The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-01
NOTES FROM ABROAD.

The President Of Chicago Bank has com
mitted suicide, Who will now have the
hardih,ooI to cay that there is no such thing
Is conti les
The Detroit Free Press tellS of a young
lady, who sent twenty five cents and post
age stamp. in reply TO an advertisement, in
a religious jnurnal Of, . How to make an i'm
preston. and received for an answer: Sit
down in pan Of dough
Ha,skeye, In Sheffield. England, if a man
only just gsss drunk and holds his wife be-
fore the Gre and ruASts her the upright ma
gistr.tes bind him over to keep the peace
for six mO0ihs" We suppose if = man
should throw his wlfs into the Ere ana b'rn
her alive the Indignant public sentiment OF
Sheffield would demand that he he fined at
least tuppence hA ,Pens faFthiag.
The army appropriation bill Was discussed
couple OF hours in the House yesterday.
The Democrats not aaH.iisg the Republicans
disposed to quArre with them, got up quite
a wrangle Gm ng themselves. The iRciina-
ton Of the majority 10 reduce the numerical
strength of the array to ifeen or eighteen
| thousand men is manifest This, however,
il strenuously opPoaed 10y the Texas delega-
ton, who want to make sure Of the prosec-
ton of the Rio Grande frontier-St L0yt5
/ Rspsbticaa.
| There is no question that large majority
of the pensle If this State tfSv6r guyeFnmen-
5 tai ail to the Texas and Psci6c rosd, and
they have manifested their feelings 90 fire.
qurnsiy in the Legislature and at county and
municipal HaeetiDg', that the Missouri Re
| preseusafives ran well afford 10 take manly
stand for the riEht.-Ss. LOUIS Re2ussican.
II 10 aid that there are naciviI ar criminal
suits against Mr. Hall, and no basis tor any.
He was one Of he most cultivated, genial
and popular Of the old TammaDy regime,
and no one suppoaed be was capable Of be
ing influenced by base considerations. The
revelations Of Twecd are not credited, and
the ex Mayors eeccntriCitieS are imputed to
disordcre.l bra,n. His gazing on the stage
when he retired from the mayoralty gave
culor TO that suspicion beEore the elopement
last Narch.-RieAmoAd Rkic
Inwa lynchers do it openly, 10 daylight,
without any disgnise or preface of respect
for the law. Whn they hung. Proctor the
other day. he MAS undergoing his preliminary
trial in open court A young lady swore
TINT she had been shot tNice by masked
/ burg ar whose mask she had torn OF only to
I find his face blaekened 50 that she could not
recognize it; hot that, after she had elected
\ httn frum the house, he made remark and
she recognized his voice as Procior's upon
I This testimony . mob Of citizens took the
prisoner nut of the custody Of Court and
Sheriff and hung him until be was dead. -
Kansas Ciiy Tiaes.
/ The Louisville Courier-J Jonraat Of last
/ Thursday solemnly remarks; "The House
adopted resolution yesterday providing for
/ the Investigation Of Congressman Siualls'
character. II will he very easy to find out
all about Smals by sending to Columbia,
South Carolina, far copy of the verdict Of
guilty, found by the jury in his case Satur.
day" As though the vrrlicts of South
Carolina juries were Of the slightest signi-
fcance except as declarations of Wade
HamPions will and pleasure. Democratic
papers can be exceedingly innocen; when
I they try Deaasr TrisasA