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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10
WINTER IN ENGLAND.
A Lively Description Of a Nee.
lnspirlt1D4 scene.

A Lively Description ofa lIee-An
lnspirltinG Scene.
A writer in Bldckwood's Magazine
says: 1t has become apparent that the
weather has fairly broken, and there
is even some prospect of scent on the
grass and the fallows. There is a gen.
eral coming, up from all parts OF the
country, for, though squires and farm
ers have had their more serious avoca-
tions to distract them, yet too have
been yexing their souls over missed
chances of sport. Each man is on the
q,,i vi,t,. and the horses are decidedly
more SO than agreeable. Even the
cover-hacks seem to have quicksilver
in their heels which is all very we'll;
and the horses in the vehicles of many
fashions which are pressing forward to
the muster are tossing the foam about
their chests and rattling their frothing
curb-chains. Sober old hunters, war
ranteo steady when sold, and carrying
certificates of irreproachable character
in their faces and ordinary demeanor,
are indulging in gay and unaccustomed
gambcls, while the giddier youngsters,
although they may " be free. from
vice. are showing themselves playful
as kittens; and as full of tricks as SO
many monkeys. We think it is Mr..
Benjamin Buckram who remarks in
+" Mr. Sponge's Tour" in discussing the
character of the redoubted Hercules,
that if q gentleman gets split it does
not much argufy" whether it is done
from play or vice. And not few gen.
tlemen now seem to be much that way
of thinking, as their mounts, catching
the contagion or excitment in the
crowd, disport themselves like fresh
caught mustangs from the Texan prai-
ries. Here is a silken-coated young
one on his muscular hind legs grace
fully improving on the antics of a dam
cling bear, and threatening to topple
back upon rider who has scarcely
nerve to bring him back to his bearings.
Another, arching his crest and tucking
in his launches, shows an English
edition of the Australian buck jumping
trick, while most of them are lightly
laying back their ears, or shooting
flashes out of the corners of their eyes
and not a few are unpleasantly ready
with their heels. But lit is all in good
temper on the part of the steeds, the
same can hardly be said of the riders.
The josting, and the chance ofa hum.
iliating accident, throw some gentle
men Of mental balance who are al
ready uneasy as to the safety ofseats, =
and it would appear that some lowering
clouds are fitting across the general
hilarity. But the hospitality Of the
worthy master brings incipient unkind.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10
English walnuts; beets, carrots, onions,

English walnuts; beets, carrots, onions,
cucumbers and lettuce, are luxuries
nearly unknown here. The dust and
dirt are fearful. 1 cannot describe it
and do justice to the subject. 1t fills
your eyes, nose and ears and mats your
hair and whiskers; and rs for clothes,
the natives, who wear none, have the
advantage, as the water is hard and
miserable, full of dirt, and sells for six
ty cents per barrel for washing purpos-
es; and as for drinking, something
stronger is the common beverage here.
But the diamonds! 1t is truly land of
diamonds. Already over $l25,OO0,OO0
have been discovered. In the late war
one of the chiefs (Saccahuni) offered a
quart measure full of diamonds for a
cannon. Claims Of thirty-one square
feet have sold for $4,000 per claim.
The mines are all worked by large
companies. The largest is a French
company. The manager informed me
that their expenses were $4,000 q
month. They take out of their claims
four hundred loads of diamondiferous
earth per day, worth on an average
$14.4O per load. There are several
large companies in the same mine. A
mile and a half from here is another
mine called old De Beers mine. Three
miles further there is one called Du
Tait's Pan, and one mile from that is
another called Bulpantein. All these
are extensively worked by large COM
panies.
Bulpantein mine was originally a
farm, on which WAS built brick house
and on the discovery of diamonds the
house was found to contain the pre-
cious gems in the plaster used to lay
the brick, and in the plastered walls,
while the children played with what
they called the "shiny stones" There
has recently been diamond mine dis
covered eight miles from here, called
Oliphant's Fantein. Claims to the
number of nine hundred have been
surveyed and sold in that mine, and
people here are wild with speculation.
An acquaintance of mine bought
claims in Jager's Fantein mine, forty
miles from here, which cost him $500,
and in short time he was offered $685.
600 for said claim.
It seems that men are like bubbles
the world over. Some 60 up and ex-
plode financially, the exploding portion
being by far the most numerous. The
penalty for buying diamond of a ne
gro is five years imprisonment at hard
labol and fine of $2,4OO for the first
offense, and ten years for the second.
And yet the temptation is SO great that
of a population of 5000 there over 600
now in prison for illicit diamond buying
and diamond stealing. Some of the
prisoners are worth $4,000 to $500, 900.
Surely, the way of the transgressor is
hard.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10

