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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-15

TUESDAY, October Id. 1879.
The lumher Of Drcahs to-day comprised n h"Fs-
heads. The offerings at auction on Change were
4s packages; Of which number 81 were sol'i It
prices ranging froG Sl.G0 u i13.
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The Fever.
MORNING REPORT FROM MEMPHIS.

MORNING REPORT FROM MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, October 14-10 a. M-No new
cases have been reported. Ten deaths have
occurred since last nieh:-DelIie Jacobs ire
turned reiugec). Jerry Enright, n. X. Bow
man, Lizzie Maoney. james Mcbride, w.
A. Smith, Frank Hale, Eugene Eastinser,
Giles Tibbs. and Ed. Moon-laSt two color
cd. The weather is clear and pleasant.
John 3. Cummings, president OF the
Board Of Health at Forest City, Ark, thir-
ty miles west of Memphis, On the Little
Rock railroad, has tclcgraphed to the How
ards for four nurses.
NOON REPORT.
MEMPHIS, October 14-Noon.-Two more
new cases have been repOrted-John Lutz
and Gus. Lagoria. One more death has oc-
curred-R. s. Hutchinson, an cnIplo.e Of
the internnl-revenuc office.
LATEST FROM MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, October 14.-Nine cases in all
(S whites and | col0red) were reported to-
day. Three additional deaths have occur
red-eX-C hiei-of-Police #. j. ODonnell (a
relapsp), Con. Rawlings "a returned rcfu-
gee), and Mra. Catherine Martin.
FATAL CASES AT FOREST CITY, ARK.
FOREST CITY, ARK, October 1.-THE
Board OF Health report six cases OF yellow
fever here, four of which have proved fatal,
within the past six days. The names OF the
victims are Mrs. Kcathley and her child,
Mrs. j. r. Browne, and Dir. Wood. Mrs.
Mark lizard is now dying. The origin OF
the fever here is not known. Business is
entirely suspended ard the town is almost
depopulatcd.
FIVE CASES AT HoPEFIELD, ARK.
LITTLE ROCK, October 14.-Five cases Of
yellow.fever are reported existing at Hope
field, opposite Memphis. The Towards
have been te!egraphcd to at Memphis for
nurses.
Forest City, where the disease also exists,
is ninety miles east Of Little Rock, and no
apprehensionS are felt here.
TIE FEVER AT CENTREyILLE, La.
FRANKLIN, LA, October 14.-The sick
ness prevailing at Cenreville, five miles
below here, is undoubtedly yellew-fever.
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Darling. when my hour Is nigh
lie, me rest thy arms within.
Thus to die is not TO die.
tJic Int IN lraYe q world OF SIN.

SYRACUSE, October 4, 1871 have been
here ut home for one whole week. lie has
been very, very kind to me, but nothing
can make me happy now.
CINCINNATI, October 10. 1S79.-l LETT SYRIA
cusc Wednesday afternoon, and got here
last evening. Went to see Miss Anderson
play "Juliet," and saw my darling there at
the Theatre.
CINCINNATI, October II. 1871 went to
the Theatre last eve, and saw my darling
watch this actress with eyes that fairly
beamed with love. 1t was such look as l
would have been willing to die to receive.
OCTOBER II. 1ST9-He has scerned me
after all that have done for him, and he
shall die.
CINCINNATI, October -, 1871 would
like to have my body given to the Medical
College. FLORENCE MCDONALD.
After leaving Rochester the unfortunate
girl seems to have gone to Buffalo and visit
ed convent. Her reception there, under
date OF September 18th, she writes IN her
diary: !,
"Sbal stay here in the convent, and
kneel 10 my lonely cell and pray while this
actress wins the heart OF the only man on
earth care to live for? These nuns are
good, very good; and il thought could
ever be half as good as mother is might
q
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ARRIVAL OF FLORENCE IN CINCINNATI.
On the 10th OF October she arrived in
Cincinnati and went to the Russell House,
q rather obscure hotel on Fifth street, and
the same evening requested the proprietor
to allow bis son, q lad OF twelve, &c 60 with
her to Pixies Opera House, where Miss An
derssn was play ing. She had registered as
Mrs, e. A. Prentice, Syracuse, n. T., and
on beipg asked how long she would stay
told the landlady OF the hotel only day or
two; she had business with gentleman
here, and as soon as she saw him would re-
turn to Syracuse. Mrs. Russell says tbat
the, Girl acted 10 most ladylike manner
dusipg her stay at the house, and nothing
to ndicate her terrible intention,
/" Miss Mcdonald evidently had no mo-
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O0O1 BARRELS CLEMMER's. 20 D
.LlUJRYE WHfRKEY.I Also, y. sBUA0AEll@
N ~ az. I'M In "4G GEORGE A. HUNDLEY.
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A BLIND MANS DUEL.


