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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-11

NEW YORK, Dec. 5,
NIASrON MARBLE, Tallahassee
Telegram received. Is it certain that Barlow's
opinion. telesraphed here, cOnceding state, will
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26
FOREIGN.

TYPHUs fever RACES in France.
THE plague has reached st. Peters
burg.
The Moscow newspapers are COM
PEELED to suppress plague news.
AN incipient rebellion has been dis
discovered to be in progress at Madrid.
NEARLY seven hundred agricultural
laborers lett England for New Zealand
last week.
A SEVERE storm prevailed ON the coast
of Spain, Feb. IS, during which twenty
eight persons lost their lives.
ABOUT 5000 weavers are out of en-
ployment ut Macclesheld, England, on
account Of the depression in trade.
EVERY country in Europe is prepar-
ing to ward off the plague and strict
sanitary measures are being adopted.
THE Russian army is fast evacuating
Turkey and Turkish troops are taking
possession of the surrendered territory.
EVEN Russia has her little strikes.
The operatives in two large cotton mills
at st. Petersburg have struck for higher
wages.
THE steamship Sm7e,'to lately arrived
in England from New York, was obliged
when enr0ute to throw overheard 81
head of cattle and 1913 head of sheep.
A DISPATCH from Lahore states vari-
Gus inauthenticated rumors are cur
rent that Shere Ali is returning to
Cabui
THE Egyptian Budget proposes that
the army be reduced to 10000 men
and that the remainder including
1000 officers be disbanded.
TIE Grand Duke Nicholas, son of the
Grand Duke Constantine, has been
exiled to Orenburg, for communicating
with the Berlin National Zsitlnlg in re-
gard to the Berlin strategic railway.
A ROME cablegram says Pope Leo
Nil has finally decided to accept
Archbishop Purcelrs resignation, and
now has the appointment of his sue
cessor under consideration.
LATEST dispatches from the Zulu seat
of war, in South Africa, confirm the
worst news recently received concerning
the terrible disaster that befel the Eng
fish forces.
\ GERMAN paper reports that q panic
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26
WASHINGTON.

The effort to tax tea and coffee in the
senate met with but little support,
WIN. CARNEY, Of Ohio, has been APP
pointed Indian agent for the Nevada
agency.
The pension arrears appropriation
bill as passed by the house foots up
nearly S27 100000.
The reduction in the tobacco tax
made by congress will cut off abOl
$l6,000,00O of revenue.
The president to-day nominated John
7. Sanborn as collector of customs for
the district of Port Huron, Mich.
The nominations Of Badger for col
lector of customs, and Mcmillan for
postmaster ut New Orleans have been
favorably reported to the senate.
THE commission appointed to exam
inc the konkakee river in order TO es-
tablish the amount of improvement
needed, will ask congress for Sl5O,OoO.
THE senate committee on executive
appointments were equally divided up
on the nomination of VIM. Hays to be
postmaster at st. Louis, and so reported
10 the senate.
CONGRESS- will endeayor to pass law
which will prevent any diseased cattle
from being shipped abroad. Some
thing officially must be done to destroy
the effort now being made to unjustly
prejudice foreigners against American
beef.
THE demand for per cents is so
great that the bureau of engraving and
printing ranaat full force last Sunday,
the supply being so much less than the
demand. The government presses
have not been so busy since the war,
and often run all night.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has ordered the
revenue cutter Oftr IVoIcoa, now at
Port Townsend, to Sitka, to preserve
peace The British man-of-war Osprey,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26
The San Francisco Female LAWYER.

Mrs. Clara S. Folz is lady who is
practicing law in San Francisco, and
who, judging from report, has gone
about her business in practical and
reasonable manner. She is described
AS sitting in her office at table cover
ed with legal works,-a bright, fair.
haired, rosy-featured, cheerful, matro1.
ly woman, neatly attired in dress Of.
dark material, over which was worn
most non-judicial checkered apron. To
an interviewer she said: There is moth.
ing to be said about me. | originated
from the cradle, the wash-tub, the sew
ing-machine, and the cooking-stoye. |
have educated myself and am now try.
ing to earn living for myself and little
ones by practicing law, and l mean to
succeed, and that's all there's to be said
about it,"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

