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Year: 1874

Indications Of new epidemic. technically
Known as tonsillits. have been OF frequent occur
renee within the last few days in various quarters
Of the city. At Bellevue Hospital yesterday there
were SIX new patents afecled with the diae2se
admitted to the wards aud many medical men
are Of the opinion that u 10 spreading rsptolys
Year: 1874

Determined to meet the popular demand for q high
order artistic variety ENTERTAINMENT the management
have completed arrangements with the most renowned
artists Europe and America for delightful series of
Year: 1874

Some one explains the popularity
Of the name of John in England by stat.
ing that in the days when parents were
In habit Of calling their children by the
name of the saint whose birthday fell
nearest the day on which child might
be born, the fact that two Saints John
were on the calendar led naturally to a
more frequent use ofthat than any other
name
Year: 1874

THE TROOPS IN LOUIsIANA.-The
Chicago Tribune of the eleventh in
stant says: There is all appeal, put
forth in the language and tone of a
demand by some self constituted
committee in New Orleans, that the
troops be removed from Louisiana.
For what purpose should they be re-
moved Six weeks ago there were no
troops in Louisiana, and the State
was as free from military interference
us is Illinois. An armed rebellion
suddenly seized the government of
that State, dcpcsed all the general
and local officers, and installed a new
force in all the departments. Troops
were sent to the State and the gov
ernment restored. Admitting that
Kellogg was never legally elected,
and that his Installation in January,
1873, was Il usurpation, it will not be
questioned 10y any person that the
President could do anything else than
to restore him and suppress the insur-
rection. Upon that point there is
now no difference of opinion. The
fact that there are troops in Louisi-
ana at all at this time is due to that
rebellion, to the overthrow of the
government by the armed and organ
lied mob of Louisiana. Now that the
troops are there, they had better stay
there until such time as the peace of
the State is established. According
to the reports, the Democrats have
elected a majority of the Legislature
and of the local officers, and are sub
stantially in control of the govern-
ment. The troops will not hurt them,
unless they undertake to take things
that does not belong to them.
Year: 1874

Cry CouNcIL.-The- City Council met
at Water and West rtreets on Saturday
afternoon, but as quorum was not pres
ent an adjournment was made until half
past three o'clock this afternoon.
Year: 1874

The stock speculation to-day seems to reflect the
stagnatOn of the other speculative markets and the
general business of the country. With our ware
houses full of grain, and important outlet for il
other than our own consumption it is not surprising
to see the shipments of all kinds of grain from
Chicago reduced TO AOO0 and % 900 bushels per day.
as they for Saturday and Monday respectively,
nor that the speculation which had advanced the
price of wheat both in Chicago and New
York. some 13 cents per bushel from
the extreme lowest point should show
evident signs Of havingspent itself. Wa-st. may as
it has heretofore by the manipulation of cques OF
pools, for time appear to successfully ignore all
outside influences, and temporarily mark higher
range of values; but unless the speculation have
some really tangible basis 1t must of necessity be
short lived. The simple facts that the great
trunk lines Of railroads have been carrying through
heghts at much lower rates than ever before known


and much of the through business. which con-
stitutes about ODehalf the entire freight traffic.


has been done during tue season of water naviga-
ton, at prices which, upon the best railroad author
1ty attainabe, will not pay the actual cost of trans


pOrtatiOn. Then with about 100000 bushels of
wheat in store at this port--a quantity more than
three times as great as have had at the close of
navigation isiDce 1871, and 100000 bushels more
than We then had, and full average supply of all
oLher gIalhS-lne pIohpees iot q profitable busi-
ness for the railways during the Win
ter months are by no means brilliant.
These facts and deductions may not be
pleasant TO the speculatOr, still he will possibly do
well to consider them 10 his calculations The stock
market opened this morning generally steady, but
prices soon began to yield upon very moderate
business. and by midday there had been decline Of
4 to per cent the stocks in which there was any
considerable degree of activity This was followed
by partial recovery and then another decline, the
sctiye list closing as rule heavy, at ab' It
Year: 1874

Fifteen or twenty thousand people have been driven from their homes by the breaking of 8 levee on the bank of the Mississippi in Louisiana. A large breadth of the best cotton lands has been over flowed, and the crops ruined or greatly damaged. From Cape Girardeau to Red river there are seven or eight million acres of bOttOm-land ranking as the most pro- ductive cotton land in the world. The product of this fertile tract in Q good sea- son is worth four million dollars. A single cTevasse may lay nearly this entire tract under water. At the last accounts several thousand people, occupying the alluvial lands, had not only been driven out, but they were in starving condition. The mighty river was pouring its floods through creyasSe which no engineering skill was able to close; @ vast internal sea "a waste of water covered these rich plan tatlonS

