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Year: 1879

THE butcher case does not improve with the lapse
of time There have been charges and counter
charges which have finally culplinated in batch of
aidavits left with the editor Of the Every EUening
which convinces him of their guilt, but which he
declines to lay before his readers The Morning Herald
in speaking of this fact says:


"The allegations of the affdavits may be true; but
it is well established rule of evidence that pdrtC
testimony. as afidavits are do not prove anything
they only raise presumption. which may demand
an answer. If copies of the aidavts served on
Mr. butcher and Mrs Watson. two courses would be
open to them: to ask the right of examining the
dayitS"


1t looks unseemly for a woman such Mrs. Watson
conees herself to be- to be playing the role of moral
reformer. All such people should take back seat
until they have proved by good probation the depth
and strength of new and correct life.
Year: 1879

THE Sentinel takes crul delight in taking the Dcd
araredn by the horns and giving its neck twist every
week to make it answer for the silence Of the Levy
Court The DelaWarodn, after submitting to this
weekly twist for a space of two or three months
has finally answered, admitting a county debt of
slSOOO but the Sentinel has fixed the sum at $4,000
and shows no disposition to cease its cruel sport until
it makes its neighbor cry cut the same figures. Iut
his forces apparent and reserved seem to be exhaust
cd in the Levy Court arena for lady denied aten-
ton even VIXEN paid for as business consideration.
The mighty Hercules could perform his twelve
gigantic abors" and yet enjoy the sylvan festivities
of the graces and fairies but ungallant Ajax of
the Sentinel turns from all such with aycrted head
and disdainful scowl not learned in the school OF
magnNnimOus heroes.
Year: 1879

WILMINGTON was again on Saturday the scene Of its
seventh day act Of violcnce-two boys quareed over
bat and one knocked the other in the head with it.
1t has become so much of custom latterly that the
people of that city look for regular Saturday muir
der or scene of horror of some kind. In the mean
time the fair fame of metropolis is being tar
nished and they should see to through their authors
ties that these scenes o blood sheds be arrested We
hear from outside sources o from their press of an
inefficient and immoral police force. They can
hardly have better state of affairs until this is
nl
Year: 1879

The ClWIC made her first trip from Philadelphia ON
Monday bringing about 200 persons who were de-
lighted by a musical entertainment in the new
Pavilion. Persons from the country cannot drive
entirely up the hotel the breach not yet being fully
repaired. The hotel is reached by a good footing
along the bank. musical entertainment of a very
fine character will be given next Sunday at o'clock
The steamer clyde will commence her regular trips
on the 21st inst.
Year: 1879

VIM. B. Start has taken the agency for Deans Com
binCd Shooting, Polishing and Fluting iron and will
wait citizens in extending Ms sale II looks to
to be complete and desirable thing for every
lady to have in her laundry. 1t is arranged that
the shooting part of the iron need not come in
tact Mt all with the stove or fire. the heat being
veyed by two slugs used alternately which heated
In the fire aud easily adjusted and closed inside the
smoothing Frame
Year: 1879

. I.ylue dispatch to the Times says Mount Etna is
ceeting enormous volumes Of ashes The destruction
of property is immense the commune of Majo has
been Obiterated and the CaseO is threatened. Many
large and valuable estates have been destroyed The
four main cFntcIs continue to pour forth streams OF
lava. while many of the smaller ones have become
inactive The stream of lava which has interrupted
the road al PassO PEesearO is half mile wide and
hundred feet deep.
Year: 1879

Edward Parr. who a month ago shocked Philadcl-
phia by the brutal murder of hs daughter Monday
made desperate attempt to cheat the galOws Of its
Just dues He attempted this in open Court. 1t was a
terrible scene that Of man past sixty years OF age
beng sentenced for taking the life of his child stand
ing in the prisoners box and hearing the awful pen
atty of the law pronounced upon him. His idea in
attempting suicide was TO escape the 0dium Ofhangng,
but as DR.. Butcher said late in the night 1.-The man
has died three deaths already from the treatment it
was necessary for him to receive"


It was a horrible spectacle. The wretch groaning
and moaning and the physicians using their utmost
endeavors 70 save his life with one idea in view-so
that he might be hung.


