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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-11
Burned oa. BY .ne Iodlnns.

PORTLAND, Ogn., July 10.-Elijah
Humason, who owns u ranch in
Tygh valley, arrived this afternoon
in company with two other men
from the same place. Humason
reports that night before last he
was at Barlow's Gate in the Cas-
cade mountains, about sixty miles
from Oak Grove, while the mes
senger arrived from Oak Grove
who had ridden the entire distance
bareback, with nothing TO guide
his horse but rope. The messen.
ger says that, just AS he left Oak
Grove, the Indians Were making q
descent upon that place and, be-
fore he had travelled far, ne saw the
buildings of the town in flames.
He also reports that the settlers
had all deserted the place with the
exception of one old man about
80 years of age, named Paqust, who
had barred his house securely and
announced his intention of staying
The families are all moving this
way. Humason also reports hav'
ing seen the blaze of the burning
buildings.
LATER. = Two other men just
arrived here corroborate the news
of Indian trouble in Tygh valley
None of the families in Tygh val
ley had left there on Sunday morn
ing and there is danger that they
were also attacked. 1t would bt
easy to cut them off from Dalles
which might account for no report
Of the affair from that place.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-11
FOR SALE.

By the Lake Vineyard Land and Water
Tropical Fruit Land In the state. Water
right goes with tho land. Apply to the
ONCE OF p. Beaudry, No. 81 New High st..
apl3tf +. W. WOOD, Secretary.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-11
NEW TO-DAY.
MORTGAGE SALE.

The Bank OF Gilroy, Plaintiff, Va. VIM.
b Lawlor, W. II. Simmons and Milton
Thomas, DESCENDANTS = Twentieth (20)
District Court.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-11

QUEBEC, July 10th.-Three hun
dred young Irish are drilling
nightly preparatory to going to
Montreal on Thursday. The ex-
citeme mt is intense. Battery B
leaves for Montreal this evening.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-11

ATLANTA, June 10th.-In q
game OF base ball yesterday an al
tercation occurred between VIM.
Lawshe and Samuel Venable.
While Lawshe had Venable on
the ground, Carl Mitchell, a boy
sixteen years old, friend of Vena-
BILE, came up with a bat and struck
Lawshe two terrible blows on the
head, resulting in his death to o-day.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
Incident of MT. Wade's Illness.

A correspondent of the Cleveland Leader, writing from Jefferson, Ohio, and describing the late Senator Wade's last illness, relates the following "At only one time during his illness was he delirious or unconscious of what was go- ing on about him, and that was one night little over week before he died, when his condition had changed slightly for the worse. It was about nine o'clock, and his wife inquired if he didn't want a drink of water. He gazed steadily up into her face for a few moments, and then whispered, feebly: Have you everything ready for me?' Upon being questioned as to his meaning, he replied {: Why, don't you know I'm dead, and my funeral occurs in the morning at eight o'clock :? Nothing could be said that would change this strange idea, and he spoke in about the same manner to his son Henry, who entered shortly after. In the morning he again asked his wife if all the preparations for his burial at eight o'clock were made. You cannot be buried at eight o'clock, be- cause it IS after that now she esponded. After thinking few minutes he became rational, and the illusion was imme- diately dispelled. In speaking of the matter afterward, he said: l must have been dreaming to have talked in that way"
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
One Cent on the Dollar.

As an illustration of the spirit of the times was the following little family scene, when bright four -year-old little lady was initiating her elders by playing making calls
 "Now, mamma, you be Mitheth Dones an I'll be Mitheth Smith, an tum an mate you tall."
 Mamma-"V Very well, Mrs. Smith, I'm glad to see you how do you do, and how are the children ?"
 Totty-" I'm twite we'll, I tank you. but the children has all dot the hoopin' toff.''
 Mamma" I'm sorry to hear it. How many children have you, Mrs. Smith p
 Totty-" has ten, an dey is a gate tyal to me wifi my housekeepin'.
 Mamma" "They must be, indeed. But how does your husband. MT. Smith, do?"
 Totty-" He's very well, tank you ; but he's had bad bithness and he hath failed" .-..
 Mamma" I'm so sorry to hear that your husband has failed; but you haven't lost everything, Mrs. Smith, for I see you make calls in your own car riage."
 Totty-" Oh, yes. I teep my tarriage. We has paid one cent on dollar and doze right on."
 The above is fact.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
Legislating Interest.

