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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-04-13

you TThis was my oAso. Thns faE
when | thopgbt Of the Eiris boldlng lh
door With their uAils, | bad given con
yulsiyo gurgie which could be turned Of
"a cough. For The future oonld ohh
pray that Tom would say something
funny OF so quickly.
She wrote In neat httie schoolgirl
hand, continued Tom, and there sup
pose the matter would have dropped, buI
Jim was not satisfied, aud offered anoth
or bet that | could not get her TO NEE
me. SO lam bringing her up 10 ih'
i point, and she is comlng on nicely. r
says she could not think OF such thing
but you know they al say that. All
as sure Of the money IS II Jim bad paid Il
over.
Yes, said /, somewhat irritated by
these cool calculations about my little
Jenny; but have you ever thought OF
the other side, Tomg Suppose Il was
your sister on whom Jim Norris was
betting.
An impossible suppOsition, answered
Tom, ooolly, closing his letter. My sis
ter, In fact, any one that ! could Ike,
could not be found In such an UNIV oman
" position. Miss n may be very nice
little girl; butt cannot put II In words
never could sermouiEel but my ideal
Is a sort Of girl that YOU would knew
when you looked at her could not accept
Station ID admiration. That il all.-
Goodnight, Very much obliged. Good
night .#...e
The door closed | went back TO the
den aud there were the girls dancing
about on the rug in such a rage that they
forgot their hair and their dressing
sacques. | threw myself on the lounge
and laughed till cried.
The villain cried Jenny. The wretch
ed cheatl do not think it IL gentle
manly! do you, Mr.. Lumkin2 The
matter would have dropped, but Jim
Morris was not satisfied obi II Is out.
rageous.
| thought so too; but her looks and
gestures were so inimitable that could
do nothing but laugh on.
And we are all alike! Did you hear
that, ClaraS 1t is our black hair and
ribbons that makes US pretty. ! suppose
his ideal looks like q rail and knows a
dozen languages.
hope when be marries her that she
will scold him in every one Of them, said
Clara, viciously; and at least he will
lose his bet.
wish il would ruin him, chimed In
Jenny; and | declare, Mr.. Lnmkin,
you are too bad. You do nothing but
laugh.
Which was true. But could mortal
man do less2
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-04-13
A SUDDEN CURE.
JOHN RANDoLrn's REMEDY FOR LAzISEss

JOHN HANDOIillb , HEMEpl TUX lsAEihEoo.
II is well known that Mr. Randolph
owned more than three hundred slaves,
and was exceedingly lenient towards
them; he would not allow his overseers
to treat them with any degree Of harsh
ness they were eye-seryants and would
only work when closely watched, or
when Mr.. Randolph was at home, from
their love for him and fear of bis an
ger. 3
Once when public duties kept him
from home most of the time for several
years, his negroes became idle and
worthless, and not half crops were rails
ed the carts and wagons and all the
farming utensils, were left in the fields,
and without shelter, were ruined; the
fences were down or dilaPidated, and
the cattle and stock Of every kind were
much crippled by the negroes in their
efforts TO chase them out of the fields
More than half the negroes were playing
possum, that is, pretending to be sick, in
order to avoid work.
While things were in this condition
Mr.. Randolph came home from Washing
ton to spend the Christmas holidays
Looking over his plantation accounts
with his overseer, be discovered that bis
plantation was not only not self.sustain.
ing, but actually bringing him in debt.
After thorough examination OF every
thing on the plantation, be saw at once
what was the matter, aud that bis rigid
instructions to his overseOr TO be lenient
to the negros had been the cause Of the
trouble, and that they would not work
unless under tear OF punishment, and
he then determined upon plan Of cor
rection.
The slaves in old Virginia, and alI the
south, had always . weeks holiday from
Christmas to New Year, and these days
were days Of general jubilee and iollif-
cation. Eggnogg was kept at the big
house or mansion for everybody aud all
hands; there was a terrible slaughter
among the negroes pet pigs and fai
poultry, and many > possum caught
weeks before aud fat,ed In boxes and
barrels, and coons smoked 10 the Big
cabin chimney, were served up with
pound cake, puddings, chicken pie,
store tea, aud locust and persimmon beer
at the holiday feasts night and day, II
was then that the fiddle, The banjo, The
tamborine aud the clevis aud clevis pin
kept up perpetual music for the neyer.
ceaeing dance.
Mr.. Randolph waited for the term.na
/ ton Of these Christmas holidays, and
/ promptly on the first Of January be or
dered his overseer 10 have all the farm
ing utensils brought into the barn yard
II took all day TO search for them AnC
get them together from where they hat
been left lying about 10 the fields, fal
and near. The next morning there wa
grand inspection Of all the plows, bar
rows, hoes and rakes, and sll that wer
broken or senoasly injared we're throWI
into pile. Mr.. Randolph then said i
bic shriIl voice
Set them on Ere, Mr.. Grumley, anl
burn them up. The oyerseer remontrAl
Ell, aud urged that many Of them migt
be repaired
j No, sir; / want them burued up; the
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-04-13

