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Year: 1877

A lady in our neighborhood who had
suffered for over three months the most
extreme torture by violent cough, has
become completely cured by DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. For sale in every drug
store
Year: 1877

A policeman found boy bathing in
slip, near the foot of Randolph street,
and he called to the lad to come out and
be arrested like man for breaking the
ordinance.


sis it agin the ordinance for boy to
fall into the river?" qucried the bathcr.


mo, sir, but you are Naked"


'Does the law say that boy has got
to have his clothes on when he falls in ~
Year: 1877

T.. T. Barnum recently told man
whom he had been obliged to discharge
for drunkenness, that il he would join
the Red Ribbon Club and keep his
pledge for three months, he would take
him back and give him and his wife
good situation as long as they lived.
Year: 1877

Prof. Collier if he will stop analysis and
report that he found nothing. Another
offer was made, so it will be shown, to
break the jars or burn the house 50 as to
destroy all parts under analysis.
Year: 1877

MARRYING FOR MoNEY.-The Rev Geo
G. Baldwin very truthfully says: "Gold
cannot buy happiness, and the parents who
compel their daughters to marry for money
or station, commit grievous sin against
humanity and God. And the woman who
marries churl for his wealth. will find
that she has made a terrible bargain, that
all the glittoring of heartless grandeur are
phosphoreseent glitterings of heart wretched.
ness that her heart will be gilded misery,
and her oldage will be like crsg on tho
bleak side Of desert mountain, where cold
moon-beass sometimes glitter. but no birds
sing, but wild storms howl and hoarse thun-
ders roar and through the sweeping storms
shall be heard the stern voice ofthe great
God, saying, Your riches are corrupted,
your garments are moth eaten, your gold
add sfttankered, and the rest of them
shall be a witness against you, and eat at
your flesh as if it were fire" ~
Year: 1877

A GEM.-Sidney Smith cut the follow
ing from newspaper, aud preserved it for
himself: "When you rise in the morning,
say that you will make the day blessed tos
fellow creature. A lsft-of garment to the.
man that needs it; kind word to the ser-
rowful an encouraging expression to tho
dejected-trihes in themselves as light ~
air-will do at least for the twenty-four
hours. And if you are young, depend upon
it, it will tell when you are old; rest assured
it will send you happily and gently down
the stream of time to eternity. BY the most
simple arithmetical sum, look at the result.
II you send one person away happy through
the day, that is three hundred and six:y-
five in the course of ayear, aud suppose you
live forty years only after you have com.
menced that course OF medicine, you have
made fourteen thousand six hundred per-
sons happy-at all events for a time"
Year: 1877

A fellow with side whisksrs and white
nccktic called into the office and said IL
was little late in getting my work in on
the ground pig but here is something OIL
love which presume is worth about sl0."
Then he recited through his nose rs follows:
"a passionate waltz in the ball room,


A moonlight row on the river,
An odor of pigs feet and onions


And a paroxysmal shiver-"


He was requested not to repeat the other
seventeen verses, but to call around for
check next Christmas.
Year: 1877

WnFN AND How TO EAT FnUTf.-~'
When fruit does harm it is because it is
eaten at improper times, in improper guam
titles, or before it is ripencd and fit for the
human stomach. A distinguished physi-
clan has said that if his patients would make
practice OF eating couple of good oran-
ges before break fast, from February to June,
his practice would be gone. The principle
evil is that we do not eat enough Of fruit;
that We injure its finer qualities with sugar
that we drown them in cream. We need
the medicinal action of the pure fruit acids
in our system, and their cooling, corrective
influence Medical Journal
Year: 1877

FRIENDSHIP AND CIvILITY.-Be civil
and obligng to all, dutiful where God and
nature command you but friend to one,
and that friendship keep sacred, as the
greatest tie upon earth, and be sure to
ground it upon virtue; for no other is either
happy or lasting.
Year: 1877

The official statistics of our commerce show that
the large excess Of exports over imports which
characterized the year 1876, has been materially
reduced. The balance in favor of this country be-
ing something like an hundred millions less this
year than last; but remaining at about one hun
dred million still. To this must be added in esti.
mating the future, the fact that the largest exports
for the current calendar year have not gone forward
or are not included in any figures yet presented.
We have an immense value in cotton, corn, wheat
and meat, which Europe is sure to make large de.


