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Year: 1877

The Alpena people are somewhat ex-
cited over their railroad prospects. They
desire A land grant to build road from
Alpena to some point on the JacksOn,
Lansing & Saginaw railroad. A bill was
introduced in the Legislature TO that eff
feet. Thus tar all went we'll. But the
shore towns below Alpena wanted a
railroad just az badly as did Alpena, and
went down to Lansing in force and made
such strong claims for it: that the road
could be just as cheaply built on the
shore,and that the state-would be as much
benefited by this course, that the railroad
mittee favored the shore route TO the in
land route. The Legislators thought
that as long as Alpena secured a railroad
that it ought not to make much differ
ence to that town whether it was by the
way of the shore or from the inland.
This was an erroneous conclusion. When
the Alpena people found how matters
stood in Lansing they held meeting





and Resolves" the gist of which was that
they wanted the inland route or none at
all. The shore route in their eyes was all
q delusiOn and snare. They would fight
to the bitter end The project of having
the road come TO them by the shore
route. They endeavOr to excite the sym
pathy of the public by staling that for
six months of the year they are cut off
from all communication with the out
side world. They do not inform the
public that the shore towns are in the
same deplorable condition. They speak
of the necessity of the road for the
opening up and Improvement of the ter
ritOry embraced in the counties OF Ros-
common, OscOda, Montmorency, Alpena
and Presque Isle. The road, if built as
proposed by the Alpena people, would
take 100000 acres of land from Presque
Isle county, but that county would not
have any benefit from the road what
ever. Such unselfishness is wonderful
to behold. and will, no doubt, be an ex-
ample to the rising generation.


Cheboygan wants railroad. What
| would -Alpena think of proposition. to
take Il 100000 acres Of land from Alpena
county to assist in its construction
Presque Isle county will want railroad
sometime, but how will it get one if it is
forced to give all the land it has to CON
struct road to Alpeua, which does il
no good. ChebOygan wants railroad
but it cares very little about the route
bywhieh it comes, if it only gets here.
Year: 1877

Tuseaoosa Times


The Warrior river rose to sixty-one
| feet eight inches at this point on last
| Friday, and all the rich alluyial lands
which skirt both sides Of the river, from
this city to Demopolis, have been COM
pletely inundated, and the splendid
crops Of corn and cotton, just ready to
gather, almost totally destroyed.


For many miles above Tuskaloosa,
the deep channel of the river winds
through hills and mountains, pent up
by steep and precipitous banks, and the
angry and surging waters, when they
reached the low lands and bottoms
commencing just below our wharf,
spread out like seething avalanche,
and in an Incredibly short space OF time
swept over the broad fields of corn and
cotton, and buried a years. labor of
several thousands of willing hands be-
meath the mud and debris hurried down
from the mountains above.


The rain fall here had not been un-
commonly great, and such q direful
calamity as disastrous September flood
was not apprehended for O moment.
And even if we had had timely warning,
but little could have been saved from
the fieldf, 30 rapid was the rise of the
waters. It was noticed, on the water
guage at the bridge, that the current
rose one foot In ten minutes.


No freshet In the river has ever been
so ruinous to planters along its course.
There is no hope OF speedy recovery
from such total ruin, and God only
knows how the immediate sufferers are
to pass through the winter which is just
about to set in. They must have aid
and relief from some quarter, or great
suffering will blast the most fertile Sec
tion of our country.


After 1t became evident that the over
flow would cover all the bottom lands,
several planters tried in vain to induce
their hands to gather for themselves
corn from the fields already partially
under water. But the improvident sim
plesons refused TO work in the rain, and
stood idly by until the waters covered
their only means for bread. Some few
were driven to gather small quantities
OF corn, but even in the gangs at work,
stragglers were seen coming out Of the
fields with bags filled with small water
melons.


But very little stock was lost, SO far
as we have been enabled to learn. The
drift wood which came down the river
was unprecedented. Myriads Of pump
kins and watermelons were seen float
ing down the channel OF the river, and
the fixtures Of water mill, from above,
passed under the bridge on Friday.
Year: 1877

Misunderstanding of alleged heroes is
not peculiar to Americans. Grant finds
the nuisance fourishing in Scotland.
He thinks 1t should be abolished.


