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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-07
PROPOSALS O FRESH BEEF AND
BEEF CATTLE.
OFFICE CHIEFC. S. DEPT. OF DAKOTA,

OFFICE CHIEFC. S. DEPT. OF DAKOTA,
ST. PAUL, MINI, May 10, 1879.
SEALED PROPOSALS in duplicate will be re-
~ ce!ved at st. Paul, Mimi, and at Helena, NJ.
T., or at either OF the posts named, for the sup
plies required 1t such post, until IL O'Clock, noon,
on the 12th'day Of June, 1879, at which time and
they will be opened In the presence OF
bidders. for furnishing such quantities of Fresh
Beef on the block. and for such number of Beef
Cattle as may be required by the Subsistence
Department U.S S. Army, until June 80, 1880, at
the following named posts
Forts Stevenson. BufOrd and SisSetOn, D.. T.
Separate proposals should be made for each
post and for each kind of supplies required.
Blank proposals, and printed circulars giving
detailed information as to the quality and guam
tity OF the Beef, and the number OF Cattle re-
quired at each post. manner of bidding, condi-
lions to be observed by bidders, terms of con
tract and payment. Sc. may be obtained on APP
Of Subsistence at Helena, NJ. T., or to the A. A.
C.S. nj either of the posts named.
One copy each of this advertisement and of
the conditions. &C. must be securely attached
to each duplicate proposal and be mentioned
therein rs comprising a part of it.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envel-
Opes marked :" Proposals for there insert the ar
ticle bid for at Fort there insert the name of
the post and addressed TO the undersigned. or
to Capt j. +. Weston. C. s., U. S. A.. Helena,
NJ. T.. or to the A.. A. {. $, at the post bid for.
The United States reserves tho right to reject
any or all proposals. NJ. II. MORGAN,
Major and L. s.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-07

Walton, Cass, county, Indiana, April 10,
1S76-R. V. Pierce, NJ. D.: Dear Sir
Your Pleasant Purgative Pellets are the
most efficient, yet mild, cathartic 1 ever
used. They haye cured me Of Indigestion,
liver complaint and constipation.
Yours truly, FRANK WILLARD.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
Prolific Wives.

glasgow lky.D Times.
One Of the most remarkable men in
Monroe county is Mr.. John Jacob
Goodman. Mr.. Goodman was born
in North Carolina in 1888, and is now
IN his ninety-seyenth year. In 1904
he moved to Monroe county. then a
part Of Barren, and has lived on the
same place ever since, a period of
seventy-fve years. For upwards of
forty years he was a distiller. and at
the age of sixty-tive could lift a forty
gallon barrel of whisky and take his
tOddy out of the bung-hole. He is
now living with his second wife. his
first having died many years ago.
Fifteen children We're the fruits of his
first matrimonial experiment and sev-
enteen Of his last, making a grand
total Of thirty-two, twenty-seyen of
whom lived to be married. He has
always been a moderate dram-drinker.
for sixty-two years a member of the
Baptist church and forty-two wears
clerk of that body. Besides this. he
IS a lifelong Democrat, and never
failed to vote in elections on but one
occasion in his life. He says that his
object in leaving Carolina was to raise
a large family of children, and that he
has never ceased regretting this step.
as he could have done as well in that
line in Carolina as he has succeeded
here. The father of Mr.. Goodman
died at the age Of ninete.six. and
would, perhaps, have lived longer. but
he broke his leg, which fastened his
death
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
BETTING IN ENGLAND.
Winners and Winnings Of the English
Derby.

