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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09
The Fever ScOur1e.

PETITION FROM THE FARMERS AND BUSINESS
MEN-THE FEVER ON A DECLINE.
NEW YORK. September 8.-Memphis spe-
ciais state that long petition, couched in
strong language. and signed BY all the
prominent citizens, including principals or
Representatives OF every leading CONNER
cial house in the city, has been forwarded
to DR.. Plunkett, president Of the Board OF
Health at Nashville, urging that Rule 9Th
OF the quarantine regulations be reScinded,
so that farmers in the immediate vicinity OF
Memphis may bring their cotton to the city
to be prepared for market, 80 as to realize
its value. 1t is urged that IL the farmers
are deprived OF this privilege they will lose
their cotton, which is now opening in the
fields, and the bands cannot be induced to
pick it when the chances are that they will
have TO wait two months for their, pay. The
opinion is expressed with much confidence
by DR.. Thornton, president Of the City
Board OF Health, that the plague has passed
it's maximum, and is steadily on the de-
cline. ...~.- 49,.
Eight new, caseS-seVen white and one
colored-were reported this morning. Nine
interments have been reported since last
night; among the number, Maggie SuIIi-
van, Annie M. Campbell, Archie Mills, Mrs.
Emma Arnold, and James Houck, Jr. The
latter died at Bantyn station. -
s-@a- LATEST FROM MEMPHIS. -. +. ~.
MEMPHIS, September g.. Twenty-Five
cases in all-fiIteen white and ten c0ored--
were reported to-day. Two additional
deaths have been reported. The weather
is clear, and pleasant. H..
ONE FEVER DEATH AT MORGAN CITY, La. 3
WASHINGTON, September S.---The National
Board OF Health to-day received information
from Morgan City, La, that there has, been
one death there from yelloW.SeVer.
MORE PATIENTS AT THE NEW YORK euARAS.
~, TINE. r.. 81. 49,.
! NEW YORK, September S.-Three new pa
tients from the steamer City of New York,
from Vera Cruz. were admitted to the
quarantine hospital to-day making the to-
tai number Of yeIlow-feyer patients now
there eleven. .'": ...t ~.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09

The. CUTIcURA- REMEDIES are prepared by
WEEKS 4 POTTER, Chemists and Druggists, 36u'
Washington street, Boston, and are Tor safe W ALI
or1lgpists Price Of CCTICURA: SINAI boxes, SOC. .
large boxes, containing Two and one half times this
auantity of small. 81. RESOLVEHT. 81 per bottIe.
11Sc - o''> T. myh
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09
OTHER FOREIGN NEWS.
Holland.
sUs P & N S 10 n.


LONDON, September. S.-Dirk Null "a
banker OF Wincboten, Holland. a public
man enjoying unlimited confidence, has
suspended payment, stating that be had lost
500, 900 gniiders by the collapse OF two 70.
tato -four mills Great popular excitement
prevails. Tbare is some rioting, and the
police are obliged to protect the premises OF
the defaulter. ,ss.0..s! -.',s, i -,
~ :: II Turkey. al.
TROOPS SENT TO SUPPRESS AN INsURREcTloN.
-CoSsrAsT1NoPLE, September s. Turkish
TROOPS hava been sent TO repress the lnsar-
rec,ion which has broken out in hardstsn.
.5.,..., Germ any any and the yatieans :. /"
LONDON, September S.-,A dispatch from |.
Rome. to the, PalI-Mats Gazette says tne
Pope has written an autograph test ger g, 60
Emperor William summing up the resuits
OF the late negotiations, and suggesting Tue
Emperor's direct intervention I'D the WY
OF clemency as the only means OF Tees!an'
fishing harmony.sa It is reported tbae fElnee
Bismarck knew and approved OF TINS 81 SEE
beforehand, spsy;! sN' r,i3j "2sla,si!af E5'
. End or u FOOlhardY Adventure.
L0spoN, September. S.-The miniature
boat @ Uncle SAM (Which sailed from .Bos
TOM for Europe come months ago, was pickec
I'm August 21st By the British ship Queer
of Nations in a.djsahled con dlHnni Cap
tain Goidsmith's wiieWas sick, and he him
self exhausted from seventy:tRo hours
lwakeiulness datii CID gale. b, 1861, .
beea Nilst stsamshili I. u ), n. ao
LONDON, September s.-The Times say
that il has been decided to marguerite Wlsall
: z RI *
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09
COMM ERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
.... RICHMOND, September 8. 1879.

