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OHERIFF'S SALE.
~ By virtue OF writ OF Venditioni Ex-
Public Sale, at the "
LAFAYETTE HOTEL, sI1 shipley St.,
kept by Geo. w. Ortlip. in the city of vii
mington, New Castle county, Delaware on
SATURDAY, the 3lst Day of March,
1877, at 2 O'Clock, pm,
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nor SALE OR RExCHANGEE'ITasi,Ny Tsi,y NrC d
IL some fine toned second hand eSs ns"i ieIl
gan nearly new. Apply to this oip'"
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FOR SALE AND RENT

EOR RENT.-The hotel known as ~
Il yer Grove" No. 50s Church street, A
ply on the premises. msrll%
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CHERIFF'S SALE.
. BY virtue of writ OF Levari Facias.
TO me directed, will be exposed to Public
sale at the
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CHERIFF'S SALE.
y By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias.
TO me directed, will be exposed TO Public
Sale, at
THE HOTEL OF ALEXANDER MAXWELL
in Middletown, in st. Georges hundred
New Castle county, on
Friday, the 23d day of March, 1877,
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Philadelphia and New York E1enth E.Hont eharg|
nished to regular Depositors wl1nou''
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EDWARD BELTS, PRESIDENT
GEO. D. ARMSTRONG, CA'n
Paid up Capital, s'
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30
The Court Gould Determine.

Somewhere about score Of years ago
while Neal Dow's law was in full force, az
incident transpired in the court held ir
Paris, Oxford county, Maine, worth record
ing.
Judge x. (never mind how his name was
spelled, as he lives to spell it yeti was on
the bench. He was a genial soulin socie
ty but inclined to be a little testy some
times IN judicial harness. The case on
trial was the State VS.. a hotel keeper, and
the complaint was sale of liquor. One of
the principal witnesses was singularly OBJ
tuse. He did not like to lie, nor did he
seem anxious to tell the whole truth. He
confessed to having made purchase, but
he could not tell what he purchased, nor
could he remember what he asked for. At
length the county attorney asked him;
"Did you drink any Of it?n
HNot thar"
"Well, did you drink it anywhere ?n
Il mout "a done it."
GLOW did it taste 2"
Il can't say"
'Fes, you can say. Certainly you can
tell me how it tasted"
At this point the court interposed. The
question was deemed trifing and out of
place.
''Why do you press it ?" the Judge de.
manded.
"Well, your honor, replied the attorney,
'it is very evident that the witness bought
liquor of the defendant, and we want to
know what description Of liquor it was
As the witness refuses to tell what it was,
| thought if he would only tell how it tast-
ed, the COURT might be able to determine
The audible smile that followed, inside
and outside the bar, told that the hit was
understood and appreciated.
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Tom signed, and the man of meat crook
ed his finger at jim, who didn't hesitate
minute. The third one didn't know tn,
butcher, and he said he wouldn't sign tht
pledge for no man.
II guess you will guess you will.
said the butcher, as he rolled up his sleeves
I'm coming now p
He took the topper by the throat, flung
him over a box Of boots and into corner
and>in thirty=nine seconds from the first
dash the topper called out:
s'Let up on me, and gimme the pen p
He signed, and then, placing the three
in a row in front Of him, the butcher said j:
'Tm temperance all over, and my whole
heart is in this work. IF [ catch either
guzzling any more drink, I'll tie you in a
knot around a lamp-post, and pump you
out with fire steamer! G'lang now, and
see ifyou can't convert some one elseio
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Using His Influence

a good citizen, who has the cause d
temperance at heart, was travelling up and
down Michigan Avenue, in Detroit, to
watch for topers, and to coax them to sign
the pledge and to mend their ways. He
got hold Of three hard cases At once, and
took them into q boot and shoe store to
argue the point. They were wiling to
listen, but obstinate about signing, and
the good man went out TO secure more in
fuence. He met q butcher whom he had
long known, and, explaining the case TO
him, the butcher replied
They won't sign, eh I Well, now you
see if they don't. They know me, and
they Il put their names down Ike . streak
Of lightning u
Entering the store, be unfolded the
pledge, and to the first he said
tom, want your fist 70 this"
q druther not, replied Tom.
You pat your name down here, o. III
give you the worst humping you ever got,
and don't forget It II yelled the butcher.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30
Religion of The Indians.

