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New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
Ne1p,3lork Daily Gribn11e
FOUNDED sY HORACE GREELEY.
TUESDAY, MARCH I. 1879.
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,...,,> ri IL. ,fo.,sr, tbe French Minister Of
fine Interior ls, resigned N consequence OF the at
tac;s on the Prefecture Of Poluc. -=A Spanish
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~ c,,,rt, -- James N2cfonnal "A British
writer. i. dead. -- Three Peruvian ports have
been nIo,I,aded bya Cajlt8n squadron.
Da,u~UC.-A large number Of nominations were
confirmed hy th' United states senate yesterday
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reading the bh repe1Ing the S'a'e he-
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Co>arrs..-Ihc Senate remained I'm session Sun
day ii ght uutiT 100 q. m Of Monday: it net again
q; l p. m. Monday and WAS sill n session al the
hour lHE iflB'Nt went 10 press inns moIhinf;
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s,..f an d.y Yesterday and all LAST
night zap TO tine hour of going 90 press discuss
inc ~puugrI's motion 10 imreoch Mr. Seward; the
proceeding, We're continually interrupted by c'h-
ference reports and tie passage ol appropriation
bills; Mr. Potter presented his report Oh 'H' Lice
ton Investigations
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s,,.n.nd.5 g. ue East Eyer Bridge. -- The
Rev. pr. sanford iIunt has succeeded the late Dr,
Nelson "a, agent Of tine Methodist Book Concern.
-= ihc Smith murder trial was ADJOURNED until
April ---- be Brooklyn PfeS'yJly acquitted
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New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
Suslncss AouCes.
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A CorGH. a cold or foalscneSs, instantly re-
Gevcd !v he use up BEoNAs h1o\ehlAL ii'' l9, 80 '.
For A GOOD umbrella try the Isaac SWltu
nead themselves 20 all
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
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AoADTNY OF MUsIc-Opera. "LoheDerin'
RRoAIwAY rHEArRE-" The SOrCercl.
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MY Z. - Do IAIIUN-D3y ana LV'ning
NFw-V0RR HISTORICAL ~OCIETi-Leciutc'
WFSruN-1IR CW RCH Lecture.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04

If Mr. jefferson Davis should apply for a
pension would the application come under tAt
head of war claims
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04

The resignation of VI. dc MarcGre places it
the power Of President GrGvy to appoint, III
concert with NJ. Waddmcton, a Minister Of
the Interior who will be fully in accord with
the Chamber of Deputies, and Will not hesi-
tate to institute such changes as are needed
in the Prefecture Of Police. VI. de Marcele
served the French Republic faithfully, but he
has failed to keep abreast with the political
current which is now drifting toward rigid
radicahsm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST

Brass passes for gold in Africa, and, by
the way, it does here, too.
A bright thing of the future-The
electric light Argo.
If there's place for everything"
where is the place for boilP
A popular loan is one that fellow
gets without obligation to pay back.
Are people who are opposed to brass
bands contrabandsP-W Waterloo Observer.
The saddest words of tongue or pen:
81 intend to pay; l can't say when"
George Lessard, of Montreal, aged
ninety-nine, recently married his fourth
wife.
1t is the season for finding all the post
age stamps in your pocket fused into a
wad.
Whirled without end-The waters of
Niagara into Lake Ontario.-NeU York
.Ne1US.
There is reason to believe that there is
quite as large an amount of craft on land
as on water.
A corrected estimate of the personal
estate of the late Baron Lionel de Roths-
child is 65,O0O,OO0.
The Sprunt family, after whom one OF
the most beautiful of roses was named,
live in North Carolina.
1t takes l62 house-fies to weigh an
| ounce, and yet this country spends mil
lions of dollars per year to defend itsel
against thepo little einsect.-Free Press
! Solovieff, who attempted to assassinate
the Russian Gar, was hanged in white
dress, which enveloped him from head
to foot.
"No postponement on account of the
wether," is the way agricultural fairs
put it when the big sheep fails to be
present at the appointed time.
Celebrated as is England for its high
farming there are yet 10000, 900 acres of
waste or uncultivated land in that coun-
try.
The Prince of Wales has consented to
lend to the corporation of Glasgow,
Scotland, his Indian presents, valued at
81, 2,5OO,O 600. They will be exhibited gra-
tuitously five days in the week.
Nothing exceeds that peaceful calm
which steals over young man as he sits
in the shade and watches his mother
maui u carpet on the clothes-line. Be
pities her, but he didn't invent carpets.
Gen. Gourko, governor of St. Peters
burg, is very practical man. He re-
ceived a letter which said he would be
poisoned. Not at all alarmed, he sent
for his cook and thus addressed that per-
sonage: "You see this letter. Read it.
Very well. Now, keep in mind, the first
time get the collie | will hang YOU"
T. II. X. writes that he has discovered
that smoking coffee will cure consump-
ton. The active alkaloid atfeine) in
coffee suffers more or less Complete de
composition under the circumstance
but the products yielded have little or
no therapeutic value in this connection,
as fur as known. Smoking coffee berries
will not cure pulmonary. consumption,
though it would doubtless prove a COM
paratively harmless if not pleasant sub
stitute for tobacco. .-Scie1atltic american
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
Lumber from Straw.

