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Year: 1879

Editors Dispatch: Please to allow me
sufficient space in your columns to inquire
of the citizens Of Richmond how long they
intend to be swindled by the gas company.
There's no harm in asking, as the fact OF
their being so is generally acknowledged; ;
and only wish to know il there Is chance
OF my living to see right and justice admin
istered in that quarter. The forbearance
which they exhibit under such tyranny is
to me perfectly marvellous, but hardly
praiseworthy. Each month there Is cry
Of horror raised in every house as the gus
bill is thrust in; next follows murmur OF
indignation as friend meets friend and COM
pares notes; then the pocket is raked out to
meet the enormous demand, and then SUI
len silence until next time, when the same
tragedy is enacted. Now, suppose our gro
GERS should follow suit: every thirty days
send in bill to their customers for double
the amount consumed, with polite head
ing to the effect that If not paid in five days
not another lump Of sugar, grain OF coffee,
or slice OF ham, should one Of them receive
il they starved in the streets; and our dry
goods merchants likewise favor their fair
customers with billet stating that unless
they Immediately paid S25 for $40 dress,
and all other articles in proportion, they
might leave the world az they came into 1t
before they should have another yard OF
calico. Would there be CONSERVATION in
our city? And yet where is the difference !;
tbere tber no rredreWSs W not
conscientious man of influence come to the
rescue and head a iustitiab!e rebellion!


ONE OF MANY SUFFERERS.


There is no gas company in Richmond.
City officials furnish the gas and take the
state of the meters. They have no interest
in making charges large. Nevertheless, We
think it we'll that they should know what
npople say OF them.
Year: 1879

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 15.-There is a movement
here among the rnillera to close their mills
until the price Of wheat declines. The reason
assigned Is that -four Is below the price at
which 1t can be made without loss.


IT Is stated that many milers have already
lost heavily on contracts made when wheat
was less than dollar per bushel. and they
see no profit in the Immediate future. But
little flour has been shipped from here for the
last three weeks, and large amounts are In
store. more than enough to supply all de-
mand for some time. The millers are salts
fed there must be a decline In wheat pretty
soon at all events they will not purchase un-
til the price falls or there is a margin on
flour
Year: 1879

MIDnLEBuRY, Vt, Nov. 15;A-The sopho-
suspension day before yesterday, and was
followed by the freshman class yesterday
and the senior and junior classes to-day The
faculty has suspended the two lower classes
and viii probably suspend the Others Every
student in the college is engaged IN the re-
belion. The trouble grew out of an alleged
unjust action Of the faculty toward member
of the sophomore class
Year: 1879

According to the New York SUI
there will be close division of parties
in the United States Senate in 1881.
The following is the result of the Sun S
estimate:


Taking the foregoing facts for the
basis of our calculation, the next Sem
ate will be composed of thirty eight
Democrats, counting Judge Davis as a
Democrat, and thirty eight Republicans
"a tie IF Mr. Mcdonald should be
succeeded by Democrat, and there
should be no slip in the South, then
the Senate would stand thus: thirty
nine Democrats and thirtysseven Re.
publieans.
Year: 1879

lmemphls AValahcue-l


The business men Of Memphis think
that city that can receive nearly
5000 bales of cotton in one day is
worth saving And it is their firm
resolve to leave no stone uuturned to
save it With Good water, sewers and
pavements, Memphis will be the health
lest city in the country. 1t is now the
best trading point in the South. Free
it of epidemics and the population will
be doubled within ten years and prop.
erty will be quadruple in value. 1t
will be big Investment for the prop.
erty owners to expend 100000 with
in the next two years for the perma-
nent sanitary improvement of Mem
phis
Year: 1879

Wall street is again wild. Specula
ton is rampant. The bulls and bears
arc growing and roaring, goring and
paving each other at a furious rate.
Since the historical Black Friday
there has never been such fearful work


Fancy stocks are ranging at figures
rarely reached 10 the fushest times,
aud the steady investments are almost
turning to fancy in their prices Possi-
bIy. reasons for this speculation al this
time may lie in the vast importations
of the precious metals, the capital that
is seeking Investment, the increased
volums of the monetary circulation,
the unusual return Of cereal wealth
from the agricultural aud grazing dis


ricts, the enormity of the trade which
is at this time going on between The
seaboard cities aud the West and South


vest, and finally the activity which has
recently been developed in our manu-


factories aud other industrial pursuits.
/ Perhaps never before in the history of
the country has there been better
times. founded in the actual wealth OF
the whole people For FIVE years the
country has moved at a slow pace. L
was in those years gathering strength
for displays Of energy that we may
presently look for in great undertak-
ings in every direction throughout the
Republic Naturally, Wall street, the
monetary sensorium, SO to speak, OF
the country, is always the first to fee
these tidal waves, aud it at once and
unhesitatingly floats on them. Ii
this respect Wall street is an excellent
barometer of the monetary condition
of the continent, and just now indi
Gates an expansion of the mercury
that marks up to fever heat.
Year: 1879

