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Year: 1874

BRoNCHo TEAMs.-At one of the stations
l noticed one of the mules in our new
team was blindfolded, and that three men
had firm hold of the others until all was ready
and the driver gave the signal; then the men
stepped aside and drew off the blinds and the
team started


Thls found was no uncommon occurrence,
for many of the mules used on the road are
so untame and vicious that often il is as much
as .hree or four men can do to attach them TO
the stage and keep them still till the signal
for starting is given.


They are tough, wiry creatures, and are
usually called "bronchos." When once start
ed, the driver guides them with wonderful
skill, and never stops to rest or water until
he reaches the next station, however distant.


There is one great Pleasure in riding with
such vicious team. You are never aft aid
the driver will kill his animals by hard driv-
ing. You rather wish he would. When stand
ing they start and are off at the least rattle or
sound that can be construed as an excuse.
/ once saw such a team start from a post
office, make wide sweep on the prairie,
come back TO the spot and stop, eight times,
before the postmaster could succeed in put
ting the mail safely aboard. And yet have
seldom heard Of any casualty resulting from
the use of these "broncho' teams This alb
sence Of casualties must be owing to the gen.


orally level surface Of the country, and the
great practical knowledge of the driver.
The station houses along the route struck
me as lonely places, and not a littl dangerous.
At ''Kickapoo Springs" twepty-eight miles
from Fort Concho, asked the keeper how far
he was from any neighbor, and he said twenty
miles on one side and eleven ON the other.
This, his nearest neighbor was at "Lipou
| Springs" the only water between Kickapoo
Station and the Concho River. Texas Letter.
Year: 1874

The eggs of the snail resemble homeopath
ic pills, and have the most immense and as
tonishing vitality. They may be baked in an
oven heated to white heat, or exposed TO
the temperature of an iceberg, or dried till
they crack between the fingers, and then put
away in a box and left there for several years, ],
but take them out and portion of them will
develop into snails.
Year: 1874

The fumes for shooting lumber at various
places on the Pacific coast region are immense
affairs. One to carry lumber from the Sierras
to Chico is to be forty miles long, thirty miles
of which are already constructed, and the 9TH
er ten miles will be finished in sixty days.
Year: 1874

MosT Frenchmen, when they COM
NIT suicide, like to do it in away which
will render them celebrated In the pa
pers, such Is the inherent vanity of
their nature. A coachman living at
Montmartre invited his friends to din
ner recently, and on arriving there, IN
stead of finding their host at the head
of the table, ruddy and joyous, they
discovered him dead, hanging on the
bedpOst. He had taken the precaUtion
to provide bread, cheese and wine for
his guests.
Year: 1874

Owing to a reduction of wages from three
dollars and half to three dollars, the ship
carpenters OF Philadelphia and Camden are
on a strike. A general strike among the
ship carpenters of New jersey is appre-
bauInd
Year: 1874

The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections to-day took up the case of the
contest between Spencer and Spike, both
claiming a seat as Senator from Alabama.
The committee notified counsel to be pre-
pared to announce next Thursday what line
of argument they propose TO follow and
the number Of witnesses they propose call
ing. The committee adjourned till Thurs
lou
Year: 1874

TEE withdrawal Of the proposed SUBJ
scripsion by this city to the capital
stock OF the Wheeling and Lake Erie
railroad, seems to have had the effect
of stimulating the people along the
line 10 put forth greater efforts Tor the
construction OF the road. We are in
formed that only about $4,000
are now needed to comply with
the terms OF the STANLEY
contract for the construction OF the
road between Martins Ferry and San
dusky. There is no doubt that this
sum can be easily obtained. and, from
present appearances. the prospects OF
the building Of a railroad from Sandus'
ky terminating at Martins Ferry, are
better than ever before. Sandusky and
Toledo may be relied upon tor enough
money to secure the completion Of the
road to the latter place according to the
original plan.
Year: 1874

Has the thought ever occurred to our
citizens in North Wheeling. South
Wheeling, and on the Island that the
present condition OF the streets in these
several quarters Of the city gives to the
farmers living near the National road
east Of this city virtual monopoly OF
the markets? The farmer who brings
hi. produce to the National road
can bring into the city, with
equal labor and expense. twice
as much as can be brought by
the farmer in the northern or southern
portions OF this country or by the pro-
ducer in Ohio. The difference is at
tributable to the different condition OF
the roads. But for the continuous mud
hole which, on the Island, takes the
plsce of the National turnpike, and
but for the tolls which the bridge COM
psuy exscts, Ohio produce might be put
in the marke. here as cheaply as that
from the Eastern portion OF this county.
Under existing circumstances this can
not be done, and until the upper part
OF Main street is paved and the chiei
street in South Wheeling is put IN bet
ter condition than now, we can scsrce-
" expect farmers in these localities or
in Ohio to compete upon equal terms
with those having ready access to the
market.


