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A Heavy r,aex Tax BIZ:


Under the above heading, the Yir-
giniS! Chronicle charges that through
completely OF Storey County Commits
sionSrs, tho Grown Point and Ee!ehccyr
mining companies were enabled to eyaidc
the payment OF legitimate taxes nccru-
ing prior to1the year s75 to the amount
Of $500, 900, and states that one OF Ne
yNda's ablcst lawyers, having thorough
ly Investigated tha facts in tho case,
declares his willingness to undertake
and bear tho expense OF n suit for tho
amount The present District attor.
pey has reported to the new Board that
in ovorhapling tho tax accounts OF tho
mining companies. lie has found that
about ono million dollars is duo the
county, and thinks most OF it could DO
collected. sir~ na4iz aa..@'s,'
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The Phoebe Record Of tho 7tb ;rsta,
SGo"rses 'h"sly under the appropriate
heading OF "a Good Showinr." WI
Captain Day returned to PiocLo % 49,,
charge Of tho Raymond & Ely ,m:,'s
things were ut very low Glib W.,
had been written to the Trustee, H..
tho orc i'll the upper levels VIVA an '
hausted, no more to be had; in a.,
the laine was played out-there w.,
no hands at work and only few ,rnn
chloridinS in the mine. Thin"s ho.,,
changed r9w, however, and have com.
t!nucd 70 show marked imaroycmc,t
"iasa Captain Day took charge. Tbcro
III" no" on the pay roll OF the Comn,,,.
""o"t 80 probably more-v,,,
nTe paii t"Gnis.-sy; the mill ii runIin,
dGy ana nigh. on ore and tnilings; th,
foundry aud machine shops find cnouch
10 10 to employ II few hands, beside.
which !cains are kept running REGULARLY
to Bailionvi!!c. For the month of .Jr,,,
enough bullion was made 20 nav III,
expenses tor ;ha, month ana To Inv. .
aurpIuG Of $40, 0oo.
The s"Iae paper contains TIE follow
i"g:
The arrival Of The mail carrier fran
the Hiuddy and arizona on SATURDAY.
last brought the news Of the killing of
Grant Blake AMI Pat O'Brisn, njj,s
Johnny i!n::er n. Greenwood CITY, Ar
i2o:!a. = town near the McCrac,,cr
'"in", on the 3lth Of june, 10y Il faro
! dealer named Foster. Blake and Baker
kept = corral ana saloon at Greenwood.
having purchased the Same from Jack
polar, foImarly n constable in Phoebe,
Foster was dcnling II faro game in tho
saloon. nud Baker. having been drink
ing. was playing against the game. lie
sustained II run OF bad luck, and rcr
! consequence. imrsimcl that lie was be.
inS robbed hy the dealer, and maxim.
| REMARKS - him - tlht effect This led
to II gu"rTrI Q! words, in wl!icl. Baker
| applied 10 Foster thc cpthct o: Il s-n
! d: h--h, wlercupOn Foster mrnsu
Ii"m the table. went ont OF the building
ma - - a'c"al az 50 returned will. u
d"ub!e.'"r.rl"L "i:cisua. %"cing Potter
ntn!n VIII = gun. Baker drew q whist.
Ter pistol, bHt IVES shot dead b. Foster;
not. however, before ho had .ircd ut
Foster, the lnll striking him on tho
no'', Penetrating tn eye a"d finally
Lodging in the head. Blake, on sealing
what had happened to his partner, AT
tcInptga to draw his whistler, but was
ia tGra shetland instantly killed by FUa-
tar. Foster > wound waa found 10 be OF
very dangerous character. it being
"rIy doubtful il Ec will recover.
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A special from Vienna says that the

A special from Vienna SAYS that the
abandonment Of the Juuta by the
Turks is more surprising since, to
judge from the stout defense OF the
bridge mud The position of Iicla. where
the Turks rcpul."d the first attack OF
the Russians, with considerable loss. it
might have been supposed that they
intended to defend that line and 10y thus
threatening their flank prevent the Ers-
slams from advancing into the interior.
The Turks have so completely sup.
pressed al information abou, the move
.ten;s Of their troops that 20 :dcn can
be for!Gcd rs to shat they mean 10 dc,
but it shows ci:ho: utter hoIpi,Ssnris
y" Il very deep l4ii plan. that they
should have neglected. the brii!i,n. OF.
portun!:irs Afforded therI OF meeting
the Russians Ia advantage.
