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Year: 1877

For two sessions of the legislature last
section 4, article Z, of the constitution Of
the state, providing for an increase of
the judges of the supreme court, has
been adopted, and it now only remains
to be ratified by vote of the people to
become part Of the constitution. The
resolution is as follows:


Resoired by the Senate, the assembly con-
curing, That section 4 of article of
the constitution be amended so as to
read Section t. The supreme court
shall consist of one chief Justice and
four associate justices, to be elected by
the qualified electors of the state The
legislature shall, at its first session, after
the adoption of the amendment, pro
vide by law for the election of two asso-
ciate justices of said court. to hold their
offices, respectively, for terms ending
two and four years, respectively, after
the end of the term of the justice of the
said court then last to expire; and,
thereafter, the chief justice and associ-
ate justices Of said court shall be elected
and hold their offices, respectively, for
the term of ten years.


The last Legislature enacted Il law sub
mitting the question of the adoption OF
the proposed amendment to the people
at the general election to be held or
Tuesday, succeeding the first Monday
of November, 1877" This law provides
that the form of the ballot in voting
to approve and ratify said proposed
amendment shall be for amendment tC
the CONSTITUENCIES If against the
same, for amendment to the constitu-
tion-5o, y which shall be On tire general
ballot used at said election, and deposi
ted in the same box"


1t will be seen that no separate box is
to he used, and it is important that loca
committees observe this law when or
dering ballots for the fall election. The
number of supreme judges is at pres
ent three, and this constitutional provi
sion, if adopted, will increase the mum
ber to five, and make the term of eacl
ten years instead of six.
Year: 1877

A telegram from Washington says the
cabinet has had the Mormon question
under consideration at two sessions, but
has not yet decided definitely upon Il
line of policy to be pursued. The Mar
shall and District Attorney Of Utah have
succeeded in collecting evidence against
other Mormon leaders in regard to the
Mountain Meadows massacre that will
necessitate the arrest and trial of sew
eral leaders, including Brigham Young
To proceed further in vindicatiOn of the
law will create Mormon outbreak un-
less the Saints are kept in subiection by
the presence of federal troops. The
federal official looking up the evidence
have called upon the government to
furnish enough soldiers to protect the
court in arresting and trying the Nor
mon chiefs.
Year: 1877

Bill Hanson, better known as From
tier Bill, while pursuing herd Of mus
tangs near Hat Creek, July 9, was thrown
from hi lorse and knocked senseless,
in which ate he lay for several hours.
When he covered his horse was gone
and his wounds panied him so badly
that he could not walk. He managed,
with great difficulty, to crawl on his
hands to a pool Of water, some fifty
rods from the place where he fell. He
remained here during the next day and
night without a mouthful to eat, and,
the water of the pool having given out,
he started out ON his hands and knees
III search of more. About II o'clock,
on the second day, he says he was SO
hungry, thirsty, and lame, and tired
that he could go no further, and crawled
under tree and stretched himself out
to die. While lying thus, bordering on
the insensible, he heard the leaves shake
near him and YEARLY turned his head
in the direction of the noise. To his
terror and astonishment he espied a
large rattlesnake reaching for him. The
sight of the venomOus reptile banished
hunger, thirst, and pain for the moment,
and he raised on his elbow and endeav-
ored to scare the scaly thing away. The
snake struck at him twice, and then
glided away. This adventure reused
him somewhat, and he made another
endeavor to reach water Finally, after
much pain and suffering, he crawled
into the Cheyenne road, and could go
no further. Next morning ranchman
located at Hat Creek found him there.
lying on his face, insensible and almost
dead. He was taken to the ranch and
cared for.
Year: 1877

