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Year: 1878

'oN" 90 bSi'S 'ciy prominently
before the people of Jefferson coun.
ty for Representative in the next
Territorial Legislature. He is spok
ell Of as a man OF "Education


varied experience, ability" &c
We'll, his experience certainly HAS
been VARIED. He has been educated
to look out for No. /, and would
doubtless be shrewd enough in the
legislative halls should he ever get
thereto dispose Of his vote every
time to the best advantage. He is
also mentioned as being mot rabd
politician of either stripe" This is
true, as we can testify. He is NOT
rabid in any case unless PAID to be
so, and even then his efforts are de


cidedly weak. When we purchased d
the ARGUS from him he confidently
assured US that he had no political
princ pies or afiinities, but stated that
he always went "where there was
most money" AT the same time he
volunteered a little advice to us re-
garding the best method of making
the paper PAY. His claims to being
non partisan are abundantly sus-
tanned, as is well known, from the
fact that when publishing the ARGUS
he was easily hired to make it d
straight Republican journal during
one campaign and was more easily
induced to make it rank and blatant
Democratic sheet during the sue
ceeding campaign. At the latter
time referred to, the ponderous in.
luence of the journal under his
management commanded the muniti
cent sum of FIFTY DOLLARS. What
admirable command he must have
had over his feelings and convictions
TO succeed in reversing them during
the WHOLE CAMPAIGN for even tina,
immense hire. We are gratifed to
know that his present prominent (?)
position before the people makes the
publication of these facts duty on
our part to the voters of the county
With unfeigned pleasure we bear
testimony to his many noble p quail.
tiles; how, in order to dispose Of his
newspaper to good advantage, he
promised never to start in the print
ing business again in Port Townsend
if we would but purchase, and bow
he subsequently conjured up a bril-
liant stroke OF financial policy by
threatening to start another paper il
we did not either purchase or rent
his property; how he carried his
threat into execution and then braz-
enly denied ever having made a
promise 'either express or implied
regarding the establishing Of bus-
ness conflicting with the old one, sc


Nice man to send to the legislature
Why, he could actually barter away
the rights of his constituents if they
were not enterprising enough to pay
him more for supporting their meas.
ures than any one else would advance
against them. We never like to sup.
port a man for a position Of trust
without being able to give substan.
tial and important reasons therefor;
but then it is such a rare thing tc
have the privilege Of voting for one
who has the hardihood to do what
Phibrick has done, and the cheek to
solicit the suifrages of the people
afterward, that we cannot forbear
ventilating our feelings. To put
such highly [unlp princip!ed individ
ual forward for so important posi-
tion IS but an insult to the inteli-
gence Of the county, and it must be
in a de plorable condition indeed if he
is representative man of even a
score of its citizens.
Year: 1878

The first of a serious of mass meet. ings under the auspices of the Work. ingmen's Assembly was held in Wash ington City on the evening of the 18th inst. Considerable sense and sound principles were evinced by the speak CTS. They were moderate in tone and appealed to their auditors to abandon irresponsible leaders, and to enter into a systematic, well-devised plan for their own protection. They said many attempts had been made to indoctrin- ate ideas into the head of true mechan- ics by strollers, which, if carried out, would do no good. They did not pro- pose 10 array one class of laborers against another, nor to array labor against capital. Incendiary speeches would not benefit the Workingmen. There must be combination between all trades of the country and unity of action if they wished to force all those who are disposed to pauperize labor to accede to their demands.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON is the most beautifully laid out city in the world" said an ex- contractor to a District of Columbia tax payer. "Yes," replied the latter it was only a question of endurance whether Washington would lay out Boss Shepherd or Boss Shepherd lay out Washington.
Year: 1878

