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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE A; 00., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA 1 , FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 1876.
VOL. III. NO. 15.
timely topics.
Somrtiiino novel in tho way of suicide
retried from Alsace. A man pul u
dynamite cartridgo in his month and n|
pliwl a match to it. IV next second hit*
lii'vl utnl the upper part of hit body were
blown into a thousand piece*. The man’*
brain had Ikhmi afToctctl by the heat of
the weather.
In Spain the heat low been so great
thin Hummer that the thermometer rose
to I BO degree* in the hiiii at Cadi*.
Tallow nindleH melted and bocatno useless
at night, hnndred.-t «»f {x'ople dro|>|*ed
dead in the street*, and field laborers
refused to work in the scorching sun.
< living to the recent diHlmndmenl of 2UU,-
tKM) soldiers, the labor market whm ho
glutted that many workmen could only
obtain about fifteen cents daily lor
twelve hours' work,
Ihk fall in silver has occasioned a
shrinking of nearly $33,000,000 in the
value of the Nevada milieu. Consoli-
dated Virginia (s selling at fifty-five dob
•ars,equal to two hundred and sevoty-five
dollar* for the old shares, and California
fifty eight dollars, rqunl to two hundred
and four dollars on the old stork. Both
mines will this month pay the usual
dividend of two dollars per share, draw
ing from their surplus to meet the de
mand.
< bv Horace Hall's farm, in Royal Oak,
Mich., while Messrs. Smith and l’omcroy
were putting down a well, they struek a
sort of soft stone about twelve inches
thick, and after they had drilled through
it an explosion (toured like the report
of a cannon, throwing the tools fully
thirty feet in the air. It then l»egan
throwing out stones, sand, etc. Home
large stones were thrown out, some of
which weighed twelve pounds. It then
began to s|HJiit forth white sand and
smoke, which lasted for about nine hours.
A HPOUTINO judge isofuse in more
ways than one. Recorder 1 laekett added
to his other sound decisions ono upon
guns, the other day, which Imre against
a prisoner who pleaded that the shotgun,
with which he had shot some children,
went ofl from a Mow against the wind)
sill. The recorder examined the gun,
declared it inijMissihle, and offered to let
the prisoner try it in that way against
him with a double charge in it. The
jury was convinced by tho judge, as
an ex|H'rt as well as judicially, and
the senteneo was a year’s imprisonment.
San Francisco is atempting the re
formation of her hoodlums. A “ Youths'
Free Directory” has been established in
which every encouragement isgiveu those
anxmils to turn over a new leaf. A few
days ago a requisition was made on the
directory from parties in ,San Joaquin
county for live hundred l>oys lie tween
fifteen and twenty yeurs of age to pick
hops, at wages ranging from fifteen to
twenty dollars |x*r month, with lward
and lodging. This work was formerly
done by Chinamen. In March thirty-
three applications were received, and
thirty-one furnished with work ; in April
ninety one were received, and eighty-two
given employment; and in May there
were one hundred and ninety applicant*,
of which nundier one hundred and twen-
put
husj
(her
nearly two thousand ls*ys have applied
for employment, and the majority have
obtained it in the neighboring grain
district*.
A cokrehpondrnt of the French
journal L'Explorateur has lately shown
that the population of France, instead of
increasing, in diminishing, and what is of
more importance still, he quotes figures
fo show that the French are deteriorating
in physical vigor. In I860 the populn-
tion waa 38,000,000 and in 1«72 it was
3<),0u(),00(*, and taking into account the
loss of Alsace and Ixirrnine the |x>pula-
tion is seen to have declined by nearly
370,000 in aix years. In 1873 tho
number of jierwjns who reached the age
of twenty years was 308,810; in 1871,
206,26-1; in 1870, 283,768; and in 1876,
only 277,000. Inspection of an average
French regiment shows that the people
throughout the country are stunted in
growth, although Normandy and Brit-
tany still {tosses* a stalwart |>easantry.
As the emigration from France is not
great and the diminution is evidently
due to causes acting through a long
-••rics of years there is serious danger
ahead for her as a nation. In material
prosjterity France is, however, wonder
fully resilient, and the sjiectacle is thus
presented of which Goldsmith spoke in
his famous lines:
“III fam the land, to ha-tcnlng III* a j.rey
The laws regulating the peasant's
tenure of land are snch as practically
prevent him from rearing a large family,
and in the cities the artisan class is most
fecund, and, feeling the pinch of poverty,
are easily led into sedition. Having no
great foreign dependency like India
there is no natural outlet for men of j
ambition and ability, who therefore |
easily develop into revolutionist!.
But, as things are going, France is be-1
coming the ideal land of Malthus, where |
by keeping down population the people j
know no great extremes of wealth or j
poverty.
LATEST NEWS.
WOUTII AN II WMT
The Shreveport Times learns that
rreuse «f business over the Texas ami Pa
cifh- railway necessitates an inoruni
thirteen locomotive* and two hundred
which have hern provided for.
