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Year: 1875

Schiller. Her captain acted the part of
brave and gallant seaman, and per-
ished in an eff1rt to rescue some of his
passengers. But Why were not better
appliances for such an emergency sup
piled by the owner S of the snip? It is
of no use to argue that they were suf-
hcient if they had been no such loss
of life could have occurred. When we
say that the steamer was commanded by
competent captain and that three
hundred and forty-tWo lives were lost,
we settle the point that the lie saving
apparatus was Lot what should have
been fOund on board such a vessel.


When a few steamship owners shall
have ben sent TO the State prison for
manslauR uRhter, ocean travel may become
safer.-N Y SIM
Year: 1875

The pencil marks You see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scriptior is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We wonld take great pleasure in extend.
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone will pay expenses, and
we are forced TO adhere to q strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor


- We enter no new names on our
books without the money in adv9'ce-
Year: 1875

The Atlanta Constitution saws that
several RraDGers in South Carolina are
combining to build a cotton mill on the
SIluda river. Upon this suggestion 1t
proceeds to urge the establishment of,
first, cotton yarn factories, '' at every
cross road IN the state, for the working
up of It's cotton productions, which can
be much more economically shipped as
yarn than as raw cotton and, second,
of regular cotton factories, as the yarn
mills shall prosper and accumulate
capital as well as attract both it and
labor, and thus stimulate the produc-
ton of cotton aud all other agricultural
products, by thus making a home mar
ket for them. These mills, It says, viii


cost but ten Thousand dollars, and that
amount of money can be raised in any


cotton-growing neighborbood. As these
| experiments prove successful and the
opportunity offers, the entire water
power of the state is to be used for the
propelling of cotton mills to take the
place of these yarn mills, until Georgia
shall become the New England Of the
south. There IS much good sense in
these suggestions, and it is to be hoped
the experiment viii be tried.
Year: 1875

A SINGULAR STORY story is told #
an engineer on the Union Pacific rail.
road who ran race with death at the
rate of forty miles an hour, and won by
five seconds. He was driving the Tas-
senger train west, and WAS taken sud
denly and seriously i'll. He seemed to
be aware that death was near, vet of
train must reach Cheyenne before the
could be relieved. That was the endhe
his route. He increased the speed of
his engine and ran for life. Forty miles
an hour saved his distance. He reached
Cheyenne ahead of time, and when the
engineer who was to relieve him stepped
aboard the engine he family gasped:
Take the engine, I'm ready to die
now" In five seconds he was corpse.
If death had stepped aboard before the
other engineer, what would nave been
the consequence TO the passengers a.?
But they did not S, e the grim spectre
running the engine ike a phantom
tram.
Year: 1875

THE Massachusetts people, having
spent S15, 600, 900 boring an immense
hole through the Hoosac mountain, find
that running trains through to the
Hudson river gives them no through
line to the West, and that they are still
playing second fiddle to New York. In
addition to the money already spent,
there is a call for a million and a half
more to put the tunnel in order for the
use of the various railroads. The Hoo
sac tunnel was a bad investment. Some
engineers assert that a track could have
been graded across the mountain with
ont much trouble.
Year: 1875

LATER advices swell the number of
lives lost on the steamer Cadiz to go.
The Cadiz was out of her course in con-
sequence OF misreckoning of her cap
tain. She struck a rock and sunk almost
Immediately.
Year: 1875

HE Lumber Of passengers saved from
the llifa'ed steamship Schiller was
only ffteeL out of a total of two nun.
ored and fI,g. The loss of life, all
told, will reach fully three hundred.
Year: 1875

The tobacco outlook is that the crop
OF tobacco will be very late in being
transplanted; that it will not much, if
any, exceed, from this cause, an average
crop, and that it viii necessarily be one
OF the most inferior, immatured crops
ever raised in the west.
Year: 1875

A GENTLEMAN DESIRES 70 ENGAGE NEATLY
n furnished Room. with privilege OF bathroom and ull
Board Ii strictly private family Please send particulars
80 box i20 Herald Uptown Branch Office
Year: 1875

