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Year: 1877

The President of the United States
having designated Thursday, the Goth
day OF November, inst, as day of ma
tional thanksgiving and praise, l. recon-
mend the people of this State on the
day so named to cease from their secular
pursuits and unite in fervent manifesto
tions Of gratitude to Almighty God Tor
the numberless blessings vouchsafed us.


Let us thankfully recognize the present
as year Of exceptional blessings. Let us
be profoundly grateful for the moderation
and wisdom which determined an exigent
choice for Chief Magistrate in a porten-
tous national crisis. Let us be glad for
the growth of that sentiment of fraternal
concord Though which all the States of
this rescued Union are this year enabled
to dwell together in peace as one people


Let us rejoice in that highest capacity
for self-government which was this wear
evidenced by the maintenance OF public
order in period Of great popular distress
and discomfort


Let US thank God for the gladdenine
beauty OF the season-for a tavorisg seed
time, a quickening and radiant u,idsum-
mer, and the golden bounties of an unpar-
alleled harvest Let US devoutly thank Him
for the abounding JOY in our hearts, for
peace and plenty in our homes and for
the measureless content with which our
lives are crowned; and in especial manner
let our glad hearts swell with praise and
gratitude to the interposing Father Of
nercies for our signal deliverance from
that dire locust scourge which for sue
cessve years laid waste portion of our
State as with bosom of destruction.
Let our joy in the general abundance
seek gracious expression by timely re-
membrance of those who are vet in need i.
Let us gladly acknowledge our continued
enjoyment of health: peace and order and
our exemption from unusual disaster by
land and sea-let us be mindful Of the
ample privileges and opportunities which
our free institutions afford, and, after a
period of salutary adversely let US be
thankful if, with returning prosperity we
may happily discern evidences that our
errors are corrected and our trangressions
forgotten.


20 praise the Lord all ye nations


praise Him all ye people, --', 49,


Given under my hand and the great
seal of the State, this fifth day of No
vember, A. D. eighteen hundred and
seventy-seven. --- -.--
| .[Seal.l JOHN s. PnLsBURY,


Attest: y -.--
! J. S. Irgens, Secretary of State.
Year: 1877

While the convicts of the Missouri State
penitentiary who were working in the mines
at Mount Serratts, were asleep on the morn


ng of the 4th, fire broke out suddenly in the
large wooden stockade and in fifteen minutes
the building was destroyed, the conyicts es-
Gaping therefrom by leaping from the upper
windows. Nineteen in all received more or
less injuries. A plot had been formed to burn
the mines and escape, and the fire was started
with that intent
Year: 1877

A decree just issued declares all estates
ruined during the war and in the way Of restor!
alton free from contributions for five years !;
also every new estate and all new property
acquired in the central and oriental depart
ments establishment will be exempt three
years. All female cattle imported with the
exclusive object Of raising stock will be free
for two years.
Year: 1877

A decree Of foreclosure and sale in the
suit of the Farmers Loan and Trust company
OF New York, against the Erie railway CON-
pany and others, entered on the 7th, is on
mortgage made to plaintiffs for s25,0O0,0OO, on


which over s30000C0 interest is due The
order is made subject to liens of six prior
mortgages and provides for the sale to bond
Year: 1877

THE MoFFErT WHISKEY BILL PASSED BY
Born IIOuSES-SoME OF ITS PROVISIONS
Both houses OF the General Assembly have
passed the bill known as the Motiett register
or bcl-punch. 1t now goes to the Gov
ernor for his approval. II signed by him
the measure cannot become operative until
the registers are made and the instructions
of the Auditor relative to their use promul-
gated. The registers are to be made by the
lowest bidder therefor, and the cities are
to be first supplied with them.


For each drink sold, the bar-keeper, in
the presence OF the customer, is to turf the
crank once. That action will ring bell and
cause the hand on the dial to register one,
Just as gas-mcter registers the quantity OF
gas consumed. Where malt and alcoholic
liquors are sold there must he kept a register
for each. and malt liquor is to pay tax per
drink of half cent; alcoholic liquors two
and half cents.


