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New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

gN CAsE.-The coroner's jury
Orge dict Thursday that Catherine
IRT FoS to her death by means of blows
-Whersa si3sds. zach inflicted by her husband,
srx Ss1'sSa s4s b, and Coroner Roche made an
1isnpar. murder
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

SUIcDE.-Just before ten
blight a man jumped from the
Terry boat and was drowned.
he said, "Here goes" and lett
, handkerchief with receipted
Wilmot g. Co, Baton Rouge,
|ith g. @. Evans, No. l55 Canal
3 side, and james GernoD, No.
: street, on the other. Every
made to save him, but without
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17
FOR HAVANA VIA CEDAR KEYS AND
HRY WHIST.
RAILROADS,

GREAT JACKSON ROUTE
NBw ORLEANS, ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO RAIL
ROAD.
On RnG after Monday, November %. 1S70s
Trains depart and arrive as follows from OallhOpe
sueet depot;
DEPART. ARRIVE.
Mail. P. NJ Mail. A. N
Aocomod8- Accommoda~
tion...... ..3;3O P. NJ tiOn ....... 9i15 A. III
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars through to St
Louis, Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati
Only change of sleeping cars to BAsteu
Comb City.
Tickets for sale and information given at No. 81
Camp street, corner of Common, under City Hotel
A. D. SHELDON, Agent.
ia15ly K. D. FROST General Manager
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

BRB HAD He DoEE.-At ak o'clock
Nv morning M. M. Wlshard, of
tor Ep, Indiana, committed suicide
)R James Hotel. He entered the
cc few moments afterwArd was
,stai with his throat cut with a pen
ceas, small pair of surgeons scis-
,hoH Ad he had attempted 10 enlarge
IN by cutting the jugular vein with
Dickson, United States army,
ERB iiatey called to attend him, but
fore reaching the Charity HOspi-
Ba e Of his Efforts. On his person
Oh q sheet Of paper aud the follow
tts;, Gs,
Ia ts' n q true name is NJ. NJ Wishard,
, hsr rintendent Orphans Home,
NOV wn, Indiana.
pet living dear for my ain. Opium is
bf it all. Write DR.. Hannaman,
lERB please, when 1 am gone.
" knows how | have fought this
Thll bit, but whenever it gets hold of
FOR it 10 too late. | am expecting
Ice lent to be arrested aud taken 10
e e az | shall never come out alive.
lcsto 10 opium eater. Am ALMOST past
presei
az, " IA, 1877"
'1tG s,,,I bside ot the sheet was:
BIT / had been wise 10 the day of
ion. l have tsint hope Ot for
HhE | then began to fight it with the
: that almost orazed me, and
M. ~. " we'll, would become discOu-
F0R 20 back again. My dear family
,tiee It. Oh that l had been wise in
and nah ever had desrer family
y 3w ~ n A better wife and children no
pre- aw. How cruel have l been. If
fs i esus' blood. Although l have
and It sinner, was so much intoxi-
WIN opium that l thought l was a
HERH but alas. alas, when too late
was not. The opium habit was
I'm C more than ten years ago, though
FOR d until only about eight years
here's live, of which have little hope,
~ q, beriuliy serve Jhrm | tear my
/ the lie ones ase deed or insane. & ID
ia hen not recall my life"
Ow, @ Roche forwarded the body to In
aio pc cordance with kilograms from
son, l.. d. WishaId.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

eorg fee, stabbed by Andy White,
ohm Charity Hospital Thursday.
.n.i h.i ries are in charge, but White
4 found.
'a1il are plentiful. attempts having
it, several places each night for
- reday they were at G., Tim
1N0 st. Charles street, aud at
hHp er of Dumaine and Claiborne
D,~~~. blight before at No, ll7 st.
and ct Mrs. King's, on Dau-
Albert Carroll was caught In
MA phine street. In addition to
IL are reported at No. IL Ca
SUI e, by George Andrews; at st
+. ,oa uTeh, by Julia johnson; on
II rect, by Lizzie johnson and.
"a q. at the corner OF st. Ann
, ~ bets, and at the corner of Viii
T1Os lerse streets. The gangs at
= little better than sneak
cd si eat amount of plunder being
y place.
outh' streets Is suspended.
49,. n waa awarded the cleaning
l1'A anal st 1890.
.par -a wea saved from suicide In
net, but her guaidians could
y s. er wardrobe from being de-
.nshii . purpose.
MoRes, Who dangerously
Walker, haa been released on
sm su, of Paris, g Pollah exile,
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE
IN RAILROAD.
THE MOBILE LINE.
THE GREAT THROUGH RoUTS
70 the East, North and West.
Via Louisville, via Atlanta and via St Louis
CARRYING TIKI UEITBD STATES MAIL
rrsins viii arrive and depart from Depot, foot
Canal street as follows
DEPART. ARRIVE.
Express. .6:45 A. n. Express. li35 A
Rxpress. ..... 500 P. ID. Express .....9,55 P.
Pullman Palace Cars daily to Cincinnati, LoulI
Vile. Nashville snd st Louis without change, and
only one change to New York and Eastern cities.
Ticket of1c5 corner OF Camp OUmmuI
streets, opposite City Hotel.
J. W. COLEMAN, Ticket Agent.
no2l u. X. RORIESoN super1ntAnderi
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17
AUCTION sALEs.
Monday. February 10.

