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Year: 1878

Saturday night James Kennedy husband OF
eight months, assaulted his wife with chair and
injured her so badly that for time the neighbors
thought her dead She was removed to her moth
ers and is doing we'll.


A colored girl was taken to the Inirmary few
weeks ago with the consumption, since when she
has been found 10 be enciente A sister Of hers
who died few days since, stated that the girls
father had got her with child,


On Saturday evening the house Of Mr.. William
Knox was totally destroyed by fire, Insured for
$500, furniture insured for $500.


The bridge works of the Morse Brothers will be
completed and operating sometime during the
month of May The machinery is being received
and erected during the present week.


Wednesday afternoon as Geo. Botz was working
about circular saw in his mill, just west Of the
city, his hand slipped, struck the saw and was ia
ken off just below the wrist
Year: 1878

Mr. Mitchell called up the Senate bill extend.
ing the time to construct and complete the North
ern Pacific railroad. In explanation of the bill
he spoke of the importance Of completing the
road, and said the Northern Pacific would be a
competing line to the Central and Union Pacific
roads, and would check the spirit Of monopoly.
He argued that the bill gave ample protection
to all settlers. besides opening lands to settle
ment.


Mr.. Window also spoke in favor of the bill. and
said it reduced the land grant to the Northern
Pacific road some seven million acres The North
ern Pacific Railroad Company presented to Con-
gress a stronger case than was usually presented by
Corporations coming to Congress asking favOrs It
came with clean hands. The company as 1t exis.
ted to-day was in no sense speculative Organiza.
ton The stockholders had put their money In
the road with the desire Of completing 1t as soon
as possible. he argued the road would constitute
the shortest line across the continent and would
unite the great lakes with the Pacific ocean. The
fertile country through which the road passed,
and especially the valley Of the Red river Of the
North, would rapidly be settled. The completion
of the road would do much to prevent Indian
wars in that section, as the war whoop of the saw
age was never heard within the sound Of the 10.
cOmotiVe whistle,


Mr. Lamar also favored the passage Of the bill,
and after some further discussion the further
confederation of the bill was postponed until to-
morrow.


The Senate then resumed the consideration Of
bills on the calendar.
Year: 1878

The Democrats Of Tennessee have
nominated Judge Albert s. Marks,
originally an Owensboro (Ky.) man,
for Governor. He is spoken Of as a
man of decided ability, and one on
whom the whole of the party will unite.
Judge Marks was On earnest support
er of the Lost Cause" and was pro
NOTED for gallantry TO the rank Of
Colonel. Like the Governor of Vir.
ginia, he yielded q limb in the service,
One of his legs being shot Of at Muir
freesboro. The Convention endorsed
Governor Porter's administration, and
adopted q most excellent platform.
Post Master General Key, who it was
said would make the race for Cover
nor of that State on an Independent
ticket, will, no doubt, think better Of
it, and cling to the pap he has al
ready hold Of.
Year: 1878

BEN DEERIsG was not sharp. He
ought to have made that man promise
beforehand that, ifhe 3D. would sign
a paper that he had slandered him,
and that he would retract in the next
issue of his paper, the Lexington Dai-
ly Transcript, he would not give him
a threshing, but Ben didn't of that,
so had the modification of signing
the paper and then getting a whip
ping besides. We certainly would
have saved ourselves the one or the
other.
Year: 1878

The members of the Court of Ap'
peals having refused to act in the ca.
pacity of a Nominating Committee,
the question arises, what will the can.
didates do nowf We very much fear
that on the 1lth Of September, the
delegates will be as much at sea as
they were at Somerset, unless some
thing is done. Would it not be to
their own interest in the future and
infinitely better for the party if the
two candidates that have the least
number of votes would get up, some
of these fine mornings, and withdraw ?
We know that such an action would
be remembered and rewarded in the
near future, and the gentlemen would
have the satisfaction of knowing that
they had helped their party out of, to
say the least, a very bad scrape.
Year: 1878

The farmers may cease their complaints.
The drouth which has prevailed in this
county since about the aoth Of July. and
which was really becoming alarming, came
to an end Monday night. since then We
have had an abundance Of rain. There is
never much use fretting about the weather.
The best thing for the farmer, is to do hi.
work we'll, and trust Providence for the
sunshine and the showers. Trust Hin
implicitly-He Is sure to send the rain In
its season.
Year: 1878

Beecher thinks Conklins i making mis-
take, ard fears that he will find himself a
very large rat in a very small trap"


The best joke yet abcut the House door
keeper squabble is the discovery that Field,
the cx-Confederate whom the Democrats pre-
ferred to Shields, was Grant man IN
1872.


