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Year: 1878

THE ENGLISH LIBERALS seem to have sue
ceeded in pulling themselves together so
far as to challenge the Government to q
debate on the Asiatic Protectorate. Lord
Harrington has given notice of a compre-
hensive resolution in the House of Com
mons, and Mr.. Gladstone has made a
furious attack upon the Government, de-
nouncing its secret treaty with Turkey as
an insane covenant. Lord Beaconsfeld
has restored the supremacy of England in
European councils, and that is great gain
to the world. He has made England res
ponsible, in the sight of Europe, for the
regeneration of the UNANIMOUSLY governed
country which has been placed under the
protection of the Crown, and that is also a
great gain to the world. But he has taken
it upon himself to decide of.hand more
momentous questions than were ever dis
cussed in Parliament; he has dragged the
country into position from which it can
not honorably withdraw; he has committed
England to most complex and onerous
policy in the East and he has done this
himself, without allowing anybody outside
his Cabinet to know what he was about.
Parliament has been dumb and the nation
powerless to make known its wishes while
the destiny of the Empire was being shaped
by single hand and that has not been a
gain to the world.
Year: 1878

The Nationals, Greenbacliers, and Labor
party of Massachusetts, composed largely
of former Republicans, will run General
Benjamin F. Butler this Fall for Governor
of Massachusetts. Butler will also carry
with him, should he accept the nomina-
ton, large body of Republicans proper,
who have stuck by him through thick and
thin. Should he be the candidate of the
Nationals, the Democrats are also talking
Of supporting him; but there is a portion
of the Democratic party of Massachusetts,
who say they will not support him; that if
he is nominated by the party, for the pur-
pose of dividing and defeating the Republi-
cans, as Greeley was in 1872, they will hoist
the straight out flag, and preserve the or
ganization, although they are only a hand
full. They will utterly refuse to help
divide and conquer the opposition, which
has so long been the dominant party in
Massachusetts,.
Year: 1878

The bountiful harvests of the past two
seasons have been a more effective remedy
for the hard times than any scheme de-
vised by statesman. With such abundant
crops and low prices the poorest classes
have generally been able to secure enough
to eat in the most stringent times through
which we have passed.
Year: 1878

ONE of the results of the Berlin Confer
ence is the acquisition of the island of
Cyprus by Great Britain, and she has
already taken possession of it. England's
tender regard for Turkey is thus evinced
by her clipping off and gobbling up one of
her wings upon the first opportunity.
Year: 1878

IT would look a great deal more like
solid common sense to make war upon the
Indian agents than the poor red man. A
great many of them could be scalped half
over before you could touch what honesty
belonged to them.
Year: 1878

Having hold the Spring term OF
the Court for the various counties
composing the Circuit, ! deem it an
appropriate time to formally an
bounce myself, candidate tor re-
election 10 the Judgeship of the
Circuit.


Four years ago, at the solicitation
of many Of the voters of the circuit,
| became a candidate, as much from
sense OF duty to the country, as TO
crafty any personal ambition OF
mine, to assume tho arduous and
responsible duties of the position.
To do so, gave up a handsome and
rcmnnerative practice ut the bar,
at time, too, when the relations
between the State government and
that of the United States were such,
rs made it quite uncertain, in the
minds of the public, whether the
incumbent would be allowed to
hold the Office any considerable
length of time; and if he should, 1t
was equally uncertain whether the
salary would be paid in available
funds. Hence, the office was not
desirable, and | was elected with
out opposition. l found the Dock
cts behind and full of chronic cases
oflong standing. By dint ofprompt
attendance upon the courts, and
hard work, | have succeeded IN
clearing the docKe,s of these old
chronic cases, the business is fully
up, and the incoming Judge will
have "A much easier berth for the
four years to come, than | have had
for the tour years past.


These are reasons why | have
again presented myself before the
people tor their suffrage, and are
not urged Us reasons why any one
should give me their support. At
the end of the Term, the Office by
provisions Of our constitution, is in
the hands of the people, it is their
right to bcstow, and my privilege
to ask il. All l ask is that they
give my claims their calm considc,
Year: 1878

successful counsel for the defence,
H. V. Rowland, Esq, came in for
a deserved ovation of thanks and
hand-grssps, which indicated how
fully his invaluable services had
been appreciated by the sympathiz-
ing mass of spectators, including
scores of ladies, of whom there we're
more present at this time than at
any previous occasion Of the kind
in the history of the county.


