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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-03

We learn from the Republican that the St.
Louis National bank has received two coun-
tcrfeit 800 bank notes, purportlng to be notes
of the Merchants National Bank of New
Bedford Massachusetts. The engraving is
we'll done, but the counterfeit is easily de-
tected by the fact that there is too much en-
CRAVING, the signatures OF the bank officers
being engraved, whereas in all genuine notes
they are written, the law so requiring. 1t is
also noted that the red ink figures in the left
hand corner arc blearcd. as is invariably the
case in counterfcts. Ills claimed, by tho way
that these figures are an intallible guide for
detecting counterfeit bank notes Tho impress
sion is never clear and sharp in countCrfeitS
that otherwise defy detection, whereas it al
ways is in genuine notes. The exact color of
the red ink, it is also said has never been
successfully counterfeitcd.
Representative Money, of Mississippi, has
turned the Southern claims matter against
the Republicans. In a speech i'll the House
last week he presented al array of Northern
claims offered in the present Congress by
members from the Northern States The
aggregate i S1,569, 122,o35 eight times as
large as the aggregate Of Southern claims
presented. Many of these bills are prepos-
ferrous One Of them is for the appropriation
OF Sl57 900 for doublc-track freight rail-
way from New York to Chicago, ST. Louis
and Council Bluffs; another is for an appro-
priation of 81, 800, 100000 for stone allied
shin canal from the Gulf of Mexico to st
Louis, with branches to Pittsburg, Chicago,
st. Paul and Omaha; another is for subsidy
of 1852, 600 to a Liverpool line of steamers
and Others embrace subsidies of 900 for
Pacific lines. Still, absurd as these are, they
have been actually offered in Congress BY
Northern Senators and Representatives.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-03
Ocean EreighfA.

NEW Work. May 2.-There was a steady mar
ket and moderate amount of business was re-
ported. To Liverpool by steamer-8o0o BUSH
els grain at 81 and 5000 packages Of butter and
cheese at 35s. To Bristol by sail-1oo0 bbls Of
-four at % I'D An Italian bark. to Cork, for
orders, with 34oo quarters grain, at Is another,
British bark to Rotterdam. with 5000 quarters,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-03
Commercial and Financial Matters.

The bark Imperatore Francesca Guiseppi /
cleared yesterday for Rotterdam with 81, 1913
bushels of rye In bulk, 4l9 bags OF rye and
1000 bags OF corn.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-03

Receipts same time last year ..3, Sl5. 1862
Receipts same time year before ........3, 929 943
The consolidated report for six days gives
exports to
GB Fee. Con. Chan. Silks
This week 1925 S;7,2Hlo,a46 Ala 4l4.798
Last week 80. Al. 1872 5000 14.0s9 976S 445,9ss
This we'kPty'r 1907 n.526 12,o7s So, 1872
OCEAN FREIG HTS-Are quoted as follows:
BY steam-Cotton to Liverpool 5-l6d: to Reve
ID: to Bremen ID to Boston. Providence. Fall
River, Philadelvhi@ and Baltimore. via New
York, &c; to New York ne; grain to Liverpool
9@9}ad. and - to Bremen y quarter.
BY sail.Cotton to Liverpool s. 16d: to Havre
ll-16c; to Bremen Ac: TO Genoa 5s@1c; grain to
Liverpool 7Ad.
Steam rates to Northern ports are quoted at
81 % on molasses 9 bbI to New York, and $40
$50 hid on sugar. By sail the rate on mo-
lasses to New York is 81 70 "a bbl.
inquiry is limited and ,prices easy.
We quote: Interior 494hc. common to
good common on 5A@67sc; fair togood fair .67s
re; gray clarifies -@-e: yellow clarified, as
Sa@sAc: white clarified 8I@9c.
> MloLAssEs-Reeeipts ! Dbl: sales IS bbls.
We quote: Common 10000; fair 23@25c;
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-03

The st. Louis Republican,, in referring to
the shipment of grain by the towboat My
Choice, now on her way from that city to
New Orleans states that it is the largest
single cal y Of grain ever shipped from St.
Louis According TO our contemporaries
computation this cargo would have filled 800
railroad cara, 50 that it would have taken
about eighteen trains TO move the same
amount of grain. There are nearly 10000
bushels of wheat, rye and corn in the bargcs,
and 400 bushels would be a liberal allowance
for railroad car.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-03

1t is a singular fact that twenty Of the Now
York firms who signed the petition for the
repeal Of the bankrupt law have since doing
20. gone into bankruptcy.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21
Th1eving Tramps Arrested.

