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SHERMAN.
THE WASHINGTON COMMITTEE TO THE NJ
= YORK CLUB,

THE WASHINGTON COMMITTEE TO THE NEW
YORK CLUB.
Sp<etal Dt'patch 10 The Chicago TFtbuns,
WAslllSaroN, D. G., Feb. 2a3-Tl.e National
Sherman Committee, now fully organized
here, Inns addressed tho following letter to
tho Sherman Club Of New York Cty:,
WAslI1N0TttS, d. G., Feb. .,.-DEAn 41us: Tho
oe1eet q our Association here IL Tho nomination
OF OF th2 lion. John Sherman rs tho ltcpublIcnn
canultnte fur rrestdynt, ly correspondence n1li
cnoper1ltlon with hts potYullnl and poiiticui
irlenS, AMI hy tho distribution Of documents
"o Will not u!5pArTlEC Ur Cr[t1lso either OF flis
cofnpotttura or tlU nnythng to eIt,l,nrr1tss tho
inu'nGo If tho Convention, whoever he Jiny
~. Wg have ne!ther tho tnG,,tls nor iii,
uisposltt0n to nso or promise money or
ol!!elHL Influences to prU.nutp our object. R11j
VIII not !sk to control 0tfler organizations, b.tt
ihvito friendly correspondence. We pnco 0,ir
sui1PnEe OF hlr Shnftlnn upon tho bellof that hc
WIZ. IL nomit!ltcd, secure largcr vote tnn nny
other cat1ltlntea TINT lit tits sjlOtIcsa public and
private lIlo yo viii haro nothing thnt will drive
us INTO q dofolslro campaign: that his election
VII ue guarantee to tho country nf prri,otl,-
alton Of the existing condition 1T tho cnllEtrys
prosperity Alitl PUBLIC CREDIT nllu nr Il wIsp pl,ro
s!lld conservative administration, n1,tl tho nOst
tgHr!css md vigorous protection 1T tho rights al
~ clRsea, Us guaranteed by tho Constitution
n1l4 lnws nf tho country. believing that yo;i
VIII concur In both tllo purposes anl methods ii
Mir cahstlss. Me Invite yotir co0pernt!on. Yours
truly "AlslsES N. HATEMAN, Clulrnun.
, 1880-02-24
ILLINOIS.
THE MEETING OF THE NEpuUL,IcAN srArr.
fnN%ftrsrE,,

rur, ,,r1,r,.,c ~, w., s,,'..'..
4''f' AssiiSm Hu.rf, pr TIE MErumI.lcAN PUBLICAN STATE
mn, ite rr,on,is va, t'a' sUAsaaI..E ~, :na.,
to.morro,v - IN n.,., W 1',sl nsets o.. i1l'lols
fsrs II, hn ~ ,nnra INV, . .l,s n.o ii".e! PROM
# ts aort,t,, ~ =. J nst,," s.a oais l1hpoFta,se'
wnrnora ~ ,ho :" ~ t"a1c! s ato ',ost nc'l'o
ynnr,, ~unr,l wiic,, ,os ' oir.n%ts 's"n ny suu ,
,1mIo b"n'u WHEEL nus n'reauy arrived, there
as @ ho "stu ".i, t,t e'ils,ss Kalorlng. It
lnvo hpo, to t,o nao,,Io ,,,,,.' r scut on'
nation ng Gcn 1;.,nt for nra.,,a.,t sa. to !'onl'
]ien wns tn ty,.t NJ, ax,,roas,o, s'',a, atu lle M
hin, r., ~, yort1 t;,ro,,s.,'". ~, .aso'"D,o 70
man. Ionns u ,,a, M "t,t.,., 10y n SUIT ei'1-
imsoIf "s nara,1 ~ s"y w. s..u LUZ eHpresseu
sn,on !So,l as ~" pefsonal!y favorng Blalno Dun
nmuI'tu ,nn . 'ho sI 5tetetfs, IS t1 ayowcd Grant
% sant. ,'4 n"t ,ms.'i1o.s lsSe no saSs' been
nn1na. nona oms & resIaless = Of preferences. the
nrs ,nro,,n,t 1 .sM IT, S.a ito! 1he isl OF work.
r. t,," ronmttton nv ,s, o.e "sluo OF ohlcago.
