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Year: 1877

The Board of Supervisors met this morn ing and awarded the contract to Wilson < Haskell for the digSingof a well on the plaza. The conditions are that the well shall be six feet in diameter, walled up with brick and shall be sunk until sufficient water shall be secured, and they are to receive four dol lars per foot for the work, which is very req sonable
Year: 1877

One of the compositors in this office of fers himself in evidence to sustain Inger- soils side of the question concerning the government of children. His father used 10 lick him every day with blue beech limb, and you ought to see what wreck it has made of him. Love, he declares. is the only thing that has ever had any elevating effect on him at any period of his life, and he feels strcaks of it, occasionally, even to this day.
Year: 1877

l. is our painful duty to record still an other case of typhoid fever. Miss Rice, a niece of County Treasurer F.. J. Cook, is reported seriously ill with this prevailing and alarming disease.
Year: 1877




The rain last evening is worth more
than We can tell to this region Of country.
The lack Of it for a week past was begin
ming to excite apprehension among the
farmers. The ground had baked after
the heavy rains OF three or four weeks
ago, and then came the cold spell, follow.
ed by our late dry weather, during which
The corn and oats had not only made no
progress, but rather gone back. We are
all right after last nights refreshing
shower, and start into the summer with
the best prospects for years past OF big
crop. This is the prospect throughout
the country, save in Southern California,
where the small rainfall OF the winter has
left barrCnness and drouth, which are not
only preventing crop Of wheat, but
bringing to death large per centSge OF
the cattle and sheep in that section.
There have been more rains in Northern
and Central California, and the
crop prospects there are at least OF
the average. The grasshoppers in some
localities Of the West and the potato
hugs in the East are making trouble for
the farmers, who are, however, fighting
their eneuries with increased intelligence
and success, and the damage IRON them
this season is not likely to be serious or
wide spread, There is no surer basis for
faith in the restored prosperity Of tue
country than in this condition and
promise OF the agricultural interest.
Probably the United States will raise a
greater amount Of food, cotton, and wool
this year, and get more money for i. all,
than in any year before. In spite Of the
lessening foreign demand for our paper
securities, and even the return OF many
heretofore held abroad, the balance Of
trade continues heavily in favor of the
United States, and is likely to remain SO
for the next year. and thi', with good
government and persistent industry, are
the sure guarantees Of a healthy and
prosperous future,
Year: 1877

A CURIOUS IMposTURE.-Sar A.
Summers is under arrest at Des Mones,
Iowa. She was fast accumuating a for
tune, when her business was interrupted
by the police. She sent to all parts Of the
country circulars advertising substance
really composed OF white sugar alone, but
Of which she said


"It possesses such powerful and mag
netic influence that, when handled by
either sex and given to the other, they
Immediately become attracted, and IN n
short time love the giver, no matter who
they have loved before. Any lady or
gentleman can gain the love, and wed the
one they love, by using this powder. 1t
is easily given in wines or liquors Of any
kind, or tea, coffee, or any drink that can
be sweetened, as it tastes and looks like
sugar, and can be given without fear OF
detection, or can be given by another
person after following directions. The
love you gain will be true, pure and per-
manent."


In Mrs. Summers rooms vast mum
Der Of letters were found, chiefly from
girls in seminaries, showing that she had
sold a great quantity of white sugar al
the rate o. about dollar per ounce
Some of the purchasers had written to say
that they had administered the powders
but without effect
Year: 1877

Jenny June, in one of her gossipy let
tiers, undertakes to explain why it is that
so many young women marry elderly
men. She looks away from money
which has been so generally brought into
consideration for such alliances-for the
principal reason, and we are inclined to
think she has found it.


The young man Of to-day, according to
this authority, is not the desirable party
the young man fifty years ago was he is
not SO thoughtful, sober, painstaking,
and conscientious he lives at the club,
has no love Of home lite, nor desires to
build up character and reputation as a
man and citizen F; his ideas Of life are
bounded by the theatre and the doings
of his little set and in too many cases
bis ambition is to own racer and be on
intimate terms with the ballet.


