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Year: 1877

uRIED ALIVE IN A WELL'
|.nt}v It was published in the Cleveland
i upon authority Of q personal de-


n q relative in that city, that Henry


German resident Of Painesville,
lssn buried alive in well fifty feet


Mr.. Rouch went into the well Of
on Matthews, at z o'clock in the morn
nd when near the bottom, forty-two
he wall caved in, burying him out of


the depth of sand and stone above
being about thirty. feet. The news
" spread through town, and in a few
ss the labor of excavating the earth
|ope was commenced by all the force
mild work. Hundreds Of men were


ground, SO that each gang at work


be relieved every half hour. No one


ed to find Mr.. Rouch alive, but still
prk progressed increasingly till mid


when his voice was, heard announo-
At be was uninjursd! It was yet an
and q half before he was released
Ms prison, but cup Of coffee was
ID to him, and he drank it with ap.


relish. He was hauled up to the
about II o'clock next morning, amid
iOcing cheers of at least two hundred


Although he ate his breakfast
morning as usual, he felt somewhat
I'D, as a man naturally might after
buried alive forty feet under ground,
smaining there in an uncomfortable
pchangable position for eighteen and
blf hours.


Rouch told reporter something of
blings while in the well. He said that
he reached the bottom he stepped out


bucket and looked around. He still
ed the rope by which the bucket had
ct down, in his hand, and was about
bal to his companion at the top to let
his tools, when he looked up and saw
ae of the well coming in upon him.
d just time to shrek once, when the
Fss shut out from him by the falling


which settled down close around him.
nsh struck upon the head with a
stone he still retained consciousness, |
Damaged in some way to got air enough
eathe. From the shoulders down he |


some way protected from the falling |
and bis limbs were left free. But
|red not move a finger for fear that |
birth would settle in around him and |
Pate him. Upon his back was large
and also on his head, both of which
|bly kept the dirt from closing tightly
Fd his head. He heard his friends
Fng for him, even when they took
the first stones. Three hours before
Feached him he could hear them talk.
his death and arrangements for his
al.


be when they left work to go and get
panks to brace up the excavation he
Pit they had given him up, and he at
PECAN to pray with all his might that
flght not leave him. He was in con-
fear that they might give him up for
and not dig any longer, or that the
might cave in tightly around and
pr him, or that they would strike him
PER- shovels. When they came near
f SO that he could make them hear,
PPcted their work, and when they got
PslS'ed upon walking home, but was


persuaded to get into the buggy.
pc reached his house, however, his
q nerves gave way, and he tainted.
pet question was how he obtained air,
ere ore several theories given in
'0A One being that the rope by
pe was let down, making a passage


me sand, let down air, while an


.nat !l the sand, was very light and
|'l'n heavy stone sufficient air filtered |
B TO sustain life. |,
Year: 1877

Will remember that DR. Brenau has Iectnred ON
Manhood for years. and is perfectly familiar
with the wants Of all. bath your and middle age
WHO are troubled with Nervous Debility or preuia.
ture breaking down Of the constitution.


Many who are weak and debilitated wait too
long and let their systems break down before se.l
ing for relief, DR.. Brenan Never Fails To restore
youthful vigOr and build up tie body and mind
to its natural condition.


Everything strictly confidential and honorable
with the DR., and tiy. minutes interview will con
vince any Intelligent person that be thoroughly
understands his profession. You will always find
him social and glad 10 receive you.
Year: 1877

of the District by supplemental aid from
the National Treasury. This is especially
Just, since 50 large number OF those at
tending the schools are children OF employees
OF the Government. i earnestly commend
to your care the interests Of the people Of
the District, who are 30 intimately a-socia-
ted with the Government, and to whose en-
terprise the good order and attractivenes-
of the capital are largely due, and ] ask
your attention To
Year: 1877

THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSIONERS
for legislation in behalf Of the interests in
trusted to their care. The appropriations
asked for, for the care of the reservations
belonging to the Government within the
city by the Commissioner Of Public Build
ings and Grounds, are also commended to
yoIr favorable consideration
Year: 1877