 The Mississippi for nearly fifteen hum dred miles is confined to it's channel by levees. Each State regulates the levee system; and although the work is done at immense cost, the levees have never been

 an af1ectual barrier against great floods. The volume of water which sweeps along the valley during the Spring floods bears everything before it. Steamboats float

 plantations. There never yet has been an interstate system of making levees. Some time ago, a project was brought for ward in Congress to extend aid to the states Wnlcn were cOmpelleO CO Qe1enQ against the floods of the Mississippi. It was held that system adequate to present necessities could not be undertaken through State resources alone. That the

 work of keeping this great river in place was one Of national importance. The work never would be we'll done until it was put under national supervision. But the project failed in Congress. Most of the disasters have been occasioned by defected levees. One district may have the best, and in the next they may be too weak, and a crevasse follows. It is quite within the powers of the States bordering on the Mis- sissippi to agree upon uniform system, which would afford far greater protection than that now obtained.

 It is singular fact, that while there may

 be several floods in the Mississippi in a a single season, there is never but one rise annually in the Missouri. That occurs always in June, and is not tbe result of rain storms, but of melting snow in the mountains, about the head waters of that river. The rise is gradual, and continues for about six weeks. The receding water is never arrested by any of the fall rains, but a heavy thunderstorm along the Chic, or any of the large tributaries, will sometimes make a rise in the lower Mis- sissippi equal to two or three feet-[S. F. Bulletin.
Year: 1874

JUDGE s. gave his son SI,0O0, and told him to go to college and graduate. The son returned at the end Of the freshman year without dollar, and with several ugly habits. About the close of vacation, the judge said to his son:

 Well, William, are you going to col lege this year?"

 "Have no money, father"

 But l gave you Sl,000 to graduate oa."

 "That'S all gone, father."

 "Very well, my son; I gave you all could afford to give you; you can't stay here, you must now pay your way in the world"

 4 new light broke in upon the vision of the young man. He accommodated him. self to the situation, he left home, made his way through the college, and graduat- ed at the head of his class, studied law, be- came Governor of the State of New York, entered the Cabinet of the President of the United States, and made a record for himself that will not soon die, being none other than W. H. Seward.

 That was sensible father. Most par ents would immediately have asked the son what he did with the money and how is a fellow to account for things in the " first wild thrill"
Year: 1874

A SHORT time ago Smith 6 Barr sold a chicken to a customer. A day or two ago the customer returned and was very anX iOuS to learn from whom Smith & Barr had purchased that chicken. At first he declined to tell why he wished to know, but finally told that he had found pieces of coarse gold in the chickens crop, and was satisfied that there must be plenty of it where the chicken came from. The chicken was traced to a man and his wife who brought down lot from Lake coun- ty, and the gold-hunter started off in quest of the chicken-raisers. He is going to SCOUT the county until he finds them, and then he expects to see gold lying around on the ground loose and in great abun- dance. His faith and perseverance de- serve reward.-[Vallejo Independent.
Year: 1874

4 MINNESOTA man has patented pneu- matic tube for the transport of grain. The machinery of propulsion is fan, worked by steam, revolving in an air chamber which consists of two double cones, put base to base. The axle of the fan is hol- low. A tube runs through it, perforated at the sides and bottom. This tube connects the two pipes which enter the apiceS of the cones. The grain to be transported is poured into the entrance pipe. The revo- lutiOn of the fan sucks it into the connect ing tube, and then blows it ahead into the main pipe. At the same time the fan of the next station, twenty miles away, be- gins to whirl. Thus the grain is hurried forward by suction ahead and compressed air behind. The trouble with the theory seems to be that the grain cannot readily pass under thel influence Of two directly opposed currents of air in the same tube. At some point they must neutraliZe each other. Still, as the inventor has secured patent, it is fair to infer that his model works satisfactorily, so that he may have met this difficulty. He thinks his tube can carry 5000 bushels of wheat 960 miles an hour. Mail matter can make forty miles more in the same time. The eX- penSe of constructing tube between Chi cagO and New York, with carrying ca pacity of 40,000,000 bushels a year, is put at S4,000,000. A charge of twelve cents a bush el would pay the cost of construction in a year and leave SS00,000 for operating eX- penSes. Among the calculations it is said the savings to farmers, even when the company got such remunerative rates, would be great. Grain would be trans ported from Minnesota to tide-water for fifteen cents instead of fifty. This would save that State alone about Sl0,000,000 year.
Year: 1874

From having had sad experience in run ing to the extremes of things, people of ten forget that there is mean. The wild mining settlements of California and Ne vada with their attendant ruin and finan- cial disaster have left reactionary effect throughout the entire Pacific coast. To such an extent is this so that discoveries which in olden times would have caused the life blood to thrill in the veins of eve ry old miner in the diggings, now fail to attract the attention of all save a wise few who believe that a good mine, ju- diciously worked, is q paying institution even if it isn't worth the wild cat estima- tion formerly placed on mining discover ies. We are glad that the days of mining settlements, with all their delirium of fever, are over. We don't want the pen niless thousands pouring in upon us, ex- pecting to find heaven upon earth in the shape of golden streets But we are none the less pleased that there are men of sense and means who have taken hold of the mining interests of this vicinity and realize their value.

