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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25

A temperance movement among the
British troops in India has resulted Ia
400 non-commissioned officers and
soldiers signing the total abstinence
pledge.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25

y DEAD SOLDIERS RING.-A touch
ing incident has occurred in connection
with the death of Lieutenant Reilly,
who fell with General Custer in that
terrible fight on the Little Big Horn,
last year. At the time of the battle he
wore a seal ring with his crest cut upon
it, and this, together with his clothing,
his sword, his pistols, and all his belong
ings, was torn from his dead body and
carried away by some one of the foe
who had helped to kill him. His moth
er, unable to secure his remains, and
longing for something that had been
with him to the last, tried in every way
to recover it; she offered immense re-
wards; she had fac SimilieS of the die
made and sent to the different agencies
along the frontier, and she wrote to all
the commanding officers in the Sioux
country, describing it, and at last she
received official notice from the war de-
partment that the ring had been found.
1t was taken from the finger of one of
the l,500 Cheyennes who came in for
their annual supply of forgiveness and
ammunition.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25

California has three temperance colo
niesi two in Los Angeles and the third
IN ! san, santa q barbara county, They are in
onies are thrifty, quiet and enterprising
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25

!, Alison b. Colby ofMiddlebury, VT,
do hereby solemnly pledge myself, that
from this time, will not, either by my
self, my clerk, servant or agent, or by
any other person sell, furnish or give
away ANY spirituous or malt, liquor, or
any kind of intoxicating drink" at my
place of business in Middlebury afore-
said. or at any other place within the
limits of said Middlebury. And TO this
pledge challenge public scrutiny.
Signed, A. b. CoLBr.
Middlebury, May u, 1877.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25

There are in Connecticut, S,l96 whis-
ky dealers, who sell annually l5,o00, 900
worth of the product of the still
enough TO sink TO perdition any state in
the Union.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25

A minister who had twice married
the same couple--a divorce ensuing be-
tween the two marriages remarked
that he didn't wish TO add a repairing
department to his business.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25
ssThc Conflict Of Ages.r

Men differ on nearly every issue.
There have always been opposite parties
In politics and religion, though the
measures fought over one day may be
universally adopted at another, and
those sacrificed regarded ms heroes and
martyrs. Medicine has also been SUBJ
iect TO revolutionary disturbances.
When Drs. Harvey and Jenner an
nounced their discoveries, they were
held in contempt and ridicule by an in
credulous and ignorant public, vet to-
day they are received and honored by
all as benefactors. When DIR. Pierce
announced his discovery, many seemed
TO doubt, and were skep'ical concerning
all medicines and doctors, but proof Of
merit has dispelled all doubt, and to-day
the Golden Medical Discovery Is the
standard remedy in curing the most OBJ
stinate diseases of the liver and blood,
having almost entirely superseded the
old-time sarsaparillas by reason of its
superior merits.
NORWICH, Chenango Co., \. Y,
Nov. 3, 1876.
X. '. PIERCE, NJ. D.:
was afflicted with a scrofnlons afiec-
iion on one of my legs. Ii was very
troublesome for over two years, 30 much
SO that could not wear boot, and |
had TO keep my leg bandaged. 1t re-
suited In raw sore. II got so bad that
II b. lme general talk that would
have 70 undergo ampniaiion of the limb.
One physician told me he never saw
such a sore cured. commenced taking
yonr Golden Medical Discovery togeth-
er with your Pellets as directed ON the
bottles, and when had consumed six
bottles of Discovery, my leg was entire
w well, and has remained SO ever since,
a period of over two years, and |
would not swap il for fifty wooden legs.
Yours truly. JoHN SHArTUcK.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25

A Woman's Temperance Crusade has
been organized in Calcutta witl mark
ed success.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25
Woman's Temperance Column.
"7ne Lord Of Hosts as scith as, The God
qfJacob is our refage."
To The Lodies Of me Womon's Chris.
'ioa Temperance Union.

