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Year: 1877

New YORK, Maya The fatal accident at the
post office yesterday, was due TO the removal of
supporting brick wall under the belief that wire
girder could take its place. The new girder snap
ped like pipe stem.


Superintendent Clarksbott, who has charge of
the construction, says the wall was removed and
the girder put in under the orders Of MIR Hill the
present supervising architect.


A. b. Mullett says the whole trouble in this case
arose from the TACT that suspensory truss had
been set in as girder. The brick wall which was
taken away on the top floor, thereby throwing two
rooms into one, was originally continued up from
the foundation.


In order to form suitable room on the fourth
floor for Judge Benedict of the U. s. District
Year: 1877

The coast survey Office is now fitting out two
parties to complete the survey of the coast of
Maine. The first party will be under Lieut.. Ma
son on the steamer Endeavor, and the other under
Lieut.. Hawley, on the schooner Ernst. Another
party is being fitted out for making shore tidal
current observations in that locality and will be
under Acting Master Robert Plat, of the navy,
with schooner Drift.
Year: 1877

The democratic state treasurer and comptroller
have allowed their republican predecessors three
or four days to close thhir accounts and turn over
their papers. The other democratic officers are n
full possession.
Year: 1877

Sufferers on account of eye, ear and throat dis
eases are rejoced that DR.. Lighthl Is coming to
Augusta about the 7th inst. He will stop at the
Mansion House during his stay here; and as he il
a thoroughly educated oculist and aurist well
known to be such, the all icted ones will take this
opportunity to call upon the doctor
Year: 1877

The St. Paul Pioneer Press


says that Governor Pillsbury has


been visiting the center of the hop
per plague in Kandiyohi county.


He says that in seven townships of
that county the wheat crop will be


swept clean by the hoppers. Many


of the people are extremely poor.
and this calamity will leave them
without the means Of subsistence.


Some organized plan of relief must
be adopted to save them from great
suffering. The Governor thinks
there are more 'hoppers in Kandiyo.
hi county than were ever in the
whole State before. He finds one
encouraging fact, however, and that
is that the conviction is general
among the farmers, that if they had
known in time how to deal with the
'hoppers, that by means of ditching
and 'hopperdozers they could have
saved their entire crops. The diff
Guilty is that they did not commence
early enough with the 'hopperdozer
and neglected the indispensable pre-
caution of ditching which, after all,
is the most effectual means of de-
struction and protection. Unfortu-
nately the havoc is not confined to
Kandiyohi county. The locusts are
making broad swathe of desolation
from Pope county through to Mic
ollet and Sibley, some thirty odd
miles in width. And speaking of re-
lief for the destitute in this desolated
belt the people of the Southeastern
part of the State would consult their
own interests if they would raise,
instantly, large subscription to pay
the people of that region a small
bonus for catching and killing hop
pers. ,Eor there is no knowing
where these immense swarms will 90
to when they take flight. ..1 t,,n
Year: 1877

sf-"Eureka' is the hetls'sfnp|t sentiment Of count
less sufferers who find the balmiof relief,


and the fountain Of their health and
strength .in Ayers sarsaparilla. It is
the most potent Of oil the alternatives


to purify the system and cleanse the
blood. It possesses invigorating quail
Year: 1877

A NIGHT ScENH.-"By Jupiter these
ure lovely nights. Nothing Mais the
serenity of the scene" exclaimed a Com
mercial street clerk one night last week,
as he Saturn the porch 'nsnth the silvsry
rays of the crescent Moon, with his arm
around the waist Of his Piety Hill Venus.
But when the old woman came to the
conclusion that matters had better come
to a crisis she opened the window above
them and turned pitcher of water on
their devoted heads, and they thought
they had encountered old Neptune.
She simply remarked to them as they
started tor the gate; Here, come back !
you can't Comet over my daughter in
that Milky Way" The gay and festive
clerk retorted uranus of, and I'll be
hanged If I come back till i get ready :"
and his girl took his arm and they started
off with speed like messenger Mercury
who is said to have had wings on his
heels, and silence reigned once more.
The old lady says she will Planet differ
ent next time.
Year: 1877

