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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

TnE cl,yaiidn nl DIR Newman, of Eng
land. to the position ut cardinal indicates
the vigorous policy OF the new pope. Plus
IN. was tlmId, conservative, and favored
the ultramontanes Pope Loo dIsrenses
hOnors with more impartial hand. Tho
conierring OF the cATdInaiatc On DR.. New
man is likely IN give No littl- rilance to the
ultrsmantanes. rhe recipient Il the honor
WAS once AN EpIscopalIau. lie graduated
at OXFORD in ls2h, and for soyerdl years held
an academic post at tLat lns tuition. For
II years he was rector ol st Mary's church
IN that place Whom he WIS II years of
age, pr NcamAn transferred his faith from
the Epi>cnpsl to the Roman Catholic
church. Ia his new field he has di>tin-
guishtd himself IN matters ui education,
and by defending, in celebrated letter. the
Vatican from GlhdStune'- attack. lie is
now nearly four score years of age.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

TuE policy Of the Canadian government
on the question of tariff l. watched with II
good deal OF interest as the time approaches
when SIR John Macdonald will be Obliged
to show his hand \ "rctiliatury tariff
would Al ct our trade with the Dominion
very considerably. A. straw tending to
show something like u reaction in the cur
rent, must he noted the recent action of the
Montreal Corn Exchange, which has rc-
Gently adopted. hv an overwhelming ma
iurity, u resolution opposing any tariff on
bread-tuils. This Is directly contrary to the
National Policy, which proved Sir Johns
winning card In the elections. The TACT is
the more significant from the circumstance
that Montreal returned to Parliament three
avowed suppnrtcrSoi oi the tariff policy. "rhe
Tact IL, SAYS the Montreal UtHssS. that
on thr l7th ul September last the National
Policy was shaduwy and intang ible. W hereas
yesterday 1t was within u week or ten days
Of becoming a hard. uncomfortable fact. ;"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

The ST. Louis Republican says A family
residing In the southern portion of the city
had a pet dog, and said dog was provided
with all the comforts his canine nature re-
quired. But one day during the late cold
visitation he had gone out OF doors without
ITS being discovered for some time, and then
he was found on his back frozen stiff in death,
as was naturally supposed. The lady of the
house, on a,certaining the pets condition,
and satisfied of his death, directed her little
son to throw the body tower the fence, when
the boy suggested that they should place it
10y the fire and try to thaw it back to life
and, placing the apparently defunct dog on
a rug. the little son commenced chatting the
paws and nose. The mother, forcing open
the dogs mouth sufficiently, poured down
his throat some hot whiskey toddy, and signs
OF returning animation began to be manifest
ed and in due time the little animal was ON
his legs again. and is now, it is claimed, as
successful II live dog as can bc found any
where. This may seem rather II tough story,
but the head of this family. gentleman
well known ON Change and of undoubted
veraciiy. rays 1t is II fact.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

Providence. Il. l., correspondent of the
New York Tribune states that there is in the
State PRISON IN that city "a most remarkable
criminal David Peters, II colored man, who
has already served out two-thrds nf II fifteen
years sentence for attempted rape When
he entered the prison he was quite ignorant.
hut being allowed the use of the prison H.
brary he soon made rapid advances IN learn
ing. lie met with great success IN master
ing arithmetic. algebra nnd geometry, and
he subsequ6 ntly took course in logic and
rhetoric, ind then turned his attention to the
languages, which he found ns easy to master
as any OF his other studies. and he has iair
knowledge of French. German, Latin and
Greek. lie has also taken up Jurisprudence.
aud he is now reading law and studying He
brew Two years ago he delivered II Thanks
giving Grafton ut the prison, which was pro-
nounced very scholarly production. Strenu-
Gus attempts nre now being made to obtain
his release and the Secretary of the Ameri-
can Peace Society, Rev. Dr. Charles Howard
Malcolm oiirrs.to furnish Peters with free
passage To Liberia, where it IL claimed he
will be OF great service to his race. The mat
ter has been referred to the State Board Of
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Four Millions.
THE MYSTERY OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
ARCHBISHOP PURCELL'S FUNDS.
From the Cincinnati Ga.ette

