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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-31
THE WORLDS DOINGS.

Joseph Mason Of Peoria has been ar
rested in Pittsburgh for forging a postal or
der.
James DAILY, Of Stamford, Vt, killed q
scissors grinder in a quarrel, about the pay
ment for grinding a couple Of razors
Acolored ex-sheriff, of New Orleans,
recently committed suicide by shooting him
self through the head. Cause, drink and loss
of money.
There was row in East st. Louis on
the 23rd inst. Some fifty; shots were fired.
Two were wounded, and a girl standing in a
doorway was shot in. the head. Whisky is
charged with being the cause Of the trouble.
The defalcation Of John g. Tappan, of
Boston, treasurer Of the Betting company, ag
gregates over eight hundred thousand dollars.
The company is ruined and takes down sew
eral other large firms in Boston and New
York.
Ell. Oakley, who defaulted as cashier
of the New York Merchants Exchange Ma
tional bank for $4,000 in 1870, who fled to
Canada, was arrested on the 18th inst, and
put in Ludlow street Jail. He has been a
wanderer since 1870.
: James Toliner, book keeper of G. b..
Markley & Son, Pittsburgh, has been arrested
at, Buffalo, N. Y, charged with tembezzlng
$4,000 from his employers He absconded,
on 18th of May, with Annie Berry, of Steuben
vile, Ohio; Sc 900 of the money was recovered.
On the 23d inst, near Flemina Court
House, Va, Wilson Howehins murdered his
wife, mother-in-law and one child and then
killed himself. Asou seven years old saw
his brother attack his mother, and snatched
the baby out of the cradle and ran to a place
of safety.
Peter Bresniham, now confined in Can
ton, n Y, jailfor the murder of Daniel Their
last spring, and who is to- be hanged on the
Goth inst, confessed the crime July 9th. He
has since made a supplemental confession
stating that he committed three murders
previous to that Of Daniel Theirs.
John G.. Tappan, Of Boston, Mass,
hitherto honored, and supposed honorable
business man, Treasurer of the Betting COM
pany, has misappropriated to his own use over
100000 Of the company's money. BE has
held the position as treasurer since the organ
ization OF the company, thirty years ago.
Mrs. Sarah Sist, a wealthy young wild
ow living in Nelson county, near Perrys Mutt,
Richmond, Va, on the 21st inst, cut the
throat of servant woman on her plantation
with razor, almost seyering the head from
the body. Her victim died almost instantly.
After completing this fendish work the in.
furiated woman directed her attention to the
child Of her victim, a girl of seven or eight
years, who was close by. Selling her she
made quick work of her, cutting her throat
and throwing her body in a mill pond The
reason for these 1iendish and brutal murders
can only be explained by the fact that it is
believed that Mrs Sist was at the time labor
ing under temporary insanity
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-31
Bland, and the bridge Waterman, Jerry
Personal IND 4,y.1T1CAL.

Hon. Charles Foster has declined q
nomination in the Seventh Ohio district
The Emperor William is able to ride
out. He has recovered from the wounds in
ficted by the murderous gun Of the assassin,
but is very weak
A Virginia congressman, Hunton by
name, has challenged Columbus Alexander,
OF Washington, to mortal combat.
President Hayes will leave Washington
July 10th, for Newark, Ohio, to attend the
soldiers reunion to be held on July %.
Archbishop Henri, Of Milwaukee was
Frustrated by the heat, and his life was dis
paired Of but later reports say he is likely to
recover.
Queen Victoria has conferred on Lord
IBeaconsfeld, the Order of the Gorter The
nvestiture took place at Osborne, Monday
morning, July I'D.
3 The Nationals me. in State convention
at Syracuse, N. Y, on the 23d inst. There
was great confusion and acrimony developed,
resulting in a bolt
It is rumored that TIE Hon. I. Donnelly
may enter the field as an independent candi-
date for Congress in the third Minnesota
district, against Mr. Washburn.
1 A telegram from the city of Madrid, of
July 21st, says Mrs. Foster,wife Of the Minister
Of the United States, is very ill, but her physi
clans are confident she will recover.
July 10Th the President appointed
Gen. Bod6er, postm aster at New Orleans, in
place of. NJ. G. Parker, suspended. Parker
is brother-in-law Of Gen. 3. F. Butler.
The Potter subcommittee at New
Orleans have consented to summons rs wit
nesses moved by Secretary Sherman, and will
summons any others. on either side that may
be desired
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-31

