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Year: 1878

ARGUMENT in what is known as the "Credit
Mobilicr case" has been begun in the federal
Supreme Court. The object of the suit is to
compel the restoration to the Union Pacific
Railroad Company of the moneys Of which it is
alleged TO have been defrauded by The Credit
Mobier, and other similar fragrant transac
tious
Year: 1878

IT Is VERY PROBABLE that the majority of the
federal officials in Louisiana ought to be turned
out but To do so because they failed to win in
The recent election, as is hintcd at in our New
Orleans dispatches, would be making te civil
service professions OF the administration even
more ridiculous than they are ut present.
Year: 1878

SPOTTED TAIL and his chiefs, who have been
losing ponies for time past are deter
mined upon bringing about reform, and as a
preliminary step have themselves turned horse
thieves. The remedy is likely to prove effective
Year: 1878




NIGHTS.


wha. was called an entertainment and meant to be
such given at Chickering Hall last evening under
the name OF '.Gliinpses Of the Arabian Nights Tn.
fortunately for the audience who had gathered in
considerable force doubtless attracted by the org
nality the idea expressed in the the
''Glimpses' extremely irregular and the per-
formsnce-what there was Of it-therefore pro-
vokingly dull The conception Of the protector OF
the entertainment may eventually result in success
but owing to the want of proper rehearsal only the
shadow of his purpose revealed. The plan how.
ever is sufficiently novel to require brief mention:
Tales from the ARABIAN Nights" are read, and in
illustration Of their chief incidents the curtains are
drawn apart TO reveal tableau consisting of one or
two persons attired in elegant costume, who stand
there painfully patient while small church choir con-
compartment to the Oriental Some eight stories
intended to be- told and eighteen OF these living
pictures presented but at the speed which the per-
tormanne moving during the greater part Of tho
evening the HERALD would be circulating in Phiadel-
phia this morning before the "Glimpses' ended The
chief attraction consist ted of elegant dresses and
perb drapery. These worthy OF all praise. but
the curtain would persist in coming to standstll
when only half way raised, while gentle
man i'll dress suit would equally persist in
destroying the illusion Of the tableau by step
ping between the statuesque figures when the
curtain was half way down, and so helping
il to shut them ont from public view Much credit
il due those who pcrsonacd the respective carac-
teTs. because they stood their ground long and WELL
and they rewarded therefor with polite but not
rapturous applause The real honors OF the evening
were won by Mr. Charles Roberts, Jr.. who read the
tales" admirably, and exhibited his fine ability as ar
elocuonis.. The protector OF the entertainment de.
praise for his taste and enterprise but pity
expending go much money in wrong direction and
exhibiting such 4 want OF good management. The
performance may run more smoothly tonight but
those who were present are not likely 10 90 again.
Year: 1878

THE PASSAGE by the Aldermen Of the resolu-
ton exempting the upper boulevards FROM the
operation of the fast driving ordinance will be
agreeable news to the owners OF the crack teams
Year: 1878

Almsrin B. Paul, man who has done more towards the successful milling of silver, perhaps, than any other on the coast, is now at work on an invention which will be of great benefit 10 the poor miners of Arizona The machine will be somewhat on the principle of the arastra, with iron shoes and dies. The cost (and here is where the benefit comes in will only be about S1OOO. The poor men who own mines in Humbug and other rich districts, can send 10 NIT. Paul a ton or two of their rock that will net the above amount and receive in return one Of PauTs Lilliputian silver mills, with steam engine for power As soon as the model is complete l will speak more in detail of is advsntages--San Francisco correspondent to the Miner
Year: 1878

A contemporary in commenting or

 the subject of poor prospeciors, re

 minds the large class who regert

 "rich as a gold mine " in it's proverbIa

 acceptation that large expenses attend

 the opening of mine, digging and blasting through solid rock, making

 openings for working and ventilation

 When fully understood, no one will

 ask why one person does not succeed

 If his bank account be large enough

 he will. Look at the cost of the open.

 ings and machinery on the C0mstock, the richest of the rich. Does any one think one individual could stand il So it is with the prospector. He finds the mines, and as a miner knows he cannot go into the earth and open up the mine on paying basis; he knows he must contend with hard rock. much timber, must open levels and air pas sages; he needs machinery to pump and hoist, and then, after his ore is un the dump, what has he! 4 lot of rock containing precious metal, with a lOt of base metals. This must go through Ia process of working that requires more machinery He has no bank ac- count, owes the tailor for his clothes. and the grocer for his grub, and must sort cut the best Of his rock aud sell 1t at sacrifice 10 keep him in daily bread. Is it not wise to sell his claim for few thousand dollars and return 10 hIs old home in the land of civiliza- tiOn? Yet how few do it. He cannot resist the love he has for the miners life, the charm of being away from all the works of man, alone win God and nature, delving into the mountain.

