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Year: 1878

The courts arc biginning to take n b.
tlce OF the relations of an editor toward
persons with whom he is brought iuto
confidential relations. A Rocbes,h hr
newspaper man, who was called upon 10
testify as to the manner in which he
obtained certain information published
in his p5per bearing on case at issue
IN court, declined to answer, alleging
that disclosure by him of the name of
his lpforman' would seriously inj are him
IN hls business as the publisher of a
newspaper, and that as the information
had impaired to him under the pied ge
OF secrecy as to the informant, he was as
privileged as "A lawyer who had receive I'd
disclosures for his client. The court
took his view of the case.- Watsburg
Times.
Year: 1878

WE are told that '' Sleepy Sam !" at the woodward at Johnstors landing on the river, reports having found the body of a man who had evidently been Killed by a California lion,as there were marks of the claws upon the body and foot prints of a large animal. The body was discovered about the 18th and by some is supposed to De that of a man without 6 nose, who left Castle Dome not long since.
Year: 1878

ON Thursday the great election contest came up before the Special Term of the District Court, After some testimony offered by the contestant, a motion to dis miss was made, upon the ground that not one single allegation of the complaint or petition had been even remotely proven The proceedings were dismissed.
Year: 1878

A PEzITIC17 has been sent to Washing ton for the establishment of Post Office at Mohawk. It was signed by quite a number of neighbors of that vicinity, who ask that James Peck be appointed Post master.
Year: 1878

COPELAND came in this week from the Globe District with forty pounds of nearly pure native silver from the Grand Pacific Mine. We are told the second class ore works 5000 per ton, and that the third class yield $2S0.
Year: 1878

the prosecution and the defence, and it probably will result in Congressional action in regard to what should be al lowed or disallowed in army medical prac- tice on remote frontiers.
Year: 1878

Hon. John M. Bright, of Tennessee, who


was member Of the Congress which pass


ed the demonstration act, so called-of


1873, in his recent speech in the Honse, af-


ter quoting from Benron's "Thirty Years
View to prove that there was no power


under the Constitution to enact such law,


says: 81 announce, then, that the demo


netization of the silver dollar was breach


of the Constitution that it was destructive


of the rights of the States that it was an
| invasion of the rights of the people that it


was sitting down on one of the elements Of


legal tender for the solution of contracts in


the United States. I, sir, stand here and


propose to meet the question precisely as it


is. | say, sir, that the decentralization of


the silver dollar was fraud apon the peo-


pie Of the United States by depriving them


of enc of their Constitutional coins that


it was fraud on the General and State


Governments by looping off one of their
financial arms; that it was fraud on the
legislation of the country by cutting off
legislative consideration that it was
fraud on the President Of the United States
from whom the fraud was concealed by the
artful phraseology of the law, as shown by
his Cowdry letter that it was a fraud on
the mining resources of the country by
depreciating the value. of our vast silver
mines; that it was fraud on posterity by
an attempt to double the value of the pub
lie debt, which goes to them by inherit
ance. .....s.. .-


happened to be member of Congress
at the time of the passage of that bill. Its
passage is not susceptible of vindication,
notwithstanding the puerile apologies in
its behalf. 1t was passed by fraud in the
House, never having been printed in ad-
vance, being substitute for the printed |
bill never having been read at the Clerks
Office, the reading having been dispensed
with by an impression that the bill made
NO material alteration in the coinage law;
it was passed without discussion, debate
being cut off by operation of the previous
question. 1t was passed to my certain in
formation under such circumstances that
the fraud escaped the attention of some of
the most watehful as well as the abtest
statesmen in Congress at the time. 1t
was passed near the closing days of the ses-
sion, when in the hustle and pfecipitate
rush of business it was most favorable for
the concealment of fraud. It was passed
without previous discussion or agitation by
The people, and without having been voted
upon by the people. Aye, sir, it was
fraud that "smells to heaven" It was
fraud that will stink in the nose of posteri-
ty, and for which some persons must give
account IN the day af retribution, and God
grant that no guilty man may escape"
Year: 1878

