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Year: 1878

Room No. 3, Common Pleas Court was
filled this morning by legal talent, ward
politicians and personal friends of the con-
testants, to listen to the testimony in the
case still in progress.


great deal of time is being consumed
in the examination and crosse xamination
of witnesses. five of whom were placed on
the stand up to 1915 p. m to-day.


The main object Of the examination
seems to be-on the part of Montgomery s
attorneys-to establish the fact that it was
altogether possible to have tampered with
the ballot-boxes while they were kept in the
Central Station, and therefore they
could not be accepted as reliable
evidence, while on the other
side the attorheys~of Matson are attempt
ing to show not only the possibility but the
probability that the ballots were tampered
with and manipulated at the polls by the
judges or clerks.


It is hoped that the point o. opening the
ballot-boxes, that whatever evidence they
may contain may be brought forth. will be
reached at an early hour this afternoon.


The first witness examined was Sergean,
J. L. Gaul, who during the month OF Octo-
ber was on duty during the day at Central
Year: 1878

About o'clock this morning a fire
originated in some mysterious way in q
corner of the cellar of Hugh Shields Co. IS
five-story brick veneer and cabinet manu-.
featuring establishment, southeast corner
of John and Augusta streets


An alarm was Immediately sounded from
Box g. which was quickly followed by a
general call, bringing nearly the entire
Department to the scene. The fire burned
fiercely at first, but in a short time was
under control, yet during these few
minutes at least $4,000 damage was
done to the machinery, besides the
damage to the building. In the
part of the cellar in which the
fire originated there was no combustible
material except the solid frame work of the
building, nor had there been any fire near
the place, which makes the cause of the fire
a great mystery to the proprietors.


The fire did not rise any higher than the
second floor, but it was in that part of the
building where the greater part and most
valuable machinery was stationed, and this
the owner states is nearly all ruined. The
building and machinery is insured in sew.
eral companies, bat the insurance will not
cover more han third part of the loss.


The alarm of fire from Box 81, at 7
o'clock this morning, was caused by small
blaze in Hughes veneering place, on Front
street, near Smith. Damage small.
Year: 1878

Police Station. His evidence shows that
his duties sometimes called him from the
room where the boxes were kept and dur
ing his absence persons of his acquaintan
reporters and others-were frequently
left in the office. and while it was not
probable 1T was possible at some
time for the ballot-boxes to have been trans
ferred without his knowledge, particularly
when arrests were made, at which time .
crowd would enter the Station and nearly
fill the room. Most of the time was taken
up with this point-the possibility of the
boxes being tampered with during his
temporary absence.


The second witness was Thos. O'Mea7c,
on duty at night during October


The main point established by this testi-
mony was that the boxes were but few
feet from the southeast widows of tho
Station, and that while the officer sat in
front OF the Station door, as is often done,
some one might have entered the window
and taken box for short time.


The other witnesses were on duty at the
polls of the Eighth and Seventeenth Wards,
and Matson's attorneys used them to show
that during their absence--as they were at
supper and for other reasons-the Judges
and clerks might and certainly had the op-
portunity to have manipulated the ballots
Year: 1878

JENKINS old Commercial, which
rarely has an idea "above an oyster" that
is not pumped into it by some one who
has an axe to grind, is fearful that real
estate will rise or that the 'unity" of the
Democratic party will be injured or the
honor ofthe country will be destroyed"
Now, the real estate holder was injured
by the decentralization of silver and
while we have not had its rise especially
in view, If that will be one of the effects
of the passage of the Bland silver biIl,we
say amen to it for there are millions of
people who may be thus benefited. The
"unity" of the Democratic party can
never be preserved except by doing right.
The Bland silver bill puts the gold and
silver dollars where they were before the
war. 1t does that, and nothing more ;
and by doing so does some reparation to
the people who were robbed and are
being daily robbed by the decentralization
of silver. The "honor" of the nation
was sacrificed when it committed that
wrong tp its citizens; and by fraudulent
enactment, we believe, to please its for
eign bondholders' agents. We ask fol
the restoration of the honor of the nation
which has been sadly tarnished by many
acts of the men who led in this dishonol
to the people.
Year: 1878

