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Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
The Supreme Court of Georgia and its Opin-
ion of Cultures

Ihe supreme Court of Georgia and its Opin-
ion of Cultures.
The Supreme Court Of Georgia has rem.
dered a decision which shows that that iu-
dicial body is down on dealing in futures.
The case in which the decision was rem
dered was an appeal from the Richmond
Superior Court. 1t was that of the Nation
al Exchange Bank of Augusta against
hobt. Z. Cunningham. Cunningham gave
his note to Warren Wallace & Co., cotton
dealers of Augusta, who transferred it to
the bank. Payment was refused and the
bank brought suit. The plea was that the
note was given as part of a future con-
tract In delivering the opinion Justice
Blandford said : " If this is not specula-
ton on chances, wagering and betting be-
tween the parties, then we are unable to
understand the transaction. Betting on
game of faro, brag or poker may be more
hazardous, dangerous or uncertain. Indeed,
1T may be said that these animals are gem
tie, tame and submissive compared to this
monster. The law has Gagged them and
driven them to their dens. They have been
outlawed, while this ferocious beast has
been allowed to stalk about in midday with
SiiuOu anu 10
lure unhappy vict. rs to its embrace of
death and destructi y. The business of
selling and buying cott n futures has grown
in spite of the persistent opposition from
the pulpit, legislative halls and the bench
to enormous proportions. Now and then
bucket-shops have received rebuff when
they sought to enforce their contract direct
ly, but they have managed to avoid this to
considerable extent by negotiable notes
and transferring them to innocent holders,
in whose hands it was supposed they were
good"
The Supreme Court struck a crushing
blow against this entire system of specua-
tion, holding that the whole business was
vast gambling scheme; that all contracts
or notes based on futures were gaming
contracts and absolutely void, and they
were not good even in the hands of an inno-
cent holder
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Ok the 29th hand-car with five men
vas struck by train near Bethesda, 0.
Two of the men were killed.
Oh the 29th Mrs. Mary A. Green
burned to death at Louisville, KY, her
clothing having caught fire from candle.
AT Saxonville, Mass, five blanket
factories burned the morning of the 29th,
causing loss of 100000. Four hundred
hands are thrown out of employment.
The night of the 29th the Windsor
Theater the largest in New York, burned,
together with two hotels embr ced in the
block
ON the morning of the 2Sth the busi-
ness quarter Of st. Paris, o., burned; loss,
$4,000.
WHILE attempting to arrest a thief
On the 2Sth Policeman Bullard, of Detroit,
Alch was fatally shot,
ON the 28th, by collision near Ash
land, o., a conductor was killed and engi-
Aeer and brakeman seriously hurt.
VN the 18th a passenger coach was
aeEalled at Worcester, Mass, and went
aown an embankment, rolling over twice.
large number of the passengers were
badly hurt
WHILE insane, Mrs. Ryall, Of Balti-
more cut the throats of herself and two
daughters on the 30th.
BY railroad collision in France on
'A' -9lh eighteen persons were killed.
ON the night of the 30th, in an at
~uip1 to arrest four burglars at Shelby, O.,
~ Olty Marshal and baggage-master
"ue severely wounded. Two burglars
we're Killed and the others captured.
ISAAC Brown was killed by the cars
/ Mehmond, Ind, on the 30th, and boy
l1lilea King fell from a second-story win
w and was also killed.
ON the Seth the driver and conductor
Sn owl car in Cincinnati were murdered
solitary passenger with whom they
mad quarrel.
u ANOTHER tragical sensation agitates
il I 'lcihlty Of Lincoln, ILL.,, in the murder
= 'alnlel Remine, section foreman on
fo i"IholS Central Railroad, who was
crushed. '-i'' ''--
49,. - IS supposed the schooner New Do
Il'on mas been lost on Lake Huron.
Il. q 'he night Of the 1st two men got
an5 furnace to sleep in Reading, Pa,
ing. 'uiio',a'eo the neS0 MORN
d, IKE destroyed a block of buildings
Man. 'us "a at Mechanicsville, la. Also the
P~aI4 Piic Temple, New York; Sewen &
Cbioas nson : nat factory, Elizabeth, n. j. In
hr.eo nre broke out in the Farwen build.
w9,li IH Ile LIST, causing heavy damage. Two
ofEla girls were killed and further loss
also damaged. ''''' ''''' 'u'iui'is was
n !, nas formed in the straits at Sault
into ralt' r%arle' Mich, stopping navigation
p,IIars aAe superior. All regular line pro-
Closed eo' through before the straits
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-08

in the Green Mountains, near Bran
don, Vt, is located, according to tradi-
ton, cave in which are uncountable
numbers Of Spanish silver bars. and
cor sequently the feeling of suddenly De,
coming Cresuses has taken such a hold
on the people of the Green Mountains
that they have formed a stock compa-
nv, which is now digging for the en-
chanting silver. The results SO lar ar
some unusual iron wedges, supposed 70
be Spanish landmarks.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

be r.n' rohATloNs with Prussia will not
segading as " the VATICAN till the demands
with education of priests are complied
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-08