FROM the published correspondence
between the Uaited States and Canada
in relation to the rights Of wrcckers, it
seems that the course of Canada has
not only been unwarranted, but in di-
rect violation Of existing treaties and
agreements, to say nothing of the laws
of humanity. The understanding is
that any vessel may assist any other
in distress, no matter in what waters,
in cases where delay may cause loss of
life or cargo, yet whenever an Ameri-
can vessel has undertaken to render
assistance to crafts wrecked on Cana
dian shores the act has been followed
by seizure and fine. In one instance,
a fine of s400 was imposed upon an
American tug which went to the relief
of stranded schooner, several mem
bers Of whose crew had frozen to
death
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10
From the Capital.

THE president has appointed Beverly
Tucker, Of Virginia, commissioner Of
the worlds fair in New York in 1888.
The bill for new public buildings at
Minneapolis. Mimi, and Jackson, Miss.
will be reported favorably.
In executive session Of the senate, JAN
%, the nomination of ex-senator Stanley
Matthews to be associate justice of the su-
preme court was confirmed.
The house committee on commerce has
fixed the figures for the improvement of
the Mississippi river at $1,OOO,00O from
Cairo to the gulf, and 5000, 900 from Cairo
to the head waters.
Mr.. JONES, of Florida from the com-
mittee on public buildings and grounds, has
reported favorably the senate bill to pro-
vide for the purchase of a site and erec-
ton of public building at Minneapolis,
MINI.
THE contest for speaker of the next
house OF representatives at Washington,
grows very interesting. Under the new
rules the position has gained greatly in
personal power. Hiscock and Reed, who
are among the leading aspirants, are best
known as Conkling's and Blaine's candid
ates. Mr.. Kasson, with national fame
as a polished debater, returns to the house
almost stranger.
AN order has been issued by the postof-
fee department establishing single daily
exchange of through registered pouches
between postmasters at Memphis. Tenn.
and Little Rock, Ark, to 20 into effect the
1st prox.
THE house committee on commerce has
voted to make an appropriation for Mis-
| sissi ippi river improvements and for res
ervoir system, leaving the amount to be
determined after other items Of the river
and harbor bill have been fixed.
THE nomination of William II. Haskell
as postmaster at Albany, New York. was
reached on the calendar. and Mr.. Herman,
who made the motion for the recent exec
utive session, asked that it be taken up for
action, but upon the statement that Sen.
Carpenter NOW confined to his home by
illness) desires to be heard upon the legal
questions involved in this case. the senate
decided to postpone its consideration, and
it was accordingly passed over for the
present
| TUE committee on post Offices and post
roads, by nearly an unanimous vote, have
authorized the chairman to report the res
olution relative to adopting a government
al system of postal telegraphy, to the
house for adoption. If it should be adopt
ed by the house the committee will be au-
thorized to institute inquiry at once, and
to send for persons and papers. 1t is un-
derstood that subcommittee will be ap-
pointed, of which the chairman, Mr.. Mon
ey, and Gen. Singleton, of Illinois, will be
members. The third member has not yet
been selected. The committee favor a
thorough and prompt investigation of the
cost of reproducing the telegraph lines
now owned by the Western Union com
pany and the cost of operating them: This
will also bring out the profits which the
company has derived from its investment,
and demonstrate whether the government
can safely enter upon the business of tel
egraphy. !.
The periodical visitation If locusts will
take place this year. Prof. Riley, of the
chronological commission, in an inter
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10