A gentleman of Busnell, ILL.,, recently
exhibited some samples of lumber that
have attracted much attention among
the lumbermen, and which, If it pos
sesses all the virtues that are claimed
for il, is certainly one of the most i'm
portant inventions uf its kind ever
brought to notice. If it is a success, it
will form a new era in the art OF build
ing. To make hardwood lumber out of
common wheat straw, with all effects OF
polish and finish which is obtainable on
the hardest of blackwalnut and ma
hogany, at as little cost as clear pine
lumber can be made up for, is the claim
of the invention, and the sample ofwhich
he produces would go far toward veri-
fying his claims. The process is as fol-
lows He takes ordinary straw board,
such as is usually manufactured at any
paper mill, for the purpose. AS many
sheets are taken as are required 10
make the thickness of lumber desired.
These sheets are passed through chemi-
cal solution which thoroughly sottens up
| the fiber, and completely saturates 1T.
| The whole is then passed through sue
| cession of rollers, dried and hardened
during the passage Us well rs polished.
and then comes out of the other end of
the machine hard dry lumber, ready for
use. The inventor claims that the
chemical properties hardening in the
fiber entirely prevents water soaking,
and renders the lumber combustible
only in very hot fire. The hardened
finish on the outside also makes it inn
pervious to water. The samples on eX-
hibition could hardly be told from hard
wood lumber, and in saving it the diff
ference could not be detected. = Oshkosh
(WGS.) NorthaC esten.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
A TEN-DOLLAR BILL.

Miss Julia Tyrrel sat before the fire
dollar bill in her hand. To ordinary
mortals a ten-dollar bill is n-dollar
bill-that, and nothing more; but to
Julia it meant an evening of enchant-
ment.
q shall buy white gloves, white satin
ribbon and fan, she whispered softly,
land Charley will be sure to bring a
bouquet. My dress isn't very shabby,
and if it was, he would never notice. /
ought to have an opera cloak and lots of
other things, and l ought-yes, l ought
to pay madame my weeks rent. But
nobody does everything he ought to do,
and it is not my fault if l have fifty
dollar way for every ten-dollar bill"
Then she looked thoughtfully at the
bill, and turned it over in her pretty
white hands. AS she did so she noticed
a name written in small clear letters in
one corner. The ch&racters were so
small that she had to take the note to
the window in order to decipher them
But very little puzzled those bright
young eyes. 81 see," she said, nodding
her head wisely. "'William Henry
Brookes.' | wonder who he is, anC
what made him write his name on bill
that is everybody's - mine just al
present, and going to A. I. Stewart il
half an hour. Not pretty name either
dare say he is some little snob thai
thinks there is only one man in th'
world, and he is William Henry
Brookes."
1t was showing heavily by this time
but Julia cared little for that. 1t was /;
block to the stage, and the stage would
put her down at Stewards door. 1t wa
always little holiday for Julia to g
shopping; and even if it was only ten
dollar shopping nobody knew it but her
self, and it gave her perfect freedom t,
look as if she could buy all the silks ant
laces she wanted.
A man would not know how to spent
twenty minutes in buying a pair O
gloves and three yards of satin ribbon
Julia spent two very pleasant hour
about it, and then, not being able t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
In Search of the North Pole.

