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Year: 1878

NEW YORK, May 28.-There is much feeling
in the sugar trade over the recent decision Of
some banks to decline to discount the notes of
sugar refiners. The president of well
known bank stated to a reporter that it had
been apparent for some time that sugar re-
fining was not profitable. His bank had de-
clined single name sugar paper because it
capital in business that required the ex-
haustion OF it's capital to sustain it. He
claimed that the retiners are losing from one
to two cents a pound on every barrel of sugar
manufactured. A few days ago his bank
declined two notes of sugar party for S25, 900
each. which were subsequently, discounted
on Wall street at Al per cent.
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, May28.-Dr. Murhead, young
Engishman, has succeeded in applying the
duplex system OF telegraphy to the ocean
pany have been working it for the past few
days The superintendent of the cable COM
pany says that it works perfectly, and has
doubled the capacity Of the cable. They now
work both ways at the same time at the same
rate of speed that was required when only
sending one way. The invention is said to be
very Ingenious.
Year: 1878

LONDON May 28.-A dispatch from Rome
explains that the new Ministry of King Hum
bert, by their fearless and liberal course,
have greatly disarmed the opposition Of the
Left, and that there Is less discomfort ex-
pressed than usual. The proposed reduction
OF the grist tax will be a very popular meas
IRE
Year: 1878

IMPROVEMENT OR DEGENERATION OF STOCK.
The hard frost of last week killed all the
grass, or greatly reduced its nutritious
qualities, and, therefore, regular feeding for
all stock should now be commenced. Do
not let your cattle get poor, or fall off at all
in flesh, for the want of timely feeding.
Commence now and keep up their condi-
ton throughout the winter. This is the
way to have good stock. If your cattle get
SO poor every winter that it takes them all
summer to get back the fat and flesh they
lost in winter, you cannot have good stock.
They will never be long in an improving
condition, and must gradually dwarf and
degenerate. But on the other hand, if you
keep them in good order all the time, there
is constant tendency to improvement and
this continued through several generations
develops the highest grades of cattle. 1t
is law of nature, that starvation dwarfs
and high feeding enlarges any stock. All
intelligent farmers will have this law con-
stantly in mind.
Year: 1878

IT is a matter of little consequence as to
the acreage which is put in, in this or
that grain, in this or that crop; it matters
very little how much farmer raises on his
farm-the important question is how much
he raises per acre. The farmer who raises
one hundred bushels Of wheat on four acres
will become well-to.do, independent farm
er, if not rich man, if he does not meet
with extraordinary misfortune; but the
farmer who raises one hundred bushels of
wheat on twelve acres is on the direct road
to poverty, and undoubtedly will become
poor if he lives long enough and raises
wheat enough.
Year: 1878

\ GOOD dairyman gives his experience
that bran is an excellent food for COWS at
any time when extra food is required. He
has generally been able to get from it more
milk than from an equal cost of any other
ground feed. 1t is better suited to warm
weather than meal. AS the weather be.
comes cool, if COWS are at all thin, meal
may be proftably added. At any rate, he
advizes that feed enough of some kind
should be given to keep up both milk and
strength all the fall. One of the worst
errors dairyman ever commits is to let a
cow 90 INTO winter quarters drooping.
Year: 1878

on the 18th of March. This force is
capable in the course of six months of
an expansion Of 5000 men, every leg
iment having long list of candidates
waiting for vacancies. and every ole of
whom is willing tn deposit $50 rupees
for the purchase of a horse and arms.
There are, In addition, four regiments
OF Madras and seven Of Bombay cayal-
ry-say 5000 natiyes-with about the
same proportion of trained English Oh
hcers as in the Bengal cavalry. Out
OF this total cavalry force 10000 men
might be supplied as a war contingent,
without the slightest detriment to the
safety of any city or district. Such a
force would be invaluable in . war
against Russia. In training. equip
ment and organization the men are


ISF.NIrELY SUPERIOR TO THE cossAcKs,
Being easily fed, very hardy, riding
lightly, and if suitably clothed better
able to stand heat and cold than Euro
peans. If properly otficered and COM
manded they are willing. steady and
obedient. They could act as light
brigade and perform well outpost duty,
scouting and foraging for the army.
This would enable the English cavalry
to De kept entirely in reserve as heavy
cavalry. The Indian cavalry form the
beau ideal of what light cavalry should
be, and it adequately officered and led
would constitute a brigade of which
any general might be proud The OILY
objection to the use of the native army
against Europeans is that in the event
of their finding out that they are
match for Europeans they might here
after be instigated to turn this knowl-
edge against ourselves. This objection.
however, wholly fails if We rend,, their
efficiency dependent on their being led
by English officers.
Year: 1878

