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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

The English papers give accounts Of
great and increasing dcstitution among
the working people of the iron and
cal districts of Grea. Britain. The coal
mines and iron mills can not find markets
fOr.their products. Every mill that stops
lessons the demand for coal and, according
to the Times, the expectation of coal has
fallen of greatly. Work in the mills and
mines is thus greatly reduced, and the work
ing people arc deprived of employment
Shopkeepers are deprived of their Gus
toners, and the poor houses are filed,
and more than filed, with the destitute.
The destitution and suffering appear to
be greatest in South Wales but they are
increasing in all the chief iron centres of the
kingdom. The London Times makes the
following statement in regard to Wales:
This paralysis of the chief industry of
South Wales has produced already wide
spread distress, exceeding in intensity and
rivaling in extent the misery among the
colliers and iron-workers after the strike
OF 1873. Of the five hundred collieries in
Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, only
twenty are working full time At Cardiff,
the wOrkhouse is thronged, the board-room
and Offices have been converted into dor
mitories, supplementary stoneyard has
been opened for the employment of mar
RED men, and the applications for admis-
sion are increasing at the rate of about
fifty week. The cost of outdoor relief,
which, last month, amounted to EGO a
week. has risen to f292. Poverty in its
most degrading form prevails among popu-
lation which not long ago was well paid and
comfortable. The other day family of seven
persons were found to have subsisted for
days on a painful of brewers grains, in
tended for feeding pigs. Others have fed
on potato peelings. Men have gone to work
day after day on II diet of raw cabbage
leaves.
The efforts of the pOOr-law to cope with
a catastrophe so far beyond the ordinary
measure of its powers, though seemingly in
etfectual enough, have not failed to Law a
heavy burden upon the rate payers, who. at
the same time, are themselves suffering hv
the stagnation of business. 1t is not surpris-
ing to learn that the guardians of poor law
union the other day reluctantly determined
to withhold the Christmas dinner usually
given to the inmates of the work house, on
the ground that many thousands Of the peo-
pie who paid the rates were actually unable
to provide Christmas dinner for them
selves"
The destltutiOn in other districts Of the
country is nearly as great The Times
doubts whether the British iron industry can
recover from its present decline, and says;
"When great industry is smitten, there is
no guarantee that it will ever revive on the
ground where it once had fourished !"
There is talk of emigration movements"
and, doubtless. many laboring people, who
can do so, will 90 to Australia
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

From a paper read before the California Dairymens
Association. by Robert Ashburne ksq, sAn Ma
teO County, Cal.
POINTS ON CHOOSING DAIRY CATTLE

In choosing a breed of cattle Cor dairy pur-
poses, it will lie first of al necessary to
know the quality of the land and the situa-
tiOn in which they are to be kept and what
ever the breed decided upon, one should be
very careful TO select from that breed only
such animals as show their HdaptGbility to
the situation chosen. FOR instance, II the
land is hilly and of medium quality, small
boned, neat and compact animals should be
selected to begin with, as being better adapt
ed to such situations than large animals of
the same breed
II the land is rich and produces n lnXuri-
ant heritage, 1t will naturally produce
larger class Of cattle than land OF a contrary
nature, where the herbage is short and scant
Something depends. too. upon the water, for
where it is impregnated with mineral matter
in solution, and more especially lime, there
can be no doubt but it helps To supply the
system of the animal be 1t man or beast.
with that which goes towards building up the
bony structure. For the reason have nllnd
ed to, it would be wise to choose a larger
class of cattle for land that produces largely
By larger class of cattle | do not mean
large, coarse-boued beasts, with long legs
large heads and narrow bodies, for these are
by no means qualities that tell a good tale
when beast comes to its final destination
the shambles but ! mean rather heavy
body. set on short, clean legs, beast wide
across the loin and well rounded in the ub
with soft hair--and plenty of 1t not the nioc
smooth, shiny coats do we want that most
people look upon with such favor, very often
with the remark that they have ''coats as
sleek as a race horse, for they are the very
worst kind for every day cattle to have.
On cattle that are running on pasture for
the greater part of the year it is necessary to
have good thick coat of hair to protect
them from the inclemencies of the weather
for that end we should breed to obtain an
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

The sexton of the Congrcg onal church
in B B,sclwcn, n. H., discovered swarm of
bees inside the finish under the caves of the
church. space about four feet long nd
eight or ten inches square, was nearly
filled with honeyeomb. Sixty-nine pounds
of honey were found, and the society held
festival, which gave all who attended nice
supper and plenty Of honey.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.

