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Year: 1877

WHILE DEATH from the use of arps-
thstics was formerly not an infrequent
occurrence, it occurs rarely now, ex-
cept in the practice of dentistry, and
probably an examination of statistics
upon this question would show that
large proportion of deaths from such
causes are due to is use in dentistry.
This may be due" says the New
York Herald, "to the fact that in these
cases the medicines are used with less
skill, or it may be due to the upright
position of the body that is maintained
in the extraction of teeth, while n sur
gical operations generally the patient is
PROSTATE. In the upright position
the heart, operating feebly under the
medicine, does not supply to the brain
enough blood TO enable it to continue
its function, and without this essential
parts of the vital machinery are neces-
sarily arrested. Ia the case at Railway
this effect was perhaps exaggerated be
cause, as the patient was only half
an1sthetized, he WAS sufficiently CON
scious 20 be sensitive of pain, and in
this state an enforced activity of the
brain coinclded with an enfeeblcd ac-
tion of the heart"
Year: 1877

WE do not think that any gOvcrl-
mental or other authority has the right
to violate the sanctity Of private tcle
graphic dispatches any more than TO
seize and open private letters. But
since the Congress has always made
the telegraph company produce dis
patches, as required, the rule should
lot be relaxed at a moment when the
necessity for knowledge of facts in
the possession of the telegraph com
pany is Infinitely greater than eyer be-
fore. All private rights must bend to
purposes OF public good and the kna-
vcries of placeholde1s should surely
be exposed. A private letter was used
by Congress to overwhelm "a bigger
man than old Grant" and there can be
no possible defense, just now. of the
sanctity Of Chandler's and Grants and
Mortou's kilograms.
Year: 1877

THE Lawrence (rsxas) Times says
that the STATESMAN writes as though
the North were some foreign and rather
Objectionable country, as though the
Union were matter in which Texas
had no particular interest, and as
though our existence as State were
infinitely above our existence in the
nation.
Year: 1877

The reign of the revolver will con
tinue and murder be rife in the land
until public sentiment promptly pun
ishcs crlRle, The murderer, when his
finger rests on the pistol Trigger, should
see a gaIlows rise before him ana his
aim would hardly be so d,aily.
Year: 1877


OF all the render ties that bind


My heart to any other,
The sweetest, gentlest and mo It kind
Is that which will forever bind


My heart unto my mother.
The first of all my earthly friends,


Her love she'll never smother;
Day by day as the years go by,
Firmer, closer is drawn the tie


That binds me to my motheE
Far back to early childhood's hour,


The first Of any other,
I saw sweet, fond anxious face,
Bending DER me with angel grace, E
know it was my mother.
Since then never can forget, Y
How, more than any other, Il
She has been patient, gentle, kind.
O! all true friends to me | find


The best has been my mother.
And though | have to manhood
grown,
And learned to love another,
Yet first OF ali is still TO me
The tie aAich binds so tenderly


Ny heart unto my mother.
Then LET in future come what will,
Ne'er TO any other
I'll give that place within my heart,
| keep as sacred and apart,


TO give up my mother.
Year: 1877

Those wishing to pass an hour or
two i'll reading the various public jour
nails in comfort. can do so by dropping
in ut my hour of the day ut the
spacious keno room. which is supplied
with plenty Of reading matter, easy
chairs, and is always kept warm aud
pleasant. although no game is conducted
through the day. The room is free to
NIL who may avail themselves Of its
comforts during the day.
Year: 1877

y citizen loaded up his shotgun with
six fingers Of powder and n double
charge Of shot md laid in wait for tho
dog that had nightly scrcnadud
him. Tho cur cnrno at tho appointed
time md tho citizen turned tho old gun
loose. Tho doctor thinks hc will re-
cover sufficiently TO nttond to business
in about n month. Tho dog has left
town until tho excitement calms down.
Year: 1877

