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Year: 1877

A. o. BELL, a miner near Auburn,
Placer County, California, has " STRUCK
it rich," after a patient probation Of
poverty. He sold his horse for ten dol
lars, and pawned his wife's wedding
ring so as to keep his family in bread
during his last desperate at
tempt to find successful lead. His
fortunate star did not desert him, for
he struck entirely by accident, vein of
decomposed quartz, sparkling with par
ticles of gold, and pounded out with pes
tie and mortar enough to pay expenses.
At thirty feet deep he had taken out
fifteen hundred dollars worth of gold,
and then the lead became so rich that he
could wash the earth and rock in pan
and earn from one thousand to fifteen
hundred dollars in one pan. In three
days he had taken out about thirty-five
thousand dollars worth, the last three
pans yielding ten thousand dollars, and
being a man of moderate and rational
tastes and ideas, was willing to sell for
fifty thousand dollars. His neighbors,
who had previously called him, "Pike ="
Bell, now call him " Mister
Year: 1877

On the morning of July II, the managers
of the coal mine at Wheatland, Pa, ordered
anthracite coal burned in the engine furnace,
instead of the soft coal heretofore used. AT
about eleven o'clock the. engine passed into
the slope. After being in a short time the
men in charge of the engine became sud.
denly affected by the gas from the hard
coal, causing them to fall to the ground in a
senseless condition. The engineer managed
to make his way back to the mouth of the
bank and gave the alarm, at which large
number of men rushed into the bank tc
rescue their comrades. One after another
they passed in, but were almost i'm
mediately overcome by the gas, and
they, too, fell insensible. After sew
eral had thus fllen, a gang was or
ganized to rescue those who went in last
and squads of four or five passed in unit
they came to fallen comrade, when they
would take him in their arms and carry hin
out to the open air. In this way thirty-si1
men were brought out, six of whom were
either dead before reaching the mouth O
the bank, or died Immediately after.
Year: 1877

There is a young gentleman in steam
boat Office in this city who, having In his
clerical career noted how merchants with
large capital and enterprise from time to
time made various sums in speculating
thought he too would suddenly grow
rich. He studied from day to day the
way it was done, and the import mani
tests, with values, etc., all aided him In
his search for points and finally he got,
as he related to the reporter, " the whole
business" What should he do? What
article of demand should he import? A
consignment of Hartz mountain canary
birds furnished the sought-for inspira-
ton. These birds must be fed. Careful
inquiry developed the fact that there
was only moderate supply of bird feed
in the city, and the cable flashed the
order for barrels of bird seed to be
shipped by the next steamer. :" 1t
came" relates the young gentleman in
question, "and / had a corner on the
market. There was absolutely and posi-
lively not enough of bird food in the
city, independent of what / held, to meet
the consumptive demand for week. |
was certain of it, and went in to bull
the trade. Riches was within my grasp,
fondly hoped. But / couldn' bull the
market; as l put my price up the market
went down. Result? Why L sold out
at fifty per cent. below purchasing price
and had to take notes at that. had to
pay entry duties and freight, and am a
| financial wreck, I can't go to the Acad-
emy, and am victim to my own en-
terprise,"
Year: 1877

The late Judge Petit is said to have
been a most earnest admirer of poker
and billiards. Congressman Ewing once
related that at one time when Petit,
ex-Chief Justice Lecompte and himself
were going through Missouri to attend
court, they stopped at st. Joseph and
played the usual game. About mid
night dispute arose between Petit and
Lecompte as to who had won " the poi" +"
Petit insisted that his hand was the
best and that he was entitled to the
money. So did Lecompte. In the midst
of the dispute and of his wrath, Petit
arose, seized every bill on the table, tore
them in pieces, and threw them out of
the window, Lecompte was very much
chagrined, but not disposed to give it up
1t was rainy night, and there was only
mud around the hotel, but Lecompte
went down stairs and into the mud, feel
ing for torn bills. The search was fruit
less; he returned sad man, but Petit
and Ewing's laughter had no bounds
1t turned out soon afterward that eacf
man had bet all his money, and wher
they came to pay the hotel bill in thu
morning they had to ask the forbearanc,
of the landlord.
Year: 1877