The Comiquc is doing a fine business this
week. The bill offered includes a galaxy Of
famous performers of various kinds, The
regular Wednesday matinee will be given at
the usual hour this afternoon.
Year: 1878

st. Alphonsus was born of noble parents
near Naples in 1896. His spiritual training
was entrusted to the Fathers of the Oratory
in that city, and from his boyhood Alphon-
sus was known as q most devout Brother
of the Little Oratory. At the early age of
sixteen he was made doctor in law, and he
threw himself into this career with ardor


and success. A mistake, by which he lost
an important cause, showed him the vanity
of human fame, and determined him to
labor only for the glory of God. He enter
ed the priesthood, devoting himself to the
most neglected souls; and to carry on this
work be founded later the missionary Con
gregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. At
the age of sixty-six he became bishop of
st. Agatha, aud undertook the referm of
his diocese with the zeal of a Saint. He
made a vow never to lose time; and
though his life was spent in prayer and
work, he composed a vast number of books,
filled with such science, JUNCTION and wis
dom, that he has been declared one of the
Doctors of the Church. This title has only
been given to eighteen in as many centu-
ries. He lived in evil times, and met with
many prosecutions and disappointments.
For his last seven years he was prevented
by constant sickness from offering the
adorable Sacrifice but he received Holy
Communion daily, and his love for Jesus
Christ and his trust in Mary's prayer sus-
tained him to the end. He died in 17S7,
in his ninety-irst year.


st. Alpbonsus wrote his first book at the
age of forty mine, and in his eighty third
year had published about sixty volumes,
when his director forbade him to write
more. Very many of these books were
written in the half-hours snatched from
his labors as missionary, religious, superior
and bishop, or in the midst of continual
bodily and mental sufferings. With his
left hand he would hold piece of marble
againet his aching head while his right
hand wrote. Yet he counted no time
wasted which was spent in charity. He
did not refuse to hold a long cOrrespon
dence with simple soldier who asked his
advice, or TO play the -harpsichord while
he taught his novices to sing spiritual can
ticles.
Year: 1878

No ORGAN.-A Port Town
send paper makes a practice of
lnsinuating that the DISPATCH IS
"the organ or "under the con-
troll of every party that it de-
tends from unjust attack. Gov.
Ferry being the last whose or
gan we are represented to be.
We can say that We never had
any arrangement or understand
ing, express or implied, with
Gov. Ferry upon any political
or public matter; that he has
never been a subscriber to our
paper; that we never received 4
sixpence Of his money for any
thing, and that we are utterly
unconscious Of ever receiving a
personal favor at his hands ex-
cept in the interchange Of social
civilities, and furthermore, we
believe that we have never al
lowed our interests to bias our
expressions upon the right or
wrong Of any matter.
Year: 1878

Judge Jacobs and family ar
rived on the Dacota on Sunday
afternoon. The day preciuded
such public demonstration as
would otherwise have been made
IN honor of our able and faithful
Delegate in Congress; honors
which the better portion of our
citizens, of all political parties,
will now concede he has fairly
won by honest and faithful ser
vice under most discouraging
circumstances. The position of
Delegate from a Territory is at
best the most onerOus and thank
less of any in the Government.
There is more demanded Of him
with less power to respond than
any other officer. Upon his
shoulders rest all the varied in
terests of a commonwealth with
out voice in it's direction. The
thoughtlessness of the people in
the requirements they make
upon their Delegate and the un-
reasonableness of their COM
plants at his many inevitable
failures, are among the hardest
trials which a man Of Judge ia
cob's sensibilities is called upon
to bear from those whom be
is earnestly eudeavoring to serve
Having the most reliable infor-
nation Of the untiring industry
and unswerving fidelity Of his
services, and profoundly sympa-
thising with his efforts, we have
not, during his present term,
written a line to Judge Jacobs
soliciting any service at his
hands, and now, when he has
neither the expectation nor de-
sire to be candidate for reelec-
ton, We can dlsinterestedly and
sincerely bear testimony to the
faithfulncss of his services.
Year: 1878

If you are troubled with nervous
ness. are disheartened, tired of life,
fear death or feel out of sorts, as the
saying is, you may safely conclude
that you have the Dyspepsia or
Liver Complaint. The liver is apt
to become torpid at this season of
the year as poisons arising from
stagnant water or decaying vegeta-
ton are more numerous and are
through inhalation taken into the
blood. Unless the liver is strong
and active. and furnishes a supply
of fresh and pure blood to drive cut
the impurities, the above mentioned
symptoms surely follow, and if net
heeded, end in more terrible dis
eases and death. Whites Prairie
Flower proves itself the Great Liver
Panacea. Its action on the liver is
different from any other medicine
over compounded. Its cures are
truly wonderful. Try il. Price, 25
and IS cents. m29-3m.d&w
Year: 1878

