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THE PALLADIUM,
, WEDNESDAY. DEC. 30. 1874.
$4.00PerM.
Will be charted on II Can Bills not
paiJ en the 20th ef the
tnantta.
Office llOUTB, 7 A. M. to 6 P. M.
ftnnn KAtnnlnv nvoTnnrrn fill 0 f. 1.
j o ,
Consumers can save 10 per cent by
. i A l.llr. 1W
that mentis only. ' f
CITY XEWS.
See the rates of comity taxes in
another cutatuti, in the Treasurer's
notice. j
,.. TllK heaviest rain, and more of it,
fell on Sunday' night last, 27th DecW
than wo have ever' noticed in this
neighborhood. -
Wiiitr Water and ElLhorn were
on "high!" Monday, and Jerre
Brown could not cross with the mail
for Abington and Liberty. ' '. "..
One of our best Republican, sub
scribers just paid us for three years-and-a-half
in advance Tor the old
Palladium.. , J
Hew Years Calls.
We trust none of the young gentle
men' or ladies of our little city will
make, as Doesticks quaintly sayeth,
"Dainphools" of themselves, by fol
lowing this silly custom of "New
Years calls, which is more honored
in the breach than the" observance.
If Mr. Mayhew, the proprietor of
the news, stationery and fruit ptand in
tho P. O. corner will procuroa barrel
of whisky, bore a hole in the side of
the stand, and insert a long rye straw
in the bung -hole and let the end there
of project on the outside so that Cal
vin can take a free "suck" now and
then, he will make no further com
plaints ot its being "in the way of
crowds who go there for other pur
poses." So !
SorrtifTbue That tho one who,
on Christmas dny, "smiled over at
least half a dozen dinner tables,"
has for the purpose of enabling
him to sack whisky more expedi
tiously from the bung hole of a
barrel of whisky, "ordered a double
back action gold mounted,, sickle
plated" rye straw!' Bad investment,
Cftl. , V
.... ThEIIV. la tint firm !n nni nlfir arYiA
hf.s a hatter and more accomplished
engineer at its head than the firm of
n
u, vvuaiiut s u u unci a ia uua
how to apply the key to a printer's
feelings and everlasting gratitude
turkey. Thanks are hereby tendered
for the trirJerest kind of a Christmas,
turkey. May the firm of Dougan &
Conldin" always have fat dividends,
until each partner retires from busi
ness a millionaire. "So mote it be."
. . ftky-LlgsU Entrance.
. The"b'hoys'! ot our city have dis-;
covered a new entrance to Phillips
Hall, mere successful to navigate than -"Simms's
Hole." They merely climb,
upon the top of theroof.come through
the scuttle-hole and slide down the
post into the gallery then go to the
, 1 B I ' t ' ---- j
they can sell them, pocket 'the pro
ceeds, and again navigate the "north
. west passage;'' but if they fail in find
ing customers, they present their
checks at the door, quietly enter in
thereat and witness the performance
withr8 much self-possession as though
. tb"v tttd paid tlieir money to see the
show. Fast age.
; The "Independent" calls loudly
and. lustily lor the enforcement of
the Ordinance, "regulating the
firing of piBtols," etc. in the city,
and gives one instance of danger
to life, by a ball passing through
R. C Shute's window, and censures
the authorities for not arresting
those law violatoi s; but it does not
have one word to say against the
hundreds of violations of another
ordinance selling liquor that is
j ii.. ?
grouuauy ueswoying more lives,
and sowing broadcast over our city
more immorality and vice, than the
emlosionof milionsof fir mactArH
and the firing of . hundreds of
revolvers loaded with ball cart
ridges could possibly do.
No blood "Was she'd by that
burglar, who tried the other night
to shorten Mr. Short's tolls collect
ed ' from the Boston Pike at the
first gate South from town. Short
fired his revolver, and the burglar
wasn't long in getting away
dropping ms hat about 250 yards
(be the same more or less.) from
the toll gate. We hope Short may
live long in the land to scare burg
lars with his little revolver.
Obltnary-Ollver II. Jones.
Mr. Jones was born in Virginia
and came with his father to Center
villo in 1815. He worked at brick
making, fanning, and school -teaching
seven years, during two of which he
collected State and county revenues.
From 1839 to 1844 he served as Jus
tice of the Peace and County Exam
1?r,,Ie was ,5r 8everal years Town
ship Treasurer. In 1860 he was elect
ed to the State Legislature, where he
served three sessions, and then resign
ed. In the fall of 18C3 he was elected
Lounty Commissioner, which position
he held up to a recent date. He was
connected, as cashier, with theCenter
ville Bank, and held that position at
the time of his death.
He was married in 1838 to Mary
King, with whom he had fifteen chil
dren. Eleven of these are still living.
When they hang you in Texas you
tar hanged acd eventually die.
Christmas Editorial.
Had we dined on Christmas day on
"broiled buffalo," like the "oetical
and general utility editor" of the
Daily Independent, we would have
flashed from our littlo tallow-dip one
of the most exhaustive (of course we'd
been exhausted) Readers on the day
that gave birth to the Saviour of nian-and-woman-kind,
eighteen hundred
and seventy-lour ye irs, from the 25th
day of December, (Friday list). We
are thus particular, in pointing to
that day and jotting it down, because
we know we would have did this very
identical'! it of writing, hinl we only
feasted on the soul-inspiring heaven-ward-idca-tending
"broiled buffalo!"
