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WASHINGTON NEWS,
The Scramble for Louisiana Offices.
THK CEO Mill UADM KNOCK EACH
OTHER IIO)V\
Washington, May 13.-State Sena
tor G. Y. Kelso has arrived. He
aspires also to the New Orleans naval
office.
Ex-Congressman Nash is support
ing an outsider from his district for
the place, whose name has not trans
pired.
Judge Dibble, of Kellogg’s Court, is
in the Held for the New Orleans Pen
sion Agency.
The new expedition to capture So
nora is laughed at by the filibustering
element here.
The appointment clerks of the
Treasury, Post Office and Justice De
partments know nothing of any
pending changes iQ importantofflces.
The Georgia liepublicaus made it
lively in front of the office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
yesterday, by knocking each other
down.
Richard Smith, of the Cincinnati
Gazette, is a bidder for furnishing
postal cards.
THE “REX" FOLI.Y IST NEW YORK.
REPUBLICANS APINO ROYALTY.
New York, May 15.—Rex landed at
the Custom House pier, amid the
cheers of a vast multitude. The car
riage, drawn by six bay horses, wu9
in waiting for his Majesty and his
companions. Grand Turk and
Khedive of Egypt, in front of the
Custom House wharf. Tne King and
his companions entered their car
riage, and the procession started on
the way up Battery place. The van
was led by mounted police
men followed by the band,
who in turn were followed by
the marshals on horseback. Then
came the King. The industrial
chariots fell into the line from side
streets, and from Whitehall street
nearly all the trades were represent
ed from the makers of clothing to the
makers of axle-grease. The brewers
were out in force, with tab
leaux cars. A printing house
sent out a little printing office on
wheels. The soap manufacturers
vied with each other grandly. The
fire workmen sent burning cauldrons
through the streets. One of the
weekly journals had a car which car
ried characters in stories along the
line of march. The tailors, butch
ers, wine merchants, furniture shops,
ice cream makers, and many other
trades and Industries were represent
ed.
Nlukliur '•< a Mll*lppl Mi-amer.
Baton Rouge, May 15.—Steamer
Sandry, No. 2, comiug down, struck
a log five miles above here, about
midnight, and soon commenced sink
ing. Seven saved themselves on cot
ton bales. The women and children
were placed in a yawl . ad landed
safely, buoyed up with cotton bales.
The boat floated by the city with two
feet of water in the cabin, where the
skiffs took off the rest of the passen
gers anckcrew. It is supposed three
of the crew were lost. The boat lies
bottom up, five miles below. The
books, money and everything else
was lost.
MOUTH CAROLINA.
JUSTICE WILLARD RE-ELECTED.
Columbia, May 15.—Associate Jus
tice A. J. Willard was re-elected Chief
Justice on the first ballot.
crooked Whiskey Metzure.
Chicago, May 15.—Mike Dubbles,
foreman of Illinois Distillery, arrest
ed for tampering with barrels after
they were stamped, while the stock
of 3,500 barrels worth $300,000, was
seized. The proprietors claim that
Dubbles acted from zeal for their in
terest, not from orders from them.
The HetlindiMi Convention**.
Baltimore, May 15.—Both Conven
tions are waiting reports of their re
spective committees on the basis of
union.
A Rain Diper*lns Rioter*.
London, May 16. —It is thought that
Gray, home ruler, lias been elected to
Parliament from Tipperay, Ireland, in
place of O’Callahan, deceased; defeating
Casey, an ex-Fenian prisoner, by a large
majority. In the town of Tipperray a
mob pelted Gray, and their attitude be
come so menacing that the police were
obliged to fix bayonets and the riot act
was read. The rain, however, fortunate
ly dispersed the crowd.
HAYES AT NEW YORK.
HIM NPEECII at the chamber of
COMMERCE BANQUET.
Why Kn-Govrnor Tllden huU Other*
would not Attend.
New York, May 16.-At the annual
! banquet of the Chamber of Com
merce, President Hayes said:
“Mr. President-It is a gratifica
j tion to have this opportunity to meet
such an assemblage of the business
men of the city of New York. I
! wish to make my acknowledgments
! to them for their invitation to enjoy
with them their annual social meet
ing. I wish to assure them that this
hearty greeting is very welcome to
me. [Cheers.] At peace with all the
nations of the world, with an honest
i purpose on the part of our people
j and the part of the Government
(loud cheers) to strive for tho resto
ration of the ancient concord within
I our own limits (huriahs and great
i applause)—l believe that notwith
j standing tile unfortunate array of
figures which has been disentombed,
! that we may confidently look for
I early, decided, eneouiagiug evidences
i of the reviving of business prosperity
throughout our country."
New York, May 15. -’lt has been
ascertained beyond question that
| invitations to attend the Chamber of
| Commerce were sent to ex-Governor
| Tiiden, Governor Robinson and all
leading officials of the State; but
i they ail declined, lest their presence
I should seem an endorsement of the
| declaration of Mr. Hayes’ election.
