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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
"PeacOck Finery."

When Pitman George" had become
% Old George to his friends, and " Mr..
George Stephenson, - the great railroad
engineer, to the public, he was noted
for his plainness in dress. Though often
in contact with Lords and Dukes, he
fastened his white necktie with a large
brass pin, and wore no ornament
watch-chain, breast-pin, or ring.
Mr.. Stephenson hated foppery in
young men Peacock finery, " he called
it-as one youth learned to his sorrow.
He was % old Georges private secre-
tarv, and loved to dress in a snowy style,
though, when in the old mans presence,
he restrained his propensity. But one
unlucky day, intending to take stroll,
with two 81 SWELL friends, through the
fashionable quarter of London, he
dressed himself as dandy. His cos
tune was patent-leather boots, light
cOlOred trousers, and a tightly buttOned
/ coat of blue cloth, within which was
seen line of white vest, with a pink
! shade under it white Wristbands turned
/ back six inches over the coat sleeves, 9
! black satin scarf from which glistened
! two diamond breaSt-pins, connected by
delicate gold chain, light gloves, anG
| a shiny silk hat and a small cane. A;
he was sauntering through the street
| filled with prOmenaders, whom should
he meet but g old George. - The two
friends left, but Mr.. Stephenson, taking
his secretary by the button, turned hin
round and round, as if showing him of
to the passers-by. A crowd collected
At last, releasing the youth, ole
George" blurted out, in his stronges
NOrthumbrian accent
g Young man, you have lived fiv,
years at my house, but / never knew
was harboring an American jackadaw.
What an " American jackadaw'' was
the youth knew not, save that it wa
something indicative of contempt. o
course, he was mad; but as his employ
er never referred TO the . sight, - he wa
wise enough to remain silent. Itworked
however, a change in his "peaeocl
finery. - Youths Companion.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
BY THE HEARTH.

You come.toO late;
'Tis far In November.
The wind strikes bleak
Upon the check
That careth rather to keep warm
(And where's the harmD
Than to abatc
One iot of its calm color for your sake.
Watch Seei ! stir the ember
Upon my lonely hearth, and bid the fire
awake.
And think you that it Will?
IT'S burned, / say, to ashes.
1t smOlders cold
As grave yard mold.
wish indeed you would not blow
Upon IL 80
The dead to kill.
/ say, the ghost of fires will never stir,
Nor woman lift the lashes
of oyes wept dim, howe'cr yours shine for
love Oi herl
All, sweet surprise!
l did not think such shining
Upon the gloom
OF this cold room
Could falL Your even, strong, calm breath
Calls life from death.
The warm light lies
At your triumphant feet, faint with desire
To reach You. See! The lining
OF violet and of silver in that sheath of fire
If you would care
Although IL is November
j will not say
y bitter nay
To sucha gift for building fires.
And though il tires
Me to think of it-Ili own TO you
Of you can stir the einber)
1t may be found at last, just warm enough
-EiisaSetI Stuart Phelps in sc,45ner for De
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

THE Pekin Gazette is nearly twenty
five hundred years old, and every now
and then an old man hobbies into the
office and pays a years subscription with
the remark that he has been a subscri-
Der ever since the first number was
printed. The clerk, without betraying
any surprise, observes as he hands him
a receipt: 8 Yes, we have several names
on our list who have been subscribers
from the start Then the old man goes
out muttering something about this
world being fun of liars.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

while the figuring is going on. The
French army viii have to provide each
cannon with a college of technology to
do the sighting -BinghaDltO9 Democrat.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

DIR. Holland of Scri6ner'S Monthly
has turned his attention to popular
amusements, and his opera Cor rather
operetta) entitled Lord and Lover .
viii be produced this season,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

EDITORS are generally poorly off for
clothing. When you hear of one of
them having two suits you can calculate
that one is the suit he wears every day,
and Sundays, too, and the other is a
libel suit
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

In the Island of Jersey the practice is
to skim milk when it is "a hours old; in
Guernsey, few miles distant, the milk
is churned whole without being skim
med, after il has become thoroughly
soured.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

A NUMBER of old dwarfs and young
children arrived at New York the other
day, from Italy. They were brought
here for the purpose of making beggars
of them. One of the men was over 20
years of age. The Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children viii re-
turn the children, and the Italian Con
sui viii take charge of the dwarfs, and
send them back to their own country.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

Two hunters at Circleville, O., smoked
over a powder keg, and an explosion
blinded them for life
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

WoMES have been admitted to the
oar in eight STATES.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
EorTwELL.s BooKKEEPINC.

