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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-22
NEw ORLEANS, November 2l-Futures opened
at II rs for January and closed steady ut II 76


Tho receipts to-day were about an average
OF the last four weeks. Corn Is not coming
in MS freely as expected, still il Is fully M
up to the demand. There is in enquiry for
corn and oats for western CONSUMPTION, but
II should be borno In mind that there is a
large surplus in the city left over from last
year that is being pushed forward in the mar
ket and Keeps down the prices and curtails
the demand. Nearly ali the corn now of.
tered on the streets Is mixed aud offered as
last years crop. II is almost impossible 10
purchase unmixed old corn. OF course this
will tend TO reduce quotations and lessen
the market price. Oats are offered freely
but the requirements are only for home
consumption. Prices are well maintained.
without any indications of an advance.
The foreign trade of the country is falling
off largely. During the ten months ending
October, 1880, the aggregate exports Of bar.
ley, corn, corn meal oats, rye, wheat. and
flour amounted to S235l1I, sif. During the
ten months just passed the exports were
only slO2, Up ,S52. Nearly all the falling oil
occurred In September and October, and Il
was no doubt largely due 10 reports Of short
crops. fiffi fTDIt -
Great as has been our development. In the
means Of transportation, II Ia not as rapid
rs the development Of our grain trade. Our
expectations OF broadstuiis In 1880 were slS. +.
'wo,WO, In 1890 s2i 900 900, In 1870 72,0o0 900
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-22
Browns Vegetable Compound
Cures Bihousness and Sick headache.

Live merchants sell the Hunstable boot
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-22

Butter and Eggs.
EGGs Market well supplied l5alSc perdozen.
BuT-ER-Northern, 25l27, Texas GOOSE.
Poultry and Game.
CHIcKESs-We quote at 81 25td2 rs per dozen.
turkeys 50@75c; prairie chickens, 81 per dozen;
quail 81 25 per dozen; wild turkeys, 81 20al 25
rabbits, 75c per dozen; squirrels. zoe per dozen
ducks, large, S. small, s. %; venison, 6@6hc.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20

MOMIE Cloths and other Dress Goods in va
f. MORTIMER.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA DECEMBER 90 1881

lus, heard a yell, and glanclng around,
saw my rival and horse so down in
most promiscuous manner. My steed of
the desert kept straight on. We had a
ride of eight miles before us; and felt
satisfied that In that distance at the rate
we were travelling, Muley would have a
good deal of demon taken out of him. /
became aware of another fact, and that
was that my best pants were giving way.
About FIVE miles out we struck wa
ter melon patch and went straight
through. / could hear the melons burst
ing under me like bombs, and when we
emerged from the farther side specimens
of this fruit was strung on the mules
leg like beads.
A mile beyond this / saw our excel
lent minister of the gospel vending his
solemn way across the prairies with q
wagon full of infant Jacobs, and l saw
that unless he whipped his horse into
most extraordinary run, he would be
into him almost instanter. / pulled
hard on the near rein with one hand,
while steadied myself with the chain
with the other, but with no more effect
than if L had taken pull on Pixies
Peak. We struck the parsons family
about amidships, and went through. 1
never saw infant Christianity so scatter
ed as on that occasion.
left the parson gathering up his fam
lily, and continued until L struck the
doctors fence, and went flying into his
front door with the bull dog close at my
tattered rear. 1 knocked over the cradle
and upset the supper table. The doctor
came to my rescue with kick in the
ribs of his dog that sent him with q
howl and mouthful of pantaloons into
the yard. L then told the doctor in one
breath-all 1 had left-that Araminta's
little devil of q brother was dying of too
much watermelon patch, and wanted a
doctor with squills.
We returned in about the same style.
The doctor having younger horse than
my rival had been favored with, kept
the lead, his pill bags Tapping in the
air, while his coat tails made a straight
line behind.
If his horse tagged, the mule started
him up again with vigorous bite on
the rump that seemed to infuse new
vigor into that medicated animal. We
passed my rival sitting on the roadside
nursing his off leg as if it hurt him. He
never came back, acknowledging his
defeat in the most gentlemanly manner.
The doctor soon put Araminta's little
brother in perpendicular position, and
that night at the bedside of the little
sufferer, keeping well to the front, pro-
posed, was accepted, and the happy day
was fixed. 1 rode into Araminta's af
fections on mule.
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clating the situation, seeing what fix
they were in, begged Pat to let up on
them, and fix the lock 80 they could
open the safe.
Pat complied with their request, but
still kept his hand on the safe door. 1t
was all ready to open, but wasn't yet
opened.
"Now, be reasonable in your charges
do, Mr.. Lyon" said the bank presi.
dent.
"Two hundred dollars, said Pat rub
bing his head and raising his spectacles
once more.
"Why, this is downright robbery"
cried the president.
might as we'll break into the safe as
open 1t at that rate," remarked the
cashier.
"All right" said Pat circussing with
the lock rapidly, before anybody could
prevent him, and then banging the safe
door to, leaving it for the third time
hermitically sealed.
BY this time the president had his
ludu up. 1Ic OEucItu dl OuJ vi bDb OI-
flee, and sent for rival locksmith. He
came quick enough, and worked and
fused long enough and hard enough,
but he didn't open the lock and he
couldn't open the safe. And it got to
be nearly ten o'clock and no money
available yet.
In despair third messenger was dis
patched after Pat Lyon, who came back
with lot of extra dignity.
"Open that safe at your own terms,
Mr.. Patrick Lyon" said the president.
Pat rubbed his head, put his spectaeles
way up on his forehead, and opened
the safe.
"Now your terms," said the presi-
dent.
"Three hundred dollars" said Pat.
The cashier protested, but the pres
ident paid the money. "Why, he will
ask for $4OO next time" remarked the
president to the cashier.
"Excuse me-" said Pat, with dignity
"but my terms next time will be five
hundred"
"You see," said the president to the
cashier, as he gave him the check.
And Pat rubbed his head and took hi
check without word. He was master
of the situation and he knew it.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
PATS TERMS.

