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Year: 1874

CHARLES KINGSLEY, an English author OF
considerable reputation, is in America, and an
nounces his intention to visit all of the manu-
featuring towns in this country, in order to IN
form himself in regard to the condition OF
working here as compared with that OF the
same class in Great Britain. His opinion on
the subject will be looked for with interest on
both sides Of the ocean.
Year: 1874

Mr.. Abbott, said, that the wisdom
of Judge Reeds suggestion for the
strengthening of he position of this
company by inviting Mr.. Chas. L.
Colby to take a leading part in the
management of tleir affairs in Wis
consin was manifest, and under
standing that its adoption will not
deprive the company of the


VALUABLE CO OPERATION AND SER
VICES OF JJDGE REED


in any manner he moved the accep-
tance Of judge Reeds declination
and seconded his motion that Mr.
Chas. L. Colby be elected vice pres
ident.


Mr. Samuel Goul, said,


Mr.. President: / is with some
diffidence that | make few re-
marks on the occasion of the retire
ment of Judge Reed rom the post
be has so long filled. The graceful
and pleasant manner in which he
has nominated his successor, and
his statement that be has labored
earl Y and late to attend to this place,
In
sary for a complete performance of
the duties incumbent on the office is
centered, challenges my admiration
and respect. | am glad to find too,
that the most perfect accotd exists
between the present and proposed
incumbent. Young blood may do
more service, and although at times
it may be much needed good
wise head is of greater value. The
value of good and wise counsel can
not be oyerrated, and we have had
them in our associate many years.
1t may be easy enough to build n
road-manual labor is one thing,
but it requires consummate policy
to arrange all the conflicting inter-
which invariably surround great
enterprise such as we are engaged
upon.


| regret to find his decision so
imperative as his long services in
behalf Of the road, and the complete
have almost made it part Of him
self, but I am glad to find also we
do not lose bis services at the board.


Feeling the value Of his advice to
our enterprise, I beg leave to offer a
resolution, creating the office of gen
eral advisory counsel, with such du-
ties as the board may determine,
with salary equal to that of the Of
flee just vacated, and respectfully
nominate Judge Reed to fill that
place.


TIE RESIGNATION OF JUDGE REED
as vice president was accepted, and
on his motion Charles l.. Colby was
elected vice president to fill the va
cancy.


The resolution offered by Mr.
Gould, creating the office OF Advi-
sorry Counsel was then adopted
and Judge Reed was chosen by the
board to fill that Office.
Year: 1874

Section % of the act establish
ing national banks prescribes that
national banks shall not hold real
estate under mortgages, except
when given or purchased to secure
debts "previousIy contracted" p" The
Union National Bank of St. Louis
appears to have been ignorant of
this provision, and to have been
under the impression that loans
might be made on the security of
any marketable commodity, wheth-
er of merchandise in store, personal
endorsement, or land. On attempt
ING to enforce payment of a mort
gage given as collateral to secure a
loan, the bank was met by an in
junction of a United States court,
torbidding it to- 90 further.
Year: 1874

BY the latest news from Wash
ington, it looks very much as if the
bill for the extension of time for
the building of the St. Croix & Lake
Superior railroad, may not get
through the House this session.
This will greatly disappoint the peo-
pie of the whole Northwest, and
particularly Northern Wisconsin, as
they have been for many years hop
ing and praying for the renewal of
this land grant. Still there is some
hope that the Wisconsin and Min
nesota delegation in Congress, may
yet secure its passage.
Year: 1874

The Eruptions Of Mount Etna, in
the Island of Sicily, show no signs of
abatement. The inhabitants are fee
ing from the villages at the foot Of the
mountain, but it is thought no harm
will be done. The direction taken by
the lava streams is remote from the
cultivated parts Of the mountain.
Year: 1874

STE1CTrR RULES TO BE ENFORCED. "A
Washington dispatch saws that the fol-
lowing was issued yesterday from the
Department Of the Interior:


