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Year: 1878

After many years of study in England
and France, Gilbert was ordained priest in
|ll23, and received from his father, who


was lord ef the manor, a rich benefce in


Lincolnshire. Save small sum for his
own use, Gilbert gave his revep ues to the
poor, and by unwearying care brought his
flock to state of almost monastic discip-
line. After while he felt inspired to
build q small house beside the church for
seven maident who wished to dedicate
themselves to God Others followed their
example, and Gilbert soon found himself
at the head of a rising community, which
he thought at first of offering to the great
Cistercian Order, then spreading in Eag'
Year: 1878

The Republicans of Petersburg, Va, being
greatly dissatisfied with the nomination Of
Colonel d. G. PorTs for postmaster at that
place, recently held another monster mass
meeting to consider what course they had bet
ter adopt in the premises. The meeting re-
suited in the adoption of q respectful petition
to the President, urging him to withdraw the
name of Colonel PoTrs from the Senate, for
certain cogent reasons therein set forth, and
prominent among which are his avowed Dem
ocracy, his cooperation, while a member of the
common council, in the adoption Of measures
designed to prevent tho voting of colorcd cti-
zens, by so reducing the number of voting
places as to make it physically impossible for all
tho votes Of legal coorcd voters to be deposited
within the time specified by law, and that he


Is just as disloyal in sentiment to the Govern
ment of the United States now as he was
during the war. This petition bears the names
of about nine hundred Republican voters, two
hundred of whom swear that they were
among those dlfranchised by the action Of the
Common Council above referred to, Of which
Colonel PoTTs was a member. This action
should have great weight with the President,
and the more especially as there arc plenty of
native white Republicans in Petersburg fully
as well qualified in every respect to perform
the duties of the Office as Colonel PORTS
Year: 1878

The New York Tribune, which has re-
Gently cOunscllrd the bankers of New York
10 raise fund with which to crafty and
corrupt the itching palms" Of senator, to
influence their votes against the silver bill,
mud demanded OF the President that he
should use the patronage Of the Govern
mcnt to corrupt legislation, now attempts
10 blind and mislead the public mind in re-
gard to the years failures in business and
the causes that have led to them. But
TENNYsoS says:


What il weak must lie;


The lion needs but roar to guard It's young.


That cause must, indeed, be weak which
will utter such bold sophstrics in its de-
tense as follows, which we lind in the Tri-
buRe:


Doubt still reaps its harvest. The men
who attack the credit Of the Government are
making bankrupts at an alarming rate.


The Tribune starts out in this declaration
with "the truth in masquerade The har.
vest of bankruptcy that is being rcupcd is
not from doubt, but from the fact that re.
sumption is arbitrarily fixed for January
1872 this certainty making it necessary
that the Government should contract its
circulation and hoard gold to prepare fol
that event. If there was doubt Us to the
time when resumption is to take place, the
Government would not during the pas
year have deprived the country of a large
circulating medium, that has been with
drawn with view 10 making resumption
possible. Tho business interests Of the
country would now have the aid Of thi,
retired circulating medium to float their
over the emergencies OF the period, anC
bankruptcy, to great extent, would b,
Ryercd, No man attacks the credit Of thu
Government so merCilesSly as he who op
poses measure that promises to afford i
the means Of meeting its obligations at tn,
time named in the law, That man who op
poses the remOnetiLing Of silver to swell tn
coin measure of the country is doing NOR
now TO damage the public credit than an,
other, and the bankruptcies of the perio,
can be charged comparatively to his &C
cunt
Year: 1878

