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Year: 1877

BUFFALO BILL.-Music hall has not been so
full for years as it was last night to see Buffalo
Bill in his new drama, entitled "May Cody, or
Lost and Won" The entertainment opened
with the amusing but somewhat hackneyed
Limerick Boy" in which the Paddy Miles of
Mr.. G. Q. Charles was received with shouts of
lalghttr, and was evidently thoroughly appre-
ciated. "May Cody is in plot, and inci-
dents very similar to the other dramas which
Bv=ffsae Rili he's aBAdanAd horA Int sAraa of ita
features are new and decidedly taking 1t in
troduces US TO several Of the members of the
Mormon hierarchy, notably Brigham Young
and Bishop John d. Lee. Lee makes his first
appearance as secretary to the proprietor Of
Fifth Avenue mansion, plotting to carry off
the beautiful May Cody, who is servant girl
in the same house, and add her to his already
large stock of wives The Brigham Young is
tall, gaunt individual, as unlike as possible to
to the late Mormon prophet. The Mountain
Meadows massacre forms the most startling
feature of the second act. Gore and gunpow-
der are not so plenty as in form
er dramas produced by Buffalo Bill. but still
there is enough to excite the galleries to
something very nearly approaching frenzy. As
border drama is a great success. OF course
it will not bear analysis, but it is exciting
throughout. startling incidents following one
another in rapid succession. One of the most
interesting features was the remarkable rifle
shooting Of the Austin brothers, which is alone
worth the price of admission. The presence
of a genuine Sioux chief adds much to the real.
ism of the border SCENES


The play will be repeated tonight, and last
nights audience, which was never exceeded in
number by any in Music Hall, will probably be
euualled
Year: 1877

AcCIDENT.-Yesterday afternoon as crew
of men were engaged in putting locomotive
on to the track in the Grand Trunk yard Chas.
Fsrris, machioist in the round house, caught
his right thumb in the shackle and the end was
taken off. surgeon dressed the amputated
on Atlantic street.
Year: 1877

A POISONING CAsE.-Last Friday Lizzie
Colley, aged seven years, a daughter of James
Colley, living at Ali Cumberland street, pur-
chased one of the colored slate pencils which
are becoming SO common, and carried it to
school. Like other children. she put the pen
Gil in her mouth quite often during the day un-
til the color on the outside had been removed.
At night she was taken very sick and vomited
severely. Medical aid was summoned but no
one knew what was the cause Of her sickness.
After some time the pencil was referred to and
the mystery was solved, but the remedy for the
evil has not yet been found. Last
evening the child was still very low with but
little chance of recovery. AS these pencils are
very generally used parents should take warn
ing from this sad case and stop buying them.
Year: 1877

The Western Union and the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Companies have finally consolidated their business and fixed on d tsrifr said to toe satisfactory to the two lines. The public may now expect another mon onoly in telegraphy. Were it not for the Military line in Arizona which cannot be reached by either of said companies we would be in sorry plight and still the

 Yuma Sentinel advocates the pulling down of this line to give the monopoist' fair show 10 stick their claws into our flesh deep.
Year: 1877

the senior by George W. Lee The Laura Bell won
the pain Dared gig race the fouroared shell tho
Bachelor was victorious over 1--WE competitors The
clean men were successful in the sxOared barge con-
test. and The sport WAS concluded by tub race IN
which there were five entries.
Year: 1877

1t must not De supposed because uncle DICK
is not handy VITA speecn upon the stump that lie
neglrcts the dear people careful reader OF tle
graphic and suburban columns will lind him at the
harvest and county fairs sedulOusy cultiydng
the Granger Vote and with smiles and Establishments
supplementng work OF his gifted colleagues.
They err VINO think Mr. Bishop Is idle.
Year: 1877

the flap, and ask the young lady to
go away, as he wished to be alone.
But she was a spoiled child and
would have her own way. She had
come to tell "papa" that the tailor
was waiting for him in the next
room and he must go, and that she
was quite sure the jeweler would
like her company better than his;
besides, she had a locket she could
not open, and the jeweler must help
her.


