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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

In the Oyer and Terminer Court
to-day, Judge Boardman heard the
counsel in the matter of the bill of
exceptions in the case of Stokes
The Judge decided to exclude from
the bill the allegations in reference
to Stokes having been absent from
court while part of the testimony
was being taken, and also, that the
Judge was at one time off the bench,
but allowed them to be brought in
by affidavit on the motion for new
trial. The Judge then signed the
bill. The motion for the new trial
then commenced, and the papers in
the case read. Among them were
numerous afidavits alleging irregu-
larities and openly expressed hos
tiity to the prisoner by the jurors.
One special affidavit is by Mary
Bean, stating that on the day of the
murder, in going past the Grand
Central Hotel, she saw Fisk, whom
she knew while a domestic at Long
Branch, go inside the private en-
trance and instantly back out, pull
out pistol and re enter. As she
passed the hotel she heard pistol
shots. She was about to marry at
this time, and her friends, fearing
she would be locked up as witness,
dissuaded her telling what she saw.
She gives numerous references to
respectable parties.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08


Mr.. CoLrAx.-The headlines to a
special dispatch from Washington
which appeared in the journal of
yesterday concerning Mr.. Colfax's
connection with the Credit Mobiier,
were calculated to do injustice to
that gentleman, and convey an er-
roneous impression of the Journals
position. We desire now to say
that our confidence m the personal
honor and integrity of Mr.. sColfax
is as yet entirely unshaken, and it
would take far stronger evidence
than any yet adduced to convince
his friends that he is corrupt. It
would be manifestly improper to
pass final Judgment on him in the
present stage of the case, as he has
indicated his ability and intention
to explain it's seemingly worst fea-
lures, and simple fairness requires
that he have ample opportunity to
do SO. It is the opinion of the
Journal that he will do so, and GER
tainly nothing has been further
from our purpose than to encourage
q pre-judgment of the case. There
is reason to believe that Mfr. Colfax
win be able to disprove the prima
facie case now made against him.
Meantime it is due to his long and
faithful career that public judgment
be suspended till all the facts in
the case are known.-Ind. journal,
Jan. 31st
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

Concerning the question of wo-
mems wages, the Minneapolis Tri-
bune states that women who have
had the pluck and genius to learn
to surpass in those things which
men have generally done, receive as
high wages as any man. We need
not ask why young women will not
learn the shoe-maker's trade, the
hatter's, the dyer's, the miller's, the
tanners, the paper-make's, the
watch-maker's. Everybody knows
why. It is because they are look
ing for the coming man, and want
to keep their hair "done up" cor
rectly, and their panier jauntly
poised, in anticipation of that illus
trious arrival. It seems to us it
would be better for more young
girls, especially the daughters Of
the poor, to learn some trade-some
mans trade, not now over-burden-
ed with workers thus always
be ready to drive the wolf from the
door. The laws of trade cannot
be scolded down; they can only be
tanned by being complied with.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

A good story 10 told OF parrot
who had always lived on board .
ship, hut who escaped q one Of the
southern ports and took refuge 10
q church. Soon afterward the con-
gregasion assembled, and the miaT
ister began preaching to them @
his earnest fashion, saying there
was no virtue in them. that every
one Of them would GO to hell unless
they speedily repsnted just -
he spoke the sentence, mp spoke the
parrot from his hiding place:
!" All hands below I"
To say that +" all hands" we're
startled would be . mild way OF
putting it. The peculiar voice and
unknown voice had much more ef-
feet on them than the parsons
voice ever had. He waited . mo-
ment, aud then . shade or two
paler, he repeated the warning.
GAIL hands below !" again rang
out from somewhere.
The preacher started from hfs
pulpit and looked anxiously around
inquiring if anybody had spoken.
"All hands belowr' was the only
reply. at which the entire panic
stricken congregation got up, and
! q moment after they oil bolted for
the doors; the preacher trying his
best to be first, and during the
time the mischievous bird kept Up
his yelling:
sAll hands below r.
There was an old woman there
who was laL-e, and could not get
out SO fast as the rest, and in Q
/ short time she was. left entirely
alone. just as che WAS about TO
hobble out, the parrot few down,
and alightinR on her shoulder,
again yelled in her ear:
"Ail hands below -
"No, no. Mister Devil I" shriek-
ed the old woman, "you can't
mean me. I don't belong here. I
go to the other church across the
way."-N. O. Christian Advocate.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