Monday, February 10.
'ABLB MICHAEL RUSSELL, a. IL o'clock
leyee, at the head Of Calliope street,
on house aa6 contents; At hRlf-past one
|. at Kek kan's At2bles on BAronns street,
horse.
Tuesday, February 20.
ABLE MICHAEL r. SBSLL at IL O'Clock,
ehouse No. 2tO Poyd.as street, nouseh o.d
bre,
Wednesday, February II.
BIZ ]. SPEAR, at 10 O'Clock. at the Mer-
end AuotiObeeIs' Exchange, two lots,
|uil1ings, 90 Martin, between EratO and
Eeets; same ia SOU re bounded BY Short,
rcial and Pearl streets and Huse alley.
ISITED STATES MARSHAL, at II O'Clock,
|e3 st. Charles street, contents and fix
m a cOffeehouse.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

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tate and 4
show eG1
IOtihcahI
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the fund
IoRN HI
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17
b. Pico VS.. J. M. Berniehan; snmC VEse
Jean ROtge.

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH oR
= Orleans Nos 93O2 aud 9l03.-By virtue Of tvs
wrts OF and sale to directed by the hoI-
orable the sixth District Court for the parish a
Orleans, in the above entitled causes, viii prn-
eeed to sell at public auction, at the MerhhsAtE
and Auctionesrs Exchange, Royal street, between
Canal and CustOmhOuse streets, 10 the Second
District of this city, SATURDAY, February ks.
1871 at twelve O'clock NJ, the following dbserilsE
property. t0 Wit
0EH JERTiIN cot OF GROUND, togsthsF wish
all the buildings and improyeIntn nLs thereto be-
longing, situated in ike First District of thls eitg
in he square bounded by Ban Onne, Dry AIDES, isfs
Phulippa, Union and Perdido streets, otsignate5
IS lot number two on sketch annexed to an Rcg
passed before A. Mazuveau, ] te notary public o.
this city, on the second of april, 1888. Said lot
measures thirty feet front UnOn street, by GRs
hundred feet in depth. The one undivided half OF
ga property belongs 10 the defendant Jean Rotgs
by me OF the purchase he made of The whole Ok
said property, the twenty si1th day OF NoEeH-s
ber 1866, per act passed b, fOee AntoEe OF OcOut
notary public III this city; aud the other two un-
divided thirds of said described property beion &
! ing to the defendant j. NJ. Beraiehan by msRnE
OF the purchase he mace thereof from said jean
Rotge, as appears by act passed the third oE
July, 1867, before o. DTouet, notary public in this
| city
Seized in the above suits.
TaWun ia gb mt ha of
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17
as aa e4l7 Civil sheriff Of the Parsh a. Of poreanu

Joseph II. Ashby VS. William GOldina.
TNIFTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARlHE
II of Orleans, No. T59i.-By virtue of q writ o.
teri faeias me directed by the honorable
the Fifth District Court for the parish o.
Orleans, in the above entitled cause will prOpsue
to sellat public auction, at the Merchants and Aue
toneers Exchange, Royal street, between Oana1
of this city, on TUESDAY, March 8, 1917, IA
twelve o'clock NJ, the following described prop
erty, to wit
A PoRTION OF GROUND, in the First Distriut
bounded by New Levee or Peters, Deord CaliiOpa
or LOUISA and Pearl streets, having fifty enc feeg
five lnaa front Peters street. bV one hundEcdl-
feet six inches front Delord street, by TreanAar
depths.
Seized in the above suit
Telms-Cash on the sDot
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17
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New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

