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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-13
A Matrimonial Sensation.

Terre Haute has sensation, and the
end is not yet. A DR.. Reed died, leav-
ing considerable property in Terre
Haute and Chicago, and his will devils
ed all his possessions to Mrs. DR.. Reed
who was the second wife, Mrs. Bayless
Hanna is DIR. Reeds daughter by a
former marriage. She entered suit
against Mrs. DIR. Reed for partition of
the property, claiming that undue in
fiuence was used upon the doctor to in
duce him to leave all his property to
his second wife and nothing to his chill
dren. The prosecution claimed that
Mrs. Reed was terrible woman IN
words and deeds, and had an array of
fifty witnesses drawn from Terre
Haute's most worthy citizens to prove
the claim. Ii was alleged at the trial
that Mrs. Reed caused poison to be adj
ministered to the first wifo, and also to
the doctor, and that both their deaths
resulted from her doings.
1t further came out in evidence that
this woman had made many threats and
not few attempts TO kill various citi-
zens of Terre Haute. The feeling
against her was becoming very strong,
and in the midst of it she created an
other kind of sensation by directing
her lawyer TO ask the jury TO find for
the plaintiff. She gave up the case, and
was evidently scared by the muttering
and threatening of the poison theory.
The jury found verdict for the plain
tiff according to instructions, and the
will case was thus ended, but further
developments at law touching Mrs. DIR.
Reed are expected. The popularity OF
her giving up her case seems to point
to some adequate and governing cause.
More of the sensation may be confident
ly looked for.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-13
men knew. 1 found them crooked.

men knew. / found them crooked. /
guess their parents were sqaare enough.
l know my parents were. was pushed
into the business, had money. was
pushed into the crooked business, and
then the crooked men tried to ruin me.
1 was the only one that had money, and
they wanted it. l can stand thief, but
I can't stand liar. With a liar don t
know what to do"
The reporter then visited two criminal
lawyers, each of extensive practice.
One of them said: "You want to know
about the domestic lives of men that
handle the jimmy, do you? Well, the
best of them-I mean the most success
ful-are brave men. The man that
takes the jimmy in his hand TO break
into house is not driven to it by any
sudden impulse. The scheme must be
planned. He always risks both his life
and long Imprisonment. These men
are just the kind to win a girls heart.
Ii is astonishing how often they marry
into good families o. win a mistress
from them. The women are true to
them when they get into trouble. The
children generally do the wrong way
through force of circumstances, though
the parents are desirous of bringing
them up virtuously. The usual home
of a thief is in furnished rooms, where
no references are required, and where
there is no tea-table gossip. They eat
at restaurants. The affection between
husband and wife is often intense, but
1t is seldom lasting. A woman who
pawns all of her jewelry to pay the cost
of getting him out of prison will, per-
haps, in the very next case be witness
against him.
"The same Characters are coming up
again and again in my business, but |
never know until l talk to them what
motives are actuating them. The i'm
pulses of the criminal classes are gener-
ally good. | know a woman, for ex-
ample, who keeps disreputable house.
Her daughter il now being educated In
a fashionable convent school, but doesn't
know how the money is got that pays
herschool bills"
The other criminal lawyer said: ''The
average thief cares no more for his chill
dren than he cares for Jumps of wood.
He generally becomes attached to a dis
reputable woman. He may love her
intensely for time. He does nothing
from day TO day, while he lives on her
earnings. Now and then he will make
strike in his line. This money soon
goes in gambling, and then he lives
again on the woman. I notice this that
when the man is arrested the woman
will pawn her clothes and wear her
shoes utin running to lawyers for him,
but when the woman gets caught in
shop lifting, the man never comes near
her. But the affection even of the
woman Is shortlived. Let either man
or woman be sent to prison for year
or over, the other will not wait month
before he or she picks up another COM
panion. Ii they are married, the one
out of prison will not marry again, be-
cause iJ would be bigamy, but never
knew a case where real faithfulness ex-
listed between pair of criminals. The
wife may visit the prison and so keep
up show o! faithfulness, but it is only
ia form.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-13
LETHE.