fioa Temperance Union:
We, the druggists of fMiddlebury here
by agree that we will not sell, furnish
or give away any intoxicating liquor,
wine or malt liquors in connection with
our business as druggists or otherwise,
except upon the prescription Of a physi-
clan in good and regular standing-said
prescription to be written in regular
form, and to be recorded by us, and Ia
no case will we sell or dispose Of said
liquors clear.
On. +. RIDER,
(Signcd) q. II. PLuMLEY, NJ. D.,
B. +. Owens & Co.
Middlebury, Vt, Feb. 6, 1877.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25
$l,s9.3a,eo

Or,
Receipt of Internal Revenue for lS.5. e6i go 80
Receipts OF 100000 licenses TO retail
granted under state laws at slO0
eAch .o0,OOOOcOpu
Annual loss 10 the nation. l69. 100 0Ci 81
Il 90 aao O.ln IN
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-25
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
TRAINS LEAVE MppLEBuRY.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Arrive from Ticonderoga, 8: rs A. NJ.
Leave for Ticonderoga, 5:37 p. NJ.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30
More Blooded Horses.

III. i. Stout returned from Ken
lucky yesterday, whittier he went
some weeks ago to inspect the ia
nous horse herds of that region,
with view to purchase. He visited
all the celebrated stock farms in the
blue grass region, and finally select
ed two horses from the stables of DR..
L. Herr, one Of the most celebrated
breeders of that State. Mr.. Stout
brought the horses with him. One
is Mambrino Boy, a black stallion
l5t hands hig., weighing between
elven and twelve hundred pounds, in
working flesh, and twelve years of
age. He was sired by Mambrlno
Patchen from pure-bloodcd DAM
In 1875 he made record at Lexing-
ton, Of 2:3l!, and last year he made
his mile in 2:26!, and holds that
turf record. The other horse is a
two-ycar old of remarkable size, hav-
ing already reached 1G! hands,
He is son of Mambrino Boy, and
promises to do honor to his father
When he was yearling he trotted a
tul mile in SIG. Notwithstanding
his uncommon size for a two-year
old, he is said to have all the points
that promise brilliant outcome
He has hind leg cast after the
same model as Lamson's dashlng
little mare. There is no telling how
far big active horse with a hind
leg made after that style may reach.
In making his selection, Mr.. Stout
had the benefit of the Judgment of
Mr.. Harvey Clark, of Independence,
a judge ct horses hard to beat. We
are glad to learn that he intends to
put both horses in our fall races
Dubuque Times, March 24.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30
Gold Mining in Massachusetts.

Essex County Mass. is in terment
Of anticipation over the prospects Of
rich gold mining in that vicinity.
a dispatch says:
At Merrimac 4 shaft has already
been sunk $50 feet, and there are
five levels, with total length of l..
500 feet, with indications of an i'm
m-nse amount of vein matter still be-
low and beyond, and the quantity in
sight is estimated at 100000 tons, be-
sides a rich deposit of gray copper
discovered. Several veins of quartz
were recently encountered, which
are found to assay $50 to $25 Der
ton in gold and silver, apparently il
limitable in amount, and growing
richer as they descend. These veins
are supposed to meet few hundred
feet below the surface, forming per-
haps bed of ore richer than any
yet discovered. The working force
number forty at present, and 500
tons Of tirst-class ore are produced
monthly, worth SI4o per ton. All
the land owners in that region have
already grown wealthy IN antlclpaF
ton
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30
Helping the President.
New York Tribune