 The Gro Blanco with it's extensions has attracted continued attention this past week. Messrs. Hopkins, Toole and party returned on Monday and give golden hued report of appearances. C.. o. Brown also returned this week from his second trip and supplies US with items of much interest. On the northwest extension of the Gro BlancO, MT. Brown says they have sunk shaft ten feet and found the vein well defined, with uniform width of twenty eight feet. This extension has been prospected for distance of over 100 yards, at different points and the ore pays from 100 to 300 dollars per ton. They have already four arrastras at work and are erecting more.

 But Mir Browns chief theme of thought and conversation is his new discovery, which he claims will rival if not exceed section of Arizona. This discovery he has named the E. B. Ward mine, after the great capitalist and mining operator of Michigan, and it is situated in q northerly direction from and In sight of the Gro Blanco, being about one and half miles distant from the latter. The vein has been traced on the surface over 800 yards and is of the average width of 150 feet. Near the eastern end of the mine is a fine paying vein, already developed, over twenty feet in width and in the vicinity there are over 100 tons of decomposed quartz lying loose on the surface, which will pay l50 dollars at least to the ton. MT. Brown has already men at work gathering and piling this valuable ore and is constructing arrastras, four of which were already completed at the time of his leaving. He will soon commence sinking on the mine and develop the wealth of which the surface indications give such rich promise.

 Before leaving this subject we might say that the Pretect ot Altar has lately re- piled to the communication of Governor Safford, in relation to the Gro Blanco mines, and the letter now awaits the Gov ernor's return
Year: 1874

THERE is man in Detroit named O,Toole. and another named Kettle. The latter complains of the former threatening to put tin head on him." There is some thing funny in this but for the life of us we can't solve it on account of the heat of the weather. We furnish the data and you may work them up according to taste.
Year: 1874

A WELL-DREssED, matronly-looking la dy walked into saloon in Oswego the other day, laid her huff on the counter and took out 8 pair of spectacles, when the bartender promptly informed her that no Bible-reading would be in order there. Reaching down into her dress pock- ct the woman produced a fiat bottle and called for pint of whisky. She can't for the life of her imagine what caused such a sudden change in that bar-keeper.
Year: 1874

The Atlantics Again Whitewashed-A


Clear Beat by Ten to Nothing.


The first game or the championship series be-
tween the Philadelphia and Atlantic clubs was
played on the Union grounds yesterday afternoon
in the presence OF ABOUT 1000 spectators. the re-
suit being an overwhelming defeat for the Atlan-
tics From first to last the home club utterly
failed in their endeavor to hit Cummings with good
effect and not until the eighth inning did they get
man on the nrst base or earn q base hit In the
ninth inning, alter two hands were out, Farron,
OF the Atlantics, got In safe hit to centre neld
and sent to third by Pearce, who hit safe for
bag. 1t now seemed as though the ice would be
broken and that long coveted run obtained; but
Clinton was at the bat, and as he had struck
out twice and fouled out once IL was not gener.
ally supposed he would knock the ball any great
distance out OF sight, although he might possibly
get in some kind OF base hit But he didn't he
struck out


Dehlman was sick, and therefore could not get out
to play, In consequence OF which Chapman had to
take his place. The change was very disastrous
for the Atlantics. they seeming to lose all their
nerve in fielding and allowed the visitors to score
10 runs OF as many base hits The only redeeming
feature Of their fielding was a triple play by West
who caught liner at second base, touched the
bag before Egglcr, who had gone towards third,
could get back and then threw to first base, where
he captured Holdsworth before he could get backto
the base


For the Phlladephias all played well: two
catches by Eggler In centre field ION one Of which
ne made double play being especially note
worthy.
Year: 1874

Tomorrow there is to be the usual formal rccep-
ton to the Board or Visitors, who Will, whether
they ike 1t or not, have several pounds OF powder
burned explosivey In their honor and be called
upom % oincaiy, 4, .S SOCIALLY and amcaDy oy al the
has become a rite made holy II not wholcs By
constant practice. year In and year out and by
through the calling ordeal prescribed for them by
special order with all that dignity and grace which
so distinguish that particular body OF gray coats,
who know that in o year afterward their gold lace
and gaudy uniforms will put tnem on level which
even ex.Boards OF Visitors can never reach.


