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Year: 1876

The following amendment to the
Postal law went into effect on July 10.
By it the postage on all printed matter
of the third class, except unsealed cir
culars, is reduced from one cent per
ounce to one cent for every two ounces: ::


Sec. 10. That transient newspapers and
magazines, regular publications designed
for advertising purposes or for free clrcula-
ton at nominal rates, and all printed mat
ter of the third class, except unsealed cir
cularS, shall he admitted to and be trans-
mitted in the mails at the rate Of one cent
for every two ounces or fractional part
thereof, and one cent for each two addi-
tiOnal ounces or fractional part thereof, and
the sender OF any article Of the third class
Of mail matter may write his or her name
or address therein or on the outside
thereof, with the word 90 From - above
or preceding the same, or may write
briefly or print on any package the number
and names Of the articles enclosed. Pub
fishers Of newspapers and periodicals may
print on the wrappers OF newspapers or
magazines sent from the office Of publication
to regular subscribers the time to which sub
scriptiOn therefor has been paid, and adj
dresses upon postal cards and unsealed cir
culars may be either written, printed or
affixed thereto at the option of the sender.


Sec. l6. On unsealed circulars and all
mailable matter Of the third class other than
that designated in the foregoing section,
postage will be charged as heretOfOre--One
cent for each ounce or fraction thereof.
Year: 1876

The st. Paul Pioneer Press and TTt6-
u,ze relates that the IRdians of that city
have some mode of communication as
difficult of explanation as the grape vine
telegraph by which the negroes OF the
South heard the news in advance OF ey-
cry body else. On Wednesday, at md
night, we had the first news OF Custer 5
defeat, but we are informed on the best
authority that during that day several
Indians, loafng about for stores In this
city, made anxious inquiries if such
news had been received, and voluntari-
ly stated the substance Of what came
fifteen hours later by telegraph. Soon
after the Indians made themselves
scarce, fearing that excited public SEN
timent would make of them an expiatoTy
sacrifice for the Custer disaster.
Year: 1876

If we had house with a bedroom on
the first floor, we would at once abolish
the use of that room as a sleeping apart
ment, because we are satisfied that it is
wrong custom, it being much healthier
to sleep upstairs. Many family OF
which the members were suffering and
weak in general, have been restored to
vigorous and healthy condition by fol-
lowing our advice, which was to remove
their bedrooms up stairs, to have their
beds, summer and winter, exposed the
whole day to the fresh air from open
windows Except of course when there
is rain or mist, and also to have during
the whole night one window partially
open, even in winter, so as always to in
hale the fresh, cool air from the out
side, but using at the same time the
precaution to have sufficient bed cover
ING to secure warmth.-Prof. Var1der
WeyIe.
Year: 1876

canal bank with her baby, when anoth-
er went up to her, and after some pre-
liminary ''words" took the baby from
her, and flung it down. Then she seiz-
ed the mother by the hair, at which she
tore like a tigress, and having thrown
her on the ground kicked her in the
most merciless fashion about the head,
face, and breast with her iron-mOunted
clogs. At length some men interfered,
otherwise the infuriated creature might
have kicked her victim to death. The
assailant was yesterday taken before
the magistrates, when to her fellow
boatwomen she appeared in heroic light,
some of them saying the fight was q
perfectly fair and challenged one, which
should have taken place in a field, as
there were bets on the result. The
magistrates did not view the matter so
pleasantly, and sent the victor to Jail
for a month with hard labor.
Year: 1876

THAT was an impressive scene when
the original manuscript of the immor-
tai Declaration was exhibited to the
crowd in independence Square. Souls
not bigger than a peanut must have felt
something expanding within them that
was as different from a buniOn or a boil
as the swell of a grand anthem is diff
ferent from the drOpsy.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON July "a, 1876
THE NAVAL INvEsTIoATIoN-THE MAJORITY AND


MINORITY REPORTS.


