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VOL.l
Las Vegas Daily Gazette,
J. II. KOOGI.ER, Editor.
The Panama ,l;ip canal seems to he
plann"d in tlio ítilcrosta ofíheBona
parlrs of France. Napoleon Bonaparte
planned liis expedition to Egypt av til
the Suez Canal 111 ñutid. IJis nica
was l( wrest from England llio con
trol of the Ei:storn trade by holding
the eastern shores of the Meditcrrá
ncan and by tarrying the Indian trade
across the Isthmus to French ports.
They thought by tills move to restore
the Empire of Charlemagne Louis
Xapolcon organized the first seheme
of a canal across the Isthmus of Pana
ma several surveys were made by
I'Ycnch'onginccrs, and lie listened caí e
fully 1o the reports made by Frederick
M. Kelloy, though President Pierce
Cave, tliem no heed. It has been the
t radii ion of the Bona partes to res' ore
to the latin races the supremacy in
-,i;ni;nci!ce in the western nations
Their . '(hemes have been well planned
nut mey nave uecn anémica bv a
strange fatality and all the well ma
tured plans have miscarried. Since
the death of the Young Prince Impe
rial, Do Lcsseps has urged this canal
business new in order to get the
Bona paries again in position.
Crops in Colorado arc reported v ery
good.
Iowa raised 2,000,000 head of boss
the past year, leading all the States in
the Union. Missouri comes next in or
der having raised 2,588,600.
Gen. Strong has notified the Santa
Fc people that their proposition will
be accepted if they will live up to the
contract in good faith.
An orange tree in vigorous growth
yields from 500 to 2,000 oranges every
year. Which valued at 10 cents per
orange would make the annua! income
from each tree, from $00. to $200.
The Staked Trains arc becoming the
great cattle growing regions of the
west. Let it be rememberodthat this
trade will be for many years almost
entirely tributary to Las Vegas.
Strangers are surprised to lind the
weather cool and bracing instead of
warm as in the States. They ouen
imagine that it is hot and sickly to
correspond with the latitude, but in
Ihis they experience a gratifying sur
prise. The St. Louis Beef Canning Com
pany have decided to conduct their
extensive business in East St Louis
hereafter, and to that end have about
completed a series of large brick build
ings a little to the south of the Nation
al Stock Yards.
Justice Strong, of the United States
Supreme Court, is combining business
with pleasure and fulfilling his judi
cial functions all along the coast oí
Uhode Island. An application for a
writ of habeas corpus was matlebeforo
liiiii a few days ago at IMiode Island,
an ocean summer resort, and the jus
tice finished the hearing and granted
i ne wru wime on ooaru tne summer
going to Xewpert.
It was somewhat singular to trace
the manner in winch arose the now
common beverage of coffee, without
which few persons, in any half or-V-fy
civilized country in the'woild,mr..e
break fast. At the time Columbus dis
covered America it had never he!o; e
been known or used It grew onlv
in A rabbi and Upper Ethiopia. The
dioeovry ol its use ts a beverage is
iel io the superior ofa momts-
ierv in Arabia wlio defriiows of pro
ven, nig i no moiius from sleeping at
their iKXMini.'l serv ees, made them
drink tne iii..ision ol coffee upon iho
.i , ..,..! 1 . i i l
" "Hi-'unrru;;, woo H)Servel
th.-t their flocks were more lively ai
tor browsmg on the fruit of that
pl. ai. lis reputation spread ih'-ou-iii
me iMiji'ceiii comunes, and in two
hii'iilred years 't reached Par! . A
mu'.: plant brorrght there in l' 14'
iK'.-.' iie the parent slock of I'Ve.ici'f
. oflee p'anlniiot)' in the West Indies,
Tii" I'uich inl oduced it ln'o.Tava and
the East Indies The centofihc
ro.Mimption now can hard y be rea
li."i!. The Uuiied S.alcs alone an
iiua'.ly consumes it at the cost, on its
huid u?. from fi.'.ccu to sixicen mil
lions of dollar.
LAS VEGAS, N.
ALBERT IJXEELL'S DEATH.
Letter From a Catholic Priest
Who Witnessed the Sad
Scene.
To the Editor of the (Jlobe-Demoeisit
Las Vkgas, N. M., .Tulv m, !"!).
