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Year: 1879

From the New Madrid (Mo.) Tribune. ]


The Democratic party of the State
of Ohio, have seen proper to nominate
Que Thomas Ewing, Jr. as their cam
didate for Governor of that State. lie
may stand high, aud he may stand
we'll as a Democrat in that State, but
in Missouri, be will ever be regarded
as man without principle-a coward
at heart-a natural born tyrant as we'll
as a natural brute.


But the Democracy of the great
State of Ohio can never rescue his
name from the infamous notoriety to
which the pencil of General Bingham
General Order No II, as we'll as the
flames of the houses-the tall chin
neys-yes and the graves of the old
men, the women and the children have
consigned it, and where it so justly be
longs.


The good people of that beautiful
city, Potosi, in Washington county,
wildly recollect the unmanly and 10
human speech he made them in 1864.
Surrounded with set, az depraved
and unprlncipled as himself; Ordering
iu the people. who had not only been
an honor to their country, but TO the
whole State, he vomited forth stream
of foulness, falsehood and vitupera
ton that could only come from one on
whom God had written "Prognathous
all over his face.


The time will come when General
Ewing will be called "to that bourn
from whence no traveller returns" OF
course that party which admires him
so much will place monument over
his grave, in commemoration of his
gallantry, heroism and loyalty in the
faithful execution of General Order
No. IL. And we suggest that his
friends commence at once gather up
the ashes of the homes his vandalism
made desolate, cement it with the
blood which his barberism deluged the
fairest portion of our STATE, aud then
crown it with the gray hairs of those
whom his brutality sent to an untimely
grave,
Year: 1879

Iu Colorado is ten acre field which
is no more or less than subtorranean
lake covered with soil about eighteen
inches deep. On the soil is eultiva.
ted field of corn, which produces
thirty or forty bushel to the acre. If
any one will take the trouble to dig a
hole the depth of a spade handle he
will dnd it to ELL with water, aud by
using hook and line, fish four or
five inches long can be caught. The
fish have neither scales nor eyes and
are perch>like in shape. The ground
is a black mari 10 its nature, and in all
probability was at one time an open
body Of water, on which was accuma-
lated vegetable matter, which has been
increased from time to iial until now
it has a crust sufficiently strong and
rich to produce fine corn, though 1T
has to be cultivated by band, as it Is
not strong enough TO bear the weight
of a horse. While harvesting punch
ing a hole through the earth. A per-
son rising on his heel and coming
down suddenly can SEQ the growing


corn shake ali around him. Any ono


having the strength to drive rail
throuGh this crust will ind on reieas-
| ing IL that it will disappear aitoGether-


The whole section of country surround
ding this field gives evidence Of marshi-


ness. and the least rain produces al
abundance of mud But the question


comes up, has not this body an outlet


Although hrackish, the water tastes as


if fresh, and is evidently not stasnant.


Yet these fish arc eyeless aud scslcless
similar 10 those found in caves.
Year: 1879

Tho Atlanta Constitution advises
the negroes to wait until the fall be
fore they emigrate to Kansas. They
will then have from two to three feet
of snow to cover up in. The Repub-
lican party will bring their food to
them where they are warmly tucked
under the snow, and they will have
nothing to DO but TO vote and sit on
the Jury.
Year: 1879

WILL any man because be hates the
na me, democrat, but honestly is rot a
Republican, remain in movement
which Turner'S letter plainly show is
being used only as tool to dicids the
Democrats and help the Republicons?
Come out Of there. or openly cut loose
and say you prefer Republican, to
Democratic successl
Year: 1879