CLEoPATRA's NEEDLE.-Itis a solid
tapering obelisk of red granite, cut
from top to bottom with deep, sharp
ly defined, symbolic characters
which nobody understands. Lying
about five feet below the level of
the ground, its mate was discover
ed about thirty years ago. Both
were brought over one hundred
miles from the ancient city Of On,
the great university of ancient
Egypt, where Moses was educated
How such masses were transported
such distrance- all the way des-
ert of sand, loose and yielding
can not be explained; yet Pharonic
engineers accomplished the feat
without marring tho blocks. The
horizontal one was presented by
Mahomed Ali to the English Gov
ernment. After some months of
effort, British artisans failed to
raise it out of it's preset bed, 30 q
vessel detained for conveying the
curiosity to London returned with
out a cargo,
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

The remarkable weather which
has prevailed in England during
the past year can hardly be realiz-
ed on this side of the Atlantic.
According to a statement we find
in an editorial of the London Daily
News of the 11th of january, our
British cousins had only thirty-six
fine" days in the whole 365. It is
no wonder the News should so bit
terly lament that Messrs. Goschen
and Lowe refused to comply with
the request of the scientists to ap-
propriate funds for. an expedition
which was to see what is the mat
ter with our terrestrial magnetism,
whose headquarters are at the
North Pole.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08
s, 1873.


HousE.-Feb. 1.-Among the bills
passed are the following: To secure
q more efficient administration Of
Indian affairs; appropriating out Of
the japanese indemnity fund $685.
600 for distribution among the Of
ficers and crews of the Wyoming
and Harrington, as q bounty for the
destruction of piratical vessels at
Simoneski, Japan. q
The House at three o'clock went
into a committee on the Private
Caleuder, and . long discussion
took place on the bill for the pay
ment of the expenses incurred in
the suppression of Indian hostili-
ties, in Montana, in 1867, accord.
ing to the examination of the report
of the Inspector General, James A.
Hardie. The committee reported
q bill, but no action was taken by
the House.
On motion Of Mr.. Banks, of the
sub committee on the Select Com
mittee on the Union Pacific Rail
road and Credit Mobilier, was au
thorized to take testimony in Phila
delphia, New York and Boston.
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GiflR

There are two kinds of girls.
One is the kind that appears best
abroad-the other girls that are
good for parties; rides, visits, &C.,
and whose chief delight is in such
things. The other is the kind that
appears best at home-girls that
are useful and cheerful in the din
ing room, sick room and all the
precincts of home. They differ
widely in character. One is often
a torment at home, the other 3
blessing. One is q moth, consum-
ing everything about her; the other
is sunbeam, inspiring light and
gladness all around her highway.
The right education will moderate
both q little and thus unite the
good qualities of both in one
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08
POWERFUL ARGUMENTS.
Prompt Change Of Mind Of q Ticket
Agent.

IA few days ago tall, rough P
looking mountaineer entered the
Union Railroad ticket office at
Denver, and through mistake.
purchased a ticket for New York
via the Kansas Pacific line, when
he wanted TO go over the Union
Pacific. He did not discover this
fact until the ticket had been paid
for, and, on asking the agent to
change it, the latter refused to do
90
"You won't change this ticket,
then, won't you?
"No. sir" replied the agent; you
have your ticket and / have the
money for It, and il you want .
ticket over the other route, you
viii! have to buy IT,
Very quietly the stranger twis-
ted the ticket into . small roll;
very serenel.-d drew from under his
right coat tail six shooter about
the dimension cfa m mountain howit-
ger; coolly and deliberately he
suck the twisted ticket into the
muzzie or that six>shooter, and
sticking the ugly-looking thing
through the little square window
of the ticket Office, and almost into
the agents face, and speaking in
the tone that left no doabt Of his
determination, said:
Stranger, tbar's that ticket;
take it yourself and change it or
by Cd I'll blow it olean through
you."
The ticket was changed immedi-
ately, and vi;hout any more words
tron the agent and the mountain
eer walked away, saying: / jest
thought could induce him to
change his mind q leetle."
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08
SELECT STORY.
a LEAF FROM LIFE.

