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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-05

We trust that the present legislature
will not adjourn without passing bill
providing for compulsory education in
West Virginia. II is due the tax payers
oI the State that such bill should he
passed; il is due society in general, and il
is particularly due to the unCducated
youth Of the Stale. We have nm expcn-
siye school system fully oyganized-
one that cost nearly million Of dollars
in one shape and NJ other last year and
'it II the part of true economy to acc that
no child il permitted 10 sit in darkness
when it can he brought into the light Of
day. Neither the prcindices Of ignorant
parents nor the righteousness Of others
who prefer to work thcirChildrcn rather
than scad them to school, should he per.
mitted to stand ip the way Of
a compulsory law. The proportion Of
youth in Wesl Virginia who do no'enioy
the advantages OF our school. system is
far too large. Our school machinery
should produce results worthy Of the
sacrifices which the people are called
on to make in order 10 keep it up. Ont
Of $4,000 youth OF school age only about
5000 were in daily attendance last year.
PRESIDENT GRANT sent in u Specie re.
sumption message to Congress on Satur-
day. 1t is a well written document.
The leading point made is worthy of
serious attention, viz: that Congress
should without delay initiate u plan to
utilize our largely increased stock
OF gold, and keep it from going
abroad, by Issuing n 4 per cent
bond, with forty years 10 run, with
which to accumulate gold to resume
specie payments at the time already set,
viz: January lst, 1879. With the pro
ceeds OF these bonds the President would
redeem say $l5O,0OO,0OO Of greenbacks,
and thus open the way gradually to ape.
Gle, and, as he says, add the whole volume
Of gold TO the remaining volume OF paper,
giving us II sound and convertible cur.
rency, sufficiently inflated thereby to
heal thinlIy stimulate trade.
Wehave moi examined this programme
sufficiently to give it an endorsement,
bnt it looka plausible. General Grant
has got the hang OF our national finances
pretty thoroughly and We are rather
pleased to gee him stirring up Congress
on the subject. ......
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-05

Minnie and Annie Striley and Nellie
Noorhuse, aged 8, s and 10 years drowned
at Salem, Mass, Saturday, by breaking
through the ice.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-05

The locomotive house Of the Penn.
SylVania Railroad, at Trenton, N. y,
burned Saturday, and engines damaged
to the amount Of SIS, 900.
The Yale University Boat Clab has
voted not toSiccept the challenge of Cor
nell to row the winner of the eight.oared
race between Harvard and Yale,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-05

[signed. ]. MADISON WELLS.
The Committee will examine Wells on
Monday, uE-J
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05
A Wcmsn-Master's Inaugural.

Sister Maggie Sharpe has been elect
ed Master of Centre Grange, Howard
county, Indiana, the first woman, to
our knowledge, placed in such a posi-
ton. In her inaugural she said
"Yon will not think it wrong if |
very briefly tell you why l, a woman,
Zone toe, so little qualified to assume
the duties of presiding officer, )should
consent to fill that position. Ibelieve
in the principles and intent of the
Grange organization. | know that as
farmers and farmers wives, sons and
daughters we can be benefited by
meeting at stated intervals to discuss
and exchange opinions on the many
things that interest us. We need the
relaxation and social advantages of
the Grange; we need its lessons of pa
thence, charity and brotherly kind
ness. Then, as believe in the Grange,
| am willing to do what | can to make
it what it ought to be--the means of
adding to our knowledge, our useful
ness and happiness. The history Of
our Grange for the past year has shown
us that we may turn aside from the
plain path of duty and wholly ignore
the lessons of brotherly love taught by
our manual The spirit Of discord has
reigned where we should have had
peace and concord. am not blaming
any ore. | think we have all been
more or less to blame. | know we
can do better in the future than we
have in the past and earnestly believe
we will. | shall no doubt often make
serious demands upon your forbear-
ance by my mistakes. | am utterly
unacquainted with parliamentary
rules and usases, and no doubt the pa
thence of some of you will be sorely
tried because of my ignorance. i shall
not always rule according to Gushing.
But let us have patience one with an
other and try ALWAYS to obey the spirit
of the law, and If we do sometimes de-
part from the letter let US remember
that the letter often kills while the
spirit makes alive. Ny only desire in
accepting this position is to promote
peace, harmony and good will, ana ac-
cept it, too, because believe that
woman is made better, truer, stronger
and wiser by discharging any honor
able duty to which she is called, and
fh at only the weak and unwomanly
shrink behind the barrier of custom
10 avoid doing anything that can
rlghtfully be required of her. And
now let US exercise that charity to-
ward each other that is described by
the apostle, charity which ''suffereth
long and is kind" which "envieth not,
which vauntheth not itself, is not
pulled up, doth not behave itself UNI
seemingly, is not easily provoked, and
thinketh no evil"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05