THERE is colored gentleman named
Smalls, who represents portion of the
people of South Carolina in Congress,
This man Smalls is under sentence to the
Penitentary, and yet he holds his off icial
position in Congress with as much non
chalence az though his skirts were moi
besmirched with corruption, and more
than that, his desk lis every morning
decked with bouquet from the Nationa
Botanical Gardens, thus giving evidence
of his high appreciation of the beautiful
and the sweet
Year: 1878

The GAZETTE has no animosity to any
one. 1t is donscientiously laboring in be-
half of the whole people it is as friendly
to every one as it can be, and sincerely
believes that the passage of the Bland
silver bill win be beneficial to all and do
no injustice to any one. 1t will not injure
the bondholder-for the silver dollar of
412t grains will in six months, or before
the bonds are payable, be at premium
above gold again. The same dollar of
4121 grains was at premium of cents
above gold when the bonds were issued.
And in 1873 when it was demonetized it
was above the par of gold.
Year: 1878

The SOciallstic Labor party of the With
Congressional District held Convention last evening at
No. 1876 Rivngton-st. and nominated Alexander Jones
for member OF Congress from that district They after
ward nominated r. X Foster and A. Webber for Alder
men in the the IYth Senate District William West was
nominated for Assembly III the With District.
Year: 1878




In Berlin, the Government organ says that
the most Objectionable amendment which the committee
has made in the Socialist bill is that which restricts the
operation Of the law TO two and half years In this the
Government organ probably expresses the intentions en-
tertaned by Prince Bismarck who has been threatening
another dissolution OF the RechsaG in The event OF an
unsatisfactory result OF the Socialist debate.


THE GOVERNMENT TERMS DEFINED.


BERLIN, Tuesday, oct. l, 1873.
The Committee on the Socialist bill has begun the
second reading OF that measure.


Count Won Eulenburg Minister Of tho Interior, said
the amendments made the first reading appeared, on
the whole acceptable. but the Government wished that
some minor alterations should be made. Tho mcm5era
of the Court OF Appeal must be selected from the
highest courts iusce, aud the Emperor must have
the unrestricted right 10 appoint It's president and vice
president The limitation OF the operation OF me law 10
period expiring March 81. 1851, was inadmissaDle
The term was much too short. The Government pre-
fcrrcd that 10 defritc limit should he imposed
In consequence OF the Ministerial speech the commit
tee deferred discussion, In order TO arrive az an under
standing among themselves.
Year: 1878

UNITED SIAIES

 HENRY E. CURTIS.

 The Judge chargsi the jury that they must ascertain at the threshold of the in- vestigation whether Camp Verde was al the date of the killing a military past, fort or reservation sf the United States. That If it was Tot such fort the Court could not and the defendant should not be tried by the mode of procedure resorted to-

 The Court next charged the jury as to what constituted murder; what was malice, from what facts malice can be inferred, wha. facts were evidence ot express malice and from what facts malice was implied by law.

 The ,urt next instructed the jury as to manslaughter, comparing the law of man slaughter with the law Of murder, and giv- ing rules from which the jury could ascer- tain whether there was considerable provo cation or not, and as to what constituted such considerable provocation as would make the killing manslsOghter.

 The Judge next charged the jury con- corning the law of justifiable homicide. He instructed them that no words of menace. nor threats of bod ly harm, nor words of reproacli, however grievous or insulting, afn- -unt in law to justification unless such words are accompanied by an actual assault. He also instructed them that the slayer mast retreat as far as the circumstances of the case will permit. and that it must appear that there was no other escape for the slayer unharIned, except by taking the life of the assailant. That if the slayer could have escaped at any stage of the assault but woald not, that the staying would be man slaughte-.

 The Judge next charged the jury as to what constituted in law reasonable dou bt, and that the burden of proving every ma teria' fact beyond reasonable doubt, de- voIved upon the prosecution, and that this burden attached at every stage of the pro- ceeding.