VILLAINY.
KIXTY MINER* POISRWKtt
Many YVill Hie.
Chicago, May 10.—A special dis
| patch from Strater, Ills., says the
| coal miners at that place, who struck
! some time ago, and whose places
| were filled by new men, but who
I were subsequently taken back for
the most part, so that only 100 new
men were retained, have for a long
time been kept separate from the
blacklegs, as novices are called, to
avoid jealousy of tbe old miners. Of
late, however, the two gangs
have been allowed to mingle, and
yesterday the rankling hate of the
old miners found expression by some
of their numbers putting poison in
the dinner buckets of the new men.
Last night some CO victims were in
throes of agony, and many of them
will undoubtedly die from the effects
of the poison, while the lives of alj
them haog upon threads.
Position* ul Mcrvla amt Kitumuiiia.
London, May 15.—The Times' Bel
grade dispatch says, the Russian
consul has declared in a special au
dience with Prince Milan, that Rus
sia has notified to Austria and Eng
land that Servia will observe neutrali
ty; that Russian troops will not
enter Servia, she being excluded
from the plan of operations.
Grand Duke Nicholas and Prince
Charles of Roumania had a meeting.
The latter’s position in the army is
satisfactorily arranged. Nicholas
arrives at Bucharest to-day.
The Czar, by isolated action, has
seceded from the alliance of the
three emperors, but is still bound to
abstain from any action injurious to
Germany or Austria.
■ Roumania has been notified thut if
she commences hostilities or declares
independence, she forfeits the pro
tection given her by the treaty of
Paris.
TELCSRAFIIIC SIIKAMBY.
New York, May 15. The Russian
fleet shows signs of preparation for
departure.
Richmond, Ya. —A lioness, suppos
ed to have escaped from some men
agerie, is depredating in Hanover Cos.,
Virginia. Much consternation is
caused among the inhabitants. Ac
tive hunt is made for her.
New York—No 9 Gold St., occupied
by Hostetter’s Bitters Cos., and C. H.
Rutherford, drug manufacturer,
destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at
fifty thousand.
Rochester, N. Y.,—The Rochester
Paper Companies factories, located
at the lower falls of this city, de
stroyed by fire. Loss about SIOO,OOO,
insurance sßo,ouo.
Philadelphia—The Reformed Epis
copal Church have resolved to elect
! a Bishop for Great Britain.
New York—R. E. Peterson was ar
! rested on his arrival on steamer
j England, charged with having ob-
I tained 10,000 crowns fraudulently.
Boston—A special dispatch from
j Moore’s Junction says a fire is
spreading. The whole country is
filled with dense smoke. Three vil
j lages were buraed ; two persons are
! missing.
Meridian, Miss.—Miss Cornelia
Chisolm, who was wounded in the
Kemper affray, died to-day of gan
green of the arm, resulting from lack
of prompt surgical attention.
Clear thought and vigorous action,
depend upon that perfect condition
of system resulting from pure blood.
When symptoms provocative of dull
ness and inactivity present them
selves, then use at once Dr. Bull’s
Blood Mixture.
COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1877.
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
RUSSIANS ACROSS THE DANUBE.
Thoy are in Strong Force.
TI HKIHH INSTRUCTIONS TO BURN
PLACE* THAT CANNOT HE
DEFENDED.
London, May 15.—The Daily Tele
graph’s dispatch, dated Matchin,
Monday, says the Russians are ap
parently making an attempt to cross
the Danube. Heavy artillery firing
has been going on up to the moment
of my sending this dispatch. The
Turks have been successful in repell
iug the attack. The Russians are
believed to be in great force.
The Telegraph’s Bucharest dispatch
confirms the capture of the Turkish
gunboat which tried to pass Kalafat.
The correspondent says he has as
certained beyond doubt that the Ser
vian authorities have accumulated
large stores of forage and provisions
at Glad over.
The Turkish gunboat was forced
to surrender near Kalafat, because of
heavy fire from a battery.
Tne Daily News’ special from Ga
latz says: Yesterday a steam tug
from Ibrail took over some lighters
and 200 laborers, and removed sev
eral hundred tons of coal, unoppos
ed, which the Turks had accumula
ted at Getschet for use of their fleet.
The Russian front will be covered
by ten regiments of Cossacks.
The inundation has now decreased
in Birla Valley, and 6,000 troops are
marching down it.
The Daily News’ Vienna correspon
dent says: The Russian army for ac
tual operations now numbers nine
corps. Only two are destined for the
Dobrudscha. The main body, accord
ing to military calculations, will cross
uear Guergevo and move southeast
towards Varna.
