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Year: 1875

FINE SPORT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.


There was agood attendance Fleetwood Park yeser-
day witness the rotng 10 take place there
The weather was good and the track in ne condition
The first decided the unfinished team race be-
gun on Thursday which had been postponed with the
Blind Boy and Panic team the winners or heat sue.
cess that they followed up yesterday which gave Mr.
Dickson the race After this the event OF the day was
trotted-viz, the sweepstakes between Joe Brown,
John IT. and Adelaide. The nrst named
was the favorte, he was In grand
form and won easily, trotting the fourth
heat in 90 which might have been two three sec
onds II he had been pushed at the finish. Two
other trots were also decided matches between Dick
sons Panic and Galaghers Blind Boy, in which Panic
was beaten twice. first time with Mr. Dickson driving
In person and the second time with Johnny Murphy up
behind him. when he behaved badly and did SO much
running that the judges had 10 distance him. Two
other races were also begun both Of which had to be
postponed by reason OF darkness until two NJ on
Monday The result OF which as far as trotted will be
seen bv reference to the appended
Year: 1875

We see that the Council, influenced
by the deficiency of those who manage
the Water Department, or for partizan
objects. refuse to give the simple work Of
aging the water mains out by contract,
and continue to lay them by the day at
q cost as estimated by an influential Re-
publican and several competent Demo-
Gratis of fifty per cent. more than the
work could be done for.


Now, the question at the head Of this
paragraph comes home to the taxpayers
and housekeepers, shall the reserroir cost
its one hundred thousand dollars more than
It could be built for by coatractP We be-
ieve that it is the duty Of our citizens
to use their rights to prevent this waste
of their money. Those who rent pro-
perty are as deeply interested as those
who own, because, after all. the owner
collects the tax from the tenant before
he pays it to the city. We say the work
ia full decade in advance of its neces-
sity, at oil events; and its stoppage now
would result in benefit if it did not pro-
Gress again for ten years. The reservoir
is badly located and will endanger the
lives and property of hundreds Of people


But we waive all this and first appeal
to the Council to at least have this work
performed as cheaply as possible.


Philadelphia is building reservoir
and has received bids from over twenty
contractors for the work. The bids diff
fer hundred per cent. and are fully
that much less, they tell US, than the
work would cost by the day. Can vii
Inington afford to heedlessly increase
her debt at this rate9 She cannot. The
work as now progressing should be stop
ped if it required an injunction to do it
Already we are told Sl00.000 has beer
expended
Year: 1875

THE Use OF FIRE ARMS BY THE Po-
L1cE.-It is a matter of great regret
that an officer of the city should have
blood upon his hands even by accident.
1t is fearful thing 10 trlfle with hu-
man life-and a man who believes IN
ths doctrine of the Christian church
must feel that he has terrible &c.
count recorded against him, If soul
all unprepared for eternity is by his
act ushered into tina: gloomy abyss,
from whence borne no traveller re-
turns" Horrible, indeed, will be the
thought that soul in torment should
b ing such an accusation.


No one doubts that the killing Of
Miss Doyle, yesterday, by officer o..
N ill, was an accident. The unfor.
tunate girl was about two hundred ard
fifty yards from where the shot was
fired, and yet she was killed instantly.
The Coroner's jury has by its verdict
exhonerated O'Neill from guilty inten.
tion, and very properly denounced the
use of fire arms by officers, except in
alresting those guilty of great crimes
The right to use fire arms by officers
except 10 self-defence Is doubtful. We
cannot find just at this writing that the
law gives any more right TO use fire
arms to officers than to the people. We
doubt even the right to wear concealed
deadly weapons.


To avoid the use of arms the law
says constables are ITO use diligence
in arresting murderers, thieves and
other felons, and in case of resistance
to his lawful authority, or other case
of necessity, he may command the aid
Of any Of tie People OF this State; to
prevent truly all bloodsheds, affrays,
and breaches Of the peace"


We think it very unfortunate for
the'ofiicer that the poor child was kill.
ed by the randem shot; fortunate tina,
Wingate, at whom the shot was aimed
was not killed. For we do not find
that on officer has any more right to
fire his pistol in the open street thar
any other person. His pursuit of 6
person fleeing from arrest did not give
him that right certainly. The act wa,
in the day time. Had it been at nigh
it might have been worse, as the Off
Ger could then not have seen who wa
in the direction of his aim half the dis
tance at which this child was killed
Had Wingate been killed the question
Of murder would certainly have beel
raised before the jury, and we have n
doubt, judging from the present ver
dict, that one of accusation and gull
would have been rendered. This cas-
should be a warning. We do not fin,
that an officer has right to shoot un
I'll the offender against the laws of th,
State turns and resists and then not I'll
he exhibits and attempts to use deadl,
weapons.
Year: 1875