To that Poet.-The following is respe fully dedicated to the Ashley Falls poet. Your machinery gives out

 In mighty great haste; Yet hope to hear more

 From that wonderful place. You say a screws loose,

 Put on it head Or perhaps 'twould be better To cut new thread. So set the mill running,

 To stand it will spoil. And while you're about it,

 Put on some sperm oil. And then please remember

 And give us the rest; And If it runs heavy,

 Just pull down it's vest" Oh, do please, continue

 Your we'll begun work, And don't allow the machine One minute to shirk. And now to continue

 With my simple rhyme. hope I've none offended

 Or wasted my time; All is said in jest,

 And you plainly can see That my old machine Has been on spree.
Year: 1877

out and rushed to my assistance. I must
have been almost insensible, for | had to be
carried in by the landlord l WAS given
warm drinks until fully recovered, and was
able to relate my story. l told them my
suspicious and my fears, and this gentle
man here Carrie paused, and turning to .
hne looking gentleman near her. sa d. 'Mr.
James, by his ready belief in what | told, and
his energy and spirit in arousinG the sherltl
and his men, has been the main cause III
bringing assistance"


MIR. Spencer grasped the young mans
hand, and thanked him.


Your plan succeeded admirably, Carrie,
he said; and advancing to the washstand. he
took out the money-belt Saying, ''my mon
ey is all right as you see"


The landlord quivered with rage as he saw
how completely he had been defeated.


As the men began to search the room the
landlord protested his innocence, declaring
that they had no right to hold him or his men
prisoners, or search the house.


Breaking open the door above which was
the bust, the men rushed in. The room was
empty, save for long ladder which reached
a shelf above the door hole above the shelf
disclosed the bust to be broken in half, so
that man could easily climb up the ladder.
get on the shelf, thrust his head in the bust,
which was large enough for an ordinary
mans head, and see all that was going on in
the adjoining room.


This certainly looked suspicious. but alb
solute proof was yet wanting. On returning
to the room occupied by MIR. Spencer, they
again searched every nook and corner. Sud
denly Carrie and Mr.. James, who had been
standing by the fireplace, gave loud cry,
for on close examination they had found
spots of blood on the brick which formed the
hearth.


They began to pull up the bricks, which
proved loose, when Carrie, feeling faint gave
way to the sheriff and his men who had them
all pulled up, when cavity was disclosed,
containing the murdered body of n gentleman
whom Mr. James and the sheriff had re
membered to have stopped at S three
days before.


The evidence was conclusive.


The landlord and his confederates were
guarded through the night, and the next day
were lodged in Jail, where in due time they
were sentenced and suffered the extreme
penalty of the law.
Year: 1877

TOTAL WREeK.-The Louisiana
bridge is again washed away, but q
trestle is now being erectea and it
will not be long before trains will
again pass over. This time they are
going to build . bridge that will
stand.
Year: 1877

Signs are wanting though sayings are
many that the beautiful custom of setting
apart day on which a grateful people may
deck with flowers the graves of the patriot
dead is losing its place in the popular affec-
tion. May that time be far distant, for when
the nation feels it burden to render even
the scanty tribute accorded to the Greek
warrior brought home'd dead on his shield we
shall have ceased to prize the cause for which
our citizen soldiery fought and to care for the
results which they achieved. Patriotism will
no longer be accounted virtue, and he who
fell battling for the unity of the nation will be
held to have died as the fool dieth.


