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Richland beacon., 1878-01-26
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

The Cherokee Advertiser tells the
following Strange story. Although il
does not. satisfactorily account for the
husbands long absence
Among those who enlisted in the
ranks of the Con!edcrates and went
forth 10 battle fer the Lost Cause"
at the COMMENCEMENT Oi hoslilitirS
between The Two sections was young
i,r. Morrow, living 10 the upper part
of this county.
\ short while before bis regiment
received matching orders. he was
united in marriage To Miss Cox,
daughter OF Il highly respectable Wild
ow, in the same vicinity. For some
tine after the husband left, his Young
wife received letters from BIN regu-
larly; but after one of those fierce
and bloody battles around Richmond,
be WIS reported missing" all COM
municatiuna ceased, aad the wife
mourued him dead.
Weeks, months. wears passed away,
and sill no tidings came OF the miss
ing husband.
In vain the papers We're scanned
and every returning soldier beai~grd
to know Of the missing man. Moth
ing could be learned-no;! Ing only
"missing." ard those enured to war
know full well lis Significant meaning
dead on tie field If battle. uEyecog
nized among the heaps Of slain.
On last Saturday, as the shades OF
evening cast their somhre shadow
over earth aud that peculiar hush and
stiffness of Southern twilight had
settled upon hill and valley, Il irav-
eller, WORT and weary bent his lag
girg steps toward the home Of tne
/ soldier 8 wife. With fal,eriug foot
steps on he came, toward figure sit
ting upon the rustic doorstep. For
one momen, be paused before the re-
cIuing figure. when her head was
raised, look Of recognition flashed
from eve to eve. n joyful cry broke
the stiffness, and husband and wife
were claspcd in each Others arms
after separation Of fourteen years
He who had been mourned a. dead
was confined in Northern prison
and though of,enilmeS be had writer
Goihing reached ,te sorrowing wife -
Jacksonville (A:.D Republican.
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26
Sudden.

A wedding as abrupt, if not as fam
tastic us Mr.. Wemmick's, took place
on New Years night at Marlboro, on
the Hudson. Daring the aiterhCon a
well-known resident of the village
called on the Rev. Dr. Osbon and III
vited him to dinner at 6 o'clock.
Bring marriage certificate with
you" said the host; 1--WE may have q
wedding there Tonight
The Doctor is u discreet man, and
did as be was told. At his friends
house he met a large company, and
after dinner was announced took bis
seat at ,be well appointed table. The
host undertook to carve The turkey,
but made such bungling work OF bis
duties that one Of the guests was con-
strained to remark 10 him:
"Icu should get married, then your
wife would teach you the proper way
to do these things"
The host did not deny the soft in
peachment, but told what .ranner OF
woman he should ike, ending by say
ing:
Now, before we proceed further.
'spose we take a vote as TO whom
shall marry"
The company entered into the can
vass with great hilarity. aud after the
vote was taken it was declared tba'
the bost was in duty bound to marry
his housekeeper, young and vel
rducated lady who bad presided oVc'
the establishment for more than year
The young lady bad stepped into th'
kitchen to give some final direction:
to tie cook. and when she returned
she was informed of the views of th'
company. She was completely taker
aback, but after the lakes had coaxe'
her to give her consent, she place.
herself in the hands of her friends.
"Halloo! let's get married now
exclaimed The host, with the idpe'
,urbable Wemnick's sell-possessior
he dinner Was suspended-indeed,
bad scarcely begun; the bride too
off hcr white apron, the bridegroom
dropped his napkin; the two wer
made one; the marriage certificate wa
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26
Why rhny Often Fail.

Young m"n often Iai' n &c: IN in
this world :ccancc H.: .rci"t -nIs'l
opportunities. |ot beiay ta,hrr' IN
little things they re Ep' promo, i 10
ibe charge Of greater things
\ young man Who scts yuhordi.
nate situation sometimes thinks il il
not necessary for n''n 20 give il u,.cs:
attention. lie will wait till ne gc;s I,
place Of responsibility and ,hen he
viii show people wha: he can do.
This is very great MISTAKE What
ever his situation may Oe, hc should
master it in all It's details. and per-
form all its duties faithfully.
The habit Of doing bis work thor.
oughly and couscien,ious.y is " bat is
most likely 10 enable IA young maa To
make his way. With this habit,
person of only ordinary abilities
would outstrip one of greater talents
who is in the habit OF sighting sub
ordinate matters.
But, after all. the mere adoption by
young man, OF ,his great essential
rule Of success. shows him TO be pos
sessed of superior abilities.
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26
Cost OF Cotton.

