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Year: 1879

CHICAGO, March 2o.I wish to request
through your columns that the Board Of Health
take look at those stench-poo]s along: our
North Shore creatcd bv the building Of the
Lake Shore drive, and, while they are putting
forth such an effort to get our city in good
sanitary condition against supposed Invasion of
epidemics that have been spreading over the East
ern Continent, consider the necessity Of doing
live in their vicinity Of oncot the worst health
destroying odors Of our City. These ponds are
made the receptacle Of every variety Of Lecom-
posing matter wished to be cast away BY reck-
less people. and, unless our Board Of Health
take Immediate action on this matter, tue clti-
zens in this the most beautiful portion Of the
North Division will have to petition for the i'm
mediate execution Of the law in regard to the
abatement OF nuisances Tor self-protection.


OSCAR COFF.
Year: 1879

could find companion:hlo free of Objectionable


features, Mr. Brooks bethought himself Of open
ing reading room In the vicinity which should


be both comfortable and inviting, With view to
Year: 1879

iHE Custer monument at West Point is
a statuesque portrait of the original in his
last and fatal fig ght. Itis8 8 feet in height
and dressed in colonel's uniform. The
pedestal is of granite and is 9 feet high,
which makes the whole structure about
IL feet from the ground to tho top of the
head. On the four sides of the die of
the pedestal are three medallions and a
tablet, all of bronze. The front medal
lion represents General Custer on horse
back in the characteristic costume in
which he delighted to appear while on a
warlike expedition. TheIother two me-
aallions on the right and left sides give
buffalo heads, with Indian weapons and
Year: 1879

A NEW problem for scientific men to
solve is found in the immense numbers
OF dead herrings which within the last
few weeks have been floating on the sur.
face of Lake Ontario, in every part. No
other fish appears to have suffered such
wholesale destruction, fact that adds
to the mystery of the phenomenon.
Various theories as to the cause have
been suggested, such as an epidemic dis
ease, the failure of food owing to their
great increase within the past few years,
and the effect of the severe electric
storms which have prevailed on the lake
during the present season. Possibly the
same disturbances of nature that caused
the recent earthquakes in that region
may have had something to do with their
mortality.
Year: 1879

IHE object of the visit of Messrs,
Head and Pell to America is to inquire
as to the amount of live stock and meat
which the United States and Canada can
export during the next four years, and
the cost at which animal food can be
produced upon the American continent.
Another voyage will be made next year
TO pursue inquiries into the production
of wheat and other crops.
Year: 1879

Capetown advices up to the 18th of Au
gust state that Sir Garnet Wolseley was a
Ulundi and that the country was quiet, with
the prospect of an early and peaceful set
tlement of tho conflict,
Year: 1879

But to go back to the point at which
the dispatches of early this morning
roke off. After Kearney had concluded
his conference with the ward presidents
last evening the march for tie sad lots
was resumed. The crowd had assem-
bled there before he arriv, d, and was
harangued by several prominent work
ingmen, counselling prudent action.
Kearney on arriving Immediately as
ended the stand and began addressing
the audience. which covered the entire
sp zee between the rostrum and Market
street. Probably not less than twent'
thousand persons were present. The
vindictive feeling which prevailed DUR
ing the day had apparently in nowise
diminished, and at q word from kearney
the whole body would have poured
down town without hesitation to wreak
their vengeance on the De Youngs.
Kearney realized the situation and ad-
dressed himself to the task of quieting
the passions of his followers. He re-
minded them that in ten days the eiec.
ton would put the whole machinery OF
the city government in their hands, and
that without fail the proprietOrs Of the
Chronicle would meet their punishment.


THE SON INSTEAD OF THE FATHER.


The sensation of the day among the
workingmen is young Kalloch's speech
at sand lot. He is Baptist preacher, a
bold, fluent, and pleasant speaker, and
he made marked impression. He ask
ed for peace at the request Of his mother
and for the sake of his father, whom, he
said, any excitement would kill: He
s.id that he believed that his father
would live to tread on the sod over De
Young's grave and continued 81 ap-
peal to you, if De Young is not killed b.
the law, to help me to kill him."


The talk among the workingmen to-
night is, if Kalloch dies, to run his son
for Mayor, In the present temper OF the
times they probably could elect any one.
This evening all the militia were dis
missed except the Armory guards-thirty
men of the Calling bait cry. There Is
not the slightest danger of any outbreak
Quiet threats are made that if kallOcl
dies De Young must die.
Year: 1879

A Three Year Old Child Falls Into Sewer


ManhOle-Reprehensib Carelessness.


