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THE BATESVILLE GUARD.
A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, BY
FRANK D. DENTON.
TERMS:
One copy, one yew, in advance. $2 00
One copy, six months •• 100
Ci.ua RATM-Five copies, to 00. Tea copies
and one extra to getter np of club, $lB 00.
Court Directory*
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Wm. Byers.Juil^c, Ark.
J. L. ARRMNKTHT, Prosecuting-Attorney
Evening Shade, Aik.
Jackson, fleet Mondayin March and Sept.
Lawrence, fourth Monday in AI arch and
September.
Sharp, third Monday after the fourth Mon -
day in March and September.
Fulton, fifth Monday after the fourth Mon
day in March and September.
Baxter, sevei^h Monday after the fourth
Monday in March and September.
Izard, eighth Monday after the fourth Mon
day in March and September.
Stone, tenth Monday after the fourth Mon
day in March and September.
Independence, second Monday in January
and July.
COUNTY COURT
of Independence County, meets first Mondays
in January, April, July’and October.
’ 'L ; >WOBAJ» COURT
of Independence County .meets first Mondays
in February, May, August, and November. ’
W. E. WOODRUFF, JR.,
General Agent,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
Commission and storage. Collections made.
Advertisements and subscriptions solicited
for leading papers.
Manufacturers’ Agency for Printing, Writ
ing and Wrapping Papbrs, Agricultural and I
other Machinery. Also, Agency for field .and
garden seeds, blooded sheep and cattle.
n 052 ly
JAMES W. BUTLER. ROBERT NEILL,
BUTLER & NEILL,
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. June 1 ly
JOHN J. BARNWELL,
Attorney at Law,
SULPHUR ROCK, ARK.
Will do a general collecting business
throughout North Arkansas. Will practice
in^the Courts of the Third Judicial District.
ELISHA BAXTER. ED. W. THOMPSON.
BAXTER & THOMPSON,
Attorneys at Law,
BATESVILLE ARKANSAS
dAILui 11.1.tL, A tts\ ArtuAc.
Will practice in the Courts of the Third Ju
clidal District, and give special attention to
matters in bankruptcy. No 3 ly
W. R. COODY. SAM’L I’EETE. J. W. PHILLIPS.
COODY, PEETE & PHILLIPS,
Attorneys at Law,
BATESVILLE AND JACKSONPORT,
Mo 2 ly ARKANSAS.
D. C. EWING, M. I). W. 11. LAWRENCE, M. D.
EWING & LAWRENCE,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Noilly
J. B. CRANE, M. D. J. W. CASK, M. D.
CRANE & CASE,
PHYSICIANS,
Surgeons and Accoucheurs,
BATESVILLE, - - ARKANSAS.
Ofiice in the CUze Block, Main Street.
JOSEPH VAGNER,
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER,
OPPOSITE COURT-HOUSE.
Shaving:, Hair-cutting, Dyeing and
Sham pooniug,
Executed in the highest style of the art.
Ladles waited on at their residence. Satis
faction guaranteed. Give me u call. 50 ly
T. B. PADGETT,
Gert MMoi, Tai-Fan
AND
Land 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 prices for first-class work are as follows
Full set on rubber base $35.00
Full upper set 20.00
Gold finings from $1.50 to 2.50
Tin and composition fillings “ 1.00 to 2.00
Office in Case Block, Main Street.
southern hotel,
Batesville, Arkansas.
MBS. L. D. HARDY, Proprietress.
This Hotel io now open to the public, with
the assurance that every effort will be made
to give satisfaction to all who may patronize
the house.
The tables will be snpplied with the
best the market affords.
Stephen’s mail Une of stages arrive and de
part daily fnr the railroad.
By careful attention to the wants of my
guests, I hope to merit a share of the public
patronage.
MRS. L. D. HaBDY.
Fe». Kite, T, ly
Batesville Guard.
VOL. 11.
j Anss I. R. NEKLY. MRS. E. A. Be ELLIS.
VARIETY STORE!
MISS LIZZIE NEELY & CO.
Would respectfully announce to the publie
that they have opened a
LADIES’ FURNISHING STORE,
And have just received a well selected
stock of
MILLINERY AND DRESS GOODS,
LADIES’ HATS, NOTIONS,
TRIMMINGS, UNDERWEAR,
SHOES, ETC.
WHICH WILL BK SOLD AT
Low Cash Figures I
Having secured the services of a first-class
Milliner and Dressmaker, wo are prepared
to do all kinds of work in our line with
promptness.
Agency for Mme. Demorest’s Rell>!
able Patterns.
TDO^W^INT
With High Prices!
CHICAGO SCALE CO.,
08 and 70 West Monroe Street, Chicago, 111.,
Have reduced the prices of all kinds of
SCALES’
4-Ton Hay, Stock or Cotton Scales, MOO.
Former price, $l6O.
