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Year: 1871

Reports are current in Philadelphia
(but are denied that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company Is going before the
Legislature to get authority for the issuing
of q preferred stock, and this is given as
the reason for the decline Of upward Of l
per cent in this stock within the last few
days.


Holders Of Virginia coupon bonds are
notified that all such as have memoranda
or endorsement upon them are considered
as being mutilated by the Philadelphia
and New York Stock boards, and are not
passed in consequence. It Is now an.
nounced from Richmond that persons hav-
ing such bonds can, by application to the
Treasurer Of Virginia, get them renewed
in such manner as will do away with
all trouble,


Tho spring transactions in real estate,
in New York and Brooklyn promise to be
active, but rates are lower than those Of
last year, both for selling and renting. So
Says q New York paper, Tho same Is
true in Philadelphia, says the Ledger, and
so far as we can discover the remark ap.
plies almost everywhere all over the coun.
Try. The cause Of tho imitation OF prices,
the war and It's demoralizing influences
on the public credit, tho currency and the
industries Of the country, being removed,
tho effects must gradually cease, and
among these muy bo counted tho rcduc-
ton n'of all prices, ..,..


Replying to correspondent who
wanted tho usury laws restored the New
York Journal Of Commerce says:


On every side of US tho most undoubt-
ell securities arc offered for money upon
terms which exceed seven per ccntum per
annum, and yet he asserts that nothing
but tho wise lsury laws keeps tho rate Of
interest below seven per cent" Why,
the very class he processes to champion,
namely, the farmers, now pay more for
the use Of their money. To obtain q
seven per cent. mortgage upon ordinary
farm lands q bonus Of some sort Is requl.
site; and we know of many instances oc-
curing daily where bond and mortgage
are regularly executed by one party, and
then sold at discount 10 another to avoid
the plea Of usury, and yet obtain more
than seven per cent. for the loan. If the
rural interests wish to secure tho use Of
abundant capital, they cannot do better
then aid in tho repeal oil the usurY laws
They then could borrow at six or seven
per cent, and II money was temporarily
higher at the time ol The loan could pay
the premium upon 1t in single sum,
much less than Is now exactcd on the sly
to hide the character Of the transaction.
Year: 1871

Cry RECEIvER.-Counci last night
passed an ordinance creating the office oil
City Receiver, and elected the old Treas.
urer, ELIJAH DAY, without opposition.
The Office Of Treasurer was abolished
through some sort oi blunder or whim. by
an act ofthe Legislature last winter. 1t was
found necessary 10 revive the Office, but 1t
was necessary to do it under different
name. The powers and functions of the
Receiver are precisely those formerly ex-
ercisel by tho Treasurer. The bond is
$4,000. 1t being very necessary to the
business OF the city that Receiver DAY
should enter on tho discharge OF his du-
ties at once, his bond was presented last
night for approval. 1t was approved in
the Second Branch, but some of the men,
bcrs of the First Branch did not return
from below and LEFT their body without q
quorum, so that the bond could not beap-
proved in that branch. The First Branch
will meet at ten this morning to receive
the bond, so that Mr.. DAY may get to
work at once.
Year: 1871

The Mingo Coal Company appears to
be unfortunate or to have sunk their shaft
in m unfortunate locality. They succeed.
cd in finding but very thin vein of coal
and, notwithstanding all their efforts, they
have not yet been able to discover much
increase in thickness. The singularity
noted by miners Is, that no matter in what
direction they go, north, south, cast OF
west, the draft Of water Is toward them,
instead Of, ms IL might be expected, from
them, at least half tho ReQSJurg
IIenH
Year: 1871

A GOOD citizen oil NIiddletown, Conn
who was annoyed at seeing men at work
with their teams near tho church on Sun
day, went TO q Justice TO enter complaint
and found him also at work mendlng bis
lnANn
Year: 1871

The State Senate passed tho concurrent
resolution previously adopted by the
House, asking Congress TO pass n iGll and
complete amnesty act, The House pass.
ed a bill for taxing all railroads In the
SLnin
Year: 1871

"A Syracuse man chopped down gi-
ant hickory tree, over seventy-five feet
high, and bearing the ring marks of
sixty years. His surprise may be imag-
ined on finding under this tree an old
brick cistern in perfect shape and in a
splendid state Of preservation. Indeed,
so strongly were the brick and mortar
cemented, that picks and crowbars had
to be used to dig them out. How long
ago aud by whom was this cistern built?
Who made the brick and where were
they made?
Year: 1871