of the river Osma. Their loss being es-
timated as high as 10000 and the de-
moralization of the whole right wing Of
the Russian army complete. While this
great military movement was in progress,
Suileman Pasha, the hero of the Monte
negrin campaign, came up with Raouf
Pasha's corps which was fighting the
Russian army corps of General Gourka
south of the Balkans and thus relnforc-
ed, the two Turkish commanders fell
upon the Russian army with all the saw
age fury of Turks fighting for their eX-
istence as q nation. The result of the
battle is not fully known, but enough
news has reached the outside world to
lead to the conclusion that the Russian
defeat was disastrous in the extreme.
This last battle, it is thought, will cause
the Russians south of the Balkans to
retreat to the north side again, and re-
store to the Turkish army the advan-
tages of this great natural defense.
While the victory at Plevna will be al
most certain to raise the siege of Rust
chuk. With these advantages again
restored to the Turks the conquest of
Turkey by Russia, is an impossibility
for this summer at least. To continue
such an expensive war with such a
large army so far from home for another
year, will well nigh bankrupt the Rus
sian government, and unless a peace is
agreed upon different from what Russia
expected when the war began, the end
of the struggle is certainly a year in the
future.
Year: 1877

sist any offensive movement of Osman
Pasha, should one be attempted, which
is not very probable The Russians
have suffered a disastrous check, but
that is ALL


ANOTHER POONTOON BRIDGE


The second pontoon bridge at Simitza
is nearly completed and Will be ready
for use in few days. The old bridge
is still in good order.


NO IMMEDIATE ACTION.


A correspondent before Plevna, writ
ing under date of August Z, says it is
hardly probable any renewal of the at
tack will be made for the next ten days,
as the Russians need time to bring up
reinforcements.
Year: 1877

THE excitement, that was being stir
red up by the particular friends of the
Texas Pacific railway, was snothered IN
the excitement over the great strike ;
and now it will be hard to get up anoth-
er war with Mexico in time for the extra
session of Congress. The result will be
that the Texas Pacific railway will not
he constructed this fall
Year: 1877

to thirty dollars an acre, and it is held
that there Is no reason why they should
not be sold at those rates. Under the
former system, the clandestine cutting
of timber on government lands Injuries
them more than the mere value of the
timber cut off, because lumbermen dis
like to buy land ON which the best trees
have been cut, and are willing pay
much less proportionate price.
Year: 1877

l. tion for Cecil county. in compliance with the
requirements of the Act of 1876, chapter 249 which
makes it the duties Of Officers of Reg tration sit
place convenient the voters Of their respective
districts for two successive days, commencing the
first Monday of October in each year, for the pun
pose of dscharging their duties hereby give notice
that they will attend as follows:


The Officer of Registration for the First Election
District will sit at Cecton:


The Officer of Registration for the Second Election
District will sit at Chesapeake City;


The Officer of Registration for the Third Election
District will it IA Elkton:


The Officer of Registration for the Fourth Election
District will sit at Fair IL ill


The Officer of Registration for the Fifth Election
District will sit at North East:


The Officer of Registration for the Sixth Election
District will sit at Rising Sun:


The Officer of Registration for the Seventh Election
District will sit at Port Deposit:


The Officer of Registration for the Eighth Election
District will sit at Mount Pleasant:


The Officer OF Registration for the Ninth Election
District will sit at Brick Meeting House.
Year: 1877

The Electoral bill passed the House OF
Representatives yesterday afternoon BY
a vote OF l9l ayes to SO nays. The bill
will go to the President Immediately,
and if approved by him will become q
law. As there have been constitutional
objections urged to the bill, it will prob
ably be submitted by the President to
the Attorney-General for his opinion.
The President had already announced
his intention to approve 1t if it passed
Congress. 1t has passed and we hsveno
doubt will meet with his approval, in the
event he disposes OF it to-day. But If
he holds il over Sunday, there is no
telling what freak he will take, as his
Sunday designations seem to have had the
effect heretofore of changing his views
upon all matters OF public concern.
From the vote the bill has received in
the two houses, it will be easy enough to
pass it over his veto in the event it should
become necessary. So it may be set
down rs certain that the electoral vote
will be counted according to the plan
of the bill. This is q relief to the
country, and the result whatever it may
be, will be accepted as satisfactory.
Whatever objections the bill may have,
yet, as Mr.. LAMAR says, it has one COM
mendable feature, and that is it elimi'
mates the sword from the contest.
Year: 1877

