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Year: 1872

To the Editor Of Ms Dispatch:


| wish to suggest route for the street
railway, which think will meet the end fol
which you have so ably battled.


The object is to have Il continuous line Il:
near Main street rs possible, which will con
meet the eastern and western portions of the
city by easy grade.


Let the cars come do,rn Main street. The
grade is not too great for cars coming donrn


For the cars going up town let the track


carr, up Cary to Third. After reaching
Third street the track can continue up Cary
or be turned into Main street, as may be
most advisable


An inspection of Cary street between
Third and Eighth will show that it can be
chcaply graded to uniform and eaSy grade
intersection of Fifth and Cary. The street
ascends from Fourth street to Fifth, and de-
scends from Fifth to Sixth. This bump
must he taken away, and the earth which i,
removed can be used in filling in at the cor.
nCr of Fourth street. LII Il word, the grade
should be made uniform from Third tc
Eighth street.


Let us now consider what effect this change
will haye OH the cross streets. Seventh and
Sixth streets will not DE Affected, for tllt
grade at these points will not be materially
altered. Fourth street at It's intersection
with Cary will be raised several feet. This
will be easily remedied by grading Fourth
street up to the required level, and the street
and the property on each side of it will ht
thereby much improved. The only point Of


excavation will be at the intersection O
Fifth and Cary.


No difficulty arises from this so far as il
affects Fifth street south OF Curry, for th'
grade can easily be carried out on the south
The only single obstacle is presented h.
Fifth street north of Cary. This may b'


met by stopping ur Fifth street at its inter
section with Cary, havinga wall with Il bal
ustrude md steps for toUtpasscnger>. Th
only Inconvenience then will he that vehicle
cannot pass along Fifth street across Cary
but must turn up to Fourth or down t.
Sixth.


The cost of this Improvement would b.
trihiuS in comparison with the projected


grading Of Main street, and do not Supros
| that any property-holdcr OH the line Mvul
| bc injured.


hope that the Committee on Streets vii
examine the proposed route, and That W


may have a report on the subject from on
City Engineer.
Year: 1872

The MOONLIGHT EXCURSION on THE CANAL.
Tonight those who desire II pleasant moon
light ride OH the canal to the Fivc-Mle
Locks can do so by taking the excursion
boat, which will leave her wharf, at the foot
of Eighth street, at s o'clock. A band of
good music will be in attendance, and no
doubt the trip will be an enjoyable one. The
rain OH Friday evening forced the getters-up
Of this excursion to postpone until this eve
uinT
Year: 1872

PROSPECTS FOR TIE FALE ,TRADE.-The
merchants OF Richmond generally are closing
out their summer stock Of goods preparatory
to laying In their fall and winter supplies. 1t
is stated that the prospect Of heavy busi-
ness In all of the leading mercantile branches
has not been so good for some time past.
This increase in trade might have been an
ticipated, as the facilities for such enlarge
ment are greater now than heretofore, and
still on the increase.
Year: 1872

RoBBERY.-At an early hour Saturday
morning the premises of Mr.. A. B. Frank
lin, on the south side Of the canal between
sixth and Seventh streets, were entered by
thieves and robbed OF Il lot of clothing and
other ARTICLES; The clothes were hanging
on a.line in the upper porch or roof of an
adjoining house, and the thief was seen
taking them off. Finding that he was dis
covered he jumped to the ground, distance
Of two stories. and made coed his escape.
Year: 1872

White Lead for Wounds on Trees.-It is
pretty we'll understood by those who
have had opportunities for observing


that where a large branch is separated


from tree decay is very apt to COM


mence. If the wound so made is left
exposed only for few days, especially
if it be in the winter season, to the


sun, air and wind, little checks may be
seen which grow deep, according to the
size of the branch that has been sew
cred and the length of time that the


wound is left without covering. These
little openings allow the sap to evapor-
ate, and sun and air to dry up the


wood. which should be kept as fresh as
possible. That there should be a COW
ering of some kind most persons will


admit. Much thought and labor have


been expended by eminent men in
various experiments to ascertain the
best thing for covering wound


made by pruning, and many arti-
cles have been recommended for the


purnose, and some of them are very


good.


| wish to call the attention of pomo-
logists and those who have the care of
| trees to the fact that white lead and


linsee1 oil ground together is about the


best thing for the purpose that has
| been discovered.


