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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-18
Raiiisa.

The Consolidated Virginia Mining Com
pany last night shipped from Virginia City
IS bars Of bullion. worth Si5S.ssi ~, and
tho California Company shipped ~ bars.
worth si9C. PCS ~. making q total OF ~
bars. worth $3.50 1851 %. This is $40. OOo
more than hal been shipped by the Con-
soliiatel Virginia Company at the same
date Last month. aud s2O0.OOO more D
they hal shipped last month at this date.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-18
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Issrees Qsssatiess.

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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-18
busi.sss OF she ceuasry.

NEW YoRK. April ls.-Tho Public says
that banking exchanges for the week end.
ing April 18th reflect the Same condition
Of business which was observed during
the first week Of April. Returns from IL
cities. as compared with the correspond.
ing week last year, show . loss Of li.i. as
follows: L.osses-New York 1879; boston
a.; Philadelphia ia; Chicago i7.s;
Cincinnati %; Baltimore i4.i /: ~. Louis
Ills; Piitsburg 81 Loulsville 70; Prov
idence IS I; Cleveland 80; New Haven 8;
Syracuse 30. Gains-San Francisco for
the week ending April 9Th. 70.7 ; New Or
leans l0.1 ; Milwaukee lat; Indianapolis
36.l ; Lowell 10. As TO the general con-
dition Of business. tho aggregate OF.
changes still show q decline slightly great
or than tho decline In prices since last
year. hut this 10 In part due TO smaller
transactions In stocks at New York. The
aggregate for IS other cities shows . loss
somewhat smaller than tho decline In
prices.
More or she Bsechsr seandai.
Nrw YORK. April IS. = Tho Tribune
prints the following letter from Elmira;
"SIR Those who credit the recently
renewed accusation Of my brother. Henry
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-18

Or. KIRBY's Hours. from !, 4. to Z
SiisLiL soHsAsEL II ali A''''' * /:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-18

LoNDoN. April lS.-The totAl uulnper
Of looms In the strike district II 2i2.0oO'
out ola total Of 10000 in the kingdom.
The determination Of the operatives and
the unanimity Of the employers will mol
b fully tested until Tuesday or Wednes'
day next. when all notices will have e1'
pirsd.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-18

NPProI-AT DIR. KrRBYs PoRxEn RRs.
~ Idence, Main strcst, Gold Hi.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28

q : y 4
er version is that Toney was killed by Ben
Booth during the struggle in which the latter
was mortally wounded. tt is pretty certain,
however, that James and Thomas Booth were
killed by Toney in the early part OF the fight.
Ben Booth was accused Of the murder Of Luther
Toney some years ago, and was tried, convicted
and sent to the penitentiary for that crime.
BROKER Toney, though but rs years Of age.
appears to have been desperate character.
Besides killing Gus Harris, as mentioned
above, he murdered another negro. Benjamin
and James Booth were old and gray-haired
men. Thomas Booth was almost a boy.
The result Of the fight in casualties is as
follows: Rrooker Toney, James Booth, and
Thomas Booth, XII lied; Benz amin Booth, NOR
tally, Mark Toney and w L. Coleman, serious
", and s. Booth, D. Sanders, s. Ryan, and
Clarence seigler, slightly wounded. Several of
these We're innocent spectators, not at all con-
cerned in the ARRAY. All the persons engaged
IN the encounter, and all the killed and wound
ed, were white men. When the firing began
the shots We're heard at the scene of the po-
itical meeting, half a mile distant, and Gov
Hampton, who was ignorant of the cause, sent
5Adjt.-Gen. Noise and the Edgefeld Rifles, one
OF the State companies assembled for review,
to the village to suppress the disturbance.
When they reached the scene Of the conflict,
Noise ordered the crowd to disperse but they
refused. He then ordered the military com.
pany to get their ammunition and fire on the
crowd if they did not disperse. By the time
the ANN unltion arrived the crowd had left F#E
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28