THE frequency with which domestic
ouarrels between man and wife are set
tied with double-muiders is startling
The last instance is that of German
farmer in Christian county, ILL.,, named
Vortren, who, as the result of a quar-
rel, shot his wife and then shot himself.
At least dozen of such cases have
been reported in different parts of this
country within few months past.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10
A CURIOUS HISTORY.
A Kansas BOY Who Assumed His
Fathers Crime or Murder.

"A Kansas BOY who Assumed His
The Detroit Post and Tribune: A lad
in the Kansas penitentiary, who con-
fessed few years ago to having MUIR
dered at Topeka, man named Ferris,
now poses before the public as a de-
voted son. He says he became con-
WINGED at once that his father had COM
mitted the murder, but at the coroner's
inquest shielded him and convicted
himself. The father then got out on
bail, and the boy remained in Jail five
months. During his confinement the
father visited the son frequently On
one of these visits the boy was told
that there was bag containing pair
of boots on top Of cupboard in the
jailers Office, and the father wanted
them secured and burned. There were
two doors between the prison and the
Office, but, to the surprise of the boy,
the jailer strangely left these two doors
unlocked, and the bag was very easily
got, and, in the presence of other pri
soners, burned in the stove. Two of
these witnesses are now in the peniten-
tiary. These boots, it seems, were the
fathers, and bore marks that pointed
to his guilt. After that the boy was
persuaded to sacrifice himself to save
his father, upon the promise that a
pardon would be procured in o few
years on the ground of his youthful
ness. Afterward the mother visited
the prisoner, and he thereupon con-
fessed to her that he had killed Ferris
in quarrel. When the case.came up
for trial the young man pleaded guilty
to the charge, and wholly exonerated
his father from all completely in the
bloody deed. After the prisoner had
been in the penitentiary year, his
father and mother went to California.
After five years the mother returned
and endeavored to procure pardon
for her boy, but failed. This intelli-
gence was conveyed by letter to the
father, and he killed himself. The
knowledge of the suicide, however, did
not reach the boy until some time last
September. This is one of the most
remarkable statements in criminal an
mails. That boy of 16, should have
the nerve to consign himself to dis
graceful imprisonment to shield q cow
ardly father seems incredible.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10

A sTrrENDoUs mass Of papers, being
petitions from religious people OF
various parts of the country, asking
that ol,r remaining Indian tribes be
treated with honor and justice, was
presented in the United States senate
Ian 81
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10

THE fire-fend is after the glass man.
ufacturers. McCully 4 Co.'S glass
works at Pittburgh were destroyed by
fire Jan. 29-loss $27 900; and the Ken
tucky Glass Company's works, at
Louisville, were damaged by fire Jan.
80 to the extent of $4,000.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10

President GARFIELD's private secre-
tary will be Professor 0. G. Hill, who
was member of the facul y Of Hiram
College when General Garfield was
president of that institution. He is
principal of normal school at Oregon:
Hall county. Mo-
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10
NEWS NOTES.

ALARMING reports of the prevalence
of the smallpox in various localities
reach us from the east and the
west. As wise precaution, every per
son should be promptly vaccinated by
a skilled and reputable physician.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10
The Effects Of Mental Exhaustion

Many diseases, especially those of the nervous
system, ore the products Of daily renewed mental
exhaustion. Business avocations often involve an
amount of wear and tear very prejudicial to ply
steal health, and the professions ii arduouay pur-
sued are no less destructive to brain and nerve
Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters that it compcn-
safes for this undue loss Of TISSUE and that it i'm
parts new energy to the brain and nerves. The
rapidity with which it renews weakened mental
energy and physical vitality is remarkable, and
shows that its invigorating properties are of tho
highest order. Besides increasing vital stamina,
and counteracting the effects of mental exhaus-
ton, this potential medicine cures and prevents
fever and ague, rheumatism, chronic dyspepsia
and constipation, kidney and uterine weakness and
other complaints. Physicians also commend it ~
q medicated stimulent and remedy.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10
A Nice Family Row.

