The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-10-04
TOPICS OF THE TIME.

Hon. A. H. Stephens is again in
fair way to fill his seat, or attend to
the duties of Senator yet another Ges-
sion.
As those 100000 unarmed Kentuck-
ians would not go to meet Hayes, Hayes
came to meet them, and now they are
all happy.
Tom Scott does not propose to resign
the presidency of the Texas Pacific, He
has taken all the rubs and he means to
have the subs if congress will but give
them.
The average Englishman opens his
eyes in wonder and his mouth with
greed at the mammoth oysters now be-
ing shipped to the British Isles in re-
frigerators.
Gen. Butler protested to be interview
ed in Chicago. He said he expects to
have something to say in Congress when
it meets, and does not care to commence
the inhiction at this time.
The Chinese laundrymen in Sacra-
mento refuse to pay the city license.
Twenty-nine cases are now before the
courts, the defendants intending to ap-
peal to the Supreme Court.
A Chicago bridegroom signed the
marriage certificate "Sir Charles Dill
they There is no such Baronet, and
it is supposed that the bride, q st. Louis
heiress with whom he had eloped, has
been fooled.
1t is good time now for FLORIDA
colonies" Persons who move down to
Fernandina within the next three or
four weeks and don't get into the clutch
IS of yellow Jack, may consider them
selves safe for another year at least.
Justice, though tardy, is beginning to
stretch forth its hand for the swindling
officers of the State savings bank, Of
Chicago. Spencer the head william, is
in Europe, and it is feared that he is
cute enough to put himself in safe quar-,
ters.
Theodore Thomas thinks all that's
necessary to make musical concerts {
success in this country is large halls ant
cheap tickets. Savings bank Spencer
was Of the same mind he made large
haul and took storage passage fo'
Europe.
The destruction among the models o
patent churns, corn-shellers and clothes
washers, at the recent fire in the paten
Office building in Washington, will max,
many an itinerant patent-right vendor
heart turn double somersaults at tn
thought Of it.
Gen. Joe Johnston says that botl
sides were greatly demoralized after tn
first Bull Run battle; and that he nov
believes it would have been better TO
the south if the north had won that bnt
tie, for in that event the war woul
have probably ended there.
The Turks have hundred and fort
guns at Plevna, while the Russians hav
environed the place with batteries nun
bering more than twice rs many. ]
victory means to perch on the banner
of the party with the heaviest artiller,
hc may as well get ready to drop on tn
Russian eagles.
Alaska has been practically give
over to the drunken Indians there b
the withdrawal of our troops. The fe
remaining whites of Sitka are in mortl
fear Of losing their scalps before I'll
government awakes to the necessity
sending troops there to protect the
traffic in whiskey.
"Put not your trust in savings banks
would be good rendering of the pr
verb. "Put not your trust in princes
or the round half-dozen savings banl
which have thus far collapsed since IL
resumption of life in business, gro
mismanagement or downright crime h
been the cause of failure.
A New York dispatch says "A l.
ceiver has been appointed for the Clai
mont Savings Bank, and the presider
Sherman, has been arrested" Viii,
recalls the fact that there has been !
mention yet of the arrest of any savin
bank swindler in Chicago. Evident
they do these things betterin New Yor
On the recently robbed Union Paci
railroad train there were silver bars
nearly ten tons weight, but the bars we
so heavy that the thieves were unable
carry them. and the whole shipment "
consequently left untouched. 1t mt
have been severe trial to the roa
agents to be compelled to ride away al
leave whole carload of the raw mat,
ial for the dollars of their daddies, b
there was no help for it.
1t appears that the only way in viii
the latest job of the counterfeiters-t
five dollar bills on the First Natior
bank of Tamaqua-can be detected
in the superiority of their workmansh
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