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Year: 1879

Now is the time to plant trees, and we
will again call the attention of every one of
our readers to the necessity OF not over
looking this very important work. Every
man that owns piece of ground whether
he resides upon 1t or not, will, if he gives
the subject moments consideration see
the necessity of beautifying and improving
it. If you have farm plant few trees
around your house, few more around
your land, you may not be able TO set out
more than few trees or cuttings this year,
but do not let the season 60 by without
planting some, no'matter how few. If you
have lot in town beautify it by setting
out trees. The cost of starting small grove
on farm or planting a few trees on lot,
is but u mere trifle, yet in few years these
groves will double, yes treble, the value of
your land, q few shade trees will add fifty
to one hundred per cent. to the value of
your lots. We want to see small grove
of trees on every farm on these prairies,
there is no reason why there should not be,
for the trees thrive and grow well and af-
ter the first year or two are no trouble or
expense whatever.
Year: 1879

a wedding tooA place in the town OF
Westport, Pope County The bridegroom
was an extremely bashful man and was to
have been married at p. M; but when
the appointed hour arrived he turned up
missing. Search was instituted and he
was discovered in the vicinity of some hay
stacks. A lively chase ensned and the
bashful bridegroom was finally cornered
in pig pen, and supported on either side
by friends, was taken before the parson
and married
Year: 1879

An ordinance to establish a Board of
Health.


The Common Council OF the Village of
Morris do ordain:


SECTION 1. That on the first meeting Of
the Council in March of each year, or at
any other time that occasion may require,
the Council shall elect Board of Health
to consist of three legal voters of said vii
lage. Zone of which shall be a regularly
practicing physician) who shall hold their
offices for one year or until their successors
are elected or appointed, who shall before
entering upon their duties take and SUBJ
scribe the oath Of office, and shall have the
power to proceed and act under the geneT.
al laws of the state


SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its
passage.


Passed and approved, April Is. 1879,


G. J. FISHER,
Attest, President.
G. L. Brown, Recorder.
Year: 1879

Will some one rise and explain why the
Morris mail does not arrive on time. There
are q number of men who live out of town
who would like to know the reason = Or
ton0tlLe Star.


1t will probably do SO after this, the
amount Of mails and passenger and freight
travel during tile past few weeks have
taxed not only this but all other stage
routes to their utmost capacity TO furnish
accommodations. Patience, Mr.. Star, the
country is young bat growing.
Year: 1879

AS will be seen by referring to the no.
tees clipped from our exchanges our Immi.
grafton Pamphlet is meeting with very
generous and complimentary mention.
Our citizens are also commended for their
enterprise, which it is universally predicted
will be of inestimable value to net only
Morris but the whole County.
Year: 1879

We would ask every resident OF Stevens
County to procure few copies of the I'm
migration Pamphlet and forward them to
their friends. The Pamphlets are free, to
all, and will answer any and all questions
moro fully and concisely than dozen let
ters. A large number have already been
forwarded and there are plenty yet in the
hands of the Secretary of the Board of
Trade. We hope our people will call Or
send for these books and have them for
warded without delay.
Year: 1879

With this issue we close our second vol
ure, and viii! take this opportunity of
thanking our many friends and patrons for
their generous support and encouragement.
We are young, but are tolerably healthy
for @ two year old.
Year: 1879

In Boston each verse of the hymns sang
during services are with the aid of a mag
ic lantern reflected on the wall in letters
foot long. This is novel idea, yet it
spoils the fun of looking over the same
book with your loved one, and surrepti-
tiously squeezing her hand.
Year: 1879

Gubernatorial candidates are increasing
with such alarming rapidity that we would
not be very greatly astonished If a man of
brains and executive ability should be nom-
mated. Of course it would be impossible
to elect such a man,
Year: 1879

An article on Morris and Stevens County
which appeared in recent issue Of the st.
Paul Dispatch, is one that will undoubted-
ly prove of great benefit tu this county and
town. The article itself is clear brief
statement of facts and is free from the OBJ
jectionable personal puffs" which are so
often seen. Morris enterprise is doing
much for Stevens County, and our citizens
will soon reap rich reward.
Year: 1879

The LIE Sueur Sentinel has entered on its
seventh year, and in wishing it continued
success, we will take occasion to say that
as an able and enterprising LEGAL paper the
Sentinel is second to none" In this state.
Year: 1879

The man who started west to find the
frontier has returned and is going eastward
lie says he'll have to emigrate, country
with settler on every quarter section is TOO
close quarters for him.
Year: 1879

The Sauk Rapids Water power is to be
sold for cash to the highest bidder. The
amount adjudged to be due was nearly
Sl6o, 900, and the property is to be sold to


satisfy the Judgment
Year: 1879

NEw York, March 5.-No one identified
with the Vanderbilt will suit admits that
any compromise has been made.


