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, 1877-12-22
A Murderer's Horrible Recital.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1877.
Charles r. McGill, a cabinet
maker, twenty-seven years old,
killed his mistress, Mary Kelly,
in a house Of ill-tame, No. 100
Cross street, at two o'clock this
afternoon. Jealousy was the
cause OF the murder. McGill
gave himself up and was taken
to the Central station, where, in
i calm and perfectly cool man
ner, he gave the following ac-
count of the affair -
[ laid down alongside of Mary,
and after a few words pat my
left arm around her, and with
my right hand took the revolver
from my pocket, and putting the
muzzle to her ear, fired. She
said, "Forgive !" me, Charlie
Send for the priest | contin-
ued to shoot her until the seven
charges were emptled. Finding
she was dead, | got up and put
three more charges in.the weapon,
placed the muzzle over her heart
and fired two shots, and with
the third load | shot her in the
temple.
After the above recital McGill
ordered supper, saying, "Don't
send me q cold lunch; | want a
square meal" He was formerly
resident Of Athens, Ohio, and
is said to have 4 wife and child
ren in Columbus, Ohio. He has
lived in Cleveland about eigh-
teen months.
, 1877-12-22

A man in Stockton, Cal, was
surprised the other day to learn,
on questioning his twelve-year
old boy, of the alarming preva-
lence Of opium smoking amo2g
schoolboys of tender years Tk
lad seemed to speak Of it asa
matter Of course, and mentioae3
the names of a dozen or mQa
boys, from twelve TO sixteen
years of age, who indulge in the
dangerous practice, and make no
secret of it among themselves,
possibly because they do not
know the terrible evil Of it.
, 1877-12-22

They come to your back door
and demand hot coffee and mincc
pie; they stop you near your
home and want money for a
lodging; they unfalteringly pull
the front door bell out of its
socket and demand a new shirt
and a few dimes. How many OF
them ever ask if you have a lit
tie work for them to do? Alas!
work is not what they come for.
, 1877-12-22

When you see lady on the
street stop and suddenly kick
and reach bakward and down
ward, don't be alarmed, it is not
a brlckbat she is after. AS soon
as she shakes out the old oyster
cans entangled in her trail, that
same sweet smile will return
and everywhere the street con-
tractor halls the woman with a
trail as a blessing.
, 1877-12-22

There is said to be growing up
among the English aristocracy
an idea that not to know any
thing is to be above the avulgaw
mawb, yaw knaw. Wawd raw
ther cawtch ah sawmon, yaw
knaw, aw gaze at aw blawnde,
yaw knaw,. thawn taw be awftah
demned knawlage, yaw knaw.
, 1877-12-22

The Shah OF Persia has re-
duced the taxes Of his subjects
by one-half for the next fourteen
years because Of the large
amount of gold taken from the
recently discovered mines Of All
medabad, near Tahid.i, and Of
the prospect of further large re-
ceipts.
, 1877-12-22
Postal Savings Banks.

The New York Herald warmly advo.
Gates the establishment Of POSTAL saw.
ings banks by the Government. 1t closes
q convincing article ON the subject as
follows:
There exists in the United States, and
we regret to say in the great commer>
cisl city Of New York more than any,
where else, a necessity for some such
protection to the industrious poor as
seems to be offered by this government
savings bank system. Since the failure
of the Third Avenue Savings bank
twelve other New York banks have
closed their doors. In the Third Ave-
nue Bank case the receiver showed that
nearly one million and quarter dollars
had been either stolen outright or
fraudulently taken from the bank.
mainly through the operations OF one
of the directors. In almost every case
the depositors have been defrauded di~
rectt or indirectly. Besides this. the
drpositors' money is used to pay enor-
nous expenses, which would be avoid
ed, under government system. Twen-
ty banks in New York and four in
Brooklyn are found, by careful analy-
sis of the last bank report, to pay
$909 ,97l ger annum in salaries and Of
fee expenses; $l7S.5 $50 for taxes. and
to have the enormous sum of S., 1S9,-
us invested in banking houses. The
interest on the after amouni is $685.
279 yearly. Tbs great saving of a gov
ernment system lieh vould avoid
these heavy expeslSisufes 4. apparent.
The benefit toloihe reepis . the secu>
rity of their nn rev wcnid he inestima>
bic, and whe, i is remembered that
they would receive interest from the
date of their deposit in q postal savings
bank. and up to the date of the with
drawal of their money al whatever time
it might be, the difference in the rate
would be immatelial. We hope to see
Congress speedily take up and act upon
the subject.
, 1877-12-22

