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Year: 1877

thomas Connors Of Brooklyn, y. y, who


has attracted considerabl local attention bv


ms eccentrlclties, and who was familiarly
! known as the twelve o'clock man." died


IN that city on Sunday last For wears.
| every day, ConnOrs was in the habit of
| going to tho Brooklyn city hall, between o


and 10 clock in the morning. and taking
! up a position on the sidewalk on the
! Fulton street side ofthe building. Hewould


remain leaning up against the iron railing


until the large clock in the tower of the
| city hall struck the hour of 10 o'clock


noon, and as the last stroke of the hammer
ceased, without uttering word or pausinc


TO look behind him, the man would walk
slowly away and soon disappear up Fulton
avenne on his way homeward. Finally he


became sick and enfeebled by constant ex
posure to all sorts of weather, and about a
year ago he fOrsook his accustomed place
on the sidewalk and took up a position
inside the building, and up one flight of
STAIRS, where he stood for two or three
h9urS each day leaning up against a post
which stands in the corridor lust opn6sito
the entrance to the office of the commits.
sloners of public works. There he was to
be found during the last half of the fore.
noon, and from there he would never move
until the last stroke of the l2 o'clock bell
had been sounded, when he would walk
quietly and sadly down the stairs with n
look OF stolid disappointment on his
countenance


lie never spoke to any one unless he
was spoken to, and then he would renlv
only In mono-syliables, in a grabbed
manner, which soon gave people to under.
stand that he did not desire to prolonp tho
conversation. As an explanation of this
strange freak of Connors, it is said that be
was once in comfortable circumstances
and that he in some way lost all his money
and became quite poor. Some man with
whom he had business transactions became
indebted to him for a large sum of money.
which Mr.. Connors tried for long time to
collect, but without avail. Finally, to get
rid OF him, the man promised Connors on
certain day, at the hour of IL o'clock noon.
ne would meet him at the city hall and paw
him the money. Connors was there at the
appointed hour, but the other man never w
came, and every day since that the poor
man was always at the city hall nj 10
o'clock, hoping to meet the faithless credi. |
tor there, and to receive tho money which
he claimed to be due him.


There is more of wholesome satire than
OF mere jest in the following: Deacon |
hathtel said to his family physician, |
" Doctor, you have had such an extended |
experience at death.beds, and have seen so |
many people go hence, that | would like |
TO ask you what class are most resigned
ana die the happiest?" The aged man
cleared his throat and said Well, deacon,
nave not seen so very many deaths, but,
so far as | have been able to learn. the
people who die the happiest are those who
are hung"


ne best OF men and the most earnest
workers will make enough mistakes to
keep them humble. Do not give mn On e.
Year: 1877

Ayoung Frenchman. to avoid con
scription pleaded that his right arm
was paralyzad. The story was not De-
lieved, and various pretexts were re-
sorted to to compel him to acknowl
edge the efficiency of the member. Il
was proposed to cut it OH, but tne
Young man did not shrink in the pres
ence of the surgeon and his lnstru
ments. Under pretext of taking nm
to another hospital for the operation
he was thrown into the river that wa
crossed. He at first SWAN with hi
left arm, but finding that insufficient
finally struck out with his right, AM
revealed his trickery.
Year: 1877

hnt, the contraction and stiffening OF
the muscles, growing out Of contine-


ment and the want of action. The boy
took his fathers hand and walked
through the streets Of Boston with


acilitv. when the cars came in at


niyht. I was near the depot, anxious
to know the result Of the hospital ex-
animation, and what was my surprise
and JOY to see the lame boy-hopeless-
BIZ afflicted, as the physician said, with
lhip.complaint-step on to the platform
and run up the street with the agility


of young antelope.
Year: 1877

The disaster that followed cry OF
fire in a Memphis theatre was solely
confined to the boy who shouted. He
was cuffed and kicked out Of the build
ing. and when he got home his father
added a sound whipping.
Year: 1877

A STRONG DOCUMENT IN PREPARATION


BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.


