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Year: 1874

There might have been disas-
trous fire on Fourth street on Satur-
day but for the heroism displayed
by man named Swcetman. He was
passing along when he saw little
flames creeping around the chimney,
and be dashed into the house. He
shouted "fire" until the house rang;
while he seized the bureau aud
threw it over. He called to one of
the family to 60 and sound the fire
alarm. The bureau was left lying
on the floor, and Sweetman gathered


up a table and rushed into the yard.
He sent a small boy to sound anoths
er alarm, and ran in and began
racking a bedstead to pieces, at the
same time ordering the women to
throw everything out Of doors. He
got the bedstead down and rushed
out doors and started q third boy
to sound another fire alarm box,
and then he went in and carefully
brought out the wood-box and q
floor-mat. The women were, mean
while, showing the parlor furniture
out doors, and as soon as Sweetman
had flung the mirror through the
back window and torn the baby's
crib to pieces, he ran in and helped
them, while another messenger was
sent to jerk an alarm out Of letter
box on the lamp post. While
Sweetman was thus working heroic
ally, another man had climbed upon
the roof with a pail of watr and
put ont the FIRE, and three four
more arrived upon the sce6 st ii
time to prevent SweetS991 from
throwing the piano down cellar to
give himself room to work.-Detroit
Free Press. ia .e -.
Year: 1874

minutes the youthful bride complain.
ed of excessive pain in the stomach
and began to realize the rashness of
her action.


A messenger was sent in haste
for her husband and myself. Mr..
Haller's Office being near my own,
we received the message almost
simultaneously, and we rapidly
drove together in my buggy to his
house. When we arrived she was
dead, period of fifteen minutes
having elapsed from the time of ta-
king the fatal draught to
the time of extinction of life. They
were just laying her out on my arri-
val. To my surprise / found she
had grown in that short period so
rigid as to render it difficult to
straighten her limbs. In the course
Of three-quarters of ali hour her en-
tire body became as hard and infex-
ible as bone.


On more minute examination and
inquiry found that the dissolved
silica she had taken into har sten,s
ach had been absorbed and trans
mitted by the chylopoietic apparat-
us and blood vessels throughout the
system, and that her whole body
was a petrifaction. The case being
SO singular and SO sudden, the hus-
band and BRIDES family consented
to a partial post-mortem examina-
ton, other medical men coming to
my assistance.


We found it impossible to cut
through any portion with our seal
pels. DR.. Ferguson broke his seal
pei in the first attempt. We were
able only to break through the chest
with a hatchet, finding extreme diff
ficulty in entering the thoraic cavi-
ty, the contents being, all solidifed.
The heart was found as firm and as
solid as stone, resembling 2 piece
Of cornelian as to both color and
consistency.
Year: 1874

Correspondence of the Inter Ocean.


A lady correspondent writes and
defends her sex as follows:


CHANGING to take up copy Of the
Inter- Ocean my eye fell upon an ar
ticle entitled "rhe Plotting Maid" }"
in which she was criticised very
severely, in some instances more SO
than she should be, according to my
notion. There are scores of men
who are honored and respected who
employ as cowardly means in order
to earn their living as the plotting
maid. He works in his sphere OF
action, she in hers, and very lin
tied one 1t is compared with his.
He deprives her of the means OF
earning for herself living, by
keeping the avenues closed that
should be, as they are to him, open
to all women. This would do
away to a great extent with the
treacherous "plotting maid" AS
the case stands for her, it is sim.
ply a choice between poverty and
marriage with some one who has
the means of giving her the good
things Of life which everyone ap-
preciates. Taking the world in
general, the wages of women are 50
much lower than those commanded
by men, and their constitution is so
much weaker, that in course of time
they find-themselves without a home
or situation, with nothing to de-
pend on but charity or their wits,
simply because their wages were
such as to barely enable them to
live, or, as might better be said,
genteelly starve.


