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THE RIO GRANDE INVASION.
ETIRTS IND NCRiRY ON TIE DOINGa
or THE MENICfN MON.
Not inclined TO Hold Diaz or his Government
Hcsponsibie-A Pretext for More United
states soldiers ON the Texan Frontier.

WAsHTNGTON. Oct. THE despatch pub.
lshcd this morning from Galveston chroniclins
the invasion Of Texas 10y a Mexican mob. is
generally dscrcditcd by the members Of ths
Cabinet Secretary McCrary decidedly cx.
pressed the opinion to-day that the despatch
had no foundation in fact IA an outrage Of 40
serious a character would have received Gem
Ord's attention before this time and direct in.
formation from him would have reached hero.
The Secretary Of War went on TO say in an Off.
cial way that If the despatch was true a crsis
had arrived. and the Administration would
nee, II in summary manner Secretary Evarts
is as certain as MnCrary that the entire story
will prove to be untrue: but in any casa
no is not inclined TO hold Dia2 or his
Government responsible. should they disavow
the raid, and 1t l. Eyarts's opinion that thu
present Mexican Administration would do this
in the fullest and most satisfactory manner. IL
will be another proof Of the disorganzcd sinto
energetic repression q frontier disturbances
would DO noccssary The Government OF tho
United States would be justified in treating tho
region as Outlawed and the people there M out
laws a force Will b. placed on the frontier to 90.
operate with the Texan troops and the in
vad"rs VIII hr sorUr, i for punishment, whether
they have taken refuge on Mexican soil or not.
crnment with the Mexican Goyernment be In
tcrruptcd hy the pursuit Of such policy. In
the end that Government would be strengthened
rather than weakened by the restoration oi
The restoration 81 order on our frontier"
IL one otthose convenient phrases which means
anything. from tho police Of the Rio Grandc to
ihe conquest of the six northern provinces. and
1t is pretty plain. from the guarded uttcranecs
Of cabinet ministers. and the less guarded
speech oi the sympaihiz'rs with annexation
that IT. VIII receive free Interpretation from
,nlI VII a. MAdhmlnstration Tr22riqnaiey Congress
Rio Grande amount to about 500 mon. The
militia which TeNas can put in the field is from
5000 To- G,VOO. backed hy u very irregular force.
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names on their delegations. bcgaT rs fcllOws
Mr. Chairman, hold in my hand paper substituting
John Jones Tor John smith, as delegate from - Dis
trict
As though people might think they held thom
IN their mouths instead of their hands. This
phraseology became almost as monotonous as
that Of the delegate who SIMPLY wanted to say,
Mr.; Charman,' etc.
Mr.. Potter invariably pronounced parlamcn-
tary paryemcnary.' Andrew II. Green
wore the only white tile in the Convention.
Nelson, J. Watcrbury's old beaver had been
Mr.. Reed of Suffolk made notion in n thin.
weak voice, and 4 do1g,gn dglcgeies shouted
hukcd tho Convention. saying that common
courtesy required them t. hear him. hut
how the devi can we hear him.f, appealed II
member and roar of laughter followed.
At one time Mr.. Kelly arose, ns though sccl-
ing recognition from the Chair Morrisscy
arose nj The same moment. and both gladiators
remained standing untilthc Chnir gave the floor
to some country delegate. Both men We're
greeted with loud cheers.
to vote on the proposition to take the appoint
ment 81 the Committee on Contested Sgais out
OF the hands Of the Chairman. created n very
Hon Hugh Mclaughlin found his scat in n
n"mocratic state Convention contested. He
looked ~ IN" Chairman as though he could not
believe his ears. Then he aro-r to his feet and
to hear him. Mclaughlin insisted and tore
away from Dob Furry. who was trying to pull
him into his scat. Tho confusion and his in.
dignaiion were 50 great that he could
yolled. Put him down" The Boss turmoil his
head sought the o!N..ndcr, and sinking hiI, fin.
ger at nun said; i put you down when get
You outside Bob FurHy took M the quarrel.
and challenged any one In the gallery tocome
and put him down. For i've minutes VI Laugh
lin fought for the recognition of his dDlcEWion.
and was on his feet when the Convention adj
iourncd. Then he put on his hat and slowly
retired from the hail His discontinue do
lighted both Tdmmuny and Anti Tammnny. the
former h''uuSe he was in iavorot the old IT, ket,
and the latter because b" had repeatedly Nyt'd
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question. and consideration. He decided points
and submitted points Of order TO the House
before deciding the same, He called
| of tho House on successive calls of
| ihe Housc. AMI On resolution executed
