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Year: 1877

The Livingston mich. Democrat says:
Saturday night couple of ladies of this
village proposed to have little fun, all
to themselves. Accordingly they dressed
themselves in their husbands habili-
ments, blackened their faces and hands
and started forth. They finally concluded
they would go to the Jail and demand
admittance of Deputy Sheriff Drake.
They had no other place to stop, they
said, and wished to occupy cell for the
night. Drake refused to comply with
their request, supposing them to be
couple of darkies. Indeed, Drake says
they were the worst looking niggers he
ever saw. On being refused, the darkies
doubled up their fists and made furious
demonstrations of knocking Drake down.
He then told Mrs. Beurmann, the
sherif's wife, to watch the niggers while
he procured pair of handouts. He
then started for them on double-quick.
He overlook them at the southeast gate
of the courtyard, when the niggers
again pitched into him and came near
mastering him. In this predicament he
struck one of them over the head with
the handouts. 1t was glancing blow
and luckily hit on the top of the head,
which was well shielded by wad of hair,
put up so as to wear an old hat. Drake
was about to repeat the blow, when one
of the darkies cried out, "Don't Spence
its Lutew An explanation followed,
when Drake found out that it was his
wife, accompanied by one of her friends.
He had struck his wife with the hand
cuffs, but her head was so shielded with
hair that the blow produced only a " big
bunch on the top of the head.
Year: 1877

Vienna Cor. Philadelphia Bulletin


Lighted by taper in the hands of one
of the Brothers we descended to the
gloomy crypt in the old Church of the
Capucines, where Austrian royalty is
buried. In the dim light we picked our
way through many metal caskets,
occasionally having horrible sensation
by hanging against one and being
startled by the noise of the contact with
such an object in such place. AT the
extreme end of the repulsive vault
the loDg-robed monk halted, and in
French indicated that we were beside
the casket of the Archduke Macmillan,
Emperor of Mexico. Poor Macmillan J
The victim of the man who presumed
to hang the trappings of Imperialism on
the borders of the Republic; the brother
of the Austrian Emperor, who exchanged
happy home and high position for the
fatal illusion of monarch's title. The
schemer, driven from his throne, dies an
exile, and the victim is brought home
to lie among his people. The love that
was borne the Archduke is evinced by
exquisite offerings of fresh flowers,
tied with broad white ribbons en-
broidered with gold, which are constantly
renewed on his coffin. Not far from
where Macmillan rests is the plain
casket containing the remains of the
young man called Napoleon II. He is
close to his grandfather, the Emperor
Francis l, and directly beside his
mother, the wife of the great Napoleon.
The most conspicuous casket in the
crypt is the ostentatious piece of silver
bronze which incloses the great Empress
Maria Theresa. The vault of the
Church of the Capucines contains the
bodies of the royal family; the Cathedral
of St. Stephen, their bowels, and the
Church of the Augustines, their hearts.
In the latter the rows of silver urns in
which the hearts are placed can be seen
by looking through grating in the
door of the cell. As one stands in the
dismal place, surrounded by the cofins
of the dead, the sight of the urns pro-
duces strange impression. 1t is a
luxury to escape from the depressing
sepulcher and again feel the warmth of
the genial summer sun.
Year: 1877

The Ha,ck-Eye says that Burlington
man has invented a new illuminating
fluid, more brilliant than gas, cheaper
than kerosene, destitute of odor and
perfectly non-explosive. He tested it in
large Parlor lamp the other night. He
obtained a splendid view of the next
comet, but was so absorbed in wonder
ing which way his wife and children
went, that he did not make any scien-
titic or definite observations. They
have all got back now and the roof is re-
paired, but the smell which hangs
around the place cannot be cradle ated.
A cheap homemade light is a great
thing to have in the family.
Year: 1877

THE night clerk of one of our hotels
was startled about eleven o'clock the
other night by the following converse
ton, at a time when he supposed he was
alone in the office: Come along, you
Hoodlum, let's so upstairs" "Go
nothin'," was the gruff reply, "let's
wait till the midnight train comes in !;
there's nothing you can get blood out of
in the house now" And the amazed
and Mortified clerk could see nobody in
the room except two old gray mosqui-
toes, doing on a Saratoga trunk.
Year: 1877

but when she sought to follow II nm


with her body the hairs on his back
sprang to their feet, the wrinkles


flowed up to his neck, his teeth an
peared, and the growl, deep and om-
inous, followed.