Adown the slumberous land one river flows,
SOW. silent under light OF stars or sun,
Falling from far land that no one knows,
To a great Sc where all the streams are one
A bloom of lilies upon its breast
Whose cold roots grasp the sunless shine be-
low,
Nsvsr hath pasrion broken on their rest,
Nor srno GUS tear drop. on their loveless suow.
Vhst time the sun throws vide his golden
door.
And kindles peak on peak to amethyst
asish bres.hes o'r those woods of sycamore,
And through the twlnkling tree tops trails the
INST
Rolling through gliste ming glens that stream
shall glide,
Weeping. those ghosts rhall stand upon the
shore.
And sorrow with oblivion shall abb ie,
tn stream, and sea, and mountain be no
more
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17
THE COTTON
QUESTION.
TESTIMONY OF L. 8. SENATOR JOHN
b. GORDON OF GEORGIA.
Washington, Nov. 9Th, 1877.

Washington, Nov. 9th, 1877.
DEAR SIR:-Yours of 18th inst,
is at hand, and Hastily gather and
send you the following facts and
thoughts as. bearing on the subject
Of which you write.
That the South is the proper
place to spin cotton, no one with
broad views Of the subject can
doubt. That this department is
but in its infancy in our section
and is being steadily developed,
statistics disclose. With ~transpor-
tation lines sufficient for present
and any lea prospective popula-
ton; with the experience that small
er farms better titled are best for
profits under the new era; with no
slaves to invest their surplus in,
Southerners, never a money-lend-
ing nor a security-investing people,
have turned their attention to in
dustrial enterprises. As they re-
cover from the shocks and desola-
ton of the past, their little surplus
finds investment naturally in cot
ton mills. Georgia has always been
In the lead of the Southern States
IN this regard and still leads them,
though Mississippi, the Carolinas,
Alabama, and Tennessee have ma
~terially increased their spindles and
looms since the war.
The past year has seen the con-
struction of the Eagle & Phoenix,
No, 3, Columbus, Ga, Matthews
Cotton Mill, Selma, Ala, Mobile
Cotton Factory, Mobile Ala, (com-
msnced-) Enterprise Mfg. Co.,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17
Description Of w. T. Blackwell 81
Zoos Tobacco Factory, at Dur
ham N. @.

The town of Durham is situated
on the North Carolina Central rail-
road, twenty-six miles west of Raj
elgh; contains at present some 3d.
600 inhabitants. Prior to the close
of the late war Durham was mere
ly a thrifty railroad station of some
200 to $50 inhabitants. The impe-
tus given the town by the manufac-
ture of the celebrated brand of Dur
ham Smoking Tobacco by Messrs.
Blackwell & Co., and their prede-
cessors, has caused the railroad sta
ton to spring, as it were, by magic
INTO an embryo city Of no mean pre-
tensions, full of life, enterprise and
activity.
I 1t may not be generally known
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17
North Carolina.
HER BRIGHT LEAF TOBACCO

HER BRIGHT LEAF TOBACCO.
Specimens of the bright tou.u
Of Granville county, \. C.. ue.
forwarded to DR.. Noelcker, FRS
who is consulting chemist % "a.
ROYAL Agricultural Society u Eng
land, who gave the matter a..a..
ton, and submitted a report to III.
Richmond company. Or. Noe.eh..
states that the general compost
of this tobacco Is moisture, II.
organic matter, 12.01;mnc al Ina.
ter CASH. 1873.
Prof. Johnston. of y Col..-.
in 1872, experimenting with q.
same tobacco from the same couu-s.
found 1t to contain, potash. 1884,
lime. Ill. silica, S.l2 organic m4.
ter, sanI, nitric acid, 9i.4,, ash.
o.53. But Prof. Noelckcr think,
that S.53 per cent. of ash exec
tionally low, and while he does l.
call in question the accuracy
Prof. Johnston's analysis. Say-
does not find any specimen OF ..
bacco TO WELD as low is S.53 D.
cent. of ash.
Repeated experiments by ,a.
English Professor reveals the la.
that there Is comparative a sna.
percentage of nicotine and album.
nous compounds in the bright 81.
b-ccos of Granville. and the SUI
rounding counties, Person, lialIfaN.
Pittsylvania, Patrick, Henry, Ca
well, Orange and Rockingham. fl.
all these counties-partly III Nu.
ginia and partly IN North Carollna
produce the same bright tobaccl.
that has now attained "A Worldwide
reputation. The absence of nico-
tine is a good feature. 1t taxi
away the strong, biting, p%olsonou-
quality, AMI gives the weed a mn.
and agreeable taste. Hence ,a
reputation Of these bright toh.
| COS.
Highly manur d, dark tobac..-
contain a much larger per cent. "
nicotine than the bright. but tl'
price is in proportion to the briga'.
ness and absence Of weight IN oh.
leaf. Hence it becomes a CONT
with the planters Of those count.
to see who can produce the brig.
est, freshest looking tobacco. M"
depends upon the character Of '
land, and more upon the skill "
the planter in cultivatlng and cur.
ing. Granville county from It"
peculiar nature Of its soil or otaa
causes, seems to have won the hl-..
est reputation of bright tobae
but there are other counties III tG.
region, in both States, that are
rv little behind her in this resp
The result of this competition is =.
produce bright tobaeco8 Of Fa1.
nigh grade. -New York South.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17
NATURES REPAIR SHOP.
Best Climate on the Globe for tn
Afflicted in Health.