has left for Sitka at the earnest
OF the citizens, who represent tbat4iq1e
tear indlscrlmlnate massacra .1 AZ lhey
Indians. py the
DURING the last year tho ,,
States exported s2,500,0Oo Of o oL!!
goods to China, chiefly from Nan r9 y
land. California and Oregon er,. Eng
81 ,ooO,OOO In grain. The entire oyoi'ed
OF the United States to China heApotS
creased from 1871 to last Voc ,l.''e IN
1900, 900 to 81 900, 900. 0@i Nom
A WASHINGTON dispatch saws. d..
more papers to-day contain accI' @.'l'
OF tie elopement Lieutenant Flat Cbls
OF the navy, aged 40 years. and me, r,e
RED man with a wife and two o i,iS5'
rem and Miss Bailey, a society ING hin
aged Is. The affair creates mncb o' ne
element in society circles. Lianionee-1,'
Fletcher is n citizen of WashingtonrN IAN n%5
his wife belongs to one of the best f ]n0
lies here. ''ll''
a WAsHTSGToS dispatch SAYS NJ,
Bayard Taylor is actually snfFar;ns
from poverty in Berlin. She WAS ias
so poor that she cannot pay the Won,
for the last quarter, nor for the CONF
month until next July. She is, besilot
unable to pay the physicians who o.
tended her husband, or even his fnneroI
expenses. The consul-general has na;J
the funeral expenses out of his orr
means. but expects reimbursement
The Senate has confirmed ], F Hor.
ranft postmaster at PHILADELPHIA.
Snowden, superintendent PhiadelnbiS
mint; assistant treasurer, Albert G. IA |
wards, st. Louis; receiver Of n1bYn
moneys, r. j. Monroe, Lewiston.idaho.
registers of land offices, George A. Ma.
ser, lronton, Mo-, and George W. Fsy
Menasha, Wis; postmasters lOhlo)-3
NJ. Patterson, Crestline; Mrs. F,oyn
Perrin, Clyde; Elisha +. Wise, Warren
A SEPARATE treaty has been signed
between the United States and japan
abrogating all previous conventions
as to the right of the japanese govern.
ment to adjust a tariff on imports is
recognized: the export duties are to be
abolished; Japan is to control the coast.
ing trade; Slmorzeki and one other
port are to be opened. The treaty
takes effect as soon as the other powers
consent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26
Remedy for Hard Times.

Stop spending SO much on fine
clothes, rich food and style. Buygocd,
healthy food, cheaper and better cloth;
ing: get more real and substantial
things of life every way, and especially
stop the foolish habit of running after
expensive and quack doctors or using
so much of the vile humbug medicine
that does you only harm, and makes
the proprietors rich, but put your trust
III the greatest of all simple, pure REM
edies, Hop Bitters, that cures always 81
a trittllng cost, and you will see peUe'
times and good health. Try 1t once
Read of it in another column.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

ACCORDING to a standard French a se6
thorlty France possessed IN 10" I az
ships on active service, including =
iron-clads; England had 202 FnlPs, o.
active service, including q lron-c-a ~
and a reserve of151 ships, including, ~
iron-clads; Germany had IN all . SIl gE6
including 16 iron-clads; Russia, ~ ~
ships, most of them being OF sman Ill., i. !,
mansions and of old model, ncluq i$
80 iron-clads; Austria, 81 ships i il I,
ing 10 iron-clads; Italy, 90, lnclu,ulus ~
iron-clads; Turkey, 1903, Includihs -
iron-clads; Spain, 1877, including . .i n3.
clads; Greese, 10 including !ron'' i'J.
Denmark, 33, including !ron'ci 1aS..
Holland, 1O2, including l9 iron,c ;.or.
Portugal. 80, only l ofwhich Is an . iivJ
clad; Sweden and Norway, o9' oI s En,s.
Is are iron-clads; the United 81 ps'ra
l43, of which p are iron,clads; pi' 4
So, of which 10 are iron-clads; 1e,u I,a ar
of which 2 are iron-clads, and the Ass g..
tine Pepublic, q of which : are "''
claNs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

ACCORDING to the american Bicycling
Journal, which is regularly published at
Boston, n party of twenty American
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will, in July next, take
a 600 mile ride through England, the
Journey occupying twenty days and
concluding at London. The cost to
each member Of the expedition will be
500, including cabin passage both ways
and hotel expenses in the old country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