The man who reported the Conkling inter
view went out at the beginning of the war as
a chaplain of the Second Maine regiment,
but he absorbed more rum than was consid
cred proper for chaplain and lost his place,
and soon after was degraded from the min
istry.


1t is stated that Vermont clergyman,
who used to live in Louisiana, says that a
former parishioner Of his. the somewhat nc
torious J. Madison Wells, one day said to
him, "Mr. -, | should come and hear
you preach oitener, but every time | come
yol preach personal sermon, and do not
like to be attacked in that way every time
attend church" To this the reply was
Major, you are so seldom at church that
could not know when TO prepare n sermon
personal to your case, and that relieves me
from your accusation. But the truth is,
Major, it would be hard for clergyman to
preach sermon against any sin forbidden
in the decalogue. and not make it a sermon
that you might think was intended for you
personally"
Year: 1878

--B1sAGRErABLE HABJTs.-It is easy to form
disngreeable habit, bot not so easy to drop
it again. Persisted in, they become a second
nature Stop and think before you allow
yourself to form them. There are Disagree
able habits of body like scowling winking,
twisting the mouth, biting the nails, contlnu-
ally picking at something, twirlIng a key, or
fumbling at chain, drumming with the fin
gers. screwing and twisting chair, or what
ever you can hay your hands on Don't do
any Of these thing Cultivate a calm quiet
manner. Better be statue than a Jumping
jack There are much worse habits than
these, to be sure, but we are speaking only
of very little things that are only annoying
when persisted in. There are habits OF
speech, also, such as beginning every speech
with lyon see, or ''yOu know" nova, Il
don't care" 'tell you now" Indistinct ut
terances, sharp nasal tones, slow drawl
avoid them all. Stop and think what you
wish to say. and then let every word drop
from your lips inst as smooth and perfect as
a new silver com Have a care about your
ways of sitting, and standing and walking.
Before you know it, you will find your habits
have hardened into coat of mail that you
cannot get rid Of without terrible effort
habits which render you obnoxious to all
around you.
Year: 1878

When they get telephones in the hotels,
the Rome So,tuid man says it will refresh the
weary traveller who is sent up to the fourth
floor, to sit down quietly and impart To the
clerk down in the office his private opinion
of that fuLctionary's conduct
Year: 1878

Ii TIE national bankrupt law Is repealed,
as now seems certain, the only defence
against revival OF the old ami oiious grab
law in this State, will be the State lnsol-
vency law, passed by the last legislature, in
view of the prospect of a repeal of the
national law, While the national law re-
mains in force this is held in allegiance but
on the repeal of the United States statute,
the State law will at once come into life
Whether it will give us a state of things
which will be any improvement on the
present. may well be doubted. Our State
law is eumbrous affair. based on the United
States statute, and retaining some of the
Objectionable features of the national law.
1t is inferior to the national law because its
operation as to persons and property is nee
essarily restricted by the State limits.
Just how it will work remains to be deter
mined, but it will not be surprising if
year or two of the state of confusion result
ing from the change, in this and other
States, should make business men every
where anxious to return to general statute,
with provisions reducing the present inOrdi-
nate expense of bankruptcy proceedings and
safeguards against some Of the abuses of the
present system.
Year: 1878

BY EDWIN v. LEWIS
Sweet April. when you try, with your sunshine and
your sky.
Your wind breathing low and your birds that
sing ge her,
Your misty blue tina; nils the hollows OF the hills
You can make dsy Of most enchanting weather
But on this lovely mcrnins you have for your
sdorniBg


The presence Of my only love. my darling. my
dear
So you have no need TO try with your sunshine and
your sky,
To make This day the day o. all the year
Yet, April, do your best with soft wind from the
wet,


With sunlight on the sprngng grass and tender
blue above
Let your singing hirdSisng loudly, and your flowers
luk up proudly
So may you serve the lady Of my love,
month Of chang,?ul mien-yOur days may be