Sitting cross-legged on the floor was a con-
jurer. He had large white sheet spread
on the floor, and On this he performed all
his tricks, and although the room was well
lighted with lamps he had, at his request,
lighted candle On the floor at his side. He
amused us for a long time with varions
tricks more or less clever, but the best of
all was the ring trick. lie asked to be sup
piled with rupee and a ring, saying he
would make them dance we agreed to his
request, and gave one of my rings. He
first held the rupee in his hand for about
two seconds only, waved it over his head
and around the lighted candle, and then
threw 1t about two yards or more in front
of him on the sheet he then took the
ring, waved that also, and pretended to lie
ten to something it said. He then an
nounced that il il was his fate ("ksmet')
to keep the rupee, the ring would bring it
to him. He put the ring in front of him on
the sheet, and, taking up his little tom.tom,
began to play and sing his weird music
presently the ring began to move, then got
up and began 10 dance in time to the music;
and finally walked and danced right across
the sheet, caught hold of the rupee and
brought it back In triumph, and amidst
much applause, to the coDjurer. All the
movements of the ring reminded one of a
diminutive crab. All who were present
were intent on finding out how the tricks
were done, but the cleverness of this one
baffled Correspondence London Spec
tdt0r.
Year: 1877

than the gift of tongues i'll an infant; Dut there
NAV be a PROMISE i'm itself akin to originality; |;
and especially there may be cOmmendaDle
"method of treatment" for which also prizes
were awarded. "Style," likewise, point con-
sidered by tho judges, when we take into
account the .labor and long practice which it
requires, and how hardly many good thinkers
obtain o fairly good one, must also be consid-
crately regarded. "Deivery" is an easier
matter For generation after generation of
students, delivery was almost entirely neg
lectcd in the colleges, being usually given
up to tho tender mercies OF the Pro-
fessor of Rhetoric, who often knew nothing
about it, and, worse than all. did not know that
he knew nothing. To be very careful of
delivery was thought in classicaiy educated
man to be fincal and frivolous; and thus it
happened that at the bar, and in the pulpit
and the chambers Of legislation, speakers
hcmmed and hawed, and by every conceivable
deficiency of elocutiOn did what they could to
prevent the people from finding out how wise
they were and how admirable was their dis
course.


We think well of all methods by which the
students of this country may become acquainted
with each other, and good feeling between
the different colleges may be maintained. We
have sometimes thought that we perceive indi-
cations of a rivalry which could only foster
jealousy and envy and other unscholarly and
unmanly qualities of character. We do not
think the worse of man, whether he be A. Il,
or A. NJ. or an Undergraduate, for regarding
his college with pride or for being CAREFUL OF its
reputation in all things; but of all its merits,
it is most rational to be proud Of those which
appertain to sound learning and all other forms
of intellectual cultivation. There is no harm
in rowing matches nor in the battles OF
base ball indeed, there may be much good;
but the best of Oarsmen may be grossly
ignorant, and the best pitcher very vul-
gar fellow. There are achievements which
positively and peculiarly belong to the
college. They are literary or scientific-the
triumphs of mind, and not of muscle We are
glad to see these scholarly contests modifying
those of an athletic character; and we are sure
that the learned faculties of the colleges will
agree with us.
Year: 1877

many Republicans to hold In their
hands the final rcslllt-whose opinions are not
vet known. and will not be until the testimony


il alt in and the case formally submitted.
Herein is the contrast. 1t is idle to say jill
answer to or explanation of this that the case
is so plain in favor of Mr. Tilden that only
Republican partisans can have any doubt re-


garding it. That will be said OF course. b'lC
the fact is, as every unDrejudiced person VIII
agree, that it is a>QuestiOn upon which thcre
is plenty of ground for diversity OF opli-
ion, and one upon which conscientious men
not only may but actually do differ. 1t Is 10
the credit of the Republican party then, ana
it is the highest possible certificate 10 us
character and to the popular beef III inc
purity of its purposes, that its representatives
in the United States Senate are to such an ex-
tent men whose determination OF an issue so
exclusively partisan is in so much uncertainty
that both sides are counting upon it. Mcssrs.
Conkling, Blaine, and other Senators who
have been withholding their opinions until the
facts were all before them, have inspired the
country with confidence that they will IN the
end act impartially and conscIcntiOusly. In
that confidence the people will wait patiently
the conclusion of the whole business.
Year: 1877

Gen. F. G. Barlow has appeared in new
character, varying the mOnOtony of pleadings
with pistols and interviewing his briefs with a
challenge to mortal combat. Upon the cause OF
the quarrel which moved the ire of this explo-
sive counselor we have nothing to say. Law
yers can best decide which of the two adver-
saries was originally in the wrong But that
Gen. Barlow, at an early stage OF the proceed
incs. made an egregious ass of himself, and
that Immediately after this transformation he
wrote a challenge, which he says was joke, but
which seemed serious enough to be brought to
the attention of the District-Attorney, no
body can now question. The correspondence
between Gen. Barlow and Mr.. Root Is given
in full elsewhere. The first impulse of every
body who reads it will be to laugh at the
gallant but not Overwise military attorney
who goes of at half-cOck like bad
gun, and makes strange mess or the
code of procedure and the code or the
duello. The second thought OF great
many people will be regret that the
kindness of Judge Davis has saved Mr.. Bar
low from some of the modification which his
offense so richly deserved. Even if 1t was
a practical joke, it was one of a kind that he
should learn not to repeat.


