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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-30

No DAY in the year is awaited with so
much interest 10y the taxpayers Of the State
AS the one fixed for the final adjournment
of the Legislature. That acceptable time
was las Friday. Although over eight
hundred bills were introduced. only one
hundred and three reached the Governor,
of which a large Dumber were loc,Jlin their
character. What bills applicable 20 the
whole State were passed, we are of course
1T this time not prepared to say. \ stay
law was, however. enacted and signed by
the Governor which we publish else where
for the information of our readers.
The record of the lover branch of the
late Legislature is ten fold more damaging
than that of its immediate predecessor,
which was Democratic, and against which
SO many bitter complaints were made by
the Republican press. The prostitution of
the political majority in the two Houses
was disRracefuliy exhibited when, at an
early stage of the session, it was proposed
10 pass bill appropriaiing Z miliiOR cf
d9llars osteusibly 20 maintain the peace of
tlie nation. This bill WAS inspired by the
Cameluus, Simon and Don, aud was in
tended hy them to have its due influence
with Hayes when he came to select his cab
met. The peace Of the country was not in
any danger at the time this vile project was
sanctioned by Republican caucus of both
Houses, uoI did it aid Don Cameron in OBJ
tanning a reappointment fIom Hayes as
Secretary of War.
Then came the darkest stain upon the
record Of our State Leg slature, the election
of young Cameron to the Senate of the
United States at the imperiuus demand ol
lis father. The constituents of the mem
bers Of the majority in the Legislature lad
rot asked that this Senatorial transfer
should be consummated, but it was thrust
down theu throats with indecen. haste and
before they had time to protest against the
outrage.
The fnal scene in this legislative drama
was tie passage, 10y the most hsgrant and
deliberate violation of all parliamentary y
rules of bill TO prohibit the Sheriff OF
Philadelphia from appointing deputies to
preserve the peace at elections. The
scenes of 70 G~dyism enacted when this bill
was being rushed through are represented
rs having been uneGuailed AT any former
session. aud it seemed ut times as if all
Bedlan had oeen let loose. While every
persOu will rejoice ut the fnal adjonrnment
Of the Legislature, they sill feel u sense OF
deep humiliation when they learn that it
will meet again on tha first Tuesday of
.jan.iary next. That will be the last of the
adjourned sessieps HAT can be held under
the provis,on OF the new constitution, and
after Jsruary, 1879. the Legislature can
AZ, meet aga.n until Jaraa y, 1881.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-30

A RESERVOIR Dam IN CoNSECTICur
SWEPT AwAY.-Grect DestPUctiOn Of Pro-
perty and Hundreds Of People Thyo,cn ont
IF EmpL0yDaeHt-- Hartford dispatch 70
the Providence Bulletin says the Stafford
vile Conn reservoir dam gave way about
O'Clock ou Tue sday morning last, MAJ ch
2th, sweeping everything along the valley
from StatfbrGville through the old furnace
to Staffurd's Springs. The National Bank
at Staftordville, the Congregational church.
j.. w. Ciancis' store, freight depot, and
AL The houses on the island at Staffo,d's :
Springs were destroyed. All the bridges
between the scene Of the disaster and the
iarland, both on the railroad and highway.
were washed away. The probable loss in
Stafford alone is two million dollars. No
loss of life is yet rcnorted. The loss in
Staffordville is very beavy, the mills suffer
ing more or loss damage, and woyk will
have to be suspended in them until the
reservoir can be rebuilt.
The Granite Mills and Leonard House
at Stafordville, were swept away, and also
tie stores and store-houses of State Sepa-
tor Julius Converse. who telegraphs that
all the dams on the stream, from Stafford
VILE to point below the Springs, with all
the bridges. are gone. Probably not less
than thirty houses were DESTROYED and the
loss will be very large
The dam was considered safe but the
heavy rains of Monday afternoon and even.
ing hlled the reservoir to overlooking. The
breaking away was wholly unexpcc,ed
bnt the reservoir, being set some distance
above the village. the people had notice in
time for :hem 10 effect their safety, 1t is
thought one Or two lives were lost. The
valley is made complete wreck
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-30

