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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.

WHEAT White, so bushels fair at Sl.OS; 604
bushels good at Tl.l0-tOtal, 354 tushels Red, 800
bushels choice ,ncasIer on private terms; BUSH
els very good Lancaster al Sl.l5; ga bushels very
good Lancaster at Al IA; Z7O bu,hels common
Sl.Q6; 90 bushels very good mixed at III OF; ITO
bushels common Fultz at 81 ~ bushels very good
Fuliz at 81 10; % bu.hes Nerv good FuitZ al
$l0S lG4 bushel, good FuliZ al 81 .05; 80 bushels
fair Futz Sl.04; "a bushels fair fultz at ) LOB
40 bushels common Fultz at 9Oc.-toiaI. l,296
bushels.
CORN White 90 bushels very good al 5Sc.
OATs.-6SO bu,hel, very gOod winter on private
terms; 60 bushels prime spriug at 45c-totai, 74O
bushels.
NEAL.-32 bushels common at Gle.
RYE.-l2 bushels on private terms.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23
MERCHANT TAILORING.

MERCHANT TAILORING.
Fig HTY-THIRD
sEMIANNUAL OPENING.
GRAND DISPLAY OF NoBBY STYLES.
+. q. SPENCE & SON,
MERCHANT TALoRs AND CLoTHiERs,
903 MAIN STREET,
grateful for past favors from generous public, re-
spectfuly ask an inspection OF their
NEW FALL STOCK,
ALL THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON.
OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT
isreplete nth
HANDSOME STYLES
FRENCH AND ENGLISH CoATlNGs AND
sUITINGS
orthe
BEST MAKES,
which will be
MADE TO ORDER IN THE BEST STYLE,
PRICES As LOW AS THE LOWEST.
Wv L nv VI" ''o'''' .
E.B. SPENCE & SON,
oo oos Main, ..s,
DAUIJA Rifle RLACK AND
BROWN CLOTHS,
IN GREAT VARIETY.
.roo "' = Merchant TaIlors.
| ---------
DLACK AND BLUE DIAGONALS.
ID LARGE ASSORTMENT.
FR SPENCE & SON.
au2o Merchant TalIors.
| ~---~- =, rrI,,,-DT cI-,TI%-CC
o
HANDSOME PATTERNS.
| E.B SPENCE & SON,
| aJoo 9O3 Main street.
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23
BY Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

Ne n IVNhs
NEW YoRK. September % T9en.-StOcks weak'
Money on call lM3 per cent. Fxchange-Long,
4sOX; short, 1885,. State bonds duh. Governments
quiet. r.,.
Erenfaq.-Money, 263 per cent. Exchange,
4SC& Governments Irregular; new 5's, lOZ$
a. uer cents, 10; per cents, 1O9A. states nom
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23
SUMMER RESORTS.

TnE HYGEIA HOTEL,
OLD POINT COMFORT, VA.
sIrcArED ONE HUNDRED YARDS PROM PonT
MONROE.
OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
Eauai to sny hotel In the United Statue a. . Sum-
mer Resort or cold-wcaiber sanitanum. For cir.
cuias describing hyGienic Advantages, ternIs, &c,
address ny mail OK Telegraph
apS0 " h, PHQEBUs, Proprietor.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23
slIas N. waite Uno.r arre.,.

THE pEFAuLTIsG PRESIDENT or the yiRsr
NATIONAL BANK OF BRATTLEBoRo', VT,
CAPTURED ~ oxABs.
CHICAGO, September 2l.--Sllas M. Waite,
the deiaulting president OF the First Ma.
tional Bank of Brattleboro', VT, was ar.
rested ut Omaha to-day and Is now en- route
TO the East In custody Of the detectives who
have been on his track continuously
since July lst. The defalcation was
discovered June 10th, when Presi-
dent Waite went 10 New York, and
failing to return TO BrattleLoro', the ac-
counts were examined and a deficit amount.
ing 10 $250,000 was found, chiefly caused
by his forgeries. When the deficit was first
suspected, little before this, Waite was
notified, and be asked n be could have a
week to make II M, which was granted.
The following morning he went to New
York, ostensibly on bank business, and the
next heard OF him was from Portland, where
he telegraphed bis family, "Sbal quit the
country" Even then the detectives were
close on bis track, for they telegraphed the
same day, June 10th, to Bratteboro',
"Think we are on the right track; proba-
bly, self-destruction."
The following are some OF The losses I;
Vermiiye & Co.. OF New York. $4,000; G.
j. Amidou, OF Hinsdale. $4,000; Taunton
Locomotive Works, $4,000; Frederick Bill
lings. 100000; Lyon d. Healy, Chicago,
$4,000; Connecticut River railroad, $780,
600. The Springfield and Boston banks
were also heavy losers.
Waite fed by way OF Duluth 10 Winni-
peg, Manitoba, and at one time the officers
were only thirteen miles behind him. and
knew they were on his track. From Win
pipeg be went to Wyoming, and, it is said,
was engaged in locating large cattle ranch
there, which he had already begun TO stock
with fine cattle. A few weeks ago the OFF,
GERS were hot on his trail a. Bismarck, and
followed him up until Sunday last, when he
was definitely located in Omaha, where he
was stopping at the house OF Truman
! Blackwell, his brotbef.in.law, a well-known
citizen. When discovered to-day he at.
tempted to commit suicide, but was foiled
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23