:, a'!c t, Con,ntteo 1aS9r Grant's nomination
tlley Will ind an clnphatlc expression dccitl-
edly opposed 10 him. Said Il prominent Re-
y',sI Wns;.,urns .u@ inuNs repof'er Inst evening:
clean and eiear, and lo would be aS true to
URANUS irlel'tls as Grant himself. lIe's be-
lnhEeH to no ring, md ho has nothing to de-
tn thn" ,,,Iaa e, I"fo nt4, tnnn any other M man y
t. ~ tsop"u'.s"'t purity "o"la eet Inc soIil
uos1'"h vote. anu ihllc|l OF that cnss
ph I,,nonsa1,. psop!e ). WHO affiliate with tho
tho man nearest nv hrart ovI - ~ oa.'oss 10
r"n," i,., ia s'''i.' ~ s"t, ""! ~ t"o ist"ets
% A''o" ~" u1o M sutl.1'lleIt ol inc people Is III
1cg'.ltl 20 Mf Waa4bnrle, they would loDk
Gn,nt." ~'' 49,
Thu feeling tl,rour,,out tha s,ote =, stoto,
!, ,Io ra,nS,a. s'ua, :. 'io ou!te, ~ stalea
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point which Inns giv0n riso to much diversity
Of opinion since the C0nyenttulls werc held
OH the l4tll Inst
NEW YORK.
GRANT HAS TIL: 1tt1t,flr.

I 4
un"Hr HAN Itil: nt1f'0E.
| Sp'tlat b!'ptieh to Tho Ghttaao 7rtbnne.
NEW tuRK, Feb, N.-A1I t1,e Aaanmt1r Z
| DfsirIcta ~ thn .,,nt,, hn,o ,,.,,. ,n'''..
..a -. -. y. WV e.".. "'tu noo.i htafu 1loh3,
follows. which ia tjouaht to In n v"rv ] cIoss ~,
na,,rpnto ~ ti,a a..,,ssa.ta ~ ~. .ioo>
Ias'"xo VI ulo composition OF inc C0f1Ven
llpH: lrant, 4H delegates; Blaine, about ~
| delegates: Sherman. u. Thnra nro t,yo,,tv .
| ,vi,n ,,oia,.st". "..,. ~ toto NY t"u"tS
nrrfer,,,cna "'o 4oAa9o W "'sc4oso uiell
senator Conkltne passet, throuu,, 4h,s citv
this evening ct, roli}n for iiticn> S"'' wy
0E,,MANa ,,,,rnzrt, ~, , sr,,,,,., r,,,,.
Special n.ns,th ~ -. ~ ~. ~ ..'mu n. aE''M'
lng ot tic tcran iri,isnn noinss iasaeGt, - IT.
in.s,'nrrn ~ nfg,t h y, W., W ncin n Syrnetso
tnrm ,,,uwc,ne,t " assa IL nGM!nst tho tfilf:',
in nccnr,ln,,r,, viii, liz ft1',in!s ft1n y y W l'eiu
=" Wa ncr,nnn. "t t,naro,i st!o i1IioWinf ' cnll;
stnto of NnT YnTk. inIorI% G'p,ienHs y. .i OF tno
time, when tho census OF iSs viii frnror VI.
move tho rcnntcst possibility 1T il rcstorI,t.on Of
inc rctr'ants Of II Stn,thert 0garchy to political
stifremney ln tho Nation; whom tho s,icccsa Of
sn t. OF epee,o payments inauE,ratcI JAM
iii e tn1 prosperity ct
nrmnnrs. x,,nn W. 4rNI tafmefs an1
raso 10 premium abovo pnr, v aid ,un wien ,ts T.
obligations trc promptly met il tho unYnr,,. ne
Inctit; whom peace reisi,s at homie and md fricndIy
relotfona aro ttlnintninetl by tho tjn!tei statcs
With ull Tho world that I'M excuse ur emergency
Gx.sts that cA!ls Tor Or co!l possibly Justify nm
n,Ir Wo,,',',, ,non tno .htlit,retl custom In
caFi unfm n,Ir Gnra a"T oi moyicsn'Gnt, hGFoly
fcijnw clttznna n s,,ont ~, nss .,ep!lGnl
Of Fehrnry tlext. NJ III" ctv ~ ,soc,sn o Wy w
tho pllrpnso OF giving nxnrcssinn ~ n,ir sa,ya %.