All other sizes at a great reduction. Every
scale FULLY warranted. All orders-Prompt
ly filled, Circulars, I*ricc List and Testimo
nials sent on application. 28 ly
BUY the CHEAPEST and BEST.
ROBT. C. BATES. W. E. HOLMES.
BOBS SALOON!!
Fine Whiskies, Wines and Cigars.
FRESH LAGER BEER, ALE AND CIDER
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Southern 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 A CO.
F. J. KLEIN, NEWTON M. ALEXANDER,
of Augusta.
F. J KLEIN & CO,
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS
AND DEALERS LN
WatcUen, Jewelry,
Clock*., IVOtIOIIH,
Klug's Spectacles, Toy, Et a,
Batesville, Arkansas.
All work left at their store, or sent by ma’l,
boat or exprezK, will be prompt Iv attended
to at reasonable iwices. All work guaran
teed.
Itemember the new Jewelry Store, opposite
the Court-house. 37
C. L. CORBUCH,
BATESVILLE, - - ARKANSAS. |
AGXNT FOR
WILLIAMSON & LEONARD,
(Successors to Emery .Williamson A Leonard)
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN AND MANU
FACTURERS OF
Granite, Italian A American
MONUMENTS !
Vaults, Head Stones, Etc.
Yard and Office, corner Broadway and '
Chestnut Streets,
216 m PADUCAH, KY.
25 YERSIN THE BUSINESS!
HOME-MADE
WAGONS AND BUGGIES!
D. E. WHITE. MIESVILLE, MU.
If you want good work, go where it is made
and warranted for one year.
We are prepared to do work for leas than
was ever known before in North Arkansas.
WH YP
Ist. Because we get the raw material, put
it up and finish it. For we can see it before
any paint is put on it.
2d. We sell for eash, and have but one
price.
We keep all kinds of .material usually kept
in a first-class shop for sale.
I
। Thankful for past favors, and by low prices
and fair dealing I bope to obtain your con-
I tinned patronage. R.sp.stfully
la r 11. E. WHITE.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF INDEPENDENCE COUNTY AND NORTH ARKANSAS.
. BATESVILLE, INDEPENDENCE CO., ARKANSAS, SEPTEMBER 12, 1878.
NEWS SUMMARY.
PKRSONAI. ABD POLITICAL.
The Kansas Republican State Convention
on the seventeenth ballot, nominated J. P.
Bt> John for Governor. The other nominees
are: For Lieutenant-Governor, L. U.
Humphrey; Secretary of State, James Smith;
Treasurer, John Francis; Auditor, P. L.
Bonebrake; Attorney-General, Willard
Dkvis; Chief Justice, A. H. Horton; Super
intendent of Public Instruction, Allen R.
Lemmon. The platform demands of Con
gress and the President a courage and fidelity
in the enforcement of the provisions of the
recent Constitutional amendments. It de
nounces the issue of an irredeemable, abso
lute legal-tender currency, but favors the
withdrawal of National bank notes and the
substitution therefor of greenbacks, to be is
sued in sufficient volume to fully meet the
requirements of business without depre
dating their value; silver and gold coinage
to be placed on an equal footing; legislative
supervision of railway tariffs; no subsidies
to corporations or individuals, etc.
Gen. Butler has issued a card, consenting
to run for Governor of Massachusetts, pe
titions for which hate been -circulated
throughout the State and signed by 40,000
voters. In the absence of any organization
or platform, he formulates his own princi-
Ipies concisely as follows: “Equal rights,
j equal duties, equal powers, equal burdens,
I equal privileges, and equal protection by
I the laws to every man everywhere, under
I every Government, State or National.” And
■in conclusion adds: “ Let the people inter
pose Just this once between the governing
I ring and the people, without the middle
, men of conventions or regard to political
Issues.”
lowa is in a quandary regarding her elec
tion day, which as fixed by State law Is not
In conformity with the recent law of Con
gress providing that all Congressional elec
tions shall be held on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November in all States ex
cept those whose Constitutions would have
to be amended In order to effect a change In
the day of electing State officers. The only
apparent solution of the difficulty is to call
an extra session of the Legislature, which is
likely to be done. In some other States— j
Ohio and Indiana among them—the time is
fixed by Constitutional provisions, so that
they can hold their State and Congressional
elections together in October.
Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts, has refused
to honor the requisition of Gov. Hampton,
of South Carolina, for the rendition of IL
11. Kempton, former Financial Agent, to
the authorities of the latter State.
Capt. James B. Eads has received an au
tograph letter from the Emperor Dom Pe
dro, complimenting him very highly upon
the success of bis engineering achievements,
and tendering him a responsible position
under the Brazilian Government, to super
intend the improvement of its navigable
' waters.
The Arkansas State election, held on the
2d, passed off without any excitement. The
Democratic ticket had no opposition except
in Pulaski County (Little Rock), where the
Greenbackers polled a respectable number
of votes.
