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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05
The Connecticut Mutual.

This model life insurance company issues to-day
its thirty-third annual statement, and is usual
in the matter of its regularly published reports,
shows advantages gained in the right direction.
1t has increased its amount Of assets, essened its
ratio of expenses, increased the amount OF pay
ment to policy holders and lessened the amount
OF interest accrued. Against the item net pre-
miums in course of collection it writes as in the
report OF last year, none" Its economical ad-
ninistration Is shown in the low ratio OF expense
Of management to receipts, 657 per cent. The
Connecticut Mutual was the first in fact the only
company that at once, upon the proposal OF
New York company TO sell insurance at a dis
count, publicly advertised its purpose to do bust
ness rs 1t had ever done, upon the safe accredited
plan understood by all the leading actuaries and
experts Of the country to be the true one Acting
always upon the only established principle that
looks to financial results which in life insurance
teaches that life insurance company to be safe
must be more than safe, the management Of the
Connecticut Mutual has always conducted its af
fairs to the entire discredit of speculation The
showing OF the statement of to-day is the best
proof OF the wisdom OF such action Schemes
that are laid for sudden benefit, imagined or par
TALLY real may be apparently successful as viewed
by the sanguine man who hopes 20 gain adyan-
tage indirectly, butany departure from the proven
path Of Tectitude in the administration OF the bust
ness of life insurance company must eventually
lead to disappointment In mutual life insu-
rance company's business there is but one thing
to sell, and that thing is the common property of
all it, members For their respective part fthat
property they have paid the fair, fixed and uni
II.s. Oh A. 81
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05
The Unemployed in Massachusetts,.

The tenth annual report Of the Massachu-
sets Bureau of Statistics, which has just
been presented to the legislature of that
state, contains highly interesting and in
structive chapter devoted to the unemployed.
A special inquiry last June showed in all
the towns of the state, with few unimpor-
tant not reporting a total of 21,Sl2 unem-
ployed able-bodied male laborers, of whom
$500 we're skilled and 13252 unskilled In
the nineteen cities the unemployed num-
bered 1876, and in the 1926 towns, 0,677
Another investigation was made last Novem-
Der, when it appeared that the unemployed
list of 21,S12 in June had dropped TO not
over sixteen thousand at that date. The en-
tire number Of males and females, over
eighteen years of age, out of work, fell
from 2S,50S in June to less than twenty
three thousand in November. Consider
ing how much more favorable the early
summer is for work than the late autumn,
the reduction of the unemployed by nearly
six thousand at the latter period as COM
pared with the former, is highly encour-
aging. A table is appended to the re.
port showing that wages have advanced "a
2-5 per cent. since 1860, while the cost Of
living has advanced only IA l-2 per cent-a
gain to the laborer of about one-tenth, or,
in other words, after allowing for the in
creased cost of living now over what it was
during the years Immediately preceding the
war, the laborer can save one dollar now
where he saved ninety cents then. Times
are still unquestionably hard, but all the
facts tend to show that all assertions which
place the unemployed in Massachusetts from
two hundred to three hundred thousand, and
in the whole country at three millions, as
was done by the Butler-Kearney agitation,
are the widest exaggeratons
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05

DEATH OF THE AFGHAN PRINcE.-Through
English sources, and also by telegram to
the New York Herald, the death of Shere
Ali, the Amer of Cabul, is reported as hav-
ing occurred at Tashkurgan, on the borders
of Chinese Turkestan, on the 2lst of Febru-
airy. His disease is understood to have
been malignant sore throat, and doubtless
chagrin and despair for his kingdom aided
to give fatal termination to his malady.
By this death Yakoob Khan, the son, ac-
quires a legitimate claim to succeed his
father, though there are several claimants who
will doubtless be heard from. But Yakoob's
claim is clear one, and he is in possession.
1t is probable that he, warned by the fruit
lessness of his fathers appeal to Russia, and
hopeless of his capacity to resist the English
unaided, will make such terms with them
as will leave him in possession of the throne
with British resident at his elbow, while
the ambassadors at Tashkend will find their
occupation gone, aud may turn their faces
homeward.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05
The Cattle Plague.