, 1880-02-24
INDIANA,
THE ItI..AINEt SENTIMENT,

sefesa. Di,p3tsa to tbs C,.teuyu tribune,
lSnlASApoLIs. ltut1s. Feb. &}.-Tlu lion. J.
U. y. Harrison. tho bnsikor ltas encountered
suc', y!olcnt 0rp,sltIon because Ut his known
dislike to BaiMo TINT In intor,ue.l TiIE T,,,,-
uSE's correspondent tlIs dyunEng that i,e Ind
reltn4"ls!ed Ills purpose tn try n1.ti secure n.
election! " tlcIegata to thu Republican MI
tlo,lal Convention. THIS shows how stronu
Is tho D!ainu feeling In tl!ls civ.
which Il uulte ~ positive through
os!t tho State. In nj Interview yesterday
wllh Co!. II. ). Robinson. ux.Cungress,,ur
from the Sixth District, e stated tint In Ills
oplili1a fully 70 per cs,lt of tho llepuljeun
Ifrty III tho State favored tho nomination Ut
;, TAa !!on. John y. New, CIntr,l,an ot tic
MMep9biea!i Mp State Committee, suit! to-.!Ay t.at
ING C.'tilltteo intetIllutl tllt tho ttulGsatcs
..: s.rlsetetl to nttel.L tho E!ngrrsslonn Copyei.
tnas, tons vi "Wednesday slal!l lsolt! over and
ttHatlns Co,Iyelstnna, II be llchl s0lu li,ns il,
fhes XII SaaeE a,.,N9; WaaStiler thoy should net III
flonasy With the countless. Ihis settled
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GREENDACKERS,
THE MICHIGAN DELEGATION,
Special Uispa{th 10 Tie f.Hfe.tao 1+thuus

Special Dlspaleh 10 The CNicaoo 1rtlune,
DETlsoEr, Mich, Fob. o3.-lIoscs W, Field.
Chairman OF the National Greenback State
COMMITTEES, has called State Convention to
l!leet ut Jackson OH tho 18th Of N[ure!,, for
tic purpose of choosing delegates to the
Grcenhaclk National Convention Mt Chicago.
Junc0. -Four delegates Mt largo and two
from each Congressional District nro to bc
chosen, ai2l State Committee Is to be
elected. The representation In tho CollypI,-
t!on Will bc three Delegates from Gacll State
Representative District, to bo chosen by Tie
electors Of each district,
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PRESIDENTIAL.
The Democratic Convention
~ Finally Secured to
Cincinnati,
And June % Decided Upon as
the Date for Hold
ing It.
The Anti.Ti1tlcn Sentiment of
Illinois too Strong TO
Suit Sammy.
Chicago Therefore Made to
Ito; Give Way to Ohio
= Metropolis.
The Location Influenced Largely by
the Ambition Of Sam
Randall,
Together with John KeIIy's Disciplinary
@, ., Admoaition to the Gramercy
:=--.:-~ =, Park Sage.
a Growing Belief that Tildcn
Will Not BE the Cnn-
tlidate,
But, Still Being Powerful in Coun-
sci, Will Name the Nom.
inee,
Who VIII Dc 1lnrl.Money Easterner,
With mn Ohloan for Second
Plncc.
Meeting Of German Republicans Opposed
to Third Term in Syracuse
To-Day.
But, Still Being Powerful in coun-
sci, Will Name the Nom.
inee,
Who VIII De Hnrl-Money Easterner,
With m Ohloan for Second
PlnCc.
Meeting Of German Republicans Opposed
to Third Term in Syracuse
To-Day.