Mr. Robinson, the Governor, said so much
yesterday, and said it so well, that he has not
left Mr. Robinson, the Controller, much to
add to-day. Nevertheless his report is of in
ttrest for It's clear and concise statement OF
the condition of the finances of the State, and
for its recommendations on various important
points. He directs attention to the extra0rdl-
nary increase in the assessed valuations OF
taxable property-mOre than twelve hundred
millions in eleven years-and characterzes
these sudden changes as perniciOus. The IN
crease in the valuations outside OF the cities
comes at time when prices are falling every
where to a hardpan level, and Mr.. Robinson
calls them unreasonable" He directs atten-
ton with pardonable pride to a considerable
saving i'm the cost of legislative printing, one
of the almost ineradicable abuses OF legisla-
ture. This saving is largely due to hlr. Rob-
inson's own honest persistency, in spite OF the
abuse heaped upon him by jobbers in the
Legislature and he deserves full credit for 1t.
His recommendation of a faithful continuance
of the policy of economy and retrenchment
that has been successfully inaugurated at AL
bany will be taken as pledge of frugal
and honest administration of the higher place
in the Government he has been called to fill,
and with that steady Tightening OF the bur-
dens of the Taxpayer by careful saving in all
of its branches.
Year: 1877

This is a good time for people to remember that


practically the only opponents of rapid transit are
the horse railroad companies. Every man who hangs
for weary hour this morning by a strap in a


damp and chilly horsc-car working his way
down town, should remember that he owes
il to the persistent hostility of the horSe-car
panics that he is not making the trip by steam, i'll
Onc-fourth the time, in comfortable seat in a


well warmed car. Every man who finds his front
door blockaded with great mass of snow,
thrown there by tho street railroad Ope-
rativcs, should remember that the rapid
transit roads will involve no such nuisance. Every
man who gets home late to dinner tonight because
the hoIse-cars are blocked up may comfort himself
with the fact that Tie Elevated Road is run
ming beautifully for five miles, and would
be making the circuit of the city but for
the persistent fight instigatcd by the horse-car
companies against it in tho courts; and that the
Gilbert Road would to-day be completed the
West Side II not also the East Side,
but for the same interference. These are
good points to think about. and, when
they have been well thought out, they good
points TO present to your members in tho Legisa-
turc. Probably both the rapid transit companies
Year: 1877

that the whole team was going to be shown upon
platform at Gllmore's Garden Tuesday night next.
Mr.. Bruce called for but he merely remarked In
response that his report had been made a, the targets
and he had nothing lett to say


GENERAL sTANroSs ADDRESS.


The crowd tncn broke up with cheers and the mem
bers OF the made their lesurey across the
range to the tent oil General stanton number Of
ladies' also grsced the occasion with their presence
" hen all had gathered General Stanton said:--


SIR HENRY HALFoRD AND GENERAL DAKIN, CAPTAINS
THE RESPECTIVE TEAMs:-We have been engaged dur
ing the past two days In This great national contest
congratulate you both upon its termination. We
have endeavored from the first to have this contest
conducted in sucn manner that at its close each


have been assured on behalf OF both teams and
especially by the British team through its captain,
that they feel that such has boen given them horc
Now, as we have but few minutes TO spend together
the train will soon take them IRON US Will simply
take single farewell glass OF wine with u.s.


MORE SPEECHES Dy THE rYAu CAPTAINS.


