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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-18
a juryman's Grievance.

H[KTELL, gentlemen, have you de-
w cided upon your verdict sn
asked Judge in San Francisco, the
other day, as the jury returned to the
box.
. Did understand that the prisoners
name was Severance,T. X. Severance 2"
asked the foreman, gloomily.
g 1t is"
Then we bring in II verdict of MUIR
der in the first degree" and the fore
man rubbed his hands with an express
sion of horrible satisfaction.
Sc But this isn't murder case" said
the astonished Judge, " this is an ac-
ton to recover insurance. What on
earth do you mean 7"
"Don't make any difference" growi-
ed the foreman. My name is Sever
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-18
Select Poetry.
FAINT HEART.

She stood before him, tall and fair
And gracious, on that summers day,
With June's first roses in her hair,
And on her cheek the bloom of May.
But rosy cheek, and dimpled chin,
And raven lashes dropping low,
Conceal the answer he would win:
It might be Yes; would it be No?
All, If t were No-hls throbbing heart
Stood fairly still with sudden pain
And If u were Yes, the world so wide
His deep content could scarce contain.
So wondrous fair how could she stoop
To favor such such one as he
All, sweet suspense that still leaves hope
All, pain of sad uncertainty
he held her hand so white and small.
And moved to press it with his lips,
But changed his mind, and let 1t fall,
With chillest touch of finger tips,
And took the seat she offered him
Upon the sofa by her side,
Nor made the space between them less,
Which seemed so narrow, yet so wide
Then gazing on the perfect face,
The dimpled mouth, the serious eyes,
And drinking in with eager ears
The music of her low replies,
He let the bright hours dfift away,
Nor told the secret of his heart,
But when the shadows heightened lay,
Rose, all reluctant to depart,
And stammered forth with blushing cheek,
An eager, timorous request
That she, for old acquaintance sake,
Would grant the rosebud from her breast.
She gave 1t him, with downcast eyes,
And watched him leave her, with sigh,
$50 good" she said, =" so true, so wise;
All me, if he were not SO shy!''
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-18
Carried Her Point.

San Francisco has witnessed scene
profanity in every post-office in the u.
S. 6 A female argonaut of fearful vi
tality," we read in the San Francisco
" Bulletin, ""a tall and extremely ugly
female called at the post office, rendered
ninety-nine cuppers to the urbane clerk
and asked in lieu thereof three cent
stamps. The official remarked that he
could only receive four coppers as q le-
gal tender, and at the expense of deal
of precious time endeavored to convince
the young lady that he was guided by
certain rules, and had no latitude in the
matter.
She waned wroth, and remarked
that when, in the course of human
events, United States coin was to be re-
fused by United States official, she
thought her forefathers had died in
vain, and she considered it her duty to
bring the government to account.
"Then she paced the corridor, of the
post-office until she had made thirty
three separate tenders of the coppers
and obtained thirty-three three-cent
stamps. During her transactions with
the clerk she gave him much unsolic-
tied advice, and otherwise contributed to
enjoyment of little knot of spectators.
The clerk acted the gentleman through
out"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-18

