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Year: 1878

Coal AsHEs.-Coal ashes as fertilizer
are said to be very beneficial for tomatoes
and potatoes, and to a less extent peas and
beans. Moreover, they improve the me-
chanlcal condition Of the soil. and arc there
fore especially beneficial to claycy and rigid
land generally. They should be worked in
deeply and uniformly in the proportion of,
say, one part of ashes to two Of mold As
it takes long time to dccomposc them


their tcrtilizing properties are slow in action,
but continuous. TO obtain the best advan-
tasc from their use, some other kind of
manure should be applied in conjunction
with them. AS there arc seldom enough for
field culture, the garden is the best place in
which to use them, and inasmuch as they
arc generally considered mere inconvcnicnt
refuse, all the advantage secured from their
use will be clear gain.--R"rm " Writer.
Year: 1878

THE DOCTRINE o? NO IIELL.-It is GER
tain that the greatest of iniidels have at
tackled the existence Of Hell as prelim.
mary in getting rid Of the tremendous idea
of a God. 1t is only too apparent that in
spite of all assaults from philosophers and
philosophy, there is fixed in the human
mind the dread belief that if good deeds
shall merit hereafter place Of rcfrcshmcnt,
light and rcposc, the works of evil will
bring upon their authors scclusion from
happiness, banishmcnt from the abode of
virtue, and confinement to place where
the wicked never cease from troubling and
the weary never arc at rest. What appears
a complex proposition may be reduced to
very simple formulation If men are dcs-
pcratcly and deliberately intent upon evil
in this world without repentance or amend
mcnt, they will carry into another world
what they harvested here. If they hated
virtue here, they shall hate it hereafter
If they preferred association with sensual.
ity here, they cannot expect to keep compa-
ny with the pure hereafter They would
not be happy in such an atmosphere, if ad-
mittcd oit. They go to their places-placcs
ofthcir own selection, What those places are
may be conjccturcd but they cannot be
paradisical.-AyU&ia Chronich.


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Year: 1878

How TO GET RID OF WARTs.-Warts
are very troublesome and disfiguring The
following is a perfect cure, for even the lar
gest, without leaving any scar, and has been
tested by many. Take small piece of raw
bec!. steep it all night in vinegar, cut as
much from it as will cover the wart, and tic
1T on ; if the cxcressencc is on the forehead,
iasten the beef on with piece of sticking
plaster. 1t may be removed in the day and
put on every night. In one fortnight the
wart will die and peel off. The same pre-.
scription will cure corns.
Year: 1878

Next to rooster in rain storm or
man with his mother in law on his arm, the
most wrctchcd looking thing in the world
is candidate who has just overheard some
friend wanting to bet three to one that he
won't be elected
Year: 1878

girls, it lasted about week, when some
parties bought the canvas and started q
theatre, which lasted about two weeks.
l presume you have watched small boys
crawling under circus canvas, but that
is not circumstance to this one night,
they counted the house and found just
200 of an audience, and on counting the
tickets they had admitted just thirty five.
(They lcft) ..


They have all left now except three
suffers, a baker, photographer, and milk
man so you see we have had a pretty
good time, with fresh beet every other
day besides plenty Of game, consisting OF
antelope, deer and bear Three large
bears have been killed near where the
new post is being built


Company c is prospering finely, quite
a change has taken place since VT left
Jimtown; ]. Boerger is 1st Sergeant; one
of the corporals were reduced and another
made; also one of our members died three
weeks ago of mountain fever; all the rest
are enjoying the best Of health.


Two men have deserted; one by the
name of Shook had to leave as he was
the only dirty and filthy man in the
company, and he got lousy and the
men raised particular med" with him !;
the other, (Cody) think got on a spree
and went to Deadwood and staid so long
guess he thought that he might as we'll
skip out altogether, but did not leave the
camp with that intention.


Headquarters with companies B and I,
expect to start for Fort Lincoln the last
Of this month. G company will return to
Tottun.


Your paper is received regul q md he
boys make qui e a rush for it q get the
Totten news; they all think very favor
ably of it, and my opinion Of it is, that 1t
will be the making of Jamestown.


