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Year: 1879

The Pembina force commenced laying
track Tuesday noon at lower Canton, and
reaced the Depot grounds at Canton to-dsy
The iron horse has done wonders for all
counties, and now the people of Lincol n
county may we'll feel proud Of having two
railroads. One set of hands are employed
in laying track and another set arc engag
ed in leveling the same. Business will
soon be lively and we shall look forward
to spring for the rush g emigration.
Year: 1879

Swan Lake Era: "a little two.year r-old
son of Mr.. Dcvereaux of Parker fell down
well short time ago distance of 25
feet and sustained no injury save few
slight bruises about the head. be was
fished out by his father Immediately after
his fall and saved from watery grave.


A man by the name Of Cameron, lately
of Nelson Red Lake ranch, where he was
stopping, escaped in the night without
any clothing but his shirt, and after five
days was found in weak condition. He
says he dreamed tina: an Indian massacre
was occurring and mad to escape to save
his life.
Year: 1879

Little boys, what is your fatureY


whittier are you going! what is your


proposed destination? To these in


terrogations, you viii doubtless answer.


our future Is bright and hopeful, weare


tending to manhood, which we hope


viii be not only respectable and


YSa know, that to realize these bright


hopes. you have no time ts lose, no


enegies to waste. You know, that


every energy and effort should be pus


forth in the direction of right. But


some will say, "there can be no harm
in one drink We will risk a few
dnnks, we have a curiosity to 10
drunk once. Just to see hos 10 feels.
or To be social ar manly. We can
quit when We wish. we are masters
of ourselves, we viii enjoy our liher-
ties One drink, my young friends,
is a step down the sleep; q few drinks
are just a few steps further down, and
by the time you have been on social
drunk or two, you will ind. that 10
retraee is difficult. and should You


finally succeed in regaining your former
stand, you will then have to start to
the goal you first had in view, with
wasted energies, and with the pollution
of disgrace about your character.
But many who make the venture.
will never retrace their steps, bus
downward their course will be, until
they reach the depth Of degradation
and ruin, and finally drunkard's
grave. and a drunkard's he'll. Young
friends is this not a faithful analogyY
Is Dot this a true picture? Does
noe your own observation teach you
that the picture Is rot over drawn?
You know that no one takes the frsy
glass with the view of being drunk.
ard, and you know taa, that Il the FIRST
glass is never turned TO your lips, you
viii never be drunkard, nor will YOU
have to 're,race your steps. Then as
in the first picture, YOU say it IS wise
not to venture ON the backward and
downward grade" So in youth. and
while yGu stand upon level, take
not a backward step. drink not tha
first glass, and a bright future is before
you. Boys. look to your future. Il
-TTemplars' Guide.
Year: 1879

The skin contains more than two
million openings, which are the outlets
of an equal number of sweat gland.


The human skeleton consists of more
than two hundred distinct bones.


An amount of blood equal to the
whole quantity in the body passes
through the heart once every minute.


The full capacity of the lungs Is
about three hundred and twenty cubic
inches.


About two-thirds Of a pint of air il
inhaled and exhaled at each breath in
the ordinary respiration.


The stomach daily produces nine
pounds of gastric juice for digestion of
food, its capacity is about FIVE pinf-.


There are more than FIVE hundred
separate muscles in the body, with an
equal number Of nerves and blood
vessels.


The weight Of the heart is from
eight to twelve ounces. 1t beats one
hundred thousand times in twenty-foaF
hours.


Each persriratOry duct is one fourth
Of an inch in length, which viii make
the aggregate length Of the whole nine
miles.


The average man takes Eve and one
half pounds Of food and drink each
day, which amounts to one ton of solid
and liquid nOurishmeut annually.


A man breathes eighteen times q
minute, and three thousand cubic feet,
or about three hundred and seventy
five hogsheads of air per hour.
Year: 1879

cried, mo heart is true
The sky has lost its sun;
The earth is cold and desolate;
would that life were done
A hand was claspel in nine,
Two hearts forever one;
Now earth and sky in beauty shine;
My life has just begun.