his diplomatic action at the Berlin congress.
The object was to save Turkey from partition
as that would involve bloody wars. a divis-
ion of territory, a loss OF provinces, was not
partition. A government might sage provin-
ces and should be powerful. Britain had lost
colonies. Austria had lost provinces. and
France was still powerful Government,
though she had lost territory
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-31
voters in the United States, or one in
every FIVE Of the population.
HOUSE AND FARM

i t ; r.
Up in the morning early,
Before the break of day,
Asslicc Of bread and coffee,
And then to work away.
lou never hear murmur,
Nor discontinued word,
He's whistling and he's singing,
He's happy as bird.
He envies not his neighbor
Who owns a house and lands,
80 long as he can labor
With his two honest hands.
His capital Dame Nature
Bestowed on him at birth
a happy constitution
And that's all he is worth.
No medicines are needed
To rasp his appetite,
No op iates are taken
To make him sleep at night.
He suffers not congestion
Of blood in heart or brain,
No pangs of indigestion,
Orany other pain.
And while crowned ssheads uneasy"
Turn on soft beds of down.
On straw he sweetly slumbers-
A king without a crown.
His cottage is his palace,
Contentment is his throne,
And self control his sceptre,
His master, God alone.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-31

Can the north pole be found7 DR.. Pet.
terman, the distinguished German scien-
fist, believes that it can. He believes
that the energy devoted to the task OF
building a railroad over the Rocky
Mountains would strip the ice mountains
of the polar sea Of half their terrors. He
doesn't believe there is an open polar sea
as DIR. Hayes describes it, but thinks the
sea is more or less covered with ice
mountains, which escape from it and float
into warmer waters. If they do not, be
argues that the new formation of ice.
each year would cause North America
and North Europe to retrograde back to
the ice ages. He believes that there is
land near the pole crusted over or coated
in ice, with ice mountains on its coasts,
and crushing against each other in the
seas about it. This land, he believes, is
inhabited, and the people. love their ice
mountains as well as the negroes love
their country.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-31

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Some interesting information about
the German postal system has been re-
ceived at Washington from N. K. Griggs.
our consul at one of the cities of that
country. There were 191 employees in
the general post-ofice department at
Berlin, in 1875, the postmaster general
receiving $5,755 salary a year, and a
house to live in; the director of the post
and the director Of the telegraph $3.50,
and the clerks salaries which average
1928. Only twenty five received over
$1,000 year. In the forty-o chief
cities the postmasters receive $1,000 per
annum, except Berlin. where the salary
is $4,000, Telegraph operators receive
$s85 to 392; women $214 and letter-car-
riers 1928 to $275. In the railway SER
vice the superintendent salary is 1851,
and few employees receive over 81 900.
Sections hands are paid $144 to STA a
small sum IN addition being allowed for
clothing, and in a few cases employees be
INC furnished houses and servants. En-
gineers are paid $3.50; fire men $500
conductors $44444;; ticket agents 5000 te
O $723: and freight masters $571.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-31

Iii 1877 there were 2, 999, ST. electors
in Great Britain and Ireland, or more
than one IN twelve Of the population.
There arc about nine million qualified
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-31
Recipes.

esEfa5
To Clean Soapstone, Etc. Soapstone
hearths are first washed in pure water
and then rubbed with powdered marble,
or soapstone, put on with piece Of the
stone. Gray marble hearths can be rub
bed with llnseed Oil and no spots will
show.
Water Cake. One teacup sugar, two
eggs, half cup butter, one teacup water,
two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, one OF
soda; beat the butter and eggs TO a
cream, then add the other. ingredients;
stir well, andsbake quickly.
Cooked ICING. : One cup ofcoffee sugar,
water enough TO melt the sugar; put on
the stove AID let it boil; beat the
whites of two eggs to a stiff froth and stir
IN the boiling syrup; continue the beat
ing until nerly cold, add fayoring and
you have it ready for cake.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-07-31
CURRENT TOPICS.

