Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-19
GLEANINGS FROM EXCHANGES.

IT is always better that wrong-doing
should be punished in an orderly and
legal manner, and in consideration of
the will of the public, as expressed by re-
cent juries, it would be well for some
member of the coming Legislature to in
troduce bill making the crimes of Sc
luction and adultery, in male offenders,
punishable by death. II men are to die
for these otienses, the unpleasant odium
Of executing the extreme penalty, with
its concomitant annoyances of prosecu-
ton and the costs of defense, should not
be imposed on the injured victims and
their relatives. II the legislature con-
siders that an ultra step, it might order
the Board of Supervisors to pay all the
legal expenses of the defense in such
cases. If private killing is not only Just.
itiable but praiseworthy, the killer, if not
remunerated, should at least be reim-
bursed for the expenses incurred through
his discharge of this unpleasant duty to
society," San Francisco Post.
A VERY sensible religious society is
rapidly growing in numbers and power
in the West. 1t is the Christian Union
Church, which ignores sect and teaches
the doctrines taught by Jesus Of Naza.
reth, without any cold water, foreordi
nation or probationary attachment
Three hundred ministers, forty thousand
members, several hundred Sunday
schools, church property worth $3.50, 900,
and a very able paper, the Christian Wit.
ness, published at Macarthur, Ohio,
prove that the good seed of that church
is taking vigorous root. We like that re-
lgion which is less intent on poking its
nose into the bag of another farmer on
his way to the mill, than putting nice,
clean, perfect grain in his own, against
the day Of inspection. So it is that we
like the Christian Union idea Pome-
roy's Democrat.
If any one man shall be stamped with
the infamy of it, 1.-THE back-pay steal
stamp Grant, then. If there is any one
person responsible above all others fol
that measure, let those preachers Of
righteousness shout aloud and spare not
Thou art the man, Mr.. President" L
some one must be thrown to the pack
let President Grant be chosen as the
victim. 1t is his right, He has earned
the honor of the martyrdom. He go
the chief benefit of the bill, and he alone
could have defeated it, and he therefor,
is its best representative. 1t was a Re
publican measure, passed by Republican
votes, and approved by a Republican
President. The party, as such, is a
much responsible for it as for any &C
that they may claim the credit of passin!
since Lincoln was elected Massachu
sets Chronicle.
A DISPATCH dated at Beddeford, Me.
says:
Miss Lucy Langdon NOVEL; was borl
in Alfred, July 4, 1776, on the day, an
very near the hour, of the signing of tn
Declaration of Independence. Whel
eight years of age, she united with tn
Alfred Shakers, and has since lived wit
them. When eighty-four years of age
she wove thirty-four yards Of cloth, AM
at ninety-six knit ten pairs of mittens
She has never been in railroad car, AM
il in excellent health. If she lives unit
1876, Pullman palace car will be des
patched to her native town to transpor
her to Boston. From thence she will b,
carried direct to the Quaker City, wher'
her presence will be one Of the features
OF the grand centennial.