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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
"Reminiscences Of Lincoln.

We copy from advance sheets Of Serb
aler's Monthly the following passages from
"Personal "reminiscences of Lincoln" bv
Noah Brooks:
Lincoln particularly liked joke atthe
expense Of the dignity of some high civil
Or military official, One day, not long
before his second Inauguration, he asked
me if I had heard about Stanton's meet
ing a picket On Broad river, South Caro-
lima, and then told this story: Gen. Eos
ter, then at Port Royal, escorted the sec
rotary up the river, taking quarter
masters tug. Reaching the outer lines
on the river, picket roared from the
bank, who have you got on board that
tug2s The severe and dignified answer
was, THE secretary of war and Major
General Foster Instantly the picket
roard back, We've got major generals
enough up here why don't you bring us
up some hard tack? The story tickled
Lincoln nightly, and he told it until it
was replaced by new one.
Anything that savored Of the wit an d
humor of the soldiers was especially well
com to Lincoln. His fondness forgood sto-
ries is we'll accepted tradition. but any
incident that showed that the boys were
mirthful and jolly in all their privations
seemed to commend itself to him. He
used to say that the grim grotesqueness
and extravaganza of American humor
were its most striking characteristics.
There was story of a soldier IN the ar
my of the Potomac, carried to the rear of
battle with both legs shot of, who, seeing
a pie woman lowering about, asked, Say,
old lady, are them pies sewed or peggeda'
And there was another one of soldier
at the battle of charlottesville, whose
regiment, waiting to be called into the
fight, was taking coffee. The hero, Q
tile story put to his lips a crockery mug
which he had carried with infinite care
through several campaigns. "A stray
bullet, just missing the coffee drinkers
head, dashed the mug into fragments and
left only its handle in his fingers. Turn
ing his head in that direction, the soldier
angrily growled, Johnny, you can't do
that.again!' Lincoln, relating these two
stories together, said, 1T seems as if
neither death nor danger could quench
the grim humor Of the American soldier.
/" IS a rule Lincoln wrote his most I'M
portant letters with his own hand. Some
Of these, perhaps the most Of them, were
read over to confidential friends, and
were corrected or modified before being
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
Insanity Among the Higher Classes.

Having referred to the bearing of the
habits of one large portion of the pupula-
ton upon the manufacture ofinsanity, we
pass on to the consideration of the rela-
ton between higher grades of modern
society and mental disord er. It has been
observed in institutions into which pri-
vate and pauper patients are admitted,
that the moral or physical causes of lun-
acy are more frequently the occasion of
the attack with the former than the latter
class. This is not always accounted for,
as might have been expccted-by there
having been less drink produced insanity
amongthe well-to.do patients, for, in the
Royal Edinburgh Asylum, where this
disparity strongly comes out, there is
even a4higher percentage Of insanity from
this cause among the private than the
pauper lunatics. The history of the daily
mode of life of many members of the
Stock Exchange would reveal, in the
matter of diet, an amount
of alcoholic inhibition in the form of
morning "nips," wine at luncheon and
it dinner, difficult to realize by many of
less porous constitutions, and easily ex-
planning the disastrous results which in
many instances fOllOW.; sooner or later, as
respects disturbances of the nervous sys-
TEN, in one form or other. In fact, by
the time dinner is due the stomach is in
despair, and its owner finds it necessary
to goad lost appetite by strong spirits
ending with black coffee and some liquor.
When either dyspepsia or over-business
work is set down as the cause of the in
sanity of such individuals it should be
considered what influence the amount of
alcohol imbibed has .exerted upon the
final catastrophe, as well as the assigned
cause. But whatever may be the relative
amount Of insanity produced among the
af1uent and the poor, of this there can be /
no doubt, that certain men,al causes of
lunacy, as over-study, and business wor
.ry, produce more insanity among the
upper than the lower classes.-P Popular
Science Monthly. IL
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
2 milwaukee Produce Market.

