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The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-04-04
LIBERALISM.

Ye cannot have the Gospel of Gods grace
Men of prcaumptuouH heart, know yOu welt
He are Of those who plan that should dwell
zach in his tranquil home and holy place,
Seeing the Word retnoS all nAtuI rude,
And tAmes the stirring of the multitude
And 20 have caught some echoes of it's lore
As beTRded amid the Joyous choirs;
Ye marked II spoke Of peace, chAstised desires,
Good will and mercy-and ye board more
But for zeal and quick eyed sanctty,
And the dread depths of grace, ye passed them by.
And 90 ye halve the Truth for yo In heart
At best, are dOubters whether IL be true,
The theme dscardip as nnmeet for you,
Statesmen OF Bages y new compassed art
Ot the ancient Foe but what IL It sxtonds
Der our own camp, and rules amid our friendsl
Probably nothing is more difficult than to
treat sacred subject a'teE a fashion. of
common application to things particularly
worldly and yet preserve the sacredness Of
AhAt subject from all levity or unbecoming-
ness of association. We have seen HYMNS
excellent as pious compositions but yet
lacking in special quality necessary to
secure them from the effect of incongruous
eonDexion. A striking instance of Dr..
Newman's happy talent is given in an ex-
quisite poem, or, as he will have it, lyric,
which We cannot resist the temptation of
extracting entire. Very few could so sue
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-04-04

TIE European -1rersively patron; z-d by the Irish,
Br'ii-h and Ame,i6an Hierarchy aAd Clergy.
p ni!,-- tonTi.ts ~i md il the comforts OF
home con ban-6 With mode,Ate charges and Assdrons
HOs aod Cold RA,hs Large ard elegantly appointed
Ladies Coffee Pc .u.- uh2- TN
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-04-04
CARRIAGE MAKERS.

Did you ever hear a rich mau singf
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15

The President has appointed William G.
Nichols, Assistant Treasurer at Chicago; John
Taffe, of Nebraska, Secretary of Colorado;
John R. Clark to be Surveyor General for Ne
braska and Iowa; III. NJ. Keyser, of Illinois,
Receiver of Public Moneys at Helena Mon;
Charles D. Bradley Attorney for Colorado.
The Republican State Convention of Wiscon-
sin was held at Madison, on Wednesday, July
z. The following ticket was placed in the
field: For Governor Harrison Ludington, of
Milwaukee; Lieutenant Governor, Fl. T. Eaton,
of Richland; Secretary of State, Hans B.
Warner, of Pierce; Treasurer, Henry Baetz,
of Manitowoc; Attorney General, John R. Ben
nett, of Rock; Superintendent of Public In
strrction. Rnhert Graham of Oshkosh The
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15
BRIGANDS.

A Band of Robbers Board an Express
Train in IIIinois--The Engineer Shot
Dead, and the Engine and Express Car
Detached--The Express Messenger De-
tends His Car Successfully.
One of the most high-handed attempts
at robbery that has ever occurred In Il
hnois took place at Long Point, station
On the Vandalia railroad, on the night of
the 9Th inst. The dispatches to the Chi
cago papers give the following particu-
lars of the affair
AS train No. 6, eastward bound, in
charge of Conductor FraleY and Engin-
eer Milo Ames, came up to Long Point
station for water, two men boarded the
locomotive, one from each side, and said
to the engineer .ss Pull out !" The en-
gineer was at first somewhat bewildered,
when they said again, "Pull
out - At this he, seeming to comprehend
the situation, said CAL right, I'll pull
out" The men then said: eve will
run the thing ourselves" and at that
both of the robbers fired. One of the
shots killed the engineer instantly, and
the other lodged in the cab. The fire
man, who was on the tank, taking in
water, Immediately jumped and ran to
the rear of the train, to notify the train
men, he having heard the conversation
ana comprehending the situation.
During these proceedings at the en-
CINE, confederate had detached the
Adams Express car, and they then, pull
ing the engine wide open, ran her
about two miles east and stopped, blow
ing +" off brakes to deceive the express
messenger.
They then came to the door of the car
and said ssLet me in, Jack" He re-
piled to them "You SIS of BIS, I'm
ready for you! If you ever come in
here, you are dead men I" The robbers
then commenced firing into the car. The
messenger, Burke, said it seemed to him
that there were dozen of them, as the
shots seemed to come frona all direc-
tions.
The conductor and train-men, after
the shots were fred, saw the situation of
affairs, and at once set about to pursue
the robbers. They could only find one
revolver on the train, but found two sol
diers on board car, who we're armed
with carbines. With these weapons the
train-men and the soldiers started in pur-
suit of the train and robbers, but when
they came up to the train all was quiet,
the robbers having fed. They found the
engineer in the bottom of his cab, cold
and stiff.
There CHANGED to be freight engineer,
Jack Vancleve, on the train, and he,
with the fireman, Immediately Fan the
engine back to the train and brought
it in.
The robbers failed to get any entrance
whatever into the express car, it being
one of the close kind, and having no
windows, and very strong every way.
Had they detached the American Elk
press car also, which was Immediately in
the rear of the Adams, they would I'M
doubleday have accomplished their OBJ
iect, as it was an open Car, having wiz
dows, and doors not very strong.
Engineer Ames was one of the best
engineers on the road, about 30 years
old, and had been married but a short
time.
The robbers who boarded the locomo-
tive wore long linen busters.
Conductor Fraley, and all the train
men, in fact, did all they could under the
circumstances.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15