The neighborhood surrounding the corner
OF Leech and Fort streets, was thrown into
condition of intense and feverish excite
ment about 1890 o'clock yesterday after
noon by the report that child had faller:
into sewer man trap, at the intersection of
the above-named thoroughfares, and been
instantly killed. A GLOBE reporter at once
repaired to the location indicated, and
found, that while painful accident had
eally taken place, the report of its proving
fatal was wholly untrue, while the miracu-
lous escape from instantaneous death is one
of the most remarkable on record.


At the hour named the three year old son
of Mr.. John Brown, engaged in business at
No. 213 Fort street, was passing south on
the last named street, having just reached
the corner of Leech, when the sidewalk sud-
man-hole below, distance of over thirty
| attention of party of bystanders, who at
unfortunate from his perilous position.


A few minutes of vigorous action, and the
| little sufferer was extracted from the man
l
dead than alive. The child was carried to
his fathers residence Immediately adjoin-
ing, and medical aid was instantly sum
moned, the exact nature and extent of the
| injuries being left for later and more thor
ough diagnosis.


The outward injuries, strange to say, art
comparatively slight, when the distance o.


the fall and the jagged edges of the stone
abutments are taken into consideration, bu


it is feared that the internal effects of tn,


fall will be much more injurious and lasting


The place where the accident occurred il


situated on the southeast corner of Fort ant
Leech streets, and the villainous condition O


the man hole may be easily imagined from tn,


fact that the decayed and punk like materia
of the coverings sank beneath the weight o
three year old child.


The utmost indignation prevailed in tn,
J vicinity of the accident yesterday afternoon


and crowds of excited citizens vowed dir
, vengeance upon the persons whose neglec
/ or carelessness made such distressing acci
t dent possible. Just where to properly plac
the blame is largely subject of speculation
. but that it should be imputed to egregiou


carelessness and neglect in some directio
. there is not the slightest cause for hesitatio
: or doubt.
Year: 1879

Ing Sale.


positive and absolute less than cost sale of
the finest and most extensive stock Of ready
made clothing in this State. All new goods of
the best material, best make and the latest
spring styles. No such offer has ever before
been made nor will such favorable oppor-
tunity to obtain really frst-class goods at such
zo,D prices ever again occur. Full dress and
business suits for men and boys spring over
coats or winter overcoats at prices suiting all
conditions or persons and purses. A complete
fashionable suit of clothes for less than cost of
material and making. This is business, for
the goods mast be sold. Be sure to call at Nos.
108 and ITO East Third street and examine this
immense stock before making your spring pur-
chases. You are sure to be suited.
Year: 1879

Commissioner Twining, in company with


Mr.. G. B. Church. visited the river front yes.


terday on a tour of inspection. A boat was


procured, and all tho wharves from the
Arsenal Point to Kidwel Bottoms were visited


An examination of the Seventeenth street


sewer was also made, with view to determin-


ing how far an embankment for the proposed
canal across the flats would be necessary.
Five feet Of water on two-thirds tide was


found in the swash channel, and it was ascer-


tanned that 1t would not be necessary TO carry


the embankment beyond the line Of bulkhead


proposed by the committee of one hundred.


The end of it will therefore be at tho extrem-


ity Of Kidwell Bottoms, aud will not interfere


with the Washington Channel. Major Twin
ing announced his intention te cooperate with
| the committee in carrying out their plan,
stating that he had no desire to antagonize
them. IL Is thought that by unity of action
Congress may be induced to grant an appro-
prlation which will not only build the bulk


head but prevent any repetition of u nuisance


on the river front. The statement in the post
yesterday that the contract for the work on
the proposed canal across the flats had been
given out was stated to be untrue, as the plans
of Major Twining were made subject to modi
flcation, and no contract hal yet been award


cd. There was q possibility, however, that
work on the embaukment woull be COM
mCnCed during the present week.
Year: 1879

To EDITOR THE HERALD:-


The press generally misundcrstands my rela-


ons to the arrest of deputy election marshas
and to the Marshal's Office that in justice to Mr..
Payne. II not to myself. for the follow
ing ststement-


After the election information to me, through
action direct indirect of mine but doubtless in
consequence OF the Bgln contest that frauds the
government had been committed by the payment
Of money to deputy marshals who had done
no duty as such. l sent It to the Attorney
General. In reply he sent q special agent
here. who. after some inquiry. requested me.
behalf Of the Department of Justice, to inquire
into tho matter and report to the District Attorney
such facts rs l ascertained. This did, and with
that action my connection with the matter ceased.
SO tar rs anything l ascertained In concerned
there seems to have boon no blame on
certainly took greater care than I have ever
known previously. but he was imposed upon by
some OF his chief deputy marshas, appointed ut the
request of tho local organizations. The result was
that money for hve days services each as deputy
marshals was paid to two men, who also drew pay as
inspectors of election to man who worked all
the days of registration as . carrier in the Post
afternoon on tho elevator in the Post ONCE to
another who did no duty, but transferred his badge
aud commission to person to whom he paid dollar
day, while he drew IS q day tor not doing the same
services. There were other similar cases. II the
result OF what the papers call the "Bglin-1ss
imbroeiio Is nothing more than to expose
ana prevent such practices 1t will have done some
no complaint has been made against any one who Is
believed to have actually done duty ~ election mar
sla though he may have held at the same time
some other public position. GEORGE BLISS.
Year: 1879