ENGLISH AND SCOTCH CHEVlOTS
OF ALL THE NEW PATTERNS.
f. b. SPENCE & SON,
au0o Merchant Tailor.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23

HILGER'S AND +. a. II. BLACK,
BLUE, AND DAHLIA BEAVERS.
f.. Ii. SPENCE & SON,
au29 Merchant Taors.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23

EANCY ENGLISH SUiTINGS.
NEW AND NoBBY DESIGNS.
L. Il. SPENCE SON,
au29 9O3 Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23
DLACK AND BLUE DIAGONALs.

LARGE ASSORTMENT.
+. b. SPENCE & SON,
au20 Merchant Tallors.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23

LOUISVILLE, September 22.-fIonI qaiet; exra
S1ii AZ ssaeOc. Corn quiet at 46c. Oais stead,
At see PORK steady at tib. Lard quiet at &c. bak.
meats steady and 10 fair demand shoulders
shoud.rs, 90 l2; rio. 1895; sides, % ~. Sugar
cured hams, l2e. whissey steady aiti.l2.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23

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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18
California Climate.

This is the style in which BENZ. F. Taylor
in his very readable book entitled Between
the Gates" writes up the climate of Califor-
mia: ''The weather is as varied in Califor-
MIA as the mind of a desultory man. Three
hundred heroes at Thermopylae withstood
hostile world. Excluding those that wear
wool, there are as many weathers on the
Pacific slope. When the King of Dahomey
and an Arctic bear can breakfast together in
the morning and each reach his own climate
before decent Puritan bedtime without leav-
the State, the man who fails to be suited
knows too little to be happy, and the bear
should be eaten by the "folty children who
alluded to the prophets capillary destitution.
All the zones come to California for rehearsal
and then 60 home to delight Hottentots and
Laplanders, elder ducks and cassowaries and
all the sons of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Nowhere in America are the seasons as
neighborly as in California. The
effect OF this loose state of society among the
seasons is delightfully."- apparent. You never
saw such ignorant roses in all your life. They
bud and blossom the year round, and never
stop to undress or take wink of sleep. Rip
ening fruit and baby blossoms show on the
same bush at once, as they do in we'll blest
human families. Cherry trees. 60 into the
ruby business in April and keep it up until
October. The hills are emerald in Winter.
Ireland would glory in them and the sham
rock grows as big as burdocks.'
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18
ST. GOTRRARD PIERCED.

The tunnel piercing Mont st. Gothsrd-
the greatest engineering work of the kind in
the world was finished few days ago. The
object of the tunnel is to connect the rail-
way system of Germany, Switzerland and
Its.y. and its construction was deemed neces-
sary in order to offset the commercial advan-
tages that were acquired by France in the
building Of the Mont Cenis tunnel, and Aus
tria with her road across the Semmering,
which are the connecting railroad links for
those two countries with the same por-
ton of Europe. The chief works of this
description on the globe are the two above
named and the Hoosac and Sutro tunnels in
the United States. The Mont st. Gothard
is the longest of all, it's length being more
than eight miles the sutro is the shortest,
being less than four miles. The Hoosac tun-
mel is Ats miles in length, and the Mont
Cenis about seven miles. All of these works
have been constructed in the interest of trade
and commerce, and with the Atlantic cable,
the Pacific railroads and the Suez canal, are
the great industrial monuments of the Gen.
tury. In such an enumeration should also
be included our great suspension bridges
spanning the Niagara river. the great struc-
ture connecting New York and Brooklyn.
and that arching the Mississippi at St. Louis
In stupendous works of practical utility,
more has been accomplished in the nine
teenth century than perhaps in all the Gen.
turies that have preceded it.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18
LIFE AND DEATH.

