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Year: 1876

In order to close out my entire
stock Of goods, TO make room for a
fresh assortment, l desire to an
nouncc TO my old customers and
tho public generally, that during
circuit court week, ! will sell the
remaining stock of goods then on
hand 10 the highest bidder. l am
determined to scll--.nO matter at
what sacrifice. Those in need will
save time and money by attending
thcso sales. In tho meantime,
goods at private sale VII be sold
fifty per cent. less than can be
bought elsewhere. Study your
own interest you may never have
another such opportunity again.
A word TO the wise, etc. We
would also announce to the plant
ers that we keep constantly on
hand full stock Of plantation sup
plics, such Us bacon, bulk meat,
mess pork, sugar, coffee molasses,
rice, tea, beans, meal, -four, mack
crcl, and in fact everything to sup
ply the wants OF the farmers,
Thanking my old patrons for the
liberal patronage received in the
past and soliciting q continuance
Tor the future, am respectfully,


w. p. HALE.
Year: 1876

Hereafter no legal ADVERTISE
mcnts will be inserted in the TINES
unless payment is made when hand
cd IN. 1t requires money to carry
on our business and we are COM
PEELED to adopt the cash principle.
This rule will not be deviated from
in any case.
Year: 1876




keeping up their county raper. but who,
under the delSAi~e idea Of economy >.
have procured catchPenny stamps with
which to daub their wrappers, enveI.
opes, etc. That's right. ye non -adver-
tising business men in every town, starve
your paper out. and see how soon your
town will retrogradc. and your business
decline. Besides. we will venture to
say that with the exception Of the small
amount paid for paper and ink, there is
not newspaper publisher in the state
who does not spend all his earnings
with the merchants of his town, and
thus keeps what little money he does
handle in circulation among those whose
interests be labors SO hard to subservc.
If We were positive that ahere were
any business men whose business did
not justify the expenditure necessary
for an advertisement,. and they would
consent, we would advertise them free,
feeling confident that in course Of timc,
the increase Of business would not only
justify them in remuncrating US, but in
crease their advertisement bill. We
have some merchants who appreciate
and value ts proper estimate the ad.
vantages of judicious advertisement, -
these remarks, oil coursc, do no, apply
TO them
Year: 1876

consideration for the company, in view OF
the unwarranted action OF the few foreign
bondholders who inaugtlrated this war
against it, but have not. failed to express
their willingness to furnish it all the mate
rial and supplies necessary. Its net earn
ings from July to January, embracing some
| Of the best months of the year, would not
only pay the balance due on July interest
rand the whole of the January interest, but
would 60 far towards the payment Of such
Of the Norfolk and Petersburg bonds due
January, 1877, as the holders thereof might
demand at their maturity, which, it is be-
lleved, would not embrace any very large
amount, since the prompt payment OF
their interest and the nature Of their Sc
curity make theirs an investment which few
persons would desire to relinquish.


NECESSITY FOR PoRBEARANCE.


OF course the necessity for forbearance
upon the part OF the foreign bondholders
is as great, indeed greater than when they
admitted such necessity by entering into the
London composition, since the company has
been deprived OF the use OF heretofore un-
impeached and number one floating credit,
and has been exposed to the injury and cost OF
these proceedings. 1t is not doubted, when
Iue CIRCUMSTANCES duu lacLs COHHeCIeQ Will
the violent disruption OF their composition
and the institution OF these proceedings are
laid before them truthfully and at length, but
that they will cheerfully and promptly agree
with the company upon plan for future ac-
tion which will be conservative Of the best
interests Of all concerned.


With these affairs arranged, and the re
turn OF prosperity to the country, the At.
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio road has pros.
pect for usefulness and prosperity as broad
and inviting as its most ardent friend could
desire. Its present troubles are such as
have, in one way or another, come upon
nearly all OF the great lines of the country
in their earlier history.


HEAVY BURDEN.


The war imposed upon it heavy burden
which in this time of stringency and mis-
trust has proven to be beyond its ability
but which in the ordinary times of the coun
try's prosperity it has easily borne, and car
bear as successfully again.


