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THE BATESVILLE GUARD,
A nil ^CRATIC JOURNAL,.
: ■
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, BY
FRANK D. DENTON.
TERMS:
One copy, oae year, in advance $2 00
One copy, six month* •• 100
Clubßitbs—Five copies, $0 00. Ten copies
and one extra to getter up of dub, $lB 00.
Court Directory.
-rtURD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Wm. Byms, Jud^e, Batesville, Ark.
J. Ta Abbreethy, Prosecuting-Attorney
EvaiHngßNade, Arii
Jackson* first Monday in March and Sept.
Lawrence, fourth Monday in March and
September.
Sharp, third Monday after the fourth Mon
day in March and September.
? Fulton, lit h Monday after the fourth Mon
day in Mai&i and September.
IMMMMBventh Monday after the fourth
Monday InAf arch and September.
Izard, eignth Monday after the fourth Mon
day in March and September
Stoperpttßth Monday after tile fourth Man
day iaMarch and September.
Independence, second Monday in January
and July.
COUNTY COURT
of independence County, meets first Mondays
in January* April, July and October.
PROBATE COURT
Os Independence County,meets first Mondays
in eebruury, May, August, and November. .
WM. E. WOODRUFF, JR.,
G-eneral Agent,
LITTIE MOCK, ARKANSAS.
Commission and storage. CoUeottons made.
Advertisements and subscriptions solicited
for leading paper*.
Manufacturers* Agency for Printing, Writ
ing and Wrappbig Papers, Agricultural and
other Machinery. Also, Agency for field [and
garden seeds, blooded sheep and cattle.
n0521y
H. F. ARCHER,
Notary rxxt>llo,
BATESVILLE, ARK.
March 15, 1877. 10
JAMES W. BUTLER. ROBERT NEILL,
BUTLER & NEILL,
lawyers,
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Will practice in the counties of Independ
ence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp, Fulton,
Izard and Stone; and also in the Supreme and
Federal Courts at Little Kock. Juue 1 ly
JOHN J. BARNWELL,
Attorney at Law,
SULPHUR KOCK, ARK.
Will do a general collecting business
throughout North Arkansas. Will practice
in the Courts of the Third Judicial District.
22
KLISHA BAXTER. ED. W. THOMPSON.
BAXTER & THOMPSON,
Attorneys at Law,
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Will practice in the Courts of the Third Ju
dicial District, and give special attention to
matters in bankruptcy. No 3 ly
W. R. COODY. SAM’L PEETE. J. W. PRFLTJPS,
COODY, PEETE ft PHILLIPS;
Attorneys at Law,
BaAsVILLE AKO JACKSONPORT,
No 2 ly’ ARKANSAS.
•D. C. EWING, M. D. W. B. LAWRENCE, M. D.
EWING 4 LAWRENCE,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Noll ly
J. B. CRANE, M. D. J. W. CASE, M. D.
CRANE & CASE,
PHYSICIANS,
Surgeons and Accoucheur*,
BATESVILLE, - - ARKANSAS.
Office in the Case Block, Main Street.
JOSEPH VAGNER,
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER,
OPPOSITE COURT-lIOCSE.
Shavißg, Hair-eattlng, Bjelng and
BMampooulug,
Executed in the highest style of the art.
Ladies w’aited on at their residence. Satis
faction guaranteed. GivemencnH. 5V ly
T. B. PADGETT,
General Collection, Tai-Payinj
AND
Lind Agency for N. E. Arkansas.
Office in Court-house, first room on left
hand side.
BATESVILLE, - - ARKANSAS.
W. G. ROSEBROUGH,
DENTAL SURGEON,
Batesville, Arkansas.
All work in my line guaranteed.
Country produce taken in payment at cash
prices.
My price*for firstnelaae work are an follows:
Full set on ruliber IWM-e»• ••
Full upper aet.*,... 20.00
Gold filling* U*. ..from 51A0 to 2.50
Tin and composition fillings “ 1.00 to 200
Office In Case Block, Main Street.
ROBT. d. BATES. W. E. HOLMES.
BOB'S 'SALOON!
Tine White, Wines aii Clean.
FRESH LAGER BEER, ALE AND CIDER
ALWAYS ON HAND.
SovLtlrex-rL Hotel,
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS.
A fine Billiard, Pool and Jenny Lind Table
in the house. The traveling public will find
this a pleasant resort.
ROBERT C. BATES & CO.
Batesville Guard.
VOL. 11.
MCGEHEE, SNOWDEN & VIOLETT,
Cotton Factors
AND
Commission Merchants,
NEW ORLEANS, LA. .
lUpnwenttl by T. G. POWELL. 48 6m
D. E. WHITE,
BATESVILLE, - - ARKANSAS.
AGENT FOR
THE LONE STAR WA6BN,
The BEST WAGON over * n this market,
which I oner at 4. $ J
575.00!
Spring Seat and Brake all complete. 51 ts
DOWJV
With High Prices!