The recent legislation in New Jersey, says the Tribune, reducing the rate of interest to per cent. excites much com ment throughout the State. There are only seven States besides New Jersey which have adopted so low rate with out granting the privilege of contract be- tween the borrower and lender. In fif- teen other States the legal rate is per cent. but higher rates are allowed by contract, six of the fifteen placing no limit whatever upon the contract rate and the remainder restricting this rate to 8 or 10 per cent. Altogether there are fif- teen States which allow any rate by con tract and impose no penalty for usury. After tune 1t may dawn upon law makers that efforts to make cheap in- terest by legislative enactment are liable to be failures, even when the penalty for usury is a forfeiture of the principal, as 1t is in Delaware, or forfeiture of both principal and interest, as it Is in Arkan- sas and Oregon, or choice between fine and imprisonment as it is in Idaho. Peo- pie who lend money are in the habit of getting what their money is worth, and in the long run it is the borrower who suffers, because he is charged an extra amount as a premium of insurance against prosecution for usury.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
How to Get Rid of Ants.

During 8 recent visit to MT. Humann, in Ostheim, had an opportunity of be- coming acquainted with very success ful method of speedily getting rid of ants, which are so troublesome in the apiary.
 One takes small bottles, fills them half full of syrup or sweetened water, and puts them in the places where the ants have their passageways, in such man. ner that the necks of the bottles lean against the wall or board, in order that the ants may easily fall into the trap and drown.
 By means of camphor ants can be driven from rooms where honey is stored.
 In gardens, lime-dust operates very destructively upon them. Their hills, after being scratched open, are sprinkled with lime dust, and then hot water IS poured on them.
 To render jars of honey or preserved fruits inaccessible to these insects, place the jars in chests whose bottoms have been previously covered with ashes or pulverized chalk,
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
" Waking 5 the Dead.

The custom of waking the dead, with the expectation that they in some way join in the festivities, is very an- cient and not confined to any particular nation. St. Folk, who lived as late as the reign of Louis XVI, gives full and interesting account of what occurred during the forty days when the Kings wax effigy lay in state. The people con- tinued to serve him with meals as though alive. The napkin and the basin of water were handed to the royal arm chair and also the wines which His Majesty preferred. The Hindoo offers the re- gently dead his share of the funeral cakes, and the Spaniards put wine and bread on the tombs of those they love on the anniversary of thelr decease. The Bulgarians hold feast in the cemetery on Palm Sunday and leave the remains on the graves of their friends, who, they are sure, will rise from the ground dur ing the night and eat. The Hibernian is not the only man of the century with whom this custom is persistent,
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
The Army Officers.

General Sherman says We have now as fine a lot of gallant young fellows in the Army as were ever gathered under the fag-brave, dashing and capable, ready for any seryise, however hard it may be, and enduring uncomplainingly all of the hardships incident to frontier life and savage warfare. I have seen them at their far-off posts in the wilder ness, on the battlefield, in society and in every position in which they can be placed they conduct themselves, as a rule, in manner that reflects credit on the service and on the people whose ser wants they are, and from whom they ought to receive at least the reward of recognition rather than the sneers so frequently seen in the press and uttered on the floors of Congress. In all of my travels, at home or abroad, have never seen finer body of men than the young officers of our Army, and unhesitating- ly assert that from Washington to Can ton their superiors cannot b97 found in any branch of the service, civil or mill tary. of any nation on the globe.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
A Murderer'S Story.

Gustave Labutat, the New Orleans wife-murderer, told the ghastly story oi his crime with Parisian nonchalance " I said to my wife, Your fate is sealed but will give you tune to pray; and God bless her, she did pray. After she had prayed, put my arm around hel waist, and, taking the knife from my pocket, I stuck it to the hilt in hel stomach. I thought the first blow hao killed her, but on finding she was not dead, I picked her up, kissed her, and said /: God bless you, I love you ; you are not dead pray again, because I am going to finish you She placed he1 arms around my neck and said, Gus tave, love you Oh, God it was the happiest moment of my life I saw she was suffering, and, as could not stand and see her suffer, took the knife blade, the handle being broken, and cut her throat" All these details go to show that man can murder his wife in the most affectionate manner.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
A Chance for. Improvement.

