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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-04-19

TBY ATTHORITYl
LICENSE PETITIONS.

To the Common Council of the City of Lambert
willie:
The subscriber hereby requests your honorable
body to grant him q license to keep Billiard Sa-
loon second floor in Mathews fall, Church St.,
in the Second Ward, in the City Of Lambertviile,
County of Hunterdon
Dated April 18th, 1876.
Tho subscribers, freehoders Of the Second Ward
In the City Of Lambertvile, in the County of
HunterdoD, do hereby recommend J ohm II. Stock
ton to be licensed to keep Billiard Saloon
second floor Mathews Hall, Church ST., In the
Second Ward in said City, and we do hereby
tify that the said John II. Stockton is of good
pute for honesty and temperance, and Is known
to each of us; and do further certify that such
saloon is necessary and will conduce TO the pub
JOHN coRsoN,
JOSEPH LACEY,
ii. T.. SMITH,
j. X. ZEIGLER,
BENJAMIN RICE,
J. w. STONE,
Dated April - 1876.
Hunterdon County, IS.
John ii. Stockton his oath saith, that the above
petition Is signed by at least six reputable freehold
crs of the Second Ward in the City of Lambert
Vile, in said county, who have not to the
knowledge or belief of deponent recommended
any other application for license to keep Bill
lard Saloon.
JOHN II. STOCKTON.
Sworn and subscribed before me this seven
teenth day of April, A. d, 1876
C. w. ANGEL, J. p.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-04-19
JOHN FoRAN.
Anril 18th. A. D. 1876.


The subscribers, freeholders and residents of the
First Ward of the City of Lambertvile, In the
County of Hunterdon do hereby recommend John
Foran to be licensed to keep an Inn and Tavern
In the house wherein he now dwells, in said First
Ward, in said City Of Lambertyile, and we do
hereby certify that the said John Foran is ofgood
repute for honesty and temperance, and Is known
to each Of us to have at least two spare beds
than necessary for the family use and is well
provided with house room, stabling and provend-
err; and we do further certify that such an Inn
or Tavern is necessary and will conduce to the
public good.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-04-19
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11
A Lawyer Outwitted.

The following incident, says a con-
tributor to Harper's DraaCer, occurred
in a Massachusetts town of high repute
quite number of years ago. The town,
now a city, maintained a high school,
according to law. A teacher was en-
ployed, at a certain salary, by the year.
After while his services were found not
satisfactory to the school committee, and
their chairman, a smooth spoken mem
Der of the legal profession, was deputed
to perform the ungracious task of in
forming the master of the state of the
case. After the settlement of prelimina-
ries, the point was reached and the pro-
priety of the masters resignation was
automatically and politely suggested
The incumbent, if not qualified to teach
such a school, was shrewd Yankee.
He expressed his willingness to leave SO
readily that the committeeman became
uncommonly gracious at the success OF
his mission s'But,' said the worthy
pedagogue, ''if my services are not sat
isfactory here, they may be in some
other place; ana as must get NY NV
ing, l presume you will give me
recommendations
Certainly" replied the committee
man, thinking only of relieving his owl
town of an inefficient instructor, and &C
cordingly drew up the paper on TIN
spot.
The master read it and found it high
" satisfactory. "And now," said he
glancing keenly at his employer, "upoi
this recommendation am SO well iitte'
to teach, ! will thank you topay me thu
rest of my salary for the uneNPired hal
year"
The lawyer was caught, and the mon
ey was paid,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11
THE BLACK HILLS.
An Important Comm n icati0n from Cen
eraI Sheridan:

