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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23

Friends,

CRYSTAL drops make . rain bow
in the skies; friends make one
around nv heart Flower, crown
the earth, and friendship crowns
our lives. They may dr1op and
die. and friends turn coldlv from
us, but the perfume Of the one will
finger about our pathway long az
ter their beauty has fed, and the
remembrance Of the virtues and
gracog of a gentle friend will clus,
ter about our hearts when the dear
one has vanished from our sight.
The sunshine OF hope and ccnf-
donce may have been darkouod by
clouds that some unloving nature
had cast over its brightness, ana
we sit silently and sorowiuIly IN
the twilight Of remembrance, but
we watch the Iongthening shade rs
Of distrust till they are lost in dark
ness, and VIC look M, if NAV lie
tcariullv, I'LL the clouds o, ~cslranre.
ment have all foatcd away and
myriad stars of peace and low
brighten fine heavens a,,ir ",
sec u friendship iilYm;ned with .
softer meIlowor i,,b, and c,c .,,o.r
.,ow ,ho L.1t roln.a., lo.I
""0 ''o nA'' reluctant ha'a' ana
s'"0 '"'o '"e ia a'e''ed 'aco VII"
a uuer' 'ehd'rcr heart, and the
TREND Is ours again with tie. uni.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23

Zen r Jae..Yn a. .h H,a-
roe counts Daring Jaasay .or fbc
Indian TsrItsrr Wr'.t back .a.'
10 . the moa. IgaanIy coaaiy hs
was ever IT,. Wrlng back from
Milan county, Tcxas, he cIoses lis
letter with this .ogtI a!yiw:
"Iell the Monroe togaty boys
that my.advico when tnry aks a
notion to leave dadios and mann.
mies not 10 come % the Indian
Territory ar Tozes. Since ! have
secn for myseJ, ! do not blame
Sheridan Ir eayE II be own
both HoI, and Texas, he woa.d
live in UeiI and rent ont Tex.
as DO not regard q mans ,iSe
any safer here iran a fat hogs in
Mississippi" -lndepenaeBt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23
Election Of i POPE.

A dispatch from Rome says the
operations Of the Sacred C0nclayc
eliminated in the election Of Car.
dinal Joachim Pocci, who assumes
the title of Leo XIII. The Con
cIavo has been in session since the
18th. AS only two ballots were
taken daily, Cardinal Pocci was
hosen on the third ballot. The
modcrates hcsitated between Car.
dinal Tranchi and Pecci, but con-
ficting elements became harmonic,
cd, and the result was the election
of the latter. The announcement
to the people was made with pre-
scribcd tormalities and ceremonies
from the Vatican.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23

V~icksburg Herald: The roads all
over the State are reported 10 be in
II wretchod condition. Oar road
laws r inefficient, and we hope
tho Legislature will change them
10 suit the demand of the public.
Good roads are . necessity, and the
Legislature can. provide to have
Them, If the law makers will do
their duty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23

Yesterday, by u close vote, the
Senate rejected tho bill to with.
draw from sale, until November
next the lands for non-payment OF
taxes. The bill is known common
" az the " abatement act."-Cl2r.
After the rejection of the "Abatc
ment' bill q Senator gave vent to
tho following verse, imprOmta
II is q fact that the abatement Act,
Lies sleeping in its grave =
Its friends were strong & will live in song
For having died so brave.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23
County OGCors,

A law has passed the Legislature
and approved by the Governor, ro-
qniring every county officer, OF
whatever grade, to attend at the
opening of courts and listen to the
charge of the Judge to the Grand
Jury.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23
Victor Huge ard General Grant

While other French Republican
leaders were honoring Gen. Grant
in Paris, Victor Hugo was inform
cd that the General intended to
make him a visit.
Has be not, then, read what J
wrote In the aimee Terrible p said
Hugo.
az have nothing to rctract OF
what | then said"
This was an allusion to some for.
ty lines Of bitter poetic satire and
i~nvective in which Hugo commem-
Grated an alleged dispatch from
Grant congratulating the German
Emperor on his triumph over the
French nation. They were any.
thing but complimentary to the
"American Tyrant," whose pccull.
arlties they unsparingly contrastcd
with those of his illustrious predc-
cessors in office.
Having his attention thus called
to the lines by the great Rcpubli.
can poet himself, General Grant
concluded not to make the intend.
ed visit ; and the Gau'ois used the
incident as a reason for r~epub'ish-
ing Hugo's lines on him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23
THE BEACON.
MACON. MISS
SATURDAY., FEE : ~
q. {. FERRIS p,htSA~
? 7. FERRIN.