That Parr took poison to kill himself is the opinion
of all the doctors. He died on Tuesday evening.
Year: 1879

Down IN MAEE-Neal Dow is out in cOustc letter
commenting on the recent interview - with Govern
GarcelOn Of Maine in Georgia paper In reply to
the allegation that it is impossible to enforce the
Maine Law, Mr.. Dow says " Il is well enforced as
our other criminal laws are 1t has absolutely abol
shed dstilerieS breweres and wine factories it has
absolutely driven the liquor traffic out Of all our
larger towns has driven it into dark. dirty secret
holes kept almost exclusively by the lowest class of
foreigners 1t has reduced the sale of liquor in this
State to at least One-tcnth of what it was before lie
adds. There is no principle Of government, no public
policy more thoroughly settled in Maine than this


1t is as firmly fixed here as the vote by ballot as the
regstary law and the voting list and the free vote in
order TO secure honest election The Legislature OF
Maine in 1877 without dissenting vote passed an add
tonal act of greater sringeucy than any which had
preceded it, and the last Legislature by vote OF 2
to IL reafirmed the whole policy of the Maine Law
and anew gave in its adhesion to it."
Year: 1879

DURING the ten years of work upon
the Sutro Tunnel in Nevada. the lives
Of the operators have been carefully
guarded, and but five or six deaths by
accident have taken place. During the
boring Of the Hoosac Tunnel 1s5 men
were killed. and the accidental death
in the st. Gothard Tunnel have aver.
aged one q day. and in the Comstock
one a.week. The low rate Of accidents
in cutting the Sutro IS attributed to the
strict system under which the work hss
been carried on. The contempt which
is bred of familiarity IS the real causC
Of most explosions
Year: 1879

Provisions coming into Paris pay a
duty. The Minister of Foreign At!airs
lately transmitted to the Municipal
Council q request that barrel OF ham
and four barrel. Of pork. intended for his
household use. should be admitted free
Several representatives. OF other eoun
tries had previously obtained the favor,
hut on this occasion the Council re
fused, considering such demands were
unreasonable.
Year: 1879

HENRY YouNG killed his wifsat Pitts
field, Mass. and his insanity was 90
clearly proved thas he was sent TO IN
insane asylum. His opinion was that
he deserved hanging. aud one morning
be vas found suspended by the neck
With strips Of bed clothes, dead
Year: 1879

THE GLOBE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY WAITING


THE APPROVAL OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.


Another meeting of the directors of the Globe Life
Insurance Company took place yesterday to consider
the policy of the corporation in general and the
Freeman designations In particular. Frederick A.
Freeman was in prompt attendance. with Deputy
Sheriff McGonigal lesurely waiting for him outside
the board Contrary to previous intention the
subject of his resignation a director not intro
duced. Instead it was determined to do nothing
until the views of the Albany officials had been
ceivrd Attorney General Schoonmakcr informed
fully of the new condition OF affairs both by letter
and telegram. Yesterday no sent the following
messagei-


VIII reply your telegram OF this date tomorrow.


II is currently believed that Frederick Freeman's
resignation will be required to satisfy tho
wishes of the Attorney General. At any rate the
directors adjourned yesterday to await his promised
reply; Mr. George Lcrillard, frst vice president.
aud MIR. Z. Seton Lindsay. the secretary, are now
directing the business of the company.


FUTURE PROSPECTS,.


In a few days an election may be held to choose
president and three directors. The Office of second
vice president created to meet necessity some
time aro ed for the satist Fred
erck Freeman last January such an Office is not usual
In insurance corporations. The financial condition
Globe is believed to be good their last report
showing surplus of s1's,322 H. But after the
pany shall have been ohccrcd to the satisfaction of
the Attorney General and Insurance Department the
fact remains that the Freenans eighty i've per
cent OF the stock. There Is the consideration that
puzzles the viii of the outside directors aud renders
the entire future of the company uncertain. An OPP
position based only fifteen per cent OF the capital
stock is necessarily lame.