The jeweler was not proof against
the playful charms of the young
LADY,. he saw his goods safe, not ex-
actly under his eyes, but next door
to it. So he begged her father to
90, and he would wait. "milord"
left the room and the poor dupe
enjoyed half an hour of delightful
Irritation with the young lady.
There was something very winning
in her ways, and then she was a
young bride. The time passed
like a dream, and at last the young
lady passed out to go aud hurry her
father. The jeweler sat in medita-
ton; his thoughts were at first all
engrossed with the sweet girl who
had Just left. Then he began to
wonder how long his customer
would be. Then he went and tried
the flap of the drawer, 1t was "all
right;" it was locked. So he sat
down and unused again. After
some three hours he began to think
he must be forgotten. So he rang
the bell and requested the waiter
to just remind "milord" that he was
waiting, but to do it very politely.
The waiter replied that MILFORD and
and the signorina had gone out an
hour ago. There was nothing to
do but to wait, and wait he did.
Neither returned. Table d'hote
passed, and the poor man be-
gan to have presentiment that
something was wrong, the landlord
was consulted, but was sure that
his guest was II real gentleman,
whose only fault was forgetfulness
So again he waited until past the
small hours Of the night. At early
morning the landlord again re
turned, and he also began to think
the case suspicious. The, iewelei
was furious. He made a dash al
the drawer, and with the aid of the
poker, broke open the flap. Hi.
next move was to take the casket
He thrust his hand into the com.
partment, and sank back into tht
armchair. He saw nothing before
him but a square open void, lead
ing into the set of drawers in the
next room. The landlord did like
wise, and so did the walters. Ther
they sat and looked at each other
and at last ordered restoratiyes fol
the jeweler, who had tainted.
Year: 1877

fifty dollars to any charity the
president might name if he were
allowed to have the five dollars.


These facts show glimpses of
human nature, especially of rich
human nature. One would not
suppose that five dollars would be
any inducement to a millionaire to
do anything, but it moves him as
one hundred dollars would not
move a man in ordinary circum-
stances. In most cases it seems to be
strictly true that no person so loves
money rs the person who owns a
vast deal.-Nep York Letter.
Year: 1877




You wouldn't think those rough
men had sentiment in their hearts,
but they saw through the Elders
motives in an instant, and the rough
est man in the lot stopped down and
carefully rearranged one of the sods.


Three weeks went by, and one ev-
ening Jack Bullet came into Joe
Whites Dream, alive and well. He
stood on the little square i'll the Gen.
ter OF the town, and he said not a
word till the wondering men had
gathered about him. Then he point
ed to the grave in the valley, his
eyes filed with tears and he choking
ly said:


"Boys, 1 sneaked back here this
morning to kill some one IN revenge,
but l cum across that-that grave
downtown thar, and-and-"


He held out his hands to the men,
and the tears blinded him SO that he
could not see a face. Elder Graves
went down on his knees again, every
man with him, and there were more
tears and a prayer SO beautiful and
tender and true that Jack Bullet Sob
bed like a child. His heart was bro
ken, and all the Satan in his nature
was driven out in a moment.


Joe Whites Dream was a mining
camp for many months after that,
and Jack Bullet was one of the best
men in it. The head board grew
gray as the rain beat down and the
sun shone, and the wild rose grew
till it covered all the grave, but no
one disturbed sod. The grave was
a sign-a beacon-light, as it were,-
and perhaps miners were right when
they said of our town:


"rhey've had revival up thar,
and they are the best chaps an the
hardest workers on the slope"
Year: 1877

The completed circle of summer and
winter, seed time and harvest, has brought
us to the accustomed season at which religi
Gus people celebrate with praise and thanks.
giving the enduring mercy of Almighty
God. This deyout and public confession OF
the constant dependence of man upon the
Divine Father for all the good gifts of life
and health, and peace and happiness. so
early in our history made the habit of our
people, finds in the survey of the past year
grounds for its joyful and grateful manifes-
tatlon In all the blessings which depend
upon the benignant seasons. This has in
deed been memorable year. Over our
wide territory of country, with all it's diver
slty OF soil and climate and products, the
earth has yielded bountiful return to the
labor of the husbandman. The health of
the people has been blighted by no preya-
lent and wide spread diseases no great dis
asters of shlnwreck upon our coasts or to
our commerce on the seas have brought loss
and hardship to merchants or mariners, and
olouded the happiness of the community
with sympathetic sorrow. In all that con-
Germs our strength, and peace, and greatness
as nation, in all that touches the per-
manence and security of our government
aud the benefcient institutions on which it
rests; in all that affects the character and
dispositions of our people, and tests our
capacity to uphold and enjoy the equal and
Tree condition of society now permanent
and universal throughout the land, the ex-
perlence OF the last year is conspicuously
marked by the protecting providence of
God, and is full of promise and hope for
coming generations. Under a sense of
these Infinite obligations to the Great Ruler
OF the time and seasons and events, let us
hurnbly ascribe it to our own faults and
frallties if in any degree that perfect con-
cord and happiness, peace and justice,
which such great mercies should diffuse
through the hearts and lives of our people,
do not altogether and always prevail Let
us with one spirit and one voice lift up
praise and thanksgiving to God for His
manifold goodness to our hands, and His
manifest care tor the nation.


