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The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
BIG POTATOES.
Chester County Reports Large Crops and fine
Potatoes

Chester County Reports Large Crops and fine
Potatoes
The Oxford Press reports the following q
interesting potato items: a-
Isaac Miller, Of Upper o xford town ship,
planted four pounds of Snowflake pot atoes
and had yield of nearly six bushels OF fine
large. potatoes, making over 80 pounds 10
ona pound OF seed. He cut the seed into
very small pieces, d,ssecting single eye
into six or eight germs Of sprouts, Of which
only two CT three missed growing in tue
enlire lot. As many as twenty nice pOta-
toes we're produced by one stock. The
potatoes are OF excellent quality, smooth
white, easily cooked and mealy, The eye,
OF this potato are not suDkeD, as in most
other p ptat0es, but are slight, raised above
the surface. ...... ..s
Joeeph t. Reynolds. oil, F. st N Nottingham,
reported his potato crop at our ffice on S IT.
urdsy and brought a sampe along. He
planted five bysnels aud raised two hun
dred bushels of spl l.nded potatoes-EuIy
Rose and Peerless. Tue sample was a very
singuaIly shaped fellow, somewhat resem>
bliug monkeys face. 1t attracted con-
siderable attention.
john w. Weaver, OF Lower Oxford,
planted one potato, cut in Two, in hill,
and the product was forty goud sized pota-
loes, one weighing 231 ounces. -
Benjamin McFadsen, ol Penn township
raised ninety Bushels OF Elrly Rose pota-
to,s srom two bushels planted.
james r. M Iutlre same township, had
twenty>s.x Early Rose potatoes, most of
them Large, from tue stalk.
T. NJ. Patterson, of Ii tie Britain town
ship, informs US he planted Al bushels of
Peerless potatoes and raised abo ut 200 bush
els of very fine potatoes. FJrty-two of
of them heaped bushel MEASURE and
weighed 56l pounds and one tomato weighed
thiriy-one ounces. These potato,s were
grown without manure or fertilizer of any
kind.
The thirty-five ounce potato grown by j..
j. Asrahams, near Port Deposit, stil res
mains unrivalled,
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
PRICE ONE ONrl.EE CENT
THIRD EDITION. 4. .
BY TELEGRAPH
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

By Telegraph to the Gazette. oaf,f
HuDsoN,N.Y Aug. 20 Last night as the
ll.58 o'clock express train going on h
on the Hudson River Railroad, Wa le "
ing the depot in this city, eightee' m l.
utesbehind time, a freight trainP ing It
the rate of seven miles an hour car ei to
the station and colllded with the express
train.
The engineer OF the freight train did moi
perceive the train ahead until he b I'd roun-
ded the sharp curve at the foot of Prone
made Hill, and had barely time to reverse
the lever and whistle down brakes before
the locomotive ran into the express with
crash, 'elescoping the rear passenger car,
nlled with passengers. and wrecklng the
engine and tender OF the freight train. The
engineer OF the freight train, named Chas
Somers, and the fire nan, name1 Thomas
Regan, both of Greenbush, were thrown
from the locomotive AMI severely injured.
The former had leg and arm broken, and
the latter received injuries from which he
died this morning. Several of the passen-
gers re slightly injured.
The signal tender at the upper crossing,
whose business is not to allow MOI e than
one train to enter the station at once, is ac-
cused of being asleep until awaked by the
freight train, and then, under the excite
ment, exhibiting the wrong signal On the
other hand he claims to have exhibited the
signal TO stop, which was not needed by the
ff,ight train. fI"
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
THE ROMANCE OF REAL LIFI

