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Year: 1877

The MURDER OF TIE PASSENGERS on the
western bound train from Richmond, Va, Mon
day evening, at point thirty miles from that
city, was planned by some fiend, who removed
bolt from the switch. Fortunately no one was
killed The train was badly wrecked and the
escape of those on board was almost miraculous.
Year: 1877

TnE FINANCE COMMITTEE of the Senate has
made good beginning on the Silver bill in
solving TO strike ont the clause which provides
for the coinage of silver bullion ut the expense
of the government.
Year: 1877

THE OPINIONS of some OF the teachers on the
coctiucation Of the sexes, elsewhere given, will
be read with interest by parents and others.
There is good deal to be said on both sides OF
the question
Year: 1877

THE ALDERMEN went through the fornality
yesterday Of looking mt the estimates for the
coming year. 1t is more fortunate than other
wise that they have no authority to increase or
decrease them.
Year: 1877

EX-CoMrTRoLIER CONNOLLY, it is said, has
scnt his autograph home OH the receipt for the
summons and complaint III the suit against him
for seven million dollars. Ills name on check
Tor the money would have been moro accept
able.
Year: 1877

IF you wish to have a shoe Of dur
able material, exclaimed a facetious
teetotaIer, you should make them Of
the upper leather Of the mouth Of a
hard drnker, for that never lets in
water.
Year: 1877

would not dig my past
Up from It's grave of weakness and regret;
Up from its hopes-whlch glimmered but TO set,


Its dreams that could not last.


Yet can look before,
And profit by the lesson sadly learned;
As children, playing with the fire, are burned,


And attempt Its glow no more,


Iwould not, If could,
Live DER again this dark, uncertain life
This slipping backward in this daily strife


or reaching after good.


And yet can know how weak
Are all below, and so sweet charity.
WIN cling and glow about each form see,


And thus to me VIII speak;


Iwould not open out
The half healed wounds Of other years. long fed;
'Twere better they were numbered with the dead;


Better than fear or doubt.


Yet can truly say,
Let the dead past bury Its dead. We go
SO swiftly onward to llfe's sunset glow


And then, there is no day!


Life is too short to waste
In vain repinings or in weak regrets;
The strongest heart endures and never frets


Ger joys 1t may not taste.


Andhe who can 60 on
Brayely and firmly IN the allotted way,
Gaining new strength with every darkened ray,


Shall surely reach the dawn.


And so would not lift
Up from the grave the shadows OF my past;
The clouds that all my sky once overcast


Into the night may drift.


For there's enough to I'LL
Each hour and moment OF the days to come
Then wherefore WOO the shadows to our home


The valleys to our hill?
Year: 1877

1t Is very seldom that you hear of Ger
man having the asthma, but we know one
who had this ailment. He sent for a doctor
the other day and he gave him a prescrip-
tion, and told him to take walk on an
empty stomach, But this part of the busi-
ness he did not quite understand, and con
sequently got no better from taking medi-
cine. The next time the doctor called he
found his patient in high temper, 81 vas
so sick as never vas all night Now, doctor,
| don't want no yoolishness nit me dell
you dat right away" "But am not fooling
you" replied the doctor. Have you taken
the medicine p "Yaw, but il vas no better
as yater.' "But have YOU taken the walk
on an empty stomach as ] told you Y
There ish we're der voolings comes in
Whose stomach mustI walk on 2"
Year: 1877

The history of all iniquity includes VIC
tim class and class who profit by making
them victims. The sinful poor lose to the
sinful rich, and it would be their deiverance
if they could always see how much the lat
ter gain by them. 1t is refreshing now and
then to read the story of one who did see.


A young man whom l know says cor
respondent of a New York paper, crossed
the Chelsea Ferry to Boston one morning,
and turned into Commercial street for his
glass. As he poured the poison the land
lords wife came in and confidently asked
for five hundred dollars to purchase an ele-
CANT shawl she had seen. He drew from his
breast pocket well-illed pocket-book and
counted her out the money.