 Mining, like all other business, must be conducted with economy, and wants 8 practical miner at it's head. Nearly all the failures of Eastern investments have been caused by sending out some. friend or relation of some of the con- pany 10 take charge of the mines, who has not the slightest idea of how sil- yer and gold mines are found. let. alone how they should be worked. Theory is good, and practice is better, but theory and practice are above either alone. Let your metallurgical students go into the mines and there learn how 10 swing the pick, to drill, 10 blast, and to distinguish ore from barren rock; let them go into the field and become familiar with the practical part of mining life, and then less. money will be thrown away and squan- dered, and many valuable property. in place of being condemned, will bel made to yield many returns for the. money invested.
Year: 1878

The Wana Whata Silver Mining Company is rapidly opening it's rich silver mine in Pinal District in this county. IL is situated about thirty miles from Florence to the northeast. The work on the main tunnel is pro gressing rapidly with all the men at work night and day that can be placed 10 advantage. The ore Is very promis- ing and assays running over 5000 per ton are frequent

 The work on the three shafts above the tunnel are running down into it is also going on vigorously and good ore Is taken from each of them. There is now a considerable amount of rich ore on the dumps ready to be taken 10 the stamp mill, which is in course Of cree ton on Queen Creek, about one mile from the mouth of the main tunnel All the machinery is on the ground Two or three weeks will suffice to com plete the mill for work

 The Pinal Mil and Mining Com pany are erecting this mil under contract with the Wana Wha'a Com pany to concentrate its ore. It is 8 j. stamp mill with capacity for 10-stamps The Wana Whata Company is also erecting 8 smelling furnace in connec- ton wi;h the nill for the reduction of its concentrated ore into bullion.

 4 well assorted store is supplying the establishments with all the requi- sites for business and comforts of life at reasonable prIces.

 All is progress, life and hustle. The superintendents, engineers, foreman, miners and all hands, are men who understand their business and mean business, and but a few weeks will elapse before the Wana What will show the world the realization of is rich promises which are in sight.

 The litigation which has just been finally and fully ended and concluded in favor of the Wana Whala, removes all obstacles in the way of the attain ment of speedy grand res1lts.

 The situation Of the mine itself is the most favorable for work. Shaft No. 3 is at an elevation of about five hundred feet above the main tunnel and that is some eight hundred feet above Queen Creek. IL is not proba~ ble that any water will ever trouble the. mine, and the down grade from the in tended cross tunnel to the mill is a gentle, even slope, reducing transpor- tation to a very cheap rate.

 The WebfOOt mine on the same lead is also progressing rapidly and rich ore has been struck in the tunnel and shaft

 Other rich mines clustering around the Wana Whata are opening their treasures to the world, and a constant canOnade is going on among the rocks and precipices, echoing and reveroer- ating along the mountain chains.

 Altogether the Wana Nbata Silver Mountain promises 10 be one of the big things of this world, and is rapid development is a matter of much i'm pOrtance to our mining section
Year: 1878

\ WORKING girl said she thought Ar zona would be a good place for her ~ Yes." we said. wages are good there. and the prospects of husband are no doubt better than here in Cali fOrnia.~ 70" said she. - am no; enough forehanded yet to mary; could not support 8 husband" What noble array of young men there is waiting for that girl 10 get ready San Rafael Journal
Year: 1878

The most remarkable railroad
accident on record happened
not long ago on the Northwest
ern road between London and
Liverpool. A man and his wife
were travelling in a compartment
alone, when, the train going at
the rate of sixty miles an hour,
an iron rail projecting from a
car on a side track cut into the
carriage and took the head of
the woman clear off and rolled
it into the husbands lap. He
subsequently sued the compa-
NY for damages, and created
great surprise in court by Civ
ing his. age as thirty-six years,
although his hair was snow
white. 1t had been turned from
Jet black by the horror of that
event.
Year: 1878

We hate to have a lawyer die
Not that we think any more of
lawyers than we do of any other
class Of people, but we know that
there has to be a Injecting of the
bar" and resolutions are going tc
be drawn up and speeGbes made
eulogizing the deceased, principal
ly by rival attorneys who mated
him like sin when he was alive,
and who were never known to
say anything good of him until he
was laid away under the sod
Then these resolutions and speech
es must be printed in the papers,
and the community discovers when
too late, what jewel they have
had among them.
Year: 1878

Two Holyoke women gave
birth to three babies each on
the same day. One Of the faith
ers is described as being "as
much set up as country store"
but the other declared that the
triplets were "too darned much
Of a good thing"
Year: 1878

