Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, May 15, 1873, Image 4
Farm, Garden and Household.
How My Friend Got HU Orchard.
I must begin, says a Tribune correspondent,
by saying, my story dates back
some fourteen years, and I would not
write it but I tlunk it may suggest the
means of procuring trees, to those who
are now unable (or think themselves so)
to buy of the nurserymen trees old
enough to set in the orchard. My friend
was poor. He began life without means,
and marrying at the age of 22, ho had
nothing but his head and hands on
which to rely for a living. He taught
the district school winters, and did such
farm labor as was wanted in the neighborhood
during the remainder of the
J ear. His wife had inherited a small
ome?a comfortable house?and some
farm-land adjoining, but there was no
orchard, and the door-yard was destitute
of trees. Ornamental trees were
wanted, but the orchard was the first
and important object to be attained?
but how ? Their small earnings left no
surplus, after paying current expenses,
that could be spared for anything but
pressing present necessities. The agents
of the nurseries frequently called, but
uniformly received the reply, 44 We
want your trees, but we cannot pay for
them. Finally it chanced that an agent
more enterprising than had previously
II '> ! mw 'c nrofon
t'UiiCU, UUC1CU W tonu XXJIJ iiivuu a TT uwvii
for anything he had to sell. Here was
a chance to get trees, but the watch was
a poor affair, worth but 810, and would
pay for but few trees of the age and size
usually sold by nurserymen. The difficulty
was solved by my friend deciding
to take nursery stock?seedlings that
had been grafted but never set in the
nursery, at $1 per 100. He made his
own selections for his thousand trees,
and on receipt of them planted in nursery
form. They grew finely, not giore
than five per cent, dying. At two years
old he transplanted 300 to the orchard.
The remainder were cared for, and at
three years old were offered for sale to
his neighbors, he only reserving enough
to make good the losses in the orchard.
The sales from the little nursery ran
through some three years and amounted
to 865. Now after 14 years we will look
at some of the results. My friend now
has an orchard of 300 trees that is now
admitted by all to be the best of its age
and size in this part of the country.
The sixth year after the receipt of the
trees the orchard began to bear, and
one Baldwin had two bushels of apples.
Since that time there has each year been
a good supply for family use. Two years
ago the orchard yielded a surplus above
the necessities of my friend's family?
which, by the way, is not small, there
being now five children in the brood?
that was sold for 830. There has been
sold from last year's yield 825 worth of
apples, and there now remains an equal
uinount unsold. And all from the old
watch, worth only 810. My friend's
wife says I must say the first silver for
her table was paid for from the first sale
from the orchard.
Ploughing.
The question of deep versus shallow
ploughing is receiving new notice of
late, the shallow ploughing theorists?
perhaps it should be said also exemplars
?seeming to be gaining new accessions.
But in all that has been said and written,
and in all the practical testimony
adduced, we have seen no reason to distrust
or abandon what experience has
taught us to be the true practice in
ploughing, to wit:
1. Deep ploughing is useless on light,
porous soils, xinless there is a stiffer
sub-soil with which the surface soil may
be intermixed fo produce profitable mechanical
effect.
2. Except in the case where it is desirable
to mix stiff subsoil with light
surface soil, a trench plough should
never be used in deep ploughing.
3. It is a positive gain to all stiff,
tenacious soils to plough shallow in fall
and follow with a subsoil plough, lifting
but not inverting the earth as deep
as may be ; and on land intended for
corn or potatoes, where stiff clay soils
are cultivated, this subsoiling may be
done profitably in spring.
4. We do not recommend deep trench
ploughing (that is, inverting the soil)
in spring, under any circumstances. If
fliia ia ilnno of oil if aVu-mlrl olwovo
done in the falf. Nor do we recommend
URing a plough in preparing the seed
bed in spring for grain ; as a rule a
two-horse steel-tooth cultivator is far
better, because it pulverizes and comminutes
the earth more throughly.
Harrowing Wheat and Urasn.
The Elmira Farmers' Club, composed
of good farmers, decided at a recent
meeting that wheat is greatly benefited
by being harrowed in the spring when
the ground is neither wet nor dry.
Where put in with a drill, the ridges
will be leveled and some of the plants
will be destroyed, but enough more will
appear to make the work highly profitable.
Grass is especially benefited by
harrowing, though manure should be
added. One member stated that a piece
which did not produce 500 lbs. of hUv
to the acre, being sowed to clover and
timothy and harrowed in, produced a
good crop. The harrowing has the effect
of hoeing, and old seed long dormant
for want of a proper seed-bed
germinates, and a good stand is secured.
The Club agreed that in seediug land
the best results are obtained on ground
in oats, and that barley and buckwheat
$ire both unfavorable.
Mice Girdling Trees.
P. F. B., Railway, N. J., has young
apple trees that have been badly gnawed
by mice, and asks how he shall treat
them. He should cut branches of green
wood from the tree, of a length required
to connect the bark above and below
the gtlawed space, sharpen them at each
end in the shape of a wedge, drive a
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AKiiiwvv, oiitti^uiiociiuw tut' uur& uuuyr
ami below the space, and press each end
of the shoots firmly into cuts made by
the chisel. Then wax the gnawed space
well, or bandage it about with fresh cow
manure from the stable. Pains must
be taken- to have the bark on the body
of the tree and the bark of the branches
driven therein meet. Sometimes, if the
trees are gnawed close to the ground,
banking up with earth so as to cover the
gnawed places completely, will save
them ; but if too high from the ground
the above process is the best and surest.
Coast of Nova Scotia. -The coast of
Nova Scotia has long been known as a
dangerous one in rong u weather, and
mu.lra l.nr.a
ovmv uvauutv n i rvnn ii??u wvuiicu ill
past years. On the morning of November
16, 1797, the French frigate La
Tridune went down, with 300 persons
on board. The British gun-boat Drake
was wrecked there June 20, 1822, and
sixty persons drowned ; and Jnly 13,
1843, the British troop-ship Albert went
ashore, though most on board were
saved. The last great wreck on the
Nova Scotia coast before that of the
Atlantic was the United States mail
stetpi-ship Hungarian, February 20,
186$, when all on board, numbering 205
persons, were lost.