Since the excitement in regard to the
cattle disease has reached such height
caused by the interference with the export
trade by the English authorities, it has be-
come generally known that there is trouble
of this kind, though not to the extent al
frmed, and nothing which proper care and
precautions cannot soon get rid of. The New
York Herald ascribes, and with good cause,
the diseases to the treatment of the cattle in
their transportation from the interior to the
seaboard. Crowded as close as they can
stand in the cars, they are rushed through
without rest, and this after a life in the
broad grazing fields of the West with plenty
of fresh air, good food and clear water. Be
numbed with the cold, stupefed with the
rush and noise, and in most cases half fed
and watered, it is no wonder that disease is
the result. Large interests are dependent
upon the preservation and extension Of the
cattle trade with Europe, and that it should
be hindered in its developments, and even
its continued existence imperlled by the
careless selfshness of the dealers, is some
thing that calls for attention. Besides these
evil consequences to the nation at large the
treatment of the animal is simply barba-
rous, and ought to be prevented, even though
it did not affect the commercial interests of
the country.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05

WORTH THINKING OFT is worthy Of
notice that while we are discussing the anti
Chinese bill, China has agents in this coun-
try, in England and in France, who are
hunting up the most approved manufacture
ing machinery of different kinds for home
use. China is great cotton-growing coun-
try, and it is thought she will, within few
years, DO making cotton fabrics upon an ex-
tensive scale. The North Adams China.
men are also reported to have graduated
quite a number of boot and shoemakers
who have returned to the aowery kingdom
to introduce the Yankee style of doing
things. We are living in an age of railroads
steamboats,, and lightning looms, and no one
can tell what few years may bring forth
But wouldn't the nations open their eyes il
China, with its millions and millions Of
cheap workmen, should shortly enter Tn,
markets of the world as competitor 70,
the sale of cotton goods and general manu-
features
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05

HOLD THEM Recommendations the
desperate effort now being made by the
democratic party in Congress to break down
the safeguards which the federal election
law throws around the ballot-box fails or
succeeds, the country should understand the
true import of the democratic position aud
effort. All this demonstration on the part
of the democratic House is simply an at,
tempt TO strike down all safeguards against
frauds on the ballot-box. The party makes
itself the champion and defender of cleo.
ton crimes and outrages. What is the law
which it seeks to appeal Its main feature
simply provides that watchers of both par
ties may witness the canvass and count of
ballots. What honest man objects to this
What party that desires fair election can
object TO it The democratic managers
stamp their purpose of fraud in their very
act, and honest men everywhere should
rightly appreciate ii.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05

The combination against Mr.. Randall's
reelection to the Speakership looks formid-
able. The greenbackers declare that they
will not support him in any event, since he
is Tilden's representative, and Tilden is
backed by the money-power element of the
democratic party. The Southern members
are pretty unanimous against him also, and
these two elements combined will easily
control the election.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05

THE number OF those who in is77-7s died OF
starvation in Brazil Is estimated at over one hun
dred and fifty thousand, exclusive of deaths indi
rectly resulting from It, frightful havoc was also
made by small pox, which carried of twenty-one
thousand persons There have been few periodsn
history more fertile In famine than the last lustrum
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05

THE criminal career OF Charles W. Angel OF the
Pullman Car Company was not brilliant. lie
stole some 100000, fled several months ago TO
Europe, was surrendered 10 our government by
the courtesy of a nation with which we have no
extradition treaty, and last week he pleaded
guilty at Chicago and got ten years in the PEN
itentiary
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05

The KID" who snatched a diamond earring
from lady in New York has been sentenced to
twenty years in state prison.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05

FRANK WAITE, in the employ OFF W Leighton,
White River Junction, appropriated gold
watch and $3.50 from his employer and left He
was arrested at West Randolph and bound over
in the sum of $3.50 to appear before the county
court, in default OF which lie was taken to Jail
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-05

Inc reception gwen 10 tne DlplOmatlc corps Dy
the President and Mrs Hayes at the White House,
on Tuesday evening was the browning social
event OF the season. The scene is said to have
surpassed anything ever witnessed within the
historic walls of the Executive Mansion In the
memory OF the present generation As nearly all
the people of official social prominence in the
city were present, the assemblage was one rarely
eqused in any city. The Republican court was
seen at its very best The President and his wife
always seem 10 enjoy society, and on this occa-
sion were especially happy. Mrs. Hayes wore a
rich, white cream-tinted silk, trimmed with a
shawl-shaped overdress embroidered in pearls
The sleeves were OF white chenille, caught to-
gether with pearls. The neck, which was open
and filled in with tue, was edged with lace en-
brodered with pearls. After the wives OF the
foreign ministers arrived, they stood for some
time in a line with Mrs. Hayes, making group
which, for charm of appearance gorgeous toilets
and resplendent jewels, could not be surpassed
The ball given by Senior de Zamacona, the
Mexican Minister, on Monday evening, was one of
the finest fetes ever given in this city. The en-
tertainment possessed, among other brilliant
qualities, the charm Of novelty, as 1t was not only
a reproduction OF such events given in the city OF
the Montezumas but the invitations denoted that
1t was in honor of our Secretary of State The
Minister rented a large house adjoining his own,
furnished 1t in handsome style, and caused the
two houses 10 be thrown into one for this special
occasion. The illumination of the two houses,
outside and in, attracted vast concourse OF ad-
mirers,
On Wednesday evening personal encounter
took place in the Capitol between Dom Piatt,
editor Of the Washington Capital, and Mr., VIII
liam McGarrahan, the claimant of the Rancho
Panoche Gande land claim in which the doughty
quill-driver was knocked down and severely
punished. Everybody is appauding the result
and laughing Mt the occurrence. On being inter
viewed on the subject the next morning. Dom re
marked that ga mule had kicked him" Sol.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-06-15
CHANNELS FOR LOVE.