sosetut un.,att, VIZ ~ ~. nopla .s,9en g, Aoor'
wAa,rryo7nx n r. Eo,, sa'D " .r,'n as: T,.,.,
n, nemncrnti,. r;,,r",tun H. ., ,,'' i,, 1,a.''i u
Ctnrmnoti 1rne -, .ri;s 10 10 H., w. ,,als.. . ~ ~
tha nrmncratin Tnt,nnns ran,,,,,tsa a"'vs ,,u'1 "
snrc,,tatjo,,a No. to t,,o rn'sss ,",',a,' .ni
ihia rcsut nro onIfo,d - ,,"a nI .i' .s,. ~
fin mnnhIno ,v,'nsa .,"o,a i. ""s ,no "o!A ,...n ~
catod T., tnos" "'u .,is,,e.'i o. & ~ I1s MIs lmut
mail. IN t}c socro, nn,'a,.s I, "s . sMt, WIZ
hrs of William II fsorn'', :" Wy ps.a.e ls
Cnunrct,cut rhnIr,,1" - ~ n.'',,..p' 1,u
Tint cnmcms ,ori"l fr"" ,a,- ~" S'te ,n.. .',..n,
nnt;l ,ast ,"t,,n,,1,t :. su.A ,'st n!gA,
hv tla si,ti"n ,"o.,,;n "sn ~. s,.o'o s. .se.e
vot,s ,r1tIan ,a', s'1no n..a.,., t,'"t w""tevel
~ T,iro,,,n"M a,d ""a ~ s.ouau y save'l
Inci.,o,, ."t ., 1 ~ "a oI aceoue or .lat
uceis'o't that tle cincinnati men, Mt midnight
.,as ~st sr, n es.e! tne convention theirs by VI
~ a"oo.,t ,.", Gtcn''stl WIZ selectett on
,s. o ouso" s,.t. pa'iot Wy ~ futes' showing oiiy
Ma: ms s.la.i .uo so.es "ss,gnett 70 " ~ tic
'DG,s.c Gs 'aeli'o u t'1ts midnight meet"
;, s, VI tn's !, nee1s even ti'o clcago ''ele.
~ satoa "t.'t tAa eSeepttoh o. ar Gou.'y s'!'t
t,.a ros seenl ~ " INFORMED. II ''ley hnd been
1ioS "o"1a scnteely lt"te ihaae st,cll hopeful
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30 hcld there. lie called Intention to tl,t
rNtroa,l and othor facilities TIe hi''a': hnteI ,,c
computations wcrc referred to It's amply snf-
ilc,ent t ,,t. 70 pfosrly clltcrtaln tito delegates
@ tnnre would hc no Increase Vt tho hotel ratrs.
nMl TINT every expense deemed proper by Tho
Committed would be tlefrayrtl.
! CINCINNATI.
Ex-neprcscnlatlve Saytcr, Of Ohio, prc-
semtct sS inc elaltys Of Cincinnati ~ Il very
mites cordial Invitation and request tliat
they hold the next Convention in Cincinnati,
he did not wish 10 tlgtract Mt ali frUnl tint of
erSr o,y Gthsr stX ,t. ",ttnt." e ad,ls "Wa
!y l,a!ye been l'erctoforc mentioned lnny possess,
Cincinnati. eau duplicate them III sumo re-.
spccts 9nu itl others more. than ii,plicate
ttenl Tho tacilfties by which C!mennnti
f1i ~ e. rcae!,ed nrn not sIrpAssrl by tho
accommodation nf the Convention wus cOtl-
| certiett, tlo maintained that no ntter efty
! presented tho advantages Of ClitcLnnatf.
t,Mxitry all! comfort" llu safd, ."coud bo
eStefltled to oil OF tho delegations"
MUSIC 1lAI.I,
the building which 1t Is proposed to occ,,py,
has recently been erected 1t will seat 4|IO
pe peers9i.si iE f'nd as an entertaining capaeity
nEt Ea,,s 'om: o,,;l lie snoko Of several adjoining
fnr M!tS w,cl could o apprGpriate mid used
wns authorized to say to tho Co,ninitten tilnt
Cincinnati Will bear ali tho expenses, proyiIc
heatqHnrters ni1i c0nimit tter-rnolns for every
otNte lree u charge, and Ito NIL the necessary
iaIttce. wo'ill be proMrly cn,crtninssi. a 11iI
a, tieir faniII!s to ~ and di'fssf fres fiho oS sty
wG1lu lu be borne by THO Ctnelnl!atlals. liz
ako sn \ t,,N ~Ss Na,no e fenton r. Feln1i 10
N9. ~. ! C0l'ventl9n, whereas If 1t should he
!iel!i IN Chicago 1t would. now TINT tho tato
y hXea for June = BY II No. y Convention,
tho Rs;E|mblican antl Grecnback Conventions
''s S1neiatf |t i, nns ;ss tho "an iii 1850 80 witt so
Slr. llnrrls, Of the Ohio delegation, cor
roboratct tie statement tint there wotltl he
scrtl0M.