While we are gaining steadily on
Great Britain inathe iron and steel indus
tries, and, thus looking at the matter
comparatively, have fright to feel en-
couraged, it is also true, as appears from
the report of the American Iron and Steel
Association, that in no other year Of the
panic has this! trade suffered so greatly
as IN 1877, the average price of pig-iron
for one month in the year being less than
was ever before known, except in coloni
al times. rf t3
The eclipse of the sun to take place on
the 10th inst. will posses the usual inter-
est investing total dissertations Of that
body. The line Of total eclipse will ex
tend from Northeastern Asia through
Behring'S straits, Alaska, Idaho, Colorado,
New Mexico and Texas to the Gulf of
Mexico at Galveston. The fine noun
tain elevations in Colorado offer unusal
advantages for observing and studying
the phenomen IN, and arrangements are
being made by scientific parties to avail
themselves of them ,..,......s.s
The oil producing union, which Is be-
iieved in some quarters to hold the bal
ance Of power in the coming Pennsylvania
elections, seems to be looking to the adj
vancement Of its interests by other; means
than those which combination will give
it in politics. It is proposed that all the
oil produced shall be turned over to the
central agency, and only so much put
upon the market as the consumption of
the world will demand, and for which a
fair price can be obtained. The unused
surplus will constitute a reserve, to be
held until the market can stand it with
out depression. A check on overproduc-
ton and an assurance of a paying price
for their product will thus be assured, by
a scheme somewhat similar to that at
tempted by the coal companies, who
were dubbed ''conspirators'' for their
pains. ~
The stringency in business circles in
this country and the hardest of the times
among our laboring population, however
severe, are nevertheless in wide contrast
with what is witnessed in other parts of
the world. There has been comparative
, ~ little absolute suffering for want of
common necessities. The intelligence
from China of the ravages Of the famine
is fearful. From statement in the Liv-
erpool Post, based on official reports, it
appears that the number in China requir-
ing gratuitous relief does not fall short of
three or four million souls, equal TO the
entire population of the United States
when its Government was formed. The
roads are lined with corpses in such num-
bers as to render their interment impos-
sible; while women and children, starving
and in rags, know not where to Il ok for
the means Of keeping body and soul to-
ge:her. nj ~tafi f
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-01
Failures at st. Adams.

The Messenger reports that the large
drug and proprietary medicine mouse OF
l.. L. butcher & Sons, was so lnvolVed
with the affairs of John F. Henry, Cur
ran & Co., of New York, that If the
latter should prove unable to survive
the effect of the failure of MIR. Dunnln9,
their broker, Messrs. butcher would De
carried down with them. This appre-
hension proves to have been well found
ed, and within a day or two they nave
felt compelled to file a petition I'D BANK
ruptcy. The amount of their liabilities
and probable assets is not readily as
certainable, by reason of such connec-
ton with others who are in difficulty.
Unfortunately, Mr.. E. B. Whiting, the
former publisher of this paper, and
present proprietor of the st. Adams
bookstore, was an extensive indorser of
the paper of the Messrs. butcher, as
we're they OF his, and he has been OBJ
liged to succumb. 1t had been sup
posed that be owned a fine property
but the heavy depreciation of real es-
tate has left him in a situation from
which it was difficult to rally resources
enough to meet any extraordinary de-
mand, and the result is that he has
been compelled to submit to a process
of composition. Mr.. Whiting has gen
eral sympathy here and we are sure
that it will be shared by thousands of
our readers, many of whom were for
more than third of century his
patrons.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-01
Russia's Terms of Peace.

A Constahtinople dispatch confirms
the report that the Russian conditions
of peace have been accepted by the
porte. Safhet Pasha informed the Brit
ish Minister that the porte had made a
solemn engagement to keep the con-
dltions of peace secret until the treaty
was signed. 1t had telegraphed to its
plenipetentiaries to accept the condi-
tions. 1t would communicate them to
the ambassadors the moment they were
signed. The London papers say that
the alleged terms of peace DESTROYS the
Turkish empire, and reduces the sultan
to Russian vassal. OF course Russia,s
military and diplomatic success will
create intense feeling in England. and
may possibly lead to hostile collision
between that power and Russia. But
1t is clear that the final basis of settle
ment must be Russian victory and tbe
complete conquest of Turkey as estab-
llshed facts. The Russian preliminary
conditions of peace are understood to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-01
For the CaledOnian. J
Liquid Air.