''In 1866 it was awful with me; I
thought could hardly survive the task.
It not only makes the right arm sore,
but it shocks the whole system and un-
fits man for writing or attending to
other duties. It demoralizes the entire
nervous and muscular system. None
but strong man could go through as
much OF it as l did in 1865. II Mr.. Til
den, who, you know, is old and not very
strong, had been elected, he would have
been Obliged to decline the hand.shak-
ing to a great extent, because I dom t
think his system would bear the strain
of the amount Of it that would have
been expected of him. The most labor
ious and Injurious Misunderstanding is
where you stand on an elevation and
reach down. A man cannot stand much
of that
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-The work of
reorganization at the Patent Office Is
going on favorably. About ten per cent
OF the number Of models destroyed are
known as pending application"
models. They are models either still
under examination, or have passed the
office, but without having secured
who returned to-day, has determined to
to ask all patentees to present a dupli-
cate model at their own expense. This
lis, OF course, request and not de-
mand. as under the law Ii is by no
means certain that the government
would not be compelled to make q new
model, or at least pay for the expense
OF restoring the lost one. But
patentees for cases pending will
greatly facilitate the business of
the Patent Office and benefit them
selves If they. will comply with this
request. 1t will be possible for them,
also. to incorporate In the new model
any improvements which may have
been suggested to them since the one
destroyed was presented. Iu cases where
patents have been allowed under the
destroyed models, theexaminers will be
so familiar with the cases that the pub
lie will not be injured by any changes
made in them. The commissioner is
receiving ABOUT one hundred kilograms
daily, wishing to know what the condi-
tion of the office is. In response, he
makes the general statement that the
draftsman's division is In perfect work
Ing order, that in fact all branches of
the bureau are in good working condi-
ton, and that notwithstanding the fire
the general average of the issue of
patents will be very little below that for
last month. All the models In the west
room, which were damaged by fire, have
been taken out and oiled, especially
those relating to sewing machines and
to improvements in printing. There has
been a duplicate force at work In the
debris, taking out such models as were
made Of metal, q large portion of which
are in state of preservation. All these
will be kept and cleaned. and used
either as euriosities, or for reference, ac-
cording as their condition will permit.
Year: 1877

From the New York Evening Post.


The campaign in Ohio impresses the
Chicago Times as ludicrous mule
race between the parties to see which
can cast the smallest votes" It begins
to look as il the canvass in this State
would resemble that Of Ohio.
Year: 1877

am Of the same opinion as yourselves any
am determined to help build up the manufac-
turing interest of our native State In order to
help the lab9ring IN classes and keep the money.
About year ago started my Factc ~. and by
using the best material and paying my hands
business and support 500 women and children
that would have otherwise left the State. In
order still to increase my Factory. I would
earnestly call upon the merchants, not only of
the city. but Of the whole country. to give me
their aid and encoura&em ent- Come and see me,


de141v JNO HANSEN
Year: 1877

EVERLASTING FENCE POsrs.-A
correspondent of the Western Rural
says:


Il discovered many years ago, that
wool could be made to last longer than
iron in the ground, but thought the
process SO simple and inexpensive that
it vas not worth while making any stir
about it l would as soon have pop
lar, basswood or quaking ash as any
other kind Of timber, for fence pests
I have taken out basswood posts after
having been set seven years, that were
as sound when taken up as when they
we're first put in the ground. Time
and weather seem to have taken no
effect on them. The posts can Re pre-
pared for less than two cents apiece.
For the benefit Of others, I will give
you the recipe: Take boiled linseed
oil and stir it in pulverizsl:: charcoal to
the consistency Of paint. Put coat
Of this over tho timber, and there is no
man that will live to see it rotten"
Year: 1877

The money lenders Of the Worth.
inyton Bank have decided to evade the
inconvenient effects Of Donnelly's usury
law by transacting business just over
the line in observation-disclosures
Journal.
Year: 1877

