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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-01

wishes to inform his friends that he will. at his
New stand, No. IT'S Canal street,
Between Baronne and Dryades streets. sell
from this time forth Vanilla and Strawberry
Cream, Biscuit Glaces. Sherbert, Frozen Lem
onade, etc at FIFTEEN CENTS EACH.
Come and see. se25 &C
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-01

GOAL! COAL! co L
GOOD PITTsBURG COAL. screened for
family use.
ANTHRACITE LUMP COAL, for foundry use.
ANTHRACITE, EGG SIZE COAL for restau-
rants.
Promutly delivered to any part of the city at
lowest markA rates.
VIC. CoYLE d CO.,
Office corner Of rondelet and Gravier streets.
se30 3t
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-01
WAGONS! CANE CAkT5l SP0KES
EI. M, SoRTA,
Is and 70 Union and Ii and IL PerdidO

streets.
Sole Agent for the Celebrated "STUDEBA-
KER" WAGONS, CARTS and SPRING WORK
Of all kinds and sizes.
Dealer In Philadelphia and Western Cane
Wagons, Carts and Drays; Timber Wheels
Wheelbarrows Of all descriptions; Spokes. Fell
loes Hubs, Shafts etc. Wheelwright material
Orders promptly filled. All work warranted.
600 I'm
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-01
COMPREHENSIVE.

The undersigned have formed copartner-
ship under the firm name Of FL. DEVERGES &
CO., to carry on the hardware business at Nos.
II and 10 Decatur street. opposite the Postoffice,
as successors of Mr.. Chas. D. Lallande.
HENRY DEVERGES,
Richard DEVERaES.
p N LACOSTE.
Referring to the. above notice. the under
signed begs to thank his friends for, the
ficits of them continuance of the same for the
new firm. CHAS, d. LALLANDE.
sp25 IW2D
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-19

81 have nothing to say of Maj. Camp
bell, but to you, Ben Johnston, who
boast of the blood Of the Floyds and
Johnstons in your veins, you, whose
father l have served as / never did my
own, to you, say, that Of all the UNI
grateful and unexpected things, of all
the cowardly, mean, uumanly and
damnably atrocious attacks, this is the
most cowardly and the most damna.
BILE"
Those present will bear me witness
that this toast was drank standing
aud in silence. The silence was so
perfect there was almost an audible
echo, l had rather suffer CampbelPs
bludgeon and, worst Of all, DR.. john
ston's trrachery to his fathers friend,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-19

TIT # =. 7 UttTtT.
Dear Sir AS hear it the attac'.
made upon you by Messrs. Campbell
and Johnston was outrage such as
is unknown among gentlemen. If
can tie of any use to you in any way,
please command me.
Your friend. E#*
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-19
EVENT and COMMENT.

EVENT and COMM ENT.
Yankee Allen failed to get the Con-
sulship to Bradford England. The
Consul at Leeds is promoted to it and
Yankee is disinherited 10y the liberal
Republican administration.
The pension Dist. of Va. w. Va &
n. &. is to have its head quarters at
Knoxville, and Gen. IIarriss OF w.
Va. an old army friend of President
d Hayes, is TO be the Agent.
There are IS Graduates at West
Point this year, including a negro
named Flipper, and there are vacancies
in tie army for only half Of them.
The English Sparrows on Capitol
Square Richmond are building nests
of hay in the mouth of Washingtou's
horse, in the coat pocket of the rider
aud Of Jefferson, on the Washington
monument.
Gov. Hendricks has sailed for Eu-
rope. The Petersburg Post says, if he
lives he will be the next President OF
the u. S.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-19

There has been several days hard
fighting about Kars, Tie Turks
fought the Russians well, repulsing
them with heavy slaughter and ey, IN
sallying forth from their fortress and
driving them off into a disastrous
retreat, just as the Editor of the news
but then We are no Turk.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-19
The JcffersonviIle Meeting.