as he expressed it. Acting on this
thought. he resolved some time ago.
before he returned from the Black
Hills, he says, to kill his three chill
dren as the only way to save their
souls. His wife has been afraid of
him, and has feared that he would
carry out some of the threats he has
made against her aud the children, but
seoms 20 have been taken of her guard
lie says that he had fixed upon to day
as the day when the children must die.
and two or three days ago bought some
cynanlde Of potassium 10 poison them
lie apparently watched his opportunity
to have the children alone, and this
afternoon sent his wife up town TO buy
a hat for the youngest. After she
had gone be called tie children in
from the street, where they were play
ing, telling them that they were to be
washed and dressed, aud then he would
take them up street and get them some
candy. After getting them in the
house he attempted to administer the
poison to them, but as they would not
take it he deliberately shot them in
cold blood. He then wrote letter iu
German 10 one of his neighbors, tell,
ing what he had done, aud hinted at
suicide, and closed by saying that his
wife knew nothing about it, Carrying
the bleeding body of little Annie into
the room where the others we're mur
dered, he laid it on the bed beside the
baby, leaving the eldest lying on the
floor
Year: 1879

He then went out, locking the door,
and entered Blaise Borlin's lager beer
saloon, near by, where he told what be
had done aud asked for glass of beer.
Deputy Sheriff Kingsbury happened
to be 10 that part of the city, and fol-
lowed kemmler up the street to Mar
tin Smiths saloon. He was at once
taken to the station house aud placed
under guard Meanwhile so great a
crowd had gathered at the scene of the
murder that the officers with difficulty
effected an entrance to the house
When they had done so, what sight
to behold The tenement was q small
one Of four rooms on the third floor
Everything spoke of poverty, but the
that the poor mother had done her
best to make her home pleasant and
cheerful. The first room entered was
evidently used for a sort cf living
room, and on clothes line hung the
dresses aud aprons of the little victims,
washed and irOned ready for the Sab~
bath. Scattered here aud there on the
floor we're the playthings they had last
used. On the table stood the bottle of
cyanide of potassium, and near it tea
cup, which smelled of The poison
showing that the unnatural father had
tried to feed it to the children before
shooting them. In the cupboard was
half loaf of bread and the remnants
of the MONDAY meal. Opening cut Of
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bodies of Annie aud Emma, with a
bullet hole through the head of each
The former was just breathing, while
the latter lay as if


SHOT WHILE ASLEEP.


One little hand was raised to its cheek,
and all blackened, as was the face, with
powder The bullet that did the dead
iy work was found in the pillow, hav
ing passed completely through the
head. All were shot between the ear
and temple, the bullets in every case
having gone entirely through the head
Ludmilla, the eldest, had evidently
stood beside the bed when shot, aud
fell over on the floor, where her body
was found in pool of blood All
three bullets were found by Sheriff
KIngsbury. They were 32 caliber,
and the pistol, when taken from the
murderer had four chambers discharg-
ed, showing that one shot had been
fred that did not take effect. Medical
Examiner DR.. l.. NJ. Tuttle, made an
examination of the bodies preparatory
to an inquest, after which they were
banded over to tue undertaken. At
Year: 1879

In few days we shall call upon the citizens of our city and present to them the privilege of having a daily paper issued in their midst

 Ph9nix is largo enough and her cit izens sufficiently enterprising and public spirited to justify the estab- lishment of such a metropolitan in stitution. As town or city, Phenix Ias met with most rapid and pros porous growth. Less than two years since, she was without even the com mon weekly newspaper, today she is blessed with two. Within a year past, the population of the place has been increased onc-half; the charac- ter and number of her business and residence buildings much enlarged, and the true spirit of her progress everywhere recognized. All these facts are evidences of very satisfac- tory growth. Add to the above a daily paper filled with the latest tele- graphic news from all parts of the country, with all the interesting local news of each day carefully written up, and another important evidence of the stately stripping of our town Toward the proud position of city of the firstclass will be given to the world. Briefly stated, we give tbe public view of the matter as above. The private or selfish view to take of Ab;s proposed improvement on the part of the individual is will it pay" The individual will be ex- pected to pay twenty-five cents per week for one copy of the Daily, and of the advertisers 8 slight advance over present rates for the same Those who aye already advertising in OUT eemi weekly will be required to pay but 6 small per centage in addi- tion to the semi weekly rates, to have ipcir adds. carried in tae Daily. Who
Year: 1879