From and after the first day of Janua-
ry, 1874, absence from his post of duty
of any Territorial or other officers under
the control of this Department, without
special permission, will be accepted as
tender of resignation, and will be acted
on accordingly. Any officer asking
leave will accompany his request with a
statement of the cause for making such
request. The frequent and unnecessary
absence of officers under the control OF
this Department from their duty, with
or without leave, has occasioned SC
much inconvenience to the serrics as to
render this order imperatively necessa-
ry.
Year: 1874

Y An old farmer said to his sons:
" Boys, don't you ever speckerlate or
wait for sometMa' to turn np. You
might just as we'll go and set down on a
stone in the middle of medder, with a
pail twixt your legs, and wait for COW
to back up to you to be MIXED"
Year: 1874

in that town and that its means and cor
porate name has been used by dishonest
agents for the benefit of private specuia-
tors. Under more faithful management
the whole rotten scheme will soon be re-
pudiated and abandoned by the Railroad
Company.
Year: 1874

PAINFUL ACCIDFNT.-A young man by the
name of Con Martin, employed at the ship
yard of Pusey & Jones, on Saturday morning
last, fell from the Second deck to the bottom OF
a large ship. which is being built. A jack screw
fell upon his head, cutting it severely. The
fall occasioned internal injuries, which we are
glad to state, are not OF dangerous character.
He was picked up by his feilow-workmen and
carried to his residence on Popl"- street near
Seventh
Year: 1874

A HAPPY HOME. Some discouraged
wives fancy they DO nothing wollhy when
they only make good and happy home.
For such we quote the following para
graph from an exchange: 1T takes u
good deal OF brains TO keep house. to
make hone, even if you don't do the
manual labor. The woman who makes
n perfect one, puts into the work prob.
ably enough talent to have made for
tune. But if she prefers the latter result
she had best not marry. She may be
able to do other things better. more
pro6tably, but very few of us in this
world get into just the work we want.
There is no tonic better than the con.
sciousness that one amounts 70 something
But we are sorry for the woman who
thinks she does not because she only
keeps house."
Year: 1874

Mrs. Malaprop declares that, for
herself. her nerves would never bear the
shock OF having anything to do with the
electrical franchise.


The Commercial Bulletin says that
good summer board is hard to find. but
one can find good spring board at most
any gymnasium.
Year: 1874

vation. But the fabrioators of India rubber
answer that they can make tires which will
outlast iron. Perhaps they can. So many
things have been seen in this generation that
one scarcely dares deny any downright state
ment of that sort. One of these days we may
see Krupp's cannon made Of papier mach6,
and we shall simply shrug our shoulders and
inquire. What next2 India rubber tires arc
said, practically, to be doing effective service
In Berlin, and the experiment of this change
has too much possibility in it not to be well
and widely tried If the experiment prove q
success the great pavement problem will be
well nigh solved.
Year: 1874

BOILER EXPLOSIONS. Yesterday a boiler ex-
plosion occurred in Jersey City which danger
ously injured one person and nearly de-
stroyed four buildings. The thrilling incl
dents of the escape Of other persons in the
building, and the alarm Of one man who saw
the boiler sailing in the air, like a balloon
are depicted in another column. On
the same day the inspectors were investi-
eating the explosion of the boiler of the tug
boat Lilly at Hell Gate, and the testimony ap-
pears to show that the limit of pressure
allowed by the inspectors had been over
stepped by the officers of the boat. We never
hear OF such violations of law before an ex.
plosion. The explanations come after the
evil has been done
Year: 1874

thirds of the people are shut out by the diff
Guilty of getting to it; one unfinished Court
House; miles of badly paved streets; sewers
from whose stagnant CULTS epidemic polsons
are disseminated into every house; not one
decent market; not single stone pier or
dock or basin for the discharge OF cargo
from ships.