ARt HBlsHoP PURCELL > FUNDS.
From the Cincinsti Gs.ette
To the numerous inquiries as 10 what
has become of the money which Arch
bishop Purcell received on deposit, no
answer has yet been returned on behalf
of the aged prelato. At the first glance
it seems impossible that even the most
reckless Management could have disposed
Of 1000, 900 without having at least con-
siderable property 10 show for it. The
embarrassments and losses can, how ever,
be easily explained on the ground that
the archbishop has fallen victim 10 the
cancer OF compound interest. and here,
doubtless. lies the true reason. IL is Il
well known fact that money, at per
cent. compounded yearly, is doubled IN
- years. Bearing this fact in mind, let
the curious consider the following figures ::
Archbishop Purcell donned the robe of
his present office in 1888, &c years ago.
His energy it largely was built that up the
diocese, and caused the erection OF
church ediiice alter church ediice. In
doing this the archbishop required large
sums of money, which he obtained by the
system OF banking which hasnow brought
him into uneviable notoricty Throughout
the world. Let us assume that, in 1913, 10
years after his ordination. he had received
on deposit $500. 900. which he put into
church property. As the property was I'M
productive, there remained the annual in-
terest to be provided tor; but as deposits
continued TO come in. he met with no
difficulty in paving the interest. In this
manner the curious system OF banking
became one of steady payment of COM
the property in which the original princi
pal was invested.
Thus. in T. years tho first debt of half
million would have increased to one mil
lion, and so on, rs follows:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14
SILVER MINE RoMANCEs.

The Virginia City New Enterprise of Feb
IL says About 10 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing Il crowbar was dropped down the main
vertical shaft OF the Savage from the surface
and went directly through cage nt the bot
tom. piercing the bonnet and floor. No one
was ON the cage ut the time and no one was
hurt, yet Ii unpleasant to one making II trip
INTO mine to reflect that such things some
times occur. As the bar fell something over
800 yards 1t was travelling with the rnpidity
and vim of cannon ball when il struck the
cage. \ bit of gravel no longer than II fill
bert sings like a bullet toward the latter part
Oi such II journey. A dog once Tell into IL
shaft at Gold Hill. and though the shaft was
but 300 feet III depth. two men upon whom
the animal landed were killed rs also was the
clumsy cur that had failed to hop across the
top OF the shaft A rat once fell down the
Consolidated Virginia shnft in attempting to
spring across compartment from wall
plate To wall plate. and !. 100 feet below
landed on the bald head of miner and ex-
flooded like a bomb. causing the miner to
think IA rock had cut open the top of his
skull and let out his brains grain of bird
shot dropped into the top OF II shaft / 500
feet IN depth would probably bury itself III II
plank OF any piece of wood it might happen
to strike at the bottom. This being the case,
we repeat that 1t IL not pleasant Ia think OF
such things ms crowbars going down shafts
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

In this figuring there is no account OF
the money used by the archbishop for
charitable purposes, which must have been
considerable, and which steadily increased
the amount of debt and the annual
interest; nor of certain losses which he is
known to have suffered by the failure OF
Catholic business houses that were using
archiepscOpal funds.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

A lady friend recently found small eel III
her milk pail and when sho spoke to the
milkman about it he said that he had noticed.
that one OF his cows acted strangely He'd
sift the water before he allowed the cows to
drink IT hereafter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

refractory lrishman in Jail, named Den
mis- Mctiinniss refused to work. The keeper
said To him "Mctiinniss. You 20 to work
or TO the pump" ''Nivor. replied the Irish
man. second time the keeper ordered
McCilnuiss to work. but ho refused to bulge
an inch. Nov, for the last time. McGinn-
ISIS, exclaimed the keeper. ''you so IL work
or 10 the pump" 'Niyir, sir. said MctiIn
Mss, Strengthening up to the full dignity ot II
man. "liedad, sir. I'll lave the Jail first"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

Old MAJOR Throckmorton, keeper of the
Calf House, in Louisville is dend. lie was
a good old man, and Kentucky to the bone
When Dickens came TO his house in 1916 the
Major gracefully and Hospitality addressed
him thus, while the assembled crowd looked
on and listened with admiration akin to en-
thusiasm MIR. Dickens, We are glad to
welcome you. We know you and admire you,
and will reckon it a privilege to be allowed
to extend to you the hOsptalities of the me-
tropolis of Kentucky. As your especial host
beg that yon will command me for any ser
vice IN my power to render Mr.. Dickens
received this with frisid stare. when |
need you, landlord, he said, pointing to the
door. 81 will ring" The next moment the
distinguished author was half way out Of
the window, the Majors boots under his
coat-tail and numerous kentuckians holding
the Majors coat-iai for the Major viewed
insults from strictly Kentucky point of
view, and the only mention of this incident
in the American Notes" is that Dickens saw
pig roofing in the streets of Louisville.
which proved that great novelists are more
careful about their fiction than facts. - WASH
iuJi0H fhr0ricle
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

A woman cured her husband OF staying
out late nt night 10y going to tho door when
he came home and Whispering through the
keyhole, ''Is that you, Willie" Her hus-
bands name IL John. and he stays at home
every night now. and sleeps with ono eye
open and revolver under his pillow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14
News Miscellany.