The report OF the majority of the Committee on
Naval Affairs concerning alleged abuses In the navy
&C. is signed by all the democratic members of tho
committee and by Mr. Burcigh, n republican, the lat
ter saving In noto that he signed the report read
believing to be IN accordance with the evidence taken
aud substantially just but that he has no sympathy
with so much of the report Ia OF partisan character
The minority, Messrs Harris. Hayes and DAN
ford are now preparing their views the subject
Owing TO the failure the par: OF Mr.. Whitthornc,
the chairman OF the committee, to have the report
made the special order for Friday next, two-thirds
vote being necessary for the purpose, that gentleman
did not think would be proper to furnish at present
copy Of the report for the o. tho press The sub
stantive and material points of II. however, werc
generally published week ago.


THE aoBEsoN IMPEACHMENr-RRPoRr OF THE


REAL ESTATE POOL COMMITTEE.


The Real Estate Pool Committee havo been in session
most Of tho day struggling the adoption Of the
DOR, in the case Of Secretary Robeson with strong
probability in favor of Its adoption. II is understood
that the report will not contain resolution OF i'm
peach ment but while strongly condemn'ng the Sccrc
tsry will ask that the testimony be turned to tho
Judiciary Committee asa be considered in conjunction
with that taken by tne Committee on Naval Affairs.
The committee adjourned at quarter past three p.
~ without being able to reach q conclusion on the
adoption OF the report.


THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPRopRIATIoSs-
ACTION ON THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND
THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE DEFICIENCY


Tho House Committee on Appropriations held n
meeting to-day and took up the bill for the completion
OF the Washington monument which passed the Senate
on Saturday The Senate bill provides for the abolition
of the present Monument Society Tho House commit
zoe have agreed TO amendment 10 retain the prcsc
society advisory board instead OF abolisbne IT.
The committee will hold another meeting tomorrow,
at which time they will take up the dcnoiency Of
1927 900 for the furnishing of the New York Post Office
building, with strong probability that tho amount
will be allowed.


THR LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL
DILL--AN EARLY AGREEMENT ANTICIPATED.
The Committee OF Conference on tho legislative
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill have had
meeting since Friday last They still awaiting tho
regard to the classification OF clerks, &c, upon which
TO prepare the details Of compromise report In ac-
corance with the principles adopted at the last
ing as basis for agreement Members OF the CON-
mttse express themselves entirely confident that
all the pcnarng differences will be reconc,lcd In the
course OF few days.


BILLS SIGNED BIZ THE PRESIDENT.


Tho President has signed the joint resolution for
she issue Of silver coin; also the act 70 continue The
Year: 1876

THE SENATE OPPOSED TO THE MUNICIPAL BILL.


VERSAILLES Jul. %, 1870
Many Of the Senators belonging to the party OF The
Right seem disposed to push the campaign against the
Chamber Of Deputies large party in the Senate ap
pear inclined to reject the municipal bill.
Year: 1876

A drive through your quiet village con- vinces the traveller that Salisbury has not quite become fossilized like some of the towns of New England. On the contrary we were agreeably surprised 10 observe the amount of improvement that is going on in your village and at Lakeville. The setting out of so many elm trees along the high way must add much to that already attract i've neighborhood... Tbis~our centennial year seems one full of promise to the farm CTS, and of such presume your subscribers are largely composed and it has occurred to me that there is one particular in which most of your farmers are remiss in studying their own interests, and that is in the mat ter of sowing plaster, Take season like the present, for instance. We have abuud- ant rain through the spring; grass and grain get an excellent start, and during the last of May and through June we are sub ject to drought. Crops receive check, and as consequence the tiler of the soil does not reap full harvest If liberal coat of plaster was applied at this season very wonderful results would follow, par ticularly in the case of oats and clover.

 Will some of your readers try the expert ment and report in THE NEws......Our bridge enterprise still occupies the attention of our active men, and we are in hopes by

 July 4th to report 1t among the certainties of the future K. X. X.