The wisdom of legislation upon the part
of Congress in aid OF the States for the edu-
cation Of the whole people in those branch
es Of study which are taught in the COM
mon schools Of the country, is no longer a
question. The intelligent judgment of
the country goes still further regarding it,
% also does constitutional expedient for the
general Government to extend to technical
and hieher education such aid a. il deemed
essentisl to the gvneral welfare and to our
due promineoce aDoog the enlightened and
eoItsrsd natioas 4 IL vusld. IL nlsi-
Year: 1877

and recommend the passage Of law to
that effect. 1t will be an act Of Justice as
we'll as q measure of encouragement. Ear
nest efforts are being made to purify the
Indian service 30 that every dollar appro-
priated by Congress shall rebound to the
benefit of the Indians benefited. These ef-
forts will have my firm support With an
improved service and every possible encour-
aeement held out to the Indians to better
their condition and to elevate themselves in
the scale Of civilization, We may hope to do
q soDe time - great . york for them and
II sana1vA
Year: 1877

THE MEXICAN TROUBLES.


The disturbances along the Rio Grande
in Texas to which ! have already referred
have rendered necessary the constant EN-
ployment of military force in that country.
A full report OF all recent military opera
tions in that quarter has been transmitted
to the House OF Representatives in answer
to resolution of that body, and it will not
therefore be necessary TO enter into details.
/ regret to say that these lawless incursions
into our territory by armed bands from the
Mexican tide of the line for the purpose of
robbery have been Of very frequent
occurrence, and in spite OF the most vigor-
Gus efforts of the commander of our forces,
the marauders have generally succeeded in
escaping into Mexico with their plunder.
In May last gave an order for the exercise
Of the utmost vigilance on the part Of our
troops for the suppression Of these raids and
the


PUNISHMENT OF THE GUILTY PARTIEs,
a. well as the recapture of property stolen
by them, and Gen. Ord, commanding in
Texas, was directed to invite the co-opera-
ton of the Mexican authorities in efforts to
this end, and assure them that / was anx-
ious to avoid giving the least offense to
Mexico, but at the same time he was direct
ed to give notice of my determination to
put an end to the invasion of our territory
by lawless gangs, intent upon the plunder
OF our civilians, and the effectual punish
ment of the outlaws, even should it make
the crossing o! the border with our troops
in their pursuit necessary. Ii Is believed
that this policy has had the effect to check,
somewhat
Year: 1877

whose report is also herewith transmitted.
Both the commercial and sanitary interests
OF the District will be greatly promoted, |
doubt not, by this Improvement. Your at
lention is invited to the suggestions Of the
commissioners and Of the Board OF Health
Tor the organization of Board OF Charities,
to have supervision and control OF the dis
bursement of all monies for charitable pur-
poses from the District treasury.


wish also to ask your special attention
to the need of an addition to the deficiency
Of the
Year: 1877

TO i
The purchase of what they call their own
has still left them poor, and, in many in
stances when they had settled down upon
land assigned them by compact and began
to support themselves by labor, they
we're rudely jostled off and thrust into the
wilderness again, and most Of our Indian
wars have had their origin in
Year: 1877

recommended by the Postmaster General
for the improvement of the mail service
and to protect the postal revenues from the
abuses practiced under existing laws, is
respectfully commended to the careful con-
.ideration of Congress
Year: 1877

or contemplated by either the Government
or the holders OF the bonds, as the coin
which they were to be paid in. 1t is far
better to pay these bonds in that coin than
TO seek to take advantage of the uniorseen
fall OF silver bullion, in issue of silver coin
that must make the Bonds so much less
valuable. The power of the United States
10 C in money and
Year: 1877

ACROSS three Thousand miles of ocean,
the potatoe bug has travelled. The tele-
gram says he landed in Bremen last Sat
urday, and seemed bent on business the
moment of his arrival. When he started
from Colorado, says an exchange, there
were persons who affirmed that he could
never cross the Mississippi; but he did
Then we had assurances that he could not
possibly scale the Alleghanies; but he
seemed to enjoy the exercise. Finally the
pnblic mind felt certain that the Atlantic
Ocean would end his career, and although
we could not perceive how he was going to
sail across the billowy waste upon a chip
we were confident he would cross somehow.
And now it seems that with his usual sa-
gacity he took passage in steamer. He
will probably move straight across Europe
to Asia, ravage Asia, and take steamer
at Hong Kong for our Pacific coast. But
is it not remarkable with what indomita-
BILE persistence this extraordinary insect
moves eastward?
Year: 1877

turned pale with grief and rage, believing
this proof Of his wifes in6dslity and the
true reason of her refusal to marry him
publicly. He hastily left the room, wrote
her bitter letter, and at once left Califor'
mia, taking care to conceal his whereabouts
from the knowledge Of bis wife.


