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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-16
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HER LORD AND MASTER.

0fucer Quiglcy was arragned before the Police
Commissioners yesterday. when Thomas Dalton un-
folded the following narrative---He had occupied n
room In tho house OF Mr.. Carroll. OF No. 47Y second
avenue. lie IL widowcr. and was living
there with his little boy December 2. On
that day Carroll fell to- beating his vile. u
pastinc. II was said, ia which hc frequently
lnduiged, and Dalton called in Patrolnan Quigley.
Tie latter, however. declined making any arrest and
when next day an account of the AFFAIR appeared in
the HERALD he accused Dalton of shaving gwen the
information. This tho other denied but the npslot
OF IL all was that Qugicy dubbed and arrested HIM
Hence therrompiaint.
When Carroll was called to the stand yesterday nc
tried TO whtewash the officer, and denied having
beaten his wife Tho latter. timid, retiring little
woman, in evident fear of her lord and master tried
to shield him NJ much possible. but the testimony
was forced FROM her that ne had thrown bottle OF
potash at her. had forbidden the servant 10 give her
any food. under pain of dismissal and that she had not
tasted any thing that day. Tho Commissioners
reserved their decision. and the next scene In the
transferred To the stairway OF the Central
ONCE. where Carroll turned icrociously upon his
wife and upbradcd her Tor not swearing what he had
told her to. The poor woman had 60 sock the pro-
lection Of the accused officer on her way home.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-16

Receipts from sermons. books hymn books.
Weuuillrs IN Thirty years.. oUW
Aid during the trial and tor expenscs..-.-.- 100000
to'1. ''oVuV
What special sources ~ income. other than theso
known to the genera. public, Mr.. Eeecher may have
we do not know. There are always tidbits for the
favored clergyman, and Mr.. Beccher is not likely to
be an exceptions one OF his earliest receipts
prd-up policy for $1,000 in the Eq utable Life In
surapce conpai; and II is fair assumption that in
many ways he has appreciated the generosity OF an
afectouate nock, 50 that IN numbers he may
be credited with having made and received not lees
than i.OGO0JV since lie put his foot IN Brooklyn,
thirty odd years ago.
That he has spent his earnings freely is well
known. He has small army OF relatives depending
largely on his bouity. SO has his wife, Father,
mother, sisters brothers. children. grandchildren.
friends. parisnioners and strangers been.
and always viii be recipients OF his generosity. He
fair but not magnificent honse Column
ba Heights and farm, IN Peskskill On the Latter he
has recently Luit tor himself and all his
ried aud single grand residence that cost fortune,
and long he lives will be resort for swar;ns IF
friends. His interest in the Christian Eni0R is not
pecally valuable. anl, in fact his reinineratiye
property is that from which all his iaoncy has been
coiiied-his active, fertile BRAIN backed by sturdy
physique that has endured strain greater than that
ordinarily borne by of men Obviously Mr..
Beecher money maker is monumental success.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-16
SUPPORTING THE SUGAR TARIFF.

The sugar refining firms of Havemcyer. Eastwick
Co.. Havemeyer Bros. h Co.. c. W. Durant n Son.
Dick n Meyer. Moller. sierck 4 Co. and wintjen "
Harms have signed memorial 70 Congress. waving
all previous individual preferences and uniting In
support OF the tafin on sugar. az reported by the
COMMITTEES OF Ways and Means, and urging liz %.
coptance by Congress.
This tariff establishes one rate OF duty on all ~
Aiming pradcs OF the material used by rehners;
another duty ON all raw grocery grades from No.
sugar.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-16

These exports nearly ceased during the war
period 13G2-1S65) and revived slowly after it's
close. lnconsiderable until 1876. they have since
increased rapidly. The rate of increase in guam
tity and aggregate value. and of their fall in
average price per pound since 1870. Is shown in
the following:-
TABLE OF STATISTICS OF EXPORTS OF COTTON
GOODS, CoMPILKD cHIEFLY FROM THE REPORTS
or raE BUREAU OF STATISTICS (rHE SUMS ARE
ExPnHssKp IN l.O00s. THRIVE FIGURES oxIT-
TED. EXCEPT In THE LAST COLUMN.
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on FURNITURE AID FIXTURES.


The loss of Edwin Bates Il Co.. who Just about
moving to the st. Nicholas hotel building. is reported
as also heavy. While their Insurance WAS $a2s 900.
they estimate the value of their stock and fixtures at
S300000 The following their assurances in de-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-16

pound... 3x ~ Ak
Third-Stststics sought by this inquiry are in
complete. Exports OF cotton goods before the
civil war were stated in published reports by
packages aud value, and only from the ports OF
New York and Boston. These. comprising more
han nj as toff ho fnto
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-16
Progress of Manufactures in
the United States.
INTERESTING DETAILS And STATISTICS
Comparative Merit OF Native
and Foreign Fabrics.


