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Year: 1879

No particulars as to the extent of the
damage by the nitro gIycerine explosion at
Fox Island can be learned to night, owing
to the fact that no one will venture there
until daylight. Fox Island was used tc
store Ditro- glycerine and powder used in
blasting rock in the channel of the river al
the place known as Lime Kiln Crossing.


OMAHA, Dec. 12.-An embankmeni
caved in upon ten or twelve men yesterday
Just before noon, at Plattsmouth, near the
new railroad bridge being constructed
Three men were taken out dead and sever
badly injured. 1t is feared that other:
may be buried under the ruins,
Year: 1879

DEspoNDENoY,i if allowed to go uncheck
ed. will often produce morbid condition, Sc
that the least unsatisfactory affair that
happens will swell into terrifying proper
tions. The mind being warped often i'm
par.s torpidiiy to the body, all OF which
more frequently is the effect of inaction OF
,he liver than from any other cause. and
bv resortipg to Simmons Liver Regulator
the mind will often find relief with the
body
Year: 1879

Frank Miler's Harness Oil and Blacking
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade OF
these goods is always standard and their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the country and
has the largest trade iu It's line. diff
Year: 1879

No use of having the chils, no use of
headache or any of the ills that come from
disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
a new person. Try il and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

The Toronto Globe, referring to the
capture by the Chicago railway lines of
the only independent outlet of St. Paul
and Minneapolis, says: "By this clever
coup the commercial centers of Minneso-
ia are for a time at least helplessly in
the hands of the Chicago rail-
way managers, who in the matter of
freight and passenger rates are in a
position to dictate their own terms. IT
is out of the coils of this monopoly that
the producers and manufacturers of
Minnesota are seeking to find way OF
escape. They want new outlet to the
seabOard, and the shorter and more di-
rect it is the greater will be their adj
vantages. Such an outlet they would
possess in the projected easterly exten-
sion of the Northern Pacific, provided
that our government construct branch
of the Canada Pacific from the western
terminus OF the Canada Central to Sauli
Ste. Marie. But they are by no means
dependent on what the Canadian govern.
ment may do in the premises. The rail


way system of Southern Michigan may
readily be reached by a line for which a
liberal land grant is provided to be
constructed across the northern penin


sula to the straits of Mackinac. The
citizens of Detroit are fully alive to thu
Importance of this line, and the project
is being warmly agitated there. They
see in it chance of diverting from Chi


cagO the trade of large and very produc


tive territory, and Of securing for De
trOit the position of market town of tn
Year: 1879




The Detroit Evening News says: "The
action of the board of control Of state
swamp lands, in taking the preliminary
steps to annul the contract Of the parties
holding the land grant for the construc-
tiOn of the Marquette & Mackinac rail-
road. was. doubtless precipitated by a
communication from the Merchants 81
Manufacturers Exchange Of this city. A
committee of the latter body, consisting
of Waldo M. Johnson, S. Heayenrich and
I. III. Hinchman, sent the board a COM
municatiOn ON the subject several weeks
ago, in which it was stated that nothing
had been done by the company toward
the construction Of the road except a
survey; that there was no prospect Of the
road being built by the company; that
they had been given abundance.of time
and that the contract should be annulled.
The communication also stated that it
was the direct interest of Chicago and
Milwaukee that the road should not be
built, as these cities wished to control



the Lake Superior trade, and that i'm the
event of the present contract being set
laside Detroit would most likely take the
contract and build the road. Mr.. Johnson,
the chairman Of the above committee,
is in communication with several east
ern capitalists, with fair prospects of Sc
curing their aid in the construction of
the road. The subject is one which vi
tally concerns the commercial interests
of Detroit, and if the contract is again
lplaced in the market it would be suicid-
al on the part of this city to let slip the
opportunity of securing road which
will effectually compete with Chicago
for the rich traffic of Lake Superior.
Year: 1879

They are talking of forming a stock
company and building large hotel at
PetOskey. ~ -


Ka1kaska county is going to have
an agricultural society of its own, and
hold fair this fall.


