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Year: 1879




THE death of Captain George Il.
Stahl, which occurred at San Antonio,
Texas, last Wednesday, will be sin
cerely regretted by all who knew this
most worthy and estimable gentleman.
lie lived in Memphis a number of
years and was prominent and rising
member of the bar. Ill health, how
ever, interfered with his success, and
some six or eight years ago he found
it necessary to seek a change of eli
mate. He spent summer or two in
Colorado and then bought a place
near st. Paul, and in the meantime
having married Miss Rudisell, of
Memphis, settled there, expecting to
remain permanently. The climate,
however, proved too rigorous and he
removed to San Antonio, where he
went into business and lived the rest
Of his life. His health seemed to i'm
prove and it was thought was perma-
nently restored, Consumption, how
ever, had set its fatal stamp upon
him and it was only question of
time and development when he was to
become its victim, This was FASTENED
by the recent death of his partner in
the milling business a few weeks
ago. Captain Stahl undertook to carry
on the business as before This neces-
STATED night-work and exposure,
which brought on a fatal attack. He
died after a short illness. attended by
his devoted wife and number of
friends. Captain Stahl was a
gentleman of superior education,
of easy and modest manners,
and was universally esteemed and
respected. He was native, if
we mistake not, of Pennsylvania, but
was of German parentage, and spent
several years in Germany in the com
pletion of his education. During the
war he was an officer in the Federal
army, and distinguished himself for
his courage and GOODNESS, After the
war he settled in Memphis, which he
always spoke of as his home even after
he left here. Memphians who visited
San Antonio within the last three or
four years were always welcomed and
treated most cordially by him, espc-
cially the excursion party that went to
Texas about two years ago. A truer
man to friends and principles never
yielded up his life in the Alamo city.
Peace and honor to his memory.
Year: 1879

THE irrepressible Paul Boyton, the
greatest swimmer in the world, arrived
yesterday on time, and was accorded a
hearty and a genuine Southern well
come. He delivers lecture this af-
ternoon at the theater and tomorrow
will give an exhibition on the river
few miles above the city, where the
thousands who have read of his cx-
ploits will have an opportunity to see
for themselves a series Of perform
ances which have been witnessed
by the principal crowned heads
of Europe. The undertaking to
swim from Oil City to the Gulf of
Mexico is without parallel. 1t has
been successfully accomplished so far,
and the people naturally desire to see
the modest young man, who has stirred
mp such furore in Europe, and been
decorated so often by the hands of
royalty The real cause of his fame
rests not so much upon his dering
exploits as in the fact that he
has invented life-saving suit or appa-
rltus, which can be utilized and turned
to good account The value of this
has been recognized in various coun-
tries, especially in France, where his
services have been employed and his
genius is appreciated. Visitors at the
Paris Exposition last summer could
not fail to see his rubber suit con.
spicuOusly mounted in the marine
department and the yacht lying in the
Seine at the bridge within the gates.
He is off on a leave of absence now,
and by way of recreation and surpass-
ing any recorded exploit in the world,
is on his longest swim.
Year: 1879

A French surgeon has performed a
remarkable feat in the art of trans
plantation of teeth. He extracted an
incisOr projecting under the tongue)
in the lower jaw of young woman Of
twenty-six, and planted it in the upper
jaw in place of decayed tooth just
removed. In few weeks the tooth
was firmly fixed This successful
experiment opens up new field for
dentists.
Year: 1879

The select committee appointed in
congress to investigate and report the
best means Of preventing the intro
duction and spread of epidemic dis
eases yesterday adopted a bill for pre-
sentation to congress. Itgives to the
national board Of health plenary pow
ers, and appropriates fifty thousand
dollars to carry out its provisions.
Year: 1879

There are girls who start ont in
life with au nndefoed idea that they
will marry somebody, aud then keep
looking through the matrimonial mar
ket just as they would look through
the stock Of silks on tho shopmau's
counter. Taking down piece after
piece they fnd the shade Of this too
dark, or Of that too light, or Of the
other tot exactly what they think it
ought to bc. After putting the
salesman to much trouble they soy
will call again, and leave the place
not knowing what they want. So
the girl who wants to marry looks
around to see what offers, aud fuds
that this mans beard is too rem, that
one 8 eyes too blue aud tho other
ones ears too long. She will lobk o
little farther. She examines all that
are in tho market and concludes to
look farther yet. And when, after
having almost unoousciously become
airt aud having broken the hearts
OF half the young men 10 the neigh
borhood, sho keeps ou docking q
little 70, tber.' She finds herself go
ing alono down tho hill on the shady
side OF the way, still with an indcdn-
able longing to marry somebody, aud
wondering who will como aloug to
propose to her.


