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Year: 1878

The meeting of congress yesterday
seems to have been rather a quiet,
tame affair. There was nothing very
notable in the Presidents message, ex-
cept manifest desire to keep in with
his party, and yet advertise himself as
a broad minded national statesman.
1t will not disturb the equilibrium Of
parties or be likely to have much effect
in future elections. This is the last
session of the forty-hfth congress.
Members are sitting there whose time
will expire with this congress. They
are posthumOus monumentssof peo-
pies displeasure. Little Hale,
of Maine, is one of this class
On the 4th of March the Republicans
will cease to control either branch Of
the National legislature. Their ma
iority in the house terminated in 1875
Their majority in the senate they have
held since 1861. The Democrats will
have majority in both houses of the
Forty-sixth congress, not twO-thirdi
majority, however; consequently, thu
President being a Republican, the,
will not be able to control the govern
ment as is desirable. If the Demo
Gratis make no serious mistake in tn
next year or two, they will sweep tn
country in 1880. Having graduall
returned to power they will be pre-
pared to exercise it prudently an
wisely, and the country will then ente
upon long career Of prosperity.
Year: 1878

We stated in our last issue that the Baldwin mill was ready for work. Mir. $. has since been Tn town and from him we learn that the mill was testei on Friday lastI and worked like a charm. To ins sure 8 water supply he has sunk a we'll in the bed of Queen creek and from this shaft has drifts running the full width of the bed thus securing an abundant supply of water. The mill, for the present, will be run only during the day. Mir Baldwin Is quite certain he can pro, duce $lO01 worth of concentration in a twelve, hours run. He thinks .he CompAny's mines will produce nearly enough ore to keep lhe mill running, II not the mill will run on custom work.

 Of the Union West mine (formerly West Union) we have not felt at liberiv 10 say much pending certain negotia tions which are now ccnsumaied This is without doubt one of the best prospect in the Pioneer District, and promises to rival the Silver King in richness and quantity. The main shaft is now down sixty feet, and he entire bottom of the shaft is in high grade ore. Though the last thirty feet the vein has been constantly improving. We were shown some specimens of the ore this week which we coveted for our cabinet, the rock was part rich black sulphurets, and part native sil. yer. The Baldwin Company certainly has cause to feel like celebrating the coming Fourth
Year: 1878

Last evening at six o'clock was tlre hour set by Superintendent Foreman for starting the new '76 quartz mill on ore. We were favored with an earnest invitation 10 be present al the "opening chorus" and a stage was chartered and awaited the bidding of invited guests, but business, heat and health prevented us from availing our self of the kind hospi alties so gen. erously provided by Superintendent Foreman. The trip is one we should have enjoyed, and the starting of a new quartz mill is an event in which every citizen has deep interest We hope that our .bsence and that of others will not 'dissppolnt MT Fore usn, and that next week We may be able to give our readers a brilliant account Of the first run in ihe '76.
Year: 1878

A COMPANY of the Tenth Cavalry was recently lost on the Staked Plains, and their suffeIings through thirst are described by Su geon King. They were four da, g without water, and the weather was intensely hot. Their predicament was caused by the death of their guide, leaving them to wander by thems' Ives until spring was finally found. Their mouths become so dry tho. brown sugar would not melt in them. Their voices grew weak and strange, and their sight dim. and when asleep they dreamed of banqueting

 A sense of suffocaiion was extremely painful. They drank water greedily

 but it did not ouench their thirst which shows, the surgeon thinks, that the sense of thirst resides not in the stomach, but in the general system, and in this case could not be relieved until the remote tissues were supplied
Year: 1878

A0d1 1xNO " VOxSAANCEH
ii Probably we ought to say, ;alinlnoyyanct
es rather than >liuisances in referring
to several things which need regulat-
ing In the village; For some weeks
there has been more or less Of drunken
and disorderly conduct iii our midst.
Our night w;,tchman should, have full
power to arrest any persons who indulge
in disorderly conduct, whether they
are under the influence of liquor or not
and place should be provided IN
which to lock them up over night.
Complaint has been; made to lis of dis
orderly conduct about. scme of our
restaurants and places of resort by men
and boys who laugh ut the officers and
rest in the belief that they can contin.
ue their rowdyism with impunity.