"Laughorisms" is the heading of a
column in the California Advertiser.
The Formation of Eggs.
t I will now state, says Prof. Agassiz,
t as far as it is known, what an egg is,
and how it is formed. As the egg grows
f steadily until it has completed its trans1
formation, it is difficult to give a det
scription of it which will answer for all
y these stages, since at every successive
t stage, while growing, the egg differs
e from what it was before and from what
a it is to be. All eggs, however, arise in
1 what are called ovaries. These are
e clusters of cells, forming buuches of
t a somewhat glandular character in apf
pearance. Between these cells the eggs
- are formed and in such a way as at first
. to "be hardly distinguished irom the
t cells themselves. The same is true of
i sperm cells, which arise in organs of
the same character as the ovary, and
y are formed in a manner perfectly simii
lar to that of the formation of the egg.
- So we have these two spheres of growth
y which characterize sex in the animal
i kingdom, arising in conditions so veiy
- similar that the essence of the two is
l hardly to be determined by observation.
~ T* ia /vnltT flia rtrnpcoo nf OTnwth bv
The Florida Indian Mounds.
The Turtle mound is among the mos
famous in Florida. A corresponden
says of it:
The mound is on the beach side o
Mosquito Lagoon, nearly a hnndrec
miles south of St. Augustine. Abou
eighty feet in height, it covers nearl;
an acre of ground, and can be seen a
a great distance looming up on tin
eastern horizon far above the palmetto
scrub fringing the ocean. It is shape<
like an immense turtle. This shap<
gives it its name. It is the highes
point of land on the eastern coast o
Florida, and stands -within three hnn
dred yards of the roaring ocean surf
From the deck of a vessel ten miles a
sea it resembles a ruined fortificatioi
built upon a hill.
Turtle Mound is a great hesl|) of ver
large oyster shells covered with fron
one to two feet of dirt. On the north
west corner the rain has washed awa1
' the dirt, leaving a perpendicular ban!
of shells, eighty feet high. The build
ers of the work evidently raised it witl
the greatest care. Every shell wa
placed in a given position. Where tli<
slide has occurred the oyster shells res
in plumbed layers, with the smooth sur
face facing the sky. A stone wall couh
not have been erected with more pre
cision. The mound is alive with tropi
cal shrubbery. Wild orange trees load
ed with fruit wave on its summit abovi
an almost impenetrable thicket. 1
hollow covered with rank vegetation ha
been scooped out of the top of the hill
It has an easy slope, and is probabl;
twelve feet in depth. It looks as tliougi
the bones of some large animal ha<
been dug out of it in ages past. Mos
quito Lagoon washes the western base o
the mound.
I found a small deer path which le<
from a little sandspit up the side of thi
hill. The path, however, was soon los
in the thicket, and it was with th
greastest difficulty that I finally sue
ceeded in forcing my way through tb
thorny undergrowth and sharp-pointe<
r* V 1 A- A- 1L. X Al.
opanisu Dayont'wj vo me tup ui wi
mound. Even then the shrubbery wa
higher than ray head, and the wil<
oranges were higher than the shrubbery
I spent half an hour in forcing mysel
to a point of observation.
No mountains nor hills could be see:
from the mound ; nothing but one vas
flat surface veined with lagoons an<
rivers and covered with spots of wax
like vegetation.
The builders of Turtle Mound ar
unknown. They were undoubtedly
race of Indians who were wiped out o
existence centuries ago. The Seminole
and other Florida tribes declare tlin
they have no traditions that explain th
mystery. They look upon the mourn
with nearly the same awe as the whites
What is singular with regard to Turtl
Mound is the fact that there are no oys
ters excepting the small coon oyster
within thirty miles. It would be inter
esting to know why these shells wer
brought from an oyster region far awa;
and so carefully deposited at this spot
Some think that the mound builder
of Florida were contemporary with th
mound builders of the West. They be
lieve that the whole State was once un
der their control, and that thousands o
vears ago they were accustomed to visi
Turtle Mound once a year, fill them
selves with fat oysters which might a
that time have been found in the vicini
i 1 *1 AV _ 1 _11_ 1 4.1.
IJ9 ancipiie uie siieua 111 u? tnc
now appear in tlio mound. This ma;
have been a religious observation wit!
the Indians. But the whole thing i
speculation. Nobody knows anythini
about it, and there is no probabilit
that any one will ever discover the se
cret.
A Strange Suicide.
The San Francisco Call tells of a cas
of suicide in that city which is of de
cided interest, apropos of the Goodric]
case. The name of the suicide wa
James P. Wilson. The post morten
examination revealed the fact that ther
was a bullet wound in the upper portioi
of the head and another in the regioi
of the right eye. The bullet which pro
duced the wound first described enterei
the forehead and shattered the fronta
bone, then glanced along the uppe
part of the brain, while the other bulle
entered the right eye, and after passini
through the brain, lodged in the bad
of the head. This, in connection wit]
the fact that, when found, the deceasei
held in his right hand a siflgle-barre
breech-loading pistol, led to the belie
that he could not have committed sui
cide. The argument used in favor o
that belief was that deceased could no
have inflicted two wounds such as dc
scribed with a jingle barrel pistol. J
further investigation, however, showei
that any other theory was untenable
One of the witnesses testified that h
saw a man walking along Turk street
and saw the man stop, raise his ham
toward his head, and then heard a re
port of a weapon, and saw smoke. Tha
lie supposed at the time that the ma
was shooting at birds, for after the she
had been fired he saw the man continu
along Turk street, and saw him cross
fence. That about half or three-quai
ters of an hour after that he saw th
same man return to the place where th
first shot was fired, heard him fire
second shot, and saw him fall. Tht
there war no one in the vicinitv at til
time. He afterward learned that tfa
man was dead, having shot liimsel
Ten feet from where the bedy was fonn
a pool of blood was discovered, andneti
it an empty cartridge shell which c:
actly fitted the pistol.