The following statemeQt as 10 who
pays the revenue necessary TO keep up
the General Government, viii take
many of our readers By surprise. The
States are given in the order Of the
amounts paid That Kentucky Is the
fourth revenue paying State in the
Union is. fact that few win at fsrt be
disposed to credit, and that she pays
more than double what the six New
England States altogether, is still more
ineredibls But such are the facts in
the case, as may be seen from figures
taken from tue report Of the Internal
Revenue Department They are as
Year: 1879

There comes a dry goods boom
from the East, and an effort is being
made to induce the retailers Of the
West to buy largely upon this
boom. But the retailers of the
West are afraid of booms that come
from the East, and as a class will not
be deceived That there has been an
advance in woolens is certainly true,
but that such an advance should be
turned into an effort to whoop up the
trade of the West is simply amusing to
old merchants we'll acquainted With
such tricks


The retail merchants of the VI est
have long since learned that it is not
in their province to speculate in goods
They have further learned that
supply ola month or a season at
most is as far as they can with pru-
dence trust the manufacturer aud bis
agents. They have been damaged Sc
often by being "loaded" and then hav'
ing the prices cut, that they now look
with suspicion upon every effort to in
duce them to buy beyond the supply
/ Of the season. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof, is now the motto OF
the Western retail merchants, and the
closer they stick to this motto under
the present boom the better it may bt
for them. The East may boom a:
much as it will, but the West is likely
to keep on the even tenor of its way
and not be drawn into speculation up
+ on too great scale.
Year: 1879




The species Of foreign fantasticism for which
the Germans are famous has reached about its
climax in a letter Of pastor in Prussian
village to ono of the leading Berlin papers.
The epistle reads as If the ghosts of Hoffman
and Houf had been galvanized from their
graves especially to write it.


The author commences by deplorng tho
fact that our modern punishment for murder
simply makes the executionor guilty of tho
same crime as his victim that we can only
avongo one assassination by another. Sec
ond source of regret TO him as that an exocu-
tion has simply become species Of brutal aud
degrading show. In view of these facts he
suggests The following improvements in capital
punishment


The scene of an execution shall be the cou rt
room in which the sentence was pronounced
upon the murderer. The walls of the room
shall bo draped in black, and the windows
sombrely Curtaincd in order to exclude all
light. The only article of furniture in tho
apartment shall be the judges desk and an
armchair. In the middle Of the room shall
be an iron figure of Justice, with her scales and
sword. This eiligy shall have in place Of
bowels as powerful an electric battery as may
be necessary. Tho battery shall be connected
with the armchair and governed by mechan-
ism connected with the scales. The scene
shall be lighted by a single torch, burning on
the judges desk.


Tho only persons admitted TO the execution
shall be the judge, jury and other officials
concerned in the condemnation Of the victim.
That person shall be brought in and seated in
the chair, to which he shall be manaced inn
moyably. Then the judge shall read the story
of his crime TO him and reiterato his sentence.
This performed he shall break a rod of office
and toss it into Justices balance.
The scales will DO weighed down by this,
and tho electric current thus sct in circulation.
As the balance desoends the Judge shah ex-
tinguish the torch, signfying that he thus puts
out the victims life.


So, in uttor darkness, the subtle current OF
the great battery will do its work. Unseen
by mortal eyes, the condemned man will
expiate his crime, and Justice will avengo it,
self


IL is understood that Edison is TO be COM
missioned to make an experimental electric
statue ut once.
Year: 1879

RULES OF CoNDUcr.-Never associate with
bad company Have good company or none.


Never lend a borrowed article unless you
have permission to do so.


Never look over the shoulder of another who
is reading or writing.


Never appear to notice scar, deformity or
defect OF any one present.


Never exhibit anger, impatience OF excite
ment when an accident happens. Never ans-
wer questions, in general company, that have
been put to Others Never call a new acquain-
tance by the Christian name unless requested
to do 80. Never attempt to draw the attention
Of the company constantly upon yourself.


Never arrest the attention of an acquaint-
ance by touch. Speak to him. Never punish
your children for fault to which your are addict
ed yourself


Never, when travling abroad be oyer-ooast-
ful in praise OF your own country.


