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The daily gazette., 1877-07-27
TIE HORRORS OF WAR.
RUSSIAN Atrocities DENIED-CHARan
AGAINST THIS TURKS.

RUSSIAN ATROCITIES DENIED-CHARGl III
AGAINST THIS TURKS.
LONDON, July ga Bucharest disr
patch says that the Grand Duke Nicho-
las issued report denying that Russian
soldiers have committed any cruelties.
He says the foreign correspondents and
attaches can bear witness to the same
effect, but admits the possibility of iso-
lated and unpreventable acts of ven
geance by the Bulgarians. He charges
the Turks with great barb rities, and
particularly mentions heap of Russian
heads found in the Shipka Pass after
the Turks evacuated it. 5... t...
The Standards correspondent at
Bucharest says 1t is reported that Rus
sian column is marching directly on So
lhia. 80
TIE Times Vienna correspondent tele-
graphs as follows: SIT Is announced
from the seat of war that at Sa,noun, in
Circassia, the situation can sc freely be
described. T le Giro ,ssians are absolute
ly massacring all Of the population and
abandoning themselves to all imagin =
BILE excesses. Il is prob able tn It the
Russians will soon be compelled to aban.
don Ardahdn, Z Ia
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27
TEX
GALVESTON, July 25. 1877.

GALVESTON, July 25, 1877.
Special dispatches from Marshall and
Dallas report "a strike on the Texas Pacific
Railroad, The men dema I'd three months,
back pay and withdr twal of the late or
der for ten per cent reduction of wages
The shops at Marshall wers closed yester-
day at noon and no freight trains have
passed. over the road since then. The
strikers are conducting themselves In
peaceable manner. No violence is appre-
hended. They are very sanguine of havil
their wages resi- stored, 1t is evident that they
have the sy mpathy of the people. Mails
trains will be allowed to run.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27

The surplus California grain crop for
export this year il estimated AZ 1000 900
tons, and possibly 30 700 tons Of wheat,
flour and barley, while Oregon will have
10000 tons, and possibly 100000 tons
more. The most of this will 90 to Eng
land, and the much better prospects Tor
shipping, now that the crop can be cal
culated, is causing an advance from the
very low freight rates which prevailed at
San Francisco mouth or two ago 1t
was difficult then to g-t cargo for a ves-
sci at 40 shillings a ton for wheat to Liv-
erpooL We now have the announces
ment that vessels are in demand at 45
and Az shillings. This shows IA slightly
growing confidence in one important
branch of industry, and is hopeful sign
that, with its Improvement all the other
industries may bb teinpted up with it.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27
THE WOOL CROP OFTIE UNITED
STATES

TIE United S atss pro lnced 19S,OOO.
00O pounds of wool Ia 1876, net Ing ne
growers, 1t Is esttm tied, D,0JJ 0)0. OF
this California produced about So 0I0.0J0
pounds. and Texas alb Dut 1900 900
pounds. l. tst wear We paid foreign ~ -
tris; $4,000. 900 for wollen goods; 900,
QUO more lssp will enafi. I'd to pro luce
owtrd it. In 1859 ws produce Co.,
900 pounds. 81 that IN s.vsltoen
y. ara W. n ve Increased our ennuAI wool
crop BY 133. .09O.0O0 pounds.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27
GEORGIA. 1pu
DIFFICULTIES EXPECTED ON SOUTH
ERN ROADS.
ATLANTA, July %, 1877

ATLANTA, July 20, 1877.
The continued spread Of the strike to-
ward the South creates great excitement
here, signs Of trouble are reported. The
engineers and firemen of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad have meeting tonight
for the purpose, they say, of demanding a
repeal of what they term the death war
rant. This is contract that every en-
ploye of the road is required tosign pledg-
ing himself that he or his heirs will not
sue the road for damages in case he is
manned or killed in its service. 1t has
been a cause of protest for months.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27
NEBRASKA.
RAILROAD EMPLoYES QUIETLY Al
WORK

