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Year: 1875

FREIGHT. Taking advantage
of the present low rates offreight
from San Francisco to this place
by both steamers and sailing YES
sells, our merchants have had
immense quantities Of freight
landed here, so much as TO seri-
Ously embarrass some of them
for room in which to stow it all.
We notice the spacious ware
houses Of some OF our prominent
merchants are filled to pretty
nearly their utmost capacity
and more freight is coming eve
ry week. The amount being
landed here will average $50
tons per week.
Year: 1875

WENAT.-The repairs to the
Talbot Co.'S steamer Wenat are
to be quite extensive. She is to
have new top timbers put in her
and is to be entirely replanked
along her bilge. Some of her
old planking and timbers are
very rotten.
Year: 1875

FATAL AccIDENT.-From pas
sengers by the Fanny Lake we
learn the particulars Of a fatal
accident which took place at
Snohomish City yesterday, A
drunken Siwash, who was stag
gering up and down the balcony
of Romines' hotel, yelling, fell
over the railing to the ground,
striking on the back of his head
and breaking his neck.
Year: 1875

REMovAL.-The Chinese build
ing adjoining John Anderson's
soda factory is being moved
around to the other side of the
factory to make room for a new
store shortly to be erected there.
Year: 1875

yUNHE MAGNOLIA HAS BEEN FITTED


up in the most attractive style possible.
with o view to the convenience and comfort
Of patrons The proprietor desires to call the
attention o. customers. friends and the public
to his superior stock OF
Year: 1875

Real Estate is depressed in New
York City The property for which
DR.. join Halls church received an Of
Ger Of 100000 before the panic, and
refused it, was sold a few days ago for
S24O 900
Year: 1875

A method which vail break the
most vicious COW from kicking, and
which should supersede the cruel prac-
tice Of beating and whipping, and is
the work of but few minutes, is as
follows. Take strap the size of a
common b1idle-rein and buckle tightly
around the COW (wE.ie milk,ug) just
forward of the bag This, pracliced a
few days, will effect the desired result,
as we arc aware from actual experience
- Vermont Farmer.
Year: 1875

Farmers in California are greatly
discouraged with their prospects for
crops. In many localities the average
will be FROM quarter to half crop,
in other they will barely get back their
Year: 1875



 On Monday next come the "Little Town Meetings." There will of course be the usual contests in close towns over town boards. especially over boards of registration. There is also the annual vote on the question of "License" in towns where prohibition is considered practicable. Formerly vote of ''No Lii. senses or the motion to rescind 'such . vote. was in order at any meeting; but, to prevent the frequent and harrassing calls for town meetings which sometimes occurred under that law, the decision of this important question is now given only to the Annual Town Meeting. We hope the area of prohibition will not be nar- rowed during the coming year. There was never a better chance for an effective check of the traffic than under our present statutes. Under the old Maine Law a dealer appealed every justice case to the Superior Court with a certainty of acquit- tai; but license works differently, espec- tally with the biting ''reputation" clause. conviction is the rule rather than the ex- ception before iuries. Consequently the dealer pays up. as a general thing, when prosecuted. and vote of no license may really mean something.

 Two constitutional amendments come before the people this fall. One proposes to effect the long needed change from spring to fall elections. and from summer to winter sessions of legislature. It also provides for an election of State officers only every other year, and for the cleo ton of only half the Senate each year. This amendment is . good one and will probably prevail. There is another allow. ing legislatures to restore forfeited electo- ral rights to persons disfranchised for crime. To prevent any partisan use of this power two-thirds vote is required, which seems to render it harmless.
Year: 1875

Secretary Delano has finally resigned. His successor is not yet appointed. There is great feeling of relief at his retire. menk He may be an honest man but it is useless trying to make people believe it in the face of the attacks of Prof. Marsh and others.
Year: 1875

The exceeding intemperance of Tenn peFanee in bad hands has had remarka- ble illustration recently. The editor of the Temperance Journal in this State stated in public lecture that President Porter of Yale College was in the habit of furnishing the students wine at his public receptions. The statement turned out to be false, but the Journal fails to retract.
Year: 1875