Additional Congressional nominations: I
Missouri—Third District, R. Graham Frost, J
Democrat; Ninth, Nicholas Ford, National I
Greenback. Illinois—Nineteenth District,:
Seth F. Crews, National Greenback. Indi
ana-Fifth District, W. S. Holman, Demo- !
crat. Texas—Second District, 11. F. O'Neill, I
National Greenback. Virginia—Third Dls
। trict, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Democrat. ■
Bishop McCoskrey, formerly ot Mil wan- |
kee, has been formally deposed from the ,
ministry by action of the Episcopal House ,
of Bishops, his refusal or neglect to appear !
and answer the damaging charges pending
against him being deemed a tacit admission .
of his guilt.
Gen. Butler has made engagements to I
apeak at Indianapolis on the 20th and at {
Terre Haute on the 21st, under the auspices .
of the National-Greenback party.
(ten. Lew. Wallace, of Indiana, has been |
appointed Governor of New Mexico, vice ;
Axtell, suspended.
The Congressional Custom-house Com
mittee, of which Fernando Wood Is Chair
man, commenced its sessions tn New York
City on the 2d.
President Hayes had a grand public recep
tion at Chicago on the 3d.
There was an impressive funeral oeremo
nv at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris,
on the 3d, in celebration of the death of M.
Thiers. Deputations were present from all
I parts of France. Mmo. Thiers spent £20,000
। in preparation ot the ceremony. The music
was rendered by 2,500 performers.
Orville Grant, brother of General Grant,
I has become Insane and is now confined in an
asylum at Morristown, N. J.
Senator Blaine delivered the address at
the Minnesota State Fair, at Minneapolis,on
the 3d.
The President has appointed Hon. S.
Newton Pettis, of Pennsylvania, to be Min
ister Resident and Consul General at Bo
livia.
The Kansas Democratic State Convention,
held at Leavenworth on the 4th, nominated
a State ticket headed by Hon. John R.
Goodin for Governor. The financial plank
of the platform declares In favor of the un
conditional repeal of the Resumption act of
1875; the full remonetization of silver, and
the removal ot all restrictions on
its coinage, placing it oil an
equal footing with gold; the repeal
of the National Banking law; the retirement
' of National Bank notes, and the substitution
i of Treasury notes, commonly called green
! backs, in their place, said notes to be made
' a legal tender for all purposes. The plat
! form declares further in favor of legislative
regulation of railway charges, the improve
ment of Western rivers, a tariff for revenue
only, and against the present system of leas
ing convict labor, sumptuary laws, etc.
The Minnesota Republican State Conven
tion adopted resolutions heartily endorsing
the Administration of President Hayes.
The platform favors specie resumption and
the payment of the public debt in coin.
Samuel Hays has been appointed Post
master at St. Louis, vice Chauncey I. Filley,
removed, as Is understood, for violation of
the President’s Civil-service order.
Ex-Gov. Henry Haight, of California,
dropped dead recently of heart disease.
President Hayes attended the Minnesota
State Fair at St. Paul, on the sth, and made
quite a lengthy address. His reception by
the citizens was extremely cordial.
COMMBBOB AND IMSUBTBY.
The International Monetary Conference
at Paris has adjourned sine die. A corre
spondent, summarizing the general results
of the Conference,says: " Existing compli
। cations preclude the formation of a Mone
tary Union. The English delegatee pro
i Bounce the consequences of German de-
monetization disastrous. Monometalism is
advocated by only three small States. The
sentiment against the further demonetises
tlon of silver Is overwhelming. The in
fluence of the conference Is deemed impor
tant for the future of silver.”
The public debt statement for August
shows a decrease in the debt of $6,475,504,
and the following balances in the Treasury:
Currency, $2,122,171; special fund for the
redemption of fractional currency, $10,000,-
000; special deposits of legal tenders for re
demption of certificates of deposit, $49,460,-
000; coin, $238,420,709, including coin and
silver certificates, $44, 017,850; outstanding
legal tenders, $346,748,256.
The Secretary of the Interior has render
ed an additional decision to the Commis
sioner of the Genera) Land-Office in the well
known Dudymott case. The appeal was
taken for reversal or suspension ot the for
mer decision. Secretary Schurz declines to
do cither, and the former decision, by which
large tracts of land covered by land grants
to railroads were opened to settlement, is
to stand, unless reversed by a decision of
the Courts. Immense numbers of applica
tions have been made to enter lands under
the former decision. It is expected the
railroads will take immediate steps to appeal
to the Courts.
On the Ist of September a Mexican edict
went into effect abolishing the zona libre,
except as to Matamoras and New Laredo.
The edict also prohibits commercial inter
course at other points. The people on the
Mexican side are much exasperated, espe
cially at Camargo and Mier, and have sent
a violent and threatening protest to the cen
tral Government.