THE English Court of Queens Bench
has just rendered very important de
cision. Under the law declaring that
every person found drunk on licensed
premises" shall be held liable, a publ
can found drunk in his own house after
business hours was convicted by the
Magistrate and fined. Upon appeal the
upper court solemnly decided that the
law in question did not apply to the
case, and set the conviction aside. In
deciding the case Mr.. Justice Lush said
if the Magistrates views were sustained
it would tend to prevent publicans who
got drunk away from home from return.
ing to their wives and children for fear
of arrest. a
Year: 1877

THE British Admiralty have been
given orders to further strengthen the
Mediterranean squadron by the addition
of the Shannon, which will be ready in
August, and the Temeraire, which will
be ready almost Immediately, and which
is the most formidable sea-going iron
clad in commission, carrying four twenty
five ton guns. They also seem to intend
to dispatch either the Thunderer OF
Dreadnaught. Should the hydraulic
gear for loading guns prove satisfactory,
it is expected that the Hercules, lately
serving as the flagship on the Mediter-
ranean, will be prepared for sea as soon
as possible.
Year: 1877

cent. of the grain shipped from the
West to the seaboard during the last
year was transported on rail lines, and
that over ninety per cent. of the entire
internal commerce is carried on railroads.
Although the total amount of the con-
tribution of the government up to the
close of the year 1876 in aid of railroad
construction amounted to $144, 900, 900,
embracing the land grants and subsidies
to the Pacific railroads, yet this sum is
only three per cent. of the entire cost of
the railroad system of the country.
Year: 1877

The open revolt in the streets of Con-
stantinople is due to the knowledge on
the part of the Turks that they have
been betrayed. The Turks are especially
angry against the English, who, they
say, deluded them into the war, and then
deserted them. The prediction is made
that the war will be over before a
months time, temporarily at least, until
Germany gets ready to claim her share
by agreement between the powers.
Year: 1877

THE trial of Salvatore Danish, in
Naples, for the murder of the young
girl Giuseppina Gazzara, has resulted in
his conviction and sentence to death.
The trial lasted more than a month
Proof was given that, after poisoning
his victim, Danish cut her body up,
packed it closely in a box, put it under
his bed and slept for eight days with it
there. At last he sent the box by rail
way to Rome, where it was discovered
at the station. As soon as the court had
sentenced him to death a burst of ap-
plause rang throughout the hall. The
jury were out only half an hour.
Year: 1877

THE London Daily Ne,cs of recent
date says that rumors prevail in quarters
which are usually well informed that
the Earl of Beaconsfeld is about to
resign the Premiership. Although this
report is probably premature, yet we
believe his Lordship is anxious to retire
from Office as soon as the state of public
business will permit him, his health hav-
ing been for some time past in an unsatis-
factory condition.
Year: 1877

The Public Printer at the National


Capital has just delivered the first an
nual report on the internal commerce of
the United States. 1t says, among other
. things, that the value of the railroads
of the United States is about twenty
three times the value of the shipping en-
gagged In our foreign commerce, and that
the value of our internal commerce is
twenty-five times the value of our for
eign commerce; that eighty-seven per
Year: 1877

WE were standing in the doorway
My little wife and /;
The golden sun upon her hair
Fell down so silently.
A small white hand upon my arm
What could 1 ask for more
Than the kindly glance OF loving eyes
AS she kissed me at the door?
Who cares for wealth, or land, or gold,
Or fame, or matchless power?
1t does not give the happiness
OF Just one little hour,
With one who loves me as her life
And says she loves me more;
And / thought she did this morning
As she kissed me at the door.
Year: 1877

A little boy thirteen years old was re-
Gently brought before a New York court
for attempting to pick the pocket OF a
man. on Broadway. He was sentenced
to the house of refuge, but cried bit
terly on hearing his punishment, and
begged to be let off, asserting that he
had never done any thing of the kind
before. AS the officer was taking him
away, he broke away from him, rushed
to his mother, who was present, threw
his arms around her neck, and kissing
her passionately, sobbed out !: Good
bye, mamma, good-bye!" The judges
consulted together a few moments, and
the boy was brought again into court,
and informed that the affection he had
for his mother induced the court, in the
hope that he would be good boy in fu-
ture, to change his punishment to thirty
days Imprisonment in the city prison.
At this both mother and child burst into
tears of JOY. When going away, the
boy called back to his mother: "Don't
fret for me, mamma" There is little
doubt but that q boy who has a deep
love for q good mother may be easily re-
strained from evil courses by right man.
agement and influences. What arrange.
ments are made in the city prison to
prevent such boy from becoming con-
taminated by the society OF grosser
criminals i?
Year: 1877