Asad ease of lover training is report. cd In last weeks American. Dr. Good

 win. of Thomaston, had young bird dog Re wss training, as some sportsmen do. with his shot gun. His charges for tuition were light, and one barrel was re-

 served for them while the other was load. e1 heavy for game By mistake he gave the dog the benefit of his game barrel. It was too much instruction for one day, and that particular dog will not figure in the first grand list of Thomaston against Dr. Goodwin. ta#

 It occurs to us that if this excellent physician scatters blue pills about Thom. aston as recklessly as he scatters his shot of less deadly description, that promis. ing young town stands 6 chance to be plotted out of the map of Connecticut as completely as that unlucky setter was plotted out of the tax list of Thomaston Another thing occurs to us: It cannot be very pleasant to be a dog, anyway; but to be bird dog, and to be trained" with birdshot. must be particularly annoying.
Year: 1875

and condemning the coercive laws in Ire
land and condoling with the family Of
John Mitchell.


A Bloody and Murderous Hand-to-


Haud Fight


was waged for six or eight minutes. The
mrchite was welded with fearful
effects, human flesh cut and gashed
like bullock meat, while blood
streamed in torrents over the floor, now
encumbered by dying or wounded men
and women. Ten or dozen shots were
fred by the assailed, some of whom had
revolvers, at the commencement of the
onslaught. Those who were near the
door attempted to escape. This was
fatal mistake for as the atfrighted wor-
shippers gained the street, they were de-
liberately cut down by ambusheA rufians
stationed at both sides of the door out
side. In this way, the American citizen,
Henry Morris met his death. His head
was nearly severed from the bod v by
machete blow and his chest cut open at
a single stroke. He and two other men
and a woman were killed outright, and
eleven wounded more or less severely OF
whom several have died. Morris was
colored man from Boston. He
leaves wife and several children.
The Massacre Lasted Only Six or


Eight Minutes.


The massacre commenced about ten
minutes after eight o'clock, and lasted
only six or eight minutes The first news
which the authorities had Of it was from
a wounded man called Juan FL Negro,
who made his way to the plaza, and at II
drug store there he was met by Major
Francisco Mejia, commander of few
Federal troops stationed about Acupul-
co. Mejia started at once on a
run to the scene of action, some four
hundred yards off, and few minutes
later the town police followed. Soon
after this the Federal troops from the
Castle wer0 on the ground. More than
five minutes could not have elapsed from
the closing of the battle to the time when
the authorities reached their posts. As
usual in such cases, the police and allies
came too late They got to the fatal
field just in time TO pick up the dead and
wounded, but not early enough to
arrest upon the spot or follow up any
one who could be Immediately recogniz-
ed as participants in the dreadful
tragedy. One ofthe asssssins, who was
desperately wounded, and could not get
out of the way, WAS taken into custody
and placed in close confinement. His
deposition has been iaken, in which of
course, it appeared that he figured as a
spectator only. A couple Of other
wounded men were apprehended, but as
nobody has appeared TO implicatt them,
the prosecution may be looked upon us
abandoned.
Year: 1875

WAsHINGToN, March 2O.-The Demo-
cratic Senator's were in caucus this morn
ing and in anticipation Of the action of
the Republican majority, determined on
method Of opposing it. 1t was decided
to raise points OF order on the Louisiana
Resolution, and if overruled, to interpose
sundry dilatory motions, and thereafter
to debate it TO its fullest extent, so long
as any hope of defeating it should re-
main. Estimates of the extent to which
the session will be thus prolonged, will
vary from one to three weeks.


The Republican Senators agreed to re-
frain from discussing the caucus Louisi-
ana resolution in the Senate, and have
also determined to vote against any re-
cess or adjournment except over Sunday,
until the final vote shall have been taken.
This course will ensure the termination
of the session within five or six days, and
many persons think it will close by We'd
nesday.
Year: 1875

parties were either travelling together or
one was following the other.


They had come to stop one evening"
and were Just preparing to rest in a little
grove Of trees, when Eveline gave utter
ance to low cry of terror and surprise,
which soon brought Birney to her side.