There must be something peculiarly
ethcrializias in this kind of meat
probably 'twas "broiled buffalo," that
Caspar ate, that caused the exclama
tion from one ot his astonished friends,
in the shapj of a query that runneth
in this wiee: ' "On what kind of meat
doth this our Caesar feast?" Echo,
coming down through the vista of
time, to our day, can surely answer:
"broiled buffalo" did the business'
To be sure it did, or else why
should that leader, headed in bold
capitals, 'CHRIS I'M AJ," evidently
WRITTEN by the "poetical and general
utility editor" of the Independent,
appear in the Daily Independent, on
the morning of December 25th (Fri
day last,) when the very same article,
with a slight change here, a little al
teration there, and a paragraph or
two left out entirely, made its appear
ance in the Cincinnati "Saturday
Night," of December 19th, 1874 just
six pays before the birth-day of Gal -lilee's
illustrious fellow citizen? That
1 TWO minds at a distance of, seventy
miles should write the same words ou
the same exalted theme, is truly as
miraculous as any event that has hap
pened sinoe the "morning stars sang
together and the sons of God shouted
for joy!" 1 We give it up the "broil
ed buffalo," surely did it!
Popnlntion of Richmond and Wayne
County. A
Prior to his death, Harry Harri
man, compiled for us, from the census
of 1870, the following statistical infor
mation, which we' intended to publish
. at the ti iiie, but mislaid it. Looking
! over our old papers for the pur
; pose of ''setting our house
, in order" for the new year, we
came across the missing paper, and
we thought that we could not do a
better thing than to close up the last
number of the "Palladium" for 1874
with the labor of our lamented de
ceased young friend:
. - To'l Nal'e For'n White Col'd
1st Ward. ...,"....1!U 115;, 152 I70S 111
2nd Want -I7W) 1"2 210 1742 IS
3rd Ward-,.,... HS1 Ko8 . 73 N7 14
41 h Ward... .S173 231 T..9 22
5th Ward 1722 lo-o 197 77
Population of Indiana
" Richmond 1870 ,
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BOARD OF TRADE.
Annnal Meeting Election of Officers
Other Important BnsineM.
The Board of Trade will hold its
annual meeting next Saturday, Jan
uary 2, 1875, at seven o'clock in the
evening, in the room of Benjamin
Strattan, Odd Fellows' building.
Officers for the ensuing year are
to be elected, the reports of the
Secretary and Treasurer will be
due, and business of an important
character must be considered and
disposed of.
Measures looking to the procur
ing and publishing of reliable eta
tistics of the city and vicinily, in
every branch of business, have re
cently beeii inaugurated, and what
further steps should be taken in
this behalf must be decided at this
annual meeting. What has been,
done must bo approved and the
" work completed, or what has been
done must be condemned, and fur
ther work abandoned.
Every business man should be
present and vote yes or no on the5
question of carrying out the new
measures. It is for the business
men to' say what shall be done. If
they sanction, the work should be
pushed to thorough completion
speedily. If they do notsaction, it
ought not, and will not, be carried
; any further.
What is proposed to be done has
been fully set forth in a circular, a
copy of which has been sent to ev
ery party doing business, whose
name appears in the last city direc
tory. If any one has been missed
or overlooked, he will be furnished
a circular by calling at the Second
National Bank, Curme, Dunn & Co.,
Hunt's grocery, corner of Main
and Ninth streets, Dougan & Conk
lin, or Ben. Uhlenbrook's.
A. F. Scott,
President Board of Trade.
Jas. F. Hibberd, Sec'ypro tem.
Friday has uniformly been es
teemed an unlucky day, and has
always been selected.for inflicting the
death penalty by hanging curlprits.
If this is so, what shall ba said of
1875's coming into existence on next
Friday ? wont it be a terrible unlucky
year, excepting for those who have
'broiled buffalo" now and then?
Why is a side-saddle like a four
quart jug? Because it holds a gall-on.
""".""r The'Aidlne -'TTTT
For Jwmary, 1875. is ' duly at hand,
and certainly entitled to the credit c f
being the very best number yet is
sued of that beautiful publication. I a
both pictures nnd literary matter,
this month, there is an infinite variety
and corresponding excellence. I'ic
torially. the,, leading attractions are
"A Daughter of Cleopatria," alter
Vernet-L3compete, by John S. Davis
an admirable work of art, find supply -ing
one of th6 highest types of the
duskier Oriental beauty; three uiag
nifioent views of -mountains of the
"Delaware Water-Gap," illustrating
that picturesque region to fine advant
age; an attractive . .full pipe, also by
Davis, "Fisherman's Luck;" "Love's
Offices," by Siegert, and 'The Ap-'
point in nt,"by Otto ErJman, two ad'
inirable companion p'cture, telling
their stories with life and vigor; a
very striking "Silver Full-moonlight,"
wierdly attractive; a fine view of thtv
new" Western Union Telegraph Build
ing," New York; and an elaborately
executed portrait of Miss Margaretta
B. Moore, tha popular elocutionist.
Such an . array of pictorial charms is
not often given in one number, even
by the Aldinc. ' t - i
The literary contents embrace the
following rare collections: An in
structive, and , enjoyable paper on .
''Christmas ;ia London'-by Henry
Morford; one of the most charmingly
mischevious- ?liort stories of tbe peri
od, by another ot the new namea
which the Aldinc is introducing to the
public evidently a Norsewonian,
Einn t SU'merne Jarlscn (we should ;
like to hear somebody pronounce that);
an excessivo amus-ing sketch of'Stu-.
dent Life Abroad," by Fenno Doug
las; a valuable peep at "The M'st'.e
toe;" continution of the popular serial
"Lost Lillian Bracy;" a most touching
story of primitive New England life,'
in "One Little Puritan," by Annette
L. Noble; a pleasant trau-lation, in
the "Birthplace of Mozart's Zaubcr-
flote,",by Miss , E. C. Gildemeister!
incisive artielos'of Literature, Mu,ie,
the Drann, etc. In anditin, there
are no less than four poems of merit;
"A New Year s Wish," by Mrs. M.
