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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-05
The English Budget.

LONDON, April In the House Mr..
Gladstone rose to make the budget state.
ment and was loudly cb,ered. He said the
gross revenue for the past financial wear
was ES4,04l 900. which showed the consid-
cradle increase of El,34l 900 over The estl.
mate, but million OF lhis did not arise
from the incidence OF taxation. The total
increase from taxation was E37S, 900.
lie said the expenditures last year
were ESQ, l0S,000, which was f714,000
less than the estimate. The surplus
OF revenue over the expenditure was
G933, 900. The time had now arrived,
he sud. for proposing the conversion of
short annuities into longer annuities, with
the view 10 a reduction Of the debt. lie
proposed TO pay of ESQ 900 600 in twenty
i've years. Mr.. Gladstone estimates the ex.
pendiiures for the year just commenced at
ES4 100000, anu the revenue at fSj, 800. 600.
which would leave surplus OF Ell ,2S5, 900.
lie proposes to take penny OIL
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-05
Terrific Elriiiluaisc.
TOWN NEARLY DEMOLISHED AND MANY PER.
SONS KILLED.


SONS KILLED.
CONsrANTIN0PLE. Apri! IA strong shock
OF earthquake at Chic, in the island OF that
name, yesterday destroyed many houses
and seriously damaged nearly all which
were left standing. Later details say that
many 81 the inhabitants were killed. and
that the remainder are cnclmped in the
fields. Many OF the neigbborng villages
were DESTROYED. During the panic which
enSucd the Eastern Telegraph COmpiny's
Office was plIaged. Shocks were also felt
in the Island OF Syria and at Smyrna, but
no damage Is reported.
THREE THOUSAND CASUAL TIES REPORTED.
ATHENS, April "A Government dis
patch has been received concerning the
earthquake at Chic which states that the ef-
feels were also felt at Tsesme. and that the
number OF persons who were Killed aud
injured is estimated at 5000. The shock
was felt at ClrOsto, EubO!a, and at TinOS.
At syria one house fell.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-05

DR.. Kidd in actually watching the patient
tonight. DIR. Kidd will sleep at Lord Bea
consfeid's residence In order to be reody IN
case OF emergency.
LONDON, April 4.-Tbc Times. In It's eve-
ming edition. says: eve are informed that
at noon the discomfort experienced by Lord
Beaconstield during The greater part Of the
night had been overcome, and that the na-
tIent Is no worse than he was yesterday
A bulletin timed IL Z. NJ. says Lord Bea.
eon>ield passed quiet day and was free
from spa,modc breathing. Tonight there
Is slight Increase OF fever
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-05
Rail Refused Herr Most.

LONDON, April An the BOw-Street Pc.
lice Court to-day the application to admit
Herr Most. the editor Of the Ereiheit, to
bail was strongly opposed. TIE magistrate
decided the case was too serious for bail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-08-04

where Hooking around. Oh, yes, there
he is, Mr.. -. pointing to Lawyer
-, who had not taken pant in the
play. And this is the man, am sure,
who argued against him. pointing to
Mr.. -. the district attorney.
And you, Judge -, sent him to
prison, for the poor boy told me that he
really did rob the bank. But he must
have been drunk, for they had all been
playing keards most all night, and
drinking. But oh, dearl
1t seems to me kinder as though if
he hadn't got to playing keards he
might have been alive yet. But when
/ used to tell him it was wrong, and
bad to play, he used to say, why,
mother, everybody plays now. |
never bet only for candy or cigars, or
something like that" And when We
heard that the young folks played
keards DOM at Mr. Culver's donation
party, and that Squire Ring was going
to get billiard table for his young
folks to play at home, | couldn't do
anything at all with him. We used to
think it was awful to do that way when
| was young but it just seems to me
as if everybody nowadays was going
wrong in something or other. But
may be it isn't right for me TO talk to
you, Judge, in this way, but it jist
seems TO me as if the sight of them
keards would kill me, Judge. | thought
if you only knew how bad / felt, you
wouldn't play on so and then to think
right here before all them young
folks I"
May be, Judge, you don't know how
young folks look up to such as YOU I;
and then | can't help thinking that
may be if them as ought to know better
than to do so, and them as are higher
larnt, and all that, wouldn't set such ex-
amples, my poor Tom would be alive
and caring for his poor old mother.
But now there amt any of our family
left but me and my poor grau'child,
my dead darter's little girl, and we are
going to stop with my brother in Hi
noy."
Tongue of man nor angel never
preached more eloquent serm on than
that gray, withered old lady, trembling
with old age and excitement, and fear
that she was doing wrong. l cannot
recall half she said, as she, poor, lone,
beggared widow, stood before those no.
BILE looking men and pleaded the cause
of the rising generation.
The look they bore as she poured
forth her sorrowful tale was indescriba-
BILE. To say that they looked like Grim
inals at the bar would be faint de-
scription. can imagine how they felt.
The old lady tottered to her seat, and
taking her little grandchild in her lap,
hid her face on her neck. The little
one stroked her gray hair with one
hand, and said Don't cry gran'ma
don't cry gran'ma." Eyes unused to
weeping were red for many mile on
that journey. And | can hardly be-
lieve that one who witnessed that scene
ever touched card again. 1t is just
to say that when the passengers came
to themselves they generously respond
ed to the judge, who, hat it hand, 81
lently passed through the little audi
ence.-ESchd1ge
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Prayerful Preparation.