CHICAGO SCALE CO.,
68 and 70 West Monroe Street, Chicago, 111.,
Have reduced the prices of all kind* of ,
SCALES!
4-Ton Hay, Stock or Cotton Scales, SCO. ।
Former price, $l6O.
All other size* at a great reduction. Every
scale FULLT WAHKAXTKI>. All orders prompt- <
ly tilled. OiiTtllhrs, Pfice List and Testimo- |
nials sent on application. .28 ly
BUY the CHEAPEST and BEST.
SOUTHERN HOTTL,
I
Batesville, Arkansas. ’
i
MRS. L D. HARDT, Proprietress.
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This Hotel is now open to the public, with :
the assurance that every effort will be made
to give satisfaction to all who may patronize
the house. i ]
The tables will be supplied with the
best the market affords.
Stephen’s mail line of stages arrive ami dt
part daily for the railroad.
By careful attention to the wants of my
gueslt, I hope to Dierit a share of the public
patronage.
MRS. L. D. HARDY.
Feb. 27th, ’77 ly
F. J. KLEIN, NBWTON M. ALEXANDER,
of Augusta.
F. J KLEIN & CO.,
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS
AND DRAt.ERH IN
Watche*. Jewelry,
Clock*. Notions
King'N Spectacle*, Toy, Et ~ ;
Batesville, Arkansas.
.4)1 work left at their store, or sent by mail,
boat or express, will be promptly attended (
to at reasonable prices. All work guaran 1
teed-
Remember the new Jewelry Store, opposite
the Court-house. 37 |
$25 e SSO PER DAT
CAM ACTUALLY BE MADE WITH THE
wXWellAuger
i^Klin
K^DnJ
WE MEAN IT I
And are prepared to demonstrate the taut.
OUB AUGKk* n re operated entirely by
HORBM POWER, mhl will bore at the rate
of 20 FEET FEB SOUR. They bore
Oom ( ■ '
JTOenWWDUBETIIB,
And ABY DETXHRK^UIBBP. They WIB
All bled. «r Barth, MK Bead
LlMF.Onr, Blinmleoea
Ceal, Ulate a*4 MawlaM.
And we MAKBt^^lJNof WILLS in
GOOD ACTIVE AQEXTB Wanted in
every State and Coanty in the United States.
Send foe onr Illustrated Catalogue, terms,
prices, Ac., proving our advsruseinsnta
loMfidt. Address
UTmOSWOLAOQaCO.
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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF INDEPENDENCE COUNTY AND NORTH ARKANSAS.
BATESVILLE, INDEPENDENCE CO., ARKANSAS, JANUARY 31, 1878.
NEWS SUMMARY.
CONGBKBSIONAL.
In the Senate, on the 17th,after the morn
ing business had been disposed of, Senator
McDonald submitted resolutions of respect
to the memory of the late Senator Morton,
and made suitable remarks upon the life
and character of the deceased. Other Sen
ators also pronounced eulogies, and as a fur
ther mark of respect for deceased the
Senate adjourned In the House, af
ter the introduction of a number of bills of
no special importance, the bill heretofore re
ported by Mr. Frye, to make all persons
charged with crimes and offeuues competent
witnesses in the United state* CouHs, wae
taken up and passed. Mr. Banning reported
a bill directing the Secretary of War to prarto
the officers who engaged in the war with Mex
ico the three months’ extra pay already pro
vided for by act of Congress. Passed. Fn
Committee of the Whole, the financial ques
tion was uwther discussed by Mr. Blair of '
New Hampshire.
In the Senate, on the lltb, a number of ।
petitions remonstrating against the Bland •
Silver bill y^ere presented by Senator Conk- i
ling. At t&a expiration of the morning hour ।
tiie SenatcLXcsumed consideration of unfin
ished busffibss, being the resolution of Sena
tor MattheOi declaring the right of the Gov
ernment to pay interest and principal of >
bonds in silver, and Senators Merrimon and
Maxey spoke in favor thereof. A mvssagM* 1
was received and read from the President ,
enclosings report from the Attorney-General 1
in answer to the resolution of Senator Chas- ’
fee, calling upon the President to inform j
the Senate what legal impediments. If any, 1
exist, which prevent him from vx< outing
1 the laws in accordance with the oblign 1
tions accepted and the agreements
made by the Union Pacific Kail- 1
road Company and its branches with the 1
United States. Theopinionof the Attorney ।
General is that nothing can be done until
questions now before the courts are judicial- 1
ly decided.... In the House, the Election
Committee reported lu favor of Wigginton,
Democrat, from the Fonrth California Dis
trict. A minority report in favor of Pacheco, <
Republican, was presented by Mr. 1
HtaKVtir* Mr. Freeman presented the re
niMfMrance of the Union League, of Phlla ?
delphia, against the payment of United 1
Statesfbonds in other than gold coin. The
principal part of the session was devoted to
the delivery of eulogies upon the late Senator 1
Morton.
