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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26
The Philosophy of Boarding.

- What do you charge for boardI"
asked a tail. Green Mountain boy, AS he
walked up To the bar Of second rate
hotel in New York q" what do YOU ask
a week for board and lodging" Z"
Five dollars"
Five dollars that's too much but
| s'spose you'll allow for the times l am
absent from dinner and supper
Certainly. thirty seven and a-hali
cents ea.,h
Here the conversation ended, and the
Yankee took mp his quarters for two
weeks. During this time he lodged aud
breaki.sted at the hotel. bat did not
take either dinner or supper. saying his
business detained him in another portion
of the town. At the expiration of the
two weeks, he again walked up to the
bar and said
"S'pose we settle that account I'm
going IN few minutes
The landlord handed him his bill
" Two weeks board At five dollars--ten
dollars
Here. stranger, said the Yankee.
" this - wrong Va not deducted
the times was absent from dinner an
supper-li days. two meals per day
* meals, at 81 cents eacb-fl0 30 cts.
If YOU We not got the fifty cents that 9
due 10 me. FH take a driHk, and the bal
dHct ia cigars -
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26

GsSius AND MORALITY The man
who believes in debt. and cites plenty
of men Of genius who run ia debt, is
either silly enough 10 suppose himself
a genius or 10 mistake folly for genius
Men who write wisely against running
into debt may also. like many other
preachers. utterly fail to prae;lce their
own preaching. Thus, Lord Bacon
wrote on the wisdom Of business. and
ran desperately in debt Men of genius
arc not always ninnies N their expendi-
tures. though We can recall thousands
tho are. from Rcon In Webster. Men
os genius may h able, ike Pit, and
Webster. ~ have the most correct idea
Of public fina &c $, ana Yet fsil utterly
in managing their own Affairs. Pitt
never received less than equal 20 $50
600 year. sometimes equal to s5OtS1.
and died equal 20 seq, ooo III debt.
sheridan VAS another spendrin, and
speni all his first wifes fortune In SIX
weeks. and the fortune Of his second
wife III i-w months. Fox MAS great
esme>ter, AMI ~ one sitting oi twenty
hoars. los, equal 20 $55.u0 ], is just
this kind of genius " hieh should have
no inaits,oVs, and which has proved the
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26

MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY. - The
Stockton Herald. Of September 5th. has
the following piqnant story anent mus
calar Christianity There has be, 4 a
camp meeting IN progress, short dis
tance below pakdsle. for several days
past The Attendance, Of course. at al
camp meetings has been Of a miscellan-
eous character. and the attention Of the
congregation WAS tr, quenily drawn
from the preacher. Sunday evening. TO
some young men who persisted IN loud
talking and other unseemly carrying
on The preacher admonished them
to he serious aud observe order. but his
words fell unheadtj upon their wicked
ears Finally the preacher lost pa
tlrEce torbcarance had ceased 10 be .
virtue He WAS a soldier of the cross.
and it WAS soldiers duty TO fight
when occasion demanded it; and occa-
sion seemed 10 demand il Just at that
moment. Descending from the pulpit
he walked deliberately up 70 one If the
Young men who bad been little more
oois;erous than the rest, squared III In
the most approved style Of the Z. II.
and proceeded TO pummel his head in .
manser that Joe Coburn might have
ensied. The prcseher then went back
tn the pulpit and resumed his discourse.
while the young man went home with
a ~1re head ard lodged complaint
against his reverend hatterer. The
preacher WAS arrested and the matter
will receive an airing in the Justices
Court. AZ Oakdale on the 9Th. This is
one s,ie of the story. and ~e tell i, As
twas told to u We will give the
other side when We &c; 1t.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26

misery Of thousands OF families and the
di'honor Of all men who indulge in such
personal extravaganza and plumber Of
other peoples propersy.-Bosten Trsa-
script-
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26

