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Year: 1873




Special telegram to the Commercial.J


NEW YORK, January 31.-The failure of
the jury in the Tweed case to agree causes
general disappointment, but very little
surprise. Despite the very emphaticcharge
of Judge Davis, from the beginning the
prosecution seem to have anticipated some
such conclusion as this. After eleven
jurors had been impanneied they desired to
challenge one of those already sworn.
They declined to assign any reason for
this novel proceeding, but it was under
stood to refer to juror Williams, who was
lobby agent for Judge Barnard, and is
alleged to havebeen at one time in Tweed's
employ. O..


The Times tomorrow will charge that
another of the jury, whose. name it with
holds, served term in prison. Evidently
the District Attorney has not at any time
regarded this Jury as one from which he
could probably obtain verdict of guilty.
T weed was dressed to-day, in broadcloth,
and wore a ministerial neck-tie, and his
face beamed with q benevolent smile,
which underwent no change when the
disagreement of the jury was announced.


1t seems that the jury, before coming
into court, made a pledge not to reveal
their deliberations aud votes. One OF
them, however, furnished the following to
an intimate friend, who happened to be a
reporter. When the jury first went out a
ballot was taken, which resulted six for
acquittal to five for conviction, and one
blank. After some discussion, Blank, who
had only thrown in his blank as feeler,
went over. to the six for acquittal, thus
changing to seven for acquittal to five for
conviction. .i- e 81 81 ,S%
Year: 1873

The Secretary of the Treasury has ad-
dressed a letter to the heads of depart
ments, enclosing the resolution of the
House, instructing the Secretary to inform
the House what appropriations are neces-
sary for the fiscal year for each department.,
to meet expenses for postage on official
business, OH account of the abolition of the
franking privilege; The Secretary requests
amount required by each department on
the matter received, distinguishing be-
tween written and printed matter, giving
if possible, the data on which the estimate
is based. rrf-
Year: 1873

This Famous Farm and Fireside Fayorite has for
nearly Quarter of Centy been the most Successful
and Popular Paper in its sphere-and is now recog-
nize1 as the Standard American Authority on Rural
and Domestic Affairs, and First Glass, High Toned
IMMENSE
Year: 1873

fendant to the mercy Of the Court 1t appearing to


the Court that evidence waa improperly admitted
which should have been excluded, which may have


had bearing upon tha acton Of The tury think 1us,
tce requires that the defendant should be permitted


to snbmit his to another jury, and new trial is
therefore granted
Year: 1873

that they save onethrd Of their moneyby buying
ut the New York Store. We take advantage Of the
market and give customers tbs benefit Of cheap
goods. We always return the money when any article
bought not satisfacory Call at the New York etore
Noa 284 and 298 West Madison street.
Year: 1873

Although McVeigh has obtained
favorable decision against Judge Under
wood, who as a Judge con6scated his
property aud then bought it in, the old
disgracer Of the judicial ermine refuses
TO eject. He is Fl, subject for the state
prison, and that's where he ought to be
Year: 1873

An l8 year old boy and q Is year old
girl applied to a Carthage Squire las.
week to "splice" them. The Squire 70
fused to perform the job without the con.
sent Of their parents. and the young
couple departed overwhelmed with sor
row,
Year: 1873

A very pathetic incident occurred dur.
ing tho floods at Bnghamtou. A Mrs.
Fox residing near the cemetery cato,
heard in the morning a peculiar moa oing
'n the direction of the cemetery. Going
there, she found little child waist.
deep in water and weeping near head
stone which marked lonely grave. On
being questioned she said that she lived
great way off, She heard that the
graves were covered with water, and she
feared that her mothers would be washed
away So she went to keep her poor
watch and ward beside it. She was
kindly cared for aud returned to her
motherless homo.
Year: 1873

