-
tory is to be established at Dubuque by
two %Frenchmen, who say they can nan
ufacture those buttons as cheap In this
country as in France.
The Minnesota Forestry Assocla-
ton has offered to furnish from 3OO,oOo
to 500, 900 young forest trees n cut
tinps TO those who have lost their crops
and are now in danger of losing thelf
timber claims for lack of money to pur-
chase.
IT ia estimated that not less than
$40, 900, 900 are invested in the whole
sale florists business, in land, green.
houses, and stock, in the vicinity OF
New York. The lighthouses cover 40
acres. At Union Hill, N. j., there are
perhaps 20 acres under glass for the
cultivation of flowers for the New York
market.
A piece of burnt stone, resembling
slate coal, with white sparkling specks
in it, fell at E%cclefechan, in Scotland
on the evening of the I'd Of January.
Two men, walking on the Glasgow
Road, heard a noise behind them, and
on turning found this stone emoedoso
in the ground half an inch or more.
One of them attempted to lift it and
burned his fingers. The fragment,
which measured about 4 inches by 2
and weighed 9 ounces, took 20 minutes
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05

lines, their clothes were allowed to dry
upon their backs, and Adam didn't care
q rush whether his shirt bosom was
smooth or not, and why should Eve
bother her head about it as long as her
husband was suited.-Etnaira On. -
Advertiser.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05

1t is stated that there are only four
abbeys of the Benedictine order in the
United States, the fourth being the one
just instituted.
Prof. S. G. Bartlett, of Chicago,
has accepted the Presidency of Dart
mouth College, and will assume the
duties of the position about the 10Th of
May.
The German Government has appro-
priated four and a half millions of marks
for additional buildings to the Univer-
sity of Strasburg, which are to accom-
modate 1900 students.
The Southern Presbyterians have
opened a theological institute at Tus-
caloosa for colored people, but thus far
only one student has pl esented himself.
An invitation to colored preachers of
other denominations in the vicinity has
been accepted by three Methodists and
one Baptist.
The State Sunday-school Conven-
tons announced to be held in the
Spring months are the Texas, at Hous-
ton, April 1926; California, at OaL-
land, May 1-3; Illinois, at Peoria, May
15-17; Missouri, at Hannibal, May %
"a. The New York State Convention
will be held at Buffalo, June 1914.
Six school-ma'ams of Central New
York have recently started for Buenos
Ayres, South America. They each got
$500 in gold for the expen.es of their
passage, ETC., and a salary of $1,000 in
gold per annum for five years. At the
expiration they are to get a six months
leave of absence and $500 in god for
the expenses of the trip to this country
and return.
The compulsory education law of
Ohio requires the attendance at school
for at least II weeks in the year of all
children between the ages of 8 and IA,
except in cases where it can be shown
that the labor of the child is necessary
for the support of its ,mily Or where
it has facilities of education outside Of
the common schools. For failure to
comply with the law a penalty is i'm
posed of not less than two 0 more
that five dollars for the first Otfense,
and not less than five O more than ten
dollars for each subsequent offense.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-07
Domestic Markets,