Below will be found an array of highly instructive
figures, carefully prepared by a competent and rec
ognized expert, showing the history of American
cotton mapufactures. They demonstrate how fully
the mill owners Of this country have recovered from
the prostrating effects of the war, and how rapidly
and efficiently they crowding their trans
atlantic rivals in the markets Of the world
Statistics tosprogress Of cotton manufactures
in the United States -
FTrst-Number Of cotton spindles in 1860 1870
and 1878?
Secad-Number of yards produced in $780, 1870
Taird-Pounds of yarn and yards of cloth. with
values exported year BY year from beginning Of
Fourh-present production, per laborer
ployea, as compared with same ten years ago?
II. Financial history of cotton manufactures in the
Fyrst-Capital invested in 1860. 1870 and 1882
Second-Supposed average returns capital?
7hird-1s the export trade. as conducted at
present. remunerative, and. IL so. why do not
manufacturers IT. in the home trade: with prctec-
ton OF 80 or 40 per cent. realize immediate for
times?
III Information regarding the following sub1ects:-
a. Do American manufacturers produce
cessfully the finest qualities OF cotton cloths, or
do they still conhne their attention TO low and
b. How is it supposed America compares with
England in regard to cost OF production?
c. Is cotton machinery now usually made at
home, and, il SO. is 1t as cheap as English ma
chinery?
d. How does the cost Of labor compare. keeping
the average American operatveY
e. What is the comparison between English and
American cotton goods in regard to their popu-
larity in foreign markets?
f. Is the export trade expected to increase?
o. What are the circumstances that retard its
growth?
h. What foreign markets are the most hopeful?
!. What is the purport of the consular reports
in reply to the recent government circular?
k. What is the present current of opinion
among manufacturers in regard to the tariff?
Are they becoming more Indifferent to protection,
now that they find themselves able to compete
with England in foreign markets?
". Any information which casts light upon these
uuestions-
Frs.-Whether America will soon be able to
supply the whole Of her requirements in
cotton manufactures? rf
Second-Whether her competition with England
in foreign markets is likely to continue to grow
to important Dimensions?
AxswERs.--srArIsTIcs GIVEN FOB YEARS ENDING
JUNE 30.
Fiyst-Spinning spindles:-
lsG0 lcensus). ....................... 6235,727
AoIV census ..........-.............. tl32,4l0
1878 (estimated). 1O5OO,0OO
Second-Statistics Of yards OF cloth produced
untrustworthy until the census of 1870.
Comparison may best be made upon the
pounds Of cotton consumed by the factories
In the years mentioned. The average number
Of yards per pound of product Il. e., of cotton
used, less waste In ustng) at each period
being approximately known, fair compare
tive statement OF yards may be deduced
1870 1870 1879
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Totals . 81 ,3Is 459 s1750.O00 s4O1 54l
TO the above enumeration OF losses should be
added the damages Inflicted upon the buildings Nos
l3l and 1856 Grand street, ut the corner OF Crosby
street amounting to about $4,000, caused by the fail
ing OF the wall, and slight loss inflicted upon
Messrs Benedict; Hall 4 Co., Wholesale boot and
shoe dealers, the upper floor OF the building,
all Of whose windows were shattered, and whose
premises received other light injuries.
A DELICATE TASK REMAINING.
In addition the official investigation OF the Fire
Marshal, which is to settle the immediate the
fire. and more especially the question whether il be
the work OF an incendiary as was believed by some
persons yesterday, another important and delicate
task renains-nancly, the removal OK the still stand
ing Broadway and Grand street walls of the Quilted
edIce Commissioner King said yesterday that the
Fire Department should not be left to do this work
for ii they crushed the walls in with their ladders
and brought them down suddenly the adjacent prop
erty might DO injured. He was OF the opinion tuat
the Building Department must take this business in
certain that until these smoking walls come down
standing menace remains to life AID property. Any
violent gale that might spring up would surely cause
feature OF the fire was the good service done by
the employees OF the American District Telegraph
Company. Both Howard. Sanger y Co. and the Pa
cic Bank were subscribers and their watchmen
were accustomed to send signals to the dis
trct Office at stated intervals during the night When
the fire began alarm at Wired to the
Office and the inspector, captain OF patrol. rounds
man, assistant manager and number of patrolnien
hurried to the building. Assistant Manager Hilton
and PItrollnan thompson made their way into How
ard, Sanger Co. establishment ana set to removing
the books OF the concern. III the confusion and
tumult of the moment their work was necessarily
slow. but they succeeded in saving ali the valuable
papers and accounts and getting them clear of the
building At tho first alarm the members of the dit
fercnt firms i'll the building telcgraphed to from
the district office, and this enabled several of them
to be on hand and personally superintend the re-
moval of such books as could be reached.
A large piece of cloth, blown from the fire. was
picked up yesterday morning in front Of Commodore
Nicholson residence, i'll the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Attached to it was card OH which was the follow
ing:--"Description of cloth. Style OF garment
The relic has been carefully preserved and will bt
placed in tho Navy Yard Lyceum among the many
other curiositics.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-16

