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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-28
.e receipts Of flour and gram at the principal
uLln n-r-- tnLs 2LlL DIV OF JanuarN wore:

The following were the receipts and shipments NJ
anu lrO.a Jhca-O and milwaukee, to-day:
Receipts. shipments
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-28
OFFICE OF The MERCANTILE Trust COMPASY.)
No. l2O BROADWAY, NEw-YORK, ;
Ian. D l-11 \

Jan. ., lss2.b
Y'HE Mercantile Trust Company will issue
Il certificates OF first preferred stock O the Manhattan
Railway Company for the temporary receipts issued
the OF the New Elevated Railroad
TO be exchanged for preferred the 1an
between the Manhattan Railway Company. the New-i Ork
Elevated Railroad Company and the Metropolitan Elevated
Railway Company, dated November IA 1851 Upon
livery Of the certificates 10 the Trust Company 1t Will Ten
Dollars share in cash
Upon the delivery o the certificates the Metropolitan Ele
waited Railway Company the Trust Company Will certit
Gates second preferred stock OF the Manhattan Railway
therefor. Elevate
the exchange the closing Of books n receive the
dividend ~ cent the first preferred Of the
Manhattan Railway Company.
LOUIS FITZGERALD President
. PER CENT FARM MORTGAGES.-GEO.
W. FRANK ~ DARROW Offer at par aud interest choice
cent Western mortgages. Principal and interest
New York exchange Interest scuIiunualv safe
able profitable Investment Cau address Broad
way. Room d.
OFFICE oF IRE ATLAY.I. " rltL insurance CoNwAyl.{
NEwNORK January %. 1882
THE TRUSTEES, in Conformity to the Char
Of the Company submit the following OF
IL affairs the 3lst December. lesl:
Premiums Marine Risks from lst January
l--l 3Ist December 1881 ..-... 5000 49, 10
Premiums Policies marked of LIST Jan
uagv 1887 j3f ~
Total Marine Premiums. sJ027o2l 81
Premiums marked Of from lst January, 1851. to
3st December silI0l76 u
Losses paid during the
period. .......-.$ ,77jS-2 so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-28
NO. 20 NAssAU-sr., NEW DIRK, January 81. 81
'VHE SIXTH INSIALMENT OF TWEN1

2O PER CENT Of the second subscription purchasing
syndicate will be due payable February 1882 M
Office. Checks should be the H. Willard, certified,
and accompanied by the original receipt.
HENRY WILLARD.
DELAWARE. LACKAwANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD Co.
SECEETARYs OFFICE, 20 EXCHANGE-PLACR
NEW YORK, Jan p, 1882
V'HE annual meeting Of this company for the
election OF and officers will be held this
office Tuesday the 2Ist February Pods will
be open O'Clock until II O'Clock
VIII De closed from o the 2}d February
y
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

The upper hold in Nevada: When
be said he had lived in Nevada sev-
eral years . man who looked some
thing like . church deacon stepped
forward and asked: "My friend, is
the Bible respected in that State ?"
"Ob, yes" DO they have churches ?
Plenty of EN-" "And the Lord
rulos there as well as in New Jersey ?"
"Well, l don't know about that" was
the doubtful answer. "Wben bought
mining stocks for 90 per cent Of their
face value and saw them jump to so
above par 1 thought the Lord had a
6rm grip on the State; but again,
when l struck Q silver mine worth
millions in digging 6sh bait and sold
the whole for . gallon Of whisky
which burnt the solos of my boots, l
had q dim suspicion that the devil and
Nevads were partners in stocking the
cards. e."-Wau Street Ne,rs.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
Indiana Crops.