1t would DO rash to advise the
young lady to accept the first marry
ing mau who offers. 1t IL equally
rash to advise her TO wait, npd wait
and keep on waiting aud at last marry
nobody. Perhaps 1t is not necessar y
that all should marry. Some Of the
uoblest women in the world are what
the world calls old maids yet tina,
il lonely way of getting along. \
tho girl wants to marry
the young mon will find it out, and
her soul will look out OF tho window.
Of her eyes in an unmistakable man
ner when the right man comes aloug
And all tnis without any lack o
modesty or breach of decorum on her
part
Year: 1879

Tommy is just old enough to I'M
derstand literally what he hears in
church, place ho breads TO go TO-,
for Sunday is aday Of misery to him.
The other morning he came home in
n gloomy state of mind. and con-
lidentially informed his mother that
he didp't want to go to heaven.
Upon being asked why, he said there
was too much Sunday there, for he
heard the minister read out Of a
book that it was place "where con-
gregations never break up, and Sab
baths never end and he thought
one Sunday q week was all nc could
Stand.
Year: 1879

A good story-the better because
its true lis told at the expense of a
benevolent lady who was examining
the work OF the Associated Charities
in tho city OF Boston, One Of the
applicants for relief soon by her was
a colored woman, who told dole
ful story of utlering, which so
worked npon the mind Of the lady
that, against tue advice Of an ex-
perienced friend, she gave her 81 to
relieve he present distress. Her
disgust may be imagined when she
learned that her ward bought n
four-button pair of kid gloves and u
seat for "Pinafore" with the money.
Year: 1879

A lady who feels natural in rub
bing boots.


Boy who don't like to throw snow
balls.


People who go out in the rain with
their umbrella closed.


People who turn paper collars; for
oconomys sake.


Young men who can call for five
cent cigar before crowd.


People who raise their hat to la
dy after she has passed by,


Young man with red hair who
doesn't cringe when reminded Of it.


Young lady who does not look in
o plate glass window, ss sho is pass
ing by.


A school girl over fourteen who
doesn't like gum, and talk slang.
There are few exceptions to this
latter assertion!


Man who can face bald headed
deacous when he thrusts the contri
button box at him--without contri-
buting something.
Year: 1879

The proprietor of q building site
in Wisconsin adyertises his land for
sale in this wise "lhe town OF
Poggis aud surrounding county is
the most beautiful nature ever made.
The scenery is celestial also, two
wagons and u yoke OF steers
Year: 1879

The weather contlrues very
chaugeable in Central New York.
A few days ago man in that coun-
try was sunstruck right ut the close
OF snow storm because lie coulin t
get his ulster OF quick enough
BariingtoH Huck,ye.
Year: 1879

Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the cos
metics of France,or beauti6ers Of the world


while in poor health, and nothing will give
you such good health, strength and beauty
as Hop Bitters. A trial is certain proof.
Year: 1879

No use of having the chills, no use OF
headache or any of the ills that come from
a disordered or inactive liver. One bot.
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
new person. Try it and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

A device for indicating fire in any one
Of series or suite of rooms has been
made 10y drawing a long iron wire
through all the rooms near the ceiling.
One end is fixed 10 the wall, and the
other is secured 10 common house bell
hung on a spring. In each room the
wire is broken and the gap is closed by
a small strip of gutta-percha. Under
each piece of gutta-percha is a short
slack piece OF chain, so that when IL
melts the ends Of the wire will still be
held secure. In case Of fire in any
room the gutta-percha melts Cat one
hundred degrees Fahrenheit), and the
wire is drawn apart by weight at the
end where the bell is placed. This frees
the spring, and the bell rings. The bit
Of chain prevents the weight from fall
ing, and as each room is provided with a
different length of chain, the distance
the weight has fallen records the room
where the wire is parted. This is n very
cheap and simple device.
Year: 1879