BUYING HIS Own BEEF.-LaSt
summer a gentleman residing in
Snohomish purchased a quantity
of stock from neighbor, which
he left on the latter's ranch for
safe keeping. Some time after
ne was accosted by the neigh
boris hired man. and asked if ne
didn't want some nice fresh beef.
A contract was thereupon en-
tered into and he was duly fur
nished with choice cuts of fat
beef for several weeks, paying
coin for the same on delivery.
At lenghth, he smelt something
stronger than beef, and made
a visit to his neibor with a view
to examine the condition Of his
stock. His surprise can be bet
ter imagined than described
when he found nothing Of his
stock but their hides hanging on
Q fence, and realized the fact
that he had been eating and
paying for the meat of his own
cattle. A two-year old bull, a
prize animal, was the only one
spared the bxtcher's knife
Year: 1878

No sooner does a man get in
to public position-though he
may be above reproach before
than he becomes an object Of
personal vituperation. General
Murphy, editor of STANDARD, for
instance, who had heretofore
always spoken with respect Of
the senior editor Of this paper
on announcing his election as
Mayor of Seattle, calls him
"Judge Berlah Brown" The
man who addresses his senior by
his Christian name, only betrays
his own low-breeding; in ad-
dressing another by a title to
which he has no claim, he insults
the character of the person ad-
dressed by representing him as
a false pretender.
Year: 1878

No previous local election in
this city ever elected more per-
sonal i'll feeling or sharper per-
sonal issues than the last. The
cause for this it would be diff
AIT to explain; or why Il. ~


should be any cause for person


al resentment in the mere mattel
OF the selection Of city officlals\


where all stand upon equal
terms, we cannot comprehend.


Yet that there were many irtem-
perate and ill Judged expressions
made, for which there was no
reasonable cause, cannot be de-
MED; and what is worse, many
Of these expressions were large
ly embellishcd and exaggerated
in their repetition, and others


reported that were never made,
and are continued IN circulation
after the cause which gave rise
to them no longer exists and its
aggitation can only result in
damage to our common inter-
ests. There has been no period
in the history of our town when
unity of sentiment, purpose and
action was more essential to our
future prosperity than at pres
ent. 1t would be folly and mad
ness for any citizen to refuse to
cooperate in measures vital to
community because of some per
sonal affront, real or imaginary,
from some other citizen, founded
perhaps upon the idle tale of
some thoughtless or malicious
gossip. A man who woald thus
subordinate his patriotism, pub
lie spirit and social obligations
to his own selfish feelings, wheth-
er mercenary or resentful, IN
public crisis like the present,
would be fit counterpart to the
John Hook described by Patrick
Henry as rushing through the
patriot camp crying: "Beef!
Beef" While his fellow-citi-
zens were hazarding life, fortune
and honor on the issue, he tho't
only of himself and his beef
Let US indulge in no more per-
sonal pickering or listen to more
malicious gossip until we deter
minnie the question now upon
us and within our own solution,
whether we shall make Seattle
the chief city of this upper Pa
cific coast, or deserted hamlet.