The remarks Of General Stanton were received with
applause Ia the midst OF which Sir Henry Haliord


GENERAL STANTON LADIES ASD GENTLEMES:-I am
sure | can thoroughly indorse every word SAID by
General stanton concerning the treatment have re-
cevcd while here, as well as regarding the general
conduct of this match. Anyway we have been beaten,
and thoroughly. There has not been one single thing
done here left untone that Otherwise
than as we should have wished II. We have
been treated kindly. and NJ the targets every
facility gwen us that u was in tho power OF the
ASSOCIATION TO give. | can only say that although
beaten, we 90 back thoroughly satisfied with our
treatment in America ana as Tor myself, at least, II
would be great pleasure 10 return again-(applausc
ana hone that call those whom | have mot
here my friends for the future. tAppausc)


General Dakn was then called on, and, advancing
said IT,


II must be apparent TO you that am not speech
maker; but may DO permitted 10 express myself in
few PLAIN WORDS. | am quite in accord with the
views expressed by Sir Henry Haltord and the Presi-
dent as to the friendly feeling which bas char.
nctcrizcd the shooting this year. am salts
ded and | feel that they are satisfied, that
everything has been conducted upon friendly basis
In taking leave OF you upon occasion OF this kind
mink It prcper that should announce that my rlhe
Year: 1877




Probably the greatest interest manifested In the
match at the Union Club, corner OF Twenty first
street and Fifth avenue ''where most do congregnte"
the blue b CODED boys OF the metropolis. Here there
was great enthusiasm, and as early IN the evening
seven O'Clock gentlemen assembled in the reading
room fronting Fifth avenue aud gathered about
the tables where their friends we're dining in
the restaurant adjoining discussing the cheerful
news from Crcedmoor OF course II foregone
conclusion that the Americans were winners IN the
international match but scarcely anybody, however
sGngune he may have been, believed that The winners
would have scored ninety-two points above their an
tagonists In the total result There had been many
bets this club the result, generally at ODDS OF
four to the Americans, and when friends the
winners oil bets they generally discussed tho butts"
for a while and then adjourned tho cas 10 adjust
their bets bottle two. Tho scene therefore,
a nimatcd one. II was like tho discussion OF a
battle during the war times and the popping OF cham
pagnc corks Ike refrain to the grand diapason
OF jubation over a national victory. There one
little dispute between Wall broker and friend
AZ to the terms o. bet but II was settled by
reference TO wci known polo player, and the money
was promptly paid, and wine more promptly drank as
the result OF tho compromise Up TO a late hour some
oil the older bers struggled and incontincnty
edged within the enthusiastic groups ana partook Oh
the good cheer OF victory with hopeful philosophy
very delightful to witness. From time TO time some
nicaie. but the 'momber from Cork" as he was de-
rsively called. had nut lutte sympathy from the ciuo
members and generally left with no honors ana nav
ing lost the trick.
Year: 1877

tho cause of much satisfaction among the spectators
and several times the hearty cheer atested the warm
sympathy felt for the boys ut .Creedmoor There
we're among the crowd the usual intablc prophets,
whose -. tod you sor and III knew 1t from
the start" frequently heard, out the
prevailing sentiment that, Notwithstanding
their defeat, The British team was a worthy
toe, and which might at tho next contest reverse
tho order Of things. The rapldty with which the
scores were reproduced the Telegram bulletins was
the subject of much wonder. Rarely II happened
that than ten minutes elapsed from the time oil
the actual firing at Creedmoor to tho posting OF the
result the bulletin.


The uptown branch office, ut Thirty second street
and Broadway. also the centre vi much attraction
the bulletins there being posted simultaneously with
the ones down town. Among the methods adopted
10 furnish the xIous tens OF thousands with the
latest news from tho ol contest was the
arrangement made by tho EreaRg Telegram with
the managers OF the theatres throughout the
city.


Messages fresh from Creedmoor were sent to
each theatre Immediately on receipt and at once read
from the stage AT the Theatre Coinlque the reading
was appropriately done by Ira Paine the champion
pigeon shot who stopped IN tho middle OF one OF his
fcats TO announce the glad udings that America had
arain won the palma.
Year: 1877

A committee appointed at a recent
meeting of the County Grange pub
fishes report in last weeks Hum
boldt Journal, in which, speaking of
the State Agricultural College, they
use the following language. We
have long thought agricultural col,
leges. as managed in this country,
were humbug, and suppose this one
is no exception. An agricultural
school, to do any good, must combine
pork with study.