Vienna, May 15.—The Polltische
Correspondent, which has semi-official
letters from St. Petersburg, says the
Russian troops under Gen. Kauffman
will cross the Panier into the Widin
in the event of England taking part
in the Turkish war.
London, May 15.-Reuter's Con
stantinople dispatch, dated to-day,
says news has been received that a
Russian corps, with cavalry and ar
tillery, crossed tho Danube near Pat
back and entered tho Dobrudsha.
An engagement is proceeding.
Manchester, May 15.—The Guar
dian's Vienna dispatch says the Bth
and 12th Russian corps will probably
cross the Danube near Turrl Mgurel,
thereby turning the Bulgarian quad
rilate. The 7th and 11th corps will
invade the Dobrudsha.
The first collision between the
Greek insurgents and Turkish troops
lias occurred near Armgras in
Thessaly. The press of Athens unan
imously demanded war.
The Telegraph's Bucharest corres
pondent reports a great concentra
tion of Russian troops taking place
at Lurwu Magureli, one of the points
at which they will cross the river.
A Times dispatch from Pera, May
13th, says: There being rumors in
Tultcha that in the event of that
place having to be abandoned, orders
have been given that it should be de
stroyed by tbe retreating garrison.
The consuls of Austria, Greece and
other States applied to the Governor,
who acknowledged that such were
his orders, but before things came to
such extremities he would give the
consuls and all aliens timely warn
ing, so as to provide for tne safety of
their persons and as much property
as they could remove. Such orders,
the Governor added had been sent to
all persons commanding in Bulgaria.
The consuls communicated with
their respective envoys here, and re
monstrances were made by them to
tho Porte. The government gave
reassuring answers as to the safety
of the person of foreign subjects, but
evinced some disposition to persevere
in Its destructive system of defensive
warfare.
ENGLAND AND THE WAR.
“IN THE WAT OF NAFETY.”
London, May 15. —The Times, In a
leading article, says: Nothing has
been so remarkable during the de
bate in Parliament as the declara
tions in favor of peace from conser
vatives as well as liberals. The
war party finds itself a small
minority. We do not say that all
danger is past, for every Russian suc
cess may be expected to provoke un
reasonable panic; but for the present
the country and government are in
the way of safety. Both sides of the
House will doubtless claim some ad
vantage, but the real (gain lies with
the party which is on the side of
peace. If both parties claim that
honorable distinction, so much the
batter for the country.
Tlie Suez Canal.
London, May 15.—A Paris dispatch
says Mr. Lesseps had a long inter
view with Due DeCazes relative to
measures to be taken to secure the
neutralization of the Suez Caoul
during the present war. The French
shareholders of the canal seem to
suspect the intentions of the British
fleet.
THE MORMONS STILL ARMIN 6.
Krntllr* Alarmed.
Washington, May 15.—A Salt Lake j
dispatch says arming and drilling
of Mormons continues throughout
Utah. The Gentiles, and especially
those in the northern and southern
settlements, are alarmed at the few
U. S. Troops in Utah.
Mr. Emory has written a letter to
the Secretary of War, requesting that
Camp Douglas be provided with five
companies of infantry and two of
cavalry; that Camp Cameron shall
have two full companies.
Urrat Fire In sit. Stephen*. N. 11.
Boston, May 15.—A special to the
Her aid stile sib e losses by tbe fire
at St. Stephens, N. 8., last night, to
be nearly $500,000. About 63 tene
ments, 11 wharves and 2 schooners
were burned. Among the heaviest
losers are the New Brunswick and
Canada Railroad Cos., the depot, ma
chine shops, wharves and a number
of engines and cars being destroyed.
The Watson House, a number of val
uable buildings, aud the ship 8. E.
Chipman were burned.
Cholcrn In India.
Washington, May 15.—The Stuto
Department has information from
the Consul General at Calcutta that
Capt. Small, his sister, chief officer
Dyer, aud three seamen of the Amer
can bark Edmund Pbinnay, died of
cholera at Akyrib, 25th March. Chol
era prevails dreadfully at Chittagong
and along the coast and islands in
undated by the great storm wave of
October, 1876.
A Wester* Fait Freight l.lue.
Chicago, May 15.—The managers
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
and Missouri, Kansas & Texas Cen
tral railroads, have effected a fast
freight combination of their roads,
which will go into operation June
Ist, and regularly run two hundred
cars and seven sleepers from Chicago
to Houston and Galveston from that
date.
Milp New*.
New York, May 15.—Arrived; Cleopa
tra.
Arrived out: Bertha, Portland, Wild
Hunter, Fauna, Fox, Fordenskjold, Subra,
Salome, Francis, John and Isabel.
WEATHER INDICATION'S.
War Department, j
Office of Chief Signal Officer, >
Washington, May 15, 1877. )
For South Atlantic and East Gulf
States, nearly stationary or slowly falling
barometer, southeast to southwest winds,
partly cloudy weather, and stationary or
rising temperature.