During the present generation most of
the great geographical points have been
solved. The northwest passage was
completed more than q quarter of a CEN
tury ago, the Australian interior has been
traversed and retraversed within the past
few wears, the sources Of the Nile have
been traced, the northeast passage, begun
more than quarter of million of years
since. las been made by Prof. Nordens-
kiold, who mas shown that with suit
able ship at the proper season this long
sought passage is q question OF only
few weeks, and now the only remaining
Arctic feat, the dash to the North Pole,
has been undertaken by the Jeanette
expedition, which started frOm..San Fran
cisco, and which, it is to be hoped, will
sooner or later safely reach its destina-
ton. One of the marked features of the
expedition is the scientific method in
which it is to be. carried out. All pre-
vious Arctic explorers were guided by
the best knowledge they could obtain.
When we read of what may be regarded
as the blind attempts of such heroes as
Cook, Clark, Mcclure and Franklin, we
should remember that their expeditions
were prompted not by wild love of ad-
venture, but they were guided by the
best knowledge attainable at the time.
Had it not been for the success and fail
ures of Willoughby and those who fol-
lowed him, Prof. Nordenskjold would
not have met with the success he did,
and he was candid enough to acllnowl-
edge his Indebtedness to the English,
Dutch and Russian expeditions that pre-
ceded his. Efforts of this class should
never be treated from too narrow or
utilitarian point of view, for even if they
are not Immediately attended with any
practical good to mankind, they may
lead to results that are justly gratifying
to the best aspirations of the race.-New
| York Star,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
Loving Mothers and Brutal Sons.

Touching instances of the mothers
love for son, even in the face of base
ingratitude, were shown recently in the,
New ork Court of Special Sessions. A
neatly-dressed young fellow, named
Charles Leonard, was arraig gned on a
charge of brutally beating his mother.
Some days before he came home from
work, and, without the least provoca-
ton, struck her with his clenched fist in
the face, blackening both her eyes and
badly bruising her face. His mother,
Mrs. Agnes Leonard, who is respect
able old lady, had him arrested, and
made a complaint against him in the
police court. She tottered to the witness
stand in the court with unwilling feet,
and drew her veil oyer her face to con-
ceal her injuries She was weeping,
and she begged piteously of the justices
not to press her To make complaint
against her bov.- She knew he would
never dc the like again if released He
had always been Il good and Industrious
boy, and must have been very angry at
something when he struck her. He had
been punish q enough already, she said.
In this way she pleaded tenderly for the
mercy of The justices, and touched the
hearts of all who heard her. The mag
istrates grew indignant at the prisoner
when they heard her story, and asked
her to lift her veil and show her bruises.
She hesitated, and said in q faltering
tone that her skin was very easily dis
colored, and that the assault had not
been so violent as it appeared to have
been. Tho prisoner said he would lose
his place if lie was imprisoned, remark
which aroused the wrath of Justice
Morgan Lose your place." said he,
"you don't deserve to be allowed to re-
main in the community. Any boy who
would beat kind mother as you have
done doesn't deserve to live even. You
are sentenced to the penitentiary for
three months" The prisoner was led
away, and his poor mother, unable to re-
strain her emotion, staggered, weeping,
from the courtroom.
Another prisoner, little older than
the one just sentenced, was next placed
at the bar to answer n similar charge.
His name was William B. Hayes. He
had beaten his mother often before, but
not so badly as he had in the assault for
which he was arraigned. Mrs. Hayes,
whose looks indicated her extreme suf-
fering, implored the court to let the
prisoner go. She said, in answer to a
question, that she had twelve other
sons "who were all i'll Heaven now
The prisoner looked sullenly on, and
offered no excuse for his conduct He
was sent to the penitentiary for six
months.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
VOL. VII.
The Dead Student.