eraI Sheridan:
The following is an official copy of a
communication transmitted by General
Sheridan to the House Committee on
Military Affair.:
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF
MISSOURI, CHICAGO, ILL, February 90,
1S16.-The necessity for two military posts
in the Yellowstone has been apparent to me
for two years past, and 1 have recommend
ed their establishment in my annual report.
So strongly have 1 been convinced of this
necessity that l have, without any expense
to the Government, made an examination
of the Yellowstone River, and selected the
points at which they should he built.
The Indian question in the Black Hills
must now be settled by the establishment of
the Indians on the Missouri River, and in
the accomplishment of this purpose the two
posts mentioned will have to be located
one at or near the mouth Of the Big Horn
River, the other at or near the mouth of
Tongue River. These posts can be supplied
by steamboat up the Yellowstone. and can
be constructed of material found in the VIZ
cinity of the points selected. / think can
have them built for 500 900 each. In other
words, l will try to build both for 5000, 600,
instead of the $500, 900 mentioned in the bill.
The Black Hills country will probably be
covered with towns and villages during the
next five or six years. Its settlement will
cause The extension of the Northern Pacific
Railroad on the south side of the Yellow
stone, as far as the Gallatin Valley, in Mon
tana; and there will also be built another
railroad from North Platte Station, on the
Union Pacific Railroad, to the Black Hills.
l am of the belief that the largest deposits
of gold are further west than where the
miners are now working. The headwaters
of the Wind River are goldbearing; the
Big Horn Valley is gold-bearing; Pow
der River is gold-bearing; also, Clark s
Fork of the Yellowstone. Besides this, the
Black Hills have abundance of timber for
the treeless country south of them and west
of the Missouri River.
The success of all these interests depends
on the establishment of the two posts
named. Military operations have now been
commenced against the hostile bands of
Sioux by request Of the Interior Depart
ment, and consider this appropriation so
necessary that 1 especially request imme-
diate action on it.
[Signedl z. III. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11
Preferring Death to Beggary.

Yesterday afternoon, says the Wash
ington Republican of Feb. 1, the Hon.
Eli P. Norton died in Providence Hos
pital, after q short illness, in the fifty
sixth year of his age. Mr.. Norton was
well and favorably known in this city,
and his unlooked-for demise cast a
gloom over his numerous acquaintance,
who, while they knew of his illness,
had no expectation of its fatal termina-
ton. Mr.. Norton was born in the city
of Mansfield, Illinois, where he attend
cd school, and subsequently studied law
which profession he practiced for a
short time in the city of his birth. At
an early age he removed to Lexington,
Kentucky, and thence, after brief So
jeurn, to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he at
once secured and held good practice
before the numerous courts, and MAIN
tanned an enviable reputation with his
associates at the bar. While in Cincin-
natl he entered politics, as a member of
the Wing party, and at its downfall he
took an active part in the Native Amer
lean or know-Nothing party, and
when it in turn died he joined with
the Democrats. About 1866 he re-
moved to the city of New
York, and there again took part in the
political arena, becoming the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress from the
Eighth District, for which position he
was defeated by small majority. He
subsequently removed to this city, and
was appointed by President johnson
Solicitor of the Court of Claims, which
position he held until the expiration of
Mr.. Johnson's term. Since that time
he has been practicing his profession,
principally before the Court of Claims
and the Mexican Claims Commission,
but latterly he has been unfortunately
impoverished. About ten days ago he
met with friend in the street, and eA-
planned his reduced circumstances, and,
after leaving him, retired to his room,
where he remained for five days with
out food before he was discovered and
taken to the hospital. He was too proud
to ask for assistance, and thus deliber
ately chose death by starvation rather
| than appear as Il mendicant.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11
How an Eccentric Old Lady
Willed Her Property.