Mapes g. Sons planning mill at Kali
kaska was burned last Tuesday after
noon, the loss on mill and lumber being
three thousand dollars. The origin of
the fire could not be discovered.


The citizens of Little Traverse and
surrounding country seem to be in
earnest about the Little Traverse, Bay
View 6. Mackinaw railroad. Aweek OF
so ago they turned out, in force, and
chopped and grubbed out about two miles
of the ine,and a call was out for another
"bee" yesterday and to-day. They are
talking Ofhaying the road bed made and
rails laid before the snow flies this fall
Year: 1879

During the storm on Delaware bay
Monday large three masted schooner
was run down by an ocean steamer and
sunk i'm -four minutes, The name OF
neither vessel is known. Crew supposed
to be lost.
Year: 1879

THE STAR Of Wednesday viii contain list OF
those receiving on New Year Day who may re-
quest OF authorize the publication of their
names in such list. Matter intended for these
announcements Qfor which no charge is rnade)
should be sent in before wednesday noon.
Year: 1879

Some men can't appreciate true friend
ship, and they seem to rejoice in holding
at arms length those who wish to think
kindly of them. Such u man has an
office on Griswold street. A number OF
his acquaintance were the other day
canvassing his many good qualities, and
it was decided to make. him a present
and deliver a speech. A shake purse of
forty cents was made up, the cash in
vested in Il large sponge, and the six or
eight friends proceeded in a body to the
consignee's" office. He was in. One
of the gentlamen held up the sponge and
began


7When men desire to show their
friendship for a fellow-man they present
him with some token of esteem-some-
thing typical or emblematical OF his
daily life. Now, we"


The speech ended right there. The
sponge was left behind, but the crowd
took II coal-scuttle, four or five clubs
and two empty boxes down stairs with
them, and there was considerable haste
to see who could get into the street first.
Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1879

Cheerfulness is the daughter of employ
ment.


Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly
leaves the worst for the day when it comes.


Harmony and good will toward men
must be the basis of every political estab-
lishment.


In order to dispose our hearts in devo-
tion, the active life is 10 be preferred to the
contemplative.


The happiness of the tender heart is in
creased by what it can take away from the
wretchedness OF others.


Great vices are the proper objects ofou
detestation---smaller faults of our pity; but
affection appears to be the only true source
of the ridiculous.
No man has come to true greatness who
has not felt in some degree that his life be-
longs to his race, and that what God gives
him He gives him for mankind.


The very heart and root of sin is an in
dependent and selfish spirit We erect tn
idol self, and not only wish others to wor.
ship it, but we worship it ourselves.


Universal love is a glove without fingers
which fits all hands alike, and none closely
but true affection is like glove with fin.
gers, which fits one hand only, and fits close
TO that one.


When you doubt between words, use
the plainest, the commonest, the most
idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you
would rouge, love simple ones as you
! would native roses on your cheek.
Year: 1879

The following from the HtY1sess Jour
nal, showing how to preserve harnesses.
will be useful to many: To do this
effectually the straps should all be un-
buckled and detached, then washed with
little water and brown soap, then
coated with mixture of neatsfoot oil
and tallow and be allowed to remain
undisturbed until the water has dried
out; then thoroughly rubbed with u
wooden rag the rubbing is important, as
it, in addition to removing the surplus
oil and grease, tends to close the pores
and gives finish to the leather. In
hanging harness care should be taken to
allow all straps to hang their full length /;
brides, pads, gig saddles and collars
should be hung upon forms of the shape
of each. Light is essential in the care of
leather, and when the harness closet is
dark the door should be left open at least
half of the day. All closets should be
ventilated, and when possible we'll
lighted. To clean plated mounting use
n chamois with little tripoli or rotten
stone, but they should be secured as little
as possible. Rubber-covered goods are
cleaned in the same way. Leather
covered need to be well brushed and
rubbed with n wooden rag. If q harness
is thoroughly cleaned twice year, and
when unduly exposed treated as we have
recommended, the leather will retain its
softness and strength for many years.
Year: 1879

