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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24

The speech on finance, by Gen. Garfield,
in the house recently is praised by all, and
by the hard money men especially = ssIaims:
ed to be the ablest ever delivered in con-
gress upon that question, and unansuerable.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24

The c-incina..i conmerci.i Independent,
is glad that the democrats carried Ohio be.
cause the taste Of misgovernment that the
people will get under their administrators
will make the state republican for the next
nine hundred and ninety.nine years.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24

1t is claimed that the tide of public senti,
ment At present in Iowa is in favor of re-
storing the death penalty. There is also =
party which favors the abolition of the
grand-jury system.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24

"What is q dollar" asks the Graphic.
It's just the same IS gratitude; something Of
which We owe more than We have.-Bur-
hngton Hawkeye. Or like q clacked stock
ing on q muddy crossing; We would like to
ses more Of this, crossing, Of course
Keokuk Constitution.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24

That was IN execrable blunder of = coun.
try weekly that mixed with the late politi.
cal news from those states the statement, that
reports from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky,
show a prevalence Of hog cholera. Z
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24

2 Passenger train going east connectsa at p,d
junction with branch trains arriving 1t R]
lsndyIlls at,l2 {. 10 p. M, and then connecting v1
How.rd,s' stages for Virginia. Eden, Fairvtss3
Bsleit, Cantons Harrisburg, flandreau. Linws1
Big Sioux River, and from leaving Portlandna1
at LIS ?. M. connects At. Davis Junction WI
train going wet. rs,I .sigf .J
s. AZ Elk Point With stages for P rcs, Nh
and Riohla I'D! t. 80.
4. A. vesnillion With stages for Lodi "N'
.. Al Mspkiing!With Stages for st James.
g. Atcayy!lls with stsges for y. Helena:
soutAss. 4aa western dakota, and North Nee N
ka;. Ind during he sesson Of navigation " 4,
Missouri Rivst,s Transportation Companies Ky "
q sts.4ers tot RaYdal, Brs!e, Pierre, s@
Rice. ,Bismisck stevenson, Berthold: Bue
transportation wagons for the Black Hills I
This g the only Direct Route Nf\1
0laek Hills.
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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24

An eastern paper says the emigration to
the west j. much heavier than ever before,
and is generally Of apparently we'll to do
people. II ~
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24
T~he:phrase Of the demagogue now'in Ne
brasks il, " the sod-house aristocracy.

The Bee remarks, that . great deal Of
petit larceny is going on in Omaha just
now.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24

A Columbia Is. C.) girl wa ,kis.ed by, !.
ssssro, and rstaliatsd b shooting him dad.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24
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Latest Novelties In Dress al the French
Capital-How the Modistes use Bright
Colors and Soft, Warm Materials TO En-.
hance the AttractlQna OF tho Fair Sex.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-24

The essence with which ladies sent their
hsnkerchiefs (now held in the hand or At
teched ~ III Nbst) Sfss PSaud's lxora. q
9tecitn toet4 t6efagfaaossA more pene.
trating than iris, far more distingue than
essence OF bouquet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-12-04

The Presidents Message.

The first annual message of President
Hayes appears in our columns this morn
ing. The first topic presented is that OF
his Southern policy He defends his
course aud asserts that il has been hrne-
fetal. No new facts or arguments are
presented to sustain the policy. nor is
there anything in the Message upon this
subject which will in the least change
public opinion regarding it. Certainly ii
the President believes his policy has been
beneficial, he sees things in the South in a
very different light from that in which we
are Obliged to see them. Il is true there
is greater degree OF quiet in the South
than for some time, but is it the peace OF
happy, contented people, all enjoying
the rights guaranteed to them by the Unit
ed States constitution, or is it such peace
as reigned in Poland after the conqueror',
foot was placed upon the neck of her PEG.
plep
In regard to the currency and the pay.
meul OF the public debt in honest money,
the Message will be acceptable to New
England and New York, but not to the re-
pudiators aud inflaiionists OF the South
and West. The public debt must be paid
in gold, as it was understood it was to be
paid when it was contracted, says Presi-
dent Hayes. He lavors making silver
coin legal tender for small amounts in
private transactions, but insists that silver
coin it permitted to be used should be
made to correspond in value to gold lie
is also opposed to any steps backward in
the resumption of specie payments. His
message on the financial question is as
sound and strong as on the Southern poll.
cy it is unsatisfactory.
Civil service reform is briefly discussed
but while the President repeats his well
known views, he makes very mild de-
fence of them.
The topics mentioned above are the
most important in the Message. For a
full examination of the Presidents opin-
ions and recommendations we refer our
readers to the Message itself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-12-04

