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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-12

that after settling up the expenses OF the Sem
ate there remains Of the $4,000 appropriated
for that body an unexpended balance to 90 TO
the credit Of the general fund If sl700. 1t Is
gratifying to note the spirit Of economy 10
the disbursement or the public funds which
marks the Democratic administration OF the
government, and II is TO be hoped that this
spirit will henceforth pervade every branch
Of the public service. Our State and city are
bankrupt: our people are poor aud over
taxed, aud u is only the strietest economy In
the disbursement Of the public funds which
can relieye them,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-12

Congress has for the past few years been
voting large sums Of money to sanitary COM
missions to inquire into the cause of certain
epidemic diseases and insect nuisances and
the mode Of preventing them, II possible.
The Idea is n good one. IL Is to be regretted,
however, that the reports of these commits
sions have not been more satisfactory. The
grasshopper commission reported nothing,
and asked for more time and more money
In order to enable them to track the grass
hopper into his haunts beyond the Rocky
Mountains; the yellow fever commission has
reported little that is new; the cotton worm
commission has not yet reported, and also
wants more time and money; and now comes
the hog cholera commission with the informa-
ZION that they have found out nothing
definite as yet; that the commission are
usiuea on the very first question touched
n@' - hog cholera? Accordingly they
oi an extension of time to
nore thoroughly Investigate this subject.
III sogies, OF the commission. announces
Ine oisease az pneumonia; that there Ia No
remedy Tor 1t, and that measures of nraven.
Iion must oe relied on. Dr. Salmon th,nLo n
cohlagioos pleuro-pneumonia: advises thot
diseased animals be at once killed and h,,,aa
anu the premises disinfected. DR. na.,,,..,
aaaeEs from both the above gentIemen n
.hiilhs the disease is blood disease Co..
w Ine presence Of certain microsconic h,,s,e-
oi lhe family bacteria in the blood 7, -
pfop&9ated by contagion and is without o,,ra
me OILY remedy is to quarantine hogs ana
not 70 allow them to run at large. Dr.
Detmers thinks that hog pens become n
fected and thus spread the disease. and
therefore warns farmers against buying hogs
70 stock their farms from places where ]
large number of these animals have been
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-12
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

From this time until the close Of the con-
vention, the columns on the DEMOCRAT will
be open Tor the discussion Of all questions
touching the proposed constitution Indeed,
we invite communications from the city and
the country, and we will print them whether
we agree with the views expressed or not, re-
serving, Of course. the right TO exclude such
as we do not think Of sufficient interest to In
sert. We wish It also distinctly understood
that we will not return or undertake to pre-
serve rejected manuserinta.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-12

Patterson's Oklahoma Territory bill will be
aoon reported 10 the Senate, and will come up
Tor discussion and decision In very few days.
The bill allows the Indians Of the Territory to
become citizens Of the United States II they
desire. This will give the United States a
strange variety of citizens red white and
black. The Chinese alone are refused this
great privilege Of citizenship. The line Of
citizenship must be drawn somewhere and
we draw it at yellow.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-12
THE DEMoURAT WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1870

kept. The Commissioner Of Agriculture,
after hearing these views, decided 30 allow
the commission more time TO investigate the
matter. The only question ls one of money
The original appropriation Of $4,000 Is spent
and Congress will have TO be applied to for
mr.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-12
DIED

MOYN1HAN-ver Hev. Canon Cornelius
Moynihan, nastor OF FITS. Peter and Paul's
Church, Third District, ut q O'Clock a. m. Tues.
day, February H. 1879. ~ nativs Of Kantufh
County Cork, Ireand. and resident Of this
city for over 30 years.
The funeral will take place on Friday next
The hour will be announced hereafter. fei7 81
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-12
YELLOW FEVER.
THE NEW LOUISIANA REMEDY.

Greatest Cough Strip of the age, or ef
any age. Product Of our swamps. spIen.
did for children. NO poison. THE
TEEN pages Of names OF HOME ggPERs
EsCES, and increasing! soid by drug.
gists. Depot No. 1OG Camp street, n. 0.
ian ern r4r,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-12
THE HOUSE.