We preach nothing but what
Year: 1878




The eastern and southern mail
coming by the way of Tacoma,
was not delivered at the office
in this city on Saturday even
ing, as heretofore. On inquiry
as to the cause of the failure, we
are credibly informed that the
agent of the mail contractor at
Tacoma refused to allow the
mail to be delivered to the Zeph-
yr for transmission, alleging as
reason that some of the people
OF Seattle fired a salute in honor
Of an opposition steamer, and as
the contract did not require the
mail arriving at Tacoma on Sat
urday evening to lie delivered at
Seattle until Monday morning,
they did not propose to extend
any further favors to the people
Of Seattle by allowing their Sat
urday nights mail to be brought
down by the Zephyr on her reg
ular trips. This may be regard
ed as an open declaration Of war
by Mr.. Starr, the contractor, up
on Seattle, and we are glad it
has been announced. Mr.. Starr
is resident of Victor. : No nj .
large property holder in Taco
ma; those are the only points
which his steamers have ever
favored or benefited in any de
gree, the first as a base of re-
pairs, and the last as their nomi
nal port of entry. Seattle and
Olympia have been cut, avoided
and discommoded by Mr.. Starr,
ever since the death of his broth
er, even to the extreme of fire.
quent neglect and failure in the
delivery Of the mails on contract
time. He had postmaster ap-
pointed for this city, Tacoma
emigrant, without consultation
with our citizens, to protect him
self from reports Of failures
Had the postmasters done their
duty and the laws been enforced
according to the letter and spirit
Of the contract, as in olden times,
Mr.. Starts fines and forfeitures
would have more than overbal-
anced his subsidy. He is the
most remarkable example Of
public clemency we have ever
known. But as Mr.. Starr has
declared war upon Seattle, the
people Of Seattle will see that he
makes nothing by his notion
If he is determined to stand up
on the letter of his contract when
he can spite the people of Seattle
thereby, they will see that he be
compelled to do the same when
their interests are concerned,
and more than that, to give their
transportation business to those
who seek to promote the pros
perity of our town instead of
those who seek to destroy it.
Year: 1878

we practice, We have had as
much cause to resent personal
wrongs in the way of rebuff and
detractlon as any one in this
city, and yet have never permit
ted any feeling of resentment to
dampen our ardor in support of
any measure for the advance
ment of our common interests.
We will ask from others nothing
which We Will not concede to
them.
Year: 1878

ChohS


give c where Crcmt .
Phe fer.ow who publish


Inland Empire, has no Il


whatever as a journalist.
fitted alike by habit or &c
tim for the profession whit
a late hour of life he essay
is mot surprising that the bot


his so often fallen out of
newspaper ventures. The sa~
p;pers which give him fatter
inl notices, also extend the sam
courtesy to the Klickitat San
an ID all other new publication
as a matter Of form.
Year: 1878

1
ofmy spirit life I cannot clearly tell.
I tore through space, rushing past
friends and strangers without heed,
and gaining rather an Indifferent
character in the upper world on the
score of manners. But what ut
such q moment, after my experience,
was character or anything else to
mel


Ipresume that at length, poised
in vacancy, I fell into our dreamless
spirit slumber. For I was awakened
by gentle respiration at my side,
and, turning, found that I was in
our own bedroom in Cadogan Place;
my form, aery no longer, comfort.
ably wrapped in blankets; and Ger
aldine, tho beautiful and true, tran
quilly slumbering by my side.


What could this mean? Where
had I been during tho past two
months? I awoke Geraldine, and
inquired If I had not been i'll for q
very long time.


mY she asked. 81 For Q long
timsf ArS you dreaming, A1gy1
All I can tell you is that you have
been most restless throughout the
night. You probably drank more
than usual, for I found the sherry
decanter empty. And you certainly
did not behave like my own Alger-
non. For you were not only very
rude to me last night at Lady Calm
ly's but you did not even sit up
for me, so that I might forgive you,
you old goose"


They would have it that all had
been but dream. It has not been
possible to name tho matter either
to Geraldine or Charley on account
Of the absurd suspicion that points
to them. l did once try to reveal
the circumstances to Uncle Fred;
but before the story was fairly COM
menced the good old fellow laughed
so heartily that I feared he would
have q fit.


So I keep the secret in my own
bosom. The current of our daily
lives flows smoothly. Martindale is
as much my friend and our sompan-
ion as ever; and we are happy.


But I ponder on my experiences:
And sometimes when thinking of
the blissful state that waits us in tn
future, its exemption from all care
at such q moment it seems as il, like
the incarcerated of Chillon, even ],
have regained my freedom with Q
Sigh.
Year: 1878