ALTHOUGH the Legislature was ashamed
IT, pass the joint resolution donating TO each
of it's members copy Of Purdon's Digest,
IL took n new departure and voted away
$40, 600 of the peoples money for the pub
Iication aud distribution of D, 600 copies of
Pauls History Of the Soldiers Orphans
Schools of the State. This was literally
robbing Peter TO pay Pant, for tie money
is really appropriated for the benefit of
Paul himself, NhO, when he failed to make
his b s ory pay, conceived the business-like
Il "a brilliant idea of getting the State to
buy ), 600 copies Of it at $500 PER volume.
This book is 20 be distributed free grdtts
among the members of the Legislature and
the State officers at Han isburg. The
plumber then going to each member will be
about sixteen copies. If this is not one of
tie most brazen and unblushing of rUbber-
les, under the thin cover of legislat ion. we
are at a loss to know by what milder name
10 call it. No Democratic member should
soil his hands with tie booty when it is
ready for delivery. If he does he will, like
Hayes, be guilty of receiving stolen goods.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-30

I IN September, 1857, almost twenty years
: ago. a company Of emigrants from Arkansas
. on their way to California were butchered
| i'm cold blood at What is known as Mountain
! Meadows IN the south western part OF Utah
/ Territory, where they had encamPed for
| the night The number of the emigrants
| was about one hundred aud fifty, including
men, women and children. The slaughter
! was complete, only a few small children
being spared. The Mormon account of the
! massacre was that it had been perpetrated
, by tie Santa Clara Indians, and for many
years this was believed to be true. Certain
facts, however, which were developed about
four years ago, led to the belief that the
crime had been instigated by the leaders or
head men of the Norman Church, who in-
duced the Indians to assist them IN their
hellisl work John ID. Lee, a bishop of
high standing in the Mormon Church, who
lived in the southern part of Utah, and
filed the position of Indiau agent 0l farmer,
was believed TO have taken an active part
in setting on foot of t i atroc;ous muid der
of the emigrants, and about two years ago
he was arrested and tried at Beaver, Utah,
before Judge BOreman. On technicaliy
OF some kind the jury was on that occasion
discharged. Lee was however, retired
about two months ago, convicted and SEN
fenced to death. y law of Utah allows a
criminal under sentence of death to choose
between hanging, shooting and decai,ita-
tion. Lee selected 20 be shot. On last
Friday, the Marshal conveyed him from
Beaver to the very spot (Mountain Mead
ows) where the brutal crime bad been COM
mittcd III 1857, and there, seated on his
coffin, he received five bullets in the region
Uf the heart from five muskets fired by men
employed for the purpose. His body was
then taken to Cedar City and delivered to
his friends. lie wrote out long confes-
sion giving the names of the men who With
himself planned the massacre. Their
names are Haight, Dame, Highly and
Smith, all prominent Mormous. He says
the Indians assisted IN the bloody work,
killing mos. Of the emigrants. In his con
fessiOn Lee duplicates Brigham Young as
an accessory both before and after the
slaughter, and, If he is to be believed.
\ Dung is equally guilty with himself Lee
was a native of Illinois, Go years DID, had
eiJhteeB wives Sealed to him. three of
whom remained faithful to him TO the end
lie Lad sirtyJo1r children, ffiy,Jour of
whom are still living. Near the place
where he was shot there is huge stone
cross surmounting the monument erected
over the graves of the Inflated emigrant
party, on which are inscribed the well
known words, which he could easily see
aud read while sitting on his coffin: YEN
THE LORD
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-30

Mr.. HAYES and his cabinet have decided
that proclamation should be issued calling
an extra session Of Congress, to meet on
Monday, the 4tb of next June As we sta
tea last week, this extra session is only
rendered necessary in consequence Of the
iailure of the late Congress 10 pass the
a nv appropriation bill 1t is not certain.
however. that some very heavy jobs. sucI,
as the Southern Pacific Rail Road subsidy
PROJECT, viii not be attempted to be forced
on It's consideration. Whether an effort of
this kind will be made depends entirely
npon who will be elected Speaker of the
House. Mr.. Randall appears TO be conf
Gent of success. and we trust he will he
elected. Others, however. regard the mat
for as by 40 means certain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-30

THB annual election for directors OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad took place in Phil
aaeI phia on Tuesday last. Their stock
has been looking up little Of late. The
ed, there beiug but little opposition
Thomas y. Scott Josiah Bacon, Wistar
Morris, John ". Kennedy, Alex. J. Der
byshire, Samuel NJ. FELTON,, Alex. Biddie,
~ Darker Shortridge, II. " Phillips, and
John Scott, Of Pittsburgh.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-30
- E-1-S~os