EUGENE CITY, onEooy,
being tho next p9ace In prttur, lteprcsenta-
Sn'ysnti1n !! be hela In that pace. Ills speech
artificial facilities to be- ilatl In Eugctlu CIV.
nut that n,elibGrH colltl til excellent cil,lIf,-
ll,E Kr,,ill'tts, AtMl advised nleui to bring a
good supply Of blankets, etc.
PIllI.ApEIrntA.
IT, tIl9 Committees tH the hospitality of PhIia-
delpllin. Tle Cftzens, he suitl, liye not cor
sidrretl 1t necessary IL semi delegation, heru
a1 present c'idSncp @ Ut the unsurpassed
there. fle mentioned Centennial iiaii i''is rs
2 proper building, a.ltIine t!at Ii will COLI
!fortnhly sent 5000 people. 1t was, Ito
Thought, unnecessary. To- discuss tho hotel
Observation-Disclosures Exhbtio te wbos ~ 'ng ts {na Gs"snn l
STATES was comfortably cnfut3 for Ifn mn,
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uo,,t .tt1 otsouiA 1ittke nll 1nrther lTratlge.
lhellts with tho Republican Committee.
TIE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES
were reported:
| EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
Jesse spal!!ng, ". Il. stronv.
y.,,ii. III: MI,rnss1lley, {, George II. iSaguc,
5ohn 5o,'si j. Il jelcs;;. Hs1t; AN. Eddy.
Wit. Bra;lloy, j. ). /. L. wtsstmnlkt, wynIstbsnk,
.. ". Potter, 1eorrn n WiIiI;,,n,
r. na,.,l.. 81: Ln1nla!s, 1fI, qooriso 81. PulInan,
isl1,S sEESixaa, ESisx He"5ailas SSs 'ilsXe Il: Campbell
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION.
John L. DovcritlYe, II. W, JnekHon
'osepa STOCKTON, Charles II. Fnrgo,
COMMITTEE ON TELEGnArnY.
WIllsAm Hurry Smith,
COMMITTEE ON uAnpwAnr,
r. johnson, Henry r l,ouers.
IL u barttott' +. II. l3fair.
coMsf11rEE ON rn1Nr1so.
Jarnoa r. Root, A. N, Eddy.
H. +. Aloycrs,
COMMITTEE ON Lu,tnEn.
.fos5o ~ n. sslr9,nE, s',n,E John Woodbridge j.,
Louis HUT, Il. q. f3ifl ~
j. n. LooniIs, W 'A'
COMMITTEE ON rnEss.
y. HGnry Smith, ". X. Sullivan,
Y. y, SrnW1eu, Mr.. (,nlilns WV
g. 4. perco, liichnri Michaells,
IN reply to n.question, the Chairman said
tne 3em1cnt1e Committee Ind offered 295o0
!h !HhlerG1y lor tho Use Of tho improvements 10
tae EXposltion Building. Tlloy wo,iI not
'n1S, t'a s dS y Y w;i,ateyer might Ie got out Of
ton or the Exposition tho Democrats would
require to wait upon the Directors tl1areof.
Ge1. Strong, US Il member Of
THE LUMHER COMMITTEE,
as{etl whit Ills duties were to be.
1MG CHaiffhfsll replied TINT lie was expected
,, e solicit donations Of lumber or Of llioncy.
ta'lled therefor WIS to DO divided pro rata
a,nong tho donors. '>'''' p'0 '"'"
>, NJ: Morris N. sclz moved tho adoption Of
,,,'l S[r Most I, m9yed ss 81 amendment that tho
tlo Finance Committee. Carried.
Tie name ut II. W, ,JucksDn was also
added to tho Transportation Committee, and
ing ~, report, ns amended, wins adopted.
any estimate ut
THE COST OF THE BUILDING.
III reply the Chair sud tint tic uro,mble
e1st e1 oo Of tilo Cnmyentlom would DO Ss50Qt
$1,000 of which would likely bu for lu,-
proveTlents III Tho Exposition. somo s1,U0
WOULD 9 be IN lumber.
poafc TINT tepo Il aI se hscn ,'seasS9 m1I t y .e
ilato prepared. anil Mr ~ II IL nrciay oy snt.
gclcr and n,e INK ps M nrcnsnfn Gol.ttces w. "
lii to tllo Filnnca t;n'nnitsn, @ 'i iio, ny }hn nE.
fair could bo conducted Oh u sot,nd Gasis.