The country has already been astonshed
by the bitter attacks made Ivy Senator NJ. C..
BUTLER upon President HAYES, after the
seat In the United States Senate, and
when he had been freshly dccked with the
Senatorial mantle, he returned to the capital
Of his State. The time and occasion were
those when he should have clothed himself
in great modcsty and mcckncss of mien &;
but such was not the fact. lie threw his
Senatorial toga over his shoulder. returned
to his own State, and wantOnly assIilcd the
man above all others toward whom he
should have been grateful for the ill-timed
and undeserved honor that had been con-
icrrcd upon him. This speech, in all its
bitterness and oiicnsivencss, has already
been published and spread broadcast over
the country, and hence we will not inlict 1t
upon our readers ut this time. BUTLER had
record that should have stood as an i'm
passible wall between him and the honors
Of the Senate Chamber. lie stands re-
corded as the butcher of his fcllow-men in
cold blood at Hamburg, and this is the first
instance in the history of this nation where
man charged with the murder of his fel-
low-mcn has escaped the gallows and found
refuge and honor in the councils of the ma
tion. History finds no precedent for this
under the pgis Of civilization, and we trust
its page may never be outraged by repeti
tion. 1t was not enough that he should, by
completely, imbrue his hands in the blood
of unoffending black men, but with the
blood and memory of that crime fresh upon
him, he seeks preierment to an honor next
to the highest in the gift of the American
people, and to the shame of civilization il
has been, temporarily, we trust, extended
to his unworthy name. Flushed with this
achievement he contemns and reprobate:
the Chief Magistrate with a yitupcrativ,
tongue, and returns to his seat in the ma
tional capitol. But neither his abuse Of the
President his unworthiness. nor his com
plicity with the Hamburg massacre are for
gotten. They will haunt him until, W,
trust, he may be driven from the seat HI
now dishonors.


His admission to q seat i'll the Senate wa
a bald discrcdit to the nation which tn,
people can neither forget nor forgive, and il
is gratifying to know that there are thos,
South, as well as North, who have tn
manly courage to characterize the act in


becoming manner. The Raleigh (N. C.
Register holds the following bold and fear
less language toward him. 1t says: "Thi
man who has been proved to be responsible
for the murder of forty negroes at lIambur
is permitted to sit in the United States Sen
ate and make laws TO govern a race whom h
tried to cXterminate. lie ought to he eN
PEELED from the Senate and then tried fC


murder. Poor PATTERSON is charged wit


bribery and he is haunted down with III


swiitness of sleuth-hOund. But Senate


BrTLER, who is charged with cold-bloodc


murder, is pettcd and hOnorcd and is M


even presented by grand jury of his peer
Truly. politics does make II difference
the Temple of Justice as well as in 9th,
mattarS
Year: 1878

We would again call the attention oi
business men and others to the fact that We
have connected with our Office one of the
most complete job printing offices in the
country, which is prepared at all times to
do all kinds of printing in the best of style
and at the most reasonable prices. Espe-
cially is this true of legal printing, briefs,
arguments, speeches, etc.
Year: 1878

FOR the General Government to furnish
arms to the several States TO equip their
militia is, perhaps, safe and well where all
the people are loyal TO the General Govern
ment; but where that loyalty is not beyond
n question, the experiment is one Of doubt
ful propriety. There are sections of this
country to-day where all the people are not
fully loyal to the Constitution.
Year: 1878

The undersigned takes this occasion his thanks
to the people Of Yankton particularly and to his
friends throughout Dakota and Nebraska the
patronage which has been bestowed upon the late firm Of
DUDLEY HAWLEY through the many years in which
that firm has carried business in this city, he
desires to call the attention Of these
the people generally to the enlarged facilities
sve assortment and comodous rooms,
firm had provided and which the Dudley
& Hawley, possesses


In the line of the Hardware trade
of Copper and Sheet Iron Ware
equal in all respects to anything in the
west occupying three grand rooms,



In the future. by constant application business hopes
to the Hardware trade of the which naturally
utary to this point entered here and shall
make for the interest Of the people within this region
chase their Hardware Tnware Copper Sheet ware
Stoves and all other articles in this line from


Yours gratefully and respectfully,


GEO. e. HAWlEY,


Union Block Third st.
Year: 1878

The ripest fruit grows on the rough
est wall


II is the small wheels OF the wagon
that come in first.


The man who holds the ladder at
the bottom. is frequently Of more SER
vice than the man at the top oft.


The turtle, though brought in at toe
back gate. always takes the head OF the
table.


True merit. like the pearl inside OF
the oyster, is content to remain quiet
until It finds an opening.


The top strawberries are eaten nrst.


He who leaves early gets the best
hat.