The August crop bulletin of the
State Bureau of Statistics shows that
the Indiana wheat production is lar
ger than ever before. The total acre.
age is 2.659,s43; total yield, 47.l32-
600 bushels. The acreage last year
was S.7lO,547; producing 3O.625. 900.
The oat crop is the largest known.
acreage, $4,000; yield, ls,592,OOO
bushels, against ll,3ss.OOO last year.
Hay is very fine with large crop.
Perhaps ten per cent. Of the acreage
planted in corn has been abandoned.
The Western division reports the
condition soventy.four per cent. Gen.
trail eighty -one. Southern ninety-one.
The total acreage is 1862, 900 against
3,l35, 900 last year.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
The Pea rs q RenOvatOr.

Every one " thinks at all must
admit that M, of the once fertile
soil even here is becoming exhausted.
Commercial fertilizers are expensive,
and so much SO that few, il any. make
an effort to use them. Stable manure
cannot be supplied unless produced
by stock kept on the farm. and yet
but few farms have systematizeG their
calling so that they keep just enough
to furnish their lands with q continu-
Gus supply of plant food. Under the
above heading we fnd very practi.
cal article in the Southern World.
which it occurs to us could for reasons
set forth be carried out by many in
the Northwest. The article is full Of
information, and should be we'll
studi .d-Noti Pacific Rural SPIRIT.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
Beat Him.

Dan and Flasher were in the habit
of trying their wits on each other.
Once they were discussing the rela.
tive merits Of rifle vs.. bow and arrow.
4 can beat you even at short range,
said Flasher, boostingly.
"Try it," said Dan.
They tried. Dan discharged an
arrow in pursuit Of hen that they
saw in q yard that they were passing,
and missed the ben.
Flasher, with Q shot Of bis rifle,
killed the hen.
"Tbere," he exclaimed, IL told you
that could beat you."
"But l have beat ye," coolly said
Dan.
How can that be! You missed
the ben, while killed her"
"Still. l have beat ye. because you
must pay for the hen. You killed her,"
Verdict for Dan from refsree.-De.
tron Free Press.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

l-Subscribers who do not give express
notice to The contrary, are considered wishing
to continne their subscription.
2-lf subscribers order their subscriptions
discontinued, publishers may CONTINUE to send
the papers un:il all arrearages are paid.
3-If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the office TO which thcy are
directed, they are held responsible until they
have settled their bills, and ordered them di,>
continued.
4-lf subscribers move to other places
without informing the publishers, and the
papers are sent to the former direction, they
are held responsible.
S-The courts have decided that refusing
70 sake papers from the office, or removing
and leaving them uncalled Tor, Is prima faca
evidence Of intended fraud.
6-Any person who receives a newspaper
snd makes use Of it, whether he has ordered
il OF not, 10 held in law to be subscriber.
I'll subscribers pay in advance, they arc
hound 70 give notice to the publisher, At the
end Of their time, if they do not wish to con-
sinus taking il; otherwise the publisher is
authorized % send it on, and the subscribers
will b responsible until On express notice,
with payment of all arrears, is sent 10 the
publisher.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

Few men are without friends, Co.
pecially when they are going away.
This was illustrated the other day
when NJ. V. Davis, the much abused
superintendent of the Mint, turned
over" to bis successor DIR. Smythe.
The employees. handed Mr.. Davis,
several presents for himself and wife,
while Dr. Smy.he, handed him o gold
headed cane. Mr.. Davis returned
eloquent thanks. An unusual pro
ceeding. ng.-Cdpitoiian.Adrocate.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