Col. A. B. Neacham, late Superintend
ent of Indian Affairs, lectured on the GRE
fgion of the Indians y in DR.. Burchard, $
church, in thirteenth street, New York.
recently, He said that all Indians have a
religion. The Modocs believe that there
were two men tthe creation who could not
stand upright; that one was a coward and
cried all the time that the Great Spirit
came down and permitted both to stand
erect on condition that there should be no
more crying. Therefore an Indian brave
Eeyer sheds tear. They believe wo-
man was formed of four bones Of man,
and that when the Great Spirit blew the
breath of life into the body the tongue
moved first.
In regard to Adam and Eve, they con.
slder Eve to blame for listening to the
voice Of stranger in preference to her
husbands, and for that she was debased.
They have sacred piece of land on which
they believe the great Peaeemaker descend
ed. They never hunt or fish on this ground.
The Peaeemaker, they believe, was not
nailed to cross, but waskilIed by arrows,
aud then placed beneath rock. He re
covered life by his own power. In memo
~ Of this they have placed numerous stone
piles in the Indian country. Indian reli-
gion teaches that if man smites an In
dian on the cheek, the Indian shall hit
him.
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Selected Story.
MR.. PEEWTT1S COW
IL Domestic Sketch.

Halfa-dozcn times III as many weeks
has Peewit changed his milkman, in the
vain hope of securing cowjuice part aking
more ofthe cow and less of the pump.
'FMore sour chalk and water! I'll be
hanged if this whitewashing the inside Of
ones stomach amt about played out u re
marked Peewit, as he skinned the curd
led milk from his cup Of coffee.
"This is the first we got from that new
man that was recommended so highly"
said his wife.
"And it'll be the last. They're all tar
red with the same stick" he replied.
"You're as particular bout your milk as
a bald-headed, teethin' baby" observed
his spinster aunt, in her acidulated voice.
"Tain't your put in, old lemon peel"
II don't hardly see how we're going to
help ourselves, without we had cow of
our own" said his wife, thoughtfully.
"And that's just what propose we shall
have. I'll get carpenter to fix place at
the back part ofthe garden, and we'll have
COW, if we have to mortgage the house,"
he replied determinedly.
"Better get selfmilker,' suggested his
spinster aunt, sarcastically.
"By George hadn't thought about the
milking part of the business" observed
Peewit, and his face clouded over with dis
appointment.
Then Mrs. P. loomed up equal to the
emergency by suggesting that "Old Billy
an old man who put in coal, cleaned off
sidewalks, and did odd jobs around the
neighborhood, be engaged to feed, take
care Of and milk the forthcoming COW.
A few days later, PeeWit came across an
advertisement of kind, faithful, free-milk
ing cow to be disposed Of at sacrifice, as
the owner contemplated visiting Europe.
"That's just exactly what we want, dear
u faithful COW. Beauty's all well enough
in picture, you know, but when it comes
to having COW as d member Of ones fam
lily, faithfnlness is the thing, after all, we've
got to look out for" he remarked to his
wife, as be cut out the advertisement and
started off to see the animal at once.
After much inquiry and mud, Peewit
reached white washed shanty in the out
skirts Of the city, inhabited BY dogs, lame
chickens, half-clad, moist-nosed children,
heas, and the gentleman who owned the
faithful COW and proposed visiting Europe.
"Come this way, sur, said the proprie-
tor, leading the way into back yard, on
PeeWit making known the object Of his
visit. "There she il foreninst ye, an as
foine baste as iver cooked q tail.
The faithful, who was licking up few
potato peelings, proved to be tall cow,
with long body, long horns, i long tail,
and dirty yellow complexion. Her body
was lank as well b long, giving . person
the impression that she had unintentionally
missed many meals.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30
No Rest.

Science teaches us that the crust Of our
earth is perpetually moving, and that the
sea levelis constantly changing. Our globe
has its daily rotation on its axis, and its
yearly revolution about the sun which, with
all the satellites, sweeps toward moving
point in the constellation Hercules. Every
so-ealled fixed star is in motion. Fifty
thousand years ago the constellation ofthe
great bear or dipper was q starry cross a
hundred thousand years hence the imagin-
ary dipper will be up side down, and the
stars which form the bowl and handle will
have changed places. The misty nebulae
are moving, and besides are whirling
around in great spirals, some one way,
some another. Every molecule Of matter
in the whole universe is swinging to and
fro; every particle of ether which fills
space is in ielly-like vibration. Light is
one kind Of motion, heat another, electriei-
tY another, magnetism another. Every
human sense is the result Of motion every
perception, every thought is but motion Of
the molecules Of the brain translated by
that incomprehensible thing we call mind.
The processes Of growth, Of existence, Of
decay, whether in worlds or in the minut-
est organism, are but motion.-seientiiJffc
Amertca1s.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30