(Sen. Shormnn and secretary Cameron
arrived at licavniwortli last Monday.
Sherman say* the campaign will result in a
general punishment of the Indians before
the winter I* over.
Gustave Marignv and laicicn Bnclic
min fought a duel near New OrlcuuN, last
week. Haelinmin, tho challenging parly, got
a shot in the hip the (hint lire, and limped
off with wounded honor healed.
The navigation of the Yollowstono has
suddenly cloned by the rapid falling of the
water, and the supplies for the new post must
he hauled there in wagons from fort Buford
General ('rook has failed to come up
the Indians, having gotten to a point where
the trail had split in several directions.
te cases ku >w as the Hamburg cn>
have been continued until the January ter
in consequence of the absence of the nth
i*y general, who has recently met with
domestic bereavement which prevented Id*
appear!in;. General Gary, in n lengthy
gumunt argued their trial, hut in vain.
A Pioneer Press dispatch of the 11th
ys: The recent order of Gen. .Sheridan
designating the fifth infantry and a battalion
of the twentys-ccond as the garrison of the
w post, ami directing tlicso troops to put
tlifinsclve* for tho winter, ha* prnotlunlly
it an end to the campaign for the winter,
far a* Dakota column is concerned.
There has lieen another serious out
break among the rice IiiiiuIn on the t'sniha-
The laborers who were at work have
attacked and severely beaten. Work is
altogether Mopped, and the rioters refuse to
allow tho rloo already harvested t<
shipped to the market. Governor Chamber-
Inin hns dispntched a special officer to tho
of trouble, who i* ordered to take vig
orous measures to arrest and Imprlaoi
ring-leader*.
A Pioneer Press H|>ocinl from Bismarck
ys a complete enrollment ot the Indian* at
Miami I ng Rock shows only four hundred and
fifty lodges, and a total of not over -1,000 In
dinii*. Ration* have heretofore been issued on
* of 7,000, from which it appears nearly
3,000 are absent, or else a Inrge amount of
Ntenling has been done. Indians are known
to hnre returned from the lioMilcn, but ho
stealthily they could not he caught; and fhu
attempt to ilisumi the hoNtilen Inis therefore
proved nhortirr. Or*** ('lilef, of the Black
Feet, whs arrested last week for harboring
and supplying the hostiles. The Indians
threatened to rescue him, hut the garrison
was too well prepared to resist, ami so the
attempt wa* nhaudoned.
The yearly transaction in oysters in
New York foot up ten million of dollar*.
The bivalves this year will Is- abundant uml
of a superior description.
The Winchester Arms company, of
New Haven, turned out last week 1,010,000
shells for the Turkish government. The
next day they packed and pot them all on
hoard the King Arthur in the harbor. It re'
qtiirud 1.3,000 pounds brass, five and a half
tons powder, and thirty-four ton* of lead to
make the idiell*.
rilHKION.
Over three thousand Russians of all
grades have joined the Servian army.
Turkey lias promised to distribute one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars among
the Bulgarian sufi'erers.
A tflegrinn from the city of Moxico
late* that general Mejia, the minister of
rar, has retired from tho cabinet, and is
uceeeded by Escobedo.
The l/ondon Times thinks tho temper
>f Europe is swiftly undergoing a menacing
lisnge, and tlint more countries than Russia
night easily pass beyond the control of
There is another revolution in progress
in the vicinity of Matamornn, Mexico. The
JuliuniM* so fnr have everything their
way, and the people *eem to ho satis
fied.
Though account* of some Turkish out
go* are unhappily too well established to
he doubted, a fair idea of the proecedings ot
the Turkish force i* not to lie gathered from
the fearful tides so carefully collected. An
English gentleman, who passed through the
Servian district lately visited by the Turks,
report* that he had many opportunities of
talking with the people wlio*e homes had
been altogether in the hands of the enemy,
and he met with not a single case of gross
outrage. Before the publication of the or-
endering soldiers mutilating themselves
liable to the penalty of death or imprison-
, for life, many Servians had already
been executed for that ofleuse; on one occa-
as many ns forty in one hatch were ex
ecuted. There were hospitals, it is said, in
which more than one-half the patients nre
of this class.
Outgoing Senators.
ApjK-nded is a list of the states in
which the term of a United States sena-
•xpires on the fourth of March next,
the name and politic* of the present
“ Some k«i to ehureli just (or n walk,
Suae go there with friends to talk.”
Home go therefor fashions' sake,
While others k». i» »how to ninke,
Home go then>, so that the* may,
Their dress and Jewetty display,
Home go there Issumeihey slug,
And some to soothe tin h sulll-rlngs,
Home go there to eilllclse
And show ihetune|vea most wondrmii
Home go there Ultimo they think
Homo go lo n<o who wears, ho proud,
I ho iiretlles) Itonnot in llmciowd,
Whlfo Milne, |«'ilull's, r«o proud have l
Gist only wish to show I heir own.
