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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12

AN HONEST STREET CAR CONDUCTOR
To THE EDITOR OF THE HgRALp:-
/ have frequently read Of conductors being IL col
lusson with thievea plokpockea and other notorious
characters have always believed this to be most
unjust stigma upon those ovcrworked abused
men, and confirmation OF this Will here cite
cident which happened % mo yesterday. ] left car
No II (Second Avenue ne) at Worth street. when the
conductor followed and gave mo my poke con-
tanning SIPS. was the only one on the shghtnG
time, ana he might. Il dishonest, have kept Is
and never could have traced my loss
JAMES SMITH.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
COMPLAINT OF THE BROOM BRIGADE.

COMlGAANI " The bhooM oh1hADE.
To rux EDITOR OF rHE HERALD
In your editorial Of Thursday, 9th Inst, under the
heading "Garbage War" you speak Of the money
raised for cleaning which 1 pad 10 IA
army Of political r-raf, organized broom gang.
Now the broom brigade receives very little Of the
money appropriated tor street cleaning For tho last
SIX months they have no. bees gwen work enough 10
support ianly-only from i've 70 seven days. work
IN Il month, making s. 80. Will that supp0r wife
aud eight childrcnY Why are they not Kept " work
that the foul air which we compelled TO breathe
anu which murders children and sends the poor
the line OF march had to be cleaned AT the funeral
Father Mccarthy the route had 10 DO swept but the
other streets In the Twenty second ward lott IN
1lth JUSTICE.
HUNTERS POINT AND THE YoARD OF HEALTH.
TO THE EDITOR OF rHR HBRALD:-
II seems there remedy oithcr at law 9th
wise, for the horrible smell which people residing in
River must endure, and that TOR hundred years New
York mas existed without finding out remedy for
nusances The people the hands Of few men
and they must not complain No matter disa-
greeabe she NUISANCE, these men say ''tnat 10
suggest that 1t Is injurious to health. why, they
would call him "a tool, 3" and say 10 him, ''What
right have you 10 complain Leave the city OF New
York or take different route to and FROM your des
t!nlon No one wants you 10 60 near or receive the
sweet perfume OF these factories" Well, some day
the people Will get enlightened and know their
rights, and hope that the day near when there will
mucn interest taken in the suppression OF
there Is IN the suppression Of the strikes Of
the rKinsmen. INHALER. -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12

ton IN his profcssorshp. Da burton moi know ina.
Nave is iennesscan, Knox county man. Union
man IN politics. put capable and etiicent officer IN
the army aud tn the university heretofore! And II
not why notf
10. he suys:--"Profcssor Easton was dsm sscd and
ms assistant was appointed in his place On his rcfus
ing 10 serve tue professor oil French elected 10 MI
his chair II Is not Irue that the gcntleman elected
Easton's place refused serve Ho is the professor
OF ancient languages to-day by uositve acceptance
the char.
H. He says-"lt was only on being informed tina,
the French professor WAS uuacquainted with Greek
aud incapable oil ding the position tnat Professor
Easton was reelected 70 u different chair with the
same duties rs before" This Is not trua Easton WAS
dominated ior the ctar Of ancleut languages but his
friends saw Inevitable defeat before him Withdrew
his name Then, when the Board procseded 10 elect
professor Of nodern languages and assistant
in Latin, =" Easlon and Espernndew were mated,
and special appeals were made by DR. Huncs and
others East0ns benaii anu he was eiectcd-Out IL
subordinate position, under his former Ant Az
tcrward-as soothing plaster 10 the Humiliation OF
being pat IN subordinate position ~ Mr. ALEXANDER
II was agreed 70 call Easlon professor Of Modern
Languages, Comparative Philosophy and Lnpustics.
~ IL NOS true that the former professor OF French
is Incapable OF teaching Greek. He Is graduate Of
the Universally Of Lausanne, and has been professor
IN that school lie can show the Endorsement as a
schoar Of sucn men ~ Agassiz and D'Aubigna
Daderck ali assured Dr. Humss bat a short timc be-
lore the meeting that they for him md should
vote Tor him" rhs " not true deny the statement
others
~. He ssys:-.Dr. Humes vas, however. reelected
BY majority Of o.ly one vote in nearly full meeting
Of .hrtysix membera" 1his not true Al tho
meeting Of the Board when he faculty vas
elected there were thrty-sx members pres.
they prOossdsd 70 bass ief president Dr. aum.s re-
tired Irom the char and from the room. That Jeff
tnir,y-nve meuosrs II the meeting rhirty-nve bal
.ots were cast Of which Dr. Humss rscsve II BOYD
10; stuart, IL aud there we're two blank baiess csst
Burton can exercise his knowledge Of srithmsste By
o. ssw ssss g
see Vniverstv should aftsnps - justify Themselves
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26
THE KANSAS PACIFIC
HOMESTEAD