Naturally mothers "shrink from in
trusting their daughters to such youths
as these, even if they had the opportuni-
ty, and are better pleased to bestow them
on older men-men who have sown their
wild oats; who know how little of real
value there is in the Temporary excite
ment of pleasure; who have, perhaps,
been married once, and have learned the
value Of home and the guarantees it af-
fords for permanent happiness" There
IC in . Il
Observant woman to cause reflection. Her
picture is undenable a fair one, but Of
course there are exceptions in young men
who are not all accurately described in
her sweeping phrases.


The race orGity years ago has some
lingering samples still on cartb and most
Of them are no doubt complaining that
the young women are not the kind they
had fifty years ago. They are now young
ladies TO them the thoughtful, sober,
painstaking young man is stupid and
bore. Ii be knows anything he over
whelmc, they prefer one more airy,
with a jaunty style, even spicing +
slang, and one who knows all the light
gossip OF the town, and can tell it in a
breezy, fippant way that gives it relish.
If he owns n racer it's awful jolly, and
he's the young fellow "that's just too
nice for anything" We should suppose
Il mother would naturally shrink from in
trusting her son to such young ladies as
these. But tbcs e are on the other side.


The real need is some means Of scpqra-
ting the sensible young people from those
who are not so sensible, and Of bringing
the young men and maidens together in
their appropriate class. Let our social
economists direct their powerful atten-
ton to this important question.-PAi(a-
deiphid Times.
Year: 1877

T BOTTLED BUMBLE-BE -BEEs.-No man
can tell when boy of eight or nine years
is going to break out in new spot. A
Cass farm lad, who has been noted for
his quiet dcmeanor and steady ways, all
at once took a notion to hunt bumble-
bees. He armed himself with n wide
mouthed bottle, and tramped over lots
and fields, and entrapped many luckless
singer. After securing them ne had no
further pleasure except to see them crawl
up and down the sides Of the bottle and
Whack their stingers into each other. He
was out early in the morning, gathering
in the bees while they We're benumbed
and when he entered the house he had
about thirty great overgrown, wicked
looking bumble-bees They were pack
ed into the bottle, heads and tails, and
other ways, and the father, catching sight
Of them, spoke up:


''Sce here, boy, don't want any more
of this fooing around after bees. After
breakfast you heave that bottle out doors
and don't bring another bee around this
house."


The boy placed the bottle behind the
dining-room stove. There was a gentle
fire and the bottle had no cork. The
family had just got through the first cup
of coffee when they heard something 60
ing:


Jing ring ding pug-long-rong g. g."


The fire warmed the bees up, and they
left the bottle to warm the family up. 1t
was business affair, and the bees went
in to do their best. The boy slid out at
the first alarm, but the old folks Aourished
their napkins until sliding out would have
done no good. The old gent got a sting
on his left ear and another on his head at
the same second, while the old lady was
punctured in the shoulder and yelled
Murder ~ with all her might.


"Maul-maul 'em I" shouted the old
gent, waving the butter dish around, and
getting another needle INTO his neck.


'Police Police !" squealed the old
lady, diving under the table as big bee
settled on the lobe Of her ear.


1t was very even fight for while but
then the old man few down cellar and the
old woman flew for bedroom, the one.
deep bass voice shouting, "Gimme the
camphor, Betsy I" and the other squeal.
ing out, "If you love me, go for the doc
tor %


No one knows what became of the boy
He is reported as missing. Seated undel
the swaying head of some stunted thorr
tree on the commons, he looks longingly
toward home, but he realizes that his re
ception will be red hot.
Year: 1877

There comes a time to every life,
When, heart sick, weary ofthe strife
And toll Of living,
We fain would lay us down to rest,
And feel that we indeed are blest,
Hands folded DER the troubled breast,
And God forgiving
Our sins and errors Of this life


Which we are living.
But life is not all dull and gray,
For after midnight comes the ray


Of early morning;
And after darkest nights Of pain
Our eyes behold the day again,
AS rainbows follow after rain,


The sky adorning
With hues which chase away the gray
OF early morning.
And know our father sends the light,
And, too, He also sends the night,


His wisdom proving;
For darkness makes the day more fair
The fercest lightning clears the air;
And we, when thinking Of this, dare


Not doubt His loving,
Nor that lie sends both day and night,
His wisdom proving.