MANY Of The E&S>Naa>
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education TO -ram@s-
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higher grade : 70 b
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23

A gentleman named Harris Love
from Alabama, was robbed on the
high road near Scooba Of S2,700.
The money was recovered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23
FLORENCE

florence
Shuqudldn, FEB. %, rs.
We hope Florence" will favor
the Beacon often with Suct beauti
iul sentiments as the above.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23

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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03

argument in behalf of sustaining
the national credit he arose in his
seat and loud enough to be heard
in the galleries cried out: Bully
for you.n
The other "inflatedn member
was from Indiana. He was too far
gone to do more than frequently y
get on his legs and murmur
"Misser Spe ker," to the amuse-
ment of the habitues of the gentle
mems gallery and the evident dis.
gust of his party friends. 1t may
be added that both of the fuddied
members were Republicans, which
goes to show that there are others
beside Democratic statesmen who
get their inspiration from bot.
tie Washington Star.
The closing scenes of the House
were rendered disgraceful by the
drunkenness of several mem bers
on both sides. The most amusing
and obstreperou5 iDebriate was
Chapman Freeman, of Philadel-
phia, a Republican member, who
was exceedingly unanimous. So
was Mr.. Browne, of Indiana, also q
Republican, who had absolutely to
be pulled down into his seat when
the House was voting on the ques-
tiop of extending the time of ad.
journment. Several Democratic
members were in a similar condi.
tion, and good many on both
sides of the chamber were visibly
the worse for liquor.-Dispdtch tc
Boston Herald.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03

whole dwelling was formerly occu.
pied. We have had no such expe-
rience-at least not on anything
like such q scale--in Los Angeles.
The prosperity Of San Francisco
seems to travel In regular cycles.
In 1872 the number of unoccupied
houses was simply appalling. A
"To-Let' was on almost every
other dwelling in certain quarters
Of the city. Yet the time shortly
came when all this was changed
and house accommodation was be-
low the demand. The short oom'
pass Of a year was sufficient tc
work the change, and similar
experience will doubtless be short.
ly chronicled again. San Francis
co seems TO be as distinctively eel
apart for the metropolis of the
whole Pacific Coast as Los Angeles
Is for the center of trade of South
ern California. Both places will
have to submit to their ups and
downs, but we have every reason
to Justify us in hoping that the
coming Fall will usher in q new era
of progress for both. When the
conditions are favorable, these
transitions are eff. .cted with won.
derful celerity. All the conditions
for such change are apparent now.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03
European Gable News.
EagIish Crops and Markets.

LONDON, July I'd. = The Mark
Lane Express says: There is de.
cided change for the better in the
appearance of the growing wheat,
which is now in fnll bloom. At
first sight the fields seem to prom
Use large crop but in many the
ears are small. With the excep-
tion of barley and oats, appearances
at present point to q fair average
yield of cereals but the quality is
likely to be mediocre. The insig.
aificant supplies Of English wheat
at Mark Lane and provincial mar
kets indicates q rapid depletion of
stocks in farmers hands and that
little or nothing will be left over
at harvest time. The imports of
foreign wheat into London have
been more moderate of late, but
supplies go into granary rather
than consumption. Small lots of
white wheat have been taken off
lands for Continental account,
principally for Belgium and the
North of France, where tho crops
are unsatisfactory and prices sew
eral shillings higher than in Lon
don, but no further sales Of cargoes
off the coast have taken place.
With liberal arriyals at ports OF
call, the floating cargo trade for
wheat is dull and prices have de-
clined fully one shilling per quar-
ter. Maize and barley have re.
duced fully six pence per quarter.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03
The Strength of the HostiIes.
Latest Eastern News.
The Potter Sub Com mittee.