RAILROAD EMPLOYEES QUIETLY AT
WORK
OMAHA, Neb.. July %, 1877.
1t is generally bell that all danger
of strike or further trouble on the Union
Pacific or the other roads in this State has
passed. The employees OF of all the roads
are quietly at work. and no disorderly de-
monstrations have been made. The action
of General Superintende 1t Clark in re-
scinding the ord for reduction of wages
and the orderly quiet and, sensible action
of the mployes is universally comm snd-
ed. -i .i
six comp .uies of the Ninth infantry
leave here to-day for Rock Island, Ill.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27
The L.h,gh vAlley blocked at last

EAsroN. July 26.-rhe engineers, hre-
men and brakemen on the Lehigh Val
ley struck at nine o'clock tonight. Tue
d Imands were the restoration OF the ten
Ger cent. reduction, restoration ot wlpers
ind coal crackers and rasi ,rNtion OF
uine o'cock will se allowed TO finish
heir trips and return. After tha moth
ing will BE- allowed to run except the
mail. ....-..
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27
E,RAIROAD w AIR
s,rrAr1oN TnIs MoRN1Nd.

n SITUATION THIS MORNING.
400 now takes up the bloody story
WAS begun at Baltimore and con-
at Pittsburg and Reading. The
ia of danger had been brewing all
ek, and the authorities in their en-
to avoid bloodshed.bad allowed the
to become formidable. On We'd
several collisions occurred, with
lfe, but yesterday the great and
hi city of the West underwent a
ef terror aud hloodshed which will
her annals for many day. Most
bg and fortunately, exaggerated,
Is of events transpiring there arriv-
his civ during the latter part of
ay and casued intense excitement.
hin truth, hewever, is bad enough.
orderly classes resisted heattempts
boIice, who fired upon the crowd
leience. After some delay theywere
led BY The cavalry of the National
and the fight continuing, three
HES of bronzed veterans of the reg
my marched ts the scene of distur-
The casualties so far as reported
twelve killed and fifteen wound
a this is doubtless much under the
lures. The end does not appear TO
Zen reached there yet. Business
cty is at a stardstill. 2
b. Louis the situation is extremely
II. Dssorderly and destructive mob
= the city. Several of the ringlead-
he been arrested, and inc Fl ectual al
at rescue were made. The citizens
Eanlzed, and there is respectable
i regulars in the city, so that Inter-
als may at any moment find them
face to face with destruction.
San Francisco mob, bent upon the
OF Chinese, are held in check by
lice.
he strikes proper the news in the
< B That they are losing vigor. 7 lie
York Central has resumed and will
hue running. The strike on the
Is at an end. On the Delaware,
hwanna and Western the strike is
In Indiana and Ohio the end is
kaching. '' t'
I've fears Of famine are felt in Pitts
fand the surrounding region, unless
lockade is broken. Col. Scott has
ed to compromise with the men oi
+ Pennsylvania Railroad, informing
G that they must first submit. Con.
pns may be talked of when the
es are running. Arrests Of men who
the bridge at Reading have beer
ee Governors of the various States
IN whose borders trouble is rife and
el stopped are issuing proclamations,
frnor Williams, Of Indiana, has ad.
ped the citizens in sensible terms
frnor Hartrantt, of Pennsylvania ha.
fd general order to the militia
eh looks business like. and gives def
instructions TO the soldiers how Il
hen face to face with a mob.
fand Chief Engineer Arthur reptile!
Olonel SCOTS letter to the Herald
Mayor of Toledo explains the ex.
Fdlnsry speech credited to him in ye!
|py's papers. t..
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27

H., IN the railroad strike lasts much longer
"e prlee of coal will certainly be ad-
6anceu' The Pennsylvania Company
Ss M already notified the wholesale lealers
~ o,t an Increase in the price '-Pitrstun and
ier companies will be only too glad to
o"' Almost every interest ia the
N'unIry is affected by the strike.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27

ARRIvED.-The schooner Elizabeth
Hewes loaded with lumber consigned
10 E nlen Hewes, arrived in this city
yesterday. She had on board 24o,Ooo
feet of yellow pine This is the fourth
vessel consigned 'tc the same dealer
that has arrived this Feek.
The daily gazette., 1877-07-27
|lOTING AT POTTSVILLE.
AN SHOT IN HIS DOORWAY THE
AoLLIEs GROWING TURBULENT.