TIE rule Of a previous House in regard to ,he ex-
/ cusion Of strangers from the floor. In the
! thirtv.siNth Congress message from the
Trresideni and reports from IL" serrrtary Of tho
/ cciycd and laid on the table hy formal motion.
while in the thirty-four'h the Presidents mes;
sage. after an extended debate. was received
and the Clerk directed TO take charge Of the
| snmc till the organization Of the House Mo-
tons and resolutions IN almost every concoiva-
nl' shape relating to the election ui y speaker
| from the Proposition of Lstchcr of virginia. in
| the thiry-iourth Congress- that the mem
now eecion % in c s,es ui down ifH"fI9H 10 h. amps
motion that the House proceed 10 vote viva v0ce
for speaker were received and acted on. At no
point during tht So -t.s- iOns was the question Of
the roll raised but the right Of the Clprk to pre-
side and put every question germanc to the
election Ol a SPEAKER and the conduct of lu-i-
nnss meanwhile secms To- hav" been settled as
far ns such question could be- hy precedent.
Nearly thirty years after the question of title
had j. "n raiS a In the Twenty-siNth Congress.
il was again raised pending the election Of n
! 7Gl This was the last organization governed
.olry hy pr.ccdcnt and with NJ. law To- deter;
r'nc tn" duties Of The Clerk. While the roll
"is h'ihg called. ngil'es were given thnt 1T
some iniurc points. the movers generally spe'i-
- t' 'lii' NiiDn ~, "h'l N"ulu ~ allhlh-
i-trr, III iiuns would b' made To- exclude ono
member as not el"cted. anothera M non re~ idcnt
The Nirgin!a delegation for teasons not stated.
and four members for holding commissions in
th" volunteer service Further objection was
made t. The calling 9f Ihgyer of Oregon. 9
! of Shells Of that Stute Thayer holding his title
9n much the same ground ~ Patterson. and
B.lforl does. Boh "TThSyer- an1 r'1i''Shu 'Shsus's ~
| nHmrs w're omit 4 hy the Clerk without u
dNi- 'n NJ l"n-i noitner appeared in tho H.. ~
members ting for speaker All the other
members to whom alNisinn had been made
| p'pling ealing of N clerks roll voted. and.
!
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chinery Of the Convention. There were thirty
three members Of this committee. oach Of whom.
] am told paid $500 for the honor. Among these
were three members Of the An,i-Tam many or
gonization. Ii was understood that Anti Tam
many would swallow the old ticket provided its
friends on the state Committee would force the
admission of all or portion Of tho Anti Tam
many delegation. The committee were to meet
att +. NJ. and hot session was indicated. /
saun,crcd w to their rooms. Old Bon Rays
Napolconic face was the first to greet me. His
squire jaws snapped the word Tammnny ?"
n lac shook my hand. lie was now ticket all
over. and was determined on satisfaction for
his treatment in last years Convention. VIM.
y. Fowler tine Mcttcrnich Of the Broo klyn De-
mocracy. rescued me from gaunt Bcn's clutches
and spoke hopefully Of the Anti-Tammany
Accompanied 10y member Of tho State Com
mite, my ,ollr9gncs and myself then paid our
r.spe'is tu u" Governor. We found him in the
iN"'utiNc uilicc. saw him for the first time.
HIS eyes are weak. and his nervous system
seems shattered. He arose from his sent shook
our hands, said he WAS glnd To- meet Us. and
hoped W. would support the old ticket. There
WAS not stain. he said, on the record of the old
state officers. Thoy Ind been elected on "a re-
form platform. had faithfully carried out their
llrdsc-. AMI deserved denomination. To turn
them on Would stiginrii2e the state Democracy
and pain tho Democracy of the nntion. who look
L. New ork for guidance. They accuse mo
ot dioiation. the Governor said. quivering in
the intensity Of his iechng. hut the cry of die
thtion comes with poor grace from quarter
where one man dictates their ticket to 10000
Here Cen James NrQuadc entered the cham
nrr. saving in a blum voice. How do YOU do.
Why General" the Governor responded
whni are you doing hercr didn't expect to
=" On, Itcame NJ here to be dictated to" an
sw"red jim. and he began TO work the Cover
ngr's hand like pump handle.
Mcanwhiln tie taI form OF Licut.-Gov Dor
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For My Young Wife" SEQ the NelD York
faaiy Ss9s Tara. Oat today-Ade
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CGNcINSArG oct 7.-S"nator Morton WIS re-
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"Chnrlnttc Temple presented iocVery roalcr
oi the ae~ i0h E'ony sorg Fule'. OuI tVda! ,-Iis
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SPECIE pAYMENT RESUMED. Tho best llue cut
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J0IIIAGS lnour 1OuM