Attention is called to the fact that the only
bonds now outstanding which are redeemable
at the pleasure Of the Government, are the 8
per cents. amounting to about 35.DO9,gUyJ 9,gUJ
The Az per cents, amounting to SZ1O,OJo,VO0
and the S737, co., 900 per cents are not paya-
BILE until 1891 and 1907 respectively IL the sur
Mus shall hereafter be as large as the treas
urv estimates now indicate the 3 per cent. bonds
may all be redeemed at least four years before
any Of the Az per cents can be called IL. me
latter. at the same rate of accumulation OF
Surplus, can be paid at maturity and the
moneys requisite for the redemption of the 4
per cents will be in the treasury many years
before those obligations become payable.
There are cogent reasons, however, why
the national debt should not be thus rapidly
extinguished. Chief among them is the fact
that only by excessive taxation is such
rapidity attainable. A statute has been enact
ed by which the annual tax and tarln receipts
of the Government have been cut down 70 tIle tIle
extent Of at least $50D00,000 or sdO,VUO,OoJ'
While having no doubt that still further reduc-
tions may be wisely made, the President does
not advise the adoption at this Session or any
measures for large diminutlon OF sthe nd
tional revenue. In the interval whicn
must elapse before the effects OF the
act of March 8. 1883, can be definitely as
certained, q portion at least OF the surplus
revenues may be wisely applied 70 me lone
neglected duty Of renaDlhtating our Ma
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16
Lead Poisoning in Dressmakers.

Lead poisoningi is often produced in
an unsupported manner. The occupa-
ton of dressmaking might be regarded
as one likely to be exempt from it; yet
a 'dressmaker Just admitted into the
Leeds Dspensary, in England, was
found to have distinct blue line on her
gums, with Simultaneous symptoms,
such as furred tongue, inflammation
of the lips, and general debility-all
signs pointing to the probability of
poisoning by lead The physician in
attendance for some time failed to dis
cover the source of the lead poisoning,
and was beginning to think the blue
line had been caused in some other
way, when he accidentally learned from
merchant that silken thread. being
sold by weight, and not by length, is
sometimes adulterated w tn sugar of
lead. He then questioned the patient,
and she informed him that it had been
a'common practice with her, when at
work, to hold silk as well as other kinds
of thread in her mouth, and that she
had done this the more readily with
silk, inasmuch as it often had sweet
taste. This is sure indication of the
presence of lead, and all thread pos
sessing it should either be rejected or
used with caution. 1t will be found
that the silk thread of the best makers
is tasteless, whereas some inferior
threads are sweet. -AnaericGp Medical
'WeeELu ve&
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16
NEWS OF The WEEK.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
XLVIIth CONGRESS-.

THURSDAY, February SIN the Senate the
Tariff bill was further considered, and books.
maps, engravings, etc, were placed on the
Tree list. In the Hous1 the Tariff bill S
again taken up, in Committee of the Whole,
and the duty on steel rails was fixed at fifteen
dollars FER ton.
FRIDAY, February 9.-In the Senate Mr..
Hale reported the Naval bill, approprlating
Sl5,727, 1884. A remonstrance was presented
against placing lumber on the free list Con-
sideration OF the Tariff bill was resumed. In
the House resolutions we're reported against
disseminating the silver coin ge, and in favor
of additional vault-room at some point in the
Mississippi Valley. A pension twenty dol
lars per month was granted to the widow of
Represen alive Hawk, of Illinois. The Tariff
bill was further considered. In the evening
large number of Pension bills were passed.
SATURDAY, February 10.-A memorial from
the Kansas Legislature was presented In the
Senate asking that lumber be placed on the
free island aremonstrance was presented from
citizens OF Wisconsin against placing lumber
on such list. The Pension Appropriation bill
was passed, with an additional section de.
signed to prevent the pledging of pension
certificates in any way. Several amendments
to the Tariff bill were agreed to- joint
resolution was passed in the House for the
admission, free OF duty, of articles intended
for the special exhibition of m chinery, ETC.,
Tor the generation and application of cleo
tricity to be given by the Franklin Institute
OF Philadelphia The Tariff bill was further
considered, and some changes were made in
the pending measure.
MONDAY, February 12.-In the Senate Mr..
. Blair presented petitions from colored citi-
zens Of Virginia and the Carolinas for Ma
tioaal aid to common schools. Mr.. Window
reported bill to execute the treaty with
China for the suppression of the traffic in
opium. The Tariff bill was further consid-
cred. In the House bills were introduced to
prohibit the transmission of lottery adver-
tisements through the mails, end for pen
sion of fifty dollars per month to the grand
daughter Of Thomas jefferson. Coasidera-
tion of the Tariff bill was resumed. At the
evening session the Legislative Appropriation
bill was considered.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16