Mr. Drntlley muvetl-whleh motion Vas car-
rir.l-" tilat aii slbscriptions Is' be- Considered
~ cnsh basts, ana TINT the surplus, should
: In the opinion of Nr. Rant. tho Executive
Committee Should meet M i soo,. ~ rs possIbIt,
make yHry careful! cstiil,ltu of nri,.ting, ot
Timber, decorations, ETC.. aid notify liz VI
rIDnH committees III 10 tite n,nnul,t of nlut,ry
they wera expected 10 ratsp. Tia ftjln sDrak.
nr) rc1nurkfIi in lii, rn1,rs~ 1T i,1fnf s,mrrh
Ilnat i1n lAtl llttIu fa(tll In unttinr the S1Sm
frMn tho neaocrats. "
Tho Chair satd tint the Executive Commit
leo wonl, meet ut Tic Gloss S1 Of tl,e PRESENT
session.
A motion was nude by Mr.. Bradley That
he CIafrlle1l nf Tia vnr}ons Sni. .f,nn,mittsrs
It tlv Executive Committee. and tlut I!Yu
'onal!tlito 4ltGrnll. CNrrletl.
tns ~, emts asoll lla EXECUTIVE Coh1tlltteo
, 1880-02-24
PUBLIC OPINION.

HUN INDIANA bIANlSs
To lAs EAAvr u 1hs CAteaao 1fteuns.
ELKlIAlsr, Ind, Feb. 33.-It Is our nlsloll'
une ttsat when VIC Hoosiors say what wa
Know to be true ~ 10 tho political ssatus u
Middletown transcript., 1880-03-06
AN EARLY NEVADA TRIAL.

A correspondent of the Rome (N.Y.)
Sentinel, travelling in the West, is re-
sponsible for the following story about
the workings OF "Judge Lynch's
Court:" In one of the Nevada mining
camps in early days, some horses were
missing one morning and the owner
in searching fer them found the trail,
and in connection with it was the foot
print of man, which very strong ly
reminded him of villainous looking
Mexican or Greaser Gas they are COM
monty termed, who had been loiter-
ing around the camp for some time,
but was now missing Informing the
boys of his suspicious the town turned
out to a man, and in. a short time the
offender was securely bound and lying
upon a table in the nearest saloon
awaiting further orders As the coun-
try was becoming more settled it was
urged and finally decided by some of
the most influential citizens of the
camp to give him the benefit Of a jury
trial, although it was somewhat diff
cult to impanel the jurors, as they pos
itively refused to serve in the capacity,
but with those men, to think was to
act, and the required number Of men
we're soon secured in the street by
main force and placed in the spacious
poker room adjoining the bar-room,
where a brief statement of the case
was made before them. The jury, in
dignant at having anything to do with
the case except to help hang the Of
fender, concluded to veto any more
foolishness of this kind, and thereafter
teach the citizens of that camp better
than to allow a horse thief such honors,
consequently when the door was open
ed and the outsiders crowded around
eager to hear the verdict, the foreman
replied promptly, "Not Guilty" Amid
a perfect volIey Of oaths the door was
slammed and they were informed
Through the key-hole) that they would
have to "do better than that" or re-
main there their natural existence.
Consequently they decided the matter
and verdict of guilty was immediate
ly rendered. when they were invited
out to "drink to the Mexican's future
happiness" for they had hung him an
hour before. Twelve more indignant
men than those jurors it would have
been hard to find in Nevada at that
time.
Middletown transcript., 1880-03-06
PREHISTORIC REMAINS IN SOUTH.
ERIN COLORADO.
[Mr. Henry Gannett, in Popular Science
Monthly.l

Scattered over the region are the
remains Of long-forgotten people,
people which, Judging from the few
relics left for our study, possessed a
far higher degree of civilization than
the wild tribes now roaming the coun-
try, higher than the Moquis and Pu.
eblos Of the present day, yet resemb-
ling them in many respects. We find
the remains of their homes, their
houses of stone, in various places and
of various kinds, some the homes of a
happy, contented people, in full secur-
ity, leading pastoral life; others,
mere houses built for shelter and de-
Tense in story times, as protection from
the invader, for concealment, and for
open defense. The general outline of
their history is written in characters
of stone all over the country.
