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Year: 1878

We know of no more opportune
thing than the building of the tre-
mendous storage warehouse of e.
Maud, on Alameda street. Not
withstandins the excessive rains OF
:he past season the grain crop is
proving to be very much larger
than was expected. Our farmers
are developing u new foresight and
thrift. Hitherto the grain raised
ia this county was sold at sacri-
ice, in the harvest time,
and it has run into a proverb
that the farmer who sold early
made nothing. 1t Is to be hoped
that some gentleman of large
capital will direct his attention 10
making advances to farmers on
grain stored in warehouse, thus
enabling them to realizs the better
prices which always prevail later
in the season. This is a perfectly
legitimate branch of business.
There is no risk in 1t, and it is at
tended by very large profits to the
capitalist. In this connection we
cannot forbear expressing the
hope that some man Of large
means will shortly interest him
self in the wine and brandy busi-
ness Of Los Angeles county. All
this section needs is intelligon ce
aud practised skill in the making
Of wine and brandy, with an abili-
ty 10 store our products till they
attain the proper age, to become
the richest vinicultursl region In
the United States. We are entire
~ Of the opinion that thu greatest
wealth OF Los Angeles county will
Year: 1878

sylvania, and OF the Substitution
Of wild cat bonds for the valuable
debenturSs OF the Company which
he represented, by which the State
of Pennsylvania was swiudled out
OF even the semblance of the
remuneration which she was
to receive for the surrender
of her public WI rks. 1t is
tosrch manthat the confid.
ing people of the Pacific Coast
looked for deliverance from rail.
way exactions AMI for railway
competition. God save the mark
For our part, we long for the day
when the National Government
will build railway from the Miss
issippi valley to the Pacific Coast
out Of the national monay and ad.
minister it nn the prin siple OF @
turnpike, allowing every one who
desires to g into the transporta.
tion business to run lis cars anC
realize such increment or diminu'
ton of his capital as his business
sagacity anl enterprise may com


mand. That is the true solution


of our transcontinental transporta


ton embarrassments.
Year: 1878

ultimately hinge upon her vine.
yards, hogpens, cheese and butter
factories, and upon intelligent and
calculating sheep and cattle devel-
opment. We are In this county
to-day merely In the initial of a
development which can be made
to overshadow any other In the
State or in the nation, ii We shall
prove equal to our opportunities
The crude elements of wealth lie
around us on every hand, aud al
that could be desired is that We
shall provide ourselves with the
skill, capital and business methods
which will convert the conditions
of success, which exist hereabout'
in prodigal measure, into sole
shekels.
Year: 1878

The following is said to be one Of


the most brilliant articles, written


by the late George d. Prentice:


"The fiat of Nature is inexorable.


There is no appeal for relief from


the great law which d0oms us to
dust. We flourish and fade as the
leaves of the forest, and the flow
ers that bloom and glitter to-day,
have no fiailer hold on life than
the mightiest monarch that ever
shook the earth with his footsteps.
Generations Of men will appear and
disappear as the grass, and the
multitude that throngs the world
to-day, will disappear as the foot.
prints on the sea-shore. Men sell
dom think Of the great event of
death until the shadow falls right
across their own pathway, hiding
from their eyes the faces OF loved
ones whose living smile was the
sunlight of their existence. Death
is;the antagonist of life, and the
cold thought of the tomb is the
skeleton of all fsasts. We do not
want to go through the dark val
ley, although its dark passage may
lead to paradise, we do not want to
lay down in the damp grave even
with princes for bedfellows.


In the beautiful drama of Ion,
the hope of Immortality, SO elo-
quently uttered by the death-de-
voted Greek, finds deep response in
every thoughtful soul. When
about to yield his strong existence
as sacrifice to fate, his Coleman
tina" asks If they shall meet again,
to which he replies: II have asked
that dreadful question of the hills
that look eternal-of the clear
streams that flow forever-of the
stars among whose fields of aznre
my raised spirits have walked in
glory. All were dumb; but as |
gaze upon thy living face, / feel
that there is something in the love
that mantles through its beauty
that cannot wholly perish. We
shall meet again, Clemanths."
Year: 1878