The Missouri corn crop this year will
be the heaviest ever raised in that
State. The season throughout has been
favorable and farmers will have large
crops of everything they raise. 1t Is
predicted that corn and otatoes will b
very low.
Year: 1871

Hogs that are much confined, and
cannot get to the earth, will frequently
be benefited by having little charcoal,
soft brick bats or soft rotten wood
thrown into them and trifling quaint
ity Of birthstone mixed in their food,
occasionally, is an excellent thing.
Year: 1871

A gentleman making a call at the


house of a friend was astonished to find


the rooms and passages in confusion
and on inquiring the cause, was answer
ed:


"Oh, we are very much annoyed here;
we have an intolerable nuisance. A
rat has come to finish his existence
under the floor of our large drawing
room. We do not know the exact
place, but we cannot endure the stencil
any longer. So we have rolled up the
carpets, removed the furniture, and call.
ed in the carpenters, who are just COM
meucing to take up the floor until we
find the nuisance"


"Now don't be too hasty," said the
visitor; "you need not pull up more
than one board. will show you what
[ mean presently; and, meanwhile,
shut down the drawing room windows
and close the door behind me as soon as
| return.'


He then stepped down the front steps
into the garden, walked round the
house to the stable, and after few min
utes' absence, came back to the drawing
room with both hands claped, SO as TO
enclose something between them. Plac-
ing himself in the center of the draw
ing room, he opened his hands, and out
flew two large blue bottle flies, and
buzzed around the room for a second or
two. But presently one of them light
ed on certain plank of the floor, and
was Immediately followed by the other
insect.


"Now, them" exclaimed the visitor,
take up that board, and I'll engage
that the dead rat will be found under-
meath it,"


The carpenters applied their tools,
raised the board, and at once found the
source of all the unpleant sms4.
Year: 1871

A banished Pole, now residing in Boston,
who came to this country over thirty years
ago, has made four trips to Europe during
the time in search of daughter whom he
was forced to leave in Poland but has not
yet been successful in finding or hearing of
Year: 1871

General Horace Binney Sargent suggests
that it would be quite as proper to force all
citizens to vote as to coerce them to bear
arms. 1t would certainly be less expensive
to find substitutes.
Year: 1871

Population of the States and Territories
Resignation of Commissioner Parker
Death of Tad Correspondent
Indicted for Contempt of Senate
Lansburg Rectifying Apparatus-New


York Central Railroad Internal Reve.
Year: 1871

Before Judge Troy.


Patrick Conway, stonemason made verbal
agreement with Ralph Griffin on the 25tn Of last Sep
tember, Sunday, to build lor Griffin cellar wall
22x4O feet and nine feet high. Griffin agreeing to
furnish water for the OF the masons, which had
to be carried nearly block. The work was
to be done on q house In Grand avepre, near
Myrtle avenue. Conway, who is q poor man,
set to work to complete his contract, and when the
wai1 was nine feet high demanded balance of
seventy dollars due out OF the ninety doll ars whicn
he was to receive. Griffin refused to pay, saying
that the wall must be raised TO nlne inches above
the level oil the curbstone of the street. Conway
insisted that he had made no such agreement,
and sued for his money In u Justices court,
where he got judgment for the full
amount claimed. The defendant took the
case to the county court appeal and
upa counter claim for loss Of rent OF the build
ing in consequence OF Conway's alleged delay.
Counsellor Ready, who appeared for Conway, upset
this theory by showing that the defendant did not
furnish the water for the masons as lie agreed 10
do, and that this was the cause of the delay. The
jury were charged by Judge Troy on the law OF the
case and after TWO hours delDeraton brought In Il
verdict OF $50 for the paintl The Court refused
receive such verdict as being contrary TO the
evidence, and the jury increased 1t to SO without
leaving their seats. t..
Year: 1871

When you see excellent trouting 10
romantic mountain district" adver.
tised in the papers, 60 somewhere else.


On arriving where you have reason to
think trout exist, inquire of some rural
angler which are the best brooks, and
fish exclusively in those he runs down.


Keep as far as possible from the
brook. If the trout see you they will
not connect with the rod, in which case
you will find it difficult to connect them
with the line.


Take some agreeable stimulant with
you TO the water-side. You will find it
a great assistance when reeling in.


