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Year: 1879

Timid republicans in France appear to
be very unhappy over the fact that Paris
journal, which is understood to express the
opinions of NJ Gambetta, advocates full am
nesty to the exiled communists; the enemies
Of the Republic are filed with glee over the
same circumstance, and the Paris corre-
spondent of the London Times, who seems
to fancy that he is bringing the Republic
up by /hand, deprecates the shock
ing depravity of this proposition.
But M. Gambetta's political instinct is
worth more than the opinions of all these
people. He perceives and reasons ac-
curately. we believe, TO the point that the
exiled communists are dangerous only
while they are at New Caledonia: for
while there they constitute a grievance
for q certain part of the people I;
they are a safe basis Of criticism
against the government as continuing
the somewhat extreme severity Of its pred
ecessors, and the charges thus made, if
not true, have enough justice in them to
affect portion Of the people important by
its number. With the communists amnes-
tied that trouble is out of the way and
there Is no equivalent for then these
ssmartyrs," distributed over the country,
become insignificant nobodies or are re-
membered only us monuments of the
governments clemency Some Of them may
become the centre of agitations, but that
will be u small and evanescent evil. Their
case is much like that Of Blanqui, who re-
ceved enough votes to elect him to the
Assembly when he was prisoner of State,
but when he was pardoned that vote could
not be polled again.
Year: 1879

THE WEATnER.-ycry little change has taken
place in the meteorological conditions during
the past twenty four hours except the gradual
decrease of pressure over the Gulf of st. Law
renee In that district disturbance is de-
veloping which is likely to prove severe over
The ocean north of latitude forty. The dcprcs-
sions in the Northwest and over the West Indies
have not made any noticeable eastward progress,
owing to the rctarding influence Of the high
areas that overlic the Middle Atlqntic States
and the ocean off the South Atlantic coast.
Rain fell OH the Gulf coast and in the North
west Elsewhere the weather has been fair. The
temperature has fallen decidedly in the extreme
Northwest and on the Middle Atlantic and New
England coasts. In the other sections of the
country it has remained nearly stationary.
The winds have been brisk on the Gulf coast
and in some sections Of the Northwest. They
have been fresh in the other districts. The
weather over the British Islands is fine. The
weather in New York and its vicinity to-day
will be cool and fair or partly cloudy. To-mor-
row it will be warmer and partly cloudy, possi-
bly, with occasional rains.
Year: 1879

THE TUG ALANsON SUMNER is again reported
for dumping drcdgings inside the limits, and
again excuses herself the ground of rough
weather. Perhaps heavy fine would teach
her captain to consult his barometer before
going out with tow of scows
Year: 1879

IT Is REPORTED that another attempt to re
duce teachers salaries is to be made. How
about the pay of city officials who do severa
times less work for several times as much pay
as teachers get!
Year: 1879

"A BRooKLrS MAN is willing to bet two to
one that n certain item of the Kings County
Board of Charities is nos according to contract
Does he not know that it is considered ungentle-
manly to bet on q sure thing!
Year: 1879




Not far from the cid Missouri river
there is a revival in progress, and the 9TH
cr evening a very amusing Incident occur
red that is too good to keep out of print.
After the services on the evening we men,
ton an invitation was given to all those
who wish to JON the church on probation
A large humber signiiicd Willingness
to become members and among those
who placed themselves in line to con
gratulate by hand shaking was woman
who has case III the Union county courts
for divorce. The audience was singing
some familiar hymn, during which time
those who wished advanced and shook
hands with the prohibitionists. Among
the number that took part in the congrat.
ulatory part, was the husband Of the lady
suing for divorce. lie shook hands
with each until he came to his wife, who
was standing with her head hung back at
an angle of Al degrees, and took her by
the hand She seemed to know the touch
tor with a sudden jerk she looseened her
hand. He looked surprised and dumb
founded. A large sized smile spread every
mouth in the room. The conclusion we
can draw in the matter is that it takes con-
siderable religion in q woman to drown
her desire to get u divorce when she onco
makes up her mind TO get one.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, October %. = There is
much strong feeling among the members
Of tho Supreme Court over the attack
made by Justice Field upon his associates
in his dissenting opinion on the Thurman
act. The language which he employed
was such as would not have been toler.
ated for an instant from any attorney.
Some Of the members of the Court are
considering the propriety Of rule pro.
viding that all opinions shall be read or
submitted in tho consultation room before
delivery on the bench.