A SoURcE OF REvIvAL.-A private
letter from Louisiana says that a new
era of agricultural prosperity seems
about to dawn upon that State. The
crops OF corn, cotton, cane and rice are
all said to be splendid. Old planters
say they have never seen such crops at
this season. Even the vegetables and
FRUITS are unusually abundant. There
are locusts except the carpet -baQping o
tramns, and even they do not seem 10
be able TO exhaust the vitality Of the
soil.
Year: 1875

A BAD EXAMPLE.-The Legislature Of
house the Independents" held the bal


ance of power. They made n trade with
the Democrats by which that party gain


ed control Of the organization of the SEN
ate, while the House was given to the In
dependents, who elected Haines, of Lake,
as Speaker. The session has just closed 4,
and the Legislature is characterized as the
worst which eyer disgraced the common
wealth. At the close, the Republican
mem bers Of the Assembly, about 66 in
number, signed protest which will have
to be entered on the journals Of the House,
specifying "A number Of acts by which the
majority had, with the aid of the Speaker
ridden over all parliamentary rules, to
carry some partisan end. Such course,
when party feeling runs high, is some


times followed by the party having the
majority in a law making body, and can
not even then be held justiliable; but
when it is the course taken by professed
reformers it can have but one tendency
to bring the efforts Of true reformers into
disrepute. After all the course Of this
reform" legislature simply proves that
which we have always asserted-that the
promises Of the protessed reformers, who
claim to be possessed of all the honesty in
tho country, are to be looked upon with
distrust, and the best and surest way to
bring about any change which seems de-
sirable, is to do it within the party itself.
Year: 1875

OFFICIAL FRAUD.-The investigation
into the affairs Of ex Assessor RosenGr, in
San Francisco, develops an amount of
rascality among the business men Of the
metropolis which is simply astounding
1t seems to have been common custom
there for wealthy men 30 bribe the Asses
sor or his deputies, for the sake of getting
large assessments reduced. The banks
made a common fund, each one paying
an amount proportioned to its capital, that
brought in good returns in the shape of
reduced assessments. 1t is pity the law
can't be made to trip up few OF this class
of criminals.


And the other rascalities in the same
Office have not been half told. The forged
poll-tax receipts have been a source of
revenue to some of the deputies in which
it does not appear that the Assessor had
Il share but other rascalties of great
atrocity are found to center in the office.
Deputies were appointed who drew their
salaries monthly, and paid them to their
chief, rendering no service in return. The
worst Of the affair is that Rosener appears
to have been highly respected before he
took office; being the only Democrat
elected on the Democratic ticket at the
time and was continued in Office by the
Code two years longer than the time for
which he was chosen. 1t would seem that
in some cases it makes rogue Of an hon
est man to give him public trust.
Year: 1875

CONTRACT MARRIAGES. - A young
couple of San Andreas were married by
signing a contract some months ago, the
girl being under fifteen and her parents
refusing their consent. The father then
brought suit in the Calayeras District
Court to have the marriage annulled and
the custody Of the girl awarded to him,
which petition the Court granted. After
the rendition Of judgment the influence
Of friends was brought to bear on the
" old man." and he gave his consent to
a marriage in the proper style, which
was performed on the same day the first
marriage was annulled. The decision of
the Judge in this case would seem to in
dicate that the so-called Code marria-
ges" are not valid. The couple had lived
together as man and wife up to the an
nulment Of the contract marriage, which
fact probably had some weight in induc-
ing the father to allow them 10 be re-uni-
ted. Probably if the patries had both
been Of legal age no question could be
4 raised.
Year: 1875

The frequency with which we hear that
the stage coach on some route leading to
the mines has been stopped by highway
men, the treasure box taken and the pas
sengers compelled to surrender their mon
ey and valuables, is becoming matter
worthy of grave consideration. Scarcely
week passes by but the story comes to
US from some quarter--now on one route
and then on another-that the stage has
been robbed. This. week we have two
cases one on the route between jackson
and lone City the other on route fur
ther South. The success attending these
attacks is such as to encourage others to
the nefarious business, the treasure-box
Of Wells, Fargo 81 Co. generally giving
the robbers pretty fair dividend, while
the difficulty Of capturing and convcting
/ the robbers makes the business an appar-
emily safe one.


One thing is becoming evident f; stern
er punishment and greater certainty OF
capture must menace the " knights Of the
road" The next legislature should put
the crime Of highway robbery on paI
with the crime Of murder, for the armed
robber who stops stage filed with pas
engers, does SO with the intention Of com.
mitting murder if opposed in his de-
signs, Old hands at the business &c
about it coolly, knowing that by taking
everybody by surprise it gives them al
advantage over superior numbers f; tha
they, to use common expression, "hav'
the say" on those whom they intend tC
rob. That they go with the intention o
committing both robbery and murder j
necessary to the accomplishment Of thei
purpose, is proved by the manner il
which they have acted iu those few in
stances when the stage escapes tnem.-
The driver becomes the target Of thei
weapons, with serious results at times
Generally the robbery is committed at
point OF the road where any attempt t,
escape would be useless, and where there


is no alternative but to submit to the de
mands Of The robbers, backed as they are
by drawn shot guns and revolvers.