FATALLY BURNED. becomes our


painful duty to chronicle a terrible
accident which occurred in the sew


enth ward of this parish, near the rec


tory of the New River Catholic


Church, Tuesday evening, resulting
in the fatal injury of Mis-. Alcee


Braud, eldest daughter of our old
friend J. B. Hebert, Esq. Mr.. Braud
and family reside at the rectory in


the absence of the priest, and take
care, of the church property. Tues
day evening Mrs. Braud went to the
house of a neighbor, Mrs. Mortimer
Landry, to await the return of her
husband, who had gone to a card
party at his father-in-law's, a quarter
of mile distant. While there, Mrs.
Braud attempted to fill a lamp with
coal oil from a bottle standing on the
mantelpiece; when the bottle fell from
her hand and broke upon the hearth
directly in front of the fire, saturating
the front of her dress with oil in the
descent. Qnick as thought the fire
communicated to the oil on the
hearth. and thence to the doomed
woman's clothing, and she ran shrek
ing from the house, sheet Of flame
from head to foot. Bereft of reason,
she grasped a post and clung to it
until neighbor with more presence
of mind than the rest released her
hold aud rolled her upon the ground
until the flames were extinguished.
The poor lady was horribly burned,
there being but two or three diminu
tive spots on her entire body which
were not scared by the cruel flames,
aud after enduring untold agony, she
was Yesterday relieved by death. A
short time before breathing her last,
she enjoyed period of entire immu-
nifty from pain, and assured the weep
ing relatives gathered about the bed
side that she was about to realize her
lifetime's hope of blessed redemp-
tion beyend the tomb. /
Year: 1878

1t was not the absence of Parish
Attorney Duffel which caused the
postponement of the regular session of
the Police Jury from the first to the
second Monday of January, as we
were enormously informed. The
meeting was deferred because the ap-
proximate list of parochial expenses
for 1873 had not been published thirty
days prior to the first Monday of the
month. By the second Monday, how
ever, the legal term of publication
had expired and the Jury was at lib
erty to act upon the list SO as to give
it immediate effect.
Year: 1878

Constable James Holmes of the
third ward succeeded in capturing
Mike Tillman, the black scoundrel
who outraged little eolored girl at
the st. Emma plantation last year,
and subsequently, it is believed, set
fire to the house of Senator Pierre
Landry.


The arrest was made by virtue of
warrant issued upon an affidavit of
Matilda Simmon, who swears that
some time during the year 1876, Mike
Tillman perpetrated rape upon the
person of her ten-year old daughter,
Victoria Simmon, holding revolver
in his hand at the time and threat
ening to kill the girl if she made any
resistance or outcry. After commit
ting this outrage, Tillman disappeared
and was not seen again, we believe,
until the day preceding the night of
the fire at Senator Landry's residence,
when he was heard to remark that
somebody's fine house will go up
soon.n The probable reason of his
enmity against Senator Landry is the
fact that the latter warmly denounced
Tillman's crime and encouraged the
institution of efforts for the discovery
and capture of the criminal. Till
man is safe in Jail now, and viii soon
be called to account for his heinous
misdeeds.
Year: 1878

At a fair given by colored people on
the St. Emma plantation, last Sunday,
Evariste Braud and Desire Miller or
ganized a little unpleasantness which
made things lively in that vicinity for
a short while. Braud pursued Miller
with an -antiquated specimen of a
revolver, which he snapped at the
latter three several times, but the ter
rible weapon refused to empty any of
its leaden pills into the anatomy of
Miller, SO the owner was fain to whack
him on the head with it several times,
producing a few uncomfortable gashes
and bruises. Affidavit was made be-
fore Justice Bush of the second ward,
who examined the case and required
Braud to furnish bond of 800 for
his appearance before the Parish
Court at the March term. The bond
was given, with John jackson as Sc
curity.
Year: 1878