DAT LYON, the great locksmith of
i his day, was often sent for by presi-
dents of banks and other great people,
and he rather liked the idea of keeping
the great people waiting. So one morn
ing Pat said he would come as soon as
he had done his breakfast, which hap
pened to be good deal later this par
ticular morning
Pretty soon came second messenger
for Pat from the president, and so Pat
started off with messenger No. 2. When
he reached the bank he found the presi-
dent and cashier and clerks all in fret
and fume. They couldn't open the
safe to get the money out for the business
of the day; something or other was the
matter with the lock. They were in q
deal of stew, and hailed Pat on his
arrival with delight, for now they could
open the lock.
Pat was bald. headed, and had habit
of rubbing his hands on his pate, thus
really rubbing the hair away. He wore
spectacles as a general thing, but when
he was particularly desirous of looking
at any thing, or was particularly excit-
ed ,he took his spectacles off his eyes and
fixed them over his forehead.
He now rubbed his hands over his
head a minute, put his spectacles over
his forehead, looked at the lock half
minute, or two, and the lock was fixed
oil MI, nd oof 10
open.
The president was delighted. So was
the cashier. They shook hands with
Pat, who received their salutations
with good deal of style.
"And now Mr.. Lyon,'' asked the
president, "what is your charge ?"
Pat put up his spectacles little high
er, just little, and said
zone hundred dollars.'
"What, One hundred dollars for less
than three minutes work, Mr.. Lyon
Why this is Outrageous said the presi-
dent.
sit is extortion," said the cashier.
"All right" said Pat Lyon, rubbing
his hand over his head, and then put
ting his spectacles little higher over
his forehead-just little. |You won't
give me my money! won't give you
my work. And I'll leave things as
found them" Here he took hold of
the lock, and clrcussing with it, got it
out of gear, as 1t was at first, and so left
the safe in precisely the same unopena-
BILE condition as he found it, Then he
started to go home.
But the president and cashier, appre-
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
Curious Remarks on the Bible.