Ii few Of the robbers are caught anC
severely punished it will have marked
preventive effect on this character o
crime. The matter is worthy of State
interference in the shape Of large reward.
which would stimulate the whole detect
i've force Of the State to action. As il
now stands there is scarcely II stage line
in the State over which travel can b'
said to be safe, or which is not evidently
watched for the chance to make gooC
haul. The evil is growing and bids fair
il something is not done to assume pro
portions which will be felt by the entir
community which has express bus
mess to transact, or travelling TO do.
Year: 1875

SOME Of the young men of Santa Clara
have started Reform Club. Every
member must pledge himself to "hod
in due respect all females, until such time
as we may become assured by proof posi-
tive that they are no longer worthy of
it," That club should be joined by all
the young men, and all the old men, and
all the women of Santa Clara. Then let it
extend to every place and we would have
a touch Of the millennium right here, in
California.
Year: 1875

IGNoRED.-The Grand Jury of San
Francisco ignored the indictment for libel
presented against Hinton and George, Of
the Post for publication of matter reflect
ing upon the official conduct of Chief of
Police Cockrill. This gives the Post the
vantage ground, and may be accepted as
the basis for believing the Grand Jury
were OF the opinion that the charges made
by the paper were true.
Year: 1875

A TROY chap ran out f the back door
while his two wives were fighting over
tie gu 'sti as to which should have him,
fnl has not since been seen. lie has
probably shown his impartality by tax
ing third one.
Year: 1875

BREATHE THROUGH THE NosE.--
A fact which cannot be too frequent
'ly> impressed upon the mind, says
the Science Of Health, is that the
pernicious habit of breathing through
the mouth while sleeping or wal king
is very hurtful. Many persons sleep
with their months wide open and do
not know it. They may go to sleep
with it closed, but if the mouth is
parched and dry on waking it is a
sign it has been open during sleep.
Snoring is another sure sign. 1t
should befovercome. At all times,
except when eating, drinking or
speaking, keep the mouth firmly
closed, and breathe through the nos
trils, and retire with firm deter
mination to conquer, and you will.
The nostrils are the proper breath
ing apparatus-not the mouth.
Year: 1875

The condition ofour streets would be q
disgrace to Digger Indian village. The
mud is universal and almost bottomless


1t abouuds everywhere. In rainy wealth.
er there is scarcely thoroughfare in the
town that is passable. What few side-
walks we have are in miserable order,
and ought to berepaired. There is no rea-
son under heaven why the present state
Of things should exist. Hartford is
one of the oldest towns in this section of
the State. For more than sixty years its
domestic affairs have been administered
by board Of trustees. During all that
time taxes have been levied with prompt
exactitude on the property of our citizens
by the board of trustees, and collected
with commendable industry by the town
marshals. There is but one lawful use
to which the money 80 collected can be
put-and that is the improvement of the
public highways Of the town. We are
assured that, in the last twelve or four
teen years, about all the work the town


board has ordered to be done, and saw
accomplished, was the cutting down of a
portion of an elevation near the bridge.


The work otherwise done on the streets
during the year would not exceed twenty
dollars in cost and makes them nuisan-
ces instead of bettering them. The taxes
paid by the citizens and property-hold-
ers of Hartford, since the town has been
incorporated, run up to many thousands
of dollars, yet the streets are not drained.
and there never has been foot Of side
walk built either at the expense Of the
town purse or by the order of the trus-
tees. All the walks constructed have
been by property-holders. Now, the peo-
pie don't want to pay their money out for
nothing-yet that is what they have been
doing all these years. We do not charge
any body with stealing this money. 1t
may be that it has all been judiciously
and legitimately expended pro bono publ
co. Yet there are a good many people in
town, Taxpayers at that, who are at a
loss to understand this. They want some-
thing tangible to show for their money


And they are right. Let the trustees
publish an exhibit ofthe towns financial


affairs. Itis due to the people. who want
to know what becomes of the money, 1t


is due to the trustees themselves, if they
would not have suspicion of wrong-doing
attach to themselves. Let US have the
statement by all means.
Year: 1875

Brethren Of the Mystic Tie: Iknow that
l will be pardoned for closing this Moni-
tor, that has always been our guide in our
ceremonies and services, to express those
feelings of the Brotherhood, which we
find in no cold form or printed ritual.


