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, 1877-12-15

Before she could. utter the.
"Where have you been till this
hour of the morning, anyhow"
which was trembling on her lips,
he said, "Bin t-ther mind read
ing; bet yer seven dollars I can
read yer mind this very minnit."
"Well, you old fool, what am I
thinking Of now?" she said,
in a tone of sadness. "Thinkin'
of ! Why, l can read yer mind
like ther open pages offer book;
yer thinkin' I'm drunker'n a
billed owl, but yer never was
worse fooled in yer life" She
only said that there must be
something in mind reading after
all, for he had hit the nail right
square on the head.
, 1877-12-15

Stanley's vivid description OF his
perilous journey down the Congo
and of the appalling dangers that
beset him on every side is calculat-
ed to impress the reader with cor
rect idea of the great river and of
the wild inhabitants of the country
it traverses. Mr.. Du Chaillu's let
ter of congratulation on Stanley's
wonderful escapes from death is a
tribute which comes gracefully from
one whose own experiences have
taught him to appreciate the perils
of Stanley's remarkable undertak-
ing.
, 1877-12-15

| There ie speck of war down in
Mississippi - not over the negro,
the outraged politicians will be sor-
ry to hear, but in regard to some
government timber stolen from the
public lands. The United States
marshals have been roughly han
died by the woodsmen, and reven-
ne cutter has been sent on with re-
infOrcements from New Orleans.
, 1877-12-15
Chief Joseph.

|
A correspondent of the New
York Herald gives the following
account Of the final disposition
by the government Of the grea1
Wallowa valley cut-throat:
BISMARCK, d. T., Nov. %.
"When will these white
chiefs tell the truth?" respond
led Joseph when he was told that
I he must move on. He was adj
vised of his Fort Leavenworth
destination last night in his te
pee, and at once the young war
rior fell into a reverie with the
above suggestive utterance tc
the interpreter. He called a
council Of his chiefs end kept it
up until two o'clock this morn
ing. Joseph was sad and sus-
picious. The councils conclu-
sion was to submit; there was
no other alternative; they had
surrendered in good faith, and
Joseph, in addressing the inter
prefer, said.
II trust you will do as you
say. I will follow you to the
cad of the earth if you lead"
Joseph told your correspond
eats who was present at this
strange midnight interview, that
he gave up because Howard
SAID he should go to Tongue
river and remain with Miles un-
til spring, and then return to
his Wallowa Valley. He was
promised the possession of his
horses when he reached Tongue
river. The promise was doubly
broken. He was told he must
come to Bismarck, because it
was a better country for him,
and his horses taken from him.
Now he had hardly arrived
when he was told he must go
further, because Leavenworth
was warmer and a better coun-
try.
Nsked him why he went to
war.
He answered: II love my
country as | love my mother.
never signed the treaty of 1868,
and al we done was to leave
Wallowa. 1t was our country
The soldiers came and wanted
to drive us on the reservation
we had never agreed to enter
upon. You would have done
the same. l got beside myself
and went to resisting the sol
diers, and then came the war.
Howard, in our councils, talked
harsh; said we must his Ian
guage pierced my heart as a
knife"
[ asked where he was gong
when he was captured.
He said to the Milk river
country, where he thought he
could keep out the soldiers and
have plenty Of game. 1t was
unsettled when Miles struck
him. Some of his braves were
cut off, and they deserted him.
IF not for this desertion of sixty
warriors he says he could have
held Miles back, let his women
and children off in the night,
and the warriors could have
made an easy march over the
British line.
Joseph sold the war pony he
rode over the whole great march
from Wallowa to the spot where
he surrendered, to Bismarck
parties for S35. He says he will
save the government that much
transportation.
, 1877-12-15

Great Britain has cast her covet-
GUS eyes on the guano island, No
rant Gays. off Jamaica. As Mr..
Evarts has recognized the rights of
the American discoverer there is a
long diplomatic correspondence
ahead,
, 1877-12-15

DON'T be SO generous as to
"give piece of your mind" to
DETECTING neighbor until you
are satisfied that you have more
than enough to attend to your
own business with.
, 1877-12-15