F. Butts; "Dead Days," by Mrs.
Margaret J, Preston; "Abrea- t with
the Storm," by John Vance Cheney;
and "Songs of the Mouths," by Alice
M. Guernsey, j This makes, we repeat,
an issue of equal excellence and varie
ty, rare even for the Aldinc, and evi
dences the fact that under the new
editorial man-.igement, while nothing
is lost in high artistic reputation, the
literary merit of Ihe publiration, is
to be kept quite abreast with it.
The Aldine Company has determined
to establish au Art Union, similar to
the well-known Art Union in Eng
land, and distributes its works of art,
both sculpture arid paintings,whi2hare
constantly' collecting, among its tub
seribers. Art premiums, valued at
25.000, will be distributed amongeacli
series of 5.000 subscribers. Subscrip
tion ticket?, at $6 00 each, entitle the
holder to the Aldine for a year, the
new chromo, and a ticket in the dis
tribution of art premiums. The Al
dine Company, publisher, No. 5S
Maideu Lnue, New York City.
,Jtnj-.- Court.
Eugene O'Connel and VVill'am
Englcbevt, who assaulted James Cas
sel, on Saturday last, near the Mayor's
office plead guilty one State case , for
assault and battery, and one city ease
for the same ; also to one city case of
intoxication each. O'Connel also
plead guilty to one State and one city
case for assaulting Alex. Wiggins the
same day. making a total of eight
cases in all agiinst the.;e two parties.
The fine and costs amounted to $1.43.
James Brown also appeared at said
court for assaulting Thomas Moore
head at the eolorcd festival, Christmas
night. The defe:lant was ably de
fended -by S. A. Forkner; nine wit-,
nesses were examined for State and
defense. Tbe evidence showed that
Brown had committed an assault and
battery, although not of a serious
nature. After the argument of Major
Lyle for the State and Forkner for
the defense, the Mayor assessed the
lowest line, which, with tbe costs
amounted to $18.00.
One city eawc of concealed weapons
was disposed of, and one case of fast
driving, amounting to S6.10 each.--Daily
Independent.
Death ofUerret Smith.
New York, Dec.28. Gerret Smith
died at the house of John Cochraue
in this city to-day. Mr. Smith, in
company with his wife, arrived in
town Thursday for the purpose of
spending the holidays samong his"
friendsj- He Wis ia remarkably good
health, nis cheek as ruddy, his eye a3
clear, his voice as firm, his step as
elastic as it had been for many years.
He had made arrangements to meet
Charles O'Connor Saturday. He arose
early and said to Mrs. Smith that bo;
had slept uucoinmon'y . well, stating
that he had not spent so merry a
Christmas for along time as the day
before. While dressing his utterance
became suddenly indistinct, and he
was gently borne to a bed. barely able
to say iu a faint tone, "Very weak."
He immediately became unconscious,
and thus remained till about 12.30
to-day, when he died. He seemed to
be suffering under a combined attack
of appoplexy and paralyse. "
Stout, of Indianapolis, who sued his
mother-in-law for alienating his wile's
affections from him, has set an exam
ple for all married mankind. And
the court which heard the case has
rendered itself immortal by allowing
him damages. Yet not even all this
joy comes without a cloud, for the
poor wife of Stout has gone crazy
(says report) with grief at the scandal
attendant upon having her affections
aforesaid dragged into a public tribu
nal and at so many dollars, like so
much merchandise in a market
1 m
Robert Bonner has purchased of
Richard Pennison, of Lexington, Ky.,
his famous three year old mare, Lady
Stout, paying $25,000. In the last
meeting at Lexington the mare made
the fastest time for three year olds on
record.
A young lady up-town has discarded
the use of false hair, and thrown away
herchignon,with tho remark'There's
millions in it.". Very probable.-
Wash.Chron.
m t Byerly. or the Hew rteamt
"Bulletin," Hi lleU by Kx-tioveirnar
. Warmotb. ?
New Orleans, La.. Dec. 2C In a
fight between Dau C. Byerly, manager
of the Bulletin,! and r ex Governor
Warmotb, on Canal street, Byerly
knocked Warmotb down with a stick
and jumped on him. Warmoth. draw
ing his knife, stabbed Byerly several
times in the abdoman.
Byerly died at 10:20. He was aged
48 years. He was a printer by trade,
a uative of Pennsylvania, and came to
Now Orleans in 1847. He served gal
lantly in Shields' regiment of Louisi
ana volunteers in the West during the
war, and was wounded (our times in
one of the battles around Atlanta, one
of which wounds deprived him ot the
use of his left arm by a resection of
six inches of bone, including the elbow
joint. After the war he returned to
this city and was elected Clerk ot the
Third District Court two terms. Some
months ago Byerly, in company with
others, commenced the publication of
the Bulletin.
General Sheridan has been ordered
t proceed-immediately o ?New Or
leans and tike Command, and remain
there till the arrival of Gen. Terry.
This order was made to-day, after a
meeting of the cabinet called especially
on Louisiana and Mississippi affairs.
Mr. Beeeher'n Case.
Although the readers of this paper
have had to learn the fact from other
sources, none of them are ignorant of
:he existence of an action at law
brought by Mr. Theodore Tilton
against the editor of this joaruiL, We
have refrained from all mention of the
subject for obvious reasons; and in
now giving a Incf account f the
course of the affair in the past, and
of the intentions cf the defendant in
that suit for the future, we shall ab
stain, as far as possible, from saying
anything which might influence the
current of judicial proceed:Dgs in the
ease. - 4?
