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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-22
CALCRAtT. THE HANGnAN.
For forty-six Years the Pubiie Exc.
cutiOuer of England.

The cable day or two ago announced
the death of Calcraft the famous execu-
toner, who for forty-six years held the
Office Of hangman Of England. He was
shoemaker by trade, and lived in a pleas
ant three-story brick house in Islington.
In front of the house and at its rear were
yards filled with flowers. The rear yard
was crowded with rose bushes, and the
hangman had great pride in them There
was an iron fence in front of the house.
So great was the popular aversion for the
Office that Calcraft held, that it was al
most impossible to rent the houses that
were near his, and children ran past IT,,
iron gate opening into his yard when
they hadte 80 through the quiet street in
which he lived.
Calcraft was a pleasant-looking little
man, with round features and full IRON
gray beard. He wore an ordinary busi.
ness suit, and was scrupulously neat In
his attire. The house was handsomel,.
furnished.
In his later years Calcraft made
strong effort to enable his children W
outlive the stigma that attached itself to
the fathers position. lie educated them
literally, and at length one of them en-
tered the Indian civil service and ful-
filed his duties creditably. There was
at first great Outcry against the aI-
pointment, but it died out as the young
man pursued his way evenly and gave
satisfaction. in his treatment of prison
ers who were to be hanged, Calcraft was
curt and business-like. AT q hanging in
Dundee the rope broke, and the hangman
always afterward furnished the ropes
himself, and was very careful to person
ally inspect the arranging of the gallows
and everything pertaining to it.
Thackeray used to tell story about
Calcraft. He said that on the day of the
hanging Of man who had killed another
in carrisge Of the Metropolitan Under
ground Railway, he was riding on tie
outside of an omnibus. Beside the driver
sat stranger. At Islington, a small,
pleasant-spoken man, with handbag,
mounted the stage, and sat with the
driver. Thackeray, the stranger and the
little man eonversed until they reached
Newgate, where the latter got down.
after shaking hands with the Others.
Then the driver said to them: "DO you
know who that man, is who got down."
They did not. When he told them il
was Caleraft the hangman, the stranger,
ihackeray used ~ aver, was 40 startled.
that lie fell from his seat to the ground.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-22
Additional CourtA

SUPERIOR.
Before Judge Force-John Huff against
G. A. Wempe and D. +. Goodhue. suit to
recover 81, ,266 on o note. In progress
f COMMON PLEAs
q r. Marty sga.nst John Il. Bell, action 10
recover three inches of ground on Eliza
beth street Case in progress t
Phil. Dolls against Alberts and Others,
suit to recover $Ss7. Trial In progress.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-22

PTsBURg, Dec. Q. .--WheaI sieaay;. mills quote
choice No. red. 81 Ssa1 80; amber and white,
81 8i0l 3S rejected. $l0ll O5. Rye steady at Ss@
SOC. Malt: barley. $t@l 10; rye, s5@e0c Corn:
yellow, shelled 61952c; Mixed h0(95lc; yellow,
ear a7@4ss; mixed Is 6a46c. Barley. choioa
spring, S0a96c; medium, 8a6as5c; stained, 70@75c;
chatce fall, Ss6c09i; medium. 85@e0c. Oats
heavy: white, A0sQo; mixed. 4o@41c.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-22

Judge Guthrie, one Of the counsel for
George Price. desired to get an opportunity
Of arguing the motion for new trial, but
Judge Longworth was not present aad tue
motion ives subsequently not argued.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-22