SoEStS AN = 1LN)O n 6ACfiANIS.
RICHMOND. September 8, 1879.
OFFERINGS REPORTED no SECRETARY.
WHEAT.-Hhite. 5l2 bushels. Red, 1854 BUSH
els; of which $50 were rn.exhbted.
CORN White. 1872 bushels.
OATs.-6lS bushels.
MEAL.-4S Bushels
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT White. 12 bushels prime at Nip; 500
bushels very good on private terms-:otal sig bush
els Red, 436 bushels prime German amber ut
&1.12: l.03S bushels very good Germ amber on
private terms; $50 bushels LANCASTER At Sl.o3;
los bushels good Lancaster n S1.l2; 1.666 BUSH
els prime Lancaster ut Sl.13: 100 bushels very
good Lancaster ut 81 10 So bushels common Lam
cast er at 81: % bushels common Lancaster at 95c.
238 bushels very good mixed at 81 .05 :; 70 bushels
common FulrZ nj 81; 900 bushels very good FuliZ
OH private terms: PTS bushels good FuZ 1T 81 .D3 ;
IA bushels common Fultz ut SOC; le6 bushels very
good FulIz Mt S1.05; 296 bushels prime Fullz ut
S1.05: "a bushels very good Fulz at $1.o4: ~
bushels gord FuIz At 81 .02-lota, 1854 bushels.
CORN Vhlte, 80 bushels very good n: Csc. % 2
bushels very good OH private lcrms-tota 322
bushels.
UATs.-70 bushels good spring at Sac; 70 BUSH
els winter on private tcrms-to!al las bushels.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09
Protest Against Sunday Laws In New
Jersey.

NEWARK, n. j.. September s.-A largely
attended convention OF delegates from va
rlous parts Of the State was held here TO-
day to protest against the enforcement OF
the, Sunday laws. Appropriate resolutions
were passed, and iu the afternoon a process.
sion numbering five hundred persons, in
Guiding various societies, paraded the
streets with notices and decorated wagons.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.

FIoHr.
FINE, $3.50; 7Wnorfna. 81 %; extra SIS; COM
nor family, $5.25@s5 so. fancy brants, SG@
1850.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, September S.-W.
Il. Bell, connected with Adams Express
Company at Kansas City. who absconded
on the Goth OF August, taking $1,000 OF the
company's money, was arrested at Green
Cove Springs, twenty-five miles above this
city, to-day, and $1,000 OF the money recov-
cred. G. r. jones, express agent here and
a captain OF police. left with him this eve
ming for Kansas City.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09
PROFESSIONAL.

:DERsoNs INDEBTEp TO TIE Es-s
I TATE OF MRS. al. E FERRELL are re-
ouesset TO make in.u:Rdate payments and those
la ing Claims against the estate VIII present ihen
! se6-9tt esgfsiWs 81 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
gNHEpEUREKA sCLEANEReAND Pol,
/ isHER, ting, H0usER EEPEis's, fFRikNIs,
for cseartng Silver. Brass; Copper, Steeis PatnL
uary, Sc. Ask your grocer or dEasgtsl ler 70; I'm
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09
FORT OP KICHMOND. SEPTEMBER y, 1879.

san S S:f5 hism TIDE. ,o:as
N5r.g ri;.s....... 1880 E"eAing........ ll:00
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-09
MARINE INTEaIEGENCl;.

.lSIaTuRE ALMANAC-sKerEMBER Q, as7
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13
NO. g..