The man pushed aside the glass untouch-
ed, and laying down ten cents, departed in
silence. That very morning his wife had
asked him for ten dollars to buy cheap
cloak that she might attend church. He
angrily told her he hadn't the money AS
he left the saloon he reflected:


Here l am helping to pay for five hun
dred dollar cashmere shawl for that mans
wife, but my wife in vain asks for ten dol
lar cloak. | can't stand this. have spent
my last dime for drink"


When the next pay day came his wife was
surprised with beautiful new cloak from her
reformed husband. She could hardly be-
lieve her own eyes as he laid it ON the table
saying:


'There, Emma, is present for you. l
have been tool long enough. Forgive me
for the past, and l will not touch liquor
| again"


She threw her arms about his neck, and
| her tears told her JOY as she sobbed


''Charlie | thank you a thousand times |!
| never expected so nice a cloak. You
couldn't have have selected prettier
one. This seems like other days. Come,
now, have supper all ready. You ale SO
good and am 50 happy


The great, strong, noble fellow couldn't
hide his tears as he related the facts to me.
He said it was the happiest hour in ten years
of married life.
Year: 1877

Six able-bodied tramps, who slept at the
Police station, in Quincy, Mass, a few
nights ago, were offered in the morning by
granite contractor, good breakfast and
work in the quarry for month, with the ad-
ditional promise that the best two should
have work all winter. But they all straight-
way began to make excuse. One said he
had friends in New Bedford, and he was
anxious to get there another was going to
Boston where he had a job two had agreed
to work for woman short distance from
the village, in return for the supper she had
given them, and so on with all of them.
They preferred to tramp about the country,
begging their food and sleeping in barns,
lock ups, &c, to working for living.
Year: 1877

We found this paragraph hid away in the
corner of one of the daily papers =


a man ragged and penniless, who was
sent to Jail at Boston as Il common drunk
ard on Saturday, was once a rich and pros
porous citizen, an honored Alderman and
candidate for Mayor of the city.


What u world of misery is revealed in
this small paragraph! Think of the cheer
less garrets, the abandoned families, the
murders aad deeds of violence, with Il
whole catalogue of still unnumbered evils
and al tracable to Liquor. All! they
know not what they do who oppose the
Temperance Cause And you who scotf at
''Prohibition who sneer at the
fanatics that would save society fsom
the fell destroyer-God pity you! And
God pity the victims lured by your argu-
ments! Your arguments may be clever
and plausible; bnt so much the worse for
those unfortunate victims that fall into
the snare.
Year: 1877

Spotted Tail, of the Indian delegation at
Washington, made very sensible speech
during his visit to the President on Satur-
day. The Indian professed to want to have
some Of the benefits Of civilization for HIM
self and his children, and among other
things he wishes that land given to him by
the Government shall belong to him pre-
cisely as land is owned by white men.
Spotted Tail came very near to the funda-
mental principle Of proper Indian reform
when he made this demand. 1t, ought to
BE- possible to organize some system which
will prevent the continual defrauding Of
the Indians in the matter Of supplies; but
such . system has not been invented yet,
and we perceive no indications Of its COM
ing. The whole Indian question might BE-
settled finally if Congress would take it in
hand with determination to over.urn the
old practices in dealing with the savages,
and to organize plan for giving to ndi-
vidual Indians land and chance to earn
their bread by labor. In word, il the
Government will not violate its pledges
made to the Indians there will be no trou.
bic. Why is it that we never hear Of any
Indian troubles in Canada? Simply
because the British gosernmsnt does no,
violate its word.
Year: 1877

to the effect that; up to the time the pouch
was thrown from the train at the Hamburg
station, the testimony was clear enough; but
beyond that it was obscure; and sufficiently
so to raise doubt of the defendants guilt.


The jury rendered verdict ofguilty with
out leaving their seats, and upon the an
nouncement there was vigorous clapping
of hands. One Of the persons observed to be
most energetic in expressing his satisfaction
Was taken before the Judge and asked If he
did not know that his cohduct was very i'm
proper in d court OF justice: He replied that
he did not 10 tou say so9" asked the
Judge. "I do,'' was the response. q Them"
was the reply, " if you are so ignorant as not
to know differently, I'll discharge you;
intended to fine you one hundred dollars"
Year: 1877

JUMPtNG FROM TRAiS AND RuNNINe, swiM-


ING; AND FIGHTING WHILE WOUNDED.