b., Ill communication in the ring Arqtts.
last week, under the caption of ''Placer County
High School," advanced some good ideas and
some that are useless, and indeed most of them
are impracticable. For all men to sell all they
have and give the proceeds to the poor is too
utopan, until B. tells who are to be the buyers
Ii kossuth was right when he said, "The world
has not seen a Christian nation, then did Christ
Gle IN vain, and all the past generations are ip
hel and this one must go there too, according to
that other holy writ which says "The wicked
shall be turned into hell with ali the nations that
forget God" And this upsets B ideas Of Pen
tcost, as on that day distribution was made to
each one as he had need" But we must let b.
explain all this while Stanford explains what
sour flour had to do with the railroad monopoly.
But now we come to some of BIS. ideas that are
Ineligible. He wants the small school, districts
consolidated so as to make all the districts as
nearly equal as possible. That is impracticable,
unless you make the children of Tahoe and all
below that point attend school at Alta; and the
Deadwood, Last Chance and Michigan Bluff
children would have to travel down to Todd's
Valley or Bath And equally as awkward would
be the situation in southern and western Placer.
Now B. becomes practicable if the people will
consent. We give his plan in few words
possible. Take from each district fund what in
the aggregate will make a fund sufficient to sup
port central High School, at Auburn, that will
admit and complete the education of all the chill
dren Of the county that have mastered all that is
taught in the common schools. In this b. gives
us beautiful and simple cooperative plan for a
Placer County High School. II this plan can be
made satisfactory to the people of the county, it
will meet with no personal opposition from us.
We had not thought of this cooperative plan,
and it does not now look to us as if it could be
effected (by public money! without opposition
or a contest about the lacaitv. We fear that
such an educational institution would run into
religion or politics, either of which would be fatal
to its general usefulness. The very law creating
the institution might be repealed before it was
in operation. We only name these probable OBJ
jections now, that b may be heard on them.
We yet favor joint-stock company. The enco-
miums of B. on Auburn as suited to such an IN
stution, just, and will stand the closest scru
tiny.
Year: 1873

MORE New GooDs.-If you want to see new
goods till you can't rest, go around to Houser's
and there you will see everything wanted in the
dry goods line, that is, if you are not kept out
by the very things you are looking after.
Year: 1873

GEr Your bills IN, IL TrME.-The law, and
also an order of the Board of Supervisors made
at the last session, requires every bill to be act
ed on at a term of the Supervisors to be made
out sworn to, and filed with the Clerk Of the
Board one day before the first day Of the term
Parties having claims against the county should
remember this and have their bills in due form
with the Clerk of the Board on next Saturday,
the Sd day of May or they will be laid over until
the August term.
Year: 1873

The free Public Singing School of Professor
Foster commenced last evening. We learn that
the Professor designs giving lesson from to
o'clock every Friday afternoon at tne school
house until all tho free lessons are completed.
Should there be any change OF this order, we
VIII give due notice.
Year: 1873

We notice in the columns of your
paper great deal of questioning as to
whether strong lye from wood-ashes
can be used as q wash for destroying
insects On apple trees. We wish to
state, If it will be of any benefit to
your readers, that we have an orchard
upon which we have used strong lye
washes for thirteen years.


The application was made every
year between the middle of May and
the first of June, in order to destroy
the bark lice. 1t has accomplished
fully the purpose for which it was
used, and the orchard is considered the
finest collection of apple trees in the
town. The trees are thrifty, bear every
year, and are almost entirely free from
lice. M. G. HAWKS,
4. WHEELING, March 26.


Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1873

Boston, now that her Hoosic Tun-
mel is nearly completed, is looking to
making a consolidated railroad interest
to the West and SO compete with New
York for the Western trade. If car
ried out in spirit and truth, it will be
an excellent thing for the West. We
hope diversity of interest may lead
these two great commercial points to
forever compete by through lines for
our trade.
Year: 1873

The author of circular on sweet
potato culture says: "The quality of
the sweet potato greatly depends upon
the soil it is grown in. On our COM
mon uplands of light, clayey texture,
they grow short and of light color
and excellent quality. New land, if
dry, produces bountiful crops of fine
potatoes. In our loose prairie soil
they grow long and of a darker color.
Wet or very rich soil produces plenty
OF vines and few tubers. In all cases
the ground should be very well work
ed and finely pulverized to moderate
depth. If worked very deep the'tub-
crs grow long and stringy. When the
ground is worm and moist, and your
plants are ready, throw two burrows
together with large plow and form
high, sharp ridges three feet apart, 60
ing up and down hill. If the ridging
is done in dry weather, and two fur
rows thrown together, the center of the
ridge will be dry dirt, not fit to plant
in until wet aud settled by rain. If the
soil in the ridge is quite moist, the
planting may proceed all day without
watering, if properly done.
Year: 1873