Or your sobbng east wind may be bringing rainy
weather.
Each is II Nelcnme day, for 1t takes me nearer May,
When my UEly love and shall be together !
Year: 1878

The NEXT ROYAL CoUPLE.-Among the
newest things in our shop windows are
some admirable German photographs of
the Duke OF Connaught and the Princess
Louise Margaret of Prussia. He is 3
young man of whom much good is
spoken, and who is said to be resolved
to claim no advantage from his royal
rank, but to rise in the army from sheer
hard work and the ordinary rules of
promotion. The portrait shows a SOL
dieriy young fellow, with frank and
pleasant countenance, who would be
handsome were not his profile rather too
suggestive of George Ills retreating
forehead and disproportionately prom
inent nose, as seen still on some of the
older coinage. Otherwise there is in the
face strong resemblance to albert the
Good" The Princess looks so nearly
pretty in the colorless photograph, that
the chances are that she Is actually
pretty in the flesh. She is said to be
simple and unaffected, and not above
doing her own shopping, and carrying
her purchases home with her = London
Letter.
Year: 1878




A story thrilling enough in its details
to be woven into fiction has just come
to us fresh from Fair Point, Chautauqua
Lake. On Saturday last, a rather finely
dressed and well-appearing man landed
at the Point and engaged board for
fortnight at the Palace Hotel. There
was nothing unnatural in his appearance,
nor did it seem at all remarkable when
be attended church on Sunday morning
and bowed in fervent prayer near the
altar. People noting his conspicuous
position looked with admiring wonder
upon the man who, regardless of the
sorutiniziDg vision of the whole congre-
CATION. manifested his religious zeal in
the most emphatic manner.


Monday morning the stranger
strolled out near .hs lake and there met
George Irwin. somewhat neted duck
hunter, who had just come in with his
dog and gun. The nnely-dressed stranger
atfably greeted Mr.. Irwin and asked to be
allowed to examine the gun. Mr.. Irwin
unsuspectingly handed over the weapon,
when the stranger carefully examined it.
then cooked It. and holding it toward
Mr.. Irwin. asked him how he would
rather dis-would he prefer being
drowned TO being shot? Even then the
man seemed perfectly natural. Mr.. Ir-
win regarding the question as joke,
replied that If it were necessary for him
to die right there and then, he preferred
taking turn in the water. 1t is then
that the strangers eyes glared with ma
niacal frenzy. He grappled with the
now terrified Irwin. The struggle was
desperate one. The maniac was power
full man, and with an iron grip dragged
the sportsman to the waters edge, when
the struggle for life and death became
even more desperate. Finally they both
fell into the water, and while foundering
there, some men who stood at short
distance, ran to the rescue, and were
scarcely able to release the victim from
the maniac's clutch. His clothes were
nearly all torn from his body, and he
was terribly bruised by Que brief but
| fearful encounter.


Just about this time small steamer
came up to the dock. 1t required four
strong men to put the wild maniac on
board. He was taken to Mayville and
lodged in Jail. He persistently refused
to the last to give his name, declaring as
a reason for his conduct that it was ne
cessary to sacrifice some life to the CON-
secration OF the Sunday School ground
at that place; that he had been chosen
as the instrument of death. He seemed
to talk sanely about the matter, and
regarded Mr.. Irwin as an unappreoiative
man. because, as he said, it was clearly
in his power to shoot Irwin on the spot,
whereas he had given him his choice of
death, and when about to yield prefer.
ence for worldly friends appeared upon
the scene and interfered. The affair
created considerable excitement at Fair
Point, and is the,one topic of converse.
ton in that vicinity.
Year: 1878

The WHIPPING PosT IN SOUTH CARO-
LINA.-Allen Vaughn, colored man who
had gained the reputation of being no.
torious horse thief, was arrested on Tues
day by several colored men who had been
victims OF his roguery. He had in his
possession when caugh. shotgun and
several articles of clothing belonging to
the men who arrested him. They at
once gave him his choice to be carried to
Jail or take one hundred iashes. He
chose the latter punishment. We are
told by one who witnessed the whipping
that it was administered by three stalwart
negro men. who took turn-about. They
pealed the skin from the poor wretch g
back at every Lash, he during the time
crying and begging for mercy. After
the one hundred lashes he agreed to take
had been given him, he was united and
told by his oolored "bredren" to "leab
de county and nebber set foot back here
agin." Half dead with pain, his back
literally raw from the blows he had re-
ceived with no one to sympathize with
or befriend him, the poor devil staggered
off down the road to find a home in some
other county Clarendon, 8. G. Press
October 10th.
Year: 1878