NEW ORLEANS, July 2j.-Johr
Devonshire, Clerk of the u. S
District Court, sworn. - Witnes.
produced three sealed envelepes
said to contain copies of certiflca tel
of electors, etc., which are signed
in ttssiplicate, the lawTequiring one
set to be filed in the office of the
District Court, one to be forwarded
by mail, the other by messenger to
the President of the Senate. Wit.
ness state that the envelopes had
been kept in safe since they were
deposited and had not been with-
drawn, though application for the
withdrawal of the first set filed by
the Republicans had been made
to Judge Billings. Witness was
present, but there were SO many
persons In the Office at the time
that he could not state who made
the application for withdrawal, but
heard the Judge refuse to allow the
withdrawal.
After an examination of the en-
velopes the Committee required
the witness 10 open them. They
contained one of the first sets OF
papers sent 10 Washington by the
Republican electors, the second
were sent by the Conservative
electors, the third were those sent
by the Republicans in place of
those which were found defective
in this, that the certificates were
for President and Vice-President
together instead Of for each. 1t is
claimed by Democrats that the
signatures to the last set are not
genuine. The Committee took
charge of the documents.
w. A. Strong, Secretary of State,
sworn-By order of the Com mi. .tes
he produced all protests filed in his
office that were before the Return
ing Board relating to the election
of November 1876. There were no
protests by Packard or Kellogg, or
their attorneys.
A large number of affidavits were
made before +. A. Woolfy, Clerk
of the Circuit Court in this city
and bear date later than ten days
after the election.
Atfernoon-After getting through
with the documents it is stated that
the protests of Packard and Kel-
logg, in which a large number OF
votes were thrown out, were miss
ing. The witness only knew by
hearsay that Kellogg and Packard
made protests. (rhe Committee
designs tracing up the original
papers). Owing to the faithless-
ness OF Anderson In not returning
to the parish In time, about 400
conservative voters were not regis.
tered; would not believe any state
ment Of Anderson unless corrobor-
ated.
Judge McVea of East Feliciana
testified that Anderson and Kel'
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03

No one can fail to have been
struck by the unusual number of
buildings which have been put up
in Los Angeles during the past t
year, Including those which are
now in process of erection or which
are receiving the finishing touches.
Building operations on a scale so
large are an answer to the croak-
ing element in our midst at least
to the extent Of showing that eur
men OF means have an undated
faith in the future Of our city. On
the other hand, building has been
very languid In San Francisco and
the statistics show that there are
now fully twenty-five hundred un-
occupied houses In that city. The
Bulletin explains this dlsagreeable
fact by saying that the vacancies
arise from the enforced economies
which have compelled families to
herd together in tenements, maxi
lng o room or two serve where a
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03

Col. CHALMERS SCOTT, profit
ing by his close observation of the
Guajome orange grove, near San
Luis Rey, San Diego county-al-
most the only orange grove in full
bearing in that county-has writ
ten to the Horticultural that the
destruction of the oleander is the
only guarantee for the extirpation
of the scale-bug, which is so great
a drawback in some of our orange
groves. The oleander is ldeed a
charming flower, but we can we'll
afford to sacrifice it if, by so doing,
we can get rid of pest which has
proved to be an intolerable nui-
sance to our fruit growers.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial to the Herald by the Western
Union Telegraph Company.l
Pacific Coast News.
San Francisco Court News-Dore's
stock Auction u Fizzie.

StOCA huCthOD -
SAN FRANCISCO, July I'm the
Police Court this morning the case
of r.. NJ. Clarken, Ex-Clerk of the
City Criminal Court, charged with
embeZzlement, was laid over till a
week from Friday. The general
feeling i'll the city among those
who were personally acquainted
with Mr.. Clsrken, and they are
many, is that he will be able to
show his innocence of any act of
criminal intent.
The examination of Cook, Dep
uty Tax Collector, and Bell, attor-
ney fer the collection of delinquent
taxes, on charges of larceny and
felony, will be commenced this af-
ternoOn.
Supervisor Brickwedel has deci-
ded to withdraw his resignation on
the unanimous request of members
of the Board and friends.
Maurice Dore's auction sale Of
stocks tEis morning proved rather
a fizzle. The caller ran through
the list and several bids were made,
but there was SO much variance be-
tween bidders and sellers that only
a few small sales were effected.
The project of holding afternoon
sessions has been abandoned.
Exclusions Omcer Iudicied for
Smuggling.
SAN FRANCISCO, July O.
Charles A. Morrill,, formerly spe-
cial agent of the Treasury Depart
ment, and more recently Captain
of night inspectors of customs,
which Office he resigned a week or
two ago, was arrested to-day by
the United States authorities on an
indictment found against him by
the United States Grand Jury,
charging him with completely in
the smuggling of opium, silks and
other goods into this port.
The Strength of the HosiiIes.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2nd.-A
Winnemucca dispatch says: Chiel
Natchez and his cousin Jerry, in
terpreter, came in yesterday. They
state that the number of hostiles
do not exceed thirty lodges of Ban
nocks, Eagle Eyes band of Weis-
ars and party of Snakes, some Of
whom were determined TO escape
at the first opportunity. About
300 of the warriors are well armed
and about 200 Others have poor
guns and bows and arrows.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03