One of the best places for obtaining
the speckled prey is under a waterfall
but you needn't mention the fact to the
ladies.


when you land pound trout
(which you never will double the weight,
else what's the use having a multiplier?


The experienced angler goes forth
expecting nothing and is rarely disap-
pointed.


Avoid the water-courses infested with
sawmills. These damned streams sell
dom contain many trout.
Year: 1871

Here is an extract from letter writ
ten by an American girl who is doing"
the London season: "As general thing
English women are not handsome, al
though have seen some beautiful ones.
They have large feet and look coarse TO
the American eyes, and they cannot
talk. They very seldom say anything
original, seem to read very little, and do
very little thinking for themselves. They
do not talk to men at all as we do. The
dowagers look so old timey. They wear
such old-fashioned, stiff ,brocade silks.
They put me in mind of hens with their
chickens as they sit and talk to each
other, keeping their eyes all the time on
their daughters, for there are so many
German officers and French refugees in
society here, and some of them such
handsome men, that mammas are kept
in perpetual state of anxiety, fearing
some ENHANCEMENT.
Year: 1871

Last week, says a country exchange. a
man stepped up to us and said he would
pay every cent he owed US if he lived
until Saturday night. We presume he
died. Another said he would settle as
sure as shooting We are led to the
conclusion that shooting is uncertain.
Quite number said they would see us
tomorrow. These men have been
stricken blind. or else tomorrow has
not come. One man told as six months
ago that he would pay us as soon as
he got some money. The man would
not lie, SO of course he has not got a
cent lAls i'ia HA'
Year: 1871

The Quitman (Ga. Banner tells how
infants drowned baby" in the follow
ing manner: A horrible affair occurred
on a plantation six miles west of Quit
man, on last Friday, by which a colored
infant eighteen months old, lost her
life. The infant aforesaid was left at
the cabin in charge of an elder sister,
some five years of age, whilst the
mother went to work in a neighboring
field. Soon after the departure of the
mother, two colored children, aged about
six and eight years, from another cabin
on the same plantation, put in an ap-
pearance, and desired the little nurse to
accompany them in quest of blackber-
ries. She told them she could not leave
the baby, but that if they the visitors)
would take her lthe baby to the well
and drown it she you'd go with them.
They instantly seized the child, one tax
Year: 1871

ing hold of its head and the other its
feet. carried it to the well and gleefully
cast it in. The mother soon after
received intelligence of the affair, but
before she could extricate the child from
the water, life was extinct. The chill
dren were arrested, but Immediately
discharged, as it was evident from their
youth they we're not legally responsible
for the serious crime committed.
Year: 1871

An observant young man in Portland,
Maine, greatly admired a young lady of
that town, and was in the habit of look
ing in at her window as he passed. One
day he saw her wave a handkerchief,
and forthwith rang the door bell. After
he was picked out of the gutter a few
moments later, and had his contusions
dressed by the nearest surgeon, it was
explained to him that the lady was
merely shaking some crumbs from
nankin
Year: 1871

The hustle still maintains its hold on
popular favor, and has almost entirely
driven hoop-skirts from the market
The style now is to wear two starched
muslin skirts over the hustle, discarding
entirely the wire cages, which always
give a stiff look to the figure.
Year: 1871

have twice had the pleasure of meeting
that distinguished publicist, Judge Alex
ander Walker. The first time was in the
city of Boston, where we left him in deep
consultation with Wendell Philips on the
best method of promoting the intellectual
advancement of the colored race at the
South. The result of the interview we
have rot learned Subsequently, we met
this light of New Orleans journalism in
this city, having just returned from a pill
grimage to Brooklyn to the, shrine of Henry
Ward Beecher, whose spiritual aid he had
been seeking. A speedy conversion may
be looked for; but as yet no perceptible
change has taken place in his outward
appearance or in his daily habits. His gait
is still the same; as is the joyial alacrity
with which he responds to an invitation to
" take drink"


We saw Bandman on Monday night as
Tom Jasper, in play founded on Dickens
fragment Edwin brood" 1t is very poor
thing, fit only for third-rate performer;
and even Bandman's talent could not lend
dignity or interest to the leading character.
Dramatized novels are usually poor enough,
but dramatized fragments, even when sur
rounded with the halo of Dickens name.
are abortions, insulting TO the public taste
This is a mere jumbling together of incon-
gruous scenes and characters, without
unity, spirit, or point Of any kind. Mr..
Bandman has, in our opinion, undervalued
himself greatly in assuming such part.
Year: 1871