There are stringent provisions for cases
where liquor is sold by the measure, and the
rates are rs follows:
Year: 1877

"Under a license to sell by Wholesale,
the dealer shall be allowed to sell only in
quantities of five gallons or upwards; and
under license to sell by retail, in addition
to wholesale. he shall be allowed to sell in
quantities OF one gallon or more"


There arc provisions specially applicable
to wholesale dealers, and also to the dealers
who do both wholesale and retail business.
The opponents OF the bill represent that
it is probable that northern parties who, it
is claimed, have patents for some Of the
mechanical principles made use OF in the
Motfctt register will enjoin the officers OF
the State from using them. But on that
! point the friends Of the register seem to
have no fears.
Year: 1877

Almost A FIRE.-Night before last, about
y O'Clock, the shingle roof OF building
on Byrd Island took fire. At the time the
ire was discovered there was some difficulty
IN getting key to the box at the corner OF
Tenth and Byrd streets, and SO messen-
ger was sent to Company G's Tenth-Street


Ao>c-house. One Of the hose-carriages was
brought over and the fire speedily put out.
Year: 1877

Representative Hewitt, it is report
ed, met Judge Swayne of the United
States Supreme Court a day or two
ago and said: Judge isn't it pain
full to note the fact that the Judges on
the Electoral Commission do not rise
above partisanship, and uniformly
vote on party lines?' The Judge,
with a distressed expression of counte-
nence, but with a twinkle in his eye,
replied: "Why, yes my dear sir, it
was a subject of modification to me,
and have seriously thought of re-
monstrating with Brothers Clifford
and Field on that subject; but you
know it would be rather delicate
matter for me to do, and perhaps you
had better speak to them yourself"
Year: 1877

even a shadow of an imputation Of
this kind would be great injustice
to his unselfsh, patriotic spirit and
consistent christian character, and
certainly would be the last person
to make such an impression, or
draw an unfavorable comparison
between him and our noble Gene
rails Lee and Johnston, or any other
brave Confederate officer.


The discussion in the article of
my private affairs reveals an indeli-
cacy that is too painful for me to
dwell upon, but l would fain throw
the veil of charity over the whole
publication, which was clothed in
language entirely different from my
own, believing the reporters zeal
in the interest Of the Times carried
him beyond his own discretion,
and even betrayed him to publish,
without my knowledge or consent,
letter to my young daughter,
which was shown him simply as a
specimen of the impertinences of
the kind to which we had been sub
jected.


| respectfully request that all
those newspapers which copied the
reporters account of his interview
with me, will do me the justice to
publish mine. Yours truly,


M. ANNA JACKSON.
Year: 1877

A curious story comes to us from
Paris of an eccentric gentlemen
who acquired some celebrity for the
manner in which he managed to
get rid of his creditors. On the
dun presenting himself he was
ushcred into a room hung round
with a variety of mirrors-concave,
convex, etc. In one the unhappy
creditor beheld himself with a head
as fiat as a founder; in another his
face was long drawn, thin, and
sharp as the blade of knife; in a
third he had nearly as many heads
as a Cerberus, and in a fourth he
was upside down. In one he was
grinning like a clown; in another
blubbering like a whipped school
boy, and in still another with a
yisage long drawn and melancholy
as an undertaker's on strike. On
one side of the room he was all
head aud no body; on the other all
body and no head, and on a third
he looked like Tom Thumb stuck
into the boots of Jack the Giant
Killer. Few duns, however press
ing, could endure the torture for
more than quarter of an hour.
Year: 1877

Backofen, the Swiss jurist, says that
the regulation of marriage by which in
primitive times it became possible for q
woman to belong to only one man, came
about by religious reformation wherein
the women, in armed conflict, obtained
a victory over men.
Year: 1877

The Binghamton Republican says that
an old lady, just before her death, in that
CITY, took of aud gave her daughter a
pair Of earrings that she had worn 81
years without removing them, her father
having given them to her when she was
six years of age,
Year: 1877

we 90 not read anonymous etters and communi-
catlons' The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcations that are not used.
Year: 1877