The Scott-Lord contestants counsel saws
thar his action in terminating the case
yesterday without an argument, was die.
tated by reasons which had nothing ia
do with the case. The Surrogate saws
that the abrupt manner in which the
counsel for the contestants closed the case,
was q great surprise to all, but that the
case had been closed aad his decision
would be given in due time, but when, he
had no definite idea.
Year: 1879

quarrel between Orrin Squiers. moulder. Of
Newark and his wife. at her residence No. AGA East
Ferry street. Newark barely escaped yesterday after


noon in ending in murder The pair have not been
living together for several years. He has been living
with relatives at No. SO Lexington street. while she
has dwelt with her two children at the place stated
above. The of their separation is. as she
states his inordinate jealousy Yesterday afternoon
squiers visited his wife at her apartments for the
She declined declaring that she better of now
than when she lived with him. This angered him.
and. he admits. he drew from his pocket razor
to cut her throat. He succeeded only in badly
wounding her in the neck. arms and left hand.
She fell the floor and Squers left the house. He
was arrested soon aterward and told the officers
that he was sorry he had not finished her and then
himself, that they could be buried IN one grave.
He was removed to the station house. where he now
is Squiers is fortyfour years Of age aud his wife
forty. Her condition is not dangerous. M
Year: 1879

Judge Potter yesterday dismissed the writ OF cer-
torari sued on behalf Of Chastine Cox the murderer
of Mrs. Hull. The decision made because the
evidence before the Coroner, to obtain which the
writ was granted had already been fled in the Dis


trict Attorneys Office by the Coroner.
Year: 1879

NEWPORT X. l., July 10, 1879.
Charles F. McKim. of New York. who applied for
writ of habeas corpus for the custody Of his daugh
ter gained partial victory in the Supreme Court in
Providence to-day. Chief Justice Durfoe and asso-
ciate Justice Matteson pending the decision of the
Court the trial having been concluded ordered that
petitioner have the right to his daughter at all
reasonable times without hindrance on the part OF
the respondent. and that he have the right once a
week to take her to the house of friend in this city
tain her for the period OF hour; but he is not
otherwise to remove the child from the mother or
from the jurisdctiou q the COurt
Year: 1879

himself, De Fleury, and Steward, were
awarded medals by Congress. Beyond
the material advantages, which were not
Insignificant, the moral effect Of the af-
fair was substantial and lasting. II was
altogether the most brilliant performance
Of the war; it taught the enemy that the
"rebels" could use tho bayonet with a
boldness and effect which even their own
infantry could not easily surpass; it In
creased the confidence Of the American
troops at large 10 their own prowess; it
was, in fact, one Of those events 10 war
which count for much, and which 10 our
Revolutionary struggle especially had an
important influence IN bringing il to a
successful termination.
Year: 1879

LEMON PIE.-0ne grated lemon, two
and one-half cups Of boiling water, one
half cup Of cold water, one and one half
cups Of sugar, three tablespoonfuls Of corn
starch and butter the size Of an egg. Put
the corn starch in the cold water and stir
in the boiling water This makes two
pies. Bake with under crust. Beat the
whites Of two eggs for frosting.
Year: 1879

cHAMoMILE.-A decoction ofthc leaves
OF common chamomile win destroy every
species of insect, and nothing contributes
so much to the health Of garden as a
number of chamomile plants dispersed
through it. No green house or hot house
should ever be without It, in green or
dried state; either the stalks or flowers viii
answer. Ii Is q singular fact that if a
plant is dropping and apparently dying. ii
ulne cases out of ten it win recover if you
plant chamomile near il.
Year: 1879

A perfect safe light for apartments
where explosives are kept is obtained as
follows:--A clear glass vial Is filed with
boiling olive oil TO about one third Of It's
capacity. Into this is dropped BIZ Of
phosphorus the size Of pea. The bottle
is then tightly closed with a cork. When
required for use the cork is removed, the
ar allowed TO enter and the vial corked
again: The empty space above the oil
wlll then become luminous, tho intensity
ct the light being equal b that obtained
from au ordinary lamp. When the fight
becomes feeble It can be renewed by open
ing the bottle and allowing the access
Of a fresh supply Of air. This is said 70
be IN use in Paris by watchmen in mnga.
zines and other places where dangerous
explosives are kept.
Year: 1879