Worcester Mass Correspondence New York Sun
In 1873 Mr.. E. A. Goodnow, presi-
dent of the First National Bank of this
city, married his fourth wife. She was
a widow with three daughters. Mr.
Goodnow and his wife could not get
along together, and he (Goodnow) fin
ally left the house. Since then he has
been trying to get his wife out. Last
week his brother, VIM. b. Goodnow,
made his appearance, armed with a
bill of sale of the premises. Mrs
Goodnow refused to vacate. William
B. Goodnow hired a locksmith, a
truckman and laborer, and endeavor-
ed to evict Mrs. Goodpow. His plan
was to remove the stoves, take out the
windows and doors, heap the furniture
in one room, and thus make the house
uninhabitable.
The invading party made their way
in and proceeded to carry out the pro-
gramme. The neighbors, who sympa-
thized with the ladies, crowded around
the house. The Hon. George F. Very,
Mrs. Goodnow's lawyer, being apprised
of the matter, obtained writ of at
tachment against William B. Goodnow
for $40, 600.
When the Deputy Sheriff, with the
writ arrived Oil the scene, one of the as
saulting party was on ladder taking
out window. He refused to come
down. The Deputy Sheriff told him
that he might stay up, but that the lad
der would be taken down. He then
came down very quickly. The stove
had been broken and one window and
the parlor door taken out when the
Deputy Sheriff took charge. A fire
was kindled in the furnace and the
house was soon heated again.
A Sheriffs keeper remains on the
premises. Mrs. Goodnow and her
daughters remain in possession and
are supplied with their meals by the
neighbors. A suit for $4,000 damag-
es is pending against William B, Good
now. Whether the legal proceedings
result for or against Mrs. Goodnow, Mr..
A. E. Goodnow, as her husband, will be
responsible for. her debts, including
Mr.. Verry's fees.
The annual report of the New York
commissioners of emigration shows
that the immigration of last year foot
ed up to total of 372,S8O, of which
327 81 were aliens. The tables of ma
tionality leave Germany with an easy
lead of O4.264, while Ireland comes
second with relatively reduced total
of 66,399. England, Scotland and
Wales sent in round numbers AZ 600
emigrants, while the Scandinavian
countries Sweden, Norway and Den
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10

Cyrus w. Field left Yokohama for
China three weeks ago.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10

Patty Oliver, a very clever actress
and the original of "Black-ey yed Susan"
is dead. Charles Mathews wrote one
of his most characteristic letters in con-
tradicting report of his marriage with
her, saying that he was suffering at the
time from an accident to his right arm,
and would be the last to offer the in
dignity of a left hand marriage.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10

The snowfall of last Saturday in
South Carolina was the heaviest known
there in fifty years.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10
JOB DEpARTlGJEbJT.
Having New Job Type
A FAST JOB PRESS
We arc prepared to do anythfns in this line with
NNATNES9,
AND ON THE SHORTEST NOTCH.

Correspondence.
Correspondence solicited from al parts Of tbs
county, on all matter pertaining to local news.
All communications must be accompanied BY the
writer's name not essrily for publication but
as 3 guarantee Of good NTH.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-10
Mrs. Partinxton says

don't take any of the rostrums, as they
are regimental to the human cistern;
but put your trust in Hop Bitter,
which will cure general dilapidation,
costive habits and all comic diseases.
They saved Isaac from very severe ex-
tact of tripod fever. They are the no
plus ununs of naedicines.-.Boseon Globe.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-26
The G. & 0.