Western Cattle Trade.
There has been not a little dulnes
and depression in the Western catt]
market, aiul even more anxiety as t
what the near future would bring fortl
The Eastern markets have been ove:
stocked, causing a decline in price
of $c. a Jc. In the fear that a sti
further break would result 'from tli
| liberal shipments which have bee
steadily made, dealers have been pa:
ticnlarly cautious and captious, an
drovers have had to take what was o
' fered them, and be thankful that it we
* no less. From $0 upwards only w t
' realized on herds that had been hel
for nearly $7, and sometimes the deah
j gave less than the drover had paid i
the first instance. Some fears are ei
tertained that this dulness will last a
through the season, especially as sona
5,000 head of still-fed cattle will b
thrown on the market within the nea
' mouth. On the other hand the grot
Texas drive for 1873 promises to I
1 somewhat below the average twin i
the number and condition of its catth
j The openiag of lake navigation, wit
the corresponding decrease in freigl
! ratea, will further advantage the Wes
1 era dealers, so that a recovery from tl
! present depression may soon be expec
ed. At the same time it is not likel
that prices will advauce so as to mater
ally affect the consumer in the East.
Ingenious Chinamen in San Francisc
show duplicated receipts for tho sail
) when asked to pay their poll-tax.
a mo v-v "j ?- 1 ? o ? -a
0 the influences produced by the one
t upon the other, and by the consequences
- of these influences, that we recognize
1 the essential difference which distin
guishes them.
In order fully to appreciate what eggs
- are, we must remember?what has been
e known for about a half century only?
L that all organized bodies are composed
s of little bags which are called cells, and
. which are formed and multipled in vay
rious ways. Most of these cells are so
j small that they can only be perceived
1 by the aid of high magnifying powers.
- There are, it is true, a few cell strucf
tures large enough to be seen with the
naked eye, as for instance the cells of
1 common elder pith, or the coarse cells
e of the orange. It is one of the great
t problems of modern research to ascere
tain how these cells are formed and
i- what is their mode of reproduction,
e For it does not seem that cells are form1
ed in the same way under all circum"
? 1*1 i.1 4.
e stances, some naturalists assume muo
s in the animal substance secreted by a
1 living bodv, such as milk which is se;
creted by the mammary glands or simif
lar substances secreted by other organs,
certain particles become centers of acn
tion, around which other particles
t crowd ; and when a little connection of
3 this kind, microscopically small, has
been formed, an envelope arises around
it, and we have the utricle or cell,
e Others believe that minute, imperceptia
ble particles of animal substance swell
f and enlarge, and become hollow, so that
s a little bag is formed, a cell envelope in
t short, which fills as it enlarges into a
e fluid substance.
3 .
i. Lace Girls of Nottingham.
e Every lace machine employing two
l~ men requires twenty to thirty women
'? to wind the silk or cotton first, and to
dress, finish, clip, and /scallop, and card
e or fold, and pack up the goods at last.
^ The above is a moderate estimate of the
'* proportion of girls over sixteen years
8 old required. "Pattern girls," who
e make up pattern-books, and post up and
" prepare, ticket and number, little pack"
ets of patterns to go abroad, and who,
therefore, must have 6ome education,
or at least write fairly, get about ?1 a
" week. From three or four to thirty or
forty of these smart girls are employed
in each warehouse. They must be
* dressed well, and sometimes rather
J smartly, because they are constantly in
and out of the sale-rooms, and seen by
8 the buyers. "Jenniers," who wind tho
? lace on the cards, get about ?1 a week,
? and finishers generally 12*. to ?1 5s.
These are "warehouse hands," and they
consider themselves superior to " fac^"
fltAiirpli otr /In nnf T
llliny lO SIXljr UtJO, jjcut-iui mau&, 111111e
ty days to four or even six months,
f- The rule in the tea trade is three per
<1 cent, off for cash in ten days, or four
ir mouths net; coffee, sixty days ; sugars,
thirty days net; spices, six months,
discount for cash; tobacco, cash in ten
days. The hide, skin, and leatherraarkets
show great variations. Coal, cash
in ten days. Freights are always cash,
is or a sixty-day bill.
[e
0 Inhuman Treatment.
*r' A case of revolting cruelty to a child
* has just been made public in Clarke
jj county, la. Daniel Bams, a United
Brethren preacher living near Smyrna,
1 is the fieud, and a little girl named
r_ Oglesbv the victim. At the preliminary
j trial witnesses testified to numerous
f beatings and knocks-down ; to the child
being put out of doors in the coldest
weather; kept out until its feet were
j frozen, and tliatthe fiend held the child's
; bare arms to the fire until thev were
' burned to a blister, and that his last act
: of cruelty was to knock it down, and,
jj while it was in an insensible state, he
fonlr n noker and scared the flesh
|e on its legs and body. When the child
. winced under the hot iron, he remarked
to Mrs. Radcliffe, the woman who filed
the information against him, "Oh! she
ain't dead yet." At the close of the ex?
amination the Justice held him for trial,
j" Sams not being able to give bonds, the
. Justice allowed him to go at large on his
t promise to appear for trial. Sams immediately
left the country, and parties
ie at Smyrna are preparing to prosecute
, the Justice of the Peace for neglect of
* duty. The child's mental faculties hare
1_ been ruined by its barbarous treatment,
and it has been sent to a sister in Wayne
County.
?
le One Rhode Island oompany turns out
twelve locomotives every month.
Fighting the Modocs.