Official reports and private advices at the
Department of Justice, show that from July
1 to September 1, when the Bankrupt law
expired, more persons took advantage of
the act than during the entire fiscal year im
mediately preceding, and that, too, with the
large increase during the discussion last
springes to the immediate repeal of an ex
tension. It will be impossible, for some
weeks even, to approximate the aggregate
of the assets and liabilities, but it is believ
ed, as a large majority of the bankrupts
within the past 60 days were voluntary cases,
that the latter will immensely exceed the '
former.
The Central Branch ot the Union Pacific
Railroad Is now open for business to Beloit,
182 miles westof Atch'son, Kansas.
The Chicago Inter-State Exposition open
ed on the 4th.
CBIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Benjamin Hadley, a half-breed, and Dio
mede Powell, a negro, were banged at Long- ।
view, Texas, on the 30th, for the murder of ,
August Rcinicke, a grocery-keeper, in De- ' !
cember last. ।
Clinton Anderson, colored,' was hanged at ,
Little Rock, Ark., on the3oth, for outraging I
a white woman.
Another fatal explosion of nitro-glycerine i ।
occurred at the works at Negaunee, Mich., ,
on the 30th, killing Andrew Sullivan, Sie-'
phen Day and Stephen Keohus. , .
An 8-year-old boy named Cleaver was fa- ।
tally burned at Fort Wayne, led., on the .
30th, while kindling the fire with kerosene. 1
Sevier Lewis wss hanged at Empire City, .
Oregon, on the 30th, tor the murder of his .
own brother.
At Wheeling, West Va., on the Ist, two
daughters of Mrs. McGee, aged 12 and 10, ,
during the absence of tbelr mother at
church, used kerosene to kindle the fire.
The elder was burned to death; the younger
was alive at the hour this report was sent,
but her injuries were considered mortal be
yond a doubt.
The town of Miskolez, Hungary, contain
ing a population of about 20,000 inhabitants,
has been slmist entirely laid waste by a
storm. One thousand houses were destroy
ed and (100 persons killed. At Erian, about
65 miles from Peslh, the river Eger broke
through the walls of the town, and whole
rows of houses were demolished and many
persons drowned.
Michael Green, colored, was lynched In
Prince George’s County, Md., on the night 1
of the Ist, for committing a brutal outrage
upon an estimable young while lady.
Eight persons were killed and 30 severely ,
Injured by a collision on the Chatham and
Dover Railway, England, on the 31st.
A most appalling disaster occurred on the
evening of the 3d, on the River Thames.
The excursion steamer Princess Alice, re
turning trom Gravesend with some 803 per
sons on board, a large proportion of whom
were women and children, was run down
off Barking by the Bywell Castle, a screw
collier, and in less than five minutes went
down bow foremost- The number of lives
lost is variously estimated at from 600 to
700, although the precise number
will probably never be ascertain
ed. A survivor describes the scene
as the most terrible that can be Imagined.
Some small boats and another excursion
steamer rendered what assistance they
could, but of the hundreds of shrieking vic
tims who remained floating on the water af
ter the steamer sank, but a handful com
paratively were saved.
Charles G. O’Neil, aged 25, an employee
of the dry-goods house of Wm. Barr & Co. t|
St. Louis, committed suicide in New York
City on the 2d, where he had gone on busi
ness tor the flrm. No cause is known tor
the act.
A negro named W. Taylor was hanged to
a lamp-post by a mob in Sandusky, 0., on
the night of the 3d. He was guilty of out
raging and murdering a young woman
named Alice O’Donnell, a servant in the
family ot Mr. West, where Taylor was em
ployed as stableman. He Inveigled the girl
Into the bam while all the family were ab
sent, and there eut her throat, after which
he placed her body in a buggy and drove
with it out towards Venice, where he threw
it over a fence.
George Huwell, colored, aged 17, was
hanged at Greenville, Tenn., on the sth,
tor the murder of Joseph Martin, a farmer,
in December last.
MISU ELLAN KOUS.
The Put-in-Bay House, the principal ho
tel at the summer resort of that name on
Lake Erie, was destroyed by fire on the even
ingof the 30th. The Are was fortunately
discovered soon after its outbreak, and the
guests, some 250 in number, were able to re
move all of their effects. The furniture of
the house was also saved. Some adjoining
buildings were burned. The hotel wu val
ued at $75,000 and was insured tor a fair
percentage of its value.
