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Year: 1877

II seems there ought to be more sensible


way than tins hap hazard sloshing around ai


ter candidate for the responsible office d


circuit Judge to be filled by election on the


first Monday IN August, The right way


would be for the attorneys Of each Of the


counties interested to appoint che Or two OF
Fthelr number to meet g. Ottawa or Morris


and select the candidate. We know there


was Peeree 0as objection raised week or
two ago to the lawyers debating to the peo.
! ple,' and that sort of stuff, but such micro
scopc demagogulng deserves no attention
No men know better than the lawyers OF the
dlstrict-lndeed none can possibly know
halt so well-whlch one among them would
make the best judge, and no class are more
interested in having the best man on the
bench than they are,


AT present viii county has two candidates,
James S. Goodspeed and "Captain" Hill
in La Sale county, after some sloshing about,
it has been decided, we believe, to settle down
on Charles Blanchard and Bureau county
has agreed, we understand, to support the
Hon, James S, Eckels Now while all these
may be very excellent men, if we really want
to know which one is the best, or at all
qualified for the position, we must apply
10 some lawyer who Is acquainted with the
men ald their qualifications; for not the
man with the most popular and winning
ways is always the best fitted to be Judge.
Personally as we know him best, and also
know him to be a gentleman Of integrity and
high standing as lawyer, our preference
would be tor Mr.. Blanchard. But on the
score of locality, as La Sale and Will county
already have each judge and Grundy Wants
none, there is certainly Righteousness in the
claim which Bureau county puts forth IN be-
half OF Mr.. Eckels, If he is as good man as
any of the others. We saic last week, if Bu.
reau county had good man let her trot him
out, and La Sale county would treat him
fairly and even generously. She "trots out"
MIR. Eckels' Now unless the lawyers can get
together and fix this matter up among them
selves, Mr. Eckels shall have fair play, at
least so far as we are concerned.
Year: 1877

To the Main Question Now
Before Congress and


the People?
An Almost Unanimous An
s,vor from the Solid


Business Men.
And That Answer Demands the
Acceptance Of the Com


promise.
The Main Opposition to the Bill
Comes from Machine.


Politicians.
Louisiana Matters Occupying
the Attention Of the


Senate.
Bogy Is Complimented by a Rebel
Howl from the Gallery.
And Thereafter During the Ses.
sion That Gallery Is


Unoccupied.
President Grant Explains the Reason
for His Course in the Louisi.
ana Case.
Those Co1eted kilograms Assume the
Proportions Of Huge Elephant.
And the House Must Now Care for the
Year: 1877

The Scotch correspondent of the To-
ronto Globe thus describes the destruc-
ton of this famous old castle:


The famous family-seat of the Duke of
Argyle, at Inverary, was severely dam
aged by fire which broke out yester-
day morning. The Princess Louise and
her husband, Lord Lorne, as well as the
Duke and Duchess of Argyle, and other
members of the family, were sleeping in
the house at the time. AS usual, in a
nobleman's home, the means to subdue
a fire when once it has broken out, were
Ineffective, and for long time the water
supply was miserably insufficient. Head
ed by the Duke and Lord Lorne, every
body worked with a will at passing the
buckets, filled at a neighboring stream,
and soon all the tenantry and tow MS
people were on the spot to help. The
accounts differ as to how the fire was
first discovered. According to one re-
port, a fisherman, going to the harbor,
saw the flames burst out of the top of
the great central tower, and at once
gave an alarm, and in very short time
all the members of the family, includ-
ing the Princess Louise, were aroused
and made their escape in safety to the
Argyle Hotel, in Invera,y. By this
time large number of the townspeOple
had arrived in the park, and with the
servants were busily at work in remov-
ing the more valuable effects and extin-
gushing the flames. Owing to the fact
that the main walls, galleries and stair
cases were stone the confagration was
limited to one part of the building, and
some of the principal rooms were saved.
Still the damage done is very great,
and many articles of great historical
value were destroyed. Among these l
may mention two hundred flint
lock muskets used at Culloden by
the Argylshire Fencibles, and the well
worn colors of the Ninth Higlanders,
which were handed over to the Duke
two years ago, with several precious
heir-looms, have perished. The towns
people were most active in their exer-
tions, and as soon as the worst was over
the Duke and Duchess called upon sew
eral of the most prominent inhabitants
of the town and personally thanked
them for their aid. They afterwards
addressed letter to the Provost, thank
ing 'all the people of Inverary'' for
their exertiOns. None of the family
have suffered much from the shock, nor
have any of the domestics in the castle
received any injury. Her Majesty the
Queen and a large number of friends
made inquiries during Friday. The
castle, believe, is insured, but need
hardly say that no sum could replace
the many articles of family and his
torical interest which have been de-
stroyed.
Year: 1877