Monday before last being the day
for commencing the probate term of
the Parish Court, Judge Maher was
promptly on hand. The Sheriff
opened the session with the customary
formula, but there being no cases as
sigued for trial, court was at once ad-
iourned until next regular term.
Year: 1878

The official proceedings of Mon
days session of the Police Jury are
published in the CHIEF of to- day,
and will be found to contain matter
of general public interest. 1t will be
seen that there is continuance of
the policy of retrenetlment in the
matter of parochiai expenses; that
an ordinance prohibiting the sale of
liquor on Sunday will be submitted to
vote of the people; and that an
effort will be made to provide for the
parish debt, committee having been
appointed to confer with the creditors,
with view to perfecting some ar
rangement satisfactory to them and
in keeping with the straitened fnan-
cial condition of the parish.
Year: 1878

The Ysnkton Press tells of lively


race the General and L. A. Carney
had with the recent prairie fire.
Travelling upon an unburnt strip they
came close to the line of the fire winch
extended miles northwest and south.
west, and was edging slowly north
eastward. When they were within
twenty rods of this line the wind
suddenly increased and shifted some
2Oo towards the east and from the
west, sweeping the flames directly up.
on them. What was five minutes be-
fore harmless fire, to be crossed
with ordinary care, was now q mass
of continuous flame, often ten or fif-
teen feet high, and sometimes twenty
feet across. ltroared like half . dog
en- passenger trains at full speed
They sprang from the wagon and fred
the grass but il made very slow pro.
gress, and had not burned ten feet
square when whirlwind came down
the line with high gale. Their on
ly chance was flight, and they sprang
into the wagon and whipped up their
Texan horses for q race north ward 10
sSAAS NIB iva otOuSy SAOduu. uS pu.
MES Understood that game and went
readily. It was all done in less time
than the telling. The very cause of
danger was at last the means OF SAFE
ty. The whirl wind which was TWEEN.
ty rods wide, passed by. 1t had
changed all the adjacent currents of
wind. This had deadened tho wind
ahead and prevented the fire from
spreading, and now that it had pass
ed ii gave chance to cross in its rear
upon the ground where the grass was
thin, and within ten minutes Of the
first apprehension Of danger they
were among the smoking cinders
on burned ground. Tho whirlwind


went over the bluff and down the
river bottom, filing 1t with fire in
places above the level of the bluff,
and sending up column of black
smoke which must have been over a
half mile in length.
Year: 1878

The following good advice to cor
respondents is given by the Sioux
City Journal, and is applicable to ell
localities:


The Journal likes to get the ne ws.
News is its especial forte. Therefore
it always has a welcome tor live
correspondent. Local happenings.
when they are fresh, briefly told, are
right in the Journals line, aud we
are always glad to have them report
ed to us. Ii will not hurt any COM
munity to get little into print in Q
decent way. The newspaper is the
great channel of popular information
in our day. 1t is the agent to which
people seeking new homes look for
reliable information. 1t is the index
to the enterprise, lie, energy, intelli-
gence, ETC., of our vai iious communi-
ties. People of whom you never
hear through the newspaper are to be
put down as . pretty listless sort Of
people. But there is one word we
desire right here to say to correspond
ents. Dc not make your letters q
cover for underhand attacks upon
your personal enemies, or an avenue
to vent your little personal spites. II
you do you wrong yourselves and
take mean advantage of the news
paper that gives you confidence.
Give the news with judicial fairness,
and it is the work of a good CORES
pondent to give just as little personal
opinion, good or bad, as he possibly
can in making up his record Of events.
Year: 1878

3A0Ao0MUex ABOUT C0uxC000.


That they never forget to take up
collections.


That abort sermons are always most
effective.


That every one tries to be the last
one out when the services are over.


That no preacher ever forgets to
tell the story Of the prodigal son.


That the woman with . new bonnet
and the young man with high collar
always occupy front seats.


That the Squirt" with q pretty girl
has TO walk the whole length Of an
aisle before he gets . seat.


Thatthe smart bad boy always gets
red In the face when his father or big
sisters get up to tell their experience


That some good deacon always gets
mp, just before the collection, and says
something about the 'spoor heathen. /"


That the man who starts the hymns
on the old fashioned plan thinks all
the psalms should be sung to the same
tune.


That the "man of the world" who
helps TO sing the doxology imagines
be is taking an active interest In his
s0ups salvation.