Within the Polar circle there is al
enormous area, comprising at least Z, 600
900 square miles, of which we know SIM
ply nothing. We shall have presently to
speak of the various speculatlons regard
ing the nature of this vast extent OF the
worlds surface; it is enough for our i'm
mediate purpose to say that we do not
know anything whatever about it.
Whether it is land, water or ice; whether
the climate is cold or warm; whether
there are inhabitants, animals, plants, or
whether it is a bowling wilderness
speculation has included almost every
possibility, and almost every absurdity
but of knowledge such as alone 1ntelll-
gent men can be content with, we have
absolutely none. To attain some such
knowledge is the first object now pro-
posed in Arctic exploration. 1t is con-
sidered uniting and unseemly, III the
present state of scientific progress, that
there should be this large area of our
earth's surface still SO utterly unknown.
The examination of it is loudly called
for; it is problem of universal interest,
the solution of which appeals mot to COM
mercial profits, pecuniary advantage, in
creased facility for transport and COM
munication, but simply, in the first IN
stance, to those higher feelings and
yearnings which, whatever our remote
ancestry, now distinguish us from the
brutes. We want to traverse this I'M
known space and see and know what 1t
is. Edinburgh ReUaeeO.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15
Cigars 115 Years Old.

A very interesting incident in con
ton with the Bunker Hill centennial
the opening Of a box of cigars mani
tured in 1760 by Cyrus Green (afterV
of revolutionary fame), at cigar $
on fremont street, Boston. The eli
were found in a good State of prese
ton and of fine flavor. Three of
cigars were forwarded to Presto
Grant. The rest were again repacke
an air-tight case, with copy of Boz
paper containing an account of the
bration, and marked: This box is
to be opened until the second centen
of the anniversary of the battle of B
ker Hill"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Weekly Review of the Chicago Market.

FINANCIAL.
The supply Of money continues in excess of
the demand, there being but comparatively
little demand for favors. Spectators in grain
and provisions are about the only borrowers.
Interest rates are without quotable change-7@
10 per cent according to security and time.
Government bonds firm.
BREADsTUFFs.
The grain markets attracted considerable
attention from spectators and operators gen
orally during the past week. and an extern
slve business WAS transacted. The receipts
were somewhat larger, and the shipments
also denote an increase, but still neither The re-
celpts nor shipments are as large as at this
time last season. At times the prevailing
feeling was rather weak, and again quite firm,
but taking the week all through the prevailing
feeling was one of firmness and higher range
Of prices was established. The shorts for July
delivery showed a general desire to provide for
their outstanding contracts, and up to Saturday
the demand from this source was quite urgent,
especially for corn and oats. The advices from
the East We're of a favorable tenor, and holders
and operators generally manifested considera-
BILE confidence in the trade. The markets at
the close were easier and outside prices were
not maintained, the higher prices inducing
more selling orders from the interior, while
the weather was more settled and crop reports
were favorable. The shipping inquiry was
fair, and there was a reduction of the stock IN
store
The following table shows the prices current
at the opening and close OF the past week
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15
An Inpaled Dog.

