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Year: 1878

At the present moment, when the
question of immigration from towns
and cities to the unsettled Or newly set
tied Western Territories and the
Southern States is the subject of much


debate, want of definite, authoritive
Information is felt as to where emigrants
are wanted and what they may expect


to find when they get there, how much
money 1t Is necessary to have to begin


work with a fair chance of making a
living, and such details as may guide a


man who does not wish to put his faith
in the rose-colored statements of the
agents of private emigration societies.
The climate of some places may be
fatal to families who would thrive a
Thousand miles to the north or to the
south. In one part OfTeXas blacksmithS


may be wanted, while millers have not


enough to do: in another part the re-
verse may be the case. 1t is true that
books have been published from time to
time, giving such accounts of different


parts of the West and of the South, to-
gether with the minute information as


to the means and cost of the journey,
but the circulation of such books is


small. For private, society to under


take such work is only possible on q


small scale. Although the EUening Post


is against putting work into the Govern


ment's hands which can be done by
private persons or corporations, the
task of gathering such information as is
desired by would-be emigrants, is some


thing which can be easily done by the
Government without, it seems to us,


any violation of principle. Our Consuls


IN foreign ports make frequent reports
concerning the state of commerce, the


wants, the business chances and so forth


IN the places to which they are sent;


these reports are undoubtedly of value


to manufacturers and merchants seek


ing new markets for their goods. Why
should not the Government servants in


the rural parts of the Western and
Southern States undertake a similar
work? The postmasters might sum up
the state of affairs in his district once a
month on single sheet of foolscap
paper. The labor would not be worth


mentioning, while valuable body of
information could be accumulated. The


exact places where emigrants are wanted
would be made known. If black
smith was needed in one village, a
physician in another, and a shoemaker
in a third, these facts could be set
forth. The prices of land could be
given, and the kind of land described.
More minute particulars the postmaster
might be required to furnish on per-
sonal application. The need of this
sort information exists, and why cannot
the postmaster be utilized in supplying
If
Year: 1878

A day or two 81. blackberry mer-
chant from the sou l side of the river
brought in about two gallons of berries
for sale. One. of our physicians asked
the man to set price on his berries,
which he did at % cents per gallon,
cash, or so cents in trade, supposing the
doctor to be merchant. The doctor
who loves joke as we'll as anybody,
told the fellow he wodld take the berries
and pay him in trade. He invited him
to go with him to the doctor-shop, where
he cut off three or four huge blue
mass pills and with them handed his
bill, as follows:


To prescription. 80. 25c


Total ...................... 6Oc


By two gals. berries, at 3Oc. go cents


The fellow eyed the doctor as though
he thought somebody was crazy, and
he seemed uncertain who was. While
he was reading the bill, the doctor re-
marked, "Take one of these pills now,
another before supper, and the other
just before going to bed, wash them
down with castor oil, and if they don't
wake you up before breakfast, bring
me some more berries and I'll give you
another Dose"


"No, sir: I'll be = if IF do. You
may keep the berries and your blarst-
ed pills also, and if ever / trade for
any more blackberries I'll be blessed"


He started for the door in great
hurry, without waiting for his bucket,
but he was called back, and much to
his astonishment and relief, received
his thirty cents per gallon cash.-Ot-
tunaOG IO,Oa) Courier.


The fiery, untamed bicycle which in
tests England to such an extent latterly
seems destined to run into the nneshes
of the law whichever way it turns.
When one of them suffered from col
lision with a team and the owner
brought suit for damages, and urged
that the team was on the wrong side
and wouldn't turn, It was decided that
the bicyclist was only foot passenger
and his machine was not vehicle, and
hence the law did not apply. Since
then another bicycle has been brought
into court for running over people In
the street, and when it was urged in its
defense that il vas not q vehicle and
the rider was only foot passenger, so
that the law did not apply, it was decid-
ed that it was a vehicle and could
run over peOple with impunitv
Year: 1878

Mr.. Cation is lawyer, of more than
ordinary ability, remarkably indefatiga-
Die and industrious, and in our Judge.
ment would be an active and faithful
delegate.