THE Republican Convention Of the
First Iowa Congressional District truth
fully resolved that ''the wisdom of the
financial policy Of the Republican party
is made manifest by the results which
it has produced in bringing specie and
paper practically together months be-
fore the date fixed for resumption of
specie payment by the government,
giving to all classes money of the same
value and promoting the refunding Of
the public debt at a low rate of inter
est,
Year: 1878

THE President, Saturday, said he
did not desire to deny the truth of the
statement attributed to him, that II
any attempt was made to displace him
from the Presidential chair, he would
maintain himself, and at ali hazards
keep ma atters in statu quo until his
successor is elected according to the
forms of law.
Year: 1878

The inquiry into the cause Of the
massacre Of Custer and his men, pro-
posed by our Delegate, w. w. Corlett,
and which will probably be made by the
Military Committee of the House of
Representatives, is due to the memory
of the victims as well as to the military
reputation Of great and patriotic SOL
dier. When the dreadful news was re-
ceived that Custer and nearly all his
command were slaughtered by the Sioux
general cry was raised that the head
long courage and desire for distinction
attributed to the gallant Generalproved
superior to his military judgment, and
that he allowed himself and his men to
be trapped and killed by the savages.
In time, however, sinister rumOrs came
floating about that had Custer been
seconded i'm his attack as well as his
confidence in his subordinates led him
to expect, the massacre would not have
occurred, and that decisive victory,
instead Of defeat, would have rewarded
the courage of Custer and his men.
Even the Sioax themselves bear some
testimony that throws light on that
dark event, and, when taken in con-
nectien with the statements Of men at
tached to the force under Reno, shows
that searching inquiry is necessary.
We hope that the result Of an inquiry
will be to show that every man did his
duty on that fatal day. But we also
desire to see those, If any there are,
who have been guilty of disobedience
or unsoldierly conduct punished as they
deserve, and the fair fame of the dead
heroes vindicated before the world.
Year: 1878

Why are fat people always complainiDg2
asks some one who entertains the popular
though erroneous notion that health is
synonymous with fat. Fat people complain
because they are diseased. Obesity is an
abnormal condition of the system, in which
the saccharine and oleaginous elements of
the food are assimilated to the partial
exclusion Of the muscle-forming and brain
producing elements. In proof of this, it
is only necessary to assert the we'll known
fact that excessively fat people are never
strong, and seldom distinguished for men,
tai power or activity. Besides. they are
the easy pray of acute and epidemic diseases,
aud they are the frequent victims of gout.
heart disease. and apoplexy. Allan's
Anti-Fat is the only known remedy for
this disease. 1t CONTAINS no acid, is absol-
utely harmless, and is warrented to RENE
dy the most confirmed case of obesity. or
c0rpuIeucy
Year: 1878

YANKToN, Dec. 18.-A contractor just
in from Red Cloud agency says the Indi-
ans there are about out Of provisions and
that there is no immediate prospect of
supply. The reds are growing uneasy and
Inspector Hammond is there trying to
smooth over the matter.
Year: 1878

The trader insisted In accusing him, how.
ever, saying he could get his hands out o.
the iroDs. He then drew his knife and cul
the mars throat, and afterward cut the
head off and threw It overheard. Theothel
passenger, who was bathed in blood, ya'
helpless ana too terrified to call for assist
ance. The brutal murderer then attempted
to throw the body overheard, but flding II
fast by the wrist, hs cut around tue wrist
broke the bone across his knee, and thus
freeing the body threw it into the water
The crime must have been accomplished
very rapidly and with great silence, since IT
was not discovered until daylight. The
murderer was handed over to the captain Of
the Port In Iquique.
Year: 1878