A BROKEN wheel threw a freight train
| frora the track near Easton, Pa, the other
day. and thirty head Of cattle were killed.
A BARTENDER named C. D. Scebach, OF
New York City, fired upon a youthful party
of snoa ballists TIE other day, and killed John
| Noonan, aged nine years.
THE steamboat City of CatskilL valued at
$50 900, was destroyed by fire a few days ago,
at Rondout, N. T., and the ice-houses of the
Cornell Steamboat Company were ruined.
AT his home in Hartford, Conn.,, Marshall
Jewell died on the 10th, of pneumonia, aged
fiffy-seven years. He was twice Governor OF
Connecticut, was Minister to Russia, Post.
naster-General, and at his death held the
Craftsmanship of the Republican National
Committee.
The failure of the Bay State Iron Company
OF Boston for $780, 900 is anr ou1ced.
AN explosion of gasoline the other day at
Amsterdam, N. Y, destroyed knitting-mill,
causing loss of s75, 600
Snow to the depth of three feet was re-
ported at Barre, Vt, on the 18th.
The death of Charles r. Thorne, Jr., the
actor, occurred few days ago in New York,
of rheumatic govt.
PETER CootER's ninety third birthday was
celebrated by dinner at his residence in New
York City on the 10th.
THE Preside of the Taunton Locomotive
Works, at Taunton, Mass, Samuel L. Crock
er, died recently in that city. He was in early
life member of Congress- and was at the
time of his death one of the wealthiest men in
the st tie.
AT Cal is, Me-, General G. F. Granger, a
distinguished volunteer officer of the late
war, died a few days ago
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16

A LETTER has been received by the Ger
man diplomatic agents in the United States
from Prince Bismarck expressing gratifica-
ton and thanks for the speedy relief sent
from this country to the flood sufferers.
In Washington few days ago Miss Mary
W. Brewster daughter of the Attorney Gen
eral of the United States, was married to r.
j. w. Rooms, of Philadelphia.
THE National Fair of the American Agri-
cultural Association will, it is announced, be
held in the place Offering the most ind,Sce-
ments.
IT has been decided by the Secretary of the
Interior that railroads are not limited to the
lands Immediately adjoining the roads in cut
ting ties and obtaining other construction
material intended for the use of the railroads
The recent fair at Washington to- raise
funds for the Garfield Hospital nettei about
$1,000.
GENERAL SHERMAN's sixty third birthday
was celebrated by banquet at Washington
on the evening of the Sth at which notable
company assembled.
On the 9th Governor Newell, of Washing
ton Territory. accompanied by Delegate
Brents, appeared before the Senate Commit.
tee on Territories and made an argument in
favor of the admission of Washington Terri
tory as State.
DURING the seven days ended on the Sth
the business failures in the United States and
Canada numbered 275, reduction of 80 from
those of the preceding seven days. ,
GoLD-wAsHED nickels ofthe new series, in
tended to be passed for FIVE dollar pieces,
were discovered at Washington on the 18th.
AT twenty-six leading clearinghouse in
the United States the exchanges for the week
ended on the 10th were 81, lbs, 7OS, 1871, a
marked advance over the previous week. in
d'cating activity in general business through
out the country. M
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16
Under a Meteoric Shower.