The White Pine New News tells this
little story: "Every traveller who dur
ing the past six years has rode over the
route leading from Hunter toward the
eastern portion of White Pine county
has noticed during the summer months
the well cultivated garden on Murray
creek, which beautiful stream flows into
Steptoe Valley. Generally "a little, old,
dried-up Frenchman could be seen work
ing in the garden late and early, who
could talk no language intelligible to
any one, and to whom no commission
of lunacy would refuse a diploma to
Woodbridge. He had squatted ON about
two acres of laud and inclosed it with a
neat aud close sageurush fence, built
thereon a little stone hut, furnished with
little round PORTFOLIOS near the roof. The
rhe land belonged 10 neighboriug far
mer, but as the little old Frenchman
was inotfensive and did the farm er no
material injury, he was allowed to cul-
tivate his garden year after year un-
molested. When travellers or residents
of the neighboring town of Mineral City
wanted vegetables the old man under
stood two bits or six bits and furnish
ed the crispest of lettuce and the most
succulent radishes in exchange. A "a so
year after year passed away, and the
'little crazy Frenchman' became fix
lure Oh M uTTdy Croeh DuG u lew months
ago terrible tragedy occurred at Miner
nj City, few miles this side of the two
acre farm OF little FRENCH and, after he
had seen number of excited men pass
from Ward and other points in buggies
and on horseback, and, not understand
ing what this wild commotion meant,
had finally ventured up the road to
town. he there saw the cause of all the
excitement, which was no less than the
CHASTITY corpse of Matt Gleason, who had
That day been cruelty murdered by John
Roach. Gleason, during his lifetime,
had done some kind act that endeared
him to the little Frenchman, and when
he beheld his dead body he grew wild
and demonstrative at the sight, and after
dropping on his knees and uttering
some mysterious incantations over the
lifeless body of his former friend, he de-
parted from the house, and from that
moment has not been seen or heard Of.
The little two acre farm has gone tn ruin,
and owls aud bats inhabit the little stone
hut, but where the little crazy French
man has drifted to no one knows"
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
A TERRIBLE LESSON.
wUNDER A VICTIM OF RUM-AN INTER-
VIEW WITH HIM IN A CELL.


With a view of obtaining from William
Wunder. who is charged with having
caused the death of his wife, Manayunk,
on Sunday, statement in regard to the
eli me with which he is charged, a press
representative visited him while confined
in the Central Station prior to be con-
veyed to prison. He seems TO fully rea-
lize the enormity ofthe offence, but thinks
that he ought not to suffer for that which
he did while crazed with liquor. He is a
young man, probably not more than 2S
years of age. As he stood behind the cell
bars, with the tears streaming down his
pale face, lamenting and calling for his
dead wife, he furnished pitiable picture
of what a man can be brought to by the
excessive use of alcoholic stimulants.-
"They won't hang me, will they?" he
inquired, clutching at the iron bars. 'tIt
is bad enough as tits, but | didn't strike
her on the head with hatchet. No! God
knows | didn't. We lived happy while
we kept the temperance pledge, but since
we broke it'-. Here he broke down,
and began moaning, "My poor wife my
poor wife ~ AS our representative was
about to depart, the prisoner sprang for
ward, and catching him by the coat, ex-
claimed, "Tell them to put me in a cell
with some one elseP For Gods sake, do.
or l will so mad.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
PERUVIAN SYRUP
PERUVIAN SYRUP
From a Merchant.
NORTH SEARsMoNr, Sept. o, 1870

u,
Dear Sir-It gives me very great pie asure
to inform you of the benefit received from
the use of PERUVIAN SYRUP in my
own family. My wife, for the past ten
years, has been in feeble health-very
much debilit4ted generally. Last Spring
she concluded TO try bottle of PERU
WAN SYRUP, aud was SO we'll pleased
with the result, continued its use until three
or four bottles had been used, and she Is
now in better health than at any time for
ten years, and has increased in weight from
Ilo pounds TO l26K. have employed ply
sicians, and used great variety of pa ent
medicines, to the extent of hundreds of dol
lars, and Know she received more benefit
from the p PERUVIAN SYRUP than all the
rest together.
My sales of the Syrup are very large
and constantly increasing, and / do not hes
itate to recommend and even warrant it to
give satisfaction. If you desire you are at
liberty to use this communication as you
see fit, as 1t gives me pleasure to recon-
mend so good an article to suffering hu-
manity. Yours truly,
ITHIEL PEASE
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
CONDITION OF THE POPE