Another cause Of complaint is the
existence of pig stys within convenient
smelling distance Of our residences and
churches. On warm nights, when the
atmosphere is in good condition for
carrying sound and smell. these pig
stys or enclosures, have things their
own way, and ill not only our noses
but our houses with an oder not quite
as agreeable rs tile smell of new ,mown
hay. Added to this Is the waste of
the houses, so much of which is thrown
out upon the surface. Unless there
is some amendment in these matters,
our village will be like Cologne where
Coleridge smelt over a hundred ''sep-
arate and we'll defined inks" Still
worse, we are in danger, now that hot
weather is upon. us, of having some
prevailing sickness induced by this
surface filthiness.


Another annoyance is the accumula-
tion of water upon our streets whenever
there is any considerable rainfall.
The water stands in pools in front of
our business houses and teams stand
ing in the mud and water appear to
enjoy the pastime Of SCATTERING mud
upon pedestrians and front windows.
This surface water could all lie turned
into the east lake OF into some Of the
bitches with very little labor.


We invite attention all round to
these matters. The people ask the
Village Concil to act promptly if amy
additional ordinances are required,
and if not, to see that the old ones are
enforced.
Year: 1878

In a recent issue, we called attention
to this road AZ being in very bad con-
dition. Since the publication Of the
item, we learn that farmers in that
direction are going to work with u will
to make Il good road to Miller. even t.
the putting III of stone abutments to
some of the bridges. A go)d road will
turn the trade to Miller, and while we
wish our friends out there abundant
prosperity we wish to suggest to the peo-
pie of Worthington that they need 4.
good road into their place also. The
time is near at hand when the diago-
nal road will be the best feeder to the
town and it should he kept in good
condition.
Year: 1878

1aE 1HC11


Concerning the present status Of the
uhurch as it affects society is thus
forcefully admitted in the following
extract from recent sermon by a dis
tinguislled Orthodox divine:


1--WE are afraid of Ingerson and his
infidelity, and we'll we may be. We
are in no condition to meet the enemy.
He is s&pping the foundation of our
faith, and say boldly, with sense Of
the weight of responsibility resting on
me, tt Christianity does not influence
the life of Christians more than it now
does in this country, there is little to
choose between them. While leaders
Of the churches are bankrupt, while
honest men by the thousands have
their hard earnings taken from them
either by recklessness, extravaganza or
premeditated scoundrelism, while wild
ows and orphans nre robbed Of their
little all, and are suffering for the bare
necessaries Of life, and crying to God
in their distress for help, and the men
who do these things not only belong to
the church and go uDTebuked, but in
very many cases are leaders of it
say as administer Of the Gospel if there
is not enough of the spirit Of Christ in
the church to stop these Outrages, these
abominattons, the church Is not rortls
Saving.
Year: 1878

EDITOR ADVANCE: The breaking
season is about over with us, and farm
ers are now getting ready to make hay
and before the end of this month
think the most Of our, wheat will he
harvested. On last Wednesday it
appeared that the gates of heaven were
pulled ajar and before morning the
banks Of all the streams were full and
Overtlowing. Since then there appears
to be a strife between oats and corn to
see which can get up the highest.
have corn as tall AZ my head and out
in tassell. Who says that this is not
q corn. country? J,&K.
Year: 1878

TIE County Board is i'll session equal
izing the taxes and fixing the levy for
the ensuing year. They will: probably
finish the business in hand tomorrow
and we shall give the report next week.
Year: 1878

Our Mr.. ". ii. Cate left here
OF Monday last on an election
oering tour in the counties o
Randolph, Clay and Greene. ",
say without hesitation, mot be
cause he is our own county man
or u personal friend but because
we believe iD that he is the man
The people OF the I'd judicial circuit
Ought 10 elect as their next Prose
cutting Attorney and we believe
they will do it.