mands upon. There is also an accumulation OF


the precious metals going on in this country. The


main elements, from scientific point of view, en-.


according to law are increasing in force. Op-
posed to the natural and benefcent working of
these elements is the wild and wicked legislation
initiated in Congress- This, it is said, has 90 far
had no injurious effect upon credit abroad but
who can say how long such reckless arguments


and such unwise votes can be entertained and
given with impunity. The course of the demo-
cratic majority IN Congress tends directly not only
to parayze industry at home, but to cause the re-
turn to us of the bonds held abroad. 1t looks
now as though we should be dependent upon the
Presidential veto for financial safety and it is
whispered in Washington that President HAYES
has views of his own in regard to the silver bills
which are not fully understood either by republi.
cans or democrats. What they may be in detail is
Of very little consequence if he is firm in his oppo-
sltion to any law which shall delay the resumption
of specie payments or I'M ure our credit abroad.
Year: 1877

The indications are that Governor Kel-
logg will receive the contested Louisiana
seat in the Senate by the solid republican
vote of that body. The Southern demo-
Gratis are much excited about the matter,
and it is rumored that they have asked the
President to interfere in favor of Spofford.
We think he will be wise enough to keep
"hands Off"
Year: 1877

1t is reported that a number of North
western Congressman oppose the coufirm-
alton of Mr.. Stevens as Minister to Swe-
den on the ground that his appointment
rotates out of Office Mr. Andrews of
Minnesota who had good diplomatic
record We hope they do not think Mr..
Andrews is the only man that can fill the
Office well, or that because he is good
officer he should be continued for life.
Year: 1877

LA CROSSE, Wis.,, Feb. IA horri.
BILE case of child starving has just
come to light near Chaseburg, small
village II miles south Of here, the par
ticulars of which are as follows :
About four years ago Carl Walland
and wife settled on the ridge two
miles from Chaseburg. He was q
rough character, and abused his wife,
and made himself so obnoxious to the
neighbors that they would have
nothing to do with him. During the
first year of his residence in that sec.
ton, when his wife was about to be
confined, he drove her from the house,
and the child was born in the straw
stack. She then went into the house
with the child in her arms, but was
refused admission by the brutal hus-
band. She went to the granary and
q twin brother was born. During
this neglect one of the babies and the
mother died, and the other, being
taken by the heartless father, lived in
poor health. Walland soon married
again and his wife became q mother
about month since. The surviving
child of the first wife died of starva-
tion and neglect on Monday last, and
was buried secretly at night by the
father in the burying-ground. The
new-made grave excited the suspicion
of the neighbors toward Walland,
and on being interrogated he ,ac-
knowledged that his child had died
and had been buried as above stated,
by himself. The sheriff was called
on and the body was exumed and q
coroner's jury summoned which, on
the statement of . physician, brought
in a verdict that the child starved to
death. No arrests have yet been
made, but probably will be to-mor-
row; otherwise the neighbors threat
en- to lynch Walland. The child, al
though two years of age at the time
Of its death, had never walked, and
had lain in crib wallowing in filth
for q week at time.
Year: 1877

MOBILE, Feb. 16.-Weldon tho
Packard assassin, was sent to Mobile


last October, recommended by q
member of the house of Claflin & Co.,
to take service with p. p. Pepper &
Co., a wealthy dry goods house here,
and was engaged by Pepper, and
remained until ten days ago. After
quitting he took to drink, and prob
ably on that account, coupled with a
little love matter, did some wild
things. Last Sunday he informed an
acquaintance that he was going to
kill himself, and had already secured
a room at Mandrick's restaurant.
The last seen Of Weldon at Pepper
u Co.'S. was on the morning Of the
18th, when he called and received
his pay and bade the cashier good
bye, saying he was not going to re-
main here, and that he had something
else on hand. All who knew him
here say that his resolution must


have been taken over the drinking
table while here. He said his father


was Lutheran minister in Phila-
delphia. He was never known to
take any part or interest in politics.
An acquaintance says he has not been
in condition of responsibility for
more than week.
Year: 1877