BAD HABIrs.-A culprit who was brought
hsfore Burlington magistrate, the other
day, on a charge of beating his wife, plead
for Indulgence, and promised reform, say
ing he did not mean any cruelty to his wife,
but it was only bad habit he had got in
to. The magistrate said he would cheer
fully excuse him, for he knew himself how
strong were the chains of habit, and the
prisoner must not mind it, for he really
didn't mean any thing by it, but he was
greatly addicted to the habit filming such
cases thirty dollars and costs, and sending
them up for ten days. ave are all crea-
lures of habit" quoted the court, and the
committee rose, and shortly afterWard the
houseadjourned.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30

ed to be prayed for to stand up, Quite a
number rose to their feet, and after servic.
es were closed one lady was heard asking
another at the door:
4sWhy didn't you stand up 2"
20, I dido't want to, was the reply,
"Nhy, you are a very foolish woman.
Wouldn have missed the opportunity for
anything
Opportunity for what2a
"NhN for standing up there and show
ing off your sea1-skin saequel There was
not another in the whole church,
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30

A svoRE.-A Yankee poet thus breaks
forth: 30 the snore, the beautiful snore
filing the chamber from ceiling to floor
Over the eoverlet, under the sheet, from
her wee dimpled chin to her pretty feett
Now rising aloft like a bee in June; now
unk to the vail "a cracked basso oa; now
dute-lilSe, sabsisling, then rising again, is
the beautiful snore of Elizabeth Jane p
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30

Coon FoRTUSE.-"A young woman
came in this morning to consult me about
a dispute over some money left between
herselfand her brother, remarked young
city lawyer to another lately, 1and she
made me promise to take her part" 1Did
she ?o exclaimed the other. "Gooa!1
@And then,' continued the first, greatly
elated, the brother came in, too, to con-
suit me, and he made me promise to take
his part. So now I'll let you take her
there is Then the two friends stepped
across the street and congratulated each
other on the good fortune that had befal
len each of them "by will"
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30
Poetry.
WILLIS WIDOW,

It's hard enough for folks to work
For such little pay;
To mel does not matter much,
Now Will has gone away.
The bird whose mate is flown afar
Cares little for her nest
For glimpse Of distant paradise
The barest Dough serves best.
4 cup of tea and crust of bread
Are quite enough fer me
To give me dafnties would be waste
Az Wills not here to see;
Or leastways, if he can look down,
He knows too much to care,
Knows that it does not signify
What people rat or wear.
IfI was living in the place
Where once lived with Will,
All going ON the same old way,
But just the house grown still,
I'm sure Win would seem further off,
So slowly time would go:
One needn't sit to watch for death,
That's sure to come, we know.
But now l seldom make a moan
About the sadder part;
think the moving Of the hands
Is wholesome for the heart;
For as L stitch, I recoIlect
The happy times we had,
Our courting days, the wedding morn,
When every one was glad
1 have Wills bird to sing for mo.
And, lest 1t pine for trees,
When Sunday evenings calm and fair
L take it for a breeze.
Wills lying not so far from ths,
And that is where we go:
The little bird ctaeeps cheerily-
fancy it may know.
Wills buried by the old grey church
That stands upon the moor,
And Us l can't take Dick inside,
listen at the door
And every word the pa1 II speaks,
seem to hear will say:
''Fhat's something good for you, old girl"
For that was poor Wills way.
And all the time, as walk home,
watch the sun go down;
ii makes cur grim old city look
Like New Jerusalem town.
And have such sweet l;lncies come
never had before:
When you've none else to talk with you,
think God talks the more
When first VIII went, I longed to die,
But now wait content;
AS parson says, When comforts go, .
The Comforter is sent"
Yet, O! how glad I'll meet with Will,
And tell him it came true
When he said, Polly, dear old girl,
esd will look after you.'
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Nor At HonE-A lady was engaged in
domestic affairs, when some one rang the
street door.ball, and the Roman Catholic
servant was bidden to say her mistress was
not at home. She answered, Yes ma am;
and whom | confess to the priest, shall I
confess it as your sin or miner"
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30

Hrs BREAKrAsr. The old gentleman
came into the hotel dining-room, and seat
ed himself at table. No servant came to
wait upon him, and he waited on them,
as the Westerners use the word. Still he
waited till his temper slipped away from
him. Then the table waiter approached
him, and asked what be would have for
breakfast. With eannibalistie emphasis
be jenked ont, a1Fell, ! want servant
girl first,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-22
Mortgagee's sale.

