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Year: 1877

DR.. THOMPSON, Senator Morton's
physician, in a conversation with a
newspaper correspondent, said recent
ly, speaking Of the strain that ho on
dured during the war: ale was con-
scious that at any moment he was lia-
bic to be shot down. lie knew of the
existence of a band, who, like the Jews
in Pauls time, had bound themselves
with an oath that they would kill him.
Once he was shot at by an assassin
just as he came out of the door of his
residence. A lady on one occasion
warned him not to sit near o certain
window of his office at night, for she
knew OF q plan to shoot him through
the window. At another time he was
advised not to be seen on the streets at
night, especially alone, for every
street corner in the vicinity of bis
house, and his office was watched by
would-be assassins. Threatening let
ters came 10 him daily. Torpedoes
were placed In his way, and other out
rageous schemes hatched up to put him
to death. For two years and over his
life was 10 danger"
Year: 1877

Mr., Il. S. Buck is absent from the
city aud has been for several weeks,
and we are assured by intimate person
al friends Of his that the use OF his
name on the Independent ticket is
wholly unauthorized and without his
knowledge.
Year: 1877

The peculiarities of distribution that
marks immigration into the United
States, are reproduced on q smaller
scale In that pouring into Texas. The
northern and northwestern counties
of that State obtain all, or nearly all
the new comers. Much OF this Is due
to the benefcent influence of the Texas
Pacific railroad.
Year: 1877

A telegram from Washington states
that Cameron is having all the govern
ment arms and ammunition removed from
arsenals in Democratic cities and States
to Republican citier and districts.


Nearly fifty thousand stand of small
arms have been moved to the arsenal at
Rock Island, ILL.,, III the centre of strong
Republican population. Over eight hun
dred pieces of artillery were packed in
the same place, and have been shipped
by rail for New York to be mounted in
the harbor. They are now in Cincinnati
en- route. The War Department denied
all knowledge of an intention to make
these removals or even of their progress,
but information from the staff Of the
General of the Army makes it certain
that these shipments are part of an organ
lied plan to empty the arsenals in Dem
ocratic cities. Information has also been
obtained that orders have been given to
supply the batteries now in Iowa with
eighty rounds of ammunition, or twice
the usual amount, nearly all the extra
rounds being shrapnel, canister and grape.


The army will not fight to please Grant
His power ceases at midnight on the
third of March.
Year: 1877

"A HAPPY NEW YEAR."-That each
reader of the GAzETTE may enjoy "a
Happy New Year." is our most sincere
wish. And we feel confident that the
wish would be realized to very general
extent notwithstanding the severe times,
were it not for the alarming state into
which the country has been placed by
Grantism and the conduct of the abomi-
nable Returning Boards in Louisiana.


We say to each reader of the GAzETT e
with all sincerity that if such an outrage
had been attempted by the Democratic
party to defeat the national will the
GAZETTE would have condemned it in no
unmistakable language, and so we think
would every true Democrat. Notwith-
standing all this we hope that TILDEN
will be quietly inaugurated and that con-
fidence will be restored and all will en-
Joy Happy Ne,o Year.
Year: 1877

TEE Sea coast Of the United States has
seldom been the scene of so terrible a
tragedy as that enacted onSaturday onthe
fated ship Circassian. Lying but three
times her own length from the beach at
Sag Harbor, Long Island, the fury of the
storm made her utterly inaccessible; and
within hearing of hundreds of sympa-
thizers twenty eight brave fellows went
singing and praying into eternity. Thought
ful men will naturally have doubts as tc
the efficiency Of life saving service
which could not pass line to vesse
only six hundred feet away, no matter
how bad 1.-THE weather.
Year: 1877

New YORK, December 29.-The Times
says it is stated that an arrangement has
been effected by which Peter b. Sweeny
is to return here. He is to be granted
immunity against any order of the court
or any bench warrant during the trial of
his case and for thirty days thereafter
This action is understood to be prelimi-
nary to compromise similar to those
A prominent lawyer, whose acquaintance
with all the parties to the ''ring" suits is
ofthe the most extensive character, stated
yesterday that there was little doubt that
compromises would finally be made with
all the leading ring thieves. Sweeny's
arrival is looked for soon. The suit
against him for S6,000,000 is set down for
trial early in January.
Year: 1877