lie struggle in the Senate has had the
effect to draw party lines rigidIy straight.
Even Stanley Matthews voted for the adj
mission OF Kellogg to IA seat in the Senate.
Republicans who are not willing To he
classed among the "s'alwarl" sort are
very scarce since Butler, tn, header ct the
Hamburg massacre, was sworn in as a sem
atOr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-12-04

The Senate stands since the admission
oil Kellogg and Butler. 80 republicans,
30 democrats, and Independent, with the
case OF Eustis, of Louisiana, for the short
term undecided. Whether Patterson and
Conover will act with the republicans in
future is matter of doubt. There is "A
report that Patterson will resign and that
Wade Hampton will fill The yacAncn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-12-04

The report of TIE Postmaster General CO.. tains
full aud clear statement OF the operations and
condition of the Post Office department The Or
binary revenues of the department for the fiscal
wear ending June 30, 1871 including receipts from
the money order bushes, aud from official stamps
and stamped envelopes amounted to the sum Of
S27 ,53l $50 26. An additional sum of S7,0l3 600
was cal zcd from appropriations from the general
treasury, Tor various purposes making the receipts
from all sources S3i ,5ii ,SS526. The total ex.
penditnies during the fiscal year amounted to
1888 fS6 322 A. leaving an excess of total receipts
over total expenditures of 81 0jS $50 49, and an
eNc,s &C total eype dtues over ordinary rec, ipts
Of IS 9jl 737lS.
Deducing from the receipts the sum of $685.
2Gl 81 received nom International money orders
OF the preceding h-cal wear, and deducting from
tie total cN pendtures the sum of 81 1853 $500
paid on liabilities incurred in previous fiscal years,
the expenditures and receipts appertainn TO the
business OF the last fiscal year, were as follows /:
Expenditures S32 1922 ,50i.24, receipts ordinary
from money order business and from official postage
stamps, 1877 ,4S7 1923 81; excess of expenditures
81 S54 1892. The ordinary revenues of the post
office department for the year ending June 30th,
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12

THEODOR CHRIsTLIEB, the German theo-
logian who figured so conspicuously at the
meeting of the Evangelical alliance in New
York few years since, has discovered that
the "spirit OF Christi has departed from us,
and he has great fears for the future of this
nation. As evidence of our fallen state, the
only evidence too that he presents, he de-
clares that he has seen a man come home
and find his wife sitting in the best chair in
the room, and not only did she not rise to
get his dressing gown and slippers, but she
did not rise at all. The married man had to
take the second-best chair. This is dreadful.
Unfortunately there is too much reason to
believe it is true. Indeed there are cases on
record where the wife has refused to get up
first in the morning and build the fire, an d
has even compelled her husband to split the
kindlings. Whittier are we drifting? The
question is serious one, to which there
seems to be no solution except the profound
one advanced by the accomplished German.
Certainly "reform is necessary"
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12

IT is strange that the laboring man cannot
see the injury done him by the remonetiza-
tion of the silver dollar. The effort of the
resumptionists is to make the greenback dol
lar worth one hundred cents; the effort of the
silver infationists is to reduce its value to
ninety-three cents, the worth of the silver
dollar,-for the greenback of course will be
no more valuable than the m etal in which it
isito be redeemed. To buy dollars worth Of
food the purchaser must pay in silver dol
lar and seven cents, and as wages will not
advance, he will have to work more hours
than now to earn the necessary money. 1t
will take more labor, should the silver bill be-
come law, to earn a real dollar than il does
now. 1t is easy to see why the Bonanza
men should favor silver, for they find profit
in it, but it is not easy to see why the laborer
should be eager to defraud himself or to as
sist the silver owners in swindling him.
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12
THE LOUISIANA sENAroRsH1r.

