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Year: 1878

The Charity Ball was a failure last night
for the first time but only comparatively failure after
ALL All the boxes had been sold and thousands OF single
uckets had been disposed Of. All the boxes too were


filed last night but many those who had purchased


tickets deferred by the severe storm, and the at
tendance accordingly appeared small. At the
opening OF the ball, which was delayed rntii
IL o'clock. not more than twothirds OF the seats
in the circle were filed. The opening mareh
Of the sedate and matrOny managers who always for
may begin this ball by prOmenade-fOr very lew OF
them dance even in the first quadrle-had oniy tity


four participants on this occasion and there were only
sets in the first quadrlle Usually this ball opens
with march OF from 20 to 100 couples, and the small
number on this occasion is to he attributed wholly to
The nclemcut weather.


The attendance If not large however very select
possibly a natural consequence. Many OF the best
known ladies and gentlemen IN New-l0rk society were
to be seen, and among the more prominent
persons from abroad who present were the Earl
Of Duierin and Lady Lykos Ex-Governor Holman
and daughter occupied box Manp Of the toilets
worn on the occasion Of the freshest and most
charming description. Managers Kingsand and Moss
cxceled previous decorations and though the
building was not fun OF color the occasion of
the Old Guard Ball, sthc set scene at the rear OF
the stage was unusually handsome and elective,
while the urns which frngcd the stage more than
brilliant and beautiful with pTOfusiOn OF Gala mes


IL might added rsO that the supper set by Mr. ferIn
Of the Westminster Hotel. and which arranged hy
Antonio Savor the steward OF the hotel one OF the
richest finest displayed occasion OF TINS
sort.
Year: 1878

COUNTY PRINTING.-It may req
sonably be Inferred from the Demo-
Gratis advocacy Of letting the county
printing to the lowest bidder that it
has no hope Of Democratic success
at the approaching election. How
ever that may be, the proposition
itself should not be ignored.


Now We do net believe that the
people OF Iowa county object to pay
ing fairly remnnerating prices for
public printing, aud thus helping. to
sustain the local press, to which
they are indebted for much that 10
account can De made of, and nobody
expects to pay for. Within the last
Year: 1878

ten years the Democrat has enjoyed
fully as much official patronage as
any paper in the county, yet we be-
lieve it has not returned to it's pub
fishers as large profits as could have
been derived in the same time from
almost any other business to which
an equal amount of capital. labor and
talent were devoted. As with the
Democrat, so with other papers
They are public servants, whose
services the people demand, yet for
which but few are willing to pay as
literally as they should hence, as a
business, that Of the local pnblisher
can not and ought not be classed
with any other.


To the, County Board we are will
ing the matter of letting printing on
tender shall be submitted, in full
confidence that when the subject is
carefully considered in all its bear
ing, that body will do no injustice to
either people or printers. So there
is no ground of dispute between us
and the Democrat on this subject,
and nothing in it to effect any ones
vote.
Year: 1878

l would respectfully announce to,
the citizens Of Mineral Point and
vicinity that / have returned and am
better prepared to attend all requir.
ing ray professional services.


Dr.. Wingender will still remain
with me. To those wishing Artificial
Teeth. we would say that we are
prepared to guarantee better work,
and will do work as cheaply as the
same class OF work can be obtained
elsewhere.


l-2w y. J. COYKENDALL.
Year: 1878

If any one tells you Charley GIL
mann is a good man, competent and
honest, admit it; if y3ar sympathy
is asked for his misfortune by the
tornado, grant it; by 80 doing you
will admit what all know to be true,
and grant what all feel to be just ;
bu. at the same time bear in mind
that Chris. Kessler is also q good
man, competent and honest; and
that le suffered by the tornado OF
Democratic rebellion to an extent
that can never be repaired.
Year: 1878

GEO. MoRCoM, living about mile
northwest of Laxey settlement GO
up one morning last month and
went to the barn as as usual
and found the door open and his
double harness missing. 1t was
supposed at first TO. be done in q
joke, but as no trace has yet been
found of the harness. it is conclusive
that they were stolen. Thieves in
that neighborhood have always been
scarce, and this manoeuyrs will
cause the inhabitants out there to be
on the alert.
Year: 1878