RumOrs were circulated down town yester-
day that all Of the English steamships had been recalled
by the British Government for war There was
considerable excitement until the rumOrs were pro-
nOunced unfOunded and absurd. One OF these rumors
the effect that the Inman Line steamship City OF
any passengers and upon her arrival at Queenstown
to be equipped for service The steamer did
not carry any passengers, but took the mails and un


usually large cargo OF freight having every foot OF space
occupied.
Year: 1878

As testimony accumaates before
the Joint Commission having under
consideration the propriety of trans


ferring the Indian Bureau to the
Military Department, it is plain to
be seen that the question has two
sides. Secretary Schurz, while pro
Tossing to have no particular feelings
in the matter, comes promptly to the
defence Of the Bureau since it has
been under his control. He does
not believe the wants Of the Indians
would be so completely attended to,
especially in the matter of receiving
an education and instruction in use.
full employment, under the military
as they would under the civil branch
Of the Government. Mr.. Schurz re.
fuses to admit that there have been
delays in suppressiug Indian hostili'
ties through the medium of "red
tape," and thinks the sins of
the Bureau before he took posses
sion of it are laid at his door. The
statements of the Secretary are ear
nest and candid throughout, and will
doubtless exercise NO small influence
upon the minds OF the Commission.
But MIR. Schurz is not alone in op.
posing the transfer. He is backed
by men Of large experience, embrac-
ing several military officers. In fact
it has been said these officers are not
generally pleased with the idea o!
assuming the new duties which a
transfer would entail. The econo-
mic features will have something to
do with the final decision of the
Commission. There is some differ.
ence Of opinion as 70 which arm oI
the service could conduct the Bureau
at the least expense. Mr.. Schurz
cites an instance to show that "sol
diers never thought of the cost o.
things" and intimated that extrava
gance is proverbial with them. A
good deal can bs said on both sides
of this question. Whatevers ma!
be the conclusions Of the Commits
sion, it is hoped that it will have col
lected enough information to make
its report instructive. If the Bureau
is to remain where it is, some reform:
in the agency system will be demand
ed by the country, and with honest
management the contingency of out
break among the Indians would be
of very rare occurrence.
Year: 1878

= =. .::-...+ts cHr3 e::sa@- khi.o.a men -ill
feel this diversion Of trade seriously and
many VIII not remain here much longer
under such a state of affairs No emigra.
ton is headed this way, nor will there be
any of account until a railroad from the
south or cast is assured. Cannot these
local feelings be set aside and a unity of
action established Ut once: Agree upon
some plan that will secure the attention
of one or both OF these railroad compa-
MES, so that we can have railroad At
least by next spring, if not sooner. The
country people will lose all interest in any
town on the river soon if something is
not done towards establishing home
market. They are already in some por-
tons of the county alienated, and only
come to the river to mill or to transact
county business, and every month of delay
in not making a united effort to secure
the location Of railroad lessons the
chances of metropolis of any impor-
tance being built upon the Sioux river
Year: 1878

The country along the Sioux river is be-
coming pretty generally known, through
the many correspondents who visit it and
speak of its unsurpassed beauty and fer
tility The following extract from Del
ta's' article in recent issue of the Sioux
City Journal, is not exaggerated:


CAS- there are but few who have any
conception Of the resources, extent and
development of Dakota territory, brief
descriptive letter of the Sioux valley may
not be without interest. TO those who
have for years regarded this valley as IN
uninhabilc d region beyond civilization
the statement that for ii distance Of over
250 miles there is now a continuous set
tlement, hardly a section Of governme t
land to be had, will be hardly credited
Yet such is Il fact, and tie class of emil
grants that have come in during the past
year are the kind Of people who stay,


They have brought money, brain and mus,
Gle. Good substantial houses have sprung
up as it by magic. Thousands Of acres
have been broken trees set out and ever y
thing indicates thrift and push. Ii
one.half OF the land broken this year is


pu, into grain next spring, it will require


the combined rolling stock OF all rail
roads pointing this way to carry it out OF
the the country. So far as the soil Of the
valley is concerned, its producing power
Is not cxcel!ed on this continent There
is but little choice in the selection of
lands. they are all SO good that person
could make his selection blind-folded and
run no risk.