Now let the South take one more step and
come right up mantully and say that it is not
subsidies for which they are working, and
that they will forego all such contemplated
raids upon the Treasury. There would be
true inwardness in that.
Year: 1877

On an early morning-the sun had just risen, and the birds were warbling their first tune-- there walked ar elderly lady On the road leading from B-g to the cemetery. Her dress, although plain and fitted to her age, was very elegant and of the finest material On her left arm she carried pretty basket, filled with red roses. Often the lady paused, and her eyes would wander over the meadows to the distant hills, covered yet with slight mist, and then she quickly looked again at the roses on her arm she gazed on them with tender look, and when a flower sank down lower in the basket, she lifted it up carefully, and few times it seemed as if she breathed kiss on them.

 When the lady reached the walls of the cemetery, she quickened her steps, her eyes shone with greater lustre-it was evident she had reached her destination. Before well-kept grave, which was sha ded by weeping willow, she stood still as if in deep contemplation. She then laid the roses on it, and sitting down by the grave stone she folded her hands. If her thoughts and feelings raised them selves in prayer, or if her prayer was only thought, who will decide

 There came such deep repose over her whole figure, that one could have be- leved all life had flown from it: only those who observed her more closely would have seen how the lines around the mouth grew more sad and painful.
Year: 1877

which, when finished to Fort Wayne, would obyiate the trouble of switching and prevent accidents.

 When Drucie recovered her self DOS session she started from the office with the message in her hand. It had arrived just two minutes too late, and Tom Gray, unconscious of it's existence, was driving his engine ahead and thinking of the girl he had lately kissed adieu. He knew that it was known in Fort Wayne that he was unavoidably behind time, and thought that according to custom the express waiting there would not move out until he arrived /.

 But let us return to Drucie Miller.

 She saw the freight engine standing on the new track slready mentioned and caught glimpse of the young fireman asleep on his box.

 A determined resolution entered her head, and the next moment she was in the engine-room with her hand on the boys shoulder

 That you, Miss Drucie ?" said the boy, rousing himself with yawn. Laws mercy -"

 Get out and uncouple the freight r she cried. Toms moved out, and if he doesn't switch at Colby everybody will be killed. We must catch him p

 The boy with cry of horror left the engine, and a minute later the freight cars were standing idly on the track while the engire and it's tender were moving out, gaining momentum at each revolution of the wheel

 What'll Dick say when he comes back and finds his engine gone ?" said the boy, looking up into Drucie's face.

 What do we care what he says !? What is Dicks life to the precious lives on the two trains ? Jim, how fast can your engine travel r

 About two miles minute," the boy answered win smile. "Shes the
Year: 1877

Editors OF the Register:


l see the Senate still has under con-
sideration the proposed amendment to
the State Constitutions proposing a
change in our Judiciary system by max
ing more Circuit Judges and wiplng out
the County Court and establishing in
lieu thereof mongrel tribunal which is
to be kind OF County Court and board
of Supervisors mixed. There are some
Democrats-snd they are more numer-
Gus than some suppose who are anxious
to know why it Is that some of our State
Salons are so anxious to tinker with the
Constitution.


We understand that one excuse for
amending the Constitution, is because
it is said the County Court is unpopular.
Is that true2 The question was tested
when the Constitution was adopted and
the people found in favor of the County
Court. In the last campaign the Re-
publicans made the County Court an
issue, and the people again found in its
favor. Why is 1t then that the Legisla
ture now proposes to amend the Con-
stitution at the instance OF the Republ-
cans and cut the State up into circuits,
as proposed by the Radicals Do the
Democrats in the Legislature now pro-
pose to give them the victory the people
refused them? Is it true that a Repub-
iican minority is greater than a Demo
cratic majority in a legislative body?


We want no tinkering at the Consti-
tuition, or with the Circuit Courts. The
proposed amendment is surrender to
The Radicals. 1t confirms what they
have said against the Constitution and
doctors the judicial circuits for their
Der eft. A DEMOCRAT.