There is already large number OF visitors az
the hotel on the post and the hotel two miles
south OF this opens on Thursday the crowds who
always come here during the last week OF the ex-
animation viii not be obliged to sleep out OF doors.
Year: 1874

We regret to learn Of the tragic
death, at Lexington, Mo, on the 18th
inst, Of Mr.. Levin 4. Lane, native
and for many years resident of this
city. He was mortally wounded in n
difficulty which occurred between him
and one Eugene Ewing, a young man
and q farmer residing near Lexington.
The cause of the difficulty originated
in some testimony that was given in
before the Recorder in the trial of
some young men charged with crea
ting a disturbance. My. Lane was the
witness on behalf of the prosecution
and Ewing for the defense. During
the progress of the trial the latter
made some statements Of person
ally offensive nature which hIr. Lane
promptly characterized as being false.
About l o'clock of last Saturday, the
18th, the parties met on the streets of
the city when u few words only
passed between them, before the
firing commenced. It is said
that Mr.. Lane called Ewing a
liar and certain it is that the latter
drew n pistol, fired Gt HIr. Lane, and
then started to run. This latter also
drew pistol and fired at Ewing
| Both parties fell mortally wounded.
| hlr. Lane was shot through the left
breast. near the heart ard fingered
until the next morning, when he died.
HIS end was very quiet one. We
are permitted to make the following
extract from a letter to Mr.. FL. l..
Lane, i'll this city, brother of de
ceased, written to him by prominent
lawyer in Lexington. The writer says:
II don't think L ever saw a braver
man than your brother. He says he
knows that he is going to die, but is
not afraid to meet death-olly for his
wife and sweet babe. He has az ex-
cellent little woman for his wife and
one charming little girl"


Mr.. Lane was about 81 years Of age
and was a descendant of one Of the
best families in the Cape Fear section.
He was a gentleman in the true sense
of the word and as brave q man as any
that ever breathed. He served with
honor during the war and emerged
from it with the loss of strong right
arm. His sad and untimely death is
deeply deplored and all who know
him tender to his bereayed wife and
family their sincere sympathy in this
their terrible bereavement.
Year: 1874

n gentleman who came down yester.
day on the Carolina Central Railway
informs Us of an accident that hap
pened to q colored man, name un-
known, which occurred at little sta
tlon some twelve or fifteen miles this
side OF Abbottsburg, the name of
which our informant could not recall.


The man, who was probably between
iifty or sixty years of age, and is q sec
ton hand on the road, attempted to
Jump on tho train as it approached the
station. As he did so he was struck
by the platform at the depot and
knocked off and rolled along for dis
tance of some thirty-fve feet between
the platform and the car. He bled
considerably, and was evidently very
severely crushed when he was taken
up and carried into the warehouse ut
the depot. He was alive when tho
train left, but it is supposed that he
was mortally injured.
Year: 1874

The President sat late at dinner on
Monday night, and the next day was
far advanced when ''the situation Of
affairs in Louisiana was brought to
his attention" We are told that at
first he could hardly realize that the
news was true, and when lie did com
prehend what had taken place lie was
s'passiorately aroused He said he
had done everything IL his power to
assist ass the South, and especially Louis
iara," and this was the ungratcful re-
turn.
Year: 1874

The legislation at Washington during the week.
which renders reasonably certain the imitation of
the legal tender circulation to SiOOoOOOO to which
NAV be added the probability Of free banking or an
authorized increase Of National bank circulation TO
s4OO has as yet had very little influence in
the way of envening the general trade of the city,
though its effect upon Wa-st. securities of all kinds
has been quite marked in an upward direction. In
ths WAY of general trads outside Of Wsn-st things
Year: 1874

Money lent late this afternoon at percent To such
borrowers as had delayed making their engage
nents until that hour. but was lent at and
per cent in the morning. At the close the rates
were and 5, discounts moving at 81 TO T. The
bank statement showed less important changes than
were expected after the outflow of the week. the
reserve being down only $S43,245 due particularly
to the decrease in the specie average, the legal
tenders being higher. The following table shows
the condition of the banks at the dates under
MI ntinned.
Year: 1874

THE RATE OF INTEREST FOR MONEY is always an
important subject to both borrower and lender An
able and suggestive essay this topic by Prof L.
b. Elliott VI The Treasury Department read At the
Year: 1874

REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE ON THE


RITUAL CANON.


New YoRK, October 81.
In the Episcopal Convention, the Committee
of Conference on tho amended canon relating to
the ritual, made report striking out in the
specification the clauses relative 10 the use Of
incense, and retaining the use Of the cruciix in
any part Of the church.


The matter was debated but laid over without
fnnl action
Year: 1874

THE WEST CHURCH SUPPER Last evening,
although the attendance at the supper at West
Church was not large, those present passed a
very pleasant evening in singing and promenad-
ing in the lecture room. The receipts of the
supper will suffice to pay expenses, and leave
n auruluq