The objective points along the Slo ux
river are Canton and Bcloit and Sioux
Fails. The two first mentioned being
! a2lj ="sara.tteel by the river, for matters of
trade are virtually one With splendid
country tributary, a fine location, good
water power and excellent railroad pros
poets, their cilizeus are encouraged to be-
lieve that they will soon assume CONNER
cal importance, They have every assur-
ance that the Pemblna railroad will reach
them this fell They also have reason to
believe that the McGregor road Will make
u crossing at that place. Should they sue
ceed IN making such connection with the
| outside world their impOl tance as 4 grain
shipping point is guaranteed"
Year: 1878

Miss Pigott, sister of Mrs E. e. Car.
penter, arrived from Maryland last week.


--Tracklaying has been resumed between
Portlandville and Calliope.


Gov, Carpenter is making successful
campaign in this district, meeting with
enthusiasm at all points.


Col. Wicker was in town to day. He
paid contractor Bergan the compliment
that his work was done the best of any on
the line


The vote on the railroad question is
to be taken again in Centennial township.


Farmers are all too busy to come to
town. More hay is being put up than at
any one season before, and plowing has
hardly commenced.


The engineers on the McGregor have
abandoned the line they were locating
down Burr Oak Creek and are trying the
one below Bellowstield.


A "benz,ne" chap was looking for his
team Tuesday night. declared it had been
stolen but after fruitless search, friend
Informed him that it was hitched in front
of Mike Nelson's where the man had hitch
ed it himself when sober.


-Fosdick extemporized himself into u
baggage smasher and as memen:o that
he had been there, allowed piece of tin
attached to the corner of the trunk to test
thickness Of the his nand He is trying
to trade the cash with Coulter for meds-
che.


Ed. Carpenter went down the line
Monday to pay the contractorsl on the
Pembina, the amount due on the August
estimate. Seventy men are now at work
on the line, and more have been sent after
on the McGregor line, who have compet-
ell their work on that road.
Year: 1878

Correspondence solicited from al partA OF the
county, any matters pertaining to local news. Al
communications must be accompanied by the writ
er name, not necessarily for publication, but
guarantee OF good faith.
Year: 1878

1t is announced that the firm of Wood
null & Claliin are expected to arrive in
New York very soon, and that they will
testify in the Vanderbilt case. In the
grab for the real estate Of the famous mil
lionaire his moral estate is certain to 60
into irretrvabIe bankruptcy.
Year: 1878

1T is reported from Washington that a
commissioner will soon be appointe to in
Vestlgate and report on the E Paso troubles.
1t is to be hoped it will do more creditable
WORK than the last commission that as sent
Soptb
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in.
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munieations that are not used
Year: 1878

the preceding year. There is every reason to


infer that the applications the present year
will be as numerous and deserving as in the
year past, and 1 therefore recommend the ap-
preparation of the customary amount for pan
Year: 1878

EXPECTATION OF WIvEs.-In the
early settlement of Virginia, when the
adventures were principally unmarried
men, it was deemed necessary to export
such women as could he prevailed upon
to quit England as wives for the plan
tiers. A letter accompanying the ship
merit of matrimonial exies, dated Lon.
don, August II, 1912, Illustrative of the
manner of the times and the concern
then felt for the welfare of the colony
and for female vilture. 1t is as follows:
I'VE seLd you on the ship one widow
and eleven maids, for wives of the peo
pie of Virginia; there hath been especial
care had in the choice of them, for there
hath not one of them been received but
upon good commentators. In case
they cannot be presently married, we
desire that they may be put with sever-
al househoulders who have wives. till
they can be provided with husbands
There are nearly fifty more that are
shortly to come, and Sent by our honor
able lord and treasurer, the Earl of
Southampton, and certain worthy gen
tlrmen, who taking into consideration
that the plantations can never flourish
till families be planted, and the respect
of wives and children for their people
on the soil, therefore have given this
fair beginning; for the reimbursin2 of
whose charges it is ordered that every
mau marrying them give 120 pounds OF
leaf tobacco for each of them. Though
We are desirous that marriage be free
according to the laws Of nature, yet we
would not have these maids deceived
and married TO servants; but only to
such freemen or tenants as have the
means to maintain them. We pray you,
therefore, be fathers to them in this
business, not enforcing them to marry
against their wills"
Year: 1878