state treasury for bounty on wolf scalps.
the sum of S9,734: in 1877, there was
paid out 81 ,667; in 1876, So, ,456: in 1875.
s., ,125; and in 1874, S7.196. Several
bills We're passed, the most important
OF which was one exempting the lands
of the North Wisconsin railroad from
taxation for ten years. Other bills were:
To make Gen. G. G. Washburn a life
member of the board of university re-
gents; to appropriate to the state board
of health 81 200; to appropriate to the
governors contingent fund $1,000. Ad-
journed until 7:30 Monday evening.
FRIDAY, Feb. 7-Assenlbly.- Petitions
relating to the records of Dodge county.
and to the ''brass kettle" tester of grain
were presented. The special commit
tee reported the programme of arrange
ments to be observed by the legislature
IN attending the funeral of the late
Hon. L. B. Villas, and urging all who
could to be present on that sad occa--
sion. Among the bills passed were
those to regulate time of holding court
IN the Sth district; to fix time Of hold
ing court in the first judicial district.
and many purely local, bills. An even
ing session was held. Among bills in
definitely postponed were: To make
abstracts pri1,a tacid evidence; to regu-
late the practice of pharmacy, etc. Ad-
Journed until Monday evening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13
LOOK TO YOUR LAMPS,
Circular From j. X. Hoffman, ESQ, of
st. Paul. the State Superintendent of
Illuminating Oil.

The following circular, addressed t.
consumers of coal oil, explains itself:
The following suggestions are intend
ed for your benefit, and if acted upor
will save you much annoyance in the
use of your lamp:
A wide wick tube in a burner is bet
ter than narrow one, as the wider the
wick used, if it works freely in the wick
tube, the greater the amount of capil
larry force and the larger the quantity
of oil that will be pumped up by the
wick to feed the fame.
Wicks should be selected that are not
| closely woven, and SHOULD fit loosely
and work freely in the wick tube. Com
preston Of the wick prevents a free
flow Of the oil.
A wick made Of common candle
wIcking enclosed in muslin casing is
the best that can be used; and such
wicks can be made by any one skilled
in the use of the needle. The fibres O
the cotton must be laid smoothly anC
enclosed IN the muslin casing so that
the width and thickness of the wick will
be the same as of the wick tube in the
lamp; care being taken to avoid any
knots Or unevenness that would pre-
vent the wick from being easily raised
or lowered.
A proper supply of air must be fur
nished the flame Or the combustion is
imperfect; hence the necessity of keep
ing the disc Tor perforated plate on
which the chimney usually rests free
from dust and bits of charred wick that
are apt to fall on it, and which, if per-
mitted to remain, clog the holes in the
plate and prevent the free flow of air
absOlutel y required to supply the flame
and insure d good light. To remove
the dirt and charred wick from the
plate, use hard brush.
Careless Or improper trimming is
often the cause Of poor light. The
charred portion of the wick should al
ways be removed before lighting the
lamp, so that there may be free flow
of the oil in the lamp to the flame at
the top Of the wick tube. If the end of
the wick has become crusted or hard
ened it should be trimmed off with a
pair of sharp scissors, as the oil cannot
flow through the crust formed by the
continuous use of an untrimmed wick.
Lamps should be emptied at least
once week, the oil turned back into
the can, ard the lamp we'll washed out
with hot soap-suds.
In lightning the lamp, turn the wick
up slightly at first, until it gets we'll sat
urated and the oil flows freely to the
flame, then turn up to the desired
height. If the fame drops to any con-
siderable extent after the wick is turned
up, make change in the wick.
Lamps should be trimmed and filled
every time they are used if they have
been used for a number of hours, and
should always be full when lighted.
In extinguishing lamp care should
be taken to turn the wick down so that
the top is below the level of the top of
the wick tube.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13
FOREIGN.

ALBERT GRANT, of London, has failed
for e661 1898.
A COPENHAGEN dispatch says diplo-
matte rupture between Germany and
Denmark is probable.
The last military CONSUMPTION has
just been effected throughout Spain
without difficulty.
A DISPATCH from Lahore states various
inauthenticated rumors are current that
Shere Ali is returning to Cabul.
ENGLAND and Portugal have agreed to
joint operations against the slave trade
between Mozambique and Madagascar.
THE Pail Mall Gazette says: 1t is re-
ported that the government intends to
appoint the Duke of Connaught Viceroy
of Ireland.
A Rio JANEIRo dispatch says the NOR
tality from the black plague in the prov
ince of Ceara has decreased one-half
since the last report.
LATE advices from China state that a
fire at Hong Kong had burned 366
buildings. The loss is estimated at
about 81 100000.
ACCORDING to the investigation made
by the German board of health, the
plague has existed in Astrakan since
May, 1877. Even paper money in the
district has been ordered burned.
A CALCUTTA correspondent telegraphs
as follows: Col. Percy Wyndham, the
distinguished soldier offortune, formerly
with Garibaldi, and with the Northern
army in the American civil war, has
been killed at Rangoon in attempting a
balloon ascension.
MoNsIGNEUR GUIBERT, archbishop of
Paris, replying to letter from Pere
Hyacinthe notifying him of the opening
of reformed church in Paris, writes
that he regards his correspondent as de
ranged, and dreadful example of di-
vine chastisement for infidelity.
A LoNDoNstelegram of February Sth
says: 1t is estimated that from $4,000
to $4,000 men are now on strike at
Liverpool. The demeanor of the crowd,
yesterday, was most threatening in con-
sequence of sailors joining strikers. La
borers employed in the provision trade
also struck at the Waterloo dock. The
mob broke up the staging and did much
damage. After their expulsion by the
police they endeayored to storm the
gates at the princess dock. The mob
boarded the bark Cora, from Whining
ton, North Carolina, where she was un-
loading her cargo of rosin, and extin-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13
Report Of the Yellow Fever Commission.