1t was no use. There she was, and
had she been under ton of iron she
could scarcely have been more a pris-
Oner She thought of her bread and
the dinner until the tears eoursed
down her pale cheeks in unbToken
streams. Once in a while a subdued
sob would break from her bosom
Her face grew whittier and whittier as
the moments rolled by, and the des-
pairing ache in her heart grew more
and more intense. But there was no
relief. The cold was benumbing her
body, while the pain was rending
her soul. Her reflections finally
grew so bitter and agonizing that
she hid her face in her apron and
sobbed outright. And there she sat
and cried, and there he sat and
watched, faithful and true to the
last. And there Mr.. Plumb found
them two hours and a quarter later,
when he came home to dinner, and
after a nervous search for his wife.
Mrs. Plumb had to be lifted bodily
from the box and carried into the
house, her long position in the cold
having rendered her limbs almost
powerless. She had never been so
glad to see her husband since the
time when Sunday nights were a
speciality with the twain, but she
could not look pleased, she could not
utter a word. The painin her heart
was too great. There was no need of
flying to the oven to see the bread,
nor to lift the lids of the pots to OBJ
serve the dinner. Everything in the
way of baking and cooking was man.
ltest to the most casual observer on
entering the kitchen. 1t was the
event of Mrs. Plumb's life. Her
brown hair has become snowy white,
and her face looks ten years older.


Pinch is working In brickyard
for his board
Year: 1877

The attempt to bribe Anderson,
the Louisiana elector to vote for I'll
den is admitted, but it was done
simply "to test what stuff the Board
was made Of" As it utterly failed
the Board is pronounced "horribly
corrupt"
Year: 1877

A recent work on Russian railways
saws: cat the outbreak Of the Crimean
war there were only about seven hum
dred and fifty miles of railway In the
whole empire, and troops and stores
were conveyed hundreds OF miles by
the most primitive means OF transport.
Now Russia has no less than 1000
miles of railroad, and every year new
lines are constructed. 1t Is curious
fact that, as q general rule, the rail-
WAYS, like camel drivers in certain
Eastern countries, studiously avoid
the towns. AS consequence the trav-
eler takes ticket for a certain town,
and finds on arriving at what he
imagines to be his destination that the
railway station Is surrounded by fields,
and that it is often several miles from
the town bearing the same name. The
chief reason for this seems to be that
land Immediately within or without the
municipal barrier is relatively dear, and
that the railroads, being completely be-
yond the invigorating influence of
healthy competition, can look upon the
comfort and convenience OF passengers
as secondary consideration. In one
celebrated instance. however, and on the
most import ant railroad line in Russia,
another cause brought this result.
From st. Petersburg to Moscow the
locomotive runs for distance OF four
hundred miles, almost as the crow is
supposed to fly, turning neither to the
right nor to the left. For fifteen weary
hours the passenger in the express looks
out on forest and morass, and rarely
catches sight of human habitation.
Only once does he catch glimpse OF a
town in the whole distance, and this
place, Tyler by name, is favored simply
because it happened to be near the
straight line"
Year: 1877

move III tI5 ulLeotlou VI locdt liApIOFe-
ments.


What say you, gentlemen, to q meet
ing at an early day for consultation
[Natchitoches Vindicator.


great physical change has occurred
in our noted fishing ground, Clear
Lake. with the present stage of water
in old Red, that splendid Lake Is two
feet lower than ever before, and as clear
us crystal, and the spring migration of
the f1nny tribe have not yet found their
way into the lake, and will not this sea-
son, unless there Is a much greater rise
In Red river than has yet taken place
this season.


The reason for this is obvious, and Is
a positive proof Of the positions we have
taken for two years that Bayous Tone.
Pierre and Winsy are cutting out and
these bayous, Notwithstanding the
money spent by the United States
government and the good citizens
of Shreveport to confine it to it's
present channel. q This state of
affairs may blast the visionary
theories OF few ancient denizens OF
Shreveport, but 1t gladens the hearts Of
all the land owners from the head of
Bayou Pierre two miles below Shreve-
port TO the outlet or the spanish Lake
country In Natchitoches parish = Mans
field Reporter.