The anxiety always displayed by
prominent Republican leaders and Of
ticials to prevent any thorough inveSti-
cation of the United States Treasury
decounts. would itself, says the V. J.
.Star, suffice to indicate that there is
something below the surface which they
fear to have unearthed. When to
their unwillingness Is added the dis
dovery of an order from ex-Secretary
boutwell,, instructing his subordinates
d force balance" it may well be
c onceived that the Democratic investi-
q eating Committee, now Overhanling the
d Ireasury records, is on the track of a
l4rce-sized sensation A belief obtains
a nong many experts that millions of
dollars have been Purloined from the
n ational purse during successive Re
d ablican Administrations, and the loss
covered from public view by ingenious
bookkeeping. The charge is so serious
and well-sustained that the Republican
members Of Congress make themselves
accessories to the crime by throwing
obstieles in the way of a searching in
duirv.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10

Bismarck is very superstitious.
Charles ReAde is again OH the war
path.
Prince LaciAn Bonaparte lives in
London.
Out of some 200 literary American
women scarcely one is southern born.
Secretary Thompson, it il said,
smokes dozen cigars and more every
day.
Should Diseraeli retire from office he
is entitled to pension of $4,000 per
annum.
The Duke of Argyle, father of the
Governor General of Canada, has had
the gout lawful"
Mrs. President Hayes is greatly ad-
mired in Washington society for her
lady-like manners aud sterling good
sense.
Lord Lytton's policy in India, as
representative of the home government,
is SO unpopular that he will probably
be recalled.
Edison proposes to go to Europe
this winter and show the people over
there just how the thing is done, and
secure his patents.
William Black received $4,000 for
his late novel, "Macleod of Dare" Au-
thors, it seems, are well paid on the
other side of the Atlantic.
Gambetta, one of the ,cleverest, that
is, the most able, of French statesmen,
is coarse and unrefined in his language,
giving people the Gle"
1t does not seem to have got into the
papers generally, but the King of Italy
is believed to be in quick consump-
ton. He has bad cough and fire.
quent hemorrhages.
The present head of the house of
Rothschild says if he were to grant all
the applications for money which are
made to him, he would be beggar in
less than thirty days.
Sidney Dillon, one of the largest
railroad contractors in the world, COM
menced his calling by shoveling and
wheeling dirt on section Of the rail
road between Boston and Albany.
DIR. David Creel, juror in the trial
of Aaron Burr, is still living in Ohio,
at the advanced age of ninety-three
years. This trial for treason occurred
in Richmond, Va, in the year 1907.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
ANOrHER REv. co RASCAL.

This time he is not from Plymouth
Church, nor is he from our own Ore
gon, as was Rev. Boyakin of sweet
scented fame Of LANG Syne;" but he
turns up in the so-called advanced civil
ization" of the Eastern States. His
name is John Williams, and the dis
patches tell us that he was arrested at
Charleston, nlinsis, for embezzlement
in Canada: and the nosing telegraph
operators or newspaper fellows or some
other self.appointed detectives of moral
and criminal delinquincies have found
that this Rev. civilians" was q sort
of Hippleite-his name wasn't Will
iams at all, but something else. The
Des Meines, tIowal papers say that he
is the veritable A. O. Coperland, Of
notable fame in Iowa. He began life
as saddler in Iowa City, but soon
drifted into the ministry, preached in
several cities of the state, but always
left undera cloud. At Cedar Rapids
helwasmixed up with n woman scandal.
He took an insurance agency at Mil
waukee and beat the company out of
$4,000. lie was next heard of as
pastor at Indianapolis, but his identity
being disclosed, he left in a hurry
for Tennessee and other states. He
subsequently, figured in church and wO-
man scandals. He changed his name
oftener, obtain pastoral charge of a
church quicker and work himself inte
woman's graces more readily than any
other man living. Although having
stopped at Terre Haute, Ind, he gained
the confidence of widow and nearly got
possession of her property, at the same
time preaching acceptably. Leaving
there he had about accomplished the
same thing at Charleston, ILL.,, when
hpprehended.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
STRIKE AT rilE CASCADES.
FIfty.One Men Leave tlie Locks ON Account
OF HARD Fare and Low Wages.