While, with the exception of the
peaceful solution of the presidential
question by referring the dispute to
arbitration, there is nothing particu-
lar!y new to suggest it, the general
feeling is that the morning Of renewed
prosperity is about to dawn upon
the nation and such feeling is con-
siderable more than half the victory.
Hard times are almost as much the
result of croaking and complaint as
of necessity. In times of business
stagnation, at the beginning Of finan-
cial panics, people and press begin to
preach doleful sermons, and to hoard
what money there is in the country.
Hundreds and thousands who never
would have had any real occasion to
feel hard times, hear these pitiful,
unreasonable wailings, and instantly
clutch their pocket-books, and hold
them tight until the panic, which is
thus increased in severity, has worn
itself out with age. If any man can
tell why this country should not have
been prosperous for the last three
years, why our factories, and rolling
mills, and furnaces should not have
been in full operation, why our busi-
ness should not have been healthy in
every department of commerce, we
should like to hear the reason. While
the volume of our circulation has not
been as much as it should have been,
one way, and a safe way, too, to in.
crease it, is to produce by the use OF
what money we have, and exchange
cur productions for the money OF
other nations. The world wants oui
products, and is willing to pay fol
them, and pay well for them. At nc
time have American productions en-
jOyed such an enviable reputation al
now. This is shown by the eager
foreign demand for American beef
and mutton, and the consequent high
prices which they bring. 1t may be
mentioned as a pleasant and cheering
fact that whenever the Americans
have sought to establish any of theil
productions in foreign markets they
have succeeded. Our exports, too
are exceeding our imports abou,
$780, 100000 annually, and this is no,
only gratifying in itself, but is en-.
couraging as another evidence of thu
popularity of American products
abroad.


There having been no reason, there
fore, why we should have had hare
times, there is consequently no reason
why they should continue, and they
will not.-Western Rural.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Feb. H.-After re-
cess, Trumbull proceeded with his
argument, saying they were brought
to face the question, whether .
president is to be made through fraud


and villainy on the part of officials,
whose duty it was to issue certificates.
There was no other tribunal to which
application could be made, except
this tribunal. This commission was .
tribunal of the two houses. Could it
be that the constitution had made no
provision against the Inauguration of
a president by forgery and fraud, and
by conspiracy between men who
certify to his election. He felt hui
inflated, that as citizen of this re-
public, he was called upon to argue
this question before a national tribu-
nal. 1t was not before a canvassing
board, touching tho election of Z
justice of the peace, but the national
congress, having power to go to the
Year: 1877




Edmunds argued that the effect OF
taking testimony Professionally might
be that at the end of ten days they
might find evidence inadmissiblc and
the whole time wasted.


Judge Bradley thought they should
go on in the manner similar to the
course pursued in the Florida case.


Judge Miller asked if it could not
be so arranged that the case could be
argued so that when the commission
went into consultation if it was deci-
dcd not to admit evidence it would
not be necessary to hear further ar
gument.


Edmunds submitted the following /:


Ordered, that counsel now be heard
ON the whole subject as the case now
stands, and that four hours on each
side be allowed for debate.


Judge Miller thought the effect OF
this order was to permit the case to
be argued as 1t now stands, leaving
the admissibility Of testimony to be
considered afterwards. If that was
admitted of course they would have
to come back and listen to argument
on it.
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the Chicago
Times finds some consolation in the
fact that in Berks' county, Pa, where
Judge Strong came from, they play .
game where the seven takes the
eight. But then that correspondent
forgot that that game was forty-fi
and this one fifteen.
Year: 1877

New ORLEANS, Feb. 15.-About
noon to-day in an. alteration in his
office, with q man unknown to the
police on duty in the State House,
Gov. Packard was shot in the knee
cap. The party who did the shooting
was fired upon by bystander and
wounded in the arm.
Year: 1877




ed the board to do whatever wal
done, which might not be the case.


Evarts said he could not know that
but he was following the argument Of
O'Conor in that case. O'ConOr had
not denied that if the inquiry was OK.
tended to the acts Of the returning
board, it could go to every poll. II
the work couldn't be done thorough
ly, it had better be left undone. Sup
pose it had been provided that thu
Governor was the person to cast the
electoral vote, would this commission
inquire into the mode by which tha,
Governor was elected, or whether he
was conspirator 1t was enough te
know that he was Governor of the
state. Evarts closed with an carnes
defense of the blacks of Louisiana
saying that it was proposed to make
them the victim Of a constitution fol
a constitution that gave them the gif
of suffrage, and they were now to bt
slaughtered for having it in theil
possession. Evarts closed at l 10, and
occupied all the time allotted to hi!
side, and on motion of Thurman, tn,
commission took recess.