A boy borrowed tool from carpen-
ter, promising to return it at night.
Before evening he was sent away on an
errand, and did not return until late.
Before going he wastold that his brother
should see that the article was returned.
After he had come home he inquired and
found that the tool had not been sent to
its owner. He was much distressed to
think his promise had not been kept, but
was persuaded to go to sleep and rise
early and carry it home the next morn
ing. By daylight he was up, and no.
where was the tool to be found. After a
long, fruitless search he set off for his
neighbor's in great distress to acknowl-
edge his fault. But how great was his
surprise to find the tool on his neigh
boris doorstone. And then it appeared,
from the prints of his little bare feet in
the mud, that the lad had got up in his
sleep and carried the tool home, and
gone to bed again without knowing it.
Of course a boy who was prompt in his
sleep was prompt when awake. Re-
spected while he lived, he had the conf
dence of his neighbors, and was placed
in many offices of trust and profit. If
all grown persons felt as this boy did
there would be a good many tracks of
bare feet found some of these bright
mornings, and what piles of books and
tools would be found at their owners
doors
Year: 1877

Prof. Erasmus Wilson has announced
his intention of bringing from Egypt to
England the long neglected "Cleopatra's S
Needle" at his own expense. The manner
in which it is proposed to convey the obe-
lisk through the Mediterranean, the At
lantic, the Bay of biscay. and up the Eng
Gsh channel to the Thames river, is pc
cular. First of all, it will be ballasted in
the water at Alexandria, where it is at
present lying, and a deck will be put
upon it, with couple of masts. The
hinder compartment OF the deck will be
left open for the accommodation OF two
or. three men, whose duty it will be to
steer the "ship" by means of an ordinary
rudder. The obelisk, thus shipped, will
be ready for the steamer which IS ap-
pointed to tow it out to sea. The barom-
eter will be consulted daily, SO that the
journey may be made under the most
favorable conditions. On the arrival of
the monument in England, the professor
will proceed at once to place it in an up
right position. To do this in the ordi-
nary way would be task of great diff
Guilty, as it weighs 200 tons. Hydraulic
power will'be applied to each end of the
obelisk, and it Will be raised by thatmeans,
foot by foot, until it reaches the height
of twenty-nine feet in horizontal posi-
sion. A "iacket" will then be put
around its center of gravity, with couple
of trunnions fixed firmly to it, and all
that remains to be done afterward will
be to cut the lashings, when the massive
piece of stone will drop into its place on
the pedestal. There are those who be-
ieve the experiment will prove failure,
but the Scotch professor is confident OF
succesS
Year: 1877

A London letter says There has
been an impression that the humorous
Judges and those with some flavor about
them have passed away with Maule and
Westbury, and that the bench is more
and more occupied with dry perfume
tionaries. But some little incidents
have recently sent smile around the
court which seem to warrant a more
hopeful view.


The other day lawyer was arguing
before Baron H, and assumed a
laughing tone at the case of his oppo-
nent, giving little litter at each state
ment, as if the opposite side were too
preposterous to be considered. The
Judge presently leaned forward and gent
ly interrupted the barrister with "Mr.
-, I am at a loss to know why you
use this triumphant tone. OF course if
there were jury present ] should say
not q word, but you surely don't expect
that tone to have any effect on me2"
The barrister was funeral during the
rest of his speech.


In another case Baron c. was
listening to- barrlster who seemed dis
posed to indulge not only in length but
eloquence. The Judge interrupted, say
ing "Mr. -, is your client In court p
The barrister looked around, and said :
"He was here moment ago, your lord
ship, but seems to have gone. " Then, "
said the Judge, appealingly, " couldn't
you spare me all this ?"
Year: 1877

On the old school book, in its rusty nook,
With fearful eye gaze;
Come down, old friend, for an hour we'll spend
In talking of bygone days,
gaze once more, as in days Of yore,
On the task that vexed the brain;
The lesson done, and victory won,


And feel I'm child again.
And seem to stand with youthful band
In the old house on the green;
l hear the fun ere the school begun,
And join in the gladstone scene.
take my place with sober face,


Ger the well carved desk bend,
And hourly pore o'er the antique lore


OF thy wonderful page, old friend.
Then our cares were few, and our friends were


true,


And our griefs were rare and light:
The world was naueht ESQ we fondly thought)
But region of pure delight.
But time has sped, and our path has led
Through dark and fearful scene;
And passed away are the good and gay,
Like the old house on the green.