FOkinR the Oxen.
The cattle are scampering over the lot!
They have eaten enough and their work is


forgot;
The sober old oxen, the gay little steers
When To- in the pasture young master appears.
They kick up their heels and race off at their


ease,
With horns and with tails as high up as you


please;
Then they rush down the lane and dash into


the yard
Where the bars are all up and the fences keep


guard.
They are cornered again, and the fun is all.


over,
For drawing q load is not living in clover;
Each yoke is brought out; they look know


ingly on it,
And some take it meekly and some try to shun
There's bow for old Brown and a bow for old


Beck,
10 be pinned to the yoke on each broad, brawny


neck;
There are Darby and Dixie, and Button and


Bright,
Each paired with his mate, and the team is all


right.
The chains are hitched on, and the cattle are


ready;
They irisk in the lot, in the yoke they are


steady;
With the whip Tor guide, and Whoa! Haw!


and Gee!
They start for the woods just as grand as can


be.
Year: 1879

From the Enterprise.

 Tom Fitch expects to return to Pres colt about the middle of this month to reside there.

 We have been informed that the Peck Mining Company have begun suit in the District Court against Ed. G. Peck.

 After the first of May the stages will run from Maricopa Wells to Prescott, and the station at Gila Bend be dis continued. The time from Prescott to Maricopa will be about thirty hours and the fare s25.

 Cedar Valley, Mohave county, will soon be lively place. A mill is to be built at once and several mines work ed. The leads there are among the largest and richest in Arizona.

 Late advices from Mohave county are to the effect that the Blackberry company have settled up with their principal creditors and will resume work at once. Some gentlemen from Chicago have arrived in the Park and have bought one-half interest in the Smith and Mulligan mine, and have contracted to sink shaft five hundred feet at once. It is their intention to erect ten-stamp mill in very short time. This mine is one of the most promising in the country.
Year: 1879

The Government has now presented for its action another case of class which has frequently come to its mo- tice in the last few years. Some min eral discoveries are reported in Indian Territory, and already there is rush of white men to take possession of the country. The case promises to be similar to that which arose from the Black Hills discoveries, excepting that now the obligations of the Govern ment are stronger, if anything, than before. It will be remembered that when the miners first began to enter the Hills, they were notified not to do so, because it was part of an Indian reser- vation. But they paid no attention to the order. Then troops were sent to drive them out; but nothing was ever accomplished. In effect both the Gov ernment and its army were defled; and in the meantime the Indian Chiefs were summoned to councils and "per- suaded to give up their reservation and go somewhere else. This "per- suasion could be exercised in that case, because the Interior Department had control of the Indians and could practically send them where it chose, on the public lands. This Black Hills case is the most recent and notorious back-down on the part of the United States, in the management of its own domain, but there are many others on the list, and we are now to see wheth- CT the Government is strong enough to hold the Indian Territory intact against the white men who are forbid den by law to enter there; or whether it will simply keep hands of until there can be legislation cutting of a slice of the Territory now supposed to contain minerals. The President is said to be anxious; but it is also stated, that army officers are confident of be ing able to execute orders. Is it not a fine state of things when the President of the United States has to be assured that the military power of the country is able to enforce the orders of its SUI

 periors? Why is there any question on that subjecty Is not the country in sympathy with the execution of the law; or is there doubt whether the men composing the military will dc their duty, which is to obey orders; ol cannot the United States army muster men enough at one place to stop the encroachments of white men upon

 soil assigned, by the most solemn

 treaties, to the sole use of the Indian tribes?