A Romantic Scene On the Deck of a Missis-
sippi Steamer.
1t Is doubtful if any theatre ever Of
tered such volumes Of roman &c incident
as the deck of the old-time Mississippi
steamer. In the old Gays before railroads
traversed the continent in every direc-
ton, and the West was wilderness, New
Orleans was the Mecca of travellers, and
the fleet wave-borne palaces of the inland
sea carried thousands of pleasure seekers
to the South. 1t was then that life was
earousal, and men and women gave them
selves up To the most lavish enioyments
Gaming was a custom, and courage an
instinct. Men We're as prone to brawls AS
the sparks to fly upwards. Conspicuous
among the fierce and rollicking habitues
of the steamers as Captain West, a noted
duellist. One day he engaged IN a con
troversy with gentleman whom he met
on the dec 4, whom he accused Of staring
at him impertinently.
"Why do you look at me so iDtentlyl'
demanded the captain.
II was not looe ing at you, calmly re
piled the Granger, his meanwhile fixed III
stony glare upon the duellst's face.
"But you are, slrl'
81 am not,
T captain turned away, but a short
time afterward he felt those stony eyes
we're again upon him and following ali
his movements WITH pitiless ferocity. II
became inexpressibly annoying, and the
captain at last determined to make an
end of it. Stepping up to the stranger,
he inquired, with suppressed passion;
''Can you fight as we'll as looki"
"Perhaps so. / never tried it. Place
me, howeve :, in position, and l will do
my best
The singular conduct of the stranger
had by this time attracted universal at
tention, and whispered conferences re-
garding his remarkable appearance agi-
tatcd little groups Of persons all over the
boat. In short time, however, the YES
sci rounded to at landing for wood.
and en- the parties to the imnromptu
duel went ashore. The stranger was
| led off by negro servant, who
seemingly picked his way. Indeed, from
| the intense interest he was manlfesting in
| the encounter, the colored servant was APP
| parently more deeply interested i'll the at
| fair than his master. But the time allot
ted for preliminaries was brief, and The
men we're speedily put in position, and
pistols placed in their hands.
The word as given, ana two ringing
reports flashed out on the air. Captain
West fell pierced to the heart. The stran
| ger stood erect, calm and dignitied His
second rushed up to him;
''Are you hurt, sirl
"No; how is it with my antagonist
Cant you see? You have killed him.
"No; / am unable to see.'
"You cant seer"
| ''No; am blind"
And he was. The tragedy was nine
days wonder, and all sorts of rumor'
were rife as to the identity of tie fata
stranger. But who ne was and whithe
he went was a mystery never solved. Th'
circumstances went to make up an Incl
dent in the dark and bloody memories
which made famour the olden tine.
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a very comfortable salary for an ex-second
lieutenant OF dragons. He viii not ar
rive at Sophia until the 18th INST The
NEW baked Prince as the Vienna pa
pers call him, has been busy in Berlin of
late devising new order of knighthood,
with which he will be prepared todeco-
rate his subjects as soon as he arrives
among them.
Tht late Baron Lionel de Rothschlld,
the head of the English house of Roths-
childs, was man most generous in Civ
ing. Enormous as his income was, it is
said that more than 1.-THE of it was APP
piled in charitable works. He never pro-
claimed his charities, however, and often
made 1t a condition of a e 1t that it should
not be published. Bound TO his seat as
he was by physical suffering, whic made
his manner varying and sometimes harsh,
so that the temper of Baron Rothschild
grew to be something watched like the
weather tor its influences on the Stock
Exchange, he found his relaxation in
giving, and his eyes gllstened hen he
heard that his aims or his influence had
been benefcially bestowed
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The Sand Blast.