WASHINGTON, January 27.- The
House, Florida committee will probably
report on Tuesday next. There will b.
minority report on the legal feature a.
legged to cover the canvassing board. Tie
majority report will be strong docu-
ment, whose conclusions are unanimous
ly sustained by the Supreme Court Of
Florida, and will show that under the
law and by virtue of the decisions of
that Court, the duties of the board are
purely ministerial in canvassing the re-
turns. The best proof of this is that the
board never demurred to that conclusion
of the Court, but accepted it and proceed
ed to canvass the face of the returns.
which gave the Tildcn and Hendricks
electors decided majority. But in Or
der to prevent that result they counted
one of the three returns from Baker
county which they had on the first count
declared to be illegal, and thus favored
the Hayes electors and at the same time
the Democratic Governor. The commit
tee will show that on the boards own de-
cisions Tilden carried the State.
Year: 1877

The flag on the Masonic Temple is at
half-mast in honor to the memory of Geo.
Rice, deceased.


This is Thomas Payne's birth day.


Workmen are engaged tearing out the
building at the corner of Sixth and Ship
ley streets, recently purchased by Joshua
Marris and others.


One drunk was the only case before
the Mayor this morning.


Don't forget the entertainment at the
Opera House this evening.
Year: 1877

THE TENTH STREET BASIN EMPTIED.


During last week the officials at the
water works, corner of Tenth and Mar
ket streets, discovered that some of the
mains, leading from the basin leaked. At
first the leak was very small, but it con-
tlnued to grow larger until last Wednes-
day night, the basins were entirely en-
pued. On Thursday morning, the pur-
vcyor started out, and shuteff several of
the stops for the purpose of discovering
where the leak was after closing several
it was found to be in the Tenth street
main that crosses the Brandywine, at
Eleventh street bridge. 1t is supposed
that the breaking or disconnecting the
pipe was caused by the action of the ice.
The shutting off, of the water cut off
the supply at the Arlington cotton mills,
and the proprietors not wishing to
stop the works laid a hose from the fire
plug corner of Fifteenth and Kingstreets,
TO the plug over Brandywine that is at
tached to the main that supplies their
works. by this means they will be able to
continue running.


The residents of the Ninth ward will
he unable TO get water from their hydrants
until the ice in the creek disappears
thereby enabling worgmen to repair the
damage. The way the leak was first dis
covered was by the increased work that
it required to keep the basins filed. II
cannot be ascertained how large the
damage is or what it will cost to repair it
PIPE TO BE LAID.


In order to supply the inhabitants of the
Ninth Ward with water, il has been de-
cided to lay an s inch pipe across the
Brandywine bridge at Market street. The
| main will connect with the King street
main on this side, and the water from il
will be emptied into the main over the
bridge.
Year: 1877

LAWRENCE, December 7. Joy was Informed
Of the action of the council, last evening" by the
sheriff. He received the news of his comnutation
with evident satisfaction and after the sheriff left
fell upon his knees and prayed ierventy. To the
question whether he was reconciled to spend the
rest of his days in confinement, he said "Dont
believe I'll be there long; something will happen
to prove my innocence" The prisoners mother
has been here the past few days obtaining sigma
lures for a petition for Communication.


She first learned the disposition of the case from
gentlem man whom she had asked to sign. She
and joys sisters visit him to-day. He is in the
best of spirit, though confinement has told upon
his health. He SAYS he is perfectly satisfied seeds
OF consumption are IN his system, As his sister
died of this disease. He will be removed to State
Prison in = few days.
Year: 1877

Hagop Harootun Actefian. a native Of Rodi.o
Turkey, and educated in this country, has been
engaged for the concert connected with the lee
ture to he given at the Free Baptist church
He is of the best flute performer RS in the coun
try. We are glad to learn that those engaged in
the sale of tickets for the lectures meeting with
encouraging success
Year: 1877

ence to the Chief Justice, he char ged that
he had been always committed to the rum
interest, and the friends of the temperance
cause did not look to him for any step that
might curtail the evils of drunkenness, but
the court as a whole had expressed the
determination not to open new sources of
vice in our midst, and now their act in the
fact of all this was an outrage to the people
and especially "many women and chill
| drcn," who have to suffer so much
| Next the witnesses who testified in the
interest of the applicants were criticised
The speaker could not see how citizens
claiming to be Christians and who had
! the good morals of the community at heart
could testify in favor of business that was
sending more souls to perdtiOn than all
other evils combined. He could not see
how one or two he publicly named could
do this after all they had experienced ;
how persons claiming respectability could
| put their names in between those who had to
make their mark in signing applications
Neither could he see how twenty four such
Signers could have more weight than those
on the siX-foot roll of remonstrance with
the three men who made court of Justice
open the rumShops of the county. The
speaker was thoroughly warmed up, and
his criticisms Of persons by name for acts
that were wrong in his eyes was made with.
out stint.