THE Democratic and Greenback
organs OF this coanty express slight
hopes that their respective parties
will succeed this fall. There is but
little ground for such hopes if Re-
publicans do their whole duty. Their
county ticket is superior to either of
the opponents in the whole, and it is
the duty of every Republican to do
oil he can to insure its election. 1t
can be done with proper effort.
Year: 1878

A GRAND moving jubilee is now
being INDUCED in by various mer-
chants of this city. After you get
settled keep the people posted of
your whereabouts by generous use
of the printers ink. We hold our
selves in readiness to do our part,
you bet.
Year: 1878

THE IMMORAL Point Railroad has
made reduction in the freight.
There's a difference Of five dollars
per car on stock, and in the first,
second and third classes, consider
able differance per hundred. This
is o. move that the entire community
will be benefited by.
Year: 1878

J. DELLER is now fairly located
in his new double store. One of the
largest stocltb Of choice dry goods
ever brought TO this county has
been placed upon the shelves and SO
tasteful'y arranged'as to elicit the
praise and admiration of all inspec-
tors. Such moves of enterprise in
our midst is sure to meet with pub
lie favor and prosperity.
Year: 1878

THERE has been a remarkable sue
cess Of the Mccormick Harvester
and Binder in New leland. TO give
some. idea OF the popularity of these
machines in that distant land, and of
the magnitude Of the.kade establish
Year: 1878

It is said that one out Of every four real
invalids who go to Denver. Col. to recover
health, never return to the East or South
except as corpse The undertakers. next
to the hotel keepers, have the most profit
able business. This excessive mortality
may be prevented and patients saved and
cured under the care of friends and loved
ones at home, if they will but use Hop
Bitters 10 tune, This we know. See
other column.
Year: 1878

VALUABLE TRUTHS.
II you are suffering from poor health, or Ian
gushing on bed Of sickness, take cheer, for
Hop Bitters viii Cure You
II you simply ailing; if you feel weak
and dlsp1rited, without clearly knowing why,
Hop Bitters will Revive You.
If you are a minister, and have overtaxed
yourself with your pastoral duties; or a moth
er, worn out with care and work,
Hop Bitters will Restore You.
II you are man of business, weakened BY
the strain of your everyday duties; or a man OF
letters, to1ling over your midnight work,
Hop Bitters will Strengthen You.
If You are young. and suffering from any in


discretion or growing too fast Is often the case
Hop Bitters will Relieve You.


II you are in the workshop, on the farm, at
the desk, anywhere, and feel that your system
needs cleansing. toning or stimulating, without
intoxicating,
Hop Bitters is What You Need.
If You are old, and your pulse is feeble. your
nerves unsteady, and your faculties waning
Hop Bitters win give you New Life
ana vigor.
Try Hop Cough Cure and Pain Relief.
For sale by John Bengston and T II Thomas.
Year: 1878

We DO not read anonymous etters and communi.
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
acases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used
Year: 1878

THERE is much advantage in establishing
a reputation tor wit, as Mr.. Martin Towns
end of New York finds. No matter how
stupid thing he may say, people feel bound
to laugh. Is he not clown of the House,
jester by virtue of his office? Only day or
two ago he informed the Speaker that he
would not submit to any public lecture; and
this brilliant remark provoked "great laugh
ter" we are told. 1t is easier to tickle
Congressman than baby.
Year: 1878

AUSTRIA is beginning to yield. The temp
tation is too great. Here is chance to rob a
friendly nation of great province, and it
will not cost cent either. 1t isn't in Aus
trian nature to throw away that opportunity.
Year: 1878

A coed little boy who was kicked by mule
didn't say any naughty words or go crying hone
to his mother. He just tied the mule within
five feet of the beehive, backed him round to it,
and let him kick
Year: 1878

am taking my holidays now. When the
rest of the world begins to take its holiday
mean to go to work. The longer l live the
more I see the rashness of putting of your
holiday till summer You might die, you
know.-Mdrk TScdiR
Year: 1878