After recess Judge Clifford an
nounced that the Republican sidt
had consumed its time and that tw,
and one-half hours remained to tn
other side.


Judge Campbell then proceeded t
close for the defense. He said he di,
not understand that Presidentia
electors owed their existence to til,
constitution of any state, but they do
rived their power from the people o.
the United States, which were United
States under confederation and be.
fore the Constitution was adopted
which was in its own language "tt
form more perfect Union"


Campbell argued that the Commits
sion had power to deal with the Ger.
tificate of the Returning Board and
power to look into every act Of The
Legislature, and if the Legislature
contravenes the fundamental princi
Piles that lie at tho foundation oi
American liberties. they should re.
ject the votes. While the learned
gentleman was speaking, said Camp
bell,I drew up an imaginary act O
the Legislature of Louisiana as al
illustration of his argument and t,
enable me to put the case fairly be
Year: 1877

HUsT1SGs COURT.-The case OF George w.
Robinson, proprietor Of the Park Hotel, in
dicted for violating the Moffett bel-punch
law, was called in the Hastings Court yes
terday, and the jury, after consultation,
brought in verdict Of guilty, and assessed
fine OF $40. The case was submitted to
the Jury without argument on the part OF
counsel, and it was thought by the defence
that the Commonwealth had virtually given
I'D the prosecution. The verdict OF the
iurv was q surprise to many in the court
room. Dir. Robinson had been prominent
in his cndearors to defeat the punch
bill, and he so stated to the Court
in his evidence, but had urged upon
those IN his employ that so long
as the bill was law it should not be vio-
lated under any circumstances. lie was
frank enough to admit that he would use all
the means in his power to show the lnlqulty
OF the bill. He was absent from the city at
the time the offence was said to have been
committed. The gentleman who testitIed
for the Commonwealth could not swear that
the crank was not turned, and the bar
keeper swore positively that he did turn the
crank when he took the money from the
counter. Colonel Young stated to the Court
that so certain was he that the Common
wealth's Attorney had found no prosecu-
ton in the case he did not deem it neces-
sary to argue on the part Of the defence.


4 motion for new trial will be heard to-
morrow (Thursday). In the event rehear-
inc of the case be refused it is thought that
an appeal will be taken, and the whole sub
iect OF the Moffett law brought fairly and
suuarely before the Court Of Appeals.


The jury in the case Of W. Is. Jones,
sworn on Monday, failing to agree, were dis
charged and the case continued.


Philip Helfrich, charged with failing to
register a drink, was tried and convicted
and fined $50.


1.-THE court adjourned until IL o'clock to-
day
Year: 1877

pointment Of tax collectors. It appears to
us that the advocates Of the proposed
measure, even giving them credit for what
they do not deserve, are cropping in the
dark. The true cause Of many Of our
troubles lie in our judicial system, and our
course of judicial proceedings. This may
seem strange at first sight; but it is no less
true. The judges Of our State are well
paid for what they do; but their annual
pay is disgracefully low. 1t would be
profitable to the State to pay its judges
and Chancellor at least $4,000 each, and
cast upon them the functions Of supervising
the decisions of the Levy Court, the Board
of Assessment, City Councils, and any
other bodies Of q public character. With
a judiciary fully paid for its work, eur
present system would suit all purposes.


The oppressive character of Sec. Is Of
the bill, smacks of the worst days Of
Feudal wrong.doing. A poor mans bed
and cooking utensils may be sold for poll
tax, due to a municipality in which he is
inhibited from holding Office! If his
goods cannot satisfy the tax collector, he
may be dragged to Jail without trial, and
imprisoned without day as delinquent
tax paper. The felon below the grade Of
a capital offender, may be released on bail
or maniprise, but the poor delinquent tax
able is,to be kept in safe custody-un-
til their mightiness, the Municipal olisar-
chy of Wilmington chooses to let him go
free!