The three days Of the Panhandle Fair
closed yesterday at WellSburg, and we
understand that the exhibition was mol
only creditabIe to the people OF Wells
burg and Brooke county, but likewise &
financial success. Considering that the
populace up that way are not remarkable
for their go.Aheaditiveness, We take The
success OF this Fair aS the omen Of better
day in the future. The sound Of the com.
Ing Of the cars has had an effect on the
people Of Brooke, and they are gradually
catching the spirit Of the age in which we
Year: 1877

Brutality, long common enough among
the lower orders of policemen, is becoming
fashionable It's latest exemplar is SER
geant, and if he is let alone as kindly as his
subordinates usually are for the same
offence we may expect even captains to
buckle on clubs and sally forth in search of
persons who will allow themselves to be
maltreated without striking back. The
brutal abuse of an inoffensive inebrate yes
terday might have passed as q matter OF
course had not q single public spirited
citizen recalled the usual fate of whatever
is everybodys business; but Mr. Andrews
followed the case up so promptly that the
guilt of Sergeant Thompson and Officer Con-
ovan must be apparent to all. The results
of the investigation will be awaited with
Year: 1877

great interest by every one who owns head
and has conscientious scruples against
shooting the laws representatives. Even
prompt conviction and o severe sentence,
however, will not satisfy the just demands
of the public. 1t is time that police
men should be made to understand that If
they want to infict punishment before trial
they should emigrate to Turkey or Louis
iana They should also be impressed with
the fact that other human lives are as
valuable as their own, and that, even when
handling dangerous characters, it is their
duty to run considerable risk of personal
harm to themselves before resorting to vio-
lence. If mere slaughterers are good
enough for officers they can be obtained at
less than half the salaries of policemen.


Too much credit cannot be given to Mr..
Andrews for his action in the matter. If all
spectators of similar outrages would but
follow the example Of this true and fearless
citizen, and do what is but the manifest
duty of every one, ruffians and towards
would soon find the police force an unsatis-
factory means for the qualification of their
brutal propensities and would drop into
burglary or some other profession which has
no uniform to shield its members from
Justice.
Year: 1877

wives Of elderly gentlemen will admit But
he coupled the condition with others not SO
agreeable. The widow was to marry ner
second in barn and in the dark. This pro-
vision of the will invited the subsequent
trouble. The ceremony being performed IN
the dark neither the widow nor the clergy
man nor the witnesses could swear whom she
had married, and all four of her lovers
claimed her hand. One of them was a
widower, and he got the bride, as matter
of course, being better posted in such
matters than his rivals, but he had to buy
off their claims at two thousand dollars a
head. 1t is fair therefore, to conclude that
the widow secured the right man; for lover
who would give up her charms for couple
of thousand dollars could not have been
worth much as a husband.
Year: 1877

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. The market
opened dull and weak, but improved in tone
during the day and closed steady. There was
All advance in values of the principal leading
active stocks, with the exception of New York
and New Jersey Central. Government stocks
were steady, while railway bonds advanced a
little. Money was easy at 3l2 to 2l2 per cent
on call. Gold opened at 1858, declined to
1852 and closed at the opening price.
Year: 1877

Tho Transm ission OF Sound by Tel


egraPh.


Another possible use of the electric wire
promises to startle the world and revo-
lutionize all accepted ideas in regard
to communication with persons at dis
tance. People are not yet done won
dering over the changes in the world
made by the telegraph but it seems
likely that the difference between the old
methods of communication and the methods
in use in the present condition of the tele-
graph may prove really less wonderful than
the difference between communication by
the existing tedious system of signals and
communication as we shall doubtless have it
in the perfection Of the telephone or sound
telegraph. In the first stage Of great in
vention we have always, of course, the most
striking fact in its history; but if we had
now all our great inventions in their first
stage we should find many of them
of comparatively little value. There is no
great modern invention actually in use in
the condition in which it was first put forth.
Incessant improvement and adaptation to
difficulties to be overcome constitute as i'm
portant features in the history OF the great
implements and processes of civilization as
the first discoveries themselves. 1t has been
said that Franklin caught the lightning,
Morse put it in harness, and House taught
it the English language--a picturesque and
humorous way Of stating the truth to which
we refer that the successive improve
ments give great invention all its practical
value If the discovery of the method of
transmitting the sounds of the human voice
through great distances by the electric wire
shall prove, upon ampler examination,
as successful as now appears, it will
revolutionize the now enormous use
of the telegraph. If banker or grain
dealer, instead of receiving, as now, a
few fragmentary words from his agent in
Chicago, can go to the telegraph Office and
there hold ON easy conversation with that
agent in the Chicago Office, distance will be
annihilated in way more practical than
has been dreamed of hitherto.
Year: 1877