A pattern of morality ;
folks till.tk, n so I ii I they i
i" Christian garh they worn
to show their dress, 1
Humil feet, a slmwl, i
Some go, la others, fuiitt to Hail,
i el think, lo virtue llm'io Inrllno
“ Homo go I hero to done and nod,
■■'it f"w go there to woivlilp Hotf,"
J *'l every one, will have In view
Himself, when n|>oakliig n| this few
A HAITI,K WITH ItANK II01IIIKH.S
Ih'InlUor the Until on tho ItnnU nl North
llehl. XIInn., mill tn«> *lnrater
of the Teller.
'I'lie 'St. I’aul Press and Trilninc of tho
ninth brings somo further details nl
the raid of a baud of eight mounted men
upon the hank at Northfiold, Minn.,
which resulted in the death of Mr. Hov-
wood, the teller of the hank, and of two
of the raiders, and in the wounding of a
citizen of Northfiold. Mr. Wilcox, an
attache of tho hank which the despera
does attempted to rob, gives the follow
ing graphic account of that event, and
of the death of the teller:
Mr. Hey wood occupiod the cashier's
sent at the desk at the end of tho corni
er. Mr. Bunker and myself occupied
cat* at the desk, Mr. Hunger being near
'd tho oponlng in the corner. Tho first
thing we know tho three men were upon
or over the counter, one ol thorn ex
claiming, “Throw up your hands, for we
intend to roh tho lmuk, and if you Iml-
loo wo will blow your G—d d—n brains
»ilt,” and wo could not do otherwise
than comply.
Then they asked which waa the cash
ier, to-whicli Mr. Ilcywond replied, “He
is not in.” They then sprang over tho
counter and demanded that the safe he
opened. Addres-ing each one in turn
they said, “ You are the cashier,” which
was denied. Seeing lloywood floated at
the cashier’* desk, one of Hie ruffians
went up to him with his long, narrow
barreled pistol, and said, “ You are tin
ashler, now oixm the safe you
on of a .' Mr. Hey wood wild, “ It
is a time lock and cannot ho opened
notv.” One of the men then went ihto
tho vault, tho door being open, also the
outer «lonf$ of tho snfo. Hoy wood at
sprang forward and closed (ho door
of tho vault, shutting tho robboi
when another of tho men *olflod Hoy-
>od by the collar and dragged him
away from tho door and released the in-
ratod roldicr.
o man who came out of the vault—
a slim, dark-complexioned man with a
Muck moustache, then called to the
other to seize tho silver which was
lying loose (about $13) and put it
! ‘i Lho sack. They did not do this, but
ilfled about twelve dollars In scrip and
put it into a twodmshc] sack which
they had with thorn. The dark-complex
ioned man, who np|>cnrcd to lie the leacl-
, then again attacked I ley wood, insist
ing u|hiii his opening tho safe, threatening
to cut his throat if he did not, and
actually drawing a Mg knife across Iuh
throat. Tho heroic and faithful teller,
however, wa* not to he deterred from Imh
Inly, and would rather sacrifice his life
betray his trust. t-vmio few moments
seemi'd ages to tho l)owlldo;cd and
T-strie.ken lookcnvon, were hjm'hI, in
1 ley wood's stiiggliiig to break from tho
murdorotis villain and gain Ids lila-rty.
At length In- broke away, and, regaining
his foot, ran toward the door, erying
“murder!” Tho man at once struck
him with a pistol and knocked him
, and dragging him to tho safe door
commanded him to open it. But tho in
trepid clerk solidly refused, when the
ilium shot at him hut did not lilt him.
Evidently tho shot was intended to in
timidate rather than to injure, hut the
scoundrel hud reconed without Imh host,
for the efTect was lost ii|k>ii Hcywood.
But upon the discharge of the pistol
Bunker made a start for tho hack d ...
and run for dear life, one of tho robbers
;»urailing and firing, tho shot taking of-
in the. shoulder. Bunker, however,
bed the street! Whiter street) and ran
to Dr. Coombs’ office.
During tho whole of the time four or
e men wore riding up and down tho
street, shooting in every direction and
keeping up an incessant fusilade. Ono
of the men outside came riding up furi-
ly and called for the men to leave the
hank, “Tho game is up,” ho said, “and
i are beaten.”
Almost immediately they took tin;
alarm and somehow jumped over the
counter, making their exit. The small
man was lost to go. He mounted a desk
at the front, and as lie turned to go fired
a shot at Hey wood, which I do not think
is the one which took effect. Hcywood
dodged liehind his desk, or sank into
his chair, and as the robber made over
the desk-railing he turned, and placing
his receiver to Hoy wood's head, fire'l,
shooting him dead. He staggered for
ward and fell behind the counter. The
roblx?rs made out of the door. I do not
remember much more that followed.