THE TURKISH MINISTER here has received no
information touching the reported abolition Of
the Turkish mission to this country, although
several telegraphic communications have passed
between himself and the new Turkish minister
of foreign affairs. The State department is also
in ignorance of any change in the Turkish repre-
SentatiOn to this country.
Year: 1879

sho never will crown with her earnest love
Tho lie OF some honeal, loving man
For the klndled tho Are In tho kitchen stove
With tho iIghiaome tilt Of tho kerosene car
And he-hls work haa been laid away
Almost before II was woll begun
For no didn't know. they heard him say
There was any load In the empty gun.


darlington Ha,ekeye.
Year: 1879

In all the elements of business
where enterprise, activity, shrewd-
ness and skill are demanded, it does
not follow that a man should have his
store burned down over his heSd to
lose very much Of his property. A
mans ships do not need to sink. 4
man only needs to bring neglect to
his business, and he is bankrupt. II
thieves broke through and rifed his
safe, and took the money, and every
thing he possessed, it would not be
more destroying than that silent cause
of mans ruin, simple neglect.
Year: 1879

cutOr and the prosecuted, fact which
may have partly suggested the defense
set up at the trial, where it was sought
to be shown that the prisoner believed
himself to be getting into his own
house without a latchkey. His sister
deposed that her brother lived with
herself and her mother when he was
at Luton, and quiet, as she iudici-
ously added. He was in the habit of
coming home late, and getting through
the window, though she did not say
that he came in shoeless on those
occasions. She also declared that he
was queer at times" and stared
yacaBtly about him, but local police
man, being appealed to for corrobora-
tion of the staring, declared that, in
his experience, the prisoner only
stared until he could find public
house, after which he ceased to stare,
being probably otherwise engaged.
The shoes, however, were too much for
the jury, and four months hard labor
will doubtless impress upon the bur
glariOus Samuel Taylor the import
ance of mentally distinguishing be-
tween the houses of Luton.
Year: 1879

0glethorpe (Ga.) Echol


There died last Friday evening at
Pleasant Hill mulatto named Henry
Thornton, who was noted throughout
the county for his industry and relia-
bility. He had accumulated some
property and owned fifty acres of land,
which, at the time of his death, was
brought up to high state of cultiva-
ton. Henry had always been a stanch
Democrat, and voted with his white
friends to help throw off the Radical
yoke. He was an important figure
with his race, and his voice was ever
raised in favor of peace and order.
He had been with Mr.. James NJ.
Smith since that gentleman first be-
gan to farm, and to show his re-
gard for the deceased he, at the an
nouncement of the old mans death,
went to the humble home to superin-
tend his interment. But the most
remarkable part of Henry's history is
that he was for years an avowed and
outspoken Mormon and openly prac-
ticed polygamy. In the same house
he had living two wives, and each had
blessed their husband with a large
family of children, and what was
more surprising the two women had
ever lived on the best Of terms and
were said to be sincerely attached to
each other. They worked for the
common good of the household and
appeared to treat their rival s offspring
as their own. Both, at the time O.
the husbands death, had young babie,
and appeared to nourish them il
common. Not being acquainted will
the state of affairsin this double house.
hold we inquired of the two women
who were standing together weeping


which Of you is Henry's wife 2
Both OBJ us am, sab, was the stimuli.
taneous response. Before his death
the deceased had made a will, be-
queathing his property jointly to the
tive women, with a codicil that they
must always hold it in common. He
had also requested that a post NOR
tenn to be held over his body, in order
that the cause Of his death might be
ascertajped. This was done by DR.,
W. NJ. Willingham, who found, as he
had predicted, that the deceased had
died from a ruptured tumor within
him. We learn that polygamy is
openly and generally practiped by the
negroes in this county, some of them
having as many as five wives living
under the same roof,
Year: 1879

BEFORE going to the polls on the
first Thursday in August, every voter
should sit down aud calmly and de-
liberately consider the proposition.
He should rid his mind of all preju-
dice and carefully weigh the argu-
ments on both sides, looking at the
same time to the true interests of the
State. If every voter will do this
there can be no doubt of speedy set
Element of the debt.
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
SOC per month for less than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.


Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC pei
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOstofice.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish TO re-
new will do us favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list Is very
large, and our force 10 do the


work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY,
Year: 1879

for the purpose of afording the people Of this
county an opportunity TO express their ap-
proyal or disapproval of the terms of settle
ment proposed in said act. All those voting
written on their ticket the word Accepted,
and those opposed to the provisions of said
act shall have printed or written on their
ticket the word " Rejected"
Year: 1879

that all justices sha: be elected by the people,
while the Territorial statutes undertake to
say that a justice may be put in Office through
nomination Of town mayor, the nomination
being approved by the city council. When
Parks was brought before Judge Galbraith
OH a writ of hdbeas corpus the ground taken
by his counsel was that the action of our
Police Court was illegal because the Terrific
rial legislation under which he held and
acted as Justice was invalid owing to the
conflict above described. The writ was re-
fused, the Judge ruling, as we are Informed,
that the election of our Police Magistrate by
representatives of tie people was virtually an
election by the people themselves, and ac-
cordingy that he was legally constituted a
Justice of the Peace.


This may bs correct, but is little difficult
of comprehension. For the sake of argument
we will admit in the first place that our
mayor and aldermen were elected by the
people; and what 70 lows! Why only this,
that if, because they are a legally constituted
representative body, they possess the right to
assume functions expressly reserved to the
people, then any other properly and legally
constituted rcprese ntatlve. body possesses the
same riglL. 10 make this clearer we draw Il
parallel. The people of the town of Butte
Aldermen; the people in the State OF Cali
forhia by Governor and Legislatures a
legally constituted body of representatives
being provided for each community. the town
and the State. With regard to the frs. the
laws of the United States provide that the
local Justice of the Peace shall be ..clectcd
by the people," with regard to the second
the Constitution of the State of California
provides that the District Court Judges shall
be "elccted by the people, Now it the
Mayor and Aldermen Of Butte have the right
to nominate and cl"ct II Justice of the Peace
because they are the legal reprcse natives OF
the people, then the Governor and members
of the California Legislature, because they
are undoubtedly the legal representatives of
the people, have the same power to nominate
and elrr' the judges of the District Court.
Ii the functions reserved to the people can be
assumed in the one case they can in the
other, and if so it is hard to say how much is
left of g election by the people" when this
doctrine once obtains acceptance.


But our Mayor and Aldermen are not legal
representatives ofthe people. They are legal
representatives of the househotlels" of
Butte, and as such 1t is difficult to see what
right they have to confer Oh any individual
authority to act as Il county officer.
Year: 1879

they will work for instead of allowing each
irresponsible individual to fix it directly for
himself. and indirectly for his fellows. Now,
is this claim unreasonable? If it is unrea'
sol,able, then the whole system OF Labor
Unions should be suppressed by law, po-
sition we are inclined to think very few will
take. On the other hand, if it is reaso nable
and right, as we believe it to be, how is it
that the law provides no machinery for max
ing operative the will of the majority: Take
the case of village community Of laborcrs,
aud let us suppose that those laborers find
themselves threatened with two distinct dam
gers, one the danger of the destruction OF
their village by fire originating in some inn
properly constructed house; the other, the
danger of their families being reduced to
want through the course taken by some
worthless members Of their own number il,
offering to work for less than living wages.
How different are the remedies applied: In
the one the law quietly takes its course. In
the other the law refuses 10 recognize the
danger. and rioto,is demonstrations are apt to
IDIION. DuJ W JhI uoCS luiS VtNC. SupIoSC
the law refused to recognize the danger ;.ris-
ing from the defective building, would not
rio.ous demonstrations follow in that instance
also? would not force be employed in re-
moving the threatened danger: Labor riots
only prove that the law is s.efective in this,
that it makes no provision for making effective
the will of the intelligent majority, that 1t
provides no means Of enforcing orders given
by this majority. The sooner such means
are supplied the better. There is no turning
back in the course Of a peoples development.
The Labor Union Is an outgrowth of our
modern life, and no one need expect i: to
disappear. The sooner the Union can be or
ganize.l under the law, and operated under
the law, the better will it be for the welfare
of the race, and Tor the progress Of civiliZa-
ton.
Year: 1879

Our readers will observe that We d" not
bore them with a long column Of what our


contemporaries say of u.s. The fact of tho
matter is, we care bu, very little what our
contemporaries say Of lis, but Il great, great
deal of what our subscribers think of us; 81
instead Of filling half Il page with .'notices :
current among newspapers Oh :. this glorious
OCCASION . OF starting a real live daily, we fill
our columns with more valuable and inter-
e,ting matter. The only advertisement that
we want for the MINER is the MINER itself.
Year: 1879

then over this Mormon question. Under
Bisinarck's rule the institution cf polyeamy
would be crushed out in month. il our
government is not strong enough to deal with
an evil existing in one of its own territories,
then the less it says about that evil the more
will it deserve the respect of the world.
Year: 1879

The Michigan circulation of The
PosT AND TRIBUNE already outstrips
that ofany other weekly paper. Every
additional copy taken in the State helps
to confirm the Republican supremacy.