WE have little room in which to ami
madvert upon the victory the Democratic
party has gained in this State, and little
desire to do so if we had room. We,
therefore, have little to say in addition to
what was said in the Extra GAZETTE
issued about O'Clock this morning. We
have added all the returns it was possible
to get, and revised some of those We had
given, making the report for the county
as full and accurate as possible.
Year: 1878

NEW ANDIATTRAcTIvE STOCK Tomorrow
and Tuesday enterprlsnR friend E. H. Adams Esq


will have the grand opening of his splendid stock
Of fancy and staple dry goods notions all selected
under hiS personal supervision during hs recent visit
North. Mr.. Adams has for his house = most enyi


able reputation the place where the best OF dry
goods In all neS be bought At the most
rates and this reputation he is resolved to maintain
At any cost to himself The prices Of his new goods
low to place the bulk of them within the
reach of the pooreSt Of the poor but
be disposed the terrible experiences OF the past
few months, TO carry economy to an extreme We may
mention for their special benefit that MI Adams has
some goods left from last season which he will ssl
below All rich and poor, young aud old, can be
sOIted 70 aot by calling 81 sel Magazine street four
Year: 1878

Come, now, what Internal barbarity
is this-leaving a clothes line out after
dark! A great deal of funny comment
is made upon the custom by thoughtless
people, but it is a most serious matter,
and it is high time the tomfoolery was
abolished. We are just as ready as
any body to see the funny side Of a
thing, but we have ceased to observe
any thing amusing in being uneXpect-
ediy sawed across the neck or rasped
across the face by a clothes-line. 1t is
time there was legislative enactment
to either hang clothes lines 60 feet above
the earth, or make the leaving them
out after nightfall State-prison offense.
1t is most incomprehensible fact that
a clothes-line is always hung across the
garden-path. If the yard was 10 miles
square and a path two feet wide crept
along close to the fence, and the woman
had but eight feet of line, she would
manage to cover the path. Whether
this is because she is perverse, or can
not help it, we do not know. We only
know that it is so, and that it is an ap-
palling evil. No home circle is safe
where the custom prevails. 1t matters
not how good-natured man is, it mat
ters not how carefully he has been edu-
Gated, it matters not how lofty and no.
BILE are his aspirations-the moment a
clothes-line catchs him under the chin,
especially if he has pan of ashes in
his arms, that moment he sinks with
awful velocity to the level of a brute,
and proceeds to act out the conditions
thereof at once. In its proper place a
clothes-line is valuable companion,
but across path after dark it is simply
brutalizing force.--Danbury NewS.
Year: 1878

Spiral bracelets wind up the arm
nearly to the elbow.


Velvet pocket-bags have mono
gram in silver upon the outside.


The new mastic or putty color is
very fashionable in soft chips for bon
nets.


For the piously inclined fans bear
ing biblical quotations are novelty


The fashion of adding streamers to
the back of bonnets is again revived.


"A new fashion in white chip bon
nets is to have at intervals rows OF rain
bow tinSel braid.


-Lisle thread gloves of all colors are
to be worn this season. They have
deep openwork gauntlet tops.


Loops of narrow ribbon trim near
ly every thing,and are put on every con-
ceivable place in toilet.


Trained skirts have the back
breadths laid in kilt plaits, or in wide
double box plaits, to the end OF the
train.


"A very pretty bracelet is Of lace
like gold filigree; it is worn either upon
arms or upon the long gloves for even
ing wear.


The newest styles of silk Scarfs have
marabout edges, or the silk is frayed on
all the edges, and the centres are en-
broidered in gay cOlOrS.


Bangle necklaces and bangle finger
rings are worn. Add to these chang
ed'5 hair, and it will be seen that the
lady of the period is pretty well
"bang"-ed.


The waist belt on cuirasS bodice
ending with basqueS is favorable to tig-
ures of slight embonpoint, but when
waists are more than usually slender it
is not graceful.


Ferns and weeds and the rankest Of
wild flowers are reproduced in millinery
this season. Water-cresses, and the
blossom of the wild carrot are seen
among them.


-Pufs and false braids are being dis
pensed with, and it is now fashionable
to arrange the hair in little curls or
ringlets close to the head, and bind it
with classic fllet or Greek band.


