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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

ACCORDING to the New York Herald,
now engaged in examining the Clerks ac-
count of the disbursements Of the House
of Representatives, the most shameful
recklessness prevails in the manner of
spending the public funds. We quote
from the list: Two perfumery cases,
bought for member, 500; three fans
bought for member, $16.63; six tooth
picks, bought for member, $28 II; two
fourteen carat charm magic pencils,
bought for a member, 5000; seven
knives, bought for member, S109 67;
three card cases, bought for member.
.93; one fine opera glass, bought for
a member $40; one shaving case, bought
for a member, $13. These are only
few of the long list given. The
Herald, commenting, says: "Surely Mr..
Adams, the late Clerk OF the House Of
Representatives, who furnished these
extraordinary articles to "a member at
the public expense, on the pretense that
they were needful for the discharge Of his
Legislative duties, does great injustice in
Withholding the members name from
the curious Taxpayers. He must have
been engaged in very dirty work to need
80 much perfumery."
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

A CONTEMPORARY tells the following
story: A man named Harsens who
keeps saloon and parrot in New York
went out few minutes the other even
ing and on his return missed seven silver
watches he had there. A few nights
after William Cox, who was the only
person in the saloon during Harsens
absence, came in with some friends; and
while he was drinking at the bar, the
parrot startled him by saying gravely,
aBilly Cox stole those Watches He
hurried out to sue the owner Of the par
rot for defaming his character, when he
was arrested for stealing another watch
which was found in his possession.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

The st. Petersburg police have issued
an order forbilding the appearance of
any actors or dancers on the stage Of the
theaters Of the Capital whose dresses
have not been previously rendered in
combustible by means Of ohlorate of
lime The same rule has been in force
in Berlin for five years.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

ToBAcco is foul weed, but it seems to
yield an enormous revenue wherever It
is raised. The tobacco monopoly of
France last year yielded net profit to
the State of about $50, 600, 900.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

WE RECKON Oscar Wilde don't like
America excessively. Shafts Of sarcasm
are hurled at him from every conceiva-
BILE quarter. He must think we Ameri.
cans are awful reckless.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

THE Grant phalanx, known as the
observation-disclosures, are to be pre-
sented with bronze medals as mementos
for their answering fidelity in the hour
of sore trial.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

OSE old Irish dame asked another,
touching some person recently deceased,
The following question Eth, dear judy
aIannah, iv what did he de" Ayeh,
dear replied Judy, he died iv o
Tuesday. Pm tould,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

OsoAR WILDE thinks Walt Whitman
is the greatest Of living poets-not even
excepting Longfellow. Mr.. Whitman
will now please tickle Mr.. Wilde some.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

a CONTEMPORARY asks: How shall
women carry their purses to frustrate tho
snieses 4 Why, carry them empty.
Notning illustrates thief more than to
snatch a woman's purse, after following
M ner half a mile. and then find that it con-
.alns nothing but recipe for spiced
peaches l,. and faded photograph oi her
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

If BARNUM could secure the body Of
Guiteau, and then engage Oscar Wilde
as lecturer, he might double his fortune
of SO, 3,0OO,O 900. The scheme is worth
looking into.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

THE Spanish pilgrims to Rome are
Carlist soldiers or we'll known friends Of
Don Carlos, who urges the movement in
letters to his partisans.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

UNDER the law District Attorney Cork
hill will get 500 for prosecuting tho
assassin. DIR. Bliss might give Corkhill
a pointer on makirgaout bills.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

The Russian Government claims that
the persecution Of the Jews in that
country was originated and is kept up by
revolutionary agents.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

WmDE's face is so long that il is said
to have The appearance Of being reflected
from a convex mirror. Grief over he
fading lily produced it.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

SINCE List went to Rome his health
has greatly improved But he still de-
votes hours TO the intriguing work Of
composition, and forgets sleep, food and
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

FEMALE teachers in Boston who have
been in service ten years want 81, 900 a
year. If they can't get married they
ought to have it,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

THE work Of tunneling the st. Law
renee River is TO be completed in four
years at cost OF $3,500,000. Mon
treal has the contract
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