The municipal Indebtedness Of the country
in 1875 was over a thousand millions Of dol
lars; more than half Of which was contract
cd between lS65 and 1874. As people,
for wears. We spent more than we earned.
Human ingenuity has never yet been able to
devise a scheme by which an individual. or
an ASSOCIATION Of individuals. whose expend-
itureS exceed their income, If continued,
could be saved from final bankru ptcy and
ruin.
The stoppagc in railroad building from ex-
hauStion, the paralysis in all business, caused
in part by that, ard by production beyond
the capacity of consumption, filled the land
with unemployed labor; while extravagance
unprecedented, in creating Indebtedness,
crippled all individual and public enter
pri,es. The sthgnation in business thus
caused has forced honest and willing labor
to be- its bread The first remedy Tor tlIe
existing state OF things X fidelity to public
and private trusts, thus restoring conf ieucc,
and securing futhful collection and honest
disbursement OF public and private revenues,
and next rigid economy in private and
public expenditures The wastes of war and
the prodigal expenditures ut peace must he
re-earned in order to restore the country 10
ITS old prosperity and renewed growth n
wealth and power. GALusuA \. GRow.
Glenwood, Penn, Jan. l., 1873.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

IL votes were in general request. Among
cars, and when | arrived at Bloomington my
others. Abraham Lincoln came to me and
wanted my vote for Bissel made Lincoln's
acquaintance then and continued intimate
with him until within few hours ofhis death.
-LlerLielr iriM nGnih "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

FEWER Mills OF RAILROAD were built in
the year 1877 than in any year since 1871,
with the exception of 1874 and 1875. In
1872, $40 miles Of read were constructed
3,SS@ in 1873 2,O2j in 1874; 1,5Gl in
1875; 2,4G0 in 1876 and 2,199 in 1877.
California Leads the list of the past year with
$50 miles constructed Ohio comes second
with $50 miles, aud Minnesota third with
2l0 miles Fifteen States and Territories,
including Alaska built no road at all, and
in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana and
New Mexico, no Iailroads have ever been
built. New England built cnly ll9 miles of
road during the past year. of which Vermont
built 35, and the South Atlantic States only
81, the greatest activity being manifested in
the Middle States. where $40 miles were
built, the North Interior States, including
Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, 30S miles. and
the Northwestern States, comprising Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska, where 6l9 miles of
track were laid No less than 705 miles of
arrow gauge road were built 10 the year
or nearly one-third Of the total.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
Our New York Letter,

Our New York Letter.
TIE rARIS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DISCUS
| sIoNs-A TAx-RIDDEN CTTY-A sHAEY
ruBLIC LUlLDING-JOnN MoRRIssxY.
New York, Jan. %.
To tho Editor Of the Free Press and Times
Although rather tardy in taking the steps
necessary to proper representation of this
country in the Exposition at Paris next year,
our business men have at last walked up to a
realization of their own interests in the
matter, and have commenced pouring in ap-
| plications to the Commissioner General in
this city at a rate which assures the United
States against the shame of being the only
civilized country making no showing at what
promises to be the grandest Worlds Fair in
point of size that was ever held The beno-
fits to business resulting from the Ccnten-
NAL, and the interest in our export trade,
which is growing with immense rapidity,
render it certain that this means will be
taken to place the products of American soil
and American ingenuity prominently before
the world. Already there are signs that
the universal depression and depreciation
about which we have so long been complain
ing, are really blessing in disguise Before
their commencement hardly anything in
the way of manufactured goods could be
sent abroad in competition with Europe.
Now, with the fall in prices of material and
labor, it is seen that foreign .rade is easily
attainable, and that the time may come when
the United States will be recognized as the
workshop, as well as the granary of the
world.
THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION.
The ministerial profession in this vicinity
seem to be considerably stirred up about the
future condition of the wicked, and have
been giving their respective flocks the benefit
of their opinions on the subject, which, as
reported by the press, range all the way
from the straitest Calvinism to Universal
ism. Talmage has as usual seized this op-
portunity to create sensation, and last
Sunday endeavorei to convince his hearers
with exaggerated vehemence and wild ges-
tieulation that the urrenentort a.. oans;r1od
for eternity to a literal I,Lo .,
birthstone. Another doctrine strongly urged |
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