Mr. Manning, of Mill sminre, whose
store is in the same Mock os the hank,next
ne upon the scene, lie ran out of his
ire with a Remington repeating rifle
I took a debit-rate aim, and fired
from the corner, Mr. Bates calling out,
‘ Jump back now, or they’ll get you.”
Next, Mr. J. B. Hige came up with a
double-barrelled shotgnn and discharged
the two barrels, and retired to reload.
Phillips also took n turn at the
scoundrels, and L. Stacy delivered a cool,
deliberate aim. Mr. Bates next heard a
renort over his head, and saw one of the
desperadoefl fall from his horse. The
horse made a faltering plunge forward
and then suddenly stopped, and the man
pitched over on his face to the ground,
and in a few moments was dead. This
shot was fired by ifenry Wheeler, from
on old carbine, from out one of the win
dows of the Danpier house. Mr. Man
ning wa* still firing, and as he crept to
the corner to fire, Mr. Waldo called,
“Take good aim before you fire.” Im
mediately after this ono of tho horses
started up the street and the rider began
to reel and sway to and fro and suddenly
fell to t ho ground just opptUltoFJdrldgo's
store. Another horseman rode up, dis
mounted, and R|Hiko to the prostrate
man, who was stretched out at full
length, supporting himself on his out
stretched ni ins, when ho rolled over on
Ids back. Then the other man look from
him his cartridgo licit and two pistol, and
remounting his hnreo, rode oil.
Another horseman, finding Mr. Man
Ring’s flro loo hot, dismounted from hi*
horse and got on tho opjMisito Hide of It
for protection, when an unerring hall
fiom tho Remington brought tho horse
down, the mail running behind some
Mixes which wore piled beneath the
staircase Itcfore mentioned, and now en
sued a lively fusilade between this follow
and Manning, tho scoundrel keeping
himself well under cover. But a hall
from Wheeler’s musket struck tho fellow
in the leg, half wav above the knee. 11c
at once changed Ills pistol to tho loft
linnd and grnspod the wounded limb
with tho riulit, *tlll trying to get at
Manning. Finding himself getting weak
he turned and limped off up the street ,
but seeing Bates with a pistol in his
hand, liesent a ball whitting toward that
gent leman, grazing tho side of Ids cheek
and tho bridge of his nose, and burying
itself in a collar-box in tho store.
Hie man 11 inpod away as lie got opix>-
silt to Mr. Morris’ store, when ho cried
out to his retreating companions, “My
God, boys, you are not going to loavo mo
mi shot*" One of tho jwirty riding a
1 horse with light tail ami mane,
turned and took the wounded man up
behind him.
During Friday forenoon tlic robbers
were stripped of their clothing and wash
ed clean, preparatory to tho coroner’s in
quest, which took place at 11 o'clock. Tho
coroner's Jury, after a short deliberation,
rendered a verdict in accordance With
the fact* previously sont you. On the
lxnly of tho shortest man was found a
lino Howard gold watch, worth at least
$173, a packet map of MinpAolu, pur*
based of Williams Bros., Minnesota, n
[KKikot compass, and $3.73 in currency ;
gold sloovo buttons, with enameled leaf
oil the fiieo olid a plain gold ring. Tho
possession of tho map would seem to in
dicate t lull, tho dead man was ono of, oi
Lho principal leader of tho gang.
Tho larger man of tho two killod had
lothing in ids possession except a lino
gold NS alt ham watch and ton conts in
currency.
On tho person of the smallest
fount] an artiplo from the Northfiold
paper describing tho Vale chronometer
lock and safe just procured by tho hank,
Tho fact that nothing was found on
tho dead rohliers to indicate who they
were op whore*they <Mwft .^<mi # clearly
shows that they wore professional brig
ands, probably from Missouri or Kansas,
as it Ih a rule with such, when on ma-
rauding expeditions attended with dan
ger of capture or death, to have nothing
about Uieir persons by which their names
could lie ascertained ; and each is under
the most solemn obligations never to
disclose his own, or the names of hi* as
sociates, even when such disclosure would
ho to his own advantage. A brigand is
now serving out a sentence of fourteen
years in ono of tho prisons below us, wlm
has repeatedly been ofibred optlro immu
nity for his own crime if ho would give
the mime* of others connected with his
hand, hut ho resolutely refused, declar
ing that his life would not he worth a
straw if he ucceptod tho proposition. If
death overtakos them they give no sign,
and years may elapse Im'Ioio any one
outside the hand or their immediate
family circles, receive tlu* intelligence.
A notable case in point occurred in Ken
tucky a year or two ago, whore a robber,
supposed to belong to (lie James or
Younger hand, was fatally shot, but
lingered for some time and finally died,
hut “gave no sign,” although earnestly
requested to do so, whereby Tils identity
could bn ascertained. It was afterward
discovered by means of photographs sent
from Missouri, that lie was a prominent
member of the banditti of that stale.
Longevity of Hniln*Worker 1 .