Jp the Senate, op the 21st, Senator Beek j
stflAnitted a concurrent resolution declaring
that it is unnecessary and inexpedient to im
pose the taxes, at this time, asked for by the
Secretary of the Treasury to provide $37,000,-
000 for a sinking fund, ami directing the ’
Secretary- not to purchase any more '
bonds for liquidation of the public debt 1
until directed to do so by Congress. Laid *
over for the present and ordered that it be
printed. At the expiratipn of the morning
hour, the Senate amniMl consfdurutiOD of J
the reaolutfon of Mhhfor Matthi'ws.dvrbiring 1
the right of the Government to pay the bonds ,
in silver, and Senators Jones <4 Florida anil
Cockrell spoke in favor thereof. Among tlw 1
new bills introduced were the following by
Senator Cameron—Authorizing the coinage < if
a standard silver dollar, and providing that 1
gold and silver jointly, an«l not otherwise,
steal! be a legal tender; by Senator Eustis—
To authorize the establishment of a mail 1
steamship service between the United Mate* ।
and the Empire ol Braaii, by Hr. i’liimb—
To provide for the improvement of the
Osage River in Missouri and Kansas I
In tlie House, a large* nuinber of ncu bills
wen? introduced ami referred, among them
one by Gen. Banks—To extend the commerce
of the United States with Mexico, ami to pro
vide for the completion of the bout hern Pa
cific Kailroad. The* joint roaolutioa of tba
Missouri legislature for the irmoval of the
National Capital was reported back adverse
ly. A motion to suspend the rules and puss
the bill making customs duties payable in
greenbacks after January, 1879, was det(*atcd
—■ls4 to 96—not the necessary two-thirds.
In the Senate, on the 22d, a number es
bills were introduced and referred. The
Vice -President laid before the Senate a com
munication from the Secretory of War in re
gard to reimbursing the State of Texas for
expenses incurred b> said sKatr in rcpidling
invasions b> Indian-and Mexicans. Referred.
At the expiration of the morning hour the
statue of Governor William King, contribut
led by Maine to the National .-tatuary, wa
, accepted, and Senators Hamlin and
Blaine made addresses. Some remark
of the latter in regard to former dittiucma - .
between Maine and Massachusetts, were con '
: sidered offensive by senator Daui-s, who
replied to the .Maim** Senator with <*onsid<*r I
. able asp«*rity. The discussion which ensued
- was quite acrimonious, and a number <>!
I sharp, persobnl thrusts wen* made on each
side In th<* House, Mr. Ewing, from I
the Committee on Banking ami Cur
| rency, reported a resolution instructing
' that committee to ascertain the amount ot I
I gobi and silver coin am! bullion owned by the ■
United States, the amount of bonds which ha- ■
' been sold by the Secretary of the Treasury |
f<»r coin, and the amount of gold amlwilverl
coin, bank notes and legal tenders held by j
1 banking institution-, ami such other facts as
w ill tend to inform the House u hen and bj |
: w hat method it will In* practicable and con’ 1
! sistrnt with the public welfare to resume i
' specie payments. Adopted.
j In the Senate, on the 23d, after the intro
; duction of a number of bills, petitions, etc.,
■ consideration was resumed of the resolution
! of Senator Matthews to pay the interest and
■ principal of the bonds in silver, and Senator
Cockrell continued his remarks tn favor of
| the resolution. Mr. Kamhdph spoke against
j the resolution and in favor of gold a» the
I single standard of value. Mr. Matthews
’ gave notice that he would endeavor to get
! a vote on his resolution on the coining bri
day. Senator Blaine introdm»‘d a bill v»
J coin silver dollars of as many grains as the
1 Director of the Mint shall from time to time
I prescribe, to be a legal tender, in common
with gold coin, up to and hmludipK $6; and for
all sums exceeding $5 the debtor snail have a
right to tender and the creditor to demand
one-half of the amount in gold and one-half
in silver coin. < ordered printed and tn lie on
the table for the preseut. .4.. .The House con
sidered the S|eanil»OHt bill at M»me length,
after which the Speaker presented the reso
lution adopted by the senate in honor of the
late Senator Bogy. Kulogfes were pro
nounced by Messrs. Cole, Hatcher. Waddell,
Phillips, Knott, Sparks (of iHinofs), Throck
morton, Clarke (of Missouri), Ellis, Rea ami
Crittenden; after which, resohittone were
adopted and the House adjourned.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The funeral of the late King Victor Eman
uel took place at Home on the 17tb. The
funeral cortege, composed principally of
military, was an hour and a half in passing.
In the official portion of the procession were
Ute Crown Prifice of Germany, with repre
sentatives of Austria, Portugal and Baden,
who walked alireait. The service* were
held in the Pantheon, which was splendidly
decorated. The ^cclesfhsflcal service was
confined to a single absolution and benedict
tion, pronounced by Mons. Gori, arch-priest
of the Chapter of the Church.
Gen. John S. Williams has been elected
United States Senator from Kentucky after
a long-contested struggle.
John R. Flippen, the Citizen’s candidate,
been Elected Mayor of Memphis.