of all our wide-awake citizens cannot

 afford to pay " two bits" per week

 for the Daily-the price of drlnk

 or good cigar-ior the sake of hay

 ing the news freshly dished up for

 them every day, and who among all

 our business men are not willing to pay small per cent, increase on the cost of advertising for the sake of

 increasing the volume of their trade;

 for the privilege of having their ad

 vertisements displayed to the public six days in the week, instead of but once or twice As newspaper men, we have motive or two in the mat ter of the proposed Daily-that of building up the city and our own in terests. While we are anxious to in crease our worldly possessions, we are not unmindful of the wants and wishes, of the general public, and we confidently believe the interest of both will be conserved in the issuing from the HERALD office, well regL- lated daily, At first we shall be sat isfied if we can secure patronage enough to simply cover the cost of issuing the said Daily. Without more or less. encourag cement of the substantial kind, we cannot even commence its issue. There is no doubt of the commencement of this and its continuance if it can be made to pay.
Year: 1879

Ip pursuing this subject in this number, we propose 10 speak princi- pally, of tie present ditches and the cost of keeping them in repair. The Salt River Canal and the Maricopa Canal, have the oldest rights of any in the valley, and from them and their branches, probably about one half of the grain raised in the valley, is irrigated. The water for these canals is taken from the river at very nearly the same place, and they have each a dam that requires an outlay of considerable money each year, to keep in repair. For the past three years, these two canal companies have sold an amount of water, that at the price of S2 50 per inch has amounted to 5000 per year Nearly all of this large sum has been con sumed each year in repairs and ex- penscs on the canals. 4 moity per haps has been expended in improve ment and extensions, but not enough, too in any perceiTable degree appre- ciate the value of the stock This is heavy drain upon the farmers to meet every year, and if the canals were in the hands Of capitalists, who run tho canals to make money, we fear there would be the usual cry against the bloated monopolist. In this case the monopolists are the far mcrs, and they do not find it profita ble The Griffin and Farmers Ca nals, are the next in point of age, on this side of the river, and financial y their experience has been similar to the two older ones. There has been 8 large outlay in the construction and constant repairs, with no correspond ing income. The large outlay upon the temporary dams required each year, has consumed a very large portion of the income from the sale of water. And then another very bad feature is, that in seasons of low water, they do not succeed in getting the water from the river. The Tempe, Prescott, San Francisco mad Maddox Canals on the south side of the river, in the cost of con struetion and repairs, form no excep- tfon to those above mentioned. They have been a constant, ever recurring expense to the farmers who have used water from them. A source of wor ry and anxiety by day, and the dragon of their nightmares by night. What has been said of the canals named, will apply to the more recent ly constructed canals, with equal l force. That it appears, that we have very expensive system of canals; that it takes from the farmer and | others who use the water, probably l $4o,000 per annum in money and | labor, which is the same as money, and yet we are not well and regularly | supplied with water. Our ditches break with every little rain, our dams are more or less destroyed and carri ed away by every little freshet in the river, and these things occur some times, when the loss of water for a few days, entails a severe loss upon the farmer. Is there any remedy within the reach of the farmer for their trouble. and if there is in what way does it lie, and how shall we proceed to take advantage of it or apply it? We will consider thi, part of the subject next week.
Year: 1879

Citizen: The infant son of Manuel Vaszuez died this morning. Just previous to it's death priest was sent for to baptize it, but he arrived few minutes too late. The child was dead, and the baptism had been ad- ministered by it's grandmother. The parents desire that the body shall be buried next to that of it's grandfather, in that part of the cemetery which has received the benediction of the Catholic Church, but the Church authorities assume to deny the priv ilege on the ground that the baptism was irregular The friends of the family are very indignant at the rule which would thus divide their dead, and will not be satisfied with out an appeal to the city authorities.
Year: 1879