T
Remit of Two Dajri' Flfhtlnff.
A report from the lava beds giveB the
details of two days' fighting by the
United States troops against the Modoc n
Indians. From the report we glean the n
following: a
While marching along the lake shore, ?
just at the head of Long Cave, about a ?
mile and a half from Jack's camp, the *
troops encountered the first opposition ;
straggling shots were fired from the ?
bluff at long range. The men were de- ^
ployed in open skirmish order and ad- *
vanced slowly under such cover as the ?
rocks afforded. ?
Our right opened a gorge in the bluff,
from the right bank of which came a
straggling shots, while a few fell around J
us from the left bank. Our skirmishers 11
crept up, supported by the reserves, u
until we arrived at a snon range, wucu
a severe volley was fifed from the bluff, 11
there evidently being twenty-five or r
thirtv Indians posted there. The fire 8
was heavy. ?
After standing about fifteen minutes J;
the order to charge was given, and the ^
men sprang forward amid most deafening
yells from the Modocs. Such was
the rapidity of the onslaught and so un- 8
expected that the troops were on them r
before they knew it, and in a few min- E
utes we were masters of the situation 8
and our brave boys were behind the j1
rocks resting at their leisure.
General Gillem had sent an order to 0
Colonel Mason to stir the Indians up on 8
his side, and he let into them with a E
vengeance, distracting their attention *
and materially assisting our troops. The 6
charge was a gallant one ; and four of c
the troops were wounded, none being c
killed. At this time a few Coehorn
mortars were brought to the front and 1
they opened fire in the Indian strong- 1
holds, and the troops rested for the ?
night. {
At 7o'clock the next morning, word was *
was brougot from Col. Mason's command J
that some of the Indians hod passed out .
on his left and were then on his flank j;
and rear. How many escaped it was *
not known.
About twelve o'clock Colonels Greene
and Mason's commands effected a junc- f
ture, which entirely cut off the Modocs
from the water. After this movement
was effected occasional firing was heard
at different parts of the line. It was
decided not to push the troops on the ,
Indian stronghold, as we might lose
many men without killing an Indian,
whereas if we could keep them from the .
water they would have to leave their !
position. We could not find them in a
stronger one. Our losses in the two 1
days' fight have been five killed and ten J
wounded. The only officer yet wounded
is Lieutenant Egan, a flesh wound in 1
the left leg, and he is doing well. The '
junction has been formed between *
Greene's right and Mason's left. Five j
Indians are reported killed. Of these
we have some scalps. None of our
killed or wounded have yet fallen into
the hands of the Indians. It is evident
if our men dan hold their position on .
bUIJ UUIJUHj bauu^a vavj uw uw} *
should think, get on an average higher
e wages, if bo much, for a clever frame
clipper or winder in a factory can earn
[j from 18tf. to 25?. a week. "Dressing"
a is dirty work, done in intensely hot
,j rooms, in enormously large buildings,
e but the girls'wages are very high. The
n immense demand for female labor the
a town, of course, cannot supply. The
work is so lucrative, and bo light and
] agreeable, especially the warehouse
1 work, that young girls are attracted
r from all the towns and villages round,
t and even from a considerable distance.
? These girls live, remote from their
Ij friends, in lodgings. Sometimes sever[t
al join and rent a house, and live toj
gether.
] Credits and Business.
- It is an undoubted fact that credits
f are now more extended than they were
t at the close of the war. The mercantile
classes are more deeply in debt than at
^ any former period of the history of our
I country. Competition, or the obliga>.
linn In sell is the nrinciDal inducing
e cause toward credits, especially long
ones. During seasons of financial
d stringency, the disposition to give
credits for any considerable length of
t time is supplanted by a desire to realize,
n and a reduction of tne money values of
?t goods takes place. At average condie
tions of the market, however, those ara
tides most subject to .fluctuation and
- risk are those for which credit is shorte
est. The Globe tells about credits in
e Boston: Cotton is mostly sold for cash
a at ten days; wool, for cash, in thirty
d days; dry goods (domestics) run from
the lake shore the Modocs will have to '
surrender. There is at present a heavy *
fi*e of musketry near the lake shore, ^
and the Indians are evidently fighting x
for the water. Every one who has seen ^
our troops in action spoke of them in
the highest terms.
j
Counterfeit* Currency. t
An old "Washington engraver told a
correspondent the following story: "I
am one of the oldest engravers in this >
country. There is an investigation one t
day to be made ihto the currency of the i
country, which will startle you, and your t
newspapers, and all their readers. There c
is a $10 bill. Take it?look at it! Do (
you see anything notable about it ?" I
looked the bill all over, and thon the g
man all over, and saw nothing to excite
remark in either. "There is nothing
particular about that bill," ho said, "ex- '
cept that it is a counterfeit. There are
eighteen distinct counterfeits on the $10 1
bill, and, as an engraver, I know that
they represent eighteen different counterfeiting
gangs. I got this bill from a
street-car conductor in New York. I j
got into his car, and, as he came along, t
I said 'my friend; I am sorry to ask you y
for so much change, but really, I have ,
nothing less than a 320.' 'O,' said he,
'I'll oblige you,' and, in a smiling way,
he gave me this bill and a quantity of (
fifty-cent fractional currency. I put the ,
whole away in my pocket, -and, being f
an engraver, I got to looking at the ^
number 37 on the lantern window of the j
car. Thought I to myself, 'That's a .re- j
markably handsome 7 for a common {
painter to make.' You know that an f
engraver notices such things. Well,
that evening I went into my hotel, and
going up to the man who sells cigars
there, and is known to everybody in New 1
York, I tendered him one of the fifty- i
cent papers. Old Jimmy looked at it 1
and said to me, 'I am sorry, Mr. Robin- J
son, but that stamp is counterfeit. It's
a very well-executed one, but I have :
nothing better to do in my leisure time
than to look over such things.' At this
Jimmy handed me the stamp, and I
looked at it, and then at the others, and, t
sure enough, they were all counterfeit, j
I quietly stepped out side the Astor ?