That the defendant, so long as it
scemod practicable to keep tro n the
public the names of those pure and
honorable women wh'jse reputations
were threatened by false and wicked
slanders, made every effort to do so
willingly putting his own name in
peril, if thus they might be spared
ne neither denies nor regrets. If the
developmenis of the last year have not
justified the motive?, as fully as they
have proved the uselcssness, of those
efforts, then we are unable to offer any
argument which will reach the uncon
vinced. We are not of tha miui ol
those who profess that they main
tained silence because the welfare of
the community, the piace of (auulies,
and he ' interest of the Christian
church demanded it, but felt bound to
sacrifice all those interests tha ma
ment that their own reputation, was
attacked. Oa the contrary, we feci it
t.i be the duty and the privilege of a
Christian man to bear a thousand at
tacks upon his own reputation in si
lence, rather than to suffer one inno
cent woman to be vilified for his sake
before the world.
We arc not alone in such opinion?,
or in the course which we have adopt
ed under such yiews. Eminent and
honored men in every walk of life,
and notablv so amontr the clerav. have
! pursued the same policy in numerous
instances, some of which are recorded
in history at intervals for hundreds of
years past, and others are known to
us to-diy. But those which aro
known are not a tithe of ihose which
are generally unknown. For iu tbe
vast m'jority of cases the policy of si
lence is completely successful, and is
i the tx?st vindluation f tho- inn-ooen.-
The innocent man vindicates himself
by his life, and if tho innocent woman
can at any eacrificc be kept from be-
coming the subject of publi s comment
the triumph of truth is (o complete
i that the lie is utterly forgotten.
I It w;!? ODly in June last that it be
, came necessary to chango the policy
f I. -H 1.- V T
previously aunerea 10. vn iunc so,
the letter of Mr. Tilton to Di. B on
was published. On the uext day Mr.
Beecher resolved to- call for an invea-
fixation. ! He was at first disposed to
t place the matter in charge of gentle-
' men outside of his congregation, but
' was advised that such a proceeding,
besides being inconsistent with
Scriptural injunction and Congrega
tional usage, would not be within the
protection which the law accords to
the disclosures of witnesses as privi
leged communications' (and so not
libelous), if made in an investigation
' conducted by the religious society of
which the parties brought in question
are members. He therefore invited
six members of bis church and con
gregation to take charge of the case,
and left it absolutely in their hands
Their names were suggested to him
by members of the regular Examining
Committee, -and they were heartily
approved by the full committee when
it assembled.
This special committee went about
its work with a determination to be
thorough, and was therefore neces
sarily deliberate in its movements,
which were regulated entirely by its
own members, without any attempt at
idvicc or guidance on the part of the
pastor of the church. Its conclusions
were the result of its own independent
judgment, and in some minor respects
did not accord with his.
Before the committee had finished
its investigations, Mr. Tilton,, who
h id at first willingly appeared before
it, and testified to the honor and in
tegrity of its members, withdrew from
its presence, and brought the suit af
law which is now pending. The com
plaintwas served August 21, during
the defendant's absence in the White
Mountains. The arswer was drawn
the next day; but, owing to the dis-
. tance, and a succession of difficulties
in procuring correct official certifi
cates (without which the defendant's
oath to the answer- would have been
a nullity) it was not served until Sep
tember 7. which was. however, still
some days in advance of the time re
quired by law.
Much has been said about delay in
this suit. It might suffice to say that
no case of similar importance and
complexity was ever brought to trial
before a civil court in this part of the
State in so short a time as this will be
But, furthermore, it has been eouee
ded by counsel on both sides, in the
presence of the Court, that there were
not jurors enough to try the cause in
Novembers nor time enough in De
cember. The defendant personally
urged his counsel to arrange for an
early trial, but he has left the case in
their hands, and is satisfied that they
have done that which was wisest and
best. .
The application for a statement of
particulars has not met with the favor
of certain newspapers; . but having
been fuHy sustained by the highest
court of the State, and indorsed by
the best legal authorities on the bench
and at the bar. outside of Brooklyn,
we venture to believe that it will stand
the test of time.
Already one result of this motion
! has been to clear up much of the mys
tery with which it was somht tn snr-
round this case, and to present, in a
more definite f orm, the questions in
volved. . ' ,
. Our friends need have no apprehen
sion that the statement of particulars,
if made, will be used by the defendant
for any other purpose than the pre
vention of surprise or fraud. He de
sires and intends, God williug, to
meet the whole case against him tt
once, and dispose of it forever; but
to do this he must have, and means
to have, fair warning of what he is to
meet.
The object of the bill of particulars
is not to preveut the plaintiff from!
introducing any evidence which he
may have. He will be at liberty to
specify all the t imes and places as to
which he proposes to ofler evidence
upon the trial. If he is limited to
one or more it will be because he is
not willing to say that he expects to
be able to give evidence of any other
time and place. The object sought is
simply to prevent him from naming a
particular time end place-in li s com
plaint, and then surprising the defend
ant ou the trial by introducing evi
dence pointing to another and differ
ent time and place.
And this leads us to say that uo
acquittal is asked, or will be accepted,
in this case, upon any narrow, or
technical, or apologetic ground. No
matter what false construction may
have been put upon his language, the
dclendaut never has sought, aud nev
er will seek, to excuse himself -by
throwing blame upou others for any
fault that i belonged even in part to
him. If it were true that he had com
mitted the crime charged against
him, it would be hus crime, for which
he alone should answer No one
shall in his behalf palliate the offense
charged. - or, ple.td that allovvar.ee
should be . mjidc for. temptation or
woakness. No ona dhnll speak of it
as less than an atrocious crime, made
tenfold worse, if the defendant were
roally guilty, by h:a subsequent con
duct in adding oath upou oath to his
denials.