We do not know where to lay blnme,
but there Is something virtually wrong
about our Lower Coast mail. Since the
present contractor has had charge OF
this mail route, no one can form any idea
when the mail will arrive or depart
whether at all or not. There Is some
thing consoling In the idea that when
you deposit letter. newspaper or pack
age in the post office, to be transported
to New Orleans or some other post office
Immediately on the line, that 1t will
certainly reach its destination in the
course OF few weeks; but we are de-
prived Of even this small consolation.


Three-fourths Of the mail matter Of
this coast is now carried by private con-
veyance, without paying postage, simply
because there is no dependence to be
placed In the mail service, thereby los
ing more to the government than it
would cost extra to pay regular first
class boat like the Martha to carry the
mail, besides inconveniencing this en-
tire coast and endangering the loss Of
the entire mail, including Mr.. Beebe,
the handsome and accommodating mail
agent. fPlaquemines Observer.
Year: 1877

Our best planters assure US that they
have never before had such prospects !;
the soil better prepared and the hands
working 30 we'll. Politics have been
abandoned-"l let us alone" is the cry Of
the negro, and Providence has put in u
beautiful streak Of weather that must
tell in the end to our good. Natchi-
toches Vindicator.
Year: 1877

We lack space and time for the dis
cussion of these important events in
the present issue of our paper; but we


cannot refrain from expressing sense


of relief that the long pending contest,
which was bearing with heavy weight
upon all branches Of business and in
fui settlement, We have no doubt this
feeling will be shared by the great mass


Of the people of Louisiana. irrespective


of political predilections.- Donaldson


Vile Chief (kep)
Year: 1877

DE. Leonard Bacon, of New Haven, is cat in . letter to the Tribune, denying the eOnstitutiOnality of the Chamberlain doctrine requiring the interference of the president on behalf of the Returning Beard state governments. He holds that the president can only interfere in case of regular requisitiOn to put down actual domestic violence. and his letter concludes with the pertinent inquiry:

 Is the President of the United States to be a Supreme Returning Board for all elections of State Governors? I say No! Who says Yess
Year: 1877

We hope that one of the reforms of the new administrations willbe a thorough in- vestigatiOn of the Pacific railroad rings.

 That might accomplish at least two excel- lent results; it might save the government . little money; and it might show up the old jobs in such light as to effectually kill of the new iOb-the Southern Pacific, BOW threatning an awful raid on the pub
Year: 1877

We desire to say a good word about the business of the celebrated Dry Goods and Carpet dealers, Messrs. Hall & Read of Bridgeport. Each season finds their sales increasing and there is every reason why it should be good place to trade. This firm makes all their ingrain carpets thereby saving their customers one profit. They buy their Domestic goods direct from the manufacturers they sell every article at the lowest market rates-they love their business and are determined to please the public. When in Bridgeport. go and see theLa.
Year: 1877

THE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH.-
The superstitions of the Chinese are some
times very curiously eXemplifed. The
other day woman died in the city-she
was the wife of harcoal-deaIer-who, for
a long time had boarded money secretly, the
fact being hidden even from her husband.
When she fell sick, she took her dollars and
concealed them under her pillow, her ayarice
extending so tar--the ruling passion strong
in death-that when she died her hands
were found cutching number of the coins
so tightly that it was impossible to unlock
the fingers. OF course, firmly as the MUS
ces may have been set. it would no doubt
have been possible for her husband to have
wrenched or cut them apart had he wished
to do so; but no. "She stuck to her dol
lars during her liie," said the widower,
"and she clings to them still more despe-
rately in death; let her have them undls-
turbed." And so the corpse was buried,
its dead hands clasping the dollars with
desperate grip, while the rest OF the poor
creatures savings were put into the coffin
and buried forever with her.-Shanghai
Celestial Empire.
Year: 1877

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE THEATRE.-Work.
men are now engaged in cutting large door
(ten feet wide) from the lobby into the The
atrc parquet. and in making other arrange
ments for the comfort and convenience Of
the patrons Of that place OF amusement. The
stairway leading from the street to the fam
lily circle is being taken out, and will be sub
stituted by one three feet wide. The season
begins on the Sd of September.
Year: 1877

SCARCITY OF WATER IN THE RITER.-Thc
water in James river continues very low a;
indeed, the river is easily forded above the
falls or near the Free bridge. Yesterday
Superintendent Davis, OF the Water " orks,
commenced blasting out ledge of rock
in the river near Rutherford's old mill.
above the pump-house, so as to increase the
supply to the pumps and throw more water
into the channel. The water has fallen in
the old reservoir about six feet below the
water-line, and in the new reservoir it has
fallen about two feet below the usual level.