We have private as well as pub,
lie adyices from Tazwcll county
The people assembled in mass
meeting on the 18th and after a
discussion lasting two days passed
by a close vote, a resolution stating
that Gen. Maholic is not the choice
of the county for Governor. A
subsequent one declared that Gen.
Terry is the choice Of tho county.
The townships then went into scpe-
rate meetings, and the Maiden
Spring Township rcpudiated, and
very properly so, tie county in
structions and appointed four Mas
hone delegates. The {. II. Towns
ship appointed five delegates unin-
structed and the Clear Fork Town
ship appointed three delegates in,
structcd to vote against Mahone.-
So ono>third Of the county goes for
Malone
Messrs. Cecil, Henry and IL. @.
Anderson led the fight for Malone.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-19

The Engineers, commenced work
TO day on the line Of the n, G, r. Il.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-19
UNIVERSITY or VIRGINIA.

SUMNER LAW LECTURES mime weekly, be-
gin l2th Of July, 1877, and end 18th Of September
Have proved OF signal use,-lst to students rho
design 10 pursue their studies at this or other
Law school "a. 10 those who propose TO Te'l
privately and 3rdi 10 practitioners who have h"t
had the advantags o { systematic instruction. foI
chcularapply (P. o. University Of va to JOHs
b, MISoR, Pref Com. and Stat. Law.
may 20, '77-lm,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-19
HOWITIS REGARDED.

We publish the following merce
ly as specimens Of the very many
messages conveyed to this office,
both verbal and by card and letter,
since last Friday. We are very
grateful for these manifestations Of
public sentiment. We certainly
allude to them in no boastful spirit,
but simply as indications for which
we are not and never will be un-
mindful. The increase of our sub~
scription list for the past few days
is another indication which we
could allude to but will not detail.
We ought also say a word to our
Tennessee friends. The State line
has made no difference, The sem
tinent in Sullivan has been Just as
pronounced and as nearly unani~
nous as in this county. Heaven
bless the Tennosseeuns as well as
Nirginians.
AT HOME JUNE 10, 1877.
M. l. &. FOwicr.
Dear Sir As | hear it the attac'-
made upon you by NIessrs. Campbell
and Johnston was outrage such as
is unknown among gentlemen. If
can tie of any use to you in any way,
please command me,
Your friend. *#*
Va. June IS
Dear Sir: We have heard a rumor
that you came very near being assasi =
! mated in your Office last Friday. Our
neighbOrhOod speak of Te-electing you
to represent Us in our next Legislature
of Va. if you will accept it. We hope
you will recover from your wounds,
and live to do honor to our county and
State, rs we have approved your
course. In hast very Respectfully.
~
Friend FO1Oler Have heard of the
unfair treatment received by you the
18th inst. wish | had been with you
on that occasion.
Come out for the Legislature and
count on the vote and earnest infiu-
ence of, yours truly. ***
These are only a few of the MAJ
my. To these friends we will state
that we are not dead but think the
ring is. The injuries of the writer
were serious, but not now danger,
Gus. For several days there have
been brain fever and pluritic pains
and injuries which are abating.-
These, with a fractured rib and lace
rated scalp, are all.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-19
DIVORCES

Legally aud quietly obtained IN every State and
Territory, for lNCoNPATIBILITY and other causes,
no matter where the parties reside. 10 years eN'
perloucs. Fee after decree. All letters cOnhden'
tial Address a. J, DEXTER, Atty. Rooms
., 1872 Dearborn 81 CHICAGO, lit. Unques'
tiouahle references given. Correspondence WIFE
the loyal profession invited. april 3, '77-am'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19

