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4 a.. 80 a motion for new trial. ana Cisas-
VIC y, !" 1T 10 IndloH-Street Jail.

t;ce of a motion for new trial. suu o''''
snn was y, sent to Ludlow-Strest jail.
r,ho trial Of secretan and Others in Paris =;
ano 1880 rv;th the recent copper synui-
c co,a IN charges based on the. operations
c cs sSs syndicate was fnished to-day. sec
OF anc vas convicted and sentenced 70 SIX *
r months @' imprisonment and to pay a nne Oh
100, 900 francs
A, The Illinois Prohibition State Con- n
y. .n IN bloomington yesterday IL. II.
y Ysns'V Of + Franklin county, farmer, was va
nn"n nS, al for State Treasurer ana III
csrI Johan president Of Eureka S College
- Woodford county. for btate Superin-
tapdent of Public Instruction.
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NeM HOOkA.

We have a copy Of the following:
General Robert Fd,rard lie and he Question Of
Treason and Perjury. A Vindication Based
Exclusively on the Public Records of
Northern States and Statesmen. BY TAI
BOT sweeney. who dcdicates his work TO
has wife and the Il +. Lee Camp, No. l.
Confederate Veterans.
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,,,,v wong COTTON FuTuRFx
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF RICHMOND. MAY %, 1891
ARRIVED.
Schooner Fannie Brown, sharrett' CHARLESTON,
phosphate rock, Richmond ChemicalWorkA
SAILED.
Steamer Tolchester, Truitt, Norfolk, merchan-
disc and passengers.
PORT OF WEST POINT, VA, NAY %, 1890
lBy Telegraph
ARRIVED.
Steamship Cadiz tg7ih). Beotige, Norfolk. gen.
ersl cargo. ,,., -
steam ship Danville, Billups, Baltimore, gene
raj cargo.
SAILED.
Steamer Elm City Cs7th), Eaton, Walkertor.
general cargo. ,.,..,
Steamship Charlotte. Neckle, Baltimore,
general cargo
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29
TIE ryFNrs AT LArONIA.

CrycINxATI, O.. MAY Catalonia races.
Weather fine. Track good.
First race-mile and seventy yards-Hap-
piness won; Germanic second, Silver King
third. Time, l:i9.
Secondrace-fiv furlongs-C orinne Ken
ney won; Carroll Reid second, Harry Ray
third. Time 1855.
Third race-one mile-Hy DIV won; King
Regent second, Eugene third. Time.
l:48A.
Fourth race-one and one-sixteenth
mies-Clockner won; Cecil b. second,
Newcastle third. Time, 2029l.
Fifth race--mile and fifty yards-Prince
Albert won; Palisade second, Outbound
thlrd lime I.4Gh.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29

10y teIeETdUN 70 INC DL7UaI-Il'I
BRooKLYN. May %. The track was good
to-day and the weather delightful.
First race--fye furlongs-Eclpse won ;
Nubian second. Bermuda third
Second race-one Philosophy won !;
DR. Helmuth second, Extra Dry third,
Time. l;44's.
Third race-one mile and quarter
Badge won; Eon second, Gray Dawn third.
Time. 2:09
Fourth race--one mile and furlong--
Judge Morrow won Masterlode second,
Kings Own third. Time, 1864.
Fifth race-seven furlongs-Bellwood
won; Kasson second, Lord Peyton third.
Time. 1:29l4.
Sixth race-one mile and sixteenth
Barrister won Admiral second, Larchmont
third. Time. l:5ls4,
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PAL rlMOeE STOCK Market

BALTIMORE. May 2s.--yircinia consols. SLABS (;
do. 10 los. i3at41(; do. BIS, 6s5se6sH Baltimore
and Ohio stock. l0lal05 Northern Central, IL
consolidated gas bonds, 1l4Aall5. do. stock, 5ia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29
BLACK DRAPERY NETS.

No house eau give better value than so in this
line. We have upwards of twenty-five styles Of
Plain Nets. Dotted, Striped, and Figured Nets
ranging from 75c. yard upward. We have
also choice line Of narrow BLACK Laces sor I'm
ishing.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29
DEATHS.