LOOKING Down Ts CHINNEY.-It Is
said that man whoslooked down his
neighbor's chimney 10 see what he was
cooking for supper, not only did not find
ont, but was nearly blinded by the
smoke. When you hear men say, I've
watched those who profess so much re-
ligion, and don't see that they are any
better than those who do not make such
a high profession" depend upon il they
have got some smoke in their eyes, and
those whose eyes are full Of smoke can
not see very clearly. UNCONVENTIONAL
smoke is about the most binding smoke
we know OF, and prevents the gospel
from taking hold Of the masses more
than any other agency. Were we % It
down by our neighbor's fire occasionally,
instead Of looking down the chimney


we would see many good points in his
character that smoke will surely obscure,
Year: 1879

How TO MEKT Doc.--A gentleman
gives the following advice in relation 20
dogs "If," says he, "you enter lot
where there is vicious dog, be careful
TO remove your hat or cap as the animal
approaches you, hold the same down by
your side, between yourself and the dog.
When you have done this YOU have
secured perfect immunity from an attack.
The dog will not bite YOU IL this advice
is followed. Such is my faith in this
policy that l will pay all doctor bills
from dog bites and funeral expenses for
deaths from hydrophobia."
Year: 1879

"Td stay an old maid till got black
in the face, before I'd marry a man who
chews tobacco" And she took a wad Of
gum out Of her mouth and stuck Il on
the under side of the seat Of her chair
for safe eping while she was eating
her e.
Year: 1879

Spring is here The small boy draw
eth a magic circle and causeth the fes-
tive marble to revolve the soul of the
sad eyed young man whose girl hath
bounced him and he straight,way
maketh poem in which he singeth of
the beauties of apring and bringeth it
to the editor who laugheth him to scorn ;
the tramp girdeth up his loins and goeth
forth seeking whom he may devour ;
the sound Of the organ grinding doth
not cease because they are few but wax
numerous ; the voice of the peeping
frog is heard in the land, and the wise
merchant rusheth to the newspaper and
shouteth, "Be it known to the sons and
daughters Of men that I have large
stock Of spring goods" and behold his
Golfers swell with "filthy luere," while
the foolish merchant saith it is naught
and behold the sheriff layeth hands on
him, and hangeth his banner on the
outer wall.-EImiro Gazette.
Year: 1879

The latest reason assigned by the rad
icals for MIR. Hayes veto of the ball
prohibiting the presence of troops ct
election polls, and for their party s sup
port of that veto, is the novel one that
he received his trust just as it is to-day,
and it is his duty to hand it over to hia
successor unimpaired. Here, remarks
the Alexandria Gazette, is Csesarism


without the slightest attempt at dis
guise. The representatives of the peo-
Die can make no change in the laws
which the nominal President is bound
to respect. He viii not only prevent
the repeal of obnoxious laws during hls
administration, but viii hand his power
down unimpaired to his sneof sser This
IS the latest, but probably he trnest
reason yet assigned for the veto, and It
contains lesson so plain that all who
run may read, and which having been
read should be prOfted BY,
Year: 1879

We learn that arrangements have
been made to hold a Sabbath School
celebration, on the first Monday in
August, on the grounds used for the
4th of July festivities. A general in
vitation is hereby extended To all Sab
bath schools in the vicinity to attend
with their officers and friends. Bring
your lesson leaves TO take part in the
responsive services, your singing book,
to join in song, and last, not least
your we'll filed baskets and happy
hearts. that you may enjoy the occa-
sion with your friends.
Year: 1879

ReSolyed, That the secretary of the
board of superintendents Of the poor,
be and is hereby instructed to report
to the county clerk on the first Mon
day of each and every month-carried.


