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Year: 1877

The bill to amend the statutes relating to drink.
ing houses and tippling shops being before the
House, Mr.. Berry of Wayne, offered an amend
ment striking out the fourth section which ex-
empts WINE for sacramental purposes, and spoke
in its favor as follows;


Mr.. Speaker I'm offering this amendment
do not intend to cast any reflection up
on the church or church members. l
am not church member myself, but
tendant, and would not interfere with any of
their essential rights, privileges or customs. The
church Is always on the right side upon temper.
ance, but upon the question pending before this
House l think l can show o want of consistency
on its part. should hesitate to offer this amend
ment. Mr.. Speaker were | not seconded in it by
church members on this floor and by many in va
rious parts Of the State 1t is well known that up
on this question the church is divided there being
many churches who do notmake use of wine, but
use the pure juice of the grape, while others be-


ieving in the letter of the scripture make use of
wine.


The principal objection I have to offer against
this custom and in support of my amendment, is
its pernicious effect upon those persons who have
within few months or years at most, voluntarily
abandoned the use of intoxicating liquors and are
now known throughout the whole country as Re-
formers. Many of these persons have not only
abandoned. the use of the cup, they have re-
nounced sin in all its forms and have asked the
protecting care of the church. Gladly the church
receives them and offers every help possible to
month it places to their lips the wine cup. Now
| submit to this House whether this is not most
inconsistent and ruinous custom, and simply ask
candid consideration of this amendment, trusting
it will be adopted and believing it will meet with
the appreciation of the church and people.
Year: 1877

We print in the local columns OF the
REGIsTER lhls morning, at tine request OF
the Secretary of the Board of the Chill
drens Home an appeal TO the kind
hearted and literally disposed TO render
carly and much needed aid to this instl-
tuition. We nope the appeal will be In
family and literally responded to- Of
the merits OF this institution, OF its claims
upon our citizens, and OF its needs, we
need not speak. We nave 50 often done
so, that our readers are perfectly tamil-
lar with all tina. can be said on the sub
jsct.


There are many woll-to do farmers in
this community who can we'll afford, in
this seas n OF bounliGul crops, to send to
the Home wagon load OF potatoes, 81
supply Of apples, or cabbage, or turnlPs,
Or other vegetable product o. the farm
Anything of the sort will be most CRATE
fully received by the managers, and the
giver will be amply rewarded 10 the
consciousness OF having done q noble
act.
Year: 1877

Dover is a place remarkable for the number
of street fights and other disorderly street
scenes. On Saturday night Jew and a
Gentle placed themselves before each other
and commenced combat of fists which ended
in the downfall of the Jew. Luckily for
Dover, at seasonabe time in this act a con-
stable arrested the fighters, and as soon as
the case was stated, Squire Dickson imposed
the usual fine on the Jew. MiddletoWn peo-
pie are given over to complaint against the
noisy crowd of negroes that congregate in the
streets every Saturday night but if they
could see Dover on a Saturday night, moth
ing but pleasure would they experience to
know that Middletown is no comparison in
way ofoutrageous actions.
Year: 1877

On Tuesday morning last the Levy Court
of Kent county, while in session in Dover,
passed resolution which compels each bill
presented to them to be sworn to before pay
ment shall be made. This includes bills that
had been previously presented. Only great
inconvenience is occasioned by the adoption
of the resolution, as there has been no attempt
discovered to cheat the county.
Year: 1877

The lovers Of the fox chase had quite treat
on Monday last by letting fox loose at the
railroad depot in Middletown, and long before
the hour for Reynard to take bis departure
for more congeuial cline, the sporting pop
ulstiou assembled to witness the sport After
making circle Of a few miles the fox made
GOOD his escape. and although the chase was
not as successful as anticipated, yet it afforded
some amusement to those fond Of the sport.
Year: 1877

THE House Committees as constituted
by Speaker Randall are very generally
received with appreciation, although
there is considerable complaint
among Southern men concerning
the members of the Pacific railroads
and War Claims committees. On
the latter there are eight Northern men
and only three Southerners. The prev
alent comment on the Pacific railroad
committee is that it will prove to be
anti-subsidy. Some prominent friends
of the Texas Pacific do not attempt to
conceal the great disappointment, es-
pecially regarding Randall's selection
of Potter as its chairman.
Year: 1877

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF GEORGIA.-I have used Simmons' Liver
Regulator for constipation of my bowels, caused
by temporary arrangement Of the liver, for
tho last three or four years, and always, when
used according to tho directions, with decided
benefit. think it is q good medicine for the
arrangement Of the liver-at least such has been
my personal experience in the use of it.