House and looked for No. 37 among the {
cars. I found that the conductors ran ?
eight hours off and on, and that my man J
would not come on till next morning, i
There I found, at the appointed time,
my conductoi, and stepped up to him
and said in a low tone, 'Young man, ^
you changed a bill for me yesterday, ,
and gave me a quantity of counterfeit }
money. Now I want you to take it back i
without any noise.' He affected to grow
indignant, but I said, 'Stop! stop! Do
you see that policeman ? If you don't J
return me, in good money, the amount '
which you changed for me, I will have '
you under arrest in two minutes!' Well,
it was interesting to see the promptness '
with which that 'shover of the queer' !
gave me all of my money, and forgot to
ask for his own." ,
The Indians. j
It is curious, says an exchange, to
note that, at the very hour when the ex- ]
termination of the Modocs is proposed,
Brigham Young is making his home
nmnmr the Anaches. the bravest, blood- !
iest, and most treacherous of the warriors
of Arizona. He has no fear for
his scalp. In the twenty-six years the
Mormons have lived in Utah, they have
had no trouble with the Indians. We
may deride Mormon civilization, but
their treatment of the red men was humane
and enlightened. It may not be
amiss to pluck a leaf from their management
for our own guidance in border
troubles. Other societies claim that
they cannot live in peace with the Indians.
The Mormons have shown that
they know how to do it
The Great Parish Massacre.?Reports
from Great Parish, Louisiana, say
that over one hundred of the blacks
were killed, and that many of them
were burned in the Court House. Sixtyfour
bodies were burned by the troops
near the Court House.
Slaughter by Rail.
lie Terrible Accident on the Shore Line
Railroad.
"The wholesale slaughter at Richlond
switch brought sudden bereavelent
into scores of families aud adds
nother to the sad memories which will
ise unbidden in the mind of the travelr
as he seats himself in a railway car.
'ourteen miles east of Stonington, on
be route to Providence, the Shore Line
tailroad crosses Pawcatuck river, the
oundary between Connecticut and
thode Island. The bridge was a short
ne without a draw. It must also have
een without a watchman.
At eleven o'clock the previous night
train crossed it coming west. After
bis time a milldam on the stream above
he crossing was swept away by the unsual
torrent of the spring freshet. The
ush of water escaping from the pond
.ndermined the railway bridge and caried
it away, leaving a yawning chasm,
oon to be the common grave of an unounted
(multitude. At half-past two
a tho morning the steamboat train left
Itonington, taking the passengers from
Jotr Yorlr hv the eveninc steamer.
One hundred and sixteen persons conidered
themselves safe in this train
ushing towards disaster, death and
aaiming at the speed of thirty-five miles
,n hour. Twenty minutes brought them
o a halt?many of them to the end of
ife's journey. Without a word or sign
if warning the engine, under full presure
of steam, and with the momentum
if the train's wejght, jumped clear across
he stream, wrecking itself on the eastirn
bank, while the cars crashed the
ine into and upon the other, and at
ince took fire.
Only the smoking car escaped, renaming
on the western bank. .In the
nass of wreck men were drowned,
trushed and burned. Mangled and
lardly reoognizable as human beings,
he bodies of the dead were recovered.
The injured were forty in number.
)nly the addition of freezing to the
leadly horrors is lacking to complete
he parallel with the ghastly scene of
wo years ago at New Hamburg. In
he twinklingof an eye death closed the
iccount of these men, till then full of
lfe, courage and hopeful anticipation.
The Gallows.
Execution of Henry Fralieh at Syracuse,
New York.
Henry Fralieh was hanged in the pententiary
at Svracusc, New York, for
.he murder of Peter Schaffer. Eight
ninutes and a half afterwards he was
jronounced dead, and twenty-one minites
afterwards the body was lowered
ind was subsequently given into the
Dossession of the friends of the debased.
Fralieh marched firmly to the
fallows, where he made a speech delouncing
the Judge and District-Attorley
in bitter language. He closed his
emarks by saying"In the name of
Jod Almighty, I am ready; let me go."
The murder of Peter Schaffer by Fraieh
tnnlr nlore at Svracuse on the 31st
w" i ?
>f August last. He was tried, found
{ uilty and sentenced to be hanged on
tl'arch 28th. Governor Dix, on the 28th
>f March, after, every preparation had
>een made for the execution that day,
lent a dispatch to Sheriff Evans from
Albany respiting the prisoner for one
nonth, and at the expiration of that
ime the execution took place.
Affecting Rhymes.?The obituarian
vho writes sweet poetry for the Philalelphia
Ledger, had a rough time in
naking a rhyme for the too prevalent
lisease of the season, but finally proluced
the following :
)ur little S&llie did to hoaven go,
Baby life so sweet is ;
5he was afflicted with the cerebrospinal
meningitis.
Pis hard to lose our little Sallie so,
But the reflection sweet is,
Chat she has gone whore there's no cerebrospinal
meningitis.
Texas wheat fields, it is said, one
mndred miles north of the Gulf, yield
ihirty bushels to the acre, each bushel
veigning several pounds more than the
standard.
A Maine paper tells this: Fred. Townlend,
of East Wilton, a lad of eight,
-ushed into a swift stream five feet deep
;o rescue his sister four years old.
flinging to the ice and holding his sis&r
above the water, he refused to be
lelped out himself till his sister was
safe. Fred. Butterfleld, a lad of ten,
laved them both.
A Maryland colored couple, recently
narried in Cumberland, went on a brilal
trip that they might be in the fashon,
Bhe going to Piedmont to visit her
uotlier and he going into the country
o see his brother.
A CORE FUR
OON8UMPT ION*.