Death knows no accident, fate no caprice.
The score of life-of death-are each unknown;
thousand hearts may bleed thousand pulses cease,
And yet the worlds great heart goes beating on!
The world is for moment shocked, and then
Each life goes back to dreams that are its own;
One hears's deep, bleeding wounds may wake mo-
ment's pain.
And them for life, tits left to bleed alone!
Death knows no accident the shaft may tell
of lightning swift to reach shining mark,
One of ten thousand strokes that ring funeral knell
Ger vanished light, from shadows deep and dark!
The world may never gauge it's depths of loss
As, from its midst, prince of men is torn,
Though memories rom the past, llfes sorrows come
across,
To tell of fruits the future might have borne
What man hath probed the mystery of life,
Or solved the deeper mystery of death?
He only who on earth. amidst its bitter strife,
Breathed his hearts pity with his dying breath!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18

The old cathedral of st. Pauls, London,
was five times burned-thrice by lightning.
The new building, begun under Christopher
Wren in 1875, cost, we are Informed, exactly
seven hundred and forty.seven thousand nine
hundred and fifty-four pounds two shillings
and ninepence. The money was raised by
a tax on every chaldron of Goals brought in :
to the port of London, and this fact alone. it
has been said, gives it right to its smoke
blackened appearance. Relics of three diff
ferent ages were found when its foundations
were laid--Saxon coffins and tombs, British
graves, and all the evidences of the existence
of Roman cemetery. Great historic tombs
and monuments, including those of Lord
Nelson and the Duke of Wellington, are
amongst its chiefs objects of interest. st.
Pauls School was founded in 1914 by Dean
Colet; there Milton was educated from his
eleventh to his sixteenth year. In the her
aids College, near St. Paul's Church--yard,
were deposited the sword, dagger. and tur-
quoise ring of James ". of Scotland. who
was slain at Flodden. Before the great fire
of London, st. Paul's Church-yard was the
great headquarters of the booksellers. Now
Paternoster Row is sacred to the profession.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18

THURLow WEED in New York Tribune: ::
There are, in the judgment of large class
of Republicans. objections to third term
nomination. Usages, in the course of time.
come to possess the strength of ensctments.
England, for example, has no written con-
stitution; yet usage has given her form of
government as well defined and binding as it
could have been by fundamental law.
Washington. Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and
jackson, in retiring after serving two terms,
left examples worthy of imitation. If, there
fore. an exigency should exist demanding the
denomination of President Grant, that ext
gency will be manifested by spontaneous
movement-a movement which would insure
his election. His nomination under other
circumstances would be undesirable.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18

A Souvenir Of English Economic Esti.
mates 40 years ago.

The original manuscript of the article pub
lished below is in the hands Of an English
lady residing in Helena, handed down in the
family from the time of her great grand peo-
ple 1t was first published in The Champion,
London, May 7, 1741:
Economic Calculations, by correspondent, for the
use of clerks whose appointments do not exceed
e30 per
A man who is never sick, nor by any acci-
dent whatever has need of surgeon-who
pays not for Diet, Lodging, Goals and Can
dles,-who neither takes snuff, or scorches
Tobacco-Drinks.no wine, punch, Booz, Ale,
&c.-Buys no Fruit, confectionery ware, nor
Flowers-Studies to perfect himself in no
Sciense, as Drawing, Musick, &c.-never
goes to the play, Opera, Vauxhall, ,-Saddler's
Wells ,-Goodman's Fields, &C., nor to any
Diversion, public or private-Who gives no
walls, Christmas Boxes, or Charities purchases
no sort of book, nor pamphlet-never hires
Horse-Goes not to the Coffee House, but
about business and wholly refrains from
plays and the conversation Of women-sup-
posing him handsomely stocked beforehand,
he may make his sub't thus, viz:
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18
Helena, Montana, Thursday, March IS, 1880.
THE LONGEST PRAYER.