EouRTH DISTRICT COURT Fog TIE RAzIsH
II OF Orleans, No. a. 332.-BY virtue of . Wiit nE
in the abeve entitled c1use, viii proceed -
sen at public auetioni ON The miaes heEslnsliEe
hfltpast elsven O'clock 4. n, and auconn airIl
dayaat same hour and pl-ce, the ioh1w1e =
Cribed property. 30 Wit
ALL THk GOODS. MERcHAEBISE Am NOS
ABLk PROFERTf Ia he premises ~. - Iau1
street, IN the First Dllsrlct oi THE pitY oona
Of books. statioaqsT eie', ~ rss stlsii0lT,
nay o1 1e1u ln my dI1IN.
Aelrea Ia lha ahoTc lr.r
zclnl-rssh o. thc lr
NiiaR Qf1f fAE
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17
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New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17
fssioI7mbs oiv sheriff oaSs ofhs Farsa a. ~ ossa

James %. Martin and Richard MeUt0sMays
executor, etc. va f. De P. Para and Jamaas
Nut
ClXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THB PARzsps
- Of Orleans, No. 9l62.-By virtue Of q WEft &
TERI faci ls 10 me directed BY The honorable the
the above entitled cause viii proceed 70 sell n
public suction, on WEDNESDAY, Febtu tuary 40, leJE-
at alfpast ten o'clock A. NJ. at my warehouse Nos
% and IS Orleans street, between Royal sa0 B8n4-
bon Streets In the Second District of this city the
following described property TO wit
One Bookcase, two Arm0irs, one large IaoDlcinFz
Glass, one Marble Top W&Ehstand, one HidssiaaEd
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
THOMAS II. HANDY.
faip4i 49,,
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

7 % mh7 20 Civil sheriff 9ESS ~ ths Parsh Sf o1san.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

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New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

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New Orleans Republican., 1877-02-17

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The Morning herald., 1877-11-12

THE scarcity of the vegetable products
principally used in tanning has become SO
serious, that research to obtain other plants
having similar properties is now being
everywhere stimulated. The supply OF
valonia from surzena and Greece has re-
Gently been very small, and, as this is one
of the most important of tanning agents.
the Inconvenience occasioned by the falling
OF has been correspondingly great. Two
new plants have lately been brought for
ward in this line, though as yet in such
small quantities as to be of but small
importance. One of these is described as
small gall from the tamarix, growing IN
Morocco and also in India; it yields ABOUT
forty per cent of tannin, which is OF re-
markably fine quality, andis at present used
almost entirely for medical purposes. Inc
other is the seed and pod of kind OF bear
called "balsamo carpon," which grows IN
Chill, and yields tanning gum OF grea'
strength; the seed pods are very soluble III
water, thus requiring to be grown III
,,ountry where Lite rain FALLS.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12

A Paris paper gives the following par
ticulars on trade in books in ancient times:
'crhe book trade was highly esteemed The
shop of librarian in Athens was place OF
meeting for the idle and for wits. There
the author Of the latest publication gave a
public reading of it; literary, artistic, and
even political matters were discussed with
out the slightest molestation on the part OF
the police. Hence the taste for and the
price of books went up. Pythagoras' treat
ises were sold for 9,lF francs for single
copies; it was the material upon which the
books were written that made them then so
dear. The prices fell when the secret Of
parchment was found OFT. At Rome the
book stores were kept in perfect order and
with a certain elegance, like our own. In,
scriptions and notices, covered the exterior
of the shops inside the volumes were care
fully classified on shelves called MIDI
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12

TENDENCY OF How1TzERs TO JUMP. -
One of the disadvantages observed in the
experiments made with the howitzers for
the new siege train, has been tendency to
.siump" when fired, but it was to some
degree doubtful whether the motion was
communicated sufficiently eally to affect the
accuracy of the aim. Special experiments
have, therefore, been made at Shoeburyness
to obtain information on this point. 1t was
found that when standing on its ordinary
carriage and fired at 1000 yards, the So
howitzer recorded an average error of 81
YARDS in range, whereas when weighted
with about three tons of iron the error was
reduced to 81 yards, which was again fur
ther reduced to mean error of IL yards
only when the howitzer was subsequently
lashed to fixed platform. The result
therefore, shows the importance of firmly
bedding the gun before discharge, ane
partly to reduce the jumping tendency the
howitzers of later manufacture have had the
Jacket and trunnions carried forward as fal
as possible, while the chase also ha'
been made heavier and stronger to resis
the enemy's fre.-London Times.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12
ruu ;ncomnressibility of sand Is MI

. The incompressibility of sand is men,
toned in the Journal Of Industry as a cheap
and ready means of making supporting
columns and bases for anvils or for
blocks designed to support heavy weights.
Sand enclosed in thin wooden or iron walls,
if thoroughly shaken down, may be made
to sustain much greater weight than the
walls or cylinders alone, by placing all the
weight directly on the sand and quite free
from the walls that retain it. Wooden
boxes filed with sand thus make excellent
supports for anvils or tables for laboratory
work. So long as the pressure is vertical,
the sand will sustain far greater weights and
resist heavier Flows than could be borne by
solid blocks OF wood Of the same size.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12
GERMAN newspaper annunces