Is published by the Land Department OF the Kan
sas Pacific Railway Company, to supply the large
and increasing demand for Information respecting
KANSAS, and especially the magnificent body OF
lands granted by Congress in aid of the construe-
tion Of its road. This grant comprises
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26
Butter Making i'm California.

Dairying is a rapidly growing ru-
raj industry 10 California The time
was, says the Bulletin, when it was
generally believed that the climate Of
California was not favorable to max
ing good butter; but it is now known
that no State in the Union can make
better butter, or keep it good longer
than they can. Wherever alfalfa
grows rapidly the year through, as il
does on river bottoms. the dairy sea-
season is practically perennial On
this clover, or on hay made from il,
cows keep up good flow Of milk the
year round, and are only dried up
to allow Of necessary rest and recu-
peration. Large quantities of empty
firkins have been shipped from The
East, aud all that have been made by
local coopers have been used, and
still the demand for something to
pack butter in is unsatisfied. But a
few years since California shipped
the tirkins from the East, not to put
butter in, but to get the butter that
came in them. 1t now wants the
empty frkins, and will return them
well filed with butter of o quality
superior to that formerly received
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26
ADONIRAM PODGE.

Adoniram Podge was as lank and lean
As withered up stalk Of corn;
AMI his face as solemn as ever was seen
Since the days when Adam was born.
He lived On farm In the edge Of town
And managed to keep on his legs
by the getting Of money and salting 1t down
When he sold his butter and eggs.
His nose was as long as piece of chalk
And his eyes were little and gray,
And he hacked when he opened his mouth to Ia IL
And twitehed In an awkward way.
His voice was as sharp q steclspring trap,
And his head was minus Of hair,
But he covered 1t up with an old fur cap
That his grandfather used to wear.
Adoniiam Podge got liberal price
For the truck that he took TO town;
The top Of lis measure was always nice,
BBut shabbier deeper down;
And wood was straight on the top of his load
And crooked and gnarled below;
But the heavier part, on rutty road.
Win always shake down you know;
Adoniram's Bible was worn and old
From the usage that 1t had got
But piece of knowledge that never was tod,
Was whether he used 1t or MT:
If so, his memory served him wrong,
For he was not much of a doer
To the needy and friendless, who came alJng,
With the story that they were poor
A capital man in the church. was Podge,
To groan when the minister prayed;
And he knew to 4 T the collection dodge,
And how much money ne paid
And be had, ia frame in his dark spare r,soIH,
Kept clean and neat by his wife
paper which stated II certain sum
Had made Kim member for Lille.
Adonirain Podge kept hired man,
And pc lei him potatoes and beans,
That were kept cooked up In big tin pan,
Along with some piswec-l greens;
And he made him work from the dawn Of LAY,
Till the sun took its final lurcb.i
And he docked him, then, part of his pay,
To use for the good of the Church
Adoniram finally died, one night,
And left the farm TO his son,
who doses as near as a true son might
The things his father had done:
And he daily drives to the market town
With the mare and her spawned legs,
And he gathers money and salts it down.
The product OF butter and eggs.
And he keeps the Bible so worn and old,
And he reads 1t without doubt;
Blu; the leaf containing the Rule of God
Is somehow or another toTn out;
And blottcd are all OF the verses that spake
Sharp things of the tricky doer,
While III rough its passages twere vain to seek
Fora word Of cheer TO the poor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26

NEW ORLEANS Times: Ga one oc.
casion when a witness in the Beecber
trial lawyer had Swintou under
cross discrimination. The lawyer was
sharp, but the witness was match
for him. Mr.. Swintou had testified
to walking down Broadway on the
occasion when Victoria Woodbull
ard Teunie c. Clahin were parading
New York City.
"what we're you doing?" persisted
the cross-examiner.
walking down broadway" re.
piled the witness.
What we're you doing while
walking down Broadway"
ii was musing on the infnile!'
Mr.. Swinton was not pressed fur
ther on that point
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26