That great thinkers and hard brain
workers are long lived is,assorted, with
a considerable army of facts, in u vol
ume by Hr. Beard. Ho present* a list
of some five hundred of the most emi
nent names in history, including a num
ber like Rascal, Mozart, Krais and
others who died young, and finds the
average of tho five hundred to have been
over sixty-four years. As this is far
beyond the average of farmers, mechan
ic! and business men, he concludes that
tho wear and tear of brain work Ih not so
exhausting ns is commonly sqti|M)scd,and
that it rarely shortens li'e. The Loudon
Kficctator, however, reviewing this theo
ry maintains that excessive mental toil
must shorten life, and did evidently
shorten it in the case of many of the five
hundred cited; hut they lunl originally
more vigorous constitutions and a large,
amount of vital force, and. by virtue of
this superior vitality whicli explains in
part, also, their superior brain power,
they were able to continue hard work
even to old age, before breaking down
under the pressure; though the same
vital force would have prolonged life
for many years if they had not exhausted
it prematurely.
COTTON,
lli'IHiH I'or lilt' Ni»wlOrlrniiM iih-iiI
«»< (li«< Nnlloititl Ciillail I'.«< liitnu(-.
To llio 1'it'ftl'lont nml Hoiml of Director* of Hi
N- w Oi lean* 1'ollon INcliniigft:
GUNTl.UMUN- Your committee on in
fonuation and statistics beg loavo to sul
mit the following report for August, con
doused from rc’diesof correspondents in
sections allotted to this department by
tho national cotton exchange, viz.:
LOUISIANA.
For the month of August furnishes
sixty-seven replies, from thirty-five
parishes, from which wo learn that the
weather has been very hot and sultrv,
with partial showers, and less favorable
than during the same period last year.
Tho plant 1ms fruited well, hut owing to
the extremely hot weather, and to
showers, followed by hot sun, it 1ms shed
its fruit badly. The present condition is
not good, and does not compare at all
with last. year. Ricking lias commenced
throughout the state, and will become
general by the twelfth of Heptombcr.
worms are rojvoriod in places in tho
hills, but In tho lowlands they are every
where. In the parishes of Carroll, Madi
son nml Tensas, ihoy linvo done consid
erable damage—estimated at twenty-
five |H»r cent., but olsowero they arc yet
webbed up. There Ih much complaint
of rust. Tho crop is “Spotted, ami
on tho whole not near so good as last
yonr.
MISSISSIPPI.
Our questions have boon answered by
seventy-six correspondents, from twen
ty-nine counties, averago date August
tliirty-lirst.
The weather during tho early part
of th mifntli was excessively rainy, ami
nine© then became hot and dry, and, on
tho w hole, is decidedly less favorable than
during thesaine period last year.
Tho plant Ih rejiorted as being well
fruited, but tho heavy rains and subse
quent dry weather have caused it to shed
considerably, and its present condition
compares quite unfavorably with the
same time last year.
Tho boll and army worinH have made
their appearance in many localities, hut
the damage so far Ih only very light;
somo of our corros|K)iidcntH also complain
of injury from rust and rot.
Ricking Jins commenced, and is ex-
poctcd to lie general about tho tent h in
stant. •
' ARKANSAS.
Wo havo received thirty-nino answers
from twonty-two counties (average dato
* uffust 81st.)
Tliowcathor has been less favorable
than during the same time last year,
heavy rains having fallen early in Lho
month, whiio tho latter part has been
too dry and hot.
Tho plant is tolerably well fruited, hut
recolvo almost tinivonuU complaints
and was Immediately boarded by the
government of l’ontovidrn. Tho gover
nor at oneo recognized Tweed from pho
tographs which ho had in his possession
for some time previous to tho arrival of
tho fugitive. Tweed was entered
ship’s pupors in the name of Hecor, and
was accompanied hv a man giving hi:
name as William Hunt, who Ih said t<
bo his nephew. Both wore immediately
secured and thrown into tho calalsmso
under a strong guard, but wore subso
quciitly train for red, by order, to a for
tress in Vigo, under tho command of the
captaiu-goueral. Tho first secretary of
tho American legation lias requested tho
extradition of Tweed, and ho will conse
quently ho handed over to tho Ameri
can authorities.
ON T1IK FRONTIER.
Tlic t:%|MMllllun Amtlinit Nlltluu Hull
AImiiuIuimhI A rrn n m< iiit'ia (■<
A special 1 correspondent with Terry
telegraphs under date of fort Ruford.
mouth of tluf Yellow Stone, 8th, via HIh-
miirck, Mth Inst.: Tho final breaking
up of Terry’s command occurred yester
day morning. All tho troops arc now
iin route homo, with tho exception of
two regiments of infantry, which will
winter at the mouth of Tongue river.
