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The Governments Loose Change.

Senator Sherman, before he was super
seded as Secretary of the Treasury, ar
ranged for the exchange for new money
of all minor coins except the copper and
nickle three cent and five cent pieces and
the one cent coin of copper, tin and zinc.
The minor coins thus superseded, &C.
cording to the Revised Statutes, are the
big copper cent, issued prior to 1857 ;
nickle copper cents-the thick, small,
light colored ones, bearing the figure of
an eagle where the Indians head. now is
which were issued between 1867 and
1864; the bronze two cent pieces that are
mistaken for quarter dollars in ones
pocket in the dark; the copper and
nickle three cent pieces of the old stan
dard weight, and the copper and nickel
FIVE cent pieces of the old weight.
The law declares that the minor coins
of the United States shall be FIVE cent
piece, three cent piece and one cent
piece. The alloy of the FIVE and three
cent pieces shall be OF copper and nickle,
to be composed of three .fourths copper
and one.fourth nickle. The alloy of the
one cent piece shall be 95 per centum Of
copper and 5 centum OF tin and zinc, in
such proportions as shall be determined
by the Director of the Mint. The weight
Of the piece of FIVE cents shall be rs 16-
100 grains troy; of the three cent pieces,
thirty grains, and of the one cent pieces,
forty-eight grains.
Old coins to be exchanged for new
must be sent to the Superintendent Of
the Mint in Philadelphia, in sums of not
less than 500, and the Superintendent
will return a transfer check 70 the Sub
treasurer in New York. Philadelphia,
Boston, New Orleans, of San Francisco,
IS the person may direct. The old coins
must, bgin. fair condition. The trans
fer .checksssill be cashed in the new
, coin.
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MARBLE YARD.
The WILLIAMSON Female College

DEPECTFULLY offers its services to those pa
n rents wto desire to secure for their daush-
ters the thorough and symmetrical cultivation Of
their physical, intellectual, and moral powers: It
Is conducted ON what is called the "0NE-STUDi"
PLAN, with q SEMI-ASSUAL COURSE Of Study:
and, By system of Tuitional Premiums, its Low
Rates are made still lower for ALL who average IS
per cent. No Public Exercises. No Receptions"
Graduation, which is always private, may occur
eight times year. For full information, write for
an illustrated Catalogue. Address Rev. S. Lam
DER, President, WiTf1amston, 8. c. I7-1y
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A RIDE ON A WILD BULL.
No Scene, In Spain Ever HALF 30 Exciting
tothe Spectators. 4

! - T-
A year or SO since there was "rodeo"
out OH Lost River, in Lake county.
Ranchmen had gathered for circuit of
seventy:fve miles to claim and brand
their young cattleyand when Gordon ot
men had surroundeda large band, among
which was Spanish bull, dispute arose
about "mallet head" or calf that had
escaped the spring branding. The dis
cussion grew warm, none Ut the stock
owners being able to set up valid claim
or establish an undoubted title. At last,
in spirit of bravado, a'rancher proposed
that whoever would ride the bull without
saddle or halter should be owner Of the
calf. There was q yell of approval, but
not a general stampede Of volunteers, for
taurus was in i'll humor and his, foaming
mouth and blood.shot eyes gave token
that whoever rode him would have ride
as wild as Mazeppa's and one that might
not end 80 we'll. At last a "yaquero"
named Fritz accepted the challenge and
the wild bull was Immediately lassoed
and held by lariat round horn and foot.
Dismopnting feom his horse the yaquero
fastened his long rowled spurs securely,
tied handkerchief round bis head, ap.
proached the infdfiated animal and
grasping the tail in his hands aprang
tightly on it, setting the spurs deeply in
Fits faaks as bio Settled .sectlrely sin his
seat. The lariats were slackened, the
bull gave roar of rage and terror and
flung his head to the ground, but the
rider had his back to the horns and q
firm grip on the tail and kept his seat.
Another roar that shook .the ground, q
Wild plunge, and'the nowsmaddened bull
slot out across the sage plain with light
ming speed, his plucky rider, twisting the
tail that to him was sheetranchof until
the bellowings were lost in the distance.
For over mile and half the race con=
tinued, amid the excited cheer of the
| vequero's comrades: Occasionally the
bull gaveCa desperate plunge
Through heavy clump of sage in
the, rain attempt to rid himself
of his tornientor, but the long rowels only
clung more firmly to his fanks. Some
times the animal and rider were hidden
by undulations in the ground, and bets
were even made that Fritz would be
thrown and gored; but at last the bull,
| exhausted from sheer fright, fell and the
plucky vaqnero, stepping Lightly of, re;
turned to claim his prize, which wos
unanimously awarded The occurrenee
bis related by, a prominent cattle man in
Lake County, who ventures the opinion
that no scene. in q Spanish .sbull ring
waas ever half 50 wild or exciting.
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Patents and Claims.