The consent of Ex-Governor Seymour to
act as the presiding officer of the Robinson
meeting at Utica last evening shows very
clearly on which side his sympathies lie
in the present intestine conflict in
the democratic party of the State.
He is not on the side of the
boilers, but on the side of the regular
ticket. But with the considerateness
which is part of his character he abstains
mour addresses his remarks to the young
men of the party, reminding them that the
leaders in this dissension are men pretty
we'll advanced in life, who will soon be
off the stage. and that the future hopes
of young democrats may be obstructed and
embarrassed by participation in bolt
which the sober sense of the party is pretty
sure to condemn. 1t is great deal better
that aspiring young men who hope for po-
litical distinction be found acting in har-
mony with the general sense of the party
than to be making ugly records which may
come back to plague them and OBJ
struct their usefulness in future years.
This is a mild and courteous way of saying
that it is dangerous for ambitious young
democrats to countenance Mr.. Kelly's bolt,
when it is probable that Mr.. Kelly and his
supporters will be politically engulfed and
be remembered only as a warning and re-
proach. Young men who have faith in dem
ocratic principles and desire the success of
the democratic party would make a mistake
if they should ally themselves with mutt
nous faction, desperate enough to sacri-
fee the party to their mortified pride and
revengetul passions.
Year: 1879

We publish to-day the narrative of Mrs.
Price, giving her experiences during cap
tivity with the Utes. 1t will be found fully
as interesting and pathetic as were those Of
Mrs. Meeker and her brave daughter We
learn from this latest instalment that Mrs.
Price is still quite young, though the mother
of two children, and she is evidently
typical frontiersman's wife, for she has
lived many years among tha Indians and
become Injured to the privations and vicis-
situdes of frontier live. Though her de-
scription of the attack on the agency and
the massacre Of the white men differs but
little from those Of the agents wife and
daughter. we have fresh glimpses of the
character of the Utes, which are of great
value We can imagine the agony of the
wife at seeing her husband shot down, and
her terror while endeavoring to save her
little ones. Our sympathy goes unbidden
to this unfortunate woman on read
ing the story Of her sufferings as
captive, while her heroism, SO modestly
described, compels admiration. The mar
ratives OF these three bereaved ladies re-
mind one of the days when only a fringe of
the continent was held by white men,
and they show how little the Indian nature
has changed during the past two hundred
years. Though these redmen no longer use
the tomahawk. but adopt the more effective
repeating rifle, the same cruelty and savage
hate of the white race is apparent. This
fact proves the absurdity of any ''peace"
policy, and shows how necessary it is that
all the tribes should be placed under the
care of the army,
Year: 1879

Our vivacious contemporary, the World.
will be pleased TO know that we have re-
ceived special cable despatch from Cairo,
seen that the situation has become interest
ing and calculated to arouse the patriotic
impulses of every true American. The
creditors of the Egyptian government have
not seized the obelisk but threaten to do
so. The gallant Commander Gorringe
American naval officer He has hoisted the
American flag over the granite column and
put policemen from the Consulate on guard.
Like the lamented General Dix, he threat
ems to shoot on the spot any sacrilegious
creditor who proposes to haul down the
American flag.


In other words, the obelisk is now sur
rounded with a blaze of glory, Commander
Gorringe as the central figure defending
the honor of the flag. This is an inspiring
spectacle. Mariette Pacha, the Director
Of the Excavations under the Khedive, is
opposing the removal of the obelisk, on
the ground that under the convention be-
tween the Khedive and the European
Powers no work of art shall be permitted
to leave the country. This is an interest
ing point, and we are curious to see how
the Representatives of the European Powers
will regard it.


We note with interest that our vivacious
contemporary is printing series Of cable
dispatches. We should be glad to have
these for the HERALD, and have no doubt
when our contemporary looks over the
rules of the Associated Press he will not
deprive US of that pleasure.
Year: 1879

Our special despatch from London re-
counts the latest steps taken in the pro-
ceedings against the editor of Truth for
libel. For the time the editor. Of the Daily
Telegraph escapes from the processes of tor
ture which were tried upon him by his
opponent, and the case stands aside to
give opportunity for the counsel on
either side to argue a point of the law
of procedure. Eminent authorities have
advised the magistrate that he has no right
to sit in judgment on the point whether the
libel may be justified, and he refuses to
hear further testimony, direct or indirect,
on that topic. The defendant will, how
ever, move for u mandamus to compel this
hearing, and thus from step to step judg-
ment is adroitly delayed, and Truth makes
the most of this slow process of the laws.
Year: 1879

Lord Derby, as the London dispatches
report, has been invited to withdraw from
the Carlton Club. aud, as is told at large
in our London letter, his good will toward
the liberal party is regarded in conserva-
tive circles with an irritation of which this
is only one of many signs. Movements of
this kind are commonly significant, not SO
much because OF the personal impor-
tance of this or that man who goes
over to the party he formerly opposed,
but because that mans action indicates O
state of opinion that may be general or
widely extended, and movement Of the
political thought of the nation from one
side to the other. Lord Derby is not an
eccentric man nor q political enthusiast