JONATHAN" said the wife Of pros
porous farmer who resides . few miles
from Burlington. ARE you going to
town to-day" John said "he had been
thinking of it. seeing as butter was
bringing good price" Well. then"
continued his better half you may just
take these rubber costs To the iin-shop
and have some eavestroughs put on
around the bottoms Of them. You
know that on rainy days you and the
boys are of no earthly use. so you might
as well he on. catching rain water and
helping me along with the washing as
lying around the house for ne and tte
girls To stumble over" John cast de-
jected glance toward his wife TO see
whether she really meant business or
not. and having satisfied himself on
that score, meekly took the coats and
drove of. John always did say that
he owed his worldly success TO the man
agement of his wife. and We know Of
no reason why bis word should be
doubted.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26

II you have money 10 invest, don't
put it in New York real estate. Prof.
Merriman states that by reversion in
polar conditions. in ten thousand years
from now New York City will bs two
hundred and fifty feet under water
And no man could live two hundred
and fifty feet under water many weeks
without catching . dangerous cold.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26

Il take my text dis morning" said .
colored preacher. from dat portion Oh
de Scriptures whar de Postol Paul pints
his pistol 10 the Fesions."
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26

WHEN . man and woman are made
one by clergyman. the question is
Which is the ones Sometimes there 10
q long struggle between them before the
matter is finally settled
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26


VGcros HCGo AND JoHS BROWN
II ID. Conway. writing from Paris TO
the Cincinnati ComHaerc.ai ssys
Nv visit 10 Paris, Just closed, has in
cluded very pleasant interview with
Victor Hugo. When | me. him he re-
nernbered. scro-s fourteen years. . bust
Of John Brown. of HArpers Ferry.
which then brought hin, ir.'m Boston
l. will no doubt h. fr-sh IL the memory
of every Americ~n the .rdor - iih v hich
Victor Hugo hailed John Brown as a
hero When he heard that it Vas pro-
posed "a hang John Brown his excite
nent wss great, nor could be conceive
how such an execation could tRka placs
In Americs. He said: 1T is Washing
ton killing Sp~rsacus." When. tin.lIy
John Brown was hanged. Victor Hugo
went out beside th. sea near Guernsey,
his island Il exile. and with his pencil
tor be is a good draugh,sman andrew
on cardboard the figure Of a man. With
rnutiied face, suspended from the gal
lows. Beneath this be wrote the SIM
gle word "Ecce" There was something
awful IN every line Of this drawing
He now told me that the bust of John
Brown had occupied. ever since he re-
ceived II, the highest place Of honor in
his house at Guernsey
AN Ice CAVE IN 1OwA.-The Musa-
tine Journal prints letter from Decor
ah. Iowa. which says:
About half mile north Of this city.
in the bluff side, is situated what is
called the ice cave 1t is about 200 feet
in depth, and enters the bluff at an
angle of about fifty degrees. Some
great convulsion of nature must have
here rifted the rocks and left a wedge
shaped rent between them. Into this
assure you enter and meet at once an
icy atmosphere You find the sides Of
the cave cold and wet, and hear the
Glow dripping of water. As you ad-
vance the cold increases, and at a dis
tance Of fifty or sixty feet the bottom
of the cave and its rocky sides are COW
cred with ice. The dripping water
freezes rs it falls. You can stay but n
short time in the cave The sudden
change from the heat Of summer To the
cold of winter is more than you can
stand, and you retreat, feeling that you
have witnessed remarkable phenome-
non-ice made by natures own method
in midsummer Now comes the most
remarkable truth Of all, and that is that
no ice forms in this cave in winter
even tha, of summer disappears"
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-26

FEcTos HCGo AND JoHS BROWN
III ID. Conway. writing from Paris TO
the Cincinnati Comnaerc.gi says
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06
Anthracite Coal.

The mammoth auction sale of coal
in New York, last week, resulted in a
great reduction in prices. This is
good news for consumers and bad news
for miners. The prices ranged from
So to $500 per ton, according to
quality. The coal operators in Penn
sylvania say the prices brought will
compel them to suspend operations un-
less tolls and labor can be reduced to a
much lower figure than at present,
with the chances against them even of
great reductions, as the miners will
hardly submit to lower prices than are
now prevailing. The situation, from
their standpoint, seems to have a
gloomy outlook for the Fall and Win.
ter trade.
For three or four years the price of
anthracite coal has been regulated and
fixed beyond variation by the produc-
ers. They have had every thing their
own way. There is none found out
side of Pennsylvania. Six companies
own and operate the mines. They
fixed the maximum production OF each
company at 100000 ton year. A
year ago last January the combination,
which had been effected two years be-
fore was rendered complete and per-
manent, as was supposed; but very
soon disaffection began. Bad faith
was practiced, bad feeling engendered,
and finally the ring has gone to pieces.
Whether the break will be permanent
or not is an open question. Where
monopoly is possible, competition is
rarely maintained for any considerable
length Of time,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06