HENRY NARLEy, the reviyalist preach
er, who was in New York few years
ago, now presides at new tabernacle
in Melbourne, Australia, which cost
about 100000. 1t is nearly MS large rs
that of Mr.. Talmage, in Brooklyn, and
has connected with it large coffee
house, where food is furnished at a trifle
above cost, and rooms for - working
mems club, including roading-room, q
library, an apartment for chess, check
ers and dominoes, and another for con-
yersation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

ONE Of the oldest public men now
living in New England or the country is
Truman Smith, of Stamford, Conn. He
was in congress from Connecticut from
1889 to 1854, nine years in the house
and six in the senate, and in the days of
the whig party was one of its ack nowl-
edged leaders. Mr.. Smith was 81 years
old last November, but he still practices
his profession. and made n two hours
argument at Woodbury., Conn, last
week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

STRONG reinforcements for the Eng
glish army in South Africa are to be
sent from India. and it is rumored in
London that Lord Napier of Magdala is
to take command. The news concocted
by the London correspondent of a pro-
vincial paper Of mutiny among the
native contingent is disposed of by two
survivors of the disaster, who pay the
native soldiers high compliment.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

4 GERMAN physician maintains that
both the vegetarians and meat-eators
are on the wrong tack, that vegetables
are not more wholesome than meat or
meat than vegetables, and nothing is
gained by consuming compound of
both. Whatever nutritiye qualities
they possess, he says, Is destroyed in
great measure, and often entirely, by
the process OF cooking. All food should
be eaten raw. If fhis practice We're
adopted, there would be little or no
illness among human beings.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

Mr.. JAMES SULLIVAN was recen' t.y,s;ny
fore a Liverpool magistrate Tor leiu sc n,
10 pay his cab fare and obtaiIlps ,In,on
pies of sardines and canned s."n.ss.
from grocer under false Pnle,nortel
He declared that he had been lnip " he
from Cork by a manager, no. on ~ Il
found, to play Hamlet, but t1at : int intend.
the theatres suited him, ana nc s, III an
ed to go to America and acoeHF5 fts
engagement at the Bowery o. I,n;esljr
Avenue. As the charge was ted s4aJ md
defective the prisoner was liO era spec
after inviting a number OF tn many any be
tors to join a theatrical r. 01 tha court
was about to organize, lett the eth fss.
but before doing SO he said, o m,s
vent emotion, "sor, | VIII renlrd aid
this. 1t will be placed upon re J ne Al.
handed down to me familee ana ~, Tben
cesthors until the end OF tol ln
worruldll be consumed by iolIe'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

THE total amount of lumber sent
away from Puget Sound, British Col
umbia, during the year 1873, was 20O,-
900 600 feet. The total amount Of coal
shipped during the same year was
100000 tons. 70 carry these exports
six hundred vessels were required.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

A JUDGE in Maine has decided that
a stake put up as an election bet can be
recovered, provided that notice be Civ
en- to the stakeholder ere he has paid
the money over to the winner.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

ACCORDING to the New York Times,
rents of property in that city will re-
main the same. There are some cases
where higher rates will rule, and rapid
transit has helped up town property at
the expense Of intermediate. There is
a falling off in the demand for flats.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

AN old settler somewhere in the wilds
of California has been found who had
not heard of resumption, but agreed
to take greenbacks for his cattle If the
purchaser would endorse the notes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

REPRESENTATIVE CRAPo, Of Massachu-
sets, has just purchased for SIG, 500
cash, 5000 acres of timber land in
Ohio, part OF the estate Of the late K.
b. Ward, of Detroit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

THE horses and wagon were mixed
up like a ham omelette," says a Nevada
(Cal.) paper, describing Il runaway.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26
GENERAL NEWS.