But we'll sing no more Of the days Of yore,
For the tear drop dims the eye;
Sleep on, old book, in the dusty nook,
AS in years that have glided by.
No guilt we trace in thy honest face,


But mine of gold within
Enriched the youth, as they sought for truth,
In the old house on the green.
Year: 1877

When fruit does harm it is because it
is eaten at improper times, in improper
quantities, or before.it is ripened and fit
for the human stomach. a distinguish
ed physician has said that if his patients
would make practice of eating couple
of good oranges before breakfast, from
February to June, his practice would be
gone. The principal evil is that we do
not eat enough fruit; that we injure its
finer qualities with sugar; that we drown
them in cream. We need the medical
action of the pure fruit acids in our sys-
tenn, and their cooling. corrective 'naH'
snes,
Year: 1877

A use has been discovered for the
hitherto purely ornamental polecat. A
Nebraska farmer recently noticed one of
the tribe busily eating from the ground
in field-and an examination discreetly
made after. the animal had retired show
ed that it had stripped the ground over
which it had passed of grasshoppsr eggs,
vhioh were about ready 10 hatch,
Year: 1877

The khedive of Egypt has become
very unpopular with his subjects and
with the resident foreigners under his
rule, and is reported TO have invested
large sums in England with view of
one day being obliged to abdicate. There
is steamer also off Alexandria, which is
kept constantly in readiness. In this,
it Is said, he intends taking flight when
necessary
Year: 1877




The week just passed has presented US with share
market barren and wanting all those par
tcuars In the shape OF extensive dealings and sharp
fluctuations which give spice to speculation Indeed,
the car which the ci derdnt bears have loaded down
with long stocks for the moment 10 be stuck III
the mire and with hope OF assistance from rescu
ing Jupiter until the movement OF the new crop or
continuance of the European war shall lend snch I'M
perial aid Meanwhile the low rate Tor money
which several portan operators have avaied them
selves OF by securing time loans--enabes 'hem 10
carry on the load with comparative chenpness ana
comfort and renders them indifferent to any other CIR
cumstances than to sustain prices at iair smnu-
ard of 0rmness Their ability TO do so emanates
from the pot OF money secured during the boar cam
paigu and their determination to do so has been
manifested within the past few days by the support
giyon to market inclined to yield to the depressing
incubus OF the railroad strikes.


While speculation proper offered salient feature
bcvond that of duness the remarkable success o. the
four per cent loan has created muc1 commcnI SUP
scriptlons at home have up TO the handsome
figure OF 500 0Oo 0O0 while the returns from abroad
are reported rs summing up some sloo 900 more
While contessedly nat,cring to the national credit We
cannot regard the success OF the loan other than
most unfayorabc sign OF the proslraton OF business
and the want OF confidence IN and reluctance 70
ioster by the advance OF capital, those great enter
rrrscs which should part and parcel of
country.


The Immediate effect of the loan was to deplee our
sy banks TO the extent Of S4000,0c0 OF coin, which
yocs INTO the Treasury settlement for the bonds
rhe bank statement equally unfavorable IN the
items OF legal tenders and deposits and IT would np
pear the demands Of the South and West for funds
10 move cotton and cereals are about CONNIE ncing,
and that the effect will be to stifen rates here for
money on CALL Itdo not seem likely, however. that
capita!-rcgarded 4 commodity TO be hired and
lcnt-ls to escape the contraction in values which Is
going all other commodities, and 1t Is far pre-
sumption that the absence OF such rampant spccu-
laion as was the outcrop OF the rebellion and IN the
moderate requirements of slowly revivng trade the
rate for interest will not return permanently to former
figures for many year to come.


TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.