■ James B. Groeme will be the iiewllniteck
States Senator from Maryland.
Congress has passed a joint resolution
thanking Henry M. Stanley,!he Africanism
plorer, “for solving the most important
geographical problem of the age.”
The President has nominated John C.
Carpenter Collector of Internal Revenur,
Kansas; George Baldey, Receiver of Public
Moneys, Nets Orleans; Henry M. Walters,
Receiver of Public Motleys, Independence,
Kansas.
The members of the Louisiana Returning
Board were on the 18th arraigned in the
Superior Criminal Court on indictments
charging forgery and altering the returns of
Vernon Parish. The members of the Board
pleaded not guilty and were admitted to
bail on the old bonds. The day of trial is
not fixed.
A monster mass meeting of the friends of
Silver remonetization is called for the 30th
Inst, at the New York Cooper Institute. It
is expected that Senators Voorhees, of Indi
ana, and Jones, of Nevada, will be among
the speakers.
Stanley was tendered a banquet in Paris
on the night of the 19th, by the Geographi
cal Society, on which occasion he was fairly
overwhelmed with honors in the shape of
decorations, gold medals, resolutions, etc.
James Gordon Bennett was one of the
guests.
The Silver and anti-Resumption members
of the House of Representatives, without
distinction of party, held a conference on
the evening of the 21st. Judge Buckner, of
Missouri, presided, and Mr. Phillips, of
Kansas, acted as Secretary. Two commit
tees of seven members each were
appointed—one to attend to all matters
pertaining to and in advancement of the
passage of the measures indicated, to be
designated as the Executive Committee, and
the other to attend to the collection of mon
ey, circulation of documents, etc., to be
styled the Finance Committee. The princi
pal speakers of the evening were Mr. Ewing,
of Ohio, and Gen. Butler, of Massachusetts.
The meeting is said to have been entirely
harmonious.
Correspondence has taken place between
Representative Glover, Chairman of Com- 1
mittee on Expenditures in the Treasury De- 1
partment, and President Hayes, touching
the proposed investigation of alleged abuses
in said Department. The President assures
Mr. Glover that he shall be glad to co-oper
ate heartily with the committee in the pro
posed investigation, and assurance is given
to all subordinate officers that the fact of
their testifying before the committee shall |
not be used to their prejudice.
A solemn requiem mass for the late King
Victor Emanuel wssctlebrated in the church 1
of St. Aloysius, Washington, on the 22d. The '
President and Cabinet, :uid other represent
atives of our own and foreign Governments J
were present. '
Senator Allison, of lowa, lias been re- '
elected.
It is said that a canvass of the House and '
Senate show| that tho Eastern and Western ’
Democrats, as well as many of the Republi
cans, are unitedly in favor of the Beck and 1
Buckner proposition to suspend for live :
years the operation of an act requiring the
payment or purchase annually of one per
cent, of the debt of the. United States.
The President has nominated Benj. F.
iMxoto, of California, to be United States
Consul nt Lyons, and Stillwell H. Russell as
Lifted States Marshal for the Western Dis
trict of Toxa*.
Waldron, nominated by the President at
the instance of Postmaster-General Key, for
Marshal of West Tennessee, was reject rd by
the Senate on an unfavorable report from
the Judiciary Committee. The reasons as
signed relate ehiefly to hfs persona! charac
ter.
The lower house of the Mississippi Legis
ture has by a unanimous vote passed a reso- '
lution instructing their Senators and Rcpre
tonlMlveN in Congrats to vote in favor of
remonetizing silver.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
The Danville Bank of Danville, 111., sus
pended on the 17th. Condition not made
public, but reported as bad.
The Government has commenced a suit
against the bondsmen of John McArthur,
latv Postmaster of Chicago, to recover the
sum of ^100,900, charged as being deficient
In his accounts. A portion of this money
was lost by th< failure of the bank in which
it was deposited, and no inconsiderable sum
1 was lost by McArthur in private business
1 «p<Miilations.
! The banking-house of J. M. Patterson A
i Co., at Sterling, 111., temporarily suspended
on the 17th. The assets are claimed to be
largely in excess of the liabilities.
The operation of ail offers of pecuniar)'
| reward hitherto made for the detection and
' punishment of persons employed in illicit
| distillation of spirits is suspended, so far as
j regards the States of North Carolina, South
I < arolina, Georgia, Alabama*, Mississippi, |
। Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Ken- I
tucky. Other and more effective methods
! for the suppression of illicit distillation in i
these localities, the Commissioner sajs, are
now being put in operation.
The Buchanan Bank of St. Joseph, Mo.,
has dosed Its doors on account of a tempora
ry embarrassment, os is claimed. Il is be
-1 lieved that all depositors will be paid in full.
Page A Sprague, wholesale dealers in
glass, paints and oils, Chicago, have sus
l>en(led, with liabilities largely in excess of
assets.
The business men of Kansas City hate be
gun the formation of a joint stock company,
with a c apital of .$39,000, for the purpose* of
putting a barge line on the Missouri River
between Kansas City and St. Louis.