Pride sleeps in . gilded crown con
tentmsnt in cotton nightcap.
Year: 1878

A correspondent to the Citizen from Arivaca District under date of Oct. 8 gives the following items; The Ari. vaca and Gro Blanco mining districts are daily growing in wealth and inn pOrtance by the development of old claims and the discovery of new ones. It is understood here that Kirkpate . rick and Flood are about to transfer their Gro Blanco mining property tO a San Francisco company, and that said company will push the develop mcnt fthe property to dividend ba- sis. These mines are really worth a million. The pumping out ofthe Ger TO Colorado mine is progressing rap idly. The water is now below the second level. and the first level is in a condition for exploration which will be pushed on at once. If everything is well the new mill of the Arivaca min ing company will soon respond to the requirements of the district. Among the many good developments in the district l must call special attention to the mining property of the ConsOl. idated Arizona Mining Company Their main shaft is down about sixty feet, and the work is continued day and night. The entire bottom of the shaft is in free milling ore that will average over s100 per ton, In my opinion it iS one of the richest claims in southern Arizona.
Year: 1878

The Arctic whale 10 u failure this year. Up to
the twelfth OF July not one vessel OF the fleet
had caught single fish. and none OF the vss-
sells had been able to pass through Melville bay.
circumstance which has not happened In any
previous season In the recollection Of the old
est nartnin.
Year: 1878

The following estimate OF the possessions of
the Vanderbilt family is from o tolerably au-
thentic source. and Is believed to be below
rather thar. above the actual wealth of William
Year: 1878




Last Friday afternoon, says the Or


egon City Enterprise, a young boy


aged about fourteen years, came to


John Wolford's at Silverton, and said


he had been whipped in a horrible


manner by man named Lock Mister,


who lived near Silverton, and he was


on his way to his fathers place up the


valley. Mr.. Wolford took off the


boys clothes, and found that he was a


mass of bruises and cuts. The boys
story, if we are correctly informed, is


substantially as follows:


He had been living with Mister,


and last Friday morning the boy and


Milster's girl, aged about thirteen or
fourteen years, were discovered in the


barn in peculiar situation The en-
ragged father got his blacksnake and
gave the boy sound threshing. The
boy thought it was time to leave and
put out for his fathers place. Mil
ster was not satisfied with the pun
ishment he had inflicted on the boy,
so he started after him and caught the
offender about mile from the house.
He stripped off his clothes, tied him
to tree and proceeded to beat him
in an unmerciful and inhuman man.
ner with his heavy blacksnake. The
boy begged and pleaded for mercy,
but not until life was almost gone did
the brute cease to ply the whip He
then united his victim and left him.


The boy left Mr.. Wolford's and
started for his fathers. TIE same
evening he was discovered dead in the
road about two miles south of Silver
ton, and was buried next day by the
people who found the body.


A relative of the boy heard of the
affair Saturday. and coroner's jury
was summoned TO hold an inqnest
over the body. They rendered a ver-
dict that death was caused by a bow
inflicted Just above the abdomen.


Mister was at picnic near Silver
ton on Saturday, and learning of the
death of the boy, he Immediately stalt-
ed for home. On Monday a warrant
was issued for his arrest, but he could
not be found His wife said that he
came home on Saturday, but soon left,
since which time she has not heard or
seen anything of him = Portland
Standard
Year: 1878

The mind of childhood takes hold of
problems in a very queer way some.
times, aud its outlook on the world is
very curious and interesting. After
the three-day rain of week or two
since promising four-year.old, who
had beer deprived of her accustomed
romps on the sidewalk, grew impa-
tent, and said: Mother, | think the
Lord must have got telegram, and
left the weather to take care of itself.
| wish he'd come back, for Pm getting
awful tired of this sort of thing"
Year: 1878

In practical effect, five new ocean
cables have been laid across the At
laitic within the last few days, bnt it
has been done so noiselessly that the
newspapers have scarcely noticed it.
Year: 1878

Combined with brandy and water and
modified by.a low temperature, are
the immediate cause of Calvinism.
Meanwhile another boy had been fed
upon oatmeal and whisky, made to
live in damp room and frequently
sprinkled with a fine spray of water
closely resembling scotch mist.
This boy soon acquired peculiar
broad accent and showed a DISPOSE
ton to preach sermons several hours
in length. lie displayed violent
aversion to pictures Of all sorts, to
scarlet and to the sound of an organ.
A very short time was all that was


needed to develop him into an unmis.
taxable Scotch Presbyterian. The cx-
pertinent was satisfactory IN demon


strating the truth Of the materialistic
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, Oct. llth, 1873
T"ihe Editor of the Free Press and Times.