1t had been arranged by previous
agreement that "after the verdict"
be it good or ill, Miss Turner should
bestow her hand upon the man by
whom she had stood through good
or evil fortune. accordance with
the arrangements the party pro-
ceeded to DR.. Georges, on Genesee
street, including the happy pair, the
jurymen, and officers of the court,
sherif's officers, and as many of the
relatives and friends of the bride
and groom as could find room in
the house. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. I. J. Allen, of the
Reformed Presbyterian church. In
his address to the couple he said:
81 am confident l express the senti-
ments of all your many friends and
the voice of the whole people when
| say that | rejoice in your acquit-
tai as triumph Of love, truth and
justice-a justice written deep in
the human heart which cannot be
expressed in the language of human
law. While l appreciate the posi-
ton of honor and responsibility
sustained by his honor the Judge,
your attorney and counsel and the
Jury now present to witness this


happy scene, l prize the privilege


of plighting your love to one an
other before God and society, and


pronouncing you husband and wife
as second to none of these. To


pronounce you, sir, a happy hus-


band, is as great an honor as to pro-


nounce you acquitted by the court


and allowed to enjoy life, liberty


and the pursuit Of happiness, the


birthright of every American citi-


zen.


At the conclusion of the cere.


mony good old-fashioned wedding


scene, in which the company pressed


to the front and saluted the newly


made "man and wife," kissing the


fair bride who had so pluckily faced
the troubles which beset her lover,


and, true woman-like, had borne
them till they were dispelled. II
was worth the experience, as Hop
pins confessed, to prove the truth
} of the loyalty of the girl ne had
, won.


The News concludes: "Nevel
was there case where a more gene.
raj sympathy existed on the side ol
a prisoner than in this. Under the
aggravating circumstances of the
entire case, it is conceded that the
son and brother had suffered enough


of mental anguish in the ruin of his
! sister and the consequent death oi
his mother to drive any ordinary
brain into temporary disorder,
which made E. ]. Hoppin unac.
countable; in fact, for the unfortu.
nate blow which was sought TO be
made the cause for a death occa.
stoned by heroic doses of medicine,
That he is thus acquitted is a salts
faction to the entire community,
and it is no mawkish sentimentality


which sustains righteous verdict. "
Nobody should 20 to church, or public
Year: 1878

Are read by at least
Twenty Thousand People
old and young. every week. 1t is Just to say
that the patrons of. the WESTERN
METHODIsT belong to the best class Of
community.


We desire our business men to make nots
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.


We use our best efforts to keep our column,
free of all Irregular and irresponsible adver-
tiIinsi for many good people seeing an ad-
'orusemeht IN paper, especially their
church paper. take it as a guarantee Of re-
'POnsibility. such confidence should not &c
abused when 1t can be helped. We want.
therefore,


"


fuNN


The Advertising Patronage
Of such business men and 6rmS as we can
recommend to our friends and tho public
without compromising the character OF tho
paper.


Our Terms shall be I'm Harmon


with the business Outlook.


Send in Your FavOrs.
Year: 1878

There is an urgent demand for the prop
er authorities TO survey a few townships VI
the public lands in this vicinity. A por-
tion of the appropriation should certainly
he expended here for we arc positive no
locality in the Territory is suffering ~
much for the lack of surveys being made
as We are. Settlers are flocking into Nor
ton county and plenty more are ready to
follow if there was any certainty of their
correct locality, but there is not a town.
ship in the county subdivided, and they
are an organized county and in running
order We would invite the surveyor gen.
erals attention to this subject as the pco-
pie here are getting impatient and feel that
they are neglected in this matter of sur
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Year: 1878

the very opportunity that she desired. She
swiftly glided into the room, and had barely
time 10 reach the shade, when Mr.. Fobell
and his son returned from the inner room.
As she saw them she couched to one side,
and then it was, doubtless, that young
Fobell caught