The Post-office Department rules that a
periodical addressed to a regular subscriber,
who has changed his post-office address, can
not be forwarded to him without the pre
payment of one cent for every two ounces.
The Southern I’acirie Railroad authorities
announce that they will complete their road
to Maricopa Wells, Arizona, the present
season.
Jadob and J. Albert Huntsinger, the
swindling bankers of Pottsville, Pa., have
bean sentenced to two years each of solitary
; rofitinemtnt at hard labor in the Berks
County Jail, and to pay the prosecutor of
the suit $24,000, of which sum he had been
defrauded by them, together with .costs of
^teotecullon. The prisoners are father and
son, the former over 70 and the latter about
1 35 years of age.
The journeymen tailors of Chicago struck
for higher wages on the,2lst.
*There have been a number of disastrous
failures among the hide and leather im
porter* and dealers in Philadelphia.
In pursuance of a resolution adopted by
the St. Paul River Improvement Conven
tion,a memorial has been prepared and pre
' seated to Congreaa, asking for the ueces^ucy
legialattoff and appropriations for the per
manefat improvement of the*dharfnel of the
Mississippi River from St. Paul to New Or
-1 lean*. The amountaiikedXpr in a single ap
propriation is $2,900,900, and it is estimated
that $7,000,000 in all will be required to per
manenUy complete the work.
, CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
5 Two negroes, accused of being accessory
। to the murder of Jacob ^hootnyin, Were
( taken #rom the officers By*a gang of masked
men, near the line between Fayette and Jes-
’ samlne counties, Ky., on the night of the
J 10th, and hanged by the roadside. The same
» mob then went to the cabin of a negro named
! Tom Turner and shot him In the presence
I of his wife. A Sheriff’s posse went in pur
► suit of the murderers.
1 A strong party of illicit distillers, known
as “ moonshiners,” Recently repulsed a Gov
t eminent force of 30 men in Wayne County,
1 Ky., seriously wounding an officer, killing a
L horse, and running the posse out of sight.
• They are very strongly organized, and an
s nounce their purpose to resist arrest.
The real name of the New York murderer
and silicide is Jacques, not Johnson. He
was an Englishman, and from 1868 to 1873
kept a hotel near the corner of Lake and
Madison Streets, Chicago. In the latter year
he sold his hotel, and eloped with Mrs. Sur
nam, the woman he murdered. He left a
wife and nine children; Mrs. Surnam has
a husband and four children. Since that
time both had been going very fast on the
down grade, until at last they reached the
bottom.
Four lads, named Washington Russell,
Spencer Mitchell, Walter Goodall and Jesse
Ingham, went over a dam in a skiff, near
Huntington, West Va., on the 17th, and all
were drowned.
Col. Lew. Meade, a prominent citizen of
North Alabama, living 16 miles east of
Huntsville, was shot and killed, on the night ;
of the Htlt, by a man supposed to be one of
his tenants with whom he had trouble, and '
whose arrest he had caused.
Three children were drowned by breaking
through the ice nt Diiron’S Mills, near Ports- ।
mouth, <>., on the 18th. They were Sallie,
aged 11, and Johnnie, aged 8, children of 1
George Dixon, and Mollie, aged 11, daughter
of George V. Dixon.
Mr. John Snow, a respectable citizen of '
Allen County, Ky., was murdered in his 1
bed on the night of the 14th. An ax was the
instrument of assassination, and his head
and neck were literally chopped in pieces.
His wife is under arrest, charged with the
horrible crime.
Cleopatra’s needle arrived at Gravesend,
England, on the 2tst.
Capt. A. K. Long, Commissary of Subsis
tence at Washington, committed suicide on
the 22d. Long was Pardon Clerk at the
White House under President Johnson, and
assigned to duty with Mr. Johnson when
the latter was Military Governor of Tennes
see. He married a daughterof Hon. Henry
D. Foster, ex-Representative from Pcnnsyl- '
vauia. The cause of the suicide is not '
stated.
A steam saw-mill near Piketon, 0., blew
up on the 22d, killing Lewis Brushart and '
S. Adams, and wounding several others.
MISCELLAN EOtTS
The British Parliament met on the 17th. ’
The Queen’s speech is principally deroted
to the war and the efforts now being made 1
to loriumate it. Hitherto, she says, neither । 1
of the belligerents has infringed the eondi- 1
tions on which England’s neutrality is I
founded, and she believes that both are desi
rous to respect ’l^m as far as lie in their
power. Should hostilities continue, how
ever, she can not conceal it from herself that
some unexpected occurrence may render it I
incumbent upon her to adopt measures of i
precaution, and she trusts to the liberality
of Parliament to supply the means to make
adequatepreparation for such an emergency, (
A Deadwood dispatch of the trtth says that '
the mining town of Lead City, three miles
from Deadwood, was taken possession of by
a mob of roughs from outside camps, who
ousted the regularly constituted authorities
and ware running things to suit their own
sweet wills.