Co. "C".
Year: 1878

Pioneer Press. ..... ae ...-


President Wright, of the Northern Pa
cific road, was found at+the Metropolitan
Hotel yesterday by a representative of the
Pioneer Press, who Immediately set about
seeking information pertainingto to the road.
President Wright was found to be very
averse to talking on the subject, but final
ly gave the following brief statement of
what was expected to be done: .aI


A proposition is 10 preparation which
he expects to lay before the stockholders
at the annual meeting Of the company, on
the 25th of Sept, in New York, with ref
erence to the immediate commencement
Of work ives: of the Missouri river, at Bis
marck, with the intent that the road for
the entire distance to the Yellowstone,
205 miles, shall be completed and ready
for operation in one year from next spring.
The company will soon advertise for bids
tor supplying the ties and timber, which
will be got out the coming winter.
Year: 1878

EDITOR ALERT: n


AS you may wish to know something
Of what is going on at the camp at Bear
Butte, l will give you a little information.


The camp is situated at the foot of
Bear Butte eight miles from Crook City,
and sixteen from Deadwood, composed Of
six companies of infantry and ten of
cavalry.


We had very pleasant trip, averaging
about Is miles per day; arriving here on
the 10th of July, all in good health.


On the 23rd two companies "a and d.
with four days rations went down the
Belfouch scouting, while G and G went
through the speardsh Valley, passing
through the town Of spear6sh; they
Travelled through some of the prettiest
country ! ever saw. In three days travel
they were never out of sight of ranch,
and some of them could be called first
class ,a'ms with good buildings; but I
do not think it as good soil as around
Jamestown; all that I saw growing of any
account was potatoes and small vegetables,
the wheat and oats looked very poor.
Everything seemed quiet and nothing
was seen by either scouting parties.


At the present time companies L and
H are scouting through the Hills with Is
days rations; and X has gone with the
Cheyenne Indians that were captured last
fall up the Missouri, to Camp Robinson,
Neb. Besides the above, several parties,
composed of fifteen or twenty men, lave
been out for four or five days, but nothing
of Indians have been seen nor heard.
A good deal of horse theiving has been
going on iu and around Deadwood, of
which only four or five have been,,brought
to giet. Uncle Sam has lost several
horses and mules by deserters, but most
of them have been brought back.


They have commenced work on the
new post; two companies Of infantry
and two of cavalry (E and ny moved over
there few days ago, where they will
stop all winter. The post IS situated
about five miles from here in an exceed
ingly pleasant valley, with as good water
as runs on the face of the earth, and
plenty of wood, it will be one of the best
posts on che frontier.


Last payday it looked around here like
a large canvas city; besides sixteen COM
panies Of soldiers, a good many of the
Deadwood people started up business
here, you could get anything you wanted.
A large dance hall was started with eight
Year: 1878

A SPECIAL MEETING LAST EVENING. {.


The Board of Education held special
meeting last evening Tor the purpose of
taking into consideration request from
the Reliance Fire Company asking per-
mission to tap drain belonging to the
Board on Fifth street between Walnut
and Poplar.


The chair instructed the Secretary to
read the call for the meeting which was
done.


At the conclusion of the reajiDg OF
the call, Mr.. Morrow moved that the
Company spoken of be allowed to tap
drain provided they pay TO the Beard
the sum of $40.


The chair stated that motion had
been made, but the request that the
motion embodied had not been officially
made to the Board-Lhat is no official re-
quest had been sent to the Board from
the Company. Mr.. Morrow, stated in
reply that several members of the Com
pauy had called on him, and asked per-
mission TO tap the drain and that he
had told them that special meeting OF
the Board would have TO be called, In
order 10 grant the request. They then
asked him to sign a call for meeting,
which he did. He would therefore
officially on behalf of the Company move
that the request be granted.
After some further remarks. Mr.
Morrow, presented the following
| ResOlred that the Reliance Fire Com
pany, be permitted to tap the drain OIL
Fifth street, opposite their house belong
ing to the Board, provided, they first pa,
to the Board The sum Of $40, before
tapping.


The resolution was adopted withou
a dissenting voice.