Notice IS hereby given that BY virtue Of a certain
sale mortgage, dated the twenty-eghth day Of De-
cember, A. ID. 1874, executed by Jacob &. Lynch
and Mary A. Lynch, his wife, grantors, to jackson
Prick, grantee, to secure the payment Of a certain
promssory note for the sum o! twelve hundred dol
lars OF that date. payable twelve months after
date, with ten per cent. interest per annum, de
fault having been made in the payment Of said note,
and there being now due thereon four hundred and
seventy-four dollars and seventy cents, will, on
Wednesday, the twen,y-first day Of November, A .
ID. 1877, at the hour OF two o'clock p. M Of sal |
day, at the front door Of the Court house,
in the city of Cairo, in the county
of Alexander, and state of IllIAoa, sell the pre-
misses in and by said sale mortgage conveyed
ana m0rtgaged, described rs follows, tO-wit :
Lots numbered iOur ti) and five ~ in block
numbered slXty-eight to-) in the city OF Cairo,
in the county of Alexander, and State at Illinois.
together with all the estate right, title and inter-
est of said grantOrs therein Including the right
and equity of redemption Of said grantors, at
public vendne, 10 the highest bidder for cash in
hand, In orderto make the amount now due up
on said note and the interest that shall accrue
until the day OF sale and the costs and charges of
this proceeding. JACKSON FRICR,
Oct. Is, 4-w Moupavce
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| Public Notices hereby given that by vir.
tue otthe power given me in two deeds of
| trust, executed, acknowledged and deliy.
cred by John Devine TO the undersigned.
Hugh Callahan, the first dated May Ist,
1873, given TO secure the payment of
prOmissory note OF said John Deyine, of
even date herewith, for the sum of two
hundred and twelve dollars, payable six
| months after date, and recorded In the re.
| corder's office OF Alexander county, IN
book d, at page llS; and the second dated
March 22d, 1876, given to secure the paw
ment OF another note Of said John DeyiDe.
| OF even date Herewith, for the sum of two
hundred dollars, payable one day after date,
with interest at ten per cent. per annum
from date, and recorded in the said record
er's office, in book 6, at page 800; and upon
which said notes there is now due the sum
| OF S4G942, will, on the 30th day OF Noyem
Der, 1877, at the hour of IL O'Clock a, IN. of
said day,at the front door of the courthouse
in the city of Cairo, county OF Alexander
and state OF Illinois, sell at public auction.
to the highest bidder for cash, the following
described lots OF ground, being the same
described in and conveyed by each OF said
deeds of trust, to-wlt: Lots twenty-three
(23) and twenty-four ca, in block 1iity-two
to2), IN the said city of cairo, county of
Alexander and state of Illinois. together
with all the right and equity of REDEMPTION
of the said John Devine in and to said
premises. The purchaser will be entitled
to deed and immediate possession of the
premises. Dated October Goth, 1877.
HUGH CALLAHAN, Trustee.
AAMrEL L. WHEELER, Atty Tor Trustee.
weekly 1t
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-22

TEE Pittsburg grand jury, who for
several weeks past have had the subject
Of last Summers riots under considers
ton. have finally made their report. The
jury charge the responsibility for the
riots, and the blood and rapine that fol
lOWAd in ita wake IN ln"t ~ jnd0'
nentand care on the part Of fhe State
authorities. In the report we find the
following sentence: "The whole mill
tary operation from first to last was a
blunder, and exhibited pitisble absence
Of training and executive ability worthy
Of commanders n.chiet who selects
Major Generals for their political or So
cial, rather than military, qualifications. %
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-22

Tnere Is no case on record where DR..
Norris Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and
Horehound has tailed TO give satisfaction.
On the other hand, whenever it has been
used by our people, in severe colds,
coughs, asthma, bronchitis, Group,
whoopipg-cough and consumption, they
are enthusiastic in its praise. Containing
no opium or other dangerous drug, it
does not constipate, and is safe to admin
lister in all conditions of health. This is
an important announcement, and the suf-
ferlng are advised to heed it. Trial size,
10 cents; large sizes. 80 cents and One
Dollar. Sold by Barclay Bros.
Also agents for Prof. Parker's Pleasant
Worm Syrup, which is sure death to
worms. Pleasant to take and requires no
physic. Price % cents. Try it.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-22
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.