Now that the agony is over and
the country has taken time TO breathe,
there is one sentence Of the Presi-
dents Inaugural which deserves not
to become dead letter, rs
with all other ntterances which have
served their turn. but to be kept as
Il watchword by every honest man,
be he Democrat or Republican. 1t
is that in which he calls on the
country to he'll save itself. What
ever may be our individual opinion of
President Hayes policy, whatever
may be finally the success or failure
Of that policy, one thing is certain;
he will never bring back peace and
justice to the country if he has to
work alone. The defect in our So
cial system is the Sinking, by the
majority of our individual RESPONSE
bility. We are in fact an honest
people; the average American lives
quietly with the wife of his youth,
takes no brides, obeys the law, fears
God. Yet in the eyes of other ma
tons he is just now blatant, corrupt,
a bulldozer, Il prominent actor in II
divorce suit or returning board.
This is simply because the public
business of the country is left to
minority. The man who is ready
tor brides pushes himself to the
front, while the honest citizen sits
by his hearth swearing that the coun-
try is going to ruin, grumbling at
the mismanagement Of his own and
the opposing party. He has to grope
about every four years to find the
principles of his party; yet he do
cilely puts his neck into the yoke,
votes according to the dictates of its
leaders putting corrupt men into
little town offices and turning honest
men out, refusing to use his own
shrewd common sense when it con-
flicts with the ruling of the dema-
gogues whom he serves. For five
years the great mass of just and edu-
Gated Northerners have been willing
-nay anXious-for hearty recon-
citation with the South. The de,
sire fer peace among the Southerners,
at least among the older, more ia.
tional men, has been just as sincere,
but the mob of otfice-holders and
politicians have stood between and
blinded both.
In short, the reader of the 7rib-
n"e to-day, be he in Massachu-
sets or Georgia, an obscure country
farmer or lad with his first vote,
has no right to complain of the de-
plorable condition of the country
and then shove its redemption off on
the shoulders Of the President or
any other man. Every effort he
makes at just, economical manage
ment of his household lessons the
weight of financial pressure SO much;
every honest, outspoken word in ia
vor of more liberal party action
lightens the load which the honest
leaders must lift; every friendly
meeting between individuals of the
South and North hastens the COM
pleted Union; every child reared by
a Christian mother to be truth-telling
and honest is SO much golden CAPT
tai for the next generation. 1t has
been owing to individual economy
all over the country that the nation
has been saved from bankruptcy; in
dividual honor and action can save
her now from worse disaster.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

JOIN ID. LEE, the Mormon elder,
some time since tried, convicted and
sentenced to death for participation
in the atrocions butchery of a band
of Arkansas cmigrants, who were
lurcd from their secure defenses by n
flag of truce, last Friday, OH the very
scene of his horrible and bloody
crime, expatiated it by being shot to
death by a file Of soldiers. The
crime was committed twenty years
ago, during which time justice has
slumbered. Lee was once one of the
highest dlgnitaries of the Mormon
Church, but when they found that
the Government was after him, Brig
ham Young and the rest of the lead
ers deserted him, and contributed to
his downfall. OF his eighteen wives,
only three remained faithful to him
to the end. He spent the hours of
his captivity in writing an account
of his life. HIS confession, given to
the public Immediately after his
death, contains full details Of the
blood-curdllng atrocity, and impli-
Gates number of men then and now
high in the Mormon Church.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

A TELEGRAM from Deadwood in
the Black Hills, brings the parucu-
lars of a desperate attack upon the
Cheyenne and Black Hills stage,
near Deadwood, last Sunday even
ing, by "road agents." as highway
robbers are designated in that coun-
try:
AS the coach was coming down
Whitewood Canon, and about two
and a half miles from Deadwood,
five masked men, who had been
walking along the road before the
stage, suddenly wheeled, ordered the
driver to stop, and instantly COM
menced firing on the coach. At the
first fire, the driver Of the coach,
Johnny Slaughter, was killed, and
Walter Hey, Of Deadwood, slightly
wounded in the hand and arm. The
horses started suddenly, throwing
the driver, Her, and another person
off the coach. The stage was not
stopped until it arrived in town.
leaving the driver dead on the road.
About twenty shots were fired at the
coach, but all the passengers except
Her escaped unhurt. A party went
out and found the body Of the driver
who was killed by charge of buck
shot. A party is also in pursuit Of
the road agents. The Sheriff offers
five hundred dollors reward for them
dead or alive.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

In his Boston lecture, Col. Inger.
soil expressed his firm hostility to
any annexation of islands to the U.
S. Said he: 81 rec ollect when they
were talking about San Domingo, l
said we don't want it." They said,
"You never saw such climate.
"Well," said l, eve don't want it,
"Why," SAID they. sit don't raise
good folks. You take 5000 preach.
ers from New England, and 5000
professors from our colleges, and all
the ruling elders with their families,
and put them in San Domingo, and
the next generation you will see
them bareback on a mule, the hair
sticking out of the backs of their
hats, with rooster under each arm,
going to ccck-fght on Sunday"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