The following are given as the more im
portant points of the convention signed by
Count Audrassy and the Turkish plenipo
tentiaries: The sovereignty of the Sultan
as the ruler of Bosnia and Herzegovina Is
acknowledged. The present Turkish offi
cers are to remain on their posts; it any re
sign or are removed tor cause native Bos
nians are to he chosen as their successors,
irrespective of religion. The gendarmerie '
’ and the military are to be composed of na- :
! tive». The Usual prayers for the Sultan as the |
| ruler of the country and the Supreme Com- ■
I mander of the country are to be continued
!in the mosques. The occupation of the j
provinces is to be strictly temporary and ' (
provisional. No time is set for its duration, <
but it is to cease as soon as the European ’
powers decree that the necessary reforms ' j
have been effected. The Sultan is to issue ,
a decree, addressed to all the faithful in the | <
provinces, informing them of this conven- J1
tion, requiring them to cease further re- i'
sistance and to co-operate with the Austrian i
ofH sials in restoring peace and awarding i I
Justice to all. *
The Fountain House,at Waukesha, Wis., I J
was entirely destroyed by fire on the morn- j j
ing of the 31st. There were some 400 guests j |
at the hotel, all of whom escaped with their , <
baggage. The hotel and furniture were val- ‘
ued at |130,600, with about $75,000 insur- ’
ance. ,
Ottie Offutt, Thomas Renick, and Riley e
Carroll were arrested at their homes, near >
Columbus, Johnson County, Mo., on the !
29th, and taken to Lexington Jail, charged *
with being the perpetrators of the recent t
Concordia Bank robbery. They have been I
fully identified by the Cashier of the bank. ’
The report of the Sioux Commission, ap- J
pointed in July last to treat with the bands i
of Red Cloud and Spotted Tail on the sub
ject of new reservations, has been submitted J
to the Secretary of the Interior. It was ,
found by the Commission that the Indians 1
had already made up their minds where }
they would and where they would not gofor
their future hoites, and they were not to be i
talked out of it. They refused to locate on c
the Missouri River, and in the end the Com- •
mission was obliged to make a virtue of ne- 1
cessity and consent to the selection of the ]
White Earth River and White Clay Creek j
regions, situated from 70 to 150 miles from j f
the Missouri River, from which their sub- I J
sistencc and supplies must be transported ' ।
at great expense, unless, as is suggested by i t
the Commission, the Indians are compelled <
to do the transportation themselves. 1
The Howard Association, which is so no- J
bly doing its best to alleviate the misery of j
the yellow fever scourge, is an organization >
which was formed at New Orleans during ’
the prevalence of the same plague In 1853. It t
took its name from the famous English f
philanthropist, John Howard, and it is a $
society permanently established to provide r
nurses, medical treatment and provisions 1
for sufferers by yellow fever. It has spread ।
to all places liable to its terrible visitations. [
Like the Bisters of Mercy, its members sink s
individuality in the name of the association, I 1
and they are whole-souled men. pledged to IJ
stand shoulder to shoulder in devoting their
own time and means and the contributions I i
of the charitable to relieving those whom a , 4
panic-stricken community hastens to desert. 1
The American Legation at Berlin has of
late been frequently called upon to inter- I
venein behalf of naturalized citizens of the ( ,
United State", who have returned to Ger
many to reside temporarily, and who, while i
there,have been called upon by the German
authorities to perform military duty, and to
respond to the obligations of laws from •'
which foreigners are exempt. A recent dis
patch received at the Department of ,
State from Mr. Taylor, the American ;
Minister at Berlin, says in relation 1
to this subject, that in view of the
prevailing political agitation in Germany, ।
and the Increased tendency toward re- c
pressive measures on the part of the Gov- ( '
eminent, it would be well if naturalized ■ J
citizens,contemplating visits to their former , ,
homes, were officially advised that many ' e
possible annoyances may be avoided by de- I
daring the probable term of their stay to ,
the local German authorities on arriving, by , |
abstaining from irritating political discus- t
sions, and by quickly observing such muni- *
cipal laws and regulations as apply to tern- I
porary as well as permanent residents. |
A Convention of Ereetblnkers has just |
been held at Watkins, N. Y. During Its 1 i
session several of its leading members were ;
arrested upon complaint of the orthodox
citizens,charged with selling and circulat
ing obscene and sacrilegious documents. ।
The parties were held to ball in the sum of '
SI,OOO each, to await the action of the Grand
Jury. L
A Belgrade dispatch of the 4th says that ,
22,030 Austrians, wltn a flotilla, are advanc- I I
ing to relieve Gen. Szapary. They can not 1
reach DaboJ before the end of the week. It I j
Is thought the insurgents meanwhile will |,
make a desperate attempt to capture the
place.
Th* Grand Central Hotel at Omaha burn
ed on the night of the 4tb, and four tiremen,
named John A. Lee, Louis Wilson, Alonzo ‘
Randall and Billy McNamara, were killed by
a falling wall. The hotel was a fine build
ing of five stories, built in 1873, at a cost of
$300,000. Insured for about SIOO,OOO.
THE TKLLOW FEVER.