NEW YORK, May 5.-Ashes quiet and UNCHANGED
az w I0r pots Cotton quiet sales 1852 bales ordi-
nary upiands and Alabama at 7-16c; ordinary New
at anu midd mexas 9-l6c ordinary stained
do New Orleans and Texas at 11}c; do stained 1ofc
delivered on contua act 1000 bales futures opened
and closed weak at loss of to points, Flour
Ieps 19s she market is 10 25e higher with
and home use; sales of 1880 barrels; No at M
OF rs; Superine Western and State at * ~ eo w.
common to good extra Western and State at % w
70; good to choice Western and State at 30 @ "a:
$50; Fancy White Wheat Western extra at 70 S
III 70; common to good extra Ohio at 10 "a IN *
common to choice extra st Louis at $50 9 10 TX !.
fatent minnesota extra good to prime at q TX *
IL W. choice to double extra at IL 90 q - co. incnS
ing $500 bbls low grade extra at 10 a 5O 32O his
medium extra at s. q 25; 27OO bbls of MnnosoTta
at rs q II 90; 5000 bbls City Mills extra at IN 70
y 20; market closing strong and upward; SontbeSS
Hour fTmer; sales $50 bbls common to fair extra at
10 q 70; good to choice do at so a 10 so. Rus
superfne Corn meal is irmer sales $50 ibis: Wes-
tern, Jersey and Pennsylvania 30 a IS; Brandv.
wine at 80. Wheat-receipts 1900 bush; the mart
CT is &c higher with a moderate milling demand
1nIedi0r Spring; 70 for uDgraded Spring; 90 for
no chicago in store; now held 80; 1 50 for No
milwaukee, in store; now held 90; 81 for rejected
Winter Red Western; 2 10 for Amber Winter Yves.
tern; Rye is quiet at O5 g 10 for Western; Is
gil 20 for State car l4ts and boat loads Barlev 10
hrmer $500 bush Cal Bay brewing at soc; 5000 Rusb
ieedlng at 60 q &c, inside price TO arrive Barley
Mat is quiet and firm 5000 bush Lake Shore on +
Corn-receipts As 450 bush; the is "a higher the
market is feverish and unsettled closing with scarce
y 50 much strength; sales $4,000 bush; SOC for Nav
YORK No 8; SO q 7Oc for steamer Mixed zoe for Nav
york No 2; 70A "a Tic for steamer White: 699 6S ~
for Yellow Southern; 6s3 a zoe for White SontSern.
also $4,000 bush steamer Mixed for May at 6s4 "a 69l
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-07
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

The riveis in Canada are to be stocked with
salmon Ova.
At Richmond. Va, Critsenden was acquitted
of the charge Of raising pay certificates of
members of the House Of Delegates.
Gen. Nathan Golf will deliver an Grafton
and Will Carleton poem, at Arlington, on
Memorial Day.
Two of Mr.. Bergh's officers who inte,ferred
in cock fight on Long Island Friday night
were killed by roughs.
The report of the committee appointed to in.
vestigate the New York custom house Is now
on its way to Secretary Sherman.
Rev. o G. Hedstrom, for so years pastor of
the Bethel ship at New York, died Saturday,
aged "a.
The 18th New York regiment will escort Pres
dent HAYES to Central Park on the 18th. to I'm.
veil the Haleck statue, after which he will re-
view that organization.
Joseph r. Buzzell was committed to Ossipee
Jail Saturday to await the action of the full
bench of the Supreme Court, which meets in
June at Concord.
Charles Watson was arrested Friday in New
| York for attempting confidence game on p.
| b. Shillaber Mrs. PartingtoD) who is temper
| arily sojourning there
| George NJ. Pinney. who returned to San
francisco week ago from Montreal. surren.
| dered himself Saturday and was held in 500,
| 900 for trial for forgery.
The attorney of the bonanza firm in the
court at Virginia City, Saturday, announced
| his readiness to confess Judgment for the
amount due for delinquent taxes smonntins
with fees and costs to $4,000
The Franklin cotton mill at Sauterties N. Y,
owned by Brownel & Co., was burned Friday
| night by the explosion of a watchman's lantern
| Loss $77, 900, insurance $4,000, and 100 per
sons thrown out of employment
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-07
MARINE NEWS.

Accident TO a Rockland Schooner.
NEW YORK, May 5.-Schooner Adde E.
Snow of Rockland, from Baracoa, at this port,
sprung foremast and jibboom.
Boiler Explosion at Sea.
Boston, May 6.-Steamer China, which ar
rived today from Liverpool, reports April 80th,
80 p. M, lat. 48.21 lon. % 20, signaled steam
er Sidomans of Glasgow, from New York for
Bristol, disabled and requiring surgeon. At
p. m. stopped and sent ships surgeon on
board, who returned and reported that on the
29th the boilers exploded killing the captain,
three engineers, two firemen and one trimmer,
and injuring the cook. The rest of the crew
were all well requirisg no further assistance.
I'm General.
Five steamships sailed from New York Sat-
urday for Europe. The City of Chester, Adri-
attic and Egypt for Liverpool, Bolivia for Glas-
gov, and Mosel for Bremen.
Steamer City of Brussels, with Gen. Newton
and the Irish Canadian pilgrims on board, has
not arrived out. As over IA days have passed
since she sailed from New York, and as other
vessels which left onIthe same dav have arrived
some anxiety is felt for her safety. Bark Nor
ton Slower from Cardenas, reports that April
20, thirty miles northeast of Cape Hatteras
she passed part of q wrecked steamer with the
machinery attached. This may be the City of
Brussels
A man named Doucet has arrived at Halifax
saying he is the only survivor of the American
schooner Desler, wrecked in the Bay of Islands
ten DAYS ago.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-07
FOREIGN Notes,