HIRAM WARNER,
Year: 1877

particular desire to be mix. d up in
such mess, might have kept on
my way and left the officers to at
tend to the finding Of the oitlaws.
The cowardly attempt upon my life
however, determined me otherwise
aud the last act Of John BAstrop's
career, instead OF saving his gang
from arrest, Ms he had intended,
proved the signal Of destruction of


beth him and them.
Year: 1877

My old friend aud schoolmate,
Philip Colcord, when he went into
the army, left his diary in my pos
session, at the same time telling me
that if l found anything therein worth
using, I might put it in shape and
give it to the world. ! have Just
opened the Diary, and almost the
first thing that attracted my atten-
ton was the record from which I
made the following sketch
Year: 1877

A NEW TRIAL"


Mr.. Haniord.-"Your Honor, | am
ready to make my motion but my bill Of
exceptions is not yet ready"


Judge Lewis. Your bill Of excep-
tionS may pass for the time being. Your
motions for new trial are now in order"
Mr.. IIanford then read his motion, to
the effect that the crime committed was
nothing hut justifable homicide that
testimony favorable to the defendant
had been excluded, and that no evidence
OF deliberate malice against the deceas-
ed, on the part of the defendant, had
been adduccd by the evidence.


JUDGE LEWIS.


Said "the court overrules the motion
aud denies the trial. John Thompson,
stand up. You have been convicted by
an intelligent and impartial jury of the
crime of murder You have had able
and inteligen. counsel who have done
all in their power to exculpate you from
the load of guilt that seemed to crush
you. Have you anything to say why the
sentence of death, as provided by our
statutes as punishment for the crime
of murder, should not be passed upon
yOuF


THE PRISONER ROSE


With alacrity and said, "Your Honor,
| plead guilty nf committing n breach OF
the Sabbath and keeping bad company.
had | been sober man of good habits,
this might not have happened but as
for shedding the blood of my fellow man
| did not mean to do it," Here the
prisoner sat down and the Judge began
to read to him resume of the evidence
in the case and to recapituate the events
attending the crime, He then said "thc
statute provides that the punishment
for the crime Of murder is death, You
are


BEYOND THE MERCY
OF courts and human tribunals devised
tor the prevention and punishment OF
crime. 1t is the sentence Of this Court
that on Friday, the 30th day of March
next, you be taken from your cell to the
Jail yard of the Seattle Jail and then and
there, between the hours OF 10 A. NJ. and
2P. NJ, you be hanged until you are
dead and may the Infinite God show
unto you that mercy whichyou denied tc
your unfortunate victim" The prisoner
merely said this is not justice" ant
manifested no other emotion.
Year: 1877

I'D in business, and has declared that ne saw
him with enormous head uplifted breathing
smoke and fire, and believing like bull OF
Bashan! For it was long ago settled that
our hardy mariners possess extraordinary
powers of imagination, and have caught
from the sounding sea a passion for mystery.
1t is this well established fact which, in some
minds given to the amusement OF weighing eV-
idence, has reduced the noble Sea-serpent to
the category of fable, and ranked him with
Sphynxes and Gorgons and Chmeras dire, with
Saamanders and PhGnixes, with Grilins and
Uncorns. If he did not, now and then, come
UP and assert himself and as, it were demonstrate
his own existence, he would long ago have been
classified with the exploded geological curlosi-
ties of antiquity. But beng seen OF so many,
and by some who d0n0t do business on the great
waters, being discovered from the shore by
prosaic landsmen, and by women who are
always so slow to credit anything wonderful,
he has n better right to be believed in than
some rare animals, now in every wandering
menagerie, had only a few years ago. FOR
our own part we are certain that tne
astonished Nahant gazers must have seen
something, and something not seen every day
of the week. OF what use is it for man TO
90 to sea all the DAYS of his life, storm tossed
and bathed in the flying spray until his face
is of bronze and he is well nigh web-fingered,
if after all this experience, he cannot tell
serpent from porpOise or horse-mackereif
Let us believe III the sea-snake OF the Nahant
waters! Let us even acknowledge him to be
a lineal descendent OF the sinuous pair which
came out of the blue waves to execute the
vengeance of Minerva upon Laoco0n and his In
nOcent boys!