Among the wonderful and useful in
ventions of the times is the common sand
blast Suppose you desire to letter a
piece of marble for grvestone; you
cover the stone with sheet at wax no
thicker than "a wafer, then cut IN the wax
the name, uatc etc, leaving the marble
exposed Now pass il under the blast,
and the wax oill not be injured at all,
but the sand will cut letters deep into the
stone.
Or if you desire raised letters, flower
or other emblem, cut the letters, flowers,
etc, in wax and stick them upon the
stone; then pass the stone under the blast,
and the saEd Will cut it away. Remove
the wax, and you have the raised letters.
Take piece of French plate glass, say
two feet by SIX. and cover it With fine
lace; pass il under the blast, and mot
thread of the lace will bt injured, but the
sand will cut deep into the glass whcrev-
er ii is not covered bv the lace. Fow re-
move the lace and you have every delicate
and beautiful figure upon the glass.
In this way leautlful figures of all
kinds arc. cut in glass, and at a small
expense. The wOrkmcn can hold their
hands under the blast without harm, even
when it IS rapidly cutting away the hard
est glass, IRON 81 stone, but they must
loo out tor finger nails for they will be
whitfield of right hastily.
II they put on steel thimblcs to pro-
tcct the nails il will do little good, for
the sand will soon white them away;
but if they wrap piece Of soft cotton
around them they are safe. You will at
once see the philosophy of itr The
sand whites away and destroys any hard
substance, even glass, but does not affect
substances that are soft and yielding like
wax. cotton Or fire lace, or even the hui
man hand P0 uaad 4 gus.
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THE ALBUM.

Ny photograph album Certainly,
You can look, if you wish, my dear;
To me it is just like graveyard,
Though go through ii once year.
Any new faces? No, indeed. No
stop collecting some years ago
And yet Jeanette look well at the book:
Ii is full of histories STANCE;
The faces are just an index, dear,
To stories OF pitiful change
Drama and poem and tragedy,
Which alone have the power to see.
Ali thought you would pause at that face
She was fair as a poets lay,
The sweetest rose of her English home,
Yet she persisted far, far away;
In the black massacre at Cawnpore
She suffered and died-we know no more.
And thaty All, yes, It's a noble head
Soul sits on the clear lofty brow;
She was my friend In the days gone by,
And she Is my enemy now
Mistake, and wrong, and sorrow-alas
One of life's tragedies-let it pass.
This faces He was my lover. Jeanette;
And perchance he remembers to-day
The passionate wrong that wrecked us both
When he sailed in his anger away.
Hcart-sick and hopeless through weary year,
At length | forgot him--despite these tears.
That handsome fellow He loved me too;
And he vowed he would die, my dear,
When told him "No"--'tis long ago:
tie married the very next year.
That one liked little, but he
Cared much for my gold, nothing for me.
Brides and hidegToonis together, dear,
And most of them parted to-day;
Some famous men that are quite forgot,
Some beauties faded and gray
Close the book, for IT'S just as / said
Full of pale ghosts from a life that's dead.
-Hdrper's Veeklg
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Queen Victoria's Privacy.

Is it not possible that a not unnatural
inclination ON the part Of the Queen to
guard against exhibitions of snobbery
may be carried too fari | am told that
when Her Majesty passed through Ports
mouth, the Other day, on her return from
the continent, the whole resources Of the
dock pard establishment were concentrat-
ed upon the enterprise Of preventing com
mon eyes from gazing even for a moment
upon Her Majesty. Orders carefully
written ont on a large foolscap reached
the dock-yard from the Admiralty, direct
ing that no person Other than the select
few officially engaged should, upon any
pretense whatever, be allowed even to
approach the rail ay jetty here the
Queen would disembark. The Admiral
Superintendent, improving upon these
instructions, issued directions to the Ras
teF-rigger to prevent any Of his men as
sembIing at the windows Of the rigging
loft. The keen eye ofthe Admiral-Super
intendent had also taken note of the al
yantsges supplied By the color.lott Of
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Reports of the cotton crop are exceed
ngly favorable
Quarantine has been established at Cairo
against Memphis Refugees may pass through
pat cannot stop in that city.
The Mayor Of Nieksburg has issued a
,roe.aa ti'u ordering strict quarantine
-a.u- Memphis. by land and water.
Mon lcr~, $40 in number, at the Read
a- 81. rawar- works, struck for higher
aa-.- a r., close of business. on Saturday
, A. SION. Dakota Territory, the Their
uea l ai 100 in the shade on Monday,
iu'g sad for .hr week previous ranged
om So So
The mmon council of Cincinnati, O.,
a,lu.ou SEED by the prevalence of yellow fever,
south, ha Sc just appropriated $4,000, to put
the city n Tie best possible sanitary condi-
ton
At Cleveland, O., on Sunday, July -,
one Of rhc mills of the Cleveland Paper com
pauy aa- destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000
fully nsared, including $1,000 in the St Paul
MINI, Marine Cause, spontaneous eombus-
tio,..
The Damascus COmmandeIy of ST.
Paul entered upon their camping ground at
White Bear Lake on SATURDAY night July IL
The camp will he occlFpied Il period of one
month. An arrangements have been made
fora very enjoyable time
The France newspaper declares that
the United States are in favor Of a treaty of
commerce with France, but not on the basis
OF free trade. In any case no treaty will be
made wit. the Uuited States until that now
under ncnotatjon with England is concluded
The negotiations between Russia and
ile Uuite3 States relative 10 the fisheries near
Alaska, resulted in an arrangement by which
vessels If the United States are allowed to fish
in Russ, az waters in return for the payment
af q money compensation.
The breaking ont of the yellow fever a
Memphis has produced great excitement in
southern cities, and quarantine regulations
are being established against the infected city
People arc stiu fleeing. 1t is estimated that
fun 5000 people len Memphis July 10Th, rail
road trains were crowded to suffice 1tion
Advice from Memphis, of July ~ say
the State hoard Of health this morning estab
lished inspectors Of trains and passengers.
Hereafter all persons and trains leaving
Memphis will be required to have certificates
from an inspecting officer. All trains arriving
and departing win transfer passengers bag
gage at point ave miles distant from the
city. Judge Rays condition Is unimproved, |
but faint hopes are entertained ofhis recovery.
His son also lies in critical condition No
new cases have been reported within two
days.
Ali the free delivery cities have been di-
gided into two classes, with a view TO classify |
ing letter carriers. First class IS Albany, Bal |
.inore, Boston, Brooklyn. Buffalo, Chicago,
Cincinnati Cleveland, Detroit. Indianapolis
Jersey City Louisville, Milwaukee, Newark,
New York New Orleans, Philadelphia, Pitts /
Dargh, Providence, Rochester, St Louis, San /
Francisco and Washington. Al the other
cities where the Gree delivery system Is in op-
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CASUALTIES