The following Is copy OF the official report
OF the disbursements made by the Finance
Committee OF the House of the appropriation
made for the expenses OF that body:
COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
T1VEs FOR THE REGULAR SESSION OF 1879:
Amount appropriated ................ sas 600 90
Amount paid members for per diem.
etc .-..-....-.-..... 81 GIG GO
Amount paid clerks and en- ployees 1851 g5
Amount contingent expenses. .......... 2e53 "a
Total amount paid out. ......... s32 AT IT
In the contingent expenses are included
s117o 60 due from Sergeant Floods adminIstra.
ton during the session OF 1878.
REHABILITATION.
APPROPRIATION .s3s 900 90
amount OF payments ..--.....-....... 3D. 427 IT
Balance remaining to the credit OF the
general fund .....................s * 57o %
Certified correct transcript OF the rolls and
books of the Office. 10-'' ''A1
]; D. HAMMOND. Chairman.
+. ARMANT. Clerk. A'i 'ien'
The Speaker Of the House. Hon. John G.
Moncure, DIR. j. D. Hamm ond, chairman
OF the Finance Committee, and the
members OF the committee generally.
deserve the highest commendation for the
rigid economy exercised In the disbursement
Of the fund.
We learned from Senator Mitchell. chair
man Of the Finance Committee of the Senate.
Just as be was leaving the city yesterday.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

WORSE AND woRsE.-The Eureka Leader
says: "ln quoting Mr.. Daggett yesterday the
types made him say that the through freight
on carload to San Francisco was 1872, and if
switched off at Battle Mountain the shipper
would have to pay $40 additional. What he
did say was that the through freight was 1921
per car load, and the Battle Mountain shipper
would have to pay about $500 additional if he
switched off at that point" The first was
bad enough but the correction makes the mat
ter worse and worse. 1t seems strange that
men living in free country like America wi Il
continue to endure such outrages.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

WHILE the question of "over winding" is
being agitated it comes to light that the Hale
h Norcross depends upon bell which notifies
the engineer when the cage is within sixty
feet of the surface This is not safe con-
trivanoe to depend on. Suppose the engineer
faints at his post as he is at any time liable to
do, what bell will prevent the cage from crush
mechanical contrivance which will absolu tely
pre~nt the cage from reaching the sheaves.
under any and all circumstances
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

CODDINGToEs SRNTRNCE.-On Friday las,
Justice Cary sentenced Thomas Coddington,
convicted of beating Chinaman, to one hun
dred and twenty days in the County Jail.
This sentence meets with the approval Of all
aw.abiding people. There is a bad element
in the community which the law must handle
without gloves. Coddington belongs to this
class. He was before the District Court with
in tho past month charged with opium smok-
ing, and escaped on a technecality. His
associations and habits are bad and his liberty
endangers the safety and peace of the COM
munity. He is not yet in his majority yet
the officers have spotted hia as a person
to be constantly looked after. His assault
on a weak Chinaman characterizes him as
cowardly and brutal, and the town is better
of while he is in Jail. There are dozens of
other boys of the Coddington stamp who need
the same doses of justice so happily prescribed
by Justice Cary, and the police propose to
make extra efforts to rid the town of these
despicable hoodlums in the shortest possible
notice.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

ANDREW TRACEY was hanged on Friday
last at Smithport, Pennsylvania Every effort
was made with the Board of Pardons to secure
a Communication of his sentence, but Of no
avail. He wrote considerable blank poetry in
his cell, some of which came into possession
of the Board, after which his doom was sealed.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

AT the next pedestrian contest at San
Francisco the association have resolved to bar
Immoral pedestrians. This will let good
many fast people out, and only the slowest
kind Of time may be expected
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