Hon Thos. L. Jones, Commission
er of Agriculture for the State OF
Georgia, lately addressed circular
10 "a large nunber Of prominent far
mtrs asking for an estimate Of the
lowest figures per pound at which
cotton could be produced by farmers
who raise all their provision supplies
at home, aud also the lowest figures
at which it could lie produced by
those buving ali their bacon, -four.
etc, aud ~ re or less of cora The
circular was answered by nearly ev
erv person addressed. The general
average made from the Information
sent in, showed that it cost the far
ner who raised his home supplies
nine cents and two mills per pound To
produce cotton, while it cost the far
ner who bought his supplies fourteen
cents per pound.
OF course il is understood that
these figures do not represent the ac-
tual cost of production. but rather
the figures at which the farmer must
sell his crop to save himse!ffrom loss
The conclusion is, that the farmer
who has made an average crop Of
COTTON. and produced at the sane tine
fall supply of corn. fodder or hay,
syrup, potatoes. vegetables, bacon
and lard. etc, aud has a stock of hogs
aud cattle for next year, has done q
profitable years work: and JUS, in pro-
portion as H. has neglected these sup
plies, L.= profits have been less and
less uu,ii the opposite extreme IS
/ reached. " hen be will have lost by
his iarm operations Of the year. Ali
of which leads to the conviction that
IN whatever light it may be viewed.
il is evident that the true policy is TO
diversity to plant largely OF corn,
oats, wheat, sugar cane, potatoes and
other crops adapted TO our soil and
climate. And this should be done
with a view to diree, profit in them.
selves, and not g. merely subsidiary
10 the cotton crop.
The money received for the cotton
produced on farm, Glight he made
the measure of the net profits on the
whole farming operations. The gen
eral adoption of this policy, would
very largely reduce the aggregate Of
the cotton crop for few years; bu;
the resulting Improved condition ot
the faruners--aided by the stimulus o.
higher would in u short tiuit
enable them to supply the increasing
demand for the staple, without devia
ting from a system which has beer
taught them by so long and bitter
lessons.
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26
Courage.

\ great deal Of talent ii lost in tho
world for tie want Of little courage.
Every day sends TO the grave num-
Der Of obscure men, who have oulv
remained in obscnrty because their
timidity has prevented them trom
making first effort, ard who, if they
could have been induced to bcgiu,
would in all probability have gone
great lengths in fame. The fact is to
DO anything in the world worth doing
we must not stand back shivering and
thinking Of the cold aud danger, but
just jump in and scramble through as
well as VIC can. IL will not do TO per-
pctually calculating risks and adjust
ing nice chances. II did very we'll long
before the food. where man could
support bis friends upon an intended
publication for a hundred and fifty
wears and then live to gee its success
of,erward. But at present man
waits and doubts, and hesi'ates and
consults his brother, and his uncle
aud bis particular friends, until one
day h finds be is sixty years of age;
then he has lost SO much time in con.
>ulting his first cousin aud particular
friends, that he has no time to follow
their advice.
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26
Highway Robbery.

We learn that a colored preacher.
Damed Nelson Lee, was stopped on
The Lind Grove road, about three
miles from Bas,rop las, Sunday ev-
ening. aud robbed of uine'ytwo dol
lars in money. together with some
valuable papers. by three ner, sup
posed to he willie. %o clue as to
their identity, but from what we could
gather from Nelson, we are Of the
opinion that these men understand
their business. n they ordered him to
"siand and deliver. in style worthy
of Claude Duvali and SiXteen.S,ring
Jack. AS soon as the news Of the
robbery reached town, party Of meu
went in pursuit of the highwaynen.
but could End DO trace o. them
MorchOusc Clarion. 4"
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26

Office at IO0 Mulberry Street, Up p-stairs,
opposite Isaac Bonhams.
YAH orders for goods Of any kind will
be promptly filled. We will make liberal
advances on cousgnmen.s of Cotton.
October 9Th, 1877 -ly.
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26

clu>ively TO dancing parties. and ac-
quaint yourself with the facts tha;
Pharaoh did not invent the game OF
'-even-up.' and that ,he word 'O-h-
ko>h' Is the name Of town, and not
& form Of profanity in use 10y the
ScandinaviGns, from whom the Amer.
leans have obtained i, in the modified
form Of 'Gcsh = Good morning"
Mr. Hockey is now engaged in
tending bar.-Na.r Adeier, in " \.
WecIlV.
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26