The Fishery Commission gives
compensation to Canada for
twelve years use of the fisher
les, in the sum Of 81 100000. In
this report Commissioners Del
fosse and Sir A. L. Calf fully
concur. Senator Kellogg, on
behalf of the United States, dis
sents from the award. He does
not base his dissent on the
ground of the injustice Of the
Canadian claim, or on the
ground that the Canadian fisher
cries are not valuable to the
United States, but on the ground
that the award does not place a
sufficiently high value on the
concessions made to Canada bv
the United States. The Cana
dian counsel are Of the opinion
that the United States will ac-
cept the award, as the evidence
offered as to the small value of
the American concession is con-
SiJoroJ full Craot Rrifoi G
prompt payment Of tho Alabama
damages, in spite of Chief JUS
ticc Cockburn's protest, will, it
is expected, lead the United
States to accept this award in
spite of Commissioner Kellogg's
partial protest.
, 1877-12-15

Nobody can tell how many
disputes for the front side of the
be d have been settled by moving
the bed into the centre of the
room.
, 1877-12-15

Mrs. Sandford, of CASTOR
county, N, c., had one baby in
1874, twins in 1875, triplets in
1876, and 1877 is yet to be heard
from.
, 1877-12-15

The Senate committee has in
creased the niggardly Paris Ex-
position twenty-five thousand
dollars.
, 1877-12-15

All the leading Democrats in
Ohio, and many who are not lead
ers, want to succeed Stanley Mat
, 1877-12-15

OLYMPIA had fire alarm last
week; it was a water alarm we had
in Seattle.
, 1877-12-15

floods, the New York Herald re-
marks:
From all points in the southern
sections of the Middle States and
the northern districts of the South
Atlantic States reports reach us of
the destruction caused by the foods.
The progress of the storm, which
has been attended by such an extra
ordinary rainfall, has been very
slow along the Atlantic coast, an:
consequently each district has been
subjected to downpour of rain Of
remarkable duration. Now that q
great storm is likely to be devel-
oped in the Mississippi and Ohio
valleys We fear that the area of de-
vastation will be extended westward
and that deplorable losses will he
sustained. Our special dispatches
from the Virginias describe scenes
of destruction that are unparalleled
III the history of the districts named.
Richmond seems to suffer from an
inundation that threatens to create
enormous losses of property and
perhaps of life. The width of the
James river has increased from 800
yards to two miles, many bridges
are destroyed, and the water is re-
ported to be up to the second story
windows in all the business houses.
Elsewhere we have warned the mill
owners of New England to prepare
for heavy freshets and to carefully
watch the dams; Reports state that
the trains have been stopped by the
floods along the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and that The Ohio and Ten
nessee rivers are steadily rising
The New York Trade Reporter
thus encouragingly speaks Of
the evidence of returning life
and prosperity in the general
condition of business: During
the quarter ending November
30th the failures have been con-
siderably less both in number
and amount, than during any
corresponding period Of time
since 1872, the. year preceding
the panic. The actual figures
are: Number Of failures, l SIG;
aggregate amount involved, 81,
346, ,0S5. This is nearly one
hundred failures less than the
quarter preceding, and one
thousand less than the first quar-
ter Of the present year. This is
encouraging, and shows that,
bottom having been reached, we
are now on the ascending grade,
and slowly but surely attaining
to removed prosperity" If fail
ures to the amount Of $780,
0o5 indicate prosperity, how
much would it take to indicate
adversity ?
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-08-14
Privations of a Massachusetts, Family.

A horrible state of suffering has been dis
covered at Ashley Falls, in the family of
John Funk. The family, which consists
of the parents and five children, lived at the
poorhouse last winter, for the first time in
their lives. This spring they came out
with determination to earn their living,
but for some reason were discouraged, and
Mr.. Funk finally broke his leg by accident.
A few nights ago the eldest of four child
rem, who slept together, in paroxysm of
hunger commenced gnawing the flesh from
the arm of younger one to satisfy its crav-
ings. Sheffield parties have relieved the
family, and there is much criticism of the
treatment the family received from the
neighbors, who might be expected to min
lister to their wants. Springfield (lAasS)
IJ1li09a
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-08-14
A Problem.
Ua16oq2.