An exchange hopes that Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, having been appointed chaplain of Brooklyn military regi- ment, will improve the character of the songs sung by his command when it is out on parade. He gives us an illustra- tion of these songs, and we cannot but agree with him that an improvement in this particular would not be out of place. Here is one of the songs: There were three crows sat on a tree
 Billy Magee Magaw. And they were black as black could be-
 Billy Magee Magaw. And they all Tapped their wings and cried,
 Cav! cav! cav! And here is another: He that has plenty of good peanuts, And giveth hls neighbors none, He shan't have any of my peanuts When his peanuts are gone.
 Chorus. When his peanuts are gone, When his peanuts are gone, He shant have any of my peanuts, When his peanuts are gone. Oh, that will be joyful joyful, joyful, joyful When his peanuts are gone. It is unnecessary to military men to say that there are 754 verses in each oi the above songs, and that every verse is just like another one.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
Time for Economy.

A man from the lower walks of life entered 8 drug store in Detroit, and in- quired the price of an ounce of arsenic. Being informed, he drew 8 paper from his pocket, consulted some figures, and sad
 "That's two cents more than they asked me in Chicago"
 Well, these are my lowest figures, replied the druggist.
 The man took out stub of pencil, figured for three or four minutes, ano sagely observed :
 !" It's time to practice economy, and might as well begin here. Two cents or an ounce is thirty-two cents on 8 pound Thirty-two cents on pound is 1882 on g hundred weight, or $6, 400 on a ton Great Heavens ! but do you think would recklessly throw away $6, 400 ?"
 The druggist could make no reply ,ant the man looked terribly indignant as h' went out.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
Nothing but a Fraud.

Mir. John T. Raymond is quoted as declaring that he went on the stage when he was seventeen years old. "I was cast, he says, as Lopez, in the Honey moon, and all had to say was, I am appointed to ask you to our merry-making on the green hard by This was to the duke and duchess. got my mouth open and there it stuck. House came down. Next day actors said it was the hit of the season. Everybody thought it was done purposely. Next night I was cast for Smatter, in Hunting 8 Turtle Did the same thing again, and then they knew I was nothing but a fraud. Manager said was only worth $6 week. And yet here I am, the owner of high priced play, written by man with $1, 300 name, and especially adapted for the undersigned"
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
It was too Dear.

A scene in New York Police Court reminds us of the Detroit Free Press mans imaginary court: Miss Catherine Fitzgerald is respectable spinster of fifty summers or so. With spectacles properly adjusted, and umbrella and bag in hand, she went forth for promenade in the Bowery; but at Grand street a handsome chap with red necktie stepped up to her, threw his arms around her waist, and planted smacking kiss on her maiden cheek.
 Miss Fitzgerald's eyes flashed through her specs, and her bag and umbrella slashed through the air, and by the time she came to @ realization of what had been done she was surrounded by a crowd. Meanwhile the youth with the red necktie endeavored to pacify her.
 An officer arrested the offender, and in the Essex Market Police Court he de- scribed himself as George Margolin, a Frenchman not long in this country. Justice Hammer asked what the prison CT had to say.
 "Oul, monsieur, WIS pleasure eX- plain all. My frien', Monsieur Sommer, tell me madam is my aunt, an zat it is ze custom to kiss ze aunt in Amerique. I meet madam. I kiss madam. Eat all, excep' I am very sorry" and the prison CT bowed very low to the plaintiff. Madam is not my aunt"
 The Justice asked Miss Fitzgerald what punishment should be meted out to the offender, aud she replied that the crime was serious, and deserving of severe pun ishment. The Justice asked if $5 fine would be enough. She thought it too low; and when he asked how about $1O, the little Frenchman burst out, "Too dear, too dear" Thereat the plaintiff became very angry, and everybody else laughed That was the price the prisoner had to pay for the kiss.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
The Maine Ice Crop aud Mint Juleps

