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Year: 1878

The times are SO Lard that news con tinues to be scarce in this locality. "Washburn's Last Sensation" has been around again, and drew full house as usual.

 A case of considerable interest, though involving but small amount pecuniari. ly, was tried before Justice Martin last week. A husband gave bail for color ed man at the Lilch6eld Superior Court. When they returned home they found the house in which the colored man had lived burned to the ground. The bonds man desired to have the colored man get a place in the neighborhood to live In, ESQ he could keep his eye on him." and also have his services on the farm owned jointly by himself and wife, and oecu- pied by them as homestead. The wife seemed to be helpmeet indeed she went and hired house for tue colored man, agreeing to pay the rent, with the Knowledge and consent of her husband ; but the husband did not otherwise bind himself to pay the rent. Uuder recent statute, the owner of the house sued both husband and wife, aud the question al issue was, whether under this state of facts the defendants, or either of them, were liable to pay the rent. Justice Mar tin decided the case in favor of the de- tendants. An appeal will probably be taken = Colhren tor the plaintiff and Huntington for the defendants.

 Another case has been tried in this county within year past that possessed considerable interest. The question in the case was, who recei ved lease of certain farm whether it was a grown man, twenty six years of age, who osten- .sibly had possession and conducted busi- ness as any lessee might, or whether it was his sister, girl of nineteen, who kept house for her brother, and who claimed to be acting as the agent of her mother, who lived in neighboring state

 NAMELEss.
Year: 1878

Dr. Smith has devoted years to the study of Medical Electricity and the dis eases to which it is best adapted. His prices are always reasonable, and are not varied from except to the poor. Consultation free.
Year: 1878

A farmer in Washington, Iowa, owning
property worth $4,000, was possessed
about ten years ago with the idea that he
had been commissioned to open hotel near
Jerusalem, and thus become pioneer in
the work of restoring the Holy City to its
ancient splendor. He claimed to have had
a vision in which the restored city appeared
to him. But his wife and son opposed the
notion OF his going, and when at last he
resolved to depart they determined to re-
main on the farm. He gave them one half


his property, and with $4,000 started on
his Journey two years ago. In good time
be reached the Holy Land, aud at a point
two miles east Of the city purchased several
acres OF land, and there built bis hotel,
which soon became popular resort Of
tourists. What the state OF his mind may


now be as to the future of the fallen city
is not known, but his letters to his family
have been OF o most cheering kind. " He
has prospered abundantlY in worldly
way,' says the Davenport Gazette, "and
his longings for his wife's companIonship
have caused her to decide to follow him.
She has sold her property in Iowa, and ex-
rected to leave this week with her son to
io;n her husband at his hotel on the slopes
OF tie hills Of Judea."
Year: 1878

way.


Our Baltimore friends may feel assured
that they have made happy selection in
the person Of General r. Lindsay Walker
as the superintendent OF ..our City rail-
way" No man more capable. energetic,
honest, and popular. Certainly they have
made an appointment very agreeable to the
citizens OF Richmond, end from our own
midst.


Let us contribute our efforts to the sue
cess OF The railway and Of our old "artilie-
rist." and wish him abundant prosperity in
his new position.


A CITIZEN AND CoARADE.
Year: 1878

1t is to be hoped that careful investigation
will at length bring out facts enough so that
this subtle infection in the peach may be pre-
vented from spreading, and, possibly, remedy
be found which will be . preventive. That 1t,
like all other diseases, easily attacks trees
weakened in vitality, there is ample proof.
Gov. Boutwell,, OF Massachusetts, who is said
to have an orchard OF several hundred trees on
tho highest hill at Groton, but which Is situated
in depression Of the summit, and surrounded
and protected By timber, thinks the presence is
due TO the grubs or peach borers. He there
fore carefully examines the trees at the proper
season, and destroys the grubs. That borers
are the cause we don't suppose any one imag
ines, but that their work may afford lodgment
for the germs Of the disease called yellows is
not at all unlikely. The best preventive yet
known is to keep the trees in the best growing
condition and health, and Immediately to root
out and burn all trees as soon as they are
found TO be affected. One difficulty is that the
cupidity Of some growers Will not allow them
to do this, and thus one careless or contrary
man in a neighborhood when the soil or other
cause ihclihes to the development OF the yel-
lows, NAV by his course. in time innocuate the
whole. AS the Prairie Farmer has stated. the
subject should be made a careful study by
orchardists and others, and we will make
known any facts in reference to this subject
that we may be furnished with.