FEBRUARY 27 is the day upon which
Mr.. Blaine will deliver his eulogy on
President Garfield in Congress.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

"PARTISd is such sweet sorrow re-
marked bald old bachelor to a pretty
girl, as he told her goodnight. "I
should smile" she replied, glancing
upon bis baiflesaness and wondering how
he ever did it.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

The reporters Of Chicago have ruled
women out Of their press club. Men
want to get to themselves occasionally.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

RDaEwAY is under the impression he
can freeze Guiteau's body SO that it won't
stink. It may be that he can.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

HERE is one thing Guiteau may rest
assured Of He will be cut up, or froze
np.-exhibited in the flesh or as skele-
r1n
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17
Topics OF THE DAY.

CNc1NNArr reports 1888 cases Of small.
pox under treatment
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

THE Cleveland fund for the Garfield
monument is not quite 100000 and
there it sticks.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

DENVER will hold National Mining
Exposition in August.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

CINCINNATI will probably try the ex-
pertinent of propelling street cars by the
cable system.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

THIsis the year that the Mohammedans
expect the coming of their Messiah.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

WE FIND that the more the editors say
against the Gainsborough hats the higher
they loom up.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

GEoRaE @. CANNON, one Of the con
testants for the seat Of Delegate in Con
gress from Utah, speaking Of the re-
pressive measures respecting polygamy,
says: 'sOur people will be obliged to
submit with the spirit Of martyrs, as
they have heretofore submitted when
oppressive laws have been enacted
against them, or when they have been
expelled or mobbed from their various
homes, before polygamy became one OF
their tenets. They actually rejoice in
persecution, as it intensifies their ad-
hesion to the doctrines Of their church,
and confirms them in their belief in its
divine origin.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

THE persecution Of Jews in Russia is
exciting general attention.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

A ST.. LoUIs man has started a fund
for the Guiteau jury by contributing 81
towards it.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

STRAWBERRIES from Florida are selling
in New York at $4 and $5 per quart.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

TINS is the season Of the year to make
predictions about spring.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

Or THE COL convicts in the Arkansas
State Prison more than 10Oare murderers.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

CANADA is considering the feasibility
Of abollshing the duties on tea and
coffee.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

DE LoNG has been traced to definite
locality. The next thing now will be to
And him.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

THE New York bar will give Judge
Porter complimentary dinner.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

A WOMAN in Graves County, Kentucky,
is undergoing forty days fast.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

VANDERBILT pays over two hundred
thousand dollars annually in taxes.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

Fnrz has named bis dog Non Seqait-
ur because II dccs not follow,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

OsE Of the greatest pleasures Of
childhood is found 10 the mysteries
which il hides from the skepticism Of
thc elders, and works up into small my
thologies Of its own
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

EprroR RAMsDELn, Of The Washington
Republican, recently offered $5 for the
best written letter accepting an offer Of
marriage, and here is the letter, by Ger
trnde Nelson, which won the prize
"Jiy Dear Dopald-Fresh with the
breath Of the morning caae your loving
missive. / have turned over every leaf
Of my heart during the day. and on each
page I find the same written, namely,
gratitude for the love Of noble man. hui
mility in finding myself its object, and
ambition to rendsr myself worthy OF that
which you offer, I will try Yours
henceforth." /"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

everything else except the work before
him.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

An OFFICIAL report on the condition of
the eyes Of school children in Philadel-
phia says "Hypermetropic eyes are
more numerous than both myopic and
emmetropic that next to myopic astig-
matism, distinct LESSONS are most preva-
lent to the eyes with hypermetic astig.
matism This will be startling news to
most people.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