A curious case relating TO the H.
'''"'' d.,,
by the Supreme Court Of Alabama.
controversy was between two women. eac>
OF whom claimed to be the willow of Gus
"ashing,o AMI entitled TO dover in his Is.
tate. One uamed Ede hal been married to
MN in ISL, when both were slaves of the
same master. The ceremony was performed
W cohred minister, with the consent of tho
'"a"er The Two lived together as husband
"' wife I'LL the fall Of 1861. At ,ha, tim,
.'e HUSBAND, beirg then Of course freeman.
out a license a,d married another woman.
-" whom he lived ull his death. Under
c''cumsiances,h- conr, was called "p"n
!, 'o'ne which ol the two had been tho
VILE. II has been dcci'el III favor ot
s one claiming by vmuc Of the slave mars
ten, " holds that slaves were no, comrc.
bo,, enter into a valid marriage contract or
Bu, '' legal relation of husband and wife.
Cone. e"ember, 1865, the Constitutional
freed. Of Alabama declared ,hs, all
and ,..' and freedwomen then living together
wife h1lns one another a, husband and
Tn. s,,. mold that relation under the Law.
,s,;tica,,o. e Court decides tia, this was a
.rc be,w.. "e marital relations then exists
tia, his .u,.. ' and Edie Washington. and
rI,,n,u, e?osn, w,' marriage with ,he o,he,
patti. 1'"s'n'ery, .ila.. DIS
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
Gather and Keep Your Cots
Clean.
We commend the following ad'1
q the Bossier Banner to our rcaueV
as being as applicable to them rs U
citizens Of Bossier

y
We wish to Impress upon o~TTss;er
friend the Advantage Of having tbeI
cotton clean and well ginn.d. The
South loses large amount of money
each season by mixing good cotton
with an Indifferent article. 1t sells
not according to the best part of it,
but according to worse. Again. we
lore heavily by hot having the staple
clean. free from dirt, mud aud leaf.
Slight specks detract from the value
of the article, while sand and mud
render it less merchaniable. Cotton
ought to be carefully handled through
every operation. There are some
manufacturers who make it a point to
buy at greatly deprecated prices, cot
ton of good staple that has been
stained or is leafy. They get it at
low prices, and then use it to advnu-
tnge. A sandy cotton, as we under
stand, no manufacturer wants 1t
has to be cleaned before it can be
worked. The prospect is that cotton
will bring o fine price this season /;
but poor cotton will never be in de-
mand. The true secret is to bestow
extra care upon it from the time it is
picked until it is sold. The following
circular from Captain G. G. Thur.
mond, of Shreveport, explains itself:
COTToN.-All cotton raised in North
Louisiana. Southern Arkansas and
Eastern Texas, CHASING strict low
middling and grades above will be
needed by the Northern mills, the ap.
preaching season at liberal prices. l
have recently returned from an exten-
sive trip among the mills. and am
authorized to say that the staple and
body of our cotton is desirable, and
meets their exact wants. Having
been buying cotton for fifteen years
and feeling deeply tho interest Of my
own people and country, tho planting
interest will allow me to say, to main.
tain the high reputation Of our cotton
it mus: be gathered clean and free Of
sand and dirt, and the grades kept
separated and not mixed. -
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
A SCENEON POYDRAS


"A" accommodating Car Driver.
1t is very seldom that q car drive,
is 81 accommodating as to ston his
car and wait for = person TO mol.
their toilet. but such was the case v;,h
a driver on the Girod and Povd,,.
street line Monday afternoon.
The reporter will give the word. =,
bystander who witnessed tho ;,.;
dent:
"As l was proceeding out Povd,a.
street. and when at the corner Of Ca.
roll street, l saw some one wave so,,.
thing white out Of window Of On. ~
tho houses on Carroll street.
Not knowing what the reason /,
stopped, looked and saw car atom
Presently q man, half dressed, rushaa
frantically out Of the house towards
the car, followed by a woman who
must have been bis wife, with Q shir,
10 her hand.
The man, when ho reached the car
stopped and waited for the woman
who came painting up. and gave bin
the shirt, which ho put on when b.
got into the car. Luckily there wa
no other person in the car ut the time
While all Of this was going on, tn
driver had settled back on his sea-
and from his appearance seemed to b
enjoying the rare spectacle.
The action of the man also afforde
great deal Of amusement to the posi-
ers-by."-N. o. States.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