1t frequently happens that persons
dying have no near relative to whom
they desire to leave their world
ly goods, and look around them to de-
termine upon whom to settle their be-
quests. These legacies are nearly al
ways devoted to charitable objects, or
to religious or scientific institutions. 1t
was only few months ago that a
Scotchman died and bequeathed his lit
tie all to the Protestant Orphan Asylum, =
being influenced by the simple fact that
he himself had been an orphan. 1t was
only few hundreds, yet it lifted the
debt from the institution, and was of
great benefit. Several days ago an aged
woman, named Elizabeth Butler, in this
city, passed to her long home. The
hands of kind friends smoothed the dy-
ing pillow of her whom they had deem
ed pauper She had been known for
years in Nashville, and supported her.
self by the fashioning of little articles
that found ready sale, and which
every one was glad to buy, not only
for their own genuine value,
but also because of the person
offering them for sale. She went along
in an unostentatious way, and never
speaking of her worldly affairs was
deemed, by most people, to be an OBJ
ject of charity. Judge of the surprise
then created when, at her demise, it
was discovered that she had by will dis
posed of snug little sum, the savings
of many years. Living alone as she
did, and seeming to possess no near re-
lation, her will was somewhat eccentric.
Her largest requests were divided
equally between the First Presbyterian
and the Cumberland Presbyterian
Churches, amounting to about $1,000
each. To faverite niece she gave
5000. Living near her, was little girl
who nine years ago commenced to carry
her her Sunday dinner, and continued
to do so up to the time of the old lady's
death. To this young girl she gave "a
bond of 5000. To another, who had also
been kind to her, she left another bond of
equal value The household effects,
furniture, etc., she gave to the
Protestant orphans. At first
this seemed an insignificant
Gift, but examination into the various
articles of household furniture revealed
many valuables. There were number
less paste-board boxes, amounting to
nearly one hundred, that held all kinds
of worsted work, among which, in hun
dreds of little packages, were found as
many pieces of fractional currency.
These little wads of nickels, dimes and
quarters, were found in every nook and
Granny, and even in places under the
edges of the carpet, all neatly wrapped
in paper. The whole amount thus dis
covered was between $3.50 and $500;
the largest bill thus found was a two
dollar bill. She had thus saved in
small parcels the money that she made
by the sale of her wares, and that her
friends had given, spending little, buy
ing no superfuities, but laying it all by
to will away to others.-Nashrttte
4dmericaR.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11
WIT AND WISDOM.

If your name is John Jacob Smith,
and you go to an Eastern college, they
Immediately put you down in the cata-
logue as Iohnerem Iacobus Smithiorium-
Is it any wonder that young man feels
stuck up under such circumstances
Chicago Journal.
A LAWYER from the country once en-
tered the Court of Appeals while Daniel
Lord, Jr., of New York, was arguing
case, and inquired of Mr.. Charles
O'Conor, who was sitting near by,
Who that was addressing the CourtP''
Mr. O'Conor, whose feelings must have
been nettled by the course of the argu..
ment, replied: "That is Daniel Lord,
.Jr.; and he puts the Junior after his
name so he may not be MISTAKEN for the
Almighty"
BLESSED is the man who knows
enough to keep his mouth shut. Some
people live sixty years without learning
the art. Indeed, the older they grow
the wider their mouths open. A man
or woman who is gabbler at forty-five
is dreadful affection to house, OF
church, or community. There are two
things this age needs to learn-when to
say nothing, and when it says any thing
to say it well. 'sIf any man among you
seem to be religious, and bridleth not
his tongue, this mans religion is in
vain. ''-Golde,a Rule.
ONE of our citizens is blessed, or 9TH
erwise, with very stubborn wife. In
his case he finds that when woman
will she will, you may depend ont; and
when she won't she won't, and that's
an end ont. This popularity of dispo-
sition is no secret among his associates,
and one of them meeting him the other
day asked: "W-, do you know why
you are like donkey?'' s.Like a
donkey!" echoed W, opening his
eyes wide. "No, DON'T &c Do you
give it upp'' 81 do.' "Because your
better-half is stubbornness itself.'
.sThat's not bad. Ha! ha! I'll give
that to my wife when I get home.''
"Mrs. w. he asked, as he sat
down to supper, edo you know why 1
am like donkeyp'' He waited a mo-
ment, expecting his wife to give it up,
but she didn't; she looked at him some
what commiseratingly as she answered;
az suppose because you were born So"
Was abjured the habit of putting
conundrums to his wife.-La,orence
american.
A RHYMED RIDDLE.
''I'm going to blank !" with failing breath.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11

THE fatal foolishness of carelessly
handling loaded pistols received fresh
and sad illustration in the Montreal
police station, the other day, when Ma
Jor Voyer took up loaded revolver,
and, in explaining to Capt. Larne how
a New York policeman shot himself,
placed the muzzle at his side below the
heart. He had no sooner done this than
the revolver went off, the ball penetrat-
ing through his bowels and coming out
below the right lung, inficting Il wound
from which he died in few hours,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11
The Gas Monopoly Illustrated.