The Detroit Neoos gives the follow
incident of the recent Tornado: GA
was found on the Jones farm, impalee
a dry limb of aD elm tree. The limb
about two inches In diameter and Il
feet long, with a branch about ten inc
in length, nearly midway between
ends. The limb entered the dog just
hind the shoulder, and passed dire
through the body, coming out near
flank, and was stopped by the bra
above mentioned. It is supposed
the unfortunate canine was taken up
the wind, hurled against the limb, br'
ing it off, and was then carried to
place where he was found.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15

PARIS is good place for the cruelty
preventers. It is asserted that certain
owners Of leech-ponds buy up horses
that are too old to work, to feed their
leeches. The horses are staked In the
pond up to their bellies, when the leeches
Immediately attach themselves to them
and suck the blood out of them, which
it takes enc or two DAYS to do.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15

"A MAN bought horse. It was the first
one he ever owned. He saw in a news
paper that side window in stable
makes horses eye weak on that side; q
window in front hurts his eyes by the
glare; a window behind makes him
squint-eyed; window in diagonal line
makes hira shy when he travels; a stable
without window makes him blind; SO
he sold the horse.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15

CHARLES SUM.SER gave to Harvard
lege Library during his lifetime n
than $50 maps, 1900 volumes, and Is.
or 10000 pamphlets. His beg
amounts to about 3, $50 volumes, inc
ing duplicates and also the ibra1
to receive from his estate about $50
as a permanent fund for the purchas
works on politics and fine arts.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15

THE net increase of the assessment on
real and personal property IN the State
of New York for the year 1874 over that
for 1873 is $198, 472, 229. The total as
sessment for 1874 is 1886, 78O, 1O2.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15
The West.

The Governor of Kansas has sent to Presi-
dent Grant strong remonstrance against the
proposed settlement of the Sioux and Other
wild Indians in the Indian Territory.
Gen. Francis P. Blair, Jr., died at his resi-
dence in St. Louis on the 9Th inst, in the 18Th
year of his age. He was stricken with paralysis
In 1872 and has been in failing health eyel
since. Two months ago TRANSMISSION of blood
was tried, with, it was thought favorable re-
suits, but relapse took place, resulting in his
death in few hours.
a real estate lawsuit, which promises to rival
In magnitude and duration the celebrated suit
of Mrs. Gaines in New Orleans, is one of the
probabilities in Chicago. A strip of land worth
several millions of dollars, on which stand the
Illinois Central depot and portion of the
tracks, is in dispute, having just been origin
ally entered at the Land Office at Springfield,
although it has been occupied and presumably
owned by the railroad company for the last
thirty years.
The latest news from the Black Hills is not
encouraging to gold-seekers.
Six hundred Mennonites, from Russia, passed
pC' dlu 1dSG Week, Gil IOuC0 W IuSI
new homes in the Saskatchewan country of
Manitoba.
Indians to the number of 100 attacked the
Ponca Agency, in Dakota, few days since !;
but as the authorities had been warned they
were prepared, snd with the aid of field-piece
the savages were repulsed. Several of them
were killed.
It is reported from Sioux City that the gov
eminent is fitting outan expedition to go to the
Black Hills to bring the miners who are now at
work there without permission from the gov
eminent.
An iron mountain s miles long, ~ miles
wide, and 1900 feet high, brimful of the
purest ore, has been discovered IN Minnesota,
60 miles north of Duluth.
Affairs in the grasshopper stricken sections
of the West don't wear such a gloomy look
after all. The Kansas City Times of Sunday
last has reports from various parts of the
plague-infected district embracing five
counties in Missouri and about the
same number in Kansas, the general
tenor of which go to show that there win be
a heavy crop of corn, millet, and Hungarian
grasses. The flax crop will also be large. Corn
is growing now at the rate of two to four inches
dailv remarkable feature of ifs present
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-15
A STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.