HAVING formed copartnership with
Ill ]. s. Duffle & Co., of Washington,
D. c., am prepared to prosecute promptly
all claims for Pensions, or increase of PEN
sions for Soldiers, or the widows and chill.
dren of soldiers who served in the war of
1912, the Indian wars the Mexican war, or
the late war. Also, Bounty, Back Pay,
Restoration to Pension Roll, Land War
rants, and all other claims against U. s.
Patents secured for Inventions, Discoveries,
Designs and Trade Marks. No fee charged
except for preliminary examination unless
q Patent is obtained.
A. NJ. DUFFIE, Anderson, S. G.
March II, 1881 36 1y
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General Lees Sword.
RICHMOND. Va, March

RICHMOND, VA, March 19.
The Dispatch, of this city, will publish
tomorrow the following correspondence
in reference to controversy as to the
authenticity Of the statement in Holmes
School History" th;.sS General Grant
declined Corrective General Lees sword"
at the surrender at Appomattox:
BUFFALO L1TH1A SPRINGS, Va,
March II, 1881.
Gen. u S.sGrant, Nsw York:
S1R-In a friendly discussionS between
several gentlemen Of Northern and
Southern proclivities as to the truth OF
history question arose whether General
Lee at the surrender actually rendered
and you received his sword. 1t was mu-
tually agreed that you should be written
to for a@decision. There is no idle
curiosity or desire for notoriety in regard
to this request, and a reply from you
would be;highly appreciated.
Very respectfully,
j. D. JEFFREss.
General Grant replied as follows on
the bottom1of the same sheet of paper:
General, ,Badeau's book, now in the
hands of&the printer, will give the exact
truth of The matter referred to in this
letter. There vas no demand made for
General Lees sword and no tender of it
offered. -. U. S. GRANT.
In reference to the above the following
conversation between Generals Lee, Ear
ly and others, reported in the Rev. Will
liam Jones' Book, entitled "Reminis'
cences of:Lee," may be of special interest,
and agrees with General Badeau's forth
coming account, and thus settles the dis
puted point:
General Lee said that, When he met
General. Grant they exchanged polite
salutations, and he stated to him at once
that he desired conference in reference
t6ihs sa@ject matter of their correspon'
dence. General Grant returned your
tsword- did he not, General p one of the
company asked. The old hero, straig ght'
ening himself up, replied in most en-
phat!c tones: 8 No, Sir, he did not. He
had no opportunity Of doing $50: / va;
determined that the side arms of.'officerE
should be exempt by the terms of sur
render, and of course l did not offel
lnihe. All that was, said about swordl
was that General Grant apologized to me
for not wearing his own. sword, saying
that it had gone off in his baggage ane
he had been unable to get it in time.
,l(General Leeestated4in4 his conversation
HthaF he .wss-aecompanied whenahe me
.4tGeneral eGfantaonly~by Colonel Charles
Marshal, of his personal staff, who wen
with one of General Grants staff to fine
a suitable room in which to hold The
conference that they were first shown t.
a vacant house, and declining to use tina
Ewere conducted by Major MCLEAN to hi
house and shown into his parlor. Let
1 then briefly stated the terms upon which
| he would be wiling to surrender. Gran
expressed himself as satisfied with them
and Lee requested that he would formally
reduce the proposition to writing, which
was DONE"
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- The use of corn for fuel is attract
ing much attention in localities in the
West where wood is scarce and coal is
not to be found. It is said to be superior
for stoves to anything but hard coal.
Two or three acres of corn would supply
an ordinary family with fuel for year.
Regarding the sentimental feeling against
burning food, il is aptly said that it is
better to use what it only takes one year
to produce than to destroy the growth Of
scores of years, as in the use Of timber.
- The fetal production of gold
throughout the world in 1880 amounted
to $l1SOO0,tO0 (s89,000,O0O of which
was produced in America; of silver
S94Oo0,O 900 (of which S76,0O0,OOO was
produced in America; total of both
S212,OOO,000. The largest production of
any one year was in 1853 of gold,
$236 900, 900; silver, S49000,000; total
of both, S2S5,OO0,000. Since that year
the annual product of gold has dimin-
ished one-half, and that of silver has
nearly doubled.
-Postmast General James does not
propose to spend any time in accepting
invitations to dinners in his honor until
he has got "the hang of the shop"
Eighty of the leading business men of
New York on the 9th inst rendered him
the compliment of dinner, but Mr..
James declined, saying: II must re-
member that I am still untried in my
new position. I cannot appropriate
compliments or rewards which 1 have
not yet earned. One who spoke with in
spired wisdom warns us: Let not him
that putteth on his harness boast as he
that putteth it off"
= The deata of Alexander III, after a
reign of twenty-six years and eleven
days, calls to mind the singular fact that
Russian Cars and -Czarinas, notwith-
standing the ever present danger of as
sassination, remain in power, as a rule,
longer than any other European rulers.
Ivan the Greas, the first ruler Of Russia
who assumed the title Of autocrat, as
cended the throne in. 1852, and Alex
ander III. is his twenty-fourth successor,
making the averageslength of reigns over
seventeen yean,. Peter the Great reigned
fer forty.three years, as cid Ivan the
Great, and Ivan the Terrible was actually
Car for all the Russias for over half
century. There are only three European
sovereigns who have been in power more
than twenty.six years-Victoria, of Eng.
land, who ascended the throne June 20
1887; Francis Joseph, who was pro-
claimed Emperor of Austria December
9, 1S48, and William III, King of the
Netherlands, who succeeded to the throne
March II, 1849.-CAicago Telegraph.
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-"I think we'll have an early spring."
remarked an Oil City woman as she no.
ticed her husband in the act of sitting
down on the business end of q carpet
tack.
Young Malony DeSmith, who ex:
terminates melody with fiddle, met old
Colonel Northcote yesterday and said to
him: "Colonel, you must be on hand to-
night at the DeSmith mansion. [ want
you to hear some really good music. 1
will give a few solos on the violin to
few invited guests, and afterwards, at 8
o'clock, we will have some refreshments
oysters, wine, cigars, you know" my
dear boy, l will be on hand just little
after 8. Rely on me"
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"WHAT MY LcvEu SAID"