THE Alta, of Monday, disputes
our position that reapers are prefer
able to headers in the harvesting
of wheat. All we can say is
that our ideas on the subject were
derived from very experienced
and observant farmer. The Alta
scouts our statement that wheat
cut before it is dead ripe, and al
lowed to cure in the shock, makes
better and more elastic flour and
bvead than the often over-ripe
wheat harvested by the header.
Notwithstanding the Atlas incred-
ullty, We beg TO assure that journal
that all farmers will agree with US
that this is SO. Its assumption that
California -four is equal to the best
brands Of Northwestern flour, such
as Minneapolis Club, which are
made from wheat cured in the
shock, is not sustained by the facts.
While we have no doubt that CALI
fornia wheat, harvested by reap
er, and cured in the shock, would
make as good flour and bread as
any in the world, and while, from
its fill. round, dry kernel it is ad-
mirably adapted for export and for
mixing with foreign wheats, under
the present system this is not the
case. A further fact is that wheat
cured in the shock will yield much
more -four to the acre than that
which is cut dead ripe. The Alta
suggests, by way of clincher to its
remarks, that Los Angeles county
is not good place to acquire just
ideas of the excellence of California
wheat and -four. On the contrary,
Mr.. Isaac Lankershim, one of the
most experienced wheat growers
and flour makers in California,
once assured us that the flour made
from the wheat of the San Fernan-
do valley, in Los Angeles county,
and the CsJon valley, in San Diego
county, is the very best he has ever
seen in California.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03
WE learn that fully sixty thou

We learn that fully sixty thous-
and farmers have f1ocked into
.ansas this year. This is to say
nothing of the large accretions the
same class has received in Texas
and Nebraska. The painful refiec-
tion is forced upon US that the peo-
pie of California are conspicuously
lacking in enterprise and liberal.
lty, OT cur own State would not to-
day show so lamentably in the
comparison of immigration statis-
tics with other States. We have
mentioned elsewh ere some of the
causes which explain this dimin.
ish{d imXjgration. There are two
other reasons sS%shich we should
add, viz, the high cost of transport transport
ting a family to California and the
absence Of all organized efforts to
influence the tide of settlement
this way. Most growing sections
think it worth while to maintain
agents in the East to encourage
local settlement. The State of
California has been unaccountably
remiss in this respect. Another
drawback 10 that imm ense bodies
of our best lands have gone into
the hands of spectators, who hold
them at exhorbitant prices. With
cheap fares to Kansas. Nebraska
and Texas, where lands can still be
purchased at q short remove from
government rates, and high fares
TO, and high priced lands in, Cali
fornia, we are at decided disad-
vantage. We trust, some day or
other,to see our Railway companies
comprehending the fact that the
lowest possible fares is their best
policy. and to see our people alive
TO the fact that If they desire to
have select aud valuable class of
immigration they should stimulate
its interest in this section.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03
OCCASIONALLY some surprise il