THE Delaware Legislature meets tc-
morrow. There is no Republican in either
House. The message OF Gov. Cochran
will most probably be sent in the same
day. We shall endeavor to give our


synopsis of it soon after it is received
and read.
Year: 1877

Gentleman OF the Grand Jury:


As have cndeayored to impress upon
your minds the legal fact, that the Grand
Jury, is responsible in the first instance
for the due enforcement Of the criminal
law. 1t is perhaps matter of justice
that put you in u position to make this
fnct practical one. We have seen that
you are limited in your inquiries as to
certain matters to wit.


/. Complaints sent here 10y Justice
of the Peace.


.. Complaints submitted by the Dist
Atty.


3. Mates submitted to you by the Court.
Touching the first two cases, there is
always party TO complain if "A crime be
committed against the person or proper
ty of nm individual, the party injured
does not hesitate to make complaint and
cause the guilty party to be prosecuted.
But there be many crimes that will 90
anpunis,lcd unless the Grand Jury look
after them under the direction OF the
Court.


Grimes OF this character are these of
fenscs by public officers in the misappli-
cation and emjczAlement Of public funds,
here the crime being against the public
no individual will complain, hence the
Court usually submits the cause to your
inquiry. Oiicnscs against public policy.
Such as uuisanccs, selling lottery tickets
and like crimes defined in chapter OF
the criminal code.
Year: 1877

A sweet faced woman and a sweet
faced chill are wandering among the
shipping docks Of the great city. The
woman is plainly dressed, but evl
IDENTIFY in her best attire, and there l'
touch Of gentllity in her iinery, In
the real lace collar, relic of better
days perhaps, the pearl earrings and
the neat gloves. The child is neatly
dressed too, aud as she clasps the wo
man hand looks love at her guar
dian. But the woman S face is not at
its best now-there is an angnIshed
expression upon it, a careworn. look
and faint wrinkle upon the pale
forehead that ages her and lessons the
charm Of her features.


She is in]uiring of the dock man
OF the stevcdores, of the loungers
about tho wha. YES whether the brig
Good Luck has come in. She alway>
receives the same reply to her eager
question, and that rep y is-that the
brig Good Luck has not come in
but they have TOO much humanity tc
tell her mat this same brig 'Good
Luck has been lost a month ago,
dashed on lee shore and ground tc
pieces bv the sea, and will-never
come --never--nevermor


If they told her, she wouldn't be-
lieve them, for this woman and hel
child have supreme falth-i"el as sure
as God rules that the brig Good
Luck will come in, and colnein soon
with cargo and crew, though they
have been asking the same question
and praying the same prayer for many
and many day.


Then she goes across the street and
winds her way among the bales and
boxes and passing carts, and through
all the hubbub and hustle Of the
wharf, and climbs a flight of stairs tc
where the briggs owners have then
office. They are used to seeing her
They smile sadly when she enters with
the child, and look significantly at one
another rs much as to say, poor thing!
she's mad. No wonder, no wonder !


Mad ! Yes, she is mad with hope
deferred, with anxiety to meet her
husband, Caleb Seller, master Of the
brig Good Luck to meet the mas
ter of the brig, her husband and the
father OF this child. God of Heaven
why does he stay away from her 50
long?


Is the Good Luck in yet? she ask
of a clerk.


Not yet, ma am.


She's expected, of course, to-day 2


OF course.


there's a vessel coming in now. |
sec the tall masts. Look look point
ing out Of the Office window to Il
river front. Maybe that's it Ellie,
dear, look there father vessel with
father on board !!


The child clasps her little hands at
the sight.


Sorry to say that amt it, ma'am,
says the clerk relaxing into his calcu-
lations, and paying no more attention
to the woman.


She stares out of the window at the
approaching vessel drawn by tug,
and then with a blank look upon her
face and moan that is heart-rendlng
says


No, Ellie, no! That is not the
Good Luck | see the fgurehead
the fgurehead of the Good Luck is
an angela white and gold angel
No no that ism 1t it.