The New York Eus05ng Post
giving the result of Senator
Conkling's war on The Admins
tration, says: It certainly seems
that Mr.. Conkling has the sen
ate at his heels; but what is the
price of the victory he has won,
if he really has won it2 1t IS
really nothing less than tsc over
throw of his party; for hothing
is better settled in the future
than that the Republicans never
can elect another president, new
er again can carry the state Of
New York, by going On In the
course Mr.. Conkling has marked
out for them.
, 1877-12-22

A man who controls the Bos-
ton mutton market, and has 90
900 surplus sheep on hand, is to
experiment by sending 1,50O
carcases by steamer to England.
, 1877-12-22

The telephone has been sue
cessfully introduced in the bo-
nanza mines of Nevada as a
means Of communicating with
the men in the lower levels.
, 1877-12-22

The sea continues to give up
the dead of the unfortunate HUI
ron. Thus far seventy-four
have been recovered, leaving
twenty-seven unaccounted for.
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Land ri onopoiy.

Hon. Creed Raymond, late
Code Commissioner and one OF
the ablest lawyers in California,
now member of the State Sen
ate, lately introduced a resolu-
ton instructing the Judiciary
Committee of the Senate to con-
slider and report to the Senate
whether it would be constitu-
tional to so amend the Code as
to provide that the owners of
land could not dispose of by will
more than one thousand acres,
and that whatever they owned
more than this, should, at their
death, become the property of
the State.
In q State owned and control
led by monopolists, however ap-
parent the necessity of such a
measure to the maintenance of
the liberties Of the people, the
power to adopt it has already
passed out of their hands. The
right of eminent domain, which
is an essential power of govern
ment, has been vested in a few,
to whom the mass of the people
are tenants at will, practically
under vassalage to the LORDS OF
the manor as under the feudal
system. 1t is folly to talk Of an
independent people and a free
system OF government where the
relation of landlord and tenant
prevails. This is illustrated in
the California Legislature; the
land barons and the railroad no.
bles control Legislation through
their vassals, whichever political
party is in the ascendant. The
preamble to the resolution IN
troduced by Senator Raymond,
was a literal copy of one of the
planks of the Democratic plat
form upon which the party car
ried the last State election in
California; yet the Senators cleo
ted on that platform almost unan-
imously refused to refer the mat
ter to a committee for consid-
Grafton" A large majority of
the present Legislature were
elected on pledges of hostility to
the Central Pacific Railroad man.
agement. The result is that the
railroad managers dictated the
Senator.
The principle of land limita-
ton indicated in Mr.. Haymond's
resolution has our most hearty
approval; but we do not under
stand how it can be carried out
in the manner proposed without
invading vested rights. The
right to hold property carries
with it the right to dispose of 1t
either by will, deed or devise,
and no statute law can Disturb a
right clearly vested, or take from
any citizen possessions lawfully
acquired, except to meet public
necessities and by rendering due
compensation therefor. If, how
ever, the members of the Senate
believed in land limitation, as
they professed, and really de-
sired to devise a means to check
the growth Of the monster evil
of land monopoly in that State,
they would at least have permit
ted the matter to be considered
| in committee.
, 1877-12-22

Mumps are becoming preva-
lent, and any man with little
carelessness about him can now
wear a football on his neck.
, 1877-12-22

A man in st. Louis brought a
suit to recover $1,000 from a
merchant from whom some strip
ed stockings were purchased
last year, which were Worn by
the plaintiffs child, and from
the effects of which, it is alleg-
ed, she was poisoned and died.
, 1877-12-22

Now let's have a law passed
to make a twenty-cent piece le-
gal tender for quarter of dol
lar. Then we shall be ready to
legislate quart into pint pot.
, 1877-12-22

There IS no doubt that a ma
jority of the people prefer Mr..
Hayes policy; that majority
elected Mr.. Tilden, and Mr.,
Hayes is performing only moral
justice IN doing as the majority
wish
, 1877-12-22

Two oysters in gallon of
lukewarm fluid at a church fair
are no lot'~er called stews, but
aquariums.
The funded debt of the Dis
trict of Columbia is .s8, ,379,691,
in addition to the 3-65 bonds,
which amount to S13, ,743, ,250.
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New York Herold:: Congress
should Immediately make pro-

should Immediately make pro-
visions to put the life saving
stations in a thorough condition
Of equipment. 1t is agreed on
all hands that if the station near
the scene of the wreck Of the
unfortunate Huron had been
manned many lives would have
been saved. The policy that
leaves our sailors and passengers
to the mercy of the waves, while
thousands of worthless officials
are kept in Office, is q disgrace
and Il swindle.
, 1877-12-22
California Senator.