The English people have long been
looked upon Is a betting people. and
yet they appear to be proud of the
fact that Lord Falmouth, who won
more money on the turf in 1878 than
any other living sportsman. never
betted a dollar in his life. There has
been a growth and decline of betting
IN England which has been almost
equally rapid, and the Derby may be
taken to illustrate our point. which is
that the evil is fast dying out on the
other side of the water. When Sir
John Shelley carried off the blue
ribbon with Phantom. in 1911. the
fact of his having melted $4,000 by
backing his horse was quite the talk
OF the tewn. BOOkmaking, o o after
tins, sprang into vogue, and, beside
the London division, an extensive Dor
uon of the ring hailed from the cotton
district, and was knownas the Man
chester SCHOOL, The Blands. Gullys.
Hills, Crockfords, Swindells, Rids-
daies, BARRIERS and Worsleys stood at
me top, and In time gave place to the
Pedleys, Hargraves, Davises. Jack
sons, Stephensons and others, who, in
turn, have been succeeded, so to speak.
by men of the present day. Davis
took the highest place of them all, and
IS credited with having once made a
100000 on the Derby hence the title
he acquired of the Leviathan."
The abolition of betting houses and
lists throughout the country dealt the
first great blow at the roots of future
event betting, and the continued
interference Of parliament has re-
dueed 1t almost to a minimum. Now.
the only places where betting is per-
mltted is on the r~ace-course and at
TattersalIs. Limited speculation
can, therefore, hardly be wondered at.
And yet as recently as 1867. Mr..
Chaplin, the owner of Hermit. is
credited with having won $780, 900 in
bets alone. Blue Gowns year. too.
which followed, was a big betting
event, and Sir Joseph Hawley won a
'NAA VI hioiC. MnACH MuUlU nave DeHll
much larger had he not " hedged out"
Baron R~othschild's Favonius cantered
home heavily backed in 1871, and
then came Ceremonies victory over
Pell Nell, who was supported at Tat
tersall's to win over $500, 900. and was
beaten by a head only. Comparative
ly little has been done on subsequent
Derbys, or, for that matter, on most
other fixed events of late years. Last
year the bookmakers were greatly
crippled, and they have not vet made
known their intentions for the coming
season. Besides the decline in bet
ting, there has been a great falling off
in the number of starters. The mum
Der of horses that ran last year fell
short by over 400 of the season of
1863. So far as this is concerned. the
real trouble is that England has too
much racing, and only the Newman
ket, Goodwood and Doneaster meet
ings are plentifully supplied with
horses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
krupp's Guns.

A German military paper, referring
TO the recent disaster on board the
Thunderer, gives a list of the cast
steel guns manufactured by Herr
krupp which have burst during the
last twenty-three years. During that
period, 1T Is stated, more than 1900
pieces of ordnance have been con
strueted in the works at Essen. and
sixteen guns only have burst while
Of these by far the greater number
were destroyed during trials under
taken to test their power of resistance
or endurance, anil when consequently
they were loaded with chaees heavier
than they were designed to fire. The
first Krupp gun which burst appears
to have been a sixty-eight-pounder
which was sent to England in 1865 for
experimental purposes. The services
charge for the piece was fixed at seven
pounds Of powder, but in the trial a
twenty-five pound charge was en-
ployed with a very long p~rojectile.
A ring Of wrought-irOn was also
affixed to this latter in such a
manner hat it would be expanded
and fill up the bore when the charge
was fred. The result of this arrange
ment was that the gun was rent into
two pieces, the fracture taking place
Immediately in rear of the wrought
iron ring. In nearly every other in
Qtanca fho ot,nc burct -.
shot jamming in the bore; but in 1875
an 8.S-centimetre gun was DESTROYED
by a shell exploding prematurely, and
in 1877 the muzzle was blown off a
B-centimetre gun owing TO a similar
occurrence. In every case, it is added.
the material of which the guns were
constructed was found to be fa~ultless.
and the confidence Of German artiller-
lists in the cast-steel ordnance manu-.
featured at Essen has n%everfor a mo.
mcnt been shaken.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
The Significance Of Matt Carpenters
Reception in Washington.