Lie lTAtbCrlpt vi caturdAy AaS Supplo'
ment Of fourteen columns of 'patent" mat.
ter.
A typographical error occurred in one Of
our items In Friday evening STAR. "Mueci
& Bros" Is the way it should have read.
Ben Deering will commence the publica-
.tion of Republican paper in this city,
January ist Deering ise Democrat, but
Republican money Is as Coed as any.
Gen. Frank Appleton is the happiest
man in the city. Heis the proud ',papa"
Of fourteen pound girl and dares any
man to knock the chip off bis head.
Master Charlie Martin will give Christ
mas party at his mothers residence, en-
Main street. Tomorrow evening. Charlie
invites al his friends to Come and vel.
come"
John Venable has opened O .frst-class
eating-house on South Broadway, and ].
Perkins q family grocery on North Lime
stone street. Both are clever ana agreeable
gentlemen and worthy of patronage.
The Ashland Hotel promises an .'extra'
dinner for Thursday. The welllknown
reputation Of tile Messrs Alexander in
snres repast t at will tempt the appetite
OF the most fastidiona Go and dine with
them.
The cowardly murder Of fHon. r. n. Lit
tie, At Richmond. last Friday, again calls
for the immediate execution OF a number
Of murderers in Kentucky. Life Is no
where safe, and the law 10 openly defied.
More hemp islhadly needed. H8
As long as the city Is governed By Coun.
ell. thathas TIE power OF electing every ci '
officer, 80 long will there exist feeling Of
dissatisfaction. People who ere taxad 10
support the CITY should certainly have the
right to cay who shah govern It aud who
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-22
FlNAN CIAL.
CINCINNATI. Dee. 2-2P. M.

CTNCINNATI. Dec. 22-2P M.
Exchange on New York is steady, with moderate
demand and No change in quotations Dealers
buying at s discount aud selling At par.
Sterling Is steady and quiet at Saturdays rates.
Sight at "a S4h and sixty day bills Al 81 50 perf.
The local rates for Government bonds to-day
are the following; = ~
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-22
Cincinnati Live Stock Market
CINCINNATI, Dec. 22-2 P. M.
The following are the receipts and shipments O.
live stock for the past As hours.

HOGS-Market steady and firm. Common at
81 7504 10: fair to good light and packing, s. l5S
4 so: selected butchers ut 5; 50ta4 IS per Genital
CATTLE-The market is steady and auiet Com
mon 81 50@2, fair tn medium 81 256f3, good to
choice 1t ~ 25fs4, shipping grades ut "a 25G95.
@8 50, good to cho.ce at IS 1904 so per Genital
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03
The Duty of an Audience.


Surely the obligations of the public to-
ward their entertainers is not discharged
by the mere money transaction that
secures to the one a seat, and cOmpels
the other to perform certain pieces.
Society would crumble if our dealings
with our rfellow-creatures were conducted
on the hard-and-fast lines of contracts
alone. setting aside all considerations of
courtesy and good feeling. We pay our
servants, and yet clothe our commands
in the dress of politeness. We are not
obliged to express in theater what we
do not feel, but we are obliged if we ad-
nit that courtesy is among the canons of
good to abstain from indiffer-
ence so pronounced. We go even
further and assert that audiences, when
pleased, should show their appreciation
frankly. They would be great gamers
by affording such cordial encouragement.
Artists are prOverbially the most sensi-
tive of mortals. They cannot do their
best for lymphatic spectators; applause
is to them like water to the thirsty; it
puts fresh life into them. English
audiences are painfully cOld and in
fashionable theaters, indifference is chic.
The passionate enthusiasm of an Italian
or Niennese house would be voted
absurd by our languid youths and insipid
maidens of the gilded order, and, there
fore, it is to the pit and the gods that
the artists look for encouragement.
Silent indifference is, however, negative.
No one has a right to meddle with peo-
pie because they are too stupid or to af-
fected to take an interest, or, if they
take it. to show it. Talking is positive,
and as it is insulting and annoying to
both actors and honest play-goers, it
ought to be put down. Behind the
scenes notices are posted up requesting
the artist not to speak in the wings dur
ing the performance of the play. A
notice, Talking is prohibited" might
prove useful in the stalls and boxes, and
we think one or two additions could be
made. We would suggest the following:
"Gentlemen requiring constant refresh
ment are requested TO return to their
places before the curtain is rung up
again, and not to begin searching for
their hats and coats before the conclu-
sion of the play.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03


THE Sm Francisco Chronicle says tha
the Paris Baron Hirsh, who is worth
$2O,0O0,6 900 and recently won S100, 900
in a lottery ticket, is almost rich enough
to liYs imlsan Francisco. The existence of
rich men in that city has rendered neces-
saryza eOurse,of Scientific instruction for
burglars. ,A7professor of the art, a recent
gradu3td of the State Prison, has begun
a series of lectures on the subject, for
which fifty cents a head is charged. The
first night the lesson consisted of trea-
tise, with a practical illustration, upon
the operation ofbreaking open a safe.
The outer door was opened in forty-ive
minutes, and would have been accom-
plished Uneven less time had not the pro-
fcssor been 50 unluclly as to break off his
driH. A goodly number of well-kftown
thieves and burglars were present in the
public hall where the exhibition took
place, and for fftv cents obtained infor-
nation which they could have got other
wise only by months or years Of study. At
the end Of the Iessona detective appeared
and cleared the hall of the most notorious
of them,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03
An Uncompleted Education.

