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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21
A Sixty Yeas Sentence.
The Vermont Republicans for Grant.

BURLINGTON, Feb. IA fully attended
and harmonious Republican caucus tonight
made unanimous choice of an Edmunds-
Grant delegation to the State Convention.
The preferences of the delegation are for Ed
munds, providing there is chance for
his nomination. Otherwise they favor
Grant.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21
THE CRIME CALENDAR.
WHAT AN ILLINOIS BRUTE WAS HUNG 70

WHAT AN ILLINOIS BRUTE WAS HUNG FOR,
Pontiac, ILL.,, Feb l9,--This is the day
fixed by law for the execution of Hannes
De Boer, of Minonk. Miss Ella Martin, of
Miuonk, the victim of the brute, was return-
ing home from church and was intercepted
by DeBoer at a lonesome SPOT ON the Illinois
Central Railroad The fend siezed the poor
girl and attempted to crafty his base desires,
but was frustrated by the resistance and
screams of the young lady. Becoming en-
ragged with disappointment, he choked her
nearly to death, and then, dragging her in
to an adjacent corn-feld and drawing out
dull pocket-knife, he cut her throat from
ear to ear and disfgured her features with
the jagged-edged instrument. lie then went
home, leaving her there all night alone in
the agonies of approaching death, which
soon came to her relief
A Sixty Yeas Sentence.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. l9.-William Hartley,
for the murder of Maclin Wylie, near Mex.
leo, Missouri, January, 1879, was found
guilty ofmurder in the second negree by
the jury last night, and sentenced to sixty
years in the penitentiary.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21
Representative Carroll on the Regis
tration Bill.
Chickasaw Messenger.

NuIVkaSdW MtSSeHRtT.
We were very strongly impressed with the
views expressed by Mr.. Carroll, of0ktibbe-
ha, on the subject of the new Registration
law, The provision requiring freeman to
pay for the privilege of voting, no matter
how small the amount is an outrage, and
We sincerely hope that feature of the code
viii not be adopted.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21
MEMBERS.

The State Executive Committee of
the Democratic party of Alabama have
been called to meet on the Oath inst.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21
The first Strawberries in the Chicago
Market.

Strawberries of this years growth we're
received here this morning from New Or
leans, and sold readily at from 81 TO SIPS
per quart The consignment consisted Of
twenty quarts.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21
GENERAL SUMMARY.

First Choice Seymour, Al; Hancock, %
Bayard, le; TildeD, 10; Hendricks, .; Thur,
man, 8; Davis, /; Weaver, l; Chase, /; Grant, 8.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21

NoxUBEE CoUYTY-Among the outgo.
ing Sheriff. at the Auditors Office on yes
terday was the honest-hearted, correct, up
right G. NJ. Thomas Of Noxubee county,
who, for the last two years has gone in and
out, day and night watching with vigilant
eye the interests Of the State in collecting
the "root OF all evil" which she is entitled,
from the honest yeomanry of the noble old
County Of Noxubee. We exceedingly dis
liked to see him yacate position on which
he has reflected so much credit, yet we are
assured that his mantle falls on a man well
worthy to wear it,
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21

TAX CoLLEcToRs--Capt. w. II. Butler,
Tax Collector OF Lawrence; Judge ID. b.
Weathersby, of Simpson; Marshall Frank
Anderson, of Issnquena; Gen. J. ii. Gille-
land, of Attala, and others have showed
their smiling faces at the Auditors office
during the past week. q pluribw unum,
sine qua non. ReQutescat in pace.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21
JACKSON, February IA, 1880.

JACKSON, February IA, 1851
A meeting Of the Democratic-Conser
yative State Executive Committee will
be held at jackson, at II o'clock, A. NJ,
Tuesday, March 2nd. A full attend
anco is requested.
+. BARKsDALE,
Chairman.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-21
AUprToR1A1 ITEMS.