In Importance, the Office nt prose
cutting attorney ranke. scarcely
below that of cIrcuit Judge and
il is admitted By ai tna' IN ability
both natural and acquired, Mr..
Cate has no superior in the circnit
Besides, he ia a man OF indomitable
energy-jast the kind Of man to
bring offenders to justice. We have
had just this king of man filing
the place for the last two years,
under whose administration viola
tors of the law have begun to learn
lessons Of wisdom. Now let him be
followed by Gaze aud they'll got the
lesson perfect.


We de not wish, by our advocacy
IF the claims of our fellow.
townsman. to say anything to the
dotrment of hls worthy competitor
Mr. Brown. We believe the latte,
to be true gentleman, good
lawyer and one that would fill the
position with ability, but think
Mr.. Gate the abler aud better
fitted generally, of the two, and We
believe u very large majority OF the
voters Of the circuit believe a,
We do.-[Jonesboro Times.
Year: 1878

THE FIFTH AVENUE THFATRE-RrY BIAS.


Mr. Edwin Booth appeared in matinee perform
ance Of Ruv Bias" at the Fifth Avenue Theatre yes
teray and in his peculiar, intellectual way adj
mrably illustrated he understood them, the
strong points of Victor Huso's creation. Fechter
undoubtedly the leader in America in interpret


ing this character, and even in England early as
1860 ne brought to the footghts of keen
analysis connected with the play which attracted to it
the attention of the of critics. Al that time it
play in five acts 1t comprised a double III
the shape of vertable Don Caesar de Bazan.
which enabled him 10 utilize certain effects In the
present version has been reduced to three acts and
Mr. Booth the representative of the title role. has
been forced TO make OF the suppositous charae-


ter of Don Cesar and by his own art keep hun at the
front. 1t does not at all times appear during the
play that he is successful i'll this effort. Fechter felt
the presence of his foil and could always Use him.
The presence of the so-called twin gave him conf
dence and in his strongest passages he never lost
sight of a certain kind of dignity that attached
To his abased position Mr. Booth, however, at
tempts TO satisfy the public with a mere inference
and in personating the character OF Ruy Bias does so
apparently without the thought of another attendant
parsonage In the second act he is little than
mere lacquey, the slave of Don salluste. ab1ect
and content TO surrender every particle OF
his manhood. Representative, he seems to
be, of the love inspired i'll him by the
Queen. he shows hiuself unequal to the task of
coping with the archly conspr1ng Marquis and with
adegradaton which he painfully expresses drops into
attitude that reveals all he has lost OF sefre-
spect Fechter never did this. 1t is only in the
last act that Mr.. Boo Ruy Bias rises in the
sertion of his great purpose illustrates his love,
strikes the blow that outves the earnestness of his
passion, and i'll killing the enemy of his Queen and
then himself dying in her presence. makes one feel
that in the rcmaking OF the drama he has been
prompted by the highest rules OF art. The death
scene was admirable and the quick business that
made Don Salluste corpse was a picture.


II is due Mr. Frank Moriaunt to say that his Don
Salluste artistic and strong and the character
permitted impersonation tor which he is
peculiarly fitted both by physique and clocu-
lionary ability. Miss Ellen Cumnins as Marianne.
Queen of Spain at all her deiN-
ery of the strong lines which she il called upon to
utter during the play, but in the main well sustained
ner part The truth is generally known that Mr. Booth
does not to to have first rate actors around
him. lighthouse shows best in the night.
Year: 1878




WAsHINGToN. d. c., May 19. 1873.


