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National Republican., 1877-12-05
Imperial Hotel.

The Imperial Hotel, which has the reputa-
ton OF setting the finest table Ia the city has re
aueed Jh rates for table board 10 SIS per month.
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Aala of Hanka.

$3.50 ovERooAr. KisEmAs BRos., cor. 7th and E
National Republican., 1877-12-05

WHAT viii you not give for medicine that cures
heAdAohe In aye 10 twenty miputes2 Lodls's
Headache Specific Is what 70 ask for. Only my
cents per bottle
National Republican., 1877-12-05

onriDnEs's ovsreoas. at EIsEnASs. 1,h and 4.
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A Husband's Statement or the
Great Suffering Of his Wife.

,.- mr. BARwIcIf, MASS, Sept, "a, 1s7s
pkAs Sin; fee! y my duty 10 say word In praise
bad hrm,r for several years which she Inherited
from from her parents We have tried several physicians
and great many different kinds OF medicine with
but little benefit She was so much ennciated that
We had almost desparcd q her being any better
Hearing ?fths VEGETINE we resolved 70 try once
more, and she CONNER ced using Il last March, and
has been Improving In health ever since. From iot
pounds " seven months, and now able 70 &c about
h hher Mork: In short, she believes that vEGETINE
cannot say ,oo much in its praise If pleasss you to
she has taken fifteen bottles and Il sti usns H. and
i can - oily polmmend II a. great blood puriher,
Yours respectfully,
JOSEPH l. BUTLER.
National Republican., 1877-12-05
CITY ITEMS.

MEMS overoosts EisENAS BRos 7th and Z.
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vEGETINE. -
WHAT is ACCOMPLISHED by
v Il g e TIN e

YEoErINE will renew the blood give tone to the
I.is The hidleys 20 as 70 enable them 70 per rform
fid humors resuias lpoS Sane sne na cary 81 ne pa
c,.sIx Tn9,s uH,s ysseWW t1 T9Isins order This
way through which II has accomplished so many
wonaeIm cure: As may be seen by the following I'M
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6EoR0E1oHN NEWS.
ARAfN AARIyAIa.

GRAIN ARRIVALS.
BY Rdh-Eiaht hundred bushels Of wheat
TO \. d. Hartley, also three hundred bushels 10 H.
N. Talbot
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-28

No MAN should be proud because he
is President or ex- President. 4 hun
dred years from now, according to the
general historic rule, some descendant
of his will be in the poorhouse.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-28

A LADY asked u sailor why u ship
was called "she." Jack Tar replied,
because the rigging costs more than
the hull"
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DEXTER HORTON l. co.
BAN KERS
SEATTLE, w. II.

DEPOSITS RECEIVED AND AC-
~ counts kept subject to Check or Draft.
Interest allowed on time deposits from date
of deposit.
Sight Exchange on Portland, San Francisco
and New York.
Money Loaned OR approved security
Bonds. stocks and other valuabies received on
deposit tof sale keeping
Collections made and proceeds promptly
Ienitteu.
Inv -,iren's in Real Estate and other pror
er ~ had ar iirttes.
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"YoC seem to walk more erect than
usual my freud Yes. l have been
straig htencd by circumstances
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-28
DAILY INTELLICEN(ER.
Saturday, July IS. 1877.

SwtxnLgn I<T0 NATHrAoxY -
There is a gentleman IN Wisconsin
who has our heartfelt sympathy. H..
wife. he says. obtained bi. services as
husband by series Of f,,>e pretenc..>
which make til" blo,giru cold. aud he
- now ekiug re!jei from marital
thraldom ia divorce While he was
paying nis .t;-4.,loa- she s,.eGnnly de-
ciar.d on several occasions. ~ q once in
the pre.ence = witnesses. that she
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-28

A Yoke lady in HUDSON. Nc. is
now teaching in the same school room
where her mother and grandmother
had taught before her. She derives
consolation from the thought that
neither lady developed into All ola maid
and that the family traditions forecast
a great-ersnd daughter at the head Of
the same school.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-03-16

