Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-13
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NEW YosR, Jan. 6, 1876.
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fhose the English grunble about.
the last day of the year closed in q
h.avy rails, which cleared IN fhe
esening, Id tie most aiplable way.
Watchers that night were startled BY
sudden vehement din breaking the
b,ft air, but the next minute smiled
.--''ii ia three quarters past s'eFen!"
Every fire bell In the city was to be
struck Al once at midnight, and the
ChurcI, chimes were to begin a quar-.
ter ~ an hour pefDre. But the I'm.
pafieut sons Of liberty had caught
the first peal rs slgiml 10 brRib
their own private rejoicing In their
own way, and they lirfrally made
things hum" The steamers sound
Cd heir whistles and tng hOrts, eitd
every FIRE, factory and church bell
swung recklesBly. IT was impossible
80 distinguish anything; Tie 81 + was
full Of loud summing, IN which bro
ken notes Of bells, fog horns, screams
and report II rockets, w"rr plixcd
like NAL, for tie coming in OF the
hun lredtit year. The morning "as
~ lovely II WAS mpckcry ~
ctll il Il winters day---for Il sfniled
clear and soft as April
Calls AND CALLERS.
Calls were nsie aud receivnd IN a
more economical way than iDr
years past. Tie attention Of gentle
men was largely paid 10 reducing
their carriage expenses. had most
l,Dk the short cut 10 do tli- uy going
on foot. Mnn VIM spent tspnty FIVE
dollars FOR carriage hire last New
Year, gleefuily told how tlHE
brought IL down 10 eight dollar fpr
this. The pleasant niIdness Of the
day gave us the funny spectacle ni
superhue callers going their rounds
IA fuIi.drpss suits. AZ II u iany
should parade Broadway In atraiped
q less, with u lace a,pe or her 6"spiii.
THE uBLPLE55 POOR
Vigorous Efforts are nGd" ~ the
u ,nrvoipnt 5ocietida io provide for
guo helpless poor, before tie cold,
wairI we are Taught viii strengthen
q. days begin 10 lcngtben. soup
noases are set upin different parts Of
,nr city, where hpt, i0ufishing
,ipal i. given for about six cents
an. several Geceut fee longing
i,o,Ig.s afford shelter fnf the homeless,
deserving poor, Ieayins the-statiti1.
Aeu3cs 10 keep the professional
trdiupa aud heggag.. Two things
are vomiting 20 make the life 81 the
pJ,r is New York aud clsrwbtrr
anything but iutoinrable Nuchtd-
ue.s. The frat IL decent iWlRlnf-,
dnd provisions ut a low fate. II r.
TRUE TINT vents uud eXpriasr- ~ gs1i-
raj are three times ~ nigh befe ~
~ LoudUn: "a fact Whica weighs ilrt :
liy on the rich, nid Is ail int eKttus~
thm to the poor. High rents force ~ G
.lllice ~ everything up toeaiTrspp9i
1ag rates, ia order 10 pas tiehi. Nor
n.M nny Of your readers tbluk this
i, matter which dups not concern
tlirln: for the tendency of prices,
Of work nnd produce, ~ other towns
t4als 90 tiiAt oT he great centres.
servants mu8ure their wages, and
10 rcAnnts their gains, by prices IN
sew York. There ish'l viIlHgc
where this Is fritd, whrre people 40
II IT charge rs near the teeulHr rates
.pf tlie city, rs they dare. There Is
not u tuWu ia the states, TINT Il not
i4terrsted, for It's own sake, Ia tie
ryndltion If things here; brcap,e u
aliisl feel their inilaenre sooner of
i4ttr. The only comfort of hard
mra, II, TINT they must bring iisiug
dpan for rich aud poor, 'lhe eAtol-
rim Of rent charged In tenement
housts u fiightful. Ii isn fact tha
tie swarming, squalld tenenenis IN
AtlnY streets bring in more rent tilan
nplown dwellings. Not ~ attic
a.uset, with half the gia"s oui Of the
ptnts, grimy and decayed, but brings
iis four dollars mouth 10 thapwner.
And there will be forty rooms In Il
titiiding, the decentrst ones calling
g,r ten dollars 10 tilueu dollars Il
~ 'ttli; This Il the poorest class Of
t'autncnts.
MIR, BOWEN.
The h,ci that II has been ihnde 10
appear that Mr.. Bowon's paper, lde
Huipeiatent, was used, To so,ne OK.
tent, 10 further the North racltlc
rallrind scheme, isanitnu'lvertei pp-
on severely. 1t IN astonishing how
Wise people are. after the fact. At
rhr time The hd3elf,,aeat was nrgihe
the buiiding Ut tho ROAD, that paper,
iilresery otlierin the United States,