On receiving the letter poor Miss Heron
was thunderstruck. It was long time
before she discovered the cause of her hus-
bands strange behavir, and then she wrote
to the journalist letter, which is still in
existence, begging him to repair
the injury he had unwittingly done her.
This, it is said, was done, but matters had
gone too far for reconciliation, and Miss
Heron and her husband never met again
Year: 1877

One of the most important items in Il g
family expenses is the clothing, especially
since there is so much of what is called
Cloth made up, for boys and men, that
will hardly hold together. With the av-
erage family the income is limited, and
the prices of shoddy article are so small
that there is a strong inducement to pur-
chase the so-called "cheap" goods.


1t is perhaps not too much to say that
the majority of people buy low-priced
clothing But as matter of fact, they
are the most expensive goods that can be
worn. A strong, fine textured, well-made
article will outwear at least three of this
poor material, and it does not really cost
as much, considering the amount of wear
to say nothing of the shabby appearance
OF faded cloth-the vexation of having the


garments continually breaking to pieces,


the necessity OF daily repairs, with the un-


sale feeling when one steps little high,
or puts on an unusual strain.


The excuse which we have suggested


for buying such goods we know is hard
one to meet, being in the majority of
cases the want OF money to get better
goods. But it is better to make the old
coat last little longer, and put all the
money into the rest of the suit, and when
the money one will soon have to find 10
supply another cheap suit is at hand, get
good coat AS wise and economical
rule, one should never purchase any
thing but good article.


The~care of clothing is very imp0r-
tant matter. 1t makes great difference
in the look or wear of hat or coat, wheth-
er it is thrown down on the lounge or
chair when taken off, or carefully hung
up. With two boys the expense of their
clothing is often nearly one half in differ
ence,-mainly, as we think, because one


of them will always hang up his clothes
| carefully, while the others may be found
| anywhere-when they can be found at all.
Properly brushing and cleaning clothes,


and mending them as soon as required,
rather than waiting until the thread ravels
out, or the tear has grown too large to be
neatly repaired, add greatly 10 their dur
ability.


When they get little seedy, have some


tailor who does the work cheap and will


give them good cleansing and pressing.
| This may be done several times TO good
suit, and each time they will ''ook as good


as new Here is where true economy


comes in, in the care of clothing, and


proper attention to repairing and cleans


ing. More than half the expense can be


saved in the bill tor the year if pains are
taken to secure material worthy of such
| care - Golden Rule
Year: 1877

The Lives Insured by the Society are careh. "
selected in different parts OF North America IN
Europe furnishing by this broad field OF opera
tions an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy-boders The Insurances are made only on
The Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums ar,
returned annually to the Insured
Year: 1877

free from serious objections, yet palatable even


inviting TO the sensitive palale, which will create
no morbid appetite Tor Itself, and operate as an
assistant to digestion, well as perform the func-
tons of st!mulant. Sucn we confidently believe
is TO be found IN
Year: 1877

WnKEsBARRE, Pa, March 10.-The Sus.
quehanna River at this place is now eighteen
feet above low water mark. and rapidly
rising. The flats opposite this city are in
undated, and communication between here
and Kingston by the main road is cut off
by the food. The river is full officiating ice,
but not large enough to do any damage.
The only apprehension is that the water
may overflow the banks on the east side of
the city, in which case great damage will
be sustained, as nearly all the mansions Of
the wealthy citizens are located on the east
bank of the Susquehanna.


SCHENECTADY, N. Y, March 10.-There
is great freshet in the Mohawk River. The
water has risen twelve feet since last night
and is now eighteen feet six inches above
low water mark. The ice has broken up
and the lower part of the city is submerged.