One who is deeply Interested in the Globes welfare
said to the writer yesterday :-"Othcr companies
have passed through more trying crises than the
Globe yet comparatively small stir made about
IT, Therea is that political fight is going in
Albany over the oiico OF Insurance superintendent.
Ihe opponents OF MIR. smyth ready to grasp any
weapon that may be used against him, and lie
is abused for simply obeying the dictates
of his own judgment in respect to the
Globe. BE sure OF it. Mr.. Smyth's political
opponents have endeavoted to make the Globe affairs
appear as bad as possible-nuch worse than they
really are. They accuse him of inaction In merely
letting the Globe alone. lie s tired of rcceiverships
as every body else ought TO be-


Frederick A. Freeman has not yet secured bail.
His counsel, Mossrs. Mann and Parsons, will appeal
to the General Term, which soon meets to vacatc the
order OF arrest the original papers. That failing
they will apply again to Judge Donohue on new
papers in rebuttal.
Year: 1879

John Hcsshion. brakeman on the night freight
train of the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad due in the city about half-past twelve
O'Clock yesterday morning fell from his post a short
distance south Of Mount Vernon station, was run
over and is supposed to have died In very short
time. lie not missed until the arrival of the
train in this city. The fact being made known TO
Mr.. Moody, the superintendent OF the road, he I'M
Year: 1879

mediatey sent a party on special engine up tho
road to search for the missing brakeman. who was
found dead in a ditch by the side Of the up track
His body terribly mangled. After crawling 10
the up track he took off both his gloves and laid
them down together as it is believed attract the
attention of passers by and then continued his
efforts the ditch out of the way of trains where
he died. as 1t is supposed from the loss of blood.
Year: 1879

An old man Of experience says:


I have seen yonng man sell q good
farm, turn merchant, and die in an insane
saylurn.


have seen farmer travel about so
much that there was nothing At home
worth looking at.


Ihave seen young girl marry . man Of
dissolute habits and repent Of it as long as
she lived. ...-


Ihave seen man spend more money in
folly than would support his family in COM
fort and independence.


l have seen man depart from truth
when candor and ve'acity would have
served him TO a much better purpose.


l have seen extravagance and folly Of
children bring their parents to poverty and
want, and themselves to disgrace.


have seen prudent and industrious
wife retrieve the fortune Of the family,
when the husband pulled at the other end
Of the rope.


have seen young man who despised
the counsel Of The wise and the advice Of
good, and his career end in poverty and
wretchedness.
Year: 1879

For fit Of passion-Walk out into the
open air. You may speak yonr mind to
the winds without hurting any one, or pro
claiming yourself to be simp'eton. 'Be
not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for an
ger resteth in the bosom Of FOOLS.


For tit of idleness-Count the tickings
of the clock. DO this for one hour, and you
will be glad to pull off your coat the next
and work like man. "S'othfulness cast
eth into deep sleep, and an idle soul
shall suffer hunger.


For fit of extravaganza and fol|y-Go
to the workhouse or speak with the ragged
and wretched inmates Of the Jail, and you
will be convinced that


"Who makes his bed Of briar ard thorn,


Must be content to lie forlorn."


Wherefore do ye spend money for that
which is not bread, and your labor for that
which satis6eth not?"


For fit of ambition--Go to the church
ward and read the gravestones. They
will tell you Of the end Of man at his best
estate. For what is your life 1t is even a
vapor that appearetb for little time and
then vanisheth away" "Pride goeth be-
fore destruction and naughty spirit be
fore fall"


For f: of repining--Look about for the
halt and the blind, aud visit the bedfidden
the afflicted and the deranged; and they
will make you ashamed Of your light attic
tions. "Wherefore doth living man com
plain" +-.


For fit Of envy--Go and see how many
who keep their carriages are afflicted with
rheumatism, gout and dropsy; how many
walk abroad on crutches or stay at home
wrapped up in flannel; and how many are
subjec. to epilepsy OF apoplexy. "A sound
heart is the life Of the flesh. Envy is the
rottenness Of the bones"
Year: 1879