SHARKEY CoUSTY-MT. d. G. Casey.
the outgoing Sheriff and Tsx-Collector Of
sharkey county, was in town on last Thurs
day, and closed up his final settlement with
the Auditor Of Public Accounts for every
thing in full TO date Mr.. Casey has made
a most excellent Sherif-has been prompt
in his settlements with the Auditor, and re-
tires from bis Office with the esteem
and good will of the entire Auditors Office.
PAEoLA CoUETY-Wm. Martin, Esq,
who has been the efficient ax.CoIect0r Of
this county for the last two years, stepped
into the Captains Office" on yesterday and
gave a most satisfactory account Of his
stewardship. He was charged on his State
tax account alone (realty and personality
with the snug little sum Of $l2,3S9 63, all
Of which he collected and paid over except
the small amount ofsS366 81, turned over
to his successor, and which embraces State
deeds, State lands, insolvencies, etc. Pa.
nola county never had n better Tax-Collec-
tor, not even when the immortal Fletcher
sat at the receipt Of custom-than Nj
Martin, and we take much pleasure in be
slowing this small tribute to his worth.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
Disagreeable Pets.

A rattlesnake dealer near Holyoke, Mass. had fourteen live rattlesnakes OF hand at one time, and kept them in 8 large box in the room where he and his wife slept. One night, while he was away from home, the whole menagerie got loose, and the woman was awakened by feeling the frigtful animals crawling over her. She kept her presence of mind in remarkable manner. Instead of rushing for the first door and fleeing from the house, to be followed by the venomless but otherwise healthy snakes, as almost any mortal woman, or man either, would have done, she was more mindful of her husbands property, and determined to recapture it. Striking 8 light, she got possession of the big wood- en tongs which her husband used in his profession, and then for two hours she had circus all by herself, succeeding, before the curtain fell, in bagging every serpent of them. Since that night, the dealers wife has insisted on making the woodshed do service as a geological gar den.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
Dr. Unger's Cure for Drunkenness.

The claims of Dr. Unger for remedy for curing intemperance would seem to be justified, if we may rely upon as good authority as the Chicago Tribune for the evidence. MT. Joseph Medill, the editor, is said to be strong endorser of the new remedy, and from the editorial commentators of it in the columns of the Tribune we conclude the remedy has produced some benefit to the community already. It is claimed that the doctor has cured 28, ,000 persons of the worst form of intemperance with it, and that this is the first remedy ever discovered that kills the disease and the inclination to drink at one and the same time.
 Renedy.-Take one pound of best, fresh, quill red Peruvian bark, powder it, and soak it in one pint of diluted al cohol. Afterward strain and evaporate it down to half @ pint. Directions for its use Dose-a teaspoonful every three hours the first and second day, and oc- casionally moisten the tongue between the doses. It acts like quinine, and the patient can tell by headache if he ,s getting too much. The third day take as previous, but reduce the dose to one half teaspoonful. Afterward reduce the dose to fifteen drops, and then down to ten, and then down to five drops. To make cure, it takes from five to fifteen days, and in extreme cases thirty days. Seven days are about the average in which cure can be effected.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
Do Sharks HarbOr their Young 2

An interesting specimen of porbeagh shark was caught recently off Great Neck, l.. I. It was 0 female, and was sent to MT. E. G. Blackford, of New York city, who says: When I received her she had not been dead more than seven hours. From the immense size of her stomach I thought she mnst have swallowed barrel or two of moss bunk CTS, and to gratify my curiosity Iopened her. Imagine my suprise when instead of moss bunkers fonnd ten little sharks, evidently her offspring, and all just the same size-exactly two feet long. I should say they were about six months old, for young shark when matched from the egg measures about four inches. It has been a disputed question among fishermen for some time whether young sharks in time of danger do not seek safety in their mothers stomach. I think this case proves that they do, for the little ones were pefectly sound; there was no mark on them as if digestion had begun, and I have not doubt but that if the mother had not been captured, as soon as the excitement was over the ittls ones would have worked their way out into salt water again, and in due time been big enough to give some un- fortunate fisherman considerable trou- ble." The specimen measured six feet eleven inches in length, and was cap tured in school of moss bunkers or menhaden.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
A Mysterious Affair.