Bv examining the catalogue of
this institution we find the sciences
usually taught (with the ad-
dition of somebody's manual of
farming and military tactics) are rep
resented by professors and we learn
from students of the school, that the ag>
ricultural professor, after expounding
his manual of farming, would, Gf the
students desired itl, walk with them
out to the agricultural farm and show
them what had been done by hired
labor under the control Of a superin-
tendent, and this has to be done at
the expense of a journey of one and a
half miles, (this being the distance
of the farm from the college,. A
student can hire on the farm to work
so many hours in the day at stipulat-
ed wages, if he should happen to be
short of funds.


The study of farm manual, walk
with a professor of the science of ag.
riculture, with, perhaps, 40 practical
knowledge of a farm and its manage
ment), and the privilege that the
poorer class of students have, to hire
for wages, seem to be the only advan-
tages this college has over any other
in the State-while study of the me-
chanical arts seem to be altogether
neglected, and military tactics. OF the
science of war, (to the neglect of the
more important sciences bearing upon
the interest of agriculture). is being
fostered and encouraged. The board
of trustees and professors of this IN
stitution are responsible for the fail
ure, and we must say entirely inconl-
petent to the blending of practical
and scientific knowledge.
Year: 1877

On the margin of your paper indi-
Gates that your time is out, or will ex-
pire with the next paper. Remember
our rule-CAsH ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
If not renewed, we take it FOR granted
you do not want the paper any longer,
and your name will be dropped from
our list. We intend to publish the
best paper in West Tennessee, and
the more subscribers we get, the bet
ter We can make the paper. Let eve
ry one renew and bring another with
MIN.
Year: 1877

A negro man at r. d. Harwood's
while topping tree few days ago
fell and was killed by the tree top
falling upon him.


We regret to hear that the residence
of Lewis Jetton was burned few
days ago with all its contents, his
wardrobe and about twenty dollars in
greenbacks. He had no fire in his
house for several days and it was ev.
identity the work of an incendiary for
the purpose of robbery.


Mr. L. NJ. Caldwell has come home,
from San Antonio, Texas, where he
has been for several months On ac-
count of health. The general tenor
of bis conversation would lead one to
infer that he greatly prefers this coun-
ty to the region of Texas which be
visited, could he enjoy the same good
health in both localities. In some
Year: 1877

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue OF an
execution issued out OF the Circuit Court FOR
the county OF kalamazoo, in the state OF Mich
igan, wherein the First National Bank OF Cen
terville is plaintiff, and Horace r. Gardner and
Ransom Gardner are defendants, bearing date
the twenty seventh day uf May, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy six, and to me- as
sheriff OF Van Buren, county, directed and de-
livered, did on the twenty seventh day OF May,
fDre thousand eight hundred and seventy six,
,seize and levy upon ali the right. title and in
terest Of the said Horace r. Gardner and Ran
som Gardner in and to the following described
real estate. situated in the county of Van Bu-
ren, state OF Michigan, which l shall expose to
sale and sell at public vendue, TO the highest
bidder. at the front door Of the Van Buren,
County Circuit Court House, In the village of
Paw Paw on Tuesday, the fourth day OF Sep
tember, next at the hour OF ten o'clock in the
forenoon or so much thereof as shall be nee
,essary to satisfy said execution, together with
the interest and costs thereon, to wit: Entire
sssction number twenty five, in town one south,
of range number thirteen west entire section
number thirty Six In town one south, or range
number thirteen west the north east quarter
s9f section number twenty, IN town two SOUTH
of range number seventeen west; the west
half OF section number twenty four, in town
Two south, OF range number seventeen west ;
the east half of the north east quarter OF sec-
stlon number twenty six in town two south, OF
range number seventeen west the north west
quarter of section number thirty six, in town
four south, OF range number fifteen west the
Yaorth half OF the south west quarter OF section
number thirty elk, IN town four south, OF range
humber fifteen west the north half OF the
,5outh east quarter OF section number thirty
ssIx, in town four south, of range number If
teen west the west half OF the south west
sauarter OF section number twenty four, IN town
one south, Of range number thirteen west the
north half OF the south west quarter OF section
,aumber fifteen, in town two south, OF range
number thirteen west the south east quartz er
sof section number fifteen, in town two south,
of range number thirteen west the south east
.quarter Of the south west quarter OF section
number twenty one, IN town two south, OF
range number thirteen west


Dated Paw Paw. July 16, 1877.


JOHN E. SHOWERMAN, Late Sheriff,


1l64t7 Van Burep County, Mich.