1Old and New
Year: 1879

II is q matter at least for curios.
ity when American ship-masters
prefer to fly the flag of some other
country than their own. The
staunch American captain of the
ship Don Nicholas, now lying at
Wilmington, sails under the flag
of Bolivia. It is an unquestiona-
BILE fact that, of late years, the
American merchant marine has
simply gone to the "demnition
bow-wows." Even Americans
themselves seem to be ashamed of
it. When matters reach such a
stage it is high time fora painstak-
ing inquiry into the causes of our
naval decadence. Just prior to the
late uupleasantness the merchant
marine of this country was second
only to that Of Great Britain. Now
the less said about its relative
standing the better. Twenty Ala
bamas would not account for such a
radical change; for, in the fourteen
years since the war, capital has
been abundant and has been con-
stantly seeking investment. Just
where the hitch lies must be known
to few men and they should place
their knowledge at the service of
their fellow countrymen. The
thing calls for remedy.
Year: 1879

In the bay of Wilmington to-day
the Messrs. w. S. Moore and w. S.
Maxwell are loading ship with
barley for New York. This is an
example which should be generally
initiated. 1t is the only way that
our superabundant barley crops can
be used. We say superabundant
because we are raising in Los An
geles county to-day three times as
much barley as can be consumed
here and the San Francisco market
is simply oyerstocked. The higher
grades of brewing barley always
command a high price in New
York. The barley this year is
nearly all good. Why in the world
half dozen ships are not now be-
ing loaded with grain for San Fran
cisco is q very great mystery. We
ought to cultivate a spirit of self
help aud push our products out into
the world. AS soon as we take to
exporting our wines, brandies, ce-
reals, and petroleum to the four
quarters of the globe the howl
about "hard times" will cease be-
cause the era of our real prosperity
will have begun. There is no diff
Guilty in beginning to lay by money
or in waxing wealthy from the
time we realize that we must help
ourselves. There ought by right
to be a dozen ships carrying the
products of Los Angeles county
over all the water ways of the
world. With wool, hides and
the other staples named, we should
consider ourselves rich.
Year: 1879

THE circumstance that no less
than five ships crossed the bar at
Wilmington yesterday emphasizes
the very rapid advances that are
being made at that port. 1t has
become q real convenience to COM
merce already and its usefulness is
on the increase daily. This i'm.
provement OF her commercial facil'
tiles, together with the fact tina!
Wilmington is surrounded by q
fine corn region, ought TO give her
a decided impetus. There are a
gratifying activity and life there
abouts that should prove highly
encouraging to the well-wishers OF
the place.
Year: 1879

The undersigned takes toreturn his thanks
to the people Of Yankton particularly and to his many


friends throughout Dakota and Nebraska for the generous
patronage which has been bestowed upon the late firm Of
DUDLEY HAWLEY through the many years in which
that firm has carried business in this city, and hnow
desires call the attention Of these friends and that Of
the generally the enlarged facilities exten
sve assortment and comodious which the late


firm had provided and which the of Dudley
& Hawley, possesses.


In the line Of the Hardware trade the manufacture
Tin Copper and Sheet Iron Ware claims
equal in all anything the north
west occupying three grand each 25xloo feet in
tent.


the Hardware trade of the region which naturally rib
utary to this point conferred here and shall spare
make for the interest Of the people within this region
chase their Hardware Tnware Copper and Sheet Iron ware
Stoves, and all other articles in this line from
Yours gratefully and respectfully
GEO. e. HAWLEY,
Union Block Third st.
Year: 1879

BALTIMORE, Nd. Oct Is, 1879.


John M. Nelson. the medical student who was
shot last night at the Front street Theatre. died
shortly after three o'clock this morning. He
was twcnty-three years Of age and the son
of farmer in Queen Annes county. After
attending college yesterday no won't last night
with his brotherin-law to witness the performance
at the Front Street Theatre. They seated side
by side in tho front row Of seats in the orchestra
circle. At the close of the performance the
tain fell upon tableau scene. there . dis
charge of musketry. Young Nelson was gaz-
ing intently upon the scene. and stimuli
taneousy with the report Of the he casped his
hands to his forehead, exclaiming Il shot," and
sank down unconscious. largo sizo mimic ball
had crushed through his skull entering the forehead
just above the right and passing out at the back
OF the head.


A coroner's jury is investigating the natter
Year: 1879

HIS LAST INTERVIEW WITH FLORENCE M'DoN-


ALD-How SHE ENrRAPPED HIM-DENYING


HER ASSERTIONS ABOUT MISS ANDERSON.