The Sans Washington special says of
Guiteau:
He declares he studied over the prob
lem for weeks prayerfully and devout-
ly, and finally reached the conclusion
that he himself was the instrument of
Providence to remove the president.
He protests that he had neither conf
dants nor accomplices in the affair, and
that he borrowed money with which he
bought the pistol from gentleman on
the plea thatit was to pay for his board.
The name of this gentleman he gave
to Col. Corkhill. He is a republican
and respectable man, who could
have had no idea of the use to which
the loanwas to be put. The story
that ON theday of the shooting
he jumped into a hack and urged
the driver to 60 at full speed,
so that he would be in time to
catch the president, he denies. He
says he rose early and went down to
the depot in a street-car, and waited
calmly and patiently until the presi-
dent appeared. ~ shot to kill" he
said, "and not to wound or to cause the
president to suffer moments pain
more JildIl WAS n6CbSSdIy. L IHJCliuSu
to shoot as many times at him as was
necessary to make his death immediate
and certain. | knew him to be good
man, and, had no doubt that he would
go straight to Heaven"
He says that he had no personal re-
sentiment, and in explanation of his
feelings against a rebel, if | should
see one hauling down the American
flag l would shoot him dead" The
president, he said, was breaking down
the republican party. 1t was for the
good of the party that he should die,
and he had been willing to take the
responsibility of the act. He said he
once knew Dorsey, but has lost all re-
spect for him since the star route dis
closures. He denounces Brady and
he says he hopes when Arthur makes
up his cabinet he will retain Postmast-
er General james and Atty. Gen.
McVeagh. In regard to himself he
says he takes no concern. Hepretends
to think when Arthur shall be installed
in the presidents office he will be lost
sight of the quietly released. "Why
should they prosecute me?' he said.
This is sample of the style III which
he talks to those who visit him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-08-04
The Eau Claire Trouble.

EAU CLAIRE, July 23-The day has
been one of feverisn excitement in this
city. Governor Smith arrived here yes
terday and had a chance to see about
1000 of the strikers on parade. AT
the same time there were reliable re-
ports that the strikers had determined
to visit Chippewa Falls and stop the
Union Lumber company's extensive
mill, and half dozen smaller ones in
hat vicinity, to induce the hands to join
them, and make a break for Knapp,
Stout & Co.'S mills at Menominee and
compel the men to quit work there. In
short, they had determined to compel
all of the mills in the valley to shul
down. In view of this, and also that a
great many of the men were anxious
to keep at work, and could not because
of the interference of the strikers, 1t
was decided, after consultation with
many of the leading lumbermen, to
bring several companies of the National
Guard here at the earliest possible mo-
ment. The governor took immediate
steps to have two Madison, two James
vile, the WATERFOWL, Beloit and Maus-
ton companies sent here.
Iflls morning, Wlleil tue stIlkeIo
learned that the governor had ordered
out the national guard, there was much
indignation expressed by the leaders
and many of their dupes. Among the
strikers are many Who had army ex-
perience during the late war, and their
talk indicated that they could not be
frightened away, but when the COM
panies arrived here, the men well
armed and we'll drilled, commanded by
experienced officers, there was a sud
den change. 1t is expected now that
it will not be necessary to adopt harsh
measures, and it is likely that the men
who want to will resume work next
Monday, when most of the mills viii
start up.
Governor Smith has issued a procla-
nation calling upon all turbulent gath
erings to disperse. Three of the ring
leaders of the strikers have been ar
rested. There is great excitement III
the city, business being suspended.
Only one mill in the city Is run
ming. The others expect to start
up next Monday. They can get men on
the old terms but it is doubtful if many
of the strikers will go hack. A large
number have already gone elsewhere,
and more will go. The strikers hold
meetings daily and their speakers adj
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4 Touching Scene.