The manner In which Mr.. Field deliver
ed his opinion made 1t much more often.
sive. There was an evident and strained
attempt to make sensation by lis deliv.
cry, and the tone and style oil the deliv.
cry were more suggestive Of the stump
than Of the Supreme Court room.
Year: 1879

AAhONOht a.H.f


One million two hundred thousand
dollars in gold bars arrived at New
York by steamer Canada from Eu.
rope yesterday. This sa part of the
hundreds of millions of coin and U.
S. bonas now coming to this country
each year, to pay for our agricultural
products and manufactures, sent
abroad in excess of all the goods we
buy from other nations. Truly the
outlook towards the future for the
financial and business prosperity Of
this country is brighter than at any
time during its past history. The
party which has covered the country
through the greatest of modern wars,
and has soon brought US to this graf
flying condition, must be held to be
more worthy of confidence than an.
other party which not only brought
on that war but destroyed our credit
before the war began. LEO.
Year: 1879

A FIGHT FOR LIFE WITH A GRIzzLY-On Wed.
nesday afternoon. man named Williams came
into San Jose, Cal. for a doctor. stating that
his companion. Walter +. King, had been badly
injured by a grizzly bear, fn contest that
morning In canon known as Skunk's Hollow,
about thirty-five miles southeast Of San Jose
The men were hunting for deer. King got on
bear track Tuesday, and went out early the
next morning. AS he did not return In time
his companion went out to search for him, and
found him unconscious but still alive with his
skull fractured and his left side torn. A grizzly
lay dead about sixty yards away. King was
restored to consciousness and carried back to
camp, and assistance given by a couple OF men
who were camping few miles distant. King
says he followed the bears tracks to a sort Of
cave In the hillside, heavily bordered with chap
arral, and supposing the animal was inside was
on the watch, when rustling of the bush
caused him to turn and he then discovered
Bruin only forty feet away. He raised his Tide
ana hfeo ana the bear came for him. He shot
thee times. dropped his gun and pulled his
hunting knife just as the brute reached him,
but almost before he could use the knife the
animal closed on him. He cut frantically but
was struck on the head by the animals paw,
and remembered no more until carried back to
camp.-TS0n Francisco Bulletin.
Year: 1879

A GOOD WORD FOR HAYES.-We are still
confident that the time VIII come when the
whole country will see clearly and admit freely
that President Hayes was wiser than the party
which elected him, in his treatment OF the
southern prOblem.-[ Utica (N. " Herald
Year: 1879

PRFsENCEoF MIND has lately proved valuable
In several interesting cases. Henry Kuhn, ct
the bottom OF a Dubuque well, drove his pick
axe into the side. and stood under 1t when he
saw the earth-laden bucket falling, thus saving
himself from being crushed. John Carey when
lightning struck the New Haven mill OF which
he was foreman, knocked down three OF the
panic stricken operators who were madly
rushing toward the narrow exit, and 50 pre-
vented dangerous jam on q stairway. Mrs.
Dunkfn or Long Prairie, Mimi, was threatened
with an axe by her crazy son. She said, "Well.
II you want 10 cut my head on, let's 60 to the
chopping- block He nodded, and they passed
out TO the woodpile. Ii was dark, and address.
Ing him with, Now, III put my head on the
block" she drew the white kerchief from her
neck and threw IT down and slipped away,
The funatic struck the kerchief a heavy but
harmless blow. Julia Clarke, San Francisco
factory girl, was caught In q machine by her
long hair. She seized q pair or shears and cut
on her treSSes so quickly that she was not drawn
between the wheels and killed, as she other
wise would have been. Ten men started down
the shaft OF Nevada mine In q small skip. The
donkey engine broke, ana the miners felt their
vessel stink downward with lightning speed
Deathly fear turned every face white. In the
panic most OF them clutched the skip TO wait
for the crash. At the first inttmation Of die.
aster Patrick Mccarthy, the engineer at the
the end between the pinion-shaft and the reel
from which the cable was running on The
drum was revolving with terrific speed ana the
friction produced streams OF fire and Runoko
But the engineers thrust was exactly m fhe
right point, and the end OF the board ann
checked the descent, bringing the skfp to a
standstiH few feet from the bottom,
Year: 1879