CIxc1xNAT1 Ohio Oct. Is, 1879.


During an interview to-day Mr. Hickey. who was
shot Sunday night by Florence Mcdonald. stated
that he felt worse on account Of Miss Anderson
being drawn into the affair than from
any other He said:-"I would like to
deny all Of the Mary Anderson part of the
business. 1t was dragged in by that crazy
woman. never had any dealings with Miss Ander-
except Of . purely business nature. / never
made. nor attempted to make. love to Miss Ander-
son. Florence Mcdonald had more claim me
than any woman whose favors I've paid for. She
never tried TO shoot before She tried to
shoot herself once, and took the pistol from her
and told her that IL she determined to kill her
self, she must do 1t while was not about"


Regarding the trouble on Sunday. Mr.. Hickey
said: d:-..I went to church Sunday morning Return
ing from church, went to the Highland House. !
had an invitation to dine at the Burnet House at
four O'Clock that afternoon and came into the
hotel by the ladies' entrance. When got to the
Office found card stating that lady was waiting
Written in her hand, knew It was from her.
tore il up and paid no attention to it. A boy came
to me with q letter addressed in a mans hand.
il. went to the room and said, How do you do,
and what do you wautY In almost the same breath
added that was surprised to soc her chasing me
around the country and asked what more right than
any other girl she had to be doggina my footsteps
told her never gave her any encouragement au-
thority to do She replied, You don't say so. >
again asked her what she wanted. and she said:-
Il want some money to go homo with replied,
should come all the way to Cincinnati to get
money to 20 back home on. but all tho same
will give 1t to you. How much do you
want = noticed that she had something in both
OF her hands, but had suspicion that it pis-
tol. While was STOPPING to get my roll of money
out of my pocket she shot me behind the ear. The
conc ussion and tho bullet knocked me my
hands and knees. and fearing and knowing that she
would FIRE again. rolled over and over until
gained the door,"
Year: 1879

that of Lee; his boots nearly covered with mud
button off his coathat is, the button off not where
it should been-it had clearly gone astray and he
sword, while Lee fully and faultessly equipped
felt the overpowering influence of the Every
present felt they Witnessing the proceedings between
the chief actors in of the remarkable trans
actions of this nineteenth century The words that passed
between Grant and Lee few


Gen. Grantendeavoring to apologize for not being full
ly equipped and noticing Lees aypealancewhile the
secretaries busy, said: " Gen. Lee have sword
have been riding all uight And Lee, with that cold
which, after ALL became him wonderfully well, never
made any reply, but in cold, formal manner, bowed.
And Gen. Grant in the endeavor take away the awk
wardness of the scene, said 4 don't always sword
because sword is very inconvenient thing That


very remarkable thing for him TO say considering that
he in the presence of who about to surrender
his sword. Lee only bowed again Another trying to
relieve the awkwarness of the occasion inquired: Gen.
Lee what became OF the white horse you rode in Mexico?


He might not be dead yet, he old Gen. Lee
bowed coldly and replied / left him at the White House
the Pamunkey river and have not him since.
There moment when there whispered con-
veTSatlon between Grant which nobody the
room heard.


The surrender took the form of correspondence the
letters ali signed in due form by the chief actors in
the presence of each other Finally when the terms OF
surrender had all been arranged and the surrender made
Lee cold and proud and bowed every person in
the sde remember each one of as thought
he had been especially bowed And then he went out
and passed down the little square in front of the house.
and bestrode that grey horse that carried him all
Virginia; and when he had gone away learned what
that whispered conversation had been about Gen. Grant
called his officers about him and said You go to the
Twenty fourth and to the Fifth, and naming
turn two of them. Go to the commssares and go
to the quartermasteIs NC. Gen. Lees army is the
point of starvation And 25 900 raons carried TO
the Army OF Northern Virginia
Year: 1879