One of the longest prayers with which leg
isators have ever been lulled to sleep was Of
fered one morning in Richmond during the
session of the Virginia Legislature of 1860.
The CharI0ttsviHe Chronicle introduces the
reminiscence with the explanation that when
the presiding officer was absent, Mr.. South
all, dyspeptic member from Albemarle,
took his place. During one of these inter-
mediate periods the opening prayer was
omitted for several mornings Mr. Southall
said sharply it was not his duty to hunt up
preachers that it was the business of the
Sergeant-at- Arms. This officer was Nat
Thompson, of Hanover. He defened him.
self by alleging that the presiding officer al
ways attended to getting the parsons, but if
Mr. Southall thought that the Sergeant ought
to have a preacher on hand he would try to
get one. That evening he strolled down
Main street in search of parson who was an
old acquaintance The preacher was off
duty. He was of the Hard-shell persuasion.
The Sergeant told him of the need of a man
to lead in prayer at the convention the next
day. The minister hinted that his Sunday
suit was rather rusty. The Sergeant consent
ed to lend him the proper garment. The
next morning the two started for the Capitol.
The Sergeant remarked on the route that the
convention had been without any worship
for a week, and it was expected that the lost
devotion should be made up that morning.
Mr. Southall's gavel tapped the order exact
ly at II. AS soon as the parson had struck
the regular note, the Sergeant quickly slipped
from the hall, locked the doors and went out
to lunch. He spent an hour at the restaurant,
and, slowly returning to the Capitol and find
ing the Hard-shell in full swing, he went
down to another restaurant, dined with q
friend, sauntered back about Q o'clock and
still had quarter of an hour to sun himself
on the Capitol steps before the swelling tones
of the parson began to taper to the lower key
of the conclusion. He unbolted the doors as
the prayer ended. 1t had lasted three hours
and quarter. The convention was far from
devotional frame of mind when the regular
business began. Mr.. Soutball never insisted
upon the Sergeant-at-Arms furnishing an
other minister
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18
WHAT THE SUN MISSED.

Before the first ray of bushing day,
Who should come by but Kitty Chan,
With her cheek like the rose on bed of SHOWS,
And her bosom beneath like the sailing swan,
looked and looked, till my heart was gone
With the foot of the fawn she crossed the lawn,
Half confding and half in fear,
And her eyes of blue, they thrilled me through,
One blessed minute then like the deer
Away she darted and left me here
Oh, Sun! you are late at your golden gate,
For youye nothing to show beneath the sky
To compare to the lass who crossed the grass
of the shamrock field ere the dew was dry
And the glance that she gave me as she went Dy
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18

DoNNELLY, the CONSCIOUSNESS scallawag,
who is still trying to get into the House of
Representatives by contesting the seat of
Hon. W. D. Washburn, who was elected by
over 5000 majority, has most unsavory
record. From long list of Minnesota press
opinions. all of the same strain, we give the
following:
"a pig headed little trickster."
"a pestiferous little demagogue.
ga picturesque rag-money statesman"
IA dastardly thief and political vagabond."
"a ubiquitous political nuisance"
''Put stigma On the rascal thus exposed. :"
IA scheming. pestiferous political shyster."
"a man with q limitless expanse OF un-
scrupulous cheek"
"Ignatius Donnelly represents the princi-
pie of suction"
''The greatest political demagogue in the
Northwest"
In the way of tributes from the press we
have seen nothing more unanimous than this.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18
sHWRITE THEM LETTER TONIGHT.

Don't 90 to the theatre, concert or ball,
But stay In your room tonight;
Deny Yourself to the friends that call,
And good long letter write
Write to the sad old folks at home,
Who sit when the day is done
With folded hands and dOwncast eyes,
And think of the absent one.
Don't selfshly scribble, "Excuse my haste,
I've scarcely the time to write,'
Lest their broodng thoughts 60 wandering back
To many by-gone night
When they lost their needed sleep and rest
And every breath was prayer
That God would leave their delicate babe
To their tender love and care.
, Don't let them feel that you've no more ueed
Of their love counsel wise;
For the heart grows strong Y sensitive
When age has dimmed the eyes
II might be well to let them believe
You never forget them quite;
That you deem il pleasure when far away,
Long letters home to write.
Don't think that the young and giddy friends
Who make your pastme gay,
Have half the anxious thoughts for you
That the old folks have to-day.
The duty of writing do not put off;
Let sleep or pleasure wait,
Lest the letter for which they looked and longed
Be day or an hour too late.
For the sad cd folks at home,
With locks fast turning white,
Are longing to hear from the absent one
Write them letter tonight.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18
A BLUsHING MAIDEN's LEAP YEAR