to compensate for this large reduction, the
treasury would, in all reliability be seriously
embarrassed. The advocates Of reduction
of the tobacco tax argue that the proposed
reduction would not produce any serious fall
ing off in the amount Of revenue now col
lected from this source, and produced upon
the theory that a light tax on q staple article
generally used by the masses, increases the
consumption by cheapening the cost to
consumers, and thus compensate for the
reduction in the rate of tax. In proof of
this theory they refer to the increased re
venue derived from distilled spirits and
cigars after a reduction was made in the rate
of tax on these two articles It's generally
admitted that the present tax on manufac-
i, tured tobacco is too high. and the opposi.s
ton in Congress to the reduction was based
upon the inezpe diencysof cutting, down taxa
ton when the revenue of the government is
rapidly running down, rather than upon the
merits of the proposition. 1t was admitted
that If $8, 100000 was stricken from the an
nual revenues additional taxation would have
to be imposed, and the recognition of this
fact was what gave great strength to the
proposition to restore the income tax, by
which it was estimated that from $5,OOOGOO
to S,O00,0 900 would be annually collected.
It is now believed that provision can be
made against any loss to the revenue that
might follow the reduction of tax OH manu-
featured tobacco without seriously disturb
ing any domestic industry, and without hav
ing recourse to revival Of the income tax.
With this object in Wew,i it is contemplated
by internal revenue officials to recommend
that the tax on fermented liquors be in
creased from $1 to $1.5G per barrel Of 81
gallons. During the last fiscal year about
100000 barrels of fermented liquors were
returned for taxation, and at the Increased
rate of tax named $5,OO0,OOO would be added
to the revenue from this source. It is urged
that this. increase could be made without
affecting the brewers or the consumers, as
they could readily add the increase to the
cost of the liquors without affecting the
price to the consumers, because of the large
profits made by the retail dealers. A barrel
OF beer, for instance, now costs the retail
dealer $8, and he sells it for 800, thus realiz-
ing $50 per cent. profit. An additional ex-
pense of 50 cents per barrel on the. original
cost to the retail dealer would not be I'M
reasonable, and would not be a, sufficiently
large advance to justify an increase in the
present price to the consumer. The exist
ing tax on fermented liquors is not in pro
portion to the tax now assessed upon dis
titled spirits, tobacco, and cigars, and it is
very probable that the commissioner of in
ternal revenue will recommend an increase
of SO cents per barrel in his next annual re-
port to Congress-, and that such recon-
mendation will receive the approval of the
secretary of the treasury, and the indorse-
ment of the President.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28
II Turkish Fashion That WoatId Not BE
Popular ia Other Countries.
~. 4 New York, Tribune
From the Baltimore Bulletin.l

IOpNtNP w CtNCJ COUHCFSCOs
From the Baltimore Bulletin.l
A Turkish slave ship was captured the
other day BY an English vessel, and the
slaves it. contained, consisting Of seventy
women and ten men, were liberated. The
men volunteered in the Egyptian army, but
it was more difficult to dispose of the wom-
en-. Under the treaty concluded between
the English government and the
Khedive the Importation and expectation of
slaves are forbidden; but the detention and
sale of, slaves in the country are permitted
for about six years longer in Egypt and
eleven years in the Soudon. Several officers
accordingly came to the pasha of the dis
trict with offers to buy some of the female
slaves, but the pasta declared that he would
not part with them unless they got married.
He then announced that any soldier or
civilian wishing to marry one of the
slaves would have to pay six thalers for her
dowry, but that the women would be al
lowed to choose their husbands from among
those who should present themselves for the
purpose A great number of men, chiefly
soldiers, assembled on the day appointed
for the selection. The women were SO shy
that they 'huddled together like flock Of
Sheep and could not be induced to move.
At last, one Of them taking courage, advanced
slowly to black Egyptian sergeant,
who was anything but young and handsome,
and put her hand on his shoulder as sign
that he was the man she wished to marry.
Her example was instantly followed by the
other women, who rushed forward to choose
their husbands as if they feared to be too
late. It was now the mems turn to say
whether they accepted the selection. All
were satisfied but five and even the five wo-
men who we're consequently obliged to choose
again were ultimately provided with hus-
bands
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28