Inc government experts appointed
to investigate the yellow-fever epidemic
of 1878 have submitted q long re-
port of the joint congressional commit
tee.
The report recommends that neces-
sary steps be taken by congress to
secure the cooperation of the Spanish
and other foreign governments, through
an international commission or other
wise, IN an earnest effort to ascertain
the causes or cause which perpetuate
yellow fever from year to year in the
West India Island and to devise WAYS
to remove the cause or causes or to les
sen the chances Of transporting the
poison to the United States or other
countries. Yellow fever should be dealt
with as an enemy which imperils life
and cripples commerce and industry.
The outline of a system of quarantine
heretofore published is presented, the
object of which is to afford the greatest
attainable degree of protection against
the introduction and spread of infec-
tons and epidemic diseases, and at the
same time inflict only the mInimum of
injury and inconvenience upon COM
merce. The carrying into effect of an
efficient system of quarantine con-
templates Well-organized health de-
partment. the report takes the ground
that yellow fever is an imported disease,
and, as the affiuvium which emanates
from the bodies of the dead may be as
soclated with the infection, is recon-
mended that the bodies of persons who
die of yellow fever be promptly buried,
and that the assembling of persons at
funerals be discouraged. With the ex-
ception of DR.. Louis A. Falligant, the
board voted for the report unanimously.
That gentleman says: "Whilst indors-
ing fully the necessity of well-regulat-
ed quarantine to protect the people of
this country against exposure to the i'm
portation of infectious diseases from
abroad, and against the spread of SINH
lar diseases in our own midst, [ hold the
view that yellow fever may be develop
ed by indigenous as we'll as by import
ed poison" ,. e.. i.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13
London Editors,

Certain London editors do not seem
to fraternize with the utmost affection.
Thus the Whitehall Review. upon the
death Of the Princess Alice, said in ra-
ther a stated y way: 'It is our 1nournful
duty to convey to the sorrowing queen
the respectful and sincere copdolence
of that section of the community more
intimately connected with the court and
its surroundings than any other por-
ton of her majesty's subjects" Upon
this the London Void newspaper, ris-
ing up savagely, says that the proprietor
Of the Whitehall ReuieaU is an egg-mer-
chant, named Peacock, Of the firm of
Merdin d Peacock, Wells street; that
the editor is an ex-reporter of the Nor
ming Post, and was formerly the sub-
sub-editor of a third-rate country news
paper. And he wants to know, does
this sub-acidulous critic, Chow this
.tradesman and his young man are
more Intimately connected with the
court and its surroundings than any
other portion Of her majesty's subjects" !"
unless-mark the fine irony !-"the one
purveys the butter for the royal house
hold, and the other the paper in which
the butter is wrapped P' And so, with a
withering allusion to rampant idiocy
and sickening funkeydom," he leaves
this pin sticking in the side of a con-
temporary and brother
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13
An Heiress to $2,O0O,OO0.
New York Evening Post.