THE WEATuER.-Thc area of high pressure has
now reached the New England States, and ex-
tends northward from Long Island into Canada
The low area preceding it has already passed into
the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia, attended by
brisk and very high winds. The rapid decrease
of pressure at the centre of the storm during its
progress from the Mississippi Valley toward the
ocean marks it as one of those dangerous dis
turbanccs which sweep over the ocean to Europe
with ever increasing violence. We therefore
predict that on or about the 10Th of this month
heavy gales will prevail on the British and
French coasts. The depression in the
Gulf States advances slowly eastward at
tended by light rain. Cloudiness prevails
from the Gulf to the lakes and westward to
the Rocky Mountains. An area of low baroInc-
ter is developing in the Northwest but has not
vet extended eastward of the Upper Missouri
AS we predicted, the temperature has risen
throughout the country generally and at New
York The weather in this city today Will be
warmer and partly cloudy, possibly followed py
increasing cloudiness and light rain.
Year: 1877

Ii THE MANAGERS of the Juvenile Guardian
Society want sympathy they should go to the
officials Of certain life insurance companies which
have earned frequent mention of late. "a fellow
feeling makes us wondrous kind"
Year: 1877

MORE EVIDENCE is offered today in support
of the charge that the convict Clancy died of in
jurics received in prison. Cannot some would-be
reformer of prison misrule supply the means
necessary to bring about thorough investigation
of this casel
Year: 1877

JUDGE VAN BRUNT yesterday secuted the
statement of complainant that rotten board
could have any spring to it. Did His Honor
never hear of a certain rotten "Board" in Lou
isiana and note its elasticity!
Year: 1877

In another column will be found a long
communicati ton on the Crib, from the pen of


Ar. BnAuHA11, who had the superintendent


Of its construction. He charges that it was


built according to defective plans and speciti-


cations, that it is incapable Of Offering an
absolutely perfect resistance to the heavy
seas during an equinoctial storm on Lake
Michigan, aud that its destruction is
simply question Of time. The sud
den extinguishing Of the crib would
result in incalculable injury. It would
render our perfect Fire Department
absolutely useless, and expose the city to the
possibility Of another igneous baptism. Mr.
BnAMHA11 clearly sounds the alarm-notc
aud the authorities should at once appoint
Commission Of Engineers those connected
with the United States army would be the
best fitted for the work-to make thorough
investigation, aud set all doubts at rest. AIr.
BnAMHA1L may be wrong in his conclusions;
but. if SO, it is better TO err on the side of
safety than to b1indly iguore possible i'm
pending catastrophe.
Year: 1877

President HAYES, in carrying ont Civil
Service Reform impartially and equitably
promised in his inaugural, has *3run athwart
the lawse Of the Democratic Bar Associa-
ton Of the District Of Columbia, Of which
D1cK MEnn1cK is the head and front. This