A lamentable accident happened at the
school house in Perry township on Fri
day last, which imperils the life of very
worthy young man. The facts as we
learn them are these: Perry Gates,
youngest son of Mr.. Merrick Gates, had
a loaded pistol in his side pocket, which
attracted the attention of young Morris
Upton, son of Mr.. Jas. A. Upton, who
playfully attempted to take possession of
it. and in the struggle the pistol by some
means was discharged, the ball entering
the left breast of young Upton a few
inches above the heart, passing almost
through the body. The ball was extract
ed near the spinal column. The boys
were close friends, and young Gates is
terribly depressed on account of the sad
accident. Young Upton it is thought
will recover.


Now while this painful injury to young
Upton was mainly the result of accident
what justification can be offered for the
carrying of the deadly and unlawful
weapon which caused the terrible mis-
chiefl The law is stern against the
carrying of concealed deadly weapons,
and the practice has become so common
of late, that where an act of this kind
comes so fagrantly to the eyes of our
civil officers, the law should be brought
with all its power against the offender
so that the pernicious practice should at
once be broken up. Let justice be done.
-[Gallipolis Journal
Year: 1879

To the Editor of The Tribune:


SIR: When person has placed himself
in a fagrantly false position, whether
inadvertently or perversely, whether for
personal or party ends, the best thing for
him to do is to abandon it forthwith !;
and the worst thing is to persist in de
Tending it as equally just and polite. No
skill OF fence on his part, no dexterity in
manipulating facts and figures to suit his
purpose, no dialectical adroitness in an
endeavor to make the worse appear the
better reason" no appeal to human sci,
fishness or prejudice however plausibly
or eloquently made, can shield him from
that moral condemnation which is sure
to follow such dereliction from the path
Year: 1879

A gentleman recently about to pay his
doctors bill said, Well, doctor, as my
little boy gave the measles to all my
neighbors' children, and as they were
attended by you, think you can afford.
at the very least, to deduct ten per cent.
from the amount of my bill for the in
crease of business we gave you"
Year: 1879

The question whether the law is q
dead letter which enacis thai no mem.
Der OF Congress shall be paid the amount
Of his salary for the days that he Is
absent from his official post, except
with leave or on account OF sickness,
will probably be decided before long,
It is a notorious fact that Sharon, of
Nevada. has rarely attended the sessions
Of the Senate. He has not been in his
seat more than two months since he was
qualified. He left here on February,
26th last, after drawing the full amount
due him to that date, having neglected
to appear at the extra session Of the
OF the Forty-sixth Congress. Burch,
the new Secretary relates that if
Mr.. Sharon demands his salary for that
session, he will, before paying the
money, submit the case to the first
Controller of the Treasury and obtain a
written decision from him concerning
his duty in the premises. The law,
however, is so clear that it is doubtful
whether any construction can be placed
upon it that will give to Mr.. Sharon
money which he never earned. Sec
tions 40 and Al OF the Revised Statutes
expressly forbid the payment or salary
mileage to members who absent them
selves without sufficient cause.
Year: 1879

Accident 10 John McKittrick.