When silver is remonctized, there is
nothing more certain than that the
government will never 90 to the
trouble aud expense of collecting Mt
one place millions on millions of sill
yer dollars with which to pay princi-
pal or interest Of the public debt.
which alr,ost Of necessity will contin.
ue to he paid in gold. The remOne-
tiza,ion will give the people more
money. and the money they prefer to
any other.-m0ney as good as gold
and worth as much as gold-and it
will be kept among the people, me-
dunn of exchange in tie local and
smaller affairs of business, while the
gold will go to the custom houses aud
the public creditors. The money Of
The country will be increased by the
greater value Of The silver coins, by
the additional coinage. and by the
substitution Of silver for grcenbucks
in the bank reserves ! ut there will
be no initiation in the srnse in which
that word is now used. Why banks.
or bankers, or bondholders, or any
bodyelse but spectators in gold,
should oppose the silver bill pending
in congress is past all comprehension.
Selma argus.
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26

All the prisoners confined in the
parish Jail, eight in number, made
their escape on last Friday evening.
Tools were snu-gled into the prison
by outside friends Of the cOnvicts.
One of the prisoners. j. NJ. Clary,
was recaptured the same night by
Messrs. w. p. Douglass aud IL.
p. Vaughan, aud another one, Bill
Thomas, by name. voluntarily deliv-
cred himseIfup few days afterwards.
The others are still at large.-More-
house Carton.
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26

4 tool shed is a necessity on every
farm. Here should be kept machines,
implements, tools wheel-barrows, and
all spare things of every sort that
usually lie around loose Everything
shoId be kept in its proper place, so
that it could be found in the dark If
needed. Habits Of nea,ness aud reg
ulari,y are learned in keeping a tool
shed IN proper order. more perhaps,
than in any other place on the farm.
When neatness in little things Is
learned, greater things are always
taken care Of
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26

signed, and the company kissed the
bride and then sat down 10 dinner
with iir-l-ra,c appetite.
The next day a spin>ter in the
neighborhood. hearing what had hap.
ppned. raised her hands toward heav-
en and exclaimed. in a spirit of true
devon,ncss, Lord, how 81 IGcn ]?
There's no tcIin' whose turnll come
next :"
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26

If. as is generally supposed. Mr..
Montgomery Blair's movement in the
Maryland legislature was intended.
first as his bid for the Senate, and
next to keep Mr.. Tilden's name before
the country as a presidential candi-
date in 1880, he will nave only his
labor for bis pains Maryland is not
more apt to stultify Itself by sending
Mr.. Blair to the senate than is The
Democratic party to load itself in its
next great struggle for power with
Mr. Tiiden. In 1880. the democracy
will put forward a western leader.
and raj v the west aad south with
Pennsylvania to his support, leaving
New York. New jersey. and New
England joined to their idol5.-Setma
1rgus.
Richland beacon., 1878-01-26
Mill Burned.

The extensive saw mill>sF-Mcssrs.
Gerspach and H-rsisH at LaFourchs
station, ,ook-S~r1efore day OIL Sun.
day me~rffsg last. and was entirely
consumed. Messrs. q. 4 II. havo
been decidedly unfortunate. as tbeir
mill On the Ouachita was burned :.
feymon,bY ago.-E'cciyic Letter
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05
KsOp With the Chill on.

A wolf who was taking walk through
the forest one day before breakfast
came across nice young kid, and pre-,
pared to make meal of him. spare
me-" said the kid-"I'm such little
one, I'll only make you feel hungrleI
than before" 81 certainly regret tna !.
you are not bigger" replied the wo. o.,
with tears in his eyes, but we cannos
expect to get all we want this slde inc
grave, l must get along IS best can
with light breakfast and an early ON,
ner." do let me off this time" crlea
the kid" I'm posr friendless orphan ?;
and my parents have no other means y.
support but myself" 81 resemble YOU
aged parents" answered the vol, ioo1
ing around with heavy sigh, 10.
don't see that have any means Of sup
port but yourself either" "Then, con- con.
tlnued the unhappy kid, "pm helP, ~.
stranger" "Quite So" interrupted 'n s
volt while a hungry smile played :rQul w
his expressive lips, "you are, ana VIZ W.,
take you in. Welcome, little stranger
And he took him in. &
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