The river is, in the opinion OF many.
lower than it has been for forty years, and
unless we have rain very shortly the matter
will become one OF very serious moment.
In many places pools have been left by the
falling water, and in these pools large num-
bers Of fish have been caught and some
killed by the boys, who now find no diff
Guilty in getting Il good, heavy string in 4
short time. 1t is to be hoped that this state
OF things will last only short time.


Elsewhere in this mornings Dispatch will
be found notice OF the Superintendent Of
the Water-Works urging that all fountains
street-sprinklcrs, and other uses OF water
that are not absolutely necessary for family
or mechanical purposes lie Immediately
stopped. The subject Is an important one
and deserves the attention OF our citizens.
Year: 1877

MANY WHO ARE SUFFERING from thl
OF the warm weather and are dcblitated
ylsed by physicians 10 take moderate am
whiskey two or three times during the di
little while those who adopt this advice II
Year: 1877

In the southern portion of the city roughs
may be seen loafng around. In two, OF
three instances Chinese houses have beer
battered down in the absence of the patrols
but nothing else has been attempted in the
way of demonstration.


EVERYTHING QUIET.


Everything is quiet throughout the city
1t has been asccrtained that during the day
number of
Year: 1877

An alarm OF fire has just been turned in
from the corner of Fourth and Berry Sts.
This j. in the immediate neighborhood of
the depots and offices of the railroad CON-
pany. The sky is brilliantly lighted up in
that direction.
Year: 1877

Li6HT tPON TAME cEEEN.-Stdte
Assayer Hayes Of Massachusetts, pub
fishes warning against the use of Par,s
green for the destruction Of potato bugs.
He says that there Is danger, in the
common mode Of digging potatoes, tha.
the poisoned earth may adhere to the
tubers, and through lack Of careful wash
ing before using. prove fatal. He also
speaks Of the danger attending the pres
ence of a poison in the household.


In regard to these cautions Professor
Chandler, President of the Board OF
Health. says: There is Just as much
danger in having Paris green in house
as there rs in having a loaded revolver,
or any other deadly weapon. II does
not poison the potatoes. but it would i'm
pregnate with poison lettuce or salad
that is TO be eaten raw, and therefore
too much care cannot be taken in
its use, and every precaution should
be taken to prevent it being de-
posted by the wind on other plants.
The subject has been discussed by the
Board Of Health, and J, has been deci-
ded that Of the two evils, Paris green
and potato bugs, the former is the less,
and therefore We have sent out no warn
ing sgainst its use. We have, howcv-
or, strictly prohibited its sale at retail
in the city. do not consider its use so
dangerous but that the unchecked raw
ages Of the bug would be infinitely more
So"


The ordinary Paris or imperial green
which is used in The war against the
bugs is scientifically an aceto arsenite
of copper. 1t is the same green COM
monty supposed to be so dangerous.
when used in coloring wall paper. In
Watts's Chemical Dictionary this popu.
lar superstition is treated az follows:


This compound is much used as pig
ment, on account Of its splendid green
color. A great deal Of needless alarm
has lately been excited about the sup
Po.ed deleterious effects Of this pigme Mt.
II is extensively used for staining wall
papers, and persons inhabiting rooms
thus prepared are said to have had their
health seriously deranged by the arsen-
ieal fumes evolved from it. Now, it is
utterly impossible that arsenic should
volatile from such compound at ordi-
nary temperatures. 1t does not decom.
pose at any temperature below redness.
The only way in which danger could
arise from the use Of paper stained with
an arsenical color. is that PARTICLES OF
the compound might be brushed of in
busting the paper, and thus become
mixed with the air OF the apartment;
but il is not in this way that the sup
posed accidents are said to have occur
red. The panic has arisen from mis-
taken notion rs to the volatility Of the
arsenic. That the use cs the pigme n,
is not really dangerous may be safely
inferred from the fact that no bad effects
are experienced BY the workmen en-
gagged in its manufacture.
Year: 1877