Song of the Bsker-"I Knead
The Every Hour The first note of
the song is Dough.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26

A Massachusetts cow came home
the other day carrying on her horn
the following note; ''Inclostd find
six cents for one quart OF milk taken
Il is forenoon. And th, six c,nts
were there.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26

The Smith Sisters of Glastonbury
live in house l39 years old, sit un-
der tree l0i years old. and are the
happy possessors Of the Governor
Saltonstall china, which is zoe years
old.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26
over 100000 ACRES

OF LAND. consisting of every odd section in each
township. for distance OF twenty miles on both
SIDES of the road or half Of the land in belt
forty miles wide, extending TO Denver City, in Co.
orsdo, thus forming continuation OF the belt OF
country which, from the Atlantic coast westward,
is found to be. In climate, soil, and every produc
tion OF nature, the most favored.
To aid in the settlement Of this superb domain
with an intelligent and industrious people, Is the
object of the homestead. II Is intended to
contain n fair and candid representation Of facts
nor will it give, Intentionally, any statement
that viii not, upon investigation, be fully sus-
tanned.
The Company obtains its title to these land
from the Government Of the United States.
They are being offered at prices lower than any
other lands IN the West, that win compare with
them in soil, climate and general advantages.
Theterms of payment, as will be found on a care
ful examination, are liberal in all essential
features than have heretofore been offered by any
railway company.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26
YOUNGSTOWN SAVINGS BANK
I2o CLINTON STREET,
JoHNSTowN PA

Chartered September II 1873. deposits receiT-
e. of ala sums not tess than one dollar Interest Is
due IN the months OF une and December and itnoi
Withdrawn Is added to the deposit thus cOnpOun-
ding twice year without troubling the depOsi
tor tu cali or even 10 present the deposit book.
Money loaned on real estate. Preference, with
liberal rates and long time given to borrowers Of
fering Grst mOrtgagv ON farms worth four or more
times the amount OF loan desired. Good refer
ence perfect titles. SC required.
This corporation Is exclusively a Savings Bank.
No commercial deposits received, nor discounts
made. No loans on personal security.
Blank applications for borrowers copies Of the
rules, bylaws and special Law relating 10 the
bank sent to any address requested.
TRUsTEEs.-Jemes Cooper, David Dibert Z.
b. Ellis, A. J. Hawes. F. ". Hay John LoWinan
l. II. Lapsly. Daniel Mclaughlin, ID. J. MorIei.,
Lewis Pitt, Il. A. Boggs, Conrad Suppes, Gee.
W. w. Walters.
Daniel j. Morrell, President; Frsak Dibert
Treasurer; Cyrus Elder. Solicitor. nova.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04
South Carolina.

How can Chamberlain hold on to
the Office of Governor in opposition
to the taxpayers and respec table
people all ovor the State, defeated
at the polls and counted in by fraud,
and inaugurated by on illegal Leg
islature OF course he could not
remain a single hour in the Office
but for q bJdy-guard Of Federal
soldiers which President Grant
keeps around him. He cannot re-
main thus long. Doprivod Of ell
authority by the decision Of the
Supreme Court, as he will be, and
utterly dorided by the people, what
can he do? He can appeal to
President Grant, and what will
he do? If he proceeds further to
bolster the illegal government he
encounters tho decisions of tho
courts and tho public verdict in
many forms, and stands forth boldly
as tho usurper still defying law and
right, and tsending into dust overy
principle of liberty and self-govern-
ment. 1t would be we'll for this
issue to be settled. Grant does not
rest soundly upon this South Caro-
lima business. 1t is worse than the
murder of man. It ia the murde,
ola whole State. How to "tramme
up the consequences" that's tho
matter at the White House. Rich,
mo1ad Dis1atch.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

may be proper, however, to assure
the public that his Honor occupied
the executive chair in q judicial Ca
Pacity of judge in his Circuit Court
District for fourteen consecutive
years. The execution OF his official
acts was noted for accuracy and
promptness, filing the eposition with
honor and acknowledged ability
Allen Pence, James book, Samuel
Connor, Committee
70 the Interested be it known, that
!, Linus B. Denehie, certify that
tho statements ia the above refer
ring to my connection Herewith are
strictly correct.
~. Is. DKNER1E.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04
n their favor, they have ovorthrown