No other punishment is inflicted. The sys
TEN of incentives to good behavior is fourC
to work admirably. Five days Of eact
month are taken off from the time OF eact
mans sentence during good behavior, ant
be is also allowed dollar a month, by the
State, to expend for his own comfort OF
pleasure. The allowance both of time and
money is greatly counted on by the prison
ers. and the stOppage of both, which fol
lows censure. and is added to the punish
ment of solitary confinement, ,is felt by them
severely. They say that they are well
| treated
There is a library of one thousand VOL
umes attached to the Prison ami many OF
the cOnyicts employ their evenings in read
ing. The State appropriates, yearly, fifty
dollars for the purchase of books.
The prisoners are REQUIRED to bathe every
Saturday and are shaved once week. The
barber. who is convict. goes round while
the men are at work, and shaves each in
turn. All looked clean and. as general
rule. healthy. The air of the wards is good.
The general atmosphere surrounding the
Prison will be better when arrangements
now in progress for carrying the sewerage
of the Prison by sewer to Mill Brook. are
completed.
As has been sand, better quarters for the
hospital seem to be needed. new and
better laundry is also needed. The present
one Is dark, incOnvenient and ill-arrsng-
ed affair
The Prison is very secure one With the
exception of Camp, whose attempt at escape
is elsewhere told no convict has escaped
from its walls in miny Years. and it has
men in it, like Miles, whom other prisons
have not been able to hold. And. as a
whole, We believe it to be a well-managed
institution, creditable to the Directors, to
the Superintendent, and to the State
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19

He OUT RIGHT THERE Some months
since fond Detroit father imagined that his
only son, a young man of twenty, was going
into consumption. doctor was consulted
and he advised that the son be put through
course Of gymuastic training. The young
man seemed to like the idea, and for two or
three months he was in daily attendance at a
gymnasium. Then he began to grow care
less. aud finally quit it altogether. The Ia
ther thought he could see signs OF failing
health again, and to induce the son to go
back TO rings, bars and gloves once more, he
fitted up private gymnasium in the barn
and began Il course OF exercise himself The
other morning he remembered that he used
to be boxer IN his young days and he re-
marked that he'd give the son a few lessons.
He was balancing himself on his heel and
feeling ont with both hands, when something
hit him, nnd half minute afterwards he dimly
realized that some one was bending over him
and saying
Father, dear father are you dead ="
He sat up, looked around, and hoarsely
inquired
.'Jim, what on earth happened>'
''Why, iather. got in love-tap on your
uaral- lust little feeler, to see If you were
solid on You pins.
Didn't you strike AS hard as you could -
"No-not half not quarter. 1t WAS
wnat the BOYS call feeling Tor claret. Your
nose will spring back into position In less
than half day"
The father got up let the gloves fall from
his hands, and as he caught the trapeze to
steady his legs he said
Jim. your mother aud thought you were
going into consumption, and Doctor he
backed MS up in 1t. That why l sent you
to learn gymnastics Jim, I'm fool your
mother IL an awful good woman, and II we
can get the doctor up here long enough to lei
you feel for his claret I don't care how soon
| die r. Detroit Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19

What Is called the "Dalrymple farm Is q
tract OF about Il 900 acres of land near Cas-
Scltnn, twenty miles west OF Fargo, ON tn,
line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. II /.
owned by Geo. W. tass and l.. Il. Cheney,
of New York, and Oliver Dalrymple, til,
wheat king OF Minnesota, ns he Is termed
Twelve hundred acres were broken in 1876
and sOwed to wheat last year. This year
there are 10000 acres III wheat and Il
splendid crop it is. too and 5000 acres al
ditionnl acres wcro broken this season fol
seeding next year
Mr.. Dalrymple also owns II half interest III
what is known as the "timndlu farm, q
tract of /, 900 acres Just north oi Elmer rvel
IN Trail county, I. D., - miles north oi
Fargo. The other owners are the Grandiu
Brothers. bankers OF 1idiout, Pa On this
farm there are $500 acres IN wheat tins yenr,
ami some 5000 acres broken for next year
To harvest this crop of 1000 acres ON the
two places, IT required II sclf-blnding reap
crs, - horses and mules and l5O men.
Nine steam thrcshcrs. each with n capacity
of 900 bushels per day, are now ut work
threshing the grain.
In addition To- his interest IN these two
immense farms, Mr.. Dalrymplc OWLS 1000
acres of hand III Cottage Grove, Mimi, near
st Paul. / jOu acres ui which is in wheat
SO that either ns sole or half owners, MIR
Dalrymplc is interested IN 5000 acres oi
wheat thiS year whirh will he increased t.
l., 600 acres next year.
We may add that 1t is the intention of tn,
owners of these two huge farms tp break on
an average about i,uuU acres each year, until
the whole Il, OUO acres are brought under
cultivation They have abundant means.
and the experiment 80 far has proven that II
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19