What is 1t p he asked, wonderingly.


In reply the maiden pointed to two men
who had Just dlsmounted from wagon,
and we're evidently preparing to encamp
for the night at a spot not more than
hundred rods distant


Who are they n quired the ex-detec-
tive.


" Eugene Faber and his confederate,
Forest, she replied. DO not let them
see us. They will not come this way I'M
less they see us, and We can hide until
dark and then 20 on.


They kept within the cover and watched
the operations Of the two men curiously.
The "a -secretary's 5 arm was still in a sling,
but he was able tO use the hand, 50 the
wound had only been a slight one he had
received from the PISTOL i'll the hands Of
Evelne BertOn.


Darkness soon set in, enabling the two
fugitives TO seek safety in flight from the
men, who had they known of their proA-
unity, would have been ON their track like
blood hounds on the trail Of their prey.


IT, bc continued Hcrt ,rcek
Year: 1875

AUGUSTA, My A. -fhe detail OF satur.
dave Storm show it to have been destructive
of life sud properly, but 1t Is not to be COM
Dared TO tho crclnne which swept through
he State In the latter part Of March. A few
lives were lost, and many persons are
wounded. The storm travelled through the
State from west to east. following nearly IN
the direction at the crciune in March.
Year: 1875

SPELLING. .MArcH.-A spelling tournament
between the Washington Literary Society
and the Amateur Literary Association will
take place ut Trinity church tomorrow night
at 81 O'Clock. The proceeds will be devoted
to the Sewing Circle attached to the church.
Year: 1875

Some one who has seen a goodly share OF the
world tells some things he has seen;


have seen young man sell good farm,
turn merchant and die in an insane asylum.


have seen farmer travel about 30 much
that there was nothing at home worth looking
after.


have seen man spend more money in folly
than would support his family in comfort and
independence.


have seen young girl marry young man
of dissolute habits and repent it ID long as she
lived.


have seen man depart from truth where
oandor and veracity would have served him to I
much better purpose.


have seen the extravaganza and folly oi
want, and themselves to disgrace.


/ have seen prudent and industrious wife
retrieve the fortunes Of a family when her hus
band pulled at the other end Of the rope.


I have seen young man who dsspised the
counsels Of the wise and advice Of the good, AM
his career ended in poverty and wretchedness.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Henderson's stump speech to the Avery
jury, going out Of his way to assail the Pres-
dent, in three distinct illusions, is generally
condemned, except by those who are bent upon
misrepresenting and abusing President Grant,
and who systematically distort everything so as
to put him unfairly before the people. The
Gazette, We observe, eagerly joins in this, and
goes to the length of insisting that "the
President is on trial" That its own IDEAS how
ever, are as crooked as the Rings whskey, may
be fairly inferred from the following paragraph
in its article on the subject


:" Grant and every high officer who has oc-
cupied the position in the Interior Department
that brought them in connection with the
'Whskey Ring is on trial The conduct of
that officer is on trial"


Can anybody straighten this out, and make
it anything but nonsense?
Year: 1875

The utterances of the Washing ton Republican in relation to the policy of government are always important, as it is we'll known fact that that paper is the person al organ of the President, indeed it is more generally known as "the Kitchen Organ" than by its real name. A recent issue of the Re- publican, in an elaborate article discusses the war in Cuba and broadly aflirms that it may be necessary for the American gov ernment to change sits Cuban pol icy from one of inert sympathy and strict neutrality to one of comparative and natural fraterni- zation with the patriots" From which we understand that Gener al Grant seriously thinks of inter- fering in the Cuban civil war in favor of the patriots. Possibly this might be a strong card for him to play in the Presidential game. However that may be, certainly every principle of hu- manity demands that some civil ized bower shall interfere to check the ferocity of the contest being waged in Cuba.
Year: 1875

Theodore Hilton commenced writing a book on the day that Judge Nelson delivered his charge to the jury, and has work ed so assiduously that it will be ready for publication by the last of this month. The name of the book is "A Legend" It will make an octave volume of about two hundred and fifty to three hun dred pages. Such rapidity in literary work reminds us of Sir Walter Scott's unpreced ,nted composition of his series of "Tales of my Landlord" which he wrote to clear himself of load of debt,
Year: 1875

The San Francisco Chronicle alleges that whisky frauds prevail in California to a greater extent than any other section of the country. It says there is not a single distillery on the Pacific coast that pays more than one half the revenue, and charges that the revenue officials and distillcrs here are virtually in partnership.
Year: 1875

Complete in F monthly parts, at $l each reproducing the best full page illustrations from the earlier volumes of the Aldine.