The standard oil monopoly at Pitts
burgh is preparing to build a cooper
shop three hundred feet square, and
with q capacity of five to seven thousand
barrels day, thus gaining the entire
control of the cooper trade ut that point.
The manufacture Of steel pens ia con-
Quoted extensively at Essex, Mass. Two
hundred hands, mostly girls, are employ
cd. Each pen passes through twenty to
twenty-five distinct operations, many OF
which require special machinery and
skilled operatives. The steel employed
comes from Sheffield, and the pens are
exported to Canada, South America,
Mexico, Cuba and even to England.
The raising of Ostriches for their
plumage is recommended for Florida and
the gulf islands, where, 1t Is said, the
conditions are favorable for their culture.
Many ostrich farms exist at Cape of
Good Hope and also in Egypt. Ostrich
feathers are again becoming fashionable,
and never have they been long suppressed.
ed by any other feathers. Three healthy
tame birds will yield one pound at featho
ers OF marketable quality. At "a recent
sale OF these feathers in New York over
$4,000 worth of goods were disposed OF
at prices ranging from 5000 per pound
downward
The London Daily Netos, OF October
Goth, says: "During last week the total
quantity of fresh beef landed at Liver
pool from the United States and Canada
was 4,429 quarters, showing an increase
over past weeks of some 200 quarters. In
fresh butter the amount brought was 292
packages. For the first time for several
months past, there were no cattle landed
at Liverpool last week, but q compare
lively new feature was introduced by the
arrival in the steamer Palestine Of l5l
live pigs. The bringing of these animals
over was successfully accomplished.
Canadian sheep to the number of GA head
have come to hand, as well as forty-cight
horses"
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CIIANCERY NOTICE.

State Of Illinois, County of Alexander.
Circuit Court Of Alexander County, January
Term, A. d. ISIS.
George Weiss vs., Mary Nelte, Anna Noltc, Ida
Noe and ArnStine Nolte-Bll to ioreclose
mortgage in chancery.
Affidavit Of the non-residence Of Mary Nolte,
Anna Nolte, Ida Nolte and Arnstine Nulte, the de
endants above named, having been filed in the
Office Ofthe Clerk Of said Circuit Cpirt OF Alexan,
der County, notice is hereby given to the said non.
resident defendants, that the complainant filed his
bill Of complaint in ssld Court on the Chancery
side thereof on the 10Th day OF October, ID.
1871, and that summons thereupon issued out OF
said Court against said defendants, rcturnable on
the first Monday Of January, A. ID. ls1s, rs is by
law required, Now therefore, unless you, the said
Mary Nolte, Anna Nolte, Ida Nolte and Arnstine
Nolte shall personally be and appear before the said
Circuit Court Of Alexander County, on the first day
Of the next Term thereof to be holden at the Court
house in the city OF Cairo, IN said county, on the
first Monday of January, a. ID. lS7s, and plead,
answer or dcmlr to the said complainant's bill OF
complaint, the same, and Tie matters therein
charged aud stated, win be taken as confessed and
decree entered against you according to tie
prayer OFFS said bill.
JOHN A. REEVE, Clerk.
GEORGE FISHER, Compliments Solicitor,
October29, lS7I. (NOy. |, iw)
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THE old copper cent is beginning to
nAke,ita appearance again in some Of
the larger cit,es, and we hope the day il
not far distant when it VIII be in active
use here In Cairo and everywhere else.
On this subject an exchange aptly re-
marks: "For many years there has been
no smaller currency than five cent pie
ces, and the absence Of smaller currency
has tended to increase the prices Of
most small aracloa. One no longer as in
old times buys an apple for one or two
cents. tits now two or three for FIVE
cents, fraction being added because
change cannot be made for any purchase
less than five cents. The illustration
holds good throughout. TO the poorer
classes especially, the copper cent is q
true friend. It does not force them to
pay two cents tor one cent article, nor
to expsnd FIVE cents, in order to make
change. when something worth only two
or three cents is desired. Let us have a
revival Of the old copper cent OF the faith.
ers.