AN ISDIsrINcT GLIMPSE OF HER FORM,
causing the remark that if he believed in
ghosts he should feel disposed to say that he
had seen one. Instantly on the doors being
locked by Mr. Fobell she moved into the
chamber. A rush of light was burning on
low stool by the fire, and she could see all
that was in the room. At the moment that
Mr.. Fobell again unlocked the door and
glanced into the dressing room, the woman
had placed her hand on the bag OF money.
The sound OF the lock almost paralyzed her.
She replaced the money and glided behind
the curtain of the bed Listening intentlY
she again heard the door closed and locked.
As she came forth from among the folds of
the heavy curtain ber foot caught and the
curtain was drawn violently. Tne rafting
of the rings aroused Charlie, who lay on his
back asleep, and he half arose ON his elbow.
Fearful of discovery the woman drove the
knife into the young mans breast He half
sprang out of bed, and the blood spouted out
over the floor and the table, and


STAINED THE BAG AND BUTTON.


linen Jne woman IeellDR satlSneu tnat the
youth was dead, unlocked the door of his
chamber, took the bag OF money, passed out,
relocked the door on the outside and pushed
the key under the door, Then she went to
her room and put on two dresses and two
shawls. She quilted the dwelling by rear
door, and finding the bundle heavy dug a
hole and buried all the gold except
about fifty sovereigns. Then she passed out
at gate, walked by the river side for about
mile, and afterward sought the highway.
At daylight she reached a small town and
walked through 1T. On the other side she
threw off dress and shawl and crammed
them and her bonnet INTO drain. Here she
tied handkerchief around her head and re-
traced her steps through town. BY this
means she effectually threw her pursuers of
the track. She finally reached Shrewsbury,
and journeyed thence to Sheffield. In the
meantime her daughter had married de-
signer in metals, aud by a strange coinci-
dence he was offered employment in Shef-
field, and had to pass through the very street
where Jane Busy worked to his employ
ment. One evening he took his wife to see
the place where he passed his days, and in
the little huckster's shop she discovered her
mother. The murder was known, of course,
to the daughter and her husband, but not
until now did the latter know that the sup
posed murderer was bis wife's mother. He
was a man who had en- eye to the main
chance, and the price of his silence and sub
mission was share of the money which the
woman had stolen.


Jane Busy was banged at Gloucester. Hel
daughter was not proceeded against, and she
and her husband removed to another part OF
the country.
Year: 1878

Among the various methods of preserving
the ends of telegraph poles, fence posts, and
other wooden objects insertedIn the ground,
are charring and coating with coal or other
forms OF tar; but it is said that while neither
mode of treatment alone is sufficient, the
two combined answer every purpose, the tar
which in itself is indestructible, and pre-
vents the absorption OF moisture from the
ground into the interior unaltered portion
of the wood. In time the tar is converted
into kind of resin which Is very durable.
Year: 1878

of the girl did all in their power to decoy
him from home and my influence, but they
failed. He had got over his infatuation for
the girl, and was freed from the enthrall-
ment. When
Year: 1878

For years after her admission into the
family of Mr.. Fobell she had contemplated
the killing of Charles as a retributive act for
the seduction of her daughter. The liberal
ity of Mr. Fobell to the girl, and his procur-
ing for her position greatly superior to any
one she could otherwise have hoped for, in
duced the mother to forbear, IN the hope
that perhaps something might bring Charles
and the girl together again, and marriage
might yet result. When, on the fatal night,
she overheard the conversation of the father
and the eldest son, and learned that very
large sum of money was to be deposited in
Charles bed room as birthday gift, she re-
solved to get possession of the money at all
risks, and thus avenge her wrongs. With no
fixed plan in her mind, she seized carving
knife and ran up stairs. Stationing herself
in q recess of the corridor she saw Mr.. Fo-
bell aud his son enter the dressing room of
Charles apartments. They passed out OF
sight and left the door siar. This seemed
Year: 1878

killing and wounding of eight people, &C.
Cured in Santiago. The mounted police
and cavalry were called out and made sew
eraI charges before the mob dispersed.
The trouble originated in an attempt to
lay violent hands upon the writer OF GER
tain articles in relation TO the boundary
question, in which he took grounds favor
able to the Argentine republic.