Get the best white lead (which can


be found ready prepared in almost


every city and village) and thin with


linseed oil little, or just enough SO


that it can be spread with a brush,


which should be about one inch in di
ameter. By putting it on thick p GOV
Year: 1872

The Cumberland Nc,0s is responsible
for the following: ave remember
reading about u husband going home
tipsy one night during a thunder storm,
and who in ascending the stairs lost his
perpendicular and fell PROSTATE to the
foot of the steps, Slowly gaining sit
ting posfuse, he gazed vacantly around,
and then exclaimed to his better half :
Wife, terrible clap that did the light
ming strike anybody else? The story
is somewhat eclipsed by the following
facts which occurred in this city yester.
day: Two men were engaged in quar-.
rel on the railroad, and a train of cars
approaching. the attention of one of the
belligerents was drawn to the train. The
other man thinking 'now was his
chance let fly his fist against the side
of the ether mans head, which felled
him 10 the ground, and he lid there
apparently in an insensible condition.
The other man, seeing what he had
done, became frightened and ran away.
A gentleman witnessing the affair went
to the assistance of the PROSTATE man,
when the latter, reviving and looking
around, asked: 'Oh did the cars run
! over the other fellow, tooY"
Year: 1872

This modest little flower comes up
about eight o'clock in the morning in
summer and nine in winter. 1t unfolds
and is seen to advantage late in the after.
noon. The above was drawn and en-
graved from a very fine specimen in my
own possession.


The next domestic plant is
Year: 1872

are also we'll known domestic flower,
though by daylight are apt to look a
shsttle faded. they look best by lamp
hghE and are often seen growing by the
side of parlor walls during little parties
and balls. They grow without much
cultivation.


An out tofdoor plant much in vogue
during the rainy month of April is
Year: 1872


which is often seen on the sidewalks,
particularly where the soil is fitted for
its production-requiring chiefly wet
clayey soil of an uneven surface. With
these conditions the plant thrives very
we'll.
Year: 1872


Editors of the Register:


There seems to be an impression in
some portions Of the State that Judge
Edmiston is still in feeble health, and
as his name has been mentioned, and
will be pressed by his many friends for
the Court OF Appeals, we deem it but
due Judge F. to correct this erroneous
impression. Early last winter Judge E.,
from exposure, contracted a severe cold
which ran into a bronchial affection,
and which was not only troublesome
but very prostrating during the winter,
but Immediately on the return of mild
weather he commenced improving and
is now almost entirely well and engaged
in the fill practice Of the law in this
and adjoining counties.


Four years ago Judge E. was nomi-
mated at Grafton for the Court Of APP
peals, when there was no reasonable
hope Of success; yet he accepted the
nomination with the view Of aiding in
perrecting the organization of the party
and did all that was proper (for one
running for a judicial position to do) to
secure the success Of the Democratic
party, of which he has been firm and
consistent member all his life. His
friends think that having accepted the
nomination at the time he did, that it
is but Just that the party confer that
nomination upon him again, when
there is a chance of his election.


TpvIs
Year: 1872

We have heard it suggested that the
Democratic Convention that is to as
semble at Parkersburg next Thurs lay
should offer some instruction to the
West Virginia delegates to the Balti>
more Convention in relation to candi-
dates for the Presidency. We hope 1t
will do nothing OF the kind. The
proper course to be pursued by the
Democratic party in freeing the nation
from a continuance OF GRANTS admins
tration, is involved, as yet, in too many
contingencies to justify hampering the
National Convention with instructed
delegates, or declaring positively for
one course or another. The result OF
the Radical Convention at Philadel-
phia will throw some light upon the
Democratic pathway to success, and the
drift of public sentiment, now uncertain
and undecided, will have become so plain
and well settled by the time the baltimore
Convention is to meet that the proper
course may be easily marked out. We
take it, that every Democrat in West
Virginia expects to abide by and sup
port the nominees of the Baltimore Con-
yention, be they who they may. The
assembled wisdom and patriotism OF
the party are looked to to devise a way
Of escape from the evils that now op-
press the country and the still greater
evils that are threatened, and it is not
vet time to determine irrevocably what
the plan shall be. For these reasons
We hope that the Democratic Conven-
ton at Parkersburg will refrain from
giving it's delegates to Baltimore any
other instruction than simply to do the
best they can TO secure the election
Of better man than General GRANT
10 the Presidential chair.
Year: 1872

Facts for the Voters.