New- has been received of an Indian raid 1
into Mason County, Texas. Two men wyre
killed and a large number of horses and cat
tle were driven off. I nited States troops
and rangers were in pursuit.
The House Committee ou Indian Affairs,
hive agreed to report and recommend the
passage of the bill introduced by Mr. Seales,
providing for the transfer of the Indian
Hun an to the War Department.
The Chinese have taken the city of Kash
gar, and the whole province is now under ’
their control.
A London dispatch of the 23d says; Staf
ford Northcote was to-day waited upon by
a delegation of the Conservative members of
Parliament, and during the conversation
which followed regarding the Eastern ques
tion, the Chancellor said the Government
intended to protect both Csmatantinople and
Gallipolis, and, unless things chaugad, the
Government might m-k a money vote Thurs
day. The British fleet has been ordered
from Malo Bay to Beslka Bay.
The marriage of King Alfonso to his cous
in, the Princess Mercedes, third daughter
of the Duke de MontpenUer, was celebrated
| at the Atocha Church, in Madrid, on the |
23d, with great splendor. After the eereino
nine the King and Queen were escorted to the i
Royal Palace by a grand cortege, while bells
were rung and salvos of artillery pealed
forth in honor of the event. The whole city
presented a very gay and animated appear
ance. The Pope, who is the King’s godfa
ther, sent by the Apostolic Delegate a wed- i
ding-ring blessed by his Holiness and a i
rose of diamonds tor Hie Queen. The
Duke de Moutpeusier gave his daughter 25,-
000,000 francs, in addition to a great quanti
ty of diamonds and a wonderfully rich
trousseau. The King’s presents to his bride
were also marvels of richness and beauty.
At night the city was splendidly Illuminated.
Thousands of foreignersand visitors from
the provinces came to Madrid to witness the
festivities, which were announced to last
flvh days, and consist of illuminations,races,
bull-fights, fireworks, special theatrical per
formances and other features. A six weeks’
season of Italian opera Wag also inaugu
rated.
Sitting-Bull Is reported to be at French
man’s Creek with over one thousand lodges,
including the escaped Nez Perccs and the
refugees from the agencies. These last
number 800 w arriors, and Sitting-Bull’s own
camp 2,800, all well armed. The principal
hostile chiefs w;ith him are Black Moon,
Four Horos, Long Dog and RetLßear. ' Two
companies of United States liUautry have
been sent to Fort Peck to hold it. Indians
from Sitting-Bull’s camp have been seen
Within 10 miles of Fort Peck, and an attack
upon both that and Keogh is among the pos
sibilities. Gen. Miles has only 500 men.
WAR NEWS.
It was reported on the 17tl> that Suleiman
Pasha bad boeu engaged in another disas
trous battle near I’hilllppopolis, and that he
had retreated with the remnant of his forces
towards Adrianople, where it was expected
he would make another stand.
A Russian official dispatch of the 18th
announces that Gen. Skobeleff entered Phil
lippopolis on the 10th and extinguished the
flames in Bulgarian dwellings fired by the
retreating Turks. It was reported from
Pera that the Turkish forces had been or
dered to evacuate Adrianople, in accord
ance with the demand of the Grand Duke to
the Turkish peace delegates, who refused to
enter into negotiations until this demand
was complied with.
An Adrianople dispatch of the 19th con
firms the reported evacuation of that place
, by the Turkish garrison, which retired to
wards Constantinople. The government of
the city had been temporarily assumed by
the Greek Patriarchand Rabbi, for the pur
pose of preserving order.
Official dispatches of the 21st give inform-
N0, ; 4;
ation of the occupation of Adrianople by the
Russians. Constantinople dispatches de
scribe the suffering of the refugees from
Adriauople as terrible in the extreme. Most i
of them were women and children, and they <
were transported in open cars'. The Weath
er was intensely cold and a severe snow- ।
storm set in. Many Were In A famishing i
condition, the relief committees could not
adequately provide for Uieir wants, and ,
hundreds perished from eold and lack of .
nourishment. Mothers arc reported, in their
frenzy, to have thrown away living babies, ।
rather than - see them die in their arms. ,
A Russian official dispatch from KaSan
lik, 19th, says that Gen. Gourko fought ,
Sulieman Pasha from the 15th to the 18th.
The Turks were finally driven into the !
Rhodope Mountains. A correspondent at
Vienna telegraphs; Advices from Constan
tinople show that a general panic prevails <
there, and excitement is hourly increasing. I
It is believed the guaranteeing Powers will
send ships to protect their subjects,
A dispatch from Constantinople, 23d, re- 1
ports that a fleet, commanded by Manthorpe I
Bey, has started for Kavaie to embark Stilei- I
man Pasha’s troops. Halt of the army wHI
be conveyed to GalHpoli and half to Con- ,
stantinople.