Total .S25O


This is a very bold estimate. There
is surely nothing superiuous, and the
prices are such that good materials
could only be secured by having the
garments at least partly made at home.
Yet there is no margin for ribbons,
laces, gloves, handkerchiefs, perfumery,
nor any of those small items of personal
expense, such as stationery, which So
cial life involves; nor does it mention
furs nor gifts of any description for
birthdays or holidays.


No doubt thrifty women could save on
some of the items mentioned, but it
would be by adding to the burden of
their lives the burden of cutting and
making their best as well as their COM
moner dresses, by buying low-priced
stuffs and the sacrifice of their taste to
their economy. This may be all right,
but they should at least have the credit
of it; nor is it always economy to spend
five dollars instead of ten in the pur-
Many women are forced into waste
full habits by never having money
enough to buy really good thing. 1t
is always smaller sum than they need
that is doled out to them, and SO they
are always in arrears with their necessi-
ties, which have no element of durabili-
ty, afford no satisfaction in the posses
sion and are the dearest in the end The
conditions of our daily life are very diff
ferent now from what they were fifty
years ago, and it must be remembered
that women neither make them nor can
they change them. Men make much
more money now than they did then,
but they seem to consider it their ex-
elusive right to save it or spend it as it
pleases them, and exact from their wives
rigid system, which has not the COM
pensation of former times, when the
products of the spinning-wheel furnish
ed them at least with comfortable cover
ing, and the march of civilization had
not proceeded far enough to awaken So
cial competition.
Year: 1877

A LIBEL-Some vile old traducer says
thlt for the period of a month before
marriage and month after death, men
regard their wives as angels.


GENERAL NEPoKOITCHITsKY Nicho-
lass Chief of Staff, went from Warsaw
to war, see? He must be - the largest
Pole" that knocks the persimmons.-
! Graphic.


A TRAMP called at a house on West
Hill the other day and asked for some
thing to eat. He was so thin, he said,
that when he had pain he couldn't tell
whether it was a touch of the collie or
the backache.-HdUkeye.


AN American SHUant named Smith
observes that you rarely if ever see
politician with smooth hair, great
scholar with fine hair, an artist with red
hair, fop with coarse hair, or an edit
or whose hair is carefully adjusted"


WHEN man gets to telling his friends
of the big fish he just caught down in
the river, which he sent home by two
boys and dray, it lacerates his feel
ings with the worst kind of lacerate to
have lad come along with half-pound
bass and say: "Here, Mister, 8 yer
fish; we couldn't find yer house. oil
ttty Call.


THERE are many reasons for marry
ing and some for not marrying. We
have never before heard, however, that
a refusal could be put on the highest
moral grounds. We do not marry"
said a young philosopher, " "because we
have such a high esteem for each 9th
err That deep affection which sternly
refuses to infict misery on its object is
to be commended.


''THE Lord will provide' is an ex-
cellent motto, but 1.-THE Lord helps
those who help themselves" is equally
good. The patriot who sits all day in
the sun on dry-goods box before the
village store, whiting and talking
bout last lection, though he have all
the faith in the world, mustn't expect to
90 home to supper and find quail and
buttered toast waiting for him when he
gets there.-N. Y. Commercial AdUer-
tiser.