According to eminent astronomers,
exceptionally hot or cold weather on
this planet is due to the zones of me-
teorites which interpose between the
earth and sun, depriving us of heat, and
then, when the conditions are reversed,
and the earth is between them and the
sum-, there is vast addition to the tenn
perature of our atmosphere. Hum
boldt pointed out that the cold weather
about February and previous to May
IA, was due to zones of meteors. as also
the exceptionally hot weather which
eliminated in our Northern atmosphere
about July -. Can it be possible that
man himself will ever be able to control
the visible conditions under which he
livesP May not some discovery enable
him in time to mitigate the severity of
winter frost and to shield the earth
from the torrid rays of midsummer s
sun? 1t seems very wild to indulge in
these anticipations, but they are not
more rchimerical than would have been
the facts of telegraphy and steam to the
people who lived a thousand years ago.
3--ilen11Oresfs MOntbJu.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16
Currency Reform Conferences.

1850 WASHINGTON, February g.
The 'sCurrency Reform Conference has
G 'osed its sessi ons, and reformers to-day is
sued an ad lress to the country, in which they
define their position with reference to some
OF the principal political issues of the time.
Inc address begins as follows: ~
"MonopoliStc influence threatens the liberty
OF the people. 1t has divided American citi-
zens into classes ofrich and pOor-those who
i've i've (. on 1ixed incomes yet produce nothing,
and those whose labor pays all taxes and sup
ports all classes. 1t controls the principal
avenues of commerce and travel, and the
transmission of intelligence 1t wields undue
1 ID over the public press aud elections.
II. corrupts all Legislative, Judicial and Ex-
ecutlve officers. and, above ALL it initiates and
controls the volume of currency and credits
when enables it to create panics, destroy
property-values, paralyze business, throw labor
its productions"
The attention of "all patriotic citizens is
lnen invited to a statement OF principles in
Which are advocated the prompt payment of
the public debt; the issuance by the Govern
ment OF all currency of the country, such
currency to be legal tender for all dues pub
lie andTprivate; the establishment of a Gov
eminent Postal Telegraph system; the re-
strIction of railroad corporations to pro-
mote the plf!,lic welfare and prevent them
from becoming oppressive mOnopOles; the
repeal of all class legislation, and the en-
( actment of laws compelling all property TO
Dear its just portion of the burdens of taxa
ton; the retention of the public domain for
pubic expenditures; honesty in administer
ing Inc government; an American civil seFy-
ice that will place officials more directly under
the control of the people, and, finally purity
OF the ballot through laws adding dist Rncbise-
ment to imp isonmeGt for all who buy or sell
votes or render false returns of elections.
This statement or address contains citations
from BENJAMIN Franklin. George Washing
ton, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster, John
Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, George Stevenson,
the Duke of Wellington, Aristotle, and Joseph
N1mmo, Jr., as authorities to illustrate and
prove the correctness of the views of the con-
ference upon the subject of the currency and
class or monopolistic" legislation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16

ALL the lines Of the Mutual Union Tele-
graph Company have been leased by the
Western Union Telegraph CompaRy for a
period of 500 years. W
The death is announced OF General John A
Kellogg, commander, during the late war, of
the Wisconsin Iron Brigade.
The State Prohibition Convention of Ken
lucky for the nomination of Governor and
other State officers, announced for February
IS, has been postponed to March 20. 1t will
be held in the city of Louisville
On the 10th a telegram was received In
Chicago from the Postmaster General direct
ing the stoppage of all letters addressed toe.
A. Robinson & Co., 95 Fifth avenue, another
alleged bogus commission firm. The Chicago
papers say this firm had only been in opera
ton few weeks, but already letters were
coming to their address.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

The annual report of the Railroad Commits
sioner of Wisconsin shows that the receipts
of railroads within the State. for 1882 were
$19, 669, 927, an increase Of % per cent. over
the previous year. The disbursements were
ST. 346, GAG or IS per cent. of the income
During the year 8, 499, 321 tons of freight wers
carried at an average charge of 1910 cents
per ton per mile. The number of passengers
carried was SOL, 1913; their, journeys aver
aged forty-fve miles each; and the average
fare was lilo cents per- mile. The capital
stock of Wisconsin roads is SIS, $40, $50 and
the bonded Indebtedness S70, sos, 029. Dur
ing the year 113 persons were killed and $40
injured on Wisconsin roads. The total mile
age is 8, S33, of which 800 miles were built in
1882, and every county but three possesses
railroad facilities. The railroads contributed
$685. 1928 to the State as Themselves during
the year ended September 80, 1882.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16
LATER.