The laboriug men of this city. in
sympathy with their brethren every
where, are asking where they can buy
cheapest and how they can make the
mere pittance they receive provide Inc
necesssries of life. A partial answer
to their question is found in the lac
that, if good roads be provided the COS 8
Of farm products will be reduced.
good and hard and dry streets were ,ufn .,
;sbed in North Wheeling and soutl
wheeling and on the Islam
for the transportation Of coun'f
nroSuce. we have no doubt that


material reduction iu the price OF mar
le,iug might be bad, aud a correspond
ing burden would thus be lifted ,s iI0i


the shoulders OF the labor'Dg class
this city. We call upon the "ork'DI


men therefore to aid US in the effort


secure paved streets in the city al


hotter roads in the county. Let


"apitste" the subject until success is q


tanned.
Year: 1874

Butterfield & Newton announce to the
community at large, on both sides of the
river, that they will run their boat regular
ly between this and New Ulm and will pay
the highest market price for wheat. They
expect to make about one trip week and
intend to run right along until the river
freezes up. They can carry 1000 bushels
Of wheat with the lowest stage Of water
that they are likely to have. They will
go to points above the Redwood landing for
load or any considerable portion Of a
load. Inquire Of James McMillen as to
price, sacks and any other inform a.ion de-
sired.
Year: 1874

II is a matter of congratulation to the
public that the route to the North and
West by way of Mobile is unimpeded by
overflows or floods. Trains are running
with unvarying regularity, leaving at eight
O'Clock in the morning and FIVE in the after
noon, running through sleeping cars to st.
Louis. Charlotte and Louisville.
Year: 1874

RUsT IN WHEAT.-An old and very
intelligent farmer of Rockingham County,
Va, who has paid great deal Of attention
to everything relating to his profession,
has given the following information as to
the origin Of that dread Of the hus-
handman, rust in wheat. He says there
are two kinds Of rust, the red rust and the
black rust. The red rust is not injurious
to the wheat, and is always caused by
showers Of rain and sunshine. The black
rust, however, is very injurious, and is
caused by the fall of the honey dew follow
ed by subsequent rains. But for the rain
the honey dew would not be SO harmful
but the Immediately succeeding rains make
the black rust very hurtful. He says, in
support of this part of his theory, that last
year there was no honey dew, and the
wheat was entirely free from black rust.


The honey bees, however were sufferers,
because Of the absence of the honey dew,
for he lost four stands of bees in conse-
quence Of the absence Of the honey dew,
and one of his neighbors also lost an equal
number Of stands of bees
Year: 1874

A VALUABLE Cow. Robert A. Glib
bOns, in this county, is the owner Of an
extremely valuable COW. Her milk is Sc
rich that Mrs Gibbons collects large guam
titles Of purebutter from the pans or crooks
in which the milk is deposited Not only
Is the milk Of this COW extremely rich In
butter producing qualities, but it is very
large in quantity, the collection Of butter
being for week at time, not less than
three pounds per day. And this is not
the result Of any extraordinary stopping
or keeping, this wonderful butter-making
COW running in the field and having only
the same care and attention bestowed by
Mr.. Gibbons upon bis other cows. He is
satisfied that with extra attention and
feeding this COW win when in her prime
and entirely fresh, yield the astonishing
amount Of twenty-five pounds of butter per
week The butter made from the rich
milk Of this wonderful animal Is, Of course,
superb article, being when worked out
and dressed in the usual way, firm and
solid and entirely free from all extraneous
matter We are quite sure it would COM
mand a premium anywhere as the best
butter. Although this COW is now yield
ing tgenty-one pounds Of butter per week,
she is, as stated, not entirely fresh, and is
not yet in her prime, only having had her
third calf. This COW is not for sale, and we
are willing to be held responsible for the
truth ofthe statements made respecting her
wonderful butter producing qualities
Rockingham Va. Register.
Year: 1874