A Word lo Buy*.
What do you think, young friends,
of the hundreds of thousands who
are trving to cheat themselves aud
others into the belief that alcoholic
drinks are good for them ? Are they
not to be pitied and blamed V Do you
want to be one of these wretched
men ? If we are to have drunkards
in the future, some of them are to
come from the boys to whom I am
now writing; and I ask you again if
you want to be one of them ? Nolof
course you don’t!
Well, I have a plan for you that is
just as sure to save you from such a
fate as the sun is to rise to-morrow
morning. It never failed ; it never
will fail; it canuot fail; and I think
that it is worth knowing. Never
touch liquor in any form. That’s
the plan, uud it is not only worth
knowing, but it is worth puttiDg
iuto practice.
I know you don’t drink now, and it
seems to you as if you never would.
But your temptation will come, and
it probably will come in this wuy:
You will ilud yourself, some time
with a number of companions, and
they will nave a bottle of wine ou
the table. They will drink aud of
fer it to you. They will regard it as
a manly practice, aud, very likely
they will look upon you as a milksop
if you don’t indulge with them.—
Then what will you do? Eh? What
will you do? Will you say, “Boys,
none of that stuff for me! I know a
trick worth half a dozen of that!”
Or will you take the glass, with your
own common seuse protesting, and
your conscience making the whole
draught bitter, and feeling that you
have damaged yourself, aud then go
off with a hot, head and a skulking
soul that at once begins to make
apologies for ltself-just as the soul
of Colonel Backus does, and will
keep doing during all his like?
Mr. Jefferson Davis is and has been
for some time residing at Beavour,
Miss., the residence of Mrs. Sarah A.
Dorsey, on tbe Gulf coast, between
Mobile and New Orleans, where ho is
preparing, with the assistance of
Maj. W. T. Walthall, his “Memoirs,”
soon to be published by the Apple
tons. He is in excellent health, and
looks younger than he did a few
years ago—the result probably of the
salt air of tbe Gulf and rest from
several litigations, the end of which,
however, left him, it is alleged,
almost penniless.
Judge Wright, of tbe Supreme
Court of South Carolina, has been
investigated by a committee of the
Legislature, who recommended his
impeachment for drunkenness and
incapacity. The South Carolinans
want a judge who has at least lucid
intervals of sobriety.
An English woman, who was born
without arms, has just had twins.
She wears her wedding ring on her
toe, and does all the housework with
her feet with a dexterity that is sur
prising. How she will manage to
nurse her twin babies is a problem
yet to be solved.
Avery dangerous new counterfeit
of the fifty dollar bill of the Central
i National Bank of New York city is
i afloat. Engraving and signatures
i are admirably executed, but the pa
per is a little heavier and stiffer than
[ the genuine.
THE FILIBUSTERING SCHEME.
PROBABILITIES OF DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE
UNITED STATES.
- , ....i. ... ..
NKNOR HAKMCAI,, THK MEXICAN
MINISTER, FOYORINti 1.1.1t1t0.
Mexico to be Invaded within Mlxty
liny*.
Special to tlie N. O. Democrat.]
Washington, May 18,—The Mexican
movement outlined in these dispatches
Friday night may now be regarded as an
accomplished fact, so tar as the negotia
tions to secure the policy of non-interven
tion by tlie United States government is
concerned. The leading spirit of the en
tvrpriae left here last night for Philadel
phia and New York to confer with the
parties who propose to furnish the nec
essary capital, and if they accept as satis
factory the assurances given here, and
advance the required funds as per tlie
agreement alluded to in Friday night’s
dispatches, active operations will begin
immediately.
These parties agreed to furnish a quar
ter of a million dollars to defray expen
ses ol outfitting the three expeditions,
provided such assurances could be ob
tained from this government as would
protect the movement from interference
during its organization. They then agreed
to furnish another quarter ot a million as
soon as tho expeditions were faireiy ren
dezvoused on Mexican territory.
The nature of the assurances given can
not be accurately ascertained, but it is be
lieved to be substantially as follows: The
Federal government, will place no ob
stacles in the way of emigrants who may
desire to cross the Mexican border. If
any considerable force collects at Yuma
or Faso, to El Paso, tlie government will
accept their assurances that their mission
is to develop the mines of Mexico, and
not inquire into their ulterior designs.