GRAIN-Wheat opened unsettled and closed
firm; No. hard $1.15; No. 1 81. ii No. 81 10;
February 81. 097s; March $1.O91s April 81 101
No. 8 $685.. Corn, scarce and wanted No. q
nominal ut 44c. Oats, steady; No. Csc. Rye,
scarce and firm; No. | SIC. Barley, dull and de-
pressedNo. q March 521 q; April 1891 @55c. ,.s
ONS-No minally unchanged; mess
pork steady at 5000. Lard, prime steam
$3.50; kettle $685..
Chicago Produce Market.
IGRAIN-Wheat excited, higher and unset
tied; opened strong and higher and closed at
inside prices; No. Chicago $1.1OA Gill; No.
Chicago gilt edge $1.1O5s regular; $1.09%
cash and March; Bio April; sales at $1,000
1.1155ss April; No. Chicago $1.04@1. 041155; re
jected Gle. Corn, demand active; opened
strong and higher, and closed at inside prices;
gilt edge 43c; regular 1870 cash, March and
April; 1870 May; rejected 36@3615c. Oats,
dull and unchanged; s25c cash; 24%o March
245Ssc April; 2736 @271-,, May. Rye, fairly &C.
tive and shade higher. as &C.. Barley, good de.
mand and prices shade higher. at 47cs
PROFESSIONALISM steady with fair de.
mand $1O.25 cash; $l0.46@10 421 April
$10.571a May. Lard, steady and in fair de.
mand, at $7.25 cash; 81 $500 .3711 April; 81
@7.471 May. Bulk meats steady and in fail
demand. tsf ss.
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Honest Money League.

The executive CT 4nmittee of the ''honest
money league ha issued call for a meet
ing of persons frie .dly to the object of the
league, to take p' zee at the Grand Pacific
hotel, Chicago Tuesday, March 18th. The
ca stat .~6 the object Of the meeting is to
effect a permanent organization for the North
west, to thereby disseminate sound views of
finance and to counteract the influence of Or
gained agitators who would lead the nation
to the adoption of irredeemable paper money.
The leaders of the movement report that it is
rapidly gaining strength and that letters are
received daily expressing warm sympathy and
a desire to cooperate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
NEWS OFTHE WEEK.
A Kentucky Tornado.

=
A.stanford, KY, special to the Courier
Jossrnal says: A terrible tornado, with a
width Of 400 yards, swept through Casey
county on the I'd inst, doing frightful damage
In the neighborhood Of Rich Hill and Mount
Olive. The whole of the family of Vincent
Wesley, near Rich Hill, consisting of himself,
wife, two grown daughters and boy named
Sloan, a nephew, and VIM. Taylor, a neighbor
stopping at his house, were killed outright.
Another man named Richardson had his
shoulder and collar bone frightfully crushed.
Mrs. Wesley's body was blown four hundred
yards, and her clothing entirely stripped off.
The two daughters were carried flfry yards
and were found locked in each others arms.
The father and nephew were fearfully man.
sled, and all must have been killed by the
tirst force of the tempest. The dwelling,
stable and out houses were blown entirely
away, the logs being scattered for many yards
along the sweep of the tornado, and the
hearth and foundation stones blown from
their places. In the vicinity of Mount Olive
Mrs. Morgan was killed, and the dwelling and
out houses of F. Floyd were completely
swept away and the timbers scattered in every
ulrectlOn. III Lie village Vi mount OllVe
several houses were swept away, and the re-
maindcr otherwise injured. Fences were
blown away along the whole course Of the
tornado, post and rail fences being drawn out
and torn into splinters and utterly destroyed.
Large trees were twisted from the roots and
carried hundreds of yards. A considerable
number Of horses, cattle and other. stock and
nearly all the poultry in its course were killed.
The probable damage is not less than $4,000.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
Sureitlen.