New Orleans, on the sth, reported 86
deaths from yellow fever for the preceding
24 hours, and 201 new cases. Memphis bad
89 deaths and the new cases were so nu
merous that the physicians failed
to report them. At Canton, Miss.,
there were 16 new cases and 6 deaths. At
Grenada, 6 deaths, and nearly every person ■
down or dying. At Vicksburg, 38 deaths, !
including Dr. J. P. Whitehead and Dr.
A. R. Green, colored. At Port Gibson,
there had been 400 cases and 55
deaths. At Holly Springs, over 70j
cases under treatment and some 10 deaths-
At Greenville, 19 deaths and 19 new cases.
At Baton Rouge, La., 148 cases under treat- !
■ent and 15 deaths to date; disease of ve y
mild type here. At Hiekman, Ky., 12 deaths '
and some 50 cases under treatment.
Liberal contributions from all parts of
- country are being sent to the fever- |
stricken districts.
St. Louis has prohibited the coming into i
the city of all through trains over the Cairo
Short Line and St. Louis and Southeastern
Railroads, and all trains on the Iron Moun
tain Road which cross the Mississippi River
or make connection at Belmont.
Mr. W. L. Hunt, Superintendent of Rail
way Mail Service, Southern Division, has is
sued an official circular, addressed to the
Postmasters in Arkansas and Texas, stating
that the Department has issued stringent
orders to its employees in infected districts,
to hold at their offices all mail matter ad
dressed to the States named, and that
route agents are likewise instructed
to return to the mailing offices all matter
of this description that may be forwarded.
The Department therefore protests against
the indiscriminate cutting off of mail com
munication, as has been done by many cities
and towns in these States, and will not
sanction the stoppage of any mails except
-' such as are prohibited by legally constituted
, I Boards pt Health.
NO. 36.
Public Appropriations Under Demo
cratic and Republican Rule.
I
[From the New York World.]
In another column we present our readers (
with an elaborate series of tables, embody
ing the history of the appropriation bills *
during the last three years of the Republi
can ascendancy aud during the three years *
that the Democrats have controlled the ’
House of Representatives. We defer till a 1
future occasion consideration of the deficien
cy appropriation bills and of that ingenious ,
Creation of our esteemed Republican cotem- ‘
poraries, the net ordinary expenditure state- <
ment. Further, we do not take into con
sideration the very considerable Increase in
population which has taken place since the 1
Democracy came in, though we might put in s
the double claim that with the increase of )
population a natural increase in the aggre
gate cost of the Government service is to be
looked for, and that the divisor should be j
larger, giving a smaller and more favorable t
quotent of expenditure per head—of the cost .
of the Government to each individual living
under it.
Taking as the basis of calculation the ,
number of Votes cast at the Presidential
election in 1876, We may estimate that there I
are 8,500,060 American citizens in this coun- 1
try entitled to exercise the right of suffrage. 1
Here, then, Is the cost of Government to the
Nation and to the individual voting during
the last three years that a Republican House <
held, or rather loosed, the purse-strings: t
year. Appropriations. Per head. j
1874 $181,587,054 61 s.’l M
187.* 177,679.473 77 20 90 ‘
1876 172,600,205 53 2 >3l
With this statement let us contrast the
showing for three years when the Democracy *
had partial control of the Government : t
year. Appropriations. Per head. ,
1877 $115,097,056 72 sl7 18 |
1878 140,381,6( 6 95 16 52 I 8
1879 167,213,933 77 IS 40 I s
In other words, the highest expenditure 1 a
under a semi-Democratic regime is 9 per ; ]
cent, less than the lowest expenditure un- ' ,
deran altogether Republican Administra- 1
tion. 1
But though the appropriation bills for the I 1
last three years show a reduction, as com- t
pared with those for the three years iinme- v
diately preceding them, of $88,270,236.47, or
$10.38 per voter, there would have been a p
much greater reduction had the Democrats 1
been allowed their way. A glance at the
tables will show that the Republican heads
of departments were desirous of increasing
the expenditure of the Government and
consequently the burden of taxation. For
the three fiscal years ending on the 30th of
June next, the Republican officials planned
an expenditure of $560,783,907.23, or at the
rate of $21119 per voter per annum.
Had the Democratic House been allowed
to have its way the people would have been
called upon to pay only $417,077,903.09, or
$16.36 per voter per annum. The Democ
racy tried to save $143,706,003.24 to the Na
tion, or $16.91 to every voter in the country, j
But this it was not permitted to do. The
Republican Senate, though shamed into a
partial economy, insisted that $51,183,018.53
should be added to the Democratic esti
mates; that is to sav, wished to increase the
cost of Government to the individual voter
by something over $2 a year.