on THE BUILi)ING
The building, which. from its age. general ricketi-
ness and unsafe condition. had much smaller value
than its great size and fine situation would have ill.,
dcated, only insured for S153 000-its value be-
ing not placed ut much over a quarter OF million.
following M no
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-16

Northern, Engl'd..s
Imperial. England.
Phenix. Brooklyn.
Home. New York.
Manhattan. N. ".
Phoenix, Hartford.
Sun Mutual. n. Y.
German American,
New York;.
Niagara, New York
Guardian. England
National. ..........
London Assurance.
A:tna, Hartford. -.
Home, New York.
Total
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u
The insurances OF Naumbcry, krauss. Laucr X Co..
ready inaic clothing manufacturers, were fol-
lows, their loss being stated AZ v000O:--
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19
QUE PLA TFORM.

1.-THE functions achich zee exercise
are committed to as as q sacred trust.
The Government aChich zee control as
public officers is not oar oun, 1t be-
longs to those acho placed as here. The
Macs zoe enact do not cypress oar acill,
they are the roices Of the people. The
money arhich zee handle belongs to
them and not to as. We can only take
it from them for the legitimate er-
penses Of Government. More than
THIS is robbery. Official generosity is
official crime. Eue,y needless tao
cuts some comfort from u thousand
homes. 1t means less food, less fuel,
and less cheer IN many tamilies."-
Gov. LUCIUs ROBINSON, of New
York.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

THE COTTON CRoP.--L0uisiana.-
From &c parishes we have 90 replies
averaging Of date 81. Acreage about
the same as last year. The weather
has been favorable; good stands
generally secured, though the
growth is retarded by the cool
nights. The crop averages about
one week later than last year, but
the present condition is good. A
few correspondents complain of lice
and too much rain. II correspond
ents report labor good and efficient,
13 as unsettled. But few hands have
left Louisiana for Kansas, and the
exodus fever seems subsidized for the
present. No fertilizers used in this
State.-Agricultural Report.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19
Sherif''s Sale.

Ann j. Carmouche, ct al No. 2776 In Dis
VS.. trict COurt Ross;o,
Thos. NJ. Gimer. parish, La. '''''
Ry virtue of a writ of fieri facia, issued in
- the above named suit, and to me directed
have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder, at the
Court house, in the town of Bellevue, La.
within the legal hours of sale, on the third Sat
urday, the 2lst day of June, 1879, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
The Gin House Building, located on plain
tiff s land, on Red River, in Bossier parish
Louisiana.
Terms Of Sale-Cash, with benefit of an
praisement.
r. E. WYCHE, Sheriff.
June 5, 1879. mrs feesd
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

Four hundred thousand persons,
according to the Railway World,
are employed on the railroads in this
country, and five times that many
depend upon the railroads for sup
port. 1t is also estimated that be-
tween $500, 900, 900 and $500, 900, 900
are annually paid to employees and
to persons who furnish the CON-
panies with supplies of various
kinds.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

K 'strayed before P. r. Gilmer, j. p, on the
" 9th day of April, 1879, by Isaac Smith,
and will be sold to the highest bidder, for cash,
az BELLEVUE Is. La, on Saturday, the 2Sth day of
June, 1879, pale red COW, with a calf, a wears
old marked with a swallow fork in the right
ear and slit in the left. Calf about one year old.
Appraised at So
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c
May Is, 1879.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

The press of the South, daily
and weekly, never had the strength
and enterprise of today, and to this
fact must be credited much of the
renewed prosperity visible in almost
every Southern town and Clyde
troit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

NEW ORLEANS, June 1.-THE
convention yesterday adopted the
report of the committee on educa-
ton, providing for the continuance
of the Superintendent of Public Ed
ucation with a salary of $4,000; the
other expenses of the Office not to
exceed $1,000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19


A California correspondent Of the
Baltimore Sun reports that a new
variety of sweet potato is being cul,
tivated in Kern county, the extreme
southeastern corner of California
They call it Ocean Queen. Picked
specimens weigh from Is to Is and
% pounds. The yield is so great
that they are fed to hogs, which
thrive amazingly and make extra
pork. Recent tests suggest that
they will make better and cheaper
sugar than beets.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