WHEN the electoral commission was
playing the game of eight to screen, Joseph
+. Bradley acting as umpire, Stanley
Matthews and Charles Foster, both OF
Ohio the latter representing Hayes dis
irict in Congress, induced Gen. Gordon
and other Southern congressman TO believe
that if the electoral count was allowed to
proceed to the end without any fllibuster-
ing OH the part of the Democrats, Hayes
would remove the troops from the New
Orleans and Columbia State Houses and
leave Packard aud Chamberlain TO stand
or fall as the people Of each of said States
might determine. Matthews and Foster
spOke as if 10y authority of Hayes, and it
is stated that Gen. Gordon has written
evidence that they both said so. Hayes
low denies that he authorized any state
Inent TO be made about the removal of the
troops, and that all he said to Matthews
aud Foster, or to any one else, was that
the people OF Louisiana aud South Carolina
were entitled to local self government, and
that lie proposed giving it to them. Tue
only and sure way to do so is for HAYES to
withdraw the troops, which is all that
Nichols or Hampton ever asked, when Tie
question W i'll be peaceably settled in forty
eight hours. Well knowing that lie was
reycI elected, the ditiicnlty with Hayes all
E!ong has been, and is yet, that if he de-
scrts Packard, who received a thousand
more votes III Louisiana than he himself
lid, he viii repudiate aud dishonor his
,wu title to the office which he HOW fraud
I.lcntly holds. This is precisely the dilem-
ma in which he is placed and thus is Lis
cowardice ard duplicity i'll the Louisiana
matter clearly accounted fol-
, 1877-10-20
MARKET REPORT
Home Produce Market.

Home Produce Market.
SlArT.s, Oct. Is. 1877.
WHEAT Quotable at 81 00t92 so p GENITAL.
FLOUR-QuOtable. best brands at IS 50a9 %.
OATS-Choice, 55x65c.
POTATOE5-New. A5s50c.
HAY-Choice timothy. baled SIS GOALS 90.
LARD-l4ks16hc q ID.
DRIED ApPLES-In .cks, 9a9kc p ID.
DRIED PLCMS-15c = fb.
DAIRY PRODUCTS = Butter 25a3eo ? b;
Cheese. tic = h
BACON-15al6c p ID.
CHiCKENS-$4 50s5 50 p dog.
EGGS-35aAOc = dog.
FRESH MEATS-Fresh Beef Wholesale, SELL
gst 40 a fb; Mutton. &C = fb; Pork. Sc q ib
BARLEY - $50 90; chopped, SA2 50a4S 10 =
on.
HIDESt7c = fb.
WOOL-For good, 2Oa22c q ID.
, 1877-10-20
ORDINANCE NO. I4o.

Amending Ordinance No. l3S. entitled
"Ordinance No. 13S amending ordi>
nance No ITO. establishing grades in
the city of Seattle"
The City of Seattle does ordain as
follows:
SECTION l. That base or datum line
to which the grades of the city shall be
referred. is hereby established. at an ele>
vation of nine feet and Blk tenths of a
foot, g 6 10Y. below the level of the
top of the granite step in the doorway
of Dexter Horton & Co. s stone bank
building on Commercial street, at tbs
corner of Washington street.
SEC. 2. That the grades for the
streets Of the city shall be at the follows
ing elevations above datum:
, 1877-10-20

SEC. 3. That the area made by the
intersection of any two streets shall be
level, excepting where the streets of
that part of the city lying north of Mill
street iEtersect Mill street.
SEC. L. That there shall be a uni
form. and continuous rate of grade in
the streets. between each and every two
adjacent street intersections or points
named in section 2 Of this ordinance;
provided, however, that no grade liue is
established on the following streets. viz:
On Alder street, between Sixth and
Seventh streets.
On Terrace street, between Fifth and
Sixth streets.
On Terrace street, between Sixth and
Se> enth streets.
On Jefferson street, between Sixth
and seventh streets.
On Union street, between West and
Front streets.
On Pike street, between West and
E-nr,f riraotl a.
On Pine street, between West ard
Front streets.
SEC. 5. That the said ordinance No.
13S hereby amended is also hereby re-
pealed.
SEC 6. This ordinance to take effect
from and after five days after its pubii-
cation.
Published October Is. 1877.
G. A. WEED. Mayor.
d. I. WHEELER, Clerk. oc15-1t
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-12-06
RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1877.
THE BoNDSMEN OF THE NORTH
WISCONSIN r. r.