These marves of antiquity, doubtless, made
rapid passages and the modern specimens are
not wanting in velocity. Possibly, the creature
seen from H. NJ s. Osborne off the north coast
of Sicily on the I'd of June last was identical
with our recent visitor. His picture is pub
lished IN London illustrated newspaper, and
he is particularly remarkable for his paddles
or fappers which have a semi-revoving mo-
ton. and are fifteen feet in length He has
long row of fins upon his back, great knob
shaped nose, and his skin is like that of the
seal Altogether, it must be admitted that
seen from distance, the serpent Is not re-
markable for a fascinating personal beauty.
Still it would be unfair to judge him in this
respect without a clear view and we do en-
treat all, who may have the opportunity, to
capture if possible, the next serpent that may
come up. The public, fed so long upon nsat-


sfactory reports, pines to see the creature in
an aquarium, or at least neatly stuffed and ex-
hbited at reasonable price of admission.
Year: 1877

1t is to be hoped that the Hartford newspa-


pers which have so holly pursued the non-res-


ident managers OF the Charter Oak Life InsIIr-
ance Company will not stop short in their work,


or suffer their zeal to flag, with the expulsion


of Messrs. Furber and Wiggin from the select
circle Of insurance men who form the close
corporation having that great interest in charge.
If the investigation of the COmpany's affairs
stops with the inquiry as to MIR. Furber's
administration, it will fall far short of
what the policy holders and the pub
lie have right to expect, aud prove utterly
inadequate 10 the occasion. 1t may be true,
as the local press warmly asserts, that these
two gentlemen are robbers of orphans, and
worse than the Northampton bank robbers,
and that they ought to he in State Prison bat
there Is nothing IN the case yet to prove
that they have done any wrong whatever,
except to make arrangements for con
tinung. to their own profit, the same
or similar practices to those by which
the previous boards of direction have
enriched themselves. We suppose the actual
truth to be that these gentlemen differ only in
degree from those who have gone before them


in the management of the companies whose
bones they pick. They are called wreckers,
and 1t may be properly; but it should b,
remembered that other people drive the shiI
ashore before the wrecker gets a chance
Year: 1877

The Tramp Law, passed at the last
session of thu legislature, and one of the
few good laws passed that expensive body,
will go into effect on Sunday. next, July 1st.
1t provides for the only punishment that
can be inflicted upon that numerous float
ing and resident population known as
tramps, Vagabonds, and bummers, and
that punishment is work. Under the laws,
as they previously stood on the statute
books, it was impossible for counties or
cities to put these people to work. All
theylcould do was to fine them, and if they
could not pay the fines. as was most often
the case, they boarded the fine out in
idleness at the city's or county's expense
an arrangement that suited them ex-
actly. But the new law changes the con-
dition of things materially, and for the
better, as far as the industrious, bard
working public is concerned, and under its
provisions, if carried out energetically and
persistently, the specimens of the poor
old tramp will become beautifully scarce
in the state of Illinois.