JENKIyS-Dled. Wednesday, Nay % 1890, a.
$40 A. NJ, at tho residence OF her parents, No.
1924 Venable street, LOTTlB MAJ, eldest
daughter OF william 5. and Lula j. jenkins;
aged eighteen months
"Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths Of psace hath trod,
Whose secret heart with influence sweet
IsupWar1 drawn 70 God"
Funeral will take place from the above
named residence az o'clock TOMORROW
Friday) MORNING. Friends and acquaintance
are invited 10 attend without further notice.
NAYS.-Diei, at his residence, SIS north Jes-
samine street, az A. NJ. on the 2sth instant,
after a long and painful Illness, which he bore
with Christian fortitude. ROBERT \. MAYS, Jr.
Funeral notice will be given ia Sunaays pa
Norfolk and scottsvlle papers please copy.
NELSON.-Died, at il.2O O'Clock last night at
her residence, NO. l4-6 Hull street. Manchester,
Mrs. CATHERINE ANN NELSON, rolicl 81
Thomas w. Nelson, In the hfty-eighih year oil
her age.
Tho funeral will take place from the Central
Methodist church FRIDAY, May 3th, at II \. VI:
Friends and acquaintance Invited e attend
EzE.1-E 7zzz, zsIE,sss.,r zIfsI
Funeral Notice.
The funeral Of J. WAYTE MOORE, infant SON
Of J. n. Rnd Mary Z. Moore, Will take place tn j.
MORNING at 0 o'clock from their resldonce, li4y
Clay street
LYNCHBURG, VA, May 2, 1850.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29

Reading notices IN reading-maiter type, nVe
lines or less. 81 in nonpariel loaded, &c.
Gard Of rates for moro space furnished on sp-
plicstion-
All letters and kilograms must Be addressed
toTuE DISPATCH COMPANY.
Rejected communications viii not 10 re-
turned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29

....ax and unchanged. Me.s-port-
o,T sie55: new, si35o. Bulx,mea,s Qoosel--
sroolderA 5a1c.: lcng-clecr,anu cisar-rlD sides,
e4c suss,.peElss ouI s.DS re sns- susaI
S,,p.is,fc' large. Ieaiic. Lard-tsethei, 7kc
iI,n.Sa Gsxasx. Butter steady and unchanged;
c,esmery, fancy, &c.; do Tar 70 cnoice l2ai3c.
do Imitation, i0ailc. ladls, t AMI saiVc; 90
foou cond' aait store packed, tasc. grass On
~, ~ prss firm and active al l5al5hc Coffee
am. Rio cargoes. fair lsaaaOe. No. {, Iss
islSc Sugar strong ana ana nnsbs, ga granu
n saseSd' tsNa,strc Whissoy firm aud In good DO
mand. sI.opssi.I0. Froights 70 Liverpool por
sseamer Cotton, Coz: nour, u. 60. grain,
1,ld. Cork for orders, 3s.a's-od. saies-Wheai
800 bushels; corn. ll.oo pusneA
ST. LOUIS.
sr. Lsurs. May 2s.-Flour firm. Wheat ir-
regular: no. red casn, si'ss'sS 80. Sh'ys sitc.
v Wa go -ffiv. seHc. August 1850. Oats
s.shsr No scnsh, Sc. bid May, 261lc.: July.
oes'c. August, exc Whisky steady at sl.Oa
Provisions very dull.
CINCINNATI
c,ucrxv,7r. May g2-Flour firm. Wheat
strong. No. e. red, qiaq6c. corn quiet: No.
n,yesl asc. oats unsettled: No 2, mixed. pa
M pork ontet at sl3 Lard nrmer ut fL72K.
RDiS.meats and bacon steady. Whisky, sL04
WILMINGTON
INFLAMMATION. n. c., May 2a-Turpsntine
-. -, sstrc Rosin firm; strained, fl.f5;
Good strained. 20 bid. Tar arm at sl.as Crude
,rnentino-Hard, gL2j; yellow DIP, s2.s5; viz
gin. $50
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES
NEW YORK. May 2S-Not receipts none; cross
6as bales. Futures closed easy. sales. l3l,9W
hsIcs NAV. fe G5asf26j; June, 81 l.6laSl2-62;
81 ,sts Gsasi3c7 August, si2i9; September,
al 5aasif. 20: october, $40 saafieW; November,
ana December. $40 G9asi170; January, flO.12a
SOS; February, l9'6ssloo'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29
RIBBONS AND VELVET RIBBONS.