Tho Montana troops, numbering two
hundred and fifty and ono hundred and
twenty horses, and including seventy
infantry and the Second cavalry, under
Gen. GiMsm, loft for fort Ellis with a
wagon train and supplies for eighty
days. They will follow the old Stanley
trail. Tlic routo ia tooniliio with Iioh- An HIImoIh editor lam produced
tiles and four hundred and eighty inllos
long. They may encounter a large
party in tho Rig Horn country. They
have been in the field hIuco March, and
are poorly dad for tho cold weather and
fierce storms which sweep over the prai-
j)ics in this season. Tho Twenty-second
infantry have boon left at tho mouth of
Glendine creek, and commenced the
construction of a stockade. They will
remain till Novembor 1st, or later. Tho
So veil th cavalry have left for fort Bu
ford, and will inovo along tho north
lmuk of tho Yellow Stone. After arriv
ing hero they will go to fort Lincoln to
winter. Tho Sixteenth infantry will re
main here. Gen. Terry and staff arrived
hero this morning and will remain a few
•lays, and then go to St. Raul via Bis
marck. By tho lfitli, all tho troops will
have boon withdrawn from tho north
country except tho Fifth and Twenty-
second cavalry containing four hundred
men.
A dispatch just received from Gen.
Sheridan couutoimaudH the order lo
winter a regiment of cavalry on the
Yellow Stone, which renders winter
campaigning impossible and indefinitely
postpones tno subjection of tho Sioux.
(Ion. Terry leaves tho field, having nc-
wo recolvo almost universal complaints compllshod no purpose of the exited!
itf heavy kheddliig, which makes the tion and with one-quarter of his troops
present condition far inferior to that of killed by bullotsor oxposuro.
Hcd Cloud agency, Nob., September
13th, via Sidney, Neb., September 16th.
—Today a commlttco consisting of
bishop Whipple and Dr. Daniels, was
appointed l>y the Indian commissioner
to go to Spotted Tail to-morrow and
submit propositions to tho Indians of
that agency Friday, Major. Howard and
Mr. Ilonnmann (!raig were requested to
accompany thorn; llio parly lo coma
hack and rejoin tho remainder of tlic
commission hero Saturday. Spotted
Tail. Two Strlko ami Whirl Wind, of
Brule trilm eaino tip from Spotted Tail
agency yesterday, and arc now here this
evening; they counsel with Red Cloud
Indians regarding tho propositions, and
return to their agency to-morrow. It is
retried here that Spotted Tail himself
favors propositions lo go to tho Indian
territory. Tho indications now arc a
talk will 1m had here on Monday the
18th, at which something definite will
be arrived at. a* tho Indians of both
agencies will ho here by that time, ami
have lolly discussed matters. Though
tho visit of tho comiqission to Spotted
Tail (it this (lino will not do away wltfl
tho visit of the commission to tliaL
agency III a lxifTy after llio.conclusion of
tlic treaty hero. Thorn hax^bcetynf
talk with the Indians hy tho coiimiiIhsioii
since tho first ono hehf on tliP'.w'Voiith
lay after the commissioners arrived.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
California has the largest lunatic
asylum in tho world.
After all, tho real emblem of liberty
is a night key, and it ought to go on tho
flag.
Mrs. Stowh says it Isn’t half ho hard
to love as to unlove. And yet she was
never addicted to tho weed nor took
botirlxiu straight.
“So,” said a lady recently to an Aber
deen merchant, “yourVretty daughter
has married a rich husband.” “ Well,”
slowly replied tho father, “ I believe she
has married a rich man, hut I understand
he is a very |x>or husband.”
A FI.ATTICUHII Is said to bo a beast that
biteth smiling. But it is bard to know
them from friends, they arc so obsequi
ous and (till «f protestations; fnr iih a
wolf rcMomhloH a dog, so doth a liatlerer
friend.—Sir Walter Scott.
Tim farmer who sent his son to New
York to become a clerk now writes ask
ing the merchant whether there ls“ any
thing in the boy.” “ Yes,” replies the
merchant, “just after ho has been to a
saloon.”
A Safe Hulk.—I tin a good and safe
rule to sojourn in every niaco as though
you meat to spend your life there, never
mltting an opportunity of doing a kind-
less, or speaking a true word, or making
friend. Seed thus sown by the way-
sldo oft.09 brings forth abundant harvest.
ast year.
Ii
Worms have appeared in several coun
ties, hut with few exceptions have not,
far, injured tho crop very materially.
Some injury is reported from rust. Rick
ing will bccomo general about the eight
ccnth instant.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
The aggregate receipts front internal
revenue for the fiscal year ending June
30, 187(5, were $110,717,780. Of this
amount Illinois contributed $23,730,(501,
or over one fifth of tho entire amount.
Ohio ranks next, with $1(5,687,(578; Now
York third, $1-1,616,728; Kentucky
fourth, $7,706,602, and Virginia fifth,
$7,31-1,308—these states contributing
IcvenlliH of tho internal revenue
for tho past fiscal year. Tho remainder
paid by tlic other slates and tcrrilo-
as follows:
Alalmnm $ 109,310
Arizona 11,97(1
Ark a lisas (IS, 2(1 f
iilifornla 8,095,010
72,(1(18
itleilt 058,1 H
Dakota 12,15(1
Bold ware . '117,592
District of Columbia II I,599
Florida 17-1.257
Georgia J....
Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana..
Maim-..-
Maryland...
1(1,993
5,579,12(5
1,212,(117
150,(591
MinnuHota...
Mississippi.,
in
Mexico
North Carolina..
Utah
Vermont..
WafddnKlon..
2,577,579
2,752,217
2,0(5(5,1(53
210,77(1
89,1(55
2,981,911
502J329
(57,923
2(50,2(51
3,779,949
22,1(51
1,(571,138
49,572
5,973,431
59(5,713
215,708
33,831
Non-G’iiuju h-Goeiw.—Do we really
want the non-church-goers in our
churches? If wo want them the desire
will efTect a revolution among us. It will
overturn our church architecture; it
will put an end to our gothic churches
and painted windows, and our artificial
music, and our stilled preaching, and
social exclusiveness; it will take pew
doors off their hinges, and it will drive
out the notion that carfwt* arc wortli
3 than souls.—S. 11, Tymj, Jr.
Bad Ending.—The New York
belles nr© adding another accomplishment
(?) to their long list—that of opiun eating
and smoking. They indulge the habit
for the purpose of giving that particular
brightness to the eye and the ruddy ap
pearance to the face; probably not aware
that when the narcotic influence is gone,
the eye is more dull and languid than
over, and that by and by Uie face will
look like a piece of par-boiled corncd-lwcf.
West Virginia 430,978
WIhcoiihIii 3,308,770
Wyoming 15,0(53
TWEED CAUGHT.
Nloi-.v or Ilia TriiVi'la How l!<< Rlmlril
IIm-.NiuioHIi Aolliorllh's, noil How
H«> nii> I'optora-il.
It was found in July last that Tweed
wax in Santiago do Culm, having passed
there from Havana. General Jouvcllar
wa* applied to hy the American consul
to have Tweed secured and sent to the
United States. General Jouvcllar was
quite willing, even in the absence ol an
extradition treaty, to oblige the Ameri
can government in return for their cour
tesy In Arquette's ease some years ago.
Tweed, however, was apprised in .Santi
ago of hi* impending danger and sailed
for Vigo, Spain, July 27th, on hoard the
sailing vessel Carmen. Mr. Cushing
thereupon notified tho Spanish govern
ment of the fact, and found them willing
to arrest Tweed and return him to Cuba,
or deliver him up to tho American con
sul. Every precaution was taken by the
.Spanish government to secure Tweed's
arrest in any |xjrt of Hpnin, or on any
coastline by which he might arrive.
.Severe orders were given to tho local
authorities, especially those of Vigo
and tho Gallician const. On Heptember
6th, the Carmen hove in sight off Vigo,
Sending Money by Mall,
ow way to pay old debts” is to
claim that Lho money wax sent in a letter,
and John Reeves stole it. Tho crop ol
idiot* is very large this year, if all tho
who are claiming lo have sent large
sums of money in unregistered loiters
really did send them. It is incredible
that men will conlinuo to risk money in
letters which cannot lx; “tracked” any
more than you can track a fish in the
water, while tho government offers a per- e ,
fectly safe means of transmittal by money ion, ax expressed in tho London Nr
order to all important offices, and a com- of tho American article: From the rich
parativcly safe moans by register to all
offices. Twenty-live cents is tin* largest
fee for a money order. You may send
$80 for fifteen cents, and it Ih practically
im|H)H*il>Ie for the money to miscarry.
You may register a letter to any office
in tho United .States or Canada, and to
nearly all foreign countries, f<>r a fee of
ten cents in addition to tho regular
postage. Registered letters are not sent
in the regular mails, hut pass from hand
to hand of postal clerks or route agents.
The person taking your registered Tetter
gives you a receipt for it, and the law
requires every person into whose hands
it passes to produce either the letter itself
or a receipt for it. it is not absolutely
safe, like a money ordei, hut safe beyond
any other contingency than accident or
crimo. In tho case of the money order,
safety goes beyond this. Ha money
order Ih even stolen the thief cannot col
lect tlic money, because he cannot
identify himself'as the drawee, and must
tell who drew tho order—information
which is sent confidentially to the post
master in a separate letter from that
inclosing tlic order. Newspapers can do
much good, and save their patrons much
money, hy occasionally reminding thorn
of tho above facts. The most distressing
losses are small savings from wages, sent
hy absent sons, or fathers, or daughters
lo their families. And it is these that
usually attempt to sj{ve the small reg
ister or money-ordcT fee hy risking the
currency in an ordinary letter— Cotuhibue
Journal.
A PF.l*TUMIiKlt apple, mellow and sweet,
is ahead of any “eye-opener” as a morn-
ting appetizer.
play in which living fish are nightly flop.
jie(l upon tho stage by an actual angler.