49,
for Senator, is another evidence
of the fact that party combina-
tions have greater control in
party caucus than any consider
ations for the public interests
Independent of personal or party
considerations; if the question
had been merely the selection Of
a man best qualified to perform
the duties of the position, we be-
lieve the choice would, with great
unanimity, have fallen upon one
Of the other candidates. James
7. Farley, the successful CON-
petitor, is politician by voca-
ton, distinguished for nothing
in any other walk or occupation.
He has devoted the best efforts
of his life to politics, and has al
ways prided himself upon his
fidelity to party and devotion to
caucus. Upon that fact he based
his chief claim to Office, and it
was undoubtedly the main cause
of his success. He is a man of
genial qualities and popular ad-
dress, without great literary ac-
quirements or profound legal
knowledge, but moro than ordi-
nary resources in public debate,
and great shrewdness in manlp-
ulating party conventions. He
has managed to commend him.
selfto the support of the railroad
ring without impairing his party
standing.
Mark L. Mcdonald was the
only other candidate before the
caucus with any substantial
claims to the office. No two
men of equal social standing
could be more dissimilar in gen.
eral characteristics: Farley, the
good-natured, easy-going, lazy
politician, and Mcdonald, the
steam engine in breeches, repre-
senting in more eminent degree
than any other man in the State
those great forces of brain and
nerve which distinguish Califor-
MIA above all other countries on
the globe. Whoever represents
Mcdonald as possessing only the
faculties of mere money getter,
with the animal instinct for ac-
emulation, has not the ability
to judge of intellectual qualities
outside Of professional preten-
sions, OF has a malicious motive
IN maligning.
Mark l.. Mcdonald is one of
those men we delight to honor,
and in whose success we glory
as an American citizen-not for
what he has, but for what he is.
The son of a farmer, with no ad-
vantages Of early education than
those afforded by the common
school in a rural district, he de-
voted the first earnings of his
young manhood to acquiring a
collegiate education, and gradu-
ated with honor from one of the
oldest colleges of the country
On coming to California he was
rendered a professorship in Va
caville College, which he declin-
ed for more active employment,
as the secretary and superin-
tendent Of the grade from Sacra-
mento to Virginia City. When
that job was finished he bought
a seat in the Stock Board and
from that time forward has been
more uniformly successful in all
his operations than any other
member of the Board, and no
one has achieved higher repu-
tation for honorable dealing and
strict fidelity to all his personal
engagements. He is regarded
by his compeers as a man OF
wonderful forecast and almost
unerring judgment. He is no
less distinguished for public spir-
it. The millions he has accumu-
lated in the Stock Board have in
the main been invested IN enter
prises which have given employ
ment to labor and promoted the
nrosnnrity of the State. He has
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Haycs's New White Party Must Pre-
serve Some Republican Principles.

II Is announced from Washington that, ms
part OF the new White Party movement,
tho Cabinet means do stick to civil service
reform, and that Mr.. EvAITs and Mr..
SCHURz arc to prepare rules for that pur-
pose.
We suggest that these rules should ho
made so comprehensive that they will serve
as a safe platform for the White Republican
Party hereafter; and with this view we ,en-
ture to remind these eminent reformers that
they should still claim to bc Republicans, and
that there are two political doctrines to
which, rs their Republican experience should
teach them, they ought to pay particular
attention and which they ought to incor-
porate in their now system.
First they should remember that the
fundamental principle Of the HAYES Repub-
lican party ms IL is now constituted, Is
Cheating in Elections, and they should keep
this great principle in view In every rule
they lay down; and, secondly, they should
likewise most especially bear in mind
that tho second, and perhaps the most
important fundamental principle Of the
HAYES Republican party, is that in
every election a proper Returning Board
must be at hand, fully endowed with
power TO change tho returns where tho
voting is not satisfactory, and to count in
the HAYES candidates every time, no
matter what may have been the wish of
wcll-mcaning but not always intelligent
people.
BY rigidly adhcrlng to This line OF policy,
Mr.. EvARrs and Mr. ScHvRz may confidently
hope to establish a complete system OF civil
service reform such as ought to be satisfac-
tory both to the new White Mems Rcpub-
lican party and to its Fraudulent Presi-
dent.
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The Scheme ut Washington.