At the conclusion Of Judge Robertson:
argument the Court adjourned until
O'Clock this morning, when Judge Shipman
of counsel for the trustees, will have tht
| floor.
Year: 1876

EXCURSION T0-DAY.-An excursion train
will leave the city this morning over the
York River road at O'clock for West
Point. In view of its being one OF the first
OF the season to that favorite resort it will
doubtless carry crowd. The train will be
in charge of wcll-known citizens, SO that
families who design going can rest assured
they viii receive every attention. Boating,
fishing, music, and dancing will be the or
der oil the day.
Year: 1876

EXCURSION TO WEST PolNT-The grand excur-
sion to West Point takes place TO-DAY (Monday)
and we have no doubt win he very liberay patron
lied. For days recreation we know of no better
Mace than West Point.
Year: 1876

By the time this reaches the eye of the
reader the moving machine will have been
put away for the season; but how has it
been put away? Too often the cutter bar is
folded upon the frame, and by it's unevenly
distributed weight will twist the wood
work. and thus throw the shafting out OF


line, to the material injury and greatly in


creased wear of the machine. Often the bar


is left on the GROUND or floor, but in posi-


lion with reference to the driving-Wheels
which produces nearly the same effect as If
laid on the frame. In most, il not IN all


machines, it will be found safest to remove


this bar entirely, and thus do away with the


prime cause of trouble.


Much needless wear is caused by the use
! Of inferior OLA striking illustration OF the
Spanish. proverb Of saving at the spigot and


leaving the bunghole open. One pint of the


best sperm oil, costing thirty cents, will an


swer for the harvest of a hundred-acrc farm,


and for the ordinary grass of such an area,
| one-half this amount may do. II was lim-
tied in the amount to be expended for this
Ipurpcse, T would invest in the very best ar
/ tiole could find, knowing from experience
T that three drops to each journsl I, will &c
more good than teaspoonfu] Of a low grade
;whale-oil, The use of poor oil also cause!
greatly increased draft on first four or fiyt
acres cut next season by drying on the jour
lnals during the time of idleness. # pay
to use a few drops OF coal oil at differen
| times when cutting the last two acres. .ly ]
u Many Of our farmers do not appreciat
Year: 1876

The Weste17a Farm Jo,umcl, in discussing
this subject, says that one of the great diff
culties in the culture of barley, the raising
of which has Of late years attracted more
and more attention in the West, is the diff
Guilty of securing it in that bright condition
SO necessary to its bringing the highest
market price for mailing in the markets of
the country. The most of the barley raised
West from this cause will grade No. 2, and
taken only as rejected. Very often this lat
ter grade will bring less price than oats
pound for pound--the true way to estimate
the value of grain.


1t may be used with the best economy as
feed for horses, and especially for growing
swine, since it is essentially flesh-former
in contradistinetion to corn and other grains
which largely develop fat. In feeding it to
cattle it is better ground, and indeed this
rule will apply to the feeding Of barley to
any animals; but when facilities are not
easy for grinding or crushing, it should be
soaked soft before feeding. Being an early
crop it is especially valuable for bringing
pigs lOTWtIu III lIiilc w NC uillSACO III tiiS
autumn with corn.


\ This seasons harvest weather has been
particularly severe on the merchantable
Equality of barley over a large portion of the
!, West, and, as a consequence, many farmers
may be tempted to sell their crop at price
Hover than its value as feed. A measured


bushel is worth one and half times that O.


a measured bushel Of oats, and as flesh


former considerably more than pusnel Q
corn, besides which it furnishes an agreea
biz and healthfurchange for stock of every


kind.


Some years ago, when grain was high
having some 500 swine, both old and young
tofeed, we contracted with one of the brew
cries of the city for all their light barley
the skimming of the watts in which the bar
!. ley was soaked preparatory to sproutins
and mailing. While feeding this in con


nection with other feed we never had ou


swine do better, and the cost of food was


mere nominal one to us.