Some of these seminary graduates can
throw a very powerful stream of words
from the engine of their cultivated in
tellects, but they can't bluff everybody.
The other day fully diplomaed miss of
eighteen walked into music store on
Kearney street and asked the clerk for
a song entitled Demonstrate by ocular
proof the verdue of my sepulchre;" and,
as he handed her copy of "See That NJ
Graves Kept Green" and raked in
thirty cents over the counter, he smiled
bIandly and said: "Is the ditty know as
Argentine filaments interspersed with
the aureate capillary attractions a
novelty to your auricular repertory"
She concluded to go back to scnool for
one more year.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03
CIaWed by a Centipede.


Several Mexicans were in camp at the
mouth of Memphis Greek, U. T., and
were lying about the fire when one Of
them, TelestrO Cruca, saw a large cent?
pede, fully nine inches long, travelling
slowly over his leg. Knowing that the
least motion would make it sink its
claws into his skin, without moving
his leg he got out his revolver and waited
until the insect had almost reached his
knee, when, slowly putting the mouth
of the pistol to its head he pulled the
trigger and the centipede was gone.
But a centipede's claws are quicker
than gunpowder and Cruca began to
cramp in few minutes, the track of the
insect along his leg turned a brownish
yellow and the place where it was
killed swelled up frightfully. Cruca
rapidly grew worse and in little over
four hours afterward he died in great
agony. But the most singular part of
the story is that the bullet from Cruca's
revolver cuta small nick in the fore leg
of a mule that was t6thered near by and
at daylight the next morning the mule
was also dead, with the leg 50 swollen
that the skin had burst in several
places
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03

The annual report of the Chief of
the Bureau of Statistics contains some
interesting matter. The value of the
exports of domestic merchandise during
the last. fiscal year was greater than du-
ring any previous year in the history of
the country. From 1868 in 1873 the
value Of i'm ports exceeded thatof exports
in an average of about 800, ,000,0 600 per
annums During the last four years, the
excess Of the. value of exports over i'm
ports has amounted to $4,000, 900.
The exports of merchandise during the
last ten years have increased from S275-
100000 in 1869 to S69S, ,OO0, 900 in 1879.
The value of the exports of bread and
breadstiIffs during each of the last two
years has exceeded the value of the ex-
ports of any other commodity During
all the proceeding years. in the CONNER
eialshisteryaef. the country since 1921
(except during the war between the
States9 the value of the exports of raw
cotton exceeded that of any other COM
modify. From 1S2l to 1861 cotton fur
nished 80 per cent. Of the total value of
exports of merchandise but, during the
kst two fiscal years, it has only amount
ed to about % per cent 1t must be re-
membered, however, that, while the for
cign demand for cotton is regular and
constant, a staple, in fact, like the crop
itself, the demand for breadstuffs and
provisions is exceedingly fuctuating and
irregular, dependent upon contingences
upon which no man can safely build.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03

TIIE ruddy planet Mars, now nearly at
its brightest is under close telescope
scrutiny. The two moons which for so
many years escaped telescope detection
have to.be newly timed and rated. The
astrononiers at Washington hoped to re-
discover these minute todies about the
middle of October. But Mr.. Common,
of London, caught sight of them as early
as September 81, when Mars was far from
being at its brightest. He used tele-
scope of the rejecting sort, having a
mirror three feet in diameter, and re-
garded by some despite its inferiOrity to
the Ross telescope in size) as the most
powerful telescope in existence. The in
neT satellite has since been rediscovered.
Phobos ffor so the. little moon is ealleO
was about three-quarters of an hour
ahead of its computed time, judged by
the rating Of 1877. OF course, astrono-
mers infer, 1T is easier to suppose, that
that the Washington astronomers. calcu-
lated a period of reYolution few seconds
too long, not that the little moon has
really been accelerated in its motions.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03
Z 2 T9lo Dfeam Of Life in France.
N ~ y Z. .. IN All .lnu.no u u q. ~