GES. Ben Buffers recent proposition,
reported to have been made in caucus, to
attach the Bland silver bill to an appropria-
tion bill, in order to compel the President
to sign it. reminds the New York Herald
that in the Andy johnson impeachment trial,
Gen. Butler and Mr.. Evarts were pitted
against each other ard that the latter, Ie-
calling the way in which Ben did not take
Fort Fishers called it 'war by coneus-
si0n." And Ben's speech against Andy John
son, as a proceeding of substantially the
same nature, he called Impeachment by
conclusion" Perhaps Ben's latest perform
anee is only the Temonetizatior of silver by
eoncussiOn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01
A srAkY PUBLIC BUILDING.

Such large cracks have developed in some
of the upper rooms Of the new postofhce build
ing lin which are the United States Court
rooms), that fears are entertained of an
other fall of some part of the roof, such
as happened II few months ago. On Tues
day, Judge Batchford of the United States
District Court, and Mr.. Belts, the clerk,
had to yac,ltc their rooms, that iron gIriers
might he put in to strengthen the floors
and sustain the great weight above. Great
annoyance and hindrance of business must
result but 1t is better and less expensive
than To wait till the ceilings fall, and possi-
hly lives are lost, as before.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

An unlocked for amount of feeling has
been expressed over the reports of John
NJ orris>ey's fatal illness down in Florida. |
really did not suppose that the man held
any such place in the esteem Of New Workers
a. it seems he does. Much genuine sorrow
was shown when the telegraph predicted his
speedy deccasc, and there has been genuine
rejoicing over later reports of his GONZALES
cence.
Yours, DARK.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-01

HOLE IN THE MILESTONE AND WHO HAVE PUT
THEIR NOSES To Ir-BIsHoP COKE THE LEAD
ER OF THE ''RITUAIIsTIC CONSPIRACY"
To the Editor Of the Tribune
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-03

SENSIBLE ADVICE. You are asked every
day through the columns of newspapers and
by your druggist to use something for your
dyspepsia and liver complaint that you know
nothing about; you get discouraged spending
money with but little success. Now 70 give
yol satisfactory proof that GREENS AU-
GUST FLOWER will cure you of dyspepsia
tiveness, palpitation of the heart, heart burn.
water brash, fullness of the pit of the stom-
ach, yellow skin, coated tongue, Indigestion,
swimming of the head, low spirits, etc., we
pie bottle of Green's August Flower for ten
cents and try it, or regular size for 75 cents.
Two doses will relieve you.
Agents: Crane 4 Brigham, Wholesale
druggists. San Francisco. niy30- COW
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-03
TAKE TICE!
MRS. III. A. MOORE'S
SCIENTIFIC
HAIR PRODUCER !!

NRS. II. A. MOORE WOULD AN
Nl nounce to the ladies and gentlemen
who desire the personal adornment of a fine
suit of Hair, that she has patented her eele-
bra ed Hair Restorer, which has now been
before the public for space of two years.
faction as to what it promises. No mineral or
damaging substance is used in this prepara-
tion, and it is guaranteed to prevent hair fall
ing cut after four applications. Well-known
cases of long-standing badness have been
successfully treated las per testimonials in
my possession). 1t will produce full flow.
ing crop Of hair on all stages of badness,
even to its most pronounced state. 1t will
prevent hair from turning gray.
nD-Preparations forwarded to all parts Of
the country.
Ore Bottle, SIS; or, three bottles, $40.
Address, Mrs. ii. A. INQUIRE,
l0OSIs Market Street, San Francisco, Cal
mS- AGENTS WANTED. jyi7
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-03
Nothing Like Opposition I'm Busi-
ness.