Two Convicts Attempt to Jump froI
Desperate Fight with Pas
gers and Ohicers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-08

SOME QUEER RAILROAD BUILDERS
There were workmen on the Pacific
Railway even more curious than the
Irish or Chinese navies. During the
summer of 1853, the Laramie River be-
came very low, much to the distress Of
a contractor who had cut great many
thousand cross tiesAthe timbers on
which, the rails are falkland which he
expected to float down to the point
where the railroad was to cross. He
was at first at loss to know what to
do, but resolved finally to build dams
across the river at various points, and
when the stream was thus made high
enough set his RATS afloat. Large par
ties of men, therefore went to work
building the dams. No sooner would
the men leave off work at night than
thousands Of beavers would begin and
work hard at the dam during the whole
night. Water is always a. necessary
to the comfort of beavers as on this oc-
casion it was to the welfare of the con-
tractor; and 1t was probably for this
reason, and not because they wished
to see the railroad finished, that the
beaver community joined in the labor
of building the dams.-[St. Nicholas
for December.
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A N ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF So
n LID GOLD JEWELRY at FER
GUSON g. SCHNACK.

The once honored name of the
National Intelligencer has been ap.
.propriated by the publishers Of a
weekly newspaper just established in
Washington to advocate the third
term movement. The Washington
Sentinel says that it is the organ OF
the terrible sutler catcher, Col. Mos.
by, and is edited by two of his men,
who, through his efforts, have been
snugly provided for by Zach Chan
dler in the Interior Department.
The third term movement is evident
ly gaining ground. With Postmas-
ter Edmunds to collect subsidies from
the poor women who are employed in
the departments, Zach Chandler to
control the Prohibitionists, Boss
Shepherd to supply honesty, the Ma
tioual Republican, and Sam Bard, of
Atlanta, the organizer of the only
third term club in existence, to fur
nish intellect, Mosby to provide pa
triotism, and Boss Grant to look wise
and hold his tongue, a combination
may be effected which cannot fail to
exert powerful influence upon the
minds ofintelligent American voters
II New York Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-08

"A curious casualty occurred hear
Pittsburgh the other day. A man who
was engaged with q number of other.
in cutting down large tree sat down
to rest on rope stretched between
two posts close by, when the tree sud.
denly fell of itself, striking the rope a
heavy blow in it's descent. The rope
rebounded, throwing the man several
feet into the air, and causing him to
turn three or four somersaults before
reaching the ground. When he was
picked up life was extinct.
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jeremiah Black.
A NOMINATION FOR THE PREeIDENCY
By THE PITTsBURG POST
TO-DAY.

PirrsBURG, Pa, !
Nov. "a, 1875. {
The Post of tomorrow morning will
contain carefully considered article
on the question Of the Presidency, sug-
costing the name of Judge jeremiah
Black, Of Pennsylvania, for the con.
sideration Of the Democratic Conven-
ton. After stating that Grant will
undoubtedly be the Republican candi.
date, and declaring that the political
Institutions of the country are in the
most imminent peril, the article thus
concludes:
"Pennsylvania has not yet presented
a favorite son for the consideration Of
the nation at large, nor would she in
her behalf thrust n favorite son for.
ward, But while discussing possible
candidates, it should not DO forgotten
that Pennsylvania has a son, than
whom none bear proader front in the
forward rank Of craftsmanship; a man
whose life has been as pure as his
craftsmanship is far-reaching and COM
prehensive; man whose good advice
has been UNDECIDED by the Adlninistra-
tons OF the last sixteen years, tut to
whom those administrations have gone
in the hour of peril to ask that the
path of safety be pointed OUT man
uader W h I'm official corruption
would not be permitted to exist,
much less to flourish and spread itself
like green bay tree, until it over
shadows the whole land; man who
has been trained in the highest school
of craftsmanship, who is acknowledged
on all hands to be the greatest consti-
tutional expounder Of tile age, and
whose already distinguished services
have crowned him with Iaurels worthi-
ly bestowed; man, under whose gui.
dance the republic would be safe, and
by whom it would be brought back to
the true and ancient landmarks, 60
that it might enter upon the second
century of its existence clothed with
bright promise and surrounded by en-
during certainties."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-08
Tax Notice,