 Poughkeepsie. May 1876.
Year: 1876

tT The sea serpent has been seen again, this time in tropical seas, and his appear ance was noted by the passengers and crew of Peninsular and Oriental steamer be- tween Bombay and Alden. According 10 an account by passenger, this oceanic visitor has grown familiar and sportive since last heard from. He came alongside the vessel on this occasion and seemed dis posed to come on board, but finally con- tented himself with raising his head some thirty or forty feet out of the water and wiping his nose on the topmast, which made the vessel sway as if a water-spout had struck it. The eyes of the monster were distant apart at least three feet, and the cyeballs which scintilated constantly, were four or five inches in diameter. When he lifted his head up to the height before mentioned, only his neck appeared, so it was supposed that he had number of square rods of body still under the water. This king of the water snakes must be splendid navigator and rapid traveller. He has undoubtedly been wintering like sensible serpent in the warm waters of the Indian oceen, and may be looked for at Newport and other fashionable watering places very soon.
Year: 1876

For once at least we have something new to boast of. The genuine potato bug has made its appearance fer the first time, and they bld fair 10 increase faster than they can be destroyed. Occasionally in years past, kind of bug would be found on the potatoes, but did not stay long or do much damage, but none of them were any thing like those now here, which are quite large and striped. Dr. Train, MI. Miller and others are trying to kill them as fast as they come, and if they succeed in getting rid of them it will encourage others to per

 severe. One of our most active citizens had the misfortune to lose his gate, which disappeared 8 few nights since, and he has been searching for it without success, re- port says. If THE NEWS hears of any stray gate wandering around, it would do well to advertise it......The village district school, under Miss Manvil, numbers about seventy scholars, and it has been found necessary to hire an assistant who takes about twenty of the smaller ones......Mr. Germond, the Methodist minister, is occupying the new parsonage, although he cannot get com

 pletely settled until NJ. J. Smith, our cham

 pion painter and paper hanger, can be kep

 in town long enough to paper two rooms
Year: 1876

HE MUsT HAVE CoMPAN1oN.-'Didy you steal that dog ? said his Honor to William Siner, pointing at ferocious bull dog tied to one of the legs of his desk.

 Not intentionally

 Well what did you steal him for then P

 'Now see here,' sad Siner, must unfold the sacred secrecy of my domestic privacy. Must lay open the hoarded concealments of my private life /? Must bare my breast before the world simply 60 satiate the mor- bid desire of curiosity which these few men have? Oh justice! justice! where"-

 William Siner, did you steal that bull dog ? interrupted his Honor.

 No sree, didn't steal that bull do g, returned William, with emphasis; but my wife died last week, and I missed her SC much that had to get another companion. So I've just been boarding him that is all And his Honor cut the string and toG the janitor to kick the dog out to freedom William was sympathized with and dis charged .-NationGl Republican.
Year: 1876

IRISH BULIs.-Under the influences of the tender passions the Irish will say some startling things. The restraints of reason and common sense are powerless to check the wild flights and daring metaphors which love suggests. The swain that assured his mistress that he could not sleep of nights for dreaming of her must be very 'spoony;' and not less so was he who, when informed by his betrothed of the kindness shown her by her intended mother-ln-law, exclaimed |: Well wait till we're married and see if 1 don't beat may naother.' It was in gush of we'll meaning hospitality that Sir Rich ard Steele-to whose account so many bulls are set down-exclaimed in rather an equivocal manner: If you come within d mile of my house sir, hope you'll stop Mere.' It was not love we suspect which prompted the fair young daughter of Erin, after request for money made in letter to her sister, to add as P. S.: I was so much ashamed of what have written that sent after the messenger, but he could not be overtaken.' Akin to this is the Irish gentleman's postscript: If this letter mis- carries, write aud let me know
Year: 1876

subscription Accountable date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the sub- scriPtiOn is paid; thus. R. B. Smith 5Jul77, indicates that Mr. Smith has paid for his paper to see to it that their account, as indicated by the date on their papers, is always correct, and when they pay for a renewal of their subscription, will observe whether their date is changed to indicate the proper credit and in the event of an error to inform us for correction at once. No claims for errors in these accounts will hereafter be conRid- cred, unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made, as the regular receipt of tho paper with the date to which the subscription is paid plainly printed thereon is prima facie evidence of it's ac- ceptance as correct. J. L. PEAsE.
Year: 1876

