Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 14, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 August 1872 — Page 2

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NEWS SUMMA 11 T. Tkc East. Albert S. DnMnbary. a New York tawrw, committed suicide, July 19, by aborting tuu-

Tbe effect of the defunct New York Standard were sold at auction in New York. July 19, and brought 1 1,000. The Western Uuiou Telegraph Company purpose erecting a building ou Broadway and Der streets. New York, to coat f 1,600,000. Two train collided on the Central road, near Pittsford, N. 1., on the 19th of July, by which three person were killed, three mortally wounded and sereral erioualy injured. Among the killed was Mr. E. B. Smith, a well-known book-seller of Detroit, and one of the leading business men of that city. Ex-Congressman Thatcher, the oldest graduate of Harvard, and the oldest Mason of the United States, died at Bangor. Me., July 19, aged 96. The large paper mill of J. B. Sheffield at Saugerhes, N. Y., was destroyed by fire July 19. Los. WOO.COO ; insurance, 105,000.

At a meeting of the directors of the Atlantic

and Pacific railroad, in Sei York, July 19,

lease was effected of the Missouri Pacific and its branches, giving to the former company

some 500 additional miles of road.

Three young ladies were drowned while

bathing in a pond at MOlburv, Mass., on

July 20.

Excavation on Yanderbilt's great New York

underground railroad will begin in September.

and its completion is promised within two

years.

Two Sing Sing convicts attempted to escape from prison last week by stowing themselves

away in garbage barrels. They forced them selves through the filth and covered them-

selves up. When the driver stopped at the

dumping grounds to unload, one of the prison

ers leaped out of hie barrel, pushed the terri

fied driver off his seat, and whipped the horse into a run. The oonvict was toe much excited to notice which way he had beaded, and before he was aware of it he was almost in the prison yard again. The other convict rose up to peep out, and both of the culprits were seized and marched back to their cells in a sad plight. There was a slight frost in some parte of New York State on the night of July 22. An effort is to be made to liberate Stokes on ban. Josephine Mansfield, the artful siren whinfatuated Jim Fisk. and ultimately compassed the death of that erratic gentleman, went to Saratoga the other day to testify in the Barnard impeachment case. She was treated as

an outcast, being refused admission to the hotels, and when she took her seat in the court-room a number of ladies who had assembled to witness the Judicial proceedings immediately left. The last remnant of the eight-hour movement in New York has succumbed to dire necessttv. and the workingmen, with very few exceptions, are now employed under the old ten-hour rule. It has been a costly strike to both employer and employe. The notorious ex-AJderman Billy McMullen, of Philadelphia, for a long time President of the celebrated Moyamenaing Hose Company, and ward politician of the low order, was shot the other day by an ex-convict named Mam. and dangerously wounded. The health authorities of New York are making vigorous preparations for a strict quarantine, in anticipation of the arrival of the cholera.

A terrific storm pas-.-'. over Keokuk. Iowa,

and its neighborhood on the uight of the 22d of July, douit; damage that can scarcely be estimated. Families were driven from their homes by the dood . horses were drowned in their stables, and a complete wreck made of almost everything located on the lowlands. The two Chippewa Indiana who murdered Miss Mi-Arthur were forcibly taken from the Braiuerd, Minn., Jail, on the night of July 28, and hung to a tree in the street. The execution was witnessed by ths entire population of the town, who fully approved of the summary proceeding. Two boys, aged 10 and 13, were drowned at

Davenport, Iowa. July 33, while bathing in the river making seven persons who have met

their death there in tbat manner this season

By the fall of a hoisting machine in Mao

ueale & Urbans safe factory, at Cincinnati,

July 24, Julius urban, brother of one of the

proprietors, was instantly killed, and three

others were badly injured.

M. Paulus, of the French Band, was robbed

of 1,000 by some adroit thief, who entered his

room, at Cincinnati. Miss Ooodall, who is

traveling with the band, was relioved of 600

in a similar m Miner.

The women of Carthage, Ind.. have abolished all liquor-saloons in that town, and the

thirsty Carthagenians will hereafter be com

pellet! to resort to the private bottle. Some . s . ai. . . .

sixty inaignani matrons visited the various

dram-shops and besought thsir owners to

abandon their vile business, and, failing in their mission, they formed in solid phalanx on the evening of July 23, marched to the misery mills, one after the other, smashing the furniture and leaving havoc behind thorn in every

case.