Z The bill introduced in the Senate
by Senator Thurman, to prohibit men,
bers of Congress from becoming securities on
certain bonds, provides that it shall be unlaw.
full for any Senator or Representative in or
delegate to Congress, to become surety on
any official bond hereafter executed to the
United States or to any officer thereof, or on
any bond hereafter executed by any contract
or with the United States, or with any depart
ment or officer thereof, to secure the perform
ance of any contract in which the United
States may be interested, and any such bond
hereafter executed by such Senator or Repre-
sentative, or delegate, as surety shall be null
and void. ~ ~ @@iSs-- ~ .".r
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
day at Trocha, Jose Gomez and $50 persons
gave themselves up. surrenders continue
with perfect harmony between spaniards and

RssasinalR maternity witnsrencA 1asens
The grand lodge Of Free Masons cf
England. Lord Carnarvan presiding, have
unanimously passed q resolution refusing to
recognize as o Free Mason any person initial
ed in lodge whose belief In God Ii denied OF
ignored. This refers to the action Of the
Grand Orient of France, which recently elImi.
mated the article expressing belief in God
from its ritual z..s ~.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
suicide or . Flfteen Year old GIRL,

Il About seven weeks since Miss Ella
schultze, aged Is years, suddenly disappeared
from her adopted home with Henry G. Buell.,
q wealthy farmer living near Geneva Lake,
Wis. Deligent search was made, but no trace
of her whereabouts were discovered until on
the 9th inst, her lifeless body was found in d
water hole near Caledonia station, Boone
county, ILL.,, twenty five miles away from
home. a corners jury pronounced 1t a case
Of suicide. -. -. - ~. 41
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13

One by one all the, comforts of this
life are taken away from the toilng mil
lions. It used to bca great consolation
to us in our poverty that none of our itch
neighbors could ever get to heaven. Now.
alas! we are assured there is-no place else
for them to go to. O, woful times! 6.
wretched. harsh, and inconsiderate world !
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
Funeral or the Late Bent. Wade.

The funeral Of the late Senator Wade,
at Jefferson, Ohio, was largely attended. The
exercises at the late residence of the deceased
consisted of reading from the scriptures and
brief address by Rev. DR.. Dickinson, pastor
of the Congregational church of the village
and short prayer by G. s. Shipman, OF Girard
Pa. Unitarian church. Resolutions of respect
adopted by the Ohio Legislature were read,
and an address delivered by Hon. s. A, North
way on behalf of the bar of Ashtabula. The
remains were then removed to the village
cemetery for interment. The pall-bearers were
Hon. II. O. Fitch, and Henry Fassett, Ashtabula
hon. A. kellogg and N. E. French, Of Jefferson
Judges Ranney, Tilden and Caldwell, of Cleve-
land and Hon. T. Chandler, Of Michigan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
Discouraging Prospects for Lake Naylxa.
Et-a-.. = - &. ton.

The vessel men at Milwaukee antici-
pate little or no business during the early
charters, and no likelihood of there being any
before May at the earliest. The amount of
wheat there is only six hundred thousand
bushels, not more than a quarter the amount
usually in store at this season Of the year.
There will be nothing for vessels to do before
the middle Of May, and even then freight rates
will be ruinously low. There are so many
vessels, and SO little grain, that vessel men ex.
pect to see rates lower than ever before A
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
steamboat sunk. :,

The steamboat Shannon, from Quachita
river with 900 bales Of cotton, collided with the
monitor Canonicus,nea New Orleans, La, and
sank in a few minutes. Captain. Depart thinks
no lives are lost. The ,Canonicus is at anchor
in the river, at the foot Of Canal street. Tbs
is the second steamboat sunk by collision
with her. Steamboat men claim the light
displayed by the monitor was insufficient.
The boat is total loss. A portion Of the car
60 may be saved, badly managed. Boat and
cargo valued at 100000.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
Ellxllsh Grain Trade.