Recently Charley Cochrane who for many years
Goldsmith Maids groom arrived from California, and
wishing the grand old trottng mare and her colt
called Mr. Smith, her to obtain his permission
to visit Fashion Stud Farm, in New Jersey Mr. Smith
accompanied CochIane the farm, and arriving there
colt is very cross, and will permit to approach
it, Cochrane arranged that Goldsmith Maid should hear
his before seeing him. and although they had
seen each other for two years, loud whnny presently
assured the visitors that the had recognized the
mans voice. Cochrane next showed himself when
touching occurred The of the turf who would
not allow any to approach her making of both
heels and teeth if it attempted rushed with bound
her old friend forgetting her colt and rubbed her head
upon his shoulders her in his face played with his


hskers and showed by her every action that her heart


was fullof JOY to him. Directly the colt up
them and the old was delighted when Charley
placed his hand the little fellow When Cochrane left
the place the followed him to the gate, whnnyng
for him even after he had passed out of her sight.
Year: 1879

Gen George IL Sharpe, in his decoration day address,
gave the following dramatic of Lees surrender
Appomattox the leading of which carries back to
heroic and historic days:


81 remember--and it recalled to tonight in
conversation when the of Gen Grant up the
course of conversationthe wonderful that tran
spred in that little place in Virginia the 9th of April,
1865 1t late in the afternoon when it became known
that Gen Lee had sent for Gen. Grant surrender
him. 1t between and three clock when we met
in the little in the house where the surrender of
Lees army took place. know there is belief that the
surrender took place under apple tree where Grant
and Lee met and exchanged few words.


The surrender took place in the lefhand of that
old fashioned double house he house had large piazza
which along the full length of it, 1t of those
ordinary Virginia houses with passage-way running
through the of it, In that little where the
meeting took place, sat two young the great
grandson Chief Justice Marshall of the Supreme Court
reducing writing the of the surrender behalf
of Robert Il Lee the other with dusky counte-
nance--a great-nephew of that celebrated chief, Red
Jacket--actng under Gen. Grant The two were reduc
ing writing the of the surrender of the Army
Northern Virginia to the Army of the Potomac Gathered
around the room several officers, of whom /
f4Itr Hat


markabe of his day and generation The larger and
older OF the two the most striking in his appearance
His hair white as the driven snow. There not


speck upon his coat not spot upon those gauntlets
that he wore, which white and fair ady's
glove. That was Robert Z. Lee The other Ulysses
s. Grant whose appearance contrasted strangely with
Year: 1879

Now that nice weather is expected
and when it comes 20 to Rirkman & Son
and hire nice team such as they keep,
at very moderate rates and take drive.
There is nothing 80 beneficial as good
pure country air for ones health.
Year: 1879

The Cincinnati negro recently elected to tl.c Obi" legislature, was brought over into New York to help on the Republican canvass there. The hotel proprietor where he was sent by the committee refused, however, to admit him to the dining room with white guests, and the son of Africa has gone home in high dudgeon. Where is the Civil Rights Act?
Year: 1879

While the blacks are depicting the popu-
lation of the cotton and sugar States, the
old Dominion is in danger Of losing por
tion of its population, if we can trust the
Norfolk Day Book. 1t conveys the idea that
Virginia has about as much to fear from
the exodus of its white population as from
the outgoing of the blacks. 1t conveys the
information that the white bone and sinew
of that State is migrating daily, to
"got rid of the turbulent Democracy, or
Bourbons, who are governed in their sem
timents by the Secessionists of the Gulf
Estates, and who will give the State no
chance to rest aud recuperate." The Day
Book says:


They go off in squads and colonies, in despair
of better political status being restored here,
whereby prosperity might be restored to tho
people. They have waited long and patiently
for better feeling to como out of our troubles,
and seeing no chance from the continued agi-
tation Of the Bourbon termigants, they are
leaving them and their native soil, in order to
| find that peace elsewhere from which they can
work out their prosperity. No one can blame
| them for it.


While this Is tho case with so many of the
working whites, farmers and others, and the
Democratic press of the State are appealing to
them to stay, the negroes are equally possessed
with the spirit Of the exodus, and are moving
out or preparing to move out of the State. SO
that Virginia is losing her braun and retaining only
her turbulent and helpless population, Whereby her
debt is doubled aud teJled IN It's Cppressivsness
upon those rho remain.