So, you see, 1t is the inequality of
the sexes SO far as wages are con-
cerned, and the insults heaped up
on women who try to achieve the
success which otherwise might be
theirs, that makes SO MANY women
scl,emers. The opinion of the
much abused lords Of the situation
is, that they are the innocent vic.
tins Of the plotting maid, and, in
fact, of women in general. You
never think that there are thousands
and thousands Of men, who, with
their vile influence turn the bright
world into a den of thieves, and
make of it a world in which misery
and vice reign supreme. Men who,
after the mischief is done, turn
their coats and cry corruption"
who sell their souls for paltry dol
lar, and barter the little honor they
have left for popularity; men who
band together like Bedouins and
defraud the Union of its first gains;
who slip from the gibbet by cover
ing their guilt with perjury and ill
Year: 1874

A New York Herald correspon-
dent thus pictures the youthful COM
mander OF the Ashntee expeditions:


"Mr. s., Sir Garnet"


This stately little gentleman, of
proud military bearing; quick,
bri ght eye; broad, high forehead; /;
ardent temperament; a sparkling,
vivacious intelligence animating ev-
cry featurc-this is Sir Garnet VOL.
sely, the paciticator of Red River,
and the young hero chosen for the
command Of the British expedition
to Coomassle.


Sir Garnet found to have extern
sively travelled through the United
States. He told me an amusing
tale, which am sure If related will
not be considered a violation of con-
fidencc, Of how he and a friend of
his found themselves at the Bre-
WORT House, in New York, at the
early part of the war. They were
both too young to care much which
side they should take; neither of
them had any special sympathies
with the South more than with the
North. But they were determined
to take opposite sides during the
war and to meet at the Brevoort
House at future time to compare
notes. They "tessed up" His friend
took sides with the North. Sir Gar
net went with the South, when Lees
gallantry and Stonewall Jackson's
ability made a great impression on
him.


Sir Garnet Wolseleysis said to be
the youngest General in Her Majes-
ty's service. He is not 40 years old
yet, and as he has not risen to his
present rank through interest, it
may be assumed that he has shown
himself a capable and energetic Of
ficer to have attained his present
position. A glance at his "Soldier's
Pocket Book" will show the quail
ties of which he is possessed. Ev-
cry line in it is ritten like q SOL
dier and from a soldiers stand
point. There is no nonsense about
him. The great aim he has in view
seems to be to instruct young Off
GERS in their duties and to inculcate
the idea that everything should be
sacrificed to success.
Year: 1874

challenge to any Juror that he practices poygamy. or
that he believes in the rightfulness OF the same


The right of appeal is also granted from the Su-
preme Court of the Territory TO the Supreme Conrt
of the United States in all prosecutions for capital
offenses. or for bgamy.


In the House the Senate amendments to the bill
were taken up and passed
Year: 1874

converted into money without Grip
pling themselves, must look to AM
other source than the Stete for their
seed grain. To this end the Com
missioners have affidavits in dupli-
cate prepared, and each applicant
must fill out one of the blanks, and
under oath testify to the truth Of the
statement he makes. In filling out
the blank the applicant must state
his precise location, giving the quar-
ter, section, town, ETC.; he must
state whether he is owner, renter or
leaser of the land in question; how
many acres he has broke; that he
has no seed, money os other means
by which he can procure seed, and
that he will faithfully apply the do
nation to the purposes set forth In
the affidavit, which is that he will
use the seed to SOW the land speci-
fed. Ii there be any question con-
cerning the truthfulness Of mans
testimony, the Commissioners will
call for corroborative evidence. All
testimony will be taken publicly, be-
fore local committees, and all appli-
cants will be given to understand
that any one swearing to false
statement will be severely dealt
with. BY adopting this policy the
Commissioners hope to DO able to
carry out the spirit Of the act, which
is to relieve the necessities Of the
really destitute, and bar out those
who are able to help themselves.
One of these affidavits will be filed
with the State Auditor and the other
with the County Auditor.