In Nature of Jan. 3, is given an ac-
count of some of the most interesting
scientific work that has been done for
many years. The article is headed
''The Last of the Cases." and refers to
the reduction by some French scientists
of all the so-called permanent gases to
a liquid form.
For a long time the study of moecu-
lar physics bias left 10 doubt in the
minds of thoughtful inquirers that there
is no real distinction in the nature of
matter, whether it is solid, liquid or
gaserous. All matter is under the in
fuence of attractive and repulsive
forces, and according to the preponder-
ance of the one or the other is the con-
ditiou of the material. Recent investi-
CATIONS have proved that there is no
dividing line between liquids and gases
and now we know that all substances
may be brought to liquid condition.
The last Scientific american quotes
from the article to which we refer, aud
gives IA very clear description of the
means employed for reducing oxygen,
nitrogen, hydrogen and air to liquids.
If this line of work can be followed
farther, we may yet learn what kind of
IA solid our air would make, and still
more interesting, what kind of a metal
hydrogen, that typical gas, is.
Two surprising things may be noted.
One is the pressule-500 atmospheres,
or $500 pounds to the square inch The
other is the degree of cold, or more
properly speaking, the low degree of
heat attained, which was-300 degrees
Centigrade, or sos Fahrenheit-m
than twice as far below zero as common
boiling point is above.
We should like to know to what state
these circumstances would reduce aIco-
hol, which has never yet been solidified.
Judging by what has been done with it,
that it thckens like oil at about 200
it would in NJ. Pictet's apparatus per-
haps be like wax or paraffin.
These results confirm in the most
satisfactory manner the truth of the
dynamical theory of heat, and the
molecular constitution of matter, and
having been reached by different inves-
tigators at the same time, show the
common line pursued by each, and as
has been known in similar instances be-
fore that each were working on true
principles and so were each led into the
hitherto unknown regions of Natures
wonderful domain.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-01
Confession of Fiendish Murderer.

Edward Tatro, the Highgate murder
er now under sentence of death, has
confessed his guilt, and it is a most re-
voting story that he tells. Being left
alone in the house with Mrs. Alice But
Ter, by whose husband he was employ
ed, June ,, 1876, he resolved to have
connection with her, and went to her
room up stairs. She resisted, and he
knocked her down with blow on the
head from chair, when she promised
to Yield if he would let her go down
stairs. Suspecting that she meant to
escape, however, he seized her ami they
went struggling down when, on her
trying to run away, he knocked her
down with stick and finished her with
an AK. Then when she was writhing in
her death struggle he accomplished his
fiendish purpose. 81 started to do it,"
says the young tiend, land by Cd |
did it," His fellow prisoners in the
county Jail, to whom he has repeatedly
told this story, say that he never evinc-
ed any emotion in the recital, OF seem
ed to feel any remorse. He received
his death sentence without any appear
ance of emotion, and remarked to the
deputy sheriff while being taken back
to Jail, ''Well, by Cd, that settles my
hash" Subsequently,, however, on
talking over the sentence and its full
he broke down, and from
that time until his removal to the state
prison, Tuesday morning, manifested
grief and horror, W eeping
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-01

p. NJ. We found the City Point at the
same pier waiting for us, and were soOr
on board and in a good state-room.
| expect we left there about one
o'clock. The next morning when
woke up, we were out at sea again, but
soon sighted Tybese light, and entering
the Savannah river at 10 A. NJ, anC
passing Fort Pulaski and Jackson, ar.
rived at the city about noon. We stop
ped at Savannah about two hours, anG
then proceeded down the river again
arriving at Fernandina at midnight, anG
remaining there till eight o'clock this
morning.
Passengers by the Savannah boats
can have their choice from there of two
or three routes. By rail, by the Inside
route, or Outside, as l was going. The
'1nside" goes part of the way between
the mainland and the Sea Islands that
line the coast along here, and are sc
celebrated for their long staple cottOns
This is a very pleasant trip through
the rice fields, and narrow channels,
but some times the boat gets aground
on Rumby's Marsh, and one has to wait
for high tide. Gen. Sherman went oven
pant of this route when he wanted to
communicate with Gen. Foster, after he
had captured FOIt McAllister, but be-
fore Savannah had surrendered. Just
north of Fernandina, which is situated
on Amelia Island, is Cumberland Island,
the former home of Gen. Greene, who
is buried there. Farther north they
point out st. SimOn's Island, on which
is very large live oak, under which
Whitetield Tor Wesley,) preached his
first sermon in America.
AT ii A. M, we crossed the st. Johns
bar, leaving the wreck of the Lizzie
Baker to the right. At one P. NJ. we
we're at Jacksonville, having met As
tors yacht going down the river. Here
we took leave of the City Point.
Jacksonville people call it a very dull
much business, and not
many visitors. | was surprised to find
that about One-half of the passengers
that came along with me, had places in
Florida, like myself, and were coming
down to look after them. The Grand
National Hotel is not open. The ST.
James, Windsor, Carleton, etc, are
about half full. Prices reduced to SO
per day, and SIS to $50 per week. |
find prices are reduced some in the
grocery stores, and are about the same
as at home. The butchers have very
good beef in the market, but it comes
from Tennessee.
Although this letter may not cause
leach particular hair to stand on emf
like quilts from the tretful porcupine,"
it may he of use to any who propose
to make the trip this year.
Yours truly, HORACE X. IDE.
=. 81 find the sum total of my ex-
penses coming to be S37 .25-miles trav-
elled, ,2S4. The fare by rail from New
York to Jacksonville, is S33.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-01
Blackmail in Vermont.