The simple facts recorded in this
story occurred in city not many
miles from here. It would be i'm
possible for such q case to happen
In Chicago. We are the personfca-
tion of Charity. We are Angels
and this is Paradise! Therefore, I
wish it distinctly understood that
/ write Of q sspitiful case" as the
papers called Il, which came under
my notice in . distant city years
ago.
Al rule, physicians are the most
charitable of men, They may not
give fortunes away in aims, but
their time, which to them is money,
Is freely given to the suffering in
more cases than one might suppose
without money and without price
It was upon freezing cold night
that > young physician stepped into
the warm, well lighted Office Of
merchant prince. The doctor was
poor and needy; his coat was
worn and threadbare, antA furnish
ed but little protection a. sainst the
cold OF the season, because he Ia
bored among the poor, and gave
his time to those who were unable
to pay for it.
The merchant was q wealthy, pi-
ous sseminently respectable" men,
Der Of society. He was the main
stay Of church, the promoter Of
charitable schemes, and subscri-
ber to all charities, which were back
cd by influence, or conferred dis
tinction upon the giver. The world
ct large, honored his name; but the
men IN his employ were won't to
ssnile mysteriously when his chari-
ties were mentioned in their hear
ing, aud one of them was once
heard to remark that he s.never
kuowed q man so well named
Now, strange to say, this model
mans name was Cantter.
So, into Mr.. Cantter's Office the
young physician walked with some
trepidation; but being one of the
world at large, was confident that
he would be heard, for he was on a
begging expedition; not for himself
-he would rather have died than
beg-but for q poor boy who lay
dying in q tenement house in Dead
Mans row-ay, dying of starvation.
It was too late to save his life
that the doctor knew, but he hoped
to raise sufficient money to make
the boy comfortable for the rem
nant Of life left him. As he OPEN
ed the door of the counting room,
he saw Mr.. Cantter standing before
the glowing CRATE fire, declaiming
nobly upon the beauties of true
charity TO his book-keeper, who be-
ing hard pushed to live upon the
pittance paid him by his employer
was not as enthusiastic as his en-
ployer would have had him.
!" s;..- and has not charity, it
proftsth him nothing" said Mr..
OanttW in . loud tone Of voice, as
the door opened and the thought
flashed through his mind that per-
hsps it was the pastor Of his church.
The doctor entered, and suddenly
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08
tArasIor A11o1rsIro.