He is interested in both soul and
body, in uniting eastern and western
Washington, by railroad across the
mountains. He stands squarely upon
platform which is unaiterably opposed
to the dismemberment of any part of
the Territory. From a personal inter,
view with him we are satisfied that
should the Constitution be adopted by
the people. Mr.. Cation will leave moth
ing undone, nor lose any time 10 secur-
ing our admission as u state at the earl
lest practicable day. Furthermore,
Mr.. Cation is man of the people, aud
We predict that the people will rally to
his support at the coming election.
He intends spending the last six or
eight weeks prior to the day of election
in making thorough canvass of Puget
Sound end Western Washington. Pre-.
pare for red-hot political meetings, ye
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Year: 1878

Capital to the extent OF tens Of mil
lions is now awaiting the action of the
people of Washington Territory this Fall;
if the proposed communistic State Con-
s,itution is adopted, and the Republi.
cans do not "pull together" with the
Democracy on the second and third
planks of the Vancouver platform, then
it is time for business wisdom to seek
other fields of enterprise. If the Cana
dian Pacific is coming to Burrard's S
Inlet, and provincial legislation is in ac.
cord with John Bull common sense, the
sceptre of progress in the northwest will
have been transferred to that quarter
just so soon as it is apparent to outside
capital that 1t il unsafe to assist in the
improvement Of this Territory from fear
OF ccnfscation, as now threatened by the
adoption Of communstic constitution
supplemented By unfriendly county tax
alton upon productive interests
". p. Times.


Why man, do you suppose the great
mass of the people of Washington Ter
ritory are fools? Washington Territory
has been organized ever since 1858,
more than 25 years, and her natural re-
sources have always invited capital, and
when it came, as it has in small quanti-
ties, it has always had full sway and
never paid one.third of its just proper
tion of the taxes to support the govern
ment. Again your Northern Pacific
Railroad Company have had millions of
acres Of the best lands of Washington
withheld from market aud from settle.
ment for ten years and upwards, just to
suit their convenience and time in the
construction of their road, and now for.
sooth because the new constitution SIM
ply says that every corporation like in
dividuals shall pay its just proportion Of
taxes for the support and protection Of
the government, and shall pay their just
indebtedness to laborers the same al
other men who employ labor, you call
the Constitution, communistic. IF the
ten millions of capital you say is await
ing investment here and that the adop
ton of our Constitution will drive il
across the line to British Columbia
then we say let it go. If it be the OBJ
ject of that ten millions to come here
aud gain exemption, from taxation, while
it converts and uses our material, wealth
to its own increase and lords it over oul
own people who have to support and
protect it, then our people will be fal
better off without that ten millions, and
the sooner the Tacoma Times SO advises
the owners ofthat ten million, the soone,
will it act with fidelity to the power thai
feeds that journal. You Mr.. Times
must think your readers are very stupid
if you suppose such logic as you employ
is not understood and repudiated al
sophistry and very shallow in all Of it.
phases.
Year: 1878

A HINT TO IMMIGRANTs-As the line of
track between Tacoma and the month OF
Snake river is sure to be constructed in
the near future, to locate in the vicinity of
the probable liue from Cowli,z Pass east
ward, would be good homestead selections
in the prairie region. Those preferring to
be near market, and acquainted with wood
craft, this vicinity presents them favorable
opportunities to select good forest homes.
North Pacific Times
Year: 1878

Detroit Free Press: When a rosy look
ing girl backs up to n stranger and asks
him to whack that mosquito which is
gnawing her between the shoulders, it is
no time to read up on Chesterfield
Year: 1878

Thomas Cox & Son will have twenty
three large tripe at their stall, Fourth
and King streets, this afternoon and
tomorrow morning. Opposition never
phazes them. They are cleaning from 25
to 80 tripe day to supply the market.
Call early.


This is to give notice that all citizens
troubled with q cough or cold should at
once procure hottie OF DR.. Bulls s cough
syrup Price - cents
Year: 1878

public night school will be opened by the
Board Of Public Education In Wilmington,


ON TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. IL,


At o'clock, In School house, No. o, corner
Of Eighth and Wollaston streets. No person
will be admitted as pupil who is under 10
years of age, or who Is In attendance at any
day school The admission fee will be one
dollar for the term which must be paid at the
time Of entrance. Application for admission
may be made at the school, on the opening
or any succeeding evening By order Of the
Committee. HENRY EKEL,


ava Oh
Year: 1878

pose that they, with the, consent and
assistance of their several boards, had
appropriated large sum of money to
induce these officers of the State to
make the necessary alterations III the
figures. and that after these alterations
had been made and the result charged,
these four presidents had carried the
final compilations to the newspaper
office, and directed the publisher to in
sert them, would these four presidents
of banks be guilty or not guilty under
the statute 2 Manifestly every man
contributing to this fraudulent publlca-
ton is guilty, and the indictment is not
defective on its face because it fails to
aver an official capacity. There can be
nothing in this position, and | may be
pardoned the expression Of an earnest
hope that this court will not consent to
remain on record as having announced
such IL doctrine. This case, from it's
great Importance, must become a lead
ing one, not only at home but abroad.
1t is freighted with the most important
interests, both of our State and country.
Let it contain no assertion OF principle
which cannot be defended by the candid
jurlSt in every quarter OF the civilized
world. II the prisoner is entitled to
his freedom upon the grounds ot rea-
son and of law, let an independent je-
dietary see to it that that freedom ia
secured t. him. But if, on the contrary,
he can only escape the penalty of his
crimes by the application OF principles
not strictly consonant to the well-es-
tablished rules of criminal procedure
throughout the world let it not be said
that this high and honored tsibunal de-
feated by llasty and ill-founded conclu


sions OF law the greatest ends of justice.


