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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
Stanley'S Book.

The difference between the Mungo
Park period of African travel and STAN
ley's is most strikingly illustrated by a
single incident in the story of the latter
Stanley began his great journey on the
African coast opposite Zanzibar.
Through every kind Of trial and expo
sure and peril he pushed on with his
large company Of about two hundred
and thirty persons, and after travelling
seven hundred and twenty miles in one
hundred and three days, he reached the
southern shore Of the Victoria or N'yan-
"a Lake. Upon this vast inland sea,
after short rest for preparation, he
embarks, the first white man to circum-
navigate it. For more than a month he
follows the winding shore, surmounting
every danger, and reaches mid-African
empire. The fascinated reader feels as
if he had penetrated q new and vast
world Of undeveloped humanity, and
the sense Of remOteness from familiar
civilization and the happy world we
know is most profound at the very mo-
ment when, in this mid-African imperi-
al court, this sole white man, ''Stamlee,"
suddenley encounters-M Linant de
Bellefords coming south from Cairo!
And M. De Bellefonds and Mr.
Stanley, one going north from
Zanzibar, and the other south
from Grand Cairo, meet at point
which, until within a very few years
had eluded all human endeavor of dis
covery, as New Yorker meets a Bos-
tonlan On the platform of the station at
Springfield, and mods and passes on
Nothing in the whole book is more
impressive assurance that Africa is now
"opened to trade and travel" that
and one of the most jealousy
cherished secrets of time is at last fully
told.
Another of the common impressions
that the single African communities
or states are insignificant also dis
turbed by Stanley's story. One of the
striking incidents that he describes is a
war of the Emperor of Uganda, at
whose court he met the Frenchman
He is called Mtesa, and was described
by Captain Spoke as a wild youth. but,
as Stanley sees him in his maturity he
is a remarkable man for an African
monarch-a man, indeed, whom Mr..
Stanley, IN his capacity of Christian
missionary, evidently holds that he con
verted TO the true faith. Having made
acquaintance. with the emperor. and
finished the circumnavigation of the
lake, which occupied two months of
constant travel, Stanley returned to the
imperial court of Uganda on his way
to the Lake Albert N'yanza. But he
found the emperor at war with some
refractory subjects who refused to pay
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

NINE. PATTI has signed an agreement
by which she will be paid at rate con-
siderably higher than any yet recorded
in the annals of operate history. Quite
lately 81, 900 a night had been looked
upon as the very highest figure to which
even SO eminent vocalist as she could
aspire. Last winter, however, Nine.
Patti and Signor Nicolini were engaged
at Milan for the carnival season at sal
aries which yielded them together 10000
francs, or $4,000, for each performance.
A series of concerts has now been ar
ranged for, at which Nine. Patti will, in
fact, receive $1,000 a night. These
concerts are to be given at London,
Liverpool, Manchester and elsewhere,
and the first of the London concerts will
take place in November.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

The clerks of the Bank of France
have been forbidden to wear the mus
tache, an appendage which has fire.
quently been the subject of legislation.
In February. 1892, soldiers were for
hidden to wax their mustaches or wear
them in sharp points, and in June the
wearing Of the mustache was limited
to the grenadiers; ten years later it was
extended to all the cavalry but the dra-
goons. In 1922 the infantry, grena-
diers, carbineers and voltigeurs were al
lowed the coveted ornament, as we'll as
all officers, and in 1882 its wearing was
made obligatory. In the French navy
the mustache is forbidden as likely to
arrest saline particles and ulcerate the
lip The DEGREES of 1910 and 1922. reg
ulating the costume of lawyers, is silent
as to the mustache, but any advocate
VINO should appear IN court wearing one
would in all probability be refused p
hearing. The French clergy have
shaved since 1879, though up to that
time the neat little able wore a natty
little mustache powdered and pomaded,
and in the days of Richelieu and Maza-
rim the priests wore chin Whiskers like
the courtiers Missionaries, priests
on service in the colonies and chaplains,
however, not only wear the mustache
but the beard. Among civilians the
mustache did not come IN till after the
fall of the empire, whose military reg
iment it was taken as recalling with
mockery. The outbreak Of the Ro-
manticists. in 1880 established it firmly
in popular favor. No first-class restau-
rant or cafe will employ a waiter with n
mustache.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
L joke OH a Physician.
New Orleans Picayune.