In the fall Of 1920 came With
my parents TO Richmond to rssids.
not from the East, but near the
banks Of one Of the streams that
contributes to the " atervalsr that
SO grace.ulIy skirts orr now busy
city on the vest and north. At,
this fertile spot q fhe Wild Aow-
ers were beginning to bloom and
all nature about to. assume her
summer attire. your humble writer
wat introduced to : pioneer family
on the Whitewater. -
Coming to town 70 live from tho
rural districts. just asI was eme1g-
ing from my teens, It uAst be sur
mised that the change WAS some
] what novel. The faeplty pf. f.sight-
seeing and observation were
brought into requisition, though
Richmond at that date, near forty
year ego, did not contain . popu-
lation over eight to nine hundred
inhabitants. There were but two
houses east on Main street, from
the corner of Fifth and Main, now
the Odd Fellows Hall. A large
frape building was on the opposite
corner, erected by Patrick Justice
for 4 tavern. Perhaps. some Of
the Oldest citizens of Richmond
may recollcct Patrick end his
"gude " wife, Katy, who we're both
eociable landlord and land mis-
tress. But Patrick would keep q
bat and eold liquor.
The next house was small,
ope-story brick store nearly on the
south eide where the Zeller
building now is, owned by . man
named Street. who was carpen-
ter. lAt the date above, he con.
! tracted with one William Neal. an
old bachelor, who was supposed to
ksve considerable Of money to
build him two story frame house
with Eve or six rooms, said carpen-
ter to fiud all the materisls and
finish the house, ready to live in,
for three hundred and twenty-five
dollars. Said Neal had the repu-.
lation Of being very miserly with
his money. The writer has . re-
collection of seeing this ran
Street running from his little home
to his work on this house from day
to day-and he certainly was not 4
lazy man. 1t was supposed by the
neighbors that he scarcely made
twenty-five cents day on the job.
1t is questionable whether any OF
our boss carpenters of the pres
ent day take jobs SO low. It Was
supposed the old miscr got his
house built for about what the
materials cost. This house stood
for many years on grounds now
owned by Vaughan Brothers.
MoRE ANoM.
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,s,5-s,s-5- - -. $3.50 ; stS ~ III 81
Wsili Farnss smith has lost hi whseA, his
& .1heds ana hia 70amn0th bssns
HI NH sboy With eae small nssch burnt
Z. g: :,i::, s. As''' 's.l = -. - =!
Csa.ts1asd . ssdsr sssh s Issl whsa not
Insured . cent. teS
Ides,t know y pity him, eail y : Sssas
20 S6ssd Ne harvest Of tAres ysarS Il spa
eipas barn and bin ;s,, s ssyas
sasrt:st pity tor nan whs dessly losts
Asa stops bis sars to An the cries thas come
Up from the poor.
I lIke = - seessay, I like = - nsa sevs,
~ aSe @ th6 gnveI
lat ty0a esd know very we'll from what We
-; betA heve seea, gaS
Tksss h : line which. when 't;s crossed, .
mas ests 70 b mean.
Whsa wAsas was sixtssu shillisgs--a price
that paid ee y H.
saisA ~, = Hll wsis ssfswsasy, { vsw ss.
fore III sell -
fhsa wAsa IL rsashsd that asure. hs said 70
- ope nooas
"ie.:;:: y! n hold !. it longer, ''vin b three
~SsAess ss
Hs Asld Il, and hs went In debt for things to
wear and eat,
Whsp msrshants dunned him he would say,
:. Wait till I sell ny wheat r
Soon Mat old s.ns go ssddiee ses, and MEN
A,a sssss.s !. se...~ .. - ..s.e..:.
w s.isA -. = s.s.S ! sh,ss. :,
49, asou1d ~ towns go.
Al - with all HE niRht and naia u
We. I: Ass seysAisg - sssa 'sis priceless
A.d s n:ss have sbs hiehsss nark -thl
hw1ot whsu As buys.
Live and let live" are golden words. thil
Do ,..s rs;s s:s:s' = e :: oss wish that 'A''
II Smith had done ~ they command; b.
wouId not have 10 day,
The ashes Of thrss harvests 70 load and ear
ewsy.
wifsiif yoa taks bsrry and dry u in ths
sun,
Twill shrivsl up I'LL IL takss two 70 maxi
the size OF one,
30 many man in ssasping again, 20 shriv
sls mp his soul,
That II will ne'er expand again, while hfs'l
years DER him roll. h
God bless ths fsrusrs.of our land They sr,
not ell Ike him,
Who walks around that smouldsrine pile nov
in The twilight dim,
Living On Gods broad acres, their souls ex
pand and grow,
Thsir ears are open 70 tales OF want an
Voc.
s.f7a -
God bless the N "a, whers'sr they be,
eoantxy or in town,
Who do not think Il 1ife's great work {
crowd their nsighbors down.
This world would be tho better, this lii
would pleasure give.
II evsfy mas Who tolls 10 live would let hl
brother live.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08
THE OLD STORY TOLD AGAIN.
A Dr0ver Takes Pity on . LaAy-S She
Reciprocates his Phys Pisilnl
J Ending. ~


A few weeks ago, says the Alba
ny Sunday Press, George Marshal,
q KentucKy drover, started for the
New York cattle market. On reach
ing Cincinnati he met with lady.
He knew she was . lady, because
she was boarding at . first-class
boarding house, and had become
indebted beyond her means to
pay, but would not leave because
she could not bear the thought of
leaving without settling her bill.
Mr.. Marshall considered her case,
and the more he considered, the
more he thought it to be his duty
as kind hearted gentleman to pay
her bill and extricate the lady from
her unpleasant dilemma. So he
paid the bill It was not much.
!. Only $l1 and he had considerable
/, money left. But now that the lady
was extricated, where was she to
go? That was a question both
himself and the lady took into Sc
rious consideration.
He was about to leave the city
and come eastward. He had been
kind to her, had treated her hu-
namely; had, in fact played the part
of gentleman, and she told him she
could no more bear the thought of
leaving him than she could that of
! leaving her boarding house with
i her board bill unsettled. She de-
clared that she felt like flying to
the ends of the earth with hiya-if
she only had the wings to fly. II
have the WINGS" enthusiastically
exclaimed the droxer. Il have the
wings!' and he drew forth his wal
let, the rotundity of which convey
ed to the lady's mind the meaning
of the drover's declaration. II
understand" said she but what will
the world say?" she asked, drop
ping her head; while a slight blush
suffused her cheeks. s.Never mind
what the world says. Come with
me. I can not leave you here
alone and without means of sup
port in this wicked city" She con-
sented, and they came on, eventual
ly reaching this city few days
since.
On the evening of their arrival
the drover found it necessary for
him to go to a barbar shop to be
shaved, and his lady companion in
formed him that she had noticed
one on street to which she could
take him. Arrived there she told
him to go in and get shaved while
she would remain outside and wait
for him. He went in-was shaved
came out and could not find his
lady. She was gone-hopelessly
sgone-nowhere to be found, and
with her was gone a deposit OF
500 he had left with her. He then
came to the conclusion he had been
swindled, and in relating his mis-
fortune, said: s'when I became seat
ed in the barbar's chair with my
face lathered,I I thought I heard her
laugh. She must have started of
at that time" The case was put in
the hands detective Bradley, but
/ W to the moment of this writing
the lady has not been found.
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The Julians made high sport of
Hon. j. M Wilson, for his presump-
ton in stepping into the shoes Of
George, the great representative of
the old Burnt district. But before
the close of his term, Judge Wilson
is one of the p rominent members
ct the Judiciary committee; and is
now chairman of one of the COM
mittee investigating the Credit Mo
bilier transaction, In this great
country of ours, one OF two men do
not absorb all the brains.-Marion
Chronicle.
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A Model Lawyer.