Miss Mamie Daniels was found drowned
in Lake Winona, Mimi, On Monday July 10
Accidental.
At Charleston, S. c., on Saturday, July
Il, ten whites and five colored persons died
from sunstroke,
The Atlantic & Greatwestern railway
freight depot, and other buildings at Cleye-
land, O., were burned July s
Nearly a whole square in Houston,
Texas, was destroyed by fire July o, caused by
the explosion Of lamp. Loss $4,000
Two men were severely injured at
Durhamville, \. &, by the premature dis
charge Of canon, their condition is critical.
At Youngstown. Ohio, July nth, the
stock house of the Nimrod furnace fell Loss
about S6O,OO0. Five men were iniured-none
fatally
On the evening of July 10th at Califor-
alta, -,..oo, cincinnati, durmga thunder
storm, two countrymen with teams took refuge
under bridge The bridge was struck by light
ming and both men and four horses were
XII" d.
II is understood there will be general
election for members of the Prussian diet in
October next when Bismarck intends to APP
peal 10 the country on the great questions OF
| financial reform and on the purchase of pri-
yate railways by the state.
\ FIRE broke out on the 10th inst, sup
posed from Spontaneous combustion, in the
third story Of Potter Il Bass furniture store
| corner of Sixth and Jackson streets, st Paul
Mimi. The fire was confined by the fire de
partment t. the third story, but good deal OF
damage was done by water to the rooms be
low. Loss Of az parties some $4,000 mostly
| insured
A terrible hail storm and hurricane
| passed over Wells River, VT, July IA, lasting
fifteen minutes, followed by thunder storm
Hail stones were two inches in diameter A
| third Of the glass in the place was broken
| large trees torrl up, fences destroyed, houses
unroofed and barns blown over. 1t was the
most severe storm ever known there The
people were much alarmrd.
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reserves her frowns for the home freside2
Has she call to be life who comes
down to breakfast in abominable curl-pa
pers, soiled dressing-go and shoes
down at the heel2 Has she a call to be a
wife whose husbands love weighs naught
in the balance with her next door neigh
hor's damask curtains or velvet carpetl
Has she call to be wife who would
ia advantage of a moment of conlugal
weakness to extort money or exact a
promise! Has she call to be a wife
who takes a journey for pleasure, leaving
her husband to toll in a close office and
have an eye when at home to the servants
and children2 Has she & call to be wife
to whom good husbands society is not
the greatest Of earthly blessings, and a
house full of rosy children its best furnish
ing and prettiest adornment2
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TOO LITTLE.