We have kept none but the best Velvet RIB
bons this season. Ask for tho q. H., which IS gu
perior 10 any other. Our Ribbon stock Is the
best we have ever had, and prices are lower.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29

NOTICE--THE FIRST MEETING
~ OF the STOCKHOLDERS or THE VIRGINIA
AND CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY (pur-
chasers at court-sale Of the Virginia and Caro-
lima railroad) will be held at the ofice OF w. w.
Henry, iii Main street. Richmond, Va, on
THURSDAY, June 3. 1890, at IL NJ.
MONCURE ROBINSON,
CHARLES CHAUNCEY,
y. A. WEXFORD,
c. L. WELLFORD,
W. W. HENRY,
my 23-td Stockholders.
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MILITARY NOTICES.

NOTICE. - ALL NONRESIDENT
INMEMBERs OF THE OLD HOWITZER BAT
TALON, e. well as members OF the present as
ISOLATION, will turn out at the unwilling OF the
Lee monument on MAY 29TH. Meet at the cor
ner OF Eleventh and Bank streets, whore badges
win be furnished, at . O'Clock A. "A. sharp. Nom
resident members will be provided for upon APP
pl!calion 10 the President
FRANK ID. HILL,
my g7-3t President How!tzer Association.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29

VNO THE MEMBERS OF HOPE
l. COUNCIL, No. 25, il. o. U. A. M-You are
hereby notified TO assemble at Corcorsn Hal
SUNDAY AFTERNOON at l:3O p. N. sharp, 70
attend in body the funeral OF our deceased
brother. X. A. MAYO.
BY order. u. Il. SATTERWHITE, X ).
Attest: II. o. GATES, G. my 29-2t'
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK

NEW YORK. May 2s-Cotton nominal: nc
sales to-day uplsnds, RAG: Orleans. IL bile;
net receipts. 1903 bales; exports-to Great Brit
tain, n bales stock, 19l 1855 bales Southern
flour dull and heavy. Wheat dull and unsettled.
closing weaker; No. . red. 95Za957zc in eleva-
tor; options dun and higher; No. red, May,
95slc.; June, g5ssc.; July, 95xc Corn mode
rately active aud higher: No. ., 40at0'sc. in
elevator: options dull and higher: May. 4OHc
June. 40a6c; July, 4lssc. Oats quiet aud strong
er options dull and firmer; May, 33Ac. June,
3Sc July, 81 &C. No. 2 spot, 3355 a34kc. Hops
Quie. and nrm. Codee-Opt0ns closed barely
steady and higher; May. Sl7.20aslZ40; June,
Sl1.O5asl715: July, si690sSl7; spot Rio firm
and uuiet: lair carg0es. go. sugar fairly active
and firmer; fair refining, sc: contrifugals,
g6-test, 3-iGc. asked; rehned nrmor anu fairly
active standard A, &C.. confectioners' A. SIC.
powdered. i-i6c. granulated, sc. Molasses-
Foreign firm; 50-test. lsHc. bid New Orleans,
quiet. Rice quiet and steady. Petroleum steady;
refined. 7.4Oc. Cotton-seed Oil dun crude, 33c.
bid. Resin steady. Turpentine dull at 31Hc
Wool steady and in fair demand. Pork Quiei
but steady. Beef firm. Beef.hams strong.
Tierced beef nrm. Cut-meats dull and weak.
Middles dull. Lard-Wostern steam, sf32k
May. $3.50; June, 1923 bid. Freights weak
cotton. 3-32d. asked; grain, "a.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, May 2s-Cash quotations were
Flour Arm and unchanged. No. ? spring and No.
. red wheat. 93ha9ic. No. corn, 33Ac. No.
2 oats, 2Ska29c. Mess pork, $i3l5 Lard, sG.Ga
Short-rtbs, s515as5.2l Shoulders, s5.l5asa 20
Short-clear, S565asa75 Whiskey, s1.09.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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PAINTS, OILS. &c.

PAINTS. OILS. &c.
WHITE LEAD, LINSEED-O OIL,
w TURPENTINE, BRUSHES, GLASS. &C.
Our prices are cheapest for quality. Materials
cover more and wear best MIXED PAINTS ali
shades. Write for prices. The only full stock
Of ARTISTS MATERIALS in the State.
SOL J. BINswANGER. Paint Dealer,
2l3 east Broad street.
my elm Richmond. Va.
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A. HU7ZLER'S Sons,
SI5 east Broad street.