SOME Of our Republican cotempo
raries are pretending to fear--we
cannot think it any thing else than
pretense-that President Hayes pol
icy of Cancellation toward the South
involves the abandonment of the
rights of the black and white Re.
publicans of that regi on. There has
not been the slightest ground tor
such apprehension, for never has the
President made tender TO the peo-
pie of the South, that it has not
been accompanied by a distinct dec
laration that he was unalterably de-
termined to protect the rights of
every citizen by every constitutional
means at his disposal. AS much
emphasis has been gwen to this
phase Of his Southern policy, as to
the idea of local governments, or
any other feature of it, and to DIS
trust him under such circumstances,
is scarcely better than open hostility
to his administration.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

The investi cations instituted by
the New York Legislature are throw,
ing a flood of light upon the reck
lessly extravagant management of
some OF the eastern insurance com
panies. With Presidents whose sal
aries are from ten to forty thousand
dollars, vice presidents, eight to
twenty thousand dollars, secretaries
and actuarics at about the same fig,
ures, and assistants, medical exami-
ners, auditors, cashiers, and the horde
of minor officers in like proportion,
the only wonder is that any portion
of the income is left for payment Of
losses. The failure of some of the
companies, heretofore deemed sound
and reliable, and apparently dong a
fine business, shows, in fact,
that nothing was left for this pur-
pose, all being absorbed by the
greedy cormorants who filled the Of
fees.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30
Gear for Governor.
Monticello Express.

If the Muscatine journal, and the
other papers friendly to Mr.. Gear,
can convince the temperance element
in the Republican party that Mr..
Gear is "sound" ON the temperance
question, and that they may proceed
to nominate and elect him with per-
feet confidence that they will have
no cause to complain of his action
in all matters etiecting the success
of their cause, we shall not have the
slightest objection. Mr.. Gear will
make good enough Governor for
us. We are not . bowling fanatic,
or a rampant prohibitionist. We
have simply recognized the fact that
there is a large element in the Re-
publican party TO whom, it seemed
to us, Mr.. Gears nomination would
be very likely to give serious Of.
fence. That is the question. and
the only question, to be considered,
since Mr.. Gears personal fitness
his ability and his honesty-are, so
far as we know, unquestionablc.-
The Espress has no candinate for
Governor. Among all those named,
including Mr.. Gear, we have abso-
lutely no choice, as regards our per-
soaal preferences and feelings. We
simply object to the manner in which
certain papers have attempted to
folst Mr.. Gear upon the Republican
party as its candidate, without eyer
pausing to say "by your leave" to
anybody; and because we have re.
ceived the strongest evidences from
influential quarters that his nomlna.
ton would provoke an opposition
that would quite likely divide the
party and ihperi|| lhe Republican
success.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

A Washington dispatch to the
Boston ./onrnal says: Eight South
ern Republican Representatives, who
have certificates of election, and five
more whose admission is hardly pos
sible, avow their intention of revolt
ing against the Republicans in the
organization of the House. They
expect to find Northern leader and
say that he will be able, backed by
them, to dictate terms to the admin
istration and the Congress" The
carpct-baggers and their ''lcadcr''
when they attempt the dictation
programme, may suddenly find that
they have bitten off more than they
can chew.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30
State News.

VIM. Maxwell and son aged 16, former
ly of Stuart in this State, located at Col
fax, New Mexico, were murdered last
Friday, by negro, who was afterward
captured at Trinidad, Colorado. Rob-
berry was the motive.
"A young woman in the Polk county
Jail has an inveterate appetite for brim-
stone matches, having since her lncarcer-
alton, devoured the contents of two box
es. The Register adds the supcrfiuous
information that she had 80 fits in success
sion.
The Manchester Press, of last week
gives the particulars of the accidental
death of W. B. Hutson, one of the carli-
est settlers of Delaware county. Mr..
Hutson was engaged in boring well on
the premises of Mr.. c. S. Taylor, near
Greeley, in that county. The anger be-
coming INSTRUCTED, he descended the well
by means of windlass. Before he reach
ed the bottom, he called out to the man
above to hoist him, which he did as rap
idly as possible, but before he reached
the top Mr. Hutson let go and fell to the
bottom. His death was caused by the
foul air in the we'll
The Cedar Falls Gazette has the fol-
lowing significant item: 1--WE know a
man who, not long since, received a sal
airy of 81 600 per year. He got on a
high old drunk, and now follows another
occupation at 81 per day. Whiskey did
it," And yet, such is the inconsistency
of human nature, it is safe TO surmisc
that that same individual wonld valiently
defend the right Of the whiskey vender
to deprive other men of the opportunity
to make comfortable living.
w. III. Valleau, a grain dealer Of De-
corah, filed voluntary petition of bank
ruptcy the other day in Dubuque. His
liabilities are $15 900, his assets nothing.
Bro. j. c Whitney, of the Hamp-
ton CAr0nicie, has been sorely afflicted
by the death, from scarlet fever, of his
youngest son, bright intelligent boy
and universal favorite. We sincerely
tender our sympathy.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