Rev. Mr.. Stubbs, in closing, said that
while the lovers of temperance had been
disappointed, he hoped they would try the
harder to keep our young men from the
evils of intoxication, and pray the more
earnestly for them pray in such manner
as to influence those who are to become our
judges, if it could not effect those who are
already on the bench.


On motion of Dr. Cummins a vote OF
thanks was rendered Rev. Mr. Smith and
his associates for the zeal they had mani
tested in the remonstrance issue. \ mum
Der signed the pledge.
Year: 1877

lNTEMPRRANCE.--WOr Orthy temperance men
are frequently accused of being as intem.
perate with speech as inebriates are with
the bottle, and just now we notice that the
papers are criticising Rev. 7. De Witt Tai.
mage, Of New York, for making this ironical
prayer whilst in serious, religious meet
ing, viz:


Great Is the bottle. Oh. rum Jug we bow before
thee TO worship. We pray that thou will destroy all
those that do not bow before thee and nut them ont NJ
once And this we ask in the name of Schiedam
Schnapps and lager beer and old rye whisky Amen
and amen. LLaughter.l


He is accused of blasphemy. Evidently
he had no such idea, but why be so reck.
less as to call down public criticism upon
himself in so good a cause The injury is
not so much to him as to the cause he ad.
vocates.


So in this town last Sunday A religious
meeting was taken advantage of to crticise
men by name, and the criticism was in.
tended to sting the parties in the presence
of the audience for doing that which
seemed 80 inconsistent in the eyes of the
speaker, however consistent the parties may
have felt in doing it, The point is, what
good did it do the cause? Rensentment
was excited when penitence might have
followed. Criticism for exercising right
is quite different from criticism for doing
wrong, in point of law. We cannot be
the public censoFs Of mems acts in matter.
o. morisls, however mnch we may differ
with them privately.
Year: 1877

THE action Of the Court at Dover in
making the sale of whisky as free as it was
in its power to do, does not satisfy either
the temperance people or the liquor sellers.
1t breaks the hopes of the former and the
desired monopoly of the later, while the
public at large will derive no benefit, to say
the least, from the wholesale licensing.
The liquor vendors did not desire such
liberal-handed "justce" for their own
good other people did not want it, for the
public's good. No one was asking for what
the Court gave.
Year: 1877

EDw. REYNOLDS, of the Middletown Tran
script, has gone out of the publishing busi-
ness, and we shall miss him. He was a
genial craftsman and an enterprisng
business man, and the Transcript under his
management, got out of the old fogy style
of printing into the more progressive meth
ods of the art almost as soon as he got it in
his possession. He struck out boldly in
the publishing business as he now seems to
be doing in the mercantile business. Success
to him.
Year: 1877

IT seems, from an article published in
our Maryland items, that the title of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in this coun-
try was conferred upon that large body of
Christians by a body of clergymen of the
Church of England that assembled at
Chestertown, Md. in 1776. OF course, after
our independence was declared the demon
ination could not be called the Church of
England, on patriotic grounds, if for no
other reason. So, those Eastern Shore
clergyman decided to call it the Protest
ant Episcopal Church" to distinguish it
from the other Protestant Churches that
had sprung up among the people. The
effort to change this name by the General
Convention of the Church, recently held in
Boston, and the failure to do so, gives this
little scrap Of history peculiar interest in
a local way. 1t was proposed by the Con,
vention above named to change the name
to " The American Church" but the propo-
sition met with very little favor, even
among the High Church party. with which
it is understood the idea originated.
Year: 1877