For the care of thii distressing disease there hae
teen no medicine jret discovered that can ahow
nore evidence of real merit than ALLEN'S LUNO
iALSAM. Thla uncqualed expectorant tor curing
kffectlone of the throat, lungs, and all diaeaace of
he pulmonary organs la introduced to the sufferng
public after ite merite for the cure of auch iltalaaea
hare been fully teeted by the medical faculty.
The Balaam le cnnacquently, recommended by phyliciana
who hare become acquainted With ite great
lucceas. t
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAT:
Dr?. Wilson it Ward, phyaiclana and druggists,
ivrite from Centreville, Tenu.: "We purchased
Allen'* Lung Balaam, and it Bella rapidly. Wo arc
practicing phyaiclana, ua well aa druggists, and
;ake pieaaure in recommending a great remedy,
tuch at we know this to be."
Dr. Lloyd, of Ohio, surgeon In the army during
the war, from ezpoaure, contracted consumption,
fie says : " I have no hesitation in stating that it
was by the use of your Lung Balaam that 1 am now
tlive and enjoying good health."
Rathantel Harris, of Middleberry, Vt., says: "I
have no doubt it will soon become a classical remedial
agent for the cure of all diteatei of the Throat,
Bronchial Tubes and Lungs."
Amos Woolly, M. D., of Koscinsca Co., Ind., says:
11 For three years past 1 have used Allen'* Lung
Balaam extensively in my practice, and I am satislied
there is no better medicine furling diseases
In use."
vhvatcians do not recommend a medicine which
bes~no merit. What they say about
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM
can be taken ai a fact. Let all afflicted teit It at
once, and be convinced of Its real merits.
As an expectorant It has no equal.
It ts harmless to the most delicate child.
It contains no opium In any form.
Directions accompany each bottle,
CAUTION.?Call for
ALLNN'S L UNO BALSAM.
J. N. HARRIS A CO., Cincinnati, O.
Pbofhiktors.
PERRY DAV19 A SON, Oeneral Agents,
Providence, R. I.
Bold by all Medicine Dealers.
roa Sana XT
JOHN P. HSNRT, New York.
OXO. C. GOODWIN A CO., Boston.
JOHNSON, HOLOWAY A CO., Philadelphia.
It is ALTooxTBaa Waoxo, to trifle, with a Bad
Cough or Cold, when the risk Is so great, and a
remedy so sure, prompt and thoroagh as Dr.
Jayne'a Expectorant can readily be found.
Satanta and Big: Tree.
Satanta, the chief of four or five Indian
tribes, and Big Tree, a sort of lieutenant
to him, have been confined in a
Texas penitentiary since November 17, Th
1871. The facts of their capture, their
trial, sentence to be handed, and the (JNil
action of Governor Davis in commuting
their sentences tojife in this prison, our
readers are doubtless fully conversant 3,v
with already. . Governor Davis treated ?n?
theso noted chiefs as any other class of
criminals, and chose to give thein a ?bun!
lease of life. Satanta came back to
the prison, says a correspondent, feel- NeY*<
ing very confident that the "Great PLAr
Father" at Washington would use his
influence and have him and his lieutenant
pardoned. He was so certain of it
that lie fixed the "moon" at which he
and Big Tree would rejoin their people,
in TIAWT wnnincp fKnnrrVi
nuu Uio mwu 10 uun nauiug^ vuvu^x
the President has requested his pardon chofc'
and that of his sullen brother, Big Tree. n?m?
Since coming to the prison these
chiefs have shown nothing in demeanor
or speech which could be accepted as ttonC
remorse, penitence or shame, their only m*1,
thought being an escape from this
bondage.
Satanta is about fifty years of age, of
a light copper color, and quite cheerful k y
when compared with his second, Big ^
Tree, who is younger and possesses a IK
sullen disposition. Big Tree talks but HI
little, and whed he does the burden of ^
his speech is his freedom and his intentions
when free. The people of Texas
are not in the best of humor at the idea
of giving up these chiefs, and insist
that the Governor and Legislature shall
decline to do it. Jy| [
Fifty-eight years ago the battle of
Waterloo was described in one-third of
a column in the London Morning Dot
Chronicle. Volumes could not convey SOO1:
a more forcible illustration of the ex- Thi
pansion of journalism than does that
single fact. it t
6 orate
glrei
We should not hesitate to recom- ?i?oi
mend to any friends of ours. Parsons' Purgative
Pills; they are scientifically prepared, and are
adapted to all the purposes of a good purgative
medicine.?Com.' THK
0ia1
Decidedly the best remedy that has De
ever been discovered for rheumatism, swoolen ,elT<
or stiff joints, flesh wounds, sprains, bruiseB,
cuts, and burns, is Johnson's Anodyne Liniment.
We use it, and always recommend it to B?
our friends.?6'om.
Tested by Time.?For Throat Dis- onHt*
cases, Colds, and Coughs, " Brown's Bronchial g
Troches," have proven their efficacy by a test
of many years.?Com. CH
Like Lightning are the miraculous
Cures effected with Flagg's Instant Relief.
Aches, Pains. Sprains, Bowel Complaints, etc..
cannot exist if this great medicine is used. Relief
warranted, or money refunded.?Com.
? Ex
Chapped Hands, face, rough skin,
pimpiea, ring-worme, eait-rueura, ana oiner till
cutaneous affections cured, and the skin made '{??
soft and smooth, by using the Jdnipeb Tab 'io1
Soap, made by Caswell. Hazabd A Co., New
York. Be certain to get the Juniper Tar Soap. CI
made by ub, as there are many imitations maae JI??
with common tar which are worthless.?Com. jj]
and
Flagq's Instant Relief.?Warranted co
to relievo all Rheumatic Afflictions, Sprains, in$K
Neuralgia, etc. The best, the surest, and the Bo
ijuickest remedy for all Bowel Complaints. Re- Ob
hef guaranteed or the money refunded.?Com. JN0
Spring in the Clearings.