The Mark Lane Enpress says the peace
prospects, the fairly abundant granary stocks
and heavy anticipated arrivals, both from
America and Southern Russia have combined
10 reduce the wheat trade to a lamentable
state of depression. During the past week
the inactivity has been such that in the alb
sencc Of sales, it has been matter of some
difficulty to record the fuctuation in prices.
That the withdrawal of the prop which the
uncertain aspect of political matters furnish
ed to the grain trade would depress values was
anticipated; but the concession of a shilling
to two shillings per quarter has failed to i'm
prove the demand for wheat which it might
be expected to have done. Having regard to
the low state into which the millers have al
lowed their stocks to run all over the king
dom, an explanation is probably to be found
In the fact that supplies in prospective are too
heavy to allow the concession offered to have
much weight, and until some definite idea can
be formed of the amount of wheat this coun-
Try may expect from Odessa, Nicolieff and
other southern Russian ports, millers will
only buy from hand to mouth. That the &C.
emulation of grain in the Black Sea ports is
large cannot be doubted for one moment, but
We think large proportion will be found to
consist of q low class and badly conditioned,
as the demand for transport during the war
obliged inland grainers to store as best they
might on the spot, W here of course the appli-
ances for keeping grain in good condition in
agranaryfor so long a period would be to
great extent inefficient. There is dragging
trade for feeding corn, barley, maize and oats,
all receded six pence to one shilling per quar-
ter with very little business. With moderate
arrivals off the coast the floating cargo trade
for wheat raised steady without quotable
change in values. Maize fairly steady Bar
lev dn1l
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
Cuban Ite,ns or News.

Heavy foundations are reported in the
Cuban district, damaging the sugar crop. A
water spout near Madruga destroyed four
plantations. The insurgent CHEZ, Esten Arias
with seven hundred men, surrendered the 4th
inst, in the neighborhood Of Yara. The same
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13

six thousand acres Of wheat by the flood. The
main wheat lands OF Colusa county are five
miles from the river and are safe. About 10
per cent. Of the wheat crop Of that county is
ruined, and about the same amount damaged.
The loss between Sacramento and Monroeville
In levecs, buildings, stock and crops, will reach
$500, OOO besides decrease In the value OF
property In some localities. There is however,
prospect OF an enormous harvest and much
sediment has been deposited, which will renew
the land where worn out by continuous crop.
ping. The flood has caused comparatively
ewscases Of personal suffering and want.
rlenaisA ana Diabolieal Murder
One of the most fiendish and diabolical
murders ever committed, recently occurred
near Hoge Stanton, Kansas, man named
Andrew Butts being the victim. He was
travelling with q companion named George
Stuttman, both being from Mount Carmel,
Northumberland county, Pa. While he and
his companion were sleeping by q camp fire,
three tramps whose names are unknown, came
up and asked permission to sleep by the fire.
This being refused, the tramps went away
and the two young men went to sleep. About
midnight Butts was awakened to find his
clothing in flames and a burning railroad tie
laid across his body. He tore The burning rags
from his body,but he was SO badly
burned before he could do SO that the flesh
dropped from his body in various places. He
crawled to a farm house near by and had his
wounds tied up, and was then taken to the
poor house at Leavenworth, where he died
the next day. His companion has not been
seen since that night, and the general sup
position is that the tramps made way with
him. >w'.a@i& .}S&f3S5sI
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
sulciaefor .Je.lop.y.S

Mrs. Kaiser, wife Of A. Kaiser, prom.
inent business man Of Burlington, Iowa, com
mitted suicide by taking morphine. The testi..
mony at the inquest developed the fact that
she had contemplated self-destruction for
some time. jealousy and imaginary wrongs
on the part of her husband were the causes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
DECISION. bv Po.tm aster General.