PoLITIcAL guessing u what everybody
indulges in previous to elections, and At 20
time has it ever been 80 much indulged,
a With the Republicans in regard to the
election in Ohio next month. There is
every reason to believe that the contest ID
that State between Governor Alien and
Judge Hays will be quite warm, but when
It comes to positive assertions that victory
has been conceded the Republicans, then
political guessing is governed by very little
reason, and certainly not by any assurance.
Some Of the newspaper who have their
preference with the Republican party, have
even gone 80 far as to say that Pennsylva-
MIA will go Republican because as goes
Ohio 80 goes Pennsylvania, but the election
has not come of yet gentlemen, and when
it does, the bugle notes Of the fight will
hate a very different sound.
Year: 1875

The night Of the election THE MORN
ING HERALD was the first paper To appear
on the streets giving the full election re-
turns. There were others ahead of us Civ
ing the returns without the vote of the
Sixth Ward and publishing only half
sheets, but THE MORNING HERALD pub
lished complete paper containing tele-
graphic news, fresh local and editorial mat
ter and in addition to this gave every ward
in full. This was not accomplished
without considerable trouble. Our COM
positors were we'll worked and the editor
ial and reportorial staff were kept busily
engaged, while large corps of messengers
kept us we'll informed of the result Of the
voting in each ward. The HERALD in
tends to keep up such exhibitions of en-
terprise and merit fully the praise it has
received from the public for the feature it
displayed on election night.
Year: 1875

Congressmen are like all the rest Of
mortals, fond Of profitable .investments,
and this may be the reason that SO many
of them 90 to Congress. Bat the case We
now allude to il not one in which sub-i-
dies are concerned, although it has some
thing to do with the lobby. The lobby is
not in Washington, but in that building
the United States Government has erected
in New York and called the postoffice. In
its hallway looIned up a pie-stand,
freighted with pastry, upon which the flies
made depredations, and a neat looking man
fought them vigorously with brush. Hun
cry pedestrians ate his pies and quaffed
the fizzing soda. But this was too much
for the refined people and press of New
York city to stand. 1t was decidedly OBJ
noxious to good taste, and terrific war
was made upon it. But it brought forth
developments that nobody expected, for it
revealed the fact that the owner Of that
stand was none other than genuine Con-
gressman from the State of Nebraska, who
sold over one hundred pies daily, and with
his Congressional pay and that from the
pies, peanuts, apples and soda-water he
managed to make comfortable living.


The government erected six million
dollar building, and the pie-ous member
from Nebraska was allowed monopoly of
the pastry and nick-nack business within
its walls. lie, Of course, had done the
country service as Republican and was
permitted to sell pies in New York, while
his constituents were out in Nebraska. But
he is one Of the determined kind, and re-
uses to give up his stand and continues
every day to dispense pies at ten cents
piece or three cents slice in the new post
Office building. The New York Herald
says: Would it not have been easier to 20
to Nevada for million than to come all the
way to the new post Office to sell eighty
dollars worth Of pie per day ? There is one
mystery in this case that we hope the fu-
ture will solve Did this man have his ewes
on the pie stand and get himself elected to
Congress, in order that he might have the
influence necessary to secure this dyspeptic
placer1 or did he come to Congress a. the
rest do, vaguely on the make, and was Il .
pie stand the best thing that corrupt ad-
minist ration had to offer.
Year: 1875

Meneeley & Kimberly, Of Troy, who
are making the bell donated to the city BY
Henry Seybert, Esq, have, upon applica-
ton to Gen. Wagner and upon the en-
dorsment Of the War Department, received
permission to select several cannon from
those now in store at the Watervelt Ar.
senel; to be cast in the bell. The selection
will be made from cannon which did serv-
ice in the Union and rebel armies during
the late civil war. 1t is the purpose of
Seybert and Of the city authorities to have
the bell in position in the Tower of Inde-
pendence Hall on the Fourth of July,
1876. 1t will thus have both national
and centennial signifcance-that of a
country grown in century from Union
of thirteen States to thirty-eight and a
population increased from 100000 to 49,
100000. The object of the special cannon
used in the casting of this bell will be to
carry out the idea of peace in the blending
Of North and South. and quite in keeping
with the spirit Of one of the Bible in
scriptions which will be cast upon the bell:
"Glory to God in the highest and on earth
peace and good will toward men,"
Year: 1875