A Panama paper tells the following
story OF canine sagaoity: when the
dog wishes to CROSS the river where alli-
gators abound, he goes up the stream a
great way and barkv with all his might,
The alligators go there and wait for his
getting in to go across. The dog knows
what he is about. when he sees from the
snouts above water that his enemies have
all gathered to the feast, runs down the
bank as fast as he can and swims across
before the alligators are aware OF the
trick that has been played upon them"
Year: 1878

A man named Macdonald was lately
executed at Cuper, Scotland, for the
murder of his wife. The pair were alone
in room where the woman was shot
and killed and the man wounded. It
was claimed for the defence that the
woman shot herself, and all the evidence
was circumstantial. The conviction was
made by vote of the jury of thirteen to
two and recommendation to mercy was
made by eleven to four, and strenuous
efforts were made for a reprieve.
Year: 1878

A tall tramp who encamped at SearSport,
Me- last Fall, went 70 school during the Winter and de-
voted all his energy TO mastering the principles OF Eng
nsh photography. A few days ago he had his triumph
There was a Spelling match aud he equal TO the
longest word III the dictionary. After spelling down
every one in the class he challenged the committee and
the teacher TO "a competitive trial and was victorious.


A whale was bombarded off the coast OF
North Carolina last week. When the first bomb was
fired it failed to explode. but IL made the whale furious
aud he struck ono OF the boats and knocked 1t several
feet above tho water. The captain then fired another
bomb which failed to explode The third bomb exploded
near tho heart Tho blood spoutcd about feet high
and as the crew rushed up their lamces into the
whale the blood fell showers upon them aud their
boats. The lght was Witnessed By another crew sta
toned miles away The whale was iory-two feet long
and extremely tat


All the world has q morbid fOndness for
dog cases. and hence curious trial that took place IN
Paris a few weeks ago is worth short paragraph A
tenant had handsome dog breed unknown and not ma.
teral To the issue OF the His landlord hated all
dogs In general and this In particular, and insisted
that tho beast should not 20 up and down the front
staircase. The tenant retorted that wherever he
his dog should co. and that 1t beneath the dignity
so ntelli gent and womcanlng animal to 20 up and
down by the back staircase. The landlord appealed
tho courts redress his grievance, but lost the
The Judge held that as the tenant paid his rent and stair
case Keep" hc had the right to use It, and his dog had
tho same inalienable privilege.


State Senator James blackburn . confident
that Kentucky justice will not discriminate between
black and white ana that, II the whippngpos be intro
duced thieves will be punished without regard to color
or previous condition OF liberty seryItude He holds
that every thief should be whipped In public, and that
honest people who obey the law should not be subjected
to heavy taxation tho boarding aud maintenance Of
tho dishonest "Delaware," he says, has for many
years relied upon her wpplngpost, aud better reg


lated state is not known In the Union Old Virginia has
recent regsabshed it, having at last found her mistake
IN eve abollshlng It, would rather follow The example
OF the people OF that grand old state In matters Of
sIy humanity, aud decency, than that OF tho entire
tribe OF Northern fanatcal hypocrites and sentimental
frauds" Mr. Blackburn is u Blue Grass gentleman OF
the old school OF chvalry.


The Rev. John Jasper shakes his head and
mumbes, "Stl il does not move" He cings tenaciousy
to the doctrine which he preached last Sunday TO his
colored brethren IN Richmond that the earth does not
rcvoive Its axis, but remains stationary In space
When reporter buttonholed him the following day
and asked him to illustrate his views, he responded
promptly "why, suppose you were In cart. When
the cart turns round you do too Don tyou Now lthe
houses tho earth don't turn round. and Amt more
Year: 1878

Polk thought he was Doorkeepcr Of tho Treasury


The Anderson case will not constitute Demo-
cratic lever to Olst Hayes.


The Claim Agency party is afraid the anti-conclli
alton spirit viii ruin It's business


II looks as il the Government would fail to sell
enough 90-cent dollars for 102 cents to enable ii
pay the pubic deDi.