Not few here are disposed to look
upon the reported demands of Sir Ed
ward Thornton on our Government as
to the last degree cheeky" Why We
should establish a system Of espionage
upon the Cina6ria or any other vessel
arriving in American waters under
similar circumstances, or why we should
ignore the courtesy, even friendship,
which Russia observed toward us during
our long struggle for national existence,
at the behest of a power which was 80
uniformly hostile, in refusing the Cins-
bria's passengers transportation over
American territory are conundrums
which Sir Edward with all his diplomatic
resources will find difficult to solve to
the satisfaction of the average American
citizen. Nor does his other intimation
that we should burden ourselves with
the expense of a large army 30 that our
Canadian cousins may at once dismiss
all apprehensions of the Fenians, appear
eny more reasonable. John Bull may
reasonably expect Us to observe every
international obligation, though none
probably better appreciate than himself
how little he deserves the slightest con-
sideration from US. While our govern
ment will have the countenance ofevery
good citizen in complying with the
letter Of the law and in carrying out in
good faith every obligation we volun-
tarily assumed, any gratuitous service to
a power that did its level best to compass
our destruction would be approved by
very few. Our merchants have not for.
gotten how English subjects were en-
couraged to build, arm and equipa fleet
OF piratical cruisers that DESTROYED or
drove under the protection of foreign
flags almost our entire merchant marine
land that wrested from them the large
portion of the worlds carrying trade tc
Year: 1878

PARIS, May 1, 1873.


Here sit, tired and worn out, it is
true, but with the supreme satisfaction
of having seen the opening of the Exhi-
bition. That is to say, saw the backs
of great many people who were sitting
in front of me, for 1 was one of those
fortunates, or unfortunates, it is hard to
tell which, whose strip of pasteboard
adorned with a yellow cross in the mid
die consigned the posessor to the south
west wing of the Trocadiro, nearly OPP
posite to the grand cascade and with a
good view down the bridge of Jena and
into the Champ de Mars-only there
were so many people in front Of me that
it was but now and then one could get a
glimpse of Marshal Mcmahon and the
grand procession. 1t was as it always is
on such occasionsin France no less than
in the United States; there was an i'm


mense amount OF elbowing, a simultan-
eous standing upon seats as soon as the
procession came in sight, very few
gendarmes where they were wanted, but
any quantity of them half a mile off and
not the remotest possibility of hearing
single word spoken by Mr. Tisserene de
Bort, the Minister of Commerce, or any
body else. When, once in 3 while, got
a glimpse through the solid wall of flesh
before me, could see the white head of
the Marshal opposite a brown head
which / suppose was that of NJ. de Bort.
the mouth of which was opening and
closing in quick rapidity as il Its owner
said something, which he doubtless did.
But judging from what did see after
all the speechmsking and receptions
were over, the opening was grand sue
cess 1t is true that very much remains
to be done yet before the Exhibition
itself will be complete and really worthy
of thorough inspection; but the last
two or three days have done wonders,
especially in the French Department
and there was smaller display Of pack
ing cases than / had expected to find.
At the entrance to our own division
stood Commissioner General Mccormick
with his assistants, fanked on one side
by detachment Of Marines, and on the
othe- by squad Of sailors from the
Constitution" which is now at HaSSe.
All the officers were In full dress uni :
form, and our jacktars looked neat add
natty in their Sunday rig, comparing
hvorably with the English sailors who
were placed at the entrance to the
British division, about fifty yards offand


who were as handsome body ofbrawny
fellows as anybody would wish to see. q


The most interesting, rs well as most
complete, exhibit to-day was the exhibi.
] ton of soldiery by the various powers,


great and small. As said in a former
Year: 1878

that occurred il the Congregation
al church 1T that place last Sunday
ard which created i most decided
sensation. Believer has become
famous as a place where almost
every man who owns a wood pile
loads half i dozen innocent looking
sticks Of stove wood with gnnpoW-
der, and then waits patiently to
see what effect the powder will


fave OH his neighlrors' stoves


The Sexton Of the Congregational
church bad built up a rouSing fire


that Sunday morning, the congre


CATION bad all been seated and the
minister was getlii.g warmed mp fo
his work, when, right in the most
impressive portion Of the sermon
there " an appalling crash, the
air was filed with pieces Of stove


fire, ashes and the screams Of men,
women and children. There was
= Stampede in les time than it take
TO tell it, but fortunately no one


was hurt. Finally, however, The
cause Of the trouble was discovered
and order WAS restored. Some one
had undoubtedly put up a job on
the sexton by putting a loaded
stick into the wood.pi!e.
Year: 1878

Editor Nebraska Advertiser.