CHICAGO claims to have received l.
500 tons of strawberries between the 9th
and 2Sth of May. This would fill 100
freight cars, allowing ten tons to the car;
it is not probable, however, that more
than five tons could be packed in car,
consequently there must have been re-
ceived at Chicago from twelve to fifteen
car loads of strawberries daily during
the time above mentioned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

In the opinion Of the twelve men who
constituted the jury, Uncle Peter Coop.
or did not libel w. r. Groom to the ex-
tent Of $50, 600 nor fifty cents, when he
Peter charged Groom with having
misapplied the 5000 given him to
print documents and tickets for the
greenback campaign of 1876. Posi-
bly, some Of those jurors were green
hackers, but, under oath, they all say
that Mr.. Peter Cooper was swindled by
Groom, ana that decision is doubtless
sound. Et .}ryG
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

THE consular and diplomatic bill just
passed by congress appropriates $61 600
less than the same bill for 1877. Under
the bill the salaries Of ministers to
Great Britain, France, Germany and
Russia are $l7 500 instead Of 415, 900 as
voted by the house, and those Of minis
tiers to Spain, Austria, Italy, Brazil,
Mexico, Japan. and China ut $4,000
instead of $4,000. The missions to
Belgium, the Netherlands and the Ar
gentine Republic are restored to the
u, 900 class. The salary of ministers to
Hayti il pat back from Is, 900 to 81 sou,
and that of minister to Liberia from
$500 to $4,000. Provisions is made
for charge Gcfairs at Denmark, Para
quay, and Uruguay combined, and
Switzerland at 5000 each. The salary
of consul.general at Cairo is restored to
$4,000; for consulgeneral at London,
Paris, Havana and Rio De Jenerio to
$1,000; of consnl-general ut Melbourne
to a, 500; of consul-general at Berlin to
$4,000; of consuLgeneral at Vienna,
Frankfort, Rome and Constantinople to
$1,000; and the appropriation for sal
aries of consuls, vice-consuls, CONNER
cial agents and consular clerks is in.
creased from $500, 900 to $304, 800.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

THE bill introduced in the house of
Representatives by Mr.. Fort to prevent
the retirement of any more greenbacks
by the secretary Of the treasury, has
now passed both houses by more than
Il two-thirds majority. 1t is believed
that the president will sign it, and it
is stated that the senate finance COM
mittee has agreed that it will not pass
any further financial legislation the
present session. The passage of this
bin is something Of triumph for Col
Fort, as the house banking and cur
rency committee, of which he is \
member, refused to allow him to report
it, yet it passed the house by two
thirds vote when first submitted, and
has passed the senate after having been
considered but one day 1t is regarded
to some extent as compromise be-
tween the representatives Of the two
extremes of finance, and it is generally
believed by moderate greenback men
that no more attempts for currency leg
islation will be made at this session.
The claim is made that the national
party will be reasonably satisfied with
this compromise. The friends of the
bill make no doubt that the president
will Immediately sign it. 1t is known
that Secretary Sherman has privately
approved the bill as compromise
measure.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05
Foreign News.
; PRINCE GoRTsCHAKoFF,

A st. Petersburg dispatch of the 3Oth
of May, states that Prince Gortschakof
is yet in very delicate state of health
and occasionally suffers much. Not
withstanding his sufferings, however, he
had himself carried into his study to-
day. He still takes keen interest in
public affairs, and watches the progress
of the negotiations almost as closely as
when in good health.
Z THE EMPEROR
has evidently made up his mind that
there are good grounds for the hope Of
peaceful solution as the result of the
negotiations now pending. He has Civ
en- orders for grand theatrical repre-
sentation to take place on the proclama.
ton of peace, and in honor of that
event. , sn e#. -r. OIL
sCHoUvALoFF's PROPOSALS. s.l.
Vienna advices under date of May
3Oth states that the propositions
which Count Schouvaloff took
to London, and which appear
to have been substantially accepted.
were that the southern boundary of
Bulgaria is to be o line from Burgas to
Philippopolis and Vranja, Turkey to re-
tain Batoum on condition ofthe demoli-
ton of the Danubian fortresses, substi-
tuition of European for Russian control
in carrying out the treaty, and the re-
naming questions to be left to the Con-
gress. D.
GETTING MAD AGAIN. o..
st. Petersburg advices of May Goth
state the semi.official Russian press has
not heretofore taken notice of Austria's
uneasiness, except that the A9ence Russe
and the Journal de 81. Peters
burg stated that the powers
had agreed to the occupation
of Ada kahlan and that no inference
might be drawn from this fact in the d.
rection Of the Austrian occupation Of
Bosnia, which is regarded as a strong
hint that Russia would not sanction the
latter movements. The Berlin journals
however are full of sarcastic criticism of
Austria's position.
LONDON VIEWS.
London advices of the 29th of Nav
state that Count Schouvaloff is expected
to return to the Russian capital after
the negotiations at London are finished.
There is no hope of Prince Gort-
schakoff being able to 60 to Berlin,
and General Ignatief is again being
urged rs a substitute. In occupying
the Danubian water front, abandoned
by the Turks, Austria only ful6lls a Sc
cret understanding that she had with
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