One of the mistakes made in feeding thi
= grain to horses is, that being heavier thai
: oats, too much is feed; good rule, if tn
, bailey is heavy, is to use the same quantit
J as would be used Of shelled corn, or one
: half the quantity that would be given if {
= oats. Thus no danger will be incurred {
: oyG-feeding and danger therefrom.- Farm
= ers' Home Journal
Year: 1876

Which has stood the test Of Forty
Years.


There is no sore it will not HEAL,
no lameness it will not CURE, no ache
no pain, that affiicts the human body,
or the body Of horse, or other do
mestic animal, that does not yield to
its magic touch. A bottle costing
25c., Soc. or LOO, has often saved
the life of a human being, and re-
stored to life and usefulness many a
valuable horse. a29-w1y
Year: 1876




More are now known to be missing,
which WIN swell the number OF lost to
forty-one. of which only thirty three
have as yet been found. Funeral ser
vices are being held on the bank Of tbs
stream for such OF the dead as have nc
surviving friends. 1t is not unlikely
that some have been swept into the
Mississippi river and will never be re-
covered.


The telegraph company are hard al
work to restore communication. Tbs
Central railroad company have a large
force of men at work at both ends oi
the break, from Dubuque to Julien, a
distance of 81 miles, but it will be two
weeks before trains are in running or
der.


The damage In the city of Dubuque
will not be repaired in many months.
1t is impossible to estimate the loss.
Year: 1876

The attention of the public was con-
siderably aroused yesterday by the ex-
hibition of ten or twelve foot long
cannon, which was hauled up on
Third street to be put in order for use
on the Fourth of July. This rusty old
piece of ordinance has quite history,


having doubtless been cast in Spain
long before any of the present genera
ton saw the light of day. Mr.. A. 5.
Beard, an old resident of Los Angeles,
informs us that it was discovered on
the site of the old fort in Los Angeles,
the rains having washed away the
dirt under which it was buried by the
Mexicans, doubtless to prevent it
from falling into the hands of the
Americans. 1t was used in Los Ange.
les to fire salute on the occasion Of
the election of Franklin Pierce to the
presidency in 1852. Some time after
ward an incident occurred at ball
given by one of the leading citizens of
Los Angeles, which resulted in this
same cannon being dragged upin front
of the house where the ball was going
on, and fired of to cause disturbance
of the festivities, so to speak. A fight
followed which resulted in the death
of three or four persons. The next APP
pearance of the old thunderer is said
to have taken place in this city at a
time when conflict between the Uni
ted States authorities and early Nor
mon settlers seemed imminent. The
representatives of the United States
are said to have double shotted the
grim looking weapon, q proceeding


which was checkmated by some of the
other side driving a rat-tail file into
the vent, thus effectually spIking it.
It is said it was then thrown into u
well where it has remained, thence to
be brought forth to salute the begin


ming of our second century's existence
as nation. May it serve the occa-
sion we'll, and never be used for any


more warlike or less pleasant purpo-
ses.-San Beruardino Times.
Year: 1876

EDITOR HERALD. Will you please
allow me to make few comments in
your columns on the proceedings oi
our City Council. The reasons alleged
in the report on selling water to J. w.
Potts and others why they should not
grant the request are first: Because
the city has heretofore granted water
rights to the Woolen Mill; and. sec.
ond, that people on the Los Felis
Ranch take the water when they
please; third, if they grant Mr.. Potts
his rights they will have to grant 9TH
ers their rights; fourth, u.at they can
not divide the water equally between
all who are entitled to it without de-
creasing the quantity of water used by
the domi nant party who are already
using the water. But. see by the
morning papers that they take the au-
thOrity AS city officials to appoint q
water overseer on certain ditch out
side of the city limits. And this is
not all that our City Council does by
arbitrary acts without consulting the
laws or Justice: They order the water
turned out of the public ditch on to
my land whenever it suits their con-
venience, and order a man whom they
call ZanjerO to go through my land
and open my fence at his will, which
they have no more legal right to do
then they have to order him to open
my door to go through to the other
street. These are some of the pro-
ceedings of our City Council, for
which, in case Cf a lawsuit by some
party who is determined not to be run
over any longer, the Taxpayers ofthe
city will have to foot the bills, as in
the case of the Felis Ranch and Re-
quena suits, and many other things
equally absured and unjust are done
by them, which will write of at some
future time. do not intend to inn
peach all of the Council in this article,
as some of them were and always are
ready to do justice to all parties, but
as they are in the minority their ef-
forts prove useless.