Anticipating the presence OF O great many OF
our country patrons during the present week,
we have made special efforts to replenish our
stock in every department.
We offer our friends q hearty welcome, and
promise 10 put forth display Of bargaine that
will help TO make their visit pleasant memory.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29
MIR Ey o r X 81

DLANDON SWITCHBACE PAIN.
Opening for sumner season. LAX
Shooting Gallery Nusis ami Dauc.ls * 80
cry Day AMI Night Hofrsslmeptsa .f.'t
Grand Decorations ami ni4mlnaa0a t..s 10
yelling Weok ...,,......,,.....
ny 27-4i' lf.,i
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MEETINHn.

HEADQUARTERS SONS OF CON
IL FEDERATE VETERANS, r. Z. LEE CAM
NO. ESPECIAL ORDER; Assemble in front
Of X. Z. Lee Camp Hall, No. Gs5 east Broad
street, for parade at II O'clock sharp THIS
Uhursday) MORNING, May 20. 1870.
by order LOUIS RAWLINGS, Captain command
ing.
my 29-it 4. b. GRYMES. First Sergeant
CPECIAL ORDER No. John B..
- STRANGE CAMP OF CONFEDERATE VET
RRANS will assemble IN rear OF tho Medical Col
lege at s A. NJ. THIS 29TH OF MAY, $780,
BY order OF r. 4. w. DUKE, Lieutenant COM
mander, commanding.
my 2g-lt' III. W. JONES, Ad1utant
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29

ANtSfu tnfN
MOZART ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
BERGEN & MYERS. .Lessees ont Manager.
THE NEW YORK NtDEON-sQrAhg
THEATRE COMPANY.
FOR THE REMAINDER or 1AlS Nt...
including WEDNESDAY AMI SATURDAY. ~.
TlNEES


dfA1l EfhIfAl Hf
1.-THE PRIVATE SECRETARY
with NJ. KINNfDl "a Ca.ormI'H. 1'fs
b. superb company 10 t.uri.a.-
Tickets Low on eelo at u-la. pfI.c-. DID,. ~
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THE RICHMOND DISPATCH.
.--~@-a------~s,a~
BY THE DLSPATUH COMPANY.

The DAILY DISPATCH s delivered 10 sub
scv,bcrs al rrrTsKs csSrs per week, payable to
me carrier weekly. Mailed At Sc per annun;
IS for ak mon,hs; si.eo for three months; 700.
for one month.
The sEsI-wEggIy DISPATCH at 81 per an
vun, or 81 for eix months
The WEEKLY DISPATCH az 81 per anuum
Tho SUNDAY DIsPATCn stti.oO per annam'
or zsc for ak month";
Subscriptions tn all cases payable In advance,
aud no paper continued aftcr tho expiration OF
the time paid for. send posi-onnce money
order, check. or registered letter. Currency
sent by mail will DO at The risk OF the sender.
subscribers wishing their posi-oface changed
mast give their Old a. well as their new post
ofnoe. Sample copies free.
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THIS WEEK We WILL SELL

Merrlmac Prints az SC. yard:
Choice Challies, now designs, at Sc
Plaid, Checked, and siriped Muslins at &C.;
Androscoggn BleAched Cotton at SIC
Langdon G. g. Bieached Cotton at lOc.
Berkeley Soft-Finish Cambria at lOc.
IO-4 Blcached Sheeting-one OF the bes-known
brands-25c-;
Full yard-wido Soft-Finished Bleached Cotton az
7c.;
Full-width American Satines az Skc.;
Fine Zephyr Giughsms, choice styles, lOc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29

I'M To RICHMUND ID TIE
Owatchword Thousands Of strangers will be
here and 70 all we extend a most cordial invita-
ton TO visit our store. 10 will be 20 the interest
OF the multitude who are beat on saving money
on their purchases 70 nOte the humorous at
tractiye bargains offered this week BY tho popu-
lar low priced Dry Goods house Of
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WIINIH1TON

wnwxorov. n: o., va go ~ n,l n
s,ca5v AZ 8txc. Rcsin nrn; strained, fl.15
,Sod fs,ra,ned. 81 90 nd. Tar arm at sl3t Crud
t,rpentino-Hard, sL2j; yellow dip, ss.ss; vii
gin, a. 70.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-29
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.