There is one thing in this connection that
should be carefully remembered, and II will
apply to the disabilities OF trees generally and
to other disabilities TO the peach as well as that
of the ye!lows when the care is such as will
keep the orchard properly healty and vigorous,
trees are not so subject to infectious diseases,
as the yellows, nor even to the attacks OF
borers, as those improperly cared for. There
is no doubt but trees, like men, when in full
health, are more capable OF warding off disease
than those suffering from debility Of any kind.
Thus in eradicating the yellows, which lust
now is giving good deal Of trouble in some
portions of the Michigan lake shore fruit belt ::
the law there is stringent, and it's enforcement
is made mandatory; nevertheless the solution
Of the difficulty will never be fully reached
until every man is made to See that 1t is drec-
tly to his interest to give his trees the best
conditions possible and also that it is directly
against his interests to have diseased trees.
however slight. on his grounds at all. 1t is
quite difficult to make the man who dose not
read see this; especially so IL he takes up fruit


growing because he thinks there is money in it


The southern fruit belt OF Illinois has disabi-


lity-thst of the curculio-fully as serious as


the yellows IN Michigan. Yet the more advan.
ced fruit growers there have never succeeded
in making the rank aud file believe it was o.
any use to catch the little Turk with view Of
saving their fruit.-Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1878

The Mormon women OF Utah appeal to the
Christian women OF the country to urge upon
congress to empower its courts to arrest the
further progress OF polygamy, and to delay the
admittance Of Utah as state until this is ac-
oomplished. They also ask ministers of the
gospel to commend to the women of their con-
gregations the signing OF congressional petit
tious TO this end
Year: 1878

Burrows plurality in the Fourth Congress
slonai District is 6,0Si. Sherwood ran tar
behind and was completely distanced. His
National brethren now declare that he is sadly
lacking in bottom, although they concede that
ha was quite windy through the canvass, which
Is probably an error, they installing sass for
wind
Year: 1878

A HEALTHY PULsE.-A physician writes rec
ommending every one to learn something
about the pulse to ascertain the state OF the
pulse in health; so that, by comparing il with
what It Is when he is aiing, he may have some
idea OF the urgency Of his case. Parents
should know the healthy pulse OF each child,
as now and then a person is born with pc
culiarly slow or false pulse, and the very case
In hand may be one Of that popularity. An
infants pulse is 140, child OF seven about 80.
and from 20 to 60 1t is 10 beats a minute, de-
Ginning to go at four-score. A healthful grown
persons pulse beats 10 times in minute
there may be good health down to 60; but if
the pulse always exceeds 20 there is a disease
the machine is working itself out there is a
fever OF Inflammation somewhere. and the
body is feeding on ITSELF as in consumption,
when the pulse is quick-that is, over 10
gradually increasing with decreased chances
OF cure, until it reaches 10 or 120, when death
comes before many days. When the pulse is
over 10 for months, and there is slight cough.
the lungs are affected.
Year: 1878

married woman who has lent money to a
firm of which Der husband is member is en-
titled to recover against the firm, even though
the Indebtedness was contracted by her hus-
band acting in tue firm name and without the
knowledge OF his partners. So say our su-
preme Court in decision just rendered
Year: 1878

Alexander Smith, Republican, elected in
New York district to succeed the Potter OF the
Dredging Machine, was taken sick during the
campaign, but lived until the night of the cleo
ton, and died in a few minutes after hearing
OF his success.
Year: 1878

AN ALARMING FUTURE FOR NIRGINIA-The
Louisville COurief-JOurRdi says" Virginia
some time ago levied a tax upon every drink
of whisky that is drunk i'm that state, and now
She is about TO levy a tax of one cent on every
cigar that is smoked. The next thing yOil
know she Will be coming down with a tax on
every oalh that Is sworn; and il begins 10 look
as II things will come TO such a pass after a
while that Eirginian can't even Kiss his wife
nor KICK another fellow for kissing her for him
for it,
Year: 1878

REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER i'm his SER
mon IN Brooklyn last evening, spoke of the
late Pope as that dear and good old man
who had just gone TO Heaven from the pOnti-
hcai chair when Plus TX. died" said Mr..
beecher, that instant Gods angels bore him
gently as little child i'm the arms of its
mother into the presence of his Saviour IL
was not because he was Pope, but because a
new heart had been given him. The nature
of the Pope was all love"
Year: 1878

ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS, the new archbishop
OF Baltimore, was yesterday invested &C the
emblem of his Office. Although the ceremony,
In consequence of the death of the pontff, was
ShOrn OF many OF the surroundings which usu-
ally accompany such an occasion, still it was
of very imposing character, and many digni-
tarieS OF the church from various parts OF the
country were present
Year: 1878

FALL OF A BRIDGE-AbOut seven o'clock
yesterday morning one of the arches of the
bridge over the Schuylkin river at South
street, Philadelphia, fell in, carrying with il
nine other arches and completely wrecking
300 feet of the bridge. The portion which gave
ern bank of the river, and this piling has been
gradually sinking in the mud. A large num-
Der OF wOrkmen were engaged i'm snoring the
defective arch at The time of the accident but
they were warned i'm time and all escaped un-
injured. The bridge was built of iron and
granite, and cost originally $1,000 The loss
by the accident will be about 100000 The
occurrence created much excitement
Year: 1878

TIE NAVAL INTERCHANGEABLE House
committee investigating the expenditures in
the Navy department met this morning i'm
their room at the department. and had before
them the heads of bureaus of the provisions
and clothing and construction divisions. who
made statements relative to the expenditures
of their bureaus.
Year: 1878

Whatever you think proper to grant
a child, let it be granted at the first
word, without entreaty or prayer, and
above all without making conditions.
Grant with pleasure, refuse with reluc.
tance, but let your refusal be irrevoca-
BILE; let no importantly shake your res
olution let the word mop when once
pronounced, be wall Of brass, which
a child, after be has tried his strength
against it half a dozen times, shall
never more endeavor to shake.
Year: 1878

Then you hear political speaker
thank God that he wasn't born with a
silver spoon in his mouth you can bet
your bottom dollar that the reflection
hurts him more than it does the
audience, smoothly as he talks it.
Year: 1878

Cast thy care on God. and commit
all to his good pleasure; laud, and
praise, and applaud bin in all good
things, small and great; forsake thine
own will, and deliver up thyseIf freely
and cheerfully to the will of God with
out reserve or exception, in prosperity
or adversely, sweet or sour, to have or
TO want, to live or to die.
Year: 1878

A young man at a rife match in
Portland Oregon, when his turn came
at the target, shot bystandcr through
the heart. The killing may have been
accidental, but the two men were bite r
enemies, and there Is doubt on the sub.
iect,
Year: 1878

Prayer is one Of the strongest bands
of love devotion is alectron's golden
girdle. Pray so that YOU may love. and
all day long love so that, when even
tide comes. your prayers may not be bin
dered.
Year: 1878

IT is easier to buy b!sckberries
hero on the streets than to go in
search of that fruit in Wyoming val
ley. The experience of couple Of
interesting young people a few days
ago show that the statement just
made is not without foundation.
They went to the valley and were
famed off, with cord wood and dogs
and things, jrst as they had settled
among the thorny bush and were
engaged in the arduous task Of ex-
tracing singer for every berry in
the pail. Still, they feel triumphant,
for they brought back two quarts
of berries and the recollection Of o
pleasant time.
Year: 1878

THE watermelon is making trouble
in more ways than one.


The naughty boy on porch took stand


With watermelon rind in hand.