THERE are prospects of another desc
lsting famine in India.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

WARRANTS are out for the arrest Of
two socialist deputies of the German
Reichstag.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

CHARLES l.. DENMAN, late tirst'lleu-
tenant United States army, petitions
congress to be placed on the retired list
with that rank.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

GREELEY, Col, is yeT ,,:;,h = popu-
among western towns. ~ raonires ~
lation OF 5000 persons II ig ~ Iouo-
police or constables, ms I ~ only
hons hons and in two years has speA'
s. Of It's poor fund.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

THE Liverpool dock strikers are re-
Stunning work on such terms as they can
get.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-26

The Duke of Connaught is not to be
pointed Viceroy of Ireland.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-26

Mr.. Randolph spoke in favor of the measure.
After an executive session, adjourned until
Monday. In the House, the morning hour
Committee of the Whole on the Legislative
Appropriation bill. Mr.. Mckinley (R., o.
spoke in opposition to the proposed repeal of
the Federal election laws. lie was followed
by Mr.. House 3D., Tenn.), and then Mr.. Bur
rows (R., Mich.), Mr.. Gibson d., La.), Mr..
Coffroth 3D., Pa.), and Mr.. Dickey 3D., o.
spoke in the order named,
The Senate was not in session on the 9th.
......In the House the Subsidiary Silver Coin
bill was taken up and discussed until the ex-
pirntion of the morning hour, when the Leg
islatIve Appropriation bill was fur ther con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole, Mr..
blackburn (Dem., ky.) in the chair. Dur
from the chair to reply to some remarks of
Mr.. Fry (R., Me. }, which he said misrepresent-
ed his remarks upon previous occasion.
Quite u heated debate ensued, ut the conclu-
sion of which Mr.. Blackburn resumed the
chair and tho House adjourned,
In the Senate, OH the Dist, consideration
was resumed of the ARMY Appropriation bill,
ahd speeches were made by Messrs. Bayard
and Ntaxey IA SUPPORT OF the proposed amend
ments.. In the House, n large number of
bills were introduced and referred,
among them being several in reference
to Pacific railroads. n host of financial meas
ures. n number for amending the revenues,
and n large lot of a miscellaneous nature. The
exact number of bills introduced was 1873.
An evening session was held, ut which the
Legislative Appropriation bill was further
discussed in Committee of the Whole.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-26
School and Church.

Illinois churches received $4,000
members from the Sunday-schools last
year.
"A translation of Longfellow's "Song
of Hiawatha" has been published at
Moscow for the benefit of soldiers disa-
bled in the late war.
The Sunday-school for the Chi
nese in Chicago has 26 scholars, and
for every scholar a special teacher is
provided.
Fisk University, at Nashville,
Tenn has just received $4,000 from
the Stone estate, through the Rev. w.
IL. Wilcox.
The telephone has been successful
" introduced into the breckenridge
Street Presbyterian Church at Buffalo,
so that the pastor can address at once
two congregations two miles apart.
The German language is now
taught in 56 public schools of New
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-26
Scienes and industry.

I'm Paterson, N. j., 80 manufactur-
ing establishments employ over 5000
men.
American plate-glass manufactur-
ers are driving their French rivals out
of the market.
The Newark, N. j., cutlery manu-
than they can fill.
There is heavy demand for steel
rails, and the Pennsylvania mills are
nearly all at work.
-Pittsburg, Scranton and Troy are
furni- hing steel rails for the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
Birmingham, Eng, is importing
hay forks, clocks, apple parers and
clothes pins from Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Locomotive
Works has 1900 men engaged on loco
motives for Australia, ard it is buster
than since 1873.
The Troy Bessemer steel works are
producing over 1900 tons weekly-an
tinexamped product.
We'll informed persons estimate that
the British emigration to the United
States this year will reach 100000.
The crop prospects in the Southern
California coast counties are better than
at any other time for the past seven
years.
Florida is turning her attention to
to be better crop there than wheat is
in any other State.
The industrial authorities and
tradesmen of the city of Berlin have
arranged for an exhibition to be given
on the 1st of May next in prominent
part of Berlin.
Gen. w. S. Rosecrans is engaged at
San Francisco in the manufacture of a
patent safety powder, which explodes
only under high pressure or at a great
heat.
Stout calico is made waterproof by
the Chinese with preparation which
proves efficient in any climate, and is
supposed to be composed of the follow
ing ingredients: Boiled oil, l quart 3;
soft soap, l ounce, and beeswax l
ounce, the whole to be boiled until re-
duced to three-Quarters of its quantity
when mixed. The calico treated with
this mixture answers well for life-saving
apparatus.
European journals announce a new
method of lighting railway cars lately
adopted upon the Nicholas road, which
which connects st. Petersburg with
Moscow. The new light is carburretted
hydrogen. The lighting apparatus con-
sists of an elegant globe, in which burns
a jet of gas supplied from a reservoir in
every car. These reservoirs are always
filled at both ends of the route, though
they contain much more than enough
for the journey, so that the immense
comfort of lighted car can be enjoyed
even when the train should be "snowed
up" all night.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-26
Spring Fashion Hints.