An amusing incident, which imrugns
the faithfulness of memory of one Of
our physicians, occurred few days
since.
The Esculapian referred to treated a
man for the yellow fever, and when his
patient was well and out, sent him his
bull, amounting to good round sum
for professional services rendered. The
client, who considered the bill rather
e1orbitant, called on the doctor He
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

Eliza bethan era. The earliest refer
ence to whist is in 1921, in the poems
OF John Taylor, the water poet In the
first edition, issued six years later, it is
mentioned as a game Commonly
known IN England" Cotton's saving
that the game gets it's name from the
silence observed in playing it, albeit
generally received, is by many regard
ed as incorrect The proper name is
probably whisk.-New York Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

OF the 149 members of the California
constitutional convention 50 are law
yers, SO farmers, 10 merchants, 4 mi
ners, 20 artisans, 5 physicians, 8 clerks,
8 journalists and 2 teachers, while there
is only one capitalist Sacramento
county sends five delegates averaging
in height six feet two and half inches,
the shortest man being six feet one
inch. ae ....s sf sis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
The Next House.

The following list comprises the mem
bers of the 10th house thus far chosen.
The democrats are in roman. the re-
publicans in italics, the unions and ma
tionals in SMALL CAPS. 1t will be remem-
bered that the present representative
from Colorado was seated by the house
over his contestant on the ground that
the election was irregularly held. Ohio
has been redistricted by the democrats,
the change of lines accounting for the
apparent confusion in the list. In the
third district of Vermont there was no
choice at the September election, and
the contest will be renewed next month
Members elect. Present members.
COLORADO.
l. Jas. B. Bedford gain 1. Thos. NJ. Patterson
INDIANA.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

A ST. LOUIS reporter, having occasion
to report procession, began as follows:
All has been intense excitement and
glowing interest, and the community
has placed its trembling hand upon its
great and FACILITATING bosom and whisp-
cred to itself softly, { Sit still, my heart,
sit stillr"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

The cooks and housemaids in the
vicinity of a London church, whose
curate had followed the example of his
fashionable Pensioners and gone to
seaside, wrote to the papers to ask if
their souls were not worth saving, and
the curate came flying back by the next
train, in mortal terror of an overhaul
ing by the bishop.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

GONE minute in the penitentiary, !"
was the punishment fix ed by Dallas,
Tex, jury for the tramp, who, having
been discharged weak and hungry
from the hospital, stole a citizens break
fast. ..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

Young Girls Experience While
Searching for q Drunken Father.

The Middletown IN. " Press tells
the story Of the girl Gertrude Acker-
men, who was, on Friday night, lost
from the hotel at Lackawaxen. Her
father is George Alderman late cash
Ter Of the Tenth National Bank in New
York. She had been spending the
summer at the hotel with her father.
who is terribly Incorporate. Although
apparently deeply attached to his
daughter, all her efforts to keep him
from drink were unavailing. She has
been seen frequently by the guests at
LackaWaxen cllnging to her father
| while he was intoxicated, and begging
him to stay with her. On Friday he
was more than usually under the in
ffuence Of liquor, and went out riding.
His daughter was unable to find him,
and went out about dusk. The father
came back very drunk, and missing his
daughter, was beside himself with grief
and remorse, fearing she had commit
ted suicide. Parties searched for her
in vain in the fields and woods about
LackaWaxen. 1t was continued all day
Sunday, and the men were about giving
up in despair, when towards dark a
party who were making q final tour
found the girl lying next to a stone wall,
conscious but unable to speak or
move. She was carried to the hotel
and was found to be paralyzed. After
medical treatment she recovered the
use of her voice sufficient by to give an
explanation Of her strange absence.
When she left the hotel on Friday
night she was almost overpowered by
her grief. Some strange influence i'm
PEELED her toward the woods, although
it was growing dark, and she was natur-
ally timid While climbing over the
Of numbness came over her, and she
fell to the ground. When she regained
consciousness it was in the depth of
night. She tried to move, but could not
stir. Her voice was also gone. At
length she saw some one approaching
with a lantern. It was Callie Van Ben
schoten, son Of the proprietor Of the
hotel. He called her name repeatedly,
but she could not reply. He came to
within few feet Of her, and stood for a
moment calling, then turned and walk
ed away. The night was cold and frosty,
but her suffering was entirely mental.
During the night the searchers passed
to and fro near her With the return
of daylight she felt that she would soon
be discovered, but all day long she lay
helpless among the stones and briars,
within hearing Of her friends, and no
one came that way. Feeling night
coming upon her again, she began to
lose hope. Before darkness fell, how
ever, she heard footsteps and voices
again The thought that they would
pass her by seemed to give her super
human power. She succeeded In rails
ing her head and shoulders just as one
of the men was passing, and she was
| discovered
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