 We shall see.
Year: 1879

THE passengers by last nights stage report the track laid: :snineteensmiles thIs side of Maricopa, and work still going on, but it was feared that work would have to stop soon on account of the heat. Already the rails have to be handled by tongs, as graspipg them a few times with the hands raises severe blisters.

 Some anxiety is expressed in San Francisco, and at the end of the line, as to whether the muddle into which things are thrown by the adoption of the new California constitution, may not have a damaging effect on the Southern Pacific. The money to furn- ish materials and do the work has been coming from the locality of San Francisco, and it is possible that the company may have to suffer from the general depression and want of conf. dence caused by the adoption of the New FooliShness."
Year: 1879

The news from California is that her people have said "yes!" to the new constitution. The struggle over, the successful side will prophecy noth- ing but happiness for the State; while the beaten minority will mourn their evil days. There never was an cleo. tion of the kind where the breach be- tween the two sides was so wide. and impossible of reduction; and the con. test has been carried on with a bitter. ness and want of courtesy most extraor. dinary and disgraceful. What are SUD. posed to be the best minds in the State have pronounced the most opposite judgments as to the effect of this i'm portant document and men from abroad have been called in to express themselves as experts on the subject of its operation. It was noticeable that the financial interest was especially hostile, many institutions abandoning their usually conservative attitude and pressing to the front of the fray.

 We should like to have seen this new constitution defeated, as its adop- non represents the success of the dis. honest agitation now long prevalent in California; and shows that the time has not yet come when the intelligence of that State is to rule it. We do not expect to see California depopulated. nor do we think that all of the millions invested there will take wings and hy away; but the doubt and uncertainty that will attend the years which must pass before the novel provisions of the new constitution can be construed will be like & nightmare to many of the enterprises of our neighbor State, and will, no doubt, drive from her borders both men and money. which she can i'll afford to lose.
Year: 1879



 The Presidents veto of the Army Bill fell like very wet blanket over the heat and enthusiasm of the majori- ty in Congress, in their haste to catch the Administration in a corner: The aFgument of the document was so un- expected and crushing that the entire host of the Democratic party, gave on- ly one universal howl of wrath and disappointment, and then scrambled away to shelter under the wing Of the caucus. And now it has been deter mined to abandon the " tacking" busi- ness so far as the Army Bill is con- eerned, to pass the appropriation, and to get through the political legislation in some ether shape, at the same time making the usual declamations about "going to ihs country" This may be called backdown No. 1, and we anti eipate numbers 2, 3, &c. 10 follow in due season. The appropriation bills will go through, but Congress may stay in Washington debating politics all summer long; and the people will not care much,

 Mr. Hayes action in this case has also, had the effect of removing from the minds of men in his own party the feeling of distrust which was largely prevalent there. The idea is general ly gaining ground that Hayes is the President of the United States and not of his party, but that on all questions of public importance his convictions are with his party, and that his con victions can be counted on to control his actions. Perceiving this, the lead CTS of his party are compelled to re- spect him, at the same time that indi- viduals are occasionally disappointed in not having their own wishes con suited as fully as they deem proper As to the people at large, there is no question but that in their estimation he stands higher than he ever did.
Year: 1879

LATE advices from San Francisco, state that things there are in an eX- ceedingly nervous state, over the con. stitutional election: indeed it is SO bad that many anticipate panic to follow the adoption of the new instrument. Money cannot be had. because the holders are afraid to let it go, upon any security however good it may be regarded; no less a parsonage than Leland Stanford having been refused s loan of a few thousand dollars, one day this week.
Year: 1879

THE Silver Record came 10 us this morning on very poor paper and bad ly blurred. Life is too short and eye sight too precious to be wasted on such blots, 50 we consigned the ex- change to its fnal resting place. Won't our Silver City friends fry 10 do better next time,
Year: 1879

The canvas-bsck duck, it is said, can
never be caught alive. There is a stand.
ing offer of fifty dollars pair for them,
but no one has vet got it. A prominent
caterer in New York has been trying for
three years to execute commission
from the son OF the Duke OF Sutherland
tor two pairs of Invas- backs.
Year: 1879