the political situation of the country. He
accused the Democratic party OF trying to
reduce the country to bankruptcy and ruin,
and of making every effort in their power
TO bring up a war of races, and inflaming
the mind of the negro instead Of pacifying
them. He fully indorsed the action of the
Louisiana usurper Kellogg, and tried to
mislead his audience by saying that in
the contest for the reins Of the
government of Louisiana, colored men
were slaughtered; referred at length to the
number of outrages that were perpetrated
by masked white men during the month of
August, but failed to state the number that
were perpetrated by negroes; thereby mis-
leading his audience and leaving the i'm
preston upon their minds that the eolored
people had been the victims Of all these
outrages, and masked white men the per-
petrators. He urged the colored men TO
insist upon their being summoned upon
juries.


He spoke at length npon the Civil Rights
bill, and gave his audience of three hundred
colored and three white Republicans to un-
derstand that by electing Maynard and the
balance of the party, they would soon en-
joy every thing set apart for them in that
bill.


The two candidates nominated are both
as good material as the party can ind IN
the county, and are smart enough not to
waste much time in canvassing, as past ex-
perience has taught them that Porter, Boyd
and Glenn will walk out of old Maury in
November with at least two thousand
majority. MAURY.
Year: 1874

FALL RIVER, Oct. 3.-The cOroner's
verdict on the Granite Mill disaster was
rendered this afternoon. The jurors find
that the approximate cause of death of Jas.
Turner and the twenty-five Others on the
morning in question, was caused by the
burning of the mill, they either being de-
stroyed by fire inside or killed by leaping
TO the grOund from the mill. The jurors
conclude the verdict as follows: Let the
lesson not pass unheeded either to mill
owners or the public in general, that hu-
man life is precious and all means that
tend to save, either particularly or gener-
ally, the precious boon TO the poorest NOR
tai has the sanction Of all mankind and an
example in Him who died for all.
Year: 1874

BARBOUR LEWIS has published a
card denying that he said it would be
unsafe for him to remain In Shelby
county. In fact the people of his Con-
gressional district hold him In such
high esteem that they are fully de-
termined to keep him at home for the
next two Years.
Year: 1874

TAX on LIouoR.-A meeting Of the whole
sale grocers and llquor.deaiers ii to be held
at the rooms OF the Chamber OF Commerce
this afternoon for the purpose OF considering
the bill now before the General Assembly In
relation 10 the stamp-tax on liquor. Il .9sSs
Year: 1874

nRUG STORE FOR SALE-WITH THREE YEARS.
- lease doing good retail and prescription business
and offers good location Tor wholesale store Price
low; Tor selling two Apply at ls2 Canal
street corner Mott.
Year: 1874

WILL TIL. LADY WHO SAT IN HER CARRIAGE,
erday waiting for her lady friend and who recognized
gentleman at upper window as she drove away send
address TO EDWARD L. BARRON box l9l Herald Up
town Branch officer
Year: 1874

We have 10 sympathy. with that


rigid, purblind righteousness which


clothes itself in an impenetrable con


servatism-which climgs, with obsti.


nate tenacity, to old beliefs-which be.


lieves every innovation on the cstaab-


lished order OF things to be of the


devil, and SO shuts its ears against all
discussion. We are not to be fright
ened from the discussion of any i'm
portant subject by the cry that the
devil is one OF the chief debaters. We
remember that our blessed Saviour
was accused as blasphemer and
Sabbath breaker by the religiOnists of
his day. We remember that all true
progress in science and religion has
been pointed out by those who were
deemed foolish or mad, and that the
great benefactOrS of mankind have
been greeted with calumny and con-
tempt. Speech, discussion is the wind
that is to winnOW the chaff from the
wheat; and error cannot be confined
in darkness, and rendered innocuous,
but it must be- vanquished in open
combat, under the broad daylight of
heaven.


For ourself, we have no craving de-
sire to get a sight into the spiritual
world. If there is any spirit who
wishes to communicate to us anything
important or beneficial, we should ne
most happy to pay him respectful at
tentiOn; but we regard the practice
and precepts Of Christ as not only a
safe, but sufficient law of life,-a law
which, if obeyed, will bring blessings
here, and added blessing hereafter.