The Story of an Invention. (
It may not be generally known that 1 1
an important invention in connection
with the manufacture of carpets original- !
ed as follows: An operative weaver, in <
one of the largest establishments in this 1
country, was engaged in weaving »■ car- <
pet that in its finished stage would ap
pear as a velvet pile. At that period <
this description of carpet was woven 1
mueh in the manner of Brussels, the t
loops lieing afterward cut by hand—a 1
slow and costly process. These loops {
are formed by the insertion of wires of <
the requisite thickness to form the loop; *
they are then withdrawn. This weaver 1
—whether by cogitation or as the result I
of a bright thought-r-camc to the con
clusion that if these wires were so con
structed as, on being withdrawn, to cut
the loops, thus instantly completing the
formation of the pile, it would be a great '
saving of labor and time, and a great *
economy. Taking one of the rods, he f
changed its form to the required shape, s
ground a knife edge upon it, took it to 1
his looms, and inserted it Into the web 1
—all the while maintaining strict secrecy ’
— and with some degree of excitement
watched its weaving down until the mo- '
ment for its withdrawal. This came, ;
the rod was drawn out, the loops were
eut, and the experiment was a perfect 1
success, the pile being cut with great i 1
•venness. ’
The weaver, with a shrewdness often ' 1
wanting in inventors, doubled up the 1
rod and hid it away, wove down the !
line of cut loops upon the roll, then 1
"knocked off," or stopped his loom, and ’
proceeded to the office of the mill, 1
where he demanded to see the principal.
The clerk demurred to this, asking if 1
he himself could not do all that was re
quired; but no, the weaver persisted. 1
Then the manager tried, but with the J
same result; only the principal would 1
suit the weaver. The employer was in- 1
formed of the operative’s persistence in
determining to see him: so he at once '
ordered him to be admitted. This was
done, and the weaver stepped into the i
well furnished and handsomely<!ari>eted
office of the manufacturer. His em-;
ployer addressed him: ‘‘Well, John,”
; (for so we will call him) “what is it you I
want?” “Well, maister, I’ve gotten
-ummut yo mun hev,” replied John.
; “Wodn’t yo like away ut makkin t’
l loom cut th’ velvet piles!” continued
the weaver. “Yes! that I would!” re
; plied the employer; and 1 will reward
any man handsomely who brings me a
plan of doing it,” added he. “Awm
yore mon, then," said the operative.
. “Wod'll yo gi’ me?” be further asked.
After some further conversation a
bargain was struck, and a sum
agreed upon, which the
weaver should be entitled to claim in the
event of his plan for automatically cut
ting the pile of the carpet being a suc
cess. Arrangements were made for its
trial; the weaver made his preparations;
the master, the manager, and one or
two confidential employees gathered
around the loom upon which the experi
ment had to be made, all others being
sent outside the range of observation.
I’hc new form of wires were inserted,
woven down, and withdrawn, leaving a
well eut pile upon the face of the car
pet. The weaver had won his reward,
for it was honorably paid. An annuity
of £IOO was settled upon him, which he
continued to enjoy until within a recent
date, and for any thing we know to the
contrary may be enjoying yet. He re
tired from the weaving-shed, determined
to spend the rest of his days in ease and
comfort. His employer secured by pat
ent the benefits of hfs invention, it be
ing one, among several others, which
contributed to place that manufacturing
establishment ill the foremost rank in
। the trade, while its owners attained
wealth and social eminence as the re
ward of their prudent enterprise.— Tex
tile. Manufacturer.
The Latest Winder.
After the telephone, or, [terhaps, by
the side of that amiable gossiper, comes
the wonderful phonograph. The exhi
bition at the Cooler Uniondast evening
shows that it will produce t|ic exact
times of the human voice any length of
time after the utterance. The opera
tion is no less accurate for being wholly
mechanical; in fact, it is the mechanical
arrangement that guarantees the accu
racy. Several snatches of songs were
committed to the machine in a high key,
aud afterwards repeated to the bystand
ers with much fidelity. The inventor
believes that the phonograph will yet be
so matured and developed that it can
receive and record the songs of popular
opera-singers and then reproduce, ad
libitum, their very voices and words
with all their emotional power. The
telephone will undoubtedly grow fastest
and become complete soonest, because
its practical utility to business men is
, far the greatest; but the phonograph
i has a positive value, and is one of the
most interesting productions of modern
scientific thought. Its performances are
. very curious and surprising, and its pos
sibilities outrun the imagination.— New
t York Graphic.
Skobeleff has had six gray horses
killed under him, but he still persists in
• riding an animal of that color.
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PITH AND POINT.
Lydia Thompson is worth a quarter
million dollars. So much for dressing
economically.— Danbury News.
Take care of the pennies and the
pounds will be taken care of by some
other person.— Rochester Democrat.
Why is a wagon tongue like a wag
gin’tongue? Because it never gets tired..
— ffaekensack Republican.
Experience may be a dear teacher,
but she isn’t any dearer than a pretty
school ma’am. — Oil City De l rick.
We don’t think there is any particu
lar harm in round dances, unless you
are dancing ’round a saloon or another
man’s wife.— Brunswick Netos.