r. ~ = ,
The postmaster general decided that
members of Congress have legal right to be-
come sureties on bonds accompanying bids
for mail service. The postmaster general al
so decided that the bid submitted by j. B..
Price, a citizen Of the State of Missouri, could
not be regarded as invalid, on the ground that
his wife, who is one Of the sureties thereon,
is possessed of sufficient property in her own
right. Another decision of interest rendered
by the postmaster general is to the effect that
certain bidders of Messrs. Brott, of Texas, and
Price, of Missouri, who are not actual owners
Of steamboats, cannot be awarded contracts
for steamboat mail service and are not re-
ieved from the prohibition of the law Oh this
subject by showing that they have secured
chatter Of parties for the use of STEAMBOATS,
conditional upon obtaining mail contracts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
The, 9acranaento Forod.

a correspondent Of the California ASSOC
ciated press, who has ascended the Sacramento
river to Monroeville, 100 miles above sacra-
mento, telegraphs that for the entire distance,
the country presents the appearance Of q con
nnuous sea. On both sides Of the river, not
fvs thousand acres Of land along the river for
the whole distance have escaped the flood. The
liver Is now falling rapidly, andyast tracts Of
wheat land are making their appearance, much
ofwhich may be saved II drying north winds
follow the recent continued storms. Between
Sacramento and Monroeville there are about
250 breaks in the levees. DR.. eileen, large
farmer in Colusa county, lost 70, 900 sheep and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-13
Changes In the rarin Bill.


The committee on ways and means
have considered the tax on sundries. Brim-
stone, crude, was made free. Brittania ware
was increased from 20 to Is per cent. a
nalorens. Card cases. pocket books, souvenirs
and all similar articles Of whatever material
composed, are increased form 80 to 80 per
cent. I'D valoreoe Chicory and the root
ground or unground, burnt or prepared, is re
duced from 5to cents per pound. The rate
on castor beans or seeds was fixed at 60 cents
per bushel of 80 pounds. Crude cocoa and
cork bark were made free; cork bark manu-
featured 80 per centum ad valorena. Chloro-
form 80 cents per pound. Cream tartar was
reduced from 9 to 6cents per pound. Zante
or other currants were reduced form to /
cent per pound. Raisias were fixed at tx
cents per pound. Corsets, manufactured Of
cotton, were reduced from IS to 81 per dozen.
The tax on unwrought clay, pipe clay and fire
clay was fixed at a per ton; kaoline "a pc,
ton and fullers earth IS per ton.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-07-14
Receipts ~ Produce

SHREVEP0RT-Per steamer Iaruhe--4t bales
cOttUn N O & II T Co-9 do Jno 7 Hardie &oo---5
kirkpatrick &On--9 JBO Phelps &eO---2 j Bur
bridge &oo--i GraEaid & Fsrrar--l Never, Wsis A.
80 head cattle Mehls &CO---ie1 do AyCOok
Mitchell &oo---a sacks OilCaks 12B bbls oil luo
Chaie SUna-t7S bundles hides aaChs wool New
YOrk--enndres to OTdsr-IoiAt So bales cotton J2e
head cattle 275 eaoks oiloake 126 bbls oil
PO tT ADS-PeT steamer Martha--5l hhs rice
r R1der--5 do SOcOla-27 bales mOss II Ode II
bbls onions A NJ r6no- & sacks Mons saoks sw cot
potatoes d atlngs garlic MorTs-sundres TO order
-rnni hp bbls uoe
HAYOU LAFUURCHE-Per steamer Assumption
% bbs potatoes 4p5 sacks do r SEWN lB do A N
Lanes-5o do NJ Wash--7p do Lssssps-sundre
10 urder-TOtal 566 sacks potatoes
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Receipts mt the Old Rnaln

Biloxi-Per sohr j Cowart-25 600 feet lumber TO
Buddig
Biloxi-Per sohr Celna---25 900 feet lumber TO II
BuddIg
Biloxi-Per sohr John MoCa1rey-25 900 feet um.
Der TO II Buadig
Pass MAJ ohao-Per sChr Monsta-Jo 600 feet um.
Der 10 order
Pasoagoula-Per sohr City BelIe-tOOO bbIs charcoal
TO master
Ocean SprinEs---Per echr EsperAnBa---240O bbis
charcoal to master
Bayou Laoombe-Per schr Hattie .a7 cords wood
to master
Pass Manchsc-Per schr Lille Simms--2O cords
wood to master
Bonfouca. Per schr Mary DiaDa--ls cords wood 10
master
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Receipts Al tho New Basin