Advices from Salvador state that the
volcanoes of Icealo and Santa Anna are in
state of tremendous activity. In the
latter from four or five distinct openings
fire, smoke and ashes are pouring forth in
vast volumes. 1t is not known that these
are distinct. but they are supposed to be
apertures in the old crater OF the volcano,
which has been silent for some years. For
miles around the ashes are falling, and
the air is filed with smoke, darkening the
day and making the scene gloomy and
terrifying. The Inhabitants in the neigh
boring villages are terribly alarmed and
many have fed to places of safety.


The intelligence OF severe earthquake
in tie southern portion of the republic is
fully confirmed. The destruction appears
to have been complete. The loss of life
and property is very great.


While the schooner Little Minnie was
on her way from Gobea to Colon with a
crew and passengers Of seven persons, she
capsized and all on board were drowned
except one colored man.
Year: 1878

South America also has its large bats,
of one of which every body has heard,
the vampire. Much nonsense has been
written about it, but there was some
foundation for the stories of its sucking
the blood of men and animals until it
killed them. In the interior of South
America nearly every body sleeps in a
hammock, either out of doors or with
the windows open, and the weather is SO
warm that little covering is used. The
vampire comes in on silent wings, and,
finding toe exposed, gently pricks it
with his sharp tooth, and draws the
blood until he can swallow no more
The sleeper rarely is awakened, and
does not know his loss until morning.
He may then feel weak from the flow OF
blood, but we are not aware that a man
was ever known to die from this cause.
Horses are very greatly troubled by
them also. Mr.. Charles Watterton, an
enthusiastic naturalist, now dead, who
spent several years in New Guinea, has
told us much about this ugly bat, but
could never induce one to taste of his
toe, although he would have been very
glad to be able to say that he had been
operated upon. For eleven months he
slept alone IN tne lOII OF deserted WOOu
cutters hut in the deep forest. There
the vampires came and went as they
wished. He saw them come in the
moonlight on stealthy wings and picl
the ripe bananas; lay in his hammocl
and watched them bring almost to hi
bedside the green wild fruit of the wilt
guava; floating down the river on othe
moonlight nights was struck by the fall
ing blossoms of the lawarrinut tree
which the vampires pulled from tn
branches to get at the tender seed-ves
sci or the insects that lure in the dee
corolla. He lay night after night wit
his bare foot exposed, but could neye
get them to lance it, although hi
friends and companions were all ble'
by this nocturnal surgeon; and excep
that he once caught one fastened to tn


shoulder of one of his animals, he cam
away no wiser than when he went OF hoy
the vampire does his horrid work.


The vampires measure about twenty
six inches across the wings; frequen
old houses and hollow trees, and repos


in clusters, head downwards, from tn


branches of forest trees.
Year: 1878

The Detroit Free Press says that some
fend in human form gained access to
Bijah's farm the other night and left
abundant proof of his meanness. He
dug up nearly all the cucumber seeds
which had been so carefully blown into
the earth with hand-bellows by the old
man, rolled each separate seed in cotton
batting, tied tag to it, and then re-
placed it SO deftly, that the damage was
only accidentally detected. One tag
read: "Call me when breakfast is
ready" another: "Please give me a
pull" another: "I can be coaxed, but
not driven"


"I do not now remember that l ever
teok a man by the ears and unjointed
every hinge in his body, at one shake"
mused Bijah, as he picked up the last
in this brutal work has got to be hunted
sleep againp


His Honor heard of the outrage and
endeavored to console the old man by
advancing the theory that some savant
desired to cross cotton and cucumbers
and produce fabric heavier than fac
tory cloth and not quite as heavy as all
wool


"Did a say-vant leave thatT' de-
manded Bijah, slapping down a tag
which read: "We had to get under
the ground to get away from his feet!'
Cor this:


"Ohl Bijah give us rest!
Give us a week to sleep;
And we IL give you pull on your vest
As soon as ever we creep"


Well, you keep quiet" admonished
the court, the brigand will return
sooner or later to put rubber springs un
der your potatoes, and if you are on the
alert you will trap him."