In Connecticut district school few
days since little boy six years old was
seen to whisper, but denied doing so
when reproved by the teacher. He was
told to remain after school, when the
teacher, trying to impress upon his
youthful mind the sinfulness of not
speaking the truth, asked him if they
did not tell him in the Sunday-school
where bad boys went who told false
hoods. Choking with sobs he said
g Yes, marin, it is a place where there
is fire, but l don't just remember the
name of the town.
Year: 1877

The following extract from Jennie
June's New York fashion letter to the
Louisville COaIrIer-JOatrnGE will be found
especially interesting to those impe-
cunious young men who are contem
plating matrimOny the coming season ::


An indignant individual of the male
persuasion addressed to me recently
what he evidently considered a highly
sarcastic letter on the score of a remark
in one of my letters, to the effect that
the majority of women had not more
than from two hundred and fifty to five
hundred dollars per annum to spend on
their entire wardrobe, and therefore
could not be expected to spend that sum
on one dress alone. GO Not more than
two hundred and fifty to five hundred
dollars per annum,'' he repeats, '' he
should rather think not,'' and he adds
that perhaps l am not aware there are
plenty of people with families who actu-
ally liUe on these sums and less. Quite
true. But, then, they do not dress, at
least only in such clothing as the people
who do, give them, and they do not read
fashions, and naturally fashions are not
written or created with reference to
them. 1t is undoubtedly true that some
women spend too much on dress, but it
is only true of comparatively small
number. The majority spend too little.


There are men who make and lose
hundreds and even thousands of dollars,
who complain of the cost of a necessary
dress or pair of shoes purchased by
their wives.


Complaint is the normal condition of
those who hold possession of money
against those who have to spend it.
Women in the country, the wives of
well-to-do farmers and prOprietors,
spend altogether too little on themselves
and their dress. They grow old before
their time with hard work, and they
look older still from the poverty of their
personal belongings. The subtle influ-
ence of becoming dress, the refinement
of habitual association with the fine in
stead of the coarse, is unknown to chem.


The clothing of persons ought to be
VI IHelI poSIIloH, anu d
man should be ashamed, who has money
to spend upon lands or horses, or his
own pursuits, to grudge that which his
wife needs, and which she would prob
ably have were she not tied to him.
Two hundred and fifty dollars seems a
large sum to some men, who can very
well afford it, for a woman to expend on
herself. But how much will it buy of
ordinary clothing?
Year: 1877

THE following is the substance of the
Bland SILVER bill, reported by Judge
Buckner's committee, which passed the
House under suspension of the rules
on the 9TH; 1t provides that there shall
be coined at the several mints of the
United States, silver dollars of the
weight of 4124 grains Troy of standard
value, as provided in the act of January
Is, 1887, on which there shall be the
devices and superscriptions provided by
said act, which coins, together with
all silver dollars heretofore coined
by the United States of like weight and
fineness, shall be legal tender at their
nominal value for all debts and dues,
public and private, except where other
wise provided for by contract; and any
owner of silver bullion may deposit the
same at any United States coinage mint
or assay Office to be coined into such
dollars for his benefit upon the same
terms and conditions as gold bullion is
deposited for coinage under the existing
law
Year: 1877

CANADA has decided that Sitting Bull
shall remain where he is, during the
coming winter, and in spring shall go to
the Red Deer River, on a reservation
there. This latter is the region that Sit
ting-Bull himself applied for, as it is in
a good hunting ground.
Year: 1877

AN Associated Press dispatch of the
10th says that at caucus of Republican
Senators, held on the 10th, it was de-
veloped that majority of the Senators
were not in accord with the President
as to his Southern and Civil-service
policies, but at the same time less than
majority were disposed to make any
formal issue with the President regard
ing the same
Year: 1877

RUsK-Bol and mash good sized
potatoes, l quart of rich milk, l COM
pressed yeast cake, dissolved, and
flour to make a rich batter; mix at
noon; in the evening, when quite light,
rub together pound of sugar, pound
of butter, and beat very light eggs /;
stir these in the batter with ! grated
nutmeg; mold up soft, put in a warm
place, and when quite light break off
pieces about the size of an egg, form
them into small cakes, laying them
closely together in the pan; when very
fluffy wash over the top with little
sweetened milk; bake in a moderately
quick oven.
Year: 1877