-Canadidn Independent.
Year: 1877

In many of its habits, aud in much of
its anatomy. the tiger is simply huge
cat, q monstrous and ferocious develop
ment of the sleek tsbby that purrs by the
hearth in every cottage. Being q sly.
morose animal. he is usually found roam
ing about by himself; but at certain
seasons his mate is sure to be not far
from him. His favorite food consists Of
the ordinary domestic cattle. which are
mostly. in the plains OF India, weak and
undersized creatures. When he cannot
find these he contents himself with the
different deer of India and wild hogs;
occasionally preying on monkeys, pea
fowl and even smaller animals. These
are suddenly struck down, mostly during
the night, seized by the throat and drag
ged off in some secure spot in the neigh
boring Jungle which is known as his
"kill." Here he eats what his appetite
requires at once, and then leaying the
carcass, retires 10 a smooth. trampled
down lair. hard by Gust as hare lies in its
"form') )returning after period of slug
gish repose to take another meal at the
kill. He will easily consume buffalo
in the course of night. Ifhard pressed
the tigress will desert her young and
even eat them. As for the young tigers
they are far more destructive than the
old, killing two or three cows at a time
for the mere pleasure of killing, when
they first set up in life for themselves;
whereas an older tiger seldom kills more
than one victim at time. and this will
last him for q period of two or three
days, or even a week. They apparently
develop into man eaters when they are
old and sluggish, ,and the teeth are some
what decsyed. Preferring human flesh.
they find, when once the awe natural to
wild animals at the presence Of man is
shaken of, that he offers an easy and
tempting prey. Such is the ferocity and
power OF these man-eating tigers. that
whole villages are sometimes deserted
through their devastation. In one in
stance, in the Central Provinces. single
tigress caused the desertion of thirteen
villages, while two hundred and fifty
square miles OF country were thrown out
of cultivation before the creature was
shot,
Year: 1877

We leave Denver by the Colorado
Central Railroad Tor q short stay among
the Rocky Mountains, bound first for
Central City. Alter riding for about an
hour, we change cars on to q narrow
gauge railroad, and from this point the
scenery is OF the very widest description.
The road itself, built as it is along The
banks OF streams. and through cuts in
the solid rock which now rises so high
above your head that it almost shuts out
the sky, is tribute to mans superiority
to the obstacles nature has placed
in his way. AS we stop minute before
a very steep ascent. | 90 forward and
ask permission of the engineer TO ride by
his side, believing that one cannot OBJ
tain an adequate view OF the magnificent
scenery through which We are about TO
pass whilo sitting in tho cars. The en-
gineer, however, says that, as the road
is narrow-gauge, the cab is only Just big
enough for himself and the fireman.
But" says he. many Eastern men ride
up this canon on the cow-catcher"
After assuring me that it is perfectly
safe. as he can by no means travel at ex-
press rate, he places broad board on
The cowcatcher; and, when | have tax
en- my seat. with my hand firmly grasp
ing the signal dag, the engine gives a
shrill whistle, and of we start. For the
first five minutes ! really enjoyed my
novel manner Of locomotioD. This,
said |, sis The very place OF all others
TO view the mountsins.-to be pushed
slowly up the gorge with nothing before
you on the track, towering mass OF
rocks on the one hand, and on the other,
far below, quickly flowing stream, hiss
ing and gurgling over stones and fallen
trees and old mill wheels. Another five
minutes passes by. begin to speculate
as 10 what will happen TO me il, getting
little dizzy. leap OF the engine. |! |
spring aside to the right, | shall be
crushed between the train and The tow
ering rock il | jump to the left, shall
be dashed to pieces on the stones OF the
stream far below. The result will DO
the same in either case-death. Still,
the quickly -!hrobbing engine urges me
on. As we pass through village the
inhabitants turn out and stare al the en-
gine, amazed at the novel Ggure-head
that it carries. The village is lett be-
hind; We are again alone, making our
way up the canon; the hot breath OF the
engine STILES me; the continuous sway
ing from side TO side affects my head l
call aloud 10 the engineer, but the sound
Of my voice is drowned in the roar OF the
wheels. / try to grasp the little flag
staff more firmly; it turns in its socket.
and am compelled TO trust to my hold
on the bars Of the cow-catcher. ! do
no. know how long can endure this. |
almost feel that ! may faint. A village
is in sight Do we stop? Yes, for our
engine gives loud whistle, the brakes
are put down. the wheels turn more
slowly; We come to standstill. leap
off the engine and seek the engineer
How far have we travelled since l got
onto the engine ?" Eight miles" is
the reply .-D0AingS Round the Circle, by
b. II. Curtis.
Year: 1877

