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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

Just now there is a lull 10 the Tilden
cry Of fraud. 1t will be started IN. again
when the shriekers get their breath. In
the meantime General Butler can give the
fraud horn q tOOt. saas 3e al fo Ftg5s8 s5i4
Nephew PeltOD and Nanton Marble are
''ont OF the city TO reporters since the
publication Of the sixty-one cipher dis
patches about the Oregon plot. Even
Tammany politicians are disguised at the
fresh reveiations respecting the scheme to
steal an election.-B0st0n Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19
Short Words.

Hon. Horatio Seymour spoke before the
New ! ork School Commiss toner's at Utica
last February on The use of short words. :
lie made his meaning very clear by using
only very short words In his speech One
good point was made by him when he said ::
Crime sometimes does not look like crime
when II IS set before Us in the many folds
of long word. When a man steals and
we call IL defalcation,' we are at loss to
know if it is q blunder or crime Ii he
does not tell the truth and We are told it is
a case OF 'prevaricatiou, Il takes US some
time to know just what we should think OF
it. No man will cheat himself into wrong
doing, nor will he be at a loss TO Judge of
others, If he thinks and speaks of acts in
clear, crisp terms. 1t IL good rule, if
one is at u loss to know If an act is right or
wrong, to write it down In Il short,
straight-out English." In other ways"
he said, we gain by the use of short
words. They show that We snow and
mean what We say, and thus have weight
with those who hear US, aud they kindle
10 other minds the feelings which move US.
No one, who means IN deep strong way
what he says, ever pauses to unfold long
words OF Greek or Latin origin, nor SPEAKS
In a roundabout way. Rage and fear strike
out their terms like the sharp crack OF the
rilie when ii sends its bullet straight 10 the
pont. The fact that they come TO our lips
IS strong proof that We know and feel wha,
We talk about. On the other hand, when
we try TO tell things too great for the mind
to grasp, We fall into the use OF great Ion.
wnded phrases.
Love, nor hate, nor zeal ever waste
their force by the use OF involved or long
winded phrases. Short words are not
vague sounds which !ul As they fall upon
the ear. They have a clear ring which
stirs our minds or touches our hearts.
They best tell OF joy, OF grief, of rage or
peace, OF life or death. They are felt BY
all, for their terms mean the same thing 10
all men. We learn them in youth. They
are on our lips through all our days, and
we utter them down to the close of lie.
They are the apt terms with which We
speak OF things which are high, or great
or noble. They are the grand words of
the tongue; they teach Us how the world
was made. God said. LET there be Ii ght,
and there was light
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

The little life-boat of an EARTH with
its noisy crew Of mankind, and all their
troubled history, will one day have van
ished, faded like a cloud speck from the
azure of the all! What then il man! He
endures but Tor an hour, and is crushed
before the moth. Yet in the being and in
the working of faithful man Is there
already Gas our faith, from the beginning,
gives assuranee) q something that pertains
not to this wild death-element of time, that
triumphs over time, and is, and will be,
when time shall be no more. Thomas
Carlyle.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

Walter Scott loved TO tell story of a
certain baronet who made himself the host
OF number of ministers, seven of whom
were put into a capaclous many -bedded
room, where the butler had carefully pro-
vided for each Bible and bottle OF beer
MY friend." said one of the divines. ad-
dressing this functionary, you must know
that the youngest minister reads aloud a
portion OF Scripture to the rest; only one
Bible, therefore, is necessary. So take
away the other six, and in their place bring
six more bottles of ale."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

Next TO the ragrsph fiend, who takes
your items bodily and gives no credit, is
the man who steals the point Of your para
graphs and clothes.it in words Of his own.
He is one degree meaner than the p. L.
Rome Sentinel.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

When placed under Microscope the
sting of bee presents polish Of dazzling
beauty, but when placed in the end of
mans nose 1t takes on the semblance Of q
rat-tail file dipped in vitriol. and brings oa
words as rough IS q grindstons, Gin
Bredkfast Table. .
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