THE flood in the Ohio River had not per-
ceptibly abated on the 18th. In the fore
noon the foundation of portion of the
freight and passenger depots of the Cincin-
natl Southern Road, in Cincinnati, gave way.
and the building fell, causing the drowning
of some persons. Thousands were suffering,
and aid was being given as rapidly as posi-
BILE. AT Louisville, KY, over five thousand
people were homeless. The low section of
the city was suddenly inundated during the
night by the bursting of dam, and many OF
the residents were caught by the flood in their
beds, and it was feared that several were
drowned. More than $50 houses were entire
~ submerged, or floating about. De Pauw's
glass-f Glory at New Albany, Ind, had boen
compelled to suspend work, throwing 1900
me out of employment. Two-thirds of JEFF
fersonville, Ind, was under water, and at
Newport and Covington, Ky, very great
da mage had been done.
The twisting-mills at Milston, Scotland,
were destryed by fire few days ago, render
ing 500 persons idle, and causing loss of
$35o,000. -
LONDON advices of the 18th state that
floods and continuous rains prevented field
work in England, and almost through
out Europe, and farming prospects looked
gloomy. In some sections the autumn SOW
ing had rotted in the ground. A
| A PARTY of mountaineers attacked Turk
ish guard-house at Scutari few DAYS ago.
and in the battle which followed twenty
Turks were killed or wounded.
The Michigan Legislature re- assembled on
8 eft @a,,
for United States Senator showed that the
deadlock remained unbroken.
RICHARD WAGNER, the celebrated COM
poser, died at Venice on the 18th, aged seven
ty years.
The President of the Irish Land League
issued on the 18th from Buffalo, N. Y, an
appeal for aid for the starving people in
Ireland.
Ex-GovERNoR SN1rH, of Wisconsin, died
at Milwaukee on the 18th. rs
The Texas Senate on the 18th ordered a
committee to frame a bill for the sale of public
lands at two to five dollars per acre, on
forty years. time, or to lease tracts for ten
years at three cents per acre.
The death of Commander Morris, of the
United States Navy. occurred on the 18th at
Newport, R. {
In the United States Senate on the 18th 9
joint resolution was passed to admit free Of
duty monument to General Washington de,
signed for Philadelphia. Discussion of the
Tariff bill was resumed. In the House Sen.
ate bills were passed to settle all business o.
the Freedmens Trust Company and to grant
a right of way through the Fort Smith reser
walton to the st. Louis 81 San Francisco
Road. Mr.. P.ge reported the River and Har
,bir bill, which appropriates 81, 957, 00l Thu
metal schedule Of the Tariff bdl was nearly
completed. ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16
The Public schools.

The annual report of the. State Superin-
tendent of Public instruction shows that
the number of persons in Wisconsin between
seven and fifteen years of age was, at the
close OF the fiscal year, 257, 429, of which
number eighty-seyen per cent attended school
an average of seventy-three days each. There
are !, SOS school-houses in the State, employ.
ing 1908 teachers. The number of volumes
in school-district libraries is 1926, valued at
$22,25 The total amount paid for public
schools during the year was $2,S7S, 1896, Of
which 81, 34S was for teachers wages.
There are 12i high-schools in the State. The
State University cost $92, 736; the normal
schools, $79, 602; the common and high schools,
S2,132807.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16

I'm Nashua, N. H., a large part OF
the best society is made up of those who
have sometime been employed in the
mills. One writer says that, among the
leading people, a woman over fifty
years who has never worked in the
mills is an exception. And yet no
where in New England is there more
culture and refinement, and it speaks
triumphant proof that labor and culture
are not in any degree incompatible =
/, Boston Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16

The title "lady'' is derived from
the Saxon hleaf-dian, contracted into
lafdy, and then into lady. Taf, or hlaf.
or loaf, means food or bread, and dian
means to serve, SO that the title ''lady''
means bread-server. The feudal lord
supplied the food for the guests, or the
poor, and the ladies used to carve and
distribute it. Chicago Meas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16

Miles away from the coast N Ger
tain part of. Texas, high and dry in the
rank prairie grass, lie the remains of a
once gallant ship. The vessel is sup
posed to be of Spanish build, and is
thought to have been driven inland by a
tidal wave. So long has the vessel been
there that there are not even traditions
concerning her.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16

There is still extant in the Post-of-
fee Department at Washington small
folio ledger of not more than three
quires of paper, upon which Franklin.
when Postmaster General, kept all his
accounts for two years.