oLLIEs GROWING TURBULENT.
PrTsyILLF, Pa, July 25th Work
y meetings were held at Shamokin
evening. A number of men were
ea work at one dollar day, hut re-
IT, others, willing to accept this,
III seq and hooted. Crowds of men
uau the streets, and an, attempt was
Y ,o rald the Northern Central de-
ht put seventy citizens, fully armed,
au organized to protect the town.
erseu them. A man named Wei,t,
x Slahning at the door of his house.
Snol, ana at II o'clock p. IN. was in
10 I. M The citizens are still orga-
4 hg and patroling the streets, and the
ohIellted men seem to have left for
hones. 1t is reported that the
Ehs are torn up between Shamokin
1 Excelsior station. - IL
FOUR RIOTERS WOUNDED.
"A. M;;-Advices from Shamokin rep
S aii as quiet now. -Four of the
t''oS citi were wounded, two seriously, by
i; oi'IZehs committee. The mob, it i
'aG;Heo, o;t, mad no firearms. A com miftee
'Tlzells ,.ells telegraphed to General l. alta
!, O'oopS PIP as necessary to protect the
!, Inc mob gutted the BEADING de.
70 carrying off consider able goods.
~ ~ operator on duty, with several men
'"peu through back door.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17
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The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17

up with a hundred candles, max
ing q smoke through which Mr..
Carpenter was only dimly seen as
he spoke, and a stencil approxi-
mating that Of returning board.
Mr.. Carpenter spoke for an hour
and quarter in the clear, lazy
and racy manner that marks all
his efforts. He demonstrated that
the commission was q Legislative
and not q judicial body; that it
possessed all the powers of COM
mittee of Congress upon the SUBJ
ject, and was bound to investigate
the truth in making a decision.
He then took up at length and
proceeded to show, by the con-
fusion and carelessness Of the
Louisiana law makers, there was
no legal returning bosrd and no
valid canvass. The drift of his
argument was to show that the
vote of Louisiana should b
thrown out.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17
CARD.

IS II has been extensively reported oy
.:r.l sewing machine companies ana
,hsi, peadlers, that the manufacture and
-. Of the GROVER q BAKER SEW
nc MACHINES had been suspended,
"a The machines and the parts could no
longer be obtained, beg leave to state
,h.t the business of manufacturing the
..b;n.s has ONLY been changed, and
tha, The supply will belarger, aud better
"a the sale of these Celebrated Ma
hines more vigorously pushed than
.rsr before. The popularity OF the
cRoyER 4 BAKER Machines Is hard
20 overcome, and it is only by such
means and Misrepresentation that man,
- IL rivals even effect loan III tiieil
mschines. 1000,
GROVER & BAKER 5. VI. DEPOT,
M : Chartres street. New Orleans, LID
ii. II. TRUE, Agent.
October 2l-im
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17

at $3.50 "a column. Another "de-
cayed gentleman" and his wife,
members of the theatrical profess
sion, being ont of an engagement
and being desirious of making
their scanty savings last as long as
possible, have adopted the plan OF
sleeping all they can and playing
cards the rest of the time. In this
way they dispense with q fire and
find they can support life on one
square meal day. There's philo-
sophy for you.
Then again, there is the frater.
nifty of hotel loafers, which is never
extinct in New York, and which in
these days fourishes enormously
in numbers at least. Many OF
these are well dressed and appa-
rentiy respectable, but owning no
thing absolutely but their clothes,
subsist on srch uncertain forage as
they can pick up among the bar
rooms and lunch counters. These
are nothing but tramps Of little
higher order than the kind that
prowi about the slums and alleys,
but still have such an easy, care
less way of picking up bit of
cracker and cheese as they pass
Che counter that they are seldom
interfered with.
But l will not follow up this
subject any further. / could go
on indefinitely, but then it would
do no good, and then it would be
doubtless more pleasant to report
something less depressing.
RADrx.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17
BEATTY P A N O
GRAND SQCARE And Up.
RIGHT.