Pasoagoua-Per sohr Blet etsey-45OOO feet lumb, r
II Buddig
springaeld-Per sohr viotoria--ts cords wood to
master
Amits Rivsr--Per sehr Reportsr---25 900 shingles
10 uu0 feet lumber 30 cords wood TO master
TohefunCta River-Psr sobr Ann MuGuinp---500
bills sand to order
Bayou Laoombe-Per sohr Conoordia-45O sbl sand
to order
Amite Rivsr-Per steamer Georgia Munoy-- so
cords wood vs. coo shingles 10000 feet lumber to Il
MunCy
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-07-14
BRgMK KR.

NORTH GERMAN LLOYD,
STEAM BETWEEN BREMEN AND NEW OR
LEANS, VIA HAvRE SOUTH
!. AMPTON AND HAVANA.
ctr The steamships Of the North Ger
man lloyd will resume their Regular Trims
These steamers touch outward at Havra aus.
Hayana. and on their home trip at Havana and
Southam pton. - ss-'Ns
PRICES OF PASSAGE:
FROM Bremen. Southarn pton or Hayre 10 Ha.
vana or New Orleans-Cabin, $50 lRoid): Hta9Fs
From New Orleans to Southampton. Havra ov
BTenen.Cabin $50 tRoldl; SteeraRe s9g feoIGf
from New Orleans TO Havana-fJalfn e1a
tgoldl; Steerage. s15 tgold).
Children under ten years. half price. emf.
dren 1nder me year. free.
n. B-Our agent for Texas Mr.. Peter M Ey.
hard. In Galveston. is authorized to tssuestear
age passage orders at the following throu0h
rates: @AN
From Bremen to Galveston, S42. gold
From Bremen TO Indianola, Sl6 50, gold.
The company reserves the rIknL W CnanReElA
route or the steamers, their advertised days al
departure and the prices Of passage.
Passage tickets from Bremen, arthanpkOm
or Hayre to New Orleans issued bS he under
For further particulars apply TO
ED. =. sTOCKMEYER 4 CO., Agents,
euh ~ a Union street
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-07-14

PROGREsO CAMPECnE VERA CRUZ AND
TUsPAN-Per steamship Uitv Of Nj ,Tioo so bales
coffee 32 bags do Avsndano Bros40 bB aisal Rta7s
bales straw hats Fensndsz--sl0 500 in specie
P, ig, Corral &oO 5000 do d Fatjo &oe-l2 pkgs Of
mhae
RUATAN-P Per sohr r Looke--20,0n0 oocoauuta
5000 plantains 300 bunOhes bananas tbs nangUes
10 bile linn o dog pineapple4 grRnde
NEW YOkK-Per steamship Lone btsr--Asstd
m1se
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-07-14

of Mr.. R1sk. The Mesars. Fisk, Of CqvinRton,
were first consulted and the advised the bring
ing OF the suit on this side Of the river Dol, T.
O. Campbell is the counsel en- mployed in Cincin-
natl, we believe
by Telegraph
NATCHEz. July TITO J. b. Woods. tO4 Com
mon street: Anchor Line steamer Belle OF
Shreveport will arrive Sunday night and leave
on time Tuesday for Ht. Louis.
JAS. O. COGHILL M dster.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-07-14
Trains will leave rs follows

On SUNDAYS the trains will leave the Lake
at $3.50 o'clock D. m. and the city at O'Clock
D. m,
The last train will leave the Lake at o;3O
o'clock .. M on Sundays.
Passengers for Gentilly must notify the Con-
ductor prior to the departure of train.
my1 1v ID. B. ROBINSON, Receiver