THE Colorado Legislature has
passed a law dispensing with the
grand jury system, or rather, the or
ganlzation of the grand jury, in use
in other States. 1t provides that
twenty days before the session of the
criminal court, the judge of the coun-
ty court and two justices of the
peace shall sit az a court Of indict-
ment, hear all the testimony offered
by either side, and decide upon the
indictment or discharge of prisoners.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30
A Scheme

The State Register says the feel
ing in favor of concentrating the
State institutions in Iowa at one
point is growing. 1t quotes from
the Newton Journul the following
as evidence:
1.-The policy of scatteraton has been
adhered to in the past in the location Of
our State Institutions. This has been
very injurious IN many respects, and has
doubtless cost the State hundred of thous-
ands of dollars more than would have
been expended if they had been conccn-
tratcd at Or near the Capital"
1t is rather late in the day to raise
this question. Most of the State in
stltutlons are permanently located
and built; and talk about concentra-
ton has an air of jobbery in it that
is suspicious.-Decorah Republican.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

GIN. CoMLEY, of the Ohio State
Journal, who, from his intimate &C.
quaintancc with the President, ought
to know, and being himself sing
ist,ought to bea judge,says: "Haycs
can't sing any more than a canal
boat. He stampeded Averill's whole
cavalry division once, trying to sing
John Browns Body They thought
it was the long roll" Notwithstand-
ing this, we are told by an enthusiast
tic Washington correspondent that
at the Foundry Church President
Hayes joined in singing "Corona-
ton" with much JUNCTION. The con-
gregation seemed to stand 1t better
than the cavalry.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

The following appears among the
Inter- Ooeam's Washington specials
of Wednesday,
Secretary McCrary asked Springer
to-day how long he thought the ex-
ira session would last, Springer re-
piled that it the Southern question
was settled satisfactorily it would not
last more than three weeks. "Then
you may expect only three weeks
session." said McCrary, "for South
ern matters will be in shape by
June to satisfy every reasonable man
in America" ~
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30

THERE is q good deal of loose
talk being INDUCED in by some of
the papers Of the State just at the
present time, concerning the impo!i-
cy of the "scatteralion policy as
they are pleased to term it, in locat-
ing the State institutions. From the
fact that those institutions are al
ready located, and buildings, in most
eases costing immense sums of mon
ey, arc already erected tor their &C.
commodation, it would be difficult to
see the point of all this criticism of
the "scatteration" policy, but tor the
fact that the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum at Council Bluffs was burned q
few weeks since. An effort is to be
made to have it relocated at Des
Moines, and these expressions from
the country prcss-thus far few in
number-st stimulated and encouraged
by the papers printed at the capital,
are to he utilized in the general plan
for bringing about such relocation.
But these expressions, though posi-
tive and dogmatic In tone, ignore en-
tirely the experience of most of the
older States, that have adopted and
have maintained for many years the
policy OF locating their charitable
and reformatory institutions in differ
ent parts Of the State. They also
fail to indicate just how the opposite
policy Of concentration at the CAPT
tai is to be brought about in this
State, which has expended millions
of money in erecting buildings at
the points where the State lnstitu-
tious are now located. The nearest
approach to it is the suggestion by
one of the papers alluded to, that the
Legislature pass law that the need
ed institutions be located at the Cap
ital as fast as they burn down OK are
otherwise destroyed. Such a law
would be in effect premium upon
incendiarism.