DIR. ]. P. QUIGLEY, of Dubuque, Ia,
had no money to give a poor, forlorn-
looking mendicant who accosted him
on the street, and so pulled off his coat
and gave that
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

VICTOR HUGO declares solemnly that
a trip along the Rhine is rendered in
tolerable by importune and continued
demands on your purse.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

Ii is to the credit of American chiyal-
ry that the wife-beaters in the country
are almost without exception men of
foreign birth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

The friends of Canon Farrar rush to
the front to deny that he has had a
photograph taken in the attitude of
prayer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23

BURGLARS entered the residence Of a
circus clown, who was summering in
Pottstown, and carried off some silver
spoons and clothing. In rummaging
through the house, they came upon the
clowns jokes, which he had in pickle
IN the cellar, and they Immediately
took off their hats and proceeded with
their work with uncovered heads, thus
showing that burglars have as much
respect for old age as anybody.-OI City
Derrick.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
COLORADO.

l. Jas. B. Bedford, gain l. Thos. III. Patterson
INDIANA.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK. March 19.-Coffee quiet; sales $50
1lso .hhds. 37s boxes and S. 900 matz;, prime
steady and Ia fair demand. Linseed oil 6o06l.
reported; steamer CoDernicus arrived with
$4,000 bags Rio; samples on market to- morrow
morning. Raw sugar steady: refined sugar
ST.. LOUIS. March 19:-Opening-Wheat steady
at 81 1914 April and May. Corn quiet; 4155@14
May.
-Noon-Wheat steady; 81 151S@1 15a April. 81 Is
May. Corn steady; 4O@4O14 April, 411a041a
May.
lis p. m.-Wheat-No. 2red 81 1e X bid cash.
No. red easy. 81 1874 April, 81 l51s May. 81 Il
cash; Corn quiet: held at 4o1 April. AZ
March: 2sH bid cash: Whisky, quiet at 81 o..
Pork he'd at SO 10 cash. 50 so bid April. Cut
meats dull and unchanged Bacon quiet; short
rib $40, long clear $50 Lard bid.
CHICAGO March 19.-Wheat 81 OK April
Corn 4a2s May. Pork SO 60 bid. SO Ga asked
May sales at SO 80 June. Lard offered at 100
May.
Later-Corn sold at 42%@42T April: 42M@4s
May. 41A@AB June; 42hM41x July. Wheat
ST. OF April. Pork quiet: 50 45 April. SO 600
. GA May. Lard 7.l71s@7 20 April, Z 25@7.27h
May. Dry sailed meats-Shouiders $50; long
clear 5.12h, short rib 5.35.
Union Stock Yards Estimated receipts OF hogs
to-day $4,000; market quiet, buyers asking con
eessions: light IS 65@3 80. heavy IS 50@4. Cat
tle-Estimated receipts 1900: market dull.
1870 p, m.-MQrning Catl-P Provisions quiet and
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20
New Orleans Insurance Company vs.. Car
cline Klauser Urban. Administrative and

New Orleans Insurance Company vs.. Car
Tutrix.
E,IFTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
u ish OF Orlea No. ss23..By virtue Of q. writ
orass he "f F s be don r X e The ed hn
of orleans in the above entitled cause, will
proceed to sell at public auction, at the Mer-
chants. and Auctloneers' Exchange, Royal
IN the Second District OF this city, on MON
DAY. March 25, 1878, at 10 o'clock M. the fol-
oHngE fafarSed pTPpeTFty a f 1 with the
buildings and improvements thereon. rights.
ways, servi udes and appurtenanees thereuntn
belangRg or r. anywse t situated
Comprised witLia Camp, Robin, Magazine and
two, on plan drawn By Q. A. Hedin. late sur.
yeyor under cate q the twenty. fous th day Of
b. Cenas, late notary public In. this city said
lot measuring tWenty-seven feet front on
Camp street, by one hundred and tWenty-seven
Being the same property acquired by the late
Dominick Urban. by purchase from Mrs. P. j..
Christian and husband as per act passed before
Edward Barnett, a notary public in this city. ON
the first day Of November, 1871.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-fhis being the second and last auc-
a e a NIL 81 6 ssddpf ssr what What
1t will bring. at twelve months credit the pur-
hassr furnishing bond with good and solvent
security, bearing eight per cent interest per an
mum from date. and special mortgage on the
property sold until final payment. Said pnr-
chaser will have to deduct and pay in cash the
printing, sherif's and clerks fees, etc, which
dollars and furthermore, the State. parish and
municipal taxes, the amount Of which is not yet
aSeertained.
Civil Sheriff Of the Parish OF Orleans,
mh8 IA 20 q
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMooRAT "WEDNESDAY, MARoH 20 1878