When, in 1874, the Legislature of
this State granted certain lands to the
North Wisconsin r. r. Company, the
people. of Pierce county had reason to
believe that, in compliance with the
act of the Legislature, road would
be built ''from Hudson, by way of
River Falls to Prescott, or some point
on the Mississippi River, in Pierce
county, Wisconsin, within seven years
from the date of the acceptance ofthe
said grant by the said company"
Those who entertained this hope, have.
however, been doomed to disappoint-
ment; and this by the action of the
last Legislature. By the act of 1874,
certain Hudson gentlemen became
bondsmen for the company to the
amount of FIVE thousand dollars for
each mile, (which shall not be con-
strueted in accordance with this act. "
In 1879, the company failed to con-
struct the twenty miles required, and
the Legislature of last winter, out of
the goodness of its heart, waived the
forfeiture incurred by the company
and extended ''the time for the con-
struction of the said twenty-miles of
the said road" one year. Now, this
was exceedingly kind in the Leg
islature. However, that very
act released the bondsmen from
their obligations, and as result, River
Falls need not expect any railroad
from that direction. That the bonds
men interested have had good laugh
over the fact that they played it sharp
on the Legislature, we can easily inn
agine; that the Hudson people rejoice
over the discontinue of River Falls,
can hardly be doubted; and that the
Northwestern Company, now in con-
troll OF both the West and North Wis
consin, does not want to build our
road, is very clear. But the manner
in which the bondsmen were released
from their obligation to the State. has
all the qualities of a sharp trick.
There is just tribe of chance
that the legislation of last winter is ille-
gal; if so, our readers will be advised of
it. As it is, we call upon DR.. Andrews
and Mr.. Hawn to see to it, if possible,
that the legislation of last winter shall
be SO far modified as to either have
the road built as proposed or hold the
bondsmen responsible for non-fulfill-
ment of contract.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-12-06


RUMoR has it that as soon as the
Democrats have n working majority
in the Senate, Gov. Tilden viii claim
the Presidency, and that his claim viii
be recognized by both Houses of Con-
gress. Il will be recollected that the
Democratic House passed resolution
last winter. declaring Tilden legally
elected and entitled to the presidential
Office. 1t is barely possible that any
such scheme will be, or can be, car
ried out. The better class of Demo-
Gratis. both in and out of Congress, re-
alize the fact. that President Hayes
right to his office cannos now well be
questioned; that he has brought about
a more speedy pacification of the
country than Tilden could have done
under the most favorable eircumstan-
ces, and that, in the matter of civil
service reform. he has met the expec-
tatiOns of the vast majority of the
American people. Taking all these
things into consideration, it is not
likely that the Democratic leaders win
lend their aid to the accomplishment
of so revolutionary a scheme as the
rumor proposes. and that the whole
thing is simply the result of the imag-
nation possessed by some Washing
ton correspondent. Bat then. strange
things do happen, and time alone can
tell whether the rumor has any foun-
dation in fact.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-12-06

The customary number of candidates
for Speaker, Chief Clerk, and other
officers of the Assembly have not been
brought forward by the press, owing
to the uncertainty which hangs over
the organization of that body. The
Greenbackers will hold the balance of
power and are in a position to them
selves organize the Assembly uniting
with either of the two great political
parties upon terms which they them
selves can dictate. At the opening of
the legislature the especial represen-
tatives of the inhationists will COM
mand considerable attention.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-12-06
THE CARPET BAGGERS.