 Each monthly part will contain six superbplates with accompanying descriptive matter, and whether for binding or framing, will be entirely beyond competition in price or artis- tic character. Every impression will be most carefully taken on the finest toned paper, and no pains will be spared to make this the richest production of q press which has won in marvellous short time, a world wide reputation.
Year: 1875

Three parts of laziness and one of pride will make a genuine hard up. A man with these ingredi- ents will always think himself the victim of misfortune, when, in fact he is only the victim of his own depravity.
Year: 1875

The New York Tribune says The platform of the Minnesota republicans is stronger and more explicit on subjects about which everybody is agreed than in re- gard to some about which there is wide and important difference of opinion. The currency plank, for instance, is not as definite in terms as might fairly be desired, and is not even as outspoken for hard money as was that of the Minnesota democrats on the sub- ject.
Year: 1875

The house of representatives did its duty
by Louisiana in passing the two resolutions
relative to the situation in that state. Under
any other circumstances the recognition OF
Kellogg as governor would have been indie
fensible. 1t is assented to now by great
many Republicans not because it is right in
the abstract, but because any other course
would throw everything into confusion and
invalidate all that has been done in the last
two years.-Boston Adcertiser.


Seven confederate officers will sit in the
next senate of the United States. This is
the result of partial and preliminary Dem
ocratc victory. A complete Democratic TIL
umph would literally seat the Richmond
congress in the capitol at Washington.-Phit-
ad elphia Press.


The method of settling the Louisiana diff
Guilty proposed in the resolutions adopted in
the House Of Representatives, is in the ma
ture of compromise, but it seems to be the
most practicable way out of it, and it is to
be hoped that it will be accepted in good
faith by the people of the state. 1t really
depends upon them whether there shall be
any end of the trouble. The reorganization
of the House so as to reinstate the Conser-
vative majority will be a mere act of justice
and decency, and no doubt the supporters of
Kellogg will Le willing to accept it, provided
the recommendation of the other resolution
is needed and the Legislature make no at
tempt to interfere with him. To attempt, at
this late day, to get rid of him would but re-
new the trouble. 1t will be impossible to oust
him by judicial process on the ground that he
was not legally elected.-Boston Globe.


In his answers to questions put by Lords
of Plantations, 1911, Sir William Berkley
thanks God there are no free schools or print
ing in Virginia, aud hopes "there will not be
these hundred years. .''-VirginiG Pap. b. Is
D. 4. This idea was stolen bodily from Hen
ry A. Wise, who gave utterance to it about
1920 Washington Star.


The Hon. w. G. Brownlow, in the saluta-
tory of his new paper, makes this sanguine
prediction: "Nor do 1 read the signs of the
times as those who predict that the country
is to be afflicted with the success of the DEM
ocratic party in the Presiden 'ial election OF
1875. On the contrary the indications point
to the defeat of the party in the great ma
tional contest. And here predict that the
great party which has controlled the national
government for fifteen years will not only
have new lease of power in 1876, but the
day is not far distant when it will redeem and
regenerate Tennessee"


1t might as well be remembered that the
Georgia state treasurer who is short one mil
lion dollars in his accounts is neither Re-
publican nor a carpet-bagger.