In the same section there is anotheri rinice
little arrangement to rob the poor, and
charge rate of interest that is. absolutely
appalling. A poor carter or laborer has
his hone sold for taxes, one ofthe munich
pal ring buys it-most mercifully the.poor
man is permitted to redeem his house,
Within two years, upon payment Of "twen-
ty per cent. per annum, and costs" Will
the Democracy of Delaware be party to
such oligarchical oppression?


Send the word along the line; that the
bill in question is intended to curtail the
rights of the poor, and to hand over the
State to the Republican party.
Year: 1877

ture of this State, which in some of its fea-
lures, is almost satanic in its malignant
discrimination against the poor. 1t is
called an act to further amend the char
ter of the city Of Wilmington" The pro-
per title would be "an act to disqualify
poor men from holding Office: to create
municipal oligarchy in Wilmington; and
to capture the State of Delaware, by
means of the city of Wilmington, for the
Republican party" The bill is 80 faulty
that safe rule for the Legislature, would
be to appoint committee to report upon
it in 1879, if it is tinkered at, and passed
in any shape, it will be a rueful act, for
the members of the Legislature to answer
to the people.


The first section is an insolent impeach-
ment of manhood. The adulterer, the
usurer, the oppressor Of the poor-a Chad
band, Carker or Pangloss would be
eligible to be member CT the "Board Of
Assessment" if he is "a freeholder Of not
less value than 81 ,000." The hunk who sent
his children out into the world, to slave in
factory, shop, or farm, before their very
bones had hardened-if by their wages he
acquired $1,000 freehold, would be eligi-
BILE; but the high minded father, whose
pride was to live in his children not by
dollars, but living men, whose deeds would
make his name unperishable IF through
elf sacrifice he was not 1reeholder, the
Legislature is asked to ban him, with the
ignoble badge of incompetency to perform
function Of his citizenship. 1t is high
time to end this aristocratic, and vile at
tempt, to create caste. We again assert
that the renter is the taxpayer fully, and
beyond the owner-the hard listed mechan.
ic who rents freehold, is the taxpayer
upon it, and for all municipal purposes
ought to be so considered. The members
of Newcastle County were elected by the
votes of the working men of the Democ
racy. We are certain the men SO elected
will not by voting for the bill, disfranchist
their constituents.


The first section of the bill shows th'
Shiny trace Of the politicians-it provides
for minority representation in the Roart
of Assessment, but in the event of death
removal, &c, the bill makes no provision
to insure that the successor elected, shall
be of the same political party as the on
displaced. The only fair way, as the "im
mortal eight" has proven, to regulate any
thing of political character is to have al
exact equality Of numbers politically
Minority representation is farce. Bu
even so, the bill we are reviewing is in
tended to cheat the minority.


The geographical arrangement of dis
tricts is fixed up to perpetuate the rule G
the municipal ring in Wilmington, and il
the end dominate over the State. !
casual observer cannot fail to notice that a
least three Republican assessors would b
elected in Wilmington in September mex
Thier assessment would practically be tn
basis Of franchise, and we all must hav
lively recollections how Republican ma
jori;y treated us during the war.


So long as the county, through the Lev
Court, practically regulates our taxation,


were wisdom to leave with it the a.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, May 9.--A prominent
Justice of the Supreme Court, it is stated
in an interview with Secretary McCrary,
informed that officer that upon an exam
ination of the law he is satisfied that the
failure to appropriate for the service OF
the Army for the next year, is equivalent
to its abandonment as an instrument OF
authority.


He referred to the doctrine of the Eng
lish Government, which is, that neglect
to appropriate for the army is equivalent
to its disbandment. The Comptrollers
and Auditors of the Treasury who have
charge of the settlement of the account
say that they regard the failure to appro-
pirate as terminating any authority to
use the unexpended balance, as specific
ally designated.


The Cabinet is now in session, and will
look into the new question which has de-
velcped since the issue of the proclama-
tion. There is still a lingering belief
that the time of the extra session will be
changed to an earlier date. This ques-
ton will be finally determined to-day.
Year: 1877

KEEL To BE LAID.-Preparation fol-
laying the keel for the new iron steamer
that is to be built for the Morgan line of
New York, for which the Harlan & Hol-
lingsworth Co., received the contract
some time ago, is rapidly progressing
The keel will probably be laid some day
next week, and upon the same stocks
from which the Chester river boat was
launched yesterday.