Now, therefore, l. Rutherford B. HAYES,
President of the United States, do appoint
Thursday, the 29th day OF November next,
as "a day of national thanksgiving and
prayer, and / earnestly recommend that,
withdrawing themselves from secular cares
and laoors, the people of the United States
do meet together on that day in their re-
spective places of worship, these to give
thanks and praise to Almighty God for his
mercies and devoutly beseech their continu-
ance.


In witness whereof, / have hereunto set


my hand and caused the seal of the


United States to be affixed. Done


at the city of Washington this 10Th
Il. S. day of October, in the year of our


Lord one thousand eight hundred


and seventy-seven, and of the indie


pendence of the United States one


hundred and second.


(Signed) r. B. HAYES.
By the President VIM. NJ. EvARTs, Secre.
tary of State.
Year: 1877

A curious elopement took
place in England the other day.
An old gentleman ran away
with a young girl, and to the
great disgust of her parents the
couple were not caught until
they were safely married, and
all the indignant papa could do
was to upbraid his daughter fer
marrying man old enough to
be her father, much older, in
deed. than he was himself. A
few weeks of happiness, or the
reverse, with her aged adorer
proved enough for the young
bride, who incontinently ran a
way again with young fellow
she met at foreign watering
place. This was, of course, a
great scandal, and her father
came once more to upbraid her
with the enormity of her be-
hayior. "Really, papa" said
the unreasonable young person,
"there's no pleasing you; you
told me before you would not
have minded if it had been a
young man, and now when |
have chosen a young man you
are just as angry!" The father
was disgusted with her moral
obliquity and left her to her
fate.
Year: 1877

Shamyl ben-Haddin, the Cir
cassian hero chieftain, who was
captured by Russians in the win
ter Of 1864, was carried to Now
gorod and imprisoned in an apart
ment of The city armory, which
resembled comfortable bedcham-
Der rather than a dungeon, and
was otherwise treated with mora
kindness than the Russians are
wont to show their prisoners, az
the government hoped to use his
influence fer political purposes.
But a week after his arrival in
Novgorod the captive mountain
eer demanded aD interview with
the commander of the srmory,
and offered 10 resign his liberal
rations and subsist on bread and
cabbage soup like the private SOL
diers of his guard, and also to
surrender some valuables he had
concealed on his person, on con.
ldition that they would permit


him to sleep in open air. One
more week of such nausea and


headache as the confinement III a
closed room had caused him,



would force him to commit sui
eide, he said, if his request was re-
fused. God would charge the
guilt of the deed on his tormen-
tors. After taking due precau-
tions against all possibility Of es.
cape, they permitted him TO sleep
on the platform in front of the
guard-house; and Colonel Darap


ski, the commander OF the city,
informed his government in the
following spring that the health
and general behavior of bis pris-
oner were excellent, but he had
slept in open air every one of the
last hundred nights, with no 9TH
er covering but bis own worn out
mantle, and a woolen cap he had
purchased from a soldier of the
guard to keep his turban from
getting soiled by mud and rain.
General Sam Houston, the lib
orator of Texas, who had exiled


himself from his native State in
early manhood. and passed long
years, not as captive, but as a
voluntary companion OF the
Cherokee Indians, was ever af-
terward unable to prolong his
tresence in a crowded hall or i'll
ventilated room beyond ten or
twelve minutes, and described
his sensation on entering such a
locality as one OF "uneasiness, In
creasing to positive alarm, such
as a mouse may be supposed to
feel under an air pump"
Year: 1877