Now let our city authorities procure a
number of heavy iron balls attached to
long chains, and the first tramp found in
the city after the law goes into effect. ar
rest him and put him to work breaking
rock on the streets, cleaning up filth in the
alleys-anything to make him work. II
this thing continues that class of humanity
will soon give our city the go-by.
Year: 1877

The Iowa state convention adopted
resolutions in favor of the present stringent
prohibition law in that state-but that did
not prevent the DesMoines Leader from
remarking: IF the prohibition Republi-
cans had guarded the saloons last night
they might have learned that Republican
convention is profitable to the liquor ven
dor"
Year: 1877

New YORK, June 29.-Publication is
made of the fact that four years ago Con-
gressman Nuder, representing the second
New York district. has been divorced from
bis wife who is now suing him for increase
of allowance for the support of a son who
had been in the decree of Divorce given in
to the custody of the mother.
Year: 1877

In our climate, where rain is abundant
during O. considerable portion of the
year, the water falling upon the roof Of
any house, if properly collected and
stored, is ample for the whole supply OF
the family which that roof shelters. This
water as it falls is ordinarily free from
any imprrity that can affect its taste,
and from every source of serious foul
ing, though after long-continued
drought it is we'll to divert and discharge
upon the surface of the ground the first
ten minutes flow of shower-so that
the impurities of the air, and the dust Of
the roof may be first removed. After
this first dash, lead to the cistern NIL that
follows. Even with this precaution the
water will be more agreeable for use If
filtered There are numerous systems
for making filters in cisterns, but no
other is so simple, nor SO durable and
satisfactory as the separation of that part
of the cistern from which the suction
pipe leads by wall of brick and cement.
It is simply necessary to build wall Of
brick set on edge 1.-TWO and half inches
thick), so as to include about one-quar-
ter of the area of the bottom, sloping it
back so rs to terminate against the side
of the cistern at height of from four to
six feet. This wall should be SO well
cemented at it's Joints that water can only
pass through the material of brick, and
Tor strengths it form should be slightly
bulging. A wall of this sort, measuring
say six feet at its base and rising to a
height of six feet at its highest point,
will transmit an amount of water suf-
1icient to supply the demand of the most
constant pumping that any domestic use
can require.
Year: 1877

A curious story, blythe way, comes to
us from India, says correspondent.
The viceroy had received some offense
from Scindia, and could not avenge it
openly; whereupon he meditated and
took the following deeply deliberated
method of retaliation : When a large
number of native princes came up before
him to make their obeisance, no sooner
did the offenting Scindia enter than the
viceroy sprang forward with unwonted
effusiveness and kissed him on both
cheeks. Such contact from an alien and
q Christian is the extreln nst taint ma
tive can receive. Scindir's S own wives
would not come near him in one mo-
ment he sank in the eyes of all India
from prince to pariah, and ever since
the poor man has been undergoing puri-
flying ceremonials, costing a large part
OF his fortune to cleanse him from the
viceregal kiss by which he was betrayed
Year: 1877

A recent traveller in Asia writes: In
the latter days of the Greek domination,
Trebizond was the capital of an indie
pendent empire. Since it was taken by
the Turks, Notwithstanding the advan-
tages of it's situation, it's growth has
been arrested, and it has sunk from the
dignity of q political capital to third
rate town. As long as it belongs to Tur-
key it will be the miserable, tumble
down place that it now is, without a
sheltered port, and with an open road
stead only for anchorage, where vessels
lie a league from shore, exposed to tho
full power of the land and sea gales.
The Turks have great power for de-
structlon and none for construction. Put
them down in any given place, and let it
te as rich and prosperous rs it may, and
in short time they will let it fall into
decay. If it is seaport, its harbor will
be choked up with sand, its piers will
crumble to pieces, it's trade will dwindle
away, and its population will thin off as
ii it had been swept by pestilence.
Year: 1877

The family is the educator of the race.
Here men and women are made. What
they arc in the world, that they were in
the family as children. The family is the
place where first the lessons of law are
received, and where the whole character,
in vi, W of law has n direction given it.
The citizen is made in the family long
before the time for voting or activity has
come. When Napoleon said, i'll answer
to Madam de Stael's question about
Frances greatest need, " Mothers" he
asserted the all-potent influence of q true
life. The family is the greatest means
for the development of character. What
a world does it present for the affections
to abide in! Where in all the earth
beside are sympathies so warm, love so
pure and fervent as here? All that gives
value or beauty to human character finds
in the family Mt once an atmosphere in
which to expanl and develop the elc-
mants which shall bring it to the highest
perfection,
Year: 1877