Aeiincr win tne aeiense be sus
tained by casting anyignominv upca
Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton. That this lady
hus in her utihappy past been influ
enced, by a Jjpower which she eoukl
not resist, into nuking statements
which were ent irely untrue, no one as
serts more strenuously than she her
self. But this iSj unfortunately, no
uncommon event in the lives of pure
and good womeu who are bound by
ties of mingled affect.on and lea- to
men of eupirior force and despotic
nature. 1 he defense of this suit will
never proceed upon any theory which
does not recognize the honor of Eliza
beth Tilton as at least equally worthy
of protection with the name of Ilen-.y
Ward Beecher.
Finally, there will be no comproui-;
ise. No suggestion of the kind, has,
been accepted since' tho commence
ment of the suit, a:id none will. be ac-.'
cepted to its end. Many well-meant
(and some ill-meant) propositions up
on this subject have. been made to the
defense; and occasional inquiries arise
concerning it. Let it suffice, once for
all, that there never has beeu, end
never will be sny disposition on the
part of the defense to settle, or harm
onize, or compromise, cn any bisis
except the unequivocal retraction of
tbe false charge which constitutes the
foundation of the suit It is well
known that the defendant has been
no party, directly or indirectly, to any
arrangements made in other cases;
and it any rumor of compromise iu
t he principal case Is ever started, the
public may safely iicpate its origin to
an eueuiy.
Meantime, the editor of this journal
proposes to continue his accustomed
work. He will write for its readers
Jnsva they are" nterested ' in his
contribution and preach as long as
God spares his health, and his people
desire to hear him. He knows his
own innocence cf the charges made
against him, God knows it, and as
!o men's knowledge, that shall be as
God pleases. (Ch.uiisn Union. . . :
St cretary Brstowhas gone home tj
Kentucky to spend the holidays.
New suits growing out of the Tam
many frauds have been commenced in
New York.
Additional survivors of the steam
ship Japan disaster have arrived at
Hong Kong on board the American
wir vessels. "
The burning of Keyser's Stove
Works in New- York, resulted in a
loss of 100,000. A fire in Erie, Pa.,
also consumed three hotels and a
number of other buildings.
The Civil Service Board ,will prob
ably hold no more meetings. It is
likely that the old custom of making
appointments will be revived, and the
attempt to reform the system aban
doned. ... . . . - i k '. '
Love without money is something
like patent leather boots without
soles.
In some parts of the country, when
a woman begins to get red at the roots
of her hair, it is regarded as a storin
signal. .....
'Senator Sherman's new finance bill
passed the Senate on the 22d by a
vote of thirty -two to f ourteen.
v Half the discomfort of Hie is the rt
isult of getting tired of ourselves.
List of Letter
Remaining in the Postoffice Kt Richmond
Indiana, December 29, 1874.
Biebl TUad Hunt BP
H.inholttTuewCliarleyJollihan John
titvrnesJT Jones Horace G
Bruer Jacob John D W
Bock.hulte A Jones F.rt S
Iiernd Peter Jones Maggie
Ho-.vcn Lizzie Klans John V
I!oyd AW Ke.iruey Maggie
liutler Indiana ' KnoppThosK
Bennett B Kcct Ch
Carlisle Libba Lamb Thnrsa 2
Carter Emma " Lammert Mecits
CroekerEC l-ippsCath
Cully Homer Mercer J E
Paggett Thos McKcb, Weakly A Co
Eg(.meyer John M MnltonJohn
Ellis Rebecca Neville Amos A
Ebbie James Nay N F
Fisher W J : Prus Fred
Fisher Mart SittlowJohnF
FousGeoE HhoolM Jacob 2
Fenner Phebe A Hebroy Jerre
Floi r D II Warner J
Oallyan James . Wayne J Lfe Son "
Grilling, Lake 4 Co Waver Daniel
Gillispie E1w ' Wheeler Aim Ira
Gorrell Alice Winsor Peter
Gulliver Aaron Williamson Lytlia E
Hamilton J K Williams Addie B
HodKinElvaS Williams Marian
HocRett Joseph Winkley Wm
Hurrid Mrs Jennie
Persons calling for these letters will please
say "advertised," and srlve the date ot Utf s
list. B. W. DAVIS. P. M v
Klebnaond Jfarfcets.
f Corrected -weekly by If. W. Brlggs and
Jhos. Nestor. The former gives ns the prices
of grain, and the latter the prices of other
produce aud groceries.
. Spying. Selling.
Wheat per bushel $ l c0 ,,. ,
Corn per bushel.-. ..... 55
l nts per bushel ,..
Hay per ton. ;
Butter perpoundL. ...
Eggs per dojye
Potatoes per shei
Flour per 100 pv-nnds
Mains, sugar cui-ed.
Shoulders per pound
Hides per pound...
I.ard per pound
Suaar, crushed ,
St
la on
25 J)
25 30
75 1 00
2HI 2 85
16 ;s
8 10
10 12
15 IS
li
uotree sugars, white, yellow and
brown io to 15
New Orleans Molasses per gallon. 1 00
SorghumMolasses per gallon 75
Syrups per gallon .. ...T5 to f 1 10
DIED,
On Wednesday, December 24d, in this city.
George Banks, aged about 91 yean.
LocaliN"oticej?:
BntClita!!t '
All sorts of fine Holiday pres
ent s at Bostick & Co.'s Book Store,
28G Main street Fine Toilet Cas
es, Card Cases, Guld Pens, Faint
ings, Chroiuos, and the most beau
tiful Books in the market
Malaga Grapes,
At Charley Price's. --a
Toy Beadateada " . ,
At tho Fifty Cent Store some
thing nice for children. .,
Sweet
Oranges at Charley Price's.- s .
Santa t lau 1 T ; Z ' "
' Go to the Book Storo oppcaite
tho Huntington House, fjr fine
Holiday Books of all kinds.1: "Ec
sure to call and see the best deck
orated Store in the city 2S6 Main
street.