 The Judge then made resume of the law and the evidence, and instructed them that if they found certain facts what the verdict from those facts should he.
Year: 1878

The society Of that name was organized seven
or eight yenrs ago with the object of extending
aidt Frenchmen In distress. When the cpl.
demic broke out, the Union chose special re.
lief committee to alleviate the suffering Of the
destitute and to solicit subscriptions here and
abroad. The committee was vested with dis
cretionary powers In distributing the donations
of those who gave and who relied ON the good
Judgment of the society to extend assistance to
the worthy and needy without distinction. The
relief was not confined to the Frenchmen strictly
speaking. but to all of French descent


With good will. patient and Intelligent work.
ing, the Union has been instrumental in doing
m1ch'g good In this city and in the parishes.
although operating, on q restrictive basis Of
limited funds. Although the yellow fever is
now passed. the committee will not cease its
labors. but will take care of the convalescents,
provide for the maintenance of widows and
orphans, and help the poor until employment
can be found during the busy season. When
its labors end, the committee will submit to he
president of the Union a report of everything
done by its members during the epidemic and
aftaTWardS
Year: 1878

Last evening q candidate went into O
Spanish saloon to cap for the CastilIan vote
He invited several dark complexioned men to
take a drink, and gave a Spanish toast that
he had carefully studied up for the occasion.
lie thinks he must have made some sort of q
slip in accent or pronunciation, or perhaps
the puperfect tense of his verb was twisted.
At any rate he was painfully misunderstood,
for the nearest man struck him three times
under the ear before the next man knocked
him down, and somebody else kicked him out
OF the door He now says he don't care q
snap Tor six Or eight votes, but he would give
$1,000 Of borrowed money to know exactly
what he said when he treated that crowd
Virginia New Chronicle
Year: 1878

The pleasant weather yesterday brought out
hundreds OF pedestrians on the streets. and the
cars to the lake were crowded all the afternoon.


Fifteen thousand five hundred cases of yellow
fever have been entered on the books of the
Board of Health UP to date


The festive sound of Keno Is again heard
at night on Royal street, and the beer saloons
have brought out their clog dancers.


Two deaths from yellow fever were reported
at the Board of Health yesterday. and seven
teen from other causes.


The travelling public is of the opinion that the
CarrOlltOn Railroad Company ought to run
moro cars at shorter intervals than at present
Year: 1878

The meanest thing New Jersey has done for
many q year Is the sending Of Robeson to
Of the people who elected him ct the expense
of their intelligence to suppose that they are
ignorant Of the fact that his conduct Of the
business of the navy while Secretary has been
generally accepted as one of the most afro
ceivable political vilanies which has passed
into history under the name of Grantism
The election OF Robeson is an insult to the
honest portion of the American people, an
outrage on every principle Of decency, and a
disgrace to all concerned in the shameful
prostitution OF the electoral privilege.-TChi-
cago Times.
Year: 1878

A clergyman visited a lady who had just
lost her husband, and upon her earnest maui
res as to the reunion of families in heaven,
strongly asserted his belief in that fact When
she asked with anxiety whether any time


must elapse before friends would be able to
find each other in the next world, he emphatic
ally said, 'No! they will be united at once"
He was thinking of the happiness of being
able to offer the relief Of such Il faith. when
she broke in with the sad exclamation, "Well,
his first wife has got him, then, by this time
Year: 1878

a few days ago o fisherman, near Sioux
Clty, Iowa, saw a box floatiug on the surface
of the water He secured it, and it proved to
be watertght and contained an infant sev-
eral weeks old, provided with bottle of milk
and sufficient clothing to keep it warm.
There is no clue as to how far the little waif
had sailed Or to whom it belonged
Year: 1878

The sweet chirp Of the inter- Ocean comes
down to US on the breezeS:


For the first time in decade the off year.
has not counted against the Republican party.
1t begins to look as if we were at last waking
up to the necessity Of opposing a solid South
with solid NOrth,''
Year: 1878

The royalist papers Of Italy say that the
monarchy Of King Humbert and his family
must rest on something more solid and prac-
tical shan the love and gratitude Of it's sub
jects, or it will speedily be burst asunder and
split into p thousand pieces by the approach
ing international Socialist republic.
Year: 1878

just think of the enraged feelings Of a
farmer who finds too late that he had q
squash down in an off corner Of the field
that was half a pouad heavier than the one
that took the prize at the fair-(NeW Haven
Register
Year: 1878