An OBSTINATE JURYMAN.- Philadelphia
can't make up its mind whether to believe
in spiritIalism or not. A pair Of spiritual
lists, James A. Bliss and woman who call
cd herself his wife, were materialized before
jury there, the other day. Some of their
professional friends came into court and ex-
planned the mysterious means whereby
Bliss materialized his spirits through
u trap door after clothing them in appro-
pirate raiment in dressing room in the
cellar The identical garments that the
spirits wore when they appeared at the
seanceS were placed in testimony, and the
iury actually tried on the clothes to find out
whether they were the handiwOrk of ma
tcrial and earthly tailor. or whether they
were robes dropped by the spirits in sudden
flight from the gaze of skeptical and un-
believing world Eleven of the jurymen de-
cidcd that the clothes were of the ordinary
unspiritual kind but the twelfth man
thought they smet of birthstone and blue
fire. The Jury could not agree. The judge
was amazed. Here" says he, " in the
case Of Running Water. the Indian spirit
materalized from the happy hunting grounds,
You have the mOccasin and wig You have
only to decide whether they are spiritual
murcasn and wig, or whether they are such
as the Indian peddlers sell to youthful brides
and sroomS within the sound of Niagaras
roar" Still the Jury stood eleven to one
The Judge threatened to lock them up till
the crack of doom, unless they reached
verdict sooner. The foreman said it was II
very curious thing, hut the jury could never
agree until they got to spirit land them
selves, and the jury was discharged
But the spiritual and legal trials Of the
pcrsccuItd medium were not destined to end
80 >o,n Ills real wife. whom he had ahan-
dcncd in Boston, matcrialized in Phiadel-
phia and had him and his woman partner
arrested for hsamy. Their defence will
doubles, assert that MIR. Bliss Is only
matcrallzed spirit.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19
What Gen. sherman's Wife Thinks Of Rou nd
Dances.
From the San Francisco Alta ]

From the San Francisco Alta.l
[The following Is copied from the original
letter in Mrs. Shermans handwriting which
we have seem Eds. Alta.
FoRT LEAyESwoBrH, Kan, Aug. 81, 1877.
MY Dear Mr.. Rulofson Il have read your
book, The Dance of Death, and l must say
| admire your courage. | have always given
this miserable dance a silent condemnation
by refusing to allow any of my daughters to
participate IN it under any circumstances I;
but have avoided the evil as something at
the sight Of which my soul revolted, without
being able to say anything against it either
from experience or any absolute knowledge
of its most direct and pernicious effects.
am reioiced that you have spoken boldly
and told all you know about it. The advo-
Gates of this dance have had their own way
long enough-a absorbing all entertainments,
sneering upon and ndiculing those who
quietly decline to participate-openl and
constantly insinuating of those who decline
it that they are therefore evil minded, ETC.. or
quoting impudently and insultingly their
only weapon, "HoHi Siot qtd ma! y peI,Se, and
then throwing themselves IN mems arms to
prove their own purity of mind i never
would have imagined the half which you de-
clare TO be true, but | believe every word
you write. as ii explains many things which
had observed without attempting to under
stand. One thing alone | shall mention |
have observed that those who enjoy this
dance enjoy 10 other that they are exhaust
ed and miserable after indulging in it, and
at the end Of the season" they are "broken
down III health. All who have participated
in it must feel greatly mortified and humilia-
ted on reading your book, and many will be
angry and bitterly denounce you therefore
| Say ] admire your courage, your heroism
in defence Of virtue, which is in danger Of
being entirely lost to society by reason Of
this bold dance Let them suffer mortiiica-
ton They have been ndiculing and scorning
and sighting every modest and obedient girl
who failed to participate with them for
these many years. | am sorry you could not
give the name OF the lady whom you quote
against the dance because others will be ac-
cused and ladies whose families for genera
tions have strictly avoided such dances
would be sorry 70 be supposed to have had
any experience, even at the price Of being
considered eminent and renowned | re-
spect the lady as | do You for being willing
to denouuce this from her own experience.
ELLEN L. SHERMAN.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19