WAR brings out the devil in ma ~.
wakes up the hellish legion within n,
fallen nature, and binds his better iae 'n
ties hand and foot. Its natural sr
dency is to hurl nations back into ".
barism, and retard the growth OF ever ~
thing good and holy. When under1sA g.
from a dire necessity, IS the ias. -
sources of an oppressed people, J. m m.;
become heroic. and its after results In H.,
compensate for its immediate evils; w
war wantonly undertaken, for ssu' I.
terest, ambition or wounded proc, :
evil, only evil, and that continusn!
Sturgeon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Illinois Central railway
held in Chicago, the 10Th of May. the
directors whose term expires with this
month, were reelected to serve until
May, 1881. The acts of the board OF
directors since the last annual meeting
were approvcd o. 9ni no 1904 Goa
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

and the lssse Of ether netes Of liks 6eaomina-
mo- Il thsaf stead. = now provided.
~ 49, g paets q 49, II eseeist AsssuatA
are hereby repealed.
1t now goes to the president for his
signature. After an executive session
the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, Nay 28-Houae. The house
took up the army appropriation bill,
and voted separately upon the
amendments adopted by the committee.
The house then voted on the amend
ments to the army appropriation bill.
All items which had been increased on
the basis of an army force of 25.0OO
men were restored to the original
amounts on tho basis of 10000.
BY q vote of 100 yeas and lis nays,
the amendments adopted in .eommittee
of the whole, transferring the Indian
bureau from the interior to the war de-
partment, were agreed to. Also the
amendment, prohibiting the use of
troops for civil purposes unless specially
authorized by act of congress,
and the bill then passed. The
main features of the bill as
passed are fixing the strength of the
army at 10000 men; fixing the number
of cavalry regiments at 8, with COM
panies of not less than 125 privates, and
Of infantry regiments at 18, with COM
panies of not less than GO privates; re-
ducing the force of various staff de-
partments; providing for q board to re-
organize those departments; providing
for board to recommend the retiring
or mastering out Of officers; fixing the
number of heterogeneous at l and of
brigadier-generals at 3, after those
figures shall be reached, reducing the
number and rank of aids-de-camp; re-
ducing the pay and emoluments of
officers; transferring the Indian bureau
to the war department, and prohibiting
the employment of troops for civil pur-
poses unless specially authorized
by act of congress. Mr.. Rea-
gan called up his bill to regu-
late interstate communication on rail-
ways. The question of consideration
being raised the house refused to con-
slider the bill now; yeas 1853; nays 12o.
The house then proceeded to business
of the morning hour which was
call Of committees for reports.
At the expiration of the morning
hour the house proceeded to q consid-
Grafton of business on the speakers ia
BILE, and a number of execu-
tive documents were referred.
The first bill on the table was that for
the repeal of the bankrupt law, with
the senate amendment. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Knott the amend
ment was concurred in without 4 d.
vision. The bill now goes to the presi-
dent for his signature. After long
debate on the Hot Springs commission
the house adjourned.
"WEDNESDAY, May 29-Senatk. The
senate passed the consular diplomatic
appropriation bill and labored during
the rest of the session on the legislative,
judicial and executive appropriation
bill rejecting about all the house
amendments, but adjourned without
final action.
"WEDNESDAY, May 29-House.-The
house after considerable debate passed
the senate resolution to adjourn sine die
after fixing the date at June 18th in
stead of June 10th. A large number of
committee reports were made and the
house adjourned until Friday.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

The Prohibitionists of Pennsylvania
met in state convention at Altoona ON
the 10th Of May, and nominated the fol-
lowing state ticket: Governor, F. H.
Lane; lieutenant governor, John Shalle-
ross; secretary of internal affairs, Calvin
Parsons; supreme judge, Daniel Agnew.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-05

ALL who contemplate going into
bankruptcy, should do it before Sept.
1st, or there will be no chance tQnmake
anything out OF it. 4,