A traveller was lately boasting Of the
luxury Of arriving At night, after hard
days journey, TO partake Of the enjoy
ment ofa well cut ham aud the lefl leg Of
a goose.
Pray, air, what is the peculiar luxury
Of left legl
Sir, 10 conceive its luxury, You must
Gnd that II Il the osly leg that ia ieft2
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-04-13

Have you damp sheets ia your hotsll
asked fAstIdious swell.
No, replied the waiter, bat rii have
pair pat under the tap for you, II you
wish
The stranger silently retired.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-04-13

Young men should aim high 10 this
life, bat not 100 high II they desire 70 BIZ
anything.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31
THURSDAY, AUGUST 81, 1876.
Republican Territorial Convention.
HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN,
TERRITORIAL CENTRAL COMMITTEES, \
Laramie City, August %, 1875. }

TERRITORIAL CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Laramie City, August %, 1876.
A Republican Territorial Convention
win be held at Rawlins, in Carbon
county, on the 18th of September, 1876,
ut two O'Clock p. m. of said day to NOM
mate a candidate for delegate to the
XLVth Congress, and to transact such
other business as may properly come
before the convention.
The several counties of the Territory
win be entitled to the following repre-
sentation in said convention:
Laramie County, .....- .10delegates.
Albany .....-.. 8
Carbon ........
Sweetwater .......7
Uinta /" ........ 8
BY order of the Committee:
STEPHEN w. DowNEY,
Chairman.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31
Fastening the Charge.

There appears to be no escape for Mr..
Tilden in the matter of the st. Louis,
Alton and Terre Haute Railroad. The
committee to represent the interests of
the stockholders trace the overissue of
bonds and stocks, and Enthusiastically
fasten the charge of fraud. We hope
every intelligent man will read the re-
port. 1t drives proof home.
The case in q nutshell is just this:
Mr.. Tilden and his associates were con-
stituted a Purchasing Committee to act
On behalf of the bondholders and stock
holders of the road. Acting in that
capacity they made nm overissue of bonds
and stocks of various classes to the
amount in the aggregate Of over $780,
600, for which the company received no
consideration whatever and which Mr..
Tilden and his associates put in their
own pockets. They and their friends
controlled the direction of the road un-
til last year, and prevented any exam
nation. Then it passed into other
hands, and the stockholders now claim
the recovery Of the misappropriated
money.
Twice Mr.. Tilden put off his answer.
Compelled at length to meet the charge,
what does he sayp He does not deny
the overissue. He does not give any
account of it. He only pleads that he
was acting for a part of the stockholders
not all; that the compliments have no
business to ask what he did with the
surplus; that he and his associates were
not acting as trustees, but purchased
the road for themselves, and that the
present company, which is a reorganiza-
ton of the old, has no right to bring
suit. The answer is a practical confess
ion. 1t substantially admits the facts,
but pleads that the compliments can't
help themselves.
The report of the committee makes
the case still worse for him. 1t shows
that he rejected an offer to submit the
points in dispute to arbitration and that
he steadily refuses to let the company
have its W records of accounts which
came into his bands as attorney. 1t
traces to him and his associates a sur
plus ofS131, 900 first mortgage bonds and
$4,000 0 unauthorized second mortgage
bonds, together with S9S shares of pre-
ferred stock of which no account has
been rendered. 1t sets forth another
and very damaging fact. Mr.. Tilden
claimed in his answer that he and his
associates had retained a part of the
available assets to indemnify them for
losses and services; but the report as
serts that the company has been obliged
to pay for these things out of its earn
ings.
In a word, Mr.. Tilden's own answer
and the report leaves him no ground to
stand on. Mark our words-his sup
porters will not dare face this showing.
ALBANY IN. " Journal.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