IN IT'S continual use in the GIiteau
trial many people have asked, what does
court in banc" meanP Banc,
brought into legal language from the
French, means "bench," and comes to
as from English law. 'Banc Regis
was the title Of the Kings Bench, which
was above all other courts, and appeal
to which was final. The Court IN
banc" therefore means the Supreme
Court of the District in full bench.
SIXTY Harvard students, wearing knee
breeches and black silk stockings and
bearing lilies in their hands, went in a
body to one Of Oscar Wilde's lectures
in Boston. Oscar, strange to say was
not pleased. TO see himself as others
see him SO disconnected him that he
failed even to enjoy the rapturous aP-
plause that occasionally greeted him
Perhaps this sort Of monkey business, if
pursued long enough, will teach the dis
ciple Of @stheticism wholesome lesson.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-02-17

CoSsuLr the lips fox opinions, the con-
duct for convictions
Daily Republican., 1882-11-24

told him that l wasn't afraid that
man had no sense to undertake any
thing like that that the evidence was
too strong against Mr. Blake or any
body else; that hadn't done anything
but what was proper and right and my
duty called me to do, and did 1t.
have no feeling at all against Mr.. Blake
tbatis all Imagination. Shockley did
not appear to be intoxicated. He mi gh
have had drink he showed no signs
of intoxication.
While the statements were being
made tho Mayer had stepped out and
when he returned, said:
nThe chief telephoned 10 me at my
house between 10 and IL O'Clock on the
Saturday night in question and asked
if l was at home. He told me that
there was a man a. the hall who want
ed to swear out warrant. told him
to brig the man up and they arrived
at nv Office a few minutes later, The
chief said Here is this man who wants
to swear out the warrant against Peter
s. Blake for keeping gambling house
I questioned Shockley about the place
and asked him who kept it, where II
was, etc. He swore out warrant con
tanning two counts, If my memory II
right, one for gambling and the otheI
for keeping gambling bouse. H'
stated to me that Blake was runnlnl
the sweat. cloth. After 1 had ISSUED
the warrant, Shock ey began to tell m
that Blake's was tie place where tf'
Democrats bought the d,rkey vote.
said shat is something | have Dothin
to do with" and dismissed the subject
He did not appear to be drunk AM
made his statements in a verS straight
forward manner. He volunteered hi
statements without any threat beln
made or inducements being held out
him."
Daily Republican., 1882-11-24
THERON AND STEEL TRADE.

A Strike OF workman ImW1nent-
Tho Rotations Between the LACK
awannn IrOn HnG Coal Company
and Their WOrkmen GEeaaly
Changed
SCRANTON, Nev. 23.-The relations
of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal TO-
and its workmen regarding the propos-
ed reduction OF wages on December l,
have greatly changed since last even
ing. Caucus meetings OF the employees
of the various departments nave Deen
held. and u general meeting Will Do
held at an early day to further discuss
the question. The sentiment OF the
employees opposes the scheme, now tnaG
tb.v have considered the matter. Ihey
claim that wages are now fully ~ pei
cent. below the Pittsburg scale, ana
that they are the most poorly palu OF
any irOn- workers in Pennsylvania
Tho reduction lot only applies 10
steel workers, but the same notice has
heen posted in the blast furnace de-
parLment. General Manager Mates ls
out OF the city, and no information can
be obtained as to the extent OF the re-
duction. The workmen claim tnSt
they will b obliged to work Throughout
| december and until the January pay
day. ,,r;k.
among the iron men here. The Lacka-
wanna Company's prominence IN the
recent loW-rate contracts has awakened
/ oreat interest in the struggle or th'
nannfacturers, and if their action u
force a reduction should culmlhate III
a strike here it is claimed that IL Woul'
hecome general from Chicago Il East
ern Pennsylvania.
THE PRICE OF STEEL RAILS
P1rrsBURG, Nov. 23,-The repooTT
autographed last night that steel ralI
conid he made at the present time 10
500 ner ton was based upon an inter
T;ow nublishsd in one of the mornln
naners. It turns out that the perso
making the statement has no knoWlede
nt tha business and t1ose who ough
tn know ray that rails at S4o Will II
. uolve a loss to the maker aG che preseL
cosS of material and labor,
Nrw STEEL WORKS FOR WHEELING
WHEELING, w. Va, Nov, 23'-In
nroieot for new steel works IN this clt
for the manufacture m of steel uall-plaI
ont of which steel nails are to be MAD
has heen informally completed by u
organization of the several nail mi mi
into a company for this purpose Na|
mill will hold stock In the new co
1 Germ.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-24
.,u,,,ur Freight Rates.