Some fellow, with very little brains,
writes from Browns Valley, to st.
Paul gentleman, letter which is pub
lished in the Dispatch, and gives it as
his opinion that there is immediate
danger of an outbreak on the Sisseton
Agency, on account Of the dissatisfac-
tion of the Indians toward their agent
Col. Hooper. Now the writer of that
letter is either fool Or else wilfully
misrepresents matters for purpose.
There is no danger of any such thing
as an uprising, and if some meddling
tricksters, or knaves, would let the In
dians alone there would be no trouble.
The Indians on that reservation are
smart, shrewd, and in a prosperous
condition, and from what we can learn,
are very far in advance of any ssreser-
vation' Indians in the West. Such
malicious and preposterous communica.
tions ought never to find their way in
to print, as they do more damage to
the Indians than they do to the agent.
If Col. Hooper is unpopular, and as
claimed, incompetent also, there is one
thing we can say, that no.such absurd
and crazy Misrepresentation will have
any effect, as all who know the condi-
tion of the major portion of the Indi-
ans On that reservation, will readily see
that such an idea as an outbreak, or
massacre is SO ridiculously absurd that
it could only have originated in the
brain of either an imbecile or party
interested in Hooper's removal, and as
the latter is probably the case, such
disreputable ISLANDERS ought to be sup.
pressed, as they not only do no good,
but rather work an injury to the set
Elements in this vicinity. The people
in this section have no reason to thank
any of the parties interested in the
publication of that letter, and would
like to interview the party who wrote
1T, as such vile and outrageous false.
hoods do this section real injury
Year: 1878

New York is endeavoring to avoid
the excessive freights charged by the
railroads between San Francisco and
that point in the transportation of Chi
nese goods. The steamer Glenlyon has
arrived at New York direct from ia
pan, by way of the Suez Canal, with
cargo Of tea. The passage was made
in two months-7only about three
weeks longer than by the usual route
to San Francisco and across the CONT
nent by rail. This is one of the first
direct voyages without breaking bulk,
and was rather an experiment. 1t is
thought that future trips can be made
in considerably less time.
Year: 1878

The much talked Of and long looked
for fairs belong to the past, and Mime
sofa can feel proud and point with
pride to the exhibitions of 1878.
They were a credit to both State and
people, and reflect great credit upon
the managers, whose indefatigable ex-
ertions did so much to secure the sue
cess with which their labors were
crowned. The weather was all that
could be desired and afforded the mul-
titudes present an opportunity of see
ing all that was to be seen, and allowed
the various programmes to be present.
ed, and all the attractions displayed.
AS each year rolls round, there will
doubtless be as great efforts made and
still greater attractions offered, but
some time must elapse before this sea-
sons fairs will be either forgotten or
excelled. A detailed description
would be impossible, and we can only
say that the attractions were many
and varied, and the display of products
on exhibition were highly creditable
and demonstrated that exhibitions of
this description are Of great Importance
and Of vast benefit to all, as the spirit
Of rivalry which they engender, spur
the energetic and ambitious to greater
efforts, and while each succeeding year
adds to the display, it also proves that
honest rivalry leads to the attainment
of greater perfection.
Year: 1878

The body of Maj. John Peller, a
prominent citizen of Hastings, was
found in the river at Diamond Bluff,
with bullet hole through his heart.
1t is supposed that he detected some
one stealing hides and rushed out, was
shot, and his body thrown into the
river. No definite clue has been OBJ
tanned, however.
Year: 1878

In the island of RHO, in the East
Indian seas near Java, there is said to
be race of wild men who live mostly
in the trees and have no language but
cries. A great many strange things
are told of these reputed wild men.
Year: 1878

The Danish export of butter has
trebled in the past ten years as re-
CARDS quantity. Inasmuch as the price
of the butter has continued to rise
steadily at the same time. the increase
in this branch of trade, estimated in
money, is very much greater yet.
Year: 1878

ment the possessions of capital; that ex,or's
rom the taxpayer not the principal and
interest OF bonds that he agreed TO paw, but
much greater principal and a much
greater interest. You OF the East tell us
we are dishonest and ungrateful when we :
complain Of these oppressive wrongs. You
remind US of your generous loans, and an
peal to us not to dishonor our good name by /
Regulating our obligations. We are no,
unmindiul Of the gushing love that prompt |
ed those munifcent and disinterested loans.
We do not forget that you took millions
upon millions OF our local bonds.