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y fr% days ago, n clcik in tho en-
rloy 81 j.. l.. Drcxlcr & Co., slocl;
brokers nt Virginia City, nbscou,icd
with 5 900 Of the nsm'a money. I!o
took tho railroad Mt Reno, accompanied
by his wife, 10 whom he had hrcu mr.
rrd but u fcw months. lIis namo Ia
Eiwnrd Mnlirn.
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WAITED.

tID IAKE 4 rTt,tITESr ENGAGEMENT
win y clergyman hnYiut l'l"Hrc. or
Eib!c Eoal"f, 10 lntrniurr 81 Tlkn County, ~"
tfiEURArED SFW Centennial Edition OF tnn
molly BinbS, For description, notice ,,ll'".
iiHl In last week II Issue Of u T. paper AHdteh"
NJ oiIrn r. T.. IiURIUS & Co..
JUS Indianapolis, Ind.
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4 whirlwind recently struck the town
Of pensaukoo, Wisconsin, dcmolishiTE
honscH, barns, fences, ETC., and tearing
up large trees whirlcd them in the mir
like @trnwa. Six persons are known to
10 killed, aud twenty odd nrc moro or
less severely wounded.
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EnEgiIIEG.

"a couple Of Stills ill up The set.
THOMAS nAEaI3, miner in The Whita
Il Shiloh mimc, ut Galenn, was killed
by Il cave in T. chute n few days ago.
4 s:iE%D:D ore Development is re-
pof!vi::T having been made in the Stat
ford :::ime on Treasure hill, Few days
nSo. 4 thi:.y-fout body Of o:n waa
struck, asaayiag i,om $50 20 $500 per
ton.
TH% Da&iy Nect states that the Bit
iSh Iirct at RcG:Ia bag. with tn. midi
:ioms Or.!rre'i 10y the Admiralty, viii
present an aggregate of 81 vvs,Yli
with 100 guns, AMI crew oi from
7,0JJ to 5000 iaen.
AEY person who knows Of the present
whereabouts Of ". /. :;:ough:on, car.
l'aater and Sta:r biiider, who WIS IN
Nirr.n;n City IA 1876, will confer n ia.
ror Oh the friends of s,ii ;i:ou!hton Nv
undressing y. q. Al&.naom, postmaster
al Virginia City.
TnE Directors Of :he Ma. Siiuring
Company i,"Yr been III session IL san
| Francisco, but ;y,u:lrial - Lu,;,r..
Of particular Importance. Tic mcy:
meeting " IA. Directors, VIII H., L.. =,
Reno on the lTih. a. ,., ,,ic. 81 80.
| 1et,rv .So,tnn
| VIZ l,lrn {rNr,, flo p,y.y tl,,,,.r, T.,
!'iN ii'"' TIC ]'?'| IMAM an H.
"'''i "+' 'i''>'''" ~ '"' c'''%cES OF ""fd
'' INV gu '0' "''e'iF'eH Rap" u ai'i'"i
b'' " "''' Jul l't"i"s "'"er"' h3 H.
'''%'.'' VI '''' "''S" ''.'!''"' "'' ""i''.''i''
'''o ,"''""'"' ann itAr q lHithtr
''"''o'' - ''"''''''''""'
NJ Ih'rlY tT1r", 'tt" "thcr day, Il
nni"E Who's" n"H:" Il ~! ;i"rm. daring
I"AI'c! w:'m d".m .'-n::, :. saloon
Erc?yF az! miner q ti'r: l'l:trn, wa tho:
and &,F:9c"ly w2G::.l",! hy 'na later.
The injured a'!n il Aid .:!r". !:1ll
I.:r'!t.' w'Ta u: ''i"a!'''! It: "a" t!i"" Of
TIC d':a"n''T' %'!'h i"et g.'':'.'!';y ~
''.'"'' az '''' "'"'' ''''"''''
I";. re'"rA o. 't!rhf2, tac fiH;c
rh!ci :''m "a" !.nn",""', ~ @ur.ir"
III TIE "':"'r sue !: Is dal:.;A'si Nth
"h"' u" III" On t'r E"''''n. lie Wa
H'''''" very c''h.'''! ~ H-i'. -.'-''"-
ly hrs r,t m.,r,:, i.:, ,r ,.... :,
the .u;uiy md .,..,.. 49,. ..i.f,... .,
the rea.ca.I,, iu..,,li.,r. -, IL. .,;t.