From the commencement of this
prosecution have endeavored simply
to discharge my duty, rs understood
it, to the State, to the courts, and to
myself. | have not thought that con-
siderations of mere expediency or policy
should exercise the slightest influence
upon my conduct. have tried to be
Just to the State and just to the accused.
My duty is now done and l leave the
matter in your hands for final disposi-
ton according to law. Respectfully
submitted, II. n. OGDEN,


Attorney General.
Year: 1878

AN iron mountain 10000 feet
high, and rivaling the famous iron
mountain of Missouri, has been dis
covered in COlfax county, New
Mexico. The ore is almost entirely
pure iron, and I'm connection with
the immense quantities Of coal found
i'm Colfax county, this huge deposit
Of iron ore must at no distant day
become the source Of industries
which will gather and support a
large and thriving population.
Year: 1878

The creditor has some rights which
should be respected, aud one of those
rights is that be should not ne robbed
under the forms of law by dishonest
debtor. The bankrupt act in its pres
ent shape, places every creditor in the
power of his debtor, and tits notorious
fact, patent to everyone that discharge
ia bankruptcy not unfreqaently makes
the debtor far more comfortable so tar
as worldly goods and freedom from care
is concerned, than he ever wss before.
The Law, in its present shape, offers a
premium to dishonest men. Cases are
numerous in every state where the
debtors offer to creditors the alternative
OF twenty-five OF thirty cents on the
dollar or bankruptcy. In the majority
of cases these men were either hopeless
ly insolvent when they made their pur-
chases or they have hidden their prop
erty. In either case they are guilty of
fraud. There should be no law 70 pro-
tect men guilty of such transparent acts
OF dishonesty The threat Of bank
ruptcy, in most cases, is sufficient 10
bring the creditor to terms, fer the
reason that nothing comes to him out of
n bankrupt court that is to say, his
expenses are equal to, if not exceeding,
his dividends. This is the general ex~
perience Tie rascalities practiced
through bankruptcy work against
honest men, whether creditors or debt
ors. and is serving to destroy confidence
generally. II causes honest men Of all
classes TO suffer, and casts
deep shadow over almost every
man who fails in business and takes adj
vantage of the law IL would be useless
to ask repeal OF the law at this time.
as something of the kind is necessary to
clear away the wrecks that are so nu,
merous, but the defects of the law are
now so glaring that congress ought to
amend it so as 10 protect the rights of
creditors and the character Of honesl
debtors. The expenses Attending the
execution OF the law should be reduced;
these eat up nearly all that the bank
rupt has left, and creditors do not. in
the majority of cases, get back even ex-
penses. No one who has had any ex-
perienee in the operations of the bank
rupt law as it is at present, can fail to
recognize the fact that the la2
offers premium to fraud and to
swindling The honest debtor should
bee permitted to free himself from his
obligations and to resume business on
the surrender of his assets. but the law
should be so modified as to prevent the
possibility. as well as remove the oppor~
tunity for fraud and rascality The
law, as it is now administered, sxerts an
argument against national morality and
| to that extent Is destroying general
confidence
Year: 1878

The moderate republican press in
reversing the first year of Hayes adj
ministration conclude that if there is
little TO censure there is less to praise;
that in spite OF the correctness of his
views there is lack of energy TO en-
force good intentions. that he not only
seems 10 have done nothing worth do
ing, but to have abandoned the effort
to do anything that as figure head he
will do as we'll az another in the White
House. but something mora than a
figure-head is needed to carry oat the
work which Hayes promised TO under
take. The criticism is not far wrong
The feature of his administration. il


weakness.
Year: 1878

RussELLs social science. which was
urged ss an ugly obstacle to his APP
pointment to the marshalship of wes>
tern Texas. does not seem TO have stood
At all in the way of his confirmation.
The colonel has u mania for otiice>
holding and has always managed to
keep his rail On top. If be discharges
the duties OF his new Office with the
same efficiency that he has those OF
sheriff and tax collector, the general
verdict will be selection less preiers-
ble might easily have been made
Year: 1878

THE remarks Of Mr. Sunset Cox on
the veto message Of the president, "a
charge Of fraud by a fraud, got into
the CoHyrssNoag! Record after all, not
withstAndirg tue speaker said that such
world not be the case There was
some CONSERVATION IN Washington
when the fact became known, for fear
that il would get out that there was
fraud IN the case.
Year: 1878