A report on the Louisiana senatorial case is
expected on Tuesday or Wednesday, and Sena-
tor-elect Spofford and his friends admit this
afternoon tnat it will be unfavorable The re-
arrangement of the Senate committees places
Mr.. Wadleigh at the head of the privileges and
elections, in place of Mr.. Merton, but there
no reason to bslieve that Mr.. Spofford will gain
anything by the change. The committee will
divide on a straight party line, and long de-
bate, perhaps opening up the whole Louisiana
question, is expected in the Senate, with not
mora than two or three votes to be changed to
reverse the action of the committee. Ben Hill
thorough and exhaustive speech in favor of
Spofford
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12
THE ANTI-REsUnrpTIoN1srs.

It is the intention of the sincere greenback
advocates in Congress to push their policy to a
direct issue and force the Northern and Eastern
Democrats to position for or against it. A
canvass blythe Senate by the prominent friends
of the repeal of the resumption act only elicit
the finding of three Republicans likely to sup
port the blll-Jones of Nevada, Ingalls, and
Plum. On the other hand it seems to be con-
ceded that Connecticut, New York, New Jer-
sey and Delaware will furnish Democratic
Senators and Maryland and Oregon two who
Will vote against the repoal, 1t is there
believed that if the financial question is made
the leading issue there will be direct split,
carrying the hard money and national banks
solidly into combination with the Republi-
cans, and rendering equally certaipaa coalition
between the soft money Democrats and the
greenback labor party
THE TARIFF AND REVENUE LAWS.
The committee of ways and means is discuss
ing rather informally the revision of the tariff
and revenue laws, but will not take up the
subject iu earnest till the opening of the rsgu-
lar session. Mr.. Wood, chairman of the COM
mttee, is also preparing speech upon the
general subject of public expenditures and reve-
nues, in which he will outline the policy which
he will endeaVor to induce the House to adopt.
IL is expected the changes iu the tariff will bs
10 the nature of additions to the free list and
simplifying the rates so that the bulk of the
customs will fall upon few articles which
may be readily reached. The whisky distillers
ana national bankers will make a strong effort
for reduction of taxes, and the appropriation
committee Will work in close cooperation with
the ways and means that the reduction of taxa
tion may be as large as possible.
THE STATE MILITIA.
Senator Davis Of West Virginia is maturing
bill providing for aid by tse general govern
ment in organizing and placing on an effective
basis the militia in the several states. He finds
the idea favorably received among other sena-
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12

THE discussion in Boston over the classical
education of women has given rise to some
very foolish sayings. DR.. Talbot, for example,
has made good his claim to the blue rib
bon OF idiocy by urging in reply to some ar
guments on the physical aspects of the ques-
ton that ''the wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters who feel an intense and almost
vital interest in the descision of this question
did not expect to have their ears smart and
their faces crimsoned by indecent expressions
and absurd opinions concerning the function
al disabilities of women for study or work"
1t is safe to say that no sensible woman will
blush at proper discussion of physiologi-
cal problem. If DR.. Talbot sees anything in
decent in these discussions he must be a man
of very nasty ideas.
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12

A MALADY peculiar to the members Of the
House of Romanoff is that Familiarity known
in Russia as the ''imperial disease.n 1t
fastens upon grand dukes whose incapacity
to discharge the duties of the posts which
they hold, civil or military, has been demon
strated. AS soon as the Czar perceives the
symptoms of the disease he orders the suffer-
er upon the sick list and and he is sent away
for change of air. 1t is rumored that this
mysterious malady has broken out among the
grand dukes in Bulgaria.
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 12.