esquire johnson" was q model
lawyer as the following anecdote
will show:
Mr.. Jones once rushed into the
Squire's Office in great passion.
ssThat internal scoundrel of cob
bier, Smith has sued me, Mr.. John
son-sued for five dollars I owe
him for pair of boots !"
''Then you owe him the five dol
lars?"
TO be sure I do; but he has
gone and sued me-sued mel"
''Then why don't you pay him, if
you owe hint"
Because he's sued me and when
a man does that, I'll never pay him
till it costs him more than he gets.
I want you to make it cost him all
you can"
"But it will cost you something
too
Il don't care for that. What do
you charge to begin with 2"
"Ten dollars; and more if there's
much extra trouble"
'sAl right !! There's the X. Now
go ahead"
No sooner was his client gone,
than Squire Johnson.stepped across
to his neighbor Smith and offered
to pay the bill, on condition that
the suit should be Withdrawn. The
shoemaker gladly acceeded-all he
wanted was his pay. The lawyer
retained his other five for his fee !;
| and as the case was not s'trouble-
some made no further demand up
on his client.
Ten days after; Jones came in to
see how his case was getting on.
'.An right!' said the lawyer.
'EYou won't have any trouble about
that I put it to Smith SO strongly
that he was glad to- withdraw the
suit altogether" 4
Capital" cried the exulting Jones.
you've done it up brown! You
shall have all my business" ~
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Carlotta. the reject of the unfor-
tunate Maximilian, is reported to
have ended her sufferings at Dres-
den. If ever death was q blessing
to human being it must have
been to this sorely tried lady. With
. shattered intellect, and few
lucid intervals only to be spent in
paroxisms Of passionate grief for
an adored husband, life could only
be burden. Born to high station
and happiness, married to a man of
her choice, blessed with all the ad-
vantages that youth, health and de-
voted friends could bestow, she
was reserved to taste the deepest
misery that can befan q loving wo-
mans heartand die q maniac.
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A few days since was noticed the
TACT OF q bale of cotton being OPEN
ed in Massachusetts, that contained
. twenty pound boulder, and now
comes the sad intelligence that q
bale Of northern hay, sold in Mobile
contained twenty-one pounds of
trash and briars.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

The Worcester { Mass. } Spy re-
marks that independent journal
ism,' as now practiesd by those
who make the loudest professions
OF it, apparently consists of abus-
ing everybody else by direct attack,
snesrs of innuendo, and praising
ones self without stint or meas
ure.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

A Scranton PA man who went
home the other evening and found
his house locked up, after infinite
trouble, managed to gain entrance
through q back window, and then
discovered on the parlor table q
note from his wife, reading: 81
have gone out; You win find the
door key on one side of the door
step"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

The new opera house erected at
Lafayette, Ind, by the Citizens
Association, at cost Of 60, 600, win
be opened February 18th. It il
one of the finest structures of the
kind in the State.
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Bonds, mortgages. etc, sto-
len from the banking house Of
Clarkson + Co.. at Lancaster, pa,
on the 18th Of January, were found
this morning under . stairway
leadiog 10 the basement Of Sc.
PsuPs Reformed Church in Read
ing Pc. They were worth $780,
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An old man living in Schuyler
county, Illinois, sent for physi-
clan to come and amputate his toe
which had been frozen. The doc
tor not arriving in time, the patient
performed the operation himself
with pocket knife.