The Commissioners intend to go in
to Minnesota and buy the wheat,
which they will do in person. They
will then have it shipped to the de-
livery points, where they will re-
ceive it and pay for it. They do this
30 they may know the precise cost Of
every bushel, they being obliged by
the State to keep such an account,
Then, with the assistance Of local
committees, the grain will be dis
tributed in proportion to the require
ments Of the applicant, as shown by
his affidavit. Each person receiving
seed will give receipts in triplicate,
one OF which will be fled With The
state Auditor, one with the County
Auditor, and one to be retained b!
the Commissioners. The Commits
sioners say it will be imprac'icabls
for them to go off the line OF rail


road to make their purchases o
grain, as they could not get around
in time should they adopt thai
course.


We are much pleased with the ap'
pearance Of the gentlemen having
this work in charge. They seem to
be clear headed, sagacious business
men, and possessed Of a determine
ton to discharge their duty without
fear or favor, and in strict compli-
ance with the spirit of the act.
Year: 1874

The Sioux City Journal OF the 18th
inst, gives the plan adopted for dis
tributing the States gift to the suf-
ferers from the grass hopper raid in
Northwestern Iowa last summer.
The system is probably the best that
could have been devised, and will
doubtless result In the distribution
of the funds to the best advantage
and great relief Of thousands Of
needy homesteaders. The Journal
says:


The Commissioners appointed by
the State to expend the $4,000 APP
preparations by the Legislature for
the purchase OF seed grain for the
destitute home5teaders Of the North
west, are on the ground ready for
work. Messrs. Fuller and Brown
were in the city yesterday, having
left the remaining member Of the
Commission, Mr.. Tasker, at LeMars,
where they will join him this morn
ing, when the three will proceed to
SibIey to-day. In conversation with
the first two named gentlemen, we
learned that the Commissioner do
not propose to be imposed on district
rules and regulations in the matter
of distribution will prevent. They
propose that the really needy shalI
receive the aid, aud that those who
Year: 1874

The Joint resolution proposing to
amend the State Constitution by
striking the word "male" from
the article prescribing the qualifica-
tions Ok electors, having previously
passed the House, passed the Senate
on Thursday, by vote of twenty
seven 10 twenty-one. The amend.
ment thus proposed will have to
be submitted to the next General
Assembly, which meets in January,
1876. when, II agreed to by that body
it will be submitted to the electors Of
the State, for their ratification or re-
lection. So it is now probable that
the National Centennial will be en-
liveneh in Iowa by canvass and
vote upon the question Of woman
suffrags, If the vote We're to be ta-
ken at His moment, it is altogether
probable that the proposition would
be defe6ted, but there are influences
at work which may, and probably
will, bung about radical change in
pubic nUntiment before the summer
OF 1876. The influence Of the Grange
organization, is decidedly favorable
to the enlargement Of woman's
sphere, md although the extension
of the Suffrage is not one Of the ac-
cepted pfinciples of the organization,
the tendency is strongly in that di-
rection. 1t Is probable, also, that a
powerful impetus will be given to
the woman suffrage reform by the
great Temperance revival that Is now
sweeping over the country. Earnest
temperance men everywhere will
very soon recognize the importance
of clothing the ladies with every ele-
ment of strength in order that moral
/ influences and restraints may be
supplemented and confirmed by the
most stringent legal enactm ents.
And after many Of the most refined
and Christian ladies have spent
months IN praying for and pleading
with saloon-keepers, fearlessly facing
the jibes and jeers Of the mob, and
the fumes of rum and garlic, and
coming 0R unscathed, stronger, bet
ter and ptirer than ever before, we
shall probably hear no more OF the
i fearful 3etllement they woald suffer
in quietly going to the poffs two OF
J three times year and puttinga bit OF
paper into the ballot box.