A romance was developed in the sur
rogate's Office to-day when Mrs. Alice
Swift offered for probate the will of
Catherine Ann Whelan. The will is
dated the 4th of October, 1878, and be-
queaths absolutely and forever all testa-
trix's real and personal property, both
in America aid in England, to her aunt,
Alice Swift, after the payment Of her
debts and funeral expenses. The will is
witnessed by George A. Haydock, of No.
BY East Twentieth street, Eliza Manly,
No. 592 Second avenue, and Lizzie Sci
lers, No. 592 Second Avenue.
Mrs. Swift asserts the will makes her
heir to one ofthe finest estates in Hert-
fordshire, England, worth more than
100000.
The story is as follows: Some fifty
years ago Mr.. James Clarence Hill, of
Hazel Court castle, Hertfordshire, had
an only daughter, In the family which
Is an old and aristocratic one, was but
Ter named Thomas Whelan, a young
Irishman. An intimacy, it is alleged,
sprung up between him and Miss Hill,
and it ended in the couple eloping. They
were married and went to Ireland. The
old squire declared that his daughter
should never darken his doors again.
He had no other issue, and the estate
was entailed, and he made a will leav-
ing all of it, including Hazel Court
castle, to the issue of the eldest child of
his once favorite daughter. The butler.
Whelan, and his wife, Caroline, came
to America about 1866, and both died,
Mrs. Whelan dying in New York in
1866. She left son named James G.
Whelan, but under the old squire's will
he could not get the estate.
James c., however, had one daughter,
named Catharine Ann Whelan, and she
being the issue of the eldest son of the
squire's daughter was entitled to the
whole Of the estate. Catharine lived
with her aunt, Mrs. Swift, and died
few months ago, having, however, made
will leaving her whole estate in Hert-
fordshire to Mrs. Swift. The estate is
said to be held in trust in England, and
to have large accumulated revenues.
Mrs. Swift will take steps Immediately
to prove her claims to Hazel Court
CASTLE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13

THE Bank of England will be one
hundred and eighty-fve years old the
9th of the coming July, having receiv-
ed its charter of incorporation at that
date, and having been projected by
William Paterson, a Scotchman. Con-
stituted as joint-stock company, with
a capital of 81, 100000, the whole sum
was lent at interest to the government
OF William and Mary, then much en-
barrassed. At the outset it was a servant
of the state, and has ever since contin-
ued such more or less. The charter
granted at first for eleven years, has
been from time to time renewed, the
last renewal, subject to modification or
revocation, having been in 1914 For
a while the business was done III one
room; now the bank occupies, as every
body knows, large building in Thread
needle street, and employs some eight
hundred men. Nothing less than 60
note is ever issued, and no note is issued
a second time. The average amount of
notes in circulation is e25,O00O0O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13
Japanese PracticalJOkes,
New York Won

The heather Jap's idesof practical
joke is of a ridiculously childish sort,
judged by the Anglo-S&on standard.
A reporter of the Toki Times gives
some illustrations of the fn that can be
had any evening in tht streets by a
wagishly-inclined individal. He is to
60 out and look round til he sees-as
be is very apt to-a poornan kneeling
before a booksellers stce reading a
cheap book, and steal upDehind him as
the poor book-hunter Orstudent asks
the price. 1t is too high; b sadly shakes
his head, and the visitor ithen to ''hold
up the stated sum in cler view of the
merchant" If he be qurk-witted, he
will say to the poor man" We'll, truly,
you want it very much; Ike it. I will
give it to you for nothing and may it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13

DAYTON, o., sportsmen are reyiving
the old sport of fox-hunting, with prom
ise Of a good deal Of enjoyment A
good many foxes have grown up in the
neighborhood during the past few years,
and some excellent dogs are now owned
in the city and county. An exciting
chase took place through the country
south of Dayton last Thursday, lasting
Ill day The hunters were numerous
and the dogs strong-scepted, but the
game was a wary old fox that could not
be caught mapping. Just when the
party was sure that he was cornered he
made his escape, and finally, when all
had prepared to come in at the death,
he left them in the lurch, disappearing
with 40 indication of a trail behind
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-13

RABBI YIGNAL, of Jerusalem Herat
Sholem, writes to the New York Herald:
The Chinese are not all heather. In
Foo Chow Foo there is large popula-
ton of Jews who sincerely believe in
the Lords anointed, and, like all the
Jews, are looking for the coming of a
savior. A Chinese Jew can be seen al
most every night in a cigar store in De-
lacy street Who talks Hebrew and is
circumcised, and, like all Jews, has
heard of and believes in a Christ.
These Jews are also ostracized in the
United States because they are among
the Chinese. Are the prosecuted Jews
to have no resting-place in this free re-
public if they come from China and are
born there?