The Baltimore Ameraean of Friday last has
the following
A railroad which connects Hampton Roads
at Newport News with the Mississippi river
at Paducah and at Memphis, which lnites the
ONO river with the James, which passes from
the fertile valleys of Eastern Virginia to the
equally fertile valleys of the Kanawha, and
thence goes through the bluegrass region of
kentucky to Lexington, the centre of fertility
and OF railroad connections in that State. is
not to be despised even in these DAYS of enor-
nous consultations and unprecedented length
OF lines. Such road is the Chesapeake and
Ohio, which, after suffering many unmerited
bullets OF fortune, is now at last coming our
all right and on the top of the wave In one
sense OF the word, the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad was the offspring ofsentiment. 1t was
begun Immediately after the war by large cap
ltallsts from the North-thes same class of men
as those who founded the Southern Express
Company and kindred enterprises-the object
being to give to broken and impoverished
gnla Yirnot only the occupation and profits of
extensive railroad construction, but also to
contribute through line TO the Ohio river to
the broken and crippled resources of the State
Before the road was near completed its pro-
Jectors were caught in the great railroad cy-
clone of 1878, and landed ugh and dry on the
lee shore. Its construction was suspended
and 1t seemed as if it would never be resumed
again. However, it was resumed, and the
road was completed through to Huntington,
on the Ohio river. When this point was
reached, it was found that it was an impera-
tive necessity to have through line if the
Chesapeake and Ohio road would establish |
full connections with traffic off it's immediate
line. Since then, therefore, the road has been
extending itself westward, by the line of the
Big Sandy river, into the heart of the fertile |
limestone lands of Kentucky, and thence west
ward to the Mississippi. The road from Rich
mond to the ocean at Newports News has
been building at the same time, and by Oct
list there will be a continuous line of $50 miles
OF steel railroad from Newports News to Lex
ington. In six months MORE by the purchase
OF the line from Paducah to Elzabethtown
and some other extensions, complete line I
will be had to Memphis. Meantime, the c. &
Y. road crosses the Ohio river on ferryboat
at Huntington, connects with the track of the
Sciota Valley road and then puts itself in init
mate relations with the entire great system of
the West and East by the way of Chilicothe
and Columbus. 1t will be seen that this road
has full title to rank now among the great
trunk lines the country.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-26
The Luck of Battle.

Genl Gordon was severely wounded four
times i'll one battle and within an hour, and
lived to fight again; and this is only a speci-
men of the singular good luck that attended
some men. In 1864 a Michigan cavalryman
named Drake was out foraging in the Shenan-
doah Valley in company with a comrade
named Cooper. Cooper was in smokehouse
after meat and Drake was on guard at the
door, when thirteen Confederates suddenly
appeared. They were mounted and advanced
at gallop, part of them firing as they rode up.
One bullet found suitable opening in the
stone wall of the smokehouse and flew in,
killing Cooper dead in his tracks. Drake was
standing beside his horse, and his saddle was
hit by three bullets, one of which glanced
through his hat. As soon as the trooper could
realize what had happened he swung himself
into his saddle and dashed at the circle around
him. The moment he appeared in view he was
target for carbine and pistol. His horse
made rush at the line but was driven back.
Followed by Coopers horse he galloped
around and across a circle not over 100 feet
across, all the time under steady fire by the
Bonfederates This fire was soon returned by
Drake, who fired away seven cartridges and
then drew his sabre His seven bullets, as
afterwards vouched for, killed two men,
wounded two more, and killed one horse His
fire broke the circle and he got out of it, but
Tor thirty rods, as he made off, he was exposed
to the fire OF nine or ten men, Cooper's horse
was killed in the circle, while brakes was hit
no less then nine times and yet not disabled
AS for the rider, his comrades on his return to
camp counted up a record of truly miracu-
lois escape. Three bullets struck his scabbard,
two his hat four went through his clothing,
one burned his cheek one raked Ills knee, and
two hit his left boot. While one single bullet
killed the one trooper, the other had six
teen fired point blank at him and yet did not
lose drop Of blood. Coopers horse was
killed by one bullet, while nine failed to dis
able the larger and more exposed animal-De-
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