Wit. | wish, after all have said about
wit and humor, could satisfy myself OF
their good effects upon the character
and disposition but | am convinced the
probable tendency OF both, Is To corrupt
the understanding and the heart. | am
not speaking ot wit where it IL kept
down int, the back ground ~ tho PIC
ture; but whrre it stands out b Idly and
emphsticaily. and Is evidently the III str
quality IN any particular mind. Protr-Srd
wits. though they are generally cuurtrd iJr
the amusement they afford, are seldom re-
spected for the qualities they possess. The
habit of seeing things in witty point ut
view, increases, and makes incurSIonS from
it, own proper reg ions. up3n principles and
opinions which are ever held sacred by the
wi~e and good \ WHY man = II dramatic
performer in process OF time he can no
more exist without applause. than he can
exist without air IT his audience be small.
OF il they be inattentivc. or il u new Wit de
frauds him OF any portion OF his admira-
tiun, it is all over with him-he sickens and
il extinguished The applauses of the
theatre on which he performs are 50 essen
tial to him that he must obtain them at the
expense OF DE- cency, friendship and good
feeling. Ii must always be probable, too,
that mere Wit is person rt light and
frivolous understanding. HIS business is
not TO discover relations at ideas that are
useful, and have real utluenco upon lIie.
but to discover the more tritlIng relations
which are only amusing; ho never looks at
things with the naked eye Ot common sense,
but Is ALWAYS gazing ut the world through
Claude Lorraine glass--discoVerng &
thousand appearances which are created
only By the instrument of inspection, and
covering every object with fictitious and
unnatural colors.-SydHey Soiih
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19

Buckles Of small Autumn leaves are tt
novelty iur hat OrnnmentutlUu
Governor Hendricks. just returned from
Europe, says the people ol Ireland are much
more prosperous and seemingly contented
thnn he had supposed them to be.
Upon the marriage of Clarence II. Rsynor
aged twenty, and Mrs. lletty Walton, aged
eighty years, both OF RIycrhcad. l. /, the
Young men OF the town treated the happy
pair to celi.humpnn scrcnade.
\ blighted female in sun Francisco, d
years old, has brought a suit for breach "i
promise of marriage against CAV decciycr
of 20. the damages being laid at Sl5,oon.
A bunch of grapes from the mammoth
grape vine of Santa Barbara Is "n exhibition
at San Francisco Ii - three feet long and
six in circumference, and weighs l2j
pounds.
some wicked drummer- got the entire
police force of Pontiac, Mlch drunk the
other night, and the next day, adds the
New York Commercial ldr1fN,r, the city
replaced It 10y 1t new policeman
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19

"MNp,M. don't you known that youl
baby will catch its death OF cold thee ?
No. SIR" she promptly responded. We'll
it, such csrrlcs-ness ~ that which hlls oui
cemetery with ltIle graves, he continued
While all the old tools continue to live,
she replied.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19
VOL. L. NEW SERIES. VOL. xx1II

We knew of Il monster killed in Illinois III
1913 which had the extraordinary number OF
-. There have been more found for years
in the vicinity of the Water Gap.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19

inches in depth, and this may be taken as
an average for the ordinary English walking
jackets. Cloak claps have become very
important part of the cloth or fur lined wrap.
They are now made very large and in quaint
old designs of oxydized metals of different
colors, and as they can be removed from one
garment to another, there is great pride in
having them handsome-the clasp, in fact,
sometimes rendering plain garment distin-
gulshed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-19
~ouR FACTS A>p ous rRvaTloSs.

There are now l57 cunyicts IN the Prison
about double the average number twelve or
fifteen years ago. or these all with one
exccption) are men. There IL one woman
in the prison, who l. kent in the matron =
house She Is married woman, and has a
baby. horn snec she came to the Prison @.
The conyict~ about exhaust the accommOda-
tiors Of the Prison. There are one hundred
and fifty y-hyo common cells. two double
cells, and three solitary crll- used Tor pun
i-hmcnt. These last are dark cells, without
bed or furniture Of any description. in whIrh
tie convict - kept On bread and water,
with only the stone floor to sleep on. till
sufficiently punished 1t is found that they
break 10 time the most contumaoious spirit.