J. w. POTTS.


Los Angeles, May 26th, 1876.
Year: 1876

No words of commentator are nec-
essary for the old favorite Singer Sew
ing Machine, which may be found In
nearly every well regulated household
in the land. In point Of manufacture
and finish 1t cannot be excelled. and
all of the latest Improvements and at
tachments are incorporated and adapt
ed to it. The mechanism is the most
simple and durable; the easiest regu-
lated and the least liable to get out of
order. Everybody who has tried the
machine speaks enthusiastically in its
favor, and this fact accounts for its
immense popularity and the many
thousand machines which are annu-
ally turned out from the mandatory.
Messrs. Doak & Lu Gar are agents for
this city; office No. 25 Spring street.


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Year: 1876

A case was lately tried in the Court
OF Queens Bench, Dublin, in which
the plaintiff sued for damages for in
juries sustained by falling into a eel
lar, the grating of which had been
improperly left open by the defendant.
The plaintiff, in bis fall, broke the
grating, and for this damage to his
property the defendant claimed the
sum of E5. Plaintiffs counsel said
that the audaCity of this demand had
never been paralleled in his expert
ence, except in one instance, and this
exceptional case he proceeded to re-
late for the benefit Of the court and
jnry. There lived, he said, at one
time in MerriOn Square, Dublin, (the
fashionable quarter of that city,, an
eminent lawyer, who afterward came
to occupy place on the judicial bench.
He was man of high professional at
tainments, bnt of testy and irritable
temper. His next door neighbor was
a retired Major, noted for the eccen'
tricities of his habits; between the
two there was anything but friendly
feeling, and they did all in their pow
er to annoy and harass each other.
One night, memorable in Ireland as
"the night of the great Storm" the
Majors chimneys were blown down.
Crash they went through the roof of
the LAWYERS house, and thence down
through floor after floor, carrying
havoc in their course. The man OF
law was in no good humor as he con-
templated the destruction, and what
made matters worse was that it was
the Majors chimneys that had occa-
stoned the wreck. His mind was ac-
lively engaged in devising some pro-
cess by which he could get satisfac-
ton from his arch enemy, when a
missive arrived from the latter, couch
ed as follows: "Send me back my
bricks Immediately, or I'll put the
matter into the hands of an attorney
Year: 1876

A great sensation Is in store for this
quiet little town. A marriage Is on
the tapis. A laborer is about to be
welded to one of our wealthiest young
ladies. Secret: This man buys his
clothing at the great Importa ant, under
the Lafayette hotel. Do thou like
wise.
Year: 1876

Desires to call the attention OF the people OF
Southern California to the following facts:


lst. That he has made great reduction in
prices, and Is now selling the Standard Hal
iaday Wind Mill as low and lower than some
of the inferior wind mills.


I'd. That he is prepared 10 put up any size
tank or any size wind mill and pump. Also
put in pipe, furnishing everything at very
low rates, so that a person may know just
what his whole job will cost him. m23'tf
Year: 1876

The Independent, voter is not tear
ing his raimant in his haste to get
over to the democratic side.


Carl schurz has informed the IN.
diana republican committee that he
VIII take the stump for their state
ticket as soon as he can, and remain
with them s,~long as his ti1ne will
Year: 1876




satisfaction which proceeds both from
admiration for the personal and political
character OF the gentlemen who were
selected yesterday as our standard
bearers In the coming campaign, and
from the most perfect confidence in the
success OF our cause in November next.
we applaud and commend to the patri-
otic people Of this State the wisdom and
sound Judgment which have character
lied the deliberations OF our convention
at Baton Rouge.