i'll bred, it is not strange that the lat
ter was little disposed to repeat her
visit, or that Gen Grant would resent
such slignt. even more than he would
an insult to himself" !" Mrs. Grant
throughout the trying ordeal of life at
the White House, has borne herself
so modestly and well, aud has shown
herself SO thoroughly a lady, that we
feel no little hesitation in dragging her
name into the columns of newspaper;
but so much has been said about the
Presidents absence on the Fourth of
July, that it seems only just to tell the
truth about it. When the President
and Mrs. Grant aud the Emperor and
Empress Of Brazil had passed through
the principal buildings in the formal
opening of the Exposition, it was not
the two ladies that were invited to
dedicate one of the distinct depart
ments, but the Empress only, while
the wife of fhe President was left to
entertain herself. MACK.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06
No. As.
''Milltary Oppression" in the South.

A telegram to the Inter- Ocean says;
The Secretary of War having sent to
the House report of the number o,
soldiers stationed in the various States
of the Union, it is a matter of interest
to notice just how much reason there
is for the howl of the Confederates
about military oppression in the South,
as according to the figures there is
more military oppression in New York
than there is in Alabana-four times
as much, for there are Jour times as
many soldiers there. There is more
military oppression in Michigan than
in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky or Ar.
kansas; and Kansas suffers more fl lom
the governments hireling than other
State save New York and Texas. The
fact is, there are fewer soldiers in the
South now than there have been at
any time from 1850 to 1860. The
following is the list:
Norlbern States aine 43; Massachus-
etts 1873; Rhode island 25l; Connecticut
100; New York 077; MaryIan 24l; Michi-
gan 347; Kansas 8l5 TJtaI in eight
Northern states 2,8l7. ~
Southern States Virginia 400; North
Carolina 235; South Carolina 1872; Georgia
303; Florida 29o. Alabama 3l4; Missssip-
pi 46l; Louisiana SOC; Tennessee zoo;
Kentucky ll9; Arkansas 49, Total ia
eleven Southern States 1884 This does
not include Texes where there are over 3d.
900 troops. on the Rio Grande border and
calls for more. aana#
The eight Northern States average
352 soldiers TO State and the eleven
Southern States 3O3 The degree of
military oppression in the South as
352 is to BOB. 1t is not time for the
North to howl? ue
On the statement of the disposition
of troops, the Chicago Times, which
is decidedly unfriendly to the admins
tration, says:
Leaving out Texas, it appears that
there are only 1884 United States
soldiers In twelve Southern States, ur
only about 27o soldiers, on the aver
age. to each State In the remaining
% States are 9,O42 soldier, or 376 to
each State, on the average, or upward
Of one-third more per State than there
are in the Southern States. And yet
there is ceaseless howl about military
occupation and intimidation Of 1.-The
SOUTH" and Mr. Sam Randall aeks
Mr. Garfield, Why ion't you "a Ae
your troops from the South aud seud
them to fight the Indians?" Tie an
swer is now given It is because
troops cannot be spared from Texas.
and In all the other Southern States
there are not enough soldiers to whip
Gen Sitting Bull Troops can better
be spared from the Northern States
and the Territories.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06
The Indian War.