But melancholy forebodings like these may
be dismissed. The nation will not easily for
get her sons who died in her service, and the
day of oblivion is far down IN the unborn cen
turies. This tenth Memorial Day finds a
nation as strong in its gratitude to its fallen
defenders as the nation which heaped flowers
on the graves of the dead ten years ago.
There may be less ELUSIVE demonstration,
fewer tears may be shed, for time dulls every
grief; but the feelings Of gratitude for the
achievements of our soldiers and of pride in
their valor grow with the years. The sense
of personal loss is less keen, but the sense of
devout thankfulness for restored Union
must increase with the greatness and pros
perity of the country. No recognition of the
defenders of the flag and the saviors of the
Union can be held too lavish so long as the
flag holds its place among the national en-
blems of the world and the country its posi-
ton among the nations of the earth.
Year: 1877

COUNT Won Thieleman, who passed through
the Caucasus about two years ago, states, in
his account of his travels, that he was in
formed by more than one Russian official that
it was only through mere slip of the pen
that the harbor of Batoum remained in the
possession of the Turks on the conclusion of
peace after the campaigns of 1928 and 1929.
According TO the story which was repeated
to him, it was laid down in the original
draft of the treaty of Adrianople that stream
named the Tschoroch, which flows into the
Black Sea to the south of Batoum, should
form the new frontier line between Turkey
and Russia. In making the fair copy of the
deed, however, the scribe employed mistook
the r for an ], and so wrote Tscholoch, a
word which chanced to be the name at that
time of stream some twelve miles to the
north of Batoum-a clerical error which con-
sequently allowed the Turks to retain pos
session of the only good barbor at the east
end of the Black Sea.
Year: 1877

IT is said that the German Empire has re-
Gently adopted the first law it ever passed
governing patents. Unlike nearly all other
progressive people, the Germans have hither-
to refrained from encouraging and rewarding
inventive genius by governmental protection,
but they are probably now fully convinced
that they have lost much more than they
have gained by their peculiar policy, and it is
not unlikely that the severe criticism of Ger
man exhibits at the Centennial Exhibition by
one Of their leading commissioners has had a
considerable influence in Fastening the adop-
tion of the new law.
Year: 1877

WE are promised vigorous and emphatic
letter from the administration respecting the
Mississippi tragedy. The theme is fit SUBJ
ject for the most energetic treatment which
indignant terror and a firm demand for JUS
tice can apply. If the ADMINISTRATION can
quicken the palsied hand of law in that COM
munity, it will do a good thing.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nicatons that are not used.
Year: 1877

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley 7.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal
Year: 1877

With very impressive scrvcos tho funeral Of the late
Rev. Dr. Henry G. Fish took place yesterday In New
ark tho First Baptist Church In presence OF large
congregation. A large Dumber OF Baptist and other
clergy present The floral display very beau
tituL
Year: 1877

TOLEDO, o. June 23--A bold and we'll
planned attempt was made last night TO rob
the Express car on a train bound East on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Four men entered the car and were about to
bind the messenger and other employees.
when they were confronted by Chief Of Po-
lice Purdy. Of this city, with posse, who
had been notified that such an attempt would
be made, and with his men were concealed in
the car. After a short but desperate strug-
gle the four men were captured. They are
all young men and residents of Noble county,
Indiana
Year: 1877

IEUpHIHI 10 IHb UbHHUFHT ]
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.-The situation in
northern Idaho far exceeds in gravity any In
dian outbreak of our day, and will tax the
best resources Of the government and Of the
people Immediately interested to subdue the
Indians, who know the army on the coast is
a mere skeleton, and the people helpless for
Wnit Of arms
Year: 1877




Of the buildings was made and everything
found to be in apple-pie order, as Mr.. Barlow
generally keeps them. The customary bills
were paid and the usual business attended to.
Boy Drowned.