Well, what Of it he threw, and
somebody was gently tapped.
The hawk eyed constable observed 1t all,
Aud gave the boy timely call,


We like for our officers to be
prompt and dutiful, but not too Off
cious.
Year: 1878

A REpoaT has become current in
Mitf1in that Mineral Point is a dan
gerous place to visit because of a
catching disease" So frightful is
said to be the mortality that "seven
funerals were had one day last
week." Such reports are false, and
the fellow who started them ought
to be made the fruit of crab-apple
tree, or something with all tha. may
DO implied.
Year: 1878

Too MUCH indulgence on Sunday
got young fellow feeling equal TO
a giant, and he could not be convin-
ced otherwise until the policeman
Gagged him. TO have such a fracus
take place on the Sabbath is nc
credit to Mineral Point.
Year: 1878

ONLY one week from to-day aud
the exhibition of the Southwestern
Wis. Industrial Association will be
in full hlas:. Just think of it what
short period oftime is intervening.
Get everything you have for exhibit
ton ready Immediately. The off,
GERS of the ASSOCIATION are perfecting
arrangements rapidly, and all that's
needed to make this fair superior to
all others ever held in tho Southern
part of the State, is the smiling
countsnance of Providence. The
racing department is going to be
equally interesting to that of other
years.
Year: 1878

II is said, and it is very likely so,
that o certain fellow who is now
among the business men of Chicago 4,
will in the near future start q paper
in Dodgeville, which will be bugle
for the Greenback party.
Year: 1878

TUE young ladies of the NJ. E.
church will hold Bazaar and serve
refres hmepts in the lecture room of
their church on the Thursday of the
Fair. The doors will be open day
and evening.
Year: 1878

THE running mare "Chestnut
Oaks" will not be taken to Minne-
sofa, as at first intended, but in
stead will be in Mineral Point next
week, and help to make what races
she is in more interesting.
Year: 1878

With due respect to every person
who aspires to 2 position on the Re-
publican county ticket this fall, We
have concluded that it would not be
astute, through the TRIBUNE, to
make any distinction or express
any preference among the worthy
gentlemen who have been named in
connection with the different offices.
At the nominating convention is the
place for each candidate or his sup
porters to present his claims, and
let them there ha considered. Tho
county officers who are seeking a
denomination have performed their
duty admirably well, and all of those
who are seeking an office for tho
first time, are well qualified both in
character and ability to perform tho
duties of the positions for which
they have been named. They ara
all good Republicans have worked
for the success of the party, and will
yet grace its ranks, though they may
not now be called out as standard
bearers. The essential point is for
all to take hold and labor earnestly
together, and not let the least trivial
be the cause Of jealousy and indiifer-
ence.
Year: 1878

= D.


his still greater son, who shall make the
name Orfeolo eminent ever In the annals
of the republic. = -.


Once more the years roll on. A new
family wields sway In Venice; but the
taciturn spirit and well-filled purse want
the strong hand to control tho varying
passions Of the state. A band Of armed
men steal silently across the square; they
seek the home Of the Norosino, meaning
at one fell blow to quench their mortal
feud in the blood OF al who bear the
name; but strength meets strength, and
Stefano Caloprini retires baftled with bis
men and wreaks pitiful vengeance on q
solitary kinsman of his rival, who is walk
ing in silence through the deserted streets.
Accursed name of Caloprini! Thou didst
bring upon thy country famine and pesti~
lcncel Thou didst, by traitorous connsels
urged against it the might Of the German
foe! And when death came upon thee,
baffled in thine attempt to lay the city of
thy fathers PROSTATE before a foreign
conquerer, thou didst bequeath to Venice
a legacy OF hatred and murder, which was
only satisfied by the assassination Of thy
sons and the deposition Of the helpless
doge.
Year: 1878

What do we mean by this? Do we
mean, don't use any more manure than
you can help2 Not a bit of it. Some
farmers would perhaps like to have us
mean that, because they can't see of what
use on this western land muck manure is
anyway. They have notion, aud too
many have it. that the soil itself is ma
nu:e, perpctrally self.renewing manure.
Those who 90 on under this deIusion will
reap the delusion, just that in addition
to the smaller, coarser crops they will
raise. Rich as the prairie land is, its el-
ements are ever lessening, of course with
the constant draft on them, aud however
out of notice the fact may vlsibly be,
still it will develope it's own verify, if
we will supply manure enough to show
the difference that was wanting.