Yesterday large party Of laboring
men arrived at Portland foot sore and
weary from long tramp, having walked
from the Cascades, whore the govern
ment work is being done on the locks.
We have interviewed number Of the
men and find that they were compelled
TO leave the work there on account Of
the hard usage and low wages they
were receiving, preferring rather to
face the cold storms than the hardships
of the Cascades. Ball Il Platt, tho
contractors for tho work, have been
paying white men 81 75 per day for
work and charging them 81 30 per
week for board, and the men demanded
an advance to what would be equal TO
81 and board. This being refused they
struck Last Wednesday and all left tho
works with the exception of three or
four men. Mr.. Loftes, the superin-
tendent, left the works over a week
ago because the contractors would not
give the men an advance Of wages, and
the Cinnamon all left some time ago on
account Of the treatment. The men
complain bitterly Of the way in which
they were used. They state that the
board was simply horrible, the sleeping
quarters were 10 open that snow and
rain drifted through everything, and
there was but one stove in the quarters
which were some three hundred feet
long. The men were called Mt o'clock
in the morning and compelled TO go to
work at O. The lights were put out at
$3.50 each night and no one could have
permission 10 be up after that hour.
Ball & Platt keep tho boarding house
themselves and also keep clothes to sup
ply the men at work there, and charge
about double Portland prices for every
thing they supply. The day the men
were paid oil Bali is said to have given
orders to let no man have a meal Of
victuals who did not agree to go TO
work at the same old price. A dollar
day and board is little enough wages
under the most favorable circumstances,
but when that is denied and such treat
ment given as the men are compelled
TO receive ut the Cascades, it is no
wonder that human nature rebels.
The established rate for laboring men
in government employ is s2 10 on thi 4
coast, aad it looks as If Ball & PlatI
were attempting to put sixty cents per
day from each mans labor into their
own pocket We call the attention OF
the government officials TO this matter
and hope to sec justice done these men
-Portiand Bee.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
sCIo's OPPORTUNITY.

A large and enthusiastic meeting
was held at Scio last Saturday to con-
slider the proposition to aid in the
construction Of narrow gauge rail
read from Springfield, Lane county, to
Salem, viG of Brownsville, Lebanon,
and intermediate points. B. j. Pen
glst represented the road company in a
talk of considerable lergth, detailing
the plan and the advantages to accrue
from the construction of the proposed
road His proposition was that the road
would be bnilt as indicated, if the poo-
pie of the forks Of the Santiam would
subscribe $4,000. The proposition
seemed to meet with great favor and
the following committee to solicit sub
.scriptiens was appointed a. b.
Morris, Robt. Pentland, A. +. Baird,
C. w. johnson, David Myers, w. w.
Richardson and Jas. Crabtree
From the report of the meeting
which we have received, it is evident
to US that our neighbors of "The
Forks mean business, and as they are
entering into this scheme with their
characteristic energy, headed by COM
mittee of their best men, we shall not
be surprised to learn of their early sue
cess in this important enterprise.
But is it possible that Albany is go
ing to let this matter slip by in this
wayl The proposition was first made
to our citizens to bring the road to this
point but it can't come here If it goes
vio Scio to Salem and as Salem is act
ing in conjunction with our Scio
friends in this matter, it is more than
probable that unless cur Albany citi-
zens s'wake up" they will find them
selves left out of the count in this i'm
pOrtant matter
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
4 WORD ToR THE "0Trs~.

Our retiring City Council may have
made some mistakes, but in the main
it has been Of infinite benefit to Albany
and leaves many valuable improvements
to attest its industry and efficiency. A.:
best, the duties of city officers, where
there are no emoluments attached, are
onerous and ''thankless," and when an
officer under such circumstances, per-
forms his duty to the best of his abili-
ty and Judgment, he should have the
gratitude and Plaudits of the people
whom he has gratuitously served.
The exhibit of the financial affairs of
the city for the past year viii be found
In our local columns.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
sESATos GROVRE AT wOEK.