Finally, however, the appropriation bills
became law, with, as their totals, $443,596,-
497.44, at the rate of $17.39 per voter per an- I
num. Lotus now recapitulate these figures: i
tpproprlations for three years—
as they qsed to be in the good
old day s of Grant’s Presiden
cy...... $531,8611,733 91 1
As Grant and Hayes’s Cabinet i
Ministers would have liked to
have them 560,781,907 23 '
As the Democrats would have ]
had thorn had they been let
alone 417,077,906 99 1
As the Republican Senators
wanted to have them when .
they found they couldn't grab
tho larger sum 468,200,922 52 (
As they nrc now, thanks to
tho fact that the Democrats
control a part of the Govern- 1
ment 443,596,497 41 i
The Democrats, therefore, though ham
pered bv a Republican Senate which insists
on spending eleven cents where a dime *
would do, has saved to the Nation in three 1
years $88,236.47—that Is to say, has lessened i
the burden of taxation resting upon each |
voter bv $10.38. If it were allowed free
course it would still further reduce that ,
burden. '
This is the price we are paying for votes
Just now—slo.3B apiece, say two barrels of i
flour, or half a dozen Sunday shirts, or two ,
tons of coal, or an outfit of shoes for the I
voter’s whole family. The Democrats have
given the average wage-earner of the coun- 1
try a week’s holiday with full pay Does he 1
like the prospect of a return to the Repub- |
iican regime which will compel him to give ,
nearly three days work more than he now .
gives to pay his share of the cost of govern
ing the country!'
Hayes as a Civil-Service Reformer. ,
[From the Louisville Courier-Journal.] ’
I It is difficult to reconcile, with the alleged
■ honesty of the President, the sac that 23 of .
I the knaves most active in perpetrating the i
j forgeries, perjury and genet al rascality (fill- i
Jy demonstrated] by which the electoral
। vote of Louisians was stolen from Tilden,
I have been singled out and rewarded with
offices. No one with an honest instinct can
believe for a moment, in the face of all the
documentary and oral testimony, that Mr.
Hayes thought be was rewarding honest
men for honest party purposes when he
placed on record the following disgraceful
list of appointments:
J. Madison Wells, of the Returning Board,
Surveyor of the Custom-house, New Or
leans.
Thomas C. Anderson, of the Returning
Board, Special Deputy Collector of Cus
toms.
L. M. Kenner, of the Returning Board,
Deputy Naval Officer.
G. Casanave of the Returning Board,
brother In Custom-house, appointed by him.
Y. A. Woodward, Clerk of Returning
Board, clerk In Post-office.
Michael Hahan, State Register of Votes,
Superintendent of New Orleans Mint.
Abel, Charles S., Vernon Parish, Secre
tary of the Returning Board, now Clerk in
the Custom-house.
| Anderson, James E., East Feliciana, Su
-1 pervisor of Registration, clerk in the Cus
tom-house, since removed.
' Astwood, 11. C., Ouachita Parish, now
Deputy United-States Marshall.
I Blanchard, B. P., Orleans Parish. Re-
I publican campaign committee, now clerk in
Custom-house.
Brien, A. J., Orleans, Supervisor Second
1 Ward, now inspector in Custom-house.
Brewster, O. IL, Ouachita, canvasser,
! now Surveyor-General of Louisiana.
i Clover, F. A., Ea.t Baton Rouge, Super
; visor of Registration, now inspector in Cus
tom-house.
Creagh, Patrick, Orleans, Supervisor
I Third Ward, chief laborer, Custom-house.
I Dinkgrave, John H., Ouachita, organ
! Izer in Fifth district, member of Legisla
ture; took a prominent part in getting up
protests.
Grady, M. J., Ouachita, Supervisor of
Registration, Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue.
Green, William H., Orleans, State Regis
ter, minute clerk for the Returning Board,
inspector, clerk in Custom-house.
Hardy, W. R., Ouachita, temporary Dis
, trict Attorney, inspector in Custom-house.
Jewett, D. j. M. A., Orleans, Secretary of
' State Republican Committee, inspector in
■ Custom-house.
Kellogg, W. P., Orleans, Governor, Unit
ed States Senator.
Kempton, A. W., Orleans, Commissioner
’ Eleventh Ward, Poll 2, boatman in Custom
house.
’ Levisee, A. 8., Caddo, Elector, Collector
. of Internal Revenue.
Underwood, Napoleon, Orleans, Supervis
‘ orTwelfth Ward, inspector in Custom
house.
<
ti A woman can’t put on any side-sad
t die style when she goes in a swimming.
I She lias either got to kick out like a
i man or get drowned.— Wheeling Leader.
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PITH AND POINT.
Stern necessity—the rudder.
A small boy and a gun are harmless
when apart, but they make a terrific
combination.
Sweat? Oh! no, we don’t sweat.
Mechanics sweat—professional men
perspire.— Elmira Gazette.
The earth is flattened at the poles,
and likewise the same is frequently the
case with aspiring politicians.
The right kind of a man will always
have his life insured. It gives his wife’s
second husband a start.—Courier-Jour
nal.