steady. Pork ~ 4a1las 4s April. ~ S7150s 90
Max d md 7 Wb Ap !, M aic. M y BTe AZ
ApriI Il osjS al osH May. u 10 cash. No. 81 os
" Max zns ysss ss Nss july Oats TX March
s: a D. 1 m.1dies a Breadstufg quiet Wheat
q o7@i o7S Aprll. 81 o75s@l os May. Corn 42ss
Ahp era AK An My .s NV P Pgns ost geaR
7.15@7.i7M April. 7.a211@725 May.
offered, but held at SO as. Bacon rs
~; clear rib sides 5a clear sides 6. Bulk
meats me quiet and steady; shoulders sA; clear
cured hams 1909 Lard quiet and steady !;
prime steam 7.1o@7.15. with ~ asked; city ket-
tie 7sas county do sa@11 aGgsr re
common 50 sos 40, medium 50 5000 10, good 10
choice 50 s0C04
Oats dull, 2s@ao for good to prime mixed and
white, Barley quiet and selling at 47@52 for
prime to choice spring and 4o@45 for fell. Rye
quiet , held t, g. g for No IL eeyatoT Corn
arrival, and 10 for shelled. Wheat eteady and
prime to choice. Whisky in good demand at
for C ordinary extra u 4oa4 Is: low grades
50 $500 Is; spring wheat flour 81 $685. IS.
Foreign Markets.
LIVERPOOL. March 10, 1890 D. m.-Cotton
a asr 9u M aS ossns a nd 6os p
OF which 1000 were taken for export and specu-
lation.
Wheat-spring 90 sd@1os cd winter los 1od %
lis 4d. Corn-new.25s 9d@26s sd; old 27s 6d@28s.
Flour Western eana j.. "a 92es. Lard-Prime
I:45 p. INSTRUMENTATION extra State I'M
changed at 2ss. Wheat In better demanr
spring los 1d@1os Sd; Western winter los 1od@
lis 4d; California club lis 7d@12 Id: do average
lis 3d@11s Sd. Corn firmer: new 26s. All other
articles unchanged.
LIVERPOOL. March 10, D. M aeon-long
clear advanced Sd AMI firm at 27s Sd short clear
advanced 3d. firm ut 2ss sd. Lard firm at 1885,. all
other articles unchanged. as, follows: Pork
India mess dull at 91s. extra India mess dull at
113s. prime mess dull at $685. Tallow-prime
city dull at 3ss cd. Cheess-Ameriean choice
dull at 6ss. Lard oil steady at 49,.
ANTWERP, March 1s.-Petroieum 27laf for fine
pale Americ n.
LONDON. March 10 2 p, m.-Flonr-A american
extra state unchanged ut 2ss, Wheat-ar ived
demand; Chicago 49,: red winter 51s sd {;
California SIS: eargoes to arrive firmer; Chi
cago 46s 6d@47s; California, just shipped.
SIS: nearly due 53s 81; arrivals for orders light.
Corn firmer; arrived cargoes, NV 26s Cd: arri-
walls for orders light. TalOw 39s. Petroleum
spirits I'D; refined 9Id. All other articles un-
changed.
Ocean Frelghts.
New YORK, March 19.-Ocean freights were
about steady and moderately active. To Liver
pool by steam $4,000 bushels grain at ED. 1900
boxes cheese at s2s Sd. 5000 bales cotton at lad.
10 London by sail 5000 bushels graz IA at cid,
TOO bbIs -four at o I'D. To Glasgow by steam
5000 bushels grain at I'd. A German ship to
Bremen with 5000 bbls refined petroleum at IS
10hd and another to London with 6O0U bbls at
So. Grain to G rk for orders 81 81 per quarter.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20
COMM ERClAL.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. |
Tuesday Evening, March 10. 1878. !