Opposite the Bazaar Market and the red
stores where there is a sink in the bank, Ia
borers are employed wheeling IN the allu-
vium from the batture and filing up the
sunken space. The wharves at the same
place, which have been twisted by the un-
even breaking of the ground, are also being
Strengthened up under the direction of Sur
veyor Bell. Men are also engaged in rails
ing the road bed and laying new cross ties
on that part of the Mobile railroad which
of the market.
Year: 1871

If you want good Spring Flour buy of the
Eagle Mills. It is undoubtedly superior to any
sold In the city. Mr.. Wood is selling it at 81
per barrel, and warrsnting it to be the best in
the CITY
Year: 1871

Ladies in want of fancy dress goods or sum-
msr goods Of any kind, now is the time TO get
unprecedented bargains at Burke & Hsenan's, u
La Sale street. They are clearing out their
stock at almost any price to make room for .
large fall stock, and are determined to carry ovsr
no summer goods. Remember the place,


BURKE & HRENAN, II La Sale street.
Year: 1871

Second to no enterprise in Importance
within the limits of Moline, ia the Moline
Wagon Company, organized and condUeted
by Messrs. First, Rosen6eld & Co. Nj,
First has been engaged in the wagon busi-
ness for twenty-five years-6fteen years at
this point-and slowly but surely his work
gained prominence and found favor, until
he was forced to enlarge his shops and OBJ
tain water power and machinery in order to
fill the orders continually pressing apon
him.


Gaining as q partner, Mr.. Morris Rosen-
6eld-long identified with the mercantile
interests of Rock Island, and we'll and favor
ably known for his sterling integrity and
superb business talent-cspital, enterprise
and reputation were thus consolidated, and
prosperity attends their efforts.


Their spacious and imposing workshops
are located on the magnificent Moline Water
Power, and their machinery is driven by a
power which never fails-the Mississippi
river-and their facilities for shipping to all
points of the compass, either byrail or water
are unsurpassed.


In the lower story of their main shop the
rough material is first received aud sawed
and planed to proper length and shape and
ia then passed to the second story where the
wood work is finished in ell its varied forms
One half this story is occupied as black.
smith shop, with its complement of ma
chimes and forges, and after the wood work
is properly ironed herein, the whole is raised
by elevator to the third story, wheseit enters
the painters hands, and emerges from
thence, the finished and famous Moline
Wagon, whose monogram NJ. ". G. is be
coming widely and most favorably known
wherever good wagons are used and appre-
ciated.


The work of this firm needs but to be
tried to be appreciated. They have full
complement of the very best and most mod
ern machines, use no material except that
of the finest quality, tested and thoroughly
seasoned, and employ only frat class work
men-under the personal supervision of the
senior partner. They turn out sixty wagons
of twelve different patterns per week-use
a capital of 100000, and employ some
eighty hands-paying them s. 900 weekly


The press of orders is so great that next
season the firm will be obliged once more tO
enlarge their shops, as they are now greatly
crsmped for room.


In oIjen times there may have been truth
in the we'll known bat rather wicked
couplet-


''The rich can ride in their ohAises,


But the poor must walk, be Jsses."
but at the present day the wagons of First
Rosenfeld & Co. will stand the wear and
tear of use so long. and at the same time are
so cheap, that they are within the reach o.
the poor as well as the rich.
Year: 1871