The Times Rerie'O of Thursday pub.
fishes the following:


Last Saturday morning John McKit.
rick, who was working in the Hussey
mine at Cornueopia, was quite severely
injured by blast. lie had touched of
two charges and thought they both ex.
ploded, and returned and was working
in the vicinity of the blasts, when one
OF them. which had hung fire, went OF.
lie wns considerably injured in the
face, AMI il was at first feared that be
would lose his cyesight. but we are glad
to learn that there is no probability of
the accident proving so serious as that.
AT last accounts he was feeling auite
comfortable, and he will probably be all
right again in tho course OF week or
two.


Johns many friends all over this
county will be panied to learn OF his
misfortune, and will rejoice at every
favorable symptom looking to his full
and speedy recovery.
Year: 1879

THE bodies Of the three men lost in
Bullion mine by the late fire in the
Imperial. have been found. Perry,
who vas working at the 1,400.foot level
was found at the l.SOO.foot level. at the
top Of the incline. His can and LIANT
ern wore found 100 feet below. His
body was much swollen. Donahue was
found at the l,400foot cooling station
He had taken the plug from the air
pipe. but had not turned the cut of
valve. He was naked and had can of
water by his side. He WAS standing
upright holding on to the supports. and
died with his face in front OF the pipe.
His body was decomposed and terribly
swollen. Crocker was about 200 feet
above with pick in his hand dead.
Year: 1879

The face OF the 400 foot level is look
ing much better. showing about Is
inches f good ore. The face OF the
300 foot drift is still in broken ground.
The chloride ore above the 200 foot
level continues to look well. The en-.
gine house and blacksmith shop are
about compiet, d.
Year: 1879

extensive than those at the foot, but
they were not so costly because they
were not exposed to the action of the
sea; but.as there was large pass on
each side Of the little one that l had
to improve, it became necessary for
me to control the discharge of water
through these two great passes, the
Southwest and Pass L'0utre. The
South Pass discharges about one
tenth part of the waters of the Mis-
sissippi river, and where these three
passes divide and leave the river proper
the main stream, is 4 miles wide. 1t
was necessary for me to lay works
across the entire width of the
Mississippi river and to control
absolutely the discharge of each one of
these passes. Through this II miles
the bottom of the river is covered
with sill of the mattress work simi-
lar to the foundation course of ietties,
but % feet wider than they. From
the main shore on one side to the
main shore on the other, the whole
distance of Il miles, these works are
laid, excepting only 800 feet which
constitutes the entrance into the
South Pass, this portion being left for
the action Of the current TO deepen
the channel. These works are sub
merged and % feet of water is passing
over them into the two great passes
1t would not have done to force all
the water into the same pass, for in
that event the jetties would need Ia
be 1000 feet wide, and the depth OF
water between them would probably
be so feet. The works which control
the flow into the passes and which
appear above the water are at least 3!
miles in aggregate length and consists
Of various dikes and DAMS"


Did you contemplate all this work
at the beginning2"


No; the great problem which ]
had to solve was supposed to be at the
mouth of the South Pass, namely, the
reduction of the sea bar, but the real
problem, or rather the most difficult
one, turned out to be that at the head
of the passes"


How much water did you guaran-
tee to obtain through this pass ?"


" The law required me to have 26
feet Of water over this shoal in about
l5 months from the present time, or
to be.exact, by the Sd of September
1880. | am, therefore, that much
ahead of my time, and have given the
government a half foot more water
at the mouth of the pass than the
Ijetty grant required me to give"


" 1t has been urged, Captain Eads
that your works will simply change
the location Of the bar; that a new
bar will form at the extremity of you
jetties; is this probable2"


q" don't think that it is; every
survey which has been made of thu
sea bottom outside of the ietties show
that the bottom is deepening. These
survey have have extended out as fal
as five miles. The fear of bar form
ing in front of the jetties is without
any foundation whatever, and has beer
so pronounced time and again by
United States engineer officers who
have been charged with the inyestiga.
tion of the subject"
Year: 1879