We do not read anonymous etters ;lnd communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12
Washington News and Gossip.
NATIONAL MUSEUM.

Congress is to bs asked to appropriate $685.
900 for the erection on the Smithsonian grounds
Of national museum to contain the valuable
gifts from foreign powers of articles exhibited
at the Philadelphia Centennial. If the build
ing is erected General Meigs wilr endeayor TO
obtain the appointment of Superintendent, in
which case be will be retired from active army
service, and Gen. Rufus Ingalls, will probably
be promoted to the rank of Quartermsster Gem
aral
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersgned by Stanley t.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12
NEW MILITARY DEPARTURE.

By direction of the President, that portion
of the Division Of the Atlantic which embraces
the New England States, the state of New
York, excepting the department and post of
West Point, the states Of New JERSEY, Penn
sylvanis, Delaware, Maryland, Virgins, West
Virginia, Ohio. Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana,
and the District of Columbia, IS hereby consti-
tuted military Department of the East, Ma
ior-GeDeral W. s Hancock commanding, with
headquarters at New York city, in addition to
his command of the Division of the Atlantic
THE CANADIAN FISHERIES QUESTION
A well grounded expectation is current
among those best informed, that the result Of
the joint commission now in session at Halifax
for the adjustment, under the treaty of WASH
ington, of the Canadian fisheries question. will
be favorable to the United States, and that the
Provincial claim for fourteen million dollars
will be very largely reduced. The case as pre-
sented by the representatives of the United
States, is said to have been conclusive and sus-
tained BY copious evidence, which amounts to
demonstration that the Canadian damage
from the American fisheries has been very
much over-estimated. The arguments OF the
American counsel were submitted last week.
and though the commission will probably sit
for a month longer, the verdict will not be rem.
dered before the middle of January
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12

IGLEsIAs, one Of the claimants to the
Mexican presidency, has returned to hiscoun-
try unmolestcd. Ditto Tilden, one of the
claimants to the American presidency.
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12

Col. INGERsoLL sadly distrusts Solomon's
wisdom because the royal Israelite imagined
he could be happy with seven hundred wives.
Col. Ingersolps Scripture exegesis is not re.
markable for either candor or profundity.
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12

THE report of the capture of Erzeroum
was premature. The Turks still hold the
place and the Russians are making terrible
efforts to dislodge them.
The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12

LONDON, Ontario, can now go fishing.
1t had shower of angle-worms the other
day, and so is well stocked up in bait.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
The Romance of Claude Burroughs.

A New York letter says: One figure among the mOurners, at the funeral of the burned actors, attracted the attention of all who knew Claude Burroughs. Scarcely more than a week before this actor, dressed in the height of fashion, might have Dean seen any pleasant afternoon on Broadway or the avenue in the company of young lady to whom he was engaged. She, too, was always attired in the ex- treme of fashion and in the picturesque dress which it is the privilege and the pleasure of the elegantes Of the period to array themselves, and looked half like some Vatican shepherdess who had step ped from some Dresden bit in which she had been imprisoned, to seek her mate, like another Galathea. Her tete T0usSe was crowned by cquettish hat, her petite form was clothed iu q dress that fitted to perfection, and her dainty boots went tic-a-toc as she walked on by the side of her companion. Who would have recognized in the suffering girl, yelled in crape and bowed down with grief at the solemn services of Sunday, the animated belle, all life and gayety, who was wont to turn all heads as she passed The watchers who sat all Saturday night be- side the coffins of Murdoch and Bur roughs as they laid in state in Irving Hall, opened in the wee sma hours the casket that contained all that was left of the lat ter to place in it some flowers from the tribute of the poor bereaved father. And then some kind soul who knew the TO- nance of the dead actors life and remem- bered it :plucked few violets from sim
 pie cross that bore the words, |" Dear Cla,lde,' ahd put the flowers gently with the poor disfgured body.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
FerOcity of the CayOtes.