Bitter tears of regret fall as we attempt | to write of death of our friend Henry l Burtcb, who passed from earth on the l morning of the 24th inst. He was i'll but | sixteen days, and his decease was very un- expected to every one. The fever having left, his physicians pronounced hlm conva- lescent, and all expected his rapid recovery. But the grim monster came in Q moment when we thought him far off, and snatched him from us SO quickly that he knew not the sting of death. He has gone from us, but he has entered into life, and why should we call him dead To die is but to pass away to be free from deaths domin- ion evermore to pass 10 rest and peace be- yond the grave, where true life is just be gun. Yet we mourn that we shall see his happy face no more on earth, nor hear his words of sympathy and cheer. Seldom. if ever, has the death of one man caused more sincere grief than is felt at the present time. The funeral services were attended at his late residence on Friday afternoon of last week, and the procession which passed from there to the village cemetery was the largest ever witnessed here. His life needs no encomums of mine he was known and respected by everybody. A man of strict integrity, he had long held offices of trust in his native town. As the orphans coun selloT and the widows friend, his sympa- thies were always open. Generous almost to fault, he was ever ready to help the needy and suffering and many were the benevolent acts of his where the right hand knows not what the left hand doeth' From childhoods early days we have known him well, and no blemish ever stained hls fair name which is never spoken except ID praise. A faithful son, loving husband, and a precious friend he has been, end what can express more? Many times have we held conversations with him upon relig lous subjects, and heard him express his faith, and we believe he was Christian of the purest type, though he had nevcr united with a church. He felt saving faith ir his Saviour and an unwavering trust in the Providence Who had ordered all his ways

 He lived as in the sight of God, trying to do right and trust in His promises for tho

 future. Of such Christians we may say

 By their fruits shall Ye know them.' Dur

 ing his sickness he remarked one day to hil

 beloved wife, that he might not live, bu

 said if it was the will of God to take hin from her, she must remember that he fel it to be all right and was resigned and will ing to go. Let us then weep not for him for he has entered the golden gates wher, sorrow and care cannot be known, and W,

 shall see him again, but

 'We weep for those round whom the fight i

 thronging,

 Who still must buckle heavy armor on,

 Who dare not pray for rest, though sore thei 5 longing,

 , Till all the weary working days be done." , "And pray for them, that they, though sad an r lonely.

 May still with patience bear the cross He sends

 And learn that tears, and wounds and losses 3 Only make Peace the sweeter when the warfar ends." l..
Year: 1876

Kent

 MR EDIToR.-The much persecuted Fl : der it seems is doomed to have no rest, as a mutual friend has now appeared backing Sol's statement in true Moultonian style. Whether the friendship is of the same one sided sort deponent saith not. Supposing, for variety. a ray of truth be let in upon this interesting subject, the facts in the case being simply this: : that on the event full night when the long man was stated to have been riding with fair damsel, he ac- tually went as he says, on foot and alone, to church. So far so good for the Elder i; but said gentleman forgot to mention that in returning from divine worship he es- corted home two of Eves daughters. It must be rather hard on the Elder to stand as target for so many assailants, and herein offer him my sympathy, provided he can determine who is WHICH.
Year: 1876

EJ What is editorial courtesy ? asks Southern paper. Why, it is when South ern editor Is caught stealing chickens at midnight and his brother editors kindly al Jude to the matter as strange freak of somnambulist'
Year: 1876

Dean Swift has found an imitator. An advocate of Colmar has left one hundred thousand francs to the local madhouse. I got this money says the candid lawyer in hls will. out of those who pass their lives ln litigation in bequeathlng it for the use of lunatics only make restitution
Year: 1876

Mrs. A. T. Stewart will build church at Garden City in memory of her husband. The body of the late A. T. Stewart will be taken from it's present tomb and buried in the new church as soon as it is completed.
Year: 1876