LONDON, August 29,-The Times cor =
respondent at Rome telegraps: "I have
received from admirably trustworthy
sources information that the Pope is suf-
fering great prostration, and has barely
strength to attend to any business. A
camrilla commands at the VATICAN, and
acts in the name of the Pope. Intrigue
has commenced, which is prepatory to a
crisis, and some ofthe cardinals are hold
ing meetings TO provide for any emer-
gency"
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
Hamptcn's War on Knavery
tA,RRANTs ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF
CHAMBERLAIN, PATTERSON AND HoGc
JUDGE CARTIER TO REFUSE TO
GIVE THEM UP.

WASHINGTON, August rs.
Information has been received here, by
the parties most interested, that Cover
Lor Hampton has issued requlsitions for
Ex-Governor Chamberlain, Senator Pat
terson, Ex-Governor Scott, ex Congress
man Hoge, and others, so as to bring
them before the Legislative investigat-
ing committee, who are now looking into
the rascalities that were practiced in that
State during the Chamberlain and Mos
es reign of power. Senator Patterson is
here, Scott is in Ohio and Chamberlain
is in New York. Hoge is expected here
tonight. A legal fight will be made BY
these parties against the action of Cover
nor Hampton, who they assert has never
yet been acknowledged or recognized
Qegally) as the Governor of the State. If
there should be a preliminary hearing
before the United States Commissioner
here, great many interesting facts will
probably be developed.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
WAR WIPH ALASKA,

By telegraph. to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, August 29.-The Secre-
tary of War has directed 100 stands of
arms and ammunition to be sent to Alas
ka for the defense of the white residents
the Kolooshean Indians having threaten
ed the salmon fishermen. Ir
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
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MARINE NE VS..
New YORK, A,

New YORK, Aug. %.
The steamers "City of New York,
from Havana Labrador, from Havre
and "Hipparchus," from Rio Janeiro,
arrived here this morning.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20.
The Panama Transit Steamship Co.
steamer Georgia." recently sunk at the
straits of Magellan, has been raised and
arrived here this morning with the
steamer Wilmington.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
VERY YOUNG PARENTS.

MATTITUcK, N. Y, Aug. 2S.-Charles
Ronald, q lad of 13 summers, residing
here with his parents, has been ar
rested on charge of seduction under
promise of marriage, preferred by Ellen
Lewis, who is but IA years old. On
Saturday Miss Lewis became mother.
Both children belong to the aristocracy
of the town. and the affair creates great
excitement.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
DEATH OF BEN BAR.

ST, LOUIS, August 2S.-Bsn De Bar,
proprietor and manager of De Bars
opera house, in this city, after gradual
sinking since his return from New York
some weeks ago, died at six O'clock this
morning.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
PERUVIAN SYRUP
PERUVIAN SYRUP
Restored TO Complete
Health.

BROOKS, Me, Sept. 7, 1870.
Dear Sir-From early Youth / was In
feeble health, troubled with bumor in my
blood, weakness and debility of The system
generally; was unab e to labor much, and
only at some light business, and then only
with great caution.
Seven years ago the past Spring had a
severe attack OF Dlph 'heria, which left my
limbs paralyzed and useless, so l was uri-
able to walk or even sit up, Noticing the
advertisements of PERUVIAN SYRUP I
concluded to give it a trial. and to nv great
joy soon found my health improving. /
continued the use of the SYRUP until three
bottles mai been used, and was restored IN
complete health, and have remained SO to-
this day.
attribute nv present health entirely to
the use of PERUVIAN SYRUP, and hold
it in high estimation. / cannot speak too
highly in its praise. l have in several
cases recommended 1t in cases very similar
To my own with the sa n good results.
Yours truly,
CHAS. E. PEARCY.
SETH w. FOWLE Il SONS, Proprie-
Tors, S6 Harrison Ave. Boston. Sold by all
Druggists. Pamphlets free.
aug1-m&td&w1y
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
MAKING PosTMAsTBRs.