ill., lrft Iii, ,on.,',,. +, ,.rn ,,,.,,,,y..u
and lie lad 10 ray III. L,,,i ,iu 81
himself and ion .w..s .glich amounted
(, gal in San Frn,ri,ro. E,fry on H..
i; aware Of. the ria,.s in nll unt.t Of
:ln Stu:, have u.,l iLg r,;,p.,., ,,,,
Of Gsl.,:ug The %hi:.s. nrl lie l,.,.i
Tho settlers in ~ pnts Of III. country
wil. 10; he uinr.nrI 49, !!.rg.. il mo- C,:,-
go % ~! In,i!r: ou.;.rtui; in titi,, COIN.
try. lie suyS the IL hl,inry Who lei,
Paradise Nui!cY inyc alr,arIy ,tmu,rI.
or viii return Gn work cvc ti,sr VIII.
Inny give thg!a employment.
Tpr S,I,,r Stat, NJ ,t,c Dr, ,.iy,, r.,
fplIow;u,, occ,p,,t NJ .I.. r,li,,,,; a.,
fpd. yeas ola boy u,r.cb I.r,r., r.d
who atray,d from i ricpi., u,.ty moan.
Uu.oayilir. t,w day, or,,. cnd for
whom almost ,ho ,,t;,, ci,;>n,, If
tho town turned ont :, so-rrI,. "r,,.
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StRA;drr two year old Louisville,
Kentucky, Whisky Mt tho SENATE. by
tho gallon or hGrrcll.
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$. j. SMrrn, matchmaker and jcs.
cler, ElkU, Nevada.
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GoLD, $i.o5A a. 1861. Currency,
G5N a. 95'.. IN , '"3,
P"tI 49,. --. 81 r-..
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IL. a. SuuLE,
GE0RGE WiLLINMaos.
l.. l.. MOn0AS,
ED. J. CARrgAU,
q. HoYfIAS,
JAMES BuCXiSGITAst,
j. ". CorrLr,
WI. SMITH,
BERNARD ToSEG,
X. T.. SToKER.
, 1877-12-31
NEW.YEAIs'b CALLS,

ADDITIONAL nP&H lkOV3E1.
Thc list of latl.co who will rccoiyy callers to-
morruw should bs Increased by aiding thu fol.
luwlug names received ut this olllro too lAtc Tor
insertion In the publication tnadc yesterday:
SOUTH nIylsI0A.
1870 Indiana a.snne-Ilrs. j. Lafnyctfc Curtis
and daughter with Mr.. Is. x. <owlea aud Miss
Laura Guwlcs, 3f DeY!la Lake. aud Mia4 Lucy
N.cfce, Of McnIphI'.
,l4al tsat,.a aseYus1A". ~" u, Z. Mallory, -:
Nl.s jrssio High,
Is. Thirty .tit.. .tscet-Mfs. Col. j. 4. Mutllgap.
ite Missss Muili-an, MIS- Sa:aas, Niss Sa:tnt,
M, tustlse Hsase ascnNv- Mtss Leen0ss Roth
Errbqr. uss1.tcd by M!s+ slary tiFAhRu,.
1Gl' soh,h nsaioura street1-Afs. itetticL. A.
s!bttd by ;Lss 4tlaIc AfDu1 aha Mas julia Huehl.
WEsF nls Vision
497 West Monsot stIssI-aiEss Annie Reid, With
Niss Llzx!t saerHiu.
Goodrich,
1Uu fulton strect-Ats. benjamin A. II. Cart.
wright. st.isssd ny her daughter Kitty and Mis-.
l00 Warren aycnus-Nlss Mstisa E. Noble.
Turtle.
NORTH DIVISION.
Psus. s~lu9 Will keep open houao New. Years soz
u AIs con1EtY4tlon aud 0tber frfends.
Tle Fsesldeut VI Ito ST. Andrews Bocle&y, Af.
D. II. Catnt IuM, will receive The nonatss. OF lho
Society uu New-3ta1'x At hla sss,1sDce, No. La
Nufth Gtute street.
:. ao5 Wst.let arsaue-Ass, o. Curtis, Ma. D. s.
aU7 weu*ses asenos-Ats. Il. Il Gage Ma.