I
moment too soon, for the subject is
of the greatest importance to the ag-
rjcuItvral interests of the west.-
Times.
The Locust Commission owes its
origin and existence entirely to Sena-
tor ingalls,, who secured the appropria-
ton of eighteen thousand dollars, by
an amendment to the ''sundry civil"
BILL. His original proposition, which
passed the Senate, provided for FIVE
Commissioners, and an appropriation
Of twenty-five thousand dollars, but
Fit was modified in the Conference
Committee by reducing the members
,of'the board to three ia f..aI
1t will be remembered that Mr.. In
gals introduced bill in the Senate
last iyear, having the same object in
view. 1t gave rise to lively debate
and was finally defeated. Several Sem
ators suggested that there were other
insects requiring investigation besides
the locust, and they proposed to in
clude the flea. the bedbug, and the
"worm of the still" But the ravages
of the grasshopper have assumed
such proportions that they are no
longer the subject of levity or face
tiousness, and we have no doubt that
the inquiries of Professors Riley,
Thomas and Packard viii result i'll
great good to the Infected regions.
OF course it is not to be expected
that the destructive migrations can be
wholly aver:ed, but mere familiar
knowledge of the habits of the pests,
and of the laws that govern their
movements, will be of great benefit by
enabling the menaced districts to
adopt precautionary and remedial
measures.
The signal service. or weather bu-
reau." as tits familiarly termed, does
not assume to regulate the seasons,
nor to be able to govern the storms,
but by predicting the thea,ers of dis
turbance in the interior, upon the
lakes and along the seaboard, it has
been of iLcalculable advantage to ag-
riculture and commerce.
Mr. Ingalls, deserves and will re-
ceive the thanks of the-people of the
west for his persistent efforts in this
and other respects to guard their in
terests.- htchiSon Champion.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05
CHEAP DIARIES.
4 Paper Read Before Recent Meeting of the
Experimental Farm Club.