1t doesn't seem-now does it, Jack l-as If
poor Brown were dead;
Twas only yesterday at noon he had to take
his bed.
The day before, he played first base, and ran
Mcfarland down;
And then, to slip away so sly-'twas not at all
like Brown.
The story seems too big to take. Most any
one will find
It's sometimes hard to get man well laid out
, in his mind
And Brown was just aflre with life. 'Twouldn't
scare me, avow,
To hear a whoop, and see the man go rushing
past here now.
Poor Brown! he's lying in his room, as white
as drifted snow.
called upon him, as it were, an hour or two
ago.
A-rushing in'o Brownies room seemed awk-
ward like and queer:
We haven't spoken back and forth for some-
thing like year.
We didn't pull together square single night
or day:
Howe'er l went, he soon contrived to find
another way
He ran against me in my loves: we picked
dozen bones
About that girl you used to like-the one that
married Jones.
He worked against me in the class, before my
very eyes.
He opened up and scooped me square out OF
the Junior prize.
In the last campus rush we came to strictly
business blows,
And from the eye he left undimmed 1 viewed
his damaged nose.
In fact, came at last to feel-and own it with
dismay-
That life would be worth living for if Brown
were out OF the way.
But when heard that he was dead, my feel
ings tackled; and then
I would have given halt my life to get his
back again.
[ called upon him, as it were, an hour or two
ago.
The room was neat beyond excuse-the women
made it So.
about it knew
To see the order lying round had made him
very blue.
A sweet bouquet of girlish flowers smiled in
the lace OF death.
Straight through the open window came the
mornings fragrant breath.
Close-caged, a small canary bird with glossy,
yellow throat,
Skipped drearily from perch to perch, and
never sung note.
With hair unusually combed sat poor McFar-
land near,
Alternately perusing Greek, and wrestling
with tear.
A homely little girl OF six, lor some old kind
ness sake,
would break.
The books looked worn and wretched like,
ulllOSb It's IL tilCy hIl6WJ
And seemed to be a-whispering their titles TO
my view.
His rod and gun were in their place; and high,
where all might sec,
Cleaned jauntily the boating cup he won last
year from me.
l lifted up the solemn sheet. That honest,
earnest face
Showed signs of culture and OF toll that death
could not erase.
AS western skies at twilight mark where late
the sun has been,
Browns face revealed the mind and soul that
once had burned within.
He looked so grandly helpless there, upon that
lonely bed!
Oh, Jack! these manly foes are foes no more
when they are dead!
"Old boy" sobbed, "twas half my fault
This heart makes late amends"
took the white cold hands in mine-and
Brown and were friends.
-WW Carleton, in Harper's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

The discomfort of church pews is
commented upon by the Christian at
Wor1t, which says: Concerning pews
vention fails to furnish even comforta-
BILE pew or chairP The bench of the or
dinary church pew is fourteen inches
wide, whereas it should be eighteen
inches; then it is placed on a straight
level, perpendicular to the back; but
mankind are not constructed in this
way, and pews, to be comfortable,
should conform to human anatomy.
The seat should slope downward toward
the back, making fall of full three
inches, while the back should incline
away from vertical line fully four
inches at the top, and the distance be-
tween the pews should never be less
than three feet"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

Some American corsets shipped to
Mexico were supposed to be saddles of u
new kind, and were returned as not
giving satisfaction.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
A BANKRUPT CITY.

THE SHERIFF. SEARCHING IN VAIN
FOR PROPERTY LIABLk TO ATTACH
MENT.
EVANSVILLE, Oct. 3.-On Tuesday
last United Stat Marshal Adams went
to Mount Vernon, Ind, with an execu-
ton authorizing him TO levy oil the per-
sonal property Of the city in satisfaction
OF judgment obtained by the Newark,
y. j., Saving Institution against the city
for Sis, 900. He was, however, unable
to find any property liable to seizure. In
view OF this steps were taken to procure
a writ Of mandamus compelling the City
Council to levy special tax sufficient
to pay the claim. This fact becoming
known, n meeting Of citizens was held
last night, at which under legal advice,
it was determined to abandon the city
government. Various members of the
Council al once handed in their written
designations, TO take immediate effect,
and the Council, sitting IN special ses-
sion, pr, mPtly accepted the designations
approved and signed by the minutes Of
the meeting, and dissolved leaving the
place without any city government what
ever. There is n great speculation as to
What the outcome will b., but the peo-
pie of Mount Vernon are confident til Il
under the exist order OF things nothing
can be done with the Newark claim.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
PREsIDENr HAYES has found out 8