*The counties denoted by an asterisk are those de-
vastated by grasshoppers.
Corn.
TOTAL AND AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE AND AVER
AGE FOR 1878.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28
THE TAX ON BEER.

looking about for a Source Whence to Sap
Il 2aly the Deficiency Should the Tobacco Tar
Ce Reduced Capacity of Beer TO Bear al.
+ I'acreosc-PTo6abte Action by the Revenue
Il Bureau.
Washington Special to New York Times
In view of the disposition manifested at
the last session Of Congress to revise the in
ternal revenue laws, with the intention of
reducing taxation on certain articles, notably
tobacco, it is probable that the commissioner
Of internal revenue will make some very i'm
portant recommendation to Congress in his
next annual report, and perhaps advise very
radical changes in the existing rates of taxa
ton. The internal revenue bill which
passed the House last winter provides for a
reduction in the tax on manufactured tobac-
co from "a to Is cents per pound. Should
this hill be enacted without any amendment
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28

Resulting IN the PTO71lisc1tOass Slaughter of
Members of One Household by Members
of A3aot7ter. ,5i
Augusta Special (Aug. 49, to New York
sH5 @ Times.
About 2, 1000 men assembled at Edgefeld, s.
c., yesterday to listen to speeches from Wade
Hampton, Gen. Gearey, Judge Mackey. and
others, on the occasion of the opening Of the
political campaign. Among those present were
several com panies of State troops. A platform
was erected about half mile from the village.
and a procession was formed which marched
out there, when the speaking took place. In
the crown were Benjamin Booth, James Booth,
Thomas Booth and S., Booth. and BROKER
Toney and Mac Toney. The Booths and Toneys
had long been at. enmlty. gsls< ~
It appears that, about 1869 or 1870 several
men named Booth went to the house Of Adam
Jones to attack him. some bitter feeling exist
ing between the PARTIES The Booths were ac-
com panied by "a young man named Luther
Toney. Jones was prepared for the attack,
and the assailants, discovering this, aban-
doned or postponed it.. By some mischance,
claimed, accidentally killed by one of the
Booths, in whose company he was. At the
same time the relations of Toney regarded the
killing as intentional, and the affair became
| the Occasional of deadly family feud between
the Toneys and Booths. The enmity led to an
of the two families, but did not result fatally.
BROKER Toney a few weeks ago, apparently
to keep his hand in killed Gus
Harris, a colored deputy United states mar
shall, under circumstance not generally known.
Early Monday morning the first Indication that
there was to be serious trouble was apparent in
/ an encounter between Toney and James Booth.
Toney walked up to q man named Herring, who
was abusing Democratic negro wearing red
shirt, and begged him to desist. While he was
| still talking James Booth came up, drew his
pistol and remarked that he would defend Her
ring. Toney drew his pistol also, and both
| jumped beeind a tree. Toney told him to come
out from behind the tree and he would ssshoot
with him. About that time some person ia.
terfered, and the difficulty was stopped. The
Booths, however, followed Toney during the
day, to get an opportunity to renew the diff.
Guilty. About 2 o'clock Toney left the
ground where the political speaking was going
on and rode over to the village. The Booth q
followed him. Toney s friends, noticing this:
rode after him, and the whole party met in the
public square in Edgefeld. and 9 general
melee began. It il said Broker Toney killed
one of the Booths before he was shot himself
| While Toney and. Ben Booth were struggling
in desperate encounter, some one shot Toney
in the back five times, and he fell dead. Anoth-
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28

Total acreage under wheat in 1877 796, 1871
Total acreage under wheat In 1878 s.. 232,988
Increase for 1873 1861 OCT
The counties denoted by IN astetisk are those
devastated By grasshoppers
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28
MINNEsOTA'S NIUNIFlCENCE.
The Crops of 1877--They Prove the North
Star State Carries the Banner.