But papa will come home soon,
won't he, mamma :? whispers the child


Yes, yes, yes To-day, my dar-
ling, to-day.


Old Mr.. Tawman, who is the head
of the establishment here, now comes
from behind his desk and approach
ing the woman, says in kindly tone;


Mrs. Setter, sit down make your
self as comfortable as you can in a
Year: 1877

When you stand at gate with a
pretty girl and the moon is shining:
too brightly for kissing, ask her to fit
your necktie, which will require you
to stoop and Eer to stand on tiptoes.
Year: 1877

The painful perplexity and inde-
cision of the young lady who has the
ankle of a Venus but foot like an
ironing board as she clutches her
dress and steps on a muddy crossing,
is the saddest thing we know, Of.
Year: 1877

A man who was beaten with plank.
in a dime lodging house has naturally
brought suit against the proprietor
for giving him too much for his mon--
ey. He didn't want board and bed
for ten cents.
Year: 1877

This disease causes death by suffoca-
ton. The entrance Of the windpipe is
very small; !; a little cold causes the hn1
ing of the part called the mucous MEM
brane to swell. 81, This .diminishes the
sub-mucous infiltration-that is, this
mucous membrane, being infamed,
throws out an extra amount of fluid, like
the eye, when it is infamed. This fluid
hardens and forms at length a kind OF
a layer, which is sometimes of an almost
leathery toughness, increasing in thick
ness until the orifice is 80 nearly closed
that the breath is obstructed. Nausea
ting medicines dilute this formation and
thus aid to, bring it away, A favorite
prescription for quarter Of q century
with eminent physicians was. to mix O
teaspoonful of powdered alum with a
little sugar to make it palatable. The
immediate effect is to nauseate, giving
great relief in minute sometimes.


Flannels dipped in ice cold water,
changed every two minutes, and squeezed
a little SO as not to dribble and wet the
clothing, is an excellent remedy; be-
cause it cools the parts and dimimshes
the amount of blood sent there, and as the
phlegm is made out of the blood, less
amount is made and relief is certain.
But flannel dipped in water as hot as can
be borne and applied to the part,
changed every two minutes, carries off
the heat by evaporation, and irritating
the surface, brings the blood away from
the interior and thus diminishes the
phlegm.
Year: 1877

It is as unnecessary for child to die
of scarlet fever, says Good Health, as 1t
is that it should be blind with cataract.
Let MS see: At any time before the
body has finished its efectual struggle
we are able to help it, not by wonderful
medicines, but by the knowledge OF
anatomy and the application of commo n
sense. We consult the sympathetic
nerve, and do what it commands us to
do. We must give this child salt when
it wants it; we must give it acid when 1t
has fever-not vinegar, but lemon juice,
because the first coagulates albumen
and the latter does not on account OF the
surplus of oxygen which it contains. 10
initiate the soothing mucous in the In
testines, which is now wanting, and to
give some respiratory food at, the same
time, we add gum-arabic. To restore
and relieve the injured nerve we apply
moist warmth. In practice we can full
fill all this with the following simple ma
nipulations Undress the child and
bring it to bed at the very first sign OF
sickness. Give it, ii it has already fever,
nothing but warm, sourish lemonade,
with some gum-arabic in it. Then cover
it's abdomen with some dry flannel. Take
well-folded bed sheet, and put it in
boiling hot water; wiring it out dry by
means of dry towels, and put this over
the flannel on the child's abdomen.
Then cover the whole and wait. The hot
cloths will perhaps require repeated
heat. e' = ri a


According to the severity of the case
and its stage of progress, perspiration
will commence in the child in from ten
minutes to two hours. The child then
is saved; it soon falls asleep. Soon
after the child 7awakes it shows slight
symptoms of returning inclination for
food; help its bowels, if necessary, with
injections of oil, soap, and water; and
it's recovery will be as steady as the
growth of greenhouse plant, if well
treated. n Of course, il. the child was al
ready dying nothing could save it, or if
has effusions, in the lining OF the heart
or brain it is much better it should die.
But b if the above is applied under the
eyes and direction of competent physi-
clan I will guarantee that not one in
hundred children will ever die of scarlet
fever. I know this will startle some of
nv readers, especially those who have
lost children already, but I shall go still
further. I maintain that child will
never get scarlet fever if properly treat
ed. If child has correctly mixed
blood it will not catch the disorder if
put in bed with sick child. This is
still more startling, but nothing is easier
of proof.
Year: 1877