About two years ago the Paris Police Tribunal passed sentence of two years imprisonment for swindling, on an indi-
 vidual of Russian nationality named
 Count de Tschernadief. The man had,
 however, escaped from Paris, and so far the scentence has never been executed.
 A short time back traveller of rather distinguished appearance alighted at the Grand Hotel and took up his residence under the name of Count de Fischer nadief. He obtained access to certain clubs, where he related that he had just inherited a fortune of 40, 1000, 900 francs (91, ,600,0 ,000), and was about to give a grand fete to M. Gambetta, of whom he was himself fervent admirer. The ru- nor of this event soon spread in Parisian circles, and the reporter of journal called at the hotel to interview the stranger, who appeared pleased with the attention, and described at length his estate at Giarus, in Switzerland, where the fete was to be given. It contained. he said, an avenue three miles long. which was to be illuminated throughout, after banquet of 500 covers, and 5000 invitations were to be issued for the evening. For several days the same journal continued to laud the wealth and hospitality of Count de Tschernadief, and the news at last attracted the atten- tion of M. Mace, head of the detective service, who had not forgotten the ad- venturer of two years before, and still held warrant for his arrest. He waited on the count at his hotel, and after a short conversation acquired the convic- tion that the two noble foreigners were one and the same, and had him at once arrested. An investigation has been opened to discover the identity of this person, as it is presumed that the title under which he passed is an assumed name. The most mysterious feature of of the affair is that he really rents fine estate at Giarus, for which he pays 25,- GOO francs e1,O00) year, that he has carriages, hunters, &c., and is living at the rate of 100000 francs 98,OOO) a year, while two years ago, when con demned, he was in complete penury. The police will, of course, endeavor to discover the source of his rapidly-acI ! quired fortune.
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Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
Starving to Death.

John French, of Hagerstown, Md, professed to do zen years ago what Dr. Tanner is striving to do now. He ab- stained from food for forty days, drink ing water freely and smoking occasion ally. When he completed his fast he was reduced to skeleton. In spite of careful medical attention he died in ten days. He had become impressed with the idea that he had some special relig- ious task to perform which would only be accomplished after he had lasted forty days and nights. Every effort made dur ing that time to induce him to eat utterly failed, and those who were in close con- tact with him all the time say that not a mouthful of food passed his lips. Tempt ing fruit and other things were placed in his way, and in such manner as to leave the impression that their presence was unknown to all but himself, yet he re- trained from partaking of them in every instance.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
Only a Penny.

The following anecdote, says an Eng fish paper, illustrates how money, by changing hands, accomplishes so much : A singular financial transaction occurred lately in an office. By some means or other it happened that the office boy owed one of the clerks threepence, the clerk owed the cashier twopence, and the cashier owed the office boy twopence. One day last week the office boy, having a penny in his pocket, concluded to diminish his debt, and therefore handed it over to the clerk, who in turn paid half his debt by giving it to the cashier. The latter gave it back to the boy, say ing that he only owed him one penny. The office boy again passed the penny to the clerk, who passed it to the cashier, who passed it back to the boy, and the boy discharged his entire debt by hand ing it to the clerk, thereby squaring all accounts. Thus it may be seen how great is the benefit to be derived from a single penny.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
The Purchase of Louisiana.
HOW JEFFERSON SUCCEEDED IN SECURING
 N. THE TERRITORY.

The great success of Jefferson's ad- ministration was his peaceful triumph in adding to the United States Louisiana, the mouths of the Mississippi, and an immense region of country west of the Mississippi.
 The President was alarmed in 1902 to learn from Europe that Spain had ceded Louisiana to France; and soon came tidings that Napoleon was about to take possession of it with great fleet, three 1 thousand troops, and three thousand workmen, under Lieutenant General Victor.
 While MT. Jefferson was striving by negotiation to prevent this, the war broke out afresh between France and England, which ooliged Bonaparte to keep all his troops at home, and disposed him to listen to MT. Jefferson's overtures. In January, 1903, the President sent letter by express to his neighbor, James Monroe, in which he said: "I shall tomorrow nominate you to the Senate for an extraordinary mission to France. Pray work night and day to arrange your affairs for temporary ab- sence, perhaps for long one." In eight weeks from that time, MT. Monroe was travelling fast from Havre to Paris, authorized to give Bonaparte two millions of dollars for the city of New Orleans alone, and to pay the two millions on the spot if the bargain was concluded. When he arrived, he found Napoleon not only willing to sell New Orleans, but the whole province; and not only willing, but eager for he was in extreme want of money to carry out his scheme of invading England.
 "Do not" he said to his minister, just before MT. Monroe reached Paris, edo not even wait for MT. Monroe have an interview this very day with MT. Living ston Ghe American minister). But I require great deal of money. I want fifteen millions of francs, and for less than that sum will not treat"
 His Minister, according to the method of good bargainers, asked a hundred million, expecting, of course, to be beaten down. Poor MT. Livingston was aghast at the mere thought of such price.
 "It is in vain to ask it." said he cit is so greatly beyond our means"
 Fortunately, MT. Monroe, fresh from America, knowing the wishes of tue peo- pie and of the President, arrived few days after, and most gladly accepted Napoleon's final offer to sell the province for sixty million of francs, or fifteen mil lions of dollars. =.
 "This accession of territory" said Napoleon, strengthens forever the power of the United States and I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride."
 twas indeed one of the most fortunate events that could possibly have occurred; for, without the possession of the mouth of the Mississippi, the United States could never. have been a power of the first magnitude. So thought Franklin twenty years before, when he exclaimed to diplomatists at Paris ..s
 "Sell the mouth of the Mississippi ? You might as well ask me to sell my front door p
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
Fhe Lime-Kiln Club.
DEATHS HARVEST.