H1LLsBoRo, O., Nov. 14.-The officers
mentioned in yesterdays dispatch as hav-
ing gone out to arrest gang of tramps,
returned last night with six, whom they
caught on the Marietta railroad, two
miles from Vienna. The officers sur
rounded them and advanced with cooked
revolvers. The tramps attempted to dis
pose of their bundles by throwing them
down the embankment, but the officers
were too quick for them, and recovered
large quantity of stolen good that is be-
ing identified to-day by the owners. Over
coats, shawls, boots, stockings, etc., COM
prise the stock. DIR. J. L. Wilson, Green
field, identifies two of the shawls as hay-
ing been stolen from his residence last
Saturday night, also an overcoat belong
ing to Mr.. Crawford, of Greenfield. Dr..
Quinn of this place, identifies his over
coat, stolen from the hall of his house a
few days since.
One of the gang wore the suit of clothes
stolen from house near town on Mon
dav. Officers Lyle and Willett are out on
the hunt of more goods, the tramps hav-
ing disposed of a good many articles for
whatever they could realize on them
They are hard-looking set, and evident
lv of the most dangerous class of tramps.
An old fashioned wallet filled with let
lers, written in German, is among the ar
ticles found with the gang.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21
An Epicurean Free-Luncher.


Breakfast Table.
Old Charley Forbes keeps sample
room, with free-lunch attachment. The
free lunch is one of the grandest and
most impressive in. the city, the soup
alone having as good reputation as
though it was race horse or a poet. 1t
has become custom for people, especial
ly for tramps, to enter his place, drink a
good quantity of his soup, and sneak out
without purchasing drink.
This has made Charley wild, and the
other day, when an emigrant-loolking
tramp entered his sanctuary, the proprie-
tor determined to come out square. So,
after he had laid down the mans soup, he
said: ....
''What are you going to have?'
keep your shirt on minute, boss, -
was the reply. ''I'1l order when [ get
through eating. Dio Lewis says man
should never drink while he is eating
and Pm one of Dio's disciples, and don't
you forget it,
Then Charley retired behiud the bar,
completely nonplused, and the tramp
packed things away with liveliness
which would have made Rocky Noun
tain wolf sick with envy.
While the proprietor wasn't looking, he
slipped a lot of stuff into his pocket; and
then he walked over to the bar, and said
every eater should always buy a
drink, eh 20
''That's the ticket, mister,'' said the
dispenser of alcohol, with broad grin. .
'FThat's my racket all the world over.
have partaken of your yiands, and take
great and -unfeigned pleasure in pro.
nouncing them excellent. Now, there is
nothing mean about me, I can assure you
and am going to be one of your patrons
from this time forward. like your looks
you are an honest-looking fellow, and
you must drink with me.''
81 don't obiect,'' said the ginster.
"Well, let me see," soliloquized the
tramp, "what shall we. have? 1 guess
you had better open bottle of Cliquot y
Haven't any," was the reply.
''Wen, then, let's have bottle of To
kay
81 haven't that brandt
"Have you some good old Burgundy -
"No!"
''That's strange; no Cliquot, no Tokay
no Burgundy. You ought to be arreste,
for keeping bringing saloon under falls
pretenses."
81 have some good beer,' said the bar
tender, sadly
''Beer, beer! do you think a man of M!
sensibility would touch so obnoxious
beverage? If you have none of the liq
uors have mentioned, 1 don't want any
thing"
Then he slid out of the door, and tn
club which followed him shattered win
dow-sash and upset lot or dishes, bu
the event created a great deal of fun
the bystanders.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21