The old gentleman went into the par
lor the other night at the witching hour
of ll:45, and found the room unlighted,
and his daughter and friend occupy
ing a tete a.tete in the corner 10y the
window.-'Evangeline, the old man
said sternly, 'lhis is scandalous. Yes,
papa she answered sweetIy, 1t is can
dleless because times are SO bard, and
lights cost so much that Ferdinand and
l said we should try and get along with
the starlight. And papa turned about
in speechless amazement, and tried to
walk out of the room through a panel
in the wall paper.
Year: 1878

A CHICAGO Times reporter hunted
up Gen. Sherman to sound him on the
action Of the House in reducing the
army to twenty thousand men. The
general, in reply to a question, said
that he didn't know what could be done
with such a skeleton of an army; even
now it is not half as large as it should
be, and the discharge of six or seven
regiments and about one hundred Off
GERS would not improve its efficiency.
He said it was to@be expected, too, that
in carrying out the reduction the
good officers and the best soldiers
would be cut off, and the debris retained
in the service.
Year: 1878

RUSSIA is painfully short of money.
She has in fact been compelled to come
to terms with England, because she did
not have the means of carrying on q
war. She has evidently never heard Of
the fat theory. She does not know
that by cutting up her wolf skins into
wafer sized pieces, and declaring each
piece dollar, it will become SO. And
she seems to have no Joe Wolff to tell
her of this great fact.
Year: 1878

EDWIN BOOTH, some years ago, took
a solemn oath never to visit Washing
ton again, and has religiously observed
it. In this he has set an example that
many politicians could initiate with
immense advantage to the country and
to the intense delight of the people.
Year: 1878

TILDEN's organ exclaims: "Let the
nation walt patiently until the Potter
committee has finished its work, and
then let the whole truth be known,
whomsoever it may affect" II the
truth is ever found out it will be after
the Potter committee has finished the
work. 1t certainly will not be while
that unique concern is performing its
work
Year: 1878

THE Turkish people are said to be
irritated by the reactionary signs.
They perhaps were anxious for a chance
to avenge their defeats by the Russians
and assume that with the help Of Eng
land and Austria they would have had
such a chance.
Year: 1878

REFERRING to the steady demand
for United States bonds, the Hartford
Courant observes that it is the most
satisfactory news Of the day, for it
shows the faith of the people Of this
and other countries that the republic is
strong enough to crush all efforts to
introduce the Mexican style Of politics.
Year: 1878

ANDERsoN's letters produced by the
Potter investigating committee on Sat
urday show him to be a blackmailer
and an unprincipled scoundrel. 1t can
hardly be presumed that the country at
large will place any reliance in his
Statements.
Year: 1878

A PHILosoPHER's MISTAKE. Professor
Proctor says that "If an infant were born
having an arm the length of ninety.five mil.
lions of miles, so as to reach the sun while
IN his cradle, he could live out the allotted
three-score years and ten of mans life and
never know that the tip of his finger was
burned he would have to live one hundred
and thirty-fiye years before he could feel
the PAIN" The professor may be right in
TINS, we don't know much about the sun.
put we would like to bet him ninety. five
million dollars that it doesn't take the
average baby one hundred and thirty.five
years to lind out when his little fat finger
mas reached the sunny side of lamp chin.
ney.
Year: 1878

Congress is trying to get up another in.
come tax bill. Well, do it, if you dare,
and then just stand up and see the number
OF politically dead Congressman that will
DC laying around. People despised the
other one too much to tolerate another
and we should not like to be the member
who votes for it. Inquisitions are odious.
and as there is no necessity for a new one
now, it had better be let alone.
Year: 1878

DoUBT.-It is human to doubt. Display
sign with the inscription, " Beware of
Paint" and nine men out of ten will draw
their fingers across the newly painted
surface to see if the sign is not merely IAN
invention of the enemy" The tenth man
never learned to read"
Year: 1878