The force bill under the bullying leadership
of Butler was carried through the house by a
majority vote at midnight Saturday. The
best Republicans, thirty eight in number, in
cluding the three Republican Congressmen
from Connecticut, voted against the measure.
The bill is ill-advised and dangerous, and as
a party measure it is shortsighted if not sui
dal.-Harttord Courdnt.
Year: 1875

In the course of the debate in the House
Monday night Congressman Hale of this state
very neatly scored one against Gen. Butler.
The Massachusetts, representative wished to
largely increase the facilities of the National
Asylum in the District. Mr.. Hale opposed
the increase and Mr.. Butler said the
committee on appropriations was liberal
enough in recommendations fol- the purchase
of paintings, but was not so liberal toward
the soldiers. Mr.. Hale quietly replied that
the committee in making recommendations
for the purchase of pictures had acted under
direction of the House, expressed in a resolu-
ton introduced by Butler himself Upon this
Gen. Butler subsidized, not abashed of course
but very angry.
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and eemmuni-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1875

BELGIUM courts seem to have flavor of
the wild and romantic West about them. At
Mons recently the prosecuting attorney made
some remarks which excited the ire of the
accused, and outraged Innocence dew a re-
volver and pointed it at the lawyer, who
dropped under the table, crawled along the
floor and wriggled out of the door. The ac.
cused then pointed the revolver in deliberate
succession toward all the ether functionaries
of Justice, and they left by devious ways.
Then he left, and has not been seen since.
The scene certainly has all the local coloring
of the Colorado court room.
Year: 1875

This IS positively the last week of the
large and popular sale of dry goods at No.
100 Canal street, by the old and well know
auctioneers, r. NJ. e. B. j. Montgomery. As
there is quite balance of this fine stock
still unsold, all those in search of bargains
will do well to call early. Those having
goods on deposit are requested to call and
secure them at once.
Year: 1875

Last evening at six o'clock, as the crowds
Of visitors to the fairgrounds in Middletown
were returning from the races, two amateur
performers on the trapeze, George Fisher
and Abe Gookin, the former a well known
member of the Quickstep Base Ball Club OF
this city, the lat.r, the young man who. has
been selling score-cards on the Quickstep
grounds, fell from the rope upon which they
were performing, distance Of thirty-tive
feet sustaining severe shocks.


They belong to a dramatic company OF
this city, which gave variety entertainment
in Middletown last night, and had stretched
a rope from the Town Hall to large syca :
more in the hotel yard, to give free exhibi
ton before the regular performances. They
had been upon the trapexe about fifteen
minutes, and had just given their dodge
of the fall and catch and were. sitting up
right on the bar when the part Of the rope
attached to the Town Hall roof snapped,
precipitating them upon the hard ground.
Fishers forehead was cat above the left
eye and both were bruised in the body.
They were taken to drug store near at
hand and every possible attention shown
them. Had they fallen five seconds earlier,
while in hanging position, they would
have been seriously, possibly fatally in
iured but, luckily, they had regained the
lar. The rope that broke was only an inch
thread and should not have been depended
upon by the performers: The accident, oc-
curing in the presence Of large assembly,
created for time much excitement, en-
tirely supereeding the races and exhibition in
Importance for great part of the evening.
The friends of Gookin and Fisher in this
city will be pleased to hear that the fall
was not more serious.
Year: 1875

Mr.. President, if the Senator will al
low me that much


Mr.. Howe then read from report of
SchurZ. who WAS sent South in 1850 10
note the condition Of PUBLIC
affairs in that quarter, to the effect that
the Southern men with whom he came
in contact, announced their opinion
with such assurance that he believed
Year: 1875

A LIrrLR HERo.-Two children still
and stark on q snowy slope-thc girl
wrapped round in the coat of the boy.
and both young faces fixed by frost in the
calm repose of death-was the picture
presented to the eyes of the wcaried
searchers near Mount Ayr, Iowa, the
other day. The Winters cold has taker
many life, but none of the unfortunate
were found in 30 touching an attitude ss
this. It was not In the heat Ut conflict
that the boy died; there was no shrieking
6fe nor rattling drum to stir his thicker.
ing blood, nor comrades eyes to mark his
heroic fall; nothing to rouse his young
enthusiasm. But the little coat folded
carefully about the girlish form. and his
own naked breast, told OF the quiet cour
age and selfsacrificc with which he had
met the pitiless blast that blew 20 cold on
him and her.