The above is the heading of a very old
piece of manuscript recently found in an
old book in the possession of Mr.. Isaac
Hubley, No. $40 Middle street Lancaster.
Mr.. Hubley has had the book for num-
ber of years, but has no idea by whom
the document was written. 1t is as fol-
lows:
"The bible contains $3.50, ,489 letters;
81O,697 words 81 ,173 verses; 1889 chap
ters 66 books. The word s'and" occurs
46,227 times "Lord," 1854; 'reverendn
only once, and that in the 111th Psalm.
The 9th verse of the 18th chapter of Ezra
contains the alphabet. The 10th chapter
of the End book of Kings and the 37th.
chapter of Isaiah are alike. The first
man recorded as buried in coffin was
Joseph, 50th chapter of Genesis and 26th
verse. Nowhere but in the 1st chapter
of Timothy is the word grandmother
mentioned. Two particularly fine chap
ters to read you will find are the End of
Joel and the 26th of Acts. There is no
name or word of more than six syllables
in the Holy Bible.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
Hiah Priced Puppies.

Mr.. Louis Lorillard, of New York,
offers $500 for the conviction of the per-
son who stole his black French poodle
Flora, and he says: What is more,
will expend $4,000 to send the thief to
prison. am determined to put a stop
to this sort of thing. This is the second
dog that has been stolen from the stable
in a month, and a great many other
dogs in the private stables in this part of
the city have been taken. The practice
is nothing short of an outrage, and it is
quite evident that the only thing that
will stop it is to send one of the thieves
to prison. A dog, like horse, is hard
to set price upon. No matter how
valuable 1t may be to you, others may
not think it worth as much. But in
this instance shall have no difficulty
in proving a State prison offense. It
will be more than petit larceny, because
my coachman has sold more than 81 600
worth of her puppies.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20

vagabonds, aud there committed suicide.
Who he was has never been ascertalned.
but the relentless pertinhclty with. (which
he was hunted to death shows what n
grim duel IL is which the French police
wages against criminals. If this unfor-
tunate man had given himself out as an
Englishman and had himself conveyed
TO Dover, his trouble would have ceased
when he touched English soil, for the
British police would have had no right
to worry him or to ship him back to
France.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
TRACKED TO DEATH.

TF'A MAN in France be arrested or
i merely suspected, he must say who he
is. Concealment is useless, for the police
will not release the man until they have
exhausted all means of ascertaining the
truth. He may give false name or say
that he is a foreigner, but the authorities
of the place where he processes to have
been born will be written to, and if the
information he has given be found incor-
rect he will be liable to six months
imprisonment for being vagabond; nor
will his troubles end there, for the police
will take it for granted he is only con-
cealing his identity because he has COM
mitted some great crime, and he will be
placed under police surveillance until his
life becomes 80 burdensome that he will
tell the truth to get little peace. French
criminals of the lower classes scarcely
ever try to conceal their identity. In the
course of fifty years the prefecture have
had many cases of Englishmen and
Americans who gave false names and
whose identity could never be discovered
because the English and American police
could afford no assistance in the matter,
but they can only quote one case of
Frenchman, who obstinately resisted all
endeavors to ascertain what his name
was. The wretched man had been ar
rested for petty thief, and stated that he
was an italian. This proved to be false;
at least 1t was discovered that no person
bearing his name had been born in the
commune which he described as his birth
place. He was kept in prison fifteen
months and questioned eighty times by
a judge instruction, but to no purpose,
SO that he was at last tried for being
thief and vagabond, and sentenced to
years imprisonment. On his release he
was treated as foreigner-that is he was
expelled the country by order of the
prefect of police, and being conveyed to
the frontier between two gendarmes he
was given up to the italian authorities
as suspected criminal. The italian po-
lice system being like the French. the
vagabond was taken to Jail and asked to
give an account of himself. AS he
persisted in telling palpable untruths
about his birth place he was kept for
several months in durance then sentenc-
ed to six months for vagabondage, and
on the expiration of his term he was
sent back to France. This time the
French police did not arrest him but they
watched him. The unhappy man seek
ing for work as stone mason soon found
employment; but gave to his master
name different to that under which he
had been sentenced. The police were
upon him at once. Having ascertained
that his new name was not his own they
got him sentenced again to years i'm
prisonment, pour usarpation de faur
aons," and upon his discharge they told
him plainly that he could expect no
peace until he made an avowal of his
identity. He was consigned to depot
de Mendicite" or depot of incorrigible
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
Trains Leave Harrisburg as Follow