A GERNaN newspaper annunces the
introduction of new and valuale dyestuff
into the market, under the nameof cosin.
It is characterized, in solution or Don pure
silk, by beautiful fluorescence, c'nbining
In most decided manner the attractions Of
rose and reddish brown tints. It INSISTS
of glistening greenish scales, readily solu-
ble in water, and of an alkaline comEund
of a yellow dyestuff, precipitableNby
acids, and seems related to the Bavahn
phthalic and dyestuffs. 1t is employed y
stead of litmus, in the rapid titration \
alkalies, since the disappearance of II
beautiful rose color, upon acidiication,
: much more marked and sudden than tn
change of the blue OF ]itmus.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12

IT IS asserted by an English engineer that
really first-class leather belt will do three
or four times the service of the best rubber
belt now produced, and that there is actu-
ally no economy in usinga rubber belt at
any price, unless it be where there is great
heat or dampness. Thorough oiling, he
says, is necessary for leather belts before
using, good way of applying the oil,
where there is much betting to be thus
treated, being to have the betting run off
from one reel to another through a pot Of
oil, with suitable rubbers to wipe of the
super-abundance of the liquid. Another
very good method of applying the oil, one
which perhaps would be preferable in a
majority of cases, is by means Of an ordi-
nary paint brush, the operation to be per,
formed on both sides, and with no sparine
hand A belt thus oiled will not require d
second application under ten years, unless
there be much dust to absorb the oil, and
then it may bs put on very sparingly com
pared with the first application. The adj
vantages that an oiled belt has over dry
one are various and important, among then
being the following: It lasts longer; it re
quires less power to drive the machinery
and it may be run much more slack, which
Of course, makes the bearings less liable
to heat, requiring less oil and less atten
u ton.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12
EIRDs OF PARADISE.

Wallace has remarked that the birds
TofTNewsGuinsa present q larger proportion
Of brilliantly plumaged species than those
Of any other psrsa the world To this re-
suit the birds o. paradise largely contribute
OF this family "a species are known, all
confined to the Pspuan Islands, with 9 sin
gle exception,'a Mansoodias which has ex-
tended its range to North Australia, and
which is without the characteristic phmes
of the true paradise birds. Whether for
singularty or beauty Of plumage the birds
of paradise are without rivals in the bird
world. Most Of them have superb tufts of
feathers issuing not from the wings, but
from each side of the body, forming some
times wavy silky plumes of considerable
thickness, sometimes fans which spread on
each side Of the breast, sometimes shields or
long trains behind the wings; while the
central tail-feathers are often produced to
great length, elongated into wires, twisted
into fantastic shapes, or terminated by lus-
trous spatules, and all adorned with the
most brilliant metallic tints. In the sub
family Epimachiae, instead of tufts from
the sides of the body, the accessory plumes
| spring from the head, the back, or the
shoulders, while in the species which strays
into North Australia these peculiarities are
absent. There is scarcely hue among the
colors of nature which is not found in the
endless variety of the painting of the para
disc birds; not only the lustrous metallic
tints of the humming- bird, but yellows.
reds, blues, and green's of every degree OF
intensity. Yet these fantastic freaks of
coloration and feathering are confined to
the males; the female are all clad in the
most sober browns and are the most unat-
iractive of birds. Doubtless this provision
of nature is intended as protection from
observation during the labors of the nest
ing season. Strange notions formerly
prevailed among the vulgar as to the birds
of paradise. As until recently no European
had been able to observe them in life, all
our specimens were supplied by the ma.
tives, who always cut off the legs from the
skins, on which account they were reputed
to be without feet, whence the name of the
best known Species Apoda. Peculiar and
strange as are these creatures, yet there
can be no doubt that their nearest allies IN
nature are family marked by an extreme
uniformity and sombreness of plumage,
and by The absence Of any difference OF
coleraton in the sexss-the crow tribe,
between which and the starlings the para.
disc birds are naturally placed-Good
Words.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12

The philanthropist in New Haven, Conn.,,
who has for five years supplied the post
Office in that city with stamps to forward
unpaid letters, has been notified blythe Post
Office Department that hereafter all letters
dropped into tla Office without stamps must
be forwarded to the dead letter Office. In
these five years he has sent 1851 letters,
at an expense of $4o6. From persons bene.
fited he has received @222, besides some
thanks and few handsome presents.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12
SCIENTIFIC.