For the Best 'onfeetlonarles
For the Holidays, go to Charley
Price's. ;
Santa Clans !! t
Santa Claus is cornmixR. The
finest goods in his line aro found at
Bostick & Co-'s. Go aoo their
store decked in New England Ever
greeus
Get the Best
Soft Coal Burners, at Potts
Stove Store, Main street, No 280.
Fine Assortment
Of Jeweliy just receiving, aoo a
fine display of Silver nntL Plated
ware at No. 303 Haia street.
A Fnil AKSortmeat -
Of Sheet Music.
1 ' " C. A.' DiCffsxsox. ".
Pianos and Ort'nns . . .
At 30 per cent lower than anj
othsr hou30 in Richmond. ;
C. A. Dickenson1,
Opposite O Id Fellows Hall.
Great Sale J . '
Of cheap Good?, at J. Forenek s.
Yont'aztOot"
.Fitted with Overcoats, Dress
ccats, Pants and Vests, at J: S
Starr & Son's, No. 241 Main street
cheap for cash. --v
That will defy "Baggage Swash
ers," of all sizes, at Jas. S., Starr &
Sen's, at his old stand oa Main
street. Go to No. 241 ml select a
tasty and saltstantial article.
Finest an1 BpkI - ' , s
Assortment of B";ots and Shoes,
in the city, at Estell Bros. No. 181
Main street. Give them a call.
For Soft Coal Burners,
Go to Potts' Stove Store, No.
280 Main etrect. . '-
Fresh Faintly Oroecriett
At John Peterson's Grocery
St ire, opposite Richmond National
Baik, at the old Strattan Corner.
Friit and Vegetables always tD be
had there. .
All the Best
Prints at 8J cents. BeBt ever
oflered in Richmond for 7 cents. "
-- . - -J. J. FonKNEB.
Beady Made
Clothing, alwavs at. J. S. Starr &
Sone's, No. 241 Main street : ,
A Very Handsom Line
- Of Cassimeres, cheap, at George
H. Knollen berg's.
A Complete . .
"Revolution' Stove, a very supe
rior article, at Potts' Stove Store,
Main street, No. 280. . : .
A Man in Bains.
One ol tho saddest spectacles in
the world is a human being shat
tered and broken down by the use
of ardent spirits. But the damage
may be repaired, the mia restored
to perfect soundness, by a course
of that most powerful of all invig
orauls. Dr. Walkei's Vinegar Bit
ters. Bswarq of those "tonics" of
which rum is an element. They
aggravate disease and promote
decay. 40-4w.
The Plaee to Buy
A new hat is at John Suffrins
the Hatter at his old stand on
Main street
A Fnll Line or Carpel,
Of the finest texture and most
beautiful patterns, at the store o!
James Forkner, Main street No.
270.
Orders
Left at Richey Bros, drug store,
corner of Main and Pearl, for coal
and wood, will receive prompt at
teution. G. W. Simmons.
Dress Goods,
The largest and best supply in
the city, at James Forkner's, No.
270 Main street
Lamps at Nye's
Lamp Trimmings at Nye's.
Non iitploFive Lamps at Nye's.
Metal Lamps at Nye's.
Lamp Shades at Nye's.
Non-Explosive Glass Lamps at
Nye's." .
Chimneys, all kinds, at Nyo's.
Lanterns at Nye's!
Nye's at 277 Main street.
Smoking Setts .-.
At the Fifty Cent Store, for $1.
Iloml my. T
Parties having corn which they
wish made up into hominy will do
well to call at the Richmond Pearl
Hominy Mills, on North Washing
ion street, this city.
Blankets, at Wiggins & Co.'s.
Lap Robes, at Wiggins & Co.'s.
Cora Flour!
Equal to Buckwheat nd costs
less than half as much. Try it.
For sale by J. R. Kenworthy, W.
L. Farquhar & Son, Brown & Mor
ris. A Good Nnpply
Of pre paid Envelops and Postal
Cards now at the Postoffice.
Fall and Winter rash ions.
In the Millinery line, for Hats,
Bonnets, eta, cheap for cash, at
No. 19 North Franklin street
S. A. Tuff Davis.
Dr. J. Walker's California
Vinegar Hitters are a purely Veg
etable preparation, made chiefly from
the native herbs found on the lower
ranges of the Sierra Nevada moua
;taius of California, ,tlie medicinal
properties of ; which aro extracted
tbercfrau without the use of Alcohol.
Tbe question is almost daily asked,
i' What "is the cause of "the 'unpar
alleled success of'VrxEGAit Brr
ters V -Oaf -answer is, that they
remove tho cause of disease, and"
tbe patient recovers liis health. They
are the great blood purifier and a
lifo-givmg r principle, a perfect tteuo
vator and Inviprorator of the system.
Never before in tho history of the world
has a medicine been compounded pos
sessing tho remarkable qualities or Vik
kgar Bitters in healing the sick of
every disease man is heir to. They are
a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of Dr. Walk
er's vixkuar Bittkrs are Aperient, Dia
phoretic, Carminative, Nutritions, Laxa
tive, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irritant,
Sudorific. Alterative, aud Anti-Bilious.
Grateful Thousands proclaim
Vinegar Bitters the most wonder
ful Invigorant that ever sustained
the sinking system.
No Person can take these Bit
ters according to directions, and re
main long unwell, provided their
bones are not destroyed by mineral
poison or other means, and vital or
gans wasted beyond repair.