WEDNESDAY, May pc. 1890.
Board adjourned till Saturday at u o'clock.
Srosinp Ino:s.lons sc tho STOCK Exchange:
CONVENIENT SB0JRIrtEs. BID. Astsf.
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HELD 81 THALHIMER.
LACE CURTAINS.

Lovely BLACK NETS at prices greatly ro-
duced-from zoe. a yard and upward. Special
fl...a Ia .r1l
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-26
A PAIR or FISHERS.

Under the lee Of the headland,
Out of the hot sunshine,
A fisher, idle sitting,
Plays with his rod and line,
The eddying current ripples
At the roots of the rank marsh grass,
And down in the clear brown shadows
The fish like shadows pass.
His hand has lost its cunning;
His glances fall and rise,
Now into the cool, dark water,
And now into two blue eyes!
For another sits beside him
On the narrow ledge of stone,
And the loops of her fluttering ribbons
Across his cheek are blown.
She breaks her talk and laughter
To watch the anglers game
And never the angler guesses
That her own Is just the Same.
For hook and line are ready
Whenever the fish will rise,
Though his with n fly are baitcd,
And hers with two blue eyesl
Alas for the simple fisher!
He knows the anglers guile
Out of their lurking places
The watery brood to vile;
But never he dreams that danger
Can lie in wait for him;
That long ere the flames Of sunset
Shall redden the shadows dim,
The girl who sits best de him
Win land an easy prize.
And carry him homeward captive
To the bait of two blue eyes!
Kate Putnam OsgoOd, in Outing.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-26
The Study of Languages.

What l urge is that no invidious dis
tinction be made, as sometimes used to
be and sometimes is, between the an
cient and the modern to the disadvan-
tage of the latter, but that students
should be encouraged to take the course
in modern languages as being quite as
good in point of discipline as any other,
If pursued with the same thoroughness
and to the same end; and that end, as
have said, should be literature, in which
alone language attains to full conscious
ness of its power and the joyous exer-
else of it. 1t is only through literature
that we become complete men, and
there, and there only, can we learn what
man is md what man may be. For it is
nothing else than the autobiography of
mankind-From an Address bv Prot.
Lowell.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-26
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

Key. DR.. James johnson SAYS that
the signs Of the times denote that Israel
will DO largely reclaimed by the study
OF the Hebrew New Testament version.
The Spirit Of Missions.
Involve hundred converts have been
baptized In tho Baptist mission in Rus.
STA In the past two years. The mission
is principally among the German colon.
lists in South Russia. There IL also .
successful mission in Roumania and
Bulgaria. '.f
Baptist progress in Sweden is one
OF the most remarkable religious move
ments of the present time. Revivals are
constant. In twenty years the number
OF church-members has advanced from
1900 to 32,8Os. The baptisms in 1888
were 1880.
-Self-control is the main element in
successful life. Children should be
taught to control themselves at home
and at school. The pupil who learns to
obey lawful authority because it is
right, learns the most important lesson
of Hfe.-J. A. Cooper.
The thirty missionary societies in
the United States have an income of
S., 900, 967; 1,103 stations, and 1854 out
stations; 937 male and 1900 female mis-
sionaries; 8,617 native helpers; 2,243
churches, with 174,7s4 communicates,
of whom 21,978 were added last year;
1864 schools, with 1s7,9o5 pupils.
When society like the Christian
Endeavor can report 1871 local organic
atoms and membership of 40, 900, it's
popularity at least is plainly manifest.
The critical may still question it's abid-
ing usefulness, and look upon it as the
result of one of those temporary waves
which occasionally sweep over the
churches; but that this organization has
taken strong hold upon large numbers
OF the young people in the churches of
our country can not be questioned.-The
Church at Home and Abroad.
Much Christian work is being done
among the $50, 900 lepers in India. Dur
ing the last ten years 800 persons of this
class have been admitted to the asylum
1T Almora, in Northern India, under the
care of the London Missionary Society,
and about half the number have been
converted. A Pithagorah, not far away,
is an asylum under charge of the Metho-
dist missionaries from the United States,
and at Amballa, in the Punjab, there
has for many years been leper asylum
conducted by American Presbyterian
missionaries. -The Congregationalist.
A unique enterprise for reaching
the masses was started about year ago
in Detroit, under an impulse received
from the Christian Workers convention,
which had just held it's annual session
there. The Casino Theater, an estab-
lishment of low tone, and frequented by
hundreds of young people, was leased
by several gentlemen in the city, among
them the proprietor of the Detroit Jour-
nal, and converted into Gospel Taber-
nacle. Services have been held seven
nights in a week, one evangelist sue
ceeding another in conducting them. A
daily noon prayer-meeting draws al
average attendance of fifty. Temper
ance is kept at the front. There have
been some remarkable conversions, and
the endeavor is made to induce such
converts to join some church.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-26
500sMaHe E Eaae;