A Moss COVERED JoKE.-The following is
paper
A small boy calls at the house of the Pres
byteraR minister and demands an interview.
The following conversation takes place on the
door step:
Small boy" Do you want to buy some
Presbyterian kittens 2
Minister" Kittens no 60 along.
A week later the boy calls at the Episcopal
Rectory and asks the rector if he wants to
buy some 'Piscepal kittens Rector replies,
such a thing" Just then the Presbyterian
out and said, "Look here Ar'nt you the
boy that came to my house week ago to sell
me some Presbyterian kittens !"
Small boy Yes, sir.
Minister" Well, ar'nt these the same
kittens =
Small boy" Yes, sir
Minister" Well, how is it that they are
Episcopal kittens now?"
Small boy Why, yer see when bruDg
EN- to you, they hadn't got their eyes open. u
Exit Presbyterian minister. Ha ! ha ha !
The above joke originated with circus clown
over twenty years ago Instead of the Episco-
pal and Presbyterian Churches, the Repubh
can and Democratic parties were represented
by pups instead of kittens, and the dialogue
went on between the clown and the ring
master and wound up with
Ring MASTER thought you said those
pups were Democratic :"
Clown-"They were then, before they got
their eyes open.
Chorus of yells and cat-ealls from the
yahoss all over the house,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14
AN ARIZONA PICTURE.
A rEUNDER STORM FROM AN ALMOST CLoUDLEss
SKY

The following delightful piece of word
painting is from the Arizona correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune. As pure description
of sky and mountain scenery it is unsurpassed
and although prose effort, is running over
with poetry:
Well, here We are, in the midst Of almost a
cloudless thunder storm. One who has never
been in the mountain valleys in the heated
season can hardly realize how it can tighten,
| thunder and rain suddenly and with little or
| no preparation; yet little ugly cloud comes
| from somewhere, almost in a minute, and it is
big with tempest. do think this country is
capable of more lightning and thunder to the
minute than any other place in which / have
ever been. That little cloud has spread out
to about the size of two big carpets, but it is
full grown thunder storm. 1t is about P. M.
Thermometer 105, with the sun shining
brightly; but, in ten yards further, it will
sink behind that point of the mountain. What
magnificent bath this is These drops are
not falling SO thickly as have seen them, but
they will average just about as large where
they touch you as your thumb nail. What a
picture, if this trembling beauty, if the little
space intervening, and the side of that noun
tain, drifting off into the ravine up toward the
sun, could be lried to the canvas Is it pos
sible that there are nothing but drops of wa
ter falling througha trembling sheen Of golden
light? A shower of diamonds could net giis-
ten more. Angels could not toss brighter
Jewels from their cabinets. ! know that those
are only stinted, murky green shrubs cIingng
to that desolate hillside but they are the
tinted background of picture no artist hand
dare profane. And this companion picture,
brimfu of wordless beauty. Why is the hu-
man easel SO tame? That is the same old
mountain which | descended not thirty min
utes since-aD old rusty, rocky dome, out
that shadow Of Neptune was not there then,
with that girdle of rainbow about his loins
If raindrops are brighter, here raiLbows are
more real, solid beauties 1t cannot be only
shadow. See! it leans up against that old
giant cactus, and it's dismal ribs glow with
standings dare not try to name. Now it
trembles on that prickly branch of juniper,
and all its berries are changing crystals. That
bolt of electric FIRE which just spent it's fury on
that old crag, and sent those bits of stone
down the hill, has started an owl from his hole
in the rocks, and his somber wings are less
profane while bathed in hues like those. Even
his dismal :" twoo-hoo " is modified as it comes
to US through such sheen That frightened
deer has ust sprung into place where all this
rainbow hangs upon his horns. But let me
shut my eyes before this picture fades. and
thank the Maker for this little patch of storm.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

An Albany, New York, dispatch says: The
Board of State Canvassers declare all the Re-
publican candidates elected except the State
Engineer and Surveyor. Horatio Seymour,
Jr., Democratic candidate for that Office, is
declared elected
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

A Calcutta dispatch states that Lord Lyt-
ton, viceroy of India, was rhot at twice by a
drunken native, on his return from a tour of
the provinces, but escaped injury.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

A Bradford, Pa, dispatch states that FIRE
broke out at Well 4, belonging to E. Q. EN-
erson, in Red Rock. The we'll had been left
open preparatory to torpedoing. Superintend-
ent Mason of the Emerson lease passed by
with lantern and the gas ignited and set FIRE
to the rig. The burning oil ran down the
hill, and communicated with two tanks which
were soon in a blaze and burned steadily I'M
til the morning of the 18th, the FIRE having
started the evening previous. Rivers of oil
flowed down the valley, and through the main
street of Red Rock, burning all the business
and private houses in the town. Three hun
dred families are Homeless, and there is great
suffering
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