Hos a. y. CAMPBELL, who has been


here in the interest of his law partner


MrlHgRrroKD, left for his home in Mon
roe county last night, feeling quite
happy over the success of his friend
Mr., CAMPBELL was a Confederate SOL
der, and bears the marks OF battle On his
person, bu. he is one of that class of our
Young men who are alive 10 the necessI-
ties of the country snd can oblIterste all
war issues snd look only to the qualifca-
tiors of a man Tor office, without any re-
gard to his war record. The hope OF the
country is in the efforts Of just such citi-
zans, and the spirit is TO be conn ended
II the Union and Confederate lines are
10 be drawn in the Democratic party, our
organization will go to the dogs. and
they who attempt to draw such lines do
not have the interest of the Democratic
party at heart.
Year: 1877

Total in favor of works, 10000 72


Even with this favorable showing, the
showing the superintendent complains
that the use of gas IN some of the public
buildings was extravagant. The price of
gas Is $3.50 per Thousand feet.
Year: 1877

THE most hopeless specimen Of im-
beciity to be seen these days is n man
leaning over dry goods counter, star
ing helplcssly into the eyes OF tho un-
sympathizing young woman behind it,
and wondering 'what in ba2es was the
name or that thing the old woman told
mo to get ?"- Eastern Free Press.
Year: 1877

If the color line is strictly drawn, tho
white population Of the world is in Il
piUru minority. Bronze is the prevail
ing color, and from that the shades
deepen to the blackost ebony, A cele-
bratod traveller in the interior Of Africa
excited the compassion Of the natives
because he was white.
Year: 1877

[From the Operator]


A good story comes from Norwalk, Conn.
One day last week gaunt, slab-sided chap,
with particles of hay-seed on his coat and in
his tow-colored hair, stepped up TO the tele-
graph office at the depot, and asked if the
boss was in. The operator assured him that
he was. and his rural friend went on to relate
that he lived up in Danbury, had come down
from there that morning, and intended bring
ing down his brothers dog, which a man in
Norwalk wanted to buy, but had forgotten it,
and wanted to know if the dog could be sent
down from there by telegraph. The man of
lightning, seeing good chance for little
fun, at once answered.:


Certainly, sir; that is matter of daily
occurrence. All that is necessary for you to
do is to give me description of the dog, so
that no mistake can be made; call again in
about half an hour, and the dog will be here. F"


lit is yellow dog, with small ears, and is
about so high" said the granger, placing his
hand eighteen inches from the floor. He
then took his departure with the remark that
he would call again soon. The operator then
sent his messenger boy to look for dog as
near the description as possible, which he
soon succeeded in finding. 1t was at once
brought to the Office, and secured to the
operators desk by means of a piece OF tele-
graph wire. After little coaxing the dog
was made to lie quietly down, and everything
was ready for our rural friend. Punctual to
the time appointed he made his appearance,
and asked if the dog had come.


Il will see," said the operator, and step
ping up to the instrument he tapped few
times on the key, at the same time managing
to step on the dogs toes, which caused the
canine to yelp. ''Ah! he's coming" said the
operator, and then tapping more furiously on
the key he at the same time kicked the dog
clean from under the table, who, not relish
ing this kind of treatment, barked furiously
tached to his neck.


''Fifty cents, SIR" said the operator, turn
ing round to the countryman. 'Unc0mmon
nice dog; must lie worth $50; but he's the
hardest dog ever received over the wires;
he is so muscular, you see, that he broke the
wire, in fact portion of it is now attached
to his neck, which he broke off"


During the whole of this operation the
countryman gazed on the operator with eyes
wide open and full of surprise, but when the
dog came from under the table and was seen
by him, that was the eliminating point, and
he was struck with amazement. After look
ing at the dog moment or so, he said: ''Say,
Mister; he amt so big as he was, and he's
darker; hows that?'


''Oh! that is easily explained" said the
operator; you see the chemicals employed in
making the electricity of course darken his
color, and the velocity with which he passed
over the wire caused him to contract in size;
but after you expose him to the air for short
time he will soon assume his original size and
color"


',Du tell" said the countryman, and, after
placing 80 cents on the counter, picked up
the dog and walked out of the office, remark
ing that 'sthe man who invented them tele-
graphs must be very knowledgable man."
Year: 1877