Washington Special Cincinnati Enquirer.l
Matt Carpenter, senator elect from
Wisconsin, arrived here tonight fresh.
from his senatorial victory. He was
welcomed at the depot with sky
rockets, illuminated lights, music,
tom-tOms and hurrahs. Thence he
was taken to Wizards Hotel and in
troduced to a large gathering, which
had assembled out of curiosity to get
at the bottom of what all the fuss and
fustian concerning the senator means.
Editor Clapp, of the National Repub-
lican newspaper, finally introduced
Carpenter, and took occasion to slyly
nominate Grantas the standard bearer
Of the Republican party in 1890.
Carpenter spoke from the balcony
of the hotel, but his remarks
had no political significance.
He then went into the parlors of the
hotel, and for an hour received quite
an ovation. 1t seems to be the i'm
preston here that the compliment
thus rendered Carpenter was net so
much with an eye single to do him
special honor, as the occasion of his
arrival afforded some of Grants old
friends the opportunity to inaugurate
this hurrah movement in his interest
for the Presidential nomination. The
expenses of the demonstration are
said to have been paid by ex-G Governor
Shepherd and a few others who trained
with him in his palmy days. 1t was
noticeable, too, that all those who
figured prominently in to-night's dem
onstration were Grant men. In the
hotel lobby the name of the old
man, as he is interchangeable here.
was on many lips. 1t was likewise
noticeable that not a single member
of the Wisconsin delegation in
congress honored the blowout
with his presence. As a whole.
the demonstration was, to say
the least. ~hattering to somebody; but
whether Carpenter or Grant was
meant TO be the hero of the occasion.
those who foot the bills can alone tell.
To still further boost the man on
horseback, there is a movement brew
ing to give Chandler a stunning recep-
ton on his arrival here with his sena-
torial commission. Il will far eclipse
to-night's efort-will be more elabo-
rate and bang-up. interpreted with
more Ginning about the necessity of a
strong government, etc. Logan will
also be handsomely treated and of
cOurse all those spontaneous eruptiens
meal one for those who receive them
and a dozen for the Silent Man. The
real Grant movement has begun in
Washington, and the Juror is to be
kept up by using some convenient
proxy until the old man. in his
own good time, returns to his native
heath.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
THE GOTHARD TUNNEL.
Progress Of the Workable Largest
Tunnel in the World.

A correspondent, writing from Gen
eva, Switzerland, says.
The Gothard tunnel is now the
longest tunnel in the world, the length,
bored from both sides, reaching a
total of 13,4S1 yards-3 yards longer
than the Mont Gents. Very nearly
5000 yards still remain to be exca-
waited, and if the work goes on as
rapidly this year as it went on last the
navvies from Goschen and those from
AlrolO may expect about this time
twelve months to shake hands in the
heart Of the mountain. This, how
ever, is far from being a certainty. for
according to the calculations of the
biologists, the workmen will find di-
rectly under the Kastelhorn a thick
mass of %serpentine and schist, which
may prove a considerable hindrance.
Most of the laborers employed in the
galleries are Italians. They work
night and day in shifts of eight hours
each, and their work is described as
being terribly severe. The heat is so
great tnat they can wear no clothes
whatever, They return to the mouth
Of the tunnel steaming with perspira-
ton, their faces are yellow and CHASTITY,
they cannot bear the light of the sun,
they walk with bent shoulders. and
stagger as if carrying burdens too
heavy for their strength. They are
nevertheless said to be cheerful and
even merry. They support their hard
lot without repining, and save money.
1t is satisfactory to know that the
contractors by whom the men are en-
ployed treat them with every consid-
GRAFTON. A surgeon is always on the
spot, accidents being frequent, and
ample hospital accommodation is pro-
yided for the ailing and the hurt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05

steam enginery, the chief engineer
botany, j. J. Sowerby, United States
Navy; natural history, j. H. Kidder,
United States Navy modern Ian.
guages, Alfred De Buys.
Wherein the expedition especially
commends itself to the public is the
remarkable low fec demanded for pas
sage and instruction-S2500. This
sum is payable in four installments
and covers all expenses aboard ship,
but does not include the cost of Jour
neyings inland. The expedition has
been formally approved by some Of the
most eminent scientific and literary
men in the country, and certainly
promises to bear most excellent fruit.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
TRUTH AT LAST.
How Easily 0fehbach's Operas are
Composed.