Messrs. SchoGeld & Williams, watchmakers
and jew elers, at Mendes' saloon. Main street,
have concluded to keep ahead of all oppo-
sition, and have therefore hired a man in
San Francisco to do nothing else but tele-
graph the time of day to them so that chro-
nometers can be regulated to the minute.
Oh! no, we guess not! nil
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-03
LOST /!

r oST, ABOUT AUGUST SECOND, AN
IL Am,rican-made GOLD STEM-WIND-
Ek WATCH, G. ii. Read. maker. Marion,
n. j.. the numbsr heing 72,3i7, and on the
ace, United States Watch Co." The watch
had small black iron chain attached. Any
person leaving the same at this office will be
hberally rewarded and no questions asked.
Eureka, Sept 8, 1877. sept9-n OF
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-03
A eOnundrun.

Why pay 81 % roll for butter when you
can buy nice, sweet, ranch butter of Ennis
for ST.. diff
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-03

KELL'S. sept9-tf
BAR GLASSES Goblets, Tumb blers, etc.. at
HASKELL'S sept9-tf
FIVE wool mattresses, $40, at HASKELL'S.
sept9-tf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-03

WATCHES AND JEwELRY neatly repaired. If
you went TO have your watches and jewel-y
repaired in a workmanlike manner. go to
2. SrELRR's jewelry store. one door south of
S. Ashim & Bros. Main street.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.
EUREKA HOTEL.

E. NJ. Baum, the pioneer purveyor to the
Palisade public. has fitted up anew, through
Palisade. and travellers to and from Eureka,
and the public generally can rely upon getting
first-class meals and number ono beds at all
times by interviewing the genial host of the
Eureka Hotel. ocl3-tf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-03
CIVIL ENGINEER,

NJ WESCOATT, CIVIL ENGINEER
IN. and United States Deputy Mineral
surveyor, Eureka. Nevada. will attend
promptly to all business entrusted to his
care. Office in Clark's building, up stairs,
corner of Main and Clark streets.
Eureka, October 2, 1877. o3-tf
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
Talking Against Time.

A man has nearly talked himself to
death in Kern county, California. A
loouacious loafer known as Murphue
offered to wager $50 that he could keep
on talking for t~wenty-four consecutive
hours, without interruption, and no
other stimulant than Delano whisky,
which was to be furnished in unstinted
quantity at the losers expense. The
wager was taken by another ~loater,
and the orator, mounting the stump,
began a harangue on the subject of
Kearney and the sons Of toll. The start
was made at $3.50 A. M. BY 1890 r. NJ.
the demijohn had gone down cellar three
times to catch breath, with no visible
decrease in Murphue's stock of words.
At 2:30 next morning kearney had been
disposed of, together with the contents of
another demijohn. An argument in
favor of the Chinese was then taken up.
Murphue's articulation at I A. M. be-
came rather husky and the thread of his
argument rather difficult to follow, but
he kept at it. One bet of $40 was offered
and accepted that he would not hold out,
as he had swallowed, during the time OF
delivery, four gallons of whisky. When
time was at last called, and the wager
declared fairly won, Murphue's power Of
endurance were exhausted. He fell from
his cramped position on the chair and
rolled over under the billiard table, q
spongy mass of flesh and whisky; but
strange to say, his lips in this c0matose
condition still moved.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
ColliuR Jack Ketch.