We take pleasure in spreading before
our readers the following admirable
letter addressed by Mr.. JOSEPH BELL, Of
ihis city, to the editor Of the IatS!F-
Gsncer:


Editors of the eIntelligencer;


Having some stake in this city and
being a director in the Wheeling and
Lake Erie Railroad Company, cannot
permit such Misrepresentation as are
almost daily appearing in your paper in
reference to this enterprise and the
steps taken to assume its accomplish
ment to pass unnoticed. | have but
iust returned to the city after some
what protracted absence and fee! no
little astonishment at finding so much
mi-apprehension prevailing respecting
matter OF so much importance to all
classes OF our people-particslarly after
there having been complete exhibit Of
the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad
undertaking published in both your
paper and the REGISTER, over the sig
nature OF Mr.. Wood, my associate In
the Board and also President Of the
Company.


From all that can learn, the oppo-
sition to this enterprise and to the
proposed city aid to it !s based upon the
following grounds. Firstly an alleged
want of confidence in the honesty and
Judgment of the members OF the City
Councils, and secondly on the alleged
absence Of guarantees in the contract
for construction between the company
and Mr.. Wilson aud his associates.


In respec! to the first allegation am
unwilling to admit the correctness OF
imputations which you and others have
collected against these gentlemen who
have at best thankless duty to per.
form. | am willing to go further and
express my entire confidence that they
will fairly and honestly carry out the
wishes OF the people in this matter ;
but after all let me ask you, and l
shall be glad to have you meet this
question fairly and squarely, what
chance will there be for these gentlemen
TO misappropriate any portion Of the
city grant2


By the terms OF the contract referred
to, both the share and the bounded
capital must be placed under the con,
troll of trustees, who are required to see
to lts application aud the contractor
receives nothing whatever until twenty
miles Of the road are graded and tied
and the bridges and masonry thereon
completed, and thereafter only fifty pei
Year: 1872

before me) the main points, showing he
was seeking to unite these conflicting
interests, and consolidate both into one
road; that it was with this view he had
conversed with the editor of the Inte!h'
gencer, and to forward this plan ne
wished to have an interview with the
citizens of Bridgeport taking an interest
in the matter.


The foregoing is substantially cor
rect; if any minor matters have been
overlooked by me your recollection Will
supply them, and | request you on re-
ceipt OF this to call my attention. to the
same, for it is very likely the case that
some such omissions should occur:


l promised Mr.. Wilson that publicity
should not be given to our conversation
beyond the few to whom | was at lid
erty to communicate it.


As you are the Chairman of said cor
porators, address this imperfect COM
municaton toyou, placing you under the
same restrictions l feel myself under as
an honorable man.


Truly yours,


Ross J. ALEXANDER.
Year: 1872

FROM the fact that the ordinance
proposing a vote on the question OF
subscribing 100000 to the Wheeling
and Lake Erie railroad is the only one
published in the newspapers, some Of
our friends may be in danger of losing
sight of the proposed subscription OF
100000 to the Bridge. The latter is


dvertised by posters placed at conspic-
nous places in the city. 1t may also be
worth while to explain that The
Wheeling and Ohio Union Railroad
Company is simply the name under
which the Bridge Company is incorpo'
rated, and is in fact the Bridge Company
itself
Year: 1872

one or two stories high, thrown to-
gether in a row on the river bank,
with little regard to artistic arrange
ment. They are mostly devoted to
trade in a small way, and one j no.
ticed had the sign Independent
Drugs" painted upon its gable end.
l don't know what kind Of medicine
would come under that head.


l fell in with man from Greenup
county, KY, who said he had come to
the city of magnificent expectations
TO get work, but had failed. can't
find the head men of this here 5usi-
ness,n he said, and wish L was at
home. I'll never run around agin
looking for cities whar there amt
any," I suggested that Huntington
was a good place for a city. Yes"
said he, "the location is pretty large
Year: 1872

The Democrats Of the Fourth Yard will hold n
meeting in the Reliance Engine House 9Th street
between Walnut and Poplar. on Friday evening at
oclock To elect n delegate to the State Conven
tion. A full Attendance is requested