The London Truth, in a recent
issue, says
"Ofenbach, who has Just scored an
other great success with his new opera
comique, Madame Fayart, although in
a line slightly different from his for,
meT works, is probably the most pro-
lihc composer in existence. His
abundance of musical ideas is Won
derful, and the following instance Of il
was once given to me by NJ. Cantin.
one Of the authors of his present
libretto. The maestro had agreed to
write the music Of an operetta under
the title Of Apothicaire ct lie PERU
quier. When called uponto fulfill his
promise, however, he did not care
much to do so, and the young author
had to remind him more than once of
the treaty between than. Some cold
ness ensued, and finally matters came
to a hot discussion, which took place
in Ofenbach's study. Well sir.
you want your music, do you 2
the maestro said at last in a
fit Of passion. You shall have it. too.
aud all at once. Please to sit down
there. Here is a newspaper and a
cigar for you He jumped at ruled
paper, pen and ink, and began to write
away for an hour or so. Then turned
around to the foe Here is the music
you can take it with you and have il
played ifyoulike. You cannot mean
it, objected the author, for the sake
Of your own fame Il tell you, sir.
you can take it, as you shall have no
other. Seeing that he could gain
nothing more, the author went away
with the manuscript. He took it to
some friends, and, on examination. it
was found that there we're five or six
charming melodies in this musical
scrlbbling-quite enough for a one
act operetta. Ofenbach was prevailed
upon to revise il, and within a month
the work was presented. 1t proved a
complete success
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05

possessed they crow like cocks. or
new like cats, or bark and howl like
dogs and wolves. What is worse
they shock their neighbOrs by bias
phemous and obscene language, being
especially violent against the priests
cursing them for their inability to re-
lIeye suffering by casting out the
devil. The project of the province
has sent a commission to Verzegnis.
the name Of the village, to see what
can be done to stop the progress of
this madness for, by force of ex-
ample and terror, it threatens to
spread. The people of the district
cannot be pursuaded but that the
devil is really at large among them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
A Stray Balloon.

Mr.. Edmund Johnson, United States
consul at Tampico, Mexico, in a letter
written to a friend in Washington, and
dated the 10Th ult., says: "A balloon,
evidently from some civilized country,
about sixty seventy feet in size, with a
car and all the comforts for a voyage,
made Of silk, etc, was found at 0sul-
wanna by the Indians in the woods.
They tore the silk from it, and stole
everything hat could be carried off,
and refused TO give any information
en- the subject, for fear they would
have to disgorge."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
POSSESSED BY DEVILS.
Thirty Young Italian Women Crowinu
Like Cocks and MewIng Like Cats.
A letter from Rome to the Pail Mall

A letter from Rome to the Pail Mall
Gazette says:
In a little village away up in the
Province of Udine, on the borders Of
Italia lrredenta, there is a great alarm
and commotion for the young girls Of
the place, one after another. are show
ing outward and visible signs of being
possessed by a devil. According 10 ali
accounts there are now about thirty
Young women in this unhappy condi.
ton. Why the evil one should have
selected so obscure a village for his
operations does not seem quite clcar
Indeed, the blame is not laid on him
but on the priests. Inquiries made
by the authorities have elected the
fact that in Lent last year a series If
discourses were delivered BY a priest
in which he described at great length
aud with much detail the pains of hell.
thereby terrifying weak young women
that they were already lost and that
the devil had entered into them. The
priests, who at first were rather pleased
with the impression their brother
made, have since found that though
they had raised the spirit they had no
power to lay it again. Holy water
produced no effect, the most searching
exorcisms fail, and even such practical
measures as beating the person affected
have been found useless.
While the fit of madness is on the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
A Woman Succeeds Where Edi.
son Fails.