From the testimony of many intelli-
gent dairymen as lately expressed in
the agricultural papers and sanctioned
by my own experiments, | am led TO
believe that much money has been and
is being wasted in costly spring houses
and dairy rooms. Many of these
houses are quite expensive in construc-
ton and complicated in their arrange
ment, and the outlay for repairs and
constant cleaning a serious addition to
the cost. Farmers not having good
spring and spring house convenient,
having q well of cool water and an ice
house, can successfully keep mild in
deep covered cans, by placing them in
plain trough deep enough to allow
the water TO submerge the cans, then
pump OH well water of 30 to 81 deg.
Fahrenheit, and after standing all hour
or so, refill with water, and further
lower temperature by the addition of
some ice. Some loose iron rods should
Law in the bottom of the trough to al
low the water to pass under the cans,
and some Stats at the top should hold
the cans in place. A tight-fitting lid
would save a waste of temperature
from exposure to the atmosphere, and
a wet blanket thrown over the whole
would serve as a non conductor. A
separate box should be used for the
cream cans, with a low temperature
maintained by ice. 1t is important to
keep the cream always cool until ready
to churn, and this can be done without
of 100 frntnh
of this kind can set in an out kitchen
near the pump, or any other convent
ent place, and by hose attachment
run the water directly to the bottom
of the trough by extending the hose
through the lid TO the bottom, thus
enabling the cool water to force the
warmer out at the waste pipe at the
other end of the trough. Cans twen-
ty inches deep by eight inches in diam
eter are of suitable size; and yeu can
readily see that it will not take a large
trough for a moderate sized dairy, or
much pumping to supply it. | am led
to make these suggestions because |
think many men are inundated from
keeping a few cows because of the
labor and expensive preparation. 9th
ers again arc being imposed upon by
specious humbugs like Prof. Wilkin-
sons grand gulf stream, sub earth |
duct dairy house arrangement, thing |
of no practical value in country like |
ours. There are few points i'll but
ter making that farmers may now I'M
derstand as settled, and can adopt any |
system that seems to suit their circum-
stances best. The points are: That |
deep setting, if the temperature is low |
will make as good butter as any other
plan Second. that it is more likely to |
be good. Third, that deep setting at
low temperature requires no aration
or ventilation. y. /
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05
Douglas Avenue Stables,
LIVERY, FEED AND SALE
CLEVELAND &C FENCHER,
Proprietors.
Teachers Examinations.

There will be examinations of teachers for
Sedgwick county, at the School House, in Wiehi-
tn, on the first saturday of March, May, July,
septembey and November, ISL, commencing at
o CLOCK a. m.
NJ. III. BRUCE,
43-1y County Superintendent.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05
The Locust Commission.

One of Secretary Schurz's first APP
pointments has been the United States
chronological Commission. The
names of the gentlemen who are to
sit upon the grasshopper indicate that
we shall soon know much more about
that lively bird than we do now. The
investigation cannot be set about a
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05
Agents Wanted.

For the only complete and satisfactory
LIFE OF DIR. LIVINGSTONE
Ever Published. The whole story of the Great
Explorers, and Wonderful Experiences in Africa
told by himself, in his personal narrativer and
last journals. The best selling work ever issued.
For terms and circulars, address
j. III. CHAMBERS,
sos Locust Street, Tt. Louis. BIC.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05

'KaEsss State GrangeS-Busincss onieers,
NJ. 4. hudson, Master, Maplettn,
PB. Maxson, Secretary, Emporia.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05
Waron and Carriage Shop.

Iwish to inform my friends and the public
generally that I consider myself permanently
located IN Wichita, and am prepared 10 do all
kinds of Wagon and Carriage work in the best
style. shop in connection with Yike Granger's
blacksmith Shop, on Water Street.
40 a. AVEY.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05
GRANGE DEPARTMENT..

NATIONAL GRANGE-BUsrNEss OFFICERS.
JNo. JONES, Master, Helena, Arkansas. q
o. II. KELLY. Sec'y, Louisville, KY.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05
DISTRICT oRANGE-sd Disf,

10. n u 9 y
sED6wIcK coUNTYDIRECroRY.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05

A. NJ Durand, Master.
+. A. Dorsey, Secretary, Jamesburg.
Meets LIST Tuesday in each month, IL, q. m.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05

HAY, constantly on hand the best fresh bread
cakes and pies and everything in the bakery line.
Hot coffee Of all hours. 36-u
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05
MUSTANGLINIMENT

which has stood the tess % forty years. There
is no sore il will not heal, no aneness 1t will not
heal no ache, no pain that affiicts the human
body. or the body of a horse, or other domestic
animal, that does not yield to its magic touch a
bottle costing &c, soc. or 81 90. has often saved
the life Of human being and restored to life and
usefulness many q valuable horse. lily
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05

"advance Grange, ''-wm. Lockard, Master.
NJ Camp, Secretary, Sedgwick CITY. Meets
1st and 81 Wednesdays IN each month, p. IN
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05

The shove firm will furnish all kinds Of Marble
Work, Grave Stones, Slabs, Monuments, Etc., and
cut stone to order Dor buildings.: u-tt
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-04-05

'wakulla Grange, &c S Zimmerman, Master.
T. j. smith, Secretary, Sedgwiek CITY. Meets
A Saturday M each month al II a. m.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-03
FOREIGN.