The New York Sun recently published
the following knotty mathematical problem
which brought out couple of columns of
solutions from its readers. We fail to see
why it should be called knotty problem
but perhaps we don't understand it and so
give it for the benefit of those mathemati-
cally inclined, and would be glad to re-
ceive their solutions: "If A sells B a
bale of cotton for $50, buys it back for $40,
and then sells it to @ for $50, how much
does A make on the speculation9"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-08-14

Eg- A terrific wind and rain storm passed
over Council Bluffs, Iowa, last week. At
the Deaf and Dumb Institution, three
miles southeast Of the town, a new wing in
process Of completion, three stories high,
was leyeled to the first story and portion
Of the material carried a distance of a
mile. Loss, $4,000.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-08-14

CE- During the riot at Shamokin spent
ball that had been fired up into the air
dropped on lady's head and imbedded
itself in her back hair. Her hat was also
knocked of, but she did not know what
caused it until she took down her hair when
retiring, when the ball dropped out.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-08-14
ISIDOR SCHWARTZ.
NEWPORT, PENN'A

pIAM0C Magnificent Bran New $780, rose
tNNOO wood Pianos on sl75. must be sold
UhUANS little si" used Cost $500, only slS5'
Parlor Organise Stops s45, 8 Stops S65, IL Stops
only S75. Nearly new Set Reed IL Stop Sub Bass
Preces ever offered sent on Is days test trial You
ask, why | offer so cheap2 answer Hard Times.
commenced on me by the Monoposts. Battle
raging. Particulars free. Address DANIEL Il.
BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey. 3ld4t
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-05
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
N. Grattan Murphy, Superintende
Chamber of Commerce.

Fred Douglass has succeeded in putting
three of his sons into fat government Of
fees since his appointment. One bright
mulatto family is represented in the usur
pers administration. But wEere are the
offices for the real colored Commonersi
Echo doesn't answer "whar"
Hayes is paying off the fellows who
stole tie votes for him. He has appoint
ed S. B. McLin, who was member Of
the Florida Returning Board, to be asso'
ciate Justice of New Mexico. Old Wells
and Anderson have not yet got their Of
fees, but will get them in the end.
Hayes's Louisiana Commission is -four
to one, not eight to seven.
Had Tilden been inaugurated and put
into his cabinet rebel Colonel, whew
wouldn't loyal journals have howled?
His Hayesitancy is the expressive way
some journals put it.
DR.. Peck, in the Sanitarian, is calling
attention to the erection Of fire prooi
buildings.
SeCretaryIJohn Sherman has appointed
Hon. Richard G. Mccormick Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, in place of Co.
nant, resigned. He is son-in-law oi
Senator Thurman, and was formerly a
Republican delegate in Congress from
Arizona.
The debt statement shows a decrease
during the last month of S14, 10Y Ol6, oi
which SO, ,553, 800 consists of cancelled Ge-
neva award bonds; amount of coin in the
treasury S88,8l8. .285; amount of currency
So, 1874 1853; special deposits for redemption
of ofcertifcates of deposit $35 155, 900; coin
certificates 4S,279, 400.
Governor Hampton says that in the
event of the withdrawal of troops from
Columbia, he apprehends no difficulty in
peaceably establishing his State govern
ment without resorting to the courts.
The Chico, CAL, branch of the Labor
Union has denounced the action of the
Council of Nine in numbering the six
Cinnamon, and has disbanded in conse-
quence of the obloquy attaching to the
Order since the expose.
All the officeholders appointed by the
Senatorial Ring under Grant, whose term
OF four years has expired. have been re-
commissioned by Hayes, though many
of them have long been notorious for cor
rupt practices and for jobbery; Morton,
Sargent, Logan and that faction of extre-
mists, who have been propped up by the
abuse of public patronage, have had their
friends continued in Office to the exclu-
sion of upright and deserving Republi-
cans, who would not become the parti-
sans of these chiefs. ~
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-05
LOUISIANA.
High Republican Sources Confess the
Electoral Votes Belong Tilden.

New ORLEANS, April 2.-The Times of
tomorrow will contain statement from
high Republican sources that it has been
recently discovered that the eight elector-
al votes of Louisiana properly belong to
Tilden, and that the testimony will be
furnished him in tie presentation Of his
suit under writ Of quo aOGrrant0,
Packard's Legislature Crumbling to Pieces
Two returning board members of the
Packard House, Fred Tobb of Ascension
N. A. burden of Bossier parish were to-
day sworn in as members and took their
seats in the Nichols House which now
has So returning board members. t. E.
Heath of Webster parish, returned by
the Board but not elected. and heretofore
occupying seat in the Packard House,
appeared before the Nichols Legislature,
and was accorded the privileges of the
floor and spoke as follows Recognizing
the fact that the government now estab-
lished by Governor Nichols is the only
government in this city that can give
permanent peace and prosperity to our
troubled people, feel 1t my duty to aid,
as much as possible, in bringing about
harmony and good feeling. Inow tender
my resignation of all claims that may
have on the General Assembly in order
that my appearance here may not be mis-
understood. l desire to avow now, as in
the past, my fidelity to the great prin-
ciples Of the Republican party.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-05
HALL MIXED UP WITH TWEED.