WASHINGTON, d. c., August 90. =
Gen. Sherman continues to~be of the
impression that the hostile Sioux have
been divided up, and that they are en-
deavoring to get out OF the Powder
River and Big Horn country. He
says that he is of the opinion that they
do not want to fight any more and
that they will eudeavor to cross the
Yellowstone to get away. If they can
succeed in doing this which he doubts
on account of Gen Miles patroliiug
forces, they will then be heard of at
the agencies. There are but three
iords practicable for them on the Yel-
lowstone, and it will take SO long to get
their old men, women, ponies, and
lodge-poles across that they will be
pounced upon by the United States
troops before they can accomplish such
a movement. Gen. Sherman believes
that the Indians under Sitting Bull
would not have allowed the junction
of the forces of Generals Crook and
Terry if they meant to fight, and TO
him it looks as though, with broken
up crowd Of the hostiles, Sitting Bull
is likely to be getting ready to surren-
der and secure the best terms possible.
AT all events no such determined fight
ing as heretofore is looked for. Be-
yond the $500 additional soldiers now
being recruited, no additional troops,
will be required. Hence there is not
much probability that the request at
the marine corps to be employed will
be complied with, unless it may be
deemed advisable to place them at the
agencies to carry out the arresting Of
the returned hostiles found at the
agencies.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
now looks to the army exclusively at
the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agen-
cies to establish the authority OF the
Government and to conduct the man.
agement of Indian affairs there for the
time being, under which arrangement,
if successful, the Commission will pro-
ceed to remove the indians to the In
dian Territory.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06

The present situation of affairs in
the oil market has puzzled the brains
of the most knowing ones for severa
days past. The rise which has occur.
ed within the last week has been a
surprise to every one--even those best
posted on the market having expressed
themselves as greatly astonisbed. 1t
was predicted last Spring that the
crude article would reach So per bar
rel before Fall, but no one entertained
the idea for moment that prices
would 60 almost dollar above that
point before the first Of September
In this all the operators have been
aappily disappointed. The closing
quotation on United last Saturday was
S3 45 Yesterday an advance to So
95, and in the latest dealingsto So 964
occurred. When the news spread
among those who have been holding
for as much year or eighteen months
for ligher figures, there was a great
deal of excitement at the oil headquar-
ters on Duquesne way. Nearly all the
brokers collected at that point, most
of whom had several thousand barrels
OF petroleum which they were instruc-
ted to sell at 81 per barrel One of
them offered 5000 barrels at the above
price, but failed to find buyer. A
small lot sold in the region at that fig
ure, which, it is thought, was throwD
out as bait by the bulls to force the
market upward, At the close of the
transactions here last evening, al
though the market exhibited great
strength, there was no anxiety to buy
at the quotations. Everybody appear
ed timid and afraid to invest. The
Oldest operators were unable to tell
what turn the market might take at
any moment There is one thing
which is pretty well settled, however
and that is, when buyers can be found
who are willing to give 81 for oil at
the wells large blocks of it will be
thrown upon the market which may
cause at least temporary reaction.
Whether recovery will follow re
mains to be seen.-PHsbury Gazette
Anq 20. a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06

We publish elsewhere some more
interesting facts regarding Reformer
Tilden's railway ex ,loits. 1t seems
tnat in 1861 be was engaged in his
favorite pastime of buying up rail-
ways, and purchased the Pittsbure,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Road for the
mortgages. He accomplished what
was considered a great feat, and no
doubt got big fee for it; but, strange
to say, it did not increase bis income,
as given in 1862, a particle What
the people want TO know now, and
what our correspondent pertinently
asks. is, did the generous Samuel do
this work for nothing? IF not, how
much did he get for his services, and
why was the fee not included In his In
come as sworn to 1892" It seems,
also that the good Tilden so manipul-
ated affairs as to cheat poor contrac-
tor, Patrick Clifford, of Porter, coun-
ty, Ii diana, out of 500 for work
done in constructing the road-all of
which shows that he ought to be the
choice Of the poor men for President.
Other revelations regarding this boss
manipulator are made in our columns,
and the neat way In which he made a
fortune in day out of the old stock
holders Of the Galena and Chicago i
a bright example for the youth of the
country to follow. Really, this Tilden
business is getting interesting. .-Iatea
Ocean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06
Tilden's Love for Crippled Union
Soldiers.