; A young woman of New
burg, Wis, severely thrashcd
her father because he would
not raise $500 to give her as a
.dowry, in order to marry a man
who wanted his wife to have
that sum.
Year: 1878

He was a son Of gum


smith who lived in the city;
Said he would not give dam
sci glance e'en Of pity;
He, when invited to dance by GUS
TONER'S daughter. a dancer,
Said he would see her in He'll


er's new hall, and would answer.
Year: 1878

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher announced yester.
day that the colored evangelist Amanda Smth,


would speak several evenings in the Bethel
and Maytiower missions. He said he had seen
the time when it would have been preposterous
20 think of woman speaking in one of our
Gnurches, but they had overcome that bar
Year: 1878

A collision occurred on the Hudson River
Railroad near Fort Washington yesterday
morning. Two freight trains ran into one an
other while rounding curve. The axle of the
down train was broken and two of the cars,
laden with grain, were thrown into the river.
Twelve other cars were thrown off the track,
put none of the train hands were injured.
Year: 1878

The Dayton Ohio Journal says: Sen
ator HOWE has not as yet received comfort
from any paper on either side excepting
the melancholy Washington REPUBLICAN"
That comfort is sufficient for any ordinary
man, and for such statesman as Senator
HOWE has proved himself to be by his bold
and manly adherence to principle, it is suf-
ticient. The truth is, however, Mr.. HOWE
received as many words of approval as OF
blame or criticism from the press of the
country. 1t may be that the facts he put
forth ard our endorsement of them do
really haze melancholy tinge TO the eyes
of the average Ohio editor but have pa.
thence, Mr.. Journal man, this melancholy
aspect Of affairs from your standpoint will
vanis.i in the course of time-certainly in
three years, if not sooner
Year: 1878

EDISON made a great discovery on the
first day Of April-one that beats the tele-
phone and phonograph all hollow. It was
nothing less than the manufacture Of food,
samples of which he produced, with the re-
mark: Il made all these samples out of the
dirt taken from the cellar and the water
that runs through these pgs. can make
tons in The same way. The process is very
cheap. And it is rs simple as II is cheap.
And 1t is capable of infinite variety" We
once, many years ago attempted to partake
of meal at a country inn in the State of
Wisconsin which must have been prepared,
principally, from the same class OF material
1t didn't relish well.
Year: 1878

THE New York Tribune says that "vooR-
HE'S has been in Indiana long enough to
make speech. He told the Hoosiers that
the Democrats in Congress were not di-
vided, but were working in harmony against
resumption and contraction, thus giving the
Republican party entire credit for all that
has been done in the opposite direction.
lie could see that no party but the Demo-
cratic had shadow of prospect for years
of entering into power. He seems to he
right about the shadow 1t Is there, but
it is so black and threatening, even when
cast three years before, that 1t may be the
ruin Of the party which throws it now"
Year: 1878

THE hope of an ultimate understanding
between the President and the Representa-
tives in Congress Of the party to which he
owes his election has not been abandoned
Its one of those things that springs eternal,
you know.
Year: 1878

Should England become involved In q
war with Russia the United States may find
something to DO Wehave ssme thousands
of miles Of frontier that borders the British
North American possessions We have also
among our population a large number OF
the patriots Of 1887 and 1888, and Fenians
OF much later day, who have long been
sighing for possession of the Canadas.
Several futile attempts have already been
made to invade and hold possession there,
and should England involve itself in Rus
sian war it will be ditiicult to restrain q
fresh desire for the Dominion which will
seize upon the Fenian portion of our popu-
laton.
Year: 1878

On hand Also Farm and Road Wagons OF my own MAKE
The above Wagons guarantee to sell as low as the Snt
style OF Wagons can be purchased ior III ~ Di


b the addition of freight from Sacramento to Carson
have also on hand and for sale
Year: 1878

The INDIANS ARE AGAIN on the war
path. We are heartily disguised with the
policy of the government toward these
people. We agree entirely with Gen Phil
Sheridan, as to the treatment of the mer-
ciless sayages. We should exterminate
them without mercy. Our people have
been taxed for hundred years for money
to keep the Indians and civilise them. We
are tired of this, and believe the govern
ment should arm the settlers; and tell
them to kill the bad Indians wherever
they are found. If the people of the Ter
ritories were fully armed, the women and
children would whip the Indians. 1t is
heartlessness in the government to con
tinue to tax the people to keep Indians
alive to slay the babes of the foresters
Let the Indian braves starve.
Year: 1878

No MN 'corH,y he office Of President
should be oiUing TO hoid it il counted in or
placed there by any fraud. Ettter party
can AFFORD to be disappointed IN the result,
but the country cannot afford to hare the re
suit tainted by the suspicion Of illegal or
false retarHs.-PKEsIDENT GRANT.
Year: 1878

