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Year: 1879

1t is to be feared that ever since that
Scheutzen Park affair some four or five
weeks ago, when officer d had
such terrible stroke Of coupe de soliel,
that he will be having a return of II
every little whip-stitch. Everybody


knows that this is very hot
day, but none felt its effects more than
this same officer, who had a return o.
his old malady. A popularity of this
disease is hat it always affects the knee
Joints with nervous weakness, and
giving way they bring down the victim
in such a ridiculous manner that
person not acquainted with officer
G.. might have thought he was drunk,
when his knees refused to do their du-
ty in Second St. Market this morning.
Fortunately however the sun struck
policeman found a place of rest from
the sun in a friendly restaurant in Sec
ond street until he partially recovered
from the attack. As the police who are
subject to "sun stroke" are anxious
for a curing remedy, we would in the
first place advise them to sign the Tenn
perancs pledge and in the second place
to keep it.
Year: 1879

The funeral Of deceased rich China


man took place in Sacramento recently,
which attracted much attention on aee
count Of lis length and the novelty at
taclling thereto. The casket in which
the body was placed was mounted with
silver handles and trimmings, and on top
a plate with the name Of the deceased
engraved upon it, also the emblems Of the
Order Of Fellows, which plate was
selected by Chinaman from the under
-ent societies on the. collins Of deceased
members. In selecting the plate the
Chinaman and the deceased Celestial had
belonged to a society who used the same
emblems. On each side Of the hearse
three pal-bearers walked, wearing the
customary sash, and all the Chinese in
attendance wore red and white strips Of
ribbon attached to their bloases. At the
grave the ceremonies were quite lengthy,
aud during their performance music was
played on d Chinese reed instrument. At
their conclusion each Of the Cinnamon in.
attendance deposited the ribbon he. had
worn BY the side Of the grave and then
moved off. The Chinese have evidently
adopted this style ofburial for their rich
men in this city as somewhat similar
burial Of one of their number took place
short time before, when it was claimed
that the deceased belonged to the Chinese
Masons.-, -,Sacrade1at0 Bee.
Year: 1879

Mr.. Bright from the beginning of the suits
to their ending. At the succeeding legis-
lature, it being Republican, the accounts of
Mr.. Bright as state printer were fully in5
vestigated, and he was exonerated and the
action of the jury and the State
official fully justified and approved.
Since that time no resident of
Indiana of any responsibility, 80 far as
I know, has ever attributed to him anything
wrong in connection with these matters.
Last year Mr.. Bright was a candidate for
sheriff of Marion county, the most desira-
BILE Office in the State, and although there
were several popular candidates for the
nomination, he was nominated almost by
acclamation. In the canvas an effort was
made to revive this same old slander, and,
notwithstanding he was opposed by one Of
the most popular men in the Republican
party, who was a candidate for re- election
and who had the aid, not only of his party
organization, but the power and influence of
the Office, Mr.. Bright ran about 700 votes
ahead of his party. In his late canvass for
the Office of sergeant-at-arms he had not
only the hearty support of my colleague and
myself, but of every Representative in Con-
gress from Indiana, both Republicans and


Democrats. Very truly,


i r U
Year: 1879

The contest now in progress at Washing
ton shows the desperation of the Repubh-
cans at the loss of power, and their readiness
to shipwreck the government rather than
surrender their hold upon the treasury.
When Tilden was elected the Republicans
deliberately determined upon revolution
rather than surrender, and but for the
patriotism of the Democracy, conflict
would have ensued. There are, however,
limits to forbearance, and when the Presi-
dent threatens the representatives of the
people with veto unless they consent to
throttle the ballot box, it is time to call a
halt. The Democrats should never surren-
der the principles of free government, fol
which they are now contending. If Mr.
Hayes desires to inaugurate revolution and
rebellion let him take the responsibility.
Year: 1879

of negroes who are the peers of Washburn
both as to ability and honesty. If the Re-
publicans were anxious to honor the colored
race why did they not elect some of the very
able representatives of that race instead of
chronic of6ce-seekers and political charla-
tans?