The audiphone is a recent invention that
enables the deaf to hear, by holding it be-
tween the teeth. But it is necessary 10 have
teeth in order to render the contrivance
available. Simple cumming it will not do
\ very Earruluus Dubuque woman, whose
husband has been deaf for a number of years
heard of it and didn't rest until she got one.
Her husband was all right with regard TO
aurieulars when she married him, but in
less than year she had talked him deaf as a
post, aud II was such relief that he accepted
it in a spirit Of grateful resignation. He
would sometimes watch her lips work as she
endeavored to make him hear, aud smile
with that serene sense Of security which 90
Year: 1879

WORTH KNoWING. .-Crusta and
pieces of bread should be kept IN
an earthen jar, closely covered in 4
dry cool place.


Keep fresh lard in tin vessels.


Keep yeast IN wood or glass.


Keep preserves and jejlies in
glass.


Keep salt ia a dry place.


Keep meal and -four in acool, dry
place.


Keep vinegar in wood or glass.


Sugar Is an admirable Ingredient
in curing meat and fish.


Lard tor pastry should be used
hard as it can be cut with a knife.
It should be cat through the flour,
not rubbed.


In boiling meat for meal, use
cold water to extract the juices. IF
the meat is wanted Tor itself alone,
plunge in boiling water at once.


Bro,l steak without sailing. Salt
draws The juices in cooking 1t is
desirable to keep these in,i possible.
Cook over bot fire, turn frequent
ly, soaring on both sides. Place
on platter, salt and pepper, 10
taste.


To prevent meat from scorching
during roasting, place basin Of
water in the oven; the steam
generated prevents seorohing, and
makes the meat cook better.


Beef that has o tendency to be
tough can be made very palatable
by stewing very gently tor two
hours with pepper and salt, taking
out about pint Of the liquor when
half done, and letting the rest boil
into the meat. Brown the meat IL
q pot After taking up, make u
gravy Of the pint OF liquor saved.
Year: 1879

WHAT MAKES HARD IIMEs.-
The following sensible remarks are
from :he columns of the Commerce.
al Review, and are worth the seri
Gus consideration of large major
ity OF the people,


"Among the various causes
which have gradually brought
about the present depression in
trade, the desire for outward dis.
play, in accordance with self-impos-
ed amenities of society, occupies a
prominent place. People not only
live beyond their means, but they
strenuously endcavor to hide this
from other people. When a man
accustomed TO live in good style
duds himself financially sinking, it
is calling to him to dispense With


iuxuries' What does be do? He
holds out as long as he can, by max
ing other people carry his burdens.
Soon however, his supporters fall,
and he is compelled to put up with
the worst. Now, if that man were
posse ssed OF the moral courage to
act II dependently of society, his
financial ruin, if it might not
altogether be prevented, would be
kept for a while at bay. He would
thus be doing a Service to the
financial CONDITION of the nation.


But the majority Of the people will
not do this. They will retain their
thousand and one luxuries until
these are taken away from them by
inevitable and natural causes Seine
body must bear the burden of debt,
which, cast from cne man TO an
other, as each finds it too cppres-
slve, is ultimately thrown upon the
few, who sink under the crash. The
good business man seldom IL per-
soually extravant. He feels that he
must conform to the hard times; bGt
he finds it difficult to make his
family do likewise. Moreover, the
necessary social change is so dis
tastefu! that he despairs, nine cases
out of ten of ever bringing it,about