"Allan Pinkerton.' the dog detective of
the st. Joseph MO police force is dead. He
was little black animal, with white hair
around his neck and a bushy tail that curled
over his back. He voluntarily joined the
police force about eight years ago, and fol-
lowed the men about day and night-first
one member of the force and then another
Many "a dark night has he assisted the Off
GERS III discovering the whereabouts of tramps
who had concealed themselves in empty bar
relS and boxes, and his terrifying bark has
caused hundreds of petty thieves to take to
their heels. He prowled about the darkest
corners in the alleys. and whenever an intox-
icated man WAS i"unl yelp or two was suf-
hclent I" hr."s up the nearest officer to look
into the matter. Ills well known voice was
relied on with as much confidence as tine
sound of polIceman's whistle, and it was
always answered. At roll-call he WAS prompt
as any of the men, and on such occasions he
was the pet of the office. He had the most
wonderful sagacity, and appeared almost to
comprehend the orders OF the Chief.
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The New Senate,

The extra session will bring quite num-
Der Of new men to the Senate as well as to
the House. Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas. Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania and
Vermont alone make no changes. The fol-
lowing table shows the changes in the other
States
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

Charities, who will use their influence with
the Governor to have him released. The
matter will be brought up for discussion dur
ing the present session of the Legislature
Petitions are being circulated praying for
Peters's pardon. and they are being numer-
ously signed by all classes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-03-14

DRIVING TIE ELEPHANTS AND SEA-woRk-
ERS OUT or BUSINESS-A SUBSTITUTE
FOR IVORY, SHELL, AMBER, CORAL,
MALAHCITE, PARCHMENT, LEATHER AND
LlSEN-AN INDUSTRY GREATER THAN
, 1879-08-09

81 H. j. writing to the Albany D2R0=
crof, from Centerville, Uma,illa county,
embodies i.ie following truthful remarks,
every ore OF which is correct as eVeryhGdy
knows who knavs anything: "Seven years
ago It was Geebted If agriculture here coui':
be made success, but a Look a. our mac.iI!i-
cent grain fields the present season Will set
all speculation on that score at rest. lis
yielding capacity is from tbirtyEve 10 .:ity
bushels OF wheat, and forty-fve to sixty
bushels O; barley per acre. Never have |
seen so gorgeous prospect. Daring resi-
dence of twenty-tiv years in L;nu county
| never saw anything that would equal u OF
that wOuld begin to compare with it, This
may seem strange and even fabnlous 10 :.ie
people wko have seen the r,ett-- gram fields a.
the Albany pra;:is, pat that 1t IS t:ae can tc
established by scores Of tie best C.i!zcns Of
the Willamette yalley, MLa haye r:Site,l
village year since had but two basi..es -
houses i'll it-one blacks:ni h an. el:e harness
shop AMI net dom:cile Today re ha"a
a store cf general merchandise, ore drug
store, one tn, hardware AID Agricultural
house, one hotel. one restaurant, one livery
stable. cnc saloon, ore harness shop, one
butcher shop, Gne wagon shcn, three black
smith shops one pianer and one Chinese
wash house, besides numerous dwellings
The construction OF another storehoase COM
menced to-day, and another one under
headway. We hear OF other buildings being
projected and Judging from present irdica-
tions we Will grew to be towu OF cons:d-
erable Importance before winter Being
situated Oh the stage route between Penai--
ton and Wa.la Wal!a, We have daily mail
from either place"
, 1879-08-09

BAD MEN. The E,,S Oreyoaiah believes
that the Indians are the only bad lnsn IA
Umatilla county, and therefore blames them
for everything bad that is done. jim, vou
know that there are as bad set of rawhile
white men to the square acre in yonr county
as can be scared up anywhere on the slope
We had a little experience Of them after the
Birch creek fight last summer when Howard s
command was bothered more by them than
BY the Indians. they hal to fight indians
ali day and watch the whites at night And
also. jim, they tried twice to steal our little
saddle from under our weary head twice in
one night. No jim, Your neishbors ala t all
angels exactly, but there are lots of them
that ought to be- The fast is. you have
some of the best and lot OF the worst men
living III Umatilla county, and no one knows
it better than your own sweet self
, 1879-08-09
DISTRICT Court sgMHONs
TERaIrogr OF WAsHsGToy, | &C