There is no telling what a man
can do till he tries, and what'a a
great many men will not do,
though possessing the ability. The
Star, Philadelphia, states that it
took one invidual seven hours to
paint a single telegraph pole,
while another person did the work
in twenty-seyen minutes. The
latter, it is true, worked for a
wager, and the other in all prob
ability, worked by the day; tut
making the allowance for the dit
ference in circumstances, it is
scarcely possible to conceive such
a discrepancy. And yet there are
workmen who wonder why they
are SO frequently out OF employ
ment. The illustration above
given will perhaps serve to ex
plain the cause.
Year: 1877

Il will show you how It was,
yer Honor" said a prisoner at
the Police Court yesterday, as
he was being tried for assault
and battery ON one Mary Null
ligan, and he grew the follow
ing diagram on paper ard han
ded it to the Judge:
Year: 1877

The road to justice in Texas is
sometimes very short, and attend.
ed with very little expense, us was
illustrated by an occurrence in this
time. A gambler had been
bathing in the river in company
with some others of his ilk, who
bad driven down in an express
wagon. Wishing to ride up in
town, he proposed that if they
would take him up he would treat,
an offer which was accepted. When
they reached the square they went
into a saloon, had their drinks and
then the gambler discovered that
he lacked fifteen cents of having
money enough to pay the bill.
The barkeeper became quite Doi-
sy about the shortage, insisting
that the drinks should not have
been ordered until the purchaser
knew the exact state of his cash
account. The gambler remarked
that he thought that the barkeep-
er was making a id sight of
fuss about fifteen cents, and turn
ed to Col. Long, United States
Commissioner, who was sitting at
a table, and asked him if he did
not agree with him. He replied
that he thought that man should
pay for drinks when be ordered
them.


"Well, replied the gambler, 81
will be back here in few minutes
and settle this matter" and pass.
ed out.


In less than FIVE minutes he re-
turned, and as be entered the door
drew a revolver and fired striking
the barkeeper in the arm. He
fred again but missed the bar
keeper, but the shot took effect in
the shoulder of one of his friends.
He then turned and fired at Col.
Lcng, who was still sitting, at the
table, the ball entering his breast
and lodging near the spinal col
umn. Col. Long rose up, walked
two squares to his home, laid
down on bed and died in a nlin
ute.


After firing the three shots the
gambler fed across the bridge,
and into the timber in the bottom
on the west side. The yells of
the barkeeper drew large crowd,
who at once started with a police
man in pursuit.. AS they gained
on the murderer, he turned and
fred upon his pursuers, which had
the tendency to decrease their ar.
dor in the chase; but just then a
cowboy, mounted on a pony, rode
up and told the policeman to give
him his pistol, and he would cap.
ture his man. The officer CON-
piled with his request, and the
cowboy commanded the gam
bier to halt. but the command
was responded to with a shot.
When the berder found himself
within range he brought his pis-
tol down with a jerk, and fred
with fatal effect. The gambler
ran a few steps and fell dead, and
his pursuer coolly rode up, dis
mounted, took the dead mans
pistols and returned to town to
learn that his victim bad killed
one of the best citizens of the city.


| saw the cowboy about 10
o'clock that night, and Leard him
remark that she thought the
ccrnty ought to pay him five dol.
lars anyhow, as he had saved it
the expense of a trial."
Year: 1877

A New York city Judge has
decided that it is not nine o'clock
until the clock has ceased to strike,
and issued mandamps to compel
the registration OF a voter who was
remorelessly cnt of by the regis


ters at the first stroke of the bell.
Year: 1877

There is new sect in Russia
called the Purifi rs, belonging to
The Greek Church. Their leading
doctrines are that all must marry
on coming Of age, that the hus-
band must be subordinate TO the
vile. and recognize her as the
head Of the family. and that once
a week be must confess bis sins
to bis wife.
Year: 1877

The enduring odor of musk is
marvellous. When ustinian, in
53S.rebuiItwhatis is now the mosque
of Sophia, the mortar was charged
with musk, and to this day the
atmosphere of the building Is
filed with the odor.
Year: 1877