Washington tramps preteud TO havc
the yellow fever, and get sent TO the hospi-
tails and ted on iced champagne until they
feel the skipping out and trying . new
DODGE Boston Post.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19

Robert Moore, 2l
Josiah Moore, %
Joseph Moore, 3S
John Moore, 6
Mary Moore. 10
Nathaniel Moore, IA
Peltiah Moore,
James Moore, 10
Total. l23
There were thirteen children altogether,
five being unrepreseuted. OF these thir-
teen children and their wives, but one Is
living. Mary Moore, widow of James
Moore who is living in the town of Addi-
son. Though she has reached the adj
vauced age of nlnety-three, her faculties
are unimpaired, and her memory is as re-
tentive as in her palmiest days.
Notable among those present were Ny
rick Avery OF Ellsworth, John Lynch of
Machias, BENZ. Moore of Gouldsboro, and
others.
The whole number present, though u
goodiy number, represents but little more
than one-tenth OF the desceudents of the
Bon Homme Joel,
As the day was drawing toward its close
committee was appointed to make
arrangements tor another reunion to take
place in six years and also to make ar
rangements for erecting monument above
the graves of Joel Moore and his wife. A
vote of thanks was extended to Mr.. J. H.
Sawyer of Westboro, Mass, the originator
of the celebration, and all with one ac-
cord started for home, we'll pleased with
the days recreation and carrying with them
a high opinion Of family reunions in gen.
eral. S. d.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-09-19
The SCIENCE OF LIFE:
MISREPRESENTATION.

Ps6ltsAea and for sale Saiy by she
Peabody Medical lnsettsee No
0u1msch street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05
Lady Burned to Death.
HER BODY, LIMBS, NECK, AND FACE MASS o
sCORCHED AND BL1STERED FLESH.

HER BODY, LIMBS, NECK, AND FACE MASS OF
sCORCHED AND CLUSTERED FLESH.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, Va, February 4.-1cster-
day afternoon screams were heard issu-
ing from the residence OF Mr.. w. A.
Harrison, on the Princess Anne road, be-
yond the city limits. They attracted the
attention OF colored man, 4 butcher, who
was passing, and upon entering the house
he saw Mrs. Harrison rolling on the floor
perfectly enveloped in flames, and with all
her outside garments burned off. He seized
the unfortunate lady, wrapping her imme-
diately in blankets and other woollen goods,
and finally succeeded in cxtinguishing the
flames.
The sight was horribly sickening one.
The poor lady's budy, limbs, neck, and face
were a continuous mass Of sc0rched and
terribly blistered flesh. Everything which
skill and humanity could devise for her re-
lief was done, but in vain. The flames had
done their fatal work, and short time
after death put an end to her excruciating
and protracted sufferings. Her injuries
were so severe that she was unable to eX-
plain anything in regard to the accident.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05

Credulous Russians are focking from
Moscow to the Sakolniki Park to behold
what is commonly regarded as 4 miraculous
manifestation OF the approval by Providence
Of the Russian crusade against the Turks.
A pond Of water has been partly frozen,
and the portions which have remained
liquid are shaped like huge st. Andrews
cross. To go to this pond and make the
sign OF the cross in presence OF the miracle
is regarded by the good people as sacred
duty. One OF the Moscow papers predicts
that after the present war will come the
millennium.
Russia wishes to open the Dardanelles
only to Turkish and Russian vessels Of war,
and insisted on the ccssion Of Armenia be-
cause she knew that to obtain q money in
demnity was hopeless.
Austria objects to sanctioning any condi-
tons of peace that will imperil the exist
ence OF Turkey.
The total Russian loss in killed and
wounded during the war is officially re-
ported at S9,304.
The London Economist says in relation
to the American bonds: kilograms now
indicate the probability of the Government
bonds being paid on the silver basis, sill
YER par being at the present time ten per
cent. below Il gold par. Whatever price
silver may ultimately rise to, such change
must disturb the credit Of the Government
making it."
The Pope refused to allow the priests
serving in the Basilicas to repeat prayers
for Victor Emanuel under the form-pro
reqe nostro-on the ground that they would
thus seem to sanction the extinction Of the
temporal power. The funeral ceremony
was attended, it is said, by $780, 900 persons.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05
DANVILLE.
Correspondence ofthc Richmond Dlspatch.l

correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
February 2, 1878.
In reading to-day's Dispatch we have
been surprised to sec that deep snow has
covered the ground, and intense cold been
experienced in all the country north OF
James river. In the Dan-River valley
snow of about two inches fell on the night
OF the 30th ultimo, and since then the
weather has been warm. No snow has
lain on the ground herc.-DiSpdtch.l
Mr.. ". Z. Watsoa, commissioner OF the
revenue. reports that there were forty
eight Moffett registers in operation last
montll-thirty-four for alcoholic liquors,
and fourteen for malt liquors. The collec-
tons: Alcoholic liquors, in drinks, $SO9.60;
malt liquors, in drinks, S39.1S; for gal
Ions and fractional parts, S2.29-total,
SS50.97. This is short OF the amount re-
ceiyed in December by S266.6S. The
monthly average is S1,141.5l.
The account OF sales of leaf tobacco, as
reported by Mr.. 2. w. Terrell, Of the To-
bacco Association, for last month, is rs fol-
lows: Quantity sold; 1,S92.593 pounds; ag-
gregate value, $154,27G.93; average per
hundred pounds, SS.l5; resalcs, SSl, 1853
pounds. This is the account of sales for
January. 1877: Quantity sold, G96,44S
pounds; aggregate value, Ssh, T02.S1; aver
age, sl2.lG. No account OF resales was
kept.
From the 1st of October, 1877, to the 1st
Of February, 1873, the quantity OF leaf to-
bacco sold was 4,93S,167 pounds; the ag-
gregate value, 1884, 631.29; the average,
S7.S2. The account for the corresponding
period OF the preceding tobacco year was:
Quantity Sold 2,539,7l6 pounds; aggregate
value, S37S,553.SS; average, S14.09.
The internal revenue from manufactured
tobacco and cigars for last month was $685.
$4,000. The tax received from licenses to
sell spirits was $36S.29. The tax on distill-
ed spirits was $3,200.40. From manufac-
tured tobacco and cigars in january, 1877,
the tax received was 6,627.54.
The internal revenue from manufactured
tobacco and cigars received from the 1st OF
October, 1877, TO the 1st Of February, 1878,
was 1886, SEAS. The same for the CORE
spending period OF the preceding year was
1922, 304.39.
The averages given above may receive the
attention Of some OF your readers. About
them we sometimes hear conversation like
this: Mr.. Planter says: 81 cannot live on
such figures. They do not pay me for labor
and fertilizers" Mr.. Tobacconist replies:
You have that at home which will give you
Il much higher average. For what we have
been receiving we could not have paid you
more than tobaccoS Of the same kind were
bringing in the upper markets, especially
the western tobaccos. Hereafter do not at
tempt to make tobacco which will not pay
for labor and fertilizers. Expend your labor
and your fertilizers on smaller surface,
and make only those kinds Of tobacco as to
which you have no rivals in the world.
Then you will not only live, but prosper"
Dir. &. A. Crews, who left Danvile for
Texas about a fortnight ago, writes that he
has found a pleasant home and good business
in Dallas. ALPHA.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05
T'l,e peace s.se1i,nknnrics.