An interesting paper was read at the Last
meeting of the Royal Society on "Experl-
mental Researches on the Temperature OF
the Head" in which the writer, DR.. Lom-
bard, showed that mental activity will at
once rise the temperature of the head, and
that merely to excite the attention has the
same effect in less degree. This is a
curious result, as appearing to show that
ANYTHING in the nature of volition involves a
waste of nerve tissue which is not in
volved in involuntary perception and OBJ
seryation. There is no difference, we
believe, between the temperature OF the
sleeping body and that Of the walking
body, between that of the walking body
and of the head, SO long as no act or effort
is involved. But if even the least intel
lectual effort rises the temperature OF the
head above that which it reaches in amused
and idle observation, it would seem to
show that there is waste involved IN
volition which belongs to no so-called
.automatio' action of the mind. And that
is itself q fact of no slight significance
London Spectator.
Year: 1878

SQUARE tiles of asphalt, prepared by q
new process, and intended for foorings,
are described in the London Building News
as new and unique article. These tiles
are ornamented with mosaic, in white
china or colored glass, which may be ar
ranged according to any design. The
drawing to be thus reproduced is traced on
a sheet of thick paper, which is afterward
covered with the various fragments of
china or glass, which will form the mosaic;
border is made to the sheet, and boiling
asphalt poured upon it; and, after the
whole is cooled, the paper is taken away
with cold water, and the tile is finished.
A flooring covered with such tiles, bound
together by line of asphalt, is stated to
have been made by single melting, the
appearance being very satisfactory. Its
resistance to damp is an important ad-
vantage.
Year: 1878

present law by many institutions renders
inoperatIvc in their cases the whole
some provision that no savings bank
corporation shall invest moro than
fifty per cent of its actual net sur
plus in such buildings. Until the full
reports of all the New York banks are re-
ceived their present condition cannot be
satisfactorily compared with their last yenr's
statements. But there is every reason to
believe that the clearing away of some un-
sound institutions has been beneficial, and
that the close supervision indicated by the
action of the Attorney General in the case of
the SixpenDy Savings Bank will secure the
public against any repetition of the gross
frauds perpetrated under o more careless
management of the Banking Department.
Year: 1878

Pope Leo held his first consistory at
Rome yesterday, the most notable thing in
which was the nomination of the Scotch
hierarchy, although the fact that he con-
fcrred the hat on our fellow citizen, Car
dinal McCloskey, may be of greater interest
to Catholics here. A Pope who will devote
all his energies to the purely religious side
of his station will do more good to his
Church and to the world in general than one
who gives politics large share of his at
tention. So far it would seem that His
Holiness has confined his political action to
quiet endeavors to remove misunderstnnd-
ings with various Powers, which were left
by his predecessor. These out of the why,
and it needs really very little to remove
them, the way will be clear for the cultiva-
ton of religion proper-not religion
plus ultramontanism. The re-establish-
ment of the Scotch hierarchy, SO long in
abeyance, was seriously entertained by
Plus IX., and its prompt carrying out by
Pope Leo shows the bent of his Church
policy. There will probably be nm out
burst of sectarian hatred in Scotland follow
ing this act of the new Pope, and the
extremists may even invoke the old anti
Catholic laws to nullify IL; but the result
Year: 1878

After brief career the Police Athletic
Club has ceased to exist, or rather it will be
permitted to drag on a sickly existence
until the last day of the present month and
will then close its doors on the world and
be at rest When the proposition was made
to encourage the members of the "fnest
police force in the world" in manly sports
and exercises, and to establish gymna-
sium at which their muscle might be de-
veloped, the HERALD warmly approved the
idea We believed that to teach the
mon the manly art Of self-defence" and
to train them in the good temper and gen.
erous spirit which are usually inspired by
friendly athletic contests wonld make them
moro efficient as officers and render them
less likely to adopt an ex-Commissioner's
maxim that brutality is an essential of q
good policeman. But it appears that such
treatment does not suit the force and that
friendly trials of strength and endurance
act upon them as the red flags of the mata-
dores act upon the bulls in Spanish arena.
The project is abandoned because Of quar-
rels and dissensions among the men. A
passion for breaking heads has led them to
try their hands at breaking up the club, and
they have succeeded. 1t is to be hoped that
the closing of the gymnasium will not dis
pose the force to practise their feats of
strength more freely than they have hereto
fore done on the unfortunates who happen to
come within the reach of the official locust.