He is conservative by conviction to q point
which has provoked public reproach in
other days, and if man of this sort
openly abandons as dangerous the tory
party, what are all the more energetic or
more hasty men of the nation likely to do 1?
Year: 1879

When the little depression, within which
the pressure was not below the mean, COM
menced its eastward march across the lake
regions from the Northwest it gave very
little indication that it would develop into
the great storm which caused 80 much de-
struction to shipping and othor valuable
property along the Northeastern coast 1t
was first noticed by the HERALD Weather
Bureau as q very slight depression, NOV
ing into tho Northern Missouri Valley, on
the 25th, and IL was then stated that
1T is likely TO pass eastward over
the British possessions, affecting our
district but little, about Wednesday," This
was justified by the fact that we had slight
rain showers while the depression was
passing north of us OH the evening of the
2Sth, but tho wind did not increase very
much. On the Goth matters became more
complicated by the appearance of dis
turbancs in the vicinity Of the West Indies.
Year: 1879

sition. though not the ungracious-not to


say brutal-manner of it. II. however, Mr..


Kelly's opposition should bring about the


defeat, not of Mr.. Robinson alone. but Of


the whole democratic State ticket if Mr..


Kelly should by his efforts hand over the


whole State government to the republi-


cans-well, in that case we should have
very little comfort to offer Mr.. Kelly. He
is q democrat and We suppose not all his
remarkable merits as o statesman nor all
his exalted purity of purpose will
in that case save him from the
resentment of his fellow democrats.
He may by shrewd ''arrangements"
save his own city ticket from defeat, but
we fear this will only increase the dislike
of the democrats at large to his methods,
which will seem to them utterly selfish.
He may, with the secret help of republi-
cans, continue for q short time to rule in
city affairs; but his own party will shun
him as a marplot and bargainer, while the
republicans, though they will continue as
long as possible to use him as convenient
club with which to beat their opponents,
will make haste presently to drop him.
Whatever the result may be next Tuesday
we have really very little consolation to
offer Mr.. Kelly.
Year: 1879

On Thursday His Honor, the Surrogate
of this county, expressed his opinion that
there should be law to punish, ''by fine
newspaper that published comments upon
the merits of any case on trial before a
court; and we called attention to the cir
cumstance that distinct clause in the
State constitution would probably stand in
the way OF the enforcement OF such law.
In another column wepublish to-day COM
munication from the Surrogate in presumed
response to our observation, which he
seems to regard as unjust to him. But
the Surrogate does not confne himself to
the point we made. He argues case on
which lie has no opponents, and states
clearly principle as to which all sensible
men in newspaper offices or elsewhere are
of the same opinion. If we merely stated
reasons why the Surrogates arguments are
not good we should. by appearing to
oppose them, seem to take it for granted
that we had advocated an extreme indul-
gence in the right of comment on undecided
cases. In common with all newspapers we
recognize that comment on cases before the
courts must be restricted within definite
limits and not PREJUDICE the issue on trial.
Our criticism was directed to o totally
different point, which was this:-The
Judge of one OF our most important courts
permits himself to declare from the
bench that we should have a law which,
framed and executed in the spirit of his
proposition, would completely set aside
and nullify one of the most important guar
antees of public liberty inscribed in our
constitution. If as the Surrogate now ex-
plains, or seems to explain, he only proposes
to prevent the abuse OF this right, that
gives his declaration different spirit but
in proportion as it puts in a better light his
respect for the constitution it shows him
as not very happy in the clear expression
Of his meaning.
Year: 1879

Our second letter upon the disturbances
in Baldwin county, Georgia, indicates that
little or no progress has been made toward
discovering the mysterious marauders and
murderers. The principal object OF the
outlaws hatred is guarding his property.
assisted by number OF his friends who are
armed, and the Governor of the State is
going to the scene of the troubles with the
intention OF pressing the search; all others
ia the neighborhood seem so terrified by
the existence and nearness' Of the gang
that they fear even 10 talk Of what they are
all thinking about Probably there are
more than few respectable citizens Of
Baldwin county who know enough OF the
personnel Of the gang TO put the de-
tectivos upon the proper scent, but in
agricultural districts n skulking coward
always seems TO inspire more fear than any
half dozen brave men could do. Even
when warrants were issued from n court in
Hancock county, which adjoins Baldwin
and suffers share Of the disturbance, they
were not served, partly because the men
moved in such forco that II was impossible
to arrest them, which practically means
that the prevalent terror prevented the or
ganization of Sherifi's posse. OF course
there will come an end to it all, and then
the respectable citizens will wonder why
they did not band together, cleanse the