The Feliciana Sentinel is in fog about the
nomination Of J. II. Acklen for Congress from
the Third District and presumes tina, he had
a convention somewhere and was nominated
a, some time. Acting upon the legal axiom
''the law favor. the visilant," Mr.. AckIen
convened his Convention in tins city at the
State House some time in March lac, and lie
was then aud there nominated ,cm on
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
10 YOU WANT A HOME IN
RlCHLAND PARISH,

Tho lands Of which are fertile, well timbered
and ~ster and range good, climate salubrious,
and transportation facilities unsurpassed
Then write me, enclosing two dollars, stating
the quantity Of land, improved and unim-
proved, that is wanted, and how much you
are willing 10 pay for it, and J will try to
secure il ior you Address
THUS. J. VI %NGHAM,
u Rayvil!e. la.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

That hereafter all advertisements Of u1i>
cisl sales must be paid for before the day. O
u or they will be taken ont and the sales
stopped. In no instance will this rule be de-
waited from. There is no law to comDe any
one to work for another for nothing, aad we
propose to quit it. Hand in the money with
the advertisement If you want il to 60 in n
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

Gen. Garfield, careful man he wa.. kept
leuer>book. Ii is believed tina, his letter.
book contains good deal Of solid ,ormen; for
some noisy people who are not ashamed TO
vl'or'tc oyc' h.> gravc.-Piddte,paa Pre-.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.


SAMUEL D. McENRRY, Governor;
Will A. STRONG. Secretary of State;
ALLsH JUxRL, Auditor Of Public Accounts;
&c. EeAS, Attorney General;
Z. n. Far, Superintendent OF Educstion;
G. T. BsAURseARD, Adjutant General;
JAs. G. RICHARDSON, Register in Land Office.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

Supreme Judges.
E~ard Bermudez, Chief Justice;
Chsa +. Fenner,
r. B. Todd.
F. r. Poche, Associate Justices.
Judges Second Grcxit Court.
o. Mavo and A. A. Gunby.
Fifth District Casrt.
r. w. Richardson, Judge;
+. q. Hudson, District Attorney.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

io cea's per line, eacl, insertion, for reading
matter OF socsl notices. q: pcr cen, addict 10
above rates foVk each change of yearly. half
yearly or quarterly advertisements.
Positively no reduction from above rates for
the accommodation of any one.
Cash must accompany every order unles
the advertiser o. agent is known by the pro
Prie,or to be . responsible party.
Communications must reach this Office Nv
or before Thursday mornings, if they appear
in the 6rst issue after they are received, and
advertisements must be handed in before Fri.
say noon. #
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

rotunS. 9. old Senate Cha
the s.. Louis Hotel, which will give
him ample room. He is gentleman
of most agreeable manners, aud it is
hoped bis stay here will DO made
agreeable. Times. Democrat.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
A song for Wsen.

Within a dreary, narrow room
Tia, looks upon noisome AZ,
Half fainting with the sifiinv..,,
4 starving girl works out her doo
y., no, the less in Gods .wcet;,
The little bird. sing free from Gre.
And hawthorns blossom everywhere.
S,,;6 ceaselc.s toll scarce winncih breai,
r,u,n earl, dawn ill twilight falls,
Shu, ir by sour dull, ugly walls,
The hours crawl round with murderOus tread
And all the while, in some still place,
Where INTERVIEWING boughs embrace,
The blackbirds build, time flies apact
With envy Of the folk who die
Who NAV at last their leisure take,
Whose longed>for sleep none roughly wake
Tired hands the restless needle ply
But far and wide in meadows green
The golden but,ercups are seen,
And red Iening sorrel mods between.
Too pure and proud to soil her soul
Or stop to basely gotten gam,
By days Of changeless want and pam
Tho seamsircss earns a PTls"m dole,
While in the peaceful fields the sheep
Feed quiet; and ihro heaven rs blue dee
Tie silent cloud.wings stainless sweep
IND if she he alive or dead
That weary woman scarcely Knows
But back and forth her needle goes
Ia tune v i,h ,hrobbing heart and head.
L., where the leaning al'lers part,
Whuebo.omcd swallows, blithe of heal
Above srll waters skim and dart.
u God in heaven! shall I, who share
That dying wonans womanhood,
Ta,te all the summers loun'cons good
UnLu rdened by her weight OF care' J
The white moon'daisies stag the gIa60
The leng,hening shadows o e'
The meadow pool is smooth as
-hacmillams Nag
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
the RICNIAKD BEACON
published every Saturday morning.
RAYvILLE, LOUISIANA
THOS. ]. NANGHAA,
Editor and PrOprietor.
Terna Of subscription