From Hon. G. r. Gather, publisher
Southern Aegis, Ashville, Ala.:
eve have received from the manufac-
turer, Daniel f. Beatty. one Of his square
pianos. 1t is a thing of beauty, but not
more exquisite to the eye is the finish of
its workmanship, al charming to the
ear is the sweetness of its melody. The
piano combines the highest excellence,
to which all first-class ma, ufacturers OF
musical instruments aim. To all who
wish to invest in frst-class piano We
have no hesitancy in advising them to
send the money directly to Mr.. Beatty.
We speak from actual experiment, aud it
is with pleasure we give his evidence Of
the reliability of Mr.. Beatty and his i'll
struments.
Best offer ever given. Money refunded
upon return of piano and freight charges
paid by me (Daniel +. Beatty both ways
II unsatisfactory, after a test trial of five
days. Pianos warranted for six years.
Agents wanted Send for catalogue.
Address, DANIEL L. BEATTY,
Washington, New jersey, L. 5. A.
octl4
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17

During the past month tJanu
ary) it is said that the depth Of
the channel, at Southwest Pass, at
mean low tide, by means of the
Eads' jetties. ranged. from sixteen
to seventeen feet, with least
width for those depths ranging
from sixty tc one hundred feet. It
looks like the work would prove to
be success.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17
LATEST NEWS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. ia nego-.
tiation is in progress here regard
ing the State government of Lou
isiana, in case Hayes is elected
president. 1t is not in condition
to say much about yet, but the
Republicans want the long term
Senator.
Louisiana Republicans viii not
be asked what they want. 1t is
determined to settle the Louisiana
question without regard to local
differences between Republican
factions The Republican counsel
before the commission held to-day
that it is solely the province Of the
electoral commission to recognize
the certificate of the government
which had exercised authority, for
were it to declare that Louisiana
bad no legal State government, it
would establish O precedent for
overturning State governments
under which every State would be
at the mercy of Congress, as con-
trolled by the passions or exigen-
cies Of party, and under which
State governments would here
after only exist by sufferancc. Mr..
Tilden writes to-day /: 81 am n
fatalist in that / believe the final
decision will be in our favor" Mr..
Carpenter, of Democratic counsel,
has concluded to make the point
that the vote Of Louisiana ought
not to be counted at all.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.-The az
gument in the Louisiana case COM
meuced at ten o'clock. The
pieadings in the case were changed
somewhat last night, and points
upon which the case will be argued
Oh these are as follows: First, the
retaining board had no authority
under the statnte 10 canyass the
Presidential vote. Judge Trum-
bull has special charge of this
point second, if it ever had any
such right, it was forfeited by not
filing The vacancy rs provided by
law; that 1t had 10 authority to
reject votes wltbcut proper attn
davi,s. Third, that It's decision
Was she result Of corruption. The
Democratic counsel express great
confidence III their case. Dir.
Evarts SAID the weak point in the
Republican case Was the failure to
MI the board, and the ineligibilty
point about Brewster.
The evening session presented
curious spectacle; It was the old
Senate Cham or, and the dim hall,
in the absence Of gas, was lighted
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17
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The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17
A RARE CHANCE.
GREAT BARGAIN IN a FINE
FARM.

tH0 ACRES OF LAND, situated in
wv Grant parish, Az acres under
sooa fnee, the balance is spleudid up
. anus: There is q good dwelling-house
consuming three rooms and Kitchen,
sa9ke-hoase, lumbcr-house, corn-crib
~ sua good-paying grist Mill, ran by
s; s'er. This farm is located in 3 SPLEEN
.a s'ocS-range, and not vary far from
1kee The stock Oh the place will
rs soid with it, ii the nurcnassr wants
IN. ms place viii be- sold for very
IA. i amount, and time given ON one
49, sa Oh the purchase price. For full
c .sa apply At this office.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17

We will issue full sheet next
week. Stringent times, and a
general depression, have compelled
us to retrench; but the outlook is
brighter now, and-old Colfax
will not stand in the rear.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17
Golfa. Chronicle.
saturday, FEB. ~. 1877.

The decision in the Florida case
has been adverse to the Demo-
Gratis. (. The vote was strictly par
tizan; Bradley, the independe mt
judge, voted with the Republicans.
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17
SINGER
Sc NG MACHINE
REPORT.