A very graceful act has lately been
done by Mr.. James Russell Lowell. As
will be remembered his Centennial ode
concludes with an eloquent tribute to
Virginia. "Mother of States and I'm
polluted Men," A Virginia gentleman
wrote to the poet, asking for a trans
cript of these lines, to be suspended in
the library of the State. Mr.. Lowell
promptly replied, and not only trans
cribed the concluding verses with his
own hand, but had them handsomely
framed and forwarded them, free Of
charge, to the State. Accompanying
the gift was a letter, which, we are told,
evidenced the same affectionate and
patriotic spirit which breathes through
| every line of the verse. 1t is further
added by the Richmond paper which
| furnishes the. ahove facts that, mot
contented with this gift to the library,
he promises to send a photograph of the
elm tree under which Washington stood
when he took command of the army,
framed in its own wood. Surely Vir-
ginia has a soft place in her heart for
him whose thoughts are so noble and
whose spirit is so generous
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

1t is rumored in New York that the
World will demand the withdrawal of
Tilden. Eight years ago it demanded
Frank Blair's withdrawal from the tail
of the Seymour ticket, basing lthe de-
mand on his Broadhead letter. Events
proved that the party managers would
have acted wisely had they enforced
the demand. In this case the cause is
much more serious, being the fact that
the candidate is a self-eonyicted per-
jurer. In this case the World has abun-
dant ground for its demand, but it will
not be made unless compliance with it
should have been agreed upon. Thus
far the Democratic magnates have been
dumb upon the subject, but they must
speak out soon, either defending per-
jury, or throwing Sam Tilden over
board.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

On the morning of August p the
New York Times published the evil
denee Of Tilden's perjury. On the eve
ming OF the same day, Hon. A. e.
Hewitt, his especial champion, made a
campaign speech in that city. The
World calls it "a short appendix to his
reply to Kasson." Nowin that reply
to Mr.. Kasson he challenged any one to
show any dishonesty on Tilden's part.
The New York Times had accepted the
challenge, but a careful perusal of Hew-
tits appendix fails to disclose any
attempt whatever to explain away the
charge of perjury preferred in aecep-
lance of Hewitt's charge. This speech
was mainly notable, therefore, for
what it did not contain.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31
ayQ-dtd
Chairman.

lnquisitive people all over the country
have beeu asking Tilden and Hendricks
innumerable hard questions through
the newspapers. The executive COM
mittee of the Soldiers National reunion
to be held at Caldwell Ohio, September
8. have taken a different course and put
their conundrum in an original way.
They have invited 7. and II. to attend
the reunion, and wind up their invitation
in this tantalizing way:
"Please have the kindness to answer
completely to the soldiers Of the Union,
by letter If you can not come, this sim
gle question, "What did you, or either
of you, eve do or say, from'1S61 to 1865
to advance the interest Of that cause
whose triumph we are to celebrate at
our approaching %reunion?n
The soldiers will undoubtedly get the
answers in time for their reunion in
1877
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

The Democratic papers are sounding
the changes on the old formula: 'sThings
can't be any worse, and any change
may be for the better.". This is the
shallowest argument a man could adj
vance as an excuse for his vote. Things
can be a great deal worse, and a change
to Democratic and rebel rule may be a
great deal worse. But it shows the des-
perate straits Of the Democratic party
when it adopts the phrase of the fool to
induce honest men to help it. 1t can
promise no improvements-can indicate
no good thing it is prepared to do, and
so falls back upon the idiotic desire for
'sany" change.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

The report which Mr.. Eugene Schuy-
ley brings from Bulgaria almosts ex-
ceeds belief. If Mr.. Schuyler were not
an experienced and conscientious OBJ
r his report would be received with
incredulity. Sixty thousand people, of
all ages and both sexes, butchered in
cold blood and with every accompani-
ment of atrocityl If this record does
not conclude the Christian powers Of
Europe to intervene for the expulsion
of the barbarians from Europe, on their
heads must rest a share of the respon-
sibility.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31
County Republican Convention.