CoRNtNG, N. Y, Nov. 22.-Dcputy Sheriff
Edsall Of Chemung county was on his way
to Rochester yesterday on an Erie Railway
train, with Mike Murphy, criminal who
had been sentenced to the Pententiary.
When two miles west of Kanonah, and
while the train was running at the rate of
thirty miles an hour, Murphy jumped from
the car. The train was stopped as soon as
possible. The officer went back, expecting
to find the mangled body of his prisoner.
He found the ground torn up for twenty FIVE
feet along the track where Murphy had
tumblcd and plunged through it, There
was blood on the ground, but Murphy was
nowhere to be seen. Some men working
near said they saw Murphy jump off, and
that he had picked himself up and told them
the conductor put him Off He had started
across the fields on run. He was sighted
by the officers nearly a mile away. The
Sheriff started.in pursuit. Murphy plunged
into Five-Mile Creek and swan across, and
ran up along the stream. The sheriff crossed
the stream in the same way, and gained
rapidly on the fugitive. When within pistol
shot he fired at Murphy, who then jumped
into the water "a second time and crossed
back again, and continued on up the stream.
The officer swan the creek again. After
running half mile Murphy again swan
the creek, followed by the Sheriff. Murphy
then struck off into the fields and took the
Hammonesport road, which he finally left
and made for a thick piece of woods. In
crossing rough piece of ground Murphy
fell. He made two efiords before he could
get up. The Sheriff was then so nearly ex-
hausted that he was unable to go much fas-
ter than a walk. Murphy reached the
woods followed by pistol balls. The Sheriff
had noticed blood at intervals on the trail.
When the officer got into the woods Murphy
was nowhere to be seen. The Sheriff walk
ed in, when he was soon almost stunned bv
a blow across his neck from club, and be-
fore he could turn, he was seized by Murphy,
who began to shower blows on the officers
head. The latter managed to free himself,
and made an effort to use his revolver, but
Murphy knocked it out of his hand, and
tried to get the weapoii himself A struggle
then began between the two men for possess
sion of the pistol. By lucky chance the
officer got the club Murphy had dropped,
and, springing back, he struck him blow
that felled him to the ground. He then
choked Murphy until the latter was forced
to beg for mercy. Edsall secured the pistol
and marched Murphy in front of him to
Kanonah station, threatening to shoot him
if he turned or ran. Murphy's wounds
were in his legs, pieces of flesh having been
torn out when he jumped from the train


How he managed to run four miles, swim
ming swift stream three times, and then
offer resistance to his pursuer, is wonderful.
Year: 1877

The Annual Report of the Postmaster
General, now being printed, besides making
complete statistical exhibit of the receipts
and expenditures of the Department and of
the cost of its various branches contains sew
eral important recommendations. It is re-
commended that the compensation of fourth
class postmasters be based on the number of
stamps cancelled and not on the number
sold. This change affects the large majori-
ty of postmasters, and is designed to regulate
more justly their relative salaries, making
the compensation depend on the importance
of the office. Another recommendation sug.
gests that Presidential officers be required to
settle their accounts and make their reports
monthly instead of quarterly. Another in
Inmates the desirability of some legislation
by which it shall be made obligatory upon
railroads to carry the mails, thus insurinp
their transmission. Among the numerous
minor recommendations is one which aims
to secure by lien compensation to sub-c6fi-
tractors for carrying the mails, and also one
which suggests new legislation by which
more adequate compensation for advertising
shall be made to newspapers WasGingtoa
Star.
Year: 1877

The True sEoRET.-IIow many take
wrong view Of life, and waste their energies
and destroy their nervous system in endea-
vorins to accumulate wealth, without think
ing of the present happiness they are throw
ing away It is not wealth or high station
which makes man happy. Many of tho
most wretched beings on earth have both !;
but it is the radiant, sunny spirit, which
knows how TO bear little trials and enjoy
comforts, and thus extract happiness fro,a
every incidsnt in lifs -
Year: 1877

The State Treasury Ring may choke
off free expression Of Democratic
sentiment this time, aud carry the
day, but individual Democrats may
hold aloof from it, Tate has had the
Office ten years, and yet they are not
satisfied.
Year: 1877

The Russians have effected partial
crossing OF the Danube, but their
main army has not yet been crosse} n
The crossing was not resisted by IL.
Turks, but there has been sharp
fighting at different points, and if re
ports are correct it does seem that the
Turks have the best of the battle.
There is little question but that the
Russians will finally overpower the
Turks aud pass on TO Constantinople,
but they wi have a fearful road 10
travel. Heavy fighting is now in pro
gress, aud the next few days may
change the looks of the situation