There are some instances on record in
which the punishment of sus. per col. has
failed, either through some popularity
in the neck and throat of the individual,
or a want of tact in the hangman. More
than six centuries ago (if old records are
truthful) Juetta de Balsham, convicted
of harboring thieves, was sentenced to be
executed. She hung for three days, re-
vived, and was pardoned, as a phenome-
o who had somehow or other overmas-
tered the gallows. DR.. Plot quoted a
narrative, on the authority of Obadiah
Walker, master Of New College, Oxford,
to the effect that q Swiss was hanged
thirteen times over, every attempt being
frustrated by a popularity in the wind
pipe which prevented s~trangulation.
We are not told whether the thirteenth
experiment was successful, or whether
justice was merciful at last. Ann Green
was hanged at Oxford for infanticide, in
1850; nay, her legs were pulled, and her
body struck with soldiers muskets, in
accordance with a barbarous custom
sometimes adopted of making assurance
doubly sure. Nevertheless, she survived,
after hanging some considerable time.
Her body was given up for dissection.
The surgeon observed faint signs uf ami.
nation, tended her instead of anatomiz-
ing her, and in thirteen hours she was
able to speak. She remembered nothing
distinctly of what had had occurred, but
seemed to herself to have been in a deer
sleep. The crown pardoned her; she
married, and become the mother of q
family. Her husband forgave the past
errors of her life, possibly for a kind OF
celebrity which the singular episode had
to her.-Au the Year Round.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10

| three lemons and pulverized sugar to suit
tho taste, and mix the whole well to.
gether; next pour into mofds to cool
serve with a soft custard made of the
yolks of the eggs.
To CRYSTALLINE PoP-CORN.-Put
into an iron kettle one tablespoonful OF
butter, three table spoonfuls of water,
and one teacupful of white sugar; boil
until ready to candy, then throw in
three quarts of corn, nicely popped; stir
briskly until the candy is evenly dis
tributed over the corn; set the kettle
from the fire, and stir until it is cooled a
little, and you have each grain separate
and crystallized with the sugar; care
should be taken not too have too hot a
fire lest you scorch the corn when crys-
tallizing. Nuts of any kind prepared in
this way are delicious.
Corn STARCH DOUGHNUTs-Sift to-
gether half a pound of corn starch, quar-
ter of a pound of flour, one t~easpoonful
of salt, and two of baking powder; mix
quarter of a pound of butter to a cream
with three ounces of sugar and two eggs,
and add to the above ingredients, beat
ing until they are thoroughly mixed to
a dough stiff enough to roll out quarter
of an inch thick; cut this out in rounds
with a biscuit cutter, put a desser; spoon
full of any preserved or canned fruit in
the center Of each; fold and pinch them
in the shape of t%urn-overs; fry them
brown in smoking hot fat, and dust
them with powdered sugar, Serve them
hot or cold.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
How to Tell that Eggs are Eggs,

A good egg will sink in water.
A boiled egg which is done will dry
quickly on the shell when taken from
the kettle.
The boiled eggs which adhere to the
shell are fresh laid.
After an egg has laid a day or more,
the shell comes offeasily when boiled.
A fresh egg has a lime-like surface to
its shell.
Stale eggs are CLASSY and smooth Of
shell.
Eggs which have been packed in lime
look stained and show the action of the
lime on the surface.
Eggs packed in bran for a short time
smell and taste musty.
With the aid Of the hands or a piece
of paper rolled in funnel shape and held
toward the light, the human eye can look
through IN egg, shell and all.
If the egg ia clear and golden in ap-
pearance when held to the light it il
good; if dark or spotted, it is bad.
The badness of an egg caa sometime.
be told by shaking it near the holders
ear, but the test is a dangerous one.
Thin shells are caused by a lack Of
gravel, etc., among the hens laying the
eggs.
Many devices have been tested to keeI
eggs fresh, but the less time an egg il
kept the better for the egg and the one
| who eats it.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
Registrar of the Treasury.

The registrar of the treasury, famil-
iarly known as "Uncle John" Allison,
died in his bed of apoplexy, recently.
This is the second death from apoplexy
that has occurred among the heads Of
bureaus in the treasury department
within the month. Mr.. Allison was a
member of the Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth congresses, and has been an officer
in the treasury department since, acting
as registrar for the last ten years. The
duties of the registrar are that of book
keeper of the government. He records
every receipt and disbursement, and pre-
pares all financial statements made by
the secretary. He signs and issues all
notes, bonds and securities of the gov
eminent, and without his signature
every paper representing money is value.
less. Uncle Johns name, written in a
small, girlish hand, has signed docu.
ments representing millions upon
millions of dollars. He was a portly old
gentleman, old fashioned in his ways
but more generally popular than any
other official in the treasury. His memo
~ was wonderful and as accurate as hi.
books. His honesty and efficiency were
never questioned.