A GANG OF fifteen incendisries and
has been unesrthed in the
mining district Of Pennsylvania Two
Of the gang having made full oonfes-
sion the rest fed precipitstely. There
is great excitement in the neighbor>
hood where the deviltries Of these
Molly Maguires have been secretly
carried on for the past three years, aud
the people are determined to stamp out
the organization
Year: 1878

The beauties Of the bankrupt law is
illustrated in the following incident A
merchant from the interior sought to
buy goods from mercantile house in
Charleston, South Carolina, aud when
asked what means he had of paying,
answered earnestly. 81 am absolutely
good, better of, in fact, than ever was
in my life owe no debts l have just
got my discharge in bankruptcy" The
opportunity for fraud aud rascality
should be removed by modifying the
law
Year: 1878

CONGRESSMAN SINGLETON, Of Mississippi,
has surprised the north with the well
established -iact that Jefferson Davis
always declared that secession was not
the remedy for the wrongs of which the
south complained, and that at one time
the Mississippi delegation feared that
he would not be Up to the mark at the
trying time He went into the rebellion
reluctantly and only after his state had
formally seeded.
Year: 1878

When you dispute with a fool, he is
very certain to be similarly employed.


Silence is the best course for any man
to adopt who distrusts himself.


Make yourself all honey, and you'll
soon find flies to devour you.


Every other sin hath some pleasure
annexed to it, or will admit of some ex-
cuse, but envy wants both.


Show me a land that has mountains
without valleys, and will show you
man who has joys without sorrows.


The current coin of life is plain, sound
sense. We drive more substantial and
thriving trade with that than aught
else.


He that waits for repentance waits for
that which cannot be had as long as it
is waited for. 1t is absurd for a man to
wait for that which he himself has to do.


There cannot live a more unhappy
creature than an il-natured old man,
who is neither capable of receiving
pleasures nor sensible of doing them to
others.


In youth grief comes with a rush and
overflow, but it dries up, too, like the
torrent. In the winter of life it remains
in miserable pool, resisting all evapora-
tion.
Year: 1878

As this is general election year and as the time is rapidly gliding by winch will bring ont perhaps more candidates for county officers than il is well to have in the race, it may be well for the voters of our county to lbegin to consider the best method of thinning down the number of aspir- Ing candidates to limit which will De consistent with the safety of elect Ing good men. It is never best to have too many candidates of one party contending for the same office, It Is calculated to create dissensions in the party. and often leads 10 the defeat of the best qualified and most trust worthy aspirants. IL is there fore desirable that some plan should oe agreed upon for determining who shall be tLe recognized party canai. dates. Tae plan of holding party dominating conventions is old and time honored. The primary election system has not been used so much in our party ss the convention sys- tenn, bnt still il is by some consider ed ss fairer and more satisfactory. So far ss we are concerned we have no preference So strong but that we are willing to yield to the wishes of the majority of our party. SOME plan should and must be agreed upon and we name it thus early only in orSier that tue voters of the party may be thinking about and exchange views So that they will be ready to agree when the proper time arrives for making nominations.
Year: 1878

make in regard to the settlement ol this much vexed and knotty .ques- tion, let what is said be tempered with moderation and discretion and with proper regard for the feelings of everybody. So far as we are con cerned we see no possibility of any good coming from the further agita- tion of this matter at the present time. It is now evident that the holders of our bonds will not give us chance to get them in at living rates. So why dilly daily with them longer. We think the best thing that can be done now is to let the matter rock along until our creditors show disposition to meet us with a proposition for such an adjustment as our financial condition will iusti- fy us to entertain. Therefore we, too, say peace on the finance ques- tion and harmony in the Democratic ranks. We need harmony and g thorough organization just st thas time, and we must have it if we wish to see the fall election result in credit and honor to the party and profit to the State. We want good tickets el4cted in every county and q good one for the State. To secure this end we MUST have harmony and organization.
Year: 1878

The Senate confirmed long list of appointments. Outside of this action was confined almost wholly to discussion on the Silver question. The dispatches say the bill for the admission of Ciah as a State will be reported on adversely hy the House sub Committee on Territories
Year: 1878

The city of Portage had a sensation
on Thursday, and large portion of its
population was attracted to the bridge
across the canal at ketchum's Point.
There has been little necessity for
swinging that transit; as the navigation
Of the canal has been hardly as lively.
as was anticipated. But day before
yesterday the steamer Gussie Girdon
coming out of Fox River in return from
regular "trip down stream, whistled
for the bridge to be swung at about
1l:25 a. NJ, just as the freight train
due at that hour was approaching.
The bridge-tender turned the structure
and set the signal announcing that the
bridge was open. It is a small red
flag on short staff thrust into the
earth beside the track, and is altogether
insufficient. The engineer happened
to see it, however. 1t is always diff.
cult to get at the exact details Of an at.
fair of this kind; but the facts seem
to be that the engineer whistled for