"Such deeds of dastardy are worthy
of Old Fargo himself!" growled Bijal
as he went into the corridor and banged
open the door of cell No. 8.
Year: 1878

Two brothers lived in a village in Jer-
sey. They were twins, and their extra
ordinary resemblance to each other
caused many queer mistakes. The fol-
lowing story is told of them, but we do
not vouch for it: An Irishman was
offended by one of the brothers, and was
a long time watching his opportunity
for revenge. The twins were constantly
together, and although Pat was pretty
well able to manage one, he considered
that the whipping of both together was a
luxury he could not afford to indulge in.
At last, however, he met one of them
alone, but was not quite sure he had the
right man. He determined to inquire
into the matter. els that your" said
he, cor are you only your brother r'
The fellow, taking in the situation. an
swered, "Oh Pm only my brother" !"
"Then it's well for you it isn't yourself
that's in it," said Pat, as he walked of
with clean conscience.
Year: 1878

The interior of the Rev. George FL.
Hepworth's church in New York is thus
described: An usher opens the inner
door noiselessly, and you look down
upon an immense cirque whose axis must
be at least one hundred and fifty feet.
1t is exactly like looking in upon some
vast playhouse. The amphitheater is
an enormous parquet, with pews instead
of chairs. And for stage there is q
narrow carpeted platform, with tables
and chairs, and an arcade behind,
through the openings of which the back
of the organist is seen as he seats him
self at his instrument. Galleries there
are none. Decoration is almost entirely
absent. The gray and drab walls and
fiat blue roof will not catch the eye.
Save the conventional gliding and pris-
matte touches on the organ-pipes, no
color is visible.
Year: 1878

The telephone played singular part
in the fire at the Office of the Detroit
Free Press. The instrument connecting
the editorial rooms with the house of the
managing editor, one and a half miles
away, rang the bell at the residence
violently, so that the increasing and
diminishing of the flames could be cal
culated by the rising and falling of the
anger of the bell. The clamor at last be-
came 80 unbearable in the room that the
bell was stuffed with cotton, when from
the speaking tube came the swish of the
water, the roar of the fire, the cracking
of burning timbers, until the sudden
stoppage Of all sound showed that the
communication was broken.
Year: 1878

A SINGULAR instance of the ingenuity
of birds was noticed at Detroit the other
day, where two robins were seen to be
toiling away at a small toy basket which
had been left in the doorway. Evi-
IDENTIFY thinking it would make palatial
nest, the birds were pulling and drag
ging it along over the grass, but were
unable to get hold of it in such way as
to fly off with it. They accordingly left
IL, but soon returned with string about
eight feet long, which they drew through
the basket, and, each taking one end in
its bill, few briskly away with the
basket hanging on the swing between
them.
Year: 1878

THE layers of wood in what are known
as the annual deposits are often thicker
on one side of the tree than on others,
and very often when it is thin or thick
in one part of the trunk in any one year
IL will continue in the same proportion
for many succeeding years. These
phenomena are frequently discerned.
Year: 1878

WE'VE heard of reversible collars, re-
versible cuffs and reversible bosoms, but
it remains for some future genius to in
vent a reversible shirt that can deceive
the eye of coniding public into the
idea that you haven't turned it the
same as the Binghamton editors do
theirs.-Eimira Gazette. If our neigh
Dor would only take advantage of the
high water in the Chemung, when it oc-
ours, and take bath occasionally, he
could reverse his shirt just as well as
Binghamton editors can. You have to
keep the body clean, friend, to have a
shirt reverse to advantage, and-have
the shirt.-Binghamton Times.
Year: 1878

THE Western Advocate takes the ground
that the collection of tax on liquors
made or sold does not give legal status
to the business. II might be called
either tax or fine," and is different
from license, which is an approval or
permission for continuance of the traffic.
This seems to us pretty sensible tenn
perance view.
Year: 1878

THEpresentls most und0ubtedIy an age
of thought, research and reason; old
dogmas are being long lived
fallacies exposed, and superstition ban
ished by the regenerating light of
science borne aloft in the onward march
of progress-but-see here-do you sup
pose we shall ever be any nearer know
ing how it comes that the homeliest men
are always the ones who adopt their
own photos for trademarks?
Year: 1878

The gun that is always supposed to be
unloaded was used with fatal effect in
Cambridge, Vermont. Barney Gray
took it up, and, remarking blandly to
his brother John, "Look out ! I'll shoot
you'll" fired, and John fell dead, his neck
nearly severed by the heavy charge of
shot. The idiot who does such thing
ought to be shot on the spot. If this
festive young fool had waited while a
circus would have come along, and he
could have had little fun without
pointing a gun at his brother.