1t comes with a bad grace from the Re-
publicans of the North, who have never yet
given place to colored men, to accuse the
Democrats of driving them out of Congress-
The negroes Of the North are far more in
telligent as class than those of the South,
and are therefore better qualified to hold Of
fee. Though they have in the main ad-
hered strictly to the Republican party, they
have received no favors from it. The Irish
have been given Office; SO have the Ger
mans and Scandinavians, but the negroes
have not received the slightest attention. To
charge the Democrats with ignoring their
claims is the rankest folly, for the Demo-
Gratis owe the negroes nothing for political
support. Let the Republicans set the ex-
ample here in the North of electing colored
men to Office, and then, if the Democrats ig-
more them it will be time to complain. The
Republicans owe much to the negroes of the
country. They have furnished the party
with all the political capital it has ever pos
sessed they have clung to its fortunes with
rare fidelity they are even now its obedien1
slaves, except in few localities where the
hollowness of the pretenses of the party ha.


been specially prominent. If the party con


tinues to ignore their claims it need not long
expect to retain their allegiance. For Re


publicans to ask the Democrats to elect mel


to Office who are politically opposed to then


is the height of folly. It would be as rea


sonable to ask them to commit hari-kari.
Year: 1879

A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago Tribune
processes great indignation that O'Meagher
Condor, the released Fenian, has been given
an Office in the treasury department., and
asks if it is lawful to give a government
Office to an alien. We would answer that
there is no law to prevent any competent
man from filling clerkship, whether he be
alien or to the manner born. If aliens had
been forever excluded from Office, we fear
that the public service would have been but
inperfectly discharged.
Year: 1879

A SPRINGFIELD correspondent of a Chicago
paper alleges, on the authority of statistics,
that the railroads in that State average a
profit of forty per cent. on their cost. The
figures are probably none too high, for it is
notorious that the profits of these corpora
tions are much in excess of the dividends
they declare. The figures may be useful,
however, in determining the rate of taxation
that ought to be imposed upon them.
Year: 1879

REVOLUTlONARY REPUBLACANS.


The speech of Mr.. Proctor Knott in the
House Oh Thursday was very clear expo
sition of the Democratic doctrine. He de-
clared that the Democratic party simply in
tended when it captured the capitol to
throw off the chains that had been thrown
around the people, and to plant it's banner
on the dome of the capitol emblazoned with
the legend "equal and exact justice to all
men, exclusive privileges to none.'' 1t in
tended to protect the purity of the ballot
box, which was the corner stone OF personal
liberty and of free government, and to see
to it that the military shall at all times and
under all circumstances be subordinate to
the civil authority. This is the fundamental
principle involved in the pending discussion
the supremacy of the civil over the mill
tary power, and any attempt to obscure it
or to lose sight of it should be frowned
upon by every citizen.


For nearly twenty years the Republican
party has sought to establish military oil
garchy here. Every effort has been made to
destroy the civil authority and to substitute
for it central military power-to take from
the States the right to control the elections
and give that right to the federal government.
This purpose has been repeatedly avowed,
and was reiterated on the floor of the House
on Thursday by Mr.. Hawk, who pounced
down upon the innocent with the declaration
| that he expected to vote for law next year
which should place the control of all national
elections in the hands of the United States
government. Which party, therefore, in the
light of these expressions, is revolutionary
Certainly the Democratic party is not revo-
lutionary unless it be revolutionary to undo
the harm that has been previously done, and
place the government once more upon the
basis of justice and equality. To reserve t.
the people the right to choose their owl
officers, uninauenced by the central power a
Washington, unawed by a display of bayonets
at the polls, is certainly commendabl,
purpose. Such cannot be claimed fo
a policy that contemplates the super
vision of elections by power tina
is not in sympathy with the people, ant
can only have the purpose of provoking o
influencing the wishes of the people. The
tendency Of the government has not been
toward the protection of the people in thei
rights, but rather toward the destruction of
those rights, and it is high time that hal
was called. When we come to chose Pres
ident next year, we must be left untram
Year: 1879

BARBER, the new representative of Chicago
in Congress, declared that the present would
be the last session of Congress assembled in
America. Perhaps the wish is father to the
thought. Is it the policy of Mr.. Hayes and
his Republican hackers to dissolve Congress
as Cromwell did the British parliament? If
80 Barber may have close shave in the en-
Year: 1879

melled by those odious laws, unmenaced by
. despotism sustained by force of arms, and
in the indeavor to restore and protect the
purity of the ballot the Democracy will have
the earnest support of the people of the
whole country.