The lynching oase at Brain ard, Minn., has stirred up the enmity of the Chippeawa, and the Indians of that tribe, at last accounts, occupied the town in large numbers, threats of vengience being frequently heard. Three com

panies of troops ware ordered there to pro

serve the peace.

The Bed River Indians are becoming rest-

again. They decline to enter into anv

treaty with the Dominion Government, and

propose to stop all mining operations. An

extra military force will be necessary to pre

vent open msttrrection . The South.

William Lowry, one of the notorious Robin

son county (N. C.) outlaws, was killed last

wees dj a oroioer oi vol via Hart, woo was

murdered by the gang some months since.

The completion of the Industrial Exposition building at Louisville was celebrated by an

immense mass meeting in the building, on

July 20. The structure is the Urges of the

kind in the country, covering an area of 76,000

square feet, and will be lighted by over 3,000

gas Jets.

The damage by the recent floods in Alabama

will reach 5.000,000. The riven in the central

portion of the State were higher than ever be

fore known, and many houses were swept

In the Association College regatta at Springfield, Mass.. on the 24th of July Amherst unexpectedly took the honors. Harvard being second. Harvard led until the last half mile, when Amherst made a magnificent spurt and crossed the line one and a half boat-

lengtne aneao. Harvard was second, Amherst Agricultural third, Bowdoin fourth. WiUiama fifth, and Yale sixth. The results were wholly unexpected, ;the favorites being beaten in both races. Amhersttfoilowed Middletown closely in the Freshman race. Mrs. Jane Lance, of Pittsburgh, while suffering from an attack of typhoid fever. Jumped into the river last week. She was rescued, but died soon after. The trial of Judge Barnard by the New York State Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment at Saratoga, is dragging along elowly. The testimony is verv strong against the accused, and he will probably be convicted. The extensive buildings of the Erie railroad in Jersey City were destroyed by fire on the

night of July 24. The Ices will reach 600,000 ; insurance, 400,000. All the books and papers pertaining to the shops were consumed. Allison A Co. ear works, in West Philadelphia, we.e destroyed by firs July 25. Leest 800.000. The Catholic Protectory, at Wessheater, K. Y., was burned Jury 25. involving a loss of 180.000. By tbs burning of ths Erie railroad buildings, in Jersey City, the company has, it is estimated, sustained a loss of fWO.OOO. One

man was killed outright by falling walls, and another is missing. The losses by this calamity bare caused a serious depression in Erie stock. Tae Went. Col. J. F. Wood, Assistant Postmaster at Indianapolis, is a defaulter to the extent of 6,400. An exciting trot took place over the Cleveland course on July 19, between Goldsmith Maid, American Girl and Lucy. Fhe Maid won in three straight heatM. Time, 2:19, 2:18, 2:19. William Sweeney, proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel, Jacksonville. M.. killed a jrnest, last week, by a blow with his fist, because he refused to pay for his breakfast. A report comes by way of San Francisco that all the white settlers at the forks of the river Skeena, m British Columbia, have been massacred by Indians.

St. Louis had two suicides on July 21 both Germans. A vent Hertzberg blew bis brains

out and John J. Ralster hung himself.

The troubles in Pope county, Ark., still con

tinued at last accounts. The Governor has

dispatched arms to the seat of war for the purpose of arming ths militia.

A young woman committed suicide at Louisville, July 22, by leaping from the bridge into

the Ohio river.

The first bale of cotton of the season, which

was first seid in Galveston for 93 cents a pound, has been shipped to St. Loui and re

sold for 1.05 a pound, gold.