One day / chanced to hear person


loudly extoling one of your fortunate


citizens of high position, for bravery


We have brave men among us, but


may ] ask who are the brave? Are
they those whom fortune has favored


with crowns of honor, placing them
on the highest pinnacle of fame, with
little or no exertion Of their own?


Can they be called brave whose feet
have trod an unobstructed path
through life. yet occupy elevated po-
sitions that fate has smilingly thrust
them into, regardless of their real
merit. There are many such in our
land. Many, are called brave because
of the good luck that has attended
them; not because they have fought
hard battles against sin, and manfully
struggled againstthe vice in their own
natures. They fill high positions in
life with the naturalness that flowers
bloom, or leaves put forth in spring I;
because God intended it should be so.
not because of their own deeds. No
one can truly be called brave, howev-
er high they stand, unless they have
gained the point of respect and pub
lie favor by their own undaunted
courage and firm fight against sin and
wrong, and their own inherent pas
sions. We have men in our midst,
who justly deserve to be called brave
men, who have trampled down the
baser part in their natures with firm,
unfiinching determination, recogniz-
ing only the good. Men who have
sturdily put aside the temptation to
gain wealth by means not strictly fair
and honest.


Men who have dared to hold to an
opinion more just than popular. Men
who have struggled against the foe,
egOtism, that makes such towards OF
US all. Men who have not scorned to
give an encouraging word to a DOWN
trodden, unfortunate fellow-man.-
Men who have triumphed over deceit
and vanquished treachery. Men who
have boldly and staunchly walked
Iough-shod over the lurking demon,
intemperance, saying: die, foul de-
stroyer of all peace and happiness,
will be free No more shall the gall
ing chains of intempersnce bind me.
No more the seductive power of the
wine cup, enthrall. Home, happiness
and peace have been sacrificed by
thine accursed power. but now thy
reign is done. l tUiH be victor
will be man again :" Such is true
heroism. And the heros we have
among US, are already reaping a re-
ward for their steadfastness and brav-
cry. How great will be their reward
in heaven, for God will make a shin
ing light of those who have overcome
the evils He placed US here to battle
against. F.
Year: 1878

Pawnee Republican: And the next
move 20 Pawnee city. AT no distant
day a road is bound to De built south
west, running through Pawnee City,
and We would be just as well pleased
to see the G. B. & O. build said road
as any other company in existence.
The route from BrOwnville running
southwest into Texas is what the rail-
road managers have been eying for
some time, and this move of the G. B


& @. is no doubt a master stroke of
policy to head off any competing line
Year: 1878

- Prairie chickens are so numerous
this season that they are getting to be
8 nuisance to farmers in some lOcali-
ties, and the law prohibiting the
shooting of them should be repealed.
Exchange.


And one bit a man out west the
other day. or course the law should
be repealed and people permitted to
protect themselves.
Year: 1878

A lawyer once asked the late Judge Pick
ems OF Alabama, TO charge tho jury that cit Is better
that ninety and nine guilty should escape than that
one innocent should ba punished" Yes" said
the witty Judge viii give that charge, but In the
opinion Of tho court the ninety and nine guilty
have already escaped In this county"
Year: 1878

of wind had disturmbed the at
mosphere at the time, the de-
struction of both residences
would have been almost inevita-
BILE with the lack of facilities for
suppressing the fire. AS it was,
within a block and a half of the
largest reservoir in the city, to
which hose were attached which
extended near the fire and from
thence emptied into buckets and
passed to the front and used only
with the further aid of blankets
to defend the buildings which
had not caught, without wasting
any water in fruitless efforts
upon the fire then burning.


The City has entered into
contract for a steam fire engine
to cost $4,000, and it meets the
popular approval almost uani-
mosly; but any where away from
the water front, where is the
water to come from to supply
such an engine for a long fight?
The city of Seattle is every day
liable to a fire which might de-
stroy moro value of property
than the cost OF water works.