Another member of the Lime Kiln Club has joined the silent procession which is ever marching with noiseIess step upon the broad highway from earth to eternity. A communication from Wilmington, Del, signed by ajustice of the peace and three constables, gave the information that Asphaltum Sylvester, an honorary member of the club, had been found dead in field. As soon as the reading was finished Col. Pendulum Jones arose and began :-
 "Misser Chairman-De tear leaps un- bidden to my eye at de sad informashun dat annoder good man has passed from airth away. Brudder Sylvester was 8 man widout single fault. He was up-."
 "Brudder Jones will please sot down while I furnish leetle more informa- shun on dis subjeck," interrupted Brother Gardner. "Now, den, I knew de deceased fur many long y'ars. He was simply colored man, same as de rest of us. He wasn't any mo- truly good dan any odder pusson. Fact am, he was pow 'ful mean bout great many fngs, an none too good in any. He was foun' dead in field. Keep your eye on dat. He was foun' dead in field, an jes' behin' him was 8 bag O watermelons, an jes' in front O him wos spring gun. Dat's how he was foun' dead in a field ! Oats de truly good sort of man he wasl I agree dat no man should speak ill of de dead, but dis club am no puffin machine to kiver up dead mems rascali- ties. Sich kind O work is looked fur in Congress, an am taken fur what it's wuth. Let it be understood, now an foreber, dat any member of this club who gifts in front of 8 spring gun in melon patch, or drops down 1n front of smoke house doah, am not gwine to be eulo- gized heah as hero who lost his life while tryin' to tow burnin' steamboat ashore. As men lib so may men speak of dem. "-Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
Studying Chemistry.

When the kind-hearted Isaac Hopper,
 a member of the Society of Friends, met a boy with dirty face and dirty hands he would stop him and inquire if he ever studied Chemistry. The boy, with a wondering stare, would answer no.
 "Well, then," said Friend Hopper, "I will teach thee how to perform 8 curious chemical experiment. Go home, take a piece of soap, put it in water and rub it briskly upon thy hands and face. Thou hast no idea what beautiful froth it will make and how much winter thy skin will be. That's chemical experiment. :; I advise thee to go home and make it. ''
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
A Frenchman'S Children.

This almost incredible story is told of Rochefort's marriage. When in prison at Versailles, after the fall of la Con- mune, he wished to acknowledge" his children and give them that retroactive legitimacy which the French law allows to marriage. Their mother could not be found. A poor girl was dying of gallop- ing consumption in the town hospital. She was persuaded to allow Rochefort to be married to her and to "acknowl- edge" the children to be his and her offspring. She saw Rochefort for the first and last time during the ceremony. She died during the night.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
Germs of Disease in Water.