During one of the few cold snaps that
we had this winter, the gas-meter in
Mr.. Butterwick's house was frozen. Mr..
Butterwick attempted to thaw it out by
pouring hot water over it, but after
spending an hour upon the effort he
emerged from the contest with the meter
with his feet and trousers wet, his hair
full of dust and cobwebs, and his tenn
per at fever heat. After studying how
he concluded to use force for the pur-
pose, and SO, Selling hot poker, he
jammed it through d vent hole and stir
red it around inside of the meter with a
considerable amount of vigor. He felt
the ice give way, and he heard the
wheels buzz around with rather more
vehemence than usual. Then he went
up stairs.
He noticed for three or four days,
that the internal machinery of the meter
seemed to be rafting around in a re-
markable manner. 1t could be heard
all over the house. But he was pleased
to find that it was working again in spite
of the cold weather, and he retained his
serenity:
About two weeks afterwards his gas
bill came. 1t accused him of burning
during the quarter 100000 feet of gas,
and it called upon him to settle to the
extent of nearly S35O,OOO. Before Mr..
Butterwick's hair had had time to de-
scend after the first shock he put on his
hat and went down to the gas-office. He
addressed one of the clerks:
elbow much gas did you make at the
Blank Works last quarter?''
81 dunno; about 100000 feet, I
reck on.''
"Wel, you've charged me in my
bill for burning 5000 feet more than
you made; want you to correct it."
"Less see the bill. Hm-m-m; this
is all right It's taken off of the meter.
That's what the meter says"
"Spose'n it does; l couldn't have
burned more'n you made"
"Can't help that. The meter can't
lie''
"Well, but how d. you account for
the difference?''
"DunAo. faint our business to 60
nosing and poking around after scien-
tific truth. We depend on the meter.
If that says you burned 100000 feet,
why you must have burned it, even if
we never made foot of gas out at the
works.
ssTo tell the honest TRUTH" said But
terwick, that meter was frozen, and l
stirred it up with poker and set it
whizzing around.''
"Price just the same," said the clerk.
"We charge for pokers just like we
do for gas.''
"You amt actsally goingto have The
audacity to ask me to pay S350,0O0 on
account of that pokers''
ssIf it was 100000, I'd take it with d
calmness that would surprise you. Pay
up, or we'll turn off your gas.''
"Turn it off and be hanged" ex-
claimed Butterwick, as he emerged
from the Office, tearing his bill to frag-
ments. Then he went home, and,
grasping that too lavish poker, he ap-
preached the meter. 1t had registered
another million feet since the bill was
made out. 1t was running up score
of hundred feet minute. In a month
Butterwick would have owed the gas
company more than the United States
Government owes its creditors. So he
beat the meter into shapeless mass,
tossed it into the street, and turned off
the gas inside the cellar.
He is now sitting up at nights writing
an essay on "Our Grinding Monopo-
lies'' by the light of kerosene lamp
Philadelphia Bulletin.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11

LYONS testimony before the Con-
gressional Committee concerning the
notorious Emma Mine transactions has
brought out half-dozen public protests
from gentlemen implicated by his evil
dence, all of whom concur in charac-
terizing his statements concerning them
as false and malicious, and in demanding
a hearing by the committee before judg-
ment is rendered. The committee has
signified its willingness to give all a fair
opportunity to be heard.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11
The wife of Mr. Joseph Whisenhunt,

THE wife of Mr.. Joseph 1Vhisenhunt,
of Burke County, N. c., gave birth to
twins the last night of the old year
o'clock aud the other ten minutes after
y. So one was born on Friday and the
other on Saturday, one in 1865 and the
other in 1876. Their birthday is not the
same, yet they are twins. We doubt if
such Il thing ever occurred before in the
history of the world. Another noticea-
BILE circumstance is that one was boy
and the other girl; the boy was born
in the old year and the girl in this
ieap-year.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11

THE special correspondent of the
Kansas City Times writes as follows
from Custer City, Dakota: 1.-The mines
in this vicinity are mythical. None are
being worked, although the weather is
open and mild. Every thing looks
like this business was gigan-
tic fraud, and the people
who are disguised are many. There is
an abundance of timber, snow, and log
cabins, but no gold or water. No min
ing can possibly be done before April,
even if then. There are about 800 peo-
pie here, allequally disguised, who want
to go home. The principal speculation
is among spectators in undeveloped
mines and town lots.''
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11
And misdemeanors, which resolution
was adopted by unanimous vote.