When they get across the border all sur
veillance on the part of this government
will cease, and if the Mexican govern
ment protests and asks the United States
to enforce the neutrality laws, our gov
ernment will embrace the opportunity to
renew its demand upon Mexico for in
demnity for the numerous outrages com
mitted on the Rio Grande frontier, which
can hardly fail to lead to a suspension of
diplomatic relations, and ultimately bring
on a regular war—which, to put it plain
ly, is precisely what our government
Upon these assurances, the expedition
will be pushed rapidly on, and it is stated
on good authority that telegraphic in
structions were sent last night to New
Orleans, Galvestion, St. Louis and San
Francisco to begin the organization of
forces immediately. The Mexican min
ister here, Senor Mariscal, is in sympathy
with Lerdo, and has not yet recognized
the Diaz government, and announces his
intention not to do so at all. This will
cause Diaz to send another minister here
to replace Mariscal, which will put our
State Department under the necessity of
choosing between the two. It is impos
sible to say wlmt such a contingency
might lead to, but it is certain that our
government does not now intend to re
cognize Diaz, and Lerdo has received
what he considers official assurances to
this effect.
The situation is curiously analogous to
that of Europe two months ago. Mexico
is taking the place of Turkey, and the
United States that of the great powers.
The Diaz government being without a
representative here, owing to tlie sympa
thy of Minister Mariscal with Lerdo, it is
impossible for Diaz to bring any protest
he may make officially before our gov
ernment, at least for the present.
To sum up the whole complication, it
may be stated that unless some event now
unforeseen happens very soon, the three
expeditions, which it was announced
would invade Mexico, will be rendezvous
ed within bixty days, and there is strong
probability that they will be supported
fry United States naval, if not military,
forces, at a very early stage of the opera
tion.
Buell.
1 *
Tike Thousands ot AppllraMons tor Ot*
lice from soullicrn Democrat*.
Washington, May 11. Hayes is
encouraged by the manifestations of
approval from Southern Democrats.
He is convinced that there is a much
greater disposition on the part of
Southern Democrats to support his
administration, and break away
from the old party affiliation, than
the leaders of that party are willing
to admit. He bases his belief on the
fact that applications for office by
Democrats are pouring in by the
thousand. There are only sixty-two
applications for the office of United
States Marshal of Georgia. This, he
thinks, Is an encouraging sign. He
only regrets that he has not sixty
marshalships in that State to give
away. It will be somewhat embar
rassing to select one from this num
ber, but he relies upon Senator Gor
don to extricate him from this diffi
culty. It happens, however, that
Gordon and Ben Hill cannot agree,
and old Joe Brown is after Gordon
with a sharp stick. Altogether Gor
don does not find it a pleasant and
agreeable occupation of distributing
the Federal offices among his consti
tuents. Tho White Line Democrats
of Mississippi arc disposed to look
with suspicion upon the conduct of
their Senators also. There is a good
ly number of them who would be
willing to serve their adopted coun
try, but, inasmuch as they all cannot
be gratified, those wito are disap
pointed loudly denounce as traitors
those who were more fortunate, and
do not forget to hold Larnur respon
sible as the chief director.
FlKh Dime nf Contention.
London, May 11.—A Paris dispatch
says a slight difficulty has arisen be
tween France and England relative
to the New Foundlaud fishery. This
is an old subject of discord, but the
dispute has. just now reached an
acute stage. It appears that the ac
tion of the Governor in forbidding
the French to fish for herring lias
been the subject of complaiut by the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, but the
English Government supports the
Governor, hence the interchange of
unsatisfactory diplomatic notes.
The Bureau of Statistics has published
a statement showing that the export of
“olemargarine,” or “butterine,” from
New Y’ork during the several months
ended Marcli 31, amounted to 8,549,029
pounds, of the value of $481,747, of which
2,302,250 pounds were shipped to France
and 991,329 pounds to Great Britain.
Mllly De Granville.
A TALK WITH THK FAMOUS LADY WITH
THK IKON JAW.
‘My name is Milly De Granville; I’m
twenty-three year* old, and I can lift 450
pounds, dead weight, with my teeth,’ said
the young lady with the iron jaw, as she
came forth smiling, after the performance at
Barnum’s yesterday afternoon, to meet a re
porter of the lYorld.
Fifteen minutes before the latter bad *at
in mute astonishment while this young wo
man, clad in perfectly fitting and becoming
tights, waved a kitchen chair in her teeth, or
by the tip end of its hack held it at right an
gles to her comply figure, while all the mul
titude applauded. Now he stood alone in the
presence of a fashionable young lady with
pretty dimpled cheeks aud large grey eyes
that twinkled good-naturedly beneath a per
feet garden of (lowers in the shape of a
spring hat, and which looked honestly at the
reporter as the above startling announcement
was made. The transition from Greek stat
uary to Parisian vitality was too sudden;
the reporter stood speechless.
‘What! you don’t believe met See!’ And
the spring bonnet bent down gracefully,
while with an incisive click a set of beauti
fully white and even teeth came together on
the back of a mahogony chair, which
straightway was tossed high up over the
young lady's head, held there n moment,
triumphantly returned to its legs, and then
complacently sat down upon by Miss l>e
Granville.
‘Well, will you,' said the reporter, curios
ity overcoming finer instincts, ‘allow me to
inspect those remarkable teeth!’