man, am sure, who argued agin him.
pointing to Mr.. ---, the district attor-
ney. "And you, Judge, sent him
to prison for ten years; 'spose it was
right, for my poor boy told me that he
really did rob the bank, but he must have
been drunk, for they had all been PLAYING
keards most all night and drinking. But
on dear, it seems to be kinder as though
If he hadn't got to playing keards he
might bin alive yet. But when used
to tell him it was wrong and bad to plav.
he used to say, why, mother, everybody
plays now. never bet only for the CANDY,
or the cigars, or something like that
And when we heard that the young folks
played keards down to Mr.. Culver's do
nation party, and that Squire Ring was
goin' to get billiard table for his Young
folks to play on at home, 1 couldn't do
nothing at all with him. We used to
think it was awful to do that way when l
was young, but it jist seems to me as if
everybody nowadays was goin' wrong
into something or other. But maybe it
isn't right fer me to talk to you, Judge,
in this way, but it iist seemed to me as if
the very sight of them keards would kill
me, Judge; thought if you only knew
how felt, you would not play on so; and
then to think, right here before all these
young folks. Maybe, Judge, you don't
know how younger folks, especially boys
look up to such as you; and then L can't
help thinking that, maybe if them that
ought to know better than do so, and them
as are higher larnt, and all that, wouldn't
set sich examples, my poor Tom would
be alive and caring for his poor old moth
er; but now there amt any of my fami-
ly left but me and my poor little gran
| chile, my dead darter's little girl, and we
are going to stop with my brother in Illi-
nOis."
! Tongue of man or angel never preached
a more eloquent sermon than that gray,
withered old lady, trembling with old age,
excitement, and fear that she was doing
wrong. can't recall half she said, as she,
poor, lone, beggared widow, stood before
those noble looking men, and pleaded the
cause of the rising generation.
| The look they bore as she poured forth
| ber sorrowful tale was indescribable. TO
say that they looked like criminals at the
bar, would be faint description. 1 can
imagine how they felt. The old lady tot
tered to her seat, and taking her little
grandchild in her lap, hid her face on
her neck. The little one stroked her gray
hair with one hand, and said, ''Don't cry
gamma, don't cry, gamma. - Eyes unused
to weeping were red for many mile on
that journey. And 1 can hardly believe
that one who witnessed that scene ever
touched card again. It is but just tC
say, that when the passengers came tc
themselves they generously responded tc
the judge, who, hat in hand, silently
passed through her little audience.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21
Reform OF the Dauco.

To abolish dancing is job we leave to
others. What we propose is to reform the
dance; to redeem it from the cOarseness,
the ugliness, and exhausting labor of the
present mode, and make it graceful, ar
tistic, and wholesome exercise and enter
tainment. If any have mission to preach
a crusade against all dancing as sinful,
we let them, but we are not undertaking
that. Our mission is not to abolish, but
to reform. tits the mission of good taste,
of the cultivation of the beautiful, of
womanly refinement, and, withal, of good
morals.
That the rudest dance of the peasantry
of Europe-a dance which was the crown
ing revel of their vintage home feteS-
should have become the dance of that
which calls itself society, is an anomaly
in civilization. There is logical GER
tainty that such an exception to all other
progress in refinement is a violation of
the natural law, and that it ought not to
exist, and can not continue, The round
dance has neither grace of personal move
ment, beauty of combinations, artistic ele-
gance, nor exhilarating exercise. 1t is
! rude, violent, monOtOnOus, and laborious.
Its course seems to be to go in and whirl
like whirling Dervishes till exhausted :;
and in this it has not the relief of the va
riety of the Irish jig, where one strives to
dance the other down.
The license of personal contact which it
gives surrenders that reserve of her per-
son which is protection to woman, and
allows an embrace which but for the ex-
cuse of the dance would be an insult. 1t
allows an indelicacy which lowers mans
respect for woman, and which gives to
the base minded opportunity to trespass
beyond the requirements of the dance
posture. There are 1ewd minded men in
society; men whose habitual associations
are low, and whose pleasures are of the
base order, but whom delicately nurtured
and pure minded young women have to
accept as partners in the dance, and thus
place themselves in embraces which are
used to uncleanness. Thus does the deli
cate young woman place herself on a level
with coarse fellow, and lay aside thai
reserve of her person which would awe
him into respect.
, And all this sacrifice of female delicacy
beauty of the dance. The application o
some of that study of the beautiful which
is given to the pottery, wood carving ant
> drawing, would invent devices whicl
" combine the graces of personal motion
:, with beautiful combinations of move
g ments, and with exhilarating exercise.
would elevate the dance from its presen
rudeness to an elegant art, and would re
quire u training which would be the mar
: of culture in good society. Here, in thi
;. exact center of the population of the cor
tinent of North America, and in this ere;
=; tive center of the arts of elegant enjoy
ment, is the place to begin this elevatiO
D., of the dance to fine art. Then, as h;
been with every Cincinnati idea, it wi
-, be taken up by the other cities of the We
~ and the East, and thus great reform
refinement and morals will spread Ovt
- ChristendOm.- - Cincinnati Gazette.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21

''save me, doctor, and IN give you a
thousand dollars"
The doctor gave him a remedy that eased
him, and he called out:
'sKeep at it, doctor, and I'll give you
check for five hundred dollars y"
In half an hour more he was able to SIT
up, and he calmly remarked:
doctor, feel like giving you hIEy
dollar bin.''
When the doctor was ready to go the
sick man was up and dressed; he followed
tho doctor to the door and said:
.ssav, doctor, send in your bill the first
of the month";"
When six months had been gathered to
Times bosom, the doctor sent IN bill
amounting to five dollars. He was pressed
to cut it down to three, after so doing he
sued to get it, got Judgment, and the pa
tient put in stay of execution.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21

Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution

Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
Uncle Remus was enlighteninga crowd
of negroes at the car-shed the other day
''Dar amt nuffin,'' said the old man,
shaking his head pensively, EFthat amt
got no change wrote on it. Oar amt
nuthin' dat amt spotted befo' it begins
fer to commence. We all speunces dat
p'overdence wat lifts us up fun one place
an sets us down in de udder. It's con-
tiuually movin' an movin'.''
"Dat's so"' ''You're talkin' now!''
came from several of his hearers.
81 hear Miss Sally readin' dis mawn-
in, - continued the old man, F'dat man
was comm down here fer ter take kee rer
der-wunner desc yer buro mems wat
goes 'roun puttin' up an a pullin'
down.
'W'at he gwinter do round here?''
asked one.
''He's gwinter regelate de wedder, -
replied Uncle Remus, ,sententiOusly. "He's
a gwinter fix it up so dat dere won't be
so much worriment 'mong de white folks
about de kinder wedder wat falls to dere
! lot.''
''He gwine dish 'em up" suggested one
of the older ones, ''like man dish out de
sugar!'
'sNo," answered Uncle Remus, mop
ping his benign features with very large
and very red bandanna. ''He's gwinter
fix um up better'n dat. He's a gwinter fix
um up so you kin have any kinder we'd
der wat you want widout totin' her
home.''
''How's dat?" asked some one.
Its this way" said the old man,
thoughtfully, ''In eo'se you knows wat
kinder wedder yer wants. Well den, wen
de man comes long, witch Miss Sally say
he will, you des gotter go up dar, choose
yo' wedder, an der'll be a clock set fer
ter suit yo' case, an wen you git him,
dor'n be yo' wedder a settin' out in the
yard waitin' fer you. wish he wuz here
nOw," the old man continued. cpd take
par 'er frosts in mine, eff I cotched a
cold fer it. OATS metz
There were various exclamations of as
sent, and the old man went on his way
singing, ''Don't you grieve after me-"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21
The Trade Dollar.

If man decline to take your trade dol
lar tell him you can find somebody else
who will take it at its face value, for it is
worth more than the other silver dollar,
but is not by law a legal tender. In that
respect it is like the Mexican dollar. If
the banks won't take it, it is good enough
to keep among the people. 1t is taken in
the East and i'll other places without ques-
ton. Those who have them can find
plenty of places where this money will be
taken without hesitation. The temptation
is strong for the man who rakcs it in al
ninety cents to shove it out for u dollar,
If he does any sort of business that brings
in plenty of small money, he can make a
dollar or two per day by this method OF
dickering in trade dollars-Col"'R6s's DIS
patch.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21
88s 3apstts $Ountn 9sraIO.
O FFIC e.
11asOnIc Directory for FaYetLe County.
ohio, for the Year 1873.
rAYETTE LODGE. 70. Io7, ?. q A. NJ

FAYETTE LODGE. SO. l04, ?. 4 A. NJ
OFFICERs:- III. L. Robinson, W. NJ; G. :. Sny-
der ). w: L. J. Lindsey. j. W: ID. FurtW nger,
Treasurer; Il. II. Millikan. Secretary; Ii: f.
Browne 5. D.; IL. u. PurselI.J j. D.: o. 7. Gun
ming, Jesse Arnold. Stewards; Vim. II. Hammer
rvler: Mills Gardner Mast. Ger: Il. A. Robinson;
Organist; }. p Patterson, Chaplain: Prmc6ntl;a'i a
Committees. +. johnson, J.. Z. MalioW' u. I uF'-
wangler.
BLoomNGBURG LODGE 80 449, p. & A II.
OFFICERs a Il. Elliott. W. NJ: William Clark
;. w: Wm. NJ. Jones, }. w; J. NJ. McCOS, 9~ecTe- ~
tary; Henry Casey Treasurer Clsts s2teuut, o.D.'
Tohu n Brown. j D.: VIM. Noble, VIM. Squler,
stewards: j. NJ. Adams. Chrplalni L. Delengef,
Tyler. Prudential COmmittee-D. NJ Hays, John
W. Rodgers Harry Crow
JEFFERsONVILLE LODGE 80. 46S, +. a A. II.
OFFICERs:-J. w. ROebuck, W. NJ; G.. L. Bush,
s. W: J. 4. Lott, j. W.; G. W. Gray. Treasurer;
o. v. Creamer. Secretary; L. A. Elster, S. D.: G..
r. Marshall, j. D.; Urban Hidy, George Miller,
Stewards; Abel Armstrong, Chaplain; VIM. Wood,
Tyler.
PAYETTE- CHAPTER NO. 103, ROYAL ARCH HAsONs.
OFFIcERs:-J. NJ. Mccoy, High Priest; Z. AIilli-
kan, King; Milo Rockwell, Scribe; j. P. Patter-
son, c. H.5 W. w. Savage, 2. $; II. Z. Browne,
c. NJ I'd "; /. Y. GFubbs, G. NJ. Ist v; W. c.
Tanzey, Treasurer; FL. L. Robinson, Secretary; W.
II. Hammer, Guard.
ELY coMdAEDERY no. %, KNIGHT TEsIPLAR.
OFFIcERs:-C Garis, Eminent Commander; Jas.
eral; Mills Gardner, Prelate; j. W. Woods, ,. W.
H. E. Browne, j. W.; d. Furtwangler; 1 Ireasufef;
j. T. Lindsey, Secretary; Milo Rockwell, Standard
Bearer; G. S. Snyder, Sword Bearer; W. 2. Cleaye-
land, Warder; Il. A. Robinson, Organist; W. H.
H. Hammer, Sentinel.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21
THE hIcIkIDIni1E GANG.
precautions in the NetRhborboo., -
eFly"-AmPOEtantD DIscIOsures.