Epbru1ru 26 1876
Year: 1877

Mr. HAYES wanted to be exceedingly
modest in his little speech made yester'
day al railroad depot. He is very
snxlols that the people should instruct
the representatives in Congress to abide
by the decision OF the Commission.
That sounds SO much ike disintereSted
party, VINO had nothing TO gain or lose
by the result. We wonder if know!-
edge Of the fact that the de-
cisiOn did not deserve the respect OF
Congress, might not have prompted
the suggestion. And then he feels his
incspscity for the discharge of the grave
duties imposed upon him by WELLS and
JOE BRADLEY. These latter worthies
ought to have had more regard for Uncle
BURcHARD's nephew than to have lm-
posel SO much upon him when he knew,
they knew, and the American people
knew he was not capable OF filling the
position, and they have done it against
the protest OF An OVERWHELMING msjor'
isy of the people. Oh, how
Mr.. HAYES must hate them for
having treated them in such a shabby
manner. He will have csuse to remcm-
Der WELLS and BRADLEY a long ss he
lives. But then having faced tho eNi'
gency he Is prepared to meet it, relying
to some extent upon Providence to pull


him through, but We opine. that bis
principal reliance Is upon the National
Returning Board. That is about the
only thing that can save him, and that
will mol do it unless he can get the
people to instruct Congress to hush ur
It's talk about infamy, fraud and vii
haniss generally. LET HAYES have
peace"
Year: 1877

THERE was II great deal OF force in
that question propounded to Mr.. HEWITT
by Congressman CATE: "Do you be-
lieve il to be the duty of Democrats to
assist IN the speedy consummation ct
what you pronounce an outrage?


The SAME question is being asked
every day by hundreds of the usands OF
people throughout the whole country, If
the counting In of HAYES Is an iEtsmy,
then it looks to the ordinary observer as
everv man who assisted in the count
was a party to the lniamy. That is the
way that common sense, practical people
look al it, and when they come to select
their next delegation in Congress, those
who countensnce the infamy will be 70,
membered.
Year: 1877

The decisions OF the Commission settle
one principle if no other, and that Is,
the certificate OF Returning Board has
more strength and is more binding than
the Cons.ituLioR-ths is if the Board is
composed of Republicans. And yet
there nro party organs telling US that
there i nothing psrtizsn in their judg-
ment.
Year: 1877

We make room this morning for
another long communication from
Judge Cowan. He discusses our duty
as q Democratic journalist. Our an
swer is simple and 10 the point. He al
lowed an opposition party to use his
name to strengthen itself, and that act,
We think, gave suflCient room for uS
to allow any good Democrat to critl.
else him. AZ be still lends the use Of
his name to the opposition, We have
this morning admitted another COM
munication from another Democrat.
Year: 1877

TIE Radical Senators are keeping
out the U. S. Senators from Louisiana
by foolish aud useless delays. The
time will come when they will be sorry
for this course. They have only q
slender majority in that body now, and
in few years the Democrats will be
in the majority.
Year: 1877

Mir. ED1ToR-We in Goshen think that ''Dickey" did not feel in good humor when he wrote his letter to tho Enquirer of Feb. the 9th. His statement concerning the Revival, is very different from that we hear from those copcerned in Religion, and l think the Jealousy is not as repre-. sented. certainly we all hope not. There have been several grown persons hope fully converted and the good work is re- ported to be still going on. w. D. S. V
Year: 1877

James Devn was arrested yesterday morning in
Greenwich street By Onicer Corpalles OF the Ninth
precinct, and taken before Judge waudell on
charge OF disorderiy conduct When no camo into
court his head was ali bandagcd up and he showed
signs OF having rece we'd severe beating The Judgc
naturally inquired how he received hrs INJURIES and IN
"A very simple manner he explained the matter. He
sand be was sitting ON truck outside his late EN-.
plOyer's shop waiting TO get some money that was
due him and lie fell asleep. The ofi-
Ger came aiong and ordered him to move
on and ne refused, whoreupon the officer struck
him over Tho head with the club several times. The
officer tried explain to tho Judge that the man out
Side whose place Devn was sitting told him several
times TO drive him away, and he had used force TO
make HIM 20.