L4CISG.-If al the women insane on
this subject were in the asyinms, the ae-
eommodations would have to be largely
increased. The habit Is general one,
and very injurious A good authority
saws at has been found that the liver,
the lungs, and the powers OF the stomach,
have been brought INTO diseased state by
this most pernicious habit. Loss OF bloom,
fixed redness of the nose, and eruptlons
ON The skin are among its sad effects II
,,rolonged. there is no knowing to what
maIady tight-lacing may not lead Its most
a,narent effect is an injured digestion,
and consequent loss of appetite. OF this,
however. It is often difficult tie convince
the practiced tight-lacer, for vanity is gem
eraliy obstinate But, looking ar tight
Iacinc, without consideration of It's effect
on health, and merely as its tendency to
improve or to injure the appearance, moth
ing can be more absurd than to believe
that IT is advantageous to the figure. A
small waist is rather deformity than
beauty. To see the shoulders cramped
and squeezed together is anything but
agreeable. The figure should be easy,
well developed, supple. If nature has
not made the waist small, compression
cannot mend her work
Year: 1877

= song for the girl l love-


God love herl
A song for the eyes of tender shine,
And the fragrant month that melts on mine.
The shimmering tresses uncontrolled
That clasp her neck with tendril gold,
The blessed mouth and the dainty chin,
And the little dimples ont and in


The girl | love


God love her,


A song for the girl l loved


God love her.
i song fGf- eyes Of faded light,
And the cheek whose red rose waned to white;
The quiet brow, with its shadow and CLEAN,
and the dark hair dropped in long, deep
dream;
The small hands crossed for their church
yard rest,
And the lilies dead on her sweet dead breast.


The girl loved


God love her.
Year: 1877

A strange oversight was discovered on
Thursday, when the Electoral bill was put
into operation. 1t appears to have escaped
the attention Of the trainers Of the measure
that in prohibiting the dissolution of the
Joint meeting of the two houses until the
count of the electoral vote is completed
and the result declared, they were keeping
both houses techically in continuous session
Recesses are permissible from the after
noon of zone day to the morning Of another
in which it is allowed either house TO at.
tend to miscellaneous business, but the fact
that a recess is different thing from an
adjournment from day to day ,and the other
fact that general business in the intervals
would be practically barred
since in many cases. under the
rules, q single objection is sufi


cient to prevent their consideration unit


the day following that on which they art
presented weuld act as an estoppal Of al


affairs before Congress but the electora
count. This. clearly, was not the inten


tions of the trainers of the bill, and all


Misunderstanding could have been avoided
by a simple provision to adjourn from day
today instead Of taking recess. .Amendmen,
to the effect indicated will of course b.
made. but it is a curious reflection tha


what is now 20 evident thing should hav'
escaped the eyes Of the scores Of shrevt
Year: 1877

A topic of considerable interest 10 the
travelling public is agitating medical cir
cles in England, as to the frequency o.
"color-blindness" among persons employ
ed on railways or marine lines of travel,
anl the consequent risk Of accidents
through misinterpretation Of signals.
Most readers are aware Of the existence
of this curious defect of vision, which Ill
its most important form renders its victim
incapable of DISTINGUISHING red from green;
few, however, know how often it is met
with by special inquirers. In Edinburgh,
We are told, it affects over II per cent. Of
the inhabitant. examined in England
from 8 to 12 per cent in Prussia, l2.5
per cent, and in Russia and Sweden the
per centage is said to be much higher. In
France, where the disorder is said to be
rarer, and where it may be assumed that
some circumspection is organized in the
choice of officials for responsible positions;
Q per cent. of the railway servants wer'
found to be color blind. For asmuch a.
green and red happen unfortunately to be
the colors selected for the signals on land
and water-especially in the latter case
where the chance of collision at night de-
pends on prompt recognition of the star
hoard or larboard light-it is Of vital mo-
ment to all who go down to the sea OF
river. or who intru,t any more precious
freight than mother-in-law to the risks
of the rail, that pilots, engineers, signal
men. and others to whom trust is given,
should possess normal vision in this
respect. We have no means o.
ascertaining the comparative frequency o.
color blindness in America, though there
is no reason for supposing it to be less thar
in Europe. The investigation of this sub
ject might advangeously engage the atten
ton of some of our ophthalmologists, will
the view Of informing the public what ar
the statistical odds for or against running
headlong into red signalled danger. w


are not sure that special legislation coul'
be effectively applied to this source Q
possible peril, but we may heartily indors
Che recommendation that color test
sight be condition Of engaging any per


son in a service where accurate vison is 6


essential to public safety.