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08
Ho,v Sitting BuU Raised an Army

1t is not generally known among per-
sons outside ofthe Sioux country how the
great Sioux chief, Sitting Bull, origin
ally acquired the little band of desper-
ate men, who follow him so faithfully,
nor how he has maintained his unbroken
file. Ever since Sitting Bull first de-
clared war upon the United States
in general, and the whites about the
Black Hill in particular. he has con-
stantly extended invitations to the
Sioux on the reservation to join him
with their families. But the universal
opinion among the reservation Indians
being, as before stated, that he was a
fool, has prevented nearly all from en-
rolling themselves under his banner,
and Sitting Bull has been compelled to
rely for recruits on the Indians who
have committed crimes in the settle
ments, and who have been forced to
leave the jurisdiction of the white mans
government. For instance, when a
Sioux engages too extensively in horse
stealing, or in a heated moment muir.
ders a white man, he flies to Sitting
Bulls camp, where he is always received
with open arms. This refuge has been
kept open by the great chief for mum,
Der of years, and thus he has continuously.
although slowly, added to his force the
most desperate men, who dare not re-
nounce their allegiance, no matter how
much they desire, for fear when they
return to the reservation they will be
punished for their crimes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08
An A1Iddciolis SfcilidLe.

There seems to be no limit to the au-
dacity of swindling. A few days since a
stranger went to Harrisburg, Pa, and
pretended to have patent for the man.
ufacture of superior quality of wool.
He professed to have chemicals by which
he could convert cotton into wool.
Strage tosay, he found victims who made
arrangements to employ him at good
salary to put his invention into success
full operation. Under his supervision
the alleged necessary machinery was
erected in one of the shops and all was
in readiness, when they found that the
wool "had been pulled over their eyes,
for after gathering together under various
pretenses, quite sum of money, the in
veptor was suddenly missing. The par
ties waited for days for his return, when
suspicion flashed across their minds
that they might have been the victims
of an imposition. The stranger having
left behind several demijohns which he
had represented contained the magic
chemicals, they opened them to find
them filled with water.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08
A Reclaimed Wrdo,o and Marsh.

Mrs. Biber's house was built upon re-
claimed marsh below Center Station,
Oakland, California, and her husband
was in cold, wet graveyard. Her heart
was true to him and to the four cherubs
he had left behind him, the Oldest four
teen and the youngest in the cradle. A
white card outside the door proclaimed
that the widows property was for sale.
On January 25th good-looking man of
pleasant address, attired in coarse check
shirt and canvass pantaloons, a rough
coat and army brogans, called and offered
to buy the house. He said he was
miner who begun digging as son of toll
on the arid plains of Arizona, and now
he was worth 100000. He was lonely
and solitary, and wanted to settle down
and have home. She sighed, made
touching reference to the wet cemetry
and to the four cherubs; said she, too,
was lonely and solitary, and sighed
again. He said he would buy the house,
and then went out to get his supper. In
the evening he returned, and she enter
tanned him with fathomless sighs and de-
sulitary conversation after the manner
of Mrs. Nickleby. He asked her to marry
him, and she said she would. The next
day-it was Wednesday-they went to
San Francisco and were married. For
two days she was happy, Notwithstanding
the ominous remark of one of the cherubs
who had surrePtitiously examined his
stepfather's pockets. "He amt dot
no dold in 'em." On Friday her brother
in-law discovered that her husband was
a lunatic from the Napa Insane Asylum,
who had wife in Fruit Vale, and whose
Arizona mines were the inflated currency
OF diseased Imagination. She turned
him out. On the next day the lady from
Fruit Vale called to say that Mrs. Biber
was the fourth widow with land ed prop,
erty who had been deceived by the crazy
miner Mrs. Biber sits in the parlor ovel
the reclaimed marsh, sits by the window
and counts the pools of water on the
moorland, sits by the hour and thinks o.
the moist cemetery, sits and weeps and
scolds the cherubs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08