Many people come to Austin from
places two hundred miles or more dis
tant simply because this is reputed to
be the pest wagon market in the South.
The fact shows how stupid are they
who would not have the number of
tradesmen IN any line of business mul
tiplied. The more merchants, where
a supporting country is boundless,
the more people visit and trade
in the place. In truth if we had doz-
en- wholesale dealers In every great
branch of trade, merchants of all
neighboring interior towns, as they are
beginning to do, would buy everything
in Austin. Country tradesmen no
longer buy away down East. They
replenish stock, as their own sales re-
quire, at home and have no old stock
at the close of each year left over,
and it follows that the
limit to the amount of trade to be
done in Austin depends mainly upon
the attractions presented by competi-
ton and 'blg stocks" in Austin. This
interior trade with the capital would
be almost indefinitely extended if g
cheap railway gave Austin exclusive
access to the rich and growing coun.
ties and towns northwest of US.
If the city need sewers most
to maintain the health of the
people and value of their property and
houses, they do next most need the
narrow gauge towards Ell Paso to give
Austin monopoly of the commercia
wealth of Northwestern Texas. Until
this road may be built it is still true.
as shown by the wagon trade of the
capital, that the better the market and
the greater the number of dealers II
any line of business, the greater 'tht
distance of towns and counties from
which they invite purchasers, and th'
more tradesmen, within given limits
the more trade.
Year: 1878

THE Grant movement was lifele-s till
Potter breathed upon it. Falsely
enough, Radical newspapers and
speakers declared it to be the purpose
of Potter and his cosdjutors to eject
Hayes from office. Not few honest,
good people were alarmed. Above all
things, American good sense and pa
triotism would have stable systems of
government, and above all things
do we abhor French fickleEess and
Mexican vengefulness and yendettas.
Apprehending dangers of this char
acter, the great body of Northern in
telligence began to provide for per
sonal. property and State security by
providing for the restoration of Grant
to power. The tide of opinion
was so strongly turned in that direc-
tios that even now Grant stands first
among candidates for the presidency,
aud the man who wins must defeat
Grant. Southern Radicals confess
these facts and without exception they
prefer Grant, the chosen candidate of
the bondholders and contrsctionIsts.
The prime purpose of these Southern
Radical party-lesders is to destroy
Democratic supremacy that Grant and
currency contraction and boHdholders
may be supreme, and yet we have here
in Texas men claiming to be Demo
Gratis who approve Potter's folly in
making Grant strong and the worse
than folly of the few Texan Democrats
who have allied themselves with Davis,
Tracy and Wash Jones in order to defeat
Governor Roberts and the Democratic
candidates in Texas. Negroes may
we'll be misled, but we hardly supposed
it possible that any sane white man,
whatever his partisan predictions,
could be duped and used for such pur-
poses by these selfish. designing men.
While the personal qualities of Jones
may be admired, we cannot cooper
ate with Davis and those other
adroit people, who, leading the
negro by the nose, propose to
use him in such a manner that he
may aid Jones in destroying the unity
and strength of the only political force
in the country which can defeat Sher-
man and Grant, aid which will not
submit to Potter and Tildeu.
Year: 1878

GOVERNOR HUBBARD has to appoint
The hide inspector IN Sherman. The
rich old skinfiint" there who sub
scribed $50 to the narrow gauge should
have the berth that he may not die OF
imaginary starvation. Placeholders
commonly live on the "fat of the land, "
but a miser can get along with the
hide and tallow.
Year: 1878

THE Morgan steamer about which the
trouble arises between Galveston and
Houston does not propose to touch at
Galveston, but would simply pass some
three miles east of the city up the ship
channel towards Houston. Houston
claims that the action of Galveston Is
an interference in matter which does
not or ought not to come under its
quarantine. In the meantime Calves
ton allows q Mallory steamer that has
touched at Key West to come up
to Galveston and unload, and therefore
Houston is determined that there shall
be no discrimination. It would at least
not permit Galveston to exercise quar-
antine powers in its behalf. Whether
Houston would permit Morgan's steam
er to land is not known, but it will
submit to no special tyranny on the
part Of Galveston. In the kilograms
we get only the Galveston view of the
matter.
Year: 1878

necessity for system of sewage that
may render fithiuess and stenches,
such as greet Us at every corner to-day
in Austin and such as at last make
Holly Springs tenable by the plague.
wholly impossible.
Year: 1878

The melancholy incidents which at
tend the great strikes In England and
which every day seems to invest with
more bitter realities Of woe may be un-
aerstood more thoroughly II the fol-
lowing &ble Of wages is studied. In
each case we have taken the average
wages Of the different sets of opera
tives, and have made the ten per centum
reduction on which the masters insist :
WEEKLY WAGES EARNED IN SPINNING