4,oatinued on Fourth page& IA
Year: 1879

M1NNEAPoL1s Jan. 22.-About o'clock this
afternoon, Mrs. NJ K. Hail. corner of Eleventh
avenue and Twenty fourth street north, became
aware Of an undue amount of smoke, and the
smell of burning cotton in the house. Though
entirely alone she gave no alarm. but proceed
ed to investigate. The indications led her up
stairs, where, opening bedroom door, she was
met with dense volumes of smoke, through
which she could barely discern ball of fire in
the foot of a bed. Holding her breath. she
rushed in, rolled up the bed to smother the
flame: and broGght the whole down stairs and
ont of the house, where friendly tub of water
afforded the means for extinguishing the fire.
slight burn on the forehead and more severe
ones ON the hands, was all the personal damage
she received; but she is minus bed. Her
presence Of mind and courage saved the house
and contents.


When her husband came home from his
work and heard her story, il was evident that
he comprehended the value of prompt action,
and he gave her such a - ah! we'll, it wasn't
scolding. BoARDER.


P. s. They don't allow their big boy to hide
parler matches in the bed any more.
Year: 1879

Card from Mr.. Crossett. Father of the


Maltreated Boy.


Especial Telegram to the Globe.


FARIBAULr, Jan. M.-As was anticipated by
the GLOBE, the school board in the Bryant
Crossett case, brought in handsomely white
washed decision exonerating Bryant from all
blame i'll the matter. How the board could
conscientiously come to such conclusion from
the evidence is as great mystery as the
Nathan murder several years ago in New York.
The card of Mr.. Crossett in to-day's Democrat
censures Bryant severely ''for his heartless dis
regard of all the decent instincts of humanity.
after it was we'll known that Sammy was Sc
rerely injured, and that such r. course, and a
man capable of it, should receive the approval
and exoneration of the board, will always be to
a large part of this community a matter of
surprise. He is surely unfit to have control of
children There should be public meeting
held and steps taken to compel this brutal fell
low to ''step down and out" of his position as
teacher, for his course in this matter has proved
him totally unfit to fill the place of public
educator
Year: 1879

A fire was discovered in the basement of
BRACKETS block about o'clock last even
ing. The fire was caused by the bursting of
kerosene lamp and was extinguishsd by
police officer McKiernan with but slight
damage to the place.
Year: 1879

At the last meeting of the Com.
mon Council the city attorney was
dieWtcd To notify all owners OF
slaughter houses situated ON the
Mineral Point Branch, to remove
the same at once, As considerable
interest has been manifested in the
matter, we publish section 1,4lS of
chapter 81 Of the Revised Statutes,
which relates To the building and
removal Of slaughter houses, and
is aS follows:


No person shall erect, maintain
or keep amy slaughter house upon
the bank Of any river, running
stream or creek, or throw or deposit


in such running stream any dead
animal or any part thereof or any
of the carcasscs or oilal thercfrum
into or upon the banks of any such
river, stream or creek, which Shall
flow through any city or village, or
erect, maintain or use amy building
for II slaughter house, within the
limits of any village Incorporated
or mincorporated or amy organized
town containing two hundred or
more inhabitants, or at any place
within onc-eighth of u mile of amy
dwelling house or building used MS
n place Of business; and every per-
son who shall violate any of the
provisions Of this section shall for
felt for each such violation not less
than ten nor more than one hun
dred dollars; and the mayor Of The
the city, president Of the village
and the chairman Of the town in
which any such slaughter house is
located, shall have power 10, and
shall cause the same TO be immedi-
atcly removed; any every such Off
Ger who shall knowingly permit any
slaughter house to be used or main
tanned, contrary to the provisions of
this section, shall forfeit not less
than fifteen, nor more than fifty
dollars y
Year: 1879

of hand for u large sum of money.
There arc lots Of people in this
who could have told that
stranger that it would take n smart
er man than he is, to bite Amos


Harkcr in u wire trade.-Galena
Gazette.
Year: 1879

Following is from the pen of a member of leading mercantile firm of Tucson:

 EDITOR CITIZEN In the Daily Star of 23d instant appears communica. ton signed by one Hall," giving ad. vice to property owners and citizens of Tucson generally about American izing their town, &c., and speaks slightingly of the favorite building material of all southern countries, and which has been such since the dawn of history, viz: "AdobeS" Is this writer aware that adObes are the cheap CT, safer and most economical build ing material that can be obtained? ? and is he aware that at slight cost an adobe wall can he made to assume any finish at the hands of painter and that that can be protected by a hard finish easily applied? And kept covered, these adobes will stand for one or two thousand years.