Twice before similar proposition
has passed the more numerous
branch of our General Assembly, on.
ly to be defeated in the Senate. The
considerable majority which the
measure receives in the latter body
now, Ia an indication Of the infiuenc-
es we have mentioned, and an evil
dence that the question IL being re-
garded with increasing favor. The
4 proposed amendment has been iDau-
gurated at the proper time and the
/ prospect for it's favorable considera.
! tion may be said to be very fair in
deed. If the Centennial Of the revo-
luton based upon the inherent injus-
tice OF taxation without representa-
tion can be celebrated by complete
removal Of the same disability
still resting on one half 0f
the adult population, 1t will make
the annals OF re doubly memorable.
And the advantages to the country
Of this second revolution would be
even greater than those OF the first.
IT Iowa can take the lead in this
matter she will have an undisputed
right to be called the New England
Of the West. HaUkeye, l2h inst.
Year: 1874

A battle was fought in the Iowa
Senate, lasting all day, on Friday
last, over the bill to prohibit the sale
of wine and beer in the State. The
discussion was animated; the Senate
Chamber was crowded with specta-
tors, and the question at issue, all
though comparatively of miner iHa-
portance, seemed to be matter OF
vital concern to great many present,
if not to the State. The bill was lost
by vote Of Is ayes to "a nays, not
having received the constitutional
majority.


Such a law would Undoubtedly be 80
far in advance of public sentiment In
many localities, that 1t would at best
be doubtful experiment. The great
danger would be the probability that
it could not be enforced in the larger
cities; and even a good law which
cannot be enforced may prove an
evil to the State and the cause 1t is
intended to promote. The defeat of
the bill is severe blow TO the tenn
perance cause, though its passage
might have proven still greater
disaster. Those who may be called
the extremists upon this question,
may think however that 1t il better
to have fought and lost than never
to have fought at all.
Year: 1874

rives here in the morning with the
same dates the Express prints in the
evening, one would never know what,
how or where an accident or event
had transpired of which fragment of
detail was mentioned in those "dis-
patches. To illustrate, the first and
only news we received by telegraph of
the great flood disaster in Pittsburg
some months ago, was that Several
bodies had been found" For what
haddriven the life from those bodies
we had to consult the telegraphic col
umns of the San Francisco Bulletin.
The first news the telegraph sent Of
the Vicksburg riots was that so many
negpes had been killed; why they
were killed and who killed them we
learned from the RulJetin. Never a
line OF the Presidents Message came
overthe wires to this place, and if ever
a lire of that document has appeared
in the Express it has escaped our OBJ
servation. The fact will be substan-
tiated by the newspaper readers of Los
Angeles valley that the HERALD pub
fishes an average of three time as
much telegraphic news as the Express.
We are sorry that it cannot get late
and Ineligible dispatches, but it can
not be done over the Western Union
lines until the Associated Press mo-
nopoly is broken up. The HERALD
paid many hundred dollars to learn
this fact When the new line reaches
this city both the HERALD and Er-
press will furnish their readers with
the latest news. Until that time we
must rely on the San Francisco Butte-
f;,o
Year: 1874

ROsEvILLE JUNCTION, December
l4th.-A man commonly known as
"Axinhine," who has been stopping
at Fletcher's saloon and stable for the
last week, dropped suddenly in a fit
while tending bar at that place last
evening, and died in a short time.
He had been drinking hard for long
time, and it is supposed that this was
the immediate cause ofhis death. He
has been notorious character in this
part OF the country for some years
past, being implicated in several horse
stealing affairs, and had served more
than one term in the State Prison.
Year: 1874

THE San Francisco papers have
turned into "bulls' and "bears," and
gore and scratch each other most un-
mercifully. The Call is an old bear of
the sheep-stealing, night-marauding
class, and has long aud ferveatly
swore that there is no money in the
Comstock lode. 1t is true that all the
time the Belcher and Crown Point
were paying dividends at the rate of
five and ten dollars per month per
share; but this was nothing to the
Call, which has fallen into habit
common to many story-tellers of re-
Leating its own stories until 1t really
believes them true. The Post and
Chronicle are couple of little bulls
of the go-it- blind breed and they have
been believing at and paving around
the old bear for months. The fight is
getting interesting now and charges
OF being bought aud sold are freely
hurled back and forth.
Year: 1874