1t is not a pleasant comparison, but it
should be wholesome to the people to see by
the example of Paris what might have been
done with the money spent by this city, and
it should teach the important lesson OF choos-
ing more wisely the men who are to handle
our funds
Year: 1874

The CUBAN RESURRECTION still lives The
insurgents, indeed, have not been so active or
aggressive at any time within the last three or
four years as they are now, and it is upon the
reports of the Spanish authorities that this
important fact is disclosed. Don Carlos,
fighting for the monarchy in Spain, is eyi-
IDENTIFY doing good service for the cause of in
dependence and of the Republic in Cuba.
Year: 1874

THE PRESIDENTS MEssAGE-It is under
stood that the President has collected from
the heads Of the several executive depart
ments the materials for his annual Message to
Congress in December, and that we may an.
ticipate in the Message full exposition of his
views according to the leading points of his
letter of the last session to Senator Jones.
Year: 1874

MAYOR HAyEMEYER recommends the citizens
Of New York to observe the 26th day of the
present month as day of thanksgiving and
gratitude He should have recommended the
1st day of January next
Year: 1874

The MEXICAN REPUBLIC. telegram from
Matamoros, special to the HERALD, announces
the important fact that the national Congress
has decroed the constitution of Senate, in
which each State and federal district of the
Union will be represented, thus affording an
additional guarantee for the permanency Of
the Republic. Peace prevails in the territory.
Year: 1874

The COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Of Con-
gress have nearly finished the work of prepar-
ing the annual appropriation bills They are
resolved to make the most that can be made
of the coming short session in closing up their
accounts
Year: 1874

The above named gentleman, very useful puo'
lie servant, died In this city yesterday morning. as
the age OF nrty-nin years. He was attached to
the ONCE OF the Register OF the city OF New York
during twenty years, and was universally respected
both IN his pubic capacity and private NE.
Year: 1874

The following record will show the changes In
the temperature for the past twenty-iour hours,
IN comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
Pharmacy, HERALD Building:-
Year: 1874

Let's initiate the currency by gen.
eral forward movement into the corn
fields, the wheat and oat fields, the
meadows, the tobacco, pOtatOe, turnip
and cabbage patches, and raising the
whappingist, biggest crop ever known
to the country. The great trouble with
this country is, we have nothing to sell.
We import nearly everything we eat,
drink and wear, and money is continu-
ally going out and little coming In.


We can initiate byraising corn at fifty
cents a bushel. 1t is worth nearly a
dollar now.


We can initiate On potatoes at fifty
cents. The average price IN MOberly
is one dollar, and several hundred car
loads are shipped to this point annu-
ally.


We can initiate on cabbage at five
cents a head, and they never sell here
for less than ten, and half the time they
are scare as oranges even at the latter
figure.


a man can make one hundred pounds
of tobacco for every day he works in
his crop, and tobacco generally sells at
an average of S5perhundred. This is as
good pay as any of our county officials
get. Tobacco always brings the cash,
too.


Shall we say anything of beef at four
cents and pork at three to five cents
per pound, when we haveland that only
needs the sunlight to make it rival the
blne grass regions of Kentucky for
pasturage.


Those are all facts. The country has
not gone to destruction, by any means.
What we need is work, labor, toll, and
there is DO excellence without these.
The season is opening auspiciously and
the outlook for good crops was never
more promising. HE ye TO the fields,
then, and aid nature in making you
rich. The towns are full of men who
are out of employment, and the fields
lie sere and brown under cover of last
years stubble In the towns of this
county there are enough idle men to
raise provisions enough to feed the
whole county. These men, toll not,
neither do they spin" and the loss of
their labor to the industrial necessities
is sufficient, if properly worked up all
over the country to pay the national
debt in a few years, and We would all
be rich.
Year: 1874

That is the more proper name for
the measure which passed the United
States Senate yesterday morning, after
an all-night travail. Some people
thought the everlasting niger" ques-
ton was settled by emancipation.
Others thought the vesture of the
franchise ended the matter. Still
others, like Alcorn, think this bill will
give US peace, as beng a fnal'
ity. But the Republican party can
not stand still. This bill, now so
very certain of enactment, is no
ultinlatum. The public schools are
attacked, but the private schools remain.
The destruction of Common Schools in the
South will afford Massachusetts Hoars and
Boutweus an additional argument for ''the
nation taking hold Of the entire education
al machinery. The end is not yet, nor
will it be till an outgraged people put a
9uietus On this most unnatural party,
which feeds the wealth and surperciviliza-
ton of New England, with the poverty and
ignorance of the South.
Year: 1874