In newly cleared regions of country, spring Is E
always an unhealthy season. Tho virgin soil, en
riched by decomposed vegetable matter, sends up,
when first bared to the sunshine, volumes of miasmatic
vapor that generates every variety of inter- Is
mlttcnt and remittent fevor. All low laying,
swampy districts, the deltas of rivers,the prairies, ^
the salt-marshes on the coast, the bayous of the Gulf
States, and tho shores of the northern lakes '
No l
are also visited at this season by malarious epi- *ble
demies that prostrate no inconsiderable number of 3?^
their inhabitants. This ought not to be, for it can br?J;
paid
be easily preveated. No fact in medical history is the
9a?t
better established than the fact that Hostotter's [F<
\r 00
Stomach Bitters will avert every species of mala
rious disorder. A course of this standard tonic A
and alteratlvo commenced in advance of the unhealthy
season and continued regularly until its
close, will prove an absolute predion against
chills and fever, bilious remittent fever, and other n
complaints of a periodical type, as well as against ^
tho disturbances in the digestive organs and IH
bowels, so common at this period of the year. As
a remedy for dyspepsia, biliousness, liver disease, mm
nervous disorders, physical weakness, rhtuma- llH
tism, melancholy, hysteria, and ailments to which CM
the weaker sex are exclusively subject, Hostetter's
Bitters has no competitor at home or abroad.
The Markets. 9
NEW TOBK.
Beef Cattle?Prime to Extra 9 .13#a .14# (TV
First quality 12#a .13#
Bccoud 11 #a .12#
riH/lin.rtr fl.in Pafila Ifllya 11 W
VIUiUK./ ****** X
Inferior 10 .10 J
Milcli Cows 50.00 *75.00
Hogs?Live 08 k .06* J",
Dressed 07*a .07;,
Sheep 07.f)7>( .III
Cotton?Middling 19*a .20 rl I
Flour?Extra Western 6.70 *7.81 ' '0?
State Extr* 6.80 * 7.20
Wheat?Ked Western 1.80 *1.80
" State 1.77** 1.77*j
No. 2 Spring 1.56 a 1.63 ac
Rye 89 a .90
Barley Malt 1.10 a 1.52 or ol
Corn?Mixed Western 8* a .68^ 'P*'
Oats?Mixed Western 52)4* .53)1 .p*rJ
Hay, per ton 17.00 *28.00 lan(1
Straw, per ton 13.00 *23.00 TV,
Hoi's 72s, .35 a .15?70* .10 a .15 Ul
Pork?Mess 11.21 *18.50 Lo
Lard 08V* .09* oftl
Petroleum?Crude 9,*a .9^Refined 19* wr"
Butter?State 37 a .15
Ohio Fancy 38 a .32
" Yellow 18 a .25 V
Western Ordinary 20 a .26
Pennsylvania line 30 a .33 53
Cheese?State Factory 15*a .16 aL
" Skimmed .95 a .10)1 3
Ohio ll*a ,16 TT
Eggs?State 25 a .'.6 T>
BUFFALO.
Beef Cattle 5 80 a 6.85 otLt\
Sheep .* 7.25 a 7.62* or v
Hogs?Live 5.50 a 5.85
Flour 7.50 *10.25 #/
Wheat?No. 2 Spring 1.47 a 1.66 W(
Corn <2 a .51 ^
Oats 10 a .13 ^
Rye 95 a .95 ^
Barley 80 a 1.00
Lard 08)1* .09 *3
ALBAST.
Wheat 1.70 a 2.15 /J
Bye?State 85 a .85 W
Corn?Mixed 55 a .58
Barley?State 80 a .80 "
Oata?State 48 a .51 V
PHILADELPHIA. B
Flour?Pent). Extra 7.50 a 8.50 D
Wheat?Weatern Bed 1.80 a 1.90 M
Cora-Yellow 52 a .53 K
Mixed 51 a .52 ?
Petroleum?Crade 14 Keflnedl5?i M
Beef Cattle 05 a .08 M
Clover Seed 8.00 a 9.25 H
Timothy 3.50 a 3.75 b
BAI.TIMOnZ. Jl
Cotton?Low Midling* 18 a .18V r_.
Flour?Extra 7.75 a 9.75 'I1
Wheat 1.60 a 2.15
Cora?Yellow 62 a .63 B'
Onle 46 a .51
- rtaj
$10 to $20SfeH;'So |
MAMMOTH PUMPKIN. ^
From one Seed of thli new apectei there wa? A
ral?"l lantyear the largest Pumpkin ever grown ..
in Amerlea, weighing fl?7 lbs. Five Seed* lent poat* __
pnlil for 25 centa, or twelve Seedi for 60 cents. v.f.
Address, -J.
H. GREGORY, Davenport, Iowa. rjx;
AMERICAN SAWS." f
BEST IN THE WORLD. _
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?- I
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Cheap Farms!
8 Cheapest Land In Market, for sale by the
)N PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,
In the GREAT PLATTE VALLET.
00,000 Acre* In Central Nebraska
'or tale in tract* of forty acres and upwards
re and ten years' credit at 6 per cant. Bo
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I and Healthful Climate, Fertile Boll, an
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ig Regions of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and
la, being supplied by the farmers In th*
rn Vallit.
DISR8 ENTITLED TO A HOMESTEAD
OF 100 ACRES.
: BEST LOCATIONS for COLONIES.
!E HOMES FOR ALL I Millions of acres of
e Government Lands open for entry nnder the
stead Law, near this Great Railroad, with ,
msrzeia, sna ?u me cubtbuicucc. ? ? ^
id country.
e psst?s to purchaser* of Railroad Lands.. M
ttousl Maps, showing the Land, also new edl- ^
of Dnscrlpttve Pamphlet with new Haps
id free everywhere.