DR.. W. Fl. White, a Northern
physician of prominence, thus
writes to the Detroit Free Press
Eureka! have found the long
sought and much desired climate
and place of resort for consumptives
and those suffering from chronic
diseases of the throat and lungs.
With the certainty to conveying a
a blessing to many northern and
western home, to many a sufferer
in body and mind, l ask for space
to make known my observations
and the reasons for the same. l
simply premise this pleasing duty
by stating ] have nc personal inter-
est to subserve; | Am not practicing
my profession. My visit to the
wonderful section of country and
the particular place to which l call
attention was accidental.
The medical world has with a
unity that is remarkable, conceded
that this class patients requires an
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17

A hog. s feet long weighing
lbs, raised in the suburbs Of J.
eigh by John Price was on e1h..
ton at the market last week.
John ". Wadsworth bought
Potter place in Mecklcnbu-
1891 acres Of good land, for 49,"
at public sale. Cheap as dirt.
Mr.. Whitecar Of Beaufort coul
showed the editor Of the Press sol
fine heads Of rice, 81 To 1 fee
height, well filled and perfect.
is shipping large quantities Of III
to South Carolina.
There is no danger Of fraud
buying real estate IN North Caro-
ma, if ordinary precautions are us
by the buyer. All lands must
registered at the Court House
the county in which they are 10.
ted, and If not so registered u
buyer can register them himself q
thus perfect his title. For !,
court will 60 by the Registrar { J"
cord.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17

The Eagle and Phoenix e.
mills, at Columbus Ga. haye r.
four dividends, aggrcgalIu-
per cent. this year. The ca,
stock Of these mills is $3.50
and a third mill, just being r.
pleted at n cost of $500. ooo. Is F..
Guided III property, wIthou. .
increase o. stock. These .
have the advantage Of water u.
er sufficient to Il twenty mai.
and particularly the last built ar
have the best machinery obta r..
in Europe or America.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17

that the firm of Messrs. Blackwell
s Co. manufacture more Granuia-
ted Smoking Tobacco than
ANY ONE FIRM IN THE WIDE
WORLD.
These gentlemen manufacture
only one brand-ths standard o. the
ror!d--the Original Genuine Dur
Durham Smoking Tobacco, and
apart from their export trade (which
is tax free) Blackwell & Co. pay to
the United States Government an
internal revenue tax of $4,000 per
day, They employ $50 hands, and
operate in one of the most elegant
fonr-storv brick buildings, 200 K
100. in the United States, fitted up
with all modern conveniences, and
operated entirely by steam. Their
mammoth business is conducted
with that system and thorough pre-
cision, coupled with money, llber-
ality and business tact, that always
insures certain and lasting success.
Their vast operations are all the
more surprising when we remember
that the mammoth business is as
yet, We may say, in its infancy.
The idea of originating the Dur
ham" brand of smoking tobacco
suggested itself to John r. Green,
the party from whom the present
gentlemen acquired title under ra-
%Lor Door1or ~ rorp IN gtaS,nac
The close of the late unpleasant
ness found both armies at Durham,
n. c., where John r. Green, since
dead, was conducting the business of
manufacturing smoking tobacco IN
a small way. During the armis-
tice between Gems. Sherman and
Johnston, which preceded John
sons surrender, Johnson's force
Law between Durham and Hillsboro,
his real resting upon Greensboro,
while Sherman's force lay between
Durham and Raleigh, his resting
upon Goldsboro. Durham was
voted neutral ground. Here the
blue and the gray blended together
in camp life %revels, and the factory
Of Green was sacked, and little
sacks or pouches Of tobacco were
thus distributed, in a short time
and most effectually, from Maine
to the Rio Grande. Sad as were
the results of "our unpleasantness,"
still it is an i'll wind that blows no
one good. Green, seeing the OPP
portunity, baptized his tobacco
"Durham," and adopted the side
view of the Durham bull for his
| trade mark. Thus was born into
existence the brand that was after
|. ward to become celebrated in both
hemispheres. j. r. Green, suffer
ing from pulmonary consumption,
was unable ito push his business
with that zeal
THAT HAS SINCE CHARACTERIZED
HIS SUCCESSOR.
His disease terminated in his
death at the Catawba Springs,
amid the blue hills of his native
State" in July go. Then the
present firm purchased, at the sale
of his executor, all his right, title
and interest in the Durham"
Brand together with this trade
mark, and by their skill and indus
try have made the business what it
is.
At the time of the sale the pro-
duets Of the oncern were less than
5000 pounds a month, while under
the present management, as much
as 100, 900 pounds have been turn
ed out IN a single day.
In 30, the time of the sale, the
village numbered less than 800
souls .-Now the embryo city counts
5000, and can boast of the finest
tobacco manufacturing prospects
of any point South. II
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17
l~JANUAEY l.,