An exchange tells a story of gentle
man who, on going to bed, lost collar
button, which on coming detached rolled
to distant corner of the room. He
searched for it about ten minutes, and
then gave it up for lost. In the night
he dreamed that he found it under the
washstand, and on waking up found it in
that spot, This isn't half so odd as the
case of man who lost valuable horse,
and before going to bed ate Welsh rare
bit. He dreamed his shorse was in a village
church fifteen miles away, and was quietly
consuming the hair in the pew cushions,
having left the buggy on the pulpit steps;
When he awoke next morning he found
that in reality neighbors boy had found
the horse and vehicle and had put it up
in livery stable until he could claim a
reward.
Year: 1877

IN TUE DISTRICT COURT OF TIE SEC


ond Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and for
the county of Ormsby Roger Grow, plaintiff J. l..
Cegg and Florence Clegg and A. W. Pray, defendants.
Action brought in the District Court OF the Second Judicial
of the of Nevada in and for the county of
and the complaint filed in said county of OrmSby,
in the office Clerk of said District Cour-The State
of Nevada sends greeting to l. Cegg and Florence Ceg
and A. w Pray defendants You hereby required to
appear in action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the Second Judicial
District of the State of Nevada in and for the county Of
Orsby and the complaint filed therein "a copy
of which accompanies this smons) within ten days Tex
of the day of servce after the service you of
this summons-f served within this county, or served
of this county but in this district within twenty days
be taken against you The said action is brought to fore
close certain mortgage executed by defendants j. L.
and Florence Clegg to said plaintiff, let No ~ in
block No six (6 in Rice Peters addition to the city Of
Carson in Ormsby county, Nevada which said mortgage
given to secure the payment of promssory note
defendants j. L. and Florence Clegg the
day of May A. D. 1875 plaintiff for the of six
hundred dollars and interest thereon at three 81
per month all in gold coin of the United States And
plaintiff asks decree of foreclosure of said mortgage and
proceeds applied to the payment OF COSTS attorneys fees
taxes insurance and the principal and interest on
said note in gold of the United States and if found
insufficient that judgment be docketed against the prop
erty OF defendants l. and Florence Cegg for any bal
ance found remaining due plaintiff All of which is more
fully set forth in plaintiffs complaint file in my office
And YOU are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and
the said complaint, above required, the said
plaintiff will apply the Court for the relief demanded


* Given under my hand and the seal of the District


Court of the Second Judicial District of the State


LIS Nevada in and for the county of Ormsby, this


* oath day of August, in the year of Lord ore
thousand eight hundred and seyenty-seven,
au25-1aw6w ALFRED HELM, Clerk
Year: 1877

Editors Of the Utspotch:


Your interesting account OF the report
touching dismemberment" OF the Dio-
cese Of Virginia expresses the belief that /!
may be done. ~


The vote in the committee may look that
way to those not acquainted with our bis
tory, but it really amounts to nothing more
than courteous postponement OF the ques-
ton.


Several times the effort has been made to
divide Old Virginia, and the same number
OF. times it has been kindly laid upon the
table. / know nothing Of the discussions
in the committee, but cannot tell why there
was not an unanimous vote for Mr.. Black
iord's resolution. Certainly il the clergy
and laity south Of the James river want to
have their own diocese they ought to be al
lowed to go with our best wishes. But
there Is no reason to suppose they wish it.
The only effort made to test their wishes
was at convoeation meeting in Lynchburg,
where the laity almost unanimously OPP
posed it.


presume that the reason why such men
as DR.. Norton and the others in the minor
ity voted against the resolution is that they
want discussion to cease and the clergy to
90 about their proper business as preachers
OF the Gospel.


presume, also, that the reason why such
men rs DR.. Gibson and Mr.. Blackford
brought forward such resolution as was
adopted is that they consider the question
virtually settled against them.