PIPER, THE MURDERER Piper, who was hanged last Friday for the murder of the little girl Mabel Young, made final state

 ment before his death, showing conclusiyes, lY that his confession of the different mur- ders-s of Mabel Young, and the domestic Bridget Landregan, and the assault on Mary TYner was altogether true. He says he committed the assault on the TYner girl with plumbers hammer, which he had got from the Warren Avenue church, of which he was sexton, and that after the deed he washed it and scraped the blood spots with penknife, and that he buried it in the cellar of the church. He made diagram of the place where he buried it, and officers went to the spot and found the hammer with blood spots on it and the marks of the penknife. He says that he had spent the night with the girl, and to get back the money he had paid her, he beat her with the hammer as she was sleep ing, stole the money, and jumped out of the window. Mabel Young, he says, he enticed into the belfry tower for foul purpose, and the child struggling and cry

 ing out. he struck her on the head with the bat and left her as he previously described in his confession. The woman Landregan he murdered that she might not tell on him. Piper didn't make confession of additional crimes on the night before his execution to his spiritual adviser, as had been rumored. He, however, had long conference with his friend, Rev. Dr. Eddy, and in this de- chred that he had told the whole truth. His remains were buried privately from his parents residence, in Mt. Hope cemetery.
Year: 1876

Three or four Detroit girls were the
other day discussing the character and
standing of & certain young man, and an
old lady was close listener. One Of the
girls finally remarked: Well, guess
he's rich, for l saw him coming cut OF
bank the other day." And | guess he
drives street car" put in the old lady,
g for l saw him jump off car one day
last week. .n-DetroN Free Press.
Year: 1876

AS Count Andrassy had advised the
Emperor Francis Joseph to take no part
with Russia in military intervention
without the approval of the other pow
els, Russia will be obliged to withdraw
from her advanced position or her love
of peace will be overcome by popular
enthusiasm.


A Paris correspondent says everyone
is now convinced that the peace of Eur
ope can only be maintained by con-
ference. The only question is shall the
conference be preceded by military oc-
cupation or shall that follow. The
Porte will probably accede to tie wish
of the powers when he sees that the
latter means to impose an armistice by
military.
Year: 1876

Especial 20 the Evening Dispatch


RosEBURG, Oct. 1.-THE following
extra is issued by the Douglass M,de-
pendent: 1.-The Leeds, a vessel we'll
known on this coast, is now over ten
days due at Gardiner. Mr.. J. Ken
nedy, just from that place, says the
vessel was reported when first due
off the Umpqua bar, and two days
after she attempted to sail in and
was capsized by sqall which struck
her just as she was crossing the bar
and keeled over. This is reported
by the master of the tug at the
mouth of the river. She was not
seen after the accident occurred, nor
was any one picked up from the
shore. This leads to the belief that
the vessel either filled by water run
ming into her hold, or she drifted
upon the rocks, which caused her to
sink or dash to pieces. At last ac-
counts nothing had been picked up
from the wreck, and this satisfies
many that the vessel sank in deep
water with her officers and crew, all
of whom persisted. 1t is not known
whether there were any passengers
on board or not, and nothing will
be learned in this regard until news
is received from the port whence
she cleared"
Year: 1876

You all know the Frauenthal Brothers,
Who sell cheaper than all Others
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats and Shoes
And many other things to choose.
The best of Goods that can be bought
Has just been from Frisco brought;
Not alone for show, but to sell


So low that some don't like it well.
How much we l,se none need to care
As long you get them on the square
The loss, if any, 1t is our own;
Nor shall we meet you with a frown.
A Stock OF such large proportion
Here, must put you in the notion
To buy whatever is required,
If upright dealing ia admired.
ONE PRICE to all. let it be known,
And no partially shown;


The terms are plain if you call
On the Brothers Frauenthal. j.
Year: 1876

In addition to our large. new and varied Stock
OF STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, we
have justreceived and are now Offering for sale.
an extensive stock of CARPETS, MATTISGS
AND OIL CLOTHS. We invite every one in
want of u CARPET to call and see our stock
before making purchase. Respectfully,


mch2l-tt ROYIE n NEW