The Colorado Independent says: Near Quinbys lake, about three miles from the stage crossing on the Santa Clara, thirteen or fourteen stray sheep were found by gentleman who was looking for horse. He noticed that the sheep were greatly demoralzed. He concluded to drive them to his ranch and keep them until the owner called. Suddenly, how ever, they stampeded. The coyotes dis puted the mans right to drive the sheep off, and intercepted them on their jour ney. The sheep, of course, ran in every direction; but, alas ! the poor creature3 were completely surrounded, and escape seemed impossible. The gentleman again tried to rally and start with the sheep, but without success. Not being armed, the coyotes were too many for him, although bold and daring man. The cayotes seemed to anticipate his every move. Skirmishers were deployed, and they would advance or fall back in order," as the exigency of the case de- manded, Two of the boldest and most reckless of the sheep concluded to make charge and break out of the line, if possible. But they were soon gobbled up and instantly devoured. It being nearly dark, the gentleman had to give up the chase. He has no doubt but tie sheep were all killed that night.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
Charming a Man.

A Minnesota girl was so enamored of a young man that, finding she could not otherwise awaken in him a responsive passion, she piled him with drugs to stimulate it. The result was that she made'him insane She was foolish and wicked maiden. She did not get q lover, and the object of her passion has just gone home from the insane asylum restored to his senses, and his determin- ation not to marry her is redoubled and intensified. Quacks and charlatans ad vertise love powders by the use of which girls may excite the tender passion in men with whom they are infatuated, butnot so can be inspired love in the manly breast. It feeds on the graces and virtues of lov- able women, not on the combinations of the alchemist. If you wish to charm man, girls, resort to no witch or wizard, but display before him the charms of wit, the sweetness of your disposition, and the attractive modesty of your de- pertinent. If he is worth having for a husband, he will admire these things, and the love you bear him will perhaps speedily be the cause of an answering tenderness in his own heart. Love is very catching.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

He turned to assist MT. Sheppard, and, with great difficulty, succeeded in getting him out. When Mir. Sheppard was fairly out Garter returned to the as- sistance of woman, who was calling for help at the front end of the car. He got her out, and, as she was quite thinly clad, gave her his overcoat. After reach ing a hotel he found himself severely bruised in several places. In the great peril of the hour man rushed down to the scene of the disaster ready to help ill rescuing. He saw woman struggling for life and went to her assistance. He carried her by main force to solid ice, and then, urged by the cries of the mother, went back to rescue her daugh- ter, sweet child of three or four years. The treacherous wood ill splintering had caught the child in its grasp and the fire completed the horrible work. The man was compelled to see the child enveloped in flames, and to hear her "help me, mother, ringing out in agony of death. In a moment she was lost, swept up by the sharp tongue of fire, while the moth CT, in helpless agony, fell to the earth ill deadly swoon.
 There was on board family named Bennett, on their way from New York State to Jefferson, Ashtabula county. The father and mother got out of the wreck and the children were only saved by being tossed from the arms of one man to another over the pile of burning wood. One of the four children was se- riously injured and all were slightly scratched. The mother, who was cnce- inte, shortly afterward gave birth to @ child, the event being hastened by the excitement she had undergone.
 MT. Sheppard, whose rescue was pre- viously described, had one leg fearfully crushed, necessitating it's dmputation, and he is now doing well.
 It seems that the train had just about covered the bridge when it fell, as frag ments lie across the ravine touching the base of the abutments on either side. When one stands at the foot of the ra- vine and looks up 1t seems an utter i'm possibility that any man could take a leap from 50 great a height and live; yet 6 number escaped comparatively un- harmed, and had 1t not been for the fire probably not one-third would have been lost. The water in the creek is only about three feet deep.