Some of our readers will recall a SEN
sation at st. Adams some time ago, in
which Romeo II. Hoyt, prominent and
wealthy citizen, and woman named
Clarissa n. Dewey, were the principal
parties. The claim of the woman was
that Mr.. HOyt had taken improper lib
critics with her, and she demanded a
large sum of money to heal her wound
ed honor. And as we remember the
case, the woman succeeded-by the aid
of male friend in Boston-in obtain
ing some ten thousand dollars from Mr.
HOyt. 1t seems that Mr.. Hoyt was
never fully satisfied with this arrange
ment, and brought a suit to recover.
The result of this matter, as well as
several other things, are told in the fol-
lowing article from the Boston IfaU-
eller:
There is probably no crime commit
ted so frequently and punished so rarely
us blackmail. Its perpetrators are in
genious and designing, its victims of
TIC CldSo WIZ Gall U6llcI 10 U6
victimized than to bear the annoyance
of scandal. 1t turks in the dark, show
ing itself only when the attack is neces-
sary, when the resistance is certain to
he almost nothing and the miserable
victory sure. A case of this kind has
recently occurred in Vermont, in which
Vermont lawyer and Boston lawyer
disgracefully figured. 1t is the old
story of circumvention, fraud and du-
ress. A designing woman suddenly de-
velOps an increased intimacy with the
family of her near neighbor, man of
wealth, position and responsibility.
Little by little she approaches the vic
tim, and by requests and invitations
brings him in almost daily contact with
her. A lawyer brother-in-law is then
consulted, an evening meeting arranged,
and confederate placed in an adjOin
ing room without light; then there
are pretended Mysteries, and the con-
cealed woman appears ready to carry
out her part of the programme of in
timidation the brother in Boston is
then sent for, and large sum of money
demanded, under the threats of crimi-
nal prosecution and exposure.
Inc DOStOn lawyer WHO tnuS figures
is Henry r. Brigham. The case was
tried year ago by Chancellor Royce,
who rendered a decree exculpating the
plaintiff from all wrong and finding
that the money and property was eX-
tOrted from him by the threats of Brig
ham. The full bench of the Supreme
Court go farther than this, and find
that the money was 'extorted by fraud,
duress and threats
The complete vindication of the party
who sought redress from the courts of
Vermont is of course satisfactory to
and his friends, but it is mat
ter of concern that the bar of this city
has among its members an attorney
whose methods Of practice have been
by the court of last resort
of sister state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-01

be formulated on the basis of the in
dependence of Servia; the cession to
Montenegro of Antivari, Nicsics, Shuz
and portion of Lake Scutarl; Bulga-
rian autonomy, according to the con
ference programme the opening OF the
Straits of Dardaneles to Russian ships
of war, and the occupation of Batoum,
Kars, and Erzeroum 10y Russia until a
war indemnity of 920,O00,00O is paid.
A part of the Russian force is to EN- bark
temporarily for Constantinople, where
the treaty of peace is to be signed TO
satisfy Rnssa's honor. A London de
spatch says the fore going statement OF
the conditions is substantially correct,
although the terms are somewhat
harsher than those officially commun-
icate1