Star State Carries the Banner.
The crop reports for 1877 have all been re-
ceived from the various counties Of any inn
portance, with the exception Of Renville. AS
that shire was situated in the district devasta-
ted by grasshoppers, the material result cannot
be changed by the presentation of its statistics.
The tables herewith presented show some re-
markable results in the width Of production
in any one serial. For instance, Polk county
leads the list of wheat with an acreage in
wheat of 1928 bushels per acre against LIZ
for Kandiyohi. Notwithstanding the fearful
insectine rayages, the people Of this State have
taken hope, aud have turned over land for
wheat for the current years crop to the extent
of 436, O97 acres in excess Of the present year.
The other cereals present equally favorable
results, wheat and its area of cultivation being
only especially alluded to because it is the sta
pie of the State.
TV7LeOt. r
TOTAL AND AVERAGE YIELD.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28

Total yield OF wheat in bushels $500. 80, 1922
*The counties denoted by asterisk are those de-
vastated by grasshoppers.
COMPARATIVE ACREAGE. tG
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-28
A FAMILY FEUD.

Resulting IN the Pr0naisc,tOus Slaughter of
Members of One Household By Members
of mother. 1855 a
Augusta Special (Aug. 49, to New York
| 9,z4J. ,rF5z 81 xxi Times # #It7
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-31
CORRESPONDENTS ANswERED.

W. Altoona Pa-The trade dollar Is not legal tender
Tor any amount The Government stamp upon u Is sim.
ply certificate that it contains certain amount Of
slvcr-i2n grains You can compel nobody to receive
trade dollar In payment OF DELFT
g. H. Virginia honolulu. on the island Of oahu Il the
capital Of the sandwich Islands The fare from Rich
mond Va 10 Honolulu would be about SOD The steam.
ers from san Francisco 10 Australia lravng san Fran.
cisco. we ttleve. about once fortnight touch At
Honolulu We cannot say whether IL would be 10 Your
pron to cmigrato letter addressed to Honolulu would
undoubtedly reach the Hon Walter " Gibson The poet
axe l. six cents
Williams Pay a dollar or two and ash lawyer
Yes, the vote of a New Highlander has more
weight through the United States senate than the vote OF
New Yorker The population OF hi. state rcpr, scnt,
10y two senators exceeds the population ~ all .N Ut the
New England States Represented by twelve Maine with
about "Ooo people has two Senators OF one for every
10000 OF population. New YORK has only two senators
one for about 225opn inhabitants The value OF the in
dVidual vote In Maine A. the upper branch Of
Congress concerned more than seven times A. great
as that Of the individual vote In this state We have no
doubt that Mr. Blaine has already pondercd these facts
N-Wc have given it our Kind attention without dis.
covering what you want
Constant Reader Yes. ifhis parents were American
citizens at the time OF his birth. Yes The grows nm
an American citizen himself and persuade sufficient
number OF his fellow citizens vote for him for Presden
u-rhe French band seemed TO be the popular favor.
ito at the time Of Gilmorc's Boston Jubilee
Robert Dale Write to the British Admiralty.
Regular Reader-A rodhaircd person may or may not
have " sandy complexion.
Troubled ono-l You can compel him TO support you
nhe has any money 1.-The marres again he commits
bigamy. there having been no divorce
Political Economy. 90" You pay MY cents to have A
pane OF glass put You carelessly break IT, and are
compelled to have another pane set which you again
psy hy cents Il there absolute lossi Ny friend as
sers that there loss without gain In fact that the
cannot be an absolute loss Please settle II" The win.
do" masher loses the nfty cents which he paid for the
hrst pane but gains something and caution
rhe Is sensible man The glazler gains the pront ON
the operation OF setting the second pane The world
wealth suffers absolute loss Its sum total Is poorer
by one window name
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-31
Grant and his surroundings.