THE Army Appropriation bill as re-
ported from committee prohibits any in
crease of the army during the present is-
cal year. The present strength of the
army is supposed to be somewhat less
than 10000 men. The proviso inserted
by the House in the Army Appropriation
bill last winter against the use of any
portion of the army for so-called politi-
cal purposes, etc., is omitted from the
present measure.
Year: 1877

PARDoNED BY THE PRFsIpESr.-Mar-
shall Douglas received yesterday from the
President pardon for Maggie Ford VINO
was iEdfcted with an alias as sarah Hay-
kinSl for burglary and larceny in the Grim
incl Court last November. She plead guilty
al PETIT larceny, but sentence was suspended
and she was set st liberty on account OF her
physical condition.
Year: 1877

The South Carolina papers want the Moffett
bell-puch TO be introduced into that State.
The Charleston Ness and Cbsaier says that
"South Carolina for her size, does as much
drinking as any other State IN the Union, -
and it thinks the pinch would be capital
aid In getting the State out Of debt. 1t would
not be strange if the little instrument were
Of finance. Its chief merit is that 1t accom-
plishes for State what it would not accom-
plish for an individual; 1t enables it TO drink
itself out Of debt. The more it drinks, the


more money goes into its treasury, and SO In
debt out of existence ON sea Of whisky
beer and mixed drinks.
Year: 1877

to have sustained Injuries fro IN Che concussion,
and to have been rendered i'll from fright,


The works had just been completed. The
met by the stockholders, and the work of pre-
pairing fora new holder has been already be-
gun. The cause of the explosion In supposed
to have been the mixing Of hydrogen gas with
air which was in the holder when the gas was
introduced for the purpose OF testing the mains
recently laid
Year: 1877

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 15.-The explosion of the
gas holder of the new Gas Company at noon to-
day caused great excitement throughout the
city. The force of the explosion was felt at the
arsenal, three miles distant AS soon as the To-
cation of the explosion was known great
crowd Of spectators rushed to the spot from
every quarter.


From those in the works and vicinity the fol-
lowing incidents were gathered: The holder
was ninety fe ct in diameter and eighteen feet
in height. and was seen first to rise up from
position of half immersion in The tank to its
full height with q rumbling sound and then,
with sud- EN- flight, sailed into the air and
burst into fragments. which went eyraling
through the air like flying blankets. The top
portion rose to height of 800 feet; portion
from the north side was thrown into the canal.
which runs past the works. and other pieces
were scattered in every direction. The work
men had Just left the yard for dinner. or the
loss of life would have been terrible. There are
vacant lots and lumber yards completely sur
rounding the works, and no occupied building
within a square, but all the residences on the
second and third squares from the holder were
more or less damaged by the bursting In OF
doors and windows. In some the doors were
torn from hinges and the sash blown bodily
across the yard.


An old man named Purcell, living on West
street was thrown from chair and slightly in
ured. young lady on the same street was
standing In The front yard awaiting the coming
Of the school children, and was thrown violently
10 the ground and rendered insensibie. and has
Year: 1877

Man, who was created In the begin ming ito
the image and likeness Of God" was taught
to ppurn the earth, and with face erect to look
towards Heaven, the Kingdom of God bis
Fa ther. In accordance with the difference OF his
origin and destiny from that Of all other
creaturee, it was necessary that he should be
governed differently from the rest Of creation.
The brute creation was subject to him because
he was the child Of God, and be was placed OF
probation in the world, that by training and
discip pliue he might be fitted TO share his
FSther's bouss and his Fathers Kingdom in
Heaven Now the special test Of mans fliAl
obedience was law OF abstinence Thou
shalt not eat" This precePt, though seeming-
ly an arbitrary one, is yet the symbol Of Law
based on the nature of every MANA law OF
seIf-restrsint and RbstineDce,-o law made
necessary by his rational nature and free III
on the one hand, and his animal nature o 4 the
other. -,