Address,
O. F. DAVIS
Land Commissioner V. P. R. R>i
Omaha, Kcb.
N n?Mo 17
)THERS! MOTHERS!
MOTHERS! .
i't fall to procure RES. W Ltd SLOWS
rHDJO SYRUP FOB CHILD RES TEBTHs
valuable preparation hat been
KR-F AILING 8UCCB88 IK TH0USAKD8 OF
58.
lot only relieves the child from pain, buttavtg*
s the stomach and bowels, corrects acidity, Kid
i tone and energy to the whole aystesa. It will
instantly relieve
Griping ef the Bowel* and Wind Oolio.
i believe It the BEST and BUBKBT ERMRDTDI
WORLD In all ceeee of DYBBNTBBY AND
IRHEA IN CHILDREN, whether arising from
ilug or any other cause.
pend upon it, mothers, It will give rset to youris
and
Belief and Health to Tour Infants.
ire and call or
"Hn. Winflow's Soothing Bjrup."
vtng the fhc-elmlle of "CURTIS A PBRXDrS'
le outside wrapper.
sld by Druggista throughout the World'
IIC AGO,
MILWAUKEE
& ST. PAUL
RAILWAY.
rWllm.nVss * St Psnl flsilwav Co 1
lending from Chlcnco to |Mllar?nkr?< 1<?
ate, Wlnoiin. Htnlllllli, N(. Paul and
ineapolls. Also to Madison, Prairie da ^
eu, Austin, Owatonna, Charles City,
ion City and Alifnna t also to Janesville,
hoc, Rlpon, llerlln and Oshkosh,
bracing more Rttslness Centres and Plcst* H
Hi tor n thin any Northwestern Hue.
lit AGO l)KPOT?Comer Conal and
tlsoii xtreels, (with Pittsburg. Fort Wtjse A
tsyl vanla. mid chlrngr> Alton A8t. Loots R'ys.)
ILWAIKEE DEPOT-Corner Heed #
Mouth Water streets.
miectiiiK in 8t. Paul with all Hallways dtvsrg- ,
thence. r
w York Orrica?519 Brsadway.
8T0N Orrics?1 Court street.
skral Orxicift?Milwaukee, Wis.
S. 8. MRRRll.ii, Oen. Manager.
. C. OACf.T Ass't Oen. Manager.
A. V. H rARI BN'TER 0 P. and T. Agent.
Sewing Machine
the BEST IN THE WORLD.
Ui Wanted. Send for circular. Address;
? DOMESTIC " 8P.W1NG MACHINE CO.. W. T
the Reialngor Sash Lock and Support to
ASTEN YOUR WINDOWS !
iprlng to break, no cutting of saab; cheap, dur,
very easily applied; bold* sash at any tilace
red, and a self-fastener when the sssh Is down.
I stamp for ctrcnlar. Circular and six copperised
lock* sent to any address In the D. 8., postl.on
receipt of 60 cis. Liberal tnducemente te
trade. Agents wauted. Address. Relslnger
l Lock Co., No. 418 Msrket St., Harrtsburg. Pa.
>r Illustration of this cheapest and best lock.sse
d't Household 11a gn line, N. Y. Independent,etc.]
portable
sJju, Soda Fountains,
MO, fSO, 975 and ?100.
BtfSi. good durable, and cheap
iMffi 8HIPPED READY FOB USX.
91 Manufactured by
EK&A j. w. chapman & co.,
Madison, Ind.
? ?Send for Circular.?
rranranfl*] Thea-Nectar
4
'W^wuttilTtAF" The belt Te* Imported. Fi r
AtVlflP sA (ale everywhere. And for sale
iPrggK JZ Wholeeale only by the ORKAT
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Any caie of Blind, Bleedliiif,
Itching. or Ulcerated
) Atxrn ri^ P>'es 'hat DE BINOS PILB
ICWtUU REMEDY falle to cure. It U
tared exDrreily to cure the Pile* and nothing
. BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. PRICE tl
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IIf RIHU VLAwOeweeltguaranteed. KeepecUmnlnymnnLat
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inalructiona and valuable pec ksge of goods sent
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t/1 $2(1 Pnr day l Agent* wanted I All daises
hj c??v of working people of either iex,youi g
Id, make more money at work for u* in their
e moments or all the time than at anything else,
lculara free. Address 0. BTIN80N A CO., Port..
Me. ___
r. Whittier,
mgest engaged and most successful physician
te age. Consultation or pamphlet free. Call or
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B Manufacturers of 8aws,
9 SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS,
g EVERY SAW WARRANTED;,
I FILES, BELTING & MACHINERY.
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' Boston. Ms? k Detroit, Mich.
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HIS IS NO IMMIiUG. I
r Bending ? rt?., with age. height, color of eyre
hair, ton will receive a correct picture of vour
ire huaband or wife, with name and date of mar
re. W. FOX. P. 0. Prewar >1. FnltonTillc. K. T
EATEST CnEIOSITT
telling weekly. Prloo eeuta. Ko hnmbug.
Iren Oaoaoa A. Hbabp A Co.. Boaton, Mae a.
rtTiMTKl w y??? ?*** tnonah of
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nrae and Carriage Jree," etc., and wart a good
i?ig burinttt, then addreaa Hnnter & Co., Hlm?,
N. H. _____
IMHF.lt I.,\\DS In Pennsylvania at glO per
acre. Apply tp J W. BHBAPBR. Pottarllla, Pa.
79 nn *ach wku-aoiiti wtif
* Bnalneae legitimate. Faroe
, J WORTH at l<iwi| Mn . Wow e?w
d A Per Week IB CASH to good Apente
r" t Addre aa A. Copltib A t o.,Chai lotte, Mirk
lata to Stock Breed ere: tella how to hreed male
. or female. Bent for X eta. L. B. Bllyar, Salem,0.
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