BY the merest chance in the twilight gloom
In the orchard path he met me
In the tall, wet srasssw It. fa:nt perfume, PERU
oh tried. but he would not let me.
so I stood and blushcd till the grass grew red,
with my face bent down above It,
While he took my hand as he whispering ga sao-
How the clover lifted each pink, sweet heaa
To listen to all that my lover said
Oh! the clover In bloom-llove It
In the high, wet grass went the.path to hide.
And the low, wet leaves hung over,
But.I could not pass on either aae,
For found myself, when vainly tried,
In the arms of my steadfast lover.
And he held me there and he raised my neaa'
while he closed the path before me,
And he looked down into my eyes and said
How the leaves bent down from the. .bough' GER
oh the leaves hanging lowly Ger me-
Had he moved aside but little way
could surely then have passed him,
And he knew meyer could wish TO stay.
And would not have heard what ne nad 70 say u
Could I only aside have cast him.
It was almost dark, and the moments spec,
And the searching night wind found us;
But he dew me nearer and softly y said st,,.,a
: How the pure, sweet wind grew STU insteao'
: 10 listen to all that my lover said.
Oh! the whispering Wind aroana us'
That must be all unwilling;
For tried to 60, and would have passed,
AS the night..was come with Its deMs Ct last,
And the gky with its stars was allilg; a.. a.d q
But he clasped me close, when woaio hass neu ~
IA hia soui came out nom h.a lips andsaid-a.s
How the stars crept out when the white moon ied'
To listen to all that my lover said. ,--
.oh the oon.aud stars in glory.
know that the grass and thelsaves will notet
And I'm sure that the wind, precious foVer'
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New Advertisements.
YOUNC LADY!