Kilions, Remittent, and In
termittent Fevers, which are so
prevalent iu the valleys of our great
rivers throughout the United States,
especially those of the Mississippi,
Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee,
Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colo
rado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl,
Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro
anoke, James, . and many others,
with their vast tributaries, through
out our entire country during the
Summer and Autumn, aud remarka
bly so during seasons of unusual
heat and dryness, are invariably ac
companied by extensive derange
ments of the stomach and liver, and
other abdominal viscera. In their
treatment, a purgative, exerting a
powerful inuuencfyipon these vari
ous organs, is eaSJStially necessary. .
There is no cathartic for the purpose
equal to Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar
Bitters, as they will speedily remove
the dark-colored viscid matter with which
tho bowels are loaded, at tbe same tinio
stimulating the secretions of the liver,
and generally restoring the healthy func
tions of the digestive organs.
Fortify the body against dis
ease by purifying all its fluids with
Vikkgar Bitters. No epidemic can
take hold of a system thus i'ore-armed.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, iiead-
ache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs,
Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour
Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita
tion of the Heart, Inflammation ;f the
Lungs, Pain in the region of the Kidneys,
nnd a hundred other painful symptoms,
are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. One bot
tle will prove a better guarantee of its
merits than a lengthy advertisement.
Scrofula, or King's Eril, White
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled
Hock, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations,
Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial affec
tions, Old Sores, Eruptions of tho Skin,
Sore Eyes, etc. In these, as iu all (rtor
constitutional Diseases, Walker's Tih
EgarBitters have shown their great cur
ative powers in the most obstinate and
intractable cases.
For Inflammatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit
tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases
of tho Blood, Liver, Kidneys aud Bladder,
these Bitters have no equal. Such Dis
eases are caused by Vitiated Blood.
Mechanical Diseases. Persons
engaged in Paints and Miuerals, such as
Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters aud
Miners, as they advance in life, aro sub
ject to paralysis of tho Bowels To guard
against this, take a dose of Walker's
Vinegar Bitters occasionally.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions,
Tetter, Salt-Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pim
ples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring
worms, Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipe
las, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the
Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin of
whatever name or nature, are literally
dug np and carried out of the system in a
short time by the nse of these Bitters.
Fin, Tape, and other Worms,
lurking in the system of so many thou
sands, are effectually destroyed and re
moved. No system of medicine, no ver
mifuges, no anthelmintics will free the
srstera from worms like these Bitters.
For Female Complaints, in young
or old, married or single, at the dawn of
womanhood, orthe turn of life, these Ton
ic Bitters display so decided an influence
that improvement is soon perceptible.
Cleanse the Vitiated Blood
whenever you find its impurities bursting
through the skin m Pimples, Eruptions,
or Sores; cleanse it when you find it ob
structed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse
it when it is foul ; your feelings will tell
you when. Keep the blood pure, and the
health of the system will follow,
it. ii. Mcdonald to.,
Druggist & Gen. Apts., San Francisco. Califor
nia, 6c cor, of Wanhinfrton nnd Charlton Stg-.N.Y
Sold oy all Druggist and Dealers.
jTALI. ASD WINTER, 1874.
J. ZEYEN & BRO.,
akd
Gent's Furiiishersi
-
No. 233 Mitin Street.
RICHMOND, INDIANA.
A Full Line of Woolens
Just Received.
Please examine stock, or send for sam
ples. We are fully prepared to make Oar
inents at short notice, In the latest style, an
at reasonable rates. 2 tf
To Tnvfintir? "all persons
71 -veillrOrS. desiring toseenre
Patents, should address PECK & CO8oll.
ltorsand Counselors in Patent Cases, Day
ton, Ohio. Pamphlet, with all information,
sent free. 31-3m
TTriTSTJ RAUPta I- 1 i .
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Vm v ""ynnefl. rrticuliir and Val
... . - n 1 1 II a 1,11
it, : : "vnuery racictge out. Ham
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Tl 4 ' """"-way, few York
WtflBr IX i , 1 . . : I
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f."- --1..!" wecK, day or fvi-n ...
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- 1". DD I' A HONM, Ilrbtburg. Va.
JUatXBEBA.
Aim voir
Wen It, Xrrvouft, or Debilitated?
Am l'r.n m T"..i i . 1.1 1 1 A 1 !..t -.i....
miirvflt mtra ,f n,i rim,. At ........
T!iai. .... ilTnTin,", . . .
, Tnii atrfl Inviaorato", ti mc'i omw leii
vior ro nil Uie vllul roivsf
1 It iA lUi tL.llirilk rillditi'iP cHimh
, . ....... ..j .... i, (a uiu J., 1 1 LU 1111 IIHF
l IiUw for a wort tliii-,n'y i l l tlieKurterei
I t'nihitritl.i . .. . r n .. .. ..i . . . . . .
If rf'-.iUttf. t?i; Birr. nclcts tiif nprv
aiil .i .. I. ,..1 - .. .. . ..... ,. . ,
system l. k.-;! ii-. tue Invalid ft'el
ItNii..i'Ll'i 1c lint vl,il..i t fmi
"Fol.l Uielr Icr.ts, lUre the .Kjroh,
'"u Hiii-iiiij hi away."
T"1. i .. I . .... ... , ... . . .
un i- ii, lit. w iu u llllir l(I OIKCOVCrt, um
i t.. . . '
me u,-1. mil nni:t:-s, ii:r,.iort powerful
lonjr anu aiierative Known."
As!- your Jr.-u:irlst for it. i"or .ale by
WM. K. Kl DDK-It &
51-Jw 'sw Vrk.
COCCI'S, COLDS,
lfMimrnru,nriIst:i Tbi-oat DIsritNPH
; WELLS' CARBOLIC TABLETS.
' Vut ttx onlj- In Clue Ev.kes.
t r r r f n 1 1 wt .
Sold by D,u!jists.