THB commonness of inebriety among French
children is asserted by writer in the London
Gentleman's Magazine. He says, Again
and again at hotel tables, have seen chill
dren scarcely more than babies suffering dis
tinctly from alcohol. In France it is the Gus
toA in all districts south of the Loire to sup
ply wine gratis at two meals, breakfast and
dinner, at which the residents in hotel eat
in company. Repeatedly, then, have seen
children of FIVE years old and upwards sup
piled by their mothers with wine enough to
visibly flush and excite them. At Sabios
d'Olonne, one little fellow, about six years of
age, drank at two consecutive meals three
tumbers of wine slightly dihted with water.
The result on each occasion was that he
sprawled over the table, and ended by putting
his head in his mothers lap and falling asleep.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

A New Orleans telegram says: A bill in
equity was fled yesterday in the United States
Circuit Court on behalf of Mrs Edward
Peckam of Louisiana; Steven Percy Ellis, of
Brooklyn, New York; Mortimer Dahgren of
st. Louis, sisters and brothers of the late Mrs.
Sarah Ann Dorsey, against Jefferson Davis.
The objec. of the bill is to have declared null
and void the will of Mrs. Dorsey of Jan sary 6
1873, by which the whole'of her estate was
bequeathed to Davis. The plaintiffs allege
that they are the legal heirs of the testatrx.
The grounds of the anullment of the will are
stated to be that previous to and at the time
of the writing of the will Mrs. Dorsey wos not
of sound mind, being under undue influence
of the defendant.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

On Tuesday the Belle Isle shipped bullion
to the amount of $40, PA 20 and the Navajo
s., 675 "a
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

The forthcoming Patent Office report viii
show that during the twelve months ended
June 80, 300 applications for patents were
received and 1874 caveats filed, II All pat
ents issued, 1,547 trade marks and labels reg.
istered, and S28 patent granted
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14
FOR SALE.

4 0FFER FOR SALE THREE HUNDRED
Of land, with dwelling house. barn and sheds
good ICE heuse (hnds at Least three tons Swell adapted
for milk ranch. Stables and sheds enough to accomu
date one hundred from seventy to o..e
hundred tons Of hay also vegetable grounds also offer
for sale from 800 500 head Of graded ARgora ewes yra
from "a to 1915 together with three full booded bucks
from imported stock For price and particulars INQUIRE of
nvlt-a S. r. SWIFT, Warm SPRING.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

THR Gold Hill Netc,, a secular organ, which
occasionally trenches on the religious sphere
of this publication, has the following regard
ing hell, which, although coming from a
wording, is approved by the APPEAL;
1t is a dirty libel on good, pure religion to
say that hell is necessary TO it dirty libel
upon honest mankind to say that men can
only be kept within the bounds of decency
and rectituds through fear of an eternal roast
in the hereafter. The only true religion is
that which teaches men to be good for the sake
of being good, and of meriting the approval
of their fellow men as we'll as of their own
conscience Any other style of man needs a
prison or hell
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

The Treasury Department has been officially
advised that in consequence of disease among
American sheep imported into England, all
diseased animals will be slaughtered at the
place of landing.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14
BUDDHISM AS A FAITH.