Very pretty necklaces are made of
nickel to fasten a cross or locket; also
chatelaines, with q nice watch-case
lined with quilted satin and with a crys-
tai top, so you can see what time 1t is
without opening the case.


1t is intended to introduce the fash
ion of hats and bonnetS to match the
costumes worn, an innovation which
will render the purchase of at least six
bonnets Indispensable if a lady wishes
to be Gin the fashion,"
Year: 1878

Practical mothers learn much by their
experience with the little bodies en-
trusted to their care. Some OF the most
common sense facts in the physical cul-
ture of these little ones known to the
more experienced mothers may not come
amisS to those VINO have had but little
care of children. The foundation must
be well laid to insure healthy and hap
by children. The child must be well
slept, we'll aired, we'll fed and well bath
ed. By thorough understanding and
practice Of these four simple rules,
much of the physical, mental and moral
suffering in life would be avoided by
parent as well as child. If healthy
child (and delicate one proportlonate-
ly) is regularly put to bed about dark,
in a quiet, well ventilated, or even cold,
room, after supper of plain food, 1t
will naturally awake at daybreak, good
natured, with q keen appetite for q
wholesome breakfast. Nutritious, plain
food, at regular hours, with no candy or
stimulants, and free bathing, help the
system to ward off many prevalent chill
dren's ailments, and to bear with much
less danger the few that must necessarily
come to the majority Of little ones. The
child that is just given little contec-
tionery, or any unsuitable food, and
then rocked to sleep, should cause no
surprise at waking peeviSh and feverlsh,
1t is simply the result of imaginary at
lection and want Of knowledge on the
part of the one in charge. 1t will GER
tainly pay in the end to search diligent-
ly for the cause when a little child is
proyerbially cross.-Chicago alliance


"A sunshade composed entirely Of
pansies, with q solid gold handle, is one
Of the latest expensive novelties.
Year: 1878

The Praeger Le1adoOirtbSchGttl5cheS
WOchen6lGH contains the following IN
regard to the cure of rheumatism by the
means of bee stings. The correspond
ent says that his wife having suffered so
much as to be unable to enjoy any sleep
or rest for the space of six months, the
right arm being almost lame, prevent
ing the sufferer from doing any house
hold work, making her even unable to
dress or undress herself, and having
heard that a farmer, quite incapacltated
by rheumatism, had been accidentally
stung by bees, and thereby got entirely
cured, he persuaded his wife to try this
remedy, as the pain from the sting of
the bees would not be greater than that
already suffered. Three bees were
therefore laid and pressed upon the right
arm for a considerable time, in order
that the poison bladder of the insects
should entirely empty itself. The effect
produced was astonishing, as the lady,
even on the first night, was enabled to
enjoy a long, good sleep, the first time
for at least six months, the racking pain
being entirely gone. The arm was, OF
course, swollen greatly in consequence
of the sting, but the swelling disappear
ed gradually upon the application OF
some cooling lotion. All pain was gone,
the lame arm recovered its previous
vigorousness, and not the least sign OF
rheumatism has since shown itself.
Year: 1878

That the seat of government shall be es-
tablished at the city of Baton Rouge or at
the city OF New Orleans, as the majority of
the voters of the State may determine at
the ext ensuing election those voting to
locate the State capital at Baton Rouge
shall indorse on their tickets, "For State
Capital, Baton Rouge those voting to To-
cate the capital at New Orleans shall in
dorse on their tickets, For State Capital
New Orleans"


(Strike out article one?hundred and thir-
ty.One.)
Year: 1878

shall ndorse on their tickets, 'For State
Capital, Baton Rouge those voting to To-
| cate the capital at New Orleans shall in
dorse Oh their tickets, For State Capital,
New Orleans"


(Strike out article neHhundred and thir-
ty-one.)


ACT NO. "a, r. 5. OF 1873.
NUMBER TWO.
Representatives shall be chosen on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember every two years, and the election
shall be completed in one day. The Gene
raj Assembly shall meet on the first Mon
day in January, 1879, and biennally there
after, on the first Monday in January, un-
less different day be appointed by law
and their sessions shall be held at the seat
of government.


(Strke out article seventeen.)


NUMBER THREE.