Agood chance. Don't miss it. You need no capital
and NO experiences to represent reliable srm th9t
THE YEAR, and good pay weekly TO energetic and
successful men, WRITE FOR TERMS At ONCE AMP SECURE
aen. Floriats and eecdanen, ST. PAUL. A4NGs
~GAA1 THIS PARER svuy ans yss vr,A
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-26
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Changes Wrought in the Course Of Half q
Century.

Changes Wrought in the Course of Half
Century.
Fifty years ago the population of the
United States was only 1897, 400. The
census cost the Government 1888, 427.
There were slaves in all the States ex-
cept Maine, Massachusetts,, Vermont
and Michigan. Iowa had 16 slaves,
Wisconsin II, Ohio 3, Indiana 9, Illi-
nois 331. The total in all the States
and Territories was 2,4S6,228. Fifty
years ago the first railroad-spike ma
chine was put into use, making fifty
minute, forming both point and head.
Henry Burden, of Troy, N. Y, was the
inventor 1t ranked among the best
paying inventions of modern times.
Fifty years ago the Wing party held
mating General William Harrison, of
Ohio, as President of the United States.
Fifty years ago Joseph A. Adams for
the first time made use of the idea
now embodied in the art of elec-
trotyping by reproducing from wood
cuts. Fifty years ago the first power
loom for weaving carpets was set in mo-
ton by E. B. Bigelow, of Boston. Ten
yards a day was its original capacity.
Fifty years ago 1839) the first wheat
was shipped from Chicago, amounting
to seventy-eight bushels. It was sent
eastward by the lakes to Buffalo. Fifty
one years ago the first steam fre-engine
ever made was tested in New York. 1t
was invented by Captain John Ericsson.
Fifty years ago the Sirius and Great
Western, the first ocean steamships, en-
tered New York harbor on their return
trips. Fifty years ago 1000 reformed
drunkards marched in procession at the
first anniversary of the Washington So
ciety. Fifty years ago law was enact
ed against dueling in the District Of
Columbia. 1t grew out of the Cilley-
Graves duel. Fifty years ago the Chero-
kee Indians were removed from Georgia
and placed west of the Mississippi
river. Fifty years ago was established
Corners College of Boston. Fifty years
ago the first patent was granted to
Goodyear for vulcanized 1ndia-rubber
goods
Fifty years ago a survey was made by
John Baily for a canal across Central
America. Fifty years ago John Ericsson
was allowed letters patent on a steam
propeller boat. Fifty years ago beet
sugar was first made by David L. Child,
of Northampton, Mass. Fifty years ago
the banks of the United States resumed
specie payment. Fifty years ago the
Massachusetts Abolition party was or
gained. Fifty years ago wooden clocks
had only been in use one year. Fifty
years ago the daguerreotype was invent
ed in France.-Statistician
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-26
The Color of the Sea.

The cause of the generally blue color
of the deep sea is accounted for by refer
ence to certain principles connected with
the science Of optics. Probably most are
aware that light consists of the set Of
colors which we see so beautifully dis
played in the rainbow. Now, it is a
law of light that, when it enters any
body, and is either reflected or trans
mitted to the eye, a certain portion of
it, consisting of more or less OF it's
colors, is lost in the body; the remaining
color, being reflected, strikes our visual
sense, and whatever color that may be,
the object seems of that color. Now, it
chances that the portion of light most
apt to be reflected from masses of trans
parent fluid is the blue, and hence it is
that the air and the sea both appear of
this color.-N. Y. Ledger.