1t is not an extraordinary demand that is
made by the Democrats guarantee of
their constitutional right to free express.
sion of opinion on questions of government
that vitally affect the whole people. 1t 1s
reasonable, just and necessary. Dangers
threaten tho very existence of the govern
ment, through the encroachments of the
military power, backed by the central gov
ernment which directs it. These dangers
ought to be removed, and if the representa-
tives of the people are true to their trust
they will be removed most effectually. The
people demand the privilege of self-govern-
ment, and shrink from the possibility that
their liberties will ever be placed in the
keeping of few men who may happen to
be for brief season in places of authority.
Year: 1879

PERU and Bolivia have declared war upon
Chill. The probabilities are that before
they get through. they will be in general
broil among themselves, for the cohesive
powers of South American republics are not
remarkable.
Year: 1879

IT is said that an attempt will be made to
assassinate Queen Victoria in Italy. He
who should make the attempt would be
crazy fool, for it would be crime against
which the whole civilized world would revolt
and demand prompt vengeance. The italian
government, Notwithstanding the absurdity
of the report, has taken ample measures to
guard her majesty from the possibility of
harm.
Year: 1879

HE British troops sustained severe loss
in Afghanistan by the drowning of nearly an
entire battalion in the attempt to ford a
river near Jelalabad. It is very evident that
the Europeans have more formidable foes
to contend with than the natives, for if re-
ports speak truly the havoc wrought by the
climate and by disasters of the sort mako
greater loss than from all other accidents of
Year: 1879

MADAME PATTERSON-BONAP


The death is recorded this morning Of
Madame Patterson-B -Bonaparte, at the ripe
old age of "a years. For more than half
century Madame Bonaparte has occupied a
position in our history, and was
known to nearly every reading person
through the romantic career in which she
has borne part. While young woman,
seventy five years ago, she attracted great
attention by her rare personal charms, and
was finally wooed and won by Jerome Bona
parte, the brother of the great Napoleon,
when on visit to this country. He never
appears to have doubted that his marriage
with SO queenly woman would meet with
his brothers disapproval, and while none
question but he loved her tenderly, the
union proved to be curse to both of them.
When Jerome took his lovely bride to Eu
rope the vessel that bore them was inter-
oepted, and forbidden to land them on
French soil. They repaired to Lisbon,
whence Jerome fastened to Paris
to crave his brothers. forgiveness and i'm
p!ore recognition of his marriage. But
Napoleon was obdurate, and demanded that
the union should be at once sundered. His
date, and never again saw his wife. Though
a subsequent marriage was contracted by
Jerome, his marriage with Miss Patterson
was never annulled by the church, and his
~ Ill: -
the imperial house of France. She was per-
sistent in demanding recognition from the
first Napoleon, but all her appeals were re-
ceived with Indifference or contumely, and
after brief residence abroad she returned
to this country to live for the remainder OF
her life in the enjoyment of the society of q
son she had borne after she had been de-


serted by her faithless husband.


For fifty years Madame Bonaparte has re-


sided in Baltimore. Possessed of a compe


tency she was allie to shine in the most bril-


liant society of that brilliant city. She wa'


always warm partisan of the French i'm


psrial family, and up to the day of her deatl


did not despair of receiving that recogni


ton to which she was entitled. To the las


she retained traces of her great persona


beauty, and was queen in society and il


intellectual attainments. Her son and hi


children all bore striking resemblance t


the Bonapartes, and the legitimacy of thei
descent could not be questioned. The deaf
of this lady will be universally regretted o
both sides of the Atlantic, where she We
known and esteemed for her many virtue
and excellencies of character and mind.
Year: 1879




For the disaster of the succeeding day he
was in no way responsible. Whoever else
may have been responsible it did not flow
from any action or inaction of his. The
judgment of the court-martial upon Gen.
Porter's conduct was evidently based upon
greatly erroneous Impressions not only re-
specting what that conduct really was and
the orders under which he was acting, but
also respecting all the circumstances under
which he acted. Especially was this true in
respect to the character of the battle of the
29th of August. That battle consisted of q
number of sharp and gallant combats be-
tween small portions of the opposing forces.
These combats were of short duration, and
were separated by long intervals of simple
skirmishing and artillery duels until after 6
o'clock. Only small part of the troops on
either side were engaged at any time during
Year: 1879

In the Matter of the Estate of Carl An
ton Simondet Deceased.