The amount OF luxuriousness bestowed
upon pet dogs in New York is something
almost incredible. Says the New York
Home Journal: at is not at all un.
common to see carriage, with two liv-
cried men upon the box, driving through
Central park on pleasant morning,
with only dog, or perhaps a pair OF
them, inside taking sniff of fresh air.
They have had their bath, their locks
have been dressed, and fresh ribbons
adorn their necks, while short>haired d
dog is carefully blanketed
Year: 1879




Hobby horses are popular steeds.
One mans hobby is books which he
never reads. He spends his life, and
all his surperf1uous cash, in the collec-
ton OF volumes, of which he never
peruses more than the title pages.
His shelves are groaning beneath the
erudition of all ages and all countries.
He gloats over the possession of the
rarest works, and will travel from
one end of the kingdom to the other
for the mere chance of purchasing q
unique specimen to add to his collec-
ton. 1t would take him q century to
spell over what he has already amass-
ed but he never dreams of such q
thing. He reads the catalogue, the in
ventory of bis riches, and nothing
else; every addition to that is an adj
-dition to his satisfaction -hecanse it is
an additional grace to his hobby.
Another mans hobby is the collection
of autographs, and in his mad race he
allows himself to become the pest of
so called great men. Another glories
in pictures and is continually increas-
ing his store. He is never taken In !;
not he, he is too good judge for that
Is he? A third rides a musical hobby.
and goes merrily through the world
to the sound of fiddle and flute, and
French horn and double bass. His
whole life is one song, and when he
sinks into silence at last, it is with the
blessed hope of a joy full tld capO in the
land of celestial harmony.
Year: 1879




The French sous or pennies, and
double sous, are made OF bronze, and
the quantity of them in circulation is
immense. Among the lower classes
it ls the principal circulating medium.
On the great fete days, when the price
of admission to the Exposition was
five sous, four wagon loads of this
bronze were sent to the Treasury next
day, weighing about six toms. The
passenger railway and omnibus con-
ducters receive nothing but bronze
money, and must have cart loads
brought in daily. Whi1st 5. this is the
case in Paris, it is even more extern
sively used in the country and the
smaller towns. The markets and
shop keepers conduct their business
largely. with bronze money. Gold is
more abundant than silver in the lar
ger branches of trade, aud government
notes are seldom seen of a smaller de-
nomination than one thousand. There
would seem to be no need here for
silver, as the gold five-franc and ten
and tweDty-franc pieces are abundant
and much more convenient and accept
able than silver money. The silver
denominations are those Of five francs
equal to our dollar, two francs, one
franc and a half franc, equal to our
dime. Silver will never be used here
except as a means of making change
in purchases, or anywhere else where
gold and redeemable paper are avail
able.-Balt. American.
Year: 1879

was found on the jagged rocks, about
which the eddy boiled and foamed.
Anselm was seen no more. aH


A half century afterward fisher
man got his line entangled in the rocks
below the Sperlingstein, and brought
up his hook and lead only with much
difficulty. When drawn to the sur
face he discovered that the hook had
caught in human skull, upon which
was tightly fitted splendid coronet of
gems. 80


The chance of the waves and cur
rents had placed the crown upon the
head of the lover whom it had separ-
ated from his love.
Year: 1879

L


A sweet-scented young tulip you
are, Caleb, not to know what is meant
by 'hugging delusion.' Hugging a
delusion means embracing pretty
girl who is ready to go back on you
Just as soon as she finds another fell
low that suits her better than you do.
You ought to be ashamed to confess
your ignorance in this unblushing
manner. ~ ai e -hH


I'll just give that young man piece
of my mind, said West side girl, tho
other day. Don't you. do it, Sis, chim-
ed in her big brother; your mind is
afford to give anybody piece OF it.