“ Wring out theoid,” as the wash
erwoman said when she lifted an edi
tor’s shirt from the suds.— Worcester
Press.
A medical writer says poor circula
tion is indicated by eold feet. Green
backs must stump around on icicles in
these parts.— Bridgeport Standard.
Rev. O. B. Brown is lecturing down
the Mohawk, on “Misplaced Men.”
When the father of a pretty girl goes to
sleep by the parlor fire at 9 o’clock Sun
day evening, he is about misplaced as a
man can be.— Rome Sentinel.
A gentleman spending Christmas at
a country town, being troubled with one
of Job’s comforters, called at the village
“store” and asked if they had any rem
edy they could recommend for boils.
The country merchant studibd his case
of patent medicine with a puzzled air
for a few moments, and responded in
the negative, but as the stranger step
ped rather painfully from the door, a
gleam of intelligence lighted up his
countenance, and he exclaimed: “Blam
ed es I don’t think the darned fool has
gut a bile.”— Boston Commercial Bulle
tin.
The Loss of the Atacama.
Some painfully interesting details
have been recently received concerning
the loss of the steamer Atacama, which
struck on the rocky Chilian coast, a
short distance south of Caldera, on the
night of November 30. The Atacama
belonged to the Pacific Steam Naviga
tion Company, and was a tine vessel.
The number of passengers was 54, most
ly Chilians journej’ing between the ports,
and the officers and crew numbered 70.
The ship was on her voyage from Val
paraiso to Callao when the disaster oc
curred- It was about 8 o’clock in the
evening when she struck the rock
known as Rompe-Olas or Quiebra-Olas,
and in about two minutes she went
down. So instantaneous was the break
ing up of the steamer that few were
saved; nearly W 0 perished on the rough
and rocky coast. Oue sad incident is
mentioned regarding Mr. Kennedy,
agent of the Steam Navigation Com
pany, who was returning from Val
paraiso on his wedding trip. Early in
the evening Mr. Kennedy had been talk
ing with the Captain about the loss of
another vessel —the Eten. When he
went to his cabin he told his young wife
that his conversation and the rough sea
made him feel a little nervous. He sug
gested that they try on the new cork
I jackets, recently placed in all thecabins,
i They did so, and were laughing at their
I ludicrous appearance when the ship
struck, and almost immediately they
were struggling for life amid the break
ers. Mr. Kennedy’ managed to keep his
wife afloat for nearly three hours, when
she was struck on the head by a piece
of wreckage, and instantly killed. Mr.
Kennedy reached the shore, although
injured. All the officers of the vessel
were lost.
The Female'Manicnres of Paris.
In Paris the care of fingers is a trade.
Olive Logan says that she visited a
manicure’s rooms, out of curiosity, and
found them crowded with men and
women awaiting their turn. The dress
and bearing of all present indicated
their position, and in almost every case
it was one of social importance. After
a tedious waiting Olive’s turn came, and
she seated herself by the manicure’s
little table, upon which were scattered
the tools of her trade. There were
scissors and knives of a shape specially
devised for the trimming of the nails,
tiles, nail cleaners, a small basin of rose
water with a bit of soap near it, a tiny
towel of linen cambric, a bit of lemon,
and various polishing powders and
, sweet smelling unguents in the form of
। ruby colored pomades. The first step
• in her proceedings was to wash off the
finger tips carefully, then to dry them,
after assuring herself that there were no
■ ink spots or other stains upon them.
• Then she clipped and trimmed the nails
into the approved filbert shape, neither
■ too short nor too long, flor too pointed,
i nor too broad; the “half moons” at the
I base of the nails were gently drought
. into (dear light; all “hang nails” we^e
• am |»utilled, and after this sho rubbed . a
coral colored pomade pf a delicious
odor upon the nails and the' upper part
of all the fingers. After allowing this
to remain a little while she Wiped it off
, again, and scattered upon the nails a
golden brownish powder, which she
. vigorously rubbed with the whole length
of her powerful forefinger, occasionally
aided by the palm. More pomade,
> more powder, more rubbiug, and then
the nails were shown with that beautiful
. gleam upon them, that pearly pinkness,
। seen in the interior of some delicate sea
shell. The charge was 40 sous.
> •••
A Will With a Moral.
A curious will has just been settled in
i Berlin, containing a moral worth a wid
( er circulation than a miser’s last testa
• ment often contains. The poor man
I died, when, to general surprise, it was
i found he left 34,000 marks. The 30,-
s 000 in a package, signed and sealed,
t was to be given to his native town in
s Bavaria; 1,000 each to three brothers,
* and 1,000 to a friend with whom he had
i quarreled. It was stipulated that none
5 of the four should follow the body to the
i grave, which suggestion the three broth
a ers gladly accepted, but the quareler
- walked alone aud forfeited his 1,000
2 marks, for the sake of'paying a last
mitigating honor. When the package
was opened for the town, it disclosed
a another will giving the 30,000 to any of
i the four who should disregard the stip-
I ulation.