The dream ofeyery young Frenchman
whose pockets are empty, is to marry a
airIwho has from $4,000 to $4,000, and
Searn about 1200 q year for himself by
means Of a situation affording a fixed
salary. it is- not an extraYagapt dream,
and, to do the Frenchman Justice, he is
quite happy if he realizes it, Having
got $500 or G400a year, he does not
seek to enlarge his income, but lives
prudently within his means, and invests
some savings every year with commend-
able judgement. The vary fact, how
ever, that most Frenchmen should pitch
their ambition so low as to require moth
ing more thanwhatan En- lishmanwould
call little competency, shows how keen
! the struggle for life is, and, when one re-
fleets that the thousands of men who
cover the posi- ton of petit-rentier are
Joined annually by 10000 young recruits
fresh from the schools, and with all their
talents whetted according to the newest
systems for the social fray, enc cannot
wonder at the large number Of educated
Z young men who find their way into jails
The last annual report of the Ministry Of
of Justices dwells upon the increasing
number of well educated persons who
are imprisoned for Ofienses against prop
saEty. M,FVictoy. Hugo and his friends,
pslfe used to laud edReation as the
panacea for all social and political ills,
! may find this a hard fact to digest, but
. there it lies; and one may add that for
deermination in. oflenses against life, as
we'll as in swindfidg, the highly trained
young mon whd lave been through the
best iycees~ are. quite equal TO the un-
cultured rough. o
.Ea3T ,sillV10EX
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03

AT social gathering in Ireland the
conversation turned, by some accident,
upon marriage. One of the girls, adj
dressing handsome young man, quite
unconsciously, as she explained, said: III
l were you and you were me / would
have married long ago."
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03
SHARED.

! said It in the meadow path
say it on the mountain stairs
The best things any mortal hath
Are those which every mortal shares
The air we breathe-ths sky-the breeze
The light without US and within
Life, with its unlocked treasures
Gods riches-are for all to win.
The grass is softer to my tread
For rest it yields unnumbered feeti
Sweeter to me the wild rose red,
Because she makes the whole world sweet,
Into your heavenly loneliness
Yewelcomed me, O solemn peaks!
And me in every guest you bless
Who reveTently your mystery seeks.
And up the radiant peopled way
That opens into worlds unknown,
II will be lifes delight TO say,
Heaven is not heaven for me alone"
Rich through my brethrens poverty!
Such wealth were hideousl 1 am blest
Only in what they share with me,
In what share with all the rest.
Lucy Ldre0Bl. iIl Good Company
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03

Law, physics and divinity are we'll
supplied with feminine members in the
United States The lady doctors num-
Der $50, dentists 42O, while sixty-eight
are preachers and twenty practice as
lawyers. Some ladies adopt twon or
three'eallings at once. A lady living in
st. Louis notifies on her door-plate that
she is an " elocutionist, poetess, washer
and ironer." l.. i78e
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03
IXNOX VILE
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Office East Tennessee National Bunk.
CAPITAL STOCK, 100000.
OFFICERS.
DIRECTORS,

CXRPEN rs r. sPBasEBESF--s p -z-
r. II mCCLU Nc. .VICEaPREsiDENf. ~
COLUMBUS POWELL, SEcRETARH Treas
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03
CAPT. EDaEi1, Of the Seventeenth

CAPT. EDGELL, of the Seventeenth
Lancers,. when shot at UIundi, fell back
into the arms of comrade, Dublin
man, eTclaiming at his last words, 1See
that the men spare the wounded. Spare
the wounded" One of his soldiers rode
in the charge with wooden pipe in his
mouth, and when shot down asked with
his latest breath, "Give the pipe to broth
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03

For maps time tables and ali information IN re-
gard 10 this route, call on or address
w. L DANLEI,
Gen Pass. and Ticket Agt Nashyile, Tenn.
WIN. II. ROGERS.
Pass Aet., Chattancoga. Tenn.
A. =. WRENNE.
Junll'79u TraY. Agt-' Atlahta' "a
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03
GEO. WALKER,
FASHIONABLE TONS0R,
MnRRISTOWN- TENNESSEE.