All day, all night, can hear the jar
OF the loom of life, and near and far
1t thrills with its deep and mutfied sound,
As the tiroless wheels go always around.
Busily, ceaselessly goes the loom
In the light of day and the midnight giosm.
The wheels are turning early and late,
And the woof Is wound in the warp of fate.
Click clacki there's q thread of love wove in
Clickl clackI another Of wrong and sin;
What checkered thing will this life be
When we see 1t unrolled in eternityI
Time, with face Ike mystery,
And hands as busy as hands can be,
Sits at the loom with Its warp outspread,
To catch in its meshes each glancing thread.
When shall this wonderful web be done2
In q thousand years, perhaps, or one;
Or tomorrow. Who knoweth, not you, nor J.
But the wheels turn on and the shattles fly.
All, sad-eyed weaver, the years are slow,
But each one is nearer the end, know,
And some day the last thread shall be woven in;
God grant it be love instead Of sin.
We sre spinners Of wool for this hfe-veb-say
Do we furnish the weaver thread each dayf
1t were better, then, oh, my friend, to spin
A beautiful thread than thread Of sin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08

IT is in the minute circumstances of a
mans conduct that we are to inquire for
his real character. In these he is under
the influence of his natural disposition.
and acts from himself; wilhelm his more
important actions he may be drawn by
public opinion, and many other external
motives, from that bias which his dispo.
sition would have taken.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08
sp.os. lr: av. / m. s.n. ! m. ) N. /. n
-LIFE's MTsERY.

We SOW the glebe, we reap the corn,
We build the house where we may rest;
And then, at m oments, suddenly
We look up to the great wide sky,
Inquiring wherefore we were born
For earnest, or for iestf
II.
God keeps his holy m mysteries
Just on the outside Of mans dreaml
In diapason slow, we think
To hear their pinions Iise and sink,
While they float pure beneath His eyes,
Like swans adown stream.
III.
And, somtime es, horror chills our blood
To be SO near such mystic things;
And we wrap round us, for defense,
Our purple manners, msods of sense
As angels from the face of God,
Stand hidden in their wings
And, sometimes, through life's heavy swound,
We grope for them-with strangled breath,
We stretch our hands about and try
Te reach them in our agony
And widen so, the broad hfe-wound,
Which sosn is large enough for death.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08

A LADY school teacher in a western
town resigned her position, because when
she undertook to correct the big boys
they would attempt to kiss her-give her
a smack " for a blow. Fourteen hun
dred old girls have applied for the vacant
position.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08

THE remains of Roman house, with
part of the heating arrangements, were
recently discovered near Mengen, in
Wurtemberg. In the mosaic flooring of
the principal room was depicted Me-
dusa head, completely preserved. Rem
nants of frescoed walls were found.
North of Mengen, near Ennetach, many
coins and remains of Roman buildings,
and a finely executed but headless statu-
cite of Mercury, were brought to light.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08

A HEAD properly constituted can ac-
commodate itself to whatever pillow
the vicissitudes OF fortune may place
under it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08

The most fashionable CATERS nova
days-Investigators.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-08
TIE IOOM of LIE.

Jon Rzuuue Of al descriptions furnished .,
rder, and guaranteed to prove satisfactory a b
ustity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-13
Mississippi's Heroine.

Ex Governor Il. c. Powers, Of Mississippi, who
has recently arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, said in
conversation with a reporter of the Leader, on
Tnu'sd II haze been acquainted with Judge
Chisolm and his family, and know perfectly the
Uncomfortable courage they alfpossessed. There
never lived man endowed with more courage
than Judge Chisolm. Immediately alter tue
tragedy, Miss Chisolm telegiaphed Tor me- re-
paired TO her bedside, aud from her dying lips
received detailed account of the bloody affair
She seemed to think that in giving up her own
life TO save her father she had done nothing more
than a simple duty, and thought that her actions
were not anything remarkable. In my opinion,
she performed one of the most courageous acts
ever known to the world, and the men who com
mitted tins most foul murder of innocent and pat
riotic people should be hunted down with nntirlng
efforts until they are brought before the bar oil
Justice"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-13

