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Year: 1878

brakes; that the brakemen did not
respond promptly; that the engineer
reversed the locomotive; and that the
fireman went back to set brake.
The momentum Of the train was such,
however, that it could not be stopped,
and the locomotive, tender and one car
we're precipitated into the chasm.
The surface of the canal is about twelve
feet below the level of the track, and
the water is about five feet deep. The
pilot of the engine was buried in the
bottom of the river; the rear drive
wheels rested upon the lumber at the
edge of the canal, and the forward ones
were under the water; the smoke
stack had vanished; the tender, hurled
over the engine, lay beyond aud partly
beneath it, mass of splinters, while
four of its trucks rested upon the loco
motive; and the car, standing almost
lengthwise, rested also upon the engine.
The wreck presented a woe -begone ap-
pearance yet the damage is not so great
as the aspect of havoc indicated 1t
is said that 81, 900 will make the loss
good, but this estimate is probably too
small. The train was under direction
of Conductor Watson, the englneer's
name was James Warner, and that of
engine. the G. S Swan. The fireman
and the engineer remained at their
posts until the ponderous machine was
at the brink Of the abyss, and then
escaped by 'eaping down the embank-
ment. The passengers in the caboose
did not feel any unusual jar from this
extraordinary mode of stoppage, and
were ignorant of the accident until
told of it. If this disaster shall lead
to greater caution at this point, it may
result beneficially, by preventing an
accident involving much loss of life.
1t did not detain the trains, as the
transit was made on the tracks of the
old line and the Central road. By
Thursday night the company had a
hundred men at the canal to clear away
the wreck. and the bridge is doubtless
swinging ere this. The plan adopted
was to drain the canal by means of the
locks, SO as to permit operation in the
bed Of the stream u Columbus DEM
0Crat,
Year: 1878

The New York Times gives a graph
ic account of the citizen Of Oshk osh
who was troubled by goats depreda-
tions upon the shrubbery Of his lawn


The animal was owned by muscular
lrishman, and to shoot the goat under
such circumstances might lead to un-
pleasantness. The animal was proof
against arsenic and strychnine, such


posons only acting as tonlcs. Finally,
the gentleman was told to feed the goat
on dried apples and give him plenty of
water and be might hope Tor the most
disas rus results. He acted at once
upon the suggestion procured bushel
of dried apples and a bucket of water
inveigled the animal into his front par
lor, aud lighted his pipe and sat down
to witness the results, The goat de-
goured the apples and the water and
began to grow. Before the man from
Oshkosh thought ofkuch a catastrophe
the goat had swelled SO enormously
that be was unable to be removed at
either door or window; and, what is
worse, the athletic Irishman is suing
the gentleman for forclble detainer
OF his goat. The coudition of the
Democratic party to day is much in the
condition of the man IN Oshkosh with
goat in his parlor. Potter's commit
tee is in the Democratic parlor, and
boasts Of being full Of more explosive
materials than dried apples and water.
Just now they are viewed by the par
ty with something like the anxiety
which the Oshkosh man viewed the
terrific possibilities Of an explosion Of
the goat. They care as little for the
effects on the committee as Oshkosh
did about the consequences to the goat;
but the danger Of flowing up the Dem,
ocratic party entire is reason for ankle
ty. The wisdom of the Democratic
party has been sitting on the case for
some days in Westinghouse kind of
committee of ways and means-looking
for some possible relief from the trap
into which the leaders have passed and
sweled. Doors and windows are too
small, and they are seriously thinking
of taking up the floor and permitting
the committee to fall into the cellar.
If, however: they insist on fireworks,
John Sherman offers all the explosive
materials they may require, General
Noyes will gladly contribute the fuse,
and Ben. Butler will only be happy to
touch it off. BY all means let the Til
den pyrotechnics proceed.-lnter-
Ocean. ~ o."a"" ts".a* @#t
Year: 1878

THE REVOLUTIONARY SCHEME
What, then, is the purpose of the in
stigators Of this pretended investiga-
ton? We say pretended, because it is
nothing but pretense. What is the
end in view? 1t is PRACTICAL revolu-
ton. and nothing less 1t is the estab-
lishmeDt OF a precedent under which
the title of no future President can be
secure against the assault of an adverse
majority in Congress. 1t is an inaugu


ration of the Mexican system Of poll
tics in these United States The In
vestigatiDg Committee and sub commit
tees will sit during the recess of Con-
gress, issuing from time to time false or
garbled statements concerning discov-
cries made, intended to influence the
elections next Fall, and secure, if posi-
BILE, the choice of democratic majority
in the next House Of Representative