Ulow me to insert in the colifinus of
your widely-spread paper ail account
of the last moments of a young man
belonging to a very respectable family
ot St. Louis. .About Jour months aso.
Albert Lindel! came to lias Vegas,
New Mexico, with the hope thai abe1
ter climate would beneiit his health,
which had been almost ruined.- Hid
mother. Mrs. Davis, following the ex
ample of St, Monica, accompanied him
to New Mexico, that she might watch
over him, and help him by her coun
sels and boundlcs iiiTection to get
better habits, and recover, if possible,
his shattered health. Alasl such was
not to be the case, as the evil was too
deeply rooted in him, and his whole
constitution Was broken. Unable to
stand any longer the fire that burned
his chest, he went to bed, from which
he was never to rise.
What a touching scene did I behold
when I was called to console the last
moments oi the unfortunate youth!
There by his bedside constantly stood
his admirable mother, nursing him
with the tendcrest care. Another la
dy, attached to the family, aided her
in her devoted attendance'. Dr. Davis,
the step-father of Ihc young
man, was tontiiiuaUv doing
his best. to relieve hint, A
little brother and sister lighted up the
mournful scene with their innocent
prattle and their childish prayers in
behalf of t heir sick brother. But no
thing seemed yet to arouse in the
heart of the beloved patient the
Catholic faith, which he had imbibed
at St. Louis university : when on the
28th. inst.,the very day on which a
brother of his brea' bed his last in the
most edifying manner, the little sister
drawing near whispered to him : "Al
bert you are rapidly sinking ; papa
says you have but a few hours leit;
won't you die as brother peter did?
Won't , you go and meet him in
heaven V" At those words his pale
countenance beamed with an unusual
smile, and he answered, "indeed I
would." i he sister added, it is ne
cessary to send for a priest, mid duly
receive the Jast rights ot the Catholic
Church, in which pou have been bap
tised and brought up." No objection
was made and 1 was sent for. The
sick youth was fully conscious when
he made his confession, and then 1
administered the holy viaticum and
extreme umition, which sacraments
he received very willingly, and with
a touching devotion. Then a great
calm came over him, anil he was
quietly awaiting his deliverance. I
leu as there was no lmiuent danger
of death. When the next morning I
railed again the poor young man had
a'.readv entered into ajronv. ' II tr was
unable to speak, but he seemed to
hear whatever I said, and heartily
joined, the beautiful prayers with
which t lie Catholic church accom
panies the departing souls ot her
children. Now and then he fixed his
failing eyes on the crucifix which 1
heldbelore him,a scent which brought
tears to his eyes. Altera lew hours
of a peaceful agony the poor youth
gave up ins soul to (jou, At the age
of twenty-one years and four months.
I hope that this account ot what I
witnessed myself wiil console the
family, the relatives, and the uiany
friends of the deceased.
Yours, truly, A. M. Rossi, S. J.
Reverted Minio rntRp.
J. M. liobinson writing from Mead
ow Lake, gives interesting facts
regarding; the once famous "mining
camj). I le states that the camp is all
gone to the dogs and the mines about
the place, with their machinery and
hoisting works, are 'gradually 'mould
ing into decay, and there is nothing
but ruin every when. The town is
uow occupied by ten men,two women
two cats, a dog (dying) and a m ile,
who occasionally amuses himw'f
kicking down a row of buihtiugs.
He kicks flown one building at the
end nnd the rest falls as a .matter f
course. Hundred of houses have been
crushed flat by the snow. One man
claims fourteen buildings and is try
ing to occupy them all. Anot'ier mtin
has located forty six ledges and is
waiting for soma capitalist lo come
along ami by him out. OcasUmaliy a
ground hog wanders into the streets
or a bear comes in to inspect the town,
which relieves the monotony consid
erably, nud snch visitors are always
welcome. To visit such a spot re
mind one of Hood's weird potm.
"The Haunted House.""
There is a talk ofagrand iwflingor
convocation of people bearing the
name of ('lay, tobe held at Lexington.
Keutticky. in October next. Accord
to Kev. rFoster ' lay. brother of the
great Harrv; who furnished the fami
ly tacts lo I'reiitice when he wrote the
life of Henry Clay, all of that name in
Amerita aredtcimU'uís of one l':::ullyy
RL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1879.
hence nil who bear it are relatives.