Tf&snroEI fasr, OF TvN,i. MAsIISGT"s' W9,S; ss
H. tie District Court Of the First Jrdic;a{ DIS
f'7ct Of WaAiagton Te.T3ioy&.
HARRIET MIuciN, Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM NJ
MLILcaS, Defendant.
"HE UNITEn STATES. OF AMERICA
Il TO WILLIAM NJ MILLIcAN, Defendant
You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by HARRIET MILLICAN,
Plaintiff, in the District Court of the First
Judicial District of Washington Territory,
holding terms at the City OF Walla Walla, i'll
the complaint of Plaintiff, filed in Walla Walla
county within twenty days after the service OF
this summons, exclusive OF the day of service,
if served in said county If not served in said
county but in said district in thirty days Ii
sery ed in any other Judicial District IN the
territory. in forty days. II served by publ
cation, within sixty Gays after the date Of this
summons, OF tie said Plaintiff viii take judg-
ment against you by default, according to tine
prayer OF the complaint.
The said action is for divorce on the ground
Of the failure and neglect of Defendant 70
make suitable provision for the support of his
family and for the custody Of Claude \, inez
and George, minor children OF the parties.
Witness the Hon. S. c. WISGARD,
Judge of the District Court of
+t the First Judicial District Of
al. tL- Washington Territory. and the
Seal of said Court affixed, this
9Th day of August, a d. 1879
A. REEVES AYRES, Clerk.
BY j. B. THOMSON, Deputy.
n T. CATION.
Plaintiffs Attorney, Sow
, 1879-08-09
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS cesaT.
ArGJsr TERM 1873.

| In the matter Of the Russell creek road,
asked for BY Hall, ct. al, report of viewers re-
| ceiyed and read lst time.
In the matter CT road asked for by C.. w.
Ireland; report of viewers receiTed and read
lst time.
In the matter of report of appraisers ap-
pointed to appraise damages; read asked for
by John Cheatham. ct. al. ordered that said
road be declared public highway on the pay
mens of $40, damages to n. Aldrich by the
petitioners,
In the matter of the NcInroe road claims
for damages having been withdrawn, the road
was ordered open.
In the matter Of change of road asked for by
J. S. Herman ct. al /; w. s. Gillian. Patrick
Martin. Joshua Bryant. appointed viewers.
Time. September 18th, 1879.
In the matter of county road asked for by
Z. y. Mills, et al; Oliver Gallagher, Samuel
Calwell, Samuel Keys, appointed viewers.
Time September 22d, 1879.
In the matter Of change OF road asked Cor by
H. NJ. Chase ct al; Wm, +. Courtney, Thos-
G. Lee, George Snai!s, appointed viewers
Time, September 29th, 1879.
In the matter of county road asked for by
C. r. Frazier ct al; Fred St;ne, George L.
Thomas, Samuel Jacobs appointed viewers.
Time, Oct 9th, 1879.
In the matter of the ireland road report OF
viewers adopted; road declared public high
way.
In the matter Of the Hull and Maiers road
majority of viewers failing to report favor
able the petition was rejected ordered petit
tioners to pay costs.
In the matter Of application of c. L, sp.it!,
for a license to operate ferry at the mouth o!
Snake river; application granted.
In the matter Of read asked for by W. +.
KiribaN, Sam Jacobs, Jesse Drumheller and
A. p. Woodward appointed viewers. Time,
October 18th.
Ferry Tcence to II. NJ. Hodgis renewed
Ordered that p Zahner superintend the
erection of a bridge over the slongh on the west
side of the Touchet on the Wallula road.
Ordered that the auditor draw warraat in
favor of Paine Bros, monthly, in payment OF
rental for arn.ory, at s. per month.
In the matter of the Waitsburg bridge, or
dered that G.. Stwsser notify the Board of the
completion of bridge, that Board NAY accom-
pany Suwsger to accept the same.
In the matter of the approval of the bon Is
of liquor dealers, the following were approved
Ctas. ,rohns, Bell and Figgins, Ben scott, J.
r. Stahi, K K. Rounds, Harry Howard, +.
G. Hart, Bassette & Montague, Jacob Be.z,
kins, c.. T. Wernecle. o. Brechtel Ed Jordan,
T. I. Burgess and Louis Braolit.
In the matter Of school land leases. to A {.
Wellrnan, NE4, See s5, Up. Il, Il. 30; T. w
Estes, SW !, Sec l6, Tp- il, K 81; W c.
Painter, 81 and NW4, Sec. Sc, Tp. L, 4. 3,
j. c. Painter. W J. Sec. ii, Tp II, r. 30.
In the matter Of equalizins assessment for
1879. ordered that BOARD r:eet on August 18Th,
1870, to equalize and correct any errors III
assessments
In the laatses of bridge across the Yellow
Hawk, on road running south f.om AleZ john
son's, ordered that county will furnish 300 tt.
of 4-inch plank petitioners to erect frame
work
, 1879-08-09
BAL, TASTE. lad taste and blind