AN
New York SUM-
Mrs. Mary +. Walton, who invented
the sand-box device for deadening the
noise on the Metropolitan elevated
railway, had the principle suggested
to her by the method adopted BY her
father, who stopped the clangor of a
blacksmith shop by setting the anvils
in boxes filled with sand. Mrs. Wal
ton experimental in her cellar with
two bars Of railroad iron, three or
four feet long, laid across two barrel
heads, applying the deadening sand
box, and striking with a hammer until
the result sought for was obtained
The negotiations for the application OF
the patent to the metropolitan railway
were all made through Mr.. John
Beard, who operated individually. and
purchased the invention. BY the
terms between him and Mrs. Walton.
he pays the expense of procuring a
patent and defending a notice of in
reference which it became necessary
to file, as another person had filed a
caveat claiming the invention. Fur
Their clauses of the agreement are that
Mr.. Beard was to pay to Mrs. Walton
$1,000 in cash on signing the contract.
$1,000 on the issuingof the patent, and
Sl0OO after one mile is laid on the
Metropolitan railway; that Mrs. Wal
ton is to receive one-half of any all
royalties paid by other roads or per-
sons for the use of the patent. the
amount of royalty to be fixed by Mrs.
Walton, subject to the approval of Mr..
Beard. The invention was first tested
on four blocks of the road, on the up
track from Thirtieth to Thirty fourth
streets, and gave very satisfactory re-
suits.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05

The Mapleson {" Her Majesty's .,
Opera Troupe does not propose taking
in as small towns as Louisville. After
appearing in Cincinnati one week.
commencing February "A, the com
pany will go direct to Philadelphia.
then to Baltimore, then to New York,
and will leave about April / for Eng
land.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
The Art of Printing.

China claims precedence over all
other nations in the discovery of print.
ing. The period is supposed to be 95C
A. d., and DONG aou, a minister Of
state, the supposed inventor. Lauren
thus, son Of John Roster Cor Coster).
Of Haarlom, commenced printing from
solid blocks of wood, on which the
characters were cut, about the year
l440. In l442 metal types, instead Of
wooden ones, we're invented; and in
1853 a mode Of casting types in matri-
ces was discovered by Faust. In Ass
a printing press was privately set IN
at Oxford, but the FIRST book known
to have been printed there is only
dated l468. = press was afterward
established by Caxton at st. Adams.
and another adjoining Westminster
Abbey, in l47l. A book ON the game
OF chess, printed in l474, may be re-
garded as the first production of the
English press, though the first book
printed In the English tongue was the
'Recuyell Of the History Of Troy, .
printed at Cologne, September 10.
i471. The FIRST press in America was
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05

established in Mexico about 1910. The
first press in North America was at
Cambridge, Mass, about 1888. The
first newspaper in the United States
was the Boston News Letter. 170l.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05

General G. w. G. Lee, the eldest
son Of the late r. E. Lee, is endeavor,
ing to prove his right to the Airing.
ton estate, which was advertised and
sold for the assessment and collection
Of delinquent taxes. He says that he
does not expect to change the existing
order of affairs, but simply wants a
fair payment Of the estate by the gov
eminent. General Lee is a tall and
handsome man, apparently about -
yoars old.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05

Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour is
described as being as youthful in APP
pearance as he was twenty years ago.
He now occupies himself with agri-
cultural interests and the question Of
transportation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05

Time is money emphatically so
when DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup fire.
quently cures colds, coughs, ETC., in
less than a day. Price 25c a bottle.
Sold everywhere.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05

The Boston Transcript regards pau
perlsm as the great question Of the
day. The pauper's idea is to help
those who are helping themselves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-05
PUBLICATION.
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A BOOST FOR GRANT.

wednesday Evening. Web, 5. 1879.