BY telegraph to the Gazette.
WASH NGToN. Aug. 29.-The Presi-
dent has signed the commission of Wm:
Firth to be postmaster at Moberly, Mo. Z
and of Cyrus j. Fry to be postmaster at
Great Bend, Kansas.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29

AN ACCIDENT "A wagon load of hay
belonging to Mr.. Sidwell, of Lewisyille.
Chester county, Pa, broke down. last
evenings at the corner of Third and Market
street, o6sLructing the railway tracks.
The hay had to be transferred to another
wagon before the obstruction could be re-
moved. nj
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29

Pghl, of r Ar CROP William
season, ~ H. me y best wheat crops oi
|hels ptr rpuSheIs, an average of 20
h prcl,uoacr ~, acre. He thinks two aer.'o oo "
l. 'Iuueed u nearly % busbeI, ~J acpes res
P WAS T%I r,r,lirt ot the Ful,z variety. Inc 1r
|pf See 'lllI'd IL in both ways, a bash ,,h
hiug per acre being used. HrSn T
'ber. - aone on The 2SLh of San.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29

Senator ConkllnS Ill speech at Oswe-
go: eve need to cherish earnestness i'll
public and private afiairs-the earnest
ness which comes of common sense, not
the noisy prelension which Is sounding
brass and tinkling cymbal. We need to
cherish government OF law, not OF NEIL
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29
MONEY AFF.4 IRIS IN CHICAGO.
By Telegraph to the Gazette.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20,

AS yet no bank has closed except the
State Savings Bank, Tho savings banks
are being freely run upon by depositors
but the commercial banks are as quiet as
usual,
The daily gazette., 1877-08-29

Most of the very valuable articles lately
stolen from the British Museum nave been
recovered in Belgium.
The New York herald., 1877-10-05
/" "MOVIN' ON"

From tho Cincinnati Commercial, Oct l.
Tho prisoner was about as big as pepper box, and
unspcakably ragged and dirty. Ho stood there tiny
litlo waii, human atom aono in the big, bad world,
so far as friends or relatives arc concerned, Ono
dirty little ast crammed into hts right oyo, who
the tears washed white channels down his grimy taco,
kuse "What issyour name 2" was the question.
.Donny Fccly, sir' was tho answer
'Whcre arc you iromY"
"From N.n-ncw York, " was the eobbing answer.
"How old are your"
'T-i-twclve years, SIR"
tShut up your crying. Nobody's going 10 hurt yon.
When did you leave homcT
"rwo years ago"
sWhat have you been doing all this tmcf"
sTravcllins around, SIR"
~Havc yCu father and motherf"
ayes, sir; on thirteenth strocI"
.What does your iathor dov"
"Gits drunk"
.wnat doos your mother dor"
"Gits drunk LOO. That's all they do"
.'What mado you ioave ~
sThcy licked me. and said could light out WHOM
ever pleased. SO did.
..How DO you travel aroundY"
.On the cars make believe deaf and dumb TO gis
rides and git q living Please lot CO. Don't lock
me up.
trampl keen, bright boy, and abo TO read and
writo There IL the making OF u smart thief and .
noted criminal He was taken back and locked q
coll with couple OF crackers and his choose for soace
The New York herald., 1877-10-05
BRAZIL. 1