The man who goes fishing always en
joys more solid cointort while digging
the bait than he does in bringing home
the fish.— Danielsonvillc Sentinel.
A lady who can’t get on a street car
with less room than two men will occu
py, will instantly shrink to the size of a
four-year old boy at sight of a rat in the
kitchen.— Free Press.
Somebody has discovered that when
ever the grain is cut and hauled in, lh<?
tramp makes his appearance on the
stubble and demands work or bread —
Brookville Democrat.
The young ladies who form the lovely
half of archery clubs will be interested
to know how Indian squaws shoot The
noble red man lives on venison which ho
secures with a bow and arrow, of course,
and therefoie his wife must be a good
shot. A Nevada newspaper tells how a
Piute squaw shoots. “She will throw
herself on her back, clap both feet to
the bow, draw the arrow with both
hands, and, letting drive, send it clean
through the body of the deer.” If this
were the fashion in this neighborhood
the membership of archery clubs would
increase amazingly.
A MODEKN UOMHO.
He was swinging on the gate—
She had cautioned him to wait—
ztnd he waited.
Hour flitted, came she not;
Fled his patience, aud he got
Aggravated.
“ I will give her a surprise.”
This he muttered—and he Ilies
To her winder.
And he warbled, “I am here;
Come and comfort we, my dear—
My Belinder.”
Then he scooted, taking not
All the components of what
Robed his body.
And the cur that sot and chewed,
Wink-ed shy, as if he “knewed”
It was shoddy.
— Yonkers Gazette.
A Wasted Power.
A Yankee tailor, a Western miller,
and an English scientist have shaken
hands, figuratively speaking, over the
Falls of Niagara. Not one of the three
was moved by the sublimity of the scene,
but all were impressed by the power
which is lost to man.
The Yankee, as the story runs, ex
claimed, “ What a place to sponge
cloth!”
The miller broke out with, “I’dgrind
all the wheat in the world if I could
manage tliis water-power!”
The scientist, Dr. Siemens, President
of the Iron and Steel Institute, went in
to a calculation of the amount of force
which was lost through neglect to utilize
the falls.
He estimated that one hundred mil
lion tons of water fall every hour over
Niagara. This represented force equiv
alent to eight hundred thousand horse
power. It would require the annual
consumption of 266,000,000 tons of coal
to pump back the water to the height
from which it falls —one hundred and
fifty feet. This amount is equivalent to
the' total coal consumption of the globe
for one year. In othur words. Niagara
wastes every year, so far as man’s work
is concerned, as much power as is pro
du :ed by all the coal-burning engines of
the world. Dr. Siemens is of the opin
ion that the Falls of Niagara, and other
water-falls throughout the world, may
yet be utilized, and m de to furnish me
chanical power at long distances from
them. “ Who knows,” he asks,
“ whether the time may not come when
our descendants in the third or fourth
generation will look back upon the in
discriminate users of coal with some
thing like the same feeling that we look
upon the users of flint and bronze im
plements?”
Robinson Crusoe’s Island.
From a highly interesting private let
ter, dated April 29, says the Panama
Star and Herald, we gather some par
ticulars in regard to the Island of Juan
Fernandez, the scene of De Foe’s fa
mous romance. The letter in question
was written by the Captain’s wife, on
board an American whaler, which call
ed at the island for a supply of wood and
fresh provisions. The writer says:
“ Finding, to our delight, a very clear
and beautiful morning, we were ready
for the boat to take us on shore by 8
o’clock. We found a nice landing place,
with a few houses close by the shore.
The gentleman who leases the island
from the Chilian Government, Alf de
Rode—an enterprising Swiss —met us
on the mole, and very cordially invited
us to his house and gave us some fresh
milk and bread, as the morning air had
sharpened our appetites. He then said
he would go with us to see the cave
where Alexander Selkirk (the original
of Robinson Crusoe) lived so long.
When we arrived there a beautiful lunch,
was set before us, composed of various
viands, wines, fruits, etc., while there
was nice, cool water close by, making it
altogether lovely. After an hour or so
spent in examining the far-famed locali
ty, we took our leave, well pleased wit h
our visit. Mr. de Rode has leased the
entire island for a period of eight years,
and is stocking it with cattle, with which
1 to supply passing vessels or to ship to
1 the mainland. Fine feed abounds, and
' there is an ample supply of fresh water.
. Wild goats are abundant., and many are
consumed by the natives for food, the
' skins being handed over to the proprit ■
’ tor. There are also a great number c t
r fine fish in the surrounding waters. Th i
highest part of the island is about 3,061
■ feet high. The scenery is varied and
’ । exceedingly beautiful. The climate i 4
tropical, and life in such a place, al -
- though of necessity very isolated, must;
. still possess all the romantic charm
i which forever invests the far-off summe.'
. isles of the Pacific Ocean.”