Judge Wandcll-You have no right to club q man
like that under any circumstances. He had perfect
right to got what was owing 10 him. and long he
committing no broacn OF the peace you mud no
right even 10 arrest him. have much of this
clubbing business since have been sitting hore In
Court that think 1t doubtful whether tho general ru
OF the police should be trusted with clubs Tho way
THIS hes been beaten Is simply outrageous, and IN
broud ght, too, when evon If he made resistance
help could be easily procured
Year: 1877

The Salt Lake Herald of March "a,
which contains the news of Lees exc
cution, has an editorial article upon
that subject which acquires interest
from the fact that the Herald is q Nor
mon organ, and is understood to re.
fleet the views Of Brigham, Young.
1t says that from its knowledge of pub
lie opinion In Utah, it is satisfied that
the execution of Lee has caused Joy
rather than sorrow to large portion
of the people Of the Territory, for the
reason that his crime has been dark
shadow thrown over the fair name of
the people; and it Indignantly repu-
dates the idea that the Mormons, as a
community or as church organiza-
tioD, are responsible for crime which
they look upon with adherence.
Year: 1877

Do you believe that the creed of the
Mormons is based upon what appears to
them to be true religious principles ?"


Perhaps i have said too much al
ready. l should dislike very much to
get into a controversy with them, but 1
will say that it is my private opinion
that the majority of men who go into
Mormonism do it for the purpose of
gratifying their passions"


Among the gentiles even one wife is
often regarded as an expensive luxury.
How is it that among the MormOns r
poor man is able to support several
wives?"


ooh, that is easy to explain. A man
who joins the Mormons generally makes
money by it. Let us suppose caie.
Say European peasant comes over here
with his wife, having been induced TO
Join the MOrmons in Utah. He inn
mediately takes possession of one hun
dred and sixty acres Of good land under
the law of congress. Now, this is great
thing for a man who has probably never
owned a foot of ground before. The
land out there, you must remember, is
very good. The soil is rich and deep,
and the rainfall has increased, ] suppose,
about one hundred per cent. in the last
fifteen years. Still the land has to be
irrigated to some extent. Well, the
man goes to work and puts up a little
hut made of slabs or logs, raises crops,
and pulls through the first year. He
may have brought over a peasant girl TO
work for him at, say 81, on SO a week.
He sees that he can just as we'll marry
the girl and save the wages he would
otherwise have to pay. He gets a baby
as soon as he can, and the next year he
puts this new wife of his, with her baby,
upon another one hundred and sixty
acres of land. Perhaps he has been
smart enough to build his hut just on
the boundary of the farms, so that by
putting up an extension the new family
can live in the same house and yet on
another farm. Then, as he extends his
dominion, he will marry more wives, and
with each of his additional children he
nuts up another one hundred and sixty
acres. Now, YOU know, after the settler
has occupied farm for five or six years,
built upon and worked it, he gets a full
title to the property from the federal
government. Each OF his wives, alter
he has lived on another one hundred and
sixty acres for the same time, can swear
out a clear title rs head of a family
This has always been done, and is done
still. And thus the head of the concern,
who came into the country poor peas
ant, often becomes a regular patron, Nv
ing in ease in the center of his dominion,
while his wives and their children go ON
increasing their numbers and his wealth.
Now you know just bow it is done.-N.


Y. World.
Year: 1877

In all diseases affecting these organs,
whether they secret too much or too little
water; or whether they be afflicted with
stone OF gravel, or with aches and pains set
tied in the loins or over the regions of the
kindnevs, these Pills should be taken accord
ing to the printed directions, and the Oint-
ment should be we'll rubbed into the small
of the back at bed time. This treatment
will give almost immediate relief when all
other means have failed.
Year: 1877

Is the great blood purifier, Syphilis, and
moves Pimples and Humors on the face
Reason should teach us that blotchy, rough or
pimpled skin depends entirely upon internal
cause, and no outward application ever cure the
defect.