The majority of Christians hardly realize
that their religion is not the first in existence,
yet such is the fact The three great religion,
clsssed in the order Of their extent are as fol
lowe:
Buddhism,
Christianity,
Mohammedanism.
In this order they look something like the
Republican pyramids we see Just after the fall
elections.
Mohommedanism, the youngest religion of
any note, is twelve and half centuries old,
and its believers number 200, 900 900 souls.
A goodly company of men and women to be
damned if they be in error.
Buddhism, which claims among its follow
ers more than all the other leading religions
combined, seems almost too good faith to be
an erroneous one. Other religions may teach
as pure a code of morals, but no religion on
earth is so effective in practice. Nothing can
equal the moral perfection of these people. A
Buddhist never lies, he would soon cut his
hand off. No notes are ever given in mon
etary transactions. The man who owes will
sacrifice everything IN his possession before
he will allow financial obligation to be re-
pudiated, no matter how small the amount.
Men, however, get no credit for being honest
with them, all are supposed to be honest alike.
man with them who lies but once, repudi-
ates debt or deceives or overreaches his neigh
Dor is as much of a social outcast as a woman
in America who has lost her virtue. If
stranger stops at a house and demands food,
clothes and shelter for the night and money
to help him on his journey; the person ap-
pied 10 gives him all cheerfully, as it is a rule
Of his religion. This belief makes it boun
den duty to clothe the naked, nurse the sick,
feed the hungry and succor the oppressed.
slanderer is driven out of a community as
were the lepers of old. The above seems to
be pretty good religion for wild country
like Asia, yet there are societies in the United
States who send missionaries TO that section of
the world to shed Christian light upon it's peo-
pie. 1t is good thing-for the missionaries.
They come back better men, and begin to
realize as they look about them in their native
country that its worals might be improved by
the arrival of a few heather priests teaching
the religion of Budda in New York, Chicago,
San Francisco and even Carson. At all events
such religion would not cause a material de-
terioration in the morals of this country.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

QI7O A WEEK sl2 day at home easily made. Costly
pf Outfit free. Address True Co, Augusta, Maine.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-14

The majority of Christians hardly realize
that their religion is not the first in existence,
yet such is the fact. The three great religions
clsssed in the order of their extent are as fol
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-01
MURDER WILL OUT.

A postal card addressed to Fitz-
hugh & Hunter, Bridgeport, w. Va,
will bring you prices, terms and full
particulars of the best Sewing Ma
chine in the world. The White Sew
ing Machine is perfect ard complete.
Lightcst running, least noise aud sim
plest machine In use. 1t is impossi-
BILE for other machines to cell in direct
competition with the White. Exami-
nations courted and competition de-
fled.
Complete revolution in prices Of
Machines, Pianos and Organs. All
sold at bottom figures, and on terms
to suit purchasers.
"Try our Easy Monthly Pay
mcnt plan on Pianos, Organs, DC.
Address, Fitzhugh 4 Hunter,
feb l5tf. Bridgeport, W. Va.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-01

MoNoNGALIA COUNTY STATrsTICs.--
From the report Of the Auditor lately
issued, we find the following in regard
to our county: IN 1877 the number
Of horses and mules in the county
was 1909. In 1878 the number Was
4, 643 decrease of 266. The value
OF these animals in 1878 was $780,
400, n decrease of $l3,2G4 from the
previous year. The number of cattle
for 1877 was l0,0Sl, in 1878 there
were 10,951, an increase of $40. The
value of the number for 1878 was
Sl97,l22, an increase in value of$20.-
ZIG over the previous year. The
number of sheep in this county in
1877 was 1858. The number in
1878 was 1905, an increase Of 1922.
They were valued in 1877 at $22,G39,
in 1878 at $27, 1856 an increase Of So
1T. In 1877 the number of hogs
was 1000, in 1878 1000 decrease
of 100. The value of hogs for 1867
was S9.S27 in 1878, $6,4S6 showing a
decrease of S3,3ll. There is large
decrease in the value of horses and
hogs, but a corresponding increase in
the value of cattle and sheep. Jctier
son and Harrison were the only coun-
tics in the state that owned more
stock than Monongalia. The val
ne Of carriages and other We
hclcs in the county not includ
ed in the stock Of manufacturers
was 1905 being n slight increase
over 1877. The value of watches not
! included il the stock of merchants
was IS, 554 also being n slight increase
over that of 1877. The value Of pi-
amos and melodeons for 1878 was So.
375, being slight decrease from the
previous year. During 1877 there
were 800 births in the county Of which
1870 were males and l76 were females.
During the same year there were 95
deaths in the county. Though Mon
ongalia stands high among her sister
counties as a stock producing county
she could at least double her products
]
with very little effort. We expect a
very large increase Of her business in
all branches when our railroad is
completed. Monongalia has the re
sources, all they need is development.