Cincinnati Gazette,
GREENFIELD, O., Nov. Ia.
From gentleman named Mosier. wbo
arrived at this place late this evening from
Waverly, Ohio, we learn more of the dep
relations of the McKimmie gang than
has vet been published. On Wednesday
of last week, two maiden sisters named
Eubanks, were robbed of over $1,000 of
goods and money, at their home near
Rainsboro. Detective John T. Norris was
Immediately engaged to work up the case
and succeeded in arresting, Saturday two
brothers named William and John Mess
mer, on the charge of being concerned in
a burglary near Cynthiana, o. The Mon
day following he also arrested two fellows
we'll known in this section of the country,
by the names of Henry Cleggett and A.
Grandstaff, in the same part of Pike cOun-
ty, and took them to the Waverly jail,
where they now are incarcerated. Yes
terday Grandstaff weakened, and confess
ed all his knowledge of the plans and do
ings of the gang-those contemplated and
already consummated. He says that him
self, the Messmers and Bob McKimmie
RhOads' house last spring, and the Eubanks
last week; and that because of some of
the stolen goods being found in Cleggett's
house was the cause of his and his wife's
arrest. At Rhoads' they went to his house
about midnight, woke him up, made him
open the door and remain passive while
they went through his house, and got
away with large quantity of goods and
money. The same trick was practiced at
the Eubanks'. He further confessed that
the gang were thoroughly organized, and
under Bob McKimmie, who, after getting
about cured of his wounds, which he sus-
tanned in making his exit from the Hills
boro Jail, went to Florida, where he was
engaged in bank robbery there, and had
to leave the State. He then came back to
the neighborhood of Rainsboro, where he
organized this band of robbers. He says
of their schemes for the future, that they
had settled on plan, to be consummated
some day within the next three months,
to make bold daylight raid on the High
| land County Bank at this place, where
any day they could have secured over 500
| 600, and on the Bainbridge Bank. We get
| it from another source that McKimmie,
after escaping from HillsborO, passed
through this place in broad daylight, in
the guise of a negro. The officers are now
| in close pursuit of McKimmie, and will
perhaps, by the time this is read, haYe
him, the ringleader, in custody; but he
has given them the slip many times befores
and may succeed in doing so again
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21
Vanilla.

Steele & Price annually consume, in
the manufacture of DR.. Prices Extract of
Vanilla, more ofthe finest quality of Mex
ican Vanilla than any other makers of eX-
tracts, and it is by the use of the finest
quality that DIR. Prices Extract OfVanil-
la obtains its rare excellence.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21

The Allentown (Pa.) Iron Works sus-
pended operations recently, throwing
large number of men out of employment.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21

The City Council of Piqua have ordered
that hereafter all tramps found in the city
limits during the day be locked up over
night, fed on bread and water, and COM
PEELED to leave town next morning.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-11-21
NEW RICH BLOOD!

PARSONS PURGATIvE PILLS make New Rloh
Blood, and will comparatively change the blood
In the & entire system in three months. Any person
VINO VIII take pill each night from to u weeks
may be restored to sound health, if such a thing
be possible. Sent by mail for letter stamps
5lw4 1. $. JOHNSON & CO., Bangor, BE.