PRESIDENT HAYES has found out SO
much about the crops and things per-
taln'ng to the agriculture of our prosper
Ous country dining his prolonged absence
from the national sat of iniquity that he
ou .ht not to have any further use for
Commissioner lie Due. The expense Of
printing any more crop reports will be
worse than useless, as Hayes has given
us enough official information about
the agricultural condition of the country
to last till after the next Presidential
election. 1t cannot even be urged as an
excuse for retaining lie Due that he
would be useful to 90 to Ohio to vote, be-
because he is not an Ohio man.-1hnes
The rect,ver of.the Ohio and Miss's.
sippi Road has paid of another 500 .00t
| of floating debt, for which $3.50, COZ
"Springfield Division" bonds were held
as collateral. OF the second mortgage
bonds over S3 000, 600 have a-sented u
the proposed plan oi reorganization.
Charles p. Thompson, PROMINENT,
mentions d as likely to be the regula
Democratic candidate for Governor o
Massachusetts, has written letter posi-
lively declining a nomination under an,
circumstances.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
1ccuiH uidtiOn of Goid in the
1rtUSUI'V.

AT the close Of the month of September
there is in The Treasury $4OO,0U0,00
more gold than there was January last,
when specie payments we're r, sumed. As
is well known, there has been but little
demand for god. The increase of the
amount on hand is due almost wholly to
receipts Of foreign gold, which the owners
deposited at tie Assay Office in New
York, taking therefor legal-tenders. The
exact amount Of gold coin and bullion
now in the Treasury is $3.50, OK, ,995. .03.
The amount Of standard silver dollars OH
hand is S3l 500, $50. OF fractional sill
yer, silver bullion, gold certificates, sill
yer certificates, United States notes, and
notional ank notes, the Treasury hold.
$76, 7S5 ,559.32.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
Had the Circus Eerer.

Last evening, after the performance
was over at the circus, says The Virginia
New, Chronicle, young man called on
the manager and said he had come up
all the way from Carson to the show,
and would like to join.
"Call at eleven o'clock tomorrow
-morning and will see what can do.
You must not expect over fifty dollars a
week, though, at first. We never pa,
high salaries until We know just what a
man can do" said the manager.
The delighted Carsoniie vert away
and this morning was on hand.
The manager took him to a tent where
three immense Bengal gers were Gagged.
Handing him a currycomb and pair OF
shears, lie remarked: "Your duties will
be comparatively light al first. You will
20 into the cage and curry down tn
tigers every morning, and about once a
week cut their CLAWS: keep 'em down
pretty short, so that when they attack
the tiger tanner, Mr. Wilson, they won't
| lace ate him mnch. Som, times, but not
more than ohce month, You may have
occasion to ii their teeth. You jus
| throw the animal on his back and hol,
| his head between your knees. If IN
acts rough bell linn in the nose fey
times. Keep belling him until he quiet
dJwn."
"IIaven't you got vacancy in the AT
department ?'' asked tie young man fron
| Carson.
ais art in YOU line?" inquired th
manager.
"Ye.," draw led the young man. al
the eircnses have always run with wa
employed to paint the stripes on tn
bras. | killed so many tigers keepir
'em straight that the boss wouldn't le
me handl, I'm. lie said used 'eIm to
d--d roughn
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
4 FiPHdish Crime.

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 3, 1879. Mrs.
Cox, wife Of school teacher living near
Sharpsburg, was the victim of terri. bic
outI age few days ago, the particulars OF
which only came to light to-day. Her
husband left the Eouse early in the NOR
ming, leaving her sleeping with young
child in her ans. A few minutes later
Samuel Stride, young man, cousin OF
the lady entered her room, and tearing
the child from the arms of the terrfi d
and screaming woman, committed bru-
tai outrage upon her. He then fed, and
has not vet been arrested. Mrs. Cox |,
| In critical coalition.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-04
THERE Is EVERY PROSPECT of

THERE Is EVERY PROSPECT of q
good sized row over the spois in the re-
cent contest for the Ashley belt owing to
a discovery that the track lacked some
nifty-nine feet Of being q full mile in
eight laps. Lawsuits are threatened and
the record Of the race will be thrown out
1t is very unfortunate state Of affairs
Tor the struggle was really most re-
markabie one. But let us have no shorI
tracks gentlemen, Or your telts will g
begging hereafter,