Never pass between two persons who are
talking together without an excuse.
Year: 1879

DAIN in the right side, under the
1 edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able TO lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe-
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally a considerable loss Of mem
ory, accompanied with painful SEN
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of prickly sensa-
ton Of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that eXer.
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex
listed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER tc
have been extensively deranged.
Year: 1879

Thousands OF young men and women have
Graduated from the various colleges Of the
country during the past few weeks, after years
of application to study; and now shey have
time to look around and find out the thousand
practical things OF life which are necessary 10
usefulness, but are found in no college course
Lansing Republican.
Year: 1879

Any father who would go out and put tar on
top Of his front gate after dark must be lost to
all sense of humanity and ordinary respecta-
bility.-Detroit Free Press. 1t is unnecessary
too; they'll stay there long enough, without
be stuck there-Boston Post.
Year: 1879

and had forbidden him 10 draw Oh them. He,
on the contrary, claims they owe him-that
ne has been guilty Of no criminal offence, and
that he can soon clear matters up ON his ar
rival at Marion. He was in the last and shoe
business here for some time, but failed and
made an assignment about a year ago and
removed to Mlddletown, o. He only staid
there short time, and then accepted
position as travelling agent for the
whisky firm mentioned above. He is
the son of German Presbyterian minister
here. is a young man of popular manners, and
has many friends who will be glad to hear
that he has been guilty of no irreg ular con-
duct.


George Jones was tried in the circuit court
here to day on the charge of stealing horse
from Mr.. James Teal, of this county, about SIX
weeks ago. He was convicted and sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary-
Year: 1879

two were conversing in an animated tone
when he reached the church. Balch feeling
convinced that he would remain until
the services were over, hurried himself to the
police headquarters. Then telegram was
sent for a squad of policeman to repair to the
church. Balch, before their arrival, however,
sought Detective Wood, and that officer placed
his hand on the murderer's shoulder as he came
from the church, and informed h1m he must
accompany him to the police station. The
squad of policemen followed a short way
in the rear. The authorities here
have been actively on the search among
pawnbroker shops and other places for any
thing that would furnish the slightest
clue to the great crime. Balch
seemed to have an intention
when he saw the man that he was the muir
derer, and walked past him two or thren
times in order to satisfy himself that he was on
a good trail. The negro was then clad
in different clothes from that described
by the pawnbroked. to whom he pledged the
cameo set of Jewely. Cox was making sytem-
attic efforts to flee the country, and, but for the
absolutely accidental discovery of
him IN the street. would have had
fair chance of carrying out his
design. There is nothing to indicate that he
any accomplice or confidant in
his crime, but he done the en-
tire outrage himself. When Mrs. Hull
made motion, as if to rise from her bed, he
threw his weight upon her, and forced
her down. He is clear and
connected in the statement he has made
Balch is of the staff of the Boston Herald, and
was the cause OF the arrest of E. d. Winslow,
who, it will be remembered, absconded TO Eu-
rope some time ago.
Year: 1879

Anjustifable and indefensible. 1t was, how
ever, agreed on all hands that no money
should be appropriated for the payment OF
deputy marshals of elections.


At the close of the discussion, Mr.. Vests
resolution in favor of the adjournment of
Congress without passing another appropria-
ton bill, was rejected by an overwhelming
majority, having received only three or four
votes.


A resolution was then adopted by vote of
20 against directing caucus advisory COM
mfttee, in conjunction with an advisory COM
mittee of the House caucus, to prepare bill
for passage through Congress before adjourn
ment, in such terms as will obviate the objec-
tions of the president and secure its enactment
into law. The foregoing is not given as the
exact language of the resolution, but embodles
its purport and meaning. No specific instruc-
tion were wen to the committee. but it is in
ferred that the clause of the second section,
upon which the president based his veto, will
be entirely stricken out, and it is probable also
that the items of appropriation contained in
the first section will be made still more specific
in details. The two advisory committees will
hold joint meeting tomorrow.
Year: 1879

priation Bill.


WASHINGTON June 23.-The Democratic
members of the Senate assembled in caucus
directly after the adjournment of the Senate
this afternoon, and remained consultation
about three hours. The purpose of the confer
ence was to decide upon a line of policy con-
corning to days veto of the judicial expenses
appropriation bill and collateral question of
adjournment. Mr.. Vest was the first speaker.
He took the ground that the issue presented
by the last veto message could properly be met
by the Democratic majority In only one way,
namely, by project of adjournment of both
Houses. The dominant party had done their
best to provide for the needs of the public
service, and had offered the president all the
necessary appropriations for the judicial ex-
penses upon fair terms, and were under no
obligation to do anything more.