T~l,Ae u Advert i~inE Rate"
Recommended by the Louisiana fIes'
ssan sus adoption by the publishers o'
county awspapers, in this STATE. ;" NC.
cepting advertisement, from sd'e'">'"s
agents
Transient advevS.ing ono inch, o"e ''"'e'
u so; each subsensen, time, - cents.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02
Pnrlsl O0cers.

J. Newt Pitts, Cierh and Exofficio Recorder
Lem Scott. Sheriff and Tax Collector;
J. 7. Stokes, Tax Assessor;
Polrs Beard.
Ward No. &c. H. Moore,
4" 2-E. Scott, President,
sc. P. Balfour,
4-H. F. vickers,
81. J. Adams,
&C. A. Mace,
" frank Hatch.
John S. Summerlin, Clerk.
J. W. Simms. Treasurer.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

Come ami see u. il ycu have ,AO,e s-gt
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

campaign must b condo
universal disgust ,utert.;nS
people for bis oppon>ot and ~
sire to drive him from sobl;c
N. 0. States.
Richland beacon., 1882-09-02

stock. 1t will als Pply to all our
domestic animals.-C. ". kELLOGG, an
Practical Farmer.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-26
Her Eyes UnSealed.

Those who have read Wilkie Collins
"Poor Miss Finch" will readily recall
Lucilla's misfortune, blindness from
birth, caused by cataracts. DR.. Crosses
fallacies regarding the struggles of sight
to assert itself in persons who have been
blind for life, the illusions of the patient
regarding distance, color, form, etc,
will be remembered. Lucilla could not,
from restored sight, tell whether an OBJ
iect held before her was a cube or a
globe, whether a handkerchief vas
white or colored. She had a great hor-
ror of anything dark; that is. when she
was blind. In her imagination Lucilla's
answers to questions were put to the
theories Of "Surgeon Optic Crosse
and he was pleased at the result of his
skill.
There is in Rochester, at the City
Hospital, at the present time the u
terpart of Lucilla in all the realities,
but not in the "surgeon optic,' his
~fallacies and theories. The subject is
Emma Waterstraat, twelve years OF
age. She was born in Loets, Pomera-
mia, Germany.
She came to New York City two years
ago. On the Sth of April, this year, she
came to Rochester and resided with her
aunt on Hoelzer street. her father and
mother being dead. Two or three
months of this time she passed in the
Blind Asylum at Batavia. where she
learned to read raised letters by the
touch. Her trouble was congenital cat
aract, and from birth she could only see
so as to distinguish between day and
night. When taken to the City Hospital
the eminent oculist of the institution,
after an examination, said her sight
could be restored, and three weeks ago
he operated on the left eye, producing
a s'rift in the cloud which had shut
out her sight for so many years. The
writer, interested in seeing her when
the first test was made, visited the hos
pital, and when the bandage was re-
moved by the surgeon she told him she
could see his fingers. Avase Of flowers
was h..d before her and she said they
were flowers and one of them was red.
She told what other objects were, and
their form. 'Dr. Crosses" confirmed
theories, "Poor Miss Finch's" versiii-
cation of the "surgeon optics" fallacies
were uispio'eu-uiSpelleu pN t1lls Plac-
teal illustration, in tact. Emma's sight
continues to improve as the rift in the
cloud" widens from absorption. No
further operation may be necessary, and
there is no question but that in good
time she may see "as others see.' The
patient sees and learns SO gradually, the
same as a child learning to read, that
the mind is educated to forms and dis
tances easily. Cataract patients never
see Immediately after the opeTation.--
Rochester IA. r. fost.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-26
Newspaper Work.