We are not so ready to defy reason
as some are. We have an idea that
faith is not to be despised. Reason
should be our guide in all matters
which lie within its province; but re-
igion has mysteries which the human
mind cannot fathom. Reason and
Religion never contradict each other;
hey run OH in closest unity and most
perfect harmony, until religion passes
beyond the ken of reason, and there
'eason should merge into faith, even
Is the early light Of morning melts
nto the splendors of broadening day.
Lutte A. Taylor.
Year: 1874

Genins is the gold in the mine; tai
ent is the miner who works and brings
it out.


Kindness is the golden chain by
which society is bound together.


Ignorance gives q sort of eternity
to prejudice and perpetuity to error.


To have ideas is to gather. To think
is to weave them into garlands.


A man must stand erect, not to bo
kept erect by others.


Without rich heart, wealth is an
ugly beggar.
Year: 1874

AN eminent French physician claims
to have discovered that fiddfing will
cure nervousness, and that a trumpet
solo will cure catalepsy. l have not
vet tested the accuracy Ot these state
ments, but know man who is learn
ing to play the ACCORDION who has so
completely cured everybody in the
neighb0rhoOd Of home sickness that
that they are perfectly willing to re-
main away. from home for any length
of time while the accOrle0n fiend is
practieing. He is also curing the
house rents in the vicinity by driving
them down. I have also known sing.
ing to relieve acute attacks Of rheu-
matism. Old Jones, who used to live
near me, was disturbed one night by a
glee club which was serenading his
daughter. He suffered great deal
from rheumatism but he managed to
hObble to the front window with his
gun. and while he was leaning out to
take aim at the man who sang base.
he lost his balance and tumblet ont
on the pavement. He never suffered
again from rheumatism. He was bur.
led ON the following Sunday.
Year: 1874

The other day young lady took little
child who is afflicted with the whooping-
cough to gas-house, that the little one
might have the benefit of the escaping gas
from the purifiers. Dr. Allen placed the
young lady and the child at the lower end
Of the purifiers, and, when he removed the
top, and the gas arising from the line came
in contact with the young lady's face, the
skin commenced turning yellow, and final
ly assumed dark hue. AS the same ef-
feet has never been produced before, the
doctor thinks the young lady must be in
the habit Of using some of the many chem
ical preparations now in vogue for keeping
the complexion clear, aud the action of the
gas upon those chemicals effected the re-
suit here given. The lady made every eff
fort to remove the dark color with soap
and water but without avail. She had to
go through the city looking like mulatto
Year: 1874

Up from the South at break of day,
Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay
The affrighted air with a shudder bore,
Like herald in haste to the chieftain's door
The terrible grumble and rumble and roar,
Telling the battle was on once moro
And Sheridan twenty miles away.
And wider still those billows of war,
Thundered along the horizons bar,
And louder yet into Winchester rolled,
The roar of that red sea uncontrolled
Making the blood ofthe listner cold,
AS he thought of the stake in that fiery fray,
And Sheridan twenty miles away.
But there is a road from Winchester town
A good, broad highway leading down,
And there through the flush of the morning


light, ...ta
A steed, as black as the steeds of night.
Was seen to pass with eagle flight
AS If he knew the terrible need,
He stretched away with his utmost speed
Hill rose and fell-but his heart was gay,
With Sheridan fifteen miles away.
Still sprung from those swift hoofs laundering


South


The dust, like the smoke from cannon mouth,
Or the trail of a comet sweeping faster and


faster


Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster,
The heart of the steed and the heart Of the


master,


Were beating like prisoners assaulting the


walls


Impatient to be where the battle field calls,
Every nerve of the charger was strained to full


play


With Sheridan only ten miles away.
Under his squirting feet, the road
Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed,
And the landscape fed away behind
Like an ocean flying before the wind;
And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace


ore,


Swept on, with his eye full of fire
But 10 he is nearing his hearts desire
He is snufiing the smoke of the roaring fray,
With Sheridan only five miles away.
The first that the General saw were the groups
OF stragglers, and then the retreating troops
What was done-what to do-a glance told


him both;


Then striking his spurs with terrible oath,
He dashed down the line mid storm of


huzzas,


And the wave of retreat checked Its course


there because
The sight of the mast er compelled 1t to pause.
With foam and dust the black charger was


gray;