l feel like urging all yovng persons to
employ the glorious evenings that are
now with Us. in the improvement OF the
mind. Text books on all departments OF
natural history. agriculture, and the SCI
ences which relate to and aid farming
are now so common, cheap and correct.
that any young farmer bent on scquii Ing
knowledge OF his profession. may by
diligent study of his business daring the
evenings OF single winter. by means Of
these text books, obtain such master
over the principles OF scientific agricul-
ture. as TO become better farmer, and
to take high rank among the intelligent
and cultivated persons OF his neighbor-
hood and town. So with those who are


interested in the other sciences, or in
history, mathematics and general litera-
ture. By close study of the various
text books, and the and of some works
OF reference which may be found at the
village library. the winter evenings will
afford rare pleasure and satisfaction, and
when spring comes round again with
her smiles, and you are ready TO enter
upon hard manual labor, you will regard
the advancement made IN knowledge
during the winter evenings, as above all
price.
Year: 1877

From Q full report Of the proceedings
Of the conference Of the clergy and rep.
resentative lsity, which was held in Par
kersburg on Wednesday, to consider the
question of asking for the creation Of q
diocese for this Stste, we learn that the
feeling OF these present was unanimous
in favor of the project. We print else
where q comprehensive report of the
proceedings OF the conference, and here
with add the remarks upon the subject
furnished by another correspondent who
kindly favored US with a report. He
says:


There was manifested considerable In
terest IN the formation OF the new dio-
cese and it is hoped that the L.ity will
awaken to a greater Interest and deter
mine TO carry on the work in earnest.


1t is time that the Episcopa lians OF
West Virginia should depend upon their
own exerlions and msbage and control
the church within he, own dominion, in
stead OF depending upon the manage
ment OF the people OF Virginia, who ieel
little or no interest in this part Of the
dlocee and who really desire tnat we
should cut loose from them saying moth
ing OF the TACT that tue interest of the
church demands division. > The posi-
tion We sustain to the people OF Virginia
demands that we should now and forever
go upon our own resources, aud stand or
tall together rs one diocese in one State.


s.
Year: 1877

Patrick Boner an employee of Lobdell'e
Car Wheel Works, had his right arm, be,
tween the elbow and shoulder mashed yes
terday morning about 9,3O O'Clock, by ca,
wheel falling upon it. He was rolling the
wheel on the New York Packet, Triplet, and
1t being high tide at the time, he was oblig-
ed to roll the wheel up the plank, and when
at the top, he slipped, and the wheel fell ups
on his arm. Dr. Draper was called in to at
tend to the patient, but was unable to do
anything, and is of the opinion that amputa~
tion will be necessary. Mr.. Brown had just
came to work at the beginning of the week,
after an absence of four weeks.
Year: 1877

The Quickstep will play the Defiance
Club, this afternoon. The Quickstep have
now as fine club as there is in the country
A fine game is expected.


The lately formed military club, will meet
this evening, to elect the various military
officers and perfect the organization.


The Fire Companies expect their badge
to,day. "a
Year: 1877




There isa class of men in this commu-
nifty who never let anybody else have any
fun. Instead of making everybody happy
around them, they make everybody
miserable. One of these characters
was on board the train on Saturday,
coming up from the pioneers picnic
with his young and pretty wife. They
were on one Of the long benches of the
platform car. Alongside the wife sat
Young man of festive tendencies, a
peculiarity in men, young and old, not
unfrequent upon the Comstock. Well,
the train reached the tunnel, and in
moment everybody was in the dark.
When daylight was reached again the
husband saw a fragment of his wife's
lace veil upon that young mans hat.
Instead of reasoning, as philosopher
would have done, that it might be all a
mistake, the suspicious husband got up
and wanted to punch the other mans
head and made scene generally. The
trouble finally cooled down, and every
body began to laugh at the old fellow.
When presently another tunnel was
reached, mischievous young lady who
sat next to the husband quietly detached
a piece of her veil and put it on his hat.
As soon as the car got into daylight the
other passengers began to laugh at him,
and to hint that he had been browsing
on forbidden pastures. Worse than all /,
his wife pretended to get angry, and
when such audible remarks as Who'd
thought it? "Pity man of his age
can't behave himself" Bald-headed
men are all that way" etc, went around
the car, his face looked like boiled lob
ster all over. When the depot was
reached he was the first man off the
train.
Year: 1877