There Is no probability Of division ex-
cept as to West Virginia, which is now q
distinct State, and ought to be separate also
as a diocese. EPIsCoPALIAN.
Year: 1877

Having been tried and acquitted by the
Police Justice after an investigation OF the
case, might let my vindication rest with
perfect safety, but deem it proper to cor
rect an error that solne Of the newspapers
have fallen into that quote, as they did, the
Police Justice as saying that ~ was doubt
less guilty, but the evidence was not su6i-
cient to sustain the CHARGE" The Justice
would not have so far forgotten his judicial
position az to have used the language at
tributed to him for this plain reason: that
even If had been acquitted upon as rea-
sonable doubt" then he could not have re-
garded me as being "doubtless guilty."
This would have been gross contradiction
in terms. The truth is that the Justice did
not use the language attributed to him, but
said il Mr.. Page believed that was guilty,
then there would have been some iustitica-
tion for the assault upon ME. Those who
are familiar with the facts in the case, or
know the party accusing me, will doubtless
vindicate ME as a gentleman and Chris
tian, and place the scandal where it belongs.
w. j. S. BowE.
Year: 1877

THE SALE OF LAND FOR DEBTS DUE THE
CoMaoNwEALTH.-Thc following is an act
TO amend section IA Of chapter 40 OF the
Code Of 1878, in relation to the sale OF land
for debts due the Commonwealth, approved
March 81, 1877:


/. BE it enacted by the General assem-
6ly of Virginia, That section IA OF chapter
40 of the Code OF Virginia, edition OF 1878,
be amended and reenacted so as to read as
follows:


Section IA. On or before the maturity Of
such bond, the purchaser shall pay the pur-
chase-money due thereby to the sheriff or
the officer who made the sale. The sheriff
or other officer who made the sale shall with
draw the bond OF the purchaser from the
clerks office on leaving his receipt therefor,
and collect the same. So soon as the pur-
chaser shall pay the purchase-money deed
shall be executed at his costs reciting the
execution, the sale, and the price, and con-
yeying the land to him. The grantor in
such deed may either be the sheriff or other
principal officer himself, or the deputy
who acted In making the sale, who
shall as commissioner convey the land
in the name of the Commonwealth. The
deed of either shall Rsss to the purchaser
all the interest whseA the party against
whom the execution issued had in the land
at the date OF the judgment or decree. Out
OF the money 80 collected the sheriff or
officer who made the sale shall pay all costs
attending said execution and sale, the costs
of survey. if there was one, all delinquent
and unpaid taxes and levies on said land,
the debt due the Commonwealth, and the
residue, If any, shall be paid to the iudg-
ment-debtor.


2. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
Year: 1877

Bitten by Dog Yesterday morning a
tramp, who gave his name as Sam. Eldridge,
q native of Canada, was bitten by dog on
the farm OF Joseph Minn, near Chester.
The bite was quito severe, causing the man
to 20 to bed in q barn. He had been lurk-
ing around MINIS for several days. The
dog was not rabid.
Year: 1877

The Circuit Coatrt.-The session Of the
Circuit Court of Chesterfield county will
commence on the 10th day of May. Will
liam Bransford will be tried for his life for
committing rape on a little colored girl a
week or so ago.
Year: 1877

The death of Senator Morton removes one of the old landmarks of Republican ism from American politics. During the war his boldness and energy distinguished him even above the many energetic, capa- ble war governors of that stormy time. During the dark days of '62, when the war went against us, and when the cleo. tions went against us, he held Indiana firmly up to her duty. Afterward, 1n the era of Reconstruction he took most prominent part as Republican leader in the Senate. Of his later political history we are no admirer. As an advocate of the system of misgovernment and repres- sion which has heretofore been such & source of weakness to the Republican par ty, he did that party infinite harm; but of his patriotism and of his integrity there is no doubt, and one could not but admire the immense strength and energy of the man. even when misdirected.