in their favor, they have ovorthrown
the returns by some jugglery, ike
Judge Durells midnight order, or
the manipulations Of a Returning
Board; and, when that has not suo
ceeded, orders from WnshirEton
have re enforced them, and the poo
pie have had no alternative but to
protest and bido their time.
TO declare, as tho average Re
publican organs now repeats, day
after day, that tbs co!ored yotors OF
Iouisiana-mon who have now OK.
ercised tho right Of suffrage for ten
years--would go in solid mass for
four years more of such government,
and this, too, in face of the fact
that thousands Of them went with
the Democrats in 1S7s-would DO q
confession Of such dense and hope
less ignorance on the part of the
negro race as might we'll mako us
despair Of the future. 1t is tho one
hopeful feature of the Louisiana
election that the negro voto was
not cast in a lump, this year-that
SO many Of tho colorcd men have
come to see the outrageous eharac-
tar Of Republican rule in Louisiana,
and, after "biding their time," rs
the Adcersiser put it, seized last
months opportunity TO declare that
they would have no moro Of it,
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

Pretended AcTs-The following
is full list Of the acts pretended to
have been passed by the Bayonet
House and the Senate, and approved
by ex- Governor Chamberlain -
An act to. make appropriations for
the expenses Of the Legislature.
An act to amend an act entitled
"An act to fix the salaries Of certain
public officers"
An act to make appropriations to
meet the ordinary expenses Of the
State government.
An act relative to county officers.
An act to extend the time for
officers to qualify.
A joint resolution requiring
school claims Of Nowberry county to
bo registered.
An act to charter q ferry in
Georgetown county.
An act to repeal the lien law.
This pretended act is not intended
t. go into effect, if ct all, till Deccm-
Dor 81, 1871
An act to regulate the payment of
tho debt of Newberry county.
The bogus Legislature doubtless
had fine time in going through the
f.rce Of passing bills and declaring
thom to be laws They will have q
hard time indeed in enforcing their
measures. ,
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

Judge Lawrence, q Republican
member of tho Congressional CON-
m'ttee in Columbia. regards any
thing with black skin as an ebony
cherub without wings. EIe had
thirty-fve Of these wingloss angels
OF dark complexion hanging
around the Wheeler House sfor q
week drawing per diem and mileage
from tho government The other
night one of them stole his boots,
and the next day the Judge might
have been seen skipping around in
his slippers, looking very disconso-
late, and wondering how any por
ton of the colored race could
be 30 degraded as to steal a
Congressman boots.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04
PRoposED ABOLITION OF r.y pprs1-

PRoposED ABOLITION OF THx PREs1-
DgScl.-Tho New York Worlds s
Washington special says q public
meeting to discuss the question and
petition Congress to pass amend
ments to the constitution abolishinr
the Presidency will take place
IN very short time. The public
and members OF Congress especially
are invited. II is proposed TO
abolish the Presidency and sub
stitnte an Executive Council there.
foE, to be composed Of eeven secrc-
ts;ies or heads of departments ;
four to I've elected by the House of
Representatives. and three by the
Senate from members OF their re.
fpective houses for two years one
or al to be removed at any time by
the house elccting them, and each
to have the right of a member in
both houses.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

"Tain't no use in your cryin'," said
heartless maiden to her PROSTATE
lover; 81 wouldn't marry you if you
were the last man on earth" "Well,
Mary" he replied, breathing through
his nose with great difficulty, "you'll
lend me your pocket handkerchief,
won't you 7"
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

Tho inmates of tho poor-houso Of
Kershaw county are threatened with
starvation, and no supplies can be
obtained except upon the individual
credit Of tho members Of tho old
board Of county commissioners. 1t
is hard to sec what our public insti-
tutions are going to do, for money
this yeaY.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

enlightened pross and people Of the
North, ho can afford to pass over in
silence tho petty mouthing of those
Radical papers whose political creed
begins and ends with hatred to the
South and her people.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

There was bloody row at Chap
polls, on the Greenville and Colum-
bia Railroad, on Christmas, in which
a man was so severely hurt that he
may lose his life.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