REPORT has it that river OF genuine ink has
been discovered in Algeria. It is formed by
the union of two streams, one coming from
q region of ferruginous soil, the other drain
ing q peat swamp. The water of the former
is impregnated with iron, that of the latter
with gallic acid. When the two waters min
gle, the acid of the one unites with the iron
of the other, forming true ink.
Year: 1877

| think that the world finished at night,
Or the stars would not have been made;
For they wouldn't have thought of having the light
If they hadn't first seen the shade.
And then, again, alter my mind


And think perhaps it was day,
And the starry night was only designed


For little child tired OF play.
And think that an angel, when nobody knew,
With window pushed up very high,
Let some of the seeds of the flowers fall through
From the gardens they have in the sky.
For they couldn't think here Of lilies SO white
And such beautiful roses, know;
But wonder when falling from such height,
The dear little seeds should grow.
And then, when the face of the angel was turned,
think that the birds flew by.
And are singing to as the songs they learned


On the opposite side OF the sky.
And rainbow must be the shining below.


OF place in heavens floor that Is thin,
Right close to the door where the children 60,
When the dear Lord lets them ln
And think that the clouds that float in the skies
Are the curtains that they drop down,
For fear when we look we should dazzle our eyes
As they each OF them put on their crown.
do not know why the water was sent,


Unless, perhaps 1t might be
God wanted us all to know what it meant
When we read of the "Jasper Sea-
Oh! the world where we live is lovely place,
But it Oftentimes makes me sigh,
For I'm always trying causes to trace,
And keep thinking "Wherefore ?" and ''Why?"
All! dear little child, the longing you feel
Is the stir of immortal wings;
But infinite love one day will reveal


The most hidden and puzsling things.
You have only your duty to try and do,
To be happy and rest content;
For by being good and by being true,
You will find ont all that is meant
Year: 1877

it appear that Bean (Which was an
assumed name) was a young fellow
of good family but very wild.
The girls people were also well off
and reputable. She knew him
from a boy and run away with him,
and they were married. He went
to sea after that and she went back
to school. When he returned
they tried to make it up with the
old folks, but they would not have
it. So the young fools, with
out sixpence to bless themselves
with, came on board my ship.
Sounds like a novel, but it is all
just as | told you, and here are the
proofs"


"Have you any objection to my
giving the name of the ship" said
the reporter.


SWELL" said the skipper, ~
don't like that sort of sensation,
and the owners don't want these
sort of things about the ship in the
papers. Here is the boat along
side ?" said the captain, and the
reporter took a seat in the stern
and was soon at the landing.
Year: 1877

affirm that the trade by steamers
with Southern ports is assuming
its old vitality and magnitude; and
our dry goods merchants say they
are welcoming again their old
customers and filling old-fashioned
orders with anything but old
fashioned goods. From all of
which it would seem that the
good times are no longer coming,
but they are already with us.
Year: 1877

The captain of an English ship
just arrived in port relates singu-
lar story which is worth adding to
the already extensive budget of
marvellous tales of the ocean. The
names of the captain and ship are
not given, as sailors are proverbial-
ly sensitive about their veracity
and there is a stong flavor Of
romance in the shippers anecdote.


The official log contains this
entry: Sang. l8, latitude, longi-
tude-, John Cotton, stowaway,
fell from the foretopgallant yard
to the deck, and was instantly
killed"


"Aug 16. latitude, longitude,
William Bean, an ordinary seaman,
while the funeral service was being
read over the body of Cotton,
jumped from the topgallant rail
and sank Immediately. Ship hove
to at the time. A boat lowered,
but no trace of the man was
discerned."


"That," said the Captain, "is an
entry that gives the key to the
yarn I'll spin you," as a mail re-
porter sat in the cabin yesterday
afternoon after the MONDAY meal.


81 SHIPPED Bean in Liverpool.
He was tall, good looking fellow,
and did not appear to be much of
a seafaring man by his appear
ance, but he had a couple of good
discharges and | took him. After
he went forward among the men |
did not notice him again until the
second day out. The mate came
aft Juggling along a little bit OF a
fellow with short curly hair and
round face, whom he had found
slowed away under the forward
hatch. A lot of the men got
around to see what / was going to
say about 1t.


"'What in blazes made you hide
away in my shipr / said. He
didn't answer a word, and seemed
scared to death. Then Rean step
ped out and said:


al know that young man, Cap
tain he is an old chum Of mine.
He wanted to get a passage to
California and had no money!