The Chicago Tribune thinks it is a
curious coincidence that the Parish
and the town in which the Louis
lana slaughter was, "should be
the names of the president and vice.
president under whose administra-
ton were sown the seeds of the omin-
ons slaughter in the enforcement Of
the illegal decision of a drunken judge
and the recognition of usurping gov
ernment."


It may be profitable to inquire what
the Tribune means by ominous slaugh-
ter. Is it possible that because the
name Of the town was Colfax and of
the Parish Grant, that therefore the
Ku Klux selected the place as the scene
Of one hundred brutal murders? If
so, does the Tribune think that the Sc
lection grew out of hatred to the pres
ident and vice-president, and that
therefore it is ominous of what these
murderers might do with the Presi-
dent If an opportunity afforded? Fit
be ominous ofa possible assassination
of General Grant, it is unqucstionably
no new thing to the good people OF
this country.
Doubtless tens Of thousands OF
Booths, at least, SO far as the will to
do is concerned, ARE scattered through
out the South, and it is only remarka-
BILE that the Tribune should have be-
come their apologist. If the Tribune
means that it is ominious of continued
massacres OF this kind, it only shows
the animus of the Tribune, which
loves to drivel upon these ominious
signs without administering rebuke
but tacitly giving encouragement to
the fiends. -g,-,.,....s
Year: 1873




The San Diego, Cal, Union says: "a
miner from Arizona, whose name we
were unable to learn, went dshing down
on Cuiverwells S wharf between four aud
Eve o'clock last evening. BE had been
fishing bqt Q very short time when he
drew up on the wharf an ordinary sized
black liquor bottle. he was not fright
ened at the bottle, but he was wonderful
ly perplexed as TO what had bitten,
and hcw and by whom the bottle had
bsen ettsched TO bis line about a foot
above the hook. The miner oalled out,
and several other persons who we're fish
ing near him ran to see the wonderful
catch. An examination showed that
there vas q devil fish inside the bottle,
and that one Of bis arms extended out Of
the neck, and was firmly entEined around
the line. The devil fish had probably
eravled into the bottle when young. and
finding it a nice, comfortable residence,
he had committed the indiscreiion OF
remaining there until be had grown 50
large be could not get cut He had
grown 70 nearly the size Of his glass
house, and in fact, zas rather oramped
for room. The miner vas very much
elated over his prize, and in spite Of the
proiestations Of the crowd, be broke the
bottle 10 get better Viev Of the non
stsr
Year: 1873

happiness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes .hadowcd with despair. and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1873

Ofail the great undeveloped resources
of this State none have been so entirely
overlooked and neglected as the iron inter
est. 1t was notAuntil quite recently, that
the least attention was paid to the subject,
and even now, outside of few loca' pa
pers and one or two of the more enterprlslng
dailies, the matter is not discussed. Pub
lie attention-eyeu in the counties where
the valuable deposits of ircn is known to
exist-has not attracted to that mineral re-
source and the first step towards its devel
opement is vet to be taken. Notwithstand-
ing this indifference regarding what is sure
TO be one of the leading interests OF the
,ytate in the near future, at least FIVE OF the
mountain counties contain deposits of iron
equal in quality to the richest ores of Pen
sylvania and New York-Calaveras, Tuol-
umpe, Placer and Shasta In relation to
the supply we cannot speak with such abb
solute certainty, because little or no work
has been done to ascertain the truth respect
ing the ex tent of the deposits; but the In
dica;ions lead to the belief that they are
inexhaustible. Shasta, alone of the coun
ties known to contain iron produces the
black oxide, or what is more popular known
as magnetic ore deposits in the others con
sists wholly of the hydrated oxide of iron,
quality of ore usually called brown hemat
ite. The difference between the ores is
that the magnetic is the richer, and Is usu
ally made directlyin to wrOughtiron in fors
cs, while the hematite is manufactured int
pig. With am abundance of these two
classes of ores extending along the upper
range Of foothills, from Tuolumne to Shasta
and plentiful supply of wood for coaline
purposes, what better facilities for the prof
liable manufacture of iron can be asked
The distance from the line of iron deposite
to railway communication does not exceed
twenty-five miles at any point, and in nearly
every instance it is much less Excellent
furnace sites are obtainable without diff
Guilty, and in fact all the requisites for the
cheap and rapid manufacture of iron upon
a scale of any desirable magnitude are al
hand-Calavaras Chronicle.
Year: 1873