A man was robbed of ten thousand dollars

worth of diamonds in a Baltimore stage, the

other day. Seventy-four citizens of Corakana, Texas,

were arrested on the 83d of July, for alleged

violation of tbe internal revenue laws. Warrants are out for 3,300 citizens of the district. Washing-ton. It is now announced that those new postal cards will be ready for distribution in Septem

ber. The distribution of the new series of distilled spirit stamps commenced July 22. About twenty Indians, headed by Mr. Spotted Tail, arrived at Washington the other day. for the purpose of interviewing the President. Among tbe rebel archives recently purchased by tbe Government is the report of Jacob Thompson, Confederate agent in Canada during the rebellion. This report gives details of the plots formed by rebel agents to burn Northern cities and release rebel prisoners, with the name of the persons prominently connected therewith. The Commission appointed for the survey

or tne Aortbwest boundary have left Washington for the scene of their labors. The work

of the Commission will probably extend through two years. Richard Beardsley. United States Consul to Jerusalem, has bsen appointed Consul General to Alexandria, vice Butler, removed. Gen. Julius White, of Chicago, has been appointed Minister to ths Argentine Republic. Under tne new law, reducing the number of Revenue Supervisors from twenty-five to ten, D. W. Munn is retained for the States of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan S. T. Howell, for Ohio and Indiana : ana S. W. Hedrick. for

Iowa, Minnesota. Nebraska, Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Marquis de Noailles, the new Franca Minis ister, was introduced to the President on July 24, and delivered his credentials .

Pension Agent Collins has been discovered to be a defaulter, and the Government has entered suit against his bondsmen. Spotted Tail and his delegation of Indians visited the Executive mansion on July 24, and had an interview with President Grant. Foreign. Madrid has been thrown into a fever of excitement by an attempt to assassinate the King and Queen. On the night of the 19th of July, while driving through the streets, they were fired npon by a party of five assassins but luckily the bullets of the would-be mur-

lerera missed their mark. One of the attack

ing party was killed and ten arrested. The steamer Hibernian has sailed from Liverpool with a party of English settlers the pioneers of the projected colony in Minnesota. Capt. Burton, ths famous traveler and explorer, succeeds the .ate Charles Lever as British Consul at Trieste Tbe grave-diggers of Woolwich Cemetery (Loadon) arson a strike. The cholera has broken out in Moscow, Russia, in a malignant form, the proportion of deaths to recoveries being eight to one. Thousands of the better olaas of citizens are fleeing to Western Europe.

Mr. Warne, an English correspondent at Geneva, was murdered and robbed July 21. The Italians are rejoicing heartily over the lucky escape of Amadeus from the Spauisli assassins' bullets. The new French loan is issued at the official rate of 85f 5c. Three of the would-bo assassins of the King and Queen of Spam aud twenty-seven accomplices have beeu arrcstod. Tbe escape of the royal personages was a very narrow one. One of the horse attached to the carriage received seven pistol shots. Marshal McMahon has signified his willingness to accept the Presidency of the French Republic in the event of the death or resignation of Thiers. Tbe cable announces a monetary crisis in

Pans. Trade is stagnant, and thousands of

shops are closed for rent.

Japan is making rapid progress in reaching

the American grade of civilization. About three-fourths of the narrow-gauge railroad

from Yokohama to Yeddo, a distance of seven

teen mu es, nas ueen nn lined, and has cost

already over 120,000 a mile. Nobody knows where the money has gone to, and the railroad, like tbe New York court-house, is wait

ing for fresh appropriations .

It is thought the parties who attempted to assassinate tbe King and Queen of Spain were

the hired instruments of a political conspiracy

The parties arrested are believed to be the men

who assassinated Gen. Prim.

There is a secret society in the Citv of

Mexico, composed of the worst class of crimi

nals, whose chief occupation is that of kid

napping people. On July 22 a Mexican gen

iiemau, aenor isrvatiios. was round in an

almost dying condition, hid awav by the kid

nappers . Three of the miscreants were caught and summarily executed. A few day previous

they seized a Frenchman and tore out his eyes

and toninie

The French National Assembly, by a vote of

317 to 233. has adopted the first chapter of the

bill taxing raw materials. This is considered

as a complete triumph for Thiers .

The Argentine Confederation has voted

2,600,000 for three iron-clad vessels, which

have been ordered from the United States

The court at Versailles engaged in trying

the Communists has sentenced a woman (the

cantiniere Gu ard) to death. She will be guillotined, it being thought too revolting for

soldiers to shoot a woman.

Stanley, the New York Herald correspond

ent, arrived at Paris July 24, and proceeded

at once to London.

The cholera is abating in St. Petersburg and

other Russian cities.

V. a n .

xuree more rrencn communists were

slaughtered at Satory on the 25th of July.