WHEN A WOMAN WILL She Will
The Rome IN. W Sentinel has curious
story about married couple in Spring
field. It says: When Massachusetts
woman forms habit it is al! waste Of
time for her husband to try to break her
it. Well knowing his wife's disposition
to make him a present regularly at the
anniversary Of his birthday, a citizen Of
the Bay State, Who likewise forcib'y real
lied the fact that economy was an absolute
necessity in his household. said to his
wife, ''This year you must not undertake
to make me present, | insist. It would
be absurd to do so at this time. when We
need everything We can rake and scrape
give you fair notice that If you do carry
| out your former custom this year, l will
buru up the present as surely as you make
it," So the wife bethought herself. She
could not bear the idea Of being deprived
Of her annual pleasure. Therefore she
gathered together her dimes and bought
for her dearly beloved, as birthday pre-
sent, 3 ton Of coal.
Year: 1879

ENGLISH uDeEs.-Notwithstand
the liberal pension which awaits their re-.
tirsment, Judges in the United Kingdom
are apt to continue 10 harness very far in


to the eighties, deeply to the evaporation
Of those who are eager for their shoes.
Sometimes this is done to secure the pat
rouage Of the office to the political party
with which the Judge is in sympathy.
Thus he won't resign till his friends come
into power, sometimes to spite the Govern
meut which Won't give him the peerage to
which he aspires. Thus Lord Norbury
positively refused to bulge for anything
under an earldom, and it is very we'll
known that barony would soon bring in
the resignation Of Chief Baron Kelly, who
is 83. It is related Of the late Chief Baron
Pollock, that one who wished him to re


sign waited on him. and limited it, entirely
with a view to the pro|oogation Of his
valued life DC. The Old man arose, and
said, with grim, dry gravity. "Wi|I you
dance with me 2" The guest stood aghast
rs the Lord Chief Baron. who prided him
self particularly upon his legs, began to ca.
per about with certain youthful vivacity.
Seeing his visitor staggered, be capered up
to him, and said, SWELL, If you won't
dance with me, will you box with me q
And with that be squared up to him, and,
half in jest, half in earnest, fairly boxed
him out Of the room. The old Chief Baron
had no more visitors inquiring after his
health, and suggesting his retirement.
Year: 1879

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. we went to
Bern was passing up the railroad bound for
Asheville. When near the foot of the noun
tain, the train was divided between two To-
comotives to ascend the slope. The first
train had just emerged from tunnel. when
number of heavy fiat cars loaded with rock
were seen coming down at the rate of sixty
miles an hour They had been turned loose
by some of the convicts working in the
Swanannoa tunnel The engine was smashed
and the conductor, engineer and fireman
covered with the wreck Conductor New
land was covered so that only one foot was
visible, yet escaped without fatal injuries.
The negro fireman is worse hurt, but will
recover. The passengers escaped with light
bruises The train started to run backward
but was checked.
Year: 1879

fruiterer upon opening a bag of peanuts
recently. found a peanut with tag attached
on which was written: "Open the nut and
take out the slip of paper; give it to the
prettiest girl in your place and request her
to do as the note says The writer is a man
of means and connected with large estab
lishment in Norfolk, Va" Inside the nut
was a slip on which was written: Who
ever finds this nut give it to pretty girl and
request her to write P o. box l23, Norfolk,
Va, for mutual benefit Am a young
business man. '-Ne,r Haren Conn. Fald-
dtum.


The above is a nice plan to make the girls
buy peanut.
Year: 1879

Col. Blanton Duncan spoke at the Green
back rally and fag-raising at Rockland, Fri
day, and was pleased to speak among other
things of what some people call "radical lies
about Southern outrages." Col. Duncan is
Southerner, was an officer in the Confederate
army, and has lived in the South since the
war. Listen to him:


The Bourbon mob allows no man to run for
office in Mississippi without the consent of the
Bourbon leaders. The Democratic party has
inverted its former principles. Thomas Jeffer-
son declared that "Absolute acquiescence in
the decision of majority is the vital principle
and immediate parent of despotism." The St.
Louis platform affirms that Absolute acqui-
essence in the decision of majority is the vital
principle of republics" The caucus tyranny
of modern Democracy was unknown in Jeffer-
sons time. Both of the old parties are taking
the country toward ruin and monarchy
Tens of thousands of Confederates fought
through that bloody war, so disastrous to North
and South alike believing then in the right of
revolution, and seeking to achieve a separate
existence and nationality for our States. We
submitted that decision to the stern arbitra-
ments of the sword and to the will of God. A
million of dead men, other millions of orphans
and widows, became the holocaust of that ter
rifle strife; and thousands of millions of prop
erty were swept out of existence, so that power
ty and ruin and misery entered into the once
happy homes of those who fought upon either
side in stern adherence of what they
severally maintained to be the cause
of justice and right. God spoke amid the
roar of our artillery and the crash of guns
in tones as majestic and unalterable, as
those which were thundered forth from Mount
Sinai. He has decreed for His unfathomable
purposes that this union should not be dis
solved; and also that bondage and slavery
should no longer exist. What God has thus
spoken must be fulfilled. The puny arm OF
man will be powerless to overthrow that great
Government and Constitution, which has been
established in perpetuitv, cemented by the
blood of the brave, who fell in our fratricidal
struggle, and bedewed by the tears of those
who survived. / find men who say to me,
"Hush, you mustn't discuss the Southern ques-
tion; you will make thousands of votes for the
Radicals But, my friends. if there were no
choice between Republican Radicals and Sc
cession BulldoZers, the country would be in
bad way. If the truth cannot be told here in
Maine, let us give up Republican form of
government The king of Siam Furnishes liars
by sewing up their lips. Are we to adopt the
same practice with those who speak the truth?
Be not afraid. The truth will do no harm.
What the Republicans have said about out
RACES in the Sonth is too true. The Radical
organization is dead for ever in that country
dead in trespasses and sins. The Bourbons
have seized the offices, and mean to keep
them. We have got rid of the carpet-ba ggers
and now we are going to get rid Of the Bour-
hons
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and commuhi-
cations The name and address of the writer are III
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for puphca-
ton but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
mumcatlons that are not used.
Year: 1879

TIE Argas says the Republican campaign
is one of evasion. That is not true; but il
is true that the Argls can evade more ques-
tions than any man, set Of men, or any
other newspaper that was ever known. 1t
is the Great Evasionist of current history,
the Artful Dodger of journalism.
Year: 1879

THE Springfield Republican calls the atten-
ton of all of us to the fact that the United
States has become creditor nation, and that
the debasement of our standard of value
the logical result of the silver agitation and
legislation-will simply make it possible for
the debtor Europeans to pay us the balance
of trade in the inferior metal. That is a
pretty policy for us to pursue.
Year: 1879

A USEFUL contribution is unintentionally
maid to the Maine campaign, by the Lon
don Saturday Reriew, when it says: 1.-The
resumption of specie payments, OF which the
Americans boast so much, is in reality an
initiation of the currency. The greenbacks
remain in circulation, and to these has been
added mass of gold and silver. This has
fostered speculation which by and by may
be productive of embarrassment. The sit
uation is therefore not without its dangers.
But on the other hand the persistent bad
weather which is so disastrous to Europe
will pour new wealth into the United States!
1t is unfortunately only too certain now that
the demand for American produce during
the next year throughout western Europe
will be enormous"
Year: 1879

THE following is the light in which Honest
Major Smith looks to the Albany Journal:
The Greenback candidate for Governor of
Maine does not escape from the charge Of
duplicity which is made against him. On the
contrary, it is clearly fastened. The charge
was that Oh the failure of an election by the
people last year, he wrote letter Offering to
abandon his Greenback views if the RepuD-
licans in the Senate would make him Cover
nor. He replied that such letter if it eX-
listed, was a forgery. His principal manager
admitted that letter had been written, but
denied that it would bear any such construc-
ton. Now fac-simile of the letter is pub
lished, plainly in Smiths handwriting, signed
by his initials, and stating just what was
charged. That party is rather disposed to-
wards bargains, but this is little the most
brazen yet revealed.
Year: 1879

THE Boston Globe is favored with CORE
spondents like some of those in whom the
Argus takes delight, men of the family
sometimes called Damphool. One of these
and bearing himself haughtily toward his
social interiors. The man who writes thus
must either have seen Mr.. Blaine and so is
dull fool, or never have seen him and so is
a liar. We are inclined to think he is good
deal of both.
Year: 1879

WE call the attention of all our readers to
the advertisement of the Honest-Money
League publications. They ought to be in
the hands of every voter in the State, and
had the sound principles they inculcate been
understood by the people of this State last
wear Maine would not be in the ridiculous
plight in which she now finds herself.