The Detroit Evening News relates the
following as one OF the incidents of fair
week in that city: "a young blood from
IoHia came into Detroit to visit the state
fair last week, and, thinking no small
beer of himself, hired a horse and bug
gy and took Il drive on Datroit's Bel
gravia-Fort street west-to air his at
fractions. As he passed along he saw II
pretty and arisiocratic looking girl with
blonde hair sitting at the window, AMI
audacioasly saluted her. 10 l1is surprise
and delight she fiiEted back. He drove
up the street ovorpoweTed with pleasure,
and naturally concluded to try his luck


again. Walking his horse slowly &c re
tuiEed in front of the house and entered
into a second filtration by signs of the
most desperate description. At night
fall he returned and learned the name of
the family, either by the door-plate or
by judicious inquiries, and next morning
sent letterto Mis-, inviting her
to ride with him next day. He received
an answer promptly accepting the invi-
tation. Late on Thursday afternoon he
cllled around at the appointed time.
The young lady was sitting at the win
dow, and male sign that she would
come down Immediately. A few minutes
afterward the young man was transport
ed at seeing female form, closely wrap
ped and veiled, emerge from the stately
doorway. He advanced to meet her.
helped her into the vehicle, and the two
whirled away down town. Ali his eff
forts to induce her into conversation fail
Ell, and to his voluble talk she only an
swered in mOnosylables. She also refus-
ed to remove her veil, and, i'm order to
geta chance to look at his companion,
the young man asked her to 60
into an ice cream saloon. to which she
assented in a low voice. He handed
her ont of the buggy and escorted her
into the saloon, sat down beside her, aud
awaited with impatience the advent of
the freezing mixture, which would make
her lift her veil. 1t came at last. she
threw up her veil. Horrori she WAS
as black as the ten of spades He rose:
she laughed. Then he ran out and drove
away. with The hot blood coloring eyeu
the tips of his ears, and the col0red cock
went home to laugh and relate the story
TO her sprightly young missGs." 1t was
very old joke, but it was played
again on Thursday last to perfection.
Year: 1878

To the Fiemer and citizens of the Village of G.
boygan.


GENTS IL feel it my duty to send my
thanks to you all tori having worked so
faithfully and with such good effect to
save my house and all haze in it from
total destruction by fire. l can hard
ly express myself of the gratitude l owe
to the community for the interest taken
i'm my behalf to save my all from des-
tructiOn, by 81 nObly handling the en-
CINE with willing hands to the fire alarm.
L return my warmest thanks to all.


Very Respectfully,


MOSES RAPIN.
Year: 1878

No MAN free from political bias will
be able to READ the secret history of the
late war against the Seceeded States with
out coming TO the conclusion that it was
carried on to build up the fortunes of
partizans; and to make political party
out of the defeated elements and frag-
ments of old parties. No General that did
not hold opinions in accord with such
men as Zach Chandler and Ben. Wade,
was allowed to hold command. The
fate of McClelland and Fitz John Porter
is evidence of this; while the course OF
Congress and the government manager.
in the years subsequent to the surrender
Of Lee, shows that every mode thai
Yankee ingenuity could devise, wa.
adopted to plunder the country and rol
the conquered states of all they possessed
If there could be such a thing as legaliz
ed robbery, why then the Republican
Senate and the House We're guilty of JUS
that thing,and Grant was nothing short q
great bandit seated in his palace givin
directions to his spoilers.
Year: 1878

THE IDEAS of men about salaries,
have gone entirely aStray from all kind of
common SENSE and reason. Take our
City Council for instance, it is made up
Of our neighbors and friends. We give
them our property i'll charge. We charge
them with providing for ourmost necessary
cares, and yet We pay them but one dollar
for each meeting. In order that we NAV
economic and save all we can thus. tc
keep taxation away, We require Ties,
meetings to be held at night. WHY d,
we do this while We pay man to 90 t.
Congress- from $50 to $50 for each da
of actual work or each meeting? In fol
mer days we paid Congressman IS da
for the session, and that was considere
high wages. We got ADLER, better an
purer men than We get now for fou
times that much pay.