very good illustration of the gambling
propensities of certain portion of our
people may be found in the greatly dimin-
ished attendance at the jerome Park races
since the abolition of pool-selling. as CON-
pared with the crowds which used to flock
there when this form of betting was still
permitted by law. There certainly have
been no finer fields of horses, and no
more exciting contests, than those which
have been seen during the first Tour days
of the present meeting But large pro-
portion of the old habitues either be-
take themselves to the pool-rooms at Ho-
boken or stay at home, because they fail
to take any pleasure in the sport for its
own sake, and because the rather vulgar
kind of betting with which they are ia
miliar is no longer possible. We imagine
that the healthy development of the Amer
can turf is not likely to suffer from the alb
sence Of these gentry, and we trust that
all lovers of manly pastimes will find in
their absence fresh reason for including
the race-track among those places which
can be resorted to without contamination,
and be made the source of healthy and
sustained pleasure. -New York Times.
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such a mode of incubation Is oil the more dan
gerous, because unsupported and insidious. II
should be remembered, moreover, that hydropno-
bia can be contracted indirectly from the saliva
of an animal suffering from it, as, for instance,
by wiping the lips with q napkin or article of
clothing accidentally soiled by such saliva. II IS
to be devoutly hoped that the precautions which
are usually conjoined to the dog days will be ex-
tended to all parts of the year. for it is notorious
that hydrophobis is as common in winter as II Is
in summer, though people still persist in clinging
doggedly TO the old belief. The regulation about
destroying vagrant dogs is a wise one, and should
be fathlessly and tesrlessy carried out. Ii the
chances of contracting this awful malady are TO
be reduced TO a mnimum-and that in the present
state Of our knowledge is all that can be done
close and continued surveillance should be kept
over every dog. Where his history is not known
there is always danger.
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STATE NE WIS,

notwithstanding the hard times says the Jour
nal, Monmouth presents quite an an i'm ated ap-
pearance. Mr. G. ii. Berry is running the saw
mill and also the shovel handle factory making
mostly now the long spade handles. Emery &
Waterhouse are doing a very good business in the
manufacture Of shovels and hoes, although not
employing as many men as through the wiuter.
u D Fairbanks has completed his preparation for
the manufacture of cotton yarn.
The Dexter Gazette says that the gold mine at
NO. o, Flscataqnls county, about which some OF
the stsid citizens of Dover and Foxcroft came
near losing their senses, proves to be a humbug.
Inc chaps who exhibited the specimens, and de.
clarcd that bushels of the same sort could be
scraPed up anywhere in the vicinity of the spot
where they found the ore, could not get on the
right track, when they started back with enthusi-
astc prospects at their heels.
Smith, the Bucksport murderer, since he has
been confined to Jail, has spent considerable of his
time in reading the good book. lie says be has
read the Old testament twice. and the new three
tunes, and Is now on the fourth.
The managers Of the Board of Trade in Port
land have requested the President of the United
states to take action for a eredahle represe nta-
n0n OF the United States at the Worlds Fair of
1873
MIR. Nathaniel Knigh, of Portland, was throw
over bank by a COW he was leading, fortnight
before his death, breaking his leg in two places
His nervous system was so shattered before, that
he was unable to rally from the shock.
Mrs. I. Wymsn of Sebec, died on Sunday,
while sitting in buggy on the way to church.
At first it supposed that she had tainted but
death proved to have been instantaneous.
At a special meeting of the 18th Maine Regi-
ment Association, appropriate resolutions on the
death of Assistant Surgeon VIM. Wescott, were
unanimously passed.
The new Texas colony in Portland, has mem
bership Of sixty-six men, representing two hun
dred people.
Little Victor Sawyer, son of p. A. Saver OF
Lewiston, came near being drowned on the 9th
lie, in company with another little boy, wandered
down to the river, just below the dam, and be fell
IN, but succeeded in getting back to the road,
when he was discovered and carried to the house,
as he could hardly walk. 1t is a great wonder
that be got out When asked what he thought of
first he replied that "be wished his papa was
there TO help him. -t@
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The correspondent of the Tribune writ
ing from Georgia says; There are no
indications of division in the democratic
party. Not single man of the least in
fluence has spoken word in public in IA
vor of breaking the solid white vote and
giving fragment of it to the republican
party. or to any new organization formed
for The purpose of reciprocating the SER
vices of President Hayes to the South