Efes or course these few instances
are but heggarly ciphers In comparison
with the millions cf the earth: but no
body knows who is to figure smuox the
ciphers; and # il should happen to be
our own chance, how very agreeable it
would be II 1t any station, the fovtieth,
the 6ftieth. even the seventieth, whea
the world acquitted NJ Of care, We had
discovered any peculiar TALENT with oil
our powers fresh and vigorous 70 pursue
it, and had not neglected to cultivate II
because il was "all nonsense ut our age"
to begin, and We dida't want people
lsughing ct ual


Aad evsuif $500 60 a Ia
to these antediIuvian 6ou605, L u o
well TO put ourselves in condition f6f
enjoyment for the ten or twenty years
that we probably shall live after passing
the Rubicon where we think II 10 too
late to learn. Ten years, in COMPARE
son with these vaster numbers, seem
but breadth; but in reality there are
very many long weary days and weeks
and months in them, - looking back on
any last ten years, and al they have
held, will show Us; and whatever will
legitimately tighten and brighten those
ten years of life, If ten they are, it Is
safe to say should never be neglected.
Moreover, we cannot brighten time for
ourselves without Frightening it for
others. for every body around US. bright
ening it not only by interesting them in
our pursuits, BY giving them something
more TO take pleasure in than they 9TH
erwise might have, but BY giving them
also the sight of a cheerful face and a
contented spirit from day to day. than
which there are few things to make a
house pleasanter, and whose opposite
can imbitter life spent in a palace.


Let US feel, then, that it is never too
late to begin anything that is in the least
within our powers or desires; and as the
days pass on, let those of us who have
not found it be looking about Us for the
secret seed that time has not yet de.
veioped within us, but which impartial
nature must have given US. which we
shall bring to light as our hidden re-
source of pleasure in those days when
the grasshopper may be a burden.
Year: 1877

James, the jail bird, who escaped from our county jail recently, we learn, has been work. ing on the Southern Pacific Railroad, but on learning that Sheriff Bowers was going in after Hunt got scared and put out for the upper country and probably hid AWAY.
Year: 1877

TIr Tor-Mr. Chase, from Humbug dis trict, brings word that they have foot streak of high grade ore in the Tip Top which MT. E. T. Riggs, the Superintendent, pronounces to be ahead of the Peck or any thing else in the way of silver orc that he ever saw, and he is an old experienced min ing foreman and superintendent, and knows what he is talking about
Year: 1877

Recent developments in the Peck mine go to show that the Company, il selling their mine, have made q great mistake, as an abundance of ore that will pay from three tO ten thousand dollars per ton has been scruck, and there is more than enough iu sight tO pay for the mine.
Year: 1877

COYOTE RANCH-Thomas Saunders, the present incumbent, is in town and tells us that he is established in the dairy business and intends to visit our village every two weeks, and will bring in about sixty pounds of butter each visit
Year: 1877

Nulvcnon < Roach, prCprietors of the Turkey creek shelter are, at present working the United State,, a galena lead, the ore from which they intend to use as a Aux for working several tons of Goodwin ore, which is now at the shelter ready for treatment, and which will probably pay about $i00 to the ton.
Year: 1877

C. A. Luke is loading his quartz mill now at Walnut Grove on wagons 10 be drawn by oxen. preparatory to starting it for Brad shaw Basin, where it is to be put up and where 1t is sure to make is owner rich,
Year: 1877

The farmers in the different valleys are about through blowing and preparing their ground for planting corn. The ground is said to be in good condition, and the farmers arc in hopes that they will raise good crops.
Year: 1877

head was turned, whose capacity to focus
facts to the intellectual vision was deranged
by wh;skey and absinthe. Bhang in Hin
doostan and hashish in Arabia have in
spired attempts like this for ages, and it is
hardly necessary to go beyond whiskey and
absinthe for an explanation Of the
present case Both political parties
have crimes enough to their score, as
the evidence from every quarter shows with
out loading them in addition with the re-
sponsibility for acts originating in drunken
frenzy and mistaken conceptions of patriotic
obligation. Although it has been shown
that some very important democratic inter-
ests were committed to persons sadly want
ing in good Judgment it is not conceivable
that those managers were foolish enough to
believe that it was worth while to murder
Mr.. Packard or imbecile enough, if they even
decided on such a course, to employ man
likely to talk about it to all the persons he
encountered while in his cups.