But this is not the worst of it. Thes
mel. from being the servants of the peopl
then, assume to be their masters now.-
They assume to go to Congress to yot
Year: 1878

READERS REMEMBER, those of you
who dared to favor the old silver dollar
legal tender few months ago were call
ed fools and dolts. All the members of
the House who voted for resumption of
silver were called "fools and knaves, !"
and all such members of the Senate were
hissed at as "consummato FOOLS" You
were thentold that if the bill passed gold
would go up to S1.10, and that the legal
tender silver dollar would be worth from
81 to 80 cents, that greenbacks would be
at a premium, and all the gold would 90
out of the country. These things were
not said once by slip of our tongue.
But the opponents of The sensible people
Missed them insultingly into your face.
1t was pure assumption in some; but
gross ignorance in others.


Now, what are the results? Let the
world read it in the actual statements
made in the papers that the legal tender
silver dollar is in demand at par for gold,
not by the single dollar but by thousands
and tens of thousands of dollars, while
greenbacks are still below par. But the
silver bill will soon bring even green
backs up to gold. Even John Sherman
does not know what to do with his gold,
and declares that the silver has proved
great auxiliary TO resumption and that
resumption could take place now, and
will take place before January. Could
there be greater triumph than this Of
the silver advocates over the single golc
standard people?


We do not mean to carry this question
into the elections at all unless it is forcet
upon us. 1t is too simple an idea to di
vide any people, and we consider it clos
ed until an attempt is made to repeal tn
silver bill; which we do not think will b
made for generation to come at least
Year: 1878

their own views, thus destroying our very
system, that of representative govern
ment; or, they assume that they represent
us in part; or that they vote as their con-
sciences dictates. Think of the great
Democratic party-the party of Jefferson
and jackson, settling down upon aman's
conscience after holding conventions and
forming platforms. Why the thing is
ridiculous. Are people sheep or oxen?
Have they not as much intellect as in
former years; or are they dwarfed into
pigmies that they should be thus treated
as constituents not to betrepresented p
We say that our City Council is of as
much consequence to us as Congress-
We say we have had men in our City
Council that were equal to the men who
have represented lis in the House; and
who if thrown in the presence of such as
have refused to vote with the Democratic
members of the House, would be no
match for them in argument; no match
for them in business eapacity,and not at all
equal to them in many of the essentials
of citizenship. Why then do the people
pay one set of legislators enormous
salaries and another set of Legislators a
pitance? We do not ask equality in this
as some people do for equality between
the negroes and the whites, What are
our public schools for if the vast difference
between citizens is to be permitted to
grow as it has done? Are there no hon
ors in these days? Is every thing cover
ed by dollars and cents? A man that
cannot make $500 year at law, must
be paid 5000 month if sent to Congress,
where in the whole two years he serves
nine months; the other fifteen months his
pay is sent to him in monthly checks
while he does nothing. Is there sense or
reason in this? Does it not look like our
educated people were mere tools for 9th
ers? But to be tools and then be hissed
at, and told you are not qualified to in
struct the men you send to do your bid
ding is another thing. Remember reader,
that principle, not men, is the motto of
the Democratic party-men pass away as
the flowers fade in Autumn, but their
principles and their precepts are left to
posterity as guiding marks in the pathway
of life. Look at the Methodist church,
See how it has grown. What a wonder
ful work it has accomplished by follow
ing a well beaten path. Look at either
Of our great denominations; the Catholics
under the guidance of one excellant man
for generation (Father Reiley,) has diff


fused wealth and education among our


former ruder people and now the posterity


of all are being educated together in the


love Of om great country and its liberal


institutions. This great work of civiiza-


tion is accomplished by the observance Of


a few honest principles and frugal max


inns. Let lis apply some of those homely


maxims to our governmental practice, ,and


make Washington moral city Instead oi


what it is now stigmatized with being, a
very lazar house of corruption.
Year: 1878

The Democratic Executive Committee
seeing that the election of delegates to the
Democratic Convention was to be held
on the Sd of August in Sussex, have
ordered the election on the same day in
this county. Red Lion and PencadeI
Hundreds are to choose Sta e Senators,
Mill Creek Representative.
Year: 1878

We copy from the Baltimore Gazette
the following in reference to parties
we'll known to many of our old citi-
zens:


"Jane Cunningham is dead. Tier
demise at Bayview asylum few days
ago will recall to the minds of the
older inhabitants of this State the
bloody tragedy in which she figured
so conspicuously i'll Washington coun-
ty just half a century ago. Edward
Sweringin, the then sheriff Of WASH
ington county, was a young man of
good family, fine educational accom-
plishments and bright prospects. He
married lady of refinement, mem
Der of ore of the first families Of
Western Maryland. Sweringin' s
duties often called him to Hagerstown
and on one of his trips to that place
it vas his fate to meet one who was
then acknowledged belle Of the
county, Miss Jane Cunningham. The
acquaintance soon ripened into friend
ship and friendship into love and be-
fore many months had passed Swerin-
gin neglected the companionship of
his young wife for that Of his new
found friend. This situation Of affairs
was not long in reaching the ears of
Mrs. Sweringin and the sequel follow
ed soon. One day as husband and
wife were riding out Sweringin at
tempted to leave his wife, pleading a
business engagement.


Susrecting his motive she accused
him of wishing to seek the company
of Miss Cunningham and threatened
to follow him if he attempted to leave
her. Angered at this he struck her a
violent blow and she fell from her
horse a CORPSE. She had always been
woman Of delicate health and the


blow that killed her would not pro-


badly have proved fatal to stronger
woman. No one witnessed the trag.


edy. Placing the body on the horse


Sweringin rode to rocky part of the


road and there threw the corpse


headlong among the stones, to give
the impression that his wife had dice
from fall from the horse. He alsc
1nutilated the legs of her horse will
stones until they bled, thus seeking tt
prove that the animal had stumbled
and fallen. This plausible story 0
! the woman's death was generally &C
| cepted and the funeral took plac
from the murderers house withou
| suspicion being excited at the time.
| subsequently it was determined t.
; exhume the body and Sweringen, up
:. on being informed OF the intention Q
Year: 1878

plank walk is the kitchen, where all
cooking and labor requiring fire is
done.


The dining room is a long, low
apartment, containing an extension
table. on either side Of which is
ranged rough benches capable of
seating score of cattle men, for the
Major is large stock raiser as we'll as
fruit grower, and has two stalwart
sons who can "pop" COW whip equal
to the best of them.


Surrounding the house on every
side are the orange groves loaded
with young fruit and giving promise
OF an abundant harvest during the
fall and winter. 1t is surprising to
note how many varieties Of the
orange and lemon are grown here
that are seldom if ever seen in north
ern markets. There is the shaddock,
twice the size Of the largest orange
and of pale gold color, The grape
fruit, so called from fancied resemb-
lance to the grape in flavor, but re-
sembling the orange in appearance,
and weighing from four to five pounds
each Then there are lines, sour and
bitter; sweet oranges and rough lem
ons, the latter growing to immense
size and being of excellent flavor. I
remember Of plucking one at an
abandoned place on the river last
spring measuring fourteen and one
half inches in circumference. Thou
sands Of bushels of these delicious
tropical fruits 50 to waste annually
simply because they are too delicate
TO bear transportation. The guava
tlourishes everywhere, the bushes
growing wild along the road side and
in old fields. The fruit is so common
as to be little esteemed by the natives.
All these and many other varieties
flourish to perfection in the Majors
groves.


Eastward as far as the eye can
reach beyond tho orange groves ex-
tend the parched and thirsty pine
barrens. West of the house is a bay
head (swamp) luxuriant with tropical
vegetation. Here are cabbage pal
mettos rearing their white shafts sixty
feet in the air before putting forth a
leaf; giant live oaks covered with
trailing Spanish moss, and air-plants;
fan-like leaves of the scrub palmetto,
a single leaf often measuring ten feet
in width. The air is sickening with
the perfume of jasmines and honey
suckles, and scarlet trumpet flowers
CLEAN ftfully from among the tangled
vines and dense underground. These
swamps abound in alligators, snakes,
scorpions and all manner Of creeping,
singing things.


Such is a hasty sketch Of Major
Turner orange grove. A native of
Virginia, he has been resident of
Florida for over forty years and in
his old age is reaping the benefits to
which years of privation ana hard
ship as pioneer have entitled him.


RAMBLER.