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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
A Triumphal Progress.

Mr.. Joseph Cobun. who is reported to
have behaved well in prison-far better
than he behaved out of it-has been par
doned nine months before the legal end
of his term. His journey to this city
would have been something in the nature
of a triumphal progress if he had not
meekly put aside the proffered honor.
He told newspaper reporter that he had
been obliged to change his train four
times, on q trip of less than forty miles,
in order to avoid the crowds on the line
of the road who Lad assembled to offer
him trmultuous homage. The modest
self-abnegation of Mr.. Coburn, however,
will scarcely enable him to escape all the
tributes which are prepared for him.
A benefit is proposed at Madison
Square Garden-the only place large
enough to hold the multitudes who are
eager to see him Mr. John l.. Sullivan,
the Boston champion, has offered to
assist upon that occasion. 1t appears
that this eminent pugilist visited Mr..
Coburn at Sing Sing-a very delicate
and graceful act toward an older member
of the profession. "He is" said Mr..
Coburn. ga very fine young gentleman,
and he seemed to feel very kindly toward
me-" Perhaps Mr.. Sullivan's amiability
will go so far as to allow Mr.. Coburn to
make the experiment of standing up
before him to be knocked out in three
minutes Mr.. Cobrrn speaks less ex-
plicitly than some other celebrated pro-
fessional persons of his future move
ments.
He hints at the possible quiet retire
ment of "saloon," and as he affirms
hat he does not drink or intend to drink
anything stronger than ''plain soda, he
will have an excellent opportunity to ex
emplify temperance principles. But while
he doubtless feels proud of the way in
which he is received, he ought to live in
another State and have different tree
ord' in order to enjoy the full measure of
popular sympathy and admiration. Mr..
Coburn is only bruiser who has beaten
a number of persons of either sex, sac
cording to the Marquis of Queensbury's 3
rules" and irrespective of them, and was
sent to prison for trying to kill police
man. He should go to Missouri and be-
come q robber and murderer .-NeaO
York EUe1aing Post.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
Unclaimed Money.

Mr.. Preston, author of Unclaimed
Money" has startled Londoners by an
nouncing that the new Palace of Justice
has been mainly raised with the surplus
interest of suitors' money, the Courts of
Justice Building act, 1865, giving power
to apply 91,OOO,OOO of the Surplus
Interest Fund for this purpose. Mr..
Preston asserts that e75, 100000 are in
the Chancery Funds, the number of &C
counts being 35, ,545. A hundred years
ago it was e7, 800, 900, and 1885 accounts
This employment of the money in build
ing the courts need not alarm the numer-
Gus families in this sountry who claim
these funds, inasmuch as there is an
understanding that the Government will
make good all the money thus appro-
priated to all claims which shall be sub
stantiated :'1' ~
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
ANOTHER,

For years and years woman loved me we'll
But all her love was nothing unto me;
Cold as stone upon my heart it lay,
And she was lovely, too, among her sex
Perhaps the very loveiest of them all.
1t may be that her love was cheapened by
Her boundlessness of giving who can tell?
She turned her face at last and went away.
But when her sweet, pale presence was quite
gone,
And days and months had heightened intc
years,
And those in whom trusted had grown cold,
thought of her. 81 will arise, said,
"And go to her-the one beloved on EARTH
l travelled ove4 sea and land for days
(For when her sweet soul wore its patience out.
In waiting for the love that never came,
She put the world between herself and me.)
L travelled over sea and land for days
And came at last to where she dwelt in peace,
The smiling centre of lovely group
A dimpled baby on her lap, and one
More than my peer who truly werahiped her.
looked, and went my way with hungry heart,
Another Enoch Arden in the world,
To wait in lonely watching for ''a sal'
Across the borders of the sea of death.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
A Maine Sea-Serpent.

The people of Dresden, Me-, We're
greatly excited the other day by the APP
pearance of a sea-serpent in their waters.
The monster was discovered by two fish
ermen who were down the river in a
boat. and as it was headed up the river,
they took short cut and reached Dres-
den in advance. The townspeople were
quickly notified of the approach of the
terrible visitor, and a crowd speedily as
sembled on the river banks, armed with
all sorts of weapons. The creatures
movements seemed quite rapid, and the
excitement was intense. Don't you see
him run his tongue out ?" hysterically
exclaimed the females in one breath
''See him roll his eyes and wink, " and
down would go his head, and his body
would almost disappear, only to reappear
at short distance. A volley of shots
greeted the intruder, and everybody
''saw him kick, " but no one dared to in
vestgate. Finally a couple of men,
more daring than the rest, made chase
in boat, and overtaking him, discovered
that another wooden serpent had aston
ished the natives. The whole population
/ had seen in rolling half-sunk log the
glaring eyes and lolling tongue Of u ma.
rine leviathan, and had expended great
amount of ammunition trying to kill it
We shall soon be regaled with season
u
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
The TraInps' Hotel.

Travellers on the Pennsylvania Rail
road, or any of the other highways of the
tramp, will observe that board is al
most always missing from the side of the
barns that are in sight. 1t is the tramps'
door, through which their coveted berth
in the hay is reached If put back to-
day, the board will be found missing
again tomorrow, and likely enough
carried to a distance where it cannot be
easily recovered. The farmer seldom
makes any effort to close this I" door, -
and, in tacit acknowledgment of the fact,
the nocturnl occupants of his property
usually see to it that it is protected from
actual damage by their visits.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
To the Point.

There is a story of a single chapter
which we find in an exchange that plain
ly illustrates each ones responsibility in
the temperance cause.
A wealthy man In st. Louis was asked
to aid in a series of temperance meetings
but he scornfully refused. After being
further pressed, he said:
Gentlemen, it is not my business.
A few days after, his wife and two
daughters were coming home in the
lightning express. In his grand carriage,
with two liveried attendants, he rode to
the depot, thinking of his splendid busi-
ness and planning for the morrow.
Hank Did some one say Accident?
There are many railroads centering in
ST. Louis. If there has been an accident
it is not likely it happened on the ---
and Mississippi railroad. Yet it troubles
him. ct is his business now. The
horses are stopped on the instant, and
upon inquiry he finds it has occurred
| twenty-five miles distant, on the --
and Mississippi He telegraphs to the
superintendent
81 will give you five hundred dollars
for an extra engine.
The answer flashed back, ''No."
81 will give you one thousand dollars
for an engine.
ga train with surgeons and nurses has
already gone forward, and we have NO
| other
With white face and anxious brow, the
man paced the station to and fro. 1t is
his business now In half an hour, per.
haps, which seemed to him half q cen.
! tury, the train arrived. He hurried to.
ward it, and in the tender found the
mangled and lifeless remains of his wife
and one of his daughters. In the Car fol
lowing lay his other daughter, with hel
dainty ribs crushed in and her precious
life oozing slowly away.
A quart of whisky, which was drunk
fifty miles away by railroad employee
was the cause of the catastrophe.
Who dares say of this tremendous
question, '1t is not my business ?"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.
Story of Theatrical Advance Agent
and Farmer.

One of the mysteries in railroad opera
tions is that so much is done in the way
of counting the non-paying theatrical
business. A reporter CHANGED to be in
One of the local outside offices when one
of those cheeky advance agents of a
theatrical troupe came in. The. first
thing he called for was a railway guide.
the looking over of which, laying out his
route for couple of weeks, occupied
fully fifteen minutes He then began to
talk business. His first request was a
pass for himself and his photographer to
a point 384 miles away, with a dozen
stop-offs. Then, in few days, his-pr
gramme distributor would be along, and
he wished pass for him and some 800
pounds OF baggage. 1iIen, at the same
time, there would be boxes weighing
1900 pounds, which he wished sent
through to the terminus of the route laid
out, free
This was all consented to. The ad-
vance agent then remarked that there
was twenty-five cents day storage on
the last-named box, which he wished the
local agent would arrange with the bag
gage-man to throw off. He then asked
for an order for the treasurer of the
troupe for thirteen tickets, in which the
amount Zone cent per mile for each) would
be stated Then the matter of connec-
ton was brought up, and it was found
necessary to hold the train thirty to
forty minutes at three points, that they
might fulfill their engagements.
This was all arranged. Then the adj
vance agent remarked that their scenery
was bulky, and probably it would be
necessary to put it on a special car to
carry it. Just then, sturdy farmer,
who proposed to emigrate to Kansas
point, came in, stating that himself and
his wife, and his wife's sister and seven
children were to immigrate there, and he
wanted the lowest rate The local agent
named the rate, which was p cents per
mile per head, carried this side of the
Missouri River, and an arbitrary rate
was added on the west side. Here the
baggage question came up, and it was
found that it would cost him eighteen
dollars to get through, owing to excess
in weight. The farmer, who was going
West to furnish produce which would be
carried over these very roads, accepted
the situation, called for the tickets, but,
as he pulled out his pocket-book, said:
''Look here, captain, can't you put
little chap we have, about six years old,
through free?'
'Well, no; but I tell you what I will
do will get him through on half
fare
The farmer paid his money and left
without murmur, but the advance agent
was still there, using the paper of the
railroad company and writing two or
three dispatches, which he wished sent
free. The reporter left at this iuncture,
thinking that were he general manager,
the theatrical party should pay high
rates, and the horny-handed farmer
should be the favored one of the two
Indianapolis Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28

THE Nea0s says Philadelphia girl re-
fused to marry young man until she
accidentally discovered that his hair and
mustache We're dyed. Then she blush
ingly consented. She knew she could
throw that up to him if he ever found ont
that she had a glass eye.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28

"WHEN'1I you be back, my dear ?'' in:
quired wife of an angry husband who
was going off in hurry. Whenever
please, madam p DO try and not be
any later than that, if you can help it y
was her meek reply. Is
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
A 1r-r1r .fellow l,eino told hv vol

A LITTLE fellow being told by young
man to get off his knee-he was too
heavy to ohold in that way, made quite a
sensation among the persons present by
yelling back "Too heavy, hey2 Sister
Sal weighs hundred pounds more than
!, and you held her on your knee for
our hours last night.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
s 7 0 Y E s
AN
OPEN OFFERI.

Until further notice. w,
VIII give any honorable
and reliable citizen of La.
moIile County, who hasn'I
already a good Stove, the
use Free for 30 days of an
excellent Cooking Stove,
with Reservoir, to be re-
fnrned at the expiration of
that time unless the person
receiving it shall. after
trial, desire TO purchase it.
in which case he can do so
upon liberal terms, subject
to the following warrant
and guarantee.
FirSt----That the price
asked for it is as low az
the same. or as good a
Stove, can be bought for i'm
Vermont, and the buyer
may have another 80 days
from date of purchase to
investigate this matter.
ana we agree that the
buyer shall be his own
Judge i'm deciding this
point.
Second---We warrant the
Stove against breaking by |
fire, with fair usage. for
one full year from date of
purchase.
Third---We warrant ev-
cry pound of iron i'm the
Stove to be new and every :
plate to be honestly and '
thoroughly made.
FOurth---We warrant the
Stove to be an excellent
baker and heater. and that
the water will boil quick
ly in the Reservoir by turn
ing damper according to
directions.
Fifth---We warrant the
Stove to give perfect and
entire satisfaction i'm Price
Quality, Operation, and
Every Other Particular. or
at The end of 60 days We
viii take it back and re-
fund the purchase money.
Sixth and Finally
We guarantee that
there shall be no un:
pleasantness or d1sSat-
isfactiOn, if after full
and thorough trial you
decide not to keep the
Stove; we shall not ex-
pect to please every
body, and if you con
c1ude YOU don t want to |
buy, we shall keep en-
tirely good natured.
We only ask that you
give us a chance to try
to please you, if you
haven't already a stove
that does 80. We think
we can do it.
Geo. Hardy & Co..
HYDE PARK VT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28
New YOrk's Vote.

The State Board Of Canvassers at AL
bany declared the vote for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor and Congressman
at-Large cast at the recent election as
follows
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28

WE shall soon be regaled with season.
able talks about big things on ice.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-29
underground Telegraph Wires.

FrDNl the 81. LOUIS GtOOe- Dcnlocrut.
The question of keeping telegraph
wires under ground is being agItated In
other cities than st. Louis, and appears
to be attracting general attention
throughout the world. The regular re-
ports of the municipal officers OF Column
bus, Ohio, were received at the CITY Hall
Yesterday. and among them was an
exhaustive review by John Graham,
City Engineer, relative to the telegraph
wire nuisance. The report states, among
other things, the following: Until
withithin a recent period there has
been no opposition to the cree
ton of telegraph poles along the
lines of our streets and alleys, but
recently the protests of citizens residing
on streets where it is proposed to grant
10 telegraph companies the privilege OF
erecting the poles indicates unmistaka-
bly that there = a growing feeling OF
opposition TO putting up any more OF
these unsightly objects along the lines
of our streets. IL is not strange that
such should be the case. These poles
mar To some extent the beauty of the
street upon which they are erected, and
occasion some inconvenience TO parties
passing or doing business along the side
walks where they are erected. And, in
addition to these objections, the wires
are liable to occasion loss of property,
AMI even endanger life, by retarding or
preventing firemen from erecting their
ladders to reach upper stories in case
OF fire. This is a growing evil, as new
telegraph companies are organized, and
additional poles will have to be erected.
so long rs privilege is granted to erect
these poles the number cannot be limit
ed, and in the course of . short time
they will become an intOlerable nui-
>ance. We cannot dispense with tele-
graph wires, and il may be asked how
We are to get them into and through
our towns and cities. This question has
already been solved. Put them under
ground. Not q telegraph pole is TO be
seen i'm London, Paris Orany other large
cities i'm Europe. More than 900 miles
of underground telegraph lines are in
successful operation in European cities,
as will appear from the following state
ment compiled from authority:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-29
TRUSTEES SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST MADE
ID by David Henderson and Maggie his
wife, and Annie Henderson, 10 the undersgn-
ed trustee, dated on the 18th day Of March in
the year lSSU, and recorded in the clerks office
OF the County Court OF Ohio county, West Vlr-
ginia, in deed of trust book No. 10, page $40,
SATURDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF sEPTEM.
BIER, 1882,
sell at public auction, to the highest and hes
bidder, At the front door of the Court House o
Ohio county. commencing AT 10 o'clock A. NJ
on said day, the following described property,
that is toiay: Lotnumbered twenty-nine. on
the corner OF Main and Monroe streets, In the
town OF Triadelphia, in said county or Ohio.
together with al the buildings and appurten-
ances on and belonging 10 said property.
Dwelling house and storeroom on the pro-
perry.
TERMS OF SALE-One-third OF the purch ase
money 10 be paid in cash, one-third thereof,
with Interest, in one year. and the residue
thereof In two years from the day of sale The
purchaser will be required TO give his notes
with good security for the deferred payments,
and as further security the legal title will be
retained Till the notes are paid.
agl5i J. ID. EWING, Trustee.
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They are Strangers Now.

A Middletown young lady never tires
Of relating an amusing occurrence of the
sleighing season last winter. She was
enjoying ride in company with two
Hartford gentlemen and she wasdriving.
One Of the gentlemen slyly inserted q
hand in her muff and lovingly pressed
her disengaged hand. She blushed and
withdrew it just as the gentleman on
the other side slipped his hand in the
muff She knew by the action of her
adOrers that the hand pressures Were
frequent and loving within the silk
lining of the muff, for first one face and
then the other would bob forward to
catch look at the sweet face and eyes
which prompted, as they supposed, the
tender pressure Of the hand. The by
play lasted until the young lady quietly
remarked: ."If you gentlemen are
through with my muff l will trouble
you for it now, as my hands are getting
cold" And the two gentlemen who
had been comfortably warm up to this
time, suddenly felt an Arctic chill creep
ing up their spinal columns, and the
mercury oftheir feelings dropped to $50
degrees below zero. The two gentlemen
are strangers now.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-29
Trustees Sale Of Valuable Real Estate.

TNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A DEED
u OF trust made TO me by William {. Hand
Ian and Annie +. Handlan, his wife, dated
the goth day OF December, 1878, and OF record
in the office Of the Clerk OF the County Court
of Ohio county, State OF West Virginia, IN
Deed of Trust Book No. Il, page 40, Will
Court House OF said Ohio county,
ON SATURDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF SEP
TENDER, 1882,
the following described real property, to wit:
All that certain piece or parcel OF real estate
situate III said county IN the city or Wheel.
ing, at the southeast corner OF Market and
Sixteenth Streets in said city, fronting twenty
two (22) feet on said Market street and run
ming back eastwardly, along the southern line
OF said Sixteenth street, one hundred 100 feet,
being the same property conveyed 10 said
William c. Haudlan by deed OF partition
between himself and John Handlau, dated
November 18th, 1872. and OF record I'm the OF.
flee OF the Clerk OF the County Court OF said
Ohio county, in Deed Book No. 10, page 85.
Terms Of Sale-One third Of the. purchase
money cash in hand on the day OF sale, one.
third thereof in one year, with interest, and
the residue in two years, With interest, from
day Of sale, the purchaser giving his pro'nls-
sorry notes for the deferred payments, with
good security, and the legal title 10 be re-
tanned as further security, until the whole
amount Of the purchase money IL paid.
The title of said property is believed TO he
good, but the trustee conveys only the title
vested in him by the said deed.
augl5i DENNIS O'KEEFFE.
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Tn. scents ofCiyilization.

Charles Dickens once said that the
typical American would hesitate about
entering heaven, unless assured that he
could go farther West. Going West is
still a potent phrase to stir the blood of
the enterprising and adventurous, and
the farther West you go the greater
seems to be its power. The men who
lead the advance of the army of civili-
zation on the frontier skirmish-line do
not come from the rear. They are al
ways the scouts and pickets. The peo-
pie of the six weeks old town do not
come from the East. AS rule they are
from the one year old and two year old
towns u little farther back. Most of the
men | met in the Yellowstone country
were from Eastern Dakota, or the Black
Hills region, or from Western Minnesota.
When asked why they left homes sore
Gently made in new country, their re-
ply was invariably that they wanted to
get farther West.-E. ]. SnlGNCy, an the
September Century.
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Toledo.
- ~ Wy,
LIVE STOCK.
New York.

New YORK, August %. The Drover'' .IO'Tn-
al bureau reports: Beeves-Reoeipts 4, $40,
making Is 200 for the week. Market easier
and closed rather weak at about 81 per head
reduction on range cattle and &c per
pound on fair to good native steer; ex-
trcmes 10@l4c for native, with fair to good
sold at 12H@l3Hc; Texan 919@l014c; half
breed Western cattle 10H@11Ac; export
ers took 240 fair steers at 121!c; shipments
for the week 1875 quarters beef and 466
carcasSeS mutton.
Sheep-Receipts II, 500 head, making A, =
600 for the week. Market opened with fair
demand at former figures, but closed dull
and weak at &c lower; large number re-
main unsold; extremes sheep So 5O95 90
per cwt.: lambs 81 75@6 80.
Hogs-ReCeiptS 1000, making 1880 for
the week. Market active aud lirmer for live
hogs at s@s991sc per cwt.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, August 2S.-The Drovers' Journal
reports: Hogs-Receipts 10000 head; ship
ments 5000 head. Market steady with a
good demand; corn fed stock strong; coarse
and inferior grassers lower; common TO fair
81 OO@6 90.
Cattle-Butchers 1Oc lower: cows 50 %
al 40: mixed stock chiefly So 0Og3 So;
stuckers and feeders 50 00G4 %; rangers Zoe
lower, 1eAdS ~ OVNtLt 81, lhll anu
American l5c lower at 81 1895 60. Market
closed weak.
Sheep-Receipts 1000 head; shipments
400 head. Market weak and dull and l59
25c lower; poor to fair s. 0O94 90; medium
to good 50 coal %; choice to extra 81 209
10.
The Drovers' Journals British cables re-
port: Live stock demoralized and lc per
pound lower; good to choice American cat
tie l4@l519c per pound; sheep l5@l6c, es-
timated dead weights.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, August 2S.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts /, 1853 head; market slow at last week S
closing prices.
Hogs-Receipts 3 900 head; market active +;
Philadelphias 50 OO@9 Is; Baltimores S. IS
as IS; Workers 81 25@8 60.
Sheep-Receipts 1000 head; market slow,
lO@l0c Off from last week.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. August 2S.-Live hogs-Firm !;
con mon So 00@S 80; packing and butchers
81 75@S So. Receipts 10 head; shipments
50 head.