A New MILITARY ARM-THE TORPEDO
HUNTERS. correspondent of a German
journal, writing from Ezeroum, gives the
following account of the new corps of
divers which has been organized by the
Turkish Government for the purpose Of re-
moving the torpedoes laid down by tie
Russians in the Danube and on the shores
of the Black Sea: .-. ...,...,. ..,.
The divers are Mohammedans from Laz-
istan, and certain number Of them are
attached to each Of the Turkish squadrons
cruising in the Black Sea, When the ships
arrive near spot where the existence of
torpedoes is suspected, two of the divers
row to the place in very light boat, draw
ing so little water that there is scarcely any
danger of its striking against the torpedoes.
On arriving at their destination one of the
rowers dives into the sea; if he finds wire
or rope by which the torpedo is attached he
cuts it with sharp instrument and returns
quickly into the boat. The liberated tor
pedo floats to the surface of the water, the
men pass q short lasso around it, take il
in tow, and then row back to the ship al
quickly as possible. For each torpedo thu'
captured the divers are paid $45, and also {
sum of money equal to one half of its value
Although the men have been often EN-
ployed on this dangerous service, not {
single accident has occurred to any O.
them.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12

The thermometer at the Vesuvius Obser-
vatory recently indicated 100 G., and Prof.
Palmieri states that this degree Of cold has
never been noted before, even in January or
February, during the existence of that in
stitution, now established 25 years.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12
HUNTING THE SEA.OTTER IN
ALASKA.

T The sea- otter, which constitutes, the sole
means by which these, the only civilized
people of our new Territory, manage to
clothe themselves as we do and maintain
their church, may be appropriately men.
toned in detail. T is an animal, when full
grown, that will measure from three and q
half to four feet at most from the tip of .its
short tail to its nose. The general contour
Of the body is much like that Of the beaver,
with the skin lying In loose folds, 80 that
when taken hold of in lifting the body out
from tho water it draws up like thehide on
the nape of young puppy dog. This
skin is covered with the richest of all fine
deep fur, a jet black, with silver-tipped hairs
here and there scattered, as is SO well
known to our ladies of fashion. The sea-
otter mother sleeps in the water on her
back, with her young one clasped between
her tiny fore-paws. Frequent attempts
have been made to rear the young sea-
otter, as they are often captured alive; but,
like some other species Of wild animals,
they seem to be SO deeply imbued with
fear Of man that they invariably perish by
self-imposed starvation. The Saanack
inlets and reefs constitute the great sea-
otter ground of Alaska, and hither come
native hunting parties from Oonalaska on
the west, and Belcovskje to the north,
where they camp on the main island, and
venture out in their bidarkies Il to 20 miles
in every direction to sea. Fires are n,ver
, built here unless the wind is from the
south, and food refuse is never scattered
on the beaches. The sulferings to
which the native hunters subject them.
! selves to every winter on this island, going
for many weeks without fires, even fol
cooking, with the Thermometer down to
zero in northerly gale Of wind, are better
!, imagined than described; while the variou.
shrewd and skillful artifces by which they
outwit the otter, in capturing it would make
!, long chapter, if fully enumerated, TO-
: this animal, of all wild animals, seems tt
!, be possessed of the greatest aversion to O
!, dread of the presence, or even the proximi
ty, of man. The natives, when they g
from Oonalaska to Saanack on huntinl
, trip of this character, usually make up
, party of from 40 to so men. They traveli1
= their light skin bidarkies, two men in each
l and are gone usually three or four months
at time before returning to their families
they haul their kyacks out from tn
' water every night as they bivouac "lon
u the coast, and sleep In gales of wind, whic
J. are always loaded with rain, sleet, and fog
without the least covering, and almost il
variably without fire. All rude indee
& is the country of the Aleut, but ne
l. rugged, and the bleak precipitous islanc
stamped with his name are all the world
him. He wants no other, and he Is happ
= where we would be supremely miserable
Q Haper's Magazine. -
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12

You can uuy cans fisn-pole for .wenty-
five cents and catch just as many fish with
It as you can with a jointed one that costs
seventeen dollars; but you can't take it
apart and slip it under your coat when you
60 fishing on Sunday as you can one
that is in sections, and religious out
side appearance is worth sixteen dol
lars and seventy-fye cents tc most
men. 49,. .....
The Morning herald., 1877-11-12

Mo,r,no CLAY, ,-Knead dry
:., ,,uoor;ne q instead of water, and a
mass is obtained which continues mo'S' "n1
plastic for length Of time. This removes s, ~
one : of tho greatest inconveniences 'n"' 40
axner;enoed by the modeler. OH