The onlv Credentials needed is the
name. A Henry was the greatest of
all, Lexington is regarded as the home
of the Clays ajld the place for the reu
nion: 4rizona Items.
The Arizona papers are all full of
accounts of the gold and silvef mines
of that famous 'mineral bearing re
gion.
The Silcci' Belt, savs that Gover
nor John (.'. Fremont, has been absent
from the Territory for1 the last live
months.
A, B. Sudlam'is to supercede Spoilt
in the management of the Maricopa
Indians.
t The Arizoncuu gives .accounts of
several great floods hite'y, some of
them doing considerable damage to
bridges etc.
The assessment of the Southern
Pacific 1'.. K. Co:, on track, road-bed,
and rolling stock was ordered to be
reduced from $6000 per mile, to $3,000
per mile.
The Thunderbolt stamping mill, in
Arizona, has been bonded for $50, -000.
One of the Arizona papers gives an
account of a silver brick weighing 124
pounds.
Hon. J. Ci. Campbell, representative
from Arizona has returned home.
General Fremont, governor of Ari
zona, has been absent from the Ter
ritory lor live months. The papers
complain of the neglect.
Still they Come.
Over 200 arrivals on last eveninge
train. Two passenger coaches wers
tilled to their full capacity. Quite a
nnmlx'r of ladies were among the
arrival.
Mr. W. M. Allison is building
quite a good sized house in east Las
Vegas. This is what in needed for
the way people come, a great deal of
house room is required.
the Queen of All.
Honor the dear oíd mother. Time
has scattered the snowy flake i on her
brow, ploughed deep furrows ou her
cheek. but is she not sweet ami beau
tiful now? The lips are thin and
shrunken, but those are the lips
which have kissed a many hot tear
from the childish cheeks', fit they are
the sweetest lips in nil the world. The
eye is dim, but yet it glows with the
sofi radiance of holy love which can
never fade. Ah, yet she is a dear clu
mother. The sands of life is nearly
run our, but feeble as she is, she wiil
go farther and reach down lower for
you than any other upon earth. You
cannot walk into a midnight where
site cannot see you; you cannot enter
a prison whose liars will keep her out
you can never mount a scaffold too
In ih for her :o reach that he may
kiss and blew you. in evidence of her
deathless love.' When the world shall
despise and forsake you when it leaves
yu by the wayside to die unnoticed,
the dear old mother will gut her you
in her feeble arms and, carry you
home, and tell you of all her virtues
until you almost forget that your
soul Is disfigured by vices. Love her
tenderly, and cheer her , declining
years wi!h holy devotion
Tlire-e Iimliennb e Rights.
The laborer in a free State, whether
he be black or w hite has three inalien
able rights, namely: The right to
work, the riirht tó starve, the right to
move on. These are the rights of the
southern darkey, and any government
nsrency. or party agency, or combin
ation ofmcn, or employer of men that
attempts in any way to prevent their
enjoyment nrf these rights, is a hum
bug and no friends of st hern in
terests. Dutch girls make the test wives.
King William has been married fifty
years, and ho is not; as baldheadedas
some Americans who have been wed
ded oirly that many months.
.The Nebvaska en ! tic epidemic,
reported several davs ago,, is nowd
appearing. It v'iis fitilined to apanV
uhr locality, and is found lo havo
been caused bv drinking tí u na at wa
ter poisoned bv dencomposirrg animal
carcase deposit ed near the grazing
grounds. . '.'','
. -
Galusua A. Grow is one of the nu
merous Penii'-ylvainniis menfioived in'
coiincdiiien wilh English nriio'i, a'id1
the Washington ? Star . iueliiii's t be
lieve that the old i'x-speuker "'ands a
pretty good show for th: uppoiut-
lllL'Utl
TELEGRAPHIC
Chicago, Aug. In answer to J he
telegraphic request of the Daily News
of this city, A. D. LaugstalT, president
of the Howard association of Mcufp
his, ha sent a telegram giving the
particulars of the condition of that
eitv, containing the following points:
The number of cases of yellow fever
to this hour within the city limit9 of
tieiallv recorded, is 330. Of this num
ber 90 died. In addition, there have
been about twenty cases and live
of Mcmnhis refuscesi located within
six miles of the cit v. The disease has
not. communicated to nnv of the stir
roundiuir towns on accoufnt of the
rigid quarantine.