41-4
300 Piano3 and Organs
K.-w r.p.'I Sscrnd-Uaiiil, of Kirct C.tvs Mak
ers, wri:i be sold t Lowr Pricji, for f:isli,or
on iiir;iri)l-iit-, ,r -fr reist, hi Citv t.r
CMOtry, Umiiuj :!,?' Trrd 't i'n-s, and tho
Holidays, by 1IOHACK WATERS a .SO.N,
;81 Bronaway, lliiin ever b.-foio oflered in
1 " c v io.-k Ak nt.T wncUd to Fell Waters'
Kbx 8eal lM.-.na.j, and Concerto Organs.
Iiiurtrnttrt t'atalo;uc Mailed. lrent in-
i -menu to tiic 'i'radv. A larpe diseount
to Teaoliera, Miniaten, Obmhes, fk-bools,
I etc., etc. 41-4
SHORT POSTPONEMENT-DAY
FIXED FULL DISTRI
BUTION. FiaSTCniSD CIFT CONCERT
JUCNTrEIjIBIW.
FfBils Haaast kM
AT.VLESArBaiA,V.l
March 29, 1875.
List or cm.
1 Grand Ca..h (ii
1 tlrand (Mali (i(t
I tiran.l Cuah Gift .
10 Cc ill Oif Is, J10,H0O f aeli
' 15 Vswh Otfts, each
. 50.'x
. 2-V'(HJ
. Tr.KH
1 .'Jil ea-h. fxl.oi d
100 CivAi UU;
1kV) CU Gifl,
1)00 OftcliGifk.,
20,'.I00 Cash Gifts,
.Kieaeli... &i,0(
10C eiMh ......... liMiNki
3d each.....,..... SO.OeO
2 1 each iw,mt
22478 Cash GifU, r.iuountius tor.$l,0(Xt,fX)0
51MBEH OF TICKETS, 10O,O00.
PRICE OF TICKETS'.
Whole Tlek;ir!...,. .........F20 00
Halves .... .... 10 Oil
Qunrturj . 5
Eiehts or eacli IJoupon .. 2 5(
hK Ti.rUcts for ...... 100 00
The Moiitpol.ei l'omiile Humane Associ
ation, cli.'Viifrtd by tho Legislature of Vir
ginia and the (."rcr.lt Clourt of Oiunge Co.,
pr)poies by a tiriiivl (ilft Conceit to estab
lish and endow a "Home for tlje Old, In
firm, and IVit!te.l Iiadies of Virginia," at
MontpelUr, tbe former residence of Pres
ident Jaaies M.uiisoii.
OnvHRxoR's Office,
Uicbmoxi), July 8, 1871. J
It afTorcis me pleasure to sav that I im
i well vcquulnK.i villi a lr.3 majority of
I U ....': I. I : ' .. T. ,
iiii.uiiii-cii,',i no i-Ai,ui.jeijtri runiHie liu
miuie AsvK:intion, who reside In the vicin
ity nt :ny lomo, and 1 attc3t their intlli
pence, and theii worth and high reputation
as genllemcu, as well as the public confi
dence, in'luence aud iibslnntinl menus lib
erally represented nmonc tlicm.
JAMi;m L. KliMPlCK.Oov. Virginia.
Alexanihua, V.., July 8. 1874.
I commend them as gentlemen of honor
nnd liitesnty, and folly entitled to the con
fidence oi the public. .
R.W. HUGHES,
TJ. B. Judge Eastern District of Va.
Further referenCR by permission: liis
Excellency tiiibeitC. Walker, Ex-Jovernor
ol Va.; Hou. Kobt. E. Withers, Lieut. Gov.
of Va. and IT. S. Senator elect; Senators and
Memtiein of Conirress from Va.
ltetnlttauccs for tickets may be made bv
express prepaid, post-olflee money-order oil
Washington, I. or by registered letter.
For full particulars, testimonials, etc,
send for CMrculsr. Addretw,
HOX. JAMES BARBOUR,
Pres't M. F. H. A., Alexandria Va.
Reliable agenta vanted everywhere.
3o-4w
QEWTACK IjIXIMEHT.
Tliere is no pain which the Centaur Llnl
ment will not relieve, no swelling it will
cot subdue, aud no lameness which it will
not cure. This Is strong language, but it is
true. Where the parts are not gone, its ef
fects are marvelous. It has produced more
ctues of rheumatism, neuralgia, lock Jaw,
palsy, sprains, swellings, cake-breasts,
scalds, burns, snlt rheum, ear ache, etc., up
on the human frame, and of strains, spavin
galls, etc., upon animals in one year than
have all other pretended remedies since the
world began. It is a counter irritant, an
all-healing pain-reliever. Cripples throw
away their crutches, tbe lame walk, poison
ous bites are rendered harmless, and the
wounded are healed without a scar. It is
no humbug. The recipe Is published around
each bottle. It is selling as no article ever
before sold, and it sells Docanse it does just
what it pretends to do. Those who now suf
fer from rheumatlKm, pain or swelling de
serve to suffer if they will not nse Centaur
Liniment. More than 1,000 certificates of
remarkable cures, inclnding frozen limbs,
chronic rheumatism, gout, running tumors,
etc., have been received. We will send a
circular containing certificates, the recipe,
etc., gratis to any one requesting it One
bottle of the yellow wrapper Centaur Lin
iment is worth one hundred dollars for spav
ined or sweenled horses and mules, or for
screw-worm in sheep. Stock owners, this
liniment is worth your attention. No fam
ily should be without Centaur Liniment.
J .RO CO- New York.
Caustwrts, Is more than a substitute for
Castor Oil. It is tbe only safe article in ex
istence which is certain to assimilate the
food, regulate tbe bowels, care wind-colic
and produce natural sleep. It contains
neither minerals, morphine or alcohol, and
U pleasant to take. Children need not ery
and mothers msy rent. 3