She was . tall, gaunt woman, from
the country, for she carried large cot
ton umbrella in one hand, and q well
worn, bulky carpet-bag in the other.
She was marching in and out and
around the Erie depot at Long Dock in
a way that caused Officer Biggs to won
der who or what she was looking for.
"Were you looking for some one P"
he asked.
ats none of your affairs, mister,
who I'm looking for. Who be you,
that you must know other folks bust
ness?''
Elm an officer of the Erie Road,
ma'am."
ssUh, you be. Well, then. I'm from
Parsippany, in Morris County, and I've
come down here just to put my hands
onto q man by the name Of Simpson.
DO you know Simpson, He's sick
looking, and talks the incest you ever
heard. He was Baptist up there; as
like as not he amt nothing down here.
DO you know SIMPSON,"
"No, ma'am, don't know any such
man."
"That's Just what expected to hear.
The next thing will be that he is mar
ried man, or mebbe that he amt Simp-
son at all. But II get my hands onto
that Simpson once, Ill Simpson him"
"What's he been doingP'
"He's been doing lots that's mean
for man to do. He pretended like he
wanted to marry me, and kept it up till
every thing was ready, and then at the
last minute Simpson want ready. I'm
mad, mister, and il had him I'D Simp-
son him.
do You think he is here at this de-
potp"
"That's what I'd like to know, for
he's man that travels. II l lay my
hands onto him he'll travel back TO
Parsippany, or Ill know the reason
why"
"Find him, misterp I'm obleeged to
find him. Didn't sell q COW and calf,
and the only decent shoat on the place,
just to buy nice dress and button
shoes, so could look as fine as any
woman in York when she's agoing to be
married. DO you think I'm going back
home now without hume a wilder
and every body laughiDgP No, sir; I'm
agoing to find that simpson, And
she marched on through the depot, Civ
ing every convenient plank in the floor
a sharp punch with her umbrella as she
muttered, That Simpson, ''--Jeysey
CITY Journal.
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A Very Old Couple.

1t Is said that there is farmer and
his wife living near Maquoketa, Iowa,
who have been married sixty-three
years last tall. Their name is Nicker-
son, and they have an aged brother liv-
ing In Washington County, Iowa.
Think Of 1t. Married several years be-
fore Queen Victoria was born, and when
there was but one State northwest Of
the Ohio River. They are represented
t. be hale and hearty, and looking for
ward few weeks hence TO the eighty
fifth anniversary Of their birth. Mare
on (Ia.) Register.
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able 70 take his place upon the bench, 40
that the Court II present stands evenly di.
vided.
The Mississippi Valley Immigration So
ciety, At its recent session 1t Little Rock.
II States being represented, adopted .
resolution urging the establishment Of
State Bureaus OF Immigration. Hon. All.
Garland, OF Arkansas, was chosen Pres
ident for the ensuing year, and St.. Louis
designated "a the place for the next meet
ing, to be held on the first Monday in octo-
Der next.
At Memphis, on the I'd, Julius Levy shot
his wife three times and then shot himself
through the head. Levy was instantly
cred fatal. Levy had begun = suit against
his wife for divorce, and the immediate
cause Of the shooting was quarrel about
some property.
John Mccall, the murderer OF William
Hickok, alias Wild Bill, was hanged At
Yankton, d. T.. on the I'd.
The tobacco factory Of Messrs. Leggat,
Hudson 4 Butler, on Buel Street, St..
Louis, was entirely destroyed by fire on the
morning Of the 4th. Loss, $50, 900; insur-
ance, $45, 700. On the night of the same
day . still more destructive fire consumed
the wholesale dry-goods house OF Messrs.
III. T. Simon 4 Gregory, and the wholesale
boot and shoe house OF Messrs. Clafiin &
Allen, on Washington Avenue and Seventh
Street. A number of adjacent buildings
and their contents were badly damaged.
The total loss by the latter fire is not far
from 500, 900; mostly insured.
Chief-Justicc Moses, of the South Caro-
lima Supreme Court, died on the It'll.
Weldon, who attempted to kin Gov.
Packard, has been released on 5000 bail /,
and has gone to his home in Philadelphia.
The colored members Of the Louisiana
Republican Legislature, headed by Lieut.. :
Gov. Antoine, on the 5th. signed an ad
dress to the people Of the United States,
urging the necessity of the immediate
recognition Of the Packard Government.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-03-16

Mr.. Joel Hart, the American sculptor,
died in Rome, Italy, short time ago. He
was native Of Kentucky, and modelled the
statue OF Henry Clay which stands in the
rotunda Of the Court-house in Louisville.
The funeral Of John O'Mahoney took
place in Dublin on the 4th. Six thousand
persons took part in the procession, which
passed through the principal streets, car
rying mourning banners and accompanied
BY thirty bands OF music. Ne clergymen
took part in the demonstration. All pub
lie houses in the city were closed during
the dav
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-03-16