A fireman in the employ of the Missouri
Pacific railroad, had most remarkable
escape on Thursday last. The night train
due in Kansas City, Mo-, at 1885 P NJ, left
Independence later than usual, and ran
facing the terrible storm of sleet and wind,
that made the train glazed as though COW
cred with coat of glass. The beating Of
the snow and wind against the head light
had somewhat obscured the light ahead,
rendering It impossible tosee farther ahead
than a few yards at time. At the top of
the steep grade, about three miles west of
Independence, the engine shut OF steam,
so as to not make the great speed down the
bluffs to the Missouri river bottom. Co
ing down grade is the time chosen for the
fireman to go out ahead and pour melted
tallow into the two brass cups upon the
" steam chests" The steam being shut
off, the fireman opened the ice-covered cab
door, and with his "tallow car" T" in one
hand and clinging to the frosty handrail
with the other, he ran out upon the run
ning-board,' stepping lightly upon the
" steam chest" to the hummer andwas
passing round the other side of the engine,
when he lost his f footing, slipped upon the
forethought he threw himself face forward
toward the smoke box, and caught at the
head light brackets; but the sleet had made
them too slippery to hold by. He missed
his hold and fell through the space be-
tween the bumper and the smoke box.
Fortunately, he fell upon bar of the front
truck, upon which his leg caught. In at
tempting to secnre better hold he fell upon
his side, his left arm resting upon the re-
volving axle of the truck wheel. Here, in
this perilous position, driving ahead at the
rate of thirty miles per hour, the unfortu-
nate boy hung on, blinded with the sleet,
chilled To the skin. The engineer think
ing he required more than the usual time
to tallow, on account of the storm, paid no
attention to the fact of his partners alb
sence from his seat. But becoming alarm
ed, he whistled "down brakes" " and ran out
to seek the fireman. He was found nearly
frozen stiff, but had suffered no other se-
rious injury.
Year: 1871

The latest COW story is located ut Tam
worth, N. H., where a farmer has COW
which was taken lame some three years
ago in the fore leg, and upon examination
was found to have sore on the side just
under the brisket. About one year ago o
piece Of wire was discovered protruding
from the sore, and was with considerable
difficulty pulled out. .and proved to be q
common pail bail, Eve inches in length.
On the 18th instant he extracted another
piece Of wire, six inches in length, from
the same place. The last piece was bent,
and protruded in two places, and had to
be broken bcfors II could be drawn. 1t
is supposed that the COW must havs swsl-
lowed the wire at some time.
Year: 1871

A man in Covington, Ky, made a
bet the other day that he could drink
a pint and a half of Cincinnati
whisky in twelve hours. He won
the bet, says the Louisville Courier
Journal. and his widow remarked at
the funeral the next day that it was
the first money he had earned by
hard work in ten years.
Year: 1871

One of our eccentric friends down
town says that the happiest moments
of his life whore when he and lot
of other boys went away up the
brook fishing. and would return at
night bare-footed, (haying made
boats of his shoes and lost them)
wet. weary and hungry, with one
little trout on a string. He don't
appear to have a correct idea Of hap
piness. Wonder if he ever stole
away from home to 90 out and meet
the elephant coming in with the ami
nal show; or followed the band
wagon all day; or slipped into the
circus at night; or rode a stage horse
to water; or wore a little bag around
his neck with a spider in it to keep
off the whooping cough. or watched
his little sister take dose of castor
oil. or drove a nail in the mahogany
bureau. or drowned Il cat Hum
boldt Register.
Year: 1871

tFr0m the New York st. Peer-Catholic paper OF


the first clas5-Feb. 2j.l


The NEW YORK HERALD Is now putin. in the
claim that It is the leading religious paper In the
United States. We admit tue clam but let US ex-
plain the acknowledgment. There Is nothing dear
to Metnodsm which the HERALD does not dilYuse
there is nothing in hard Calvlnsm which 1t does
not widely spread; there is nohng IN Beecherism.
the new creed, which it does not loudly applaud;
there is nothing IN Universalism TO which it does
not give ample place. there Is nothing in Unitarian
ism for which It has not abundant welcome; the
Episcopaanlsm OF the city would almost dte with
out It's stout hand; Judaism Is constantly enjoying
Its numerous columns; and, at least oil late.
Plus IX., Vicar OF Christ is deyotedly per-
vading all its activity. The only religion
which the HERALD does not support is The "Aiiln-
tiles" With this filthy production OF most bestial
hearts and berouled intelligence the HERALD has
nothing whatever 10 do. WITH this explanation
riding on Its back we admit the claim Of the HERALD
to be the leading religious paper IN the United
States. But Is It safe TO be so theooglcaly versa
tleg Our Saviour had but one creed. II He had
had just one more than one He would never have
been cruciGed. Nay, with one creed more than the
one lie had He could not have redeemed. Had lie
him, but He had been an impostor. This being the
case there Is no escape from the inference that the
HERALD is carrying on It's decks over-freiyht Of
doctrines. We admit, hOwever-not In argument.
but In courtesy ana fun--thaJ If any secular news
papers pass the gates Of Heaven 1t VIII be Impossible
to keep the HERALD out.