Tho following table represents the opening, highest
and lowest salcs regular way OF the principal stocks
during the past week, together with the number OF
deal
Year: 1877

THE ICE GoRGE.-The vast amount of
ice in the Brandywine still remains gorg-
cd below the Market street bridge. No
danger is apprehended at present BY those
residing also along the banks unless there
comes sudden thaw or heavy rain,
when it is feared that the ice remaining
on the dams above Rockland, will be
suddenly washed down with such great
force as to carry away the Eleventh street
and Railroad bridges. At present it is
piled up several feet high.
Year: 1877

In the lower lake region and Middle
States, falling barometer, increasing
easterly to southerly winds and cloudiness
rising temperature and rain, turning into
snow in northern portions.
Year: 1877

There will doubtless be united outcry
against Col CritteDden's bill directing the
appointment of commission 10 consider
plans and report the best method of i'm
proving the Western rivers. yet it is unmis-
takably move ID the interest of economy.
Men who are practically engaged in steam
boating unanimously agree that nine-tentbs
of the money which has been spent hereto
fore 10 this work of improvement on the
Mississippi. Missouri. and Ohio rivers, has
been almost absolutely thrown away. 1t
lis time some definite and systematic plan
we're agreed on, and in that respect alone
the expenditure Of $50. 900 will save money.
Il is equally necessary that congress should
determine at tine earliest possible moment
bow far il means to 90 with the work of
improvement and just what the entire work
will cost to complete and maintain.
Year: 1877

Although The Yale Courant assures its
readers that the late EIihu Yale continues
in recumbent posture in bis grave and as
yet gives no signs of turning over to sit up
aud begin the cross examination suggested
in The Tribune" the Senior from Peoria
has again stumbled into the witness.box and
is evidently very much pleased at having
so much notice taken of him. 10 second
letter to The Transcript of his native town,
he refers with considerable self-complacen-
cy to the excitement caused by his former
structures on social Generalization at Yale.
LET Peoria he says mo longer sit in the
sticky embrace.of Illinois mud. She must
rise. The fat has gone forth. No more
let the traveller search in vain for the miss
ing link between the opposite sides OF
streets, nor the Heather Chinee swear in
the measured cadences of his fathers. 1t
must not be. Peoria is risen! Behold
her candle no longer sitteth under the mus
ty bushel but upon the top thereof" II
aught that happens in this stupid world can
worry the lamented Elihu Yale into mo
mentary animation, it is rhetoric and prose
like this from member of the Senior class
Peoria has been conspicuous since the Gin
cinnati convention for its irrepressible and
eloquent Bob Ingersoll The Transcript
New-Haven correspondence now shows that
there is good market for what the ''coun-
try parson" would call literary veal-and
| bob" veal, at that.


The PUREsT CREAM TARTAR made from
grape acid enters into Dooley's Yeast
Powder. So with all the other compo
nents. The result is that the most
satisfactory results are attained by the use
of a smaller quantity of leaven and -four.
+ antilles that try it say so.
Year: 1877

The Vanderbilt trial now in progres
in New York exposes the "skeleton" in
the mansion of the late millionaire.
How much more manly and honorable
to the father it would have been to have
given a million or two to each of the
contestants than to have taken this
course to show how great an annoyance
a hundred millions must be to its pos.
SCISSOR
Year: 1877

1t is little remarkable thai a number
of the newspapers that now oppose the
use of money as legal tender favored
the bill of the "salary-graboersr until
they saw that the people cou'd not be-
hoaxed by such nonsense.
Year: 1877

l We don't like to speak Of ouTself too

 much. We desire, at least, the appear ance Of mOdesty, but We must notice among other improvements in Florence, the new building just erected by us and

 now appropriated to THE CITIZEN. The

 building is forty feet long by twenty-two

 feet wide and built Of the best material Rnd by superior workmen. It's appoint

 mentS are well adapted to the require ments Of printing office and its location Il is an advantageous one and will continue so for at Iesst 6 year tO come. We are on the east side Of Main street, just opposite the new Courthouse. and only one block from the Elliot House, Florence Hotel, Telegraph office and MT. CGllingwood's $ block. We gre convenient to the business community and easy to be found by visit ors and strangers.

 That We have great faith in tue future of Florence is evinced from the fact that we have already invested several hundred dollars here in improvements-and we have no idea of quitting just yet-for we feel that a fesE hundred dollars invested in real estate and improvements in Flor ence now will, in a few years, represent as many thousand. That good time Is sure To come and we have not long 10 wait