A man living on Long Island Sound,
haviog his finger caught by crab, tried to
dislodge it by biting off its claw. He rails
ed it to his mouth for that purpose, when
the crab reached his nose with the other
claw, and embraced that with his equal ar
dor and vehemence.
Year: 1873

WHEN country editor Is exhausted
for news he puts in a paragraph telling
how some beautiful ladies have called on
him and cheered his toilsome path with
sweet flowers. Then his contemporaries
revile him, and he answers back, and
business becomes brisk again. Thus are
our Grecleys and Raymonds trained.
Year: 1873

The Frederick county (Md) county
court decides that an auction sale where
prices are run up by the bids Of the
auctioneer himself Is fraudulent, and need
not be executed BY the bidder.
Year: 1873

1Allt DLl IllO ulAAN
in charge of the most thoroughly accompllshcd
and experienced Hair Worker that can be found
in the country, with all the improved machinery
for working up Hair, with full corps OF ntteh-
tive workers. known 10 our peope, ana Win my
determination to apply the principle OF
"oJJICK SALES, SMALL PROFITS AND
AN ACTIVE TRADE"
cannot fail in my efforts in the quantity OF
hair returned tho elegance OF the work ana Inc
unprccedentedly low figures ut which Work Is
done or hair sold, to please every customer.
Prices cut down for the good of all the people,
SO as TO place the purchase or making up


of Hair Goods within r ach Of


all. My very low prices


astonish the trade.
Hair Goods sold or made here will be kept in


order for five years from dato


of purchase.
Every induccment is and will be offered from
time to time to retain the Hair trade


in our city.
do not ask or expect the patronage Of any if l
cannot convince them that my prices aru


under the figures of any other


house in the U. 5.
Year: 1873

Reflect that y sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites TO promote cOnnubla
happincss. Indeed without these tho journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, tho
vrospect hourly d,.riscrls to tho view the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and filled with
tho melancholy reflection that the happiness Of
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1873

A CORRESPONDENT suggest that it is
within the power of our Board of Super
visors to virtually prohibit Chinese i'm
migration by passing an ordinance i'm
posing a fine Of $500 upon any person
removing a corpse from one of the ceme-
teries without first obtaining the consent
of the Board, and then taking care not to
give such permission in the case of the
Chinaman. The Chinese are forced TO
inter their dead here, but in little while
they relgiously dig up the bones and
send them back 10 China. Such is the
superstition of the Chinese about .his,
that tax Of $500 on the return of their
bones would have the same effect as a
heavy tax upon their immigration
H. Post.
Year: 1873

THE Stockton independent, remarking
on the declaration of the bulletin that
San Francisco must have United States
Senator devoted to her interests, says /:
"The interests of that city and the State
are identical, but the leading men of San
Francisco would have the city thrive at
the expense of the State. This policy
cannot longer continue, and the men
who are in future to contol the destinies
Of this State must labor to protect the
interests of all classes alike. The growth
of San Francisco at the expense of the
interior does not benefit the common
wealth, and the people are beginning to
realize that fact"
Year: 1873

A SAN FRANCIsco Chinaman, being
out Of funds and desiring to establish
himself in business, lately took a sack
containing $500 in gold from an express
wagon, shouldered it and walked off. He
was captured with his booty and is now
in Jail to await action on a charge Of
grand larceny.
Year: 1873