Hiram D. Layton, formerly Of Middletown,
but who, with his parents, has resided for the
last year in Wilmington, was accidentally
drowned while bathing in the Brandywine last
Saturday afternoon Young Layton worked
at the match factory and when the shop was
closed on Saturday afternoon; he with several
other boys went to the creek for the purpose Of
bathing. While in the water it was proposed
to swim to half sunken barge lying out in
the stream Layton said he could not swim
very wen and was advised BY the others not
to make the attempt. He did, however, and
when half way over he was seen by the others,
who had reached the barge TO be striking
wildly and they saw he was becoming ex-
hausted. They at once swan to his rescue
and one, young fellow named Farrier, sue
ceeded in reaching him and attempted to return
with him to the barge, as they were nearer it
than they were the shore. When within few
feet of the barge the latter found he would
have to give up Layton or sink with him, and
letting go of him, barely succeeded in saving
his own life, after sinking once. Poor Layton
made desperate effort to reach the barge, but
his strength was gone and he sank, almost
within reach oft, to rise no more. The other
boys then swan back to the shore and reported
the sad occurrence to Mr.. Bush, who hap
pened to be passing. The gentleman at once
procured boat and a hook and proceeded to
the scene Of the catastrophe, returning in
short time with the body Of the drowned boy.
The coroner was notified, an inquest was held
and verdict rendered in accordance with the
facts as stated above.


The drowning Of young Layton calls to mind
a similar sad occurrence which happened on
pond near this town about year
and half ago, when Curtis Layton brother
10 Hiram, and a son Of Mr.. William Wilson,
were drowned by breaking through the ice
while skating.
Year: 1877

james C. BARLEY, foreman in the boiler de-
partmentof the Hilles & Jones machine shops
Of Wilmington, met with severe accident on
Saturday afternoon. last He was aiding in
loading large furnace boiler and had gotten
under the boiler to place block upon the
truck, when the rope of the block and fall with
which he was raising the boiler, slipped and
the huge mass of iron fell and rolled over upon
the unfortunate man crushing his leg in so ter
rible manner that it was found necessary to
amputate it at the knee.
Year: 1877

On Sunday afternoon last the temperance
meeting, as usual was largely attended, and
was opened with a scriptural reading by Mr..
S. R. Stephens. The interest manifested in
the temperance movement did not appear to be
as enthusiastic as on former occasions, but
when we take into consideration the large num-
Der Of names which have been added to the
pledge we almost conclude that material with
which to work upon is getting scarce, or at
least there is great reduction of material in
Middletown. The timely words of Messrs.
Crockett, Cox and Martindale were spoken
with much zeal and interest, and were listened
to with marked attention. In consequence of
the camp-meeting, at Blackbird, on Sunday
next, the usual afternoon temperance meeting
will not be held until Sunday afternoon week,
at o'clock, when it is hoped and expected
that everybody will be present, and many
more names added to the pledge. A few more
names are wanted Of people who think the
pledge means not TO drink any more rum or
swear any more
Year: 1877

One of the most important duties of Presi-
dent Hayes, when Congress meets next
month, will be to nominate a successor to
Justice David Davis, who resigned in March
to take his seat in the Senate. The Presi-
dent has wisely refrained from making an
appointment during the recess, but he can
not defer sending name for confirmation
at the approaching session. 1t is to be
hoped that he will not appoint any man
party politics. The Supreme Court has suf