On motion adjourned. After adjourn
ment MIR. Baird stated that the examins
Lioa in the lower room Of No. l, schoC
would be held on next Wednesda
week.
Year: 1878

Baltimore American. Augusts4.


About the 22ad of this m onth o contra CT
was made in Lexington, Rock bridge
county, Va, for all the brick and stone
work of building which 10 to receive the


monument of the great Confederate gener-
al, designed by Valentine. This mon q :
ment is tomb bearing the recumbent fg-


ure, in q remarkable likeness, of General
Lee. He is in uniform, the sabre has just


clipped from his grasp, and his cloak part


The attitude is, perhaps, rather Of deep
rest than of death. 1t is q beautiful work
of art, and worthy of the effort made in
Lexington to give it an appropriate shell
ter. The remains of General Lee, of his
wife, and of other deceased members of his
family, will be inferred iu q large vault
Immediately under the apartment which
will receive the statue. After the election
of the General To the Presidency of the
Washington and Lee University in Lex
ipgton there, was bnilt in the grounds of
the institution, and mainly through the
efforts of it's President, small church or
chapel intended for all the public services
brick building, rather Norman in style, of
o design selected aud modified by the
General. It had very email chapcel,
mostly for the purpose of making stair


way to the platform for speaking. This
has been removed, and q building, which
oUVut represents lu OkA 0u0 oAAICu1AVbe
the chancel of an Episcopal church, is soon
to be erected as mausoleum. It will
contain on the level of the basement of the
church, a sort of open vestibule, paved and
reached through large open arch. With
in this vestibule are doors, one of iron
opening into the vault, two others to the
basement of the present church, and one
to covered stairway reaching convent
emily to q vestibule above, which divides
the church from the mausoleum or chapel.
One of the lower vestibule doors opens
into the Office of General Lee. 1t is found
in the condition he left it. It is carefully
preserved, cleaned or busted and the
visitor sees it exactly as the General did
for the last time. All the new building
accords with the present church, but it is
of very superior construction and entirely
fFe-proof. The old chancel arch remains;
corresponding one in the mausoleum
walls gives q full view of the statue, but
is arranged with heavy iron sliding doors,
and every precaution has been taken to
cut off even the access of smoke to the
mausoleum chamber. This portion of the
building, about twenty five feet square, is
to be built inside of Baltimore pressed
brick, laid with red joints, and flushed
with q considerable quantity of cream
colored stone. These coloYs will contrast
we'll with the pure white of the statue
and its heavy base. The ceiling of the
mausoleum will be of ground glass in
panels of richly moulded iron construc
tion. The light will come in through
skylight on the northern side of the roof.
There will be in the mausoleum also two
windoweSfor the admission of air.
Year: 1878

The Rev. j. Doherty, PIP, Donegal, in
letter to the Dublin Freeman acknow-
lodging receipt of subscriptions, says:


"If the prisoners were the spillers of the
blood of the murdered men, 1 would not
trouble you with these thoughts. Nor will
now. though the subject suggests 1t, cay
word against the memory of Lord Lei
trim. But when innocent men are on their
trial for life or death, 1t becomes the
sacred daty of every member of society to
lend them the means of defence. It is one
of the noblest works of charity-the test
of the elect-'1 was in prison and you vis-
tied me-that lie, assisted me, helped to
set me free. But are they innocentf In
my heart and soul believe they are. And
that, too, is the firm belief and conviction
of their neigbboEs and ell who know any,
thing about them. But the Crown says ::
If these men be innocent why do not their
friends and countrymen assist our officials
Co make the guilty amenable to Justice Z
This is also the language of the English
and of the landlord press in Ireland and


was echoed by Baron Fitzgerald in his ad +.
dress, few days ago, to the grand jury of
this county. They say that the party
committed this murder in open day, and
cannot be unknown to those living in the
district, and that it is our sympathy with
agrarian crime that prevents the murder


ers from being arrested and brought to
j


it is an error baeed on false assump-
tiOn. Let ne see. 1t is admitted on all
hands that the murder was premeditated
and we'll planned; that, though committed
in open day, the spot selected was q lonely
waOd-Cratlagh Wooden the seashore,
where the party were screened from all
human observation. In reaching this place
they crossed an armlet of the sea-the
Muiroy-in q boat, and, after the murder,
repsssed this armlet in the came boat. The
men who had intelligence and mind enough
call it savage cunning If you will-tO
take these precautions knew that they
were forfeiting their lives by the commits
sion of this act aud that life or death
depended on it's secrecy. They must know,
for it is always the case, that large
reward would be offered for their appre-
hension. Now, with this dread and feel
ing on their minds, would they be mad
enough to let the peasantry of whole
district know all about them aud the mur-
der2 Would they leave themselves and
their lives at the mercy of any or every
garrulOus tongue in the neighborhood Z
Year: 1878