two cities have l'ut th-m Iua
ketable shape.
Hoping that these or 4. tho.
thrown out hastily from a pr.a1
pied mind Will subserye your @
pose. and reciprocatiug
your patriotic sentiments, am
Yours truly,
j. b. Gorn.>
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17
Remember,

Our Northern friends, who read r
number will please bear IN IN
that it is sent to them by no -.
migration agency with desIga
make money from them: but j.
sued under the auspices Of .
State Agricultural Department
which Gov. Z. b. Vance j. CHI.
man), and Is statements are .
dorsed By the State g%oyernme.
and therefore may be impLc
relied On.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-01

James Delaney, age nine, fell from the roof
OF No. 81 Diys!on-ayc Saturday. and broke both his
legs.
Permits we're granted last week for the erec-
tion OF thirty-nine new buildngs-twentysx TO be Of
brick seven OF wood and six with brown-stonc fronts.
James Donnelly, Of No. II Tiffany place, re-
ported to the police his daughter, Mary j. nne
had been missing from her home since Saturday morn
ing She wore brown straw hat blue stockings and
gray saeqae.
Coroner Simms held an inquest. Saturday, In
The case OF Eilcn Eagau, whose body was found last
Tuesday morning, in a backyard on Ftydfth-st near
hlrdaye The verdict was that she died from exposure
md congcs ion OF the lungs.
The police made descent, Saturday night
npou polcy-shop Paefc-st, near schenectadyave,
New-York tribune., 1878-04-01
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

Fifth Arenue Hotel-The Hon. Reuben E. Fenfon
OF Jamestown V: Congressman j. NJ warren OF troy
and John r. Raymond Gtsey House-sir Alexander
Gait OF Montreal and Major r. III. Parke u. y car
endon H0tel-Count Bozens Of Russia ard John Newell OF
Florida Captain Price Biackwood Of the Eritish army and
era Charles Tram OF Massachusetts, and Lieutenant Com
mander c. j. Tram. u. s. N....S James HoetM y quay
House-Nava Constructor Edward Hart o. NJ. Ne,S
York Hofe-Joaqun Miller, OF oregon and CAPTAIN Ken
pcdy the steamsDp Gcrmanic Westtntnstcr Hos-
Professor Sylvester Of the Johns hopkins University
Union SotSTe HoteJosia H. DrunInond, OF Portland Me-
- Metropolitan HotelAttorney General Augustus schoon-
maker lr.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-01
Announcements

Any one troubled with cough or cold will
avoid suffering rsk by using promptly Dr. JAiNEs
EIIRcToIASI a Old curative Of conceded merit.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-01

tonic appetizer just TIE thing for this time Of year 10
change weather and prevent feNer and gen
era sickness They make the system proof against summer
sold by druggists saesroOms "a Marrenst ~ u
New-York tribune., 1878-04-01

The Electric Protector and Central Office
System Of HoLMEs Burglar Alarm Telegraph Company Tor
vaults safes entirely different application
OF machinery electricity from the odashoncd Burglar
wires and Offices extend from tic
foot Of 3Sh.sl. Main oice. DIS GIOadway
New-York tribune., 1878-04-01
COMPARISONSt

