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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-03-22
If IT IS A HUMBUG,

Blame no but yourself, for ask no money till
tested for Five.Ton Wagon Scale. Freight prepaid
Price $50 For free Lthogrsph and Price List address
JONES OLE BINGHAMTON. Binghamton. n. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-03-22

These are some Of the facts in relation to
the agricultural possibilities Of this region,
and these, coupled with the story of the past
harvest, are sufficiently confrmatory of the
inducements this portion Of the Great Plains
offers.
Under the liberal policy of the government,
and theKdnsds Pacific Rdil1ody Company, i'm
migrants are invited to this really superb re-
gion, with the assurance that its beauty and in
ducements cannot be exaggerated by any pen
picture. . T..
For further information about Kansas, and
especially the region described. address
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-03-22
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MAToHLEss "
Wood Tag Plug
TnuAC1o

TIE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston, and Chicago
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

| ports in U. s. notes; reducing the charge
| for postofiice money orders to i've cents; to
place Jas. Shields on the retired list as a
brigadier general; for the exchange OF
standard silver dollars for trade dollars; to
amend the coinage act of February Is, 1878,
so as to limit the coinage OF standard silver
dollars to five dollars per capita according
to the census about to be taken,
and makes them legal tender 10
tho amount of $40 for all debts to place the
silver coinage Of the United States upon
the basis of its intrinsic value, and provid.
ing for its free coinage without limit;
requiring the secretary of the treasury to
exchange United States notes for silver dol.
lars when preseated in sums of 81 600 or
any multiple thereof; for the Improvement
of the Mississippi and its tributaries from
the head of fits passes near its mouth to its
head waters......A bill making it penal Of
fense for any ctficer OF the United States to
intermeddle with the elections by oontribu-
tions of money or by use or abuse OF official
privilege, or by brides or threats, in rtluence,
etc, and also making it a penal ofiense to
solicit or receive contributions Tor election !
purposes from persons in the employ of the |
was rejected--yeas 1872, nays |
l03. not the II cessary two-thirds in the
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, December 1.-THE house
went into committee of the whole on the
bill appropriatng $3.50, 900 to meet the de.
iciency in the appropriation for the postal
mail service, and prohibiting any increase
in the postal car service during the present
year. A heated discussion ensued relative
10 the administration of the affairs of the
pOstOffice department. ..... After the rejection /
Df several amendments the committee rose,
The house passed the bill and adj ,urned.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
Dumas Daughter.

Since the death of the elder Dumas
daughter, Maria Alexander Dumas, no.
torious for her ugliness, especially for
her neck covered with hair, it is said
that lterateur Of, repute in Paris in.
tends her for one of the principal fig.
nres of a novel he long ago outlined.
He had made her q study, but forbore
to put her to artistic use during her
life. She would certainly make strong
character in the hands of some such
authors as Feuillet, Zola, or Cherbulliez.
her very person as described-the ex-
aggerated inharmonious features, COM
bining Jewish, Norman and African
types, the protuberant, pale blue eyes,
the patch Of coarse red in her yellow
cheeks turning purple in cold weather,
and the huge sensual mouth-would
furnish striking figure for the morbid
kind OF story many Frenchmen delight
to narrate, especially when their love of
contrast can be gratified by depicting
her form, said to be all grace and SYM
metry, and to have preserved its fresh.
ness and suppleness t. the last. The
very idea OF hideous head Joined by a
thick hirsute neck to q beautiful body
is enough to captivate the imagination
OF literary Gaul. And then, the fact
OF her being very intellectual, learned
and witty; of her marrying q man that
had lost his reason the day succeeding
the wedding, and his refusal to see her
after his release from the asylum, COM
bined with her final love for q blind
servant, whom she solaced with sym
Psthy and reading from the poets, and
her death in a convent-what could be
more singular, unexpected, or melo-
dramatic in fiction? Her life was 4 70.
nance ready made.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
An Englishman's Opinion of Ameri-
can institutions.