Do you know the "Gypsies' Secret" how to secure
the constant true love Of your husband? Or, If
you are not married, do you know how to secure
and maintain the true love Of your admirer? Or,
II you have no such, do you know how to secure
the admiration of the one you desire? If you
want to know all this, send 81, and will send to
your address pamphlet published by me, giving
''My experience among the Gypsies." Mothers
should send for 1t for their daughters Invest that
dollar and make your future life happy one. If
you are dissatisfied with my pamphlet will refund
your money. Address HERMAN MELsTER, Pub
Usher Of 1.-THE Correspondent" Platteyille, Wis.
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A poor old rheumatic lady said to
her physician: ooh! doctor, doctor, /
suffer so much with my hands and feet r
"Be patient, dear madam" he soothingly
responded, "you'd suffer great deal
more without them"
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-01-10

/Chicf John NJ. Swellbellv steele.
Col David Shadbclly PAYNE and
Mai. Busthead Hutchinson and their
boom IL not a success. They gath
cred together in punches near the
State line and were confronted with
squads of United States soldiers at
evcrey point, and were thus prevent
ed from entering the Territory At
last accounts the boomers and the
troops were on each side of the line
making faces at each other.-Wal-
nut Valley Times.
Henry Douglass, of Sun City,
died very suddenly on last Friday
evening, December 24th, 1880, of
heart disease. \ little after dark Mr.
Douglass went out for the purpose
of saving an arinfUll of wood. and
from the indications after taking
hold of the saw had fallen over the
saw-buck and died without a strug-
Gle. Mr. Douglass was an elderly
gentleman and very universally
respected for his upright life and
christian department. In his death
Sun City loses one of her best citi-
zens--Cresset.
Cofleyville, Kan. has very peculiar
case of double suicide. Henrietta
Bailey, aged eighteen years, daugh-
ter OF j. &. Bailey, a prominent gen
teman OF that place, was to have
been married Christmas to Charles
Dilley, young man in the employ
of said Bailey. The wedding was
twice postponed, the second time
until four days after New years.
She committed suicide that after
noon by taking strychnine, and ON
the following day Dilley followed
her example. No cause is known
for these suicides, as they had never
had any trouble and the parents
made no objections.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-01-10
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

On the 18th ult., Taylor King, of
Jackson township, came to town TO
make some purchases. In buying
a stove at a second hand store next
door 10 .Iohnston's livery stable, he
dropped part of the $110 he had in
his pocket book ; but picked up AZ
least a portion OF it. In a few mo-
ments, John Scott, the auctioneer,
who mysteriously disappeared re-
Gently, passed by and picked up
twenty dollars near where Mr.. King
had dropped his money, and gave
it to Mr.. King, believing it to be his.
Soon after ". NJ. Jackson and !. G..
McMillen came driving up. Jack
son asked if any money had been
found in that vicinity and said he
had lost twenty dollars there an
hour before. He was told of the
King transaction, whereupon he Sc
cured t. C. Gatliti, Jr.. ". II. Ste
vtnson and J. c. McMillen and
started in pursuit Of King. Gathff
and Jackson overlook King about
five miles south of town and com
PEELED HIM to give them the twenty
dollars and five dollars each as "ex-
penses.' Mr. King and his attor-
ney, Hon. Thomas George, tried to
get Il peaceable settlement from
these parties until last Friday. Fail
ing to do so the quartette was ar
rested on a charge of highway rob
berry. They were taken before Squire
Smith, of Jackson township, on Sat
urday, where they appeared in a
semi-drunken state and We'd with
each other in the use of obscene and
profane language, the city marshal
coming out ahead. They refused to
enter into personal recognizance for
their appearance Monday morning
until commitments were issued
They came up for preliminary hear
ing before Squire Smith Monday;
Stevenson and McMillen were dis
charged, Gatliff' and Jackson were
bound over to District Court in the
sum OF $500 cach.-Prcss.
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The Kansas City journal.

The Kansas City Daily Journal Is, 80 II al
ways has been, fully abreast OF the times,
furnlshin. its readers with the latest news
from an parts of the world and the very best
selected matter FOR the family. "triVc your
patrons the worth OF their money" i the
motto OF this stauncb paper, aud we know OF
no concern that lives ap 10 it, preaching
more thoroughly. BESIDES getting the regu-
lar Press dispatches, the Journal has large
number of special reporters and special cor
respondents who are everywhere present
when there is anything of interest To be had.
The Journal has no superior a. Il market re
porter, giving each day the very latest quo
JatiOns OF Money, Provisions, Live stock, etc.
OF Kansas City, 81. Louis, Chicago, New Ork,
Liverpool and other home and foreign mar
kets. In home ana family reading matter,
the Journal i unsurpassed by amy, and The
paper throughout IL a monument to the sa-
gacity and ability OF lis managers. The peO-
pie OF the great West are justly proud of the
Journal for II is a Western paper in every
sense OF the term and i'm every part shows
that Nigor which characterizes Western en-
terprse.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-01-10
Live Stock Markets.
kANSAs CITY. jan. !.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. :, Il
CATTLE-Markct steady for
good fat butchers and shipping com
mon and medium slow; native steers
averaging 1898 lbs, sold at - %;
COWS. - 5O@32j; butchers steers,
- 75@415.
HOGS-Markct firm and 30 high
er; sales ranged II 25@+ 60; bulk
at $4 4004 -.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-01-10