PoUGHKEEPs1E, March 1O.-Special de-
spatches to the "Eagle" tonight say that
floating ice in the upper Hudson, moved by
the heavy wind and warm weather, is again
becoming anchored by the sudden cold, and
navigation will be greatly retarded thereby.
Year: 1877

JERSEY CITY, March 10.-The rapid In
crease of small pox in this city is disgrace
to the health authorities. DR.. Hadden re-
ports that fifteen cases have been reported
in Morris and Essex stseets, and that no
effective measures have been taken to arrest
the progress of the malady, although a
large appropriation is made yearly for the
Sanitary Department.
Year: 1877

A New Greek Cabinet
NJ. Deligeergis has formed a new Cabinet
in place of that resigned, in consequence of
vote of censure for the granting of an
illegal pension being pressed upon it by the
Chamber.
Year: 1877

The Denver Tribune, in speaking of
the dissatisfaction of Republicans, re-
garding the Southern question and the
desire of some Republican papers to
originate new issues, very wisely re-
marks: "The Republican party has a
good and substantial fundamental phil
osophy-the philosophy of equal rights" !"
We would ask of the Tribune, as an ex-
pOnent of Republican principles, if it
this fundamental philosophy Z?
If it claims to do this, then we would
ask what it would have its readers to
understand the definition OF equal rights
to be? There is very important issue
now before the people of Colorado, an
issue which, in the opinion of its advo-
Gates, embraces these principles of this
fundamental philosophy in its truest,
brOadest, and grandest sense. The prin-
ciple of equal rights in Republican
form of government must mean the
rights of all its people to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness, if it means
anything. This important issue before
the people of Colorado involves the
question whether these rights shall be
granted to all its people or delegated to
certain class.


The legislature of that State has sub
mitted a proposition for the considera-
tion of its citizens which asks them to
say whether or not they are willing
that all its people shall have and enjoy
the principles and rights of an Ameri-
can government, to determine whether
the right of suffrage in that State shall
be universal, or delegated to favored
sex.


We are watching our Colorado ex-
changes to see which side of this issue
the press is taking, and if the Tribune
claims to espOuse the cause of a party
which bases its fundamental philosophy
upon the broad grounds of equality, we
would ask which side of this vital ques-
tion it proposes to advocate. AS yet,
we have found nothing in its columns
which would satisfy us that it has taken
the side of the party now labOring to
secure equal rights to all the people OF
that State.
Year: 1877

Some of our contemporaries have had
a dispute as to the value of the dia-
monds in Miss Nelson's ears, and Mr..
Zacharias, the man of whom they were
purchased, thOughtfully explains that
they would be cheap at ten Thousand
dollars, but neglects to say how much
he got for them. The discussion is in
such admirable bad taste, is so ex-
ceedingly silly and ineffably vulgar,
that we hasten to engage in it. The
value of the stones in Miss NELSON'S
ears must be arrived at by computation.
Assuming that the value of the head be-
tween them is a certain sum, and that
the ears are somewhat inferior in scope
and spread to the prodigious auricles
that adorn the journalistic pate, we
have two factors of the problem from
which to infer the third. The actual So
luton we leave to the gifted idiots oil
the daily press.-ArgORdut
Year: 1877

Governor Chamberlain's marriage
with a Washington lady, seven or eight
years ago, brought him more directly to
the notice OF those here, particularly as
his wife enjoyed a well-deserved fame
for great beauty, and as the beautiful
Miss IngersoIl" was looked to as the
fairest of the fair at the Capital. She
had one of those sweet picture faces, and
not of the insipid type, but face of
perfect oval, with large gray eyes of the
order 'Irish lake." and features just
enough of a compromise between the
regular and the nondescript to be
piquante; add to this a complexion of
lilies and roses, a slight, graceful figure
and wealth of golden hair, which she
always wore so as to display its natural
waviness most charmingly, and you
have tout ensemble which all might
admire or envy, as the case might be.
AS background to these charms, Miss
Ingersoll had birth and superior educa-
ton, but broken family fortunes drove
her to seek livelihood in the Treasury,
and it was there that Governor Cham
berlain, the Attorney General of South
Carolina, found her. Washington Let
ter
Year: 1877