English writer's on America have not
always been wont to express themselves
with as much freedom rs the author. of
a recent book entitled "Notes of Tour
in America" He frankly says he thinks
the Hudson river far finer than the finest
parts of the Rhine. The carriages built
in this country he terms masterpieces,
and in praising the New York ferry boats
he suggests that it would be well, before
more bridges are built across the
Thames, to see whether similar boats
would not answer the purpose. While
he speaks in the strongest terms of the
hospitality of Americans, of their great
politeness and of many other good social
qualities, .he does not like the American
hotels. The cost is great, and the cook
ing bad. He always lived at the best
hotels, and can only recall two where
the cooking was really good. He went
to Washington while congress was in ses-
sion. The speaker in the house, he
thinks, lacks dignity, springs up with
rapid action and bangs his hammer
down with alarming vigor. But the
practices" he adds, (which appeared to
me most subversive of quiet deiibera-
tion are the reading, writing, and stand
ing OF members in the gangways and on
the floor Of the house, aud more es-
pecially the running about of errand
boys, who lounge near the speakers
chair, and, when summoned by a men,
ber clapping his hands, rush to him at
top speed. This most unseemly inter-
ruption is constantly going on"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
Number Seven in the Bible.

In seven days dove was sent.
Every seven days the land rested.
Jacob served seven years for Rachel.
Jacob mourned seven days for Joseph.
Abraham pleaded seven times for
Sodom. t ra3 .z
On the seventh day God ended his
work.
The golden candlestick had seven
branches. f''
Jacob was pursued seven-days jour
ney by Laban. ..
Every seventh year the law was read
to the people.
Naaman washed seven times in the
river Jordan.
On the seventh day Noah's ark touched
the ground.
Solomon was seven years building the
temple, and tasted saven days at its ded-
ication. -lA -
Jobs friends sat with him seven days
and seven nights. and offered seven
bullOcks and seven rams as an atone
ment.
On the seventh day CT the seventh
days in their tents.
A plenty of seven years and famine
of seven were foretold in Pharaoh's
dream by seven fat and seven lean
beasts, and seven ears of blasted corn.
In the destruction Of Jericho seven
persons bore seven trumpets seven days;
on the seventh day they marched around
seventh times, and at the end of the
seventh round the walls fell.
In the Revelation we read of seven
seven candlesticks, seven stars,
seven trumpets, seven plaques, seven
seven vials, seven angels and a
seven headed monster.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
The English Grain Trade.

LIVERPOOL, December ia leading
grain circular says: The wheat trade is
dull and inactive in all departments, some
of the leading markets showing decline of
nally maintain previous rates. Cargoes off
coast are almost in no demand, while those
on passage and for shipment are quite neg
lected. On spot and in the district mar
kets, business is inanimate, the few buyers
offering reduced prices. which sellers accept,
to a small extent, in order to promote sales
ex-quay. Maize is in somewhat better re-
quest. The severe, wintry weather con.
tinuing, values are steadier. At this mar.
ket to-day the demand for wheat was un.
improved, and the price was reduced Id per
GENITAL, cd per sack and the Dbl. There is
no great business in corn, but it closes firm
at fully Tuesdays prices.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
Burdette and the Boston Man

"My ancestors" he said, came over
in the Mayfower. But yours-?"
And he looked at me with rising in
fection.
l tried to slay him with a look of
silent scorn, but she missed FIRE.
"Your ancestors, take" said the
man, "did not come over in the May
fower?"
And then turned upon him. "Sir,"
l remarked, "this May yfiower, take it,
was a sailing ship?"
"She was" he said, vainly endeavor-
ing to stife his emotion, ',she was a
sailing ship .s
"Then,'' / said haughtily, most as
suredly my ancestors did not come over
in the Mayflower. 1t has never been
the misfortune of my family TO be com.
PEELED to take passage on sny ship Of
the merchants marine. My ancestors
came over in q Cunard steamer, first
cabin, no steerage passengers carried,
only ten days from Liverpool, and they
went straight mp to Mrs. Astor's tavern,
and took front rooms on the parlor
foor."
l thought l had crushed that man,
but may be blessed If he didn't look as
though he pitied me.-Bsr1ington Hasck-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