Esy Mark Train visited Niagira and
was sadly troubled at the various signs
he saw posted up. He says: 6 To tell
the plain truth, the multitude of signs
annoyed me. 1t was because / noticed
at last that they always happened to
prohibit exactly the very, Thing 1 was
just wanting to do. l desired to roll
on the grass; the signs prohibited it. 1
longed to smoke the sign prohibited 1t.
And was just in the act of throwing
stone over to astonish and pulverize
such parties as might be picnicing be-
low, when sign have just mentioned
forbade that. Even that satisfaction was
denied me land fricndless orphan).-
There was no resource now but to seek
consolation in the flowing bowl. drew
my flask from my pocket, but it was all
in vain. A sign confronted me, and
said:
No drinking allowed on the prem
ises.
''On that spot 1 might have perished
of thirst but for the saving words of an
honored maxim that fitted through my
memory at that critical moment. GAN
signs fail in dry time" Common law
takes precedence of the statutes. was
saved.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A passenger train on the New York and
Greenwood Lake Railroad ran into an open
draw across the Hackensack River on the
morning of the 4th. The engineer, Ira Dex-
ter, jumped from his engine and was killed,
and the fireman was badly injured. Several
passengers sustained severe injuries and
were badly drenched in the river.
BY railway accident near Arconum, in
British India, 10 persons, including three
Europeans, were killed, and 45 wounded.
Frank Lane and several other of the lead
ing spirits in the mob that hanged Bill Young
near Luray, Mo-, were arrested upon com
plant Of Mrs. Young and came before a
magistrate at Luray, on the 9TH, for exam
ination, but, no one appearing TO prose-
cute, the cases We're dismissed. A
dispatch from jefferson City says that Adjt.-
Gen. Mitchell will act as advisory counsel to
the Prosecuting Attorney of Clarke County
in ferreting out the perpetrators of the crime
and bringing them to justice.
VIM. Davis, colored, was hanged at Lock
hart, Texas, on the 9Th, for the murder of
Dolly Hudspeth i'm October OF last year. He
acknowledged the crime of which he was
convicted.
The propeller Argyle, engaged in the
carrying trade between Montreal and Du-
luth, is supposed to have been lost, with all
on board, at some point along the northern
shore of Lake Superior. On October % she
passed up the Sault st. Marie Canal with the
propeller Asia. The latter vessel made the
trip to Duluth and passed back down the
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
Our National Thanksgiving.
A PROCLAMATION.

At no recurrence of the season which
the devout habit of religious people has
made the occasion for giving thanks to AL
mighty God and humbly invoking
His continued favor has the material
prosperity enjoyed by our whole coun-
try been more conspicuous, more mani
fold, or more universal. During the past
wear, also, unbroken peace with all foreign
nations, the general prevalence of domestic
tranquility, the supremacy and security OF
the great institutions of civil and religious
freedom, have gladdened the hearts of our
people and confirmed their attachment
to their Government which the wis
dom and courage -of our ancestors so
fitly framed and the wisdom and courage OF
their descendants have so firmly maintained
to be the habitation of liberty and Justice 10
succeeding generations.
Now. therefore, /, Rutherford B. Hayes,
President of the United States, do appoint
Thursday, the 9th day of November, in
slant, as a dav of national Thanksgiving and
PRAYER, and l earnestly recommend that,
Withdrawing themselves from secular
cares and labors, the people OF
the United States do meet together on that
day in their respective places OF worship,
there to give thanks and praise to Almighty
God for His mercies, and to devoutly beseech
their continuance.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal OF the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this Sd
day of November, in the year of our Lord
1879, and of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and fourth.
RUTHERFORD b. HAYES.
BY the President:
WIN. M. EvARTs, Secretary OF State.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
A Question That Puzzled the Pro.
fessOrS.

The New York Evening Post has been
overwhelmed with communications dis
cussing whether an ice-boat can sail
faster than the wind or not. To the
original query the Post answered, No,
of course not" and straightway found
itself in business with communications
from the sailors of ice-boats and amateur
mathematicians. The anti-POst party
took the ground Cor the ice) that an ice
bsat sails fastest with its sail at a sharp
angle with the wind, and, as the resist
ing medium offered much less resistance
than water, boats have been known to
attain speed of 60 or 20 miles an hour,
whereas no boat could live in an hurri-
cane blowing at that rate. In other
words, the fact is that while the wind is
passing over one of the legs of a right
angled triangle, the ice-boat will pass
the whole length of the hypothenuse,
The Post meantime, having asked the
opinions of Prof. Elias Loomis of Yale
and President Barnard of Columbia Col
lege, published their replies confirming
its own opinion. The next day, each of
these gentlemen sent in his retraction,
neither of them having taken into ac-
count the fact that the ice-boat sails
with the sail at an angle with her keel
and without the retarding effect of wa
ter. This fact really distinguishes ice
boat navigation from water navigation.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
COMMERCE. AND INDUSTRY.