The kind of a daughter to have, is
the one whom William Butler Dun
can, tho ruined Newly ork merchant,
recently found out he had. For two
or three years, during the summer
months, drivers and cQuestrians on
the public thoroughfares Of Staten
Island have met a young lady eques-
trian accompanied by an orderly,
whose elegant figure and superb
horsemanship elected general admir-
alton. She had had everything from
infancy that heart could WISH and
was supposed by those who knew
nothing to'the contrary to be q gay
butterfly of fashion, But Soo,1 after
the suspension of her fathers firm
unknown to her family, she under
took thetranslation Of d work which
was attracting not q little attention
in Germany. Secretly she kept. at
her task, night and day. When it
was completed, she went alone to tho
largest publishers in the city, sub
mitted hermanuscript for inspection,
and n few days later made contract
for the publication Of the Volume
When the first copy was printed she
placed it in her fathers hands, and,
telling what she had done, expressed
the hope that she could do something
toward relieving his financial troub4
les, The translation has proved a
decided success. 1t has met with
large sale, and tho royalty already
paid to the devoted daughter has
amounted to considerable sum.
Year: 1877

When Thomas Grape sailed out of
the harbor of New Bedford few week
ago in a tiny boat bound for Europe,
he had the proud consciousness of
being the greetett ass in the world. 1t
is unsafe to forecast the possibilities of
buman folly for Crapo is to be out
Crapoed. Another Liliputian craft is
on the stocks in the same narbor; it is
to have centre board and three masts;
and it is to round Cape Horn and
possibly circumnavigate the world.
Year: 1877

Mr.. Dorsheimer writes TO the New York
Sun that it is within his personal knowl-
edge that MIR. Tilden was not in favor of
the Electoral Commission. This is an
interesting fact, hut it does not prove the
unwisdom of that experiment. 1t was
not the fault of the advocates of this plan
that the odd member of the commission
happened to be Justice Bradley. They
could not foresee that a member of the
Supreme Bench would sell his soul as
cheaply as Judas lscaIot. And lament
able as has been the outcome of the great
counting-in conspiracy, who can say that
it will not prove better in the end for
patient and unrelenting democracy than
the result which possibly only resort to
arms and the spilling of fraternal blood
could have brought about? The mills
of the goods grind slowly, but, as Judge
Black says, they grind "dreadful fine,"
and 1880 is not SO far off that this defraud-
ed people need waste any regrets over
what might have been. The Republican
party is already reaping i'll the Presidents
betrayal of its practical interests terri
bic reward for its sins, and three yeaB
hence its ghost only will confront the
avenger of March 4, 1S77.-BGit. Gazette.
Year: 1877

WAs41NaToN Noy. !. Congressman Go2de
publican side Of the House to o-day by Offering
the following resolution, which was read


Resotrpd That in the Judgment of this
House the action OF the President In withdraw
ing the Federal troops from the States of South
Carolina aud Louisiana was wise Just and con-
sttutional. that it has contributed IN q large
degree to the restoration of peace and harmony
throughout the country. and is entitled to re-
ceive the cordial support OF oil mon who realize
in the East or West we have one country. one
Constitution, and one destiny"


OF course there were instant objections on the
Republican side even to allowing the resou' 'nu
TO be referred. which was all Mr.. Goode a d
at this time He intends, however TO force a
vote on II al the earle t opportunity. and make
the Republican members show the people
whether or no they do approve their Presidents
notion.
Year: 1877

FOREIGN.
A Great Turkish Victory,
Eight Thousand Russians Killed and
Sixteen Hundred Wounded.
The Pope is Said to be Again in Fail


ing Health.
A Very Bitter and Animate Debate
in the House Of Commons.
Year: 1877

The liberal ladies of Utah will remem-
Der that they are called upon to bestir
themselves tomorrow equally with their
Mormon sisters, who support this blight
ing theocracy with servile and unintelli-
gent votes. They must not let domestic
cares keep them away from the polls.
Carriages will be sent to every precinct,
and 'ew minutes service is no great
oblation to make the cause of progress
and reform. The Mormon sisters are
drilled into voting as the bishop directs
them (obeyicounseland ask no ouestions)
Our sisters who enjoy liberty of actor
will certainly not be willing to stand still
and lend no aid to their struggling
brethers.-SaH Lake Tribune.
Year: 1877

.Nho became a distinguished man; serv-
ing his country at different times as a
senator in congress and as governor Of his
native state.