A Shuttle Sewing Machine, embody-
ing the following points of con struetion,
viz: A needle bar operated from the
end of rotating shaft in the overhang-
ing arm; shuttle supporter in a
shuttle carrier, moved transversely to
the feed by means Of crank ON . rots-
ting shaft; four-motioued positive
feed, and u straight needle with its
eyes parallel with the direction of feed
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17

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A SUPERIOR

Or the following reasons
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17

Family Machine, embodying the great
est number OF most approved mechanical
devices to impart positive motions IL
the various paris, simplicity of con-
struetiou, good workmanship, excellent
quantity and quality vi work done,
originality, and ior completeness OF
display. a. 7. GosHOsS,
SO Director General.
}. K. HAwLEY, PRESIDENT.
Astst-AY3R AsCHx, Asst Secretary.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-18


at all times almost empty of traffic
and crossing the river again by the
old iron toll-bridge at Southwark, he
was soon at the Office of his friends in
Throgmorton street. Several days his
success was unprecedented, hut his
simple artlfice could not escape notice,
and he was soon detected, so that in a
short time he had manv competitors
to contend with in the race cityward i.
| On one day in particular there WIS a
more than usually important decision
expected. out of which great gains
were of course to be counted if the de-
clared result could only be secured in
advance of the other operators.
The Galway horseman took his steps
accordingly. Deputing friend on
whom he could depend 10 ride without
| the loss of a single moment when the
result was placed in his hands, he
went himself to the bridge, where he
drew the surly tollkeeper into CONVEX
sation on the subject of the cOmpeti-
tion he must have noticed among the
crowd of horsemen, which had de-
stroyed his speculation as q bearer of
the earliest intelligence. Having by
this time interested his listener suffi-
GENTLY, he produced whisky bottle
containing potent spirits, and, pro-
Tossing to find consolation in it alone
for his lost occupation, urged the un-
suspecting bridgekeeper to join him in
his cups. He soon found himself seat.
ed in the recess of the dollhouse.
where the charm soon worked its
spell, and by the time the Board of
Trade had arrived at its decision for
that morning the toll-keeper was TAI
| gone in the unaccustomed but grateful
| libations. The noise of a horses hoofs
striking the hard pavement caused the
Galway man to spring to his feet and
to snatch down the key of the toll-bar
| from its accustomed place in the CHM
ney corner was the work of a moment:
then, running out, he quietly drew the
cumbTous bar after him, leavign only
| sufficient room for the hOrSeman to
pass. This object accomplished, the
bolt was soon shot, and the key thrown
into the mud ut the bottom of the
liver, and by the time the little crowd
of hOrsemen were knocking wildly at
the unaccostomed barrier, the Galway
man was about arriving at his destina-
| ton, where the sharemOngers were
anxi0usly waiting for his expected
coming.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-18
A SIM ARITHMETIC

There came into our school one day
A white-haired man. With pleasant smile
he greeted Us, and sitting down,
Said he would like to rest awhile.
Twas time to have Arithmetic.
The teacher said: snow all give heed:
Put up your books and take your states,
And do the sum which viii read"
Our books went in, our states came out,
And then the teacher read the sum;
We tried and tried and tried again,
But couldn't make the answer come
And then the old man said to US,
With kindness twinkling in hisieyeS--
"Who gets the answer first shall have
A silver shilling for prize"
Then Tommy DOde resolved to cheat,
And, slyly taking out his book,
When he supposed he was not seen,
a hasty glance inside he took
At once the answer Tommy finds,
"And now I've got il, sir," he cries;
The teacher thinks Tom worked the sum,
And tells him he has won the prize.
But that old man had seen II all;
Those twinkliug ewes had watched the trick
"Well done, my boy, ;" ne said lyon seem
To understand Arithmetic.
"But now, before give the prize,
I'll let you try harder sum;
Another shilling you shall have
If you can tell how that is done.
And then, with kindest voice and look,
he gently said to Tommy DOde:
''What shall it profit you my lad,
To gain the world and lose your soulf'
Then Tommy DOde hung down his head,
The tears began to fill his eyes,
And all the scholars wondered why
He would not take the silver prize.