Association las taken mortal ofense at the


appointment of FREDERICK DOUGLASS as MIR


shnl of the District, end in solemn meeting


assembled has resolved not to honor the


White House with its presence, as has been
the wont of this body in times past In IN
intellectual point of view, Alr. DOUGLASS
is the peer Of any member Of this
Association; aud in the light Of this action,
looking at the matter from a common-sense
standpoint, these sensitive disciples of CoRE
and LrrT1EroS have only demonstrated the
fact how small great men can make them
selves when they attempt to convince the
world Of their superior claims to recognition
as e1pounders of social laws. It is hardly to
be supposed that the Presidents rest will
be at all disturbed by the action of these
self appointed critics.
Year: 1877

cue from debt, and to its preservation from
misrule.. The weakening Of the public IN:
terest to the extent of re-electing the old
Ring 50 Overwhelmingly discarded year
ago will be a public calamity: It VIII de-
stroy the credit which has been partially re-
established, and give new license to waste,
extravaganza, and corruption, with enlarged
expenditures and increased taxation. Dur
ing the next two weeks let some attention
be given to have reputable men made cana'-
dates for the Council, and, in this matter let
no party consideration be allowed to decide
against candidates whose personal character
and standing give assurance of their fidelity
to the public interests.
Year: 1877

It is contended by the abused GzsKv1RvE
that Spiritualism is a fraud, and, worse than
thet. Was controlled by a ring whereof her
lats lover was tie jewel. Naturalization
appears TO lave been matter of feet rather
than spirit, and the success of the
media, if her story be true, depended
more upon the amount they sub
scrlbed to the support Of the Journal
than to any particular influence they pos
sessed over the disembodied- If this homi-
eide should develop anything tending to the
destruction Of the land Of fraudulent Spir-
itualists, it might be considered m adynnce
in civilization
Year: 1877

ARE we to have the truth at last In refer
ence to the manner in which the NICHOLS
government was established at New Orleans?
Gov. KELLOGG and his friends have asked the
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections
to inquire into several things connected with
the organization of the NICHOLS Legislature
and the installment and continuance in power
of the NICHOLS executive. 1t is asserted
that some $4,000 was used to buy members
of the PACKARD Legislature to go over to the
NICHOLS side and compose quorum. This,
it is asserted, was paid in the way of per diem
and mileage. 1t will be remembered that a
party by the name of JOHNSON was one of the
Legislators who pathetically remarked at the
fusion of the Legislatures that all he wanted
was to be allowed to draw his mileage and go
home The bribery was done, II Is said, by
way of mileage Did JOHNSON know this?
Let the committee bring the whole matter to
light and once aud forever settle this Louis
lana muddle, strike when and where 1t may.
Year: 1877

MANY are disposed to blame tho
steamers NAlchez and Pargoud for
abandoning the wharf'bOat yesterday,
but we are confident that II they would
examine the situation for themselves,
they would acknowledge that the boats
could not do otherwise. We stood on
the outer guard Of the wharibOat last
night, at The middle gAngway, and care
fully measured the depth of water,
then afterwards measured the wet line
with q tWO.foot line and found only 5
feet 8 inches. 1t will thus be seen that
If the Pargoud had come into our port
with her load of $500 bales che would
have stuck fast, and that II would have
been ilnprudent in Capt. Leathers to
put even q ton Of freight on the Match
o., with only 8 feet Of water under her.
Year: 1877

The Union is peace, and brotherly
love between the sections is triumph
ant, but If you want TO see stalwart
Rad so mad be can't speak, tell him
that Wade Hampton is a statesman and
would make an excellent Vice.Pre'i.
lent.
Year: 1877

BY special telegram from Green.
wood, published in yesterdays Her.
AID, il appears that TWO men were
taken from the county jail Of Lenore
county aud banged. From citizen OF
that section of the State we learn that
one Of men who was executed was q
murderer, and that the other one was q
highwaymaD, who did not hesitate to
take human life when It was necessary
to secure the money and valuables Of
bis victim. There is no doubt from
this information, and we feel certain
that il Is reliable, that both these men
deserved 10 be put to death. But
the same informant says that the
Courts in that county are perfectly
competent and willing TO execute the
Jaws, and he has little doubt that
Moore and Shelton would have suffer-
ed for their crimes by the due process
Of law, If they had not been lynched.
This makes all those who were engaged
in this lynching very blameable. They
have violated the laws aud corrupted
society for no good purpose, and they
have added crime 10 their names
when there was not even decent
excuse.