Make channel. fox the streams II love
Where they mag broadly raB;
And love has overfiowing stream.
To fill them every one
Bot IL e. any time We cease
Such channels to proyiie,
The very tuunts Of love for us
Will soon be parched AID drie,i.
For We must share. IL We would keep
That blessing from above,
Casing 70 give. we cease 10 have
Such is the law 81 love.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-06-15

A WOMAN was sitting at the break
fast table the other morning. when Cd
almost bresthlsss neighbor came in
and informed her that her husband was
dead. She calmly remarked. "Wsit
till I'm through breakfast. ard then
you'll hear bowling.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-06-15
BROI CHIT HIN IN DEBT.

Mine host IL not usually, like Arms.
10, i'll a. reckoning. bu. be does some.
times meet bis master. 4 sof.-looki3g
stranger inquired at Portland, Oregon
hotel what they charged for board, and
was told that he would be lodged anu
boarded at ten dollars a week.
"That's reasonable enough, said he,
ont may be away BIT; what de-
duc.ios win you make for that, ?"
"Fifsy cents a meal and Fifty cents .
lodging" replied the landlord, and Jon
sthan concluded 10 stay. Sometimes be
WAS at the hotel, sometimes be was not.
At the end OF three weeks the landlord
presented bis bill for thirty dollars. and
was met by another TO this effect
Meals eaten, three-one dollar fifty
cents; lodgings, seven-three dollars
fifty cents, meals missed, sixty-thirty
dollars; lodgings missed. fourteen
seven dollars; balance against landlord,
two dollars"
Jonathsns arithmetic was peculiar,
but the landlord was too much aston
ished to criticise il; and, seeing bis
perplexity, the boarier considerably
remarked tina. he need not mind abou.
the two dollars; he would take them
out in bosrd-an observation that so
complicated matters thst the puzzled
hotel-keeper cut the Gordian kno. by
insisting On Jonathan's departure then
and there, as he felt il was impossible
TO keep even with such customer.
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law. 14t-ssas
Aud dn hereby offer a. reward OF
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the
arrest and delivery of said James Light,
loot and William Lightfoot III amy "l
the tails o, this State.
lanes L,ghtfoot is about thirty
wears Of aye, five feet nlne inches h'sh'
snare built, high cheek bones, large
Erray eyes, has always downcast look !,
Slow to speak, dark hair, weighs about
lai, pounds; was called James White
tbefore coming to Cotile.
\ William Lightfoot is about twenty
tive years of age, five feet seven inches
). high. rather stout, weighs about !4s
pornds, sandy hair, blue eyes, full
face, rather pleasant, free spoken ane
4 very quick, and makes friends 1ast
Given under my signature and tn
seal of the State Of Louisiana, at tn
CITY of New Orleans, this tenth day Q
April, in the year of our Lord on
thousand eight hundred and seventy
eight. ,o,,s
Governor of the State Of Louisiana
: By the Governor:
WILL A. STRONG, ~
, Secretary Of State.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
$500 REV AIR

STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE
So DEPARTMENT..
yx7HEREAs, ON THE FOURTh
wv day Of October, 1876, FRANK a.
B1ossAr was brntally killed and mnr-
! lered at Cotiie, in the Parish OF Rap
Whereas, JAMES LIGHTFOOT and
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT stand H. :
f,lictc,l for said crime, and it has been
ht elp,tesenteaao me that they are fus'-
,ives from Justice; S., :, =, -
Now, therefore, FRANCIS I. NJ,
/ CHOLLS, Governor of the State {"
louisiana, by virtue Of the an,l,or'ts
lin me vested by law, d" Issue THIS my
n,bclanation.3 commanding the "ti'cer
Of the law aud all good citizens T" az
/ and assist il, arresting the said Jane
' i and William Lisht Ii.,t I, {,
4 instice and. dealt with according t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-05