The recent changes in public opinion, the
renewed confidence in business circles. and tho
vigorous courage of the better classes Of both
the Democratic and Republican parties, in
duces me to make few observations and
state few facts.


Those who have hoped for or feared any
important results from the Grecnback heresy
and the fiat money craze, may both rest
assured that hereafter a man who owes
a dollar or has due him dollar, viii get Il
dollar that is good, the world over for what
it claims to be, and worth its face in gold.
Honest money Democrats here, as well a.
Republicans, arc set like the hills for this
result, and wherever you find an honest,
trustworthy Democrat in New York,
you find hard money man. The
dividing line hereafter will hc between
honest money, good the world over, or the
fat paper kiue OF the politician. The IN
tluencc of the commercial and financial
centre Of the United States being alaaSt
solid for honest money, will have its full
effect on the struggle now going on, and is
worth hundred thousand million dollars
IN goll to the commercial and agricultural
interests oi the country.


never Saw New York whcn the conf
dcnce in the future prosperity Of our country
was 50 great, anl 1t comes now, mainly from
the crushing verdict Of the West against
specious quack remedy for hard times, given
to kill the patient after IA lew spa.modic
kicks Of renewed life


Democrats and Republicans alike share tins
confidence, and believe the time has come
when strong old party lines will snap like
thread and all honest men jbin in keeping
the faith that has given the nation the high
est commercial and financial credit oGany
nation on the lace of the earth TRAxts.
Year: 1878

York Nation, that the political revolution in
Canada is not to be construed as victory
OF the high tariff theorists. but as an express
sion of discomfort with the present CONNER
cial relations CT the United States and
Canada.
Year: 1878

wind, " says an old horseman, "is
the grand secret of fast horse. Good
lungs Will cover a multitude of faults;
while, on the other hand, perfection of
shape and form are useless when the
wind is out. The chest, therefore, in all
cases, should be large and capacieus. In
shape it may vary somewhat, according
to the service to which the horse is to be
put. IF he is to be kept for slow work
and heavy drawing, the chest may be
nearly circular in form, because this
shape is the one for strength and bulk,
to receive and bear up against the pres
sure of the collar, while at the same time
sufficient room is secured for that expan-
sion of the lungs caused by slow, regula
work. But if the chest is circular, let il
be at the same time deep, or else the
lungs may be cramped. A horse with a
shallow chest is worthless for any pur-
pose. The rule, then, is thisi For q
draught horse, a circular but deep chest;
but, as you pass through the different
degrees of speed, up to the racer and
trotter, the chest will increase in depth,
compared to its roundness, until, for the
highest rate of speed, you must take a
chest as deep as a greyhound, and at
the same time not lacking in strength.
Every breeder should keep this rule in
mind when selecting his brood mares
and stations, for he may be sure that
shaliow-chested parents never beget
deep-cheSted colts"
Year: 1878

An effort is TO be made in New York,
as well as in M iryland and some other
States, to suppress the tramp evil. A
bill for that purpose has been iItro-
duced in the New York Assembly by
Mr.. Robertson. Tt provides for the ap-
pointment of State Superintendent OF
County Warehouses; It makes il the
duty of the Supe, intendent (who is TO
be subordinate TO the State Board of
Charities) TO rent buildings in the sew
eral counties, such as may be required
for the confinement and employment OF
vagrants. It makes him the Judge Of
the kinds of employment to which they
shall be put, and directs him to regard
the interests of the vagrants in respect
TO morals, and the requirement of hab-
its of industry. When any workhousa
Is ready for the reception of guests it is
his duty to notify the various magis-
trates of the judicial department within
which the workhouse is situated of the
fact, and to furnish them with blank
forms for the commitment OF tramps. It
requires the emagisnates TO sentence per
Year: 1878

sGEs convicted of vagrancy under exist
ing or fut,ifS laws to labor in the work
house for not more than three nor less
than six months for the first offense for
not less than six nor more than twelve
months for the second, and for an in
definite tins for the third or any subse-
quent offense. Further, the bill pro-
vides that the vagrant shall be allowed
fair compensation for his work at the
expiration of his term. And, still fur
ther, it provides that, in order to avoid
needless competition with "honest la
Dor, the vagrants shall not be hired out
to private employers, but shall be set at
some kind of public work
Year: 1878