A QUEER case springs from the failure
of the City of Glasgow bank A lady
died recently having no heirs and
leaving no will, and her property went
to the crown. Among her possessions
was rome Of the stock, and as each share
noldes is individually liable for Ill the
debts it is pfopeSed b hold the queen
responsible! One bank which had taken
four shares from a custoqkr in its debt
has. been called upon to put It's whole
capital, fl50,OOO, at the oder of the
directors who are winding uH ths Glas.
gov concern. At the last sekvice which
Mr. lewis Pelly, one of the inpsisoned
directors, attended, the hymn waA, !" The
hour Of my departures come, and it
was sung to the ominous tune of "Duke
Street."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

On the afternoon of the 18th inst. man
and boy attempted to drive wagon along
Little Falls turnpike, at Paterson, N. j.,
which was submerged BY the freshet. They
missed the road and drove into the channel
of the river above Passaic Falls. The wagon
body with the man and boy hoated Of, the
swift current bearing them towards the
rapids and plunge of 20 feet beyond. Some
gentlemen who were on the bridge thatspans
the river just above the boiling rapids
hastily tore the rsins from some horses
and made lines which the man and boy
caught as they passed under, and were
saved. The wagon body plunged over the
falls. ezs
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

E. J. MUYBRIDGE, OF California, is
doing an invaluable service both to art
and to science through his experiments
in photographing animals in motion.
His latest feat is photograph of the
stride of the mare Sallie Gardner, at a
LAO gait, as shown in eleven positions,
and a twelfth position-the mare stand.
ing still-beiDg added to the series. Mr..
Stanford, owner of the mare, has become
40 deeply interested in the work that he
has instructed Mr.. Muybridge to pur-
chase twelve more cameras for the pur-
pose of increasing the number of posi-
tions photographed of a horses stride
from twelve to twenty four. With the
double set OF apparatus he intends hav-
ing the movements of all domestic ami
mails photographed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

1T is reported that an expedition is
organizing in New Orleans to sail next
spring in search of treasure of $685.
600, supposed to have been buried in
the Isle of Pines by General Walker,
the fi!ibuster. A writer in the Indian
apolis Journal punctures the story that
the General, who was shot in Honduras
IN 1860, had any treasure, or concealed
any. He was member of the earlier
Nicaragua expeditions, and knows that
Walker Jared no better than his men,
and that was bad enough. He begged
and borrowed what he could to fit out
his expeditions, and was always as poor
as q church mouse.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
THE superiority Of the methods

THE superiority -eL the methods of
journalists in obtaining important news,
over the red tape and circumlocution of
the government agencies in Great
Britain, was strikingly shown in the Gaze
of the assault and capture of Ali Musjid
the news of which reached Fleet street
many hours before it was received in
Downing street. The government Off.
cials and the ministers went into council
without having any tidings of the
capture of the fort, although the news
papers were alleady in possession of the
news; and a country correspondent was
sctually the first to bring it to the India
Office.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
The Al9hansa War.

Officials and notables of Jelalabad have ar.
rived at Dakka to tender their submission
and services to the British authorities.
News from Cabul represents that eight regi.
ments of Afghan infantry there have shown
a disinclination to fight. The natives in the
south of Shutargardsn pass seem friendly to
the British. The following dispatch from
General Roberts is dated on the 10th: "I
hope to reach the top of Shutargardan pass
to-day. shall then return to Ali Kehl."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

A MEMBER of the society for prevent
ing cruelty to animals was prosecuted
the other daysin San Francisco, for over
stepping his authority in shooting rag
picker's horse that had fallen from weak
ness. 1t was decided that the philan-
thropist who killed The horse, though
acting "within the general scope of his
authority, but without legal necessity"
was too hasty in the matter; and be-
cause he did not wait for the owner,
who declared the animal to be valua.
bic one, was fined 800 and costs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