‘Of course,’ said Miss De Granville, a
beaming smile at the same time supplying
the opportunity. ‘I neier’—with difficulty
articulating through a widely-opened mouth
—‘called upon a dentist in all my life, and
never had a moment’s toothache.’
Accurately described, and without any
poetical reference to pearls, Miss De Gran
ville’s teeth are perfect, which, considering
the fact that for the last six years she has
put them to such uncommon uses as the
lifting of water-casks and Shetland ponies,
is somewhat remarkable.
‘Yes,’ mused the young lady, as the re
porter expressed this opinion. ‘My teeth arc
pretty good, but it’s not in them that my
strength mainly lies, it’s here (touching the
hack of her neck), and here (dropping her
hand lower on her spinal column) that I get
my muscle. I tel! you I’m awfully strong ’
Here Miss De Granville paused, blushed and
nervously patted the carpet with a little
foot and swung a fragile parasol in her
jeweled fingers. She didn't look like Sam
son.
‘Do fell me how you ever came to start
in this remarkable line of business!’ said the
reporter.
‘Oh, yes. Well, you see, my mother had
—has still —a wonderful set of teeth. Why,
to this day she can bite a hickory-nut same
as you would a peanut. My father never
had the toothache, neither, to the day he died.
When 1 was a little girl I used to go round
the house lifting tilings- That was in Can
ada; I was born in Toronto. After awhile
we moved to Pennsylvania. Then mi got
married again, and I went to Chicago to
earn my own living. I ain’t a bit ashamed
of it, sir. 1 used to be a dining-room girl in
Barnum’s Hotel in Chicago. Well, you see,
the other girls used to know how strong I
was, and I used to lift the chairs in my teeth
just to amuse them. One day the manager
of the Alhambra came to dine at the hotel
and caught me lifting one ol the dining room
chairs, ‘Why, little girl,' says he, you
ought to go into tbe theater.’ So I asked
him to take me, and he took me, and I went,
and I’ve blessed him ever since.’
‘Then you’ve been very successful’’
‘Successful! Why, I should say so. You
see D'Atalie, the man with the iron jaw,
used to have it all to himself; hut, of course,
when a woman could do the same things it
was a bigger card, and I can lift more than
D’Atalie could. He was only a little fellow,
you know.’
‘Gracious’’ was all the reporter could say,
gazing with amazement upon the trim figure
of Miss De Granville.
‘Yes, I could; but D'Atalie is dead now;
so we won't say anything about him, and,
besides, his wife—the woman who used to
fire off a cannon on her shoulders, you know
—is a friend of mine, though she will never
come to see my act It makes her think
too much of poor D Atalie, she says. Yes,’
continued the young lady, showing her teeth,
half sadly. And then she unaffectedly nar
rated her uneventful life since the tim she
lifted the dining-room chair in Chicago to
the present moment, dwelling upon the as
tonishment of the South Americans at a re
cent visit she has paid that country.
In concluding the interview Miss De Gran
ville stated that she has always enjoyed most
excellent health, hut has been recently in
formed by a doctor that a pain occasionally
felt in her eyes is the result of continued
pressing upon the nerves of her eyeteeth,
and that she fears she will eventually have
t abandon heavy lifting. It is her inten
tion to visit_Europe next fall, —New York
World,
Abdul Keritu Pa3ba, ttie Turkish
Comtuander-in-Ohief, is a genuine
Turk of the old school, such us are
nowadays seldom to be found, owing
his advancement as much to his thor
ough honesty and straightforward
ness as to his military talents. He
resided for many years in Vienna as
a military student under the care of
Feldzeumeister von Hauslab, and he
possesses many of the solid qualities
of the German nation ; he also writes
and reads the German language with
facility. His sun burnt .face, with
white hair and beard, Is calm and
steady, and faithfully reflects his
well-balanced mind, which is rather
that of a Fabius than a Bonaparte.
Blackbird* vs. Grasshopper*.
Salina, Kan.. May G.-Frank Wil
kerson of Gypsum Creek writes as
follows to a friend here under date of
the 4th inst;
“Blackbirds, pure black, yellow
headed, white-eyed, all kinds and
sizes, in countless numbers came up
from the South to-day, and they are
showing the young locusts that God
still lives. Heavens, how they are
eating them! I never saw such
flocks of small birds. One flock was
a mile in length. These angels of
mercy keep hopping, hopping, hop
ping, and at every hop down goes a
locust. To-day lam hopeful that
the end of the Saline county locusts
is near.
“ir the blackbirds stay here for a
few days they will surely clean out
the locusts. lam confident enough
now to say that I will plant corn
next week, that is if the birds stay.
Yes, I will stop breaking priarie and
plough for corn. And if the loousts
do disappear down the gullets of
these providential birds, I will make
my seed wheat and be saved from
the dreadful necessity of buying it.
Rescued from the locusts, what
wheat I have, struggling for exis
tence, will give me from 25 to JO
bushels per acre.”