THE FEVKB HAS INCREASED
in Memphis verv perceptibly in the
past ten davs, a ml is reading from
1 he original center i. We cannot hope
for a discontinuance until frost. At
least thirtv thousand persons have
left, of which twelve thousand are lo
rated in camps Father Matthew and
Marks, situated four and seven miles
respectively from Memphis. There
have been three eases in Camp Marks
and one death. At least 12,000flegro
es are in the city, only lOOhaving gone
to camp. They have declined to
leave this city, hoping to receive ra
tions here, which is in opposition to
the views of all parties who are la
boring to attend to such as may be
taken sick.
A Memphis dispatch of tlieDth saysi
"The f eeofd of cr.ses to-day is enough
to shake the nerves of the mo't plague
proof inhabitant of this deserted city.
Kven the colored people are beginning
to believe ihat they arc doomed. This
opinion gradually growing upon them
the past week, was intensified to-day.
when t lie books shewed ihat ot twen-
tv-nine persons stricken in the past
twenty four hours eighteen arc colored
people. The great increase in the
spread of the disease is supposed to be
attributable to the very sudden change
from a very high to a low temperature
Up to noon to-day fifteen cases, ten"
White and live colored, had been re
ported. Three deaths have occurred
since last night. The weather contin
ues cook This morning at daylight
the thermometer dropped to sixtv-
four decrees.
Mr. Evarts will at once begin an
inquiiy into.
ttlie Mormon Qnemlion.
as it is affected by.the importation of
deluded women from foreign coun
tries by which means alone this scan
dalous jufatual ion is kept alive. The
statistical information in the po es
sion of the government is very ci ci e.
hot sufficient is known lo hmv i a i
lie bulk of these women ronief.o n
England, "Wa'es aud Germany. Th s
government will enter into correspon
dence on the subject and will insVst
upon the enforcement of the provisions
oftreaties prohibiting the emigrado i
of criminals to the United Stales, nud
as this class of persons are brought
here for purposes in violation of , the
statutes of the. United States, Hps
government consi lers it has aright to
protest. The act of Congress prohi
biting? polygamy having becu contes
ted by 1 lie Mormon influence and
decided conslitutionnlby the supreme
court of the United Stales, the govern
ment has no other course th:ui I o
insist upon its enforcement, rfrtrt has
therefore instructed the district at
torney of Utah to earfy it. ino effect.
The followers of this- ((elusion will be
made to understand I fiat there is such
a crime as bigamy. The administra
tion feels t fiat ; the first effectual step
has been taken to wipe out Jlornio
nism within the' limits of the United
St.ites. "With the importation of Mot
iniiii female converts from abroad cut
off. and the relent less prosecution that
will follow the offenders, the evifof
this system will ioon be under confio),
The Treasurer trf the United Spates
has directed thai ten per. cent of tfce
sala: es of all povcrument eniploye
W.Vumi'jtIoi chalí be paidin silver.
This will fispurse about lO0,0C0 a
mouth. We know whole families out
West who would willingly serve the
government and take it all in silver.
Good strong coffee is the best anti
dole and protection from nlcholie
drinks. It is a corrector of indiges
tion, promotes ienlthy 'circulation,
awT fTieire is actual nutriment iu a cup
of foiri'f. Coll'ee and mv'es were fJhe,
dependance of the American soldier
(luring the rebellion. If either had
given out the result would have, been
indoubt. The men and women, who
have so abused their stomachs that
they do not enjoy a delicious cup of
hot'cofJee are to be pitied, as I hey. nvvr
(lenrv(b folic of iife's-Huxuriesv
A man who waits hvenlv-ibnr
hours on a'streicli iseoiiMdered n hero,
but no one has a kind word for the
. baby who yells straight ahead Ion sev
! e u teen hours..
. NU. 10
"Briaht's disease" is a very common
and terrible malady. In America it ia
of more frequent occurrence than in
any other country of tne world seven
tv-'fiveper cent more is the figures of
tho ..riv.u"ii. There must be exceii-
tional causes iri this country for this
fact, and a Baltimore druggist holds
th:t it is from the use of ice water,
lie savs the Americans use ninety per
cent more ice than any other people
even' the Greenlamlers don't use as
much as we do. In the wine drinking
countries of Europe the disease is
comparatively unknown. This drug
gist lias figures to show , that the in
crease in the disease keeps pace with
the increase in flic' consumption of
ice.