Tho weekly edition Of The York Timesis 25 CORES
and chaIged at o. esns nne 5n oS
amsISdn er Is cents Ee The Times thinks the Aer
Newspaper Unon Iist hSme&g s Past saso copies
and advertisements charged at 10 cent, hne. ia
s s an cents si nc
very well of the American Newspaper Union .a,,v All,
on Of $500 Copies and charges advertisers 10 cents Ina
The Advertiser has poor opinion also oil ths American
se oss"n Post weekly $500 copies charges
nses ~ Union which ss cire ulaisn
or less than ne price Teca cents pc for
weekly having $40 eivSasaSS TncS ses s
nG he sO Globe prints weekly % Ss Sas
GocwSt r the American Newspaper uoOn which gives
10000 senaton Sr g IL cent a epe. wees edition
which advertisers are alowssS ss Sm"Tcsn Newspaper
,o1s hih 10 4SS iTenation cents line . "a
The Warsaw Democrat ss when n's Was rssS eopsrs
E 1r,v 10 cent line was demanded for Its coinmn aha
Is better g S. nSs aa WSeEy was Poss sells 2 copies weekly
Germans IN and around st. LOUIS ls e ne American
cents GS Son n"S @f y weekly an s,ss r
tisement Gr cents Line The Post desp'ses AL" ''
kn S tpor " Weekly Times prints .2o Tns
%es becomes I've e
use its columns cent nne wno 81 ise c,rcuIaon and
Newspaper Union demands i0' pap'''
influence.
.vswrps REFurINa ALL CSJUsIr
,H.n,r m en- aRGEs. TOGETHER WITH cArALouo oa
OF THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER UNION .ssn n,s
ONE THOUSAND NEWSPAPERS. sENA
ANY ADDRESS ON APPLICATION ~
BEALS 4 FOSTER, Gen'l Agt's new
York Newspaper Union, A
Park.row, New.Ysrk.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-01
The Reason Why They
Don't Like il. -.

THE COST OF ADVERTISING IN AMERICAN
NEWSPAPERS Is TOO HIGH
ASKING PRICES HAVE NOT BEEN REDUCED BY
THE BIG PAPERS SINCE THE WAR
THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER UNION GIVES Ap-
VERTIsERS MORE CIRCULATION FOR TUE PRICE
THAN PAPERS PRINTED on ANY OTHER PLAN
CAN AFFORD.
The ADORE facts explain ne unfendiy attacks made upon
American Necspauer Union by the ~ T. Times fos co
sere,aL Boston F0st Adrsrser Utica Herald aud oo<'
journals.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-24
PERSONAL.
Gen. Joe Johnston is 50.

Gen. Joe Johnston Is %.
Modieska is The Pole that will knock
down the tragic persimmons the com.
ing theatrical season. -Ne,c O19ean>
Picayene.
The King of Burmah won't stand any
foolshness. He recently locked M
his Ministers because they were late at
Council.
A Keokuk man has been married
twice, and is now serving his third
term-agant. He's Grant man from
sympathy-Keohmh CONSTITUTION.
Rosa Bonheur is getting old and her
cheeks are Rosa no longer. However
she paints-charming pictures, and
is as frank in manner as ever.
Capt. J. ID. Rhodes swan, with his
wife in his arms, from the old Maid
of the Mist" landing above the railroad
Suspension Bridge. Niagara, across to
the Canadian side in twenty-five min
utes, landing ten rods below the Sus.
pension Bridge.
The Chicago correspondent of the
G0lden Rnie writes that Among the
|, 100 inmates of the poor-house of this
county are Stratton, father to Tom
Thumb, and n man named Hutching,
who ten years ago, was pastor OF a
tlourishing Congregational church in
Michigan
Edison's name is in all the French
newspapers and scientific reviews. The
Rerue des Deur Mondes has an article
on the phonograph, the microphone,
and other American inventions, which
gives Mr.. Edison his due and intru-
duces him to the French public in
picturesque and entertaining fashion.
There are three daughters of the late
Mr.. Bateman in the dramatic profess
sion. Miss Katie Bateman Mrs.
Crowe), who has not changed the least
in appearance since she was last in this
country, is now playing in London
one of her sisters appear with her un-
der the stage name OF "Nirginia Fran
els.
The manager of Philadelphia res
taur44t is such an enthusiast in his
profession that he has collected over
300 extracts from Shakespeare refer
ring to different dishes, ANA has, III one
series Of volumes, over 10000 bills Of
fare, and in ms library over 500 books
on cookery and matters pertaining to
tia, subject.