OCCASIONALLY some surprise is
expressed by our own people that
the tide Of immigration which
flowed to California in such full
volume up till two years ago has
been 80 much diminished. We fail
tosee anything astonishing in this.
In the first place, the drouth of last
year was q most dispiritlng incl
dent--one we'll calculated to repel
Intending settlers, as much SO as
the grasshopper visitation was
calculated to repel settlers from
Kansas and Nebrasks, two years
ago. Then, worse even than
the dr. outh In its effects upon pc o.
pie abroad, has been the uninter.
mittent howl We have kept up
anon gst ourselves-a howl whose
revsrberations have reached every
nook and corner of the country,
East and West, North and South.
The terrible threats of Kearney
have made the hair of quiet East
erners stand on end. With an in.
fnitely less degree of distress than
has been prevalent all over the
East during almost five years-a
distress from which we have only
suffered, at the worst, for about two
years-we have been 80 unused to
tnything but uninterrupted pros
lerity that we have beloved as
though we were altogether with.
out hope or recourse. The East
sTnsT has got an idea that there is
mo place here for Caucasians, that
the Chinese monopolize every
thing; and that, wherever else be
3may go, he ought to give the
Golden State wide berth. Not
even Lieutenant General Kearney
himself has more realizing sense
Of the nuisance the Cinnamon are
aud have been to California than
we. But the business has been
quite overdone, and in picturing
the unquestionable evils of the
presence of the Mopgolian amongst
us, We have scared away a class of
settlers of h4eans who wourI have
been Invaluable to California, and
who would have assisted to settle
the Chinese question. AS long as q
monotone of misery rises from CAL
ifornia-a noisy moan which moth
ing In our condition as compared
with other sections justifies we
may expect to be Stunned by those
who are aiming at bettering their
condition. We are not without
hope that we shall strike plane of
common sense shortly. quit grum.
bling and return in earnest to the
work of developing the resources of
the richest State on the continent.
When we shall have done SO, we
shall again be gratified by the sight
Of thronging thousands who are
desirous of casting in their lot with
lIs
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03
Drunken Representatives.

There were two disgraceful epi.
sodes during the closing debate. A
member from Philadelphia. charg.
ed to the brim with beverage
that more than cheers, tried to in.
terrupt General Butler, and by his
repeated attempts to force him to
yield the floor, quite plainly adver-
tised to the House and spectators
In the gallery his muddled condi.
tion. The same member also in
terrupted Mr.. Cox in like manner,
and thought to beguile that states
man to yield him the floor by
shouting out at the top OF his
lungs: "I do 80 love tho gentlem an
from New York." Again, when
General Garfield closed u powe rful
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03
Among the Whitest Things on Earth

Are teeth, beautified and preserved by
SOZODONT; and the rose is scarce
sweeter than the breath which becomes
aromatic through its influence. 1t is the
very pearl OF dentiirices ana the surest
1t remedies with certainty canker and
every species of corrosive Dlemish upon
the teeth, and counteracts the hurtful In
fuence upon them of acidity of the
stomach. The formula of its preparation
it contains only botanic ingredients, and
includes only the purest and most sal.
utary of these.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03
To orr Wav of thinking III

To our way of thinking the En-
press is grossly in error in locating
the mistake committed by the
Democratic party in the late cleo
ton. A political party never
makes q mistake in standing up
for it's principles whether success or
failure attend its efforts. A griev-
Gus mistake was committed by the
leaders of both the Democratic and
Republican parties, as a result of
their conference at the Palace Ho.
tel, in practically disbanding both
those organizations. Both Demo-
crats and Republicans were so dis.
gusted at the surrender Of dis.
tinetive party principles that they
stayed away from the polls. A
Non-Partizan local ticket in this
county would hsye been defeated
by much greater majority than
that which was polled against the
straight Democratic ticket, be-
cause Democrats would have been
30 disgusted that they would have
voted very largely for the Work.
ingmen's and Farmers Conven-
tions' nominees. 1t is true that
only one of three nominees on the
straight Democratic local ticket was
elected in largely Democratic
county, but the adoption of such a
policy at the headquarters of the
party gave staunch Democrats
shock which paralyzed their inter-
est in the campaign, and they
Didn't care to vote.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03
Herald Steam Printing House.

Tho Herald Steam Printing House is
not surpassed by any Job Printing office
on the Pacific Coast, outside of San Fran
cisco. in facilities for doing job work
Low prices, good work and expedition
may be relied upon at this Office.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-03

A Virginia woman, 1t is stated,
Hhas died from the excessive use
of tobacco aged one hundred years"
Dealers should be arrested and
heavily fined for selling tobacco
aged one hundred years.