The recently inaugurated De Les
seps Panama canal scheme has fallen
fiat in France, the stock being quoted
at two francs discount, while it is
announced that there is not likely to
be any demand for the stock in Eng.
land AS this canal is principally
in the interest of foreign trade, it is
not likely the stock will be very lib
orally subscribed for in this country,
and hence the prospect is rather
gloomy. The canal in which the peo-
pie of the United States, and eS-
pecially the people of the West, should
interest themselves, is the Tehuan-
tepec canal.
Year: 1879

him we'll, no matter what their faith.
He was modest to a fault, one of the
most unobstrusive of men, winning
his way into human hearts by those
quiet graces that make their way
slowly but stay long. Plain in his
manner, frank and open hearted, both
in words and deed, unassuming as a
child, and yet he was a man of deep
learning, Of heroic nerve, of those
high elements that combine to make
the matchless Christian Knight.
With his church, people and friends,
we sincerely deplore his death, and to
every heart that bleeds for this good
and noble hero gone to his rest, we
tender heartfelt sympathy.
Year: 1879

THE Chicago Commercial Report
estimates the loss to the provision
trade already, in consequence of the
yellow fever blockade at Memphis
and the depression in prices and fall,
ing off in sales, at not less than 81 ,5OO,-
600. Large quantities of pork and
bacon which were intended for sale at
the South, and would have been sold
there but for the fever, will now have
to be carried over into the new season.
This fact has a material effect upon
prices, which are already as low as the
cost of production will warrant.
Year: 1879

Springfield Republican,


Some weeks ago the Cincinnati
Commercial took up the praiseworthy
task of improving the character Of
the Republican nominations for local
officers in Cincinnati. Last spring
the Democrats had local convention
of over eight hundred delegates, and
the big convention resulted in ticket
which was good enough to be elected,
although it wasn't. The Commercial
has accordingly been demanding a
" big convention for the Republi-
cans. The people and not the poll
ticians, honesty and not corruption.
the party and not the machine, were
to control this convention. After six
weeks shouting the Commercial got
its convention for the politicians to
capture. The convention sat two
days. 1t began by kicking overheard
the highly respectable swallow
tails " whom the friends of a big
convention obligingly placed at its
disposal, and ended by nominating a
ticket which the Commercial is hand
ling with a pair of tongs, with the
intention apparently of dropping it.
Year: 1879

SENATOR BEN HILL is in Washing
ton, and declares that he is glad be-
cause of the extra session as it defined
political questions so clearly. The
mission of the Republican party, he
says, is to destroy this government,
while it is the duty of the Democratic
party to save it, 1t is just the fight of
1776 over again. That's just about it.
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per annum and
SOC per month fOrless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per apnum-
postage free.


Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOstOfiOe.
Year: 1879

If fellow could only brush the mist
from his eyes. and, peering across the
hills and valleys of futurity, where the
birds sing their sweetest songs and the
gentle breezes blow, where there is no
sorrow and no borrowing Of money-if a
fe low could only do this, and learn
whether last summers white hat will be
fashionable, what relief it would be!
Year: 1879




Sometimes persons take it in their
heads 10 give friend suit of cloth
ing fer Christmas, but oftener they
make up their minds to treat them
selves TO new suit before the holi-
days. To all such we would say go to
10. Mc'reer's, where they will find a
large stock of clothing suited to the
wants of ali. In gents furnishing
goods their stock ia very complete, and
We noticed they have just received a
large stock of the best suspender ever
made-the Argory Suspender. Call
and see it. and all their other nice
goods, and If you want anything in
their lire they will treat you right.
Year: 1879

The fun has begun at last. the ball
has opened, and the dance will go On
right merrily. Senator Morgan is the
man who bade the fiddlers strike up.
He offered resolution last Wednesday
declaring that no change should be
made in the currency laws. This is
in direct conflict with Senator
Bayard's hard money bill, ant
Ben. Hills dose of salts is working
and as consequence he is preparing s
big speech on the question.