Woul0 they trust any person outside theH


own partyf 1t is admitted that there wal


no small amount of wariness and fore


thought In planning this murder; bui


would they not, beyond and above every
| other precautioD, take all possible precan
! tion to save their own livesf Would
they not try to make it impossible for any


one to identify thema Would they not


look over their right shoulder and their


left to see that they were not seen When
| ones life 10 ut stake tho sense of self
preservation puts rs, by an instinct OF
nature, on our guard. The pressmen who
write otherwise would do the same.


If they were tempted to commit murder l
power of o whole district to let It leak out


aud bring their necks to the gallows. No
person ever premeditated murder that did


not at the same time pIemeditate secrecy
and take every precaution against detec-


tion. This being so, is it not moDstrously
trict, and, still worse, all Donegal, with
completely with a crime Of which they
could not know anything until it was
committedf know the poor peasants Of
that district long and we'll They have
suffered many heartless and crnel wrongs
at Lord Leitrim's hand. But / have no
heaitation in saying that they would suRer
them still, or even suffer themselves to be
tortured as the early martyrs were, sooner
than imbrue their bands in his blood. 1t
is true some party did murder him. On
fortunately he sowed the whirlwind and
reaped the storm. Bat it is my solemn
conviction that the men Imprisoned in
Lifford had neither hand nor part In it
that they are not only in . technical sense,
but in fact, in reality, Innocent of the crime
laid to their charge. I mention this as it
must give immense satisfaction to the con-
tributors to this fund to know that their
efforts 60 to rescue innocent men from
shameful and ignominioHs death.


You are aware that this trial has been
postponed to the next assizee. This is a
matter of serious regret. We fear the
Crown may manage to have them tried at
q winter assize held out of this county, and
thus adroitly change the venue. If our
fears be realized, would :. be CT the part
of this Crown fair play and justice Be-
sides it would entail a much larger amount
of expenses in bringing witnesses from this
to some distant county. This long i'm
prisonment, moreover-even if they were
at length liberated-wili utterly ruin their
homes and reduce their families to extreme
want. Under these circumstances, what
do you think if, over and above defraying
their legal expenses, we open list that
men of feeling and charity may have an
opportunity to recoup their Losses and help
to support their families7
Year: 1878

The little bit of girl wanted more and
more buttered toast, till she was told that
too much would make her sick. Looking
4istfully at the dish moment, she thought
she saw the wav out Of her difficulty, and
exclaimed: "Well, give me annuzer piece,
and send for the DOCTOR"
Year: 1878

Ex. Gov. Ponder, who has been residing
in this city for the past three or four
years, will within a short time remove
from here to Mil ION, where he will take
up his residence. He formerly resided at
that place.
Year: 1878

WAsnEGToH, Dec. Ex-senator Coke. of Texas,
will, after the recess, move for a change IN the
present system Of doing business by United
States Dlstrict-Attorneys in the South. The
bill which he will introduce will abolish
the present fee list and substitute for it regular
scale Of salaries. Mr.. Coke says that there is no
other way to put 4 stop TO the petty espionage cX-
cgcIscd by the agents of the attorneys over the
small dealers in whlskey and tobacco in the
South for insignificant and plEsl technical
offences. He says that the dealers are hounded
down and fined without the least benefit to the
treasury and merely Tor the purpose of increasing
the pay of the attorneys ard marsbais. In the
speech which he will make advocating the passage
Of the bill he Will 40 over he whole ground.
Year: 1878