The idea of making efforts to induce new
population to come into the State under these
circumstances is prepostor0us. Sensible people
iCil not come, and we have too many fools already
for our own good, for, as the saying is, wise men
change their minds, but fools never. Our fools
who are 50 numerous as TO control the politics
Of the State by means of their numbers, APP
pear TO be Of the same notion they were when
the war was going on, and will not allow re-
concilation to go on in order that rest and
| nrnsnnritY mnv como 70 the neonle of the State
Year: 1879

THE Mississippi Democrats are beginning
TO ask among or of themselves what they
shall do with General WoopFoRD when he
comes among them as the especial and vol
unteer attorney in the prosecution of the
murderers of the CHISHOLM family He will
be an invader, of course; and his knight-err-
antry will he in violation of the sacred prin-
ciple of States Rights, for he will be present
in the attitude of foreigner interfering
with the administration of justice in SOW
ereign State of which he is not citizen.
Bat his rights rs member of the bar of the
United States Supreme Court will entitle
him TO recognition and hearing His in
trusion, therefore, cannot be repelled and
if he is plucky enough to stand up and call
things by their right names, to denouncc
the Rifle Clubs of Mississippi as REvERDY
JOHNSON did the Ku-Klux of South Caro-
lima, he will make things very uncomfort-
able for his entertainers"
Year: 1879

THE respectable and law-abiding portion
dozers and as5assins of the Southern wing
of that party in a decidedly different man
ner from that adopted by the Democratic
organ in this city, which started out to de-
fend and excuse the murder of DIXON, and
is now engaged in a stupidottempt to show
that it was Of no political significance.
The Buffalo Courier, for example, says 1t
"was q political murder, growing out of q
state of things which can be described only
as ssemi-barbarous.' This kind OF talk is re-
quired rs a partisan necessity of such re-
spectacle journals as the Courier to counter
act the influence of the assassination as well
rs the effect Of the ineXcusable utterances
of the bull.dozers' organs. In short, it now
becomes the duty of the Northern Democ-
racy to denonnce the very methods by
which its party gained ascendancy in the
South and thereby obtained control of Con-
gress. But it is n difficult duty, for the peo-
pie are beginning to understand that the
success of the Democracy in any locality is
certain to be followed by political excesses
and violence of the most deplorable kind,
especially in the bull-dozing region.
Linked so closely as that party is to the for
tunes of the revived Coniederacy, it has be.
come the enemy of good government and
the very embodiment of hatred of free citi-
zenship.
Year: 1879

feated and driven back from the NationalCap-
itol 1t twillprobably relapse into n moro quiet
and comfortable frame of mind. 1t iseither
afraid that the Republicans will do too
much or too little to defeat the Democrats,
it is difficult to tell which, from the tenor of
its remarks. AS it does not live in Wash
ington or New York, it is little difficult to
tell what it is driving at, unless it is afraid
State.
Year: 1879

az themselves, producing state of things that
Is banishing whole race of people from their
native States who as virtuous us themselves,
II not as enlightened. Aud now these men
that have disrogarded their own State laws
come forward shaking with terror lest the Gov
| ernment, in supervising the election nf its own
members, should drive from tho polls the honest,
peaceful citizen 1t looks more like con-
certed plan to get rid of all restraint upon the
bull-dozing influence that has produced this
fase-named solid South.


By the cooperation Of the Northern De-
mocracy there Is q real probability that the
recent enemies of our country will have the
entire control of our Government after tho
next election 1 should suppose that war
| Democrat would, before he deposited his vote
| consider what ho was doing. Republicans
should merge all minor questions iu the great
question-Shall that party rule that has saved
the Government abolished slavery, ana has
sustained the financial credit of tho country (;
| got back TO specie payments without ripple
| on the surface of trade, after having fulfilled
every pledge made to the people, or shall that
| party rule that has fought to the death to de-
stroy the Government who have corrupted the
ballot-box until their elections mere
farce, and whose bull-dozing influence holds
| the courts and jurors and the State Executive
| in perfect terror


Smarting under the CALLING defeat, who can
predict what they will do with the Executive
and both houses of Congress on their side
They will neutralize the amendments of the
| Constitution and practice State Rights, annihi-
lating the Republican party in the Southern
States, and Cypress the negro to their hearts
content. And tho confding freedman will
find himself in the hands OF his old MASTER to
be robbed of his wages, and the master freed
from supporting him.


Some temperance men and some Greonbackers
say that the Republican party has accomplished
the objects for which 1t was formed, and now
let us throw it aside and form new party for
other purposes But this is peculiar kind OF
gratitude that because friend has served you


faithfully therefore you will knock him on
| the head. y