Nichols and Wiltz - the one, the
most conspicuous embodiment OF gen
uine Conservatism in sentiment and
OF that all-pervading spirit Of
reform with which the people Of the
whole country seem to have become in
oculated, and which furnishes the
strongest evidence of the rapid conva-
lesceDce OF a diseased body polite 1.-The
other, theupright and courageous rep
resentative and leader OF vigorous and
aggressive party, purified and strength
ened by the ordeal of oppression and
the trials through which it has passed.
In these two leaders -Jfacite Irincipes-
the Democratic Conservative party pos
sesses every element Of strength which
could possibly be desired In a life and
death struggle with the party of misrule
and plunder which has reduced our fair
State to the miserable condition of a
Persian satrapy. 1t will go into that
struggle thrice armed In that its cause
Is just and its purpose pure, and the
gates OF hell itself cannot prevail
against it.


Let all of the people Of Louisiana,
white and colored, be of good cheer, for
the day Of their deliverance is at hand,
and the turmoil, poverty and moral
degradation which have been their lot
for 30 many weary years will soon be
nothing more than the painful reminis-
cence OF hideous past. Under Nichols
and Wiltz, and armed with the princi-
pies enunciated in its platform, the
Conservative party will, in
the approaching electoral contest,
achieve triumph fraught with bless
lngs to all classes OF the population.
Business will revive, labor will be en-
couraged by constant and remunerative
peace and good feeling
will prevail between the races, and gen
eral prosperity clothe our regenerated
state with the smile of happiness and
Our nominations, our |
platform and our certain victory.
Will bring to us material well
are and that mental tranquility
or which we so ardently long and
which we have fairly earned by the un-
'qualed patience and spirit Of long suf-
ering which we have manifested dur
ng the heart-rending trials to which we
lave been subjected for so many years
)ast.


Ii our Radical adversaries, white and
'olored, are not disarmed by the nomi-
nations and the issues which we present
o the people, 1t Is because malignity
efuses to be placated and ignorance to
'e enlightened. We should welcome
he subsidence OF political passion and
'e glad to have the cooperation of all
lonest men In the work Of regeneration
which we are about to enter upon; but
With or without the assistance of our
present adversaries, we shall carry the
lection by a majority SO large that no
lien interference or unscrupulous Re-
urning Board will be able to rob us Of
he fruits OF our victory.
Year: 1876

In a communication to the Boston
Journal Ben Butler prefers this modest
request: May ]. ask you to do me the
justice to allow me TO announce my own
intentions as to my personal actions
over my own signature, which have
the ability to do:"
Year: 1876

As the virtues of medicines can only be ascer
tanned by careful observation, it is to be regretted
that many of the drugs still prescribed By some
Physicians should retain place in our materia
medica. As instance of this that vile drug Bal.
sam Copaba furnishes an example. About the year
1880 the Spanards in the Island of San Domingo
having become afflicted with certain complaints,
thought, according to the prevailing notion at that
time, that the remedy might be found where the
disease originated Under this impression Basam
Copaiba came into use, but never has nauseating
drug done more injury, for it not only changes the
nature of the disease to dreadful state than
the original, but it ruins the tone of the stomach
and brings on Dyspepsia in its worst forms. To
avoid this drug and its effects the SAMARITAN s
GIFT, pure vegetable remedy is within the reach
of ALL Only ten pills to be taken, and will cure every
time in from two to four days. Male packages S2T
female SO.
Year: 1876

tone to the body and mind, to pre-
vent the outbreak of disease and to
make in many cases physical restraint
and seclusion unnecessary. Farm
work and gardening are especially
desirable from their out door charac-
ter and the exercise and occupation
they give to the bodily and mental
powers, and trades or mechanical
business are suited to many insane
patients. Experience both here and
abroad has shown the adEantage of
employment, while the diminution of
confinement and restraint has been
found to be very beneficial in i'm
proving the condition of patients and
ensuring the faithfulness of attend
ants. The committal of the insane
requires more precautions than are
commonly used for the protection of
individuals, and there is need of hav-
ing the medical certificate set forth
clearly the facts and evidence on
which action is based and for the in
creased knowledge and appreciation
of the subject by medical men, as
well as for the safety of patients.
In Great Britain and New York such
provisions have worked well.