Col. A. b. Wade, Postmaster at
South Bend, Ind, was drowned in the
Kankakee River, on the 2Sth, while
hunting ducks.
A young man named Louis Wilson
committed suicide in Detroit by shoot
ing himself with revolver. He be-
longed in Co!dwater, Mich.
Joseph White, clerk in the County
Commissioner Office at Cincinnati,
shot himself through the head while
suffering from the result OF a recent
debauch.
Rev. Geo. Weiner, of the German
Reform Church, committed suicide by
shooting himself, eight miles from
Abeline, Kansas. He formerly resided
in Doniphan County.
A. J. Moreland, who resided near
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, shot and killed
himself in the water-closet Of car on
the Union Pacific Railroad, near Oma-
ha, on the 22d. 1t was not ascertained
whether the shooting was accidental
or intentional.
Mrs. Edward Burton, OF Carroll
ton, Mich, was fatally burned by some
melted pitch taking fire on the stove
and communicating to her clothing.
The children we're melting pitch to
make gum.
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There are 5000 Chinese in the
Sandwich Islands. About 80 OF them
profess to be Christians.
Father Wilbur, the Indian agent at
Fort Simcoe, reports the conversion Of
100 of the Indians under his care.
The new Church Property Tax bill,
passed by the Legislature Of Maine, ex-
empts from taxation church and par
sonage property worth not more than
$1,000.
Methodist Sunday-school congress-
es will be held this year in Chicago,
indianapolis, st. Louis, and other cities
Of the West. The Rev. DIR. j. III. Vim
cent is the organizer.
The Northern Methodist Confer
ence Of Mississippi has passed resolu-
tions approving the basis Of fraternity
with the Church South. II reports
25,441 members, 1920 baptisms, 246
churches, and 234 Sunday schools.
The Baptists have in Illinois 915
churches, 447 pastors, and 66, 1922 men,
bers, Of whom 1859 were baptized in
1876. There are IL German Baptist
churches in the State, with S97 mem
bers, and z Swedish, with AS mem
bers.
The Chicago Congregational min
listers have been discussing the second
coming Of Christ, a topic suggested by
Mr.. Moody's sermon delivered before
leaving Chicago. Opposite sides were
taken by the speakers, among whom
was Mr.. Beecher.
The missionaries in the North of
China report the famine there to be
terrible. In many parts of the country
both crops have failed, and the people
are living upon tree bark and roots. 1t
Is feared that some districts will be en-
tirely depopulated.
Money is wanted by the Protestant
Episcopal Church for its missionary
work. The missionary treasury is
about SIS, 900 in debt. A special effort
is being made TO wipe out this debt, and
has thus far resulted in subscriptions Of
about one-third of the amount.
Prof. Comstock, Of Cornell Uni
versity, Ii planning floating school Of
natural history for this summer. A
steamer Is to make six weeks trip
along Lakes Erie, Huron and Superior
and up the larger rivers; lectures are to
be given by specialists and specimens
obtained, and the cost will be about
$3.50 day.
The highest percentage Of litter
ates in the South Is in South Carolina.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-03-16