That the dead should kill the living
seems paradox yet nothing is more
true. Indeed we venture to say that
every year in our land corpses murder
more people than assassins do. Not
only have intramural interments poison
ed whole blocks and quarters, not only
has drinking water contaminated by
grave yards yearly spread disease and
death through country hamlets, but be-
fore the process of decomposition COM
mences there is often great and press
ing danger from infectious disease. We
quote recent instance:


CDR. Goldie, the medical officer of
health for Leeds, England, in his report
to the local authority, states that every
one of thirty people who attended the
wake of an Irish girl who recently died
in that town from typhus fever were at
tackled by the disease and no fewer than
nine of the cases ended fatally"


So strongly have the needless dangers
of exposure at funerals impressed the
medical mind, that the health board of
New York have issued circular recon-
mending that no public or church fune-
rails should be given to persons dying, OF
either diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles
or whooping cough.


In Chicago also, where scarlet fever
and diphtheria have been severe this past
winter, the recommendation of one hun
dred medical men in council was in these
words:


"There should be no public funerals
of any patient who had died OF any In
fectious or contagious disease. Remem-
Der that the separation of the sick person
from the we'll is the most certain means
of preventing the spread OF the disease. "


A writer in the Baltimore Physician
and Surgeon, last December, went so
far as to advocate the passage of law
on the subject (the' average American
man looking upon claw" as a cure-all
on every occasion). He thought it
should embody the following provisions:


l. Whenever any one dies of contagious
disease, the publication announcing the
death should state cause of death.


Q. No person except the immediate
family should be permitted to attend the
funeral, and the handling and burying
the bod y should be intrusted to persons
who devote themselves to that business.


8. A sufficient number of carriages
should be kept for the special purpose
of attending these funerals, and the
hiring them for other purposes should
be prohibited, under the severest penal
ties.


These are good suggestions, but peo-
pie should learn and obey them out of a
natural sense of sanitary propriety, not
out of obligation to ute.-Medicat
md Surgical Reporter.
Year: 1877

The Cossack is little Russian, about
five feet five, even on his high heels, but
at once sturdy and wiry. His weather.
beaten face is shrewd, knowing and
merry. His eyes are small, but keen;
his mouth large, and between it and his
pug nose-rather redder than the rest OF
his face-is tuft or wisp of straw col
ored mustache. His long, thick,
straight hair. matches his mustache IN
color, and is cut sheer round by the
nape of his neck. Below the neck the
Cossack is all boots and great coat. He
is more armed than any man OF his
inches in Europe, and could afford to
lose weapon or two and yet be an
average dangerous customer. Weapon
number one is the long, black, hagless
lance, with it's venomous head that
seems itching to make daylight through
somebody. He carries q carbine, slung
in an oilcloth cover, on his back, the
stock downward. In his belt is a long
and we'll made revolver in leather case,
and from the belt hangs a curved sword
with no guard over it's hilt. His whip
completes his personal appurtenances;
he wears no spurs. He rides, cooked up
on high saddle with O leathern band
strapped over it, wiry little rat Of a
pony.
Year: 1877

A minute analysis of life at once de-
stroys the splendor which dazzles the
imagination. Whatsoever grandeur can
display or luxury enjoy is procured by
offices from which the mind shrinks from
the contemplation. All the delicacies of
the table may be traced back to the sham
bles and dunghill; NIL the magnifi :ence
of building was hewn from the quarry,
and all pomp ornament dug from among
the damps and darkness Of the mine.
Year: 1877

ENERGY AND HUMANITY.-A widow
about forty years of age, living on High
street, and having the reputation of
being one of the meekest and humblest
ladies in Detroit, pulled hair with the
servant girl before breakfast the other
morning, dubbed two boys from the
gate before eight o'clock, and had fuss
with a neighbor about a parrot ere the
clock struck nine, run peddler out of
the yard ut ten, "sassed two of the
sanitary police at eleven, and at high
noon she threw ashes over the valley
fence cn man who was swearing at o
balky l.orse. During the afternoon she
was engaged in working the motto a:
"Let t'ly light shine. ."-DetroH Free
PrCSS