Mr.. George Nav. F. L. s., discussing
in the Geological Masasine the origin Of
the great lakes, states, among other
facts, that the bottom of Lake Ontario
is 365 feet below the sea-level and 500
feet below its own outlet into the St.
Lawrence; of Erie, 462 feet above the
same; of Huron. lis feet above; of
Lake Superior, 65 feet below the sea-
level: and concludes that the idea Of
the excavation of Ontario to a depth Of
500 feet by glacier action IL wholly un-
tenable, and that the theory of glAciAi
excavation for the chain Of large hkes
must bs set aside, in which, saysv the
Ansertoaa Jcsswdt Scieacs, he is.plAinly
right. Mf. Nav clattns that the lake
ass at p0stE ElaciAf Aigin. 4. M
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

2 JUDGE HERscHEL V. JOHNSON, who
ran for vice-president on the ticket with
Douglas in 1860, was holding court at
Scriven, Ga, on Thanksgiving week.
Instead of adjourning over until Friday
to observe Thanksgiving-a proceeding
which would have caused much incon.
venience to witnesses, jurors and liti.
gants-he had the court opened on
Thursday with religious services con-
Quoted by a Methodist Episcopal minis.
ter, and then went on with the court
business.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
About CYPRUS.

The porie and Great Britain are neyotiat.
ing concerning British jurisdiction over
foreigners in Cyprus. Great Britain recog.
nizes the Sultan's sovereignty over the
island, but denies that the capitulation con.
cerning consular jurisdiction is still applics-
BILE there.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

The silver product in Leadville, Col,
exceeds the expectations of the most
sanguine. New discoveries are reported
daily. The product of the leading
mines has increased SO per cent. within
the past two weeks. Two thousand tons,
yielding 10000 ounces of silver, were
delivered last week, and 5000 tons high
grade are awaiting transportation.
Leading ore-buyers estimate the net
product of the year at this camp at up
wards of $3,OOO,OOO. Unfortunately
this camp has its share of mining litiga.
tion. What will probably prove one of
the heaviest law suits in the country has
been instituted. f.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
death Of Prince. Alice,

The grand duchess Of Hesse-D Darmstadt,
the Princess Alice, OF England, died at 80
on the 14th instant, of diphtheria. The
grand duchess was the third child and sec.
ond daughter OF Queen Victoria. She was
bern April Is, 1s43. Her father, the late
Prince Albert, died Saturday, December
IA, 1861.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
Complete Wreck. .

The investigating committee of the West
of England and South Wales District Bank
shows that the whole capital and reserve
funds have been lost, and there is further
deficiency of 81 10000 for which the share.
holders are liable. There is no possibility
of the reconstruction of the bank.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
The WOrkShop.

A good leather belt, one inch vide
has sufficient strength to lift 1,OO(
pounds.
The plates for saws are made of ingota
of steel, carefully prepared to secure
'unifo,mity and reduced to the proper
thickness by rolling.
Silver is the most perfectly rejecting
substance known, absorbing but pei
cent. of the incident rays while spscu.
lum metal absorbs 81 per cent.
For fastening rubber plates or rings ia
metal or wood, use q solution Of shellac
in ten times its weight of strong am.
monia. Leave it to soften for weeka
without hest
A gallon of ink may b made - fol.
lows: Twelve ounces powdered nut.
gals, ounces sulphate of indigo,
ounces copperas, or 8 ounces cloves
and 4 ounces of gum arabic. ,s
Begin to lace in the center Of the belt
and take much care to keep the ends ex'
actly in line, and 70 lace both sides with
equal tightness. The lacing should moi
be crossed on the side of the belt that
runs next to the pullsy.
Mechanical compression greatly In.
creases the density Of wood; this ID
practiced in the case of tree nails, which
are driven through metallic rings,
smaller than themselves, into the ships
side, the fibrous structure remaining
undisturbed.
Machines in q watch.fsctory will cut
screws with 500 threads to the inch; the
finest used in the watch has $50. These
threads are invisible to the naked eye,
and it takes IN, ,O00 of the screws to
weigh a pound. A pound of them i
worth six pounds ofpure gold. Lay one
upon piece of white paper, and it looks
like tiny steel filing.
Seasoned timber ID but little liable to
decay under tho influence Of dry at-
mosphere, and will resist decomposition
for an indefnite period when kept to-
tally submerged in the water. The piles
Of old London bridge, driven 800 yean
before, were found 10 b ii good condi-
tion when the new bridge - erected IN
1929, and those which served - tho
foundation for Trojan's bridge over IL
Danube, A. ID. los, ays Mids 70 ~ stkll
visible at low stages Of wafer.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