The Republican electors of Laramie
County will meet in mass convention at
the City Hall, Cheyenne, at 8 O'Clock,
p. m, on Friday, the sth day of Sep
TENDER, 1876, for the purpose of elect
ing ten (10) delegates to represent the
county in the Territorial Republican
Convention to be holden at Rawlins on
the 10th day Of September, 1876, for the
purpose or nominating a candidate for
delegate to the 45th Congress and trans
acting such other business as may prop
erly come before it.
Dated at Cheyenne this Goth day of
August, 1876.
BY order of the County Rep. Com.
Z. p. SNOW,
a3o-dtd Chairman.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31
als-dswsw,1.

For reference only.
AEchiues s. IL storica1 DEPARTMENT.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

The Democrats have put on numer-
u airs lately about prospective reduc-
tions- in the public expenditures. The
actual reduction underP President Grants
administration will furnish a more rea-
sonable topic to think about. The fol-
lowing table shows the government ex-
penditures from 1869, to the present
time, and effectually settles the ques-
ton of administration
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31
Master Commissioners Sale.
TERRITORY OF WYOMING, :.
COUNTY OF LARAMIE.

COUNTY OF LARAMIE
SHERIFF's OFFICE.
By virtue of a decretal order to me
directed and issued out of the District
Court of the First Judicial District of
Wyoming Territory, in and for said
county OF Laramie, on the It'll day OF
August, A. d. 1875, in a suit in said
Court, wherein Jonathan =. Wild is
complainant and Isaac W.. French,
Henry j. Rogers, John Stephens. Thorn
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

The net saving since President
Grants Inauguration is 500, 405, 4S1,
making an annual reduction of about
100000. The public debt has been
correspondingly diminished. Since
March 4, 1869, it has been reduced
1927, 161 $40. The yearly reduction of
the principal has been more than $780,
600, 900 and the reduction of the annual
interest paid exceeds $50, 600, 900. The
people are infinitely more satisfied with
doing than Boosting.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

1t is lucky the Democrats have got
hold of a reformer, for if there is any
body more in need of reformatory pro-
cesses than the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency, he has not yet put
in an appearance. What with his lame
defence to'the charge of swindling a
railroad, and his conflicting oaths as to
his income, he appears to be a fair SUBJ
ject for reform.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

Catholics of the North, who fought side
by side with Ppotestants in defence of
the Union, bearing cordially and frank
ly their share of the bundeRs and duties
Of the war.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-31

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-20
THREE DEaD HEARS.
Fatbomins n Mystery that l. Perplexing the
Inhubifants OF Hudson.

Read that said IA reporter To the
portlv proprietor of an Italian coffee house In
Franklin street. haudiug him slip from an 10
the river newspaper. telling Of the two dead
tears that had been found tied to two trees In
the woods near Hudson, evidently wing died
OF starvation. They were recognized as two Of
three dancing bears that performed Whereabouts
In the summer. the third having been shot few
weeks since for tresspassng by a farmer Of tho
neighborhood. As the bears masters had not
been seen. II WIS supposed that they, too. had
perished In the woods. aud tue entire country
was ssii TO DO aroused and searching for tho
missing men.
The cafres house keeper SLOWLY mastered these
details. and then calling for his hat aud coat,
und buckine MS hclt around tim and asking
the rcunucr to follow. he led the way through
the Five Points to Baker stIcet, ne n Chatham,
ana entered a base ncnt not more than six feet
Wide by twelve In Length. AMI vet third OF tins
small space was partitoned ~ 30 - kitchen. aud
In the font we're several tables, Al one ~ which
man was eating On the entrance II tine con e
house keeper from Franklin street. 81 .lr-haiTrd
young woman, looking llhe "A Germ "a, It, pDed
forward from the kitchen. and the new conner
told his story. lmmediatey there was small
Bibel. anu after some excited talking N Italian.
the German looking ypuGy womr n, tukiug upon
herself the once OF interlreter said in English ::
You see this man tpOinting To the per-Onige
from Franklin streeD he knew Frenchm n
with "A bear, and he lent him go To buy a conin
% bury ms wife. and he (the Frenchman with
the bear Das not been seen Tor Two mouths
A bind man next appeared ON the scene, with
siill another son Of sunny Italy, aud 1t turned
out that both Italians knew a ffenchman with
a bear-appareutly not tue same lat had Dor
rowed $50 to nury his wife as their mutual
friend had cut his wlfe's throat Ia Newark, and
gone to California.
At leneth 1t was ascertained that two French
men vi b dancing bears. VINO formerly played
In as loon AT the Bowery aud Broome 1T eet.
dis pnchted two months ago, ana no one knew
what had become of them. I he law l. stringent
az inst open mir bear performances, however.
ami their contract having expired. they had
probably gone into the country. or cOurSa they
might have persisted. ~ was supposed 10y the
people Of HUDSON, but II was very probable that
nnding their bears to he e the nature Of white
elephants, tnev lied them to prevent their get
ting awat, aud left them To starvs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-20
GINS RIFLE SHOOTING.
Where Bushels Of Turnips and Barrels of
Beans were Nagered.