By order. l.. PAINTER
aug Vice President
Year: 1872

There is q river in the ocean. In
the severest drouths it never fails,
and in the rhightiest floods it never
OYerfows. Its banks and its bottom
are Of cold watef, while its current
is-of vaFsn. Flla GuIf Oi Maxiro
is its fountain, and its mouth is in
the Arctic Seas. 1t is the Gulf
Stream. There is in the world no
other SO majestic a flow Of water.
Its current is more rapid than the
the Mississippi or the Amazon, and
its volume more than a thousand
times greater. Its waters are so
distinctly marked that the line of
junction with the common sea water
may be traced by the eye Often
one half of the vessel may be per-
ceived floating in the Gulf Stream
water, while the other half is in the
commSn water Of the sea, so sharp
is the line and want of affinity be


tween these waters; and such, too,
The reluctance. so to speak, on the
part of those of the Gulf Stream to
lningle with the common water of
the sea. In addition to this, there
is another peculiar fact. The fish
ermen on the coast Of Norway are
Supplied with wood from the Tropics
by the Gulf Stream. Think of the
Arctic fishermen burning upon their.
hearths the palm of Hayti, the ma
hogOny Of Honduras, and the pre-
eious woods Of the Amazon and the
Orinocoi
Year: 1872

An exchange says: There are
many people Rho hardly i'll thciI
lungs once a year as much as they
can hold with pure air. In conse-
quence they become liable, like any
other half exercised organ, TO con
tract disease. This may be preyen-
ted by the following simple exercise
On rising from bel in The morning,
stand up straight, throw the head
hack, and inhale all the air you can
now breathe slowly out, thro wing
your arms behinn you. Repeat
these long breaths a few times every
morning. and you will much dimin-
ish your chancs of having consump
ton.
Year: 1872

From the st. ouis Republican,


The question of market houses vs.
meat shops is still an open one. The
general public seem to have accepted
market houses as one Of the ordinances
of nature, without thought that there
might possibly be better method OF
providing for the family ccmmissariat.
When we become familiarized by long
custom with a certain mode Of doing a
thing, we are apt to imagine that that
ia about the correct method, and any
lnnovator who proposes a new mode Ia
not by any mpal.s flattered as public
beneractor. Yet there is nothing more
true than that on the subject of market
houses there needs very great innova,
ton, nothing less than an overthrow OF
the whole system.


The question may be very pertinently
asked, why shoald the city provide mar
ket houses? Why does the sale OF
meats and vegetables require a special
mart for their disposal any more than
does sugar, coffee, tea, or any family
supplies? A consistent answer would
be very difficult to find. The great ar
oument has been that when meats and
Vegetables. especially the former, are
dispensed at some general mart good
sanitary conditions are more easily
maintained. But experience steps IN
here and shows the utter fallacy OF this
plea. We have numerous meat and
vegetable .hops in our city and not In
one of them can be found the foul odors,
the absolute charnel house smell that
peryades our best market houses. What
citizen that passes the Union market on
the west side but knows the ancient
and fish-llke smell that causes him to
hold his nose or bis breath as he hur-
ries by or, who that ever passes them
can forget the delectable odor OF chick
en- coops, goose pens, &c, that greets
his olfactories2 The difference between
the concentrated etfluvia OF hundred
sbambles and a single one is mere
question of arithmetic.


The great mass of those who pur'
chase their supplies at Union marker
only do 80 under compulsion, and at
grea, inconvenience and expense. Most
Of them live at considerable distances,
rendering a street car Indispensable
and consuming an amount OF time
which in multitudinous cases amounts 20
a prob bition of fresh meat for break
fast. For instance, John Smith IS a
clerk in some mercantile house. and
it is indispensable that he be at h's
Mace of business at 7 o'clock IN the
morning. How'is Mr.. Smith to accom-


rIisb the feat OF making trip OF perhaps
twenty squares to Union market and gel
home with the meat in mefor his wife
70 cook it in season for him to eat his
breakfast and be at his business al the
REQUIRED timer 1t cannot be done, ano
in consequence Mr. Smith and his fam
ily are compelled to breakfast Oh ssh
meat or fish procured at the grocer 3
greatly to the injury OF their health
and distaste OF their appetites. All me
cbanics and laboring men of every de,
scrintion are in the same category, and
Yearly ali business men, and what they
need ia a meat shop and vegetable stand
;ust round the corner, and which they
would have did not the market houses
stand in the way. =. |;
.. uss. shsps at any point i've squares
Year: 1872