Nearly every township, nearly every
town, nearly every city, county, and state
in the great West sold you Its bonds until
they could no longer furnish you satisfac-
tory security; in other words, until you
had all you believed they could pay. For
these bonds you magnanimously paid us all
the way from 80 to 95 cents on the dollar
in deprecated currency. Now you are not
content that we paw YOU in the coin of that
day. lou are not satisfied to be paid in A
coin dollar of the commercial value of that
time. When you had stuffed your vaults
to repletion with these bonds of ours, pro-
cured as l have stated; When you had
mortgaged every western farm and home
when you had amassed billions of securities,
for the payment of which the labor and
property OF our people were mortgaged,
your lust OF gain was not appeased by the
fact that your investment was paving you
from 20 to 100 Per cent. No, no! 1t was
insatiate, and your ingenuity was at once
invoked to swell tc still greater proportions
your gigantic gains. You entered the door
of Congress and in the name of public hone


demanded that debts payable in lec,l tender
notes be declared BY law to he payable in
coin, and it was done then in the name Of
public Justice you demanded that silver be
shorn Of its money function so that gold
might advance to Its utmost commercial
value, and it was done then in the name
of the public faith you demanded speedy
resumption so that greenbacks shall not
only keep pace with the ever advancing
value OF gold, but that you might exchange
them for it at the earliest moment; then,
emboldened by your success, you proclaim
yourselves the conservators of pnblic NOR
ais, the guardians OF the nations honor, and
the champions OF oppressed labor. In the
immortal language OF the dying Madam
Roland, 80 liberty, liberty, how many
crimes are committed in thy name"


Thus it is that you have now a coin dol
lar worth twenty cents more than the coin
dollar in which your securities were pay
able when you purchased them, so that you
have practically swelled the principal and
interest of that Indebtedness 20 per cent.
l say 20 per cent. l do not think that an
exaggeration; on the contrary, i believe II
is demonstratable that it is even greater.
This system of oppression has gone on un-
til the cries Of the breadless child and the
appeals of the famishing wife and mother
have fired the blood of American manhood


The people you have thus wronged no long
er cripgingly supplicate you for justice
) they demand it, and tell you they are


thoroughly in earnest.
Year: 1878

One OF the Government monitors is sta
TONED in the middle of the river, opposite
New Orleans-sent there some years ago
when there seemed to be need of such pre-
cautions But she is clearly doing no good
now, and is in the way of steamboats,. The
Chicago Times says:


The vessel is in the way of river steamers,
two Of which have been sunk by coming in
collision with her at night. There will be a
claim for the value Of these steamers and
their cargoes, Of course, which Congress will
be, properly enough, called upon to pay and
perhaps ii might be as well for the secretary
of the navy to have the tub removed before
any further bills of this sort are incurred.
Year: 1878

When the new map of Europe has been
completed, there will be about as much of
Turkey as there is of that fowl usually the
day after Thanksgiving. The new bounda-
ries of Bulgaria, as laid down by the treaty
include about fourth of the northern
coast Of the Sea of Marmora, at its center.
The Porte's undisputed sway in Europe is
confined to the peninsula on which Constan-
tinople stands, with Adrianople as its north
ern limit 1t will not be long before the
next step is taken, and the Crescent crowded
out Of Europe altogether.
Year: 1878

The course of the new Pope is exciting a
good deal OF comment in church circles in
Rome. 1t is stated that in all his exhorta-
tions be avoids mention OF the Virgin, with
the object OF discountenancing the Mariola-
tory which his predecessor so long encour-
aged. He also omitted allusion to Plus
IN in his coronation speech, and as the
omission was evidently not accidental, pub
lie opinion is somewhat excited.