Some weeks ago the Courthouse OF Mon
terey County, at Salinas, California, was
destroyed by fire. Investigations since
made 81 w that the building was fired for
the purpose Of destroying the records and
covering defalcstion in the Tax Collect.
or's Office, amounting TO about $50 600. IL
is proven to reasonable certainty that
most Of the money had been gambled of by
VIM. Rumsey, Deputy Collector, and that
number Of prominent citizens Of Salinas,
including certain county officials, had been
winning il. Collector M. A. Castro has re-
signed, Rumsey is locked up awaiting ex-
animation, and several prominent citizens
have been arrested for completely.
Aterrible tragedy was enacted at Tifin,
Ohio, on the 2sth. Jacob WettEle, baker,
deliberately shot his little babe through the
heart, killing her instantly. The child was
only two years old, and 1t the time Of the
tragedy was sleeping in bed, where her
mother had placed her for the night. After
killing the babe he attempted to shoot his
other little girl, bnt the mother, putting her.
self between them, received the shot, which
inflicted slight wound. Wettzlc was ar
rested and placed In jail, and his actions
seemed to indicate that he was insane.
w. III. Walker & Co., wholesale whisky
firm OF Louisville, KY, fled petition In
bankruptcy on the 2sth. Liabilities exceed
500, 900; assets, $l30, 900. Outside specu-
latiens are said to have caused the trouble.
Governor Hayes and wife were rendered
public reception by the citizens Of Column
bus, irrespective Of party, at the Capitol,
on the evening OF the 18th.
The capital Of Arizona has been changed
from Tucson TO Prescott.
Each OF the Louisiana Governors issued
q proclamation for an extra session Of the
Legislature, commencing from the expira-
tion Of the regular session, March 4.
Justices willard and Wright, . majority
Of the South Carolina Supreme Court, on
the 9th signed An order for the discharge
OF convict pardoned by Gov. Hampton,
thus Affirming the validity Of the latter's
claim 10 the Executive Office. Justice
Wright, who Is colored man, has since
announced that he signed the order through
fear Of his life, and has hled an opinion de-
nying the validity Of Hampton's pardon.
Chief-Justice Moses IL seriously III and un.
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North Carolina has newspaper
called the Pee Dee BE.
Major Hamilton c. Williams, who
was President Folks private secretary,
has just died in Maryland at the age Of
20. He was q Tennesscesn and law
yer. .14Af NO. f
Bishop Haven Is now In Liberia,
among the colored brethren. He pre-
sided over the Methodist Conference,
which was held at Monrovia, and
which called out almost every body In
Miss Dudu Fletcher. the writer OF
" Kismet,- is q young lady still in her
twenties, very sparkling in her talk,
pretty, and thoroughly accomplished
In several languages.
The venerable Doctor Loviek
Pierce, now in his ninety third year, Is
writing series Of "reminiscences Of the
century. He is the Oldest Methodist
minister living on this continent.
Madame Janaushek says that her
knowledge Of the English language
was acquired in years hard study
with three teachers-one for conversa-
ton. another for elocution, and the
third for grammer.
Chief-Justice Moses, OF South Car
DINA, Is completely prostrated by q
severe attack Of paralysis. lie has no
control Of the limbs on his left side,
and even the muscles of his face are
affected. His mental faculties, how
ever, were unimpaired at the latest ac-
counts. Judge Moses is ~ years Of age.
Mr.. j. q. Raymond, it is reported,
says that Mr.. Clemens thought Col.
Sellers pathetic part, and wanted Mr.
Lawrence Barrett to play ii. This APP
pears TO be something like joke.
M. Raymond Is also said to declare
that the funniest thing in the feast of
turnips to his immediate friends is the
fact that he never eats vegetables; he
"detests them as some people do
CATS
Under portrait Of Robert Burns,
which hangs in the great room OF the
reporters Of Louisville journal, is
written: "This portrait Of Bobbie
Burns Is here displayed out of graft
tude on the part Of local reporters the
world over, for it is through his genius
that they have been enabled to use SO
frequently, and with such admirable
effect. those indispensable phrases, wee
sma' hours ayant the twa','s gang aft
aglee and "a mans q man for a. that. ,
Mr.. Shakespeare, Mr.. Byron and Mr..
Scooter rsther their ghosts-will APP
preciate the motive, and recognize that
no disrespect to their memories is in
tended by this conspicuous tribute"
In the. course Of sketch Of Mr..
Abram s. Hewitt, writer in the Phil
adelphia Times says: "He and his
brother worked their way through col
lege together in an original and highly
fraternal manner. The brother had an
occupation in which he could earn
enough to support them both, SO it was
agreed, as both were equally thirsting
for knowledge, that the brother should
stick to his business and that Abram
should enter Columbia College, and i'm
part to Kim every evening all he had
learned during the day. They kept up
this system with incredible industry
and self-denial, and were both gradu-
atad Mt the Same time ~
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The Electoral Commission held . final
meeting on the I'd. and extended until
March 81 the time heretofore allowed for
ding opinions by members Of the Commits.
sion.
Maj. Orville II. Babcock was, on the Sd,
q his own request, relieved Of his duties In
the District Of Columbia and assigned 10 the
post OF Engineer Of the Fifth Lighthouse
District. Col. T. l.. Casey 10 Maj. Bah
cock . successor.
Amer continuous night session the For-
ty-fourth Congress adjourned sine die at
noon on the eth. The Army bill failed at
the last moment, the Democrats refusing to
recede from the clause which prohibited the
use Of troops In Louisiana and South Caro-
Nina. The Senate would not allow the bill
to become law In that shape, ard 1t fell to
the ground. The reduction b, Congress Of
the appropriations for the NEXT fiscal year,
not including the Army bill, which failed,
will amount to between ", 000, 900 and $5,-
000, 900.
President-elect Hayes anticipated the
public inauguration ceremonies BY pri-
vately taking the oath of Office at p. m. on
the Sd. The oath was administered by the
Chief-Justlce and duly filed In the State
Department.
The members Of the Louisiana Returning
Board were discharged from custody, by
order Of the House, on the Sd.
President Hayes was publicly inaugurated
In the United States Senate Chamber on the
6th. At precisely II o'clock the President
and President Grant entered the cham
Der arm In arm, the Senators and all others
present rising and remaining standing until
they had taken their seats. Chief
Justice Waite administered the oath
Of Office, after which President Hayes read
his inaugural address from the central por-
tico Of the Capitol. A prominent feature Of
the inaugural ceremonies was the grand pro-
cession OF military and civic societies, which
was fully 10 minutes in passing the Execu-
tive Mansion.
Hon. Abram s. Hewitt has resigned the
Craftsmanship Of the National Democratic
Committee.
President Hayes has appointed VIM. X.
Rodgers IS his Private Secretary.
The resignation OF David Davis, Senator
elect, ~ one Of the Justices Of the Supreme
Court, was received by the President on
the 9Th.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-03-16