LONDON, September 3.-The Russians,
it is reported, have evacuated Selvi.
The porte has ordered that the fortih.
cations of Adrianople be completed be.
fore winter and decided that they shall
consist Of t~wenty.four detached forts.
1t is reported from Turnseverin that
the Russian division, which will cross
the Danube aud enter Ssrvian territory,
is expected there.
1t is believed that y Russian division,
with two Roumsnian divisions and the
Servian Timok corps, will operate
against Widdin and Sofa.
The Duke Of Edinburg arrived at
Athens ON the iron-clad Sultan, and Wis.
tied the king and queen. The British
government, fearing that he would seem
to c%ountenance the war party, tele.
graphed that he must leave Immediately
He left the same evening.
The Turks have began to e~vacuate
Sekum Keleh.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-03
River eIerrnms

CATRo, September Arrived SILVER.
thorn, Evansville, 0 m; City of Vicks-
burg, St. Louis, midnight; Nail City,
Cincinnati, I am; St. Genevieve, Mem.
phis, 10. Departed-Silverthorn Evans
Ellls, IL pm; City Of vicksburg, Vicks.
burg, 3 am 81. Gepevieye, St. Louis,
noon. Fair and ooel.
Special to the Ledger;
DEYALLs BLUFF, September 3, Q am
The Hard Cash passed here on time
fes Memphis, and will arrive tomorrow
with q gsca trip, iHcludiug Q new bale 81
cotton, the 6rst new bale opt Of white
river; shipped at Searcy, and consigned
IL Aessrs. Hill, FontOine & Co. VIII
TeturS to White river Wednesday even
ing. All wcli On board.
Ed POSTAL, Master.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-03

cruises Of the Sumter and Ala
bama," was Published and extern
siyely read in this country and Eu-
rope. So useful was the work con-
sidered abroad that the Russian
admiral, who accompanied the
Grand Duke Alexis to this coun-
try a few years since, purchased
five hundred copies for the Russian
navy.
Few men of such varied and
severe experiences in life had SO
gentle and loving a heart. He
hated nothing but wrong, despised
shams Of all kinds and was unspar-
ing in his condemnation Of both,
though usually the most quiet and
reserved of men. He was intrepid
almost to rashness, but always self
possessed and determined, and we
do not think he ever used a pro-
fame word in his life. Sailor, SOL
dier and lawyer, he lived q chris
tan life, and died in the COM
munion of the Catholic church, to
which he always adhered.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-03
FIRE m NEW YORK.
A Piano Factory, n silk Factory
and a block OF Frame Houses De.
strByed-BeveFal People Persisted.
A. - n-n mL--