Mr.. Wallace subsequently delivered an ear
nest speech, taking the same view as Mr.. Vest,
and supporting the resolution offered by the
latter in favor Of the immediate termination
of the present session, without making any
further attempt to provide for court expenses
before the regular session next winter.


Messrs. Mcdonald, Bayard, Thurman and
Hill opposed this proposition with great en-
phasis, and in the course of their speeches, all
of which were of considerable length, insisted
that such a course would be alike unwise and
unWarranted. They agreed with the speakers
on the other side, and the presidents veto Of
the bill was based upon a strained objection,
the existing law, which prohibits contracts in
advance of appropriations, being in substance
q prohibition against incurring La
bilities for purposes not provided
for by bill, but they pointed out that for this
very reason the Democrats should not stren-
uously adhere to a clause which the president
declared obnoxious to his convictions of duty,
while they themselves did not consider 1t ma
terIal. They also argued that 1t would be
highly unwise to throw away the substantial
benefits which would fnure to the country
from the final enactment of those sections of
the bill which provide for an important
amendment of the jury laws, and for the total
| abolition of the jurors test oath. To these
sections the president had made no objection,
! although the Republicans of both Houses
had solidly opposed them. And
/ it was also to be borne in


mind, said these senators, that the president


while vetoing the present bill on account only
| OF one of its provisions, had at the same time


taken position at variance with the argu


ment of an influential portion OF his owl


party. by approving the army bill.


| Messrs. Butler, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton


Eaton, Beck and Hampton all made brief re
marks in opposition to the idea of adjourninf


without further efforts to pro


vide the necessary appropriations
Several Of the speakers, including


Senators Bayard, Thurman, Hill, Butler ant


Hampton took the ground in the broades


possible language, that the adjournment o


Congress without providing for the support o.


every branch Of the service, would be utterl,
Year: 1879

The Feeling in Congress Over the Veto |


The Democrats Trying to Map Out a


Course of Action-What the Republicans |


Say.


WASHINGTON, June 23-A canvass of the
House Of Representatives to-day, at once
after the reading of the presidents message
vetoing the bill making appropriations for the
judicial expenses of the Government, devel- |
oped that there were three distinct PROPOSE
tions entertained by the majority as the most
practicable to be pursued. The one having
apparently the largest number of supporters
contemplated a resolution fixing the time for
adjournment sine die, and that another bill,
identical in its provisions with the vetoed
measure, be passed and sent to the president,
and if he should again return 1t
without his approval, to adjourn
to permit the bill to fail. A second PROPOSE
tion was to pass q joint resolution extending


until next January the appropriations on the


basis of the present act providing for the judi


cial expenses, with a proviso that no portion


of the money thus appropriated shall be used


for the payment of deputy marshals or super


visors of elections and in the event of the


non-approval of the president, to adjourn sine


die; and If he should issue proclamation re-


convening Congress. to repeal this action.


The third proposition favored adjournment


without further attempt to meet the views.o


the executive. This line of action was no


favorably entertained but by few. The
Democratic party of the House, however, ap-
pear to stand as . unit against supporting any
bill which will permit the continuance of
deputy marshals and supervisors of elections.
A cabinet officer to-day, In discussing the
situation with member of the House, said If
the majority should again pass a bill similar
to the one just vetoed, the president would
return it without his signature, and IL Congress
should adjourn he would call them together
again the next day, but if they should a third
| time send him the bill and adjourn, he would
not reconvene them, and thus throw sthe
sponsibility of closing the courts on the Demo-
cratic party.


A conference of the leading Republicans was
held during the session of the House to-day
| for the purpose of discussing with view to
harmonizing the action of the minority in
case a resolution providing for adjournment
sine die should be introduced before the judi
cial appropriation bill is finally disposed of
The conference was very BRIEF and it was
decided that the Republican members should
oppose any such resolution by voting against
| it, and that they should pursue the same
course if an attempt to extend appropriations
| for judicial expenses should be made, but in
neither case resort to parliamentary tactics to
defeat the plans of the major
Year: 1879

OF DINIoIUN,


The recent advance in price of the Western Union
Telegraph stock has been attributed generally to
intended division of the $8OOO.OO0 surplus shares
1t was reported last week that the Executive Com
mittee of the directors had voted to recommend to
the full board this distribution. President
Norvin Green said Saturday: There will be no
meeting competent to act on this matter until the
quarterly meeting of the directors on
June II. The Executive Committee would not de-
eide matter of such magnitude. The question will
be left to the decision of the full board.
cannot say what action may be taken That Will
depenfOn the votes of nineteen directors, ! have
talked with probably not more than half dozen of
them. But this accumulation belongs to the stock
holders Why not let them take il ~