Man disobeyed and eat what he was forbid
den TO eat, and Immediately all animal nature,
including bic own, necessarily rose up against
him in rebellion, and refused longer to obey
him and it 10 only by the reparation OF self
denial that man can obtain the true conques
over bis own baser nature, which God Intended
be should enjoy from the beginning. Ibls
was not enough, with the best wishes and the
most earnest desire on the part Of man 70
Year: 1877

The Natchez Democrat says that the Catholic
congregation of Vicksburg have now folly de-
termined to Greet a school building and new
church, and have already commenced negocia-
tions for the purchase of the ground on First,
North and Grove streets.
Year: 1877

The Duke of Norfolks wedding is said to
have cost him SlOO, 900. Quite q largo sum in
itself, NO doubt, but comparatively small
amount to him, being triae less than his In
come for one month.
Year: 1877

Ten little grasshoppers
Sitting on vine,
One ate too much green corn
Then there were nine.
Nine little grasshoppers,
Just the size for bait,
little boy went fishing-
Then there were eight.
Eight little 'grashoppers
Stayed out after leven,
little frost nipped one
Then there were seven.
Seven little grasshoppers
Lived between two bricks,
There came a hurricane
Then there were six.
Six little grasshoppers
Found an old bee hive;
One found bumbleoee-
Then there were flve.
Five little grasshoppers
Hopping ON the floor;
Pussy took one for mouse
Then there were four.
-Four little grasshoppers


Found green pea,
Had fight about It


Then there were three.
Three little grasshoppers
Sighed for pastures new,
Tried TO cross the river


Then there were two.
Two little grasshoppers


sitting on stone,
A turkey gobbler passed that way
Then there was one.
One little grasshopper


Chirped goodbye at the door,
Said he'd come next summer


With nine million more.
Year: 1877

bonds were al could he found Notice OF the loss Was
the stock indicator and within an hour MI
Peck broker Froltst entered the on OF Sou
& Co with the missing package He had found ~ Wluiln
distance Of her Office but a. u contained no mar Dy
which ts owner could anci he held II for dcnhe
ton rejoicing at the ooe OF STOUT Oo
during the remainder OF the afternoon.
Year: 1877

"Brown, l don't know how it is that
your girls all marry off as soon as they
get old enough, while none OF mine can
marry"


"Oh, that's simple enough. 1 marry
my girls Off on the buckwheat straw
principle"


''But what is that principle 1 never
heard of 1t before"


swell, | used to raise a good deal of
buckwheRt, and it puzzled me how to
get rid of the straw. Nothing would
eat 1t, AMI it was great bother to me.
At last ! thought Of a plan. l stacked
my buckwheat straw nicely and built q
high rail fence around Ii. My cattle of
course, concluded that It was something
good, and at once tore down the fence
and began to eat the straw. logged
them away and put up the fence few
times, but the more l drove them away
the more anxious they became to eat
the straw, and eatit they did, every bit
of It, AS l said, marry my girls off
on the same principle. When young
man that,I don't like begins calling on
my girls encourage him in every way
l can.' I tell him 10 come often and
stay as late as he pieases, and take
pains to hint to the gIrls that 1 think
they'd better set their caps for him. 1t
works first rate. He don't make many
calls, for the girls treat him as coolly as
they can. But when young fellow
that like comes around, man that
think would suit me for a son-in-law L
don't let him make many calls before |
-. l..
wanted around my house. l tell the
girls, too, that they shall not have auy,
thing to do with him, and give them
orders never to speak TO him again.
The plan always works first rate Tho
young folks begin to pity each other,
and the next thing l know they are en-
gagged to be married. When | see that
they are determined TO marry always
give in and pretend to make the best of
it. That's tho way manage it..
Year: 1877

The following orders. passed at the
regular meeting of the Board of Super
visors held the 9th OF last month, were
omitted in our report of the proceed
ings IS published at the tim:


Ordered by the board that the time
for the county treasurer to make his re-
port and statement of monies due to
and from the county, as required of him
by former order of the board, be ex-
tended to the next regular meeting.


Ordered by the board that no other
Business shall be transacted at any
special meeting of the board than that
for which the meeting is called.