Pray, gentle being, give me heed
As kneeling humbly by thy side,
With lacerate heart plead,
That may be thy blushing bride.
Ilong-I wildly long ts press
Thee to my heart-I know 'tis rash!
pine to print fond caress
Upon thy meek and mild mustache.
Why. tell me why thine eyelids drop;
Why turn away 80 petishly;
Say, why with fierce tumultuous flop
Thy bosom heaves coquettishly
know that thou art young and fair
As tiny buds in early spring
But thou shall be my constant care,
Thou frail and fragile little thing!
I'll sew thy shirts and darn thy hoee,
Thy victuals cook, thy fires will light
III grease thy gracious Grecian nose
Each snowy, croupy- wintry night.
So, SURELY, thou'lt not tell me nay
And bid me dying quit thy side
Brace up, pull down thy vest and say
That may be thy blushing bride.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18

Over a lily bud fresh and fair,
Two brows in silence bent,
The raven with the golden hair,
In pleased ENHANCEMENT.
On poets page II then was prest
A never open flower,
Faded and dried, its once white crest
Embalmed bygone hour.
The secret of its golden heart
From human eyes 1t screened,
With mystic, untransmitted art,
Time only intervened.
The secret of two human loves
II made no VOW to keep.
A dead thing never speaks, or roves.
Did lillies ever weep?
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18
An Old Maids Consolation.
[The Parlsian.1

The writer rallied young lady friend
some time ago and chaffed her upon being
an "old maid" She replied: II am past
thirty. l have good home. l think you
know have had abundant opportunities to
marry. I have been bridesmaid score of
times. l ask myself with which one of the
beautiful girls that have seen take the mar
riage vow would l exchange to-day Not
one. Some are living apart from their hus-
bands some are divorced: some are the
wives of drunken men some are hanging
on the ragged edge of society, endeavoring
to keep up appearances some are toiling to
support and educate their children, and these
are the least miserable; some tread the mar
row line beyond the boundary of which lies
the mysterious land, and some have gone out
into its darkness and unknown horrors, and
some are dead. A few there are who are
loved and honored wives. mothers with hap
py homes, but, alas, only a very few!"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-18
No. IS

day incidentally learned there was vacant
lieutenant colonelcy, and without the slightest
hesitation urged his man for it.
He carried his point, and the ex-officer was
made lieutenant-colonel. An attempt to de-
feat his confirmation was made, but Wade
defeated it and had him triumpbantly con-
firmed
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-27
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.
Fr9hateaadc commIssioners' 'N oiiees q -0leaeL-

COFFEE CULTURE IN THE UNITED
STATES LeDuc has con-
WINGED himself that coffee can be raised in
Florida. A letter has been published in
the NelC FORK Evangelist, written from
Savasota. Florida, by NJ. c. E. Abel, in
which be SAYS he has watched the growth
of the coffee tree with much interest.
He had sent to Commissioner LeDuc
several blossoms. and had exhibited bran
ches broken from the trees heavily laden
with coffee beans. This successful effort
was made by lady, and Mr. Abel says
her coffee trees now bear a crop of matur-
ing fruit. and are literally loaded with
blossoms and the young fruit of another
crop. The gentleman adds the remark,
which will not be disputed, that there
are many plac on this colst where the
same pluck, energy and industry exhibited
by this lady will not only make coffee
raising a success, but many others of the
delicious semi-tropical fruits There
is no reason why coffae should not Hour
ish in Florida and in portious of Texas as
well as in Arabia. the West Indies and
some of the Pacific islands where the
conditions are more favorable for growth
than in some places in this country. 1t
thrives wherever frost does not blight and
where the soil is not extremely retentive
of rain In Amozonian regions, where
the soil and climate are not dissimilar to
those OF Florida and portions of Texas.
with moderate care coffee plantation
will yield two crops annually. In fact,
the best coffee of commerce, that grown
in Arabia, is raised from soil bearing a
close resemblance to much of that of the
peninsula of Florida. The experience of
the enterprisng Floridian lady shows a
result equal TO any attained in Arabia in
the Mocha plantations, she having less
than two years. succeeded in securing
blooming trees from the seed. With this
experience there is but little doubt that,
with the exercise of characteristic Ameri-
can energy in experimental enterprise
the coffee plant in the near future may be
seen in certain regions of this country, as
, n the province of Para, growing in al
most every road side thicket or waste
Gdlueston Net0s.