The; London Times the other morning con-
cluded it's leader with these words: "We do
not suppose that there is the slightest chance
of the Habitual Drunkards bill being approved
by the House of Commons this afternoon. The
majority against it will be considerable; and it
is possible that the supporters of the measure
will decline to put it to the test of a vote.'
The same afternoon the Hsbitual Drunkards
bill went through the House of Commons tri-
umphsntly.
Year: 1878

WE hope none of the Southern bulLdozing
tactics will be tried In this Northern country.
It is told of defeated Democratic candidate
that he demanded of . Helena merchant the
discharge Of an employe for voting against
him (the candidate), accompanying the de-
mand with threat to .njure the merchants
business TO the extent that lay in his power
should he refuse to comply. Another citizen
was refused house he had leased Of said
candidate because he had voted the other
way. Another. milkman, was ordered to
discontinue the delivery Of tactical fluid at said
candidates. house for like offense The de-
feated Office. seeker, II IL supposed, will here
after refuse to do business with every citizen
who Il not Of his approved pattern Of poll
tics. Should every citiz ,overn himself by
the sane rule, that ex-can.lidate would have
poor show to get an honest living in this
community.
Year: 1878

The money to pay this award has been in
London for some time and the day limited
by treaty for final settlement is less than two
weeks distant. There is no sign that England
is willing to listen to review of the case or
give any grounds for the large finding that
can stand alone. The last Congress voted
the money reluctantly, but charged Secretary
Evarts in making the tender to give an ex-
preston of our opinion, which was in sub
stance that it was put up job to swindle US.
Our Secretary is doing his duty with energy and
ability and 80 far as we can judge by the cor.
respondence passing between him and the
English Secretary, Lord Salisbury. he has
very much the best of the argument. Mr..
Evarts says very sensibly that before paying
over the money secured by the Washington
treaty, it is best to ascertain what rights we
acquired by that treaty, If any.


The New Foundlaud fishermen have been
very Jealous of our own and have in some in
stances forcibly driven them off the coast,
destroying their property and even commit
ting personal violence. One such occurrence
at Fortune Bay has been carefully investiga-
ted on both sides. One Captain Sullivan for
the British says our fishermen were served
just right, for they had no business to fish on
Sunday or with seines or by barring. These
are some of the local regulations governing
Newfoundland fisherman, and the British
claim that American fishermen must submit
to the same restrictions. Secretary Evarts
demurs, and says that if the rights acquired
by treaty are liable to be restricted by the
colonial legislatures, they can all be taken
away or rendered worthless; that before the
money is paid under the treaty he is going to
know whether the treaty is to be considered
binding on the British side. Evarts says that
if the provisions Of treaty are to he modi-
fed, it will take the parties that made the
treaty and may not be done by provincial
legislature.


1t is very much the same question az was
raised over our extradition treaty. In that
case it was claimed that an act of Parliament
had changed the relations and affected rights
under the treaty. Our government replied
that II treaty rights were thus subject to
modification ct the will Of one party there
seemed to be very little use of or meaning 70
treaties. Englaud receded In that instance
from its untenable position but 1t would
seem now has placed herself In an attitude
still more difficult to maintain. If the British
Parliament has not power to abridge rights
acquired by treaty. Il will be very hard to
maintain that colonial Legislature can do 90.
The American case is In good hands, and
Secretary Evarts has already proved himself
@ skillful diplomat - those who have been
trained to the business for Ill their life. We
may well be proud Of having over our State
Department a worthy successor of Webster,
Marcy and others whose state papers are
recognized authorities In international law.
Year: 1878

The news received from the Southern
States leaves little room to doubt that the
cause that failed at Appoma,tox has won in
every Congressional district of the South.
Slavery is abolished in name, but 90 far as
political rights are concerned there is q worse
servitude in the South to-day than at any time
before the war. There was trouble in keep
ing an army to maintain the rights of the
enfranchised slaves to vote, but what do those
Republicans who favored the withdrawal of
the troops think of the present condition of
affairs? The blacks have no more political
rights to-day than before the war and the
abolition of slavery. If allowed to vote,
their votes are not counted. On the contrary
the Southern masters have greater relative
power than before the war. They WELD all
the additional power that the enfranchisement
Of the blacks brought to their section.


This solidifcation of the South however
portends another revolution. A solid South
is naturally bound to produce solid North.
We do not pretend to say how the issue will
be brought out or settled. We do not ap-
prehend any open warfare in arms at present
or on any large scale ever. But just 80 long
as full, substantial freedom of action, of speech
and voting is refused to the black man at the
South, there never will be peace and con-
tentment between the sections. And all the
strength acquired at the South by terror and
fraud will be lost at the North to the party
that stands associated With and responsible
for the ruling party mt TIE South.