Already the Democrats are assured of a
majority in the Senate after March 4,
1879. With both houses Democratic


how long would it take to reverse the
action Of the Forty-fourth Congress and
declare that Hayes is not, but Tilden


is, President Of the United States?
This could be followed by complete
recognition of the latter as Chief Mag
istrate, on the part of Congress and the
deposition of the former. That, rest
assured, is the entertainment to which


the leaders of the Democratic party
invite us.-Troy Times.
Year: 1878

THE stage and mail company eastward from Tucson via Santa Fe, Is right here with splendid and new Concord coaches, which we are informed will be run tri- weekly with close connections. This Is goOl news for travellers bound directly eastward. IL is an evidence or substRn tial progress, and also shows the demand of the times. ln a week or two at latest. there wlll be as tine a line of.coaches on the wholle Of this great through overI and route as ever ran anywhere.
Year: 1878

THIS Is the second visit Of pr. Burgess, the Dentist. to Arizona. He did great deal Of good work before and on this trip has already visited Globe City, Florence, and Hayden Ferry. The Doctor just came in from Florence yesterday and is stop ping at the Palace Hotel.
Year: 1878

THE card Of MT. Theodore l.. Stiles Al torney and Counselor at Law appears in this issue. This gentleman Is recently from Indiana from which state he brings best recommendations or ability and char acter. His personal address and general manners are such as 10 recommend him to the confidence Of our people. We be speak for him a fair patronage and large success.
Year: 1878

DEFECTIVE CHAs. A. BARTHOLOMEW was in town couple of days early thIs week. On his las: trip 10 Yuma he took a treasure valued at S3O,OOO. We learn rom him that five mounted men, well armed have been seen several times recently on the. Maricopa desert. MT. Bartholomew thinks these are the same parties. or some Of the same parties who committed the robbery before on the desert. The night Mir. R. took the S3O,OOO over the desert these men rode ahead Of the stage about a mile and then turned on one side and dis mounted. AS there were two officers on the stage, both well armed and ready for the fray, the stage was allowed to pass, but Detective B ,rtnolomew Is confident that these men are there for no good pur- pose, and seemed much disappointed that they did not attempt 10 rob the coach that night as they might then have decided whether road agents or detectives should rule the country. Detective Bartholomew is good metal, and whatever might be the result of a collision, we are sure the rob- bers will not find him sleep.
Year: 1878

The Circus Parade-Why it DID Not
Take PldCe.-The statement that the circus
would extend their parade to Manchester
yesterday was authorized by the agent.
They were prevented from coming by un-
avoidable circumstances. 1t was matter
OF as much regret to the management as
to the people who were disappointed, and
they desire the good people OF Manchester
to know that the failure to visit them was
unintentional, and not designed. The show
is an excellent one, and everybody in the
city should see it. The report that the ele-
plants trunk was checked northward, and
that Queen Emma refused to come OH the
south side, is untrue, and she is extremely
anxious to visit her loyal subjects on this
side OF the Jeems,
Year: 1878

SHALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BE KEPT
UP?THE QUESTION OF STREET IMPROVE
MENTs AND THE. REIMBURSEMENT OF
PERSONS WHOSE PROPERTY IS INJURED
BY ALTERATIONS IN GRADEs-THE GAS
QUEsTIoE-sHALL CONSUMERS DE MADE
TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF LIGHTING THE
STREETS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Year: 1878

SMALL FIRE.-Last night fire was dis
covered in pile of clothing at the store OF
Jacobs a. Co., Main street. The police
man on the beat opened the door and, with
others, put the fire out. Five or six coats
were burned. The accident was probably
occasioned by the dropping of piece OF
paper used in lighting the gas.
Year: 1878

DON'T GO WHERE YOUR LOVE LIES DREAM
ING but go to any cigar store restaurant and ask
for WnITLocK MODEL CIGARS, aud dream the
happy hours away by yourself 1t viii pay better In
The long run,
Year: 1878

The cause of my trouble and discomfort
Is where to get good CIGAR for s cent.
Take this advice, YOU will find 1t best:
Hereafter smoke. WHrTLoCK'S Key West.
And If for one you'll pay 10 cent,


To get something good and be content,
BE sure you get WHITLoCk'S Model Cigar;
They are for sale most everywhere.
Year: 1878