Al the fair OF st. Peters Church, in
Barclay street, last night, the main attraction
was the rifle match, in which fourteen misses
engaged. The prizes were silver cake basket,
a silver cup, and a silver napkin ring. The con-
tcstants were IN four teams-the America the
Canadian, the Irish. and the Independent. The
r,nGe WAS about thirty feet, the guns air rifles,
with tail, 81 81 n cdllOre.
Mi NJ Nichols 81 the American team led OF
n I ir uuter. winch she followed with "a 10, all
outer, ana 3. lotaI, IL.
Nj is, f. Mckenni Of the American team
scored for het first, 10 for her second. Tor her
tuird. and buiiseye, or H., for her fourth shot.
Total n.
Then followed Miss Katie Hoburn, who put
In three los IN rauid succession, and wound up
with an inglorious 3. Total. 30.
Miss Noble Egtn started uH with an outer but
redeemed herself by making 3, 4, and .. Total, o..
The Canadian team next took the target Miss
Sadie Exam scored total OF 20 Miss Maggie
Sheehan, 81; Miss Maggie Ii AMMAN, -, and Miss
Minnie lsouse, "a.
Miss Ll7zle Mck emma headed the Irish team
with nd another I, and closed her score with
IL, when placed her even with Miss Hoburn,
at 50.
Mrs Ida Esan made only in her four shots (;
ehe, and Miss O'Hara u pretty string OF &. Z. II,
and 10, atotal Of 81, the best score OF the tour
nament.
the lndenendents were only two In number,
Miss Annie Nun nv aud MISS Madeline Hdwes.
The former scored %, aud the latter II.
Iht first pIizs went 90 Miss O'liara, and after
the Ties hid ueen PLAYED on between Miss Ho-
burn and Miss Mckenna. the latter took the Sec
Ond ana the former the third.
Many bushels of turnips aud barrels Of beans
changed hands during the match, and after
Father O'Idriel huu delivered the prizes, the
numerous bets were settled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-20

Transactions yesterday al the Exchange com
prised foreclosure sales by
A u Muller & son. 35i lots about one mile above
High Bridge on the Harlem IN the Twenty OW,h
Ward. The bidding WIS prompt aud the 81 lots
brought Og,thcr) $d,5oi oriug al average OF ABOUT
$lyO per lot.
By acKwel. Rikcr wilkins, three 5story brick
tenemcnts with Los each 25AOSg the north Id, "
forteth street, 2b feet o. Nuh avenue, S3 Az.
To pluutiH.
By James Nrler. one 3story brown stone house with
lot Id.bNpSI un tie south sue - Iwrnt,-s Nrutn
sir ~, 1919 feet east OF Niuth avenue, th2pi to
pautin
10 Il, v Hnrnctt. one lot 25Hl0o5 on the north Al c
Of SXB.nlth street, 100 fee east II Sccot avenue.
$500 10 plaintiff Nnr not 4oONl22Nin.I lNe.o On
fro-psc av"nng IN tue VI sse .. Woodstock lfM eu].
tuirG Mardl, th,Opo.
By H. f. Farthid, one lot 25xlis, on the north site
OF seventy rst 100 lcel OF Eleventh ave
uuc, $3.50, u platinum.
VIM. uneliy adjourned sale OF lot west side ~
sixth avenue. nuuh Of l3lst street, 10 Oct ~.
r. A. Ltsrence n co. adj Iurned sale OF house and
lot ON tue east side Of Wooster north Of spring
o. Noy 80
A large Number ~ foreclosure sales announce
for tO-uay al the Exchange.