HEAVY coFYER SHIPMENTS TO BALTIMORE AND
NEW ORLEANS, BUT NOT TO NEW YORK;
CHANGE Fob UNITED STATES CAPITAL ON
THE AMAZON.
Rio JAsEIao, Sept o. 1871
The Kepler, belonging TO the Liverpool Brazil and
River Plate steam Navigation Company, takes 10 Bal
tmore largest cargo OF cofIce yet shipped, con-
ss;ng OF aboul 1000 tons, OF the shipping value Of
$ooo,ooo. The Memling, OF tho same company. which
loft the 5th for New Orleans. also had full cargo
STEAMSHIP isrgREsTs
II Is said hero that persons the United States
template running steamers on the Amazon and lis
tributaries should the subsidzng OF The Amazon Steam
Navigation Company, whose contracts expre In No
vemDer ncxL not DO renewed. lu regard TO tnis
visconde Maua, the conccssionary and .he owner OF
1000 shares has succeeded with tho assistance OF tho
government, In getting tue Chamber OF Deputies 10
pass an empowering bill author zing renewal OF con
tract tor not over ten years and for not moro than tho
present subsidy and ths bill will next week enter tho
senate In the Senate however, the opposition VIII
be great and prolonged, as not only Will II oc opposed
by all the nbcra Senator'S but several CONSERVATIVE
Senators arc hostile 70 H. while others inclined
10 allow renewal Tor than nvc years acccde
TO SUBSIDY OF more than l0o0 900 mires 1850 o00l
monitor one-sixth OF the present subsidy, II IS
also very doubtful whether any oil can be through
the Senate a. ths late day OF The session, II viii re-
quire hard push 10 pass the estimates, with
prooncauon OF another month, ous IN such
temporary removal .or a year viii be made
RETURN OF TIKI EMPEROR
Their Majcsics we're to embark al Lisbon on the
9th, but the break IN the cable between Rio and Bahia
decays the Should thoy not maAe diversion To
Coaraand some asscrt they wilithcy should DO here
about the 3d. and the Official private promoters
OF city rjocngs are getting excited already over their
WORK.
TitR MEMORABILIA SEVENTH
To morrow VIII bc ,he nity-sXtb anniversary OF tho
declaration OF Brazilian Independence, ana tonight
the festivities begin with concerts gwen To tho statues
OF the nrst Emperor and o: the Brazilian Washington,
Jose Bon!iacio de Andrada with berations OF Slaves
hreworks, prcachings and general rcoicngs
NO NcKEAsH IN DUTIES.
There Is not the least DOUBT that the Senate will
reject tho clause the estimates establishing Tho
OF and halt per cent " i've por tho Bra
zan value OF foreign goods sent coastwise to other
ports Of the Empire.
IN rnk ARGkNIINR REPUBLIC.
In the Argentine Confederation The Chamber OF Rop-
rescntatives has passed bil imposing a tarI OF 90
TO 100 per cent arms and ammunition; oil 40 TO
loo pcr cent upon spirits shoes, wines, harness.
riages, &c ana OF thirty per cent downward on
other articles OF import
The New York herald., 1877-10-05

proceeded from Fort Bridger, wy. r, where he then
was, TO his home IL New York city. On the 2sth OF
February lsso he reported waiting orders that
place, and afterward waiting orders ~ lteton,
j., which was then hts home. Tho claim made
Is for mileage In travelling from Port Brdger TO New
ork Aud Tor commuiaton tor quarters and Tor fuel
while thas awaiting orders. The Court Of Claims al
lowed the petitioner both his mileage and the commu
tation for quarters and fuel during the period
After considering the laws and army reg
ulations this Court conclude as folows:-An
officer who is ordered homo 10 await
ders under the Consolidating act Of March 5,
1868, from post al which he s dong military duty,
Is entitled 30 mileage while travelling IN pursuance OF
such order Section LILO OF the army regulations Of
1906. that an ol!icer who travels not less than ten
miles without troops escort 6c under special orders
from = superior, &c shall receive ten cents mileage,
section LII, providing that officers .pcr-
mittcd 10 exchange stations" &C.. they must bear
their own expenses The homo Of the oficcr winch
ne Is ordered Is not q military station military
"station" 10 merely synonymous With military
"post." In each case II means not ordinary
residence, having nothing military about it
except thai one OF It's occupants holds
= military commission, but place where
military duty IS performed kept DIS
kept or done. There being no exchange OF Stations
tho case Is governed by section no. and the officer
entitled 10 his mileage BY section $50 OF the rcgu
lntions 'wheI pubc quarters cannot be furnished 10
officers nj stations without troops quarters VIII be
commuted NJ rate fixed by the Secretary OF War ind
fuel at tho market prices An officer ordered home
TO await orders Is not entitled 70 this commutaton
HIS homo Is not 'station" within the meaning OF this
regulation Reversed Mr. Justice hun, delivered
IN mil
The New York herald., 1877-10-05
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.