A telegram from Sioux City says the
chicago St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha Railroads yesterday announced
a reduction in freight rates between
Chicago and Milwaukee and Sioux 1;SS Clty .,
to Is cents per 100 pounds, regardless OF
classification, consignment to De maue a
via the Chicago, Rock Island anu ca, "a
cific Road. The freight between % oiUuH nar
100 bounds, and the passenger fare be-
tween tVU the same points cut to one dol
lar.
Atelegram from Oh icago says that to
law 81 the the Rock Island Road twill an
U"y u"S.nce ICE a passenger rate of fifty cent cents
from Chicago to Rock Island, Daven,
,rU. noTt. Cedar Rapids and the leading
ri points beyond, thus inauguF11'ing nS tyom wH1
from Chicago west as well al HUI
Western points to Chicago"
Daily Republican., 1882-11-24
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
A LTTLETALK ON ART-ChEAP
DRESS ARYIOLEE-CNUEl'TX
TA HORSES,
pn11.AnrLpH1A, Noy. ri.

presume you get all tne news
from our daily papers much clear
er and put in better shape than !
could give it to you, therefore l will
give you some personal observation
aboutsociety and art matters as they
come under my eye. In the first place
speaking Of art, 1T is away down inprice
unless an Artist happens to hit the
popular vein and becomes fashionable.
1t is lamentahle fact, but nevertns'
less true that an artist has to pander
TO the degraded TASTE OF the people OF
means rather than to serve the true
ideal of art.
To-day there arc thousands Of infe-
rior French and German pictures being
brought here and sold whilst our own
American artist who spends his time
and talent painting American scenes,
is driven to desperation to dispose OF
his work. This Is not overdrawn nor
fiction, 1t is the same with dress goods
and household decorations. A certain
large store not far from Broad and MAJ
ket takes great pride in advertising
in the line spoken of above.
Never before was Philadelphia SO
CAV in dress as to-day. You can buy
as cheap as at any time within the last
20 years, but mark you, you DO not gel
as good grade of goods. =,
For instance, stockings can be bought
for 10 cents but yon will find they are
not as good as formerly; nothing nndel
80 cents will lasS any time now.
a very sad case OF parental dlsre
gard came under my notice recently
Last spring the daughter of wealthy
! parents, residing in q palatisl mansion
, uP town, got married against her par
epts will. For awhile she and her hue
band struggled against fate. At Las
= by hard work they accumulated enougl
: to start a small store. The other da!
:, he was burned out, losing everything
4 furniture and all. He became insane
! Now to-day / met her wanderinI
- around without shelter or friends. Th
= hammered child of wealth last winter
an outcGst this winter.
ImuGt speak Of the cruel treatmsn
to horses In this city. Nowhere In al
nv travels have seen horses treate
o worse than in this city. There seem
3. 10 be no check to the overcrowding
1t street cars, or wagons. l have seen
bU mAly as GQI60 uOEb6b AhAA Al WV oH N"A
le from over exertion. The s. 2. U. 4
Of seems to be y dead letter here. 1t WI
u be a glorious day for the poor horse'
when some genius shall invent SON
? mode of propelling these cars withol
IA the aid of horses.
n. For my part believe the averaG
~ Philade phian is without sympathy @
~ y heart towards dumb animals.
We are to have Mrs. Langtry here
at ter all. Her photograph is on sale D.
1 do not sec much difference from IL
he average pictures oflots of actresses. Ii
n' bert piece that has been put on tt
Philadelphia stage for a long while
or the "Queen's Lace Handkerchief no
ed running at the Lyceum. IT it com
p your way don't fail to take 1t in. DE
Is, awareans are glad to hear Uh Jimn
he Martin has been elected Sheriff. Kno
he ing him as do believe you have 9
a. good man in the office. j. ii. A
Daily Republican., 1882-11-24
Train Accidents.