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO
IN all concerned that unless the taxes
due for the year 1874 arc paid before
the 10th day of December next, that
the names Of all delinquents will be
placed on the Delinquent Rolls, and a
penalty of Is per cent. attaches thereto
by operation Of the law. Parties who
have paid back taxes to the State and
neglected to pay Parish taxes, are no.
titled that unless the latter are paid at
once, the property upon which they are
assessed, will be seized and sold for
the same, as the law provides.
H. T. BURGESS,
Nov. M3t. Tax Collector.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-08

A N ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF So
II LID GOLD JEWELRY at FER
GUS0N g. SCHNACK,
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HOLIDAY GIFTS.
u FERGUSON & SCHNACK

The old "John Bull" the first To-
comotive ever run on the Camden and
Amboy Road, which has been laid up
in the Bordentown shops for many
years, is being put in running order
again and will be sent to the Centen-
NAL next year. 1t was built by Ro-
bert Stevenson over forty years ago,
has twelve-inch by twenty-inch cylin-
ders, one pair four and half feet
drivers, and weighs something near
twelve tons.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-08

AN enterprising Englishman has
found it to be true that rats and mice
use their tails for soup when tho apera
ture of the vessel containing the food
they seek is too small for their heads.
In this way they disposed of consider
able jelly which he had placed in their
way for the benefit of science.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-08
A Gun that Held a Regiment at Bay

Mr.. William B. Winans has in his
possession q remarkable gun, aud one
that has an unwritten and partly an
unknown history more remarkable
than the weapon itself. Az to where
it was made, or by what train of cir
cumstances it's death dealing crack be-
came a sound Of terror along the Ten
nessee and Cumberland Rivers during
the earlier years of the late war, We
shall not pretend to say. The very
sound Of tho gun became known and
familiar, and An ominous one, along
infantry skirmish lines and among the
sharp-shooters. Near the time of the
battle Of Shiloh some Infantry had
been employed in skirmish OF recon
noitering duty in the deep.tangled up
woods. Crack, bang, boom, roared at
intervals the old gun in the distance,
at every discharge laying a soldier
stiff and stark in death with unerriug
accuracy. Shift their positions as they
might, the gun would bang away, and
with hiss and a thud there would lie
one soldier less. The direction Of the
firing was ascertaiued, aud the entire
regiment or party was ordered to
charge toward it without knowing
where or what it was. On they went
losing mau at every few PAGES.
Nothing was accomplished, and the
party returned, leaving the murderous
gun cracking away as they retreated.
Shortly afterward the old flrelock was
heard again with her murderous mu-
sic. 1t was resolved at all hazards to
find and capture the internal machine.
After persistent efforts q tall, raw
boned, grizzle-bearded, large sized
Texas Ranger was discovered in the
foliage of tall tree, from among the
branches of which he was picking off
his foes as we'll as he had picked off
hundreds before. Brought to bay he
continued to load and shoot with dead
~ aim till brought down, and the ia
nous gun was captured. It is gun
of immense cal,ber, being near eight
feet long, with smooth bore, single
barrel, large enough to admit small
sized walnut Bowling Green (Ky.)|
Paragraph.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-08

-Four Vice Presidents have died
in office: George Clinton in 1872
Elridge Gerry in 1914, William R.
King in 1853, and Henry Wilson.
Daniel D. Tompkins, whose term as
vice-President expired in 1926, died
the same year.
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should always

-hEPoKTERS Should always be
even tempered men, but when one
rushes wildly ten squares to get a
vivid account of a man breaking his
leg, he may be excused if he cannot
find any words in the dictionary to
suit the occasion when he discovers
it is wooden-leg.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-08
Notice:

4 IL PERSONS HAVING COTTON
IA ginnel at my Gin will be required
hereafter to either pay the money or q
sight draft, on delivery of the same at the
Gin, as I have not the time to 90 around
and collect, and in some instances have
lost it entirely.
A. W. McLAURINE.
Sept. sth. ISIS.
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Wanted,

ITO PURCHASE $50 SHEEP AND
/ FOUR MICH COWS. t have
for sale FIFTEEN POLAND CHINA
PIGS and 275 ACRES OF LAND, ".
ing between Bayou Rapides and Red
River. JAS. T. FLINT,