 It is very well for some one from a little timber town in the backwoods of Maine or Canada, where it rains two days every week, to talk "oi Americanizing a town under the idea that all perfection is in the little town he came from; like the patriotic ScotSmen he would transport the missiles from his native land.

 Now suppose the advice of this gratuitous public constructor were followed and timber houses erected in Tucson in place of adobe ones, why some dry, windy day a fire would start and in an hour, Tucson would be in ashes.

 MT. Hall, get over your school-boy preiudices; consider there may be something applicable to the surround ing, without pattening after your little town, and that adobes are the best building material that can be used in this climate even by Americans"
Year: 1879

THE usual agitation is going on among the lawyers over the question Of postpOn' Ing the next term Of the District Court The timo now fixed is the second Monday oi September. and as the Pinal term is sel for October any change would take the Pima term over to November. IL Is said that law is uncertain, but It would seem that the court term should be an immov- able feast.
Year: 1879

EVER sinca Decoration Day it has been
going the rounds of the newspapers that ex-
Gov. Chamberlain in his address at Lewis
ton used these word: ''God only knows
whether the Rebellion was right or wrong"
or (which cause was right" Seeing this
sentence in the Bangor Wing, and some
severe structures upon the sentiment it ex-
pressed, Gov. Chamberlain has written
letter to that paper in which he says:


+ never made any such statement as that
attributed to me, viz: ''that God only knows
whether the Rebellion was right or wrong" OF
which cause was right" Nothing [ said could
possibly be so construed and l consider this
charge so gross in its perversion that | must
protest against it, No one who heard me- or
who even reads the full report of what L said
could fail to see that the reyerSe of what is
charged was the exact point of the passage
referred to. / was speaking of epitaphs and L
took the one the Virginia father put above the
names of his two sons, one of whom fell for the
stars and stripes and one for the Lost Cause,
"God only knows which of the boys was right y
/ took that as text to illustrate the truth that
right motives are not sufficient to make q
right cdUSe. The best OF men are sometimes
enlisted in the worst of causes, and you know
very well that men sometimes serve in the
best of causes from the worst of motives Now
my point was that while God alone can Judge
of individual motives, looking, as man cannot
into the heart, and he alone can judge of
these two boys, yet the right cause and the
rrOng cause were as far apart as light and
darkness, and, as L said, "never can stand in
equal honor before God or man-never to the
end of time"


was addressing body of men who did not
need to be told which cause was right, and
were far above the thought of asking me to
tell them by name which cause L thought was
right, after all that they and l had suffered
and were suffering for the deliverance of this
country. / could not so insult the intelligence
of my comrades, nor feel that all my long SER
vices and repeated utterances had been so in
vain, as to permit me to add the explanation
that by the right cause l meant the Union
cause so dear to us all, and whose victory we
were commemorating in the victorious deaths
of our fallen comrades.
Year: 1879

THE Democrats have dropped from one
perch to another until finally they have
reached the ground. They have now de-
cided to divide the judicial expenses bill
nary appropriations for the Judiciary, and
the second the features which the President
objected to. OF course the President will
veto the second bill and thus deprive the
Democrats of the opportunity to stuff ballot
boxes this fall They are going to appeal to
the country now to see if the President shall
be allowed to surround the polls with in
spectors who won't let men vote twice and
will refuse to make four Democratic votes
out of two.
Year: 1879

JEFF DAvIs's friends are claiming that
he wasn't an original secessionist. The fact
seems to be that there were no original seces-
sionists. The country was split in two by
a volcanic eruption and the inhabitants
South of the break were made secessionists
by the forces of nature
Year: 1879

THE Belfast Age says that the doctrine
that gold and silver coin are the only mon
y, and that the legal-tender grcenback is ae
heck, worthless unless gold coin to thee
same amount is piled up in the treasury
vaults, is unphilosophical and is nimical to
the needs of a commercial age. 1t is a relict
of former ages when business transactions
were upon the principle of barter. Its advo-
Gates cannot bring themselves to realize that
there may be progress i'll money systems as
in all other things. The Age hasn't aban-
lOned the ''fiat' business VET