Benito Juarez, President of the Mexican

Republic, died at the City of Mexico on the

18th of July, of apoplexy. Leredo'de Tejeda,

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, will suc

ceed to the Presidency until Congress shall

order an election to fill the vacancy. Tejeda has been looked upon as a sympathizer with

the revolutionists during the late troubles,

ait bough be has remained in tbe City of

Mexico, taking no active p I wi'h 'ht in

surgente. Juarez was first . ..cted f .esident 1 laiO 1 I , 1 . 1 . mn ... . .

iu looo, ami ueiu inac omce, with the varying fortunes attending all rulers of

that distracted country, up to the time of

his death.

Stanley has arrived in London, and has tel

egraphed to tbs New Yord Herald letters pur

porting to have been written by Dr. Living

atone to Jamea Gordon Bennett.

latacazy's last public paper did the busi

ness for the great pamphleteer and diplomatic

eaves-dropper. A St. Petersburg dispatch

announces that an imperial decree has been

published dismissing him from the diplomatic

service of the Empire.

Considerable trouble has been caused by

striking coal miners in the vicinity of Paris. Troops were ordered to the disturbed districts, and a serious conflict ensued. Many of the striking workmen were arrested and im

prisoned.

Tbe Duke of Guise, son of the Duke of

Aumale, died at Paris, July 25, of scarlet fever.

aged 18 years.

A report comes from Cuba that the Government troops have had an engagement with 19 of ths FannU expedition, in which ten of the latter were killed and four taken prisoners. It is added that the remaining five will inevitably die of starvation. It is announced that work will be commenced

immediately upon the Guaymaa and Tucson railroad, which has recently been iprojected

under an agreement between this country and Mexico. Guaymaa, which is situated in the State of Sonora, has the best harbor on the western coast of Mexico, and tbe success of

the scheme is conceded to be a matter of great commercial importance.

The Geneva Arbitration.

Ok-MKva, July 16. Ths Board of Arbitration met to-day. A large quautity of printed matter was submitted to the Board and exchanged by the agents of Great Britain aud the United States. No other business was doue, the court adjourning after a session of less than thirty minutes duration. Gemkva. July 17. lbs Board aessrrbled today an hour earlier than usual. The proceedings are somewhat delayed in consequence of the difference of languages spoken by tbe members of the court, which rendered it a tedious transaction, and explanations are necessary. But all the preliminaries have been settled, and the Boars has finallv decided to take up the case of each ship seriatim. Geneva, July IS The British agent to-day C resented a demurrer, praying that the Triunal exclude ths oases of the Tallahassee, Ohkkamanga, Sumter, Nashville, Retribution, Boston, Sallie, Jeff. Davis, Y. H. Joy, and Music. A summary of the American argument, an.) a statement in the case of The Florida, wore presented to-day. Ot.xt.VA, July 19. To-day's session lasted from I until 4 o'clock. All the members of the Board were present. The English and American eoiiosel were engaged the greater part of the day, yesterday, and until a Tate hour last uight, iu preparing their pleadings. It is supposed tbat the discussion to-day was devoted to the question of the responsibility of England, which Lord Tenterdeu denies. Tbe court adjourned until Monday. Great precautions have been taken to secure secrecy in the proceedings of the Board . Geneva, July 20 Gentlemeu connected with the Board of Arbitration still preserve the most profound secrecy on the subject of its proceedings. The counsel of the Governments of Great Britain and the Uniled States rsfuse to answer any communications on questions ponding, in order to nrevcut th inter

ference of newspapers and the possibility of their exercising an influence on the minds of the arbitrators. Hereafter the Board will bold five sessions per week, sitting every day except Saturdays and Sundays. Geneva, July 22 Tbe Board of Arbitration reassembled this afternoon about 1 o'clock. After remaining in session until 4, it adjourned until to-morrow. Tbe claims for damages caused by the vessels Boston, Sallie. Jeff. Davis. Joy and Music have been dismissed by tbe Arbitration. Tbe demurrer of Great Britain concerning tbe other vessels is overruled. The case of the Florida was concluded to-day. The decision, it is believed, awards 2,600,000 damages for 1 J aAJ SSM ' BBS a . "

uer ueprcusuons. ine UOATÜ took up tbe

case of the Alabama to-day. GENEVA. Julv 23 Owinir to an nnfnnuun

difficulty, or which nothing is known, there was no session of the Tribunal of Arbitration to