Old age is generally much worn every
where.
Uneasy lie the heads wearing crowns
in Europe ope-especially in Germany and
Russia.
Purses should be worn full on the
body.
Suits of of China material are rather
hardware for this changeable climate.
Pies, this spring, are cut quarteripg
and diamond pointed.
The principal style in gentleman's
spring hats is to pay for them in ad-
vance.
Handouts are much worn by tourists
to Sing Sing.
Impecunious acquaintance and poor
relatives may be cut very short.
Slippers are less common since the
ice has melted from the pavements.
Furs are often useful to hide un-
healthy skins.
Mahogany and rosewood suits appro-
pirate Tor people who persist in dy eing
may be had at the undertakers.
Clocks are becoming to stockings,
but more useful in steeples.
The fashionable color for boiled lob
ster this season is red.
Large rents are now common in eX'
pensive suites of rooms.
Every body's trousers are wearing
out.-NeU York Graphic.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-26

ter, however, is in excellent trim for making
a desperate fight. He has caused all the
roads along which the English columns can
advance to be broken up; bridges have been
destroyed, ravines deepened, and countless
trees felled so as to lie across the roads. 1t
is stated that, While hoping to prevent the
advance Of his foe to any great distance by
this means, Cetawayo has prepared post
upon which to fall back, if necessary-an al
most inaccessible fortress, about 80 miles
north of Ulandi. The advance of the British
column has already begun, but news from it
can not be expected before about the 9th or
9Th OF May.
Queen Victoria and the King and Queen
of Italy met on the 18th inst. at the castle Of
Monza, nea- Milan. After a walk in the
park and lunch the royal party returned to
Baveno and Rome, respectively.
Pierre Lorilard's American gelding Pm.
role has won the Newmarket handicap race.
BY an explosion of fire damp in the
Agrappes coal pit, near Mons, Belgium, the
woodwork of the shaft caught fire and fell
in. There were 240 men in the mines, and
at last accounts none had been rescued.
The last attempt to assassinate the Car
has led to the adoption by the Government
sion. a Governors General are to be ap-
pointed for the six most populous districts
of Russia, clothed with absolutely despotic
power over the lives and liberties of the peo-
pie. The widespread conspiracy against
the rulers of the Empire has become so for
midable, embracing, as is well known, men
and women in all ranks and stations, and
many OF them doubtless occupying positions
.l... ss 1. r.. a
gle.
The action OF the Khedive of Egypt, in
summarily dismissing his foreign mihisterh
and forming a truly Egyptian Cabinet, has
occasioned no little excitement. 1t was re-
ported that France and England would
unite in vigorous remonstrance, and inti-
nations were thrown out that the Khedive's
action might result in his abdicstion.
The Khedive has published a manifesto
justifying the course which he has taken,
and insisting upon the carrying out of his
own programme Of reform. He says he will
be fully responsible for the public safety of
Egypt and for the due payment OF the for
eign debt, IL he is allowed to exercise the
power he wishes through the National party.
The Sultan, in receiving an envoy froin the
khedive, expressed his disapproval of the
Khediye's conduct, but said he did not in
tend to dethrone him.
A dispatch from Pesth, Hungary, 18th,
says: The Rivers Maroso and Koros have
again broken their dams. Zerend is de-
stroyed and Arad endangered.
OF the 240 miners imperiled by the explo-
sion in the Aggrappes coal-pit near Mons,
Belgium, 50 were finally rescued alive.
Another revolution has occurred in Pan
anna. There was fighting in the streets, last
ing four hours, in which a number of per-
sons were killed.
Fourteen lives were lost by coal mine
explosion at Departure Bay in British Col
umbia, on the 18th.