The other European Powers are
standing in armed silence One day
the news would indicate a general
war, aud the next all will keep hands
off. Be this as it may, the TuIk O.
Russian war is in no prospect Of end
ing soon.
Year: 1877

THE State TreasuryoSing are likely
TO iDjnre the reputation Of a reputed
good man, Mr.. Tate, by whipping him
over the course, contrary to Democratic
custom. This drowning out all chance
of opposition is giving grounds for.
suspicion that there is a State Trsa7N
ry Ring"
Year: 1877

The taxpayers convention, which
met at the court house, in this city. last
Monday. was largely attended by the
best citizens of Lafayette county The
harmony and unanlmitv of sentiment
which characterized the meeting, afford
ed the strongest possible evidence of the
firm determination of the people of the
county to adhere to the compromise OF
the county bonds proposed in 1875, aud
to do no more. There was Il manifest
sentiment in the meeting in favor of
passing 4 resolution giving the holders
of bonds = given length OF time to
present their bonds for compromise,
after which time the compromise to
be carried out at lower figure. While
1t was thought best to pass the resolu-
tions rs we print them in the proce eding
of the meeting, still it is unsafe for
bondholders to tritle with the people in
the matter, and thereby create compli-
cations. The major portion OF these
bonds have been compromised, and we
hope soon to hear that they have all
been settled
Year: 1877

The st Louis Times. since Its reduc-
Its vivacity and pluck. The reading
matter is but little cut down; and the
news is served up in a condensed and
readable style. The weekly has not
been reduced at all, and the manage.
ment seems TO be solicitous that it shall
be leading paper. Persons who desire
a weekly paper cannot do better than
subscribe Tor the Times.
Year: 1877

men of to-day would not have let it
slumber so long-and the story has
been handed down FROM father to son.
Some time since a company was or
ganized to search for the treasure,
and last week operations were begun.
The belief is that Kidd's treasure is
in " Money Hill,n as the place is called,
and the company will neyer stop till
they have gone through the entire
locality, and they have abundant capi-
tai to do it. There are three hundred
men at work, but up to date nothing
has been found. Their faith is SO we'll
grounded that the men at work were
offered very good sum per day in
lieu of the share in the spoil originally
promised them, and every one of
them declined. The work is being
done by regularly organized com
pany. The race of fools is not entire
ly extinct.


Business is still as dull as it can be,
with no prospect Of improvement.
The people are now waiting for spring,
hoping that warm weather will bring
the change.


Vanderbilt's son Cornelius and his
sisters are preparing to make move
(son the old milliOnaire's will. They
Fsre not satisfied with the half million
each left them, but they want slice
of the hundred millions he left. |
should be satisfied with what the least
of them got. Cornelius, Who is NOV
ing, was left an income of two thou
sand dollars q month, but it isn't
enough for him. He wants e-tenth
sOf the estate or nothing. There will
be an ugly fight over it. have made
up my mind unalterably not to leave
a hundred millions for my heirs to
wrangle over. don't like these fights
of families over property.


The snow stopped falling week
ago, but We are suffering from it's ef-
fects yet. There has been but little
freight over the roads fer weeks, and
a great deal of INCONVENIENCE has re-
suited. Merchants are unable to ship
and produce from the interior is lying
along all the reads, waiting fer clear
tracks. The snow fall on the coast
has been the largest for fifty years,
aud as it has been general, New York
suffers from it terribly. The reads
are now we'll nigh cleared, aud freight
is lenring in in Immense volumes.
Ten thousand Issen, two days, would
have kept the Central track clear.
but EandesLilt would not do it. He il
a chip of the old block. PIETRO.
Year: 1877

combat is very frequently sustained
with vigor for nearly an hour, for,
in order that the victory be com
plete and decisive, it is absolutely
essential that one of the combatants
shall succeed in throwing his adyer-
sary twice upon his back, in such
manner as to make him touch the
ground with both shoulders. When
the plaudits Of the crowd have
saluted the conqueror, the latter
seizes, by one of his horns, the ram,
the prize of his victory, and pre-
ceded by the minstrels, makes three
times the circuit Of the list, ele-
yating the animal above his head,
in order that it may be seen by all.
There are some wrestling matches
occasionally held in which may be
counted more than a hundred com
batants. Many adopt this rude
profession for the sake of gain; but
there are several wealthy farmers
who enter the arena for the mere
sake of the amusement derivable
from the combat, and the honors
to be procured by the victory.
Year: 1877




tanning Family Dignity.