1t is expected that the Sultan will shortly
issue trade, at the request Of CaratheOdori Pacha
Minister OF Foreign Affairs, dccrccing the appointment
Of second neG0tiator in the discussion relative to
dcuitive treaty Of peace with Russia The negotiations
will begin immediately. Russia it is aid. Nil not exact
from Turkey m immediate scttlg mem Of the Indemnity
bur will accept promise Of future arrangement A
the treaty signed the evacuation OF IurEISA
territory by the Russians will begin
Year: 1878

The DEAooN's PRAYER.-A good
story is told of a deacon in Tennes-
see, who was in the habit of riding
a bucking mule---that is, mule
that can make q camel's back of it's
straight one, and, by spasmodic
movement Of it's four legs and hump,
discharge it's rider like cannon
ball. The other day they came to
the edge of tho worst mud hole in
the State, and the mule gave un-
mistakable indications of bucking.
The good deacon knew that lie was
about to be thrown, and his mind
skurried about for a prayer. His
table grace came easiest: "Lord,
for what we are about to receive
make us humbly grateful" he ex-
claimed, and the mule buoked and
he was in.
Year: 1878

The Journal de So. Petersburg says
The wisdom and moderation of the
statesmen assembled in Berlin, and of
the governments they represent, are
sure pledges that nothing will be left
undone to secure for Europe a solid
peace, restore order in the East, and
remove all cause of apprehension in
future.
Year: 1878

1t was last conspicuously heard OF in
Berlin, and it suddenly whistles through
pane of glass in little New Jersey city.
From an attempt to kill the Kaiser in his
German capital to an attempt to kill poor
devil of juryman in the Paterson Court
House may seem great descent in the dig
nifty of assassination, but the variation ex-
hibits instinctively that no murder which
promises profit to the socialist is beneath
his notice. Paterson is city oddly made
up as to it's people. 1t has large popu-
lation of workers in factories, many OF
them of French, German and English birth
a turbulent and uneasy element, in which
all the wild theories find a fertile soil and
it is otherwise peopled with the average
Jerseyman whose intentions are good
who respects the law and likes to see it
enforced. Jerseymen have always been
recognized as having very decided will in
that direction, and the other part of the
Paterson population, under the influence OF
the socialist impulse to nullify all laws
which they dislike, find themselves, there
fore, in rather queer company. 1t is evident
that IN odd conflict is in preparation over
there, for the attempt to impose the social
istic tyranny under peril of assassi4ation
will not strike JeTseymen as good joke.
Year: 1878

When the reports of benevolent associa-
tions are published. or when some special
need of individual or neighborhood awakens
the sympathies and unlocks the pockets of
the rich, does any one ever think of the
benevolences of the poor2 The HERALD Of
yesterday contained pitiful story Of poor
woman who, with her child, was dying Of
hunger. At how many doors of well-to-do
families she begged without result it would
be hard to say, but when finally she found
resting place it was with woman
as poor as herself, in the basement of
O wretched tenement house. Her case was
only one of thousands. The charities of
the poor are bestowed in small quantities.
bit of bread here, hardly-spared gar
ment there, a handful of wood or a scuttle
OF coal, but in number they are literally
countless, and in value they exceed oil the
gratuities of oil the rich. The poor man
Year: 1878

To-day and tomorrow are the last two
days of registration, and no citizen can vote
unless his name is placed on the list. 1t is
to be hoped that the number added to the
registry during these two days will much
more than double the total of the first two
days. Even then there will be compare
lively light registration and vote, consider
ing the importance of the election. Upon
the harmony. efficiency and honesty of the
municipal government depend the pros
perity of the city and the welfare Of
the people. We are just now at
turning point in our municipal
affairs Instead of constantly increasing
debt and taxation we now, for the first time
in the last eight years, have decreasing
debt and q serious and earnest effort to
reduce taxation. We have also o chance,
through o united and harmonious adminis-
tration, to improve our streets and docks
and to reap the full ben efts of rapid transit
These assuredly ought to be interests of
sufficient Importance to call every voter to
the polls. We cannot too strongly urge
every legal voter to qualify himself by regis
tration to-day. 1t is not safe to postpone
the duty until tomorrow. It is to be hoped
that the two days work will raise the num-
Der registered to more than one hundred
and seventy thousand.