Tho audience enjoy the piscatorial ago
nies quite as much as if they were doing
the angling themselves.
Ah the rain falls impartiallyon tho just
and the unjust, so the pule inoonboauiM,
that lend inspiration to tho lovers’ vows,
creep through the cracks in the henhouse
and shows the midnight naturalist where
Llio best pullet Ih roosting.
A VAHBWKI.1..
Mv (nlrral thllil, I linvo an souk lo hIvc ymi,
No Inrk coiihl |>l|><! lo skies so (lull nml proy,
Yol, ere wo purl, one lesson I mu Icnvu you
For ovnry dny.
Ik* Rood, sweet mnlil, sml lot who will hoolovor,
Do nnldo things, not drenm them, nil dny loni;,
Ami so mnko llio, dentil, uml (lint vnsl forever ■
Oiiofirnml, sweet souk.
Good nature is more agreeable in con
versation than wit, and gives a certain
air to tho countenance which Ih more
atnluhlo than beauty. It shows virltlo in
its fairest light, takes of in some measure
from tho deformity of vice, and make*
even folly and inqxirtinuuce supportable.
—Andmn.
“What is tho chief uso of bread?”
asked an examiner at a recent school ex
hibition. " The use of bread,” an
swered llio iirehin, apparently aston
ished'nl-tho. simplicity of tho imiuiry,
“is to spread butter and jam oil it.”
Wu are told that “ for a mam, lovo iH
a story; for women, It is a history.”
This Is pretty, but fad* are Hliihborn
things, and it noesn’t do to omit all men
tion of his twelve-hours-a-day dig for
family bread and butler and her trouble
over tho baby’s colic.
TllB juiy acquits the prisoner, a ser
vant-girl accused of having jxiisoned her
employers, uml tho judge LoIIh her Hint
she is free to go, and then adds: “I
want n Oook, my good woman; hu t,
nevertheless, f may say that it will
hardly bo worth your while to apply for
the place, even with this vordlct hy way
of reference.”
Amt sweat wllli <• ,
A I.rlulil-I'ycil Imy wlmlix.ki-<l from mi»*
Tim tf.Kir with wotsllilun wrciillii*! nlimtb
Ami wInIhin Ms mm IImmi^IiI nil ilny:
• Oil I II I run Id mil II y nwny
n (III* .lull n|mi( I In* worltl Inis
"»W nippy. Iinppy, liujipy.
How Iinppy I would Im r
Amid llm city's colintuiil din,
A mnn who riiuiid llm world him Iss'ii
IslliliikliiK. IliInkliiK nil dny Ion*,
"i'll I If I could only truce
Tim Hold pal Ii lo lurni-l
Tim old Kroon nmmlown could I sen,
How happy, Iinppy, Iinppy.
How Iinppy I would l.nl’ >
-Detroit Tribune.
r A woman in Covington, Ivy., sneezed
so violently tho other night that she (Jin-
located her jaw, and when her husband
came sneaking in about olio a. in., she
couldn’t say a word, but stared at him
in mute helplessness, and ho grinned uml
went to lied, protending not to under
stand gestures. Tho next day all the
married men in Covington were buying
Hiiufl*. and the amazed tobacconists
ildii’t imagine what had created such
unusual demand for tho host Scotch
snuff
English Oysters.
The English oysters are entirely dis
appearing, and this i'h the British oplu-
American lxnls, where the requisite tem
perature and qulot for tho growth of llio
spat are never wanting, wo get, and are
likely to got, oysters beautiful in out-
iru appearance, with handsome shells,
like porcelain, and forming not indif
ferent eating. They have not, as yet,
thriven much in England, but the cup-
ply of them at one shilling to one shil
ling and sixpence a dozen and upward in
unfailing. The trade in them is de
cidedly increasing. Ono company,
which imported, in a singlo month in
1876, thirty barrels a week, found in llio
same peroid, this year, a demnnd for Olio
hundred and fifty barrels. The supply
to bo procured by dredging in Clicxa-
jxaike buy and elsewhere is said to bo
practicably inexhaustible. But after
all, Chesapeako or Virginia •ysters are,
to English tastes, poor substitutes for
fat Wliitstablcs— they nre “a much
coarser kind of thing,” say* Mr. Buck-
land, no mean expert. They may suit
the palates of Americans, who like
oysters stowed, and call our “native*”
coppery in flavor; they may he, a* is
sometimes said, better lor the purpose of
sauce than the English natives; hut
they will never willingly bo accepted
here as a substitute or anything but n
pis nller. Of course the demand for
oysters, is fast rising, and this of itself
acts upon tho prices. But tho ehiof
reason why oysters which were sold on
the Tralee beds, for instance, at ten
pence for one hundred and twenty-six,
now /etch fourteen shillings lo fifteen
sliillfngs, and that at Whitstahlo natives
have risen, in fourteen or fifteen yean,
from forty shillings a bushel to twelve
guineas, is that the supply is falling mL