MEssRs. EDITORS Scarcely had the
country gotten over the effects of the
Thanksgiving turkey, when the wire
brought the news of the admission of
both Kellogg and Butler to seats in the
U. S. Senate. Thanks to the political
virtue of the two worst-abused men in
America-Patterson and Conover-two
more heightened scound--eXcuse
me, geatLemen-have found their way
into the highest legislative council of
the nation; one, by the votes of the
Republicans and the carpet Dagger"
and the other by the votes OF the DEM
ocrats and the same carpet baggers.
And for this, these poor "carpet bag
gers are set upon 10y the Republican
party throughout the country as
though they were two venomous and
dangerous bruteS. To the nOn-parti-
san. they are simply couple of chick
ems coming home to roost. With no
other object than gain, political OF
other, in view, these men with many
others found their way into the South
during or soon after the Civil War.
Finding a class of ignorant voters,
backed by federal bayonets, ia absol-
ute control, these demagOgues soon dis
covered that there was chance to
reach the goal toward whichthey were
striving. Thus we find these political
adventures, destitute of all principle
except that which has self as its cor
ner stone, working their way into the
two Houses of Congress where they re-
present nobody but themselves. 1t is
IA wonder that only two of the whole
lot have turned out to be ''bad eggs;
but il must be remembered that never
before has there been such a chance
for bargains, as there is at the present
time.
The result of all this every body who
is posted upon current events, is fam
liar with. We are fast approaching
| the time when the Senate, as well as
the House, will be i'll the hands of the
Democrats; and if that condition can
be brought about at present by the ac-
| ton of two men who are simply fol-
lowing the instincts of their true in
wardness, it seems that Republicans
ought not TO complain. At any rate,
they ought not to berate Patterson
and ConOver for voting i'm favor of
Buffers admission to the Senate.
Republicans have known these men
all along; but, just on accent of a few
votes, have shut their eyes to the dis
grace the presence of these men, in
either Senate or House, has been to
the nation; and now when they find
that after all they have made poor
bargain. let them keep still and learn
10y the experience, That they have
learned nothing as vet, in that direc-
ton, is evident by the admission of
such man as Kellogg. Don't let us
abuse Patterson and Con0ver; they
are pills of our own makings If we
have 10 take them. let us. at least. be
men and swallow them without WING
ing. REPUBLICAN.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-12-06


The La Crosse Republican and Lead
er. i'll an article upon the vote OF Con-
gresham Humphrey favoring the re-
peal of the resumption act says:
lie has abandoned the constituency
which sent him to Congress and placed
himselfat the head of the 5 ,099 voters of
this District who cast their ballots for
AIlis on the 9th of November. This
District polled %, liz votes at the last
ele ton. fOur-fifths of which number
were in direct opposition to the finan-
cial heresy for which Mr.. Humphrey
has recorded his vote in Congress. In
st. CrOix county, the home of Judge
Humphrey, there were but % Green
back votes cast on the 9th of Novem-
Der, this year, out of total vote of
3, l4l.
The Seventh District is overwhelm-
ingly opposed toin6ation, and expressly
desires 10 repudiate all responsibility
for the wrong headedness OF It's
Member of Congress on this question.
The paper above quoted we believe
gives expression to the views of Judge
Humphreys friends in the st. Croix
Valley, and we exceedingly regret that
he has set his will against the recent
lv expressed sentiment of large ma
iority of his constituency.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-12-06

The Hudson Star and Times suggests
Col. J. c. SpoOner and Hon. S. Ill.
Clough. of Hudson, as gentlemen eth
er of whom are well qualified for the
position of Associate Justice of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court. While we
do not doubt the ability of either of
these gentlemen to acceptably fill
this position it might be well for our
Hudson contemporary to modestly re-
frain from urging their candidacy.
With Judge Humphrey in Coz
gress, Hans &. Warner in the Secre-
tary of States office and Doctor A. D..
Andrews in the State Senate, it might
be proper for the st. CroiX Valley to
rest her case for the present, lest she
might be reasonably accused of be-
ing little too ambitious to serve her
country, and take up Hon. Henry
Cousins, of Eau Claire, for position
on the Supreme Bench.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-12-06

THE Milwaukee Sentinel, because
Hon. George f. Wheeler is mentioned
in connection with the office of Rail-
way Commissioner, fiercely attacks
him, referring to charges made against
him years ago which charges were in
veStigated but not sustained. The La
Crosse Sun, Democratic, comes to
Wheeler's relief and says that ''the
State Board of Charities, composed of
level-headed Democrats and few Re-
publicans went through George Wheel
er's accounts and transactions like a
tramp through strawberry sociable, ="
and found everything all right, and
that instead of his owing the State
the State owed him three hundred
dollars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-12-06

The absence of Senator Sharon, from
the United States Senate, attending to
his private business at a time when
his vote is vital to the interests of the
party which he was chosen to repre-
sent, provokes a deal of comment up
on the neglect and absence from du-
ties for the performance of which
they are paid, of legislative officers as
well as federal officials.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-12-06

A VIGOROUS correspondent of the Hud-
son Star & Times from "up country"
urges the Senator and Assemblyman
elect of the upper district to favor an
exemption of the lands of the North
Wisconsin from taxation, expressing
the opinion that in so doing they will
carry out the wishes of majority of
their constituents.