New York, March 31-The stewards
telegraphed from London about
the disposition of the Victoria's passenger
for puDning, is a strong confirmation that
the missing ex-msyor has been found.
The Express says That the ex-mayor
left the city and country as he did and
when he did on account of the Tweed
trial, we think will be made evident to
all when full exposure Of the names are
laid before the public. The statement is
made that as much as 100000 was paid
for getting through the Tweed charter,
and that members of the Legislature,
Democratic and Republican, shared alike
We hear also of drafts as high as $4,000
and running down from 500, 1000 TO 5000,
having been paid by round about pro-
cess through parties who may not have
been directly interested, and every draft
must have borne the signature of Mayor
Hall,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-05

STATE rights, or no national army
should be the ultimatum Of the lower
House of Congress when 1t assemblies
We say vote not dollar for the army
unless it shall be used in accordance with
law and the Constitution. In this way
the British Parliament has before now
check their tyrant usurping kings
The same contest is in progress in this
country. The eight Of the Electoral Com
mission had TO ct up State sovereignty
in order to defraud Mr.. Tilden, for they
claimed they had to count whatever the
State officers sent up, Congress having
no power to interfere with the rights OF
sovereign State. The Eight thus stole
the livery of the court of heaven to serve
the devil in"
The pledges of MessrS, Matthews, Fos-
ter and Evarts for Hayes to Southern
members, deluded them to let the count
90 on, and thus the fraud succeeded. Not
withstanding these pledges the army still
guards Chamberlain and Packard and
Hayes & Co., 90 ON with their shuffling
game. The letter Of Matthews and Ev-
arts of March 9th to Chamberlain shows
they wanted to keep faith, and no doubt
Hayes would haye ordered the troops
withdrawn at once but for Blaine's at
tack in the Senate. The fact is, if there
is no insurrection nor danger of insur-
rection, the troops have no business
there.
All other questions are az nothing com
pared to this, of military despotism
Let there be no more trihing. 1t was
the military lower, in fact, that enabled
the consummation of the Hayes fraud.
If this matter had been met and settled
by the late Congress at their first session
in 1876, Tilden and Hendricks would now
be President and Vice President. Let
military force lie abolished as an element
in our politics. Mr.. Hayes, in fact, is a
military force President-not perhaps
the first, but we do hope the last.
The old Roman maxim was-the will
of the People is the supreme law. Our
Declaration says, all governments derive
their JUST RIGHTS from the consent of the
governed. The full recognition and APP
plication of these fundamental principles
are more likely to secure justice among
men. Military force is introduced to
prevent the free expression of the will of
the people, and continue force rule. As
we say, all other questions are as nothing
compared to this. Currency, bonds, tax
alton, specie payments, &C., are insignif'
cant COMPARED to this of military force
rule. Let our friends in Congress stand
firm and put an end to it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-05
PEVJVJNG on BUSINESS

Is frequent inquiry, and very many
have been, of late, expressing confidence
that we had seen the worst, and trade
and business were about to revive. More
hopes might be entertained if our bur-
dens of debt and taxation were less pom
derous, iflabor were plenty and enter
prise not clogged to the extent it is. AS
long as so many laboring men are out of
employment, and while the present un-
fair system Of collecting revenue for the
General Government remains in force,
we have little hope ofa solid and perma-
nent revival of business through out the
country.
The Chamber of Commerce of Pitts
burgh last week requested Hon. James
H. Hopkins, late Democratic member Of
Congress, to give his views upon Con-
gressional legislation 60 far as the same
relates to business interests. Mr.. Fl, de-
clines, and concludes as follows;
In 80 far as any legislation of the forty
fourth Congress is concerned, would be
perfectly willing to give my views, if by
SO doing could contribute to the restor-
alton of prosperity which has 30 long
been a stranger here. l sincerely sym
pathize with all of our citizens in the
prolonged and still continuing depression
of our industrial interests. The relief is
never found in the past The advice Of
the German philosopher is sound for
communities as well as for individuals.
Look not mournfully into the past, it
comes not back again; wisely improve
the present, it is thine; go forth to meet
the shadowy future without fear and
with manly heart"
Hoping that the future may bring to
our city its full share of the prosperity
and happiness which result from labor
and capital working in harmony, each
being just and general, and both in &C.
tive exercise.
am very truly yours,
JAMES H. HOPKINS,
N. Grattan Murphy, Superintendent
Chamber of Commerce.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-05