Trains Leave Harrisburg as Follows:
For New York via Allentown, at sos a. M,
For New York via Philadelphia and Bound
Brook Route" $50 S05 a. IN, and AS p. m.
For Philadelphia, at $50, S.05, 9.5U a. H., LAS
For Reading, at $40, 6SO sos, $50 a. M, LAS,
For PottsviiIe. at $40, sos, 9.5Oa. M, LAS and
400 p; M, and via Schuylkill and Susquehanna
Branch at 2.40 p. m. For Auburn at 8 10 a. m.
For Allentown at $40, 8.05, $3.50 a. M, Las and
The sos a. M and LAS D. m. trains have
through cars for New York, via Allentown.
SUNDAYS:
For Allentown and Way Stations, at $40 am.
For Reading, Philadelphia, and Way Stations,
at $40 a. M, and LAS p. m.
Trains Leave for Harrisburg as Follows |:
Leave New York via Allentown, at s.45
a. m. LOO and $50 p. m.
Leave New York via Bound Brook Route" and
Philadelphia at LAS m, 130, 400, and $50 p. m.
arriving at Harrisburg, so 500, 9.2O p. M, and
Leave Philadelphia, at s45 a. M, 400 $50
Leave louisville, 500, s,lO a. m. and 4.4op. M.
Leave Pottsville via Schuylkil and Susquehanna
Branch, 8.l5 a. M, and 4.4Op. IN.
Leave Allentown, at 800, 900 a. m, 1910, 4.3O,
and sos m.
SUNDAYS:
Leave New York, via Allentown at 5.30p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 745 p. M.
Leave Reading, at 7.30 a. m. and 1925 p. m.
Leave Allentown. at 9.05 p m.
BALDWIN BRANCH.
Leave HARRISB URG for Paxton, Lochiel and
Steelton daily, except Sunday, at 525 $40, 935
a. M, and 200 p. m; daily, except Saturday and
Sunday. at 5.35 p. M. and on Saturday only, 4,45,
6.10 $50 p. m.
Returning leave STEELTON daily, except
Sunday at 610, 100, 1000 a. M, 2.20p. m; daily,
except Saturday and Sunday, 10 p. M, and on
saturday only $40, $50 9,50p. m.
J.E. WOOTTEN, Gen. Manager.
G.. HANCOCK, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
Robbed at Her Door.


Mrs. Jonathan James of 145 Taylor
street, Brooklyn, wife of the junior
member of the stationery firm OF Slote
q James, 140 Nassau street, New York,
returned from shopping in this city at
o p. M. yesterday. AS she stepped into
the area to enter her house at the base
ment door she was seized from behind
by two young men, one of whom cover
ed her mouth with his hand and held
her, while the other took from her ears
pair of diamond earrings worth $500.
Then both men ran away. Mrs. James
screamed for help and ran after them
She chased them nearly two blocks,
when they disappeared from her sight.
She returned home greatly exhausted.
The only description that she could
give of the men was that they were
about 10 years old, feet inches tall,
and dressed in dark clothes and Derby
hats.
After the case had been reported at
Police Headquarters, Mr.. James called
there and requested that nothing should
be made public about the alleged robbery
for day or two. He, however, did not
give the police reasons they considered
sufficient. Police Superintendent Camp
bell sent to the house later to ask why
secrecy was desired, but got no answer.
--NeaU York Sun.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
A Thoughtful Man.

A man in Kentucky, all alive and,
well, recently saw a statement of his
own death in newspaper. He did not
so much resent the general statement as
the inaccuracy of the details so he
wrote to the editor: ''Sr, notice few
errors in the obituary of myself which,
appeared in your paper on Wednesday
last. 1 was born in Greenup county, not
Caldwell, and my retirement from busi-
ness in 1860 was not owing to ill-health,
but to little trouble had in connection
with horse. The cause of my death
was not smallpox. Please make cor
rections for which 1 enclose fifty cents. ~
Thus showing he was thoughtful man..
RgrA very fast horse; ''Do you have
any fast horses in Germany? ?" asked.
Gus De Smith of an old Austin German.
who is known as "Truthful Fritz" on
account of his sincerity and hatred of
everything sensational. "Does We have
fast horses in Shermanyp ?" he replied
II should schoost schmile. Won day
Baron Won Kubswappel, goot friend
by me, dakes me out NIT his horse and
puggy. After we rides about an hour,
says: "What for you drive so much NIT
dis cemetery = He says: Dem vas mile
stones; but We goes so fast de mile stones
make IL look shoest like We vas in one
big graveyard And now you wants
to know II We have fast horses in Sher-
many.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
THE MANSION HOUSE,
New Bloomfield, Penn'a.,

GEO. f. ENSMINGER, Proprietor.
HAVING leased this property and furnished 1t
Ia a comfortable manner, ask share OF the
public patronage, and assure my friends who stop
with me that every exertion Will be MADE TO
render their stay pleasant.
as- careful hosUler always In attendance.
Aprill9, 1878. tt
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-20
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
November 9th, 1881.

ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-23

high station, as administered BY
him, has resulted In pain and jaun.
dice rather than citation. stranger
things have happened than that
Chester A. Arthur Should yet ad-
minister upon Gsraeld's political
effects, and take the administra.
tive helm between the present day
Of grace and the spring Of 1884. 1t
10 permitted to us to realize the fact
that, should Arthur take this ex.
allied ef1ics, he is a man who is %
true as steel to his friends. The
Republican party would then be in
the plight of being "knifed" by
the Blaine and Robertson eombi-
nation, instead of the Grant Conk.
wing OF the party. In
either case, Is respects that party,
1t is six of one and half a dozen of
the ether. Saved from the perils
Of Scylls, II will then rush head
long upon the crags of Chary bdis-
a regular Hobson's choice.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-23
QUITE q vein of speculation as tt

QUITE vein of speculation as to
6srfield's chances of living through
his term is running through the
press, Of late. 1t Is asserted that,
ever since the Conkling-Robertson
se1aireisssment, Garfield is ne long
Or the big, fat, jolly fellaw he used
to be when, Us q leading member of
the House of Representatives, he
was wont to GO into the recess be-
hind the Speakers chair, to smoke
. cigar and handy jokes with all
comers. While a great ado was
made about Gen. HaHeeek's avsir-
dupeis during the Presidential
campaign, 1t so happens that both
the late candidates, during that
eventual period. tipped the scales
1t the same weight of two hundred
and fsrty pounds. Since then care
has unquestienably laid its esrk-
INK hand upon Garfield. He lie
said to be willing under the anxi-
otiss and exigent demands of an
oxaltsd ofiice, which he has warped
t.. purposes Of treaehery and in.
gratitude. He has lost his old
nabit Of being glad he is alive; and
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-23
TIE City Council has done a

TIE City Council has done a
good thing In taking the pavement
matter under consideration and
acting upon it. It's action in linn
iting the area in which the odious
wood pavements may be laid down
IL in every respect judicious. 1t Is
. positive outrage that, in a town
Of the population and wealth of
Los Angeles, with such an unlim-
tied supply of brea within easy
reach, asphaltum pavements are
not the rule In our principal streets.
The probability is extreme that, if
brea were only to be had by send
Ing for it a distance of several
thousand miles, we should have
I've square feet of asphaltum side
walk for one we can reckon up
now. Wooden pavsments, with
nails protruding half inch OR 50,
are not only unsightly but danger
Gus. Let US all-municipal au-
thorities and people-go in for
clean and uniform streets and
pAvements.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-23

ELSEWHERE, in this mornings
HERALD, we publish q tabulated
statement of the exports. by rail
alone, of Los Angeles county pro-
ducts for the past year. 1t will be
observed that this official exhibit,
furnished by Auditor Smurr to the
French Consul at Los Angeles,
comprises ninety thousand tons of
products of all grades. We reduce
the figures to tons though, con.
formally to the California prece.
dent, the table gives pounds. These
ninety thousand tons OF matter,
which We Los Angeles Granger
alone furnished, would load nine
thousand cars, at the recognised
standard of ten tons to the car. On
the supposition that these cars
were all stretched out on the track
they would cover a distance OF
fifty-two miles. This is q phase of
Los Angeles commerce to which
our people may point with pride,
and it emphasizes the fact that the
Southern Pacific Railway has
been tremendous agency in
building up markets for our farm
ers. If to this exhibit were added
our exports from Wilmington har-
Dor the total would be an impress
slve enc. That harbor has this
year played very important part
in very large commerce, the de-
tails of which we hope to be able to
give at q later date. Los Angeles
is certainly going to the front as a
producer with momentum and
velocity which promise wonderful
results In the near future. Having
already done notably well, the
motto of our people is "excelsior."