BAL TASrE.-The had taste and blindness
OF the cuuutry cannot be sufficiently deplorcd
By our republican friends During the last
SIX months, though the bold, bad democrats
have been overtGr;Iing the government, dis
banding the army, repudlating the national
debt, initiating the currency, starving the
administration, putting in peri! the great re-
suits OF the war, Matching ont the weevil
and seventeen-year locusts, souttling the
Bonanza mines and butting the bull Off the
bridge, the inarease in business has actually
amounted to 70 per cent. and there h:s been
falling off in insolvency OF 80 Per cent
The republican ruin has gone to meet the
republican rebellion aad- the republican ex-
odus. 1T tbs rate the democrats Will save
the country unless something IS dcne TO head
them off at once.
, 1879-08-09

PIyEIARTS fEJrNs ACAIN.-The Indians
whom our dispatches report as surrounding
lieutenant Catley, are a portion OF those
who made their escape from the starvation
process at the Malheur agency last summer.
They preferred taking their chances in the
field Of battle, than dying by inches. Rine-
hart has much to be responsible for. With the
same treatment the Indians received under
the former agent Sam Parrish, IN outbreak
wocld have been impossible. But this fei-
low, Einehart, vas SO detasted by them that
he had to make his escape On the back of a
government mule, aud arrived in Canyon
city in Eis si.irt tail He is the man who
rushed down to the Willamette valley to
get baptised in order to graduate from the
sect to whom he ewes his appointment.
1t is said thai il was the only time In his
life when he was wet all over.
, 1879-08-09
Our warrens letter.
WARRESs, /. T., Ju

WARREss, /. T., July 80, 1879.
EDITOR STATESMAN Col Bernard's COM
mand arrived at Halls old bridge on the
South Fork Of Salmon river, twelve miles
south of here, day before yesterday. They
came from Bear r,li-v a-rnss the head
wascss cf tie Er. tpe;;, striking :lie South
Fork near the lake, a. lis head, and ten
followed the South Fork down. at one
place they found an Indian camp not long
deserted perhaps twenty-four hours. Evi-
deutly two or three redskins had been there;
Col. Bernard's scouts. Ruhe Robbins and
John Ramey, were in town last night tor let.
ters and papers. The future movements OF
the command are uncertain
Lieut Catley's iorce left tie mouth OF the
South Fork TWO weeks ago and proceeded up
the main river, since which time nothing has
been heard from them.
Mining matters in Esrreas keep on the
even tenor OF Their way Cinnamon are rap
idly buying mp all the placer ground IN camp
of any known value n B. W.
, 1879-08-09

The COLLEEN BELT.-Washinc.on territory
Is now In the midst Of her harvs.t af he
wheat crop, and all males over the age OF
twelve years are to-day engaged in the say
ing OF the wheat. Ii We could imagine =
klp Van Wnkle in the person OF :. farmer Of
thirty-hve years ago, placed suddenly down
In one Of our 2090 acre farms. and Sc ,hn
difference In harvesting HON and the bv gone
days, We would see an expression of bewil5.
erment aud astonishment Us he observed tho
harvest gathered by the machinery OF the
present. day. All the old fashioned tools
are out Of date, even the cradle is almos, un.
known. The young men OF the west are uu-
able to use this tool No sooner is the grain
cut BY the headers than il is taken direct TO
the threshlng machine and the grain sacked.
It Is not impossible to have grain standing
IN the field In the morning and by nigh. to
ee on ite way 20 miles off OF the steamers
eeward the ocean.
, 1879-08-09

FARRow SCoUTS.-'The Boise Statesman.
whose editor has roasted on the "Seven
Devils, bathed in the North. South, East,
West, biz and little Forks ct Salmon river,
taken drink from Crooked river" been
over every inch OF the territory from Buffalo
Hump to the British line and returned. in
An editorial OF recent date gives a very
graphic description nj the battle sooa to come
off between Lieut. Farraw'S command and a
band OF Bannack. Weiser, Sheen eating
Nez Perce Indians. He has made an excel,
lent disposition OF the troops. and still bet
ter one OF the hOStiies The traofs are to
find position and 10 attack az daylight. and
daylight will be put of on tins occasion un-
til Bernard can Gene up and make a grand
HHdle.