That some people take more pride
In saying they "haven't been to church
In two years" than others In declar-
ing they shave not missed Sunday
seven years."


That the young man who hasn't
had q cent in the past two months
goes through every pocket while ths
contribution basket 10 going around
than asks the, ,man In the next seat i
he dkh chang1d V.-Reynolds/ VI eyalel
Year: 1878

The Iowa City Republican says:--
MANY In our city will be sorry to
learn that DR.. Thacher's health Is rap
idly declining, and his friends and
relations with whom he Is now stop
ping are Of the opinion that he can
hardly live until the close Of the year."
Year: 1878

CONGRESSMAN SMALLs, the colored
member of Congress from South Car
olina, 1t will be remembered was
again candidate for reelection this
fall. His district is republican by q
majority of several thousand, but he
Is returned as beaten. Smalls has re-
Gently arrived in Washington, and a
Washington special to the Inter- Ocean
gives the following account Of what
Smalls relates:


He says that In one town In his
county 822 votes were cast, according
to the poll lists, but when the box


was opened it was found to contain
S22 ordinary ballots and 1000 of the
tissue paper or sskiss' ballots. Ofreg-
ular ballots $50 were for him, and 1872
for his opponent. Under the election
law of South Carolina, when the bal
number of names on the poll lists,
somebody is blindfolded and takes out
enough to make the lists and the bal
lots correspond. In this instance
democratic judge was blindfolded and
took out all the large ballots, and l78
of the tissue paper ballots, leaving
S22 of the latter in the box. Ofcourse
they were all democratic, and the re-
suit of the count was announced to
the effect that Smalls had received no
votes, and his democratic opponent
was the unanimous choice of the town.
The colored men who voted for Smalls
were amazed at the result and won
dered where their ballots had gone.
But 1t was stated in the democratic
papers as remarkable phenomenon
in that all the colOred people in that
town had voted the democratic ticket
Congressman Smalls said this Is only
one instance of hundreds of the same
character, and is the foundation of the
statements that negroes have Joined
the democratic party. He says that
he can get atiidavits from $50 men in
that town to the effect that their
votes were cast for him, but does not
see what he could accomplish by 1t.
When asked if he intended to contest
the seat of his opponent, he replied
that he would do SO If he thought
that there would be any chance for
colored men to obtain justice from the
next House, but he was poor and
could not afford to spend either time
or money that a contest would involve.
His right to scat in the present Con.
gress was contested, and 1t had cost
him almost all his salary to pay law
yers and get evidence in defense. He
said Northern people were urging
him to make the fight and bring out
all the evidence Of democratic frauds
in his district for the effect It would
have on the country, and he was will
ing to d. this If some one would pay
the expense, which he could not do.
Year: 1878

and he had been directed by Mrs. s.
to send the Doctor to her ct once.
Supposing that all was right the Doc
tor mounted his horse and started for
the residence Of his patient, which il
abouttwo miles in the country. Moth
ing moro Was seen of him till about
10 o'clock, when he was found by 4
party who happened to be passing
Year: 1878

about mile from town. Assistance
wac procured and the unfortunate
man taken back to Augusta. When
found he was alive and breathing
heavily, but died before reaching
town. On examination II was found


that he had received three heavy


blows on the head, breaking the
skull and letting the brains ooze out.
Year: 1878

THE WEAPON


used by the murderer. The doctors
watch, and some money which he
was known to have collected, that
day, were missing and II is believed
the murder was committed for the
purpose Of robbery. The remains
were Inferred on Sunday, the ser.
vices being largely attended. There
seems to be . liberalization on the
part OF the people Of the town to fer
ret out tho mystery and bring the
guilty party to account. a
Year: 1878