4 GERMAN expedition will start shortly
to explore the eastern part of the Desert
OF Sahara. It Will be under the direction
of SIR Roblfs, who has received the
Paris Geographical Society's medal for
intrepid and able exploration. More
than one sayant viii be Of the party.
Year: 1878

M ERCHANF TAILORING ESTABLISH
w ment, on Sth street, near south end of
bridge The tailoring department is complete


ana contains n large assortment of fashionable
On haad> Please call and examine before pur-
Year: 1878

Tho Legislature OF Maryland is wrestling
with the tramp nuisance with considerable
spirit, under determination, if possible, to
cXpcl it from the State by the force of law
Several bills have been introduced, none OF
which are regarded without objection rs to
some of their provisions. One of them. and
perhaps the best of the bud get, provides
that persons found prowlins around the
State and recognized as tramps shall he
brought before n justice OF the peace and
sentenced to labor for term not exceeding
six months for first OGcnsc, or more than
one year for the second or other 0lense.
The lHbor to which the tramp shall be thus
condemned may be on any county farm, or
Oh streets or highways, or in any iuil or
workhOuse, alm,house, or hous. OF correc-
tiOn. So far the bill defines vrrv clearly
who shall be considered u tramp and what
shall be done wi h him. But the urcc,,ity
VI dealing with him without prciudicc has
led to the insertion of provision in the bin
whereby the tramp may demand a Jury
trial, and the justice OF the peace must
forthwith summon u jury TO sit on the case
pretty much IN the same way as coroner
catches MP ilnrrOrrptu jury to sit on an
inquest, In addition to this, even if the
tramp be convicted by the jury, the Circuit
Court Of c@ch county is given full power oi
review.


Hero the interests of the tramp are care
h'lly guarded, and we apprchend the pro.
cas- OF dealing 9Th linn will be 50 expcn
Year: 1878

sive that the law will be honored more in
the breach than in the observance.


We have one fear relating to the suppress
sion Of the tramp nuisance in Maryland.
The whole horde win be preciptated upon
this city, where we are short of facilities for
their entertainment in q proper manner.
Mercy knows that we now have our full
share, and it is the duty of Congress to
make some provision by which they will be
led to avoid this locality. The appeals that
are constantly made at the residences of
our citizens for charity, in the shape of
food, raiment, and money, have become in
tolerablo, and the volume of crime is being
rapidly swelled under their invasion.
Year: 1878

Ir ought, however. to be clear 10 every in.
t"lligcnt man that there can and will be- 40
resumption IL the silver bill becomes law
Bmgdi0 " - tOUicr


We put this prophecy on record for the
reason that the time of its utter explosion
is near at hand, and the author of it will
soon see the narrow and unsustainablc view
It has taken of the question. This is an
issue between gold and the peoplc-the
latter believing that when the silver bill be-
comes law resumption will become an ac-
cJmplished fact. Tho money power, based
On gold, rcsists the silver measure, but gold
rill soon be forced to take scat alongside
and as the peer OF silver, ior the silver
measure Of reconciliation will certainly,
sooner OF later, become law-ror poDuH, &c.
Year: 1878

FArLrREs and bankruptcies are follow
ing each other in rapid succession through
ont the country. The cry of warning is
Stand from UNDER" and that admonition
relates to Congress as much as to anybody
else, for every man who votes on the qucs-
tion of finance will be held to strict ac-
countability for his action. This is ques-
ton in which all the people have an in.
terest
Year: 1878

SENATOR MATTHEWS silver resolution,
though of itself OF no great Importance,
except as an expression of sentiment,
passed the Senate yesterday by vote Of .?
to 43, which indicates that properly CON
structed silver bill will pass that body by a
majority equal to overcome u veto.