Notice is hereby given that the Judge
of the Probate Court of Redwood County
has fixed upon the first Monday of each
and every month for the next six months.
and the Probate Office in said County as
the times and place when and where he
will receive, hear, and adjust all claims
of all persons against said deceased, and
that six months have been limited as the
time for creditors to present their claims
against said estate.


Dated the 2Sth day of June 1879,


JAMES HENRY SIMONDET
II. D. BALDWIN Executor


Attorney for Executor
Year: 1879

In the Matter of the Estate of Ole Kuntson
Rake, Deceased.


Notice is hereby given that the Judge of the
Probate Court of Redwood County has fixed
upon the first Monday of each and every
month for the next six months, and the Pro
bate Office in said County, as the times and
place when and where he will receive, hear,
and adjust all claims of all persons against
said deceased, and that six months have been
limited as ethe time for creditors to present
their claims against said estate.


Dated the 18th day of June 1879.


ELESABET KNUDSON RAKE.


Administrative,
Year: 1879

GA Boston correspondent of Western
paper says: "There is a certain fashion
able modiste up town who has among her
customers a large number of ladies of our


very best society Carriages are contin-
ually before her door, and such is her
success in business that she is the envy of
the throng of less successful modistes who
cannot see how she does it!' This is be-
cause they do not understand the double
role she plays. Very many of the large
flat-tops in which elegant costumes are
sent home come back to the dressmaker a
few days later; but of course that is all
right-changes are needed. But when
the changes are made, the costumes 90
out again to different addresses from the
first ones, and again they comeback. In
fact, the principal business done here is
that of letting costumes for balls, we'd
dings and other affairs. Even black silk
visiting dresses and street suits may be
hired, and are especially made use Of by
ladies who are going on visits for few
weeks to other cities or the seashore But
the business is SO carefully arranged that
nobody finds it out, and even the ladies
who patronize the establishment seldom
see their dresses worn by any one else,
for the madam always keeps strict mem
oranda of the places where the dresses
have been worn, and never lets costume
90 twice into the same circle of society:
besides such alterations are made cyery
time dress comes back that it would not
be very easily recognized. Considering
the secrecy which is maintained regarding
Year: 1879

An appreciative mind can throw a
world of pathos into very ordinary state
ment, "Yes," said he, leaning over the
fence in communion with a neighbor,
'she is dead. She died just as she got
ready for spring cleaning. tits terrible
Year: 1879

Oh! meet her by the moonlight" young man
Its a very nice ballad, own;
But q nicer and better, young man,
Is meter by gaslight alone
'Tis now along the high ways
The robins gayiy flute,
And in the orchard byways
The cabbages take root.
'Tis now the chief musician
Round the cottage is the wren;
'Tis now that the fruition
OF the merry hearted hen


Wakes joy i'll the bosom Of Agricola,


Who sells eggs
Year: 1879

is ell. My name is Jacques Ransom, and
l live at 81 Old Temple street,


sold Temple street-where is it?' SAID
Charles. ''Was there temple there?'
81 don't know, sir; but it is a great
way off,


While they were talking, policeman
had fetched cab and called comrade
to supply his place; and he promised the


children to take home poor Jacques, or
Mr., Punch, as Paul chose to call him.


The children lost no time in the street,
they were in such haste to get home and
tell their mamma what had happened,
to ask her leave to make up to nurse, out
Of their own money, what she had given
to Jacques, and to entreat her to take
them with her to Old Temple Street.
Madame Davannes willingly granted
their request, and the next morning, after
breakfast, the whole party got into the
carriage, with great parcel of things
that Madame Davannes thought might be
useful to the poor people. On the way
she stopped to inquire of some persons
whom Jacques had told the nurse might
be able to give her information about him
and his family; and she convinced her
self that they were honest folks, whom
only their bad health and the number of
their young children had brought so slow.
Before going to their room, which was in
the fifth story Of the lodging house, she
knew she should find the woman Ill; but
when she had knocked at the door and
heard a feeble ''Come in" she was shock
ed on entering, at the almost dying APP
pearance Of the woman, who raised her
self in her bed with great difficulty to
look at her.