day, nor will there be any to-morrow. The precautious to preserve the secrecy of the deliberations of tne Tribunal are confined to ths most minute particulars, and nothing whatever

u icuiini relative to HS proceeuings. Geneva, Ju'.y 24. The Board of Arbitration

is now fairly at work, and its labors are ex

cessivv. ou- Aiexanuer iocs burn has remained within his hotel three days. Serious embarrassment has ben caused to the Board of Arbitration by the English protest against the consideration of any evidence or argument

snowing animus on the part of Great Britain. England insists that tbe introduction of this

evidence piactically admits the consideration

of the spirit of the indirect claims, which

were presented onlv to nrove other claims.

which otherwise it would be impossible to sub

stantial.), should this evidence be excluded, few causes can be Droved.

Geneva, Jury 25. Tbe Board was in session

four hours to-day. The rigid secrecv heretofore observed in relation to the Droceediiura of

the tribunal is strictly maintained, and noth

ing or toe isast importance concerning ths meeting of to-day can be ascertained.

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New Use tor Newspapers. The advantages of newsnanera

every day developed, and new and

fore unsuspected uses for them are dis

covered. Witness what befell a eentle-

man and his wife recently in the Holy Land. While they were traveling to

ward Jerusalem they were beset bv ban

dits and robbed not onlv of their monev

and baggage, but even of the clothes in

hich they were standing, or rather

kneeling for mercy. What were thev to

do? If they had been coin to the

Garden of Eden it would

well enough i but how were thev to en

ter the ancient City of the Lord in a

state oi primitive nuditv? In this

horrible emergency thev begged back

from the plunderers a copy of the Lon

don Times. Was there ever such luck

before ? For they received not onlv the

usual copy of the great journal, but it so

happened that there was a surmlemenL

, . . . . . . . - -. w

wmcn was just the thing lor tbe lady Thus clothed with advertisements, lead

ing articles, foreign correspondence, the

money market, and the Parliamentary

ueosies, mey entereü .Jerusalem pano

puea against ail tierce Mussulmans lor these religionists, it will be remem

bered, respect every square inch of na

per, since happily the name of God may be written thereon.

The Population of Russia. The reports of the last census have iist been published in Russia. Thev

ive as the population of the empire 81,500,000. Of these, 61,400.000 dwell

in KuBsia, 6,000,000 in Poland, and 1,200,000 in Finland. The population has increased 400,000 within the last few years, but as this increase is mainly due to the conquest of provinces in Central Asia, and to a laVce number of German colonies which have been established in confiscated estates of Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, h maybe said that the population has remained stationary.

Takino a drop too much Hanging

uue s sett.

The Penny postal Cords. T .1 ....

i seeuis me penny postal car'i svs

tern is to receive a severe trial at the beginning, through the irrepressible

propensity of tbe live American to

advertise.' Letters are pouring into

me uepariment asking when the cards iii . . .

wm do ready, yew York merchants

have made applications for over two

millions to be used as advertising cards.

rirms in Boston, xTovidenoe. PhiladeJ

phia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis and other large cities have similar re-

lUesti hied, and tt is believed that at

least one ha'f of the first lot will be

immediately disposed of to corporations

i i - i -

sou Dusiness nouses.

Bad Crops in Europe. From Aust-v Hungary comes intelli gence which renders it cert tin that s

great demand will be made upon the

wneai crop oi America for this year. In various portions of the monarchy, the prospect of the crops has been completely destroyed. Hungary has been termed the granary of the world ; the black, fertile soil of the Banat is so well adapted to raising wheat that frequently from thirty to forty bushels of choice wheat have been raised to the acre. Now this region is completly inundated with water. Ths researches at Japille, Belgium,

continue to afford interesting results.

Recently a Roman eagle, jeweled, was

taken up, and ten pillars, erected on a

granite pavement, each being seventyfive centimetres, or about thirtv

inches in height, the whole ranged round a anane nf ahsmt var.l .,,..

have also been unearthed, these pillars

I are of red clay and are cylindrical.