The Boston Post goes into statistics as follows It is estimated that 3,5OO,- GOO tons of ice will be cut in Maine this winter. Now allowing a quarter of a pound of ice for mint julep, and mak- ing allowance for those who don't drink, the rest of the people in Maine can have about forty-nine drinks each. Saying that seven drinks will make a man feel tolerably happy, out of forty-nine drinks he can manage to have seven drunks, and one man drunk seven times is, of course, equal to seven drunken men so the whole ice crop will yield an aggre- gate of 2,1O0,O00 drunken men. Sup pose that from every ten of those who get drunk seven times one has the jim jams, 210,0 ,000 men will be thus afflicted about one-third of the total popula- tion of the State If each of these un- fortunate men sees one thousand snakes, there will be 21O,OOO,OOO snakes seen and allowing two snakes to boot, they will fill 52,5OO,O0O pair, which insures brisk work in tLe shoe shops.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
How to Measure the Height of Tree.
The above is a fact.

When tree stands so that the length of it's shadow can be measured, it's height may be readily ascertained as follows :: Set stick upright Get it be perpendicu- lar to the plumb ine.) Measure the length of the shadow of the stick. As the length of its shadow is to the he1ght of the stick, so is the length of the shad- ow of the tree to it's height. For in- stance, if the stick is four feet above the ground, and it's shadow is six feet 1n length, and the shadow of a tree is nine ty feet, the height of the tree will be sixty feet G. f.: 90: 6O.) In other words, multiply the length of the shadow of the tree by the height of the stick, and divide by the length of the shadow of the stick.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
Sictlian Brigandage.

Some years ago the writer was living in the interior of Sicily, where brigand- age was so prevalent that every person went armed at all times and never thought of travelling by the usual mail diligence, after sundown, especially, without two or more gendarmes as a guard, and so frequently was the dili- gence attacked that it was customary to change the hours of passing the most dangerous places every few days. So nu. merous were the brigands that no fewer than 20, 900 entered the city of Palmero and took possession, plundering every where and committing the grossest out rages on all who fell into their hands, especially women and children. The outbreak was quelled by troops from Naples and elsewhere, who, after killing considerable numbers of the brigands and taking many prisoners, drove the rest out of the city. Forty of the chief members of these were condemned and shot at one time.
 From one of the inland towns a con- pany of carabinieri went out to try and capture and destroy gang of brigands who were especially dangerous. These carabinieri made an old castle or fori their headquarters. Before long they were outnumbered, and driven to take refuge in their fort. After several inef fectual attempts at sally, they found that the brigands were determined tc sta1ve them out, upon which the officer in charge held 8 council with his men, and, seeing they were being weakened by scarcity of provisions, and that each day lessened their chances of escape the, decided to make final effort to eseap, or die in the attempt. As they all knew what to expect on the event of any fall ing alive in the hands of the brigands each man resolved to keep one charge il reserve for himself rather than be take1 prisoner by them. Accordingly, at tn
 first favorable opportunity the sally wa
 made and the struggle for life began the carabinieri using their carbines first and revolvers and sabres at close quar ters. It was desperate struggle againe fearful odds, and all except the office
 and one man fought to the death. Thes two were knocked down before they coul
 fulfill their desperate resolve. The man
 however, shortly died from the effect c his wounds, while the officer was resery
 ed for one of the most fendish and dis bolical deaths imaginable. Hewas firm
 ly secured to stake and was torn pieces by the mouths of the wome
 among the brigands.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
Green Manure Crops.