EoNsTASTINoPLE, February 5. There ~
great satisfaction at the Settietn ene OF peace
preiiminaries. The following are the con-
tiitions Of peace: 81 81:
1st. Tue erection of Bulgaria into a priIl-s
c;pality.
I'd. "a war indemnity or territory in COM
nensation.
sd. The independence OF Rouman:a, Ser
wa, and Montenegro, with an increase OF
territory for each.
4tt. Reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9Th. An Interior understanding between
the Sultan and Gar regarding the Darda-
nelies.
9th. The evacuation OF the Danubian
fortresses and Erzeroum.
A EUROPEAN CONFERENCE.
PARIS, February ga special to the
Temps from Vienna announces that all the
Powers have accepted Count Andrassy's
proposal for conference, which will meet
in Vienna.
This conference will consider the condi-
tons Of peace set forth above. Another
telegram says that Austria is about to pre-
sent note refusing her sanction to any
conditions Of peace which would .imperil
the existence OF Turkey, and the Pesth pa
pers announce an Austrian army corps
modified and concentrated at Versetz.
The London Standards Bucharest cor
respondent telegraphs that in consequence
Of the armistice the garrison at Widdin has
been ordered to Constantinople to surren-
der their arms, after which they will be
quartered in the neighboring village.
REJOICING IN ST. PETERSBURG.
ST. PETERSBURG, February 3.-Thanks-
giving services are being held in all the
churches, and saIvcs Of artillery are being
fired in consequence OF the signing OF the
armistice. Flags are flying all over the city.
and preparations are being made for bril-
liant illumination tonight.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05
Maryland.
THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.


BALTIMORE, February At a meeting
Of the stockholders OF the Southern Mary
land Railroad Company, held to-day in this
city, the following Board of Directors were
elected: John Van Riswick, Samuel S.
Smoot, Charles B. Church, G. Z. Ritter
house, John Pettibone, and William b.
Reid, OF Washington city; E. NJ. Darling,
of Kansas; j. II. Wiggin, Of New Hamp-
shire; Joseph NJ. Scoyel, OF New Jersey;
George w. Crane, OF Connecticut; j. NJ.
Broom and S. j. Wales, of Maryland.
A resolution was adopted requesting the
new Board of Directors to reduce the pres
emit morris gage on the road to such an amount
as will raise money enough to complete the
road and pay the present floating indebted
ness in full.
A resolstion was adopted condemning
the course taken by the recent directors
Harral, Mayer, Ladner, Frishuth, and
others, Of lphia-for forming COM
bination to sell the road in their own inter-
ests, with total disregard to the interest
of the State OF Maryland and other stock
holders, which they should have protected
as officers and directors Of the company.
A resolution was adopted looking to the
early.adiustment Of the difficulties between
the creditors and the company and the
speedy completion OF the road.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05
Rearing The wheat Market.

ST. PETERSBURG, February 4.-Vedomosti
calculates that after the conclusion OF peace
the Black Sea and Sea OF AZof ports will eX-
port 10000 quarters Of wheat.
Forty millions bushels is large quantity.
LONDON, February 4.-The Odessa CORE
spondent Of the Times, in bis letter to that
journal says: ''Much relief is felt at the ac-
ceptance OF an armistice. as people are ma
turally anxious to dispose OF the grain ac-
cumulatcd here About 100000 quarters
are stored at stations in Odessa, Kharkoff,
NikoIaief, Sebastopol, KooYsk, and Azof rail-
WayS,"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05

COINAGE OF THE TRADE DoLLAR.-The
report that the Cabinet had decided to open
the mint at Philadelphia for the coinage OF
trade dollars was erroneous, in consequence
OF these dollars not being legal tender or
receivable at the post-othces or Treasury,
and the inconvenience likely to result
therefrom to the people. The Secretary oil
the Treasury, who has had the question I'M
der consideration for several days, has de-
cided not to open the mint at Philadelphia
for that coinage. At the same time such
restrictions will be placed on the western
minis as will prevent the coinage OF trade
dollars for shipment TO the Eastern States.
The coinage of sufficient amount to meet
the actual demand for export will be au-
thorized for the present, or until Congress
shall have acted upon the coinage of silver
dollar for circulation. II such dollar is au-
thorized it is probable that the minis will
be run to their full capacity on that coinage,
and in that event it may become necessary
to return in stamped bars bullion deposited
for trade dollars.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05
NEWS DER l1A D. AND SEA.
THE Losr METRoPoLIs AND HER
PASSENGERS, s