A delegation, headed by the Duke of Nor
folk, left London Saturday for Rome to attend
the papal jubilee. He leaves a congratulatory
address with 100000 signatures. The Pope
will receive the delegation on Ascension Day.
The engagement between the Duke of Con-
naught and Lady Rosamond, the second
daughter of the Duke of Marlborough, is an
nounced
Tennyson is said to be writing new histori-
cal. drama.
One of the events of the week in London has
been the opening of the Governor Gallery and
Royal Academy. Sir Coutts Lindsey is said to
have expended 100000 on pictures shown in
former pre-Raphaelite works. The Royal
Academy comprises /, $50 average works of art.
The copyright commission has concluded its
labors.
Coal has been discovered in Lincolnshire.
In the civil suit Of the National Park Bank
of New York against Thomos Ellis, the
defaulting teller, judgment was entered at st.
John Saturday against defendant by default,
and the damages were assessed at $4,000;
band sued for $66, 900.
The Republican newspapers of Paris express
great satisfaction with the order of the day
voted by the deputies Friday, and also with
Gambetta's speech and Simon's declaration.
They say the latter makes amends for the
r -.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-07

full duty in separating themselves from their
former chief Gladstone can fer the moment
see nothing but Bulgarian massacres, and he
is insensble to the imminent risk of destroy
ing an historical English party.
The Economist does not believe Gladstone
will have the usual good fortune which has
attended him in similar crises.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: In breaking
through the feeble organization which his party
in the course of the session has barely secured it
is not at all impossible that Mr.. Gladstone has
destroyed the party itself
The Spectator says: There is nothing in any
one of Gladstone's resolutions to embarrass
the government unless it is bent on plugging
us sooner OF later into war Tor the protection OF
Turkey. Every change the Spectator can note
in the attitude of the government is change
in one dire otion-a change hostile to Russia
and favorable to Turkey. The best chance for
the liberal party is to rid itself of the dead
weight of leaders who cannot lead and replace
Mr.. Gladstone whether he will or no In the
old position which he onght never to have de-
serted. These are no times. in which we can
afford to be led by men without bold hearts
and clear heads.
Sir Stafford Northcote in speaking last night
at q banquet of the Royal Academy and evil
IDENTIFY in allusion to Mr.. Carlyle's letter, said
there never was time when we had mora need
in politics. at least for good sense and good
taste, than the present This is q moment
when we ought to be careful of every word we
others and mischief to our country. 1t is i'm
portant that the people of England should keep
their heads cool and not believe too hastily in
idle rumOIS.
Moscow, May 6.-The Gar addressing the
estates on Saturday, said Six weeks ago ! ex.
pressed here the hope of a peaceful solution OF
| the Eastern question 1 wished to spare to the
utmost the precious blood of any subject, but
my efforts have been in vain.
ST PETERSBURG, May 6-The Gar will
| make solemn entry to St. Petersburg, MOI
| day. While in Moscow h, received deputa-
| ton of merchants and German residents who
presented to the Empress $4,000 roubles for the
wounded,
| ERzERoUM May 2-The Russian column
| numbering IL, 900 men, operating east OF Kars,
| attempted to force the Soukuank pass at
| Varrisdan and was repulsed. Russians twica
assaulted Kars, but were repulsed with heavy
loss. Abdullah, the famous Kurd chief OF Van,
is abovt to start with 10000 Kurds for the Rus
| sian frontier.
ST.. PETERSBURG, May 6.-Lord LOTUS to;
| day handed the Russian government Lord
Derby's reply to Gortschakoff's circular. 1t Is
stated on good authority that Russia does moi
intend to reply.
BRUSSELS, May The Indepence Beige
Paris special asserts that Derby's reply is very
bitter.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 9.-Mukhtar Pasha
| telegraphed on Thursday last that in con-
| sequence of recent engagements before Kars
the Russians were obliged to move back theil
camp.
Eight thousand Russians are encamped neal
Arabian, but Arabian has not yet beer
| attacked.
The commandant at BatouM telegraphng or
Thursday anpounces small successful en-
| gagement.