II swore at them both and then
sent Cotton off in charge of the
third mate, who soon got him to
work on a broom. He haudled
the broom pretty well, and took to
sort of polishing up the brass work
and seemed so inclined to be in
dustrious that | took him out of
the mates watch and gave him odd
jobs adout the cabin, lending the
steward hand, and so on. He
had all night in and better grub
than they got in the forecastle, but
he used to always slip some of it
forward to Bean. Those two were
a good deal together on Beans
watch, and Cotton would sometimes
stay up all night with him. Then
he got to like going aloft, and used
to handle the royal as well as any
ordinary seaman on board. One
day the mate said to me, Il heard
those two men, Bean and Cotton,
talking together last night, sir,
and there was something queer
about it. Bean was telling him
that his mother and brother would
never forgive him, and the best
thing to do when he got to San
Francisco would be to write to
some friend at home, but not to
let his people know where he was.
Cotton was crying and seemed to
feel very bad. Then they saw me
and shut up. / think Bean has
made that boy Cotton run away
from school of something of the
sort


81 told the mate to make work
rs light as he could for him, and
once, when he brought me cup of
tea on the poop, | asked him IL his
friends knew that he had started
for California.


"'Oh, no. he said but I could
not get along we'll at home, and
Year: 1877

In the year 1S-, as the mail
train on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad bound west to Cumber-
land, in charge of the late Capt.
George A. Rawling, conductor, was
approaching Doe Gully tunnel the
engine struck and killed a COW be-
longing to the widow of a watch
man at that point who lost his life
in the service.


The accident soon brought to the
scene quite number of the people
living in the immediate neighbor-
hood, and among them the widow
of the watchman and her five small
children, who were most piteously
at their loss, and using the most
heart-rending expressions. Rawl-
ings, who was proverbial for his
kindness of heart, took up a sub
scription, the passengers and train
men contributing, and he soon col
lected over seventy dollars and
handed it to the widow.


With tears in her eyes, she turn
ed to him and said: "You will
never regret this kindness to the
poor widow and her children, and
it will come home to you some day
or other"


Time rolled on and the incident
was nearly forgotten, when one
night Rawlings left Cumberland on
his eastbound trip in terrible rain
storm, and after passing through
Doe Gully tunnel, his engineman
blew for brakes in sharp and quick
blasts, indicating sudden and unex-
pected danger.


The train was brought to a
standstill within fifty feet of an
immense landslide covering the
track for a distance of fifty yards,
close to which large bonfire had
been built, and standing within a
few feet of it the widow, with a
blazing pine knot in her hand,
waving it and shouting: Where
is the conductor! Where is the
conductor 2"


Rawlings soon appeared, and 60
ing up to him she said ~ told you,
you never would regret your kind
ness to the poor lone widow and
her children. / heard the fall of
rock and earth in the cut, and !
knew you were coming down, and l
bnilt a fire to warn you of the dan
ger. God bless the man who
thought of the poor widow and her
children when they were in
trouble"


The scene can be better imagin-
ed than described.


This act of the widow saved the
lives of the passengers and train
men, and to this day "Tommy
Beckett" who ran the "Delaware"
on the occasion, and who is still
running on the Washington branch,
ripe in years, no doubt often thinks
of the widow with the blazing pine
knot, who signaled him at Doe
Gully tunnel.
Year: 1877

The Star is the name Of paper
in Adelaide, Australia. In the last
issue it has a somewhat remarkable
review of the theatrical business
of the week. Speaking of the
Theatrical Royal it says:


"There are two companies now
at the theater, and the perform
ances of the one interfere consid-
erably with the attractions of the
other. The former appeal more
TO our feelings, yet it must be al
lowed that the members of this
more numerous company do not
please us. Their manners are i'm
pertinent, and their actions irritat-
ing; their performances move the
audience, in fact, in our case, they
caused us to move out OF the thea
ter. We determined to go away,
some of them, however, determine
ed to go with us, and they were
those against whom we were most
incensed. Instead Of going straight
home we walked about in the cold
until we chilled to the bones, and
we thought we had shaken them
off. We had not calculated on
their total want Of moral SENSE
These depraved creatures would
not quit ms, and we complained to
q high police authority. He stated