GENERAL REMARKS-The weather to- day
has been cool and PLEASANT. Business contin-
ues quiet.
The sales of Cotton footed up $500 bales. the
market closing easy at yesterdays quotations
The market for Sugar continues quiet, the in
qEiry being chiefly confined to the low grades.
which are firm. The receipts were 1856 hhds.
while the sales amounted to 2l1 hhds.
The demand for Molasses continues light
with steady prices for choice qualities. Re-
ceipts 24s bbs sales 20s bbls
Since last aturday the receipts of Flour have
been 14,4s9 bbls, which were beyond the antici-
pations of receivers but owing to the conn para
lively small receipts last week the supply is not
beyond the current demand of the trade. The
market can be quoted as steady and firm on
choice grades and easy on low grades.
There is only a moderate supply OF Corn
Meal and the demand b ing fair prices remain
steady and unchanged
The demand for Corn In bulk Is good and the
supply remains small.
There was a good inquiry to-day for Mess
Pork. and the market closed quiet and steady
at $40 5061lO 62k ex-landipg and $40 Is ex- store
The sales footed up 1856 barrels.
In Bacon there was but little doing, except in
q retail way. This article is dull and easier.
In Dry Salt Meat there were but small sales,
rs boxes shoulders being sold at &c wholesale
prices being well maintained.
The demand for Lard is limited, and almost
exclusively confined to the local trade.
In Corn to-day there was a fair business. 64oo
sacks being sold at prices ranging, according
to quality from 47c to 49c D bushel.
COTTON-Therew was no change in the market
at the close to-day. At the opening The demand
was dull and the general tone OF the market
weak. aud we hear OF some transactions bAlDW
yesterdays quotations. Later in the day, how
ever. the feeling rallied and the lost ground
terday''s quotations, with sales amounting to
$500 bales.
Advices from other markets showed Havre
lower. Bremen dull and depressed. Liverpool
easier. but not lower on spots. and quiet on
futures. and New York 3@6 points better on
futures:
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOU.
ISIANA.

Friday. February 10, 1873
THE. COURT ! Iva WAS Dg gL OPENED PRES
Chief Justice. and Robert Fl. Mari, Alcibiade
DeBlanc. William B. Eagan, William B. Spen-
GER, Associate Justices.
On motion of Thomas p. Farrer, of counsel
for plaintiff and appellant and on suggestion
his appeal was taken, and considering the afi.
davit filed by this attorney, that the heirs Of
said deceased are unknown,
It is ordered by the court that the representa-
tives of said deceased appellee be notified to
appear within three months from publication
or in default thereof the said appellant will
proceed to have said cause tried and deter
mined according to law.
thereby certify the foregoing to be a true and
faithful extract from the minutes Of this honor
able court of the day. month and year first
above written.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal OF said court, at the
city of New Orleans, this nineteenth day Of Feb
fe26 sod ~ ALE. ROMAN. Clerk.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20
CONSTABLE SALES.

John w. Riddeil VS.. Miss or Mrs. Stew
art alias Miss or Mrs. P. Young.
ElIRST JUSTICE COURT FOR THEPARIsH
IL of Orleans, No. 292o-By virtue of a writ Of
fieri facias, to me directed by the Hon. J.
Paris Oh dress First Justice Of the Peace In
and for the parish Of Orleans, will proceed to
sell at public auction. on MONDAY, March %,
1873 at u o'clock M, at No. rs Carondelet street.
the following described property, to wit
ONE LOT OF FURNITURE.
Seized in the above entitled and numbered
suit. as per Inventory on file In my Office.
Tarms-Cash ON the spot.
mh15 2o25 JOHN r. WOOD. Constable.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-20
SUCCESSION NOTICES.
succession Of Mrs. widow Andrew Anasr-

Succession of Mrs. widow Andrew Ander-
son.
GECOND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
y ish of Orleans, No. 80 .809-Notice is hereby
given to the creditors OF this estate and TO all
other persons herein interested to show cause
within ten days from the present notification. IL
any they have or can, why the final account
presented by Adam Munich, testamentary exec
utor In this estate. sho1ld not be approved and
homoiogated, and he funds distributed In ac-
cordance Herewith.
By order Of the court.
mll2O Is 29f JOHN HERBERT. Clerk.
Succession OF salIie A. wanEop, widow
by first marriage OF I'll. TomIin, and by see~
ond marriage Of W. 4. Saufley.
GECoND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH
- OF Orleans, No. 39,982- Notice Is hereby
given. TO the creditors of this. estate and
to all other. persons herein Interested TO
show cause within ten days from the present no.
tifieation, Ii any they have or can. why the
account presented by Thomas Layton. ex-
ecutor In this estate. should not be approved
and homologated and The funds distributed In
accordance Herewith.
mhis ao25* JGHN HERBERT. Clerk.