Nut.sd: aut Miss Aat5 Gags.
ale Webster ssenus-Afa. koAa snd daughter.
aud Jennie Aacaalay. ssstsscd BY Mas EdnA b v
90 Chicago ..saue.-Al.. 1ts Tsoo.t Nlss Mar,
80 Mieh'Ssn suest-Alss AsIy Qsislsy. Ma
GLEN uesSAn.
, 1877-12-31

. oenrs,.-~ .y.,,n-st1.s Mary Eori Miss Dana
,vahs,a. h".''sfJ sf}.s inne. Sirr rr,nir
E.onnrcrtnrs NJ ar;ynArts LIST
rhr 1Snru,nrcmcnt ,hst Wlss ynldcrYccr
rania rrccfrr c,is ~ lid [,urdjek House Was
,,nn.,thori,ei' shn wtll NOT receive.
Wrs Eimr;r. i;rtn' Mia Anna ettcfcl, OF
f;oi,o,. q" Ma Anna RIor,ian, md Atfas ,ioste
Err,, Iii rr,..iv, at Ma. IGol Wabash avenue
Nnnt A, M iii
Thc II la for No 1ea E,1ta nyepue was nfscon-
s,r,,r1. T,,c namr. sttnI,t hare been; The
Jssrs ,,air. assi.tei by lbs Misses Hinc nu,l
Wswlc i{nilantI.
Tic auuourcamcnt that Mrs. ". l.. Swan,
ossisfrtj by Atrs. f. II. Ncclanti.. would rccc!rn
at No. .g, irving place, wns unauthorized. ant.
shs,. frirnts ara Ratified TINT thcg viii not lla
In thc ltst of ladies' receiving at No. Iii Mo-
hawk strcet. thc name nfintcd Miss Annie Par.
kcr shnuid hayo tcen Attas Annie Isaakc.
ri" iair rccctrtt,r nj No ;,,9 Oak street
.hnnL1 f,orc hccn rfrcn as Mjss Emctfa Alanz-
mt t;lanu.
Tho fniiowfnr names m 1}alstcd street we're
crrt,urou.fy riassi,irl wfth fho North Division;
thcy shtu,jil hsyn hcnn in tbe West Division:
X r. wis.e, ~ .nd 1,nr,c .1ohn.on.
ais Mtse.st:nrrte itan.o,,. Tilltc Hanson, Laura
s,'srbonchu. arti fner 1nderson,
ri. .,.,,, ~ 1i.. n n r,t,c,or1. u,vcn for
, 1877-12-31

departure By the rear dour. and bastcd him one
IN thu face with hroosn-stick. which caused
5 % oves f IL ss Tet5s Il e .ss s.e " nhs
escaped the notice of tho thief. No nrrcsts.
Thr noltre have found youth that Is worth
exhibiting In q circus As n Hnnufnn cannfhal.
Ills name is Eddie Vorc. Last evening, In ~
Intoxicated condition. he picked quarrel with
Lake street. Then. he lrew revolver, and
threatened to shoot. Coda oyrrpowcrcd him
ANIL took The weapon AWAY, whercnron porr, 10
le rcrenEet. caught ny, o'1o q C9.la's c!lltron
ami hit tts lett ear in two. Tho brute then III
| eapcd, anil has not since been captured. torc's
rascnis live On North Clark street, and The t,o-
lice hare every hopc Ut capturing him In tho
course of slay or two.
Minor arrests: William and Matte Botl'cy, OF
York street. ctatketl with tho larceny Of cloth.
Charles +. 1fvdc. No. tD1 Alnnrnn strcct, IN
which Matte wns II scrvans;, William CaRncy,
! at present Under bai! Tor attempted BURGLARY.
t 2ms. % sE'fE T. ' sop
tieorec tilneeabaci ot t4.so On n Christine: Erc
III front OF the latter's snloon, No. 400 State
street; Daniel Gillian; ncwshoy, collecting
nuucy from juscph ktic, to which he hRt M
| right; &tlltan uayin. another Of tlc yb,tnd
[ talt.th!cvc. who have been working residences
III tho southern, part m tltc city.
| u. J.. Smith, white mat, keeping saloon nt
Nn. IN FOURTH nftAue, which IL lfeQnehttn
n,n,ost exclusively by negroes, WA 80 badly
beaten last night that for time hts litc was
leapalretl Of, md, M he ia upwards OF 60 years
Gf nue., hts recovery Il nut at oil crrtain. 4
negro namctl William Parker had lmb!''td freely
at the !,ar. a1,d, not being able to pay, was as-
eaultctl By sntll armed With eluh. In
The *irugQ1e ,scnrl. named E1nma Anderson
i'apl,cncsi ill., and, tiniiuE the coorrti raca wns
getting tho worst Of It, she di*arrnetl tho old
tua,,, And bcst t.tus severely with the club Both
NCrG tnkru to the AfniprY. hut Eulta1 EaA eoOt1
after rc1eased on 81, ,Oo0 haii by Justice Po1!nk.