EQUITY COURT7Jttd1e Macarthur.
saturday, Hibernian Building Association agt.
amend. Dawson agt. Whittlesey: amount Of
rent fixed. Lafayette agt Lafayette; order for
al1mony. StOddard agt. Hartman; order of pub
Hcatfon set aside. Larner agt. Shehan; sale set
aside. Brent agt. Murray; pro confesso set
ASIDE. Albright agt. Emery: reference to audi
tor. McCarty agt. McCarty; decree Of separa-
ton and alimony: Fitzgerald agt. Fitzgerald;
Drakely; w. G. Henderson appointed guardian
ad Item.
POLICE COURT-Jtdge Smell.
To-Day, Hannah Smith, Laura Simms, Ella
Jones and Ellen Ross, vagrancy; bonds or thirty
days. Edmund Gibbons, fast driving; 500
appeal noted. Samuel Washington, same
charge; $50. John jackson, profanity; IS or
seven days. P. Edwin Dye and Robert H
Bradtord, unlicensed produce dealers; con-
syth, same: IS. John Dwyer, street profanity;
S.. VIM. b. owens, same; S.. Wesley Turner
Vagrant; sent down. James Brown, loud: S.
Lewis Butler, same; S. David Scott, same: S.
VIM. COX, same; S.. David A. Mockabee. play
Ing ball In streets; Sc. George Smith, Matilda
Upshur, w. I. Duvall and Minor Root, Migrants:
sent down. Simeon Bland, a hackmen, charged
with overcharging a passenger: fined $40.
charlotte Johnson. street profanity; down
Dennis Long, loud and boisterous $40, or 30
days. Also, assault on Michael Breen: srs-
pended. John Mooney, destroying private
property; forfeited $40 collateral Also, fined S.
Tor d1sorderly conduct. Frank Taylor, disor.
DERBY; S.. Thomas Ordward. diSOrderly conduct:
s.. Charles alias Alfred Smith was arraipDed
for petit larceny, in four different cases; con-
tinued. Catherine White, larceny of a pair Of
10 days. Felix NJ. Draney forfeited S., for as
Sault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-05
GEORGETOWN.

THE FUNERAL OF MR.. A. II. PIcKRELL took
place from hts late residence, on Sd street, this
afternoon, at o'clock, Rev. A. r. Stewart, of
CHRIST p. E. church, and Rev. DR.. Elliott, OF
Ascension church, Washington, officiating The
Masonic pail bearers were the following =
Messrs. W. D. Cassin, NJ: j. Adler, VIM. Laird
and DR.. A. Peter, from the blue lodge; Messrs.
James Goszler and j. j. Beall from the consis-
tory, and Messrs Fl. w. bowman and r. L..
Cropley, from the Knights TempIar. Messrs
Henry NJ Sweeney, Francis Dodge, James W.
Decide, Chas. Bradley, Col. VIM. g. Moore, Dr.
Grafton Tyler, VIM. T. Seymour and Chas M
Matthews acted as honorary pall-bearers. The
1nterment was at Oak Hill. The Potomac In
Surance company, Of which the deceased was
was the president, the directors of the Farmers
and Mechanics bank, and the Georgetown Gas
company met this morning and adopted appro-
pirate resolutions OF respect to his memory and
coincidence with his family.
A RUNAWAY.-A boy named John Sadler. aged
10 years, ran away from the Washington City
orphan asylum on Friday last. He was found
Dy Ohicer Benton in Georgetown yesterday, and
turned over to the asylum officers.
FISH MARKET.-1O,000 herrings sold at S. per
thousand; 100 shad sold at $40 per hundred
GRAIN.-There were no arrivals of grain and
no offerings on change to-day
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Condensed Locals.

Mr.. Y. j. Hillmap. proprietor OF the lli'iman
house. gave a reception and supper Saturday
evening to the members OF Truck and No. B
companies OF the fire department.
white babe left at 91l 20th street, Dy
woman named Emma Jones. saturday AFTER
noon, was taken to st. AIMS Asylum Dy the
police.
A rarlor entertainment for the benefit of the
ChtsOlm Monument Association at Mrs. niger
soils. No. Sill 4th street, Saturday, Melted
handsome sum. Capt. James Wills narrated
the story of hts escape from Ltbbey prison.
The body Of Stephen Curran, one OF the boys
drowned near AnaloStan island Saturday, as
to his parents residence on NJ street, between
22d and Esd streets.
Last night Haml'ne NJ. E. Church was too
small for the crowd that desired to listen to the
youthful evangelist, Rev. Mr.. Harrison. AS
soon as he closed his eXhortation the altar was
filled with seekers, and the religious interest
was very remarkable. Mr.. Harrison stated that
tomorrow he would observe With the church
fasting and prayer.
The annual parade of De MOlay Mounted Com
manCery No. "a. Knights TemplarS is to be
held at Eagle Park, eastern terminus Of the
Columbia line OF street cars Tomorrow. The
review will be by Sir r. E. Wither5, District
Deputy Grand Master OF Knights Templars, and
his staff.
The President to-day signed the commission
OF Lewis j. O'Neal to be justice of the peace
for the District of Columbia
the hrSt mad dog Of the summer season was
killed to-day by Officer MOckabee, ON E street,
between 9Th and 18th streets southeast.
AT meeting of the commercial agents doing
decided not to contest the opinion of the attOr-
ney for the District on the license question, but
to take out one license and go on with one bust
Ia s.