Senator Grover of Oregon has intro
duced a Bill in Congress, which, if
adopted, as it ought to be, will 0ffec-
tua.IY prevent The employment Of Chi
nese on any public work in the United
States. 1t was referred to the Com
mittee on Commerce, from which an
early report may be expected. We
trust the report will be favorable to
the bill and we are confident Senator
Grover will be indefatigable in his ef-
forts to secure its speedy psssage.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
r,sE DusruNGuIsMEO Dead.

General Williams, the Democratic
member of Congress from Michigan,
died on the 2lst ultimo, and on Christ
mas day another Democratic member
Of Congress, Hon. Beverly B. Douglas,
of Virginia, died in Washington. Mr..
Douglass illness was of very short du-
ration, very few being aware of his i'll
ness until his death was announced. He
wasa,descendant tofthe distinguished BeV-
erly family Of Virginia, and born in
New Kent county in that State, De-
cember 81, 1922. He received an aca-
demic and collegiate education having
been graduated in Is43 in the law
from William and Mary College, con-
Quoted by his kinsman, Judge Beverly
Tucker was admitted to the. bar in
1874 attained prominence at the Vir
ginia bar, being considered one of the
ablest lawyers in the State sat in the
constitutional convention of lS50-5l.
was for twelve years member of the
State Senate was a Democratic Presi
Dental elector in 1860 on the Brecken
ridge and Lane ticket, served in the
Confederate calvary first as Lieutenant
in Lees Rangers, and afterward as
major of the Fifth Virginia cavalry
and was chosen to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention at New York in
1868, but did not attend. He was
elected to the Forty-fourth Congress as
Democrat in 1874 and reelected in
1876. While he had some faults, he
was brave, generous and brilliant. His
daughter attended him during his i'll
ness and soothed his last moments by
her presence.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10

ONE Julius Banner, resident of
Chicago, and naturalized citizen of
the United States, was expelled from
the German empire while visiting his
parents. This act Of the German Gov
ernment the United States authorities
considered violation of the treaty Of
1928, and an official CORE espondence en-
sued. The German Imperial Minister
of Foreign Affairs,in answer to letter
from Minister Bayard Taylor, defends
the action of his Government in the
case, and says he cannot recognize an
obligation to replace the damages in
CURED, as alleged by Baumer, through
the action of the royal Government. It
is now Mr.. Evarts' turn to talk back in
behalf of Mr.. Banner.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
PACIFIC COASTERS.
Tho Yamhill river is frozen over.

Tho Yamhill river Is frozen over.
An excellent musical society exists
in Dallas.
The Eugene Blue Ribbon Society
numbers 800.
Wheat Is worth 81 cents per bushel
at Independence.
Four Indians are 10 be hanged to-
day at Pendleton.
Judge J. b. McKeen died in Salt
Lake on Jan. 9th.
Diphtheria prevails in two or three
districts of Warrington county.
A fatal horse disease prevails in scv-
eral counties in southern Oregon.
Oregon sportsmen better hurry up
or the game law will "get in" on
them.
Tho Coos Bay Ne'ss complains that
the mail service between that section
and rest Of tho world IL still inefficient.
Coos Bay Ee0s! Our Coos bay coal
mines are all increasing their forces. At
Southport che miners worked all day
on Sunday last.
Navigation Is ice-blockaded on the
Columbia from Astoria TO The Dalles.
No steamers can come or 60 in any di-
rection from Portland.
Some fellow has married Miss Grubb
at Roseburg. Well, he has done better
than most of our young fellows-he
has earned his Grubb.
A California paper says Sierra Ne
vada hunters are shipping "bcar car.
esses" to the New York market. That
paper must mean "carcasses."
Prof. l.. J. Powell, state superinten-
dent of public instruction, will hold q
teachers' institute at Roseburg, com
mencing on the 10th inst. and continu
ing several days.
Following is statement of the bus
mess transacted in the u. s. land ofiic'
at Roseburg during the month Of De
cember, 1878; 10 presumption filings
IL homestead entrics, II final home
steals, 3 donation certificates, 0 casl
entries 1850 acres), 3 timber applica
tiona.
Coos Bay paper: There is a charge
of immortality pending in the church
here against one Of our prominent citi
zens. which, we are informed, will b
tried soon. 7. G. Owen, ESQ, and an
other attorney are retained for the de
fense. The defendant claims that tn
instigator is acting from malicious mo
tives.
The Independence correspondent Il
the Dallas Hepli>er Gays: The body o.
the late Mr.. Demning was found ol
Saturday last on the premises Of NJ
Stewart. The night was dark, and tn
the old gentleman, being somewhat de
ranged, had wandered in the wrong di
rection and seemed TO have chilled
| death
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
A QUESTION OF HUMANITY.