A few years ago the newspaper pro-
fession was looked down upon as moth
ing but a Gehenneh for the wrecks and
'cripples of other professions. Areporter
was the very acme of social degrade
ton. Now, however. it is different.
Every one of the young men who have
Just left some alma mater believes that
he al write, and hat he has but to
offer his services to be installed in some
responsible position. How many are
disappointed the walls of a newspaper
Office could relate were they able to
speak. Newspaper work is not a mat
ter of writing, but of putting as many
facts, and as much of them as is posi-
bic, in the briefest possible space. 1t
takes a young man fresh from college a
dong time to find that out, and until that
knowledge is obtained they have to
suffer many a pang while seeing an edi-
tors blue pencil making sad havoc with
their elegant periods, nice illustrations,
and worthy introductions. If imam has
not instinctively got an eye for news
and the faculty Of getting itexpeditious-
ly he may "polish the Sidewalks for a
lifetime and yet be no nearer the goal
he started out to reach. The most re-
markable thing, however, is the number
of women who crowd into the profess
sion of journalism by sheer persistency.
Once a woman lays aside her natural
reserve she becomes more pushing and
irrepressible than a drummer, and thus
many succeed in actually forcing them.
selves into positions. AS a rule. they
make good news-gatherers in certain de-
partments. A few of them are inter-
viewers. and as such they have sue
,ceeded better than most men. But
equally, as a rule, women make bad
news-writers. They are prolix, and the
natural female inclination for postscripts
follows them throughout. Besides. they
are generally awkward personages to
have in an office. They are apt to be
exactng and constantly claim privileges
on the strength Of the Difference due a
lady from a gentleman. City editors
often find them the bane of their lives,
and to male reporters there are twenty
unpopular to n popular female scribe.
Tile Hour.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-26
An Instance Of Self Control.

Sir Walter Scott was in the habit of
employing in literary work a German
student named Weber. Being an inter-
esting person, he became a favorite with
Scott household, and often dined with
them. Sir Walter, knowing that Weber
was inclined to drink too freely, en-
couraged this intimacy, that he might
keep him IS much as possible from
temptation.
When Sir Walter left Edinburgh at
Christmas, 1913, the two parted kindly,
and on the day after his return. Weber
was with him in the library, as usual,
making extracts. AS the light began
to fail, Scott leaned back in his chair
and was about to ring for candles, when,
seeing the German looking at him with
unusual solemnity, he asked what was
the matter.
"Mr. Scott" said Weber, rising.
"you have long insulted me, and / can
bear it no longer. l have brought a
pair of pistols, and must insist on your
taking one of them Instantly and he
produced the weapons which had been
placed under his chair, and laid n Of
them on SCOTS paper.
"You are mistaken, | think" said
Scott, lin your way of setting about
this afair-but no matter. Itcan, how
ever, be no part of your object to annoy
Mrs. Scott and the children; therefore,
if you please, we will put the pistols
into the drawer till after dinner, and
then arrange to 60 out together like
gentlemen"
Weber answered with the same cool
ness: Il believe that will be BETTER"
and laid the second pistol on the table.
Scott locked both in his drawer, say
ing: Il am glad you have felt the
%propriety OF my suggestion; let me only
request further that nothing may occur
at dinner to give my wife any suspicion
of what has been passing"
Scott then went to his dressing-room
and Immediately sent a message to one
of Weber's intimate companions, wha
came and took him away. he h.<
been on a long walk through the n,gE-
lands. during which he had drank so
heavily as to unsettle his mind. He
became a hopeless %lunatic. and till his
death was supported at SCOTS expense
in an asylum at York. But for the
great novelist s%elf-control, there would
have been a murder in that quie-
library.-Youth's Companion.