After the year 1878 the General Assem-
bly, shall not have power to levy in any
one year for all State purposes more than
one per centum taxation, nor shall any col
lection of more than one per centum taxa
ton be made Ill any one year, on the actual
cash value of all real and personal proper
ty liable to taxation, except i'll caS6 of a
foreign invasion or a domestic insurrection,
and in that event any additional taxation
shall only be for the immediate purpose of
repelling invasion or supprcssing insurrec
tion. he city OF New Orleans shall not
levy or collect in any one year more than
one aud one-half per centum taxation on
the actual cash value ofa!l the real and
personal property liable to taxation within
its limits. No parish or municipal corpo-
ration except the city of New Orleans,
shall levy or collect in any one year more
than one per centum taxation upon the ac
tual cash value OF all the real and personal
property liable to taxation within its linn
its. The General Assembly shall not have
power to issue any bond or pledge the faith
OF the State for any purpose. nor shall it
authorize any parish or municipal corpora
ton to issue any bond or create any debt !;
procidea, that this shall not prohibit the is
sue of new bonds in exchange for Old
bonds, where the debt or rate Of interest is
not increased.


NUMBER FOUR.


The members of the General Assembly
shall be paid a salary of five handred dol
lars $500 per session, and actual travelling
expenses by the nearest practicabie route
not to exceed fifty dollars $50, for any
one member: prOrided, that if tN o sessions
are held in the same year they shall re
ccive for the second session in that year a
salary of only two hundred and fifty dol
lars fS200l aud actual travelling expenses
by the nearest practicable route, not to eX-
ceed fifty dollars tS50i for any one member.
The regular biennial session shall not cX-
ceed ninety days in duration. unless by
vote of two thirds of the members to each
house of the General Assembly.


Strike ont article thirty nine.i


NUMBER FIVE.


The General Assembly shall not pass
any local or special law changing the vca-
up in criminal eases. changing the manner
Year: 1878

THE STREETs.-During the last year
the streets have been cleaned by contract.
The contract expires to-day. We have
never known the streets to be kept in
better order, or more free from filth; and
by the contract the city government saw
ed about $4,000 during the past year.
The contractor did the whole work for
$4,000. We are told that he had to work
very savingly to get through without loss.
We regret to see that there is PROPOSE
tion now before Council to have the con-
tract system set aside. We cannot see the
object of it; and we are 10th to believe
that it is willful and deliberate waste of
the city's money in order to carry the
Council and Mayoralty for the Republi-
can party by having large gangs upon the
streets in certain wards at the September
election. But this is openly asserted on
the streets, and by Republicans too, some
times in a joking way, by adding that all
is fair in politics. All is not fair in poll
tics if this thing is being done for the
purposes alleged.


The property holders and renters should
take notice of this matter. Here is a
plain case. The bidders for the contract
for cleaning the streets are ready to do
the work for certain sum, and that sum
appears to be from $4,000 to $4,000 less
than it had been done for in years previous
to the one just past. The city has just
added considerably to the taxes, and after
this to waste the money of the taxpayers
on election schemes is simply scandalous !;
and we hope the proposed ordinance to
enable the streets to be cleaned under the
direction of the Street Committee and
not by contract, will be defeated. We
say this in all sincerity solely for the
benefit of the city taxpayers without re-
gard to party, 1t is fact we believe that
there have been bad men in various parts
of the city who endeavored to make the
streets appear dirty by accumulating
small piles of filth and then complaining
about it. This was simple ruse to get
Jobs.
Year: 1878

THE Det0cdredn is mistaken, we have
had no case for which we have been
overcharged; and it is not fair to draw
such an inference. All that we have
yet said has been in the interest of
public economy, and we feel hurt that
our party has not, as we believe, held to
its purpose in that regard. If the peo-
pie do not support us in this; if they pre-
fer the keeping of large army and the
paying of high salaries, why then we
have mistaken their tone, and the tone
of the resolutions of party conventions,
that is all
Year: 1878

GAZETTE is opposed TO no class of the
community; but we do not see why one
higher than others, while it confers no
greater benefits. In fact we fear that the
best men at the bar are not appreciated
high enough, while some of the less
worthy are pushed forward for public
position.