Carreat Items. MUM s the only Stats that had a railroad in running order when ad Hill into the Union. W The highest prices for iuga.ine article, are paiif by the French 2 American publishers. Boston real estate valuation has in creased $40.000,000 the pans year Z ducing the tax to $ I on ?1,0$0. ' Tus average cost of building milt of railroad is $44,225 in thia country. The police of Vienna, Austria, have notified the newspapers that the put, hcation of matrimonial aslveruseiutnu must be stopped. An exchange says : A clock in & New York factory has been seized U the workmen, because it has not struck for eight hours." Thee will be enough wild gtai e in Texas this year to make more wine than was ever manufactured in France j. one year. A Geosoia farmer had a sow whica recently gve birth to four pta, tjoe wa l.ke a Ik re, one like an opossum the third like a child, and the fourth a pig. The owner of the sow believed this to be witchcraft, and bad all of them burned to death. There is more than $1,000,000 hvested in the manufacture of lamps in this country. Ot chimneys about l,00i. 000 duien are annually sold, at average of fifty cents a dozen. Never before has such an exodus of American clergymen been chronicled as during the present summer. Sinc the middle of June there have sailed for Europe between thirty and forty ministers of different denominations,and during the present month the number will be largely increased. The total annual circulation of new papers printed in the State of New York is 402,770,868, being more than twice the number printed in anv other Stat.

The next greatest number of copies L in Pennsylvania, where 233,.'i80.332 copies are annually printed. Mawachu" setts also prints" 107,691,953; Illinois, 102,686,204 ; Ohio, 93,594,44). A writes from Louisiana says i What impresses me, among other things, in this novel region, are the Kindly relations between whites and blacks. I have not heard a syllable of secessionist". All the people are glad to see Northern men ; all are anxious lor immigration and capital, and rosily they resent tempting inducements. Niagara Falls has been stormed by bridal parties of late, and their Romeo and Juliet exhibitions in public have disgusted bachelors and driven old maids almost crazy. To br a swell at the seaside, the male should dress in a suit of white flannel, wear a straw hat with blue ribbon band, and insert a round bit of window glass in the right eye. Thi New York Board of Education have decided to introduce music as a distinct branch of education in the public schools of that city. This is s long stride in advance, and cannot fail to bring forth the happiest results. It is a common mistake that the Ku.

Klux law is repealed or hss expired. Neither is true. Ths law is still in

force. A single feature of it. that au

thorizing the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, expired by ita own limitation with the late session of Congress. But the Ku-Klux law remains in force.

Thi people of Maine held a snow

picnic on the 4th of J uly. In the north

ern part of the State there h a snow

drift of enormous dimensions, which, although the mercury in the neighborhood ranges from ninety to one hundred degrees, bids fair to last all summer. The drift was originally seventy-five feet nigh. A liberal estimate gives the following as the cost entire (including steamer fare and cost of gold) of a three months' trip (first-class) in Europe and in this country i In Europe, $524; in this coun try, $682. The old family servants of Washington having about all followed their master, obituaries are now in order of the colored nurses of Madison, who art just beginning to drop off at the most patriarchal ages. One is reputed to have died in St. Louis, the other day, at the age of 104 years. The drive of Texas cattle to Kansas is, estimated, from the most reliable data, at 360,000 head, and the cattle will arrive in their full average condition, notwithstanding the hard winter through which they passed. Apropos of the recent demise of the New York Standard, it is estimated that

one hundred newspapers, embracing s capital of upwards of five millions of

dollars, have died in New York within

tbe past twenty-five years.

About the middle of June, a Massa

chusetts farmer cut down a field of

spring rye for fodder. The rye had headed out perfectly. It was supposed that tbe grass would immediately follow, but with ten days the rye grew up. headed out, and is now the finest look

ing field of rye in that region. This is

a new departure in agriculture.

Sixtt young officers have been dis

missed from the Prussian armv. They

obtained their commissions during the war for gallantry in the field, without passing the ordinary examinations.

1 bey are now cashiered for not having

acquired the necessary qualifications since the close of the war.

A cotton harvesting machine has

been invented, which, it is claimed, will

orrorm the work of fiftv hands a (lav.

collecting and gathering into the bags

tne cotton irom twelve acres with the

assistance of two men, oue boy, and a

Eair of mules. The cotton plant passes etween two sections, and the foliage is

sm unrtnturbed for the second and third pickings.