Three of the children were in the room
which was wonderfully clean, though ter
ribly poor. A bed with only one coverlet,
two bundles of straw covered by cloaks
and mended with thousand patches
the children barefoot a little girl of II
years old with saucepan in her hand,
boiling up the remains of the rolls that
the children had given Jacques the day
before such was the scene that struck
suzanne's eyes. Her mother more used
to the sight Of poverty, approached the
poor woman's bed, and after gently wish
ing her good morning, opened the parcel
and spread a warm quilt over the bed.


n'going to the fireplace, she took
the saucepan, and seeing that its contents
were ready, she poured them into brok-
en- basin on which the two little ones threw
themselves; while she at once prepared
tor the poor woman some spoonsfuls of
broth thickened with tapioca, which she
had brought with her. When she had
! %L,,, I H. L 4
Year: 1879

A curious story is going the
round Of the French papers.
Four years ago tailor married
the daughter of an artillery
Colonel, and lived happily with
her for a twelvemonth, at the
end of which period he went for
a few days to Belgium on busi-
ness. On his return the wife
was nowhere to be found; but a
month later the tailor and his
friends recognized her Gas they
lmagined) in the corpse of a
young woman who had been
picked up at Auteuil. Unable
any longer to continue in Paris,
the tailor went TO New York,
where two years afterward, he
married again. In the month
of January the new couple came
to Paris, and rented an apart
ment in the Avenue Friedland.
Last Wednesday, as the tailor
was walking the Champs Ely
sees, he saw a lady who looked
marvelously like his first wife
driving in a handsome equipage,
and, hiring a cab, he followed
her to a hotel in the Avenue
|D'Eylau. There an explanation
took place. 1t was. indeed the
first wife, who declared that
she had been Kidnapped and
kept in ignoble seclusion for
three months by a man whose
name she had never been able
to ascertain. When free, she
had learned to her sorrow that
her husband had gone to Amer
lea, and not daring to return to
her relatives, she had entered a
Dire s s-maker's establishment,
and so on. Inquiries are now
beng set on foot i'll order to dis
cover, if possible, who the kid
napper was.
Year: 1879

me. / jumped for the door
The halfway was empty except
for my two people. AS they
clapped eyes on me both bounc-
ed for the front door. Bnt / was
too quick for them. l got him
by the throat, and, though she
fell on me like a tigress to aid
him, | held my own. When the
fight was over and both were Sc
cured, my little old man had be-
come, by the loss of spectacles
and wig, a lusty young thief with
ciose-cropped hair, whom / rec
ognized at once as Jerry SIank,
as we called him. His woman
had all the plumber about her.
When the search had commenc-
ed she had quietly dropped it IN
to the coffin done up in hand
kerchief, which she had found
time to wrap it in unobserved.
So the corpse was made to help
rob it's friends.


"The growing rage for bric-a-
brac has in the last year or two
made every high-toned New
York parlor a sort of museum
of valuable pottery. These the
funeral thieves never leave be-
hind. They are light and small
enough to be carried easily, while
they are almost as valuable as


jewelry, and quite as easy to
sell. In fact, however, there is
nothing stealable that he won't
|freezeto. All is fish that comes
to his net from a diamond ear
ring to a majolica match box. "


The funeral thief has grown to
be SO dangerous a menace to the
funeral Of to-day that no cere-
mony OF that sort which is like
ly to attract any number of peo-
pie now comes off without being
under the surveillance of one or
more detectives.


"Only a couple of days ago"
said Undertaken O'Donovan, ''I
got $50 for a funeral on the day
it came off. l went into a bar
room to get a drink, and found
my pockets empty. Some one
had gone through me, and not
only got the money 1 had just
received, but my watch and chain
and some $50 besides. / call
that ingratitude, now, seeing as
their galoots wouldn't have any
one to rob if it wasn't for u.s."


%For you and the corpse, yCu
mean, remarked the reporter.


"That's where you make a
common mistake. People don't
go to a funeral to see the corpse.
They go to admire the underta-
king"