It is surprising that Secretary Schurz
opposes the transfer of the Indians to
the war department on the ground that
the Indians will not be treated human
g. If we are any judge of the prac-
tices in the Interior Department, of
which schruz is the official, head, it has
been system of plumber and robbery
Of the "wards of the nation" that has
brought on these Indian outbreaks, and
since his style of humane treatment
consists in robbing them and starving
them, while the agents grow rich at
their expense, it does not appear that
humanity is to suffer much from their
transfer. The war department would
at least be honest in their management
and would not sell them guns and am
unition one day, to fight them the next.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
RESUMPTION.

On the first Of this month the gov.
ernnent practically resumed specie pay
ments, and We are pleased to be able to
state that this important scheme
scarcely made ripple in the financial
world. Greenbaelss immediately went
to par with gold, and the Eastern dis.
patches state that in many cases green
backs are preferred as a mediam Of es-
change. This is tangible resumption
and puts the status Of the government
money where it ought to have been
long ago.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
A Remarkable Result.

It makes no difference how many Phys
tried, il is now an established fact that
German Syrup is the only remedy which
has given complete satisfaction in severe
cases of Lung Diseases. 1t is true there
are yet thousands of persons who arc
predisposed TO Throat and Lung Affections,
Consumption, Asthma, Severe Colds set
tied on the Breast, Phneumonia, Whoop-
ing Cough, &C., who have no personal
knowledge of Boschee's German Syrup.
To such we would say that $4,000 dozen
were sold last year without one complaint.
Consumptives try just one bottle. Regu-
lar size rs cents. Sold by all Druggists in
America, # u 81 fa
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
Administra tors Sale.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the undersigned, as atlmi inistrators Of
the estate Of Thomas Deakins, deceased,
will, by virtue Of order OF the County
Court of Linn county, Oregon, duly made
and entered of record st the January term
OF said Court, on the 10th day of Fehrn-
ary, 1879, as the Court House door, in Linn
county, Oregon, at the hour of one o'clock
in the afternoon of said day, sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, the follow
ing described real property, to-wit:
The DonationS land claim of Thomas
Burger, Not.No. 1886, described as follows:
The south half of the northeast quarter
and the north half of the south east quarter
of section six, in township eleven, south Of
range 1,east, containing 160 acres. Also the
south (iO)forty of the east (So) eighty of the
south half of section thirty. in township
III; S r |, east of the Willamette Meridian,
in Linn county, Oregon, containing 4O
acres. - s4 tAe41
& Terms of sale fer the first above d described
tract Of I6O acres cash in handin gold coin.
Forsthe second described tract-one-half
cold coin, cash in hand, and the balance
on a credit of six months.
WILLIAM CYRUS,
n23w4 Administrator.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10

CHANTS friends are discouraged for
fear Conkling will get his ladle into the
Presidential soup bowl. OF course the
next Presidential election will be the
winter of their discopteat if this son
of York works in.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-10
LET Us .INVEsTIGATE." /"

It is suggested that committee be
raised by the next Legislature to inves-
tigate the causes of the extraordinary
causes to the State of the late defunct-
ed investigating committee. One item
viii be the cost Of printing the ludi-
crous stump speeches in their report,
and another will be small item of
about $400 for clerk hire. These
things must be investigated" you
know.