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CONGRESS
AN Ex-siEMBER or THE TWEED RING
sURRENpERs HIMsELF F. RETURNING
BOARD WELLS IN PRISON IN NEW Or
1 LEANs-MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN MA.
GYLANDs RAILROAD CoMPANY-A sVIR-
GINA CASE DECIDED in THE SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED sTATEs-WAsH-
NGToN ITEMs-THE NEWS FROM THE
SEAT OF WAR; CONGRATULATIONS OF
THE czAR To HIS TROOPS UPON THE AR
MIsTlcE; BLOCKADE OF THE BLACK SEA
RAISED, &C., &C.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05

Chauncey Van Setback, from Troy, visit
ed james Walker. farmer, near Bemus
Heights, on Friday night, and after chat
ting with the farmer and his wife, made
murderous assault upon them with knife.
They both were wounded, but fled from the
house and gave the alarm. Pursuit was
made, but their assailant was not found till
Saturday morning, when his dead body was
found with his throat cut and frozen stiff.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05

A PAsToB's FAREwELL.-Rev. Otis Glaze
brook, rector OF Trinity Protestant
Episcopal church, North Giipor street,
preached his farewell sermon TO large and
deeply-affeeted congregation Yesterday
morning. He goes hence to Atlanta, Ga,
having accepted the rectorship OF q church
in that city. Mr.. Glazebrook was not only
respected for his piety and learning, but his
generous social traits caused him to be
much beloved, and the profoundest regret
is manifested at bis departure. For some
time past he has been chaplain OF the Eth
Maryland regiment, IN which organization
he took deep interest," and by which he
WAS held in high esteem. The kfndest
wishes OF very many in this community
viii accompany Mr.. .Glazehr0ok from BaIti-
more To his new fed or labor. - lsiyBoTe
41aertcan, 4th.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05
BANKKUpT NOTICES.
mo. 55l3.I

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT ON.
/ the 5ih day OF january, 1873, warrant IN
the limited States for the Eastern District of Yir
cinia against the estate Of Baugh Jolly and l.. n.
Baugt OF Dinwiddle county, IN said district, VINO
have been adjudged bankrupts on their creditors
petitions that the payment Of any debts and The de-
livery OF any properts belonging TO SAID eankrnpts
perty by them, are forbidden by aw; that meet
ng o the creditors OF said back to prove their
debts and Glucose one or more assgnee5 or their
holden at Richmond, VA, before Thomas tkns,s
ESQ., Ragistey In Bankruptcy for said district on the
l6TI ia 81 OF FEBRU AIRY: 4. Is;.1 BE, at
O'CLOCK III III C. p, KAMSDELL,
Il ia 2D-Tu2w United States Marshal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05

The PoPE--HIS HEALTH WONDERFULLY M
February 4.-The Daily
Teiegraph'S dispatch from Rome reports
that the Pope's health has wonderfully i'm
proved. He has been up and receiving
visitors for several hours daily.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05

FEARFUL ACC1DEST.-PariS, February 4.
A telegram dated Shanghai, China, yester-
day, February Sd, evening, published here,
announces that an asylum for women and
children, at the city Of Tientsin, was
burned, and over TWO thousand persons are
stated to have persisted in the fire.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05

NINE MILLION PEOPLE DEsTITUTE.-Lon-
don, February 3.-The British consul at
Shanghai telegraphs that nine million are
now reported destitute In Northern China.
The Foreign Relief Committee appeals 10
England and America for aid.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-05

THE MoFFETT REGISTER IN WYTHEvILLE.
During the month OF January the turns
OF the alcoholic registers in Wytheville, as
reported BY Commissioner Hanson. were
6,1S6, while those OF the two malt were
| ,27S-S1G1. WMheUiNe Enterprise.