Had George been ashamed ofhis lowIv
work his embarrassment would have
overwhelmed him, and he would have
had neither good manners nor wit; but
ne was kind hearted and self-possessei
boy, and hence Mr.. Duties good works
were not wasted on him. Goodness Of
heart Is the fountain whence the best
manners flow. BE kind, not seem to
be. Let no one outdo you in good be-
hayior. Not in crying sycophancy. but
true, manlt Christian department.
Show thyself a man--not a boor. Self
respect will enable us to respect others,
and the intercourse will be free. kind.
cheerful aud refining.
Year: 1877

Inc CuuICu NATURALLY Idli6 ulluCA Lut
leadership OF "The Twelve" of whom
John Taylor is the priest. The latter
has firm viii and a strong following,
but is devoid of qualities essential
if he would gain rulership. He Is IN
likely to succeed in an undertaking
which Brigham Young formerly in his
place accomplished by imprudence and
caiolerv. 1t will be hard to convince
the Mormon people, who for months past
have been hearing and reading the
exposures and fraud practiced upon
them bv Brigham and his unscrupulous
eabal, that any member of that cabal has
suddenly become what Brigham himself
pretendeC to be--the special and only
earthly deputy and revelator Of the
Most High The poor dupes believed
that, perhaps, of the chieftain who now
lies dead in the Lion House. They can
hardly transfer the belief at this time to
another human creature. The absurd
doctrine of revelation, the wicked and
senseless rites of the Endowment House,
the sanctity Of polygamy, fraud of celes-
tial marriage, the slavish submission of
mind anGgilI to the dictation Of a single
tyrant-these have had their day. They
will eventually cease to be.


ToTTERING MORMONIsM.


A house divided against itself cannot
stand and must fall Divided, indeed,
the Mormon system is in various ways.
During late years a power has risen
which, though it was controlled by
Brigham Young while he lived, now
bids fair to assert itself 1t is the finan-
cial, the mercantile and banking element
of the Mormon community-an element
selfish and prosperous-the leaders OF
which have long been secretly disgusted
with church mummeries and will not be
controlled by a fanatical priesthood
Salt Lake City Special TO the ~ y Herald
Year: 1877

"Now you see it and now you don't is a motto the Prescott Miner ought 10 adopt We have no room or We would give the telegraphic synopsis of its editorial on Indian affairs and Cover nor SaffOrd's recent action thereon.

 When the Governor signed an in iquitous Prescott bill, The Miner went off in sickening laudauons of him, declaring that no power or wealth could induce him to do wrong; but now that the Governor takes necessary and successful action in behalf of set tiers who are being killed, wounded and robbed, then he is all wrong and gets the Prescott Miners malediclions. He has we'll known courage to do what he believes to be right and does it, and it is some consolation to know that not often does he get the Miners sp- proval-

 Any statement that this people have asked for troops for any purpose other than to do the very acts intended by the Government of the United States, is purely and, in the present instance, in- famously and wilfully false.
Year: 1877

THE Prescott Mlnstrels gave very fine performance at the Court House last even ing to one Of the best audiences we have ever seen in Tucson. The end men were all that end men should be, the solos and music were excellent and the large audi ence Of ladies and gentlemen seemed highly satisfied with the performance, and there were frequent encores. We have not space to speak of details in the entertain ment, but If you wish to spend a pleasant evening go and see the minStrels. They perform tonight and tomorrow night with entire change of programme.
Year: 1877

REPORTS were received here last night that one man had just been kill ed and two wounded by Indians on AllisOn's ranch above Tubac. and an- other wounded at Alamo Bonito. To mas Elias has gone to bring. in hIs family and several parties interested in people and stock there. started out from here last night in the belief that reports are true.
Year: 1877

WE have prepared the titles to all bills passed by the Legislature. but a press of matter compels us 10 lay the matter over. Next week we will try and give the substance of the bills themselves, which will be much bet ter.