PITTSBURGH is in default, her interest
amounting to near two hundred thousand
dollars, falling due last week, being un-
paid. The Telegraph says:
whatsoever man soweth that also
"shall he reap" The taxpayers, mer-
"chants and business men of Pittsburgh
"have sown the wind, and now they are
"aoout to reap the whirlwind. Foryears
they have been so engrossed in the con-
"duct of their own private business that
"they have permitted the management
"of municipal affairs to fall into incom-
"petent hands, and now they are about
ito suffer the penalty"
And as to the General Government,
have we not been sowingP And shall
we not reap? Are we not reaping?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-05

CONGRESSMAN Ellis, of Louisiana, who
favored that "the count should go on"
having faith in Hayes after hearing
sweet words from Foster and Stanley
Matthews, is disguised with Commissions
and relies again on the Democratic party.
In dispatch to the Nichols people in
New Orleans, Mr. Ellis says: "I hope
our people will by no act give even
coloring of acceptance of any decision of
Louisiana matters by the commission.
We must prepare to resist the decree if il
is unfavorable. The House is unques-
tionably Democratic, and will never give
one dollar for the army until our people
are free. Patience and bold assertion
of our rights will bring US victory in the
end -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-05

The New Orleans Times doubtless
speaks the popular feeling upon the
Hayes Louisiana Commission, when it
says:
"We cannot conceive how such a plan
could be put into operation, even if the
peoples violent disapproval were over
come. President HAYES has allowed
things to go too far for any such ex-
pedient now. The workings Of the peo-
ple's government have become general
and to revolutionize all this were fat an
archy. Itisin the least degree improbable.
that Gov. Nichols or any Of his friends
will consent to this arrangement, or to
any other tending to distnrb the existing
state Of things. To all propositions Of
the kind there Is but one response posi-
bic, which is, that the people have elect
Ell the Nichols government, that they
have installed it, and they propose b
maintain u under all circumstances and
against all foes"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-05

WENDELL PHILIPS has been lecturing
at Philadelphia, and "goes for" Hayes
and his Cabinet savagely. Heis evident
ly afraid Hayes may dossomething look
ing to peace and prosperity. He de-
nounces Devens as a slave catcher, the
associate of doughfaces and the tool OF a
slave driver, He says;
"Fancy him entering the Cabinet cham
berl Sherman, never an aboitlonist,
neither knows nor cares about his histo-
nv. Eyarts receives him with the suave
Indifference of one who is Everything
by turns and nothing long," Schurz has
neither brain nor heart enough to ua
derstand why slave-hunting should dis
credit any, provided 1t pays well. Key,
accustomed, like all Southerners, to use
slave catchers and despise them, makes
no effort TO conceal his disgust. Such a
Cabinet-a slave hound Cabinet-to pi-
lot this ship, tossed on the hot indigna-
ton Of twenty millions Northerners, and
the tireless hate Of ten millions at the
Southp
This is lively and fierce. Mr.. Phillips
eulogizes "Blaine, Morton and Butler" as
the true leaders of the Republican party.
Mr.. Phillips does not hesitate.to say that
If Mr.. Hayes had proclaimed in October
last his determination toIreCall the troops
from the South, Mr., Tilden would have
"walked unChallenged over the COURSE"
Eight years ago a similar attack was
made upon Grant, but he soon changed
his tune and praised Grant and his ad-
ministration.
1t does not seem to be honest and just
government that Mr.. Phillips wants, but
despotism over the South-a tyranny
worse than Russia over Poland. He
wants "a Union pinned together with
bayonets." lie fears that Hayes, Sher-
man d Co., are weak, or weakening; and
require to be stiffened up with threats
and vituperation. No doubt Blaine, But
ler, and Morton have induced this lam.
pooner to open his ball in order to aid
them and get hold,of Hayes and run him
as they did Grant.