Our readers will do we'll to examine care
fully the letter Of our Washington cor
respondent on the state OF politics as 1t
appears In that city under the manipulation
OF Mr.. HAYES and his advisers.
We have already shown that the scheme
adopted at the White House aims at
the abandonment OF the negro by tho Re-
publican party, so far as Mr.. HAYES can
control It; and our correspondent shows
also that 1t Is expected to carry out this
scheme by bribng with offices southern men
hitherto regarded as Democrats, and by cs-
tablishing an enormous system Of corrup-
fion In the form of subsidies to railroads and
other enterprises OF the kind.
In this way 1t is supposed by these people
that the country will be rendered entirely
oblivious Of the great wrong put upon 1t in
the establishment Of Mr.. HAYES.
We predict that this expectation will be
disappointed. The people Of the United
States are not yet so entirely corrupted that
they are blind 10 the distinction between
right and wrong. Such fraud rs raised
Mr. HAYES to power will in due time receive
Ats punishment.
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The lctfers wni,h have arrived from Nr.
STANiLY. aud tol"glarlir SUMMARY of
which have appeared in the Hmli clnnot
fail, when thoy are published I'm iUil, - con-
tain much that Will ue Of interest to gc1g-
raphnr~; but for the sake Of Mr. STANLEY
reputation as an explorer, we would suggest
that tine gon,uman Who Summarizes his
reports should lie careful, ia his zeal
in magnifying his exploits, not to make
him discover lakes and rivers that
wrre di,covcrrl ly other travellers fifteen
years ago. cor contradict his own former OK
JlorWt.un. ina mo0ne. tLat ca Is doubt
uyou q rir NrraD.ty.
According 1, the telegram. M STAN
ley, "ait,r exploring The hitherto I'M
known region bctNc.n LnNs Victoria
md Albert Nyauza. uul dsanruiq the
great river kngccra. which flows into
the Victoria Nyanln from tho south yr-t,
took southorly course towaiH Uyj, the
place where he first met LIyISGsroNE.
I'm the course Of his Journey he dis-
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The Superintendent of Public Works.

Next to the Governor and Comptroller,
The most important executive officer in the
State will be the Superintendent Of Public
Works. He takes the place Of the three
Canal Commissioners, and IL charged with
the performance OF the wcighty duties that
have heretofore been devolvel ON them
Upon his management II will mainly depend
whether our one thousand miles Of canals
shall be ccsspools of CORRUPTION, and such a
bur1tG TO the treasury that ever taxpayer
will desire to have them sold TO ANYBODY
who can be induced TO take them; or Whether
they shall so far recuperate as TO become
o convenience to those who have ooca-
s.on to use them, and gradually iiquiAato
the debts contracted for their construction
and maintenance. In word, the creation
OF this new Office gives the canals another
chance to redeem themselves and remain
The property of the State, and we fancy 1t
will be their last chance.
In selecting this responsible officer Gov
ROBINSON should not try to please anybody
but the people, nor serve any interest eX-
cept the public good. Doubtless he Is set
upon by hungry cormorants who wish to
control this influential department Of the
State Government for private ends, and 20
work 1t as they would a fat job. Tho old
Canal Ring, polished up a little for appear
ance sake may endeavor - slip one OF their
supple tools into it. Some honest men, not
competent to the discharge II the oncrous
duties will want it, Honesty is an essential
qualification for superintendent; butquite
as much as this he will need to be long
headed, keen-sighted. and IN the enjoyment
OF an inhexible backbone. II he intends to
manage the canals with the purpose Of sorv-
ing the public and protecting The state he
must look for his friends and supporters
among the people, all not 10 contractors
along the live who ere trying 20 make eX-
orbiant profits ont OF their jobs, nor TO
politicians who dispense the official patlCu-
age ON the public works.
Mr. RoBISsoN's chief danger los In being
tempted TO make a bargain in the appoint
ment OF this officer. The nomination must
be- confirmed 10y the Senate. The Rcpubli-
cans have a majority in that body. A good
many valuable Offices ara now in possess
sion of Republicans under the hOid-over
law, their regular terms having expired.
Tho log-roiling politicians at Albany Insist
that If a Republican Senate Is to confirm a
Democratic superintendent, the Governor
must attach To- him half dozen Republican
NOMINEES for lc-, important places, and
then let them all pull through together
Ou' advice 10 Gov. ROBINSON il to send e
the Senate the uaulc of thoroughly COM
pctent and wutin. superintendent. aAd tAei
abide the rc~ llt
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One Way of Doing II.