What would people say if family
did not make It's summer trips to
the country? What would people
say if the social entertainments
wore given up, and if the clothing
bills were reduced to meet the
exigeEcles of the times Depend
upon it, the fear of losing ground
in fashionable society is a powerful
cause of the present depression in
trade. Fortunately it is this very
fear which will, in the end, bring
society to take a reasonable view of
financial affairs. A money panic
might indeed prove a bleseing in
disguise, for it Will bring people to
their senses, and compel them to
live strictly within their means. The
cry of hard times has led many to
the proper retrenchment Of their
expenses. But most people have
waited until the eleventh hour 10
deny themselves what has long
been superhuous. Much good has
been accomplished, but much re-
mains to be done 1t is in the
nature Of things to believe that Il g
present depression may not give
place to better times until a great
financial crash has taken place.
Aseanwhile, it is the duty ofsociety
in general to ignore artificial rules
and vain pretensions, as some
measure of atonement for over
strained style ofliving."
Year: 1879

Most animals have some way of
protecting themselves from their enc
mics, somo with teeth aud claws, 9TH
ers with offensive odors, and still 9TH
ers by hiding. You would hardly
think the giraffe belongs to. the last
sort-but he does, although no is SO
large that he can not be concealed, and
his head reaches to the top of many Of
the trees. He does it by simply keep
ing still. So strangely is he formed
that if he does not move it Is hard to
tell his long neck and head from .
dry branch Of tree. Hunters have
often been puzzled by this, and the
animal seems to know it, for il il
his favorite way to secure safety. II,
however, he chances to catch the mans
eye he seems to know that it is all
over with him and away he goes on .
rum New Jerusalem Messenger.
Year: 1879

That fish may be scaled much easier by
first dipping into boiling water about a
minute. That salt fish are quickest and
best freshened by soaking in sour milk.
That milk which has turned or changed
may be sweetened or rendered fit for use
again by stirring in little soda. That salt
will curdle new milk hence in preparing
milk porridge, gravies, ETC., the salt should
not be added till the dish is prepared. That
clear boiling water will remove tea stains
and many fruit stains. Pour the water
through the stain, and thus prevent its
spreading over the fabric. That table
spoonful of turpentine boiled with your
white clothes will greatly aid the whitening
process. That boiling starch is much i'm.
proved by the addition of sperm, or salt, or
both, or little gum arabic dissolved. That
blue ointment and kerosene mixed in equal
proportion and applied to bedsteads is an
unfailing bug remedy, and that a coat of
whitewash is ditto for the walls of a log
house. That kerosene will soften boots or
shoes that have been hardened by water,
and will render them pliable as new. That
kerosene will make your tea.kettle as bright
as new. Saturate woolen rag and rub with
it, 1t will also remove stains from the clear
vanished furniture. That cold rain water
and soap will remove machine grease from
washable fabrics. That beeswax and salt
will make your rusty lat-irons as clean and
smooth as glass. Tie lump of wax in "a
rag and keep it for the purpose. When the
irons are hot rub them first with the wax rag,
then scour with paper or cloth sprinkled
with salt.
Year: 1879

remember when | was young man
coming up hither to London in the stage
coach, in King James time, there happened
to be gentleman in the company who then
was not afraid to own himself Jesuit
Many rencounters he and had upon the
road, and this was one: He was praising
the custom in Popish countries of keeping
the church doors always open for people to
go in at any time to say their prayers.
told him it looked too much like the prac-
tice of the Pharisees that prayed in the syna.
gogues, and did not agree with Christ's com
mand, Thou, when thou prayest," thyself
enter not into the church with the doors
open, but "into thy closet and shut thy
door, When he was pressed with that ar.
gument he replied, with some vehemence
81 believe Protestants say your prayers
nowhere; for" said he, Z" have travelled a
great deal in the coach in company with
Protestants, have often lain in inns in the
same room with them, and could never see
that any of them said his prayers night oI
moring but one, and he was Presbyterian
l hope there was more malice than truth in
what he said; but mention it as an intima
ton that though we cannot be so private as
we would be in our devotions, yet we inust
not omit them, lest the omission should
prove not sin only but a scandal.-Mauheu
Henry.