By the fash of his eye, and his red nostrIls


play,
He seemed to the whole great army to say,
have brought you Sheridan all the way,
From Winchester down to save the day.
Hurrah hurrah for Sheridan
Hurrah hurrah for horse and man
And when their statues are placed on high
Under the dome of the Union sky,
The American soldiers temple of fame,
There with the glorious Generals name
Be 1t said in letters both bold and bright,
Here is the steed that saved the day
By carrying Sheridan into the fight,
From Enthusiastically miles away.
Year: 1874

1ok WEST THIRTY-FIFTH sTREET.-A HAND
LOO somely furnished back Parlor to let to gentleman
and wife with Board for the lady only win rent with
out Board ii requred; terms very moderate. Call tor
three
Year: 1874

All who have real estate for sale or to let
and those desiring to purchase rent such property


will find it to their ntere 10 advertise In THE TRIBUNE


It's aggregate circulation exceeds that Of other
paper, and in addition to this advantage THE TRIBUNE
viii found not only in NewYork and all its cities and
Villages but in every State and Territory throughout the
Union, The advertisements should be rs brief as will
allow Of the advantages claimed being made clear the
reader. We would especially dwell the fact that the
subscribers for the three editions of THE TRIBUNE DAILY,
business profossiOn; consequently eacl
are read by all classes THE TRIBUNE deyotes especial
attention to reports OF sales of real estate both In cty
country thus adding greatly to the value OF It's col
umEs advertising medium. The charges for adyer-
tisng are as follows; DAILY TRIBUNE so cents per line
for each insertion. WEEKLY TRIBUNE. ~ per line; SEMI


WEEKLY TRIBUNE. % cents per line About ten words OF
our wide columns average line. Terms cash in advance.
Year: 1874

The steamer Queen OF the National line
landed about $50 irish Immigrants at Boston on Thurs
day. who were brought to New-Yor by the Norwich
and Worcester line OF steamers yesterday, and landed
at their wharf. lThe immigrants say that when they
left Liverpool they expected to come through to New
York direct without being transferred at Boston. The
steamship company paid the expense OF their transit
from Boston, When they landed having no protection,
they became the prey OF boarding house keepers and
sharpers Those who had money went TO boarding
houses, while over 30, who were destitute, applied at
Castle Garden for food, shelter, and general
assistance. 1t being contrary to the law OF
New-York TO land alien immigrants outside OF Castle
Garden the authorities there obliged to refuse a
except IN few extreme Some OF the inmlgrants
said they had had nothing to eat since leaving Boston
Having no claim the Charity Commissioners, they
have place to stay while waiting for news from their
friends the country. Some OF their friends have been
waiting their arrival two davs, not knowing that
they would be transferred at Boston, On Tuesday
several German families who had been forwarded from
Boston from the steamer Samaria applied ht Castle
Garden for assistance. BY transferring Immigrants In
this way the steamship companies do not have to pay
head money here Immigrants have frequently been
landed piers outside OF Castle Garden but they have
applied there for assistance before except III
few cases.
Year: 1874




In QUARENTINE- case of what was
supposed to be smallpox having devel-
oped itself upon the person of child
in the steerage of the steamship John
L. Stephens, the health officer was mott
fed last evening and the steamship pre-
vented from landing at her usual dock
she was up at the West-Side Railroad
wharf, some distance below. After con-
sultation, it was concluded TO allow the
cabin passengers to come ashore, and
the steamship company was recommend
cd to quarentine the other passengers,
who had been chiefly exposed to the
disease, in some building outside the
city limits. This recommendation will
doubtless be carried out, and as soon as
the ship has been thoroughly fumigated
she will be permitted to come to her
wharf for the discharge of her cargo
Portland Nelcs.
Year: 1874

u The First Presbyterian Church,
Of Seattle, have recently purchased of
Edmund Carr lot on Third Street, near
the Central School House, and propose
erecting Church building during the
present year. 1t is stated that there are
sixteen families and twenty-seven men,
be,s belong to that organization within
the city
Year: 1874

FESTIVAL. The ladies of the First
Presbyterian Church, of this place, in
tend to hold Strawberry and Ice Cream
Festival on the evening of the 18th of
June. These ladies are industriously
collecting nucleus for building fund
for church, which they hope to erect
during the coming season.
Year: 1874

STRAYEo-A small red and white COW
rather more white than red-with 8
rope around her horns. A liberal re-
ward will be paid for the return of said
cow, or for information of where she
may be found, on application at this
0fica