THE public debt statement for March
l shows decrease of debt during the
preceding month of 1922, 133; total
debt, less cash in Treasury, S2,11S,-
933, O39.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11

CHICKEN CELERY.-Boil chickens :;
when cold, take the meat from the
bones, chop it fine with the yelks of 8
eggs boiled hard, 2 heads of celery
chopped; add sweet oil, mustard, ca
yenne, Il little salt; mix it well together
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11

"I'M married now," was the excuse
Il Chicago youth gave q florist for not
buying as many bouquets as in former
years.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11

The startling intelligence was tele-
graphed from Washington, on the I'd,
that the House Committee on Expendi-
lures in the War Department had Sc
cured indisputable evidence of the most
gross corruption in the administration
OF his Office by Secretary Belknap. Mr..
Caleb p. Marsh testified before the COM
mittee, that in consideration of his ap-
pointment to the position of post-trader
at Fort Sill he had paid to Secretary
Belknap's wife the sum of $1,000 in
cash, and to the Secretary per
sonally $4,000 annually since
his appointment, or an aggregate
amount Of $4,000. 1t was further
stated that Secretary Belknap did not
deny the truth of the statement, and that
he had at once rendered his resignation
to the President, which had been accept.
ed. On the same day, in the House, Mr.
Clymer, of the committee named
formally presented resolution of i'm
Apeachment against William W. Belknap
ate Secretary of War, for high crime:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-03-11


AT masquerade ball recently given
in Atlanta, young Benedick person
ated the devil. Those who saw him in
costume say he was horrible to behold.
During the evening, at a time when the
gay maskers were having their best joy,
this personator was requested to go to
the door. There he found summons
from home to run for a doctor. In the
excitement he forgot his impersonation,
and rushed to the doctors office and
rang the bell. The ringing was of such
terrific vehemence that it caused the
doctor to get out of bed and rush in
,aeqlige custom to the door. He took
one sudden, hasty glance at the dis
turber of his slumber, and then ran.
Being an important case, the young
man rushed through the doorway and
commenced vigorous search for the
fugitive physician. He found him I'M
der the bed with a pistol in each hand.
1t took a long time to convince the doc
tor that he wasn't really the parsonage
he represented.
THE head cook at one of the Boston
clubs draws n salary of $4,000 and
never puts his delicate hands to poi
or kettle,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-09
Mr.. John r. nrInkcrhofr,

or Highland. n. Y, affords another
striking example of the Christian res
ignation of women to their fate.
She submits. with patience, forth
tude and strength of mind, to the will
of an all-wise Providence who has seen
mt To afhict her for many years with n
complaint for which there is no med
ical cure.
As for resorting TO the Surgeons
knife DIR. Kennedy, of Rondout, plain
ly told her that lit would only take
her precious life.n A. the same time
he said THAT the Favorite Remedy
would certainly remove many of the
distressing symptoms. and thus insure
her n long life, and render her days
comfortable" A short time since she
sent the following message by a friend,
who was going to Rondout: "Call on
DR.. Kennedy, and tell him 1 have
used the Favorite Remedy. us he di-
rected, and that 1t has done all, and
even more than he promised. 1t has
afforded me SO much relief, so much
comfort, that l would not, / cannot &c
without 1t. Tell him, too, that he Is
Welcome TO use my name. Yes! 1 can
and / will, recommend DR.. Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy Always as n medicine
superior to all others for the cure o.
ali those complaints to which our seq
are SO liable. My word for it, thu
medicine is all that the Doctor claimi
for IT," Our druggists keep 1t.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-09
Train Topics.

AT . O'clock this morning all trains
due here to-day were moving IN time.
Yesterdays ID. L. freight brought l
car of horses for cavalry service which
were purchased in Denver by the board
of officers recently appointed by Gen.
Crook.
To-day's west bound emigrant has
7 Cheyenne and 203 through passen-
gers.
All trains were on time both Sunday
and yesterday. Sundays U. p. ex-
press trains brought "a Cheyenne
passengers and 8 came in from the east
yesterday.
Yesterdays U. p. freights brought
l car potatoes, l hard-tack, 8 mdsc., l
corn and 4 coal for Cheyenne.
To-day's U. p. freights have 4 cars
oats, ] barley, ] mdse., for Cheyenne.