SACRAMENTO people are petitoning the
Governor and other members of the Board
of State Prison Directors to commence
work on the Branch Prison at Folsom,
in that county, as provided by Act of the
last Legislature and for which purpose an
appropriation was made.
Year: 1873

In Louisiana the war still goes on be
tween the Kellogg party and the oppos-
ton. The former have lost a printing
office, and the records of court house
which secured them in office in one parish
destroyed by mobs.
Year: 1873

On or about the FIRST OF MAY, I
intend to enter into the Hardware Busi-
ness, and will thereafter keep on hand n
large and complete stock of all articles
usually kept in iirst-class
Year: 1873

A Lover Putting His fOOt In ~.


The Fat Contributor writes: George
has for some time past been attentive
to a young lady on Prospect street whom
he has noticed on several evenings when
he called busily engaged on a beautiful
piece OF embroidery, which perhaps
comparing il with the size Of his own
foot, he had concluded was one Of pair
OF slippers that were, no doubt, intended
for holiday present; and George had
once OF twice allowed himself TO wander
into the pleasing suspicion that they
we're intended for him, although nothing
had really transpired to justify such a
belief. r f|


While quietly seated near his enchaut-
ress, watching her taper fingers grace
fully toying with the gossamer threads,
and each movement adding a new beauty
to the fabric, he had more than once
allowed himself TO revel in blissful con-
temptation of the pleasure he would feel
at having his tiny foot encased in those
lovely sandals, and how on retiring to
his room on cold winter evenings he
could sit in front of his base burner and
hold sweet communion with these mas
ter.pieces Of art, realizing the while,
that they were the product Of the one
he adored above all worldly things be-
sides George is not naturally poetical,
but something about these slippers and
their associations awakened a sentimen-
tai feeling in him, in spite of his natura!
inclination.


Well, Friday evening George called
for the third time during the week. He's
quite attentive, it would seem, and as
usual the slipper was progressing finely.
1t was held up for his inspection, and
he pronounced it beautiful this being
perhaps the thousandth time he had ex-
pressed the same sentiment But the
holidays are near at hand, and some
evil genius put it in poor Georges head
TO be inquisitive. he was fully sure the
slippers were intended for him, but he
was anxious tc draw the acknowledge
ment from the dear angel who was la
boring so industriously for his benefit,
and he was not unwilling to draw in the
same connection another implied ac-
acknowledgement of her devotion for him,
OF course he began cautiously:


Some one you are mighty fond Of is
to become the possessor Of those slip
pers / imagine?" said he.


What slippers do you refer tor in
quired the fair laborer.


why, those you are working on so
industriously," replied George. ~


Slippersp almost shouted his aston
ished companion Slippersl do you
mean to tell me that you took this for a
slipper2"


"Why not2" returned George, mad
vertently moving one OF his ponderous
pedal appendages. The movement
though unintentional drew the lady
attention to Georges feet, where she
gazed momeHt and then at the sup
posed slipper; then raising her eyes to
her hero, she said, well, George, you
are not so much to blame after all, but
this was really intended for sofa cush.
ion. D


George takes but little pleasure in
hearing the incident related, but he de-
clares he got his foot in it-though not
in the slipper.
Year: 1873

From Scribner's Monthly, for April.l


OF all things on earth to make trouble,
commend me to letter. You write as
you would say it, but it goes to your
friend without the grace of voice-the
reflection, the gesture, the laugh that
would make joke of it. There are just
the hard, cold words, he can only see
what is said, and be is deeply aggrieved
or angered-los, 70 ROY, perhaps, for
ever. The thing you write in one mood
finds your friend in another, may be in
the very one which, of all others. is least
hospitable to your message. | have
seen a whole family cast down by some
piece of written plessantry on the part
of an absent member oft. And if there
is this danger when you know the
writer's ways and phrases so well, how
much greater the peril in the case Of
mere acquaintances. think cores
pondence should be conducted mainly by
means of printed forms Theodosia
suggests that no one should write with
out these forms who had net been ex-
amined by committee of experts and
pronounced competent. Then another
COMMITTEES should pronounce upon the
competency OF persons to whom written
letters are addressed.