The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-10-11

a o'h'h'p NOhiuIl tNlti III Dt' hOulS
the other day at the advanced age of
lis. A woman of that kind would have
lived till she was 21S had she resided in
any other town than st. Louis.
a FRIENDLY article on Ben Butler ap-
pears in a Georgia paper. 1t calls him
Beast Butler" but four times in the
course of half a column, and brands him
as an "old thief" but twice.
\ GOOD scheme: Issue an ulster to
every Indian in the western country.
In their first proud moments of posses
sion the Indians could all be tangled up
in the noble garment and slaughtered
withoutrcsistancc.
WLElE COLLINS is a great sufferer
from gout in the eyes. He lives in a
large, dingy old house in Gloucester
place, London, in which, on account of
disease, he will allow no gas to be burn
cd, using only candles and shaded lamps
for such dim light rs is necessary after
nightfall.
\ TELEGRAM from Port Royal, S. c.,
reports the prevalence of yellow fever
there, but the place does not afford a
very extensive field for the ravages of
the pestilencc, for it only contains about
II hundrcdpcople, one half of whom are
negroes.
The people of Philadelphia and vi
cinity, celebrated with great enthusiasm
the defeat suffered by the American
troops at Germantown, Pa, at the
hand of the British. II hundred years
ago.
THE boss Of the agricultural bureau
has dismissed ten clerks, not bcausc
they were inefficient, but because re,
organization was in process, and it was
decided to have new instead of old
seeds.
SAN Francisco does not mean to be
left outin the forgery business. William
II. Cooper, one of her citizens, and an
old hand in the business, has Just turned
up with II little fifty thousand dollar
arrangement.
GERMANY is preparing for events by
pouring troops into Alsacc and Lorraine
in readiness for another war if invited
and for the purpose OF abiding in conf
dcncc and security the issue of the APP
preaching elections.
"How dreadful is this defiance of law
and robbery of innocent people, said
with asigh Of Indignation, II director ofm
exploded savings bank as he read of {
band of Western railroad robbers having
stopped IL train and plundcrcd tho
passengers.
lN Wyoming, where women are per
mittcd to vote, the age ofcvcry blessed
fathers daughter Of 'cm from lG to II
is just turned 81, They plead guilty tc
2l in order that they may vote, and
remain i'll that interesting age year il
and year ont for generations.
SINCE the prohibitory law went into
effect in Maine private liquor club,
have been springing up rapidly i'll tn,
cities. There are now mt least twcnty
eight in the city of Bangor, one of then
with a membership of sevcnty-fivc, in
cluding some of the most prominent
citizens.
Gross frauds in the management o.
one of the English railways have beer
discovered. Officers of the company
are charged with using material belong
ing to it and the labor of its cmploye,
i'll erecting dwellings and other building.
for themselves and others.
ANOTHER Rio Grande sensation ex
plodCd. The invason of Mexican sol
by United States troops turns out tC
have been small affair, and the report
ed battle was no affair at all. Our sol
diers are safely back on the Texas side o
the river, and in their swift ride after til,
Indian thieves they were not molcstet
by Mexican troops.
a SwINDLE, consisting in an overpay
mcnt of an Illinois firm of mail contract
ors to the amount of twenty Thousand
dollars, has just been discovered in tn,
pOstollicc department. The fraud wa!
pcrpetratcd by the collusion of two
clerks, five or six years ago; and thu
rigid system of checks devised by tn,
auditor" has just brought it to light.
REPORTS from Berlin, regarded n
eminontly trustworthy, represented tina
the Emperor William has directed tn,
dispatch of letter to the Porte protest
ing so earnestly against the horrible
barbarities practiced by the Turks il
Bulgaria as to suggest the inference tha