"a scene occurred recently in front
ola lunch-room md Broad street" says
the Providence J0uyndt, which caused
the tears to flow from the eyes Of many
Of the ladies who happened to be stand
ing by. A well-dressed, genteel-ap-
pearing man and tidv-looking little
girl about 10 years of age came up
Bennett street, and it was noticed that
the child was weeping while the father
was swearing at furious rate. 1t seems
that the child had taken the drunken
fathers pocket book for safe keeping,
as he was entering every drinking saloon
that he came to. He swore at her,
and said Mamie, give me that pocket
book The child replied, But father,
what will mother do for food for break
fas? You have taken every cent from
the house and remember, Oracle is i'll
and mother could not send for the
doctor, as she had no money. You
promised Gertie when she was dying
that you would not drink liquor again
at this point the father completely
broke down and wept like child, and
kissed his little Mamie, and said; Yes,
dear, | do remember, and / will go
home with you now He covered his
face with his hands and moaned, oh,
Oracle, Gracie Hark, Mamie, ! can
hear her sweet voice saying to me,
Papa, dear papa, you will always love
Mamie and stop drinking Yes, dear,
| will go home; GOMEZ When the
dialogue ended there was many stout
heart that could not hold back the tears
but said amen to that new resolve on
the part Of the father and praised the
courage of the child.
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GENERAL NOTES

THE St. Joseph fruit region of Michi-
gan will have neither peaches nor black
berries to ship this year. but the crop of
whortleberries will be immense.
The Vicksburg board of aldermen have
entered protest against the suspension
of the quarantine station below that city.
One HUNDRED counties in the region
adjacent to Kansas City report a largely
increased acreage in corn, but figure out a
smaller supply of hogs than last year.
THE Grand Trunk road opend ticket
war in Boston by advertising s. rate to
Chicago. and the Albany and tunnel lines
at once made similar cut.
CAPTAIN FAwCETF, of the steamer Brit
ish Empire, from Havana, was sent to the
yellew fever hospital at New York, as was
also Daniel Mcdonald, of the brig Swift
and Sure.
THE Northern Pacific will be opened to
the Fellows one for the passenger travel
on August /. On the same day the Denver
and Rio Grande will be in operation to
Durango.
THE negroes of Richmond, Va, are
deeply exercised over the midnight toll
ing of a bell of Rev John Jasper's church
notwithstanding watch has been kept up
Tor several nights.
The city engineer of Montreal has
found a woman who for sixteen months
has been engineer in boot-heel factory,
has perfect knowledge of her business,
and never had an accident.
CITIZENS residing in the vicinity of the
park used by the St. Louis sPortsmen's
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Army Worm.
Prof. W. A. Henry, in Madison Demoera

Prof. w. A. Henry, in Madison Democrat.
EDS. DEMOCRAT: Hearing itrumored
that the army worm had appeared in
the vicinity of Madison, a few miles to
the south, have attempted at ascer-
tain the facts in the case, and find no
cause for alarm on that score.
The statement, no doubt, started
from the appearance of worm" or
larva, which is injuring the sweet corn,
and may do harm, later, to the field
corn. This is the corn-worm, or Boil
worm, HeliOttis arnigera) which often
brings havoc to the corn and cotton
fields, in warmer regions than ours.
In the south it is called the Boil
worm when found in the bolls of the
cotton plant. 1t is one of the worst
enemies Of the cotton grower,
In attacking corn the larva enters the
ear at the silk end, feeding first upon
the silk, and later upon the milky
grains of corn. Sometimes It Injuries
only few grains at the tip end of the
cob; often the whole ear is rendered
worthless.
The sweet corn now offered for sale
here in Madison, shows how the cater
pillar works, far better than | can de-
scribe it.
Cornfields of southern Illinois, Ken
lucky and Kansas, have usually suffer
ed the most severely, and | can find no
record of much loss in latitude so
high as Wisconsin.
l have not yet found any evidence
that field corn is suffering from the at
tack nf this EfWOrm u
No remedies can be offered that are
of avail.
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A Roy CYclnne.