Jack Frost appeared among us last Fri day night, reminding us of the long, cold and dreary winter that is soon to follow. The, glass works will be ready to start in three or four weeks. 1.-The iron company have shipped about 200 tons of iron from this place within the last few days......R Rev. MT. Mead preached in this place Sunday evening. The ladies of the M. E society held peach and ice.cream festival in FL dorado Hall last Thursday evening. the proceeds amounting to about 1885. Every thing passed off very pleasantly until the last, when they were auctioneering off the cake, man (whom we will call B bid off loaf of cake; after all the rest was sold, he wished it put up again. Consequently it was sold to another gentleman. Shortly after B steps up and demands his money or cake. The money was returned and the cake was also handed to him, which he took and left the all......The eyer success full Mary Morrison was arrested again for selling intoxicating liquors and had her trial in Lee last week Wednesday, but as they had such honest witnesses, nothing could be proved against her. Is there not some one in this place that can swear against herr SUTsARR.
Year: 1875

OW1mVVAAAs ..

 One of the most disastrous fires that ever occurred in this town took place on Sunday morning last. :, The saw and blaming mill belonging to Messrs. Kellogg & Pierce was burned to the ground with all its contents, including ten thousand feet of planed and matched pine stuff several small saws, tools, belts, etc., making loss of about $6, ,0OO, on which there is no insurance. The loss of the mill is not only great loss to the owners, but great loss to the com munitY, it having been the only mill of the kind in this region; but the worst feature in the whole affair is that it is known to be the work of an incendiary. there having been no fire in the mill for nearly twenty four hours, and then but just handful of shavings in an air-tight stove, and the prob abilities are that the scamp will never be brought to justice, but will roam at large to fire other buildings when he sees it... .... The tobacco was nearly all secured before the frost of Saturday last. Of course MGt be- ing secured, it makes no difference if every thing else freezes. Some of our citizens seem crazy on the subject of tobacco, and the other day when one of our good citizens was interroga.ed by his pastor in regard to the length of his prayers, he stated that he had got them which were three feet and six inches long. Of course he meant to- bacco leaf, so he was excused.....Our sum- mer boarders have nearly all left, and we no more have the pleasure of having them promenade our streets, thereby giving us a citified appearance no more shall we hear the rustic of their silks as they enter. the church, or at evening when they swarm in

 to the store to partake of ice cold soda wa ter, when amid the rustic of tue silk you can hear the whirr of the soda fountain while the handsome and affable clerk stands with his hand hold of the throttle valve.

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Year: 1875

DURING the fever season of last month, the stock of Ayers Ague Cure in the Old North State became exhausted, and before a supply could be received from Lowell the suffering from chills and fever became fearful. A few parties were so fortunate as to have it on hand, and in Iredell county the druggists eked out their slender stocks by selling doses--a spoonful eaeh-for a when the regular price is but one, and thought themselves favored at that, so val uable are the curative properties of this preparation, which not only expels the poi son from the system, but leaves the patient with unimpaired health and vigor. Raleigh (N. O StG'edard.
Year: 1875