Smith received prompt attcnt1anr, md latc tast
evening waA rcsttnE comfortably enough, con-
| aiicriny his tn!trmitfcs anu injuries.
, 1877-12-31

xpond to Justices Court In civil life. They
hare cogntzancc Of MI the lesser ntEcnhc., tcinE
limited IN the p.,ntshmunt they can lndlr' IL
sal l .'so forfeiture of two months pay. ticn.
crnl Courts havc Jurisdiction ever NIL other
crimes and all offcntcs Injecting M officer.
Previous to thr trial of an officer "r man a'c+
tlons rnnst b. forwarded to The Dcpartmrnt
Commander for Ills approval, or In otl!cr words
must hc s.Nmttte,! 10 the scrutiny Of his lcGa.
adviser. the Ju,tgc-A,is.cntc. The ttfno CON
s,tmed hr the trantmlsston and rettlrn u the
document tn and from snmc Isolated frontier
posts amounts to six weeks or moro; but, NV
Ing to the culpabfc negligence of the .tn1rc.
Adrocntc, weeks more clapse before the chnrEca
ln1 n this time the soldier ia undergoing pun.
ishrncr1t bclng confined At hard labor uulcr tho
gitan1. Though nt the trial 1'c IL acquitted. the
court haze 10 power to. rctcnso him. 1lc Is
perform hnri labor, and still trcatcd a. d con.
victed criminal while the record Of the
proceedings Of the Court are forwarded
10 the .rulrc-Atlrotate, through him to rceelre
then returned 10 tho Court. After all this use.
less crcnm}ornttou thc innocent victim Is sch
free, ripe for any crime In tho cxasperatc statc
If his mind nctastnnca ''y tho sFnnas inflicted
srinl. Cases I1avc occurred IN this Department
where soldiers }layc been contlnc.l anil punished
for four Or etx months, owing to the detention
Of Their charges Dy Antnofittes hcatQunfteSs.
md then tried and fnuud tnnoecut pt 1lt OtIenses
nlfrogl against them.
No rcparatton whatever is made for ti!s gross
injustice; It r. an inscparaho co,sconlstant of
t,nr bureau of Military Lust!cc: While the
Judge -Atlyoeates ren,afn ~ 4 I!stlnet cnrps
these monstrous wrongs will continue .ifs-
grace 10 tho country That prints them, and a
l'let On the profession they alsaonor.
It Is most earnestly tn be hoped TINT Cnngrcss
will take into consideration this Session lo sub
irrt nf nr1ny orrnrfzAtip not merely thc ef1t1-
bic question Of Increasing Or reducing the force
80 many thousand men. The principle Of tr,lo
cconnu1T lies mich deeper. 1t Is found In tho
arfuy Itself, In It's condition., It's interior mr.
ranEcmcnt, The public would be ass0ntsllcd,
Congress Itself would bo surpriscd, could Il
realize what thorough reorganization would
effect. Let but this he accomplished, and the
prcscnt number of men would he a burden on
the taxpayfnR community so light rs not to be
appreciated.
Abolish tho stpcrtnouE staff corps, and.
aboYo a!lt sweep nway forevcrt the obnoxious Du-
rcau OF Military Justice U. &. A.
, 1877-12-31


The rearpearnncc of Miss cottfc1ty at tho
New Chicago Inst evening, after her triumphsi in
IL. Louis. was made the occasion Of grand osa.
tion to the talented and brilliant young soubrcttc.