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
T - - . i. ii Mi..*..
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
lIOXRY AM) HTOCKN.
LONDON. May 15. Noon—Conaola 94 11-16.
Krio 4
PARIS, May 13.-2:00 v. m.—Rentes 102f. aud
83c.
NEW YORK. May 15. Noon— Gold opened
107.
NEW YORK, May 13.—Noon—Stocks active,
irregular and lower; money 2; gold 7; exchange,
long, 4.87),,; abort, 4.90; State bonds steady; Gov
ernments strong.
NEW YORK, May 13. Evening Money
cany, offered at 2; sterling 4 H 7)*; gold 7; Gov
ernments dull and Arm—now s'a 11)4; States
a tend v.
COTTON.
LIVERVOOL, May 15.—Noon—Ootton rusier,
but not qnotably lower; middling uplands 5 18-Md,
Orleans (id, sales 6,000, speculation aud export
1000, receipts 8,800, American 5,700.
Futures dull at last night’s prices; uplands,
low middling clause, Juno And July delivery,
5 23-3‘Jd; July and August 6 13-16®25-32d, August
and September 6)*d, September and October 6
11-16d.
2:00 p. m.— Uplands, low middling clauae, May
aud June delivery 5 11-JCd.
3:00 i*. m —Uplands, low middling clause, June
and July delivery 5 11-101; shipped April aud
May delivery 6 23-32d.
Sales of American 4200*
6:00 p. M, —Futures steady; uplauds, low mid
dling clause, Juue and July delivery 6 23-32d.
NEW YORK, May 15.—Noon—Cotton quiet;
middling uplands 10 13-10; Orleaua 10 15-16; sales
395.
Futures opened steady as follows: May 10.77;
June 10.80®.81; July 10 90@.91, August 19.99(4
11.01; September 10.98@11.02; October 10.88@.89.
NEW YORK. May 10. —Evening—Cotton firm;
middling uplands 10 13-16; Orleans 10 15-16; sales
850; net receipts 21; gross 1389,
Consolidated net receipts 9109; exports to
Great Britain 6244; to France 2610; to continent
1068; to chaunel 1165.
Futures closed firm; sales 25,000; May 10.84®
.85; Juno lu.88; July 10.98; August 11.08@09;
Heptember 11.07(31.08;October 10 95(21.97; Novem
ber 10,5@.87; December 10.87®.89; January
11.04®.06; February 11.16®.18.
GALVESTON. May 15.—Cotton nominal and
lower to sell; middling 10)*; net receipts 90;
gross—; sales 22; exports to Great Britain —;
France —; to channel —; to continent —; coast
wise —.
NORFOLK, May 15, Evening Cotton
dull; middlings 10 ) 4 ; receipts 230; gross —;
sales —; spinners —; exports to Great Britain —;
coastwise 145.
BALTIMORE, May 16. Evening Cotton
dull; middling 10* 4 ; net receipts —; gross 192;
sales 70; spinners 70; exports to Great Britain —;
to continent —; coastwise 42.
BOBTON. May 15. Evening Cotton dull
and lower; middling 11; net receipts 3( 8; gross
308; sales—; exports to Great Britain —.
WILMINGTON, May 15. —Evening Cotton
nominal; middling lo 1 *; net receipts 5; sale*
to spinners —; exports to Great Britain —, coast
wise —.
PHILADELPHIA, May 15.—Evening Cotton
quiet; middling 11; not receipts 352; gross 352;
sales to spinners 169, exports to Great Britain —.
BAVANNAH, May 15. Evening Cotton
dull; middling 10 3 * ; net receipts 118; gross 163;
sales 170; exports to Great Britain —; to conti
nent —to channel —; coastwise —.
NEW ORLEANS, May 15. Evening—Cottou
quiet; middling HP* ; low middling 10) ; good or
dinary 9), ; net receipts 1100 gross —;sales 3600,
exports to Great Britain —; to France —; to con
tinent—; channel —; coastwise —,
MOBILE, May 15.—Cotton nominal; midding
10> 4 ;net receipts 3; gross —; sale* —; exports
to Great Britain—; to France —; continent —;
to channel —; coastwise —.
MEMPHIS, May 15.—Evening— Cotton in fair
demand; middling 10), * receipts 263; shipments
CHI; sales 900.
AUGUSTA, May 15.—Cotton steady and in fair
demand; middling 10; net receipts 58; sale* 442.
CHARLESTON, May 15. Evening— Cotton
active aud lower; middling 10)* ; net receipts 201 ;
groan—, sales 1400; exports to Great Britain —;
to France —; to continent —; coastwise —.
I* ICO VINIONS. AC.
NEW YORK, May 15.—Noon- Flour quiet and
heavy. Wheat dull and declining. Corn >£®lc
lower. Pori* heavy—new mess $15.26. Lard
heavy, steam $9.67);. Freights heavy.