The steamer Chouteau recently carried
into New Orleans S,S41 bales of cotton, being
the largest cargo on record.
The first cargo of American new wheat ar
rived ut Cardiff, Wales, on the 9TH, and was
reported in splendid condition.
The new postal card issued Nov. can be
sent to all parts of Europe, China, Japan
and Brazil. At the top of the cards are the
words, " Universal Postal Union," which are
repeated i'm French in smaller type. Then
come the words, "United States Of America -
which are also repeated i'm French. The
stamp is well designed head of Liberty,
having on each side the figure az" and the
words "U. S. Postal Card"
A general strike of laborers engaged in
Chicago pork-packing houses occurred on
the 7th, an advance OF % cents per day in
wages being demanded. The packers re-
fused to pay the advance, and n number of
them shut down entirely and declared they
would not resume unless at old prices. The
trouble caused glut in the hog market and
a consequent rapid decline in the prices OF
hog products.
The st. Louis Life Association of America
has been declared bankrupt, and the State
Superintendent of Insurance has entered in
to possession and will at once wind up the
company's affairs. Its assets are placed at
- O6S, 1852, and its liabilities at 81 100, 80, ex
elusive of the judgment Of the Columbia In
surance Company for Sl,090,2 200, recently
rendered against it.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
Returns from the Recent Elections

The returns from the various elections held
on the 4th, so far rs received up to the night
of the 10th, indicated results as follows:
onnecticut-Republican elect out of II
Senators, Il Rep. gain of 3. House-l53 Rep.
to 93 Dem.-a Rep. gain of 8. No State Off
GERS chosen.
IllinOis-Chicago and Cook County elects
johnson, Rep, County Treasurer, by plu-
rality of S,103. The vote stood: johnson
(Rep.), 29,3Sl; Guerin (Dem.), 21,27S; Alt
peter (Soc.), 4,O39.
Maryland - Hamilton, DEM, is elected
Governor by a majority Of ,740. The Leg
islature is strongly Democratic in both
branches.
Massachusetts, - Returns from all but
eight towns give the following vote:
Long Rep.), 12l,7l6; Butler Qnd0, 10s,-
5O7; Adams Dem.), 9,7S4; Eddy Proh.), /,
Lab.
Minnesota-Light vote. Entire Republi-
can ticket elected.
Mississippi-Light vote. Entire Demo-
cratic ticket elected.
Nebraska Entire Republican ticket
elected.
New Jersey-Republicans gain 1 State
Senator and or 3 Assemblymen. The Leg
islature continues Republican i'm both
branches.
New York-Cornell, Rep, is elected Gov
ernor by an estimated plurality of from 3d.
900 to 10000. The remainder of the State
ticket is in doubt, and claimed by both par
ties. Kelly, bolting Tammany candidate for
Governor, polled from 10000 to 10000 votes
throughout the State. RobinsOn's CDem.)
plurality for Governor in New York and
Kings County is - 600, while that of Potter
CDcm.) for Lieutenant Governor is 51,I3S,
showing the extent of the Tammany defec-
tion. The Legislature will be strongly Re-
publican in both branches.
nsylvania-Republican candidates gen.
orally elected by increased majorities. Esti-
mated Rep. majority in State, $4,000.
Virginia-The entire interest OF the cleo
tion centered on the question of readiusting
the State debt. A majority of the Legislature
in favor of paying the debt in full is thought
to be elected.
Wisconsin-Repubican gains generally
throughout the State. Estimated Republi-
can majority, 1900 to 10000,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
The Alaska Glaciers.