For the special delectation of the
ladies-who, by the way, are among
the firmest friends and supporters of
the UNION AND AMERIcAN-we print
our third page this morning a full
and admirably written description of
Nellie Grants wedding.
Year: 1874

THE interests of Nashville imper-
atively demand a radical change in the
present system of street improvement
and repair. 1t is the most expensive
and, at the same time, the most inefi-
cient ever devised. Autocratic powers
are lodged in the hands of the Chair
man of the Street Committee and there
are absolutely no checks to extrava-
ganee and peculation. For what we
know to the contrary, the officials in
charge of this department may all be
honest men, but the system itself is
nbOHlinahlY loose
Year: 1874

FROM all indications, the Radical
candidate for Chancellor of this county
is certain to be elected, if both of his
opponents continue in the field. We
much mistake the temper of the people
if Shey want a man of his political
stripe IN that position.
Year: 1874

A FEW days ago some forty crusad-
ing women were arrested in Pittsburg
for obstrueting the sidewalks, and the
Mayor dismissed them with the threat
that, if rearrested, they would receive
the full penalty of the law. If any of
these are included in the bevy arrested
yesterday, the Mayor must face the
music or 60 back on himself.
Year: 1874

Now that Mr.. and Mrs. Sartoris are
fairly launched upon the Atlantic as
well as the sea matrimonial, the read
ing public will have q rest until they
reach the other side a week hence.
The telegraph seems particularly anx-
ious that the world should know the
name of the government revenue cutter
which bore the moon-struck pair down
TO the Hook. The name of that cutter
Is Grant.
Year: 1874

THE following story, the truth of which
is vouched for by California paper, would
seem to show that the noble traits at
tributable to Indians by novelists and play
wrights have some foundation of fact TO
rest upon: SIX weeks ago seven male In
dians and young Indian woman started
to cross Clear Lake, near the northern end,
in a small boat, which was capsized three
miles from land. They righted 1t, but as
the lake was rough they could not bail 1t
out, and while full of water it would not
support more than one person. The men
put the girl in and held on The edges Of the
boat, supporting themselves by swimming
till exhausted and chilled through by the
cold water, and then dropping of, sank one
by one. They showed no thought of dis
1uting the young woman's exclusive right
10 the boat. She was saved by their self
sacrifice,
Year: 1874

A FAr French lady says: I" | am so
fat pray tor n disappointment to
make me thin. No sooner does the
disappointment come than the mere
expectation OF growing thinner gives
me such joy that become iatter than
eysru
Year: 1874

How HE CAUGHT IT.-A resident
of New Haven, Ct., has given up
steamboat travel, and now, when he
wants to go to New York, he pro-
cures tickets by the railway. His
preference for the latter mode of To-
comotion came about in this wise:
Not long ago he had occasion to go
to the metropolis of the Empire
State, and accordingly he started for
the steamers landing. with a carpet
sack in one hand and cane in the
other, in what he supposed to be
ample time. But when he came in
sight of the wharf he observed the
boat apparently swinging away from
her moorings, and amid the shouts
and jeers of the bystanders, he broke
into a frantic run for the landing.
The boat was eight or ten feet from
the wharf when he reached the
place where he had hoped to find a
gang-plank, but nothing daunted,
and trusting to the momentum ac-
quired during the run, he leaped
into the air and gained the vessels
deck. Not without accident, how
ever. The carpet-bag struck one
passenger so violently in the
stomach that he doubled up like
jack-knife, and absorbed a whole
flask of brandy in getting straight
ened out, while the cane struck an
other man in the face with sufficient
force to suddenly induce him to get
down on hisKnees to look after his
hat. When he had recovered it, the
man who had occasioned all this
commotion said to him, in tone of
mingled apology and self-gratula-
ton, " Well, 1 made it," Yes,
you did," said the sore-headed pas
senger, % but, you darned old fool;
this boat amt going out; she's COM
ing I'M"
Year: 1874