My son, Werner A. House, while on
the road from Atkinson last week, was
riding with a gentleman on horseback
about dusk Thursday evening, north
east of Emporia, when the great cy-
clone struck them. He drove ahead a
few rods when he saw the man whom
he had left but few moments before,
killed by the terrible monster. The
horse was knocked to the ground and
killed. He rode to house where
some men had gathered to get from the
storm, and while in the house the roof
was taken off, but none of the inmates
harmed. He then went to the barn for
protection, but that was blown one way
and another until he was forced to find
protection IN a gutter. He said the
storm gathered in the heavens and
looked like great dark cloud in the
shape of a funnel, with the smallest
portion at the base, and as the storm
increased, it grew larger at the base.
He said trees boards, etc., were flying
in the air. and he had all he could do
to keep out Of their way. He said that
what struck and split the man in two,
looked like fire.-GoLCfeT Gate.
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Chicago ssarxet.

CHICAGO, July %, - Flour Steady and
unchanged. Wheat-Unsettled and generally
lower; No. 2 red winter 1.l4@1.1S No. 2 Chi
cago spring, I.1S]S0 for seller cash; lis IA
l.1SA for seller July; l.19aI.194 for seller Au-
gust; l.l4&al.l4zs for seller September
1.14a114ss for seller October; Corn-Active
firm and higher; so for seller cash and July
49bo49h for seller August: 4SX GAG for seller
September; 1915 @49A for seller OCTOBER reject
ed Al. 0ats-Active, firm and higher; 40 q for
seller cash. As for seller July 30 for seller Au-
gust; fS7S for seller September; 291sa27A Jor sci
Ter October. Rye-Dull and lower; 80 asked.
Barley Easier; at 81 Pork-Easier; 1900 for
seller cash. 1900 asked for seller July, Au-
gust, September and October. Latd-Fairly
active and shade higher, 11.87H1l90 for seller
cash; ll.S0al 1929 for seller August; ll.70a
ll.721z for seller September; l1.42h a las for
seller October The "Drover's Journal re-
ports: Hogs - Receipts, G000 shipments
$500; prime less active. generally steady; fair
demand; mixed packing, 6,OOa6.6O; common to
medium light, 625a6.45; good bacon, 6.65a
$40; good to choice heavy 6 65a7.00. Cattle
Receipts, $500; shipments, 5000; weak; Slow
exports, 5.S5a6.l5 good to choice shipping,
5.6Oa5S9; common to medium, dull, l0c lower,
4.70a5.4O; native butchers slow, 2 40a4.25;
stockers and feeders, slow and steady. 2.75a
1925; canning Texans, active and Zoe higher;
cows, 275a 200 fair to good, 81 5a3 so; thorough
grasscrs, 3.l5a5.55. Sheep-Receipts, 800; ship
ments, 500; fairly active and firm; common to
medium, 3.OOa3.95i good to choice, 4.35a475.
The Journals Glasgow cable dispatch reports:
Cattle-Actiye ID Lal5c
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club have secured from the judge of the
circuit court an injunction against shoot
ing pigeons.
The tobacco market in. Cincinnati show
ed great animation and high prices. The
sales in one day recently were $50 hogs
heads. one of white burely bringing $50
per hundred pounds.
THIRTY mill hands at Saltwater. Mimi,
refused to go TO work, but made tour of
the lumber factories and secured few
recruits. For visiting Staples mill the
| second time, three of the ringleaders were
arrested.
NAN armed with gun was stopped at
the door Of the capitol at Albany. because
he declared himself to be the secretary of
state. Ii was thought he had designs up
on Governor Cornell, but the weapon
proved to be unloaded
NATHAN CLIFFORD, one of the justices
of the United States supreme court, died
at Cornish, Me, aged 49, He had twice
! been member of congress, was attorney
general in the cabinet of President Polk,
and subsequently minister to Mexico.
AN attache of the Chinese embassy was
interviewed at Cheyenne on the with
drawal of students from the American
schools. He stated that his government
would hereafter send its young men to
England France. or Germany, beyond the
reach of the progressive ideas taught in
the United States.
Ten thousand persons, including William
II. Vanderbilt, assembled at Philadelphia
to see Maud 5. 20 against her Pittsburgh
record. She made the first mile in PIP,
the second in 2:13f and the third in 2:124,
which is considered the greatest of turf
achievements.
DR.. GATLING, the inventor of the gun
bearing his name, has invented torpedo
for the destruction of torpedo boats, and
gave very satisfactory exhibition recent
ly. 1t will throw shell three miles,
which will pierce the iron skin of a tor
pedo boat easily.
Four armed men, believed to be the
James boys and their accomplices, went
into camp at the ferry LANDING near Lex
ington, Mo-, the other night, and were
driven ten miles by a party of United
States river employees. The squad are
thought TO be the Winston train robbers.
THE Secretary of State when at Deer
Park, said to friend who met him at the
depot For Heavens sake, don't call
me Blaine. Call me Jervis, or any name
you please, but don't call me Blaine. /
am nearly tormented to death by visitors,
letters ana kilograms, ana i came up here
to get rid of them, and have couple of
days rest"
A JOURNALIST of Peoria claims to have
discovered that the internal machines
shipped to Liverpool were manufactured
in that city and charged with dynamite
in New York. On the contrary maker
of burglar alarms in the latter city, an
nounces that he constructed the clock
work tor mysterious customer last win
ter.
VAST as has been the immigration from
Europe during the past year, the commits
sioners at Castle Garden report an increas-
ing demand for labor which they are ut
terly unable to supply. Agriculturists
are wanted for Florida. Louisiana, and
West Virginia ; smelters for the mining
towns, and graders for the railways with
which the new southwest is being grid
ironed.
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Spelling Reform.