A writer i'm the San Francisco Bulletin
is enthusiastic over the great glaciers
near. Fort Wrangel, Alaska. Standing
Mt the mouth of the ford, he says, the
water foreground is of pale, milky
blue color, from the suspended rock-mud
issuing from beneath the grinding glaci-
er-one smooth sheet sweeping back
five or six miles, like one of the lower
reaches of great river At the head
the water is bounded by a barrier wall
of bluish-white ice, from 500 to 600 feet
high, a few mountain tops crowned with
snow appearing beyond it. On either
hand stretched a series of majestic
granite rocks from 5000 to 1000 feet
high, in some places bare in others forest
ed and all well patched with yellow-green
chaparral and flowery gardens, especial
ly about halfway up from top to bottom,
and the whole built together in Yose-
mite Valley, extending far beyond the
ice-barrier, one immense brow appear
ing beyond the other, while their bases
are buried in the glacier. This is, in
fact, a Yosemite Valley in process of
formation, the modelling and sculpture
of the walls nearly completed and well
planted, but no groves as yet or gardens,
VI IuttuOWs, Oll lilc raw anu uilllillSlltu
bottom The whole front and brow OF
this majestic glacier are gashed and
sculptured into n maze of yawning
chasms and crevasses, and a bewildering
variety Of strange architectural forms,
appalling to the strongest nerves, but
novel and beautiful beyond measure
clusters of glittering lance-tipped spires,
gables, and obelisks, bold outstanding
bastions and plain mural cliffs, adorned
along the top with fretted cornice and
battlement, while every gorge and crew
asse, chasm and hollow, was filled with
light. Along the sides we could see the
mighty flood grinding against the gran
lite with tremendous pressure, rounding
the outswelling bosses, deepening and
smoothing the retreating hollows, and
shaping every portion of the mountain
walls into the forms they were meant to
have, when in the fullness of appointed
time the ice-tool should be lifted and set
aside by the sun. Back two or three
miles from the front the current is now
probably about 1,2O0 feet deep; but
when we examine the walls, the grooved
and rounded features, so surely glacial,
show that in the earlier days of the ice
age they were all over-swept, this glacier
having flowed at height of from three
to four thousand feet above its present
level
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15

would be advisable to have my command
at n point as distant as that desired by
the Indians, who were in my camp last night.
my ORDERS which require me to march this
command to the Agency, am not at liberty
available in case of trouble. You are author
lied to say for me to the Indians that my
them. Our desire is to avoid trouble, and we
have not come for war. requested you in my
letter of the 23th to meet me on the road be-
quest that you do so and further desire that
you bring such Chiefs as may wish to accom-
pany you
MEEKER TO THoRNBURGH.
Under date one p m, September 20, Agent
Meeker replied:
DEAR SIR: expect to leave in the MORN
ing with Douglass and Serrick to meet you.
Things are peaceable, and Douglass flies the
United States flag. If you have trouble in get
We have been on guard three nights and shall
be tonight, not because we know there is dam
ger, but because there may be. 1 like your
last programme. 1t is based on true military
principles.
81 give these letters entire because believe
that Major Thornburgh acted from the Begin
ming to the end exactly right. So did Mr..
Meeker, and the crimes afterward committed
rest wholly on the Indians
The report then recites the events incident
TO the death of Major Thornburgh, the killing
Of Lieutenant Wier, and the murder of Agent
Meeker, and embOdies various dispatches and
military orders relating to subsequent move
ments of the troops.
EXISTING ORDERS.
The following dispatch will show the OBJ
1ects aimed at, and are the orders existing at
this moment of time:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., October "a. (
"'General p. I'll. Sheridan, Commanding Divf-
sion, Chicago:
Il have received your three dispatches of
yesterday, giving an account of the killing
of Lieutenant Wier, and of the strength of
your forces at White River and Forts Garland
and Lewis All these seem strong enough, and
are well commanded. Let all preparations
proceed, and be ready the moment l give the
word to pitch in. Should Agent Adams fail in
his mission, understand the civil authorities
will stand aside, and the military will take alb
solute control of this whole Ute question and
settle 1t for good and all. Meantime, human
ity to the captive women and the friendly
Utes, even of the White River Agency, justi-
fled this seeming waste of time.
w. T. SHERMAN. General
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
FALLING.

The last leaves are falling,
Falling and flying.
Along the dark air
The tempest is crying,
The trees are all bare.
With its voice of despair
Winter is calling
The leaves to their falling.
How fair was their budding;
Their golden unfolding;
Their verdurous gloom,
And delicate splendor,
More lovely than bloom;
With tracery tender
And emerald plume
The wide forest studding.
How bright was their dying!
What rashness of glory,
The rainbow defying,
On mountain sides lying,
In valleys reposingi
What wonderful story
Their bravery told
In scarlet and gold;
But wan with the cold
They are falling and flying.
Yet, once despairing,
A low voice Is singing:
" They have their repairing;
Far down in the earth
Is spring time preparing
: Her wonderful birth,
Her ever upspringing.
Reiterant mirth
But for thee, but for thee
Sole leaf on the tree,
All gone before thee.
What spring time shall bel
There remaineth for all
That thou fallw
Rose Terry Cool, ia the Independent
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
TRIMMING trees between the shedding