The northern limit of their settle
ments seems to have been near north
latitude thirty-eight degrees. Farther
north than this no evidences of their
occupation have been discovered, al
though exploring parties have exam
ined the country thence to the Grand
river. Toward the south and west
their dwellings have been found in
Utah, throughout Arizona, and in New
Mexico as far east as the Rio Grande.
But here, on the Rio San Juan and
its tributaries, seems to have been q
center of population. In this country,
over a large area, the villages are
quite near together, showing that it
was comparatively densely peopled.
Their remains consist of buildings in
various stages of decay and dilapida-
tion-cemeteries, pottery, most of it
in a fine state of preservation, arrow
heads, a little wicker-work, stone tools
of various sorts, partially carbonized
grain, corn-cobs, etc., and few spec
linens of human remains The ruined
buildings are, as was briefly stated
above, of two general classes, repre-
senting two different periods in this
ancient history, that of peaceful occu-
patton, and that of invasion by for
eign power and of final expulsion of
this people from their homes. All of
these structures are of stone, dressed
with more or less care, or chosen with
reference to size and shape. There is
little or no rough rubble-work. In
all, the stones are set in adobe mortar,
which has great cohesive power, as is
shown in several examples.
Middletown transcript., 1880-03-06
HOW JOSH B1LL1NassrARTED.

James Redpath says Josh Billings
has made from his various writings
100000, and has not exhausted his
bonanza yet. When Redpath last
heard from him he had lectured sixty
times this season, and had twenty en-
gagements for January. He began
writing in little seven-by-nine daily
paper published in Poughkeepsie. The
editor called on Mr.. Shaw one day and
said that the man who could talk as
well as he could talk ought to be able
to write we'll, and he wanted him to
contribute something to his paper. Mr..
Shaw told him that he had never writ
ten a line for publication in his life.
But the notion pleased him and he
thought over it, and wrote a series of
between thirty and forty of the same
short pieces that have made his name
a household word in America since
then. One day Mr.. Shaw read one of
the essays of Artemus Ward on the
same subject that he had treated in
one of his short essais. He read it
over and over and over again, and the
more he read the less he understood
why Artemus had become famous and
his pieces had fallen still born from the
press. He made up his mind that it
was the bad spelling and nothing else
that had given wings to Artemus
Wards humor, and that it was his own
loyalty to Webster's Unabridged that
had weighted his humor down and kept
him in obscurity. So he took his essay
on the mule. "The mules favorite
animal with me-" Josh once said "he
has treated me pretty rough, and I've
treated him pretty rough we under
stand each other'-and without chang
ing a word, he "slewed round the spell
ing" as he expressed it, and sent it to
the New York Era. Before mailing
it he signed it "Josh Billings" This
Essay on the Mule" was printed and
the name of Josh Billings became IA
nous before he had written a single
essay except those he had printed in
the Poughkeepsie press. As soon as
he saw that everything he wrote was
widely reprinted, he thought he ought
to make m1ney out OF his pieces, so he
sent one of his very best short essays
to Boston paper. The editor wrote
that he could not afford to pay more
than a dollar and half for it. Josh
regarded this as rather small pay.
"But," he added, 81 thought 1 should
like nest-egg, and 1 told him to send
it on. Then l opened an account with
Josh Billings and made my first entry
with this item: Essay in Boston,
$1.50'"
Middletown transcript., 1880-03-06

SWEET CONSCIOUSNESS OF Duty
PERFoRMED.-The other day, over at
the Alameda baths, timid and retir-
ing-looking man waited until the su-
perintendent was disengaged, and then
said to him:
81 do hate TO give any one trouble,
but have you long stick or pole of
any kind you could lend me"
"NO, sir; told you so ten minutes
ago" snapped the over-driven official.
$50 you did," replied the man /;
"but thought I'd Just ask once more.
l guess I've done my duty in the mat
ter. Don't you think go p
"What matter? What on earth are
you talking about"
"Why, you see, my mother-in-law
dived off down there at the deep end
about half an hour ago, and as she
hasn't come up yet l Thought I'd like
to tell my wife that I had sorter lab
bed round on the bottom for her
awhile anyway, but if / can't, why, /
suppose l can't, that's ALL" And pen.
sively writing her address on a tag,
to be tied to the old lady when she
came up, the conscientious man walked
thOughtfully aWay.--&an Francisco
Post.