--Longfellow, the poet, was 20 years
old on the 9th Of February.
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where 1t mounts up TO 57.64. The low.
est is in Maryland. where il is 2s.55.
In Alabama II is H.l9; In Georgia.
500; Mississippi. 1891; Louisiana.
52.f6. Florida, 54.76. The average
percentage for IA OF the Southern States
Is 1927.
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Ex-Gov. Joseph Johnston, Of Virginia,
died on the 18th ult., in the ninety second
year Of his age. He was born in the State Of
New York, December, 17s5, served four
teen sessions In Congress, was elected Gov.
error Of Virginia, besides being five times
elected to the Legislature and once to the
Constitutional Convention.
A movement IL on foot in Washington
and New York to organize = monster Ma
tional Bank, with Gen. Grant as President.
for the purpose OF conducting the further
operations for refunding the National debt.
The New York Tribune il authority for this
statement.
Lemuel Howard, alias Edward Thomas,
. native Of Hartford, Conn.,, was executed
at Auburn, N. ", on the I'd, for killing .
convict named Sheffield, in Auburn Prison,
In June, 1875.
Joe Coburn, the New York pugilist, has
been sentenced to 10 years In the State
prison for attempting to kill police officer.
At Harms City, Butler County, Pa, on
the morning Of the 5th, the Bateman House
was destroyed by fire and six persons burn
ed to death-Mrs. Bateman, wife Of the
proprietor, and their four daughters, Min
ME, Lou, Belle and Winnie, and . guest
named N. Brown, OF the firm OF spragle 4
Co., New York. There were 20 other oc-
cnpants OF the hotel, six Of whom were in
jured by jumping from the upper windows.
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Science and Industry.
Mr.. Gatling, inventor Of the gun
Of that name, has brought out new
mitrailleuse, from which 800 rounds \
minute can be fired.
The Pacific Mills ut Lawrence.
Mass, are sending to market every day
225, 900 TO 275, 900 yards Of their fabrics.
requiring four to six freight cars for
their transportation.
The value Of sugar lands in Lou.
isiana Is steadily on the increase. Re-
Gently Mr.. Ernest ID. Burguieres pur-
chased the Cypremort plantation Of
Mr.. William i. Weeks for $50, 900, half
cash down.
French potatoes, novelty in the
New York market, are arriving in
moderate lots OF from 90 to 100 barrels.
The duty Is Is cents, gold, a bushel,
and at the reignlng price of "a per bar
rel there is profit.
-Cotton-seed oil Is largely so Id for
olive oil, which II is said to equal for
culinary and table uses. There are five
cotton-seed oil factories in New Or
leans, producing an amount equal TO
the entire production Of olive oil in
France.
A New York house has bureau
and mantel made entirely OF glass
Among the small ornaments are beau
tiful cornices, picture frames, brackets,
cigar stands, match safes, and paper
weights. These are made Of ordinary
French plate glass and are very strong.
Yankee girls are now cutting and
polishing diamonds. The art has been
monopolized by Amsterdam experts,
who have uniformly refused TO teach
any apprentices except Dutch boys Of
their own selection. Henry ID. Morse,
after employing Dutch diamond-cutters
in Boston for many years, learned the
secrets Of the trade. He opened a shop
in Roxbury, and privately taught six
or eight young women this mysterious
occupation. He finally appraised his
Dutch workmen that American boys
must be taught by them. They peremp-
torily refused to instruct the appren-
tees. He then discharged them, and
brought the young women from Rox-
bury to fill their places. Twenty-three
OF them are row at work.