Not only WIS ahc greeted by a full and fashfon.
nb1c house, hut she wns also made the rccipi-
cut Of largo number Of fl6ral tokens. i!io
warmth With which st,g was received untioubt-
clty stimulated her to unusual efforts, aud II Is
bit fair to say TINT mover before has sho mp
rcafcd to surh advantage "a she did last evgn-
Ing. From the time the curtain rose on tho t(rst
net until the end Of tho last, sl,e kept tho audi
encc enchanted and in a continued roar Of
laughter BY her splendid singing and her tnmft-
nblc drollcrIcs and actions. Bslt list1e that Is
favorable can bu said Of the play Itself, which Is
une ot those curious nclodranatIc buricsuucs
tnown among Germans as urossc Posse. These
plays hare hut little plot Or intrinsic value, but
arc full Of amusing and funny Incidents inter.
sIwracd With so1iRa and eoupfcts, and aiEord
the suubrcttea mud comedians in excellent op-
1,ortunty to shuw their varfetl ta1cnts alld ac.
eon,plsnmcl.ts 4, the best light. "Laftschl9es PES,
evening, Il no t,cttcr md no worse than unst
plays Of ttls kind. II was performed Ia tho
snMo pfnct lust ono yraf asn niid
sh!sycd hut %r'ctatS sucSss.. ;, lt'1 1. s tast
simply at,d solcy duo " tho fact that the cast
Last evening was far better than lust year. As
already statcd, Miss Cottgelly artcsl Tic part OF
.frs. HrAhsftr III so inlmisabt, funny, and apr-
tied ruanncr Al tu Keep tho houseIn co1tstant
uproar, nnsl ale was several tincs cncorcd atIh
| casled bcfurc tho curtain. Sucli acting ~ shp
dtl Inst evening l,as never beture been hcau in
this eity. Nothing was uyertluc car!catt.rel;
every picture was ltelike, It is this uaturanoss
anl freedom ri movements that cnrauturcs aud
! gapttvatca ali those who haya an opportunity to
,sltncts her brilliant performances. in her e.
forts las. evening she WA ably seconded by tho
| two comedians OF tho company. A[essrs. Koch
and Shobcs, tho furn,er a. PHnebe7V, rval-cstate
| and house owner, and tho latter "a
Iirtho'xer, manager of Nrt, 6rtthoftr's cs|ate.
10th ot thcao excellent comedians seemed
to bo infected oy Miss Cottrclly's uneontsollab'c
| tluntor, ind gaYo performances that reflect
great credit upon them. They ahared tho up
llausu and l.onors With tho great soubretfe.
The part of Paula Erbsx*rst, BY Mrs. Clausscn,
alst, deserves favorable mention. Tic Other
1nlrts were snail. hut atl wcre acted as we'll as
tAu.d bo expected. Altogether, last uyeulug's
t performance was ono Ut the most enjoyable vet
gwen ut Wuratcr's theatre this seasun. IL Afs.
| Wurssur will only continue to gvc such piays,
tnterspcrscd with turcGs and c0fnetllcs, l1r tho
protluctlns1 OF whtc, hts company 10 best suited,
md let dramas ard tragedies uIone for the bal
ipec of this season, llc will ret have q balance
| IN tho credit sic of the ledger.
, 1877-12-31

hccn lnulc1 away frnm tl,r field. M thrifty
farther should permit Ills fhnta to- he et'mhcresl
with stones. fIe should mnrIs tho location of
tug ont. Where tl'p *nl1 Il not frosvn, the buys
and mcn may find employment now In to'ncning
AMI digging up these unslGhtly ntid expensive
nsiitAnces, and, wiscn The snrfare freezes hnul
them away IN Tho s!ct1, or \ stoMe-hont nandc of
couple 81 pieces Of plank. We know of onc
man who ha. pail ont more for plow.repaifst
tweken 'sh.a!etrccs, and lost st"ac. n the las:
Ava years. tan It would take to buy goNi
horse, and all hceautc l'c ncglccts this duty.
Where tho stones nre too large to hnn.lIc, they
should be hurled beyond the depth Mt whlcl, n
p1ow would crer s'c likely To touch them.
NoNsESsiCAL EBCirRs.
There never was n scarrity ut pcnp1c to Gfvc
nlvicc. Tho only truub'c with ntlvlce fs, that It
L. generally unreliable, or Is gErcn rs an cxprrl
fncnt. When we 10 tlot know tllc authHr VIC
alwnya takc II with great deal of allowance.
Even ,ncn Of reputation, givc Mlsice on subjects
upun which tt'ey nto profoundly ignorant But
what NC Intended tn say wAa, That halt 0r more
OF the recipes giyen for ctokfng, for tho prevci
to of diseases. for killing Insects, ctc.. arc Of
pie:
4 bait Of waste cotton, .htntated with coa,-olf.
rolled In rnlpi,nt at,.t rta under tree. did nos
ks ~ Viii we s sss sss as Ssss n
fc.tcd. 30 says PENNSYLVANIA frutt.rsowor.