The following extract from private
letter to the editor of the Big Rapids
Pioneer appears in that paper of the
3Oth ult. The soldiers who may have
been inveigled into the belief that Til
den's electioneering professions Of re
spect and love tor those who defended
Il Union were anything more than
he mouthings OF a demagogue who
wanted the votes of everybody, friend
or foe. will probably learn their mis-
ia from this incident. The writer
of lhS narrative is now minister in
Mlc b sah, and is, of course, wholly
truslwh hor by and reliable. He says:
In February, 1865. | was discharg-
ed in the City Of New York from the
United States Volunteer Army By rea-
son of a loss of a leg in battle the year
previous | remained in New York,
and in March, 1866, received an APP
poin'ment in the Internal Revenue
and Unlted States Customs service.
Was indorsed ty Zach Chandler and
Col. Longyear, then Michigan Con
sressmen performed the duties as
signed me, being twice promoted, with
an ines ease.1t salary tili1867 About
that time change was made in the
head of my department by A. John
son then President. A democrat was
appointed He told me that in order
to hold my place | must have the IN
dorsement of Samuel j. Tildel, chair
man OF the State Central Democratic
Committee. | was desrous of contin-
uing short time longer, so de,illug
to interview ths Great Reformer," |
called at his Office with letter of in-
PRODUCTION from the Superintendent of
Exports, whose department | was in.
The letter stated that my duties were
well performed; that my position was
a esponible one, requiring much ex
perience, and that | had the confidence
of all who had the oversight of me and
the business. Mr.. Tilden read the
letter, and then asked. me if | was a
democrat. I said "No;" sWell, ,"
said he, will you vote the democratic
ticket and work for the party this
fal?" I answered "No," agaia. He
wanted to know what right [ had to the
place. | replied that, having acquired
considerable experience in my parti
cular branch of the civil service, I was
often able to protect the Government
from many of the gigantic whisky
frauds which were then going on, ana
could produce evidence to show rarti
cular transactions where [ had beer
the means of saving thousands of dol
lars to the Government. Furthermore
l said (showing him my empty trous
era leg, for [ was then on crutches>
this, lost in the defense of the Union
ought to entitle me to some considera-
ton. Mr.. Tilden few into violen
passion. With the most terrible pro
nifty he cursed me and all who sough
to suppress the Rebellion. I am un
able to remember all he said, but these
are the main facts. So much for tht
democratic nominee for the Presiden
cy. | resigned my place, as I had nj
! desire to train in the democratic ranks
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06

The order of July 3, 1876, in the
case of Ann Eliza vs.. Brigham Young,
not having been complied with, twas
ordered that execution issue, as pro-
vided in said order, and it was placed
in the hands of the proper officer, who
has attached about $4,000 worth of
property, consisting of horses, carriages
and other goods, to satisfy a judgment
for $4,000 as alimony due plaintiff.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06
AUGUST WIGGENHORN,

1EWELER, has recently opened jew
81 elry Store in Johnson's block. corner
Main and lst street, where he will keep
constantly on HAND a large stock OF
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Pla-
ked Ware, &C. Particular attention paid
TO repairing Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
&c. and warranted to give satisfaction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06

TILDEN's OWN.-The Utica Herald
thus puts it.: "Gov. Tilden is the first
Presidential candidate ever nominated
by his own direct efforts through an
organization specifically controlled by
himself. and by manipulations wholly
inspired by himself. Parties hereto
fore have nominated candidates. Til
den has simply used the democracy to
nominate himself. Tilden, in a word,
is Tilden's own.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06

The entire business part of St. Hya-
cinthe in the Providence of Quebec.
Can. was destroyed By fire yesterday
600 buildings we're consumed. aud less
than 100 are left standing in the town
TIE total loss is estimated at S2,0OO,~
600.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06
s GRITXNE ER.

FASHIONABLE Baroer and Hair Dres-
ser. Shop under Post Office, Brook s
Block, Watertown, MIS-. The best OF Hair
Dye used. warranted to Eold color for eight
weeks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06
HAMLIN g. FORD,

WATERToWN Lumber Yard: LUMBER
w OF every description; Lath ana
Shingles constantly Oh hand AID tor sale at
the Lowest Market Price, at the Milwaukee
Depot, WatertoWn, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06
+. HEY NJ ANN,

IMPORTER and dealer in Foreign and
/ Domestic Wines and Liquors, and also
manufacturers of choice Cigars.
The purest California Wines and Bran
dies constantly on hand.
Watertown, Feb. s, 1872.