A Piano Factory, n SILK Factory
and a Block OF Frame Houses De
strsyed-several People Persisted,
New York, September 3.-The piano
factory Of J. P. Hole. in West Thirty
fifth street, was destroyed by fire this
morning. 1t is rumored ten persons
persisted. The flames extended to the
south side Of the street, destroying the
entire block between Tenth and Eleventh
avenues; also NJ Connolly barrel fac.
tory, ]. Graham 4 Co. s silk factory and
several houses adjoining south; ]. Walk
er's charcoal factory north of Thirty
fifth street, and q block Of frame houses
on Tenth avenue, between T~hirty,6fth
and Thirty.sixth streets. A steam fire.
engine was burned, the 6remen being
unable to get it out in consequence Of
the intense heat.
The Post says the factories and other
buildings named in Thirty-6fth street
were reduced to ruins in about three
quarters of an hour. Fire steamer Fuller
was anchored at the dock, footof Thirty
fifth street, and lines Of hose extended
from it to Eleventh avenue and supplied
river. water to No. 2 engine. The
hydraDt at the csrner of Tenth q v
enue and Thirty sixth street raj
entirely empty. While the FIRE was at
its hight the water was so scarce that the
tenants Of houses which caught FIRE from
sparks were unable to obtain water in
pals except by damming up in the
gutter the water which came from the
FIRE hose. The 6remen made every ex-
ertion possible, but lack Of water con-
stantly hampered their efforts. They
succeeded, however, in getting the fire
under control, although it was her
still burning 6ercely in some of the
buildings. Walls Of brick buildings
fell from time to time with a heavy crash.
In the confusion prevailing it was i'm
possible to obtain any details Of the
losses, and very difficult to make ever
an approximate estimate of the total
amount. The lswest estimate is 81, O00,-
900, and many persons place the amount
at q much higher figure. 1t is reported
that many lives are lost, but rumors on
this point are very conflicting.
1t is probable that some workmen in
the piano factory were unable to escape,
but the number is not yet known by any
one.
The Ere is believed to have broken out
in the fifth story of the building and it
lis known some workmen in the upper
stories had great difficulty in escaping.
One workman named Packmaster jump
ed from the upper window and was taken
up in a terrible condition. He was re-
moved to the st%ation-house and died in q
few moments.
1t is believed by many persons in the
neighborbood that from twenty to forty
workmen persisted in the piano factory,
but thus far this ia merely a supposition.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-03
WORKINGMEN
Prosecution Of Policemen for Ar.
eSt Of thelr Members, Etc.

Prosecution Of Policemen for Ar.
est Of their Members, Etc.
ST. LOUIS. September 3 The English
and German sections Of the Working.
mems party Of this city contemplate the
prosecution of the policemen who ar.
rested a member Of their order at
~Schuyler's Hall during the recent strike.
They intend to make this a test case
and see, as they say, whether anybody
cen be arrested for simply holding a
meeting for free expression Of thought.
They will also attempt the release Of
those now in duress by habeas corpus.
A committee has been appointed to
confer With the Changers. who meet here
shortly, on the subject Of political coali.
ton with the Grangers. The congress.
men of this city are also to be visited
and the needs of the laboring classes
laid before them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-03

is irregular OF lO4t for September. With
sales at l O45; OIL for October; nomi-
nally lOl for seller year. Corn is steady
at 4Ss@433 for September; 44t@44f for
October. Pork quiet at u Az for 0cio-
Der; Il lO@l2 lOa for seller year. Lard
quiet at s 5O@S s23 for October; s for
seller year. Whisky, reported sales of
100 barrels at l 90. Receipts: Flour,
64Ol; wheat, As, 1858; corn, 22O,S2s. Ship.
ments: Flour, 1921; wheat, 25l, 29O;
corn, 24S,835.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-03
DAVY CROCKErT's PORTRAIT.
Characteristic Letter from Ills
Grandson, Colonel Bob Crockett,

Characteristic Letter from His
GrandSOp. Colonel Bob crockett.
cROcKETT's BLuFF, ARK, August Is, 1877,
To the Editor Of the Ledger;
10 your issue of the Goth instant
notice a clipping from the Nashville
American Of the 10Th instant, followed
by some remarks by yosFself as to a Dor.
trait Of Colonel David Crockett. In
speaking Of the portrait on exhibition in
the State House in Texas you say; 1T
belongs, we understand, to a member OF
the Crockett family, who has offered il
for sale 10 the State of Texas" etc. This
is q mistake. The painting to which you
sllude vas never the property Of any
member Of the Crockett family. In fact,
from its size, eight feet by ten, and the
character Of the painting, it would be
out OF place 10 a private parlor or draw.
ing room and was originally painted fol-
some public gallery.
The first time / ever saw this pie.
ture was in Cooks gallery Of paintings
in New Orleans, about thirty years ago.
My father, John w. Crockett, Colonel
Dsyid's eldest son, carried me, then q