l. j. very certain that tho committees #
the twp House, which framed the uncou7;i-
mNonal Electoral hill-that Is 20 say, Il ma
j1ritv of the mcmhcrs-undcr-too that
ample provision WIS nale not only for the
admission OF all legal evidence. already in
possession Of the two Houses, but for tho
taking of now evidence by the Commission
itself upon every branch of the case 1t was
f0i tll- loa-on only TINT the great body Of
the Republican party, including all its most
CORRUPT clements. oppo.ed and denounced
tine bin. They had M conception Of the
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To THr Enron OF THE SuS-Sr; THE fol-
lowing letter Explain, the itirawal %. the avn l '-
mcnt Of the hcnedt to the family otGeu Custer va.u
Mr. Dall had arransc cd at ,he llth Avenue Theatre,
Loros CirH March ~. ~
nFAR Nh DAY Cen kii'on hl. a letter from Mrs cos
ter requesting thtt i've whole mnr POT benefit lor i,u
clusters family be- dropped. Size ~ NHA grateful iNr he
Kindly feeling displayed M their hchIi but THINKS mat
the money she received ur the Generals lie Insurance
VIII enable them a. get along comfortably. Gon. kilnu
a'nls his compliment Mt and Thanks m which most
heartily Join. lOuis sincerely, Nv h
Mrs Custer has insisted upon paying all her husbands
debts in l and there samortsRee ol about $500 upon
the little home Perhaps the brother officers the
late mi devise some mode OF accom- psking this
object which Will not he declined by Mrs Custer r.
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been approved in Massachusetts,, and we
doubt whether IL can even be approved in
Vermont AS for BRADLEY, his constituency
was all assembled in CoRTLANDT PARKER's
back Office when he made the decree in tho
Mcmphis-El Paso case. In counting In
HAYES, he only obcycd orders.
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Dsoth.s rh~stre-l Trip 10 the Moon.
nso~.~ry Gh~ssre-Eiliccn Alrnns
Columbia Op~rs uo"-e-Varieiy h.tine>
Essie Theatre LA Jolie rariumeu'e
Ea,psss. uaii--saih st., near sis- Matinee
FIfsh Avenue rh-str~-Bius Gissa
Gr..s op-r. uoas---rhs ~, orphan.
srtrsnor-'- sarsen-Trotting. a..
ps.iier's yvesd-r rh-stre--orp New York fotsh
New America. w.ss.n-ios B,Ser-
Ne.. broadway Theatre Kathleen Iavourncsa
New York Aa.sri.. -braaiway sniJ,tIsL
Olympic rhestre-Jack aud JIM
Park rhestr.-our Bosnilng H.s~.
P-ri-tsn Nsri-ti-s-Greu Attraction.
90. Francisco Ni.s,reis-Blo.JwAy mi 2lth.l
Thcstre Comiqu---vsrcty
Tony Pastors New rh~str~-v,ret1
u.i.. square Theatre The Dan.cncIa
vysiiscL's Tb~atre-My Awful Dat
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MIR. MORTON has kept his weather eye
open sofar as concerns Offices. His brother-ln-
law. HOLLOWAY. gets n new lease of tho 1ndi-
annapolis Post ONCE. and now the plan IL to put
in his man TYNER as Assistant Postmaster
General. with tho understanding that he shall
have the filling of'the Offices north OF the Ohio
river. Mr.. Key amiably consents TO let MORTON
thus control tho most valuable part Of his de-
partments patronage. He seems to be so glad
to get In the Cabinet that he is ready to yield
anything for the sake Of civil service reform.
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Doy CAMERON has called upon HAYES to
toll him what no will do with the Senatorship
when he gets it. He promises not to bear malice
for the Cabinet place he lost. and he assures
HAYES that no will give his Fraudulent Admin
istration hearty support. Don wants to begin
life as n Senator under the sunny skies OF
HAYEs's favor.
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ness. and perhaps II was Just as well for DR..
EAsroN. herself, and the blue-eyed baby that she
so changed her mind. though that he is n kind
hearted man and fond Of babies there is no
doubt We hope the baby will grow up to be a
useful mcmhnr OF society.
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STANLEY MATTHEWS, It seems, has been
trying his hanl on PACKARD as well as on
CnAMDIuLATN hut the Louisiana claimant did
not find it" emlarras sing beyond endurance"
rs CHAMBERLAIN did. H. curly declined to
answer it, on the ground that It had no official
weight. PAcKARD deals with the Returning
Board President il rather an independent
fashion.