TRIMMING trees between the shedding
of their leaves in autumn and before the
sap begins to rise into the limbs in spring
is the most convenient time for the
farmer, as he is then most ut leisure.
When this is done close to the body of
the tree, the wound should be covered
with shellac or some kind of wax. But
the method / frequently follow is to cut
off the limb few inches from the body
of the tree and let it remain until June,
then cut it close to the tree. At this
time the bark and body are growing
rapidly, and they soon cover the spot
where the limb was cut off and leave no
scar or knot,-N, Y. Tribune,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15

In regard to saving seed corn, n wIiter
in the Chicago Times says: The poor
est way, though one that is practiced
quite extensively, is to allow it to re-
main on the stalks till near midwinter,
to husk it, and throw it in crib with
the corn that is intended for the market,
or for feeding. A good way, if not the
best, is to select the ears before the
stalks are removed from the hill, the
preference being given to those that are
of large size and thoroughly ripe. The
ears should be broken. from the stalks
with the husks attached. In this shape
they may be taken to the house or barn
in a basket. All the husks should be re-
moved except three or four of the inner
ones, that should be used for braiding n
sufficient number of ears together to
form string five or six feet in length.
If the weather is fine, these braids may
be hung over a rail where the sun and
wind will have free access to them.
During the winter they may be hung in
garret or unfinished room in the house,
or in dry place in some out-building.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
By the President:
WIN. NJ. EvARTs, Secretary Of State

ANCIENT GLAss.-The Oldest known
specimen of glass is little nodded glass
lions head in the Slade collection in the
British Museum. 1t was probably fash
ioned 1000 years before Christ, and the
skill displayed shows conclusively that
the art of glass-making was not then in
its infancy.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
MISCELIANEOUS.

Major Morrow and his command returned
to Fort Bayard, n. Mex, on the Sd, having
had long and arduous chase after Victoria
and his band of Apaches, who made good
their escape into Mexico, crossing the north
western corner of Texas. Major Morrow
struck Victoria on the 27th of October, and
fought and punished him severely at point
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
THERE is something strangely par
ILL L.. tk.. II Iln.aal ll-C.,

THERE is something strangely par
allel in the tragic fates of Donaldson
and Wise. These men were intimately
associated in former years. Donaldson
went up from Chicago, and Wise from
its rival city, st. Louis. Each had with
him one companion. Neither of the bal
looms was ever found, and the exact
fate of each is matter of conjecture,
although it is thought that both were
engulfed in Lake Michigan. Each of
the companions was found some time
after the occasion, each on the shores of
Lake Michigan, one with copy of a
Chicago paper in his pocket, the other
with st. Louis paper. Donaldson was
never found, and neither has any thing
been heard of Wise,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST.

DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST.
REGULAR PAD-S7oo; Incipient diseases, first
stages Chills and Fever, etc
SPECIAL PAD-S3.oo; Chrcnic Liver and Stom-
ach Disorders, and Malaria,
SPLEEN bELT-S5oo; Enlarged Spleen and
Liver and Chill Cake.
INFANT PAD-SI.5o; Preventive and Cure of
Cholera Infantum and Sum-
mer Complaints.
I Auxiliaries for Ner-
BODY PLASTERS-5oc. Vous and Circulative
fTroubles, throwing
FOOT pair-5oc. of distractions and
removing pains.
4 Auxiliary for Colds,
ABSORPTION SALT Sick headachs numb
box, a5e; boxes. SI.a5. mess of extremities
etc.
For further information to diseases reached
by the Pad and its Auxiiiaries, consult pam.
pIlet. Address,
HOLMAN LIVER PAD CO.,
EOons . and 5, Singer BEildings, 81. Louis a,
MARTIN & APPLEGATE,
DHUdGISTS.
Sole Agents for the sale of Holman Liver
Pad Qoppany's Remedies In Keytesvtle. Mo,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-15
MARTIN & APPLEGATE,
ND -

Sole Agents for the sale of Holman Liver
Pad Coppany's Remedies IN Keytesvtlle, No,