NoRRIsTowN Herald: A few weeks
ago, boy in Lancaster, Pa, fell between
the bumpers of moving train, but his
pantaloons catching on some portion of
the car he was held suspended over the
rail without injury until the train stop
ped, when he was released. Had the
cloth in his trousers been poor stuff, the
lad would have been killed. This in
cident shows the advantage of wearing
strong clothing. In Lancaster County,
few days ago, man who was driving
a threshing machine, had one of the legs
of his pantaloons caught in the couplings,
and torn completely off. Had the cloth
been of sterner stuff the man probably
would have been killed. The moral of
this incident is-well, it is so plainly and
Numerically opposed to the first, that it
is hardly worth while indicating.
Year: 1877

EDWARD KING writes from the seat
of war to the Boston journal that the
Turks take no prisoners, and that such
of the advance guard as were cut off
from the main body on the night of the
18th were horribly maltreated before
being put to death. Four men of the
advance found themselves separated
from their companions. They were
subjected to tortures of which the North
American Indians would be ashamed.
Some of them had their ears and noses
cut of, and all the glands and organs of
their throats cut out. One man was
found still breathing, with his throat cut
in this horrible fashion, and managed to
tell the tale of his tortures. 1t hardly
seems possible that the mild-eyed Turk
can be guilty of such wretched atroci-
ties as this.
Year: 1877

A RECENT history of American uni
forms brings to light the fact that the
gray OF the Southern Confederacy was
the regulation dress of the American
armies which fought at Chippewa and
niagara in 1872, and was adopted at
west Point in commemoration of those
victories. 1t is still quite extensively
worn by Northern regiments, and is the
prevailing color in all military schools;
ana Tor economy and quietness it is
DOUBTLESS preferable to the blue.
Year: 1877

Dom Pedro is still keeping up his
reputation as practical exemplifcation
of perpetual motion. The other day he
arrived at Belfast, Ireland, by steamer
at four a. M, and with as little delay as
possible started for the Giants Cause
way. He had to ride seven miles in a
carriage on reaching Portsmouth, the
railroad terminus, and as many back.
He was again in Belfast by two p. M,
and left for Dublin, where he arrived
for supper. He was up at five next
morning, assembled the Nelson pillar,
visited half dozen different institu-
tions and points of interest, and at six
in the evening started for Killarney. On
reaching the station he found he had ten
minutes to spare and at once inquired
whether there was anything he could
see in that time. A neighboring hospital
was pointed out, which he succeeded in
doing" before the train left. His
thirst for information and rapidity of
movement are remarkable enough, but if
the reports of the condition of his
dominions are true he had better bring
his sightseeing to a close. The debt of
the empire is said to be equal to its
revenues for seven and half years, and
its taxes are raised with difficulty. There
is an ample field for the exercise of its
sovereign's wisdom.
Year: 1877

SPECIMENS of silver ore recently taken
form the Cerro de Pasco silver mines in
Peru show that the submerged portion
of the mine is very rich, and rough es-
innate shows that body of ore will be
exposed by the new tunnel which Henry
Meiggs is to build, worth from $500, ,0O0,-
600, to 5000, 100000. These mines have
lain Under water for fifty years, and are
Scarcely known to the present generation,
though they had been worked for two
hundred and fifty years, when the mines
had to stop on account of the water.
Peru has now discovered that tunnel
can be builtwhich will drain the mount
ain completely, by draining off the lake
from which the water in the mine comes,
and she is so much in earnest about it
that the first loads of the new submerged
ore are expected to reach Lima in four
months. 1t is predicted that within ten
years more silver will be taken out than
from the silver mines of Nevada.