Mr.. Moncure d. Conway writes
as follows from London to the Gin
cinnati Commercial:


l know of some cases in which
the belief in ghosts is fostered in
a neigborhood simply through be-
ing necessary to a family legend.
Somewhere in the dawn of time
an ancestor appeared after death
perhaps to stimulate a vendetta, as
HamIet's father did-and the legend
having grown up that he always
appears at a certain time, is now
considered essential to the conse-
quence Of the family. Or it may
be that some doom is recorded in an
old ballad upon the representative
of an ancient family, and its regu-
lar fulfillment is part Of the family
archives. This is the case with the
Durhams, whose oldest member is
believed never to die in his bed be-
cause of doom upon the Lamb
tons. The recurrence Of the un-
comfortable death is a sort of certi-
ficate of descent from the famous
but very mythical knight (Lambton)
who slew the dragon. About
thirty dragons are maintained in
the peasant creeds of this country
in Difference to family histories
whose fame for prowess would be
dimmed by proving the combats oI
their founders with such fabulous
monsters to be mythical. Few old
families regard science as Of equaI
Importance with a picturesque page
in their romance.


How real a long-fostered belief il
a legend may become is strikingly
illustrated in the very general pre-
valence of the banshee superstition
among the high families Of ireland
This weird spirit, whose voice il
heard on the evening before dealt
in the family, is considered to b,
in every case specially related to tn
family it warns of calamity. Eacl
high family has its own banshee
and it is very plebeian sign to b
without one. A family without thi
invisible attendant is like one with
out hall porter in livery. Th
distinction of having a family ban
shee has so long been essential tina
the superstition seems to be quit
unoonquerable. recently met a
eminent physician in London wh
comes of an ancient Irish family
and while he could ridicule Spirit
uahsm and talk scientifically o
every other subject, no sooner wa
the banshee mentioned thar he re
lapsed into the measureless pas
and assured the company that h


had himself heard the cry of hi
family banshee, on the night befol
a death in the house ga voice jus
outside the windoW, unlike an


earthly sound he had ever heard
J
Year: 1877

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING New.
YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is first class,
and prices moderate. adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter of the Hotel
your baggage will be delivered in your
rooms, ffteens minutes after the arrival
of the cars, free of expense. We advise
you to give the Grand Union trial.
Year: 1877

NEW YORK. Nov. "a Fort Walsh
letter dated Nov. lst says Sitting Bulls
future home is to be on the Deer river
he and his band will be securely guarded
by police, but the most efficient watch over
him will be that of his neighbors the Black
feet. Plain Crees, Red Deer river i much
favored by buffalo and smaller game and
Sitting Bull will find good market for skins
at Hudson Bay Co. Three days ago he
was told by Col, Mcl4ead that he was to
hold himself IN readiness to be on the
| move 10 bis new quarters, and that the
queen had. through her servant at Ottawa,
provided good home for him where he
could live III peace. Sitting Bull made an
eloquent reply, saying; l came to you in
| the first place because | was being hard
pressed by enemies that broke their treat
| les with my people, aud when | rose up
and fought. not against them but for oar
rights as the first people on this part oil
the earth, they pursued me like dog and
would have hung me to a tree. They are
not just; they drive US into war and then
seek to punish US for lighting; that is not
honest, the queen would not do that.


After thanking the queen he said. tell
her that my people will be good | will


take my people to the Red Deer country


and now l declare before you that | will
not make any trouble or annoy you or give
pain to the queen. | will be quiet; l will


never fight on your soil unless you ask me


to help you; then will fight. Place me
where you like, | will be at peace 10 Cana
da, but you, who are brave soldiers and
not treaty breakers, thieves ard murder


ers, you would think me coward if / die
not die fighting the Americans; therefore


while I go to Red Deer now to live a
peace, there the speaker almost shrieked,


Il will come back when my braves ar


stronger; if they will not come with me


will come alone and fight the Amerlcan


until death. You l love, them l hate, anC
your queens soldiers would despise me if


did not hate them. That is all. [ an


ready to 90 with you to the Red Deer.