LIVERPOOL July ga leading grain circular saws hete
heavy parts OF the country during the past
excitement at this season OF Ihe year
accompanied The decline in prices was consequently
is Animation generally The
trade sieaer this and other leading markets advancing
more or less The and the passage are e
for more money The demand for the Continent continues


requirements in thatdrecton however9r some time past
have been supplied chiefly from America and Eastern
Europe The weather to-day Is favorable but we are having


toleraby good OF mers at this market WIN
fair and steady white red Wheat al penny
pence per the OF Tuesday tour 10 OIL
per dearer. Is steady, with fair inquiry"
Year: 1878

sive power has been sonferred upon Con-
greSs. The difficulty has never been as tn
the existence of this power but as to which
is TO be deemed an encroachment upon it.
and 1t may be safely said that the State Leg
islature which seeks to impose direct bur
den upon inter State commerce or TO inter-
fere directly with its freedom, encroaches
upon the exclusive power of Congress
The statute in question occupies this po-
sition. 1t does not act upon the
business through local instruments to be
employed after the vehicle of conveyance
comes within the State, but directly upon
business as it comes into the State from
without, or goes out from within, while
it purports only TO control the carrier
when engaged within the State, it must
necessarily influence his conduct to some
extent in the management of his business
throughout his entire voyage" Reversed
opinion.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Edmunds' resolution as amendatory
to Matthews reads: BE it enacted, That
all the bonds of the United States issued or
authorized To be issued by Congress are
payable principal and interest in gold or its
equivalent, and that any other payment
without the consent of the creator would be
In violation of the public faith and in dero-
CATION OF their right.
Year: 1878

A NOVEL AIRSHIP.-F. w. Shredder. the
inventor of an air-ship which has attracted
wide attention, arrived in New York last
week, intending, he says to build there a
large ship of the same pattern in which to
journey to Europe, in September next. At
Hartford, Conn, he has exhibited lately
his air-shp. The machine consists of a
balloon shaped like cigar, with light
car for passengers beneath. The balloon is
to be 81 feet long and 20 feet in diameter,
to be constructed of silk, lined with India
rubber. Filled with carbonic acid gas, the
balloon can be kept inflated for many days
In the car is to be an electric engine of
ehalf horse power, with the machinery
for working a screw propeller and rudder
which are to be attached to it. The balloon
is driven by the propeller and by pair of
wings at either side of the car. The ship
can be held almost stationery in the air by
the use of its machinery. The inventor is
confident that in such a machine he could
go to Europe and return in five days. The
cost of the ship is $1,000.
Year: 1878

Great Britain has already taken posses
sion of the Island of Cyprus amid the re-
ioicing of the people, all Of whom are highly
is no doubt but that the inhabitants will be
large gamers by the change, both in the
quality of their government and the value
of their property as we'll also, as in the
business improvement that will follow.
Year: 1878

The latest accounts of the physical con-
dition of the Emperor of Germany show
clearly that, although not fatally injured
by the assassin, ne is almost hopelessly dis
abled. 1t is improbable that he can re-
cover sufficiently to perform his imperial
duties. The Regency is therefore perma-
nent. The Regent and Prince Bismarck
were said to be hostile. but it is not likely
that a change will occur in the Chancellor
ship SO long as the Emperor survives,
especially in view ofthe state of the Empire.
The popular elections, however, may make
things awkward for Bismarck.
Year: 1878

This people have always been puzzle
to ethnologists. They are sort OF
Pariah race, Outcasts, living in the
northern slopes of the Pyrenees. Since
tile Middle Ages they have beer a
stunned race, and the objects of gen.
eral aversion. They were kept separate
at church and at market. 1t was even
said that they differed from ordinary
men; it was believed that their ears
were of peculiar shape. These out
casts lived in a distinct quarter. In
some churches they entered at special
door, and the beadle served them holy
water at the end of stick. Their con-
tact was pollution, and whatever they
touched was unclean. They were COM
PEELED to wear the badge of ducks or
goose's foot, in red cloth, on their dingy
gaberdines. A Cagot who dared to
touch sacred vessel in church, had his
hand cut off and nailed to the church
door. They could not intermarry with
their neighbors; and lord in the
eighteenth century committed a mortal
offense by marrying a pretty Cagot girl.
Their oath was scarcely allowed in a
court of justice. Up to the time of Louis
XIV. they were such outcasts that they
were not taxed.


Their condition is ameliorated now,
but they are still separate people; they
are strictly "endogamous' and the
reason is obvious no girl of the district
will marry Cagot. If he would shake
off the curse he must emigrate. But
they may freely 20 to church. One
tradition of the origin Of the Cagots Is
that they are defendants of the wounded
men who fought in the great battles In
the passes of the Pyrenees, who never
found their way out Of the valley that
their ancestors were In the fight OF
Ronccvaux: where Roland fell. Some
historians trace them back to Clovis's
time, and make them "dogs of Goths,"
descended from the men defeated In the
Year: 1878

The yard men at the depot say that
boys from ten TO fourteen Years of age
make "a practice OF jumping on and off
the ears when in mollon while trains
are bein2 made up. II is dangerous
amusement, and liable To result at any
time III the loss of limb or perhaps
life to those who Indulge