Having fitted M aud orened new Barber shop
on the railroad, next door to Sewmen's Beer Hall.
/, m prepared 10 accommodate the public in my
line o business aud respectfully solicit share Of
their work. ny prices viii te ressonabte. snti All
work Guaranteed 10 please. Keen razors and clc n
towels wi be a leading feature. Asso my bureau
At an times will be supplied whit be best siis and
re fnrner;es that can he had. In fact, propose 60
dispatch work in artistic stJ e, bat to be eonynrsd
come and see me. VIZ nlA-u
Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-06-25
NO. l53.
miscellaneous.
STICK TO YOUR FARMS.

Trade in some manufacturing goods is
playing some queer pranks w-a-days.
A man or company may work hard. ex-
pending much time and money in perfect
ing some article Of general use, and sud
denly finds that elsewhere some one has
been at the same work and can sell the re-
suits for less money. a few years ago.
England was the only country which man
uiactured cotton prints for export, while
the idea OF any other competing with her
in her home markets was laughed at as II
bit OF insanity but to day American prints
are being worn by operatives in English
cotton mills. having been found to be pret-
tier. better and cheaper Now we lear
that agents of German cutlery have been
to Sheffield. heretofore the acknow wledged
center of the cutlery trade of the world. and
sold their goods at prices which the home
manufacturers could not underbid. Shelf
field will continue to make knives and scis-
sors, and no American will be foolish
enough to hope that English print works
will be close |, but the illustrations which
we have given of the fluctuations Of trade
will show the American farmer that bnsi-
ness which he mournfully considers more
profitable than his own is subject to draw
backs and dangers which the arricultDrist
never knows. Breadstuffs and food ma
terlals of every kind are always in demand
and have Il tolerably uniform value the
world over. No competition, no new
farming community that may be developed
can ever alllict farmers with ..lockouts.''
such as workers in the trades are constant
ly experiencing, nor in tremedous fail
ures like those which are constantly start
ling the commercial world. The over
stocked manufacturer cannot eat his SUPER
fluous knives or prints. nor can the locked
out operative dine ON his tools, but in the
worst season the farmer is sure ut least
of a full stomach and roof over his head.
Sensible is he if instead of gr,imbling at
his lot he makes the best of it and realizes
how in the long run he is better off than
many whose occasional success he envies.
". J. HeTnII
Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-06-25
SANFORD'S
RADICAL CURE
For CATARRH
A purely vegetable distilIstion entirely
LE.iNe ell o.her remedies.

= thc "'r .raiipn Cf this remarkable remedy every
lsr rN F.tt. atd lafN il subjected TO dstillation
S ivLN c t-so!tial rtcdica principle Is obtained Ia
W 4, c.t laEeiess. aud totally unit for use in an
iiafustI ticlCate the nasal passages. Yet all
'':s as lasouhlc tompounds Of woody ibre all Inc
Eltgia..l aOltI
Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-06-25
Daily Kennebec Journal,

Issued every morning except sundays. II contains
the latest news by telegraph and mail, gives reports
of Markets, and has carefully prepared political and
local articles, and generous amount of farming
home and miscellaneous reading with full compila
tion Of state news.
Terms, :. per auanm in ddrdRce, IS if payment
Is not made within the single copies 5cent-, 10
be had at the bookstores and y. this Office.
Advert npns Inserted on sOnabe terms. Rates
may Lr had on application at this oiiic".
Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-06-25

Railroads ann STEAMBOATS,.
Eastern Steamboat Co.'s Bath
and BOOthbay Line.
STEAMERS SASAN0A & SAM0SET.

I'll One boat now runs daily, leaving
r1a.---lI 'oothhay at 80 \. VI. Returning
RiggsNillr Southport and Mouse island. At Five
Islands, Monday, Wednesday aud FRIDAY: at
Sawycrs Island. Tuesday, Thursday and saturday.
Commencing June l., will lana nj squirrel Island.
anu Ocean Point, going down 1ucs'lais and Thurs
days, /, ", II ahJ lasSehgcrs. Going up sig
nal. ON Wednes iay and SATURDAY. \. NJ.
Two trips per day will he run after July !. Tick
cts sold at reduced rates all stations ON the NJ C.
u. u. W. W. MASON, Agt., Bath.
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