Captain Alexander wiloy. son OF tho late William I.
Wiley, mado application to the Surrogate yesterday tor
letters of administration the personal estate OF his
father. Tho personal estate is about $5,OoO and
there is no opposition to tho application tho letters
will doubt issue in duo course.
Herman Pctch, employed In tho United States Assay
Olicc had au examination before United SStatos Com
missioner Deuel. yesterday on charge OF embezzling
peco OF metal valued at about S. 900. Although tho
testimony was by conclusive against the
accus ed tho Commission doemod his duty hold
HIS bail was fixed at 81 O00 and General Crook his
counsel, became his bondsman
William Sopp, charged with cruelty to his child, q
girl OF fourteen years, who, II was claimed, Sopp per-
mitted to resido In house OF III fnmo this city, Of
which he alleged to be tho proprietor, was ycstor
day brought before Judge Barrett IN Supreme Court
Chambers, writ o! habcss corpus sued out HIS
behalf by Mr.. William r. Howe. rhe discharge Of
the prisoner claimed the ground that the facts
related IN tho complaint II true, did not constitute an
offence against the law. Assistant District Attorney
Marsac contcndcd that sufficient alleged to place
the prisoner his defence. Judge Barrett decided Mr.
Howos point well taken and discharged the prisoner
Ralph j. Fairbanks In 1874 painted the house OF
Mrs. William \. Howe or William r. Howe IN As
toria. A portion OF his charges paid, but
peatcd cnorts to collect the balance unavailing
He accordingly brought u suit against Mrs. Howe
Court before Judge Sheridan. The defence that
though the work done Mrs. Howo's house stI
II was Mr.. Howo's debt and, further, thnt tho dcot
had been paid by Mr. Howc's noto, which, however,
was not paid At the conclusion OF tho trial the jury
promptly rendered verdict Tor tho plaintiff Tor tho
iui amount claimed being $l57 % Mr. Benjamin +.
Russell appeared Tor the plaintiff and Messrs Mitchell
Laird and W liam +. Howe Tor tho defendant
The New York herald., 1877-10-05
THE ST. ELMO TRAMP CAPTURED.

From the Alton CL) Telegraph, Sept 2ol
Tho 81 Elmo assassa, whose desperate exploits 10
the Wabash swamps havo boon tho newspaper scnsa
ton OF tho month, arrested last Tuesday evening,
at the residence Of his MOTHER IN lovington H. and
conveyed to jail In vandalia HIS Ianao Is Frank
Nichols He has been visited In Jail by Frank Wire.
man, tho only sarv,ver Of tho trio who shot by
tho dcsperado the 10Th inst wircman, without tno
least hesitation, fully Identified Nichols rs tho man
who did the shooting. st. Elmo. tho scene OF the
tragedy, Is located thirteen miles east Of vandaa; but
the citizcns OF that village In such stao Of ex
cienont tnat tho officers ioar attempt AT iynching
strong guard OF deputy sherns surrounds the jaiy
aud sll attempts ~ moD vioioaes WIN % ssouuy -
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