Now. thr aboye IA perhaps truo; but tho par.
nHrapslcr who fct 1t noht 1ieRIcct6 to tell us the
tGnsGn VI LHG year IN WHICH III Apply H. anti VIC
do not rcnlly know whether tho fr,,it-urowcr
used It to kill barkticu {cocclin) OF plat,t.lIeo
{aphis malt}. Both infcst thu nppic-sreo: but It
"a evident TINT nothing short OF actunl burning
do not at nscscut ex'st, except In tho egg forul.
We tlo hot tlouht tic efficacy of the rcuic,iy ~
means Ut cxtermiaation for both ktnsls 1t III
srcts, II applied ut tic right time. We hope
that aa1c Western orchaTtllst Will try tho relti-
etly next spring. aud report tt,on tts merits. .
NELT-DNAtNRt] TANDS
arc At this tlsuo particularly desirable. II Is I'm.
possible to keep yard III whcl. cattle or other
like decent condition, when It rains i'll THO
time; but great improvement ,nay bo fnh,lc
ly opening llttlo tlftches, md thereby letting uit
tho standing wutcr. PUNT out tho necessity for
do It with. 4 good dry yard Will ts tho result
RuAAL 1H.
, 1877-12-31


The En9tewooI 1lusc Company have respond
cd 10 thrty-onc alarms OF fire during the Jcar
1877, ten Of which were false alarms. The fires
at which tley have performed dnty havc cx-
tended from tho stock-Yaris on tho west to
1fvtlc Park and Grana Crossing Oh the east, and
Mt several they hare done valuable tcrvlcc I'll
saYlng property, which lias been recognized, In
eonlc Instances, nY donations to tho Company.
The members Of the Company include some
al tho hest citizens Of tho village. and when 1t Is
taken into consideration that they receive no
,ay for their services, IL Is wonder that they
fcspo.,d 90 readily.
The police force OF En9lcwood hnve made 100
arrests during tho year 1871, principally Of W.
grants and tramps.
Christmns-wcck has been well observed by
tho different Sunlay-eellocls. The Methodist
aud Presbyterian had entertainments on Christ
mus eve At their respective churches, at which
tho children wcre provided With sunpce and
tho baptist Sahbasi,-Schooi were entertained on
Christmas night at Tilotson Hall. eanta Claus
Or l dinlnutlve representative md queen Of
presents. which made them all happy.
Trtnity Reformed Episcopal sunIsy School re-
cc!ycd thcir Christmas presents At tho tanc
hall on Wednesday evening. Among the pres
cntS WIS lleW library Tor tho school. Every
holy seemed 10 have been remembered, The
members Of the rlloir, tile organlst, 8uperIll.
tcnacnt Of tho surlay-scl,oof. tcnchgrs, and tho
fufant child Of tho pastor MI received handsome
un,l valuable presents.
Thu UnivcrsalEAts held their Christmas festival
M SATURDAY evening at the old brick scfoot-
house. All seemed 70 enjoy themselves. :,
Myrtle Muxon, an Swear Old daughter OF IL.
Moson, died. oa Saturday Of mcnbraneous
Group. The fllncral tuck place yesterday after
W. II. r. French gave the SECOND lecture OF
the Library. eourse on Friday evcnln9; his sub
, 1877-12-31

- Na{Efat1a {7fF.1 J Rttfs,
tlrcssctl man called at tho statnu-huuso snL in
formed tllu Chief Of pullcu that ho was n fuVi-
tive frnm ilsticc, and that tlu desired to surren
Ss 1o a, xu J he eat M aon. WITT, IT. rapsd 1
"From Ncw York. 1 rubbed a gas company
thcrs of 5000" The Chlut told lin to repnst
to the staiIotl daily, and that he would look Into
l,ta case. 1clcgrams wcro Ecnt to New York.
were verified. Nottcs came To arresG htn,, which
WAS done, arll tho RaA operator now laneulslrs
in jail. When nskeu why he arte.l 40 fonilshlY
~ to "glye htmstlf nway,h his reply was that
llo "woutd rather stay I'd Sing Sling than live In
Te1ao,H