NEW YORK, May 15. Evening—Flour dull,
strongly in buyers' favor; demand mainly for
immediate use, total trade closing dull; superfine
Western uud Htato $7.20@57.C0. Southern flour
dull, heavy; common to tair extra $8.65@510.75.
Wheat dull dull and in buyers' favor, scarcely
any export demand; only very limited city and
milling inquiry; for winter white Western and
State $2.28®36. Corn l®2c lower, rather more
doing; yellow Western 70, white Southern 70®72,
yellow 71. Oats dull and lower. Coffee, Rio, dull
and scarcely so firm. Sugar quiet aud firm at 10
@10)1 lair to good refining; firm and in fair de
mand ; 11 7 @12 for standard A, 12*-*®# for gran
ulated, 12) m ®)i for crushed and powuered. Mo
lasses—refining stock firm, grocery grades iu
moderate demand at 51@62. Rice steady, mod
erate inquiry, Pork about steady, but quiet—
new mess $15.25. Lard dull aud heavy—prime
steam $9 62)*, $9 G7)L for old. Whiskey dull at
sl.lO bid, $1.10)* asked. Freights quiet.
LOUISViLLE, May 15.—Flour nominally un
changed; extra $0.75@57.6(); family $7 60@$8.0<>.
Corn firmer, but not quotably higher, white 65,
mixed 54. Rye quiet at 9<@95. Oats dull, white
48, mixed 46. Pork quiet at $15,25©5<>. Bulk meats
dull—shoulders 5.£, clear rib sides 7)*, clear sides
r ]\. Bacon dull— shoulders s#, clear ribs 8)4,
ole** sides 8)4. Hugar-cured bams quiet at 11>£.
Lard steady; choice ioat, tierce 10)4, iu kegs 11 %.
Whiskey firmer at $1.06. Bagging nominal at 12>£
@l3.
ST. LOUIS, May 15. Evening Flour dull,
drooping and unsettled, double extra 1a1157.75@
SB.OO, treble extra do., $8.50@59.25; family and
fancy $9.60®510.50. Wheat inactive; No. 2, red
fall, $2.12; No. 3, do., $1.93>i@51,95X. Corn
fluctuating, closed lower No. 2, mixed,6l) 4 .
Oats firmer. No. 2, 45#. bid. Rye dull and
lower, to sell at 83, bid. Barley dull; Whiskey
steady atsl.oß. Pork easier at $15.76, bid.
Lard dull aud nominal, sales of summer at 9.
Bulk meats dull and nominal—clear rib sld* s
7tasked, 7 %. bid. Bacon dull and lower at s?*@
)£@sß.2o@sß.2s@B.4U@B-50 for shoulders, clear
rib and clear sides. Clear rib and clear sides of
fered at 8);@?i at close.
CINCINNATI. May 15.—Evening— Flour dull;
family $8,75@59.0. Wheat dull, weak and low
er; red $i.76@.80 Corn dull and lower atfil @54,
Oats dull and lower to sell at 44@48. Rye
dull and unsettled and lower at 93. Harley dull
and nominal, at Go@67. Pork dull and lower
at $14.76@515.00. Lard dull and nomiual
steam $9.25 bid, $9% asked; kettle $lO 00@510.60.
Bulk meats quiet—siiouders $5 00. short rib mid
dles $7.25, short clear ribs $7 50@&, Bacon dull
at $6 50, for shoulders; $8.25 clear ribs, and $8.25
for clear sides. Whiskey in fair demand but low
er at SI.OB. Butter dull and drooping, p Ime
to choice Westoru reserve 16@17, Central Ohio
13@15.
BALTIMORE, May 15.—Oats dull and lower;
Southern fair to prime 44@45. Rye nominal
prime $1.04. Provisions dull—mess sl6 60. Pork
—new mess $17.00, Baton, shoulders X@X.
clear sides Refined lard 10X@U. Bams
12)*@13X. toffee dull; jobs 17@22. Whiskey
dull at 12)£. Sugar steady at 12.
Groat reductions in Towels and Table
Linens at tho Now York Store,
tf Gordon & Cargill.
Third supply of French Nainsook, Mull,
Muslin and Victoria Lawns at New York
Storo.
tf Gordon Jk Cargill.
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U h Lm \ vices, medical or other com-
I H I til I Wpounds, ornamental designs,
trade-marks, and labels. Caveats, Assignments,
Interferences, etc., promptly
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posite the Patent Office, we can make closer
searches, aud secure Patents more promptly aud
with broader claims than those who are remote
irom Washington.
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free of charge. n<l sdvise as to patentability. All
correspondence strictly confidetiel. l’ r ieeel'
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EH sECtJREII,
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to inventors in every State in the Union. Ad
dress, in German or English, 0. A. SNOW & ,CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, V.
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