"Single or double, life's full of trou-
ble," hath an ancient prOverb well said
There is one form in which misery can
attack an old bachelor. No matter
what a mans talent, or education, or
experience may be, il is impossible for
him to struggle successfully with hole
in a stocking. There are difficulties
connected with it which feminine gen.
ius alone can combat. 1t has peculiar
tiles unshared by any rent or aperture
that ever appears in any other descrip-
ton of garment. If any other part of
the attire meets with misfortune, and
requires to be reconstructed by the aid
of needle and thread, the materials are
all there. If the disaster takes the shape
of plain slit, if it's edges are as Jagged
as a streak of lightning, or if it appears
in the form of an old-fashioned winkIe-
hawk, it is nevertheless only an affair
of simple seam, and no very great tai
ent for sewing is required. But hole
in a stocking is an entirely different
matter. Here there are no two areas of
material with shaTply-marked shore
lines, distinct capes and bays and PEN
insulas nicely fitting into each other, to
guide the mender and show him where
and how to put them together. In the
stocking a single thread breaks. Moth
ing is lost, nothing is gone, and yet in
stantly there is vacancy, vacuum. Not
a shred of cotton, not q filament of wool,
has disappeared, yet there is the hole,
round as circle, empty as space, enig-
matical, bewildering, disheartening.
The question is now how it can be filled
up. 1t is one with which no masculine
intellect should attempt to grapple. The
mind of man may be equal to the in
veution of the electric telegraph, he
may build great cities, and measure the
distance to the sun, but the intricacies
of darning hole in stocking are be-
yond the uttermOst limits of his genius.
He is more helpless than a spider. The
latter could go TO work and spin a web
over the orifice, and thus repair it neatly
if not substantially. But only the deft
fingers of a woman can really do the
work as 1t ought to be done. She alone
knows how to gather up those recalci-
trant stitches, how to wiggle and twist
and coax needle In and out until every
one is caught, and then how to weave
the thread backward and forward, in,
across, and around, until the offending
hole has disappeared, and the stocking
is once more in condition to be worn.
1t may have been that women were eX-
pressly created for the purpose of con-
tending with this stocking difficulty.
But the discussion of this question
would carry US away from the purpose
of our article. She is, however, the
only means so far discovered of getting
the thing done properly, and Will also
remain so, Notwithstanding the fact
that some would-be benefactor of the
human race has recently invented a
darning machine. But its operation is
so tedious and the work so clumsy that
women can we'll afford to sneer at so
contemplate a rival.


1t is impossible to sympathize with
the bachelor in this matter. Man, be-
ing stocking-wearing animal, cannot
afford to be a misOgamist. The unani-
nous sentiment must be, "Serves him
right. ."-HdrpeT's Weekly.
Year: 1877

Though man can gather and scatter,
move, mix, and unmix, yet he can de-
stroy nothing. The putrefaetion of one
thing is preparation for the being and
bloom of another. Thus tree gathers
nourishment from its own fallen leaves
when they are decayed, and something
gathers up the fragments so that moth
ing is lost.
Year: 1877

The administration has seen fit in
its superior wisdom to mitigate the sem
tence of dismissal from the army passed
upon this officer for indecent overtures
to a brother officers wife, into suspen-
sion from rank and pay for two years.
To US, this action merits criticism, for
the Cabinet has no more right to take
into consideration Major Reno's war
record than the court at law has that
of the man tried for burglary. Scores of
men are now in our prisons whose ca
reers as soldiers are without a blemish,
but this did not suffice to deter the courts
from administering merited punishment
for crimes committed. Yet Major Reno's
case was cOwardly endeavor, not only TO
seduce wife in the absence of her hus-
band, but, when he failed in the attempt,
to visit upon her blackest and vilest
slander and oppression. He even went
so far as to interdict the chaplain from
holding religious service when she was
present, and so devilish was his perse-
cutiOn that no jury court in the country
would have held the husband amenable
for taking the law into his own hands.
Yet Major Reno, under the pitiful plea
of past service, escapes with mere sus-
pension. The Queen of England dis
missed Colonel Baker for an offense not
tithe so gross. As volunteer soldier,
we have no sympathy for the West
Point influences which obtain in the
War Department, and Major Reno's
condoned shame is simply due to the
theory that a West Pointer cannot CON-
NIT crime. The old Common Law OF
England held that the "King could dc
no wrong" and the dogma of infalli-
bility teaches that the "Pope cannot err." "
But we are heretical enough to say and
believe that more i'll can be condoned
because the transgressor is a West
Pointer than would people our peniten,
taries, were just deserts given.