The Far is over, and thing of the past, so we have no great events to look forward to in the weeks to come we had hoped to see report of the fair in THE NEWS of last week, but it may not be too late yet to in. terest the public. suppose the world would move on just as prosperously if the Falls Village fair were not in existence, but to us Canaanites it is the great event of the year, causing great commotions and raising the dust generally; could we have had pre- vious to the fair little of the rain VRich was bestowed so beautifully upon the camp meetings, it would have added much to our pleasure. As the weather was fine. it was surprising that the attendance at the fair was so small. Why was it? The dis play of flowers was far better than ever be- fore, and the exhibition in the ladies' de- pertinent was unusually fine. There was some dissatisfaction concerning the award ing of premiums, and some just ccnsure is laid upon the judges but we would sug- gest that no names be placed upon the ar ticles entered for premiums that they be numbered only, and the judges be appoint ed from different towns then we think there would be little chance for partiality. It is sometimes asked What is in a name ? We think there is good deal in name when seen at fair. It often decides the merits of butter, cheese, bread and fruit; the judges themselves hardly realizing what it is that turns the scale of opinion in favor of Mrs. C.'s articles when B.'s are almost equal......A Lion appeared in town not long since, much to the dismay of some of our young men, as they feared he intended to carry off the fairest lamb of the village even Mary's-but the scare was without foundation Gossip IS doing thriving business, and her latest reports are that our friend of Canaan Mountain notoriety was seen riding with the Widder Simpson the other day, and everyone is alive with curl osity to learn the truth of the report, as 'tls earnestly hoped the Widder may locate in this vicinity. ...... Business is improving hereabouts-at least we do not hear as many croakings about hard times as form erly. Spur, Hall, Miner and Brown all seem to thrive. Browns store is consider ed great advantage to the community, as there the farmers can find ready sale for all kinds of produce, including fruit and garden vegetables. ......Our friend Clemans is as busy as honey bee and says since the Warren Wilder so kindly advertised him he is overrun with custom; but one thing is certain, if he does make teeth in an incred- ible space of time, he does his work we'll i; we can testify to this fact, though we don't

 wish to tell that De wear false teeth...... Our neighbor Cowdrey has lately planted field to strawberries, and nicer lot of plants we never saw. He intends from these thous- and hills next year to sell many quarts of berries. Success to him. May we be there to taste and judge of the quality of his

 fruit. D. D.
Year: 1875

THE CENTENNIAL BELL. = The Troy Times has the following description of the new bell which is to be cast for Iudepend- ence Hall, Philadelphia

 Meenely 6 Kimberly of this city, who are making bell of 13,0oO pounds for the tower of old Independence Hall in Phila- delphia, have upon application to General Hagner and upon indorsement of the war department. received permission to select several cannon from those now in store at the Watervleit arsenal, to be cast in inc bell. This selection will be of cannon which did service in the union and rebel ar- mics during the late civil war. It is the purpose of the donor of the bell, Henry Sybert;o of Philadelphia, and of the authori- ties of that city to have the bell in position in Independence hall tower July 4th, 1876. It will thus have both national and cen tennial signifcance-that of country grown in century from thirteen states to thirty-eight, and population increased from LOGO, ,ooo to 10000, 900. The object of the special cannon used in the casting of the bell will be to carry out the idea of peace, in tue. blending of north and south, and quite in keeping with the spirit of one of the Bible inscriptions which will be cast upon the bell Glory to God in the high est, and on earth peace, good will toward men,
Year: 1875

A jailor in western state had received strict orders not to keep his prisoners in solitary confinement. Once when he had two in charge one escaped, and he was obliged to kick tho other out of the door to comply with the regulation.
Year: 1875

A writer in the Hartford Couromt, who signs himself "A candidate for the vice presidency of 8 society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children" !" says:

 I am well aware that it is Sat your peril for any one to revive the much discussed school question, especially in these troub- lous times, but it is great comfort to be able to scold little through your columns, and you are so kind in allowing free use of them for the unburdening of anxious minds. want to call your attention to a most pernicious practice of some of our public school teachers-that of keeping their pupils in during recess or for season after school hours to learn the lessons which they have failed to learn during the session. If it is intended for penance, it makes one sigh for the good old days of dunce blocks and fools caps, or a jolly punishment, such as I remember. of seat on little bench between two bright eyed, curly haired, respectable little colored chill dren by name George Washington and Ru- by Marshall If it is simply for the pur- pose of securing thorough understanding of the lesson, why not repeat it with some variations perhaps, and such delay would injure no one; but for dear health's sake why should they curtail the already too brief hours for exercise and fresh air? In these days when some of our leading phy- sicians are pleading for half days session and oyerworked brains are too apt to be- come the rule rather than the exception. why cannot our teachers exercise little wisdom on thelr own account This grum. bier would complain to them, only they seem to be quite irresponsible school committees ditto-and good loud shout through the columns of the CourGnt brings back so many glorious echoes; and thus one may benefit the whole country, while possibly relieving the woes of one's own children.
Year: 1875