An ANCIENT BNITIsH VnLAaE.-In
preparing the ground for new uni.
versity schools in Oxford England,
tho remains of what is supposel to
have been an ancient British village
dating back perhaps two hundred
thousand years, have been found.
They look like mounds of gravel, but
are apparently circular wall, Of sir
iRohos Or more in thickness. The
mounds or walls cover o largo ex-
tent Of ground, and are Of various
sizes. but all are on or shout the
slme level. The floor of one has
apparently been covered with con
crste, and is sufficiently compact to
allow oae-half of it to be removed in
single piece. The bonos of domes-
tic animals, portion Of a Runic
cross, a Saxon knife and arrow head
have also been found. It has been
lrreTerently suggested that the site
Is nothing more nor less than that
Of an cd gravel pit, and the discov
cry akin to that which excited the
minds Of Pichwickians seeking in
vain to find the meaning of "Bil
Stumpe (his mark y but the anti
qaarlans aie conf lent that tho re-
m'lins are those Of anancient village,
and they are preparing for an ex
haastivo examination of the subject.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

Tho Lake shore train, bound west
went through the rivor bridge near
Aehtabula, Ohio, on the 29th uIt.
ana 1ell seventy-five feet into the
rlVor' One-fifth Of the passengers
were killed.
The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04
miscellaneous News.

! 1aibcelldneous News,
Tho Lake sh ore train, bound wcst
went through the rivor bridge nonr
Aehtsbula, Ohio, on the 29th uIt
and fell seventy-fve feet into the
rlvor. One-fifth Of the passengers
were killed. %
Governor Fairbanks, of Vermont
mas signed the nuisance BILL" and
IL Is now law. The bill makes
eVory liquor saloon nuisance, ana
for every conviction tho penalty is q
hne OF from 800 to 5000, or a fine Of
S2O and imprisonment in the county
jail for not less than one or mora
than three months, in the discretion
of the court.
| Otis u. Swan, broker, of Wall
street, New York, disappeared on
the 38th OF December. Before
leaving he stated that he had misaD-
proprlated fluids held by him in
trust for his brother and sister. The
amount is stated to be $GOO,OOO.
lie is also in default for four or tiyo
thousand dollars belonging to the
Union League Club, of which he
wns one Of the founders.
The New Orleans Democrat Of
the Gath says that the Superior
Criminal Court in that city had been
compelled to adjourn over for threo
days because there was no fire in
TIA court room, the State having
thrown the expense Of providing for
shst court upon the city, and the
city being out of funds. The delav
mulcts the city in heavy costs, such
aS contlnuances, summonses, dcten.
tons in prison at sixty cents Der
head per day, &c. And yet
New Orleane should be ono Of the
most independent md fourishinp
cities in the Union. "Reconstruc-
ton" las done the work for her.
On the Fourth Of July q little girl
named Bondar was so seriously in
Jured by a brick falling from the top
ofthe new dn'erjco,a Office, B,lti-
more, cad striking her on tho head as
to cause her death in the course of o.
few days. The father of the child
brought suit against the Iu,cricau,
laying damages at $4,000, but which
on the payment of 81, 900, was dis
continued. Now Bondar brings
suit in $4,000 against the gas filters
OF the building, through whose care
lessness, it is alleged, the casualty
happened. Tho little girl was very
dear to him, and lie proposes to
make her SO to others.
The Sprague mills at Augusta,
Maine, are now employing about
&5O persons, end week before last
did their largest weeks work. They
manufactured 10000 yards Of print
cloths, all fni shed and put into bales
and forwarded to the print works at
Cranston, Rhode Island, where tho
cloth will be stamped ready to bo
put upon the market. Ninety-five
thousand yards Of cloth wore woven
the last month in excess of the
amount woven at the mills during
the corresponding month last year.
Governor Lafayette Grover, Of
Oregon, is native Of Bethel, Maine,
and over Fifty years old. Gen,
CuVior Grover, Of the regular army,
is his brother IIe is graduate of
Bowdoin College, and has lived in
Oregon since 1850. He has held all
sorts Of Territorial and State offices,
and was the first Representative of
the State in Congress. The Grand
Rapids Democrat says the G Governor
is Michigan man, halls from Cold
water and was colonel in the army.