, 1878-05-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.

dnctcd by female orinE on'a"E'
taken to her wooded hom" AMI h'nH
ly cared for hv hsr until dl>co'cre'
and rescued by hi friends.
Harry Sutton hasn't been heard
from Ia civ. and the idea Is about to
bc ,inidly Ivan 'cd that perhaps he
!. pcrfe ting srrug mems TO get
relief ill introduced IN Congress 10
cover the damage to his bus'ns'S''n
this city.
The Universal SIS. Of DAYTON, w.
r, have at last hit upon the hriEh'
idea of buildir @ church with seats
facing the door so that people need
not run anv risk Of disloca'ing their
necks BIZ twisting around to see who
enters during service.
Tom. Merry seems to be doing lit
tie else than going around the coun
try buying out newspapers. Alter
buying out some half'a'do'en or so
during tn. past few months, he has
gone to San Francisco. we are told'
to bring up part of the city.
One of the mysteries still unex
plained, either by Cook or lngersoll.
but which is submitted to candid
world, is the following: Why is 1t
that the fellow who unconsclously
exchanges his umbrella for some one
else's always makes good swap!
We had an idea that after the tran
sit of Mercury delinquent suhscrib
ers would wake up, but alas! Our
idea was erroneous.-W. w. Watch
man."
Cheer up, brother; there will be
another transit of mercury in a few
hundred years. May be they'll come
TO time then.
The "grcat reform" sheet has re
Gently made some very startling dis
coveries, considering that Judge
Swan never was shipping commits
sioner at this place. But then the
''pEopLE," of course, are not aware
of the fact so that anything which
serves (however poorly for pretext,
need not be truthful at all.
A fellow whose experience in
journalism has evidently been unfor-
tunate, says that man has at last got
ahead of nature. His observation Isl:
Mature requires large number of
quilts in making goose, while man
will often make goose of himself
with but one quill" Yes, but then
the goose of nature doesn't have such
long ears, which makes it better
looking.
THE VERY LATEsr.-The eccen.
trio quill driver of the Tacoma ''Her
aid" after completing long and la
borious exploring tour east Of the
mountains, has turned his efforts and
research, in aid of science, in another
direction. He has very recently dis
covered that Cicero's orations were
written in latin. That fellows brain
(and ears) will overshadow the rest
ofhim yet.
We are in receipt of the New York
"Day Book" an ''inAuential and
ably conducted Democratic newspa
per"-of the first water. 1t contin
ues, like other sheets of the same
character, to denounce President
Hayes as fraud, &c. The most
reasonable presumption is that, in
view of the actual facts in the case,
these Democratic leaders will play
that string until the music so rem
dersd will prove funeral dirge to
their party.
A friend has kindly placed in our
hands copy of the "Union Advo
cate" of May 9Th, published at New
castle, New Brunswick. It is neat.
ly printed eight-column, four. page
weekly, and is very creditabIe to its
locality. On its local page we find
card, over the signature of Mr..
VIM. Swim, to the electors of North
cumberland county, solicit ng a re-
election Of himself to a seat ia the
provincial legislature. Mr.. Swim is
an uncle Of r. D. Atiridge, of Port
Ludlow; and appears to have occu.
pied the honorable position Of law
maker in his county for several
years.
The labor troubles in the United
States, few weeks ago, assumed a
more formidable shape than hereto
fore. At st. Louis, Mo-, a large
number met and took steps to organ
'ze military companies for their pro.
lection. Speeches of the usual SO.
ciallstic and communistic character
wee made. Some 25o enrolled as
solde s of the army Of workiugmeu
They will in all probability purchase
guns as individualSand commence to
drill at once. This places them at
once in the light of outlaws and II