The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-04-05

J. d. McIntire. Of Pekin, H..
kn"~n "A king Of the whisky RUG,
pleaded guilty in the United State,
Court t. all indictments against him
He was 6ned 81 600 and HE d,stillrry
f"rfeited to tho government on the
first pleas. Sentence On the otheI
pleas was suspended on condition
that he would inform %, other mem
bers Of the ring.
The grand female international No.
destrian contest Of six days commenc.
ed 90 9Th March, at Gilmores gar.
den, New York, 10 tho presence oil
over thousand persons. There
were eighteen starters.
There is considerable interest mani.
tested in California IN the cultivation
II the long-staple, sea.islsud cotton.
Thus fat the experiment has not been
a success because If the cool nights,
and the long fibre is considerably
shortened. The State is better adapt
ed to the cultivation If tho cereals,
while the Southern States having a
mole adaptable climate, already pro.
duce y superabundance Of cotton.
Dr.. H"lt's statistics Of yellow fe.
yer in New Orleans shows that three
meu welo taken sick to every woman.
aud the death rate among them 20
per cent. greater than among the wo-
men. The children, however, suffer.
et even worse than the male adults,
far while only que adult 10 twelve
sick died, que out If every nine sick
children fell victims to the disease.
1t is DOW thought at Washington
that tho President will not only dis
cOunteDance any measure looking tn
4 repeal of the federal electi"n laws.
but will veto any mpr"n,ise bill
that may BE- agreed 10 : aud his stall
wart Republican frieuds are indus-
triOusly grooming him ~ to this ob.
stiNate attitude. There was never .
better prospect of . deadlock he.
tween Congress aud the admiDistra.
tiUn.
Judge J. N. Elliott, Of the Court Of
Appeals, was assassiOated 10 the
street in front Of the Capital Hotel at
Frankfort, Ky., March 26th, by Thorn.
M Bnford, "fHen,y county. Judge FL.
lott had rendered an opinion adverse
I" u case ButO,d had for sOwo time
in court. Buford loaded . double.
bsrr~lled shot gun and waited for
Elliott tn c"me IL dinner. and walk.
I'd up and shot him thr"ngh the heart
without any warning, killing him 10.
stanly. The assassin was arrested
aud 10 NV in jail. There isgrsat OK.
element and strong feeling against
him. Bnf"rd, after his arrest, &C.
knowledgcd that the other barrel Of
the quo was loaded for Judge Pryor
and he would have killed him also,
had not come children been in the
way. He ia q brother Of Gen. Abe
BofoId, Of Woodford county.
A law has been introduced 10 the
lllin"is Legislature for the protection
IT bank dep"aitors, which provides
among other things, that . bank Of.
ticer receiving deposit and knowing
the bank to l,e insOlvent or on th~
verge Of suspension at the time, sl,alI
I've guilty of fraud, aud tined double
the amount Of the deposit or impris.
o0sd in the penitsutisry. It also
pr"p"ses to forbid tho loaning Of de-.
po.i,s or trnst funds By q savings
bank tn ito OiRceIs without tho con.
sent of tho depositors, aud in . gene.
raj way aims At making it = crime,
punishable the same ~ any other
f"rm Of theft, for hank officers to
take what dues not belong to them.
Eight members Of. tho Kansas Leg.
islstare were offered bribrs, ranging
in amount fom $50 to @l,OOO, IL
cast their votes f"r Ingalls,, for the
United States Senate. Ooe chap,
probably tn break down the market,
took 325O fur his vots, aud twelve
others were booght on private terms,
The only feature If the Ingalls, trans
action which makes any demand upon
ordinary c'edulity 10 tho statement
that eight nlem,'ers Oat of 90 average
Republican Legislature could IL
found 10 refuse b,ibss, no matter %
tn their size. Besides, the honorable
colleague "f tho immaculate Plumb,
the apt imi,ator Of Caldwell the Gun
victed, and tho worthy successor Of
"s"bsidy" Pome'oy, 10 too expert.
enced u dealer to scatter in the man.
ner alleged. His finely adjusted
work is shown more creditably in the
feat Of beating the caucus NOMINEES
BY bare majority Of one vote, with.
~ & hours after tho adjournment ol
The caucus.
The receipts Of cotton up to Feb.
ruary 81, in all United States ports,
was 3,7N,34 bales, showing On 10.
crease over last year Of 256, 2l7 bales
for tho corresponding time. And 70,
In view Of this large excess 10 re-
c.ipts, hessrs. Ellison l. Co.'s Auuu.
III Review, after presenting . large
amount of statistics bearing upon the
subject, ssys:
The foregoing calculations show
that with 90 American crop of fron,
$4,000 to 100000 bales there
will be s0ficient cotton to maintain 4
rate Of consumption duriuS The asse
shsss-quartsss It leo, equal b ~