At the biological convention in
Cleveland last week, Prof. F. A. March,
of Lafayette college, presented the re-
port of the spelling committee. The
committee recommended to drop final
silent from such words as genuine,
leave, etc.; to drop q from ca, as in
health, head, feather, breakfast; to
drop from ca, as in hearken; to drop
a from beauty; to drop o from jeop-
ardy, people, leopard; to drop from
yeoman; to restore old for in gov
ern, dozen, etc; to restore for in
women; to restore old u for on in
double, journey; to drop silent II in
such native English words as guard; to
drop lie when at end, as in demagogue.
catalogue; to restore ryme for rhyme,
time for thyme, and tung for tongue;
to simplify double consonants, as stiff
for stiff, pas for pass, eg for egg, ad for
add, battle for battle, traveller for trav-
eller; to drop silent b in debt, ddmb,
ETC.; to restore old 5 for when Il con-
sOnant precedes, as onse for once, pense
for pence; to restore k or C in words
unetymologically now written CHI, as
ache, anchor, stomach; to write for
ed as in looked, booked; drop silent ig,
as in foreign and sovereign; make
words in gil fonetic, if possible, by
dropping h, as ghost, aghast; spell
though tho, and through thru; or
change gh to f, enuf for enough. ruff
for rough, tut for tough; drop in
could; drop p in receipt; drop in
aisle and island; change to 2 in dis
tinctive words, so as to distinguish cloze
from close, abuze from abuse; drop c
in scent and scythe; drop in tch, as
in pitch, witch, ETC.: drop W in whole,
and change phi to f in all words. These
changes would greatly simplify the
spelling of the language without of
Tending the eye.
The report was approved. On mo-
ton of Prof. Whitney Prof Thomas r.
Lounsbury, of Yale, college, was added
to the committee on spelling reform,
and the committee was continued.
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Firm Rutter w;tbout leo

In families where the dairy is small,
a good plan to have butter cool ard
firm without ice, is by the process of
evaporation, as practiced III India and
other warm countries A cheap plan
is to get very large sized, porous,
earthen flowers pot, with a large saucer.
Half fill the saucer with water, set it in
a trivet or light stand-such as used for
holding hot irons will do; upon this set
your butter; over the whole invert the
fiower-pot letting the top rim of it rest
in and be covered by the water; then
close the hole in the bottom of the
fiower-pot with a cork; then dash water
over the fl wer-pot, and repeat the pro-
cess several times day, or whenever it
looks dry. If set in a cool place, or
where the wind can blow Ola it, it will
readily evaporate the water from the
pot, and the batter will be as firm and
cool as if fir m an ice-house.