News reached here to-day stating
that Dr. Cushing who was shot by
Fd. Powell in Trinidad the other
dav. account of which appeared in
Yesterdays Journal, and who was
then reported in a critical condition
had since died of his wounds. The
report which is here given for what
it is worth only states that Doctor
Cushing called Powell to his bed
side before he died and eXculpated
him of all blame in the matter, say
ing that the latter had acted in self
defense and did no more than the
diving man would have done under
similar circumstances after which
Powell proceeded on his way East.
Albuquerque Journal.
The Mexican Government has
given Captain Eads' company the
right to build ship railway across
the isthmus. Tehuantapec grants
it one million acres Of land on the
shore of the Pacific on which to con-
struct the terminus Of the road and
establish harbor. 1t empowers tito
charge and collect a toll of five dol
lars per ton on weight of ship and
cargo passing over the road. The
right is also given for a railroad and
telegraph line, on which only Gus
tomary rates can be charged. In
return for this Captain Eads agrees
to carry or the railroad all ships of
war. munitions, mails, etc, free Of
charge. The building OF the road
must be commenced within two
years, and completed in ten years
from May /, 1881
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-01-10
News Items.

lalmagc aS the SkY-raklng. aero
batic Tabernacle yelper and gay
prcvaricator,"
Information reaches US that par
fcS living near Lake City. have been
nutilatmg bulls belonging to cattle
acn The particulars are too dis
gusting for publication-Medicine
hodge Index.
Spotted Tail, son of the Sioux
chief Of that name has eloped with
anoter mans wife, and vet some peo-
pie say the Indian Shows no signs
Of civilization.
Anthony, Kansas, now has a grist
mill in operation. The proprietors
are men OF experience, and employ
the best millers in the county. An
thony people may well feel proud of
this enterprise.
John Cuddy, who is holding his
own and the cattle of Standiford Il
Moore. came up from his ranch on
Pond Greek yesterday evening. John
reports their through cattle in fine
condition, many OF them fit for beef.
-Cresset
The parents of sixteen graduates
of the Kansas university were poor.
Thirty-seven graduates came from
families in mCdorate circumstances,
and only three can boast of wealth.
Evidently that is not a rich mans
oollege.-K. c. Journal.
Fifty-eight national banks were
organized during the past year, five
have failed and twenty-one went in
to voluntary liquidation, leaving an
increase for the year of thirty-two
banks The total number of nation
al banks now doing business is two
thousand one hundred and two.
The manufacture of agricultural
Implemements has doubled in the
United States during the last ten
years. Ohio leads off in this branch
Of manufacture, giving employment
to 1O,300, people; Illinois follows
New York comes next and then
Pennsylvania.
The city ordinance authorizing
dramshop licences was repealed
Monday evening, the sale of intoxi-
Gants prohibited and fine of not
less than twenty-five dollars fixed
therefor, by new ordinance. This
places the gin seller in the same
Boat with the gambler-Wellingtor
Press.
The United States Electric light
ing Company is now having made
che cables necessary to lay its wire
along Broadway, Wall and Broad
streets, New York, bywhich the elcc-
tric light is TO be furnished to many
of the banking houses, whose own,
crs have made application for small
mcandcscent lamps. The prices
charged viii be a little less than i,
charged for gas.
Gen. Howard, the new command
er at West Point, is about to make
some radical changes in the Gus
toms OF that institution. Snobbcry
has been one of the chief features ot
cadet life, and the general SAYS when
he was Il cadet himself he was sent
to coventry for nearly two wears be,
cause he recognized socially the son
cf his guardian, who was a sergean;
"a the corps of engiueors. He in
tnds TO break down this spirit OF
G.'r-K G. Journal