Wasting manure does not consist in
bestowing it with wise ]iberality on your
fields, you can't waste it by being gencr.
Gus with it there-but We will tell you
how it may be wasted. Cart it all off,
and get rid Of it--damp it anywhere. as
lar away from your farm as possible. re-
gard it as anuisauce. and drug. Let your
more sagacious eighbor get the better
OF it, and Of you BY getting it from you
gladly as gift.
Year: 1878

A horse should be clipped when his
Goa! needs it, no matter when 1t is. In
this section, where nearly every driving
horse is clipped, it is rarely done
before the end uf November or
beginning of December; and again, if
necessary-which it generally is--some
time in February. The danger is not
from cold weather, but from poor blank.
citing. Horses not clipped suffer from
this neglect, neglect that is every LAY
to be seen with sorrow. All horses
should be -blanketed in the stable.
and when driven should not be allowed
to stand five minutes without being Gov
cred. Blankets are frequently too small
and trail to protect the most vital part of
the horse-the breast and lungs--there
being very often an open space there
where the blanket should wrap over we'll
We notice in some work-horses the
thoughtful driver always keep this
part protected bay piece of heavy cloth
Germdntopn, Pa. Telcgraqh
Year: 1878

The act was all their own"


This custom has Of late been generally
revived, and is now as popular at fashion
able London weddings as among our more
superstitious country folks. A writer in
an old number OF Notes and Queries sue-
gests that it was symbol of renuncia-
tion of dominion and authority over the
bride by he: father OF guardian; and the
receipt Of the shoe by the bridegroom,
even if accidental, an omen that thar
authority was transferred to hlm.-AW
tie Year Rcwnd.
Year: 1878

It is impossible to sell the best article of any
kind as low as the poorest can be affo: ded,
But the price Of Mason l. Hamlin Cabinet Or.
gans are not much more than those of very
inferior organs; while the difference in quality
and especially i'll durability, is very great.
Year: 1878




Iadian corn is thought to be especially
prtjudicial to the health OF fowls, on &C.
count of its high heat-producing and fat
tening character, and its relative and
comparative poverty in those elements OF
food out of which bone, muscle, flesh,
nerves and tissues generally. are made
and the matters which are notably pre-
sent in the egg, namely, aibumen and
phosphate Of lime.


There are. however, conditions under
which corn, as the only cereal, can be fed
to fowls with comparative safety, and
that is where it makes part only Of the
daily ration. the other paris being animal
food Of some kind, cooked or otherwise,
and ground oyster shells, or broken, cal
cined bones, Tor the other part. One of
the most successful producers of eggs
know; feeds Lis hens corn exclusively for
the grain portion of their d.ilv ration,
but supplements il with as regular daily
ration of flesh and bone, and in that way
supplies the deficiency of an Indian corn
diet.


But am satisfied that fowls on going
to roost, and especially in cold weather,
when corn is abundant and gravel scarce,
fill their crops with the former, when, If
they had the opportunity, they would
choose gravel, or what answers just as
we'll, if not better purpose, coarsely
broken calcined bone. Now, this
not only acts in the
same way as gravel in the trituration Of
food within the gizzard, but it supplies
lime for the shell, and phosphoric acid
for all or nearly all the vital processes =
assisting digestion and assimilation aud
stimulating egg productiveness to an ex-
tent which must be observed to be CON-
pretended or believed. If those who
doubt the correctness of these statements
and conclusions, will. choosing lot Of
healthy non-sitters Of any common breed,
offer them regularly daily towards even
ing, to the extent of an ounce each Of
coarsely broken calcined bone, so they
can, if they will, fill their crop Just before
going to roost, giving the fowls strong
food and perfect liberty, am confident
the result in increased egg productive
ness will bring great majority Of ex-
perimentcrs to my way OF living and
thinking. g.--Erchange
Year: 1878

During the past month we have been
clearing our stock of old goods, and are
now left with line of new and desirable
styles for the Spring trade, Our store,
which is tn most commodious 10 the city
or State, occupying three floors, and with
enterprise back of it. our intention is this
season to outdo all former efforts to MAXI
The Bos on One Price Clio hing House he
place to buy Clothing and Gents Furnish
ing Goods. With the confidence Of tn pub
lie that FIVE YEARS SQUARE DEAL
ING has not impair d, and our established
system of Cash and One Price to all, we
feel assured the present season will prove
successful one. Visit our store and look
at our immense stock of Ready Made
Clothing for Men, Youths, Boys and Child"
ren.
Year: 1878

The strike of silk weavers in Steinhardt's
silk mandatory continues. A new set of
men brought here from College Point, and
who have been at work In the factory for q
few days, yesterday Joined the strikers.