I c
Denlhofa DiAtiiigiiiNhed F.lehnnt.
London Telegraph.
"We regret to say that the greatest
inhabitaift of Berlin is no more. Ori
ginally conveyed thither, some eight
aud-twenty t ears ago, as a prisoner,,
he soon became reconciled to his cap
tivitv, and even before a long residen
ce had entitled him to naturalization
as a Prussian subject, acquired con
siderable popularity in the German
capital as an august and amiable fo
reigner. On one or two occasions,
ere he had conclusively surmounted
the bitterness of exile and restraint,
his temper at once haughty and hastv
betrayed him into conflicts with oili
cial personages. But time exerciseda
calming effect upon his iifry and ins
pulsive nature, and for many years
past he has led th! life of an exempla
ry citizen.- His htiuse in the '' hicr
g'arden, the most fashionable quarter
of Berlin, was a magnificent building,
erected spec'alliy for him by alcadiirg
architect of the "llorid ami ecoratre''r
school; and iu h 'llC duiiv ntertaineil
hundreds ofhis friends,' exhibiting it
princely indillercnce to social Trai:k
and class distinctions. The humble
artisan was as welcome to him as thr
emperor himself one ot his most assid
uous and frequent visitors. ÍU died
in his garden on Friday last, at the ag'v
of sixty six; and, so violent were the
throes of hi? death agony that, only
a few seconds before he gave up thir
ghost, he bit through one of the mas
sive iron rails that environed his fa
TorifeplcasursiFce, The zoological so
ciety of Berlin has lost by decease the
oldest and most attractive of its mag
nificent collection. A fas! the largest
mammal in Europe has siicumbed to
ideatls relentless dart. Berolina has
ost her favorite elephant, and the li
ver of Dr. Bodinus is turned into
Water.
Locomotive IOflffevity.
. The iron hore does not last íniiclr
longer , than tlws horse of flesh ami
bones. The ordinary life of a locom
otive is thirty years. Some of the
smaller parts 'requ-ire renewal every
six months-, the boiler tubes las-1 five
years and the crank axles six years;
tires, boiler and fire-boxes from six to
seven years; the side frames, axles
and other parts thirty years, An im
portant advantage is. ihat a broken
part can be repaired and docs not
condemn the whole locomotive to.tho
junk-shop, while, when a horM breaks
a leg, the whole anfnial is. orify worth
the flesh, fat and holies, which amount
to a very small sum in this country,
where horse-flesh doeB not find its
wav to the butcher's shambles.
Alexis St. Martin, whose open
stomach furnished Dr. Beaumont an
opportunity for studying directly the
processes of gastric digestion, is still '
living at .St. Thomas, Canada. He is
described as hale and hearty at the ago
of 87, though the orifice in the
stomach is still pen. It will be re
membered that the wound was the re
sult of a charge of buckshot accident
ally received, laying open the stomach
so that food could be injected and re
moved at will by the attending phy
sician, whose observations were ctr
strrh great value to medieal science.
It is now fifty-seven years since tl.e
accident occurred. ,
On the 9th of June last a memorial
service was held in St. Petersburg in
honor of the '"Liberator of Bulgaria."'
It was not in honor, of the ezar, as
such, but of an American journalist,
J. A. MaeGahan, the correspondent of
the 3few York Jlemld, and born Irf
Pcwy county. Ohio Prof. Muller ile
li'Vered the oration,, which is a noble
tribute to the deaxl hero. Each year
on the 9th of .luue, the day of his
deiith. a .requiem mass is sung in the
cathedral of Timova, the ancient ca--pit
til .if Bulgaria. MacGa'iau,- as cor--respondewi',
vjsited BulgariA during'
ihc outbreak, and witlmessed the tet'--rible;
brutalities of the Turkish: sol'
dierwand "the bleeding heads of I&.V
gafiiii babes.'' He then folJ (he
people that in a year he woul'd "he
back. again with the avmy ot vhe czar.'
And i his. words were fivltiled, ..nd U
his pen more-than cabinets was dito
the arousal of the' Russians to'the res
cue of tl eir Christian brell ren. AnT.
so it is that good' deeds and noble he
roism brinjf with then the blessing
Jol'liunuu'ty,