Notwithstanding the liberal pension which
Awaits their retirement, Judges in Great Bri-
tain are apt to continue in harness very often
far into tie eighties, deeply to the exss-
peration of those who are eager for their
shoes Sometimes this is done to secure
the patronage of the ottice to the political
party with which the Judge is in sympathy.
Thus he won't resign till his friends come into
power, sometimes to spite the Government
which won't give him the peersge to which he
aspires. Thus Lord NoIbury positively refus
ed TO bulge for anything under an earldom,
and it is very well known that bsrony would
soon bring in the resignation of Chief Baron
Kelly, who is 81. 1t is related of the late Chief
Baron Pollock, that one who wished him to re-
sign waited on bin, and hinted it, entirely
with a view to the prolonGation of his valued
life, etc. The old man arose. and said, with
The guest stood aghast as 'the. Lord Chief
Baron, who prdcd himself particularly upon
his legs, began TO coper about with certain
youthful vivacity. Seeing his visitor stagger.
ed, he cspered up to him, and said, well, if
you won't dance with me, will you box with
me~ And with that he squared up to him,
and, half in jest, half in earnest, fairly boxed
him out of the room. The old Chief Baron bad
no more visitors ir quiripg sfter his health, and
suggesting his retirement.
Year: 1878

The progress of the naw movement will
be watched in this country with keen inter
est. Mr.. Butts second thought policy of
conciliation has not produced the effect
that was promised. His abandonment of
the original spirit OF Home Rale disappoint-
ed many OF the most upright and earnest
men in Ireland We regret that his course
has led to division, bat we do not regard
the division as discussion. One leader
may be displaced by another without
weakening the cause. Sbould the Irish
people declare that the Tina has come for
DR.. Butt TO staud aside, we do not doubt
that events will prove their judgment ccr-
rect.
Year: 1878

TIE FOUNDATION on WHICH IT Is
PROPOSED INDUSTRY SHOULD REST.
-Supposing specie payments were
resumed tomorrow and we had appar-
emily clear sailing before US. and
suppose the European war cloud burst
the next day. what would follow
Gold would leap up again, a great
part of what little we have OF it would
be -obbled mp by foreign agents. and
then collapse and confusion worse
than ever. says Patterson in his
Economy of Capital" is there
not something wrong herol Ought
the presence or absence of few mil
lions Of gold to make the vast differ
ence between national prosperity on
the one hand and national disaster
and widespread suffering on the
otherl How will posterity speak of
rs. when it sees that we made the
huge fabric of our national industry
stand like an inverted pyramid. rest
ing on narrow apex formed of a
chamberful of yellow drossl Will
they not laugh az our folly. our bar
barisml"
Year: 1878

THE ADRIANCE REAPEE.-We believe that
we confer a favor the farmers by directing their
attention to the 1driqnce Reaper built by Adriance,
Platt Il Co., of POughkeepSie, and l61 Greenwich
street New York who are so favorably known as the
builders of the famous Buckeye noWers and Keepers
The Adriance Reaper is fitted TO meet the wants of
those farmers who prefer separate and distinct ma
chine for reapng. The name of the builders is suti
cient guarantee for the excellence of its material and
workmanship but nothing short of n personal in
Spection enable the farmer to appreciate the
markable ingenuity of its devices, or the admirable
manner in which it combines simplicity with ehl-
cheney. 1t is light iron reaper with one driving
wheel The rakeS are operated i'll a manner similar
to that which has proved successful on the Buckeye
Harvester but still more perfectly under the con-
troll of the driver 1t is of very light draft but very
strong The case with which the platform can be
tilted fits it especially for in lodged grain 1t will
do good work in all kinds conditions of grain and
its folding platform makes it as portable as the Buck
eye Mower.


With an Adriance Reaper and New Model Buck
eye Mower farmer is enabled to gather his grass and
grain crop with the least degree of discomfort TO him
self or his team and with the most satisfactory re-
suits.
Year: 1878

The only self-discharging Rake operated with
out gearing friction springs. 1t is simple,
not liable to get out OF order, and so easily
operated that any one who can manage a
horse can rake the heaviest meadow. The
driver has free use Of both hands to manage
the horse. The seat is adjustable to suit the
height of driver. The teeth can be lowered
and raised to suit different kinds of raking
without altering their gathering qualities.
Year: 1878

Elderly farmers in this latitude who woke
up on Monday morning to find the tender
vegetation in their fields and gardens
blackened by killing frost were reminded
of still wider freak of the thermometer
just forty -four years ago. The Spring had
been, like this, a remarkably forward one,
when on the 18th Of May there came a
storm of snow and sleet, and freezing
weather which even scorched the foliage of
the forest trees, then almost in full leaf,
and in many cases killed the trees them
selves. An experience of this kind is a
very wholesome discipline for sceptically
inclined people who have begun to lose
faith in the almanac.-N \. Tribune.