Our little eveEing cotemporary has
a good deal to say about its tele-
graphic news. For the sake of the
readers of that paper, we really wish
it could furnish them with the latest
dates by telegraph; but it does not,
and it is due to the publishers of the
Express to say that it is not their
fault. No paper not a member of the
Associated Press, taking dispatches of
the Western Union, can furnish it's
readers with the latest telegraph. The
California Associated Press is COM
posed of the San Francisco Bulletin
and Calt and the Sacramento Union,
and this Associated Press will not per-
NIT the telegraph company to send
Eastern dispatches to any other papers
until after they have appeared in their
own columns. This is the reason that
the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company's dispatches, which are fur
nished by the American News Associ-
alton, supercede the Western Union
dispatches everywhere in the interior
wherever the Atlantic and Pacific
wires are in operation. Patrons of the
American News Company receive
their reports all over the State at the
same time they are received in San
Francisco. AS soon as the Atlantic
and Pacific wires reach this city,
which will be in few months, the
HERALD will receive and print the
same dispatches the same morning
with the San Francisco papers. M
interior paper taking dispatches from
the Western Union can do this, anC
as fast as the Atlantic and Pacific
wires reach the cities and towns o
Southern California, the newspapers
will be compelled to abandon the
Western Union lines for the late anC
fresh American Press Association dis
patches, sent over the new wires
There is still another serious objection
to the dispatches sent to Southern Cal
ifornia by the Western Union Tel
graph Company. They contain neither
rhyme or reason, sense or news
The reporter who complies them is
either too ignorant or too lazy to send
the news. Some 800 or 500 words pei
day are sent to the journals of the
South, and a sufficient number OF
paragraphs to make up the quota are
cut unfortunately from the mass of
telegraphic news and handed to the
operator who sends the copy furnished.
But for the Bulletin which usually ar
Year: 1874

WE would suggest to the Common
Council that it would be a great con-
venience to many people if they
would hold their meetings in the eve
ming in place of the afternoon. In
many cases persons having business
with the Council cannot leave their
business in the afternoon to attend the
meetings, which they would attend
without inconvenience if the sessions
were held after dark.
Year: 1874

In his lecture on Educational Prob
lems,n Senator Carl Schurz says that


the hrst principle of all education
should be to learn how to learn. He
adds that to confine children to the
printed answers in the books is a vi
cious course, designed-to promote hu-
man stupidity, sin short time,n he
says " the pupil will fail to remember
what mental and moral philosophy
are. What can be taught in the
Year: 1874

school Is necessarily little, and 1t can
not be Effectively done by mere men,
orizing-the most useful education is
not what others have taught, but
what we can think for ourselves
Mr.. Schurz urges liberal provision for
the establishment of school Libraries,
even with the aid of the State.
Year: 1874

A GRAY HORSE WITH NEW HARNESS
IA on ran away from the New York Bakery
last Monday morning. A reasonable reward
vii he maid for the return of the animal and
harness to the owner


LOUIS EBINGER,


decl6-tf New York Bakery.
Year: 1874

nESIRE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC
~ that they have opened a MUSIC STORE
at No. 60 Spring street, where they intend to
keep an assortment of the newest and most
desirable songs and sheet music for piano,
organ, violin, etc, as well as the most APP
proved instruction books


A small but select assortment now on hand
and q
Year: 1874

NOTICE Is hereby given that Bids will be
IN received by the Common Council at It's
session of Dec. nth, 1874 for the building of
the extension OF the Brick Culvert on Sixth
street, according to Specifications now at my
office. NJ KREMER


declStd Clerk of Common Council.