From the New York Evening Post.l


The horse disease has turned the at
tention of street railway officers to new
means for propelling their cars, and On
Saturday evening an experiment with a
steam car was made on the Bleeker
street line, which, in consequence Of it's
sharp turns and steep grades, offers
more obstacles 10 its successful use than
any other in the city. The trial, how
ever, was eminently satisfactory to the
President and other officers OF the road
who made the trip from Tenth avenue
to Fulton ferry. Without external aid
1t easily turned the sharpest corner, and
on the top OF the steep grade in Elm
street it was stopped, reversed, and
backed down the decivity, re-
turning without the slightest hind
rance. The car, which was invented in
Newark about two years ago, is known
as the Remington steam car Only one
other, which is now running at lion,
New York, has been manufactured by
the Remington Company. 1t is OF the
size Of an ordinary street car and near
ly the same appearance, the machinery,
embracing a compound engine Of five
horse power, occupying the front
platform, which is also provided with a
box containing coal enough for half a
day. Ouly two men, a conductor and
engineer, are required 10 run the car,
which can be stopped very quickly
by suddenly reversing the engine.
With light load and on a straight
track it is said to have run at the rate
of twenty-five miles an hour. The Car
at Ilion has carried forty persons and
drawn second car containing similar
pumhar
Year: 1872

| buried So


Reagan was not blindfolded and BOYD was


not blindfolded. We were tied with ropes. AT.


ter they tied a handkerchief over my eyes and
laid me on the ground, I rubbed my head
could see with one eye.
| THE AFFAIR ANALYzED.
| The intelligent reader who has kept posted in
this interesting affair, from the first rumor of
Boyd's assassination to the present. after read
ing the testimony of Reagan and Hensley cannot
fail to be convinced that Boyd attempted to
perpetrate one of the most stupendous frauds
ever conceived, upon the community and must
form his own opinion as to the innocence or
completely of those two men in the matter at all
events they do not implicitly agree in their state
ment of tho case. ..t


1t will also be seen that Thos G. Boyd had
from Wednesday until Friday morning to make
his arrangements for the proposed trip after wit
nesses or the grand denouen,e1t as he choose. bnt
of this the reader must judge of the probabili-
ties. 7s#


The seat Of the machine wagon might have
been broken, as stated by the witness or it may
have been broken in hauling Samuel Bowles' re-
mains from Eleazar Church to the point on the
mountain where they were burned. If Boyd
himself would only tell he could throw consider
able light on the subject, but unfortunately his
absence prevents qualification Of the public
curiosity.


Who can imagine without feeling of disgust
and loathing, the callousneSs of Boyd and his
hired tools as they ate and drank while the putri-
flying flesh of the unfortunate negro was being
consumed, and fondly imagining that with its de-
struction all danger to himself past away?
: The orgies of fends were not more satanic in
conception or execution than the atrocious
crime committed on that lonely mountain, and
outraged humanity casts beyond its pale those
capable of such diabolical wickedness.


THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE
of Thos. G. Boyd movements was received by
a gentleman in this city on yesterday morning
from friend in Polk county. On Saturday
morning Boyd and another man arrived at Mr..
Sloan's residence near Benton, where they OBJ
tanned breakfast. They were both mounted and
one of them was riding a gray horse; the ami
mails were much fatigued and appeared to have
been ridden hard: Boyd had on a black cloth
coat and black overcoat


There was no doubt aboutit being him, and af-
ter breakfast, while getting out his pocket book,
he exposed package of pension certificates
His destination from that point is not known,
but it is probable that he went over into Geor-
gia and struck the railroad. He has had suffi-
cient time to place a long distance between HIM
self and the scene of the horrible farce but it is
scarcely possible that he can ultimately escape
the punishment of his crimes.
Year: 1872

PUMPKIN PRBsGRVES.-Cut q
nice ripe pumpkin into pieces a
third OF an inch thick. pairing
them. Take equal weight in white
sugar. ALLOW the juice of one
lemon to "A pound of pumpkin.
Let the pumpkin remain in a pan
with the sugar and juice all night.
In the morning put into a presery


ing kettle, cooking till perfectly
clear. Be sure TO skim well.
Then add lemon peel cut in pieces
small as marbles. Take out and
strain the sIrup through u jelley
bag, and pour over the pumpkin.