Johnny and May and Dickey and Bell
We're going down to the Daisy Dell;
II know you're going, know very well;
Take me tooin said dear little Nell.
"Too much botherl" says lazy John.
MAY, "Who wants you tagging alongY
Too littlem said Bell "Coursem said Dick;
Hurry now, Nellie, and grow up quick.
Two sweet lips to quiyering fell;
TOO little for what?' said dear little Nell
TOO little.n cried mother, too little TO bear
Our portion in life,--a burden of care.
TOO little heart for trouble to weigh,
Too little for tears moment TO stay:
OF wrongs aud rebuffs too little to know;
From mothers own side too little to 20.
"Let Johnny and May and Dickie and Bell
Go frolckiRS down the Daisy DELL
But mother ana Nell and pussy cat-mew,
VIII have the mefrest picnic too.
The quivering broke in showers of smiles
When mother went on to tell OF pies,
OF strawberry cakes and candies, too,
With bread and milk for pussy -cat-mew.
The four round faces visbly fell,-
Looked sober enough at mother and Nell;
She nestled and said. I'D much rather stay
amt 100 little for you, anyway
- Yo,th's CoDlpaniOfa
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The l,ennermin. crnn.

St. Joseph county, Mich. produces
nine -tenths Of all the peppermint oil in
the country. Any land good for corn,
rich enough to GIVE good crops, d suited
to peppermint. Fer the planting small
pieces Of roots are used; they are dropped
in the rows at ~ table distances and COW
cred usually by pressing a little earth
over EN- with the foot The cultivation
is confined to the first year In the
second year the plants run toget er and
the best crop II had The iti- year the
crop is reduced and after thai the field is
plowcd, en- II can be used for corn, for
although the peppermint exhausts fertiE-
tv to some extent there is still enough 70
support corn and give fair crop The
roots are raktol ont when the ground is
plowed, aud used for setting. every Joint
sendlng out spear, much the same as is
done by quack peass. A full yie.d Of oil
runs up 10 or pounds 20 tie re, the
way from H. pounds. There as usually
about So IA pound The cost "a be dis
filling apparatus is from 1925 10 5000.
There is one peculiar feature % tie crop,
OF Of wor ing it up THE peppermint
must be cut in dry weather af q 10 more
can be cut at time than may DC worked
up in the next twenty-four hours, the dis
tillery running day and night. If the
plants are cut when wet very little oil
can be expectcd.
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her in view Of the King His Majesty
removed his feathered hat and made her
low bow, and as etiquette required
that person saluted by the king should
be bowed to by the whole court, the poor
girl, as she stood trembling and ashamed,
received enough homage to make her
well-nigh mad. First the Prince and
Princesses, the Secretaries of the State,
the Dukes and Peers, the Knights of his
Majesty orders, the Bishops, Chaplains
and Jesse nobility, all had to ma a
profound obeisance, while the ladies
stopped and curtsied to the earth final
IL the Kings guards had to crrry arms,
and hole tribe of lacqueys, Bearing
lap-dogs, cloaks, fans and smelling bot
ties, had to do their duty in the same
fashion TO their colleague the blushing
girl with the broom and pail
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NEWS SUMMARY.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS

JUG 8, Miss Bette Kldwell, aged II,
Of Franklin Wells, Fleming county, KY, killed
herself with poison, Disappointed love the
cause,
Barclay J. Smith, ex-treasurer OF the
Philadelphia, Newtown & New York railroad
company; ex-president Of the Newtown In
surance company, q fugitive from justice, was
arrested the other day, at Helena, Montana,
on charge Of embezzlement and passed
through ST. Paul in custody on the Northern
Pacific railroad. 0oundfor Newtown, Bucks
county, Pa, the scene Of his swindling ex-
plots.
VIM. Teets, a weIl-known, respectable
farmer living ten miles southwest Of Musca-
tine, Ia was murdered July s in the hay field
with club in the hands Of VIM Pickering.
The cause Of the dastardly act seems TO have
been family troubles. The murdered man,
Teets was a sonin-law Of Mrs. Dickerson, a
widow who employed Pickering as a farm
hand on her estate and between whom i'm
proper intimacy has been charged, an imme-
diale marriage being expected.
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permitting an undisturbed view of the
top of the railway carriage in which the
Queen would ride. Strict orders were
accordingly issued to prevent the women
in the color-loft from assembling at this
hinhly favored point Of view. That
nothing might be wanting 70 the COM
pleteness Of the arrangements. similar
precautions were taken in respect of the
storehouse near The Jetty and Of the offices
ahutting thereon, storm signal having
been sent round in the mon ing, solemnly
warning all men from approaching the
windows. This paragraph, feel it neces-
sary TO state, Il not joke. 1t is a simple
statement of fact