A telegram from North Adams, Mas
sachusetts, recounts a series of accidents
on the Troy and Boston AID State Line
Railroads. ,
A sleeper due in Boston at 9 o'clock
Yesterday morning on the Troy and
Boston road, left the side track near
Melrose ana ran into freight trsiD,
oemolishing thirteen cars. When, De,
cause of the accident, the Troy and
Boston passenger train reached Peters
burg Junction lat9, the water gave out
The engine, in crossing to tho Lebanon
Springs Railroad to got water, was run
into by another engine and badly dam
aged. -, a,,
A Boston and Hoosac Tunnel engine
ran off the track in the North Adams
yard on Wednesday night, tearing vi
the rails for some distance.
A train was wrecked at ST. Croi1
Junction, Wisconsin, yesterday, by
defective rail, and the engine wen
down an ep pbankment. The engineer
Vanderwerker, was killed, and the fire
man badly injured. The passenger
were severely shaken up.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-24
Gem, from che smyrna Times.

1t is comforting to see the Gazette go
exercised over fraudulent tax receipts.
From what it says tits the other OF. that
is this time getting gored' Now that
the Gazette sees the enormity OF the
thing, we hope it will go to the root OF
the matter with searching inVestlga'
tion.
Gov. Hall In commissioning Mr. MAI,
tin Sheriff of New Castle county dld
himself credit for not yielding to the in
tense partisan and gambling fraternity
Of wilmington who urged him to DC
defiance to law Not only is he sut-
taired by the judiciary, but by the Des'
thinkers of all classes. II there are any
wrongs to be righted, the court IS the
proper tribunal.
1t has teen charged that whenever
certain methods failed to meet desired
results, the Legislature has been ap'
pealed to to secure The object. 1hIS
failing to secure the Sheriff through th
lGoyernor by the subversion of law, th'
lGazette takes comfort in the, expectat,
ticp that the next Legislature vii
change the Board OF Canvass, as con
Istitutsd since the adoption OF the Con
Istitution, into a Returning Board INK
Those of the Southern States.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-24
Tn Rannsn on sunday.

For the past five months worEmen
have been engaged in remodeling and
otherwise i'm mproving the interior OF 81
Pauls M, E. Church, on Market street
above Seventh, and the church eolnce
will he thrown open to the public on
sunday morning and the rededicatory
sermon will be preached BY the Rev
Edmund B. Snyder, D. d., OF the
Snring Garden M. f. Church, Phila-
delphia. The improvements consist OF
n number Of alterations in the VesLl-
bules, the ceilings raised and the walls
handsomely trescoed. The pulpit has
also undergone extensive alterations
and otherwise improved. The seats
have been re.arranged and upholstered
il, a handsome manner, the whole lnte'
rior of the church presenting manu-
some appearance and a decided I'M
movement over the cid auditorium
RE contractor, under whose direcuoi
the work was done, was Phllemmi
Chandler, wis has completed the Wor1
! in satisfactory manner. stewart d
Jones, plumbers and gas ttters' tur'
nished the chandeliers, which are yer!
neat. Stewart Carlisle did the PAM
ing, granting and glazing George =
Hodges did the uphol. .tering, WINE va
frescoinE was done by PhilAdeiPnl
! parties.
Daily Republican., 1882-11-24
,o.n,a Of William Dioksom.

WASHINGTON, Nov. % Counsel tor
william Dickson, forenam Of the late
staT-route jury, came into the Police
Court this morning and asked Judge
Smell 10 fix day for the hearing OF inc
charoes AGAINST their client. MIR. Wells,
of counsel for the Government, was
sent for, and said that be hoped to be
ready to proceed with the case on Tues
day next, but, as the witness for whom
h, hau been waiting had not get arrlv-
ed, he could not consent to have day
definitely fixed. 49, .soo,
Mr.. Smith and Judge Cuppy OF coun'
sci for Mr.. Dickson, charged the Gov
ernment with negligence aud unntces'
sarv ~ nrocrastination, and continued to
insist that day be set for the trial
Judge Smell, however, put stop 10
further argument by saying that ht
would not now undertake to fix day
| tor hearing.