The following story of the achieve
ment in respect to speed in an ice boat
on the Hudson in the vicinity of Stats
burg, New York, is told by the Pough-
keepsie Eagle: Thursday last the wind
blew very fresh from the south, and
the owner of the new ice-boat 'Cyc-
lone determined to take advantages of
the favorable opportunity for trying his
yacht. The Hudson at this point is wide,
and at the course selected its widtA is
one mile. Having made every prepar-
alton for the feat to be accomplished,
the reef points were shaken out of the
sails, and every stitch of canvas spread
to the gale. Withtwo men on the wind
ward runner TO keep the boat down to
theice, the helm was turned. thessalls
filled, and in a moment, with every inch
of canvas drawing, she was under full
headwRy. Like all arrow from bow
she darted away on the course, clouds
of pITlVerized ice following IN the tracks
of her runners as they hummed over the
surface OF the river, and In what seemed
bat an instant the river had been crossed
and the mile accomplished IN the al
most incredible time of thirty-one sec
Onds, bel g at the rate of two miles IN
a minute and two seconds. Persons on
the shore compared the speed OF the
flying racer to that of O meteor flashing
through the sky, and watched her move
menSs with eager interest. The owner
afterwards put the boat through some
movements on tue ice, and Rstonished,
as we'll as paralyzed, the lockers on by
sailing all the way across the river on
one runner, the force of the wind throw
ing her over on her beam ends and rais-
ing the windward runner from ten to
twelve feet above the ice. Although
but few were found willing to partake
of the amusement, all seemed disposed
to coincide in the opinion that ice yacht
ing is the most exhiiarating of sports,
and the eYolutiops of which one Of
these yachts is capable, the most grace
full of anything they had ever wit
messed +"
Year: 1874

The air seemed full of Katies. I
could have stopped the engine, If I'd
only had sense enough to know what to
take hold of to reverse her But was
too drunk And that grand little an
gel stood up TO If, tryin' to warn us IN
time, and we just rushed along into a
pile Of ties some wretch had placed on
the track fright over my baby i-Oh Z
my baby l-Go away, George.


There And do you want me to tell
you how that mangled little ma killed
her mother? And do you want me to
tell you walk live muderer of my
own child who stood up to save me I?
And do you want ne to tell you the
OodfellOwship yOu were drinkin' awhile
ago brought all this on me2


You'll let this pass by, maxim mp your
mind to be moderate. Hope you viii.
was a moderate 'un.


%, God Oh my baby j


1 can knock down any man twice my
size for good reason, George Burks,
but my heart just melts to water for
that little girl.
Year: 1874




Representative Bromberg's bill to es-
tablish q national quarantine system is
opposed by many of the New York
members on the ground that it would
interfere with the state quarantine es-
tablishment Mr.. Bromberg replied to
this objection that this would not nee
essarily be the case, for the state Off
oials could enforce any local regulations
after the government officers had exam
ined a vessel. In reply to the objection
that it is not legitimate function Of
the general government to look after the
health Of the people, the author of the
bill refers to the fact that in 1865, when
the rinderpest prevailed in Canada, con
gress prohibited the transportation OF
cattle except under such regulations as
the president might prescribe. If 1t Is
competent for congress to legislate Tor
the health OF the cattle of the. country,
he thinks there can be no question as-to
its power to make regulations to guard
the health of citizens The chief OBJ
ject of the bill is TO protect the south
ern seaports from the introduction OF
yellow fever. Local quaranhues have
been found to be insufficient. They are
almost always enforced too late, because
the local authorities hesitate TO admit
the danger that exists for fear OF injur-
ing business by creating alarm among
tho people, and when they are enforced
they do not protect southern cities from
the introduction of the disease by per-
sons who have landed on other parts OF
the coast and enter them by rail-.
Year: 1874

No stranger should be allowed to


come to our Churches and depart
without receiving a kind word and
invitation TO come again. l am a
lraid that many of us are in this mat
ter at fault. Too often the stranger is
taken no notice OF; and he is peamit-
ted to go away without any word of
welcome. This is great mistake,
even ifnot sin. Many a young man
has been saved by word of encour-
agemeut given him when entering a
place of worship for the first time.
\ kind word to- a stranger goes good
way Ifthose who have no regular
placeofworship pare treated with Chris
tian kindness when they come to our
churches they will be likely to re
turn. Every courtesy and attention
should be paid them, SO that they