fered considerably in public estimation by
the political duty which was required Of it
in determining tho result of the Presidential
election, and it is desirable that the odor of
party politics should be speedily removed
and all suspicion cleared away that it is pos
sible for that great tribunal to have politi-
cal bias. Chief Justice Waite showed very
chaste and beftting sense of judicial de-
corum in causing it to be understood that he
would not consent to serve on the Electoral
Commission, and the virulence with which
certain of the associate justices have been
assailed for their party votes on that occa-
sion makes it regrettable that some solution
could not have been found which would
have permitted all the members of the Su-
preme Court to stand aloof from so exciting
a political controversy. The President must
do nothing which would tend further to
impair respect for the impartiality Of our
highest court He must nominate some
eminent iurist who has never taken any
conspicuous part in politics and whose
high standing in the profession is recog-
nized by the Bar Of the whole country. 1t
would be particularly indiscreet and unfor-
tunate for Mr.. Hayes to appoint q poll
tician who was prominent rival for
the Presidential nomination last year,
and whose opposition to the leading
candidate made the nomination of Mr..
Hayes possible 1t would be great error
to make position on that bench reward
of any kind of party service, especially
when the Supreme Court has something to
| retrieve on the score Of partisan bias among
its members. Even if Mr.. Bristow were
generally recognized as great and learned
lawyer his appointment would be unwise
under present circumstances. If none OF
the circuit judges deserves so high pro-
motion it might be well to seek an ap-
pointee in some of the higher State courts.
When the late Judge Nelson was appointed
he was Chief Justice of the State OF
New York, and Judge Davis had been
serving long term on the Bench OF Illinois
when President Lincoln selected him for the
Supreme Court. Judge Hunt, one OF the
best of General Grants appointments, was
taken from our Court of Appeals


Beside attempting to protect the Supreme
Court from further assaults on the grount
that its members are partisans he shoult
try to rcctify the present unfair geographi
cal distribution of the judges Since 1SGOth
Year: 1877

Although the interesting long range rifle
match at Crecdmoor yesterday did not draw
u large crowd to the grounds, and al
though it did not touch on the sensi-
tive patriotic nerve which vibrated
through the great international match of
last week, it possessed several features
worthy of note. In the first place it was to
a certain extent, agauge of the spread of this
manly sport through the States of our Union.


Teams from Massachusetts,, Louisiana and
the District of Columbia were on the
ground, beside our New York boys. The
Californians, who have been doing SO well at
Creedmoor ut short and mid range, failed to
enter long range team, and Connecti-
cut was also absent, although possessing
many fine long distance marksmen. For q
first attempt at al interstate long range
match it was therefore, fairly successful,
and we think that it is only necessary
to alter the conditions slightly in order
to make it one of the most important
matches in succeeding years 1t should
be to America what the Elcho Shield contest
is to the United Kingdom. We think its
weak point at present is permitting any
number of clubs from one State to COM
pete for it. Thus, yesterday there were
three clubs from New York State; the
Amateurs, the Parthians and the Hacken-
sacks, for although the name OF the latter
would indicate New Jersey rparaGHntagee, its
representatives before the buttsr are mostly
resident New Workers. Of c,ny cnpFyse yesterday
Year: 1877

the New York Amateur Club, with such
rifle giants as Dakin, Weber, Allen and
Jewell hadit all their own way; but it is
gratifying that the team from another
State, Massachusetts,, took second place.


We sincerely regret that the gen.
tlemen from Louisiana, who have
shown US such fine examples of shooting
in their practice scores, should have SO
unaccountably failed in the hour of
trial. With their experience of yes
terday they may come to US another
year improved in many respects and
SO put on the record what they have SO
abundantly proved themselves able to
achieve in quiet practice. A real inter-
state long range match would do
moro to cultivate scientific marksman-
ship throughout the country than
any international match. The prize, to


be held a year, should be an object Of
art which would be worthy of prominent
place in the State Capitol or the City Hall
Of the chief municipality. Then we might
hope to see the great scores of the past few
years outdone and brigade of marksmen
where there is now barely o corporals guard.
Year: 1877

And now it turns out that General How
ard has worn out the patience of Chief
Joseph. That excellent Indian found
Howard too slow, and has abandoned him
in disgust. The HERALD correspondent on
the Yellowstone River reports suspicion
that Joseph has gone off to parts unknown,
leaving some of his young men to deal with
Howard. Well, it probably saves q major
general to an anxious people; for he will,
we hope, be able to get away from Joseph's
young men. But the Indian chief appears
to us to have made n blunder If he had
captured Howard and brought him to Gen
eral Sheridan he would have earned, and
no doubt received, the applause of the
nation. Probably he did not suspect this.
He may have imagined that Sheridan did
not care much about Howard.