The discovery has just been made in
Paris Of an old tower dating from the
time of Philippe-Auguste. It is situated
between the Rues-Francs- Bourgeois and
hlancs-M Manteaux. 1t was completely
concealed BY a mass Of houses bsilt up
against it, which havssnpw been pulled
down. 1t is perfectly recognizable both
oy its cylindrical form ana the nature
ol Its masonry, and ,vaA the tepth, start
.ur-rYeane," ths traces ii Which we're
found some moeths .ago in, digging the
,oundationss fesAheAs jkm1sa5tasf-.Ave
maria. The towers and the connecting
walls wert, in tkdr time, a great work,
which excited the admiration Of their
contemporaries
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., dated the
18th, says: Two mennam ed Ketchum and
Mitchell, accused of stealing stock, who re-
Gently killed herder named Stevens while
he. was trying 70 arrest them, were taken
from the sheriff of Custer county aud his
posse by a mob Of armed men, who burned
them both to death. The mob was composed
of twenty-five men, nearly all herders, and
masked,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

The secretary of the interior tclegraphed
the governor of Washington territory with
regard to the reported outrages by citizens
upon the Indians in thu department of the
Columbia, instructing the governor to use
his utmost endeavors to prevent any assaults
upon the Indians and further informing
that the law officers of the government had
been directed by the attorney general to
prosecute all the offenders in such instances.
Negotiations are now in progress at the in.
terror department, with chief Moses, for
placing his tribe upon reservation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
Double Crime.

AT Boston, on the 18th inst Patrick Cain,
while in bed at home, was shot four times
by his brother-in.law, Charles Callahan.
Cain chased Callahan, and as the latter
reached the kitchen he seized a carving knife
and cut his throat, dying almost instantly.
Cain cannot live. Cain was the backer of
hosmer in boat race with Davis, and it
was claimed Callahan sold the race to the
Davis party. s-st - sE
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

A correspondent with the Kuram column
reports that q predatory tribe attacked on
the 18th inst. the rear guard of the convoy
east of Sapieri pass. General Roberts sent
two regiments which rescued the convoy.
Two British officers were severely wounded.
three Ghoorkass killed aud twelve Ghoor r
kas and one Highlander wounded. General
Roberts has summoned the chiefs of Kuram
to answer for the outrage. 1t is feared
three powerful tribes will combine against
the British.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

horrible accident occurred at the
American Iron Works at Pittsburg, Pa, on
the 18th inst, by which Patrick Shannon,
assistant millwright, was instantly killed
and his body torn to shreds. Shannon had
gone up on the platform to examine a line
of shatting, when his clothing was caught
by pulley and his body drawn on to the
shaft, which was making 240 revolutions
minute. Before the machinery could be
stopped his body was torn to pieces and
scattered over the mill, portions of the re.
mains being thrown 800 feet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25
Heavy Snow Storm.

Dispatches from central and western Mis-.
souri,, Iowa and Kansas, say the heaviest
snow storm known for years prevailed on
the 18th inst. Snow fell to the depth of from
ten to thirty inches, and in some localities
was very badly drifted. Railroads generally
were obstructed, some of them being
obliged to suspend running trains altogether
At Lexington, Mo-, and other places, schools
were closed and business stopped. At Full.
ton and Rock Island the Mississippi river
was closed and people walked across it on
the ice,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-25

The bill introduced by Senator Plum to
provide the temporary increase of the army
in an emergency authorizes the president,
whenever in his judgment, the exigencies
of the frontier service requires it, to cause
q, 600 enlisted men to be added to the army
to serve during such an emergency.