Cheap and good manure is getting to be more and more important every year. We are finding 1t harder to buy manure, says the AgricatIturist, and more diff cult to get concentrated fertilizers that are to be depended upon. Nevertheless farmers make little use of green manure crops. It is hard to change old pract1oes sufficiently to blow under good crop of clover or even of buckwheat. 1 have very poor opinion of buckwheat as green manure. Rye is much better, and one can blow that under early enough to SOW something else, to be either harvested or plowed under, as the case may be. For instance, witnessed the following suc- cessful treatment of a rough, stony, poor gravelly lot, and hope to be able to carry out something quite similar myself this year An old neglected lot, five acres of which would hardly pasture sheep, was plowed and sowed with rye, which win tered well. A good many stones were picked of, and about the 1st of June, when the rye was heading well, it was rolled down and plowed under. Stones were partially picked off again-that is, the larger ones were-and about the list of July buckwheat was put in. Of this a good crop was harvested, and the straw, with little addition of some other light I manure, was spread back, and rye was sowed in the autumn. This gave another opportunity to pick off the stones, and the result was that when the rye was a second time plowed under, the quality of soil was so good that corn was planted with fertilizer in the hill. Of this very fair crop was secured, and other farm crops followed. Now if cow-peas could have been sowed at the last hoeing ol the corn, they would doubtless have covered the ground we'll. Then they might have been plowed under just be- fore frost-as soon as the corn could be cut up and removed then wheat or rye might have been sowed.
 Light, poor land, really needs grow ing crop to cover the soil all the time Rye offers several advantages over othel crops. It occupies the soil from Octobe to June--eight manufacturing whicl time, when the ground is not frozen, thu roots are absorbing nutriment and grow ing, so that when the warmth of Sprins comes the plant makes most rapidly thu astonishing growth with which we ar all familiar. It is very certain crop not being liable to winter kill. Beside it is cheap, the seed costing seldom ove $1. 50 per acre.
 Red Clover is no crop wherewith t. manure poor land, though one of the bes for land in good heart. It must, how ever, occupy the land fully year, bu after good crop has been plowed unde and the land lined, almost any crop ma, follow.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14
CHEW
 The Celebrated
 Matchless " Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY, New York, Boston and Chicago.
MARKET NOTES.
NEW YORK MARKET

 The wholesale New York market quotations show:
 Beans.-Marrows $1.75; fair to good 1.60d1.70 per 'bushel.
 B,.tter.-N. Y. sold at 35c. for choice in pails, and 20d23c. common to good. Western sold at 3Sa4Oc. and the common Western at 7a9c.
 CheeSe.-Factory fancy 1315d14c.; do. fair 1019a1212c.; farm dairy, prime 12d13c., and do. fail 10d12c.
 Eggs.-Quotations ranged from 1Oc for or dinary to 16c. for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
 FEo,r.-Superfine New York and Western, $4 O0a475; extra New York $4.90d$5.15. Hdy.-Shipping 65c.; clover 40d45c. salt 40a45c.; straw 40d45c.
 Hops-New York 5a1Sc. Eastern Sa12c. yearlings 3d6c., olds 1d5c. bulk, in barrels 9%c. Naptha 62Ia7c. in ship ping order, and 16d1715 in cases and '1214 ill barrels.
 Porh-Ncw mess s1oo12. Family mess Wheat-spring No.2. $1.239 Milwaukee No. 1, 1.30a1.33; Amber l.35 White 1.41s4o 142.
 Rye-State 75a76c.
 Wool-Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia xxx 46a4Sc.; xx 43d44c.; 42d43c; No: l, 42d43c.; No. 2, 33a38c.; common, 34d36; New York and Western xxx 36a40c.; and No. 1, 36d4Od39d42c.
 PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
 Flou.-State family $625; rye flour 3.5( Wheat, State 1.3O. Amber 1.34. Corn, vel low, 52d53c.; mixed State 5819c. etroleun1.--Refned 12c.; crude, 919d9%c. WooL-State and Western XIX 42a45c.; 42C 43c.; medium 42044; coarse 33d34c.
 CATTLE MARKETS.
 BUFFA1o.-Cattle, good quality, $.4.90 Hogs, fair to good 4.10d4.15 best APO. EAST LIBERTY, PENN.-Best cattle 4.70 medium to good 4.25a4:5O; common to fail 3.00o3.50. Hogs, Workers, 4.lOo4:2O; Phila dclphias 4.40d4.55. Sheep, 4.40d5.70. WATERTowN, MAss.-Cattle, choice 7.St extra 7.O0d7.50; first quality 600d6.5 50 second quality 5.O0a5.50; third quality 4.5Ot 475. Sheep and lambs-wool sheep 3.45a5: 50 extra 4.50d5.50; shcarcd 3Id5Ac.; spring lambs 40514c.: veal calves 4d61sc.
Connecticut western news., 1878-03-14

IT WAS YoU.-Mr. Moody told his Springfield audience the other night that he can tell on looking over congrega- tion the believers by the expression of their faces. Then he told them story about poor woman, who, hearing rap, thought it was the landlord come to de- mand the rent. She refused to answer, and thus turned away friend who wished to give her money. The audience laughed at this, but Moody stopped them abrupt ly by crying "You laugh at that wo- man, but it was you, yourself, sinner. J