Mr Iialstcad continues to be unhappy about the
MOTTO ia God we trlstp on the 0G-ccnt dollar of
his choice. 1t looks like bad case of remorsc.


Mr. Wood is still at work revising that Tariff Lill
and tho industrial portion Of tho public is also at
wnrl, cursng Mr. Wood. At the end, the House
will do the revising. and Mr. Wood the cursing.


Presidential candidates for tho National party are
appearing here and there, but the right do not
seem to have been hit upon. Tho only appropriate
ticket would be Davis and Parker the Illinois SEN
ator and the New-Jersey Governor. There woud
be weight in that combination


Louisiana ought to be permitted to drop out of
National politics for q season now. There has been
perpetual Louisiana case for the last ton years
or more and it has been an unsavory ono all the
time The President can stir it up again by appoint
ing the wrong man for Collector but that seems to
be the only immediate danger of a fresh outbreak


Polk now looms up as sectional issue. All the
Northern Investigators want to abolish him, re-
pudiale his work, and turn over the bookkeeping
with its elastic emoumeDts to the illusrions Thonp-
son, Of Ohio while the minority, all Of whom rep
sescnt constituencies IN the Sunny South, can see
10 reason why he shouldn't be vindicated and set
mp once in business as u lobbyist and salary
uroker. They could hardly solidify on worse lot.


General Garfield has sent letter of thanks to
the business men of Cleveland, who commended his
course on the financial question. In his letter he
makes this cheering prediction: "The extreme
men who are not content with the legislation al
ready adopted, seeking to increase the vol
ume of our paper currency l hope aud believe it
will be possible successfully to resist this most seri
Gus assault upon the National honor and the busi-
ness prosperity Of the country"


The Democratic bewildcrment on the Southern
claim question is curious study. Tho party does
Year: 1878




What is the Democratic party doing to en-
title it to public confidence and future sue
cess2 Certainly ii is fair to ask. The party
has been tried, in full control of one branch
of the Government and partial control of an
other. If it has the capacity or the purpose
to do WELL when intrusted with absolute
power, the purpose and capacity ought to have
been shown by its performances in the House.


AS to reform of the Civil Service, Il0meric
roars of inextingushablc laughter would greet
anybody who should suggest that The House
by which Colonel Polk was made DooIkeeper
was the right body to secure economy and
purity. The President has made some blum
ders, and his true friends have giievcd because
his promises of reform were not more strictly
kept But is there anybody who would think
it an improvement to have any one OF the
Departments managed after the fashion OF
Doorkeeper Polk? No outside influence has
interfcred with Democratic management
here. If that management has been intOleTa-
bly, loose, wantOn or corrupt, is there any rca-
son to suppose that Democratic management
of any executive department would DO better?
Here is a stencil in the nOstrls, and it comes
from the only branch of the public service
which Democrats entirely control. VIII 10
such stencil arise from each and every depart
mcnt, if the same party secures the powerl


Sound and honest Democrats say that the
action of the House in respect to finances was
dishonorable and Infamous. A knGyish bill,
passed by an overwhelming majority in n Dem
ocratic House, was so amended and recon-
structed in the Senate that its author would


- ,J,c
by the aid of n small number Of Democrats
who separated themselves from nine-tenths of
their party associates in order to defend the
public credit. Is there any reason to suppose
that a Congress Democratic in both branches
would reject the Bland bill, or any other
measure of repudlation? The ruling spirit OF
that party is known. Unhappily, it is hostile
TO the public faith, and yet there is 10 reason
whatever for expecting that p better split will
prevail, if that party ever gains the mastery.


The Republican party, under the lead oi
President Hayes, has effected settlement of
the Southern question. But another kind of
reconciliation IS demanded. No settlement
will be complete, in Democratic estimation,
or final with respect to Democratic votes, until
the South has "got even" pecuniarily. 1t
lost heavily, and it wants to be paid. Money
was wasted, property was destroyed, and the
growth Of States was arrested for years and
Democracy, if it has the power, will insist
that the country shall pay. Nobody can guess
how much it will cost to make the South sat-
isficd. The one thing certain is that the
Democratic party will vote whatever the Solid
South demands.


These are the claims of Democracy upon
public confidence: Reform of the Civil Service
d la Polk reputation, and Cancellation of the
South by unlimited appropriations. Is the