Was 1t any wonder that the people should
murmur at the burdens saddlcd upon their
backs and complain Of the extravaganza OF
the public expenditures, when Gen. GRANT,
with largo party, and newspaper chroni-
cler to write up his travels and TO keep him
before the public as a third term candidate,
had ship OF war at his disposal for months
in and out OF tho Mediterranean, the whole
expense OF which was charged to tho navy
fund Now another ship Of war has been
ordered abroad, to transport him and his
party through the East ut the public
charge; and the Fraudulent President and
his retaincrs make haste to show submits
sive zeal I'm consulting his caprice or wishes,
as IL he were master whom they we're
bound and glad TO obey.
CRAMER. the brother-in-law OF GRANT,
BADEAU, his biographcr and others Of that
stamp, are holding honorable Offices abroad,
solely on account OF their personal relation
to him. BABCoCK, whose name disgraces
the army register, has picked position in
the Engineer Corps, and still nourishes
about Washington, by virtue OF his connec-
ton with GRANT, when he ought 10 be crack
ing stone In penitentiary The Ring
chiefs who stole the poor frcedmen's saw
ings, and who plundered the people Of the
District OF Columbia, are protected by
HAYES as they were by GRANT. under the bar
gain by which the Great Fraud was consum-
mated.
What does all this mean but a sorvile and
significant imitation OF the monarchical
system in the Old World. with its pomp and
pride of power and Partially for the favored
few over the taxpaylng many9 When OK
President FILLMORE and ex-Prcsdent
PIERCE visited Europe, they went as
private gentlemen who sought NO dis
tinction on account OF the high Of
flee they had once held They made
no ostcntatious display; they did not
insult hospitality by insisting on precedence
at tho tables Of their hosts; they did not
claim privileges, countenanccd by neither
law nor propriety to use ships Of war for
their pleasure and convenience. They did
not invite criticism by gross exhibitions in
polite society, or make vulgar pretension
TO rank above their fellow citizens. Thcy
went abroad decorously, and returned home
honored and respected. without the least at
tempt at show or at political speculation.
Two years in Europe have turned the head
OF GRANT. and made him a confirmed be-
lever in strong government and an imita-
tor of the usages OF kings and omperors
He hardly concealed this Partially for inn
perial grandeur, In his interview with
Prince BISMARCK, when he substantially
expressed the opinion that obedience was
the first duty OF the subject and resistance
to hereditary tyranny could not be punished
with too much severity. He had established
a sort OF shoddy court before he went
abroad. and he will come back filled with
the notion Of setting up something more
like the genuine article. He will expect the
Republican party TO accept him and 10 APP
prove his coarse ambition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-31

At tho office OF the German Consul General ia
the photograph OF drowned woman one Of uie Pome.
ranias unknown dead. 1t represents Il stout built
woman OF about ~ or perhaps - years. one who was
evidently comey 10 life, though tho features have been
some what swollen hy the water Letters received from
GcrmanN by the Consul General aud the New York
agents OF The HainhuE Packet Company drscthe her
nNr cot and seven inches IN heuht with dark brown
HAIR ami detail clos ~ her dress aud the articles Jew
elry worn by her Among the latter were two wedding
rnss On the thlrd finger her lett hand, each contain
ines. England.
FROM the letters received there reason to believe
thAt the dead woman was Mrs. schmidt. u German
Amrri' lu rom chicago who travel lius with one
tntdHeh Sporl from that cuv. on the written list "
sietrhgc passenger among whom She She appears
IA thc entry fnrd Slur and wife. but that luac.
cutaie record - lost IA the printed s which makes no
mention M all OF her some of the who were res.
ched profess To identity her positively As Mrs schmidt