We publish elsewhere another eH
plsnstion of that $4,000 deficit. We
present it Mt the request OF a gentleman
Of thi. city, and more especially because
i is an attempt to enightcn US on a
game that we do not understand.
Whether it proves sufficiently clear to
our readers or not, is II question for them
to decide. For our part all We have to
say is. that We do not think it is sufficient
OF An explanation to justify the leglSla-
tive Investigating Committee in not
thoroughly searching it out, and getting
st the root of the matter. Evidently
somebody has made blunder in book
keeping.
Year: 1875

prowling around, it Is hard to distinguish
the true from the false, and so begging
becomes nuisance. Thus much impo-
stion Is practiced, and the dispenser oi
charity can hardly tell, in many cases
whether he is really doing good or not


The next class are those who suffer
biting poverty, but had rather endure in
silence than beg their bread. These are
never found out unless active exertion l:
made in their behalf, but are left alone
to bear grim penury as best they may
Of all classes needing help in the world
these appeal more strongly to the benev
olent than any other.


Now our citizens are liberia
and kind-hearted, as is evidenced
by the past, and though, fortunately
those in very INDECENT circumstances are
probably fewer among us than in almost
any other community of the same size'

we are sure our charitable people are
anxious to do all in their to reileVe
the wants of those sufferers VINO are To-
Gated in our midst.


Our object, therefore, IN pre-
parlng this article, is to call attention
:, those two classes of untOrtunateS, and
10 suggest plan which will abate the
nuisance of mendicancy, and yet reach
MI deserving assistance. Last year we
alluded to this, and made a suggestion
then, which we repeat now, for want OF
a better. This WAS that those Of our cit
liens Interested in this subject form so-
cictv and get up a common fund. Then
let committee or agent of this society
be formed in each city district, whose
duty 1t shall be to enquire into the condi-
tion of all, in each particular district,
really in need. Then when beggar
comes to any door, instead o.
giving him money direct, let HIM be
given note to said agent or committee;
who can decide whether or not he Is an
object of charity. In this way imposition
will be prevented, for if the applicant is
not worthy, he will never present the
note, and at the same time the modest
poor will also be reached. This plan ha:
been tried elsewhere and found to work
successfully Had it been adopted last
winter, the money expended for the Soup
House would have been ample for carrying
| it out. aud the visitation of tramps winch
afflicted the city then would not have
occurred. We throw out these hints t.
be acted upon by our charitably disposed
if approved of, or if not, to cause then
to devise some better means for accom-
plishing tho desired object.
Year: 1875

Latest from the Steamer Deutsch-


land.


New YORK, December 9.-Dispatches
from London state that the first signals
of distress sent up from the wrecked
Steamer Deutschland, were seen by the
English Coast guard. Some of the Coast
guard men turned out and commenced
search for volunteers to go with them in
the tug boat Liverpool, of Harwick, and
aid them in an attempt at rescue. All
to whom they applied refused, and now
explain their conduct by saying they
thought it was only collier which was
lost. The sea was rough, and Harwick
is the only place on the line of shore
without life boat. A woman, craZed
by despair hung herself from the root of
the ships cabin.
Year: 1875

ST. LOUIS, January 29.-The follow
ing resolution was introduced in the
State senate yesterday:


Resolved, That this general assembly
instructs the senators and requests the
representatives from this State to aid to
the best Of their ability the measure now
pending before congress providing for a
guarantee of the interest on the bonds OF
the Atlantic and Pacific and Texas and
Pacific railway companies, and that we
earnestly appeal to the legislatures Of
other southern States to unite with US by
similar action.
Year: 1875

The distinguished artist whose name
and fame are q tower of strength TO the
dramatic stage, viii follow Jaunaschek, and
make his 1rst appearance in Memphis this
year on Monday, the eighth Of February His
TepetOire, one of the most interesting, II not
one of the most extensive, has been enriched
since he was here last by The Nan o -irsie, in
the portrayal of the leading character of
which he has won fresh and Unfading laurels


He will be the great attraction Of Mardi Gras