Professor Huxley, in recent discus sion of @ paper by Dr. Tidy on water for dietetic purposes, said that diseases caused by what people not wisely call germs are produced invariably by bodies of the nature of bacteria. These bodies could be cultivated through twenty or thirty generations, and then, when given under the requisite conditions, would in- variably cause their characteristic dis ease. Bacteria are plants, and we know under what conditions they can live and what they will do. They can be sown and will thrive in Pasteur's solution, just as cress or mustard in the soil; and
 If drop of this solution were placed in @ gallon of water, Professor Roscoe thinks it dou btful if there is any known method by which its constituents could be estimated. Every cubic inch of such water would contain 5O,OOO to 100, 900 bacteria, and one drop of it would be icapable of exciting a putrefactive fer mentation. The human body may be considered as such substance, and we may conceive of Q water containing such organisms which may be as pure as can be as regards chemical analysis, and yet be, as regards the human body, as dead- ly as prussia acid. This is terrible conclusion, but it is true; and, if the public are guided by percentages alone, they may often be led astray. The real value of determination of the quantity of organic impurity ln water is that by it shrewd notion can be obtained as to what has had access to that water. If it be proved that sewage has been mixed with it, there is a very great chance that the excreta of some diseased person may be there also. On the other hand, water may be chemically gross, and yet do harm to no one, the great danger being the disease germs.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
LET TT PASS.
Be not swift to take offense;

Be not swift to take offense;
 Let it pass s,sg Anger is foe to sense! .ssea#s #ss.s Let it pass esrBrood not darkly OCT wrong; t Which will disappear ere long; s. Rather sing this cheery song kts@A Let it pass
 Let it pass! r Strife corrodes the purest mind; Eezs .es Let it pass s As the unregarded wind,
 Let it pass Any vulgar souls that live 1Ss May condemn without reprieve; lis the noble who forgive.
 Let it pass 2i Let it pass!
 Echo not an angry word; Eg Let it pass -.-..
 Think how often you have erred. Let it pass r Since our joys must pass away , a Like the dewdrops on the spray, sass Wherefore should our sorrows stay? : Let it pass ,.-- Let it pass! s If for good you've taken i'll, .. Let it pass!
 Oh, be kind and gentle still!
 Let it pass
 Time at last makes all things straight
 Let us not resent, but wait, a.S3 . And our triumph shall be great; Let it pass! 't Let it pass
 Bid your anger to depart, s..sl..,s. Let it pass! x Lay these homely words to heart, -tz9 .S z "Let it passW t,., Follow not the giddy throng;
 Better to be wrongeu than wrong; Sta Therefore sing the cheery song sssssss.e<=--.s-L Let it pass l<-s--.-..----.-.--
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28

POULTRY. French poultry fanciers are now feeding fowls designed for the market with barley and steamed yellow carrots. This feed is remarkable for its rapid fattening qualities.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28

THERE is spasmodic newspaper published in the west which has got to be tri-weekly. It comes out one week and tries to come out the next.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-28
New England Cities.

The New England cities show large gains in population since 1870, as the following table indicates
, 1880-04-25


SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April M-In the
Oregon Convention, after a recess on Thurs
day, the Committee on Platform submitted q
report favoring a revision Of taxation; the
maintenance of the amendments to the Con
stitution Of the United States; appropria-
tlons by the General Government for the I'M
provement Of rivers and seaports and such
railway lines as will develop the resources of
the country; declaring against State-rights
and the recent action of the State Democratic
Convention in censuring the Supreme Court
of the United States; condemning
the attempts to overthrow the elect
I've franchise in a portion of the
States by either vote or fraud. and the at-
tempted notification Of the laws Of the Gem
eral Government by Congressional action in
the interest of the Democratic party: denre. q.
Gates the course of the Democrats who IN
dertake to- revive sectional animosity to sa-
cure asccndancy in the South. Adoptei.
resolution that Blaine is the first choice
OF the Oregon Republicans, and instructine
the delegates to use all honorable means f.
procufe ms nomination, was adopted amid
vote.
N. e. George was nominated for Congress.
For Judges of the Supreme Court. f. r
aldo. W. F. Lord, E. B. Watson: for Pres.
laential Electors, George B. Curry, E, T.. An
P1ege a9gg 1Ho f Htcie'i q u WILSON; for delegatea
,oS5 SAN Sdc dFE>A;Nc1sco, Cal, April PA Port
Conyention this morning elected the fol|nw1 inv
ing delegates to Chicago: n, ". Scntt r K
llama. ]. Ii. Mccall. D. n. ireland. q 5
rompkinson. '0' ~ +
Adjourned sine die.