A hundred excellent field hands
could be collected daily from the
gallery Of the Supreme Court. If
they were holding to the helves of
heavy hoes in the field the tender
crops would be all the better there
for and justice would smile to see
the "eternal fitness" of things re-
sumo its way.-Saudnnah Neacs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

The Changers of Columbia coun-
ty, Ark, want law passed to the
effect that cattle shall be kept in
enclosures, and then there would be
no need to fence in the crops.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

PARTNERSHIP.-The individual
members of a commercial firm NAV
execute a valid note and valid
mortgage securing said note on their
individual property in favor of the
firm, and any third person acquiring
the note from the firm in good faith,
for value, and before maturity, may
enforce its payment.-Pike, Bro. G
Co. Us. Hart G Hebert, Sap. Ct. La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

In passing the health law Con
gress has done good work. The
only objection to it is the law is not
as rlgorous as may be required and
the amount expended is not suffi-
GENTLY large. Considerations of
economy should not stand in the
way OF the preservation of the pub
lie health. One epidemic costs mil
lions and money cannot give back
the valuable lives it takes from the
country.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

Ohio enjoys fat pickings in the
shape of Office. She has the Presi-
dent, the Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Count Of the United States
and an Associate Justice, the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, the General
and Lieutenant General of the
Army, a Minister in Paris and a
Minister in Honolulu. To come
down to the small fry, their name is
legion. In addition to all these for
tunate gentlemen, she has in train
ing for the next presidential race
something less than a dozen distin-
guished aspirants.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

Advices from Texas report the
wheat harvest in full blast. and the
yield of wheat averaging better than
was anticipated a few weeks ago.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

There are % Mennonite villages
IN Manitoba, with 4S0 dwellings and
2,o4l residents. The immigrants
IRON Russia have 10, 40 acres under
cultivation, 362 horses and some g.
900 COWS and oxen, and have al
ready large stores of grain and
other products. They are growing
rich rapidly and prove the very best
Of citizens, settling all their disputes
among themselves and having in
their colony neither constable or
lookup.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

Ordinance No. 400, concerning
new parishes, parish lines, dissolu-
ton of parishes, ETC., adopted by
the Constitutional convention, reads
as follows:
The General Assembly may estab-
fish and organize new parishes,
which shall be bodies corporate with
such powers as may be prescribed
by law; but no new parish shall con-
tain less than 625 square miles, nor
less than 1000 inhabitants, nor shall
any parish be reduced below that
erea or number OF inhabitants.
All laws changing parish lines or
moving parish seats shall, before
taking effect, lie submitted to the
electors of the parish or parishes to
be affected thereby, alta special cleo
ton held for that purpose, and be
adopted by majority of votes of
each parish cast at such election.
Any parish may be dissolved and
merged into contiguous parish or
parishes by vote of the qualified
voters of said parish, at an election
authorized by the General Assembly
held for that purpose.
Whenever a parish shall be en-
larged or created from territory con-
tiguous thereto, it shall be entitled
to a just proportion of the property
and assets and liable for just pro-
portion of the existing debts or liza
bilities of the parish or parishes
from which such territory shall be
taken.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

The price of bread is lower in Lon
don than it has been for forty years.
The best of bread is sold for three
cents a pound, the average for forty
years past having been about four
cents.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

Mississippi farmers are beginning
to seriously think of going exten.
sively into corn and cattle raising,
and leaving the cotton for somebody
else to cotton to.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

The crow destroys more grasshop-
pers than any other bird. He must,
therefore, be one of those blessings
in disguise we hear so much of.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

Families are leaving the coast
counties and moving to northern
Texas. They say they have been
crowded out by owners of lands who
are enclosing them for pastures.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

The cotton mill at Natchez can in
one day manufacture goods valued
at S1121, with a profit of S142 over
all expenses.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

E,strayed before the undersigned on the 10Th
~ day of April, 1879, by Jim Washington,
and will be sold to the highest bidder, for cash
at Alb Bellevue on Saturday, the 18th day of July,
ioI9' Grey Mare, with red mark about the
first joint of right foot Appraised at $40.
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay charges, &c.
HENRY STONE, Stray Master
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

In the year 1878 there were only
3men killed by Apaches in Arizona,
against 1877 in 1868.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

We notice that the Bossier Ban
ner, published at Bellevue, La, has
been enlarged to a G-column paper.
The Banner, though heretofore a
small sheet, has been ably conduct
ed both in the editorial and publish
ing departments, and we sincerely
hope its increase in dimensions NAV
prove the fOrerunner Of it's success,
financially and Notwithstanding
StORidn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

It is easier for a needle to 90
through the eye of a rich man than
for an editor to please everybody
Kennebunk Star.