Again. by dispensation of Gods provi-
dence, have we been called together, around
the grave of a dear deceased brother, to
perform the last cad rites-to drop tear
ofsorrow by the tomb of him we loved 90
WELL And whilst we do feel sad to think
that we will never again clasp the hand
that was ever open to charity, that was
never closed to the poor and the needy. or
never again associate with him whose
nature shed halo of virture about his
life-yet his memory is enshrined in our
hearts, and the lessons of his life still sur
vive to guide our steps and direct US in
the way Of honesty. generosity and truth.
Were / called upon to pronounce q eulo-
gy upon the life of him who was such a
steadfast friend, l could utter no more
beautiful sentiment or eloquent tribute,
than to repeat the simple story of his life.


A life without falsehood.


A life with not single stain.


A life untarnished by single evil ae-
ton. ....-.r Cd.


And l would say, Too, that here rests
one who never wronged his fellow man;
whom none knew but to love, generous to
fault, and whose name will ever live
green 10 the hearts of all who knew him.


To the afflicted wife and children,
would now say, that we do most deeply,
sincerely, and affectionately sympathist
with you, in this your sore bereavment,
would remind you that, though the loved
form and voice is now still in death, yel
be has left you a legacy richer by far thar
silver or gold, the worlds pomp and splen
dor, the statesman's g fame. or the warrior q
glory. He has left name TO which yor
may indeed point with pride: a nam,
around which cluster virtues that will
live as long as honesty, integrity, anc
true worth are valued and respected
among men. @
Year: 1875

David Riley, man about thirty years
of age, who lived in this county near the
Mclean county line. on Sunday week
carried bis wife and five little children to
her fathers, Mr.. Joseph Bennett, and
there left them, pretending that he want
ed to go off to another neighborhood to
buy hogs. That was the last they saw
of him. The wretch sold off everything
he could turn into money, and then made
tracks for parts unknown. A man who
could thus deliberately desert his family,
rob them of all means of support, and
leave them to battle with poverty and
destitution, their only hope of sustenance
resting upon the cold charity of the world,
is a creature whom it would be gross
fattery to call devil.
Year: 1875

An old soldier in Sicily gave his wife a
silk dress. His wife died, and was buried
in the dress. Some time after the old sofdier
saw this dress on a woman in the country,
and, making inquiry, wastold she had pur-
chased it from the Capuchin monks who
had the custody ofthe village cemetry. He
reported the case to the police, who inves-
tigated, and made the discovery that q
regular trade was carried on in effects ia
ken from the dead bodies. There was
even a trade in hair.
Year: 1875

WAITING FOR HOME.-I do not know
a more beautiful sight on earth than a
man who has served his Lord for many
years, and who, having grown gray in
service, feels that. in the order Of nature,
he must soon be called home. He Is re-
ioicing in the first fruits Of the Spirit
which he has obtained, and he is pant
ing after the full harvest which is guar
anteed to him. think see him sitting
on a iuttiDg cTag by the edge Of Jordan,
listening to the larpers on the other side,
and waiting till the pitcher shall be bro
ken at the fountain, and the wheel at
the cistern, and the spirit shall depart
to the God who gave it. A wife waiting
for the husbands footsteps, aehild wait
ing in the darkness Of the night till it,
mother comes to give it the evening kiss,
are portraits of our waiting. ItisaPre-
eious thing so to wait and 20 to hope.


Truth is an immortal fiower-a thing
that has nothing to fear from circum-
stanees-a post where danger has no
power.
Year: 1875

Then TO side with truth is noble when we


share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause bring fame or profit. and 'us


prosperous to be Just:
Then il is the brave man chooses. while the


coward stands aside.
Doubling in his abjcet spirit, till his Lords


crucified. 5a
And the multitude make virtue of the faith


they had denied
Year: 1875

THE Dayton Journal says: ''There is
supreme satisfaction in supporting n
man for Governor whose reputation for
ability, pure character and patriotism
tested on many battle-fields are unques-
toned. If there is any objection TO vo-
ting for Hayes, it cannot possibly be
based upon personal grounds, for there
is absolutely nothing disparaging to be
said of him. When he entered political
life he was taken up as pure citizen and
able lawyer; he volunteered his services
when his country called for soldiers to
preserve the Union, and made n splendid
record in the field; ne accepted Il nomi-
nation for Congress against his earnest
protests, acquitted himself honorabIy
there; he was spontaneously taken up
for Governor of Ohio, and was twice
elected, and retired from the Office with
the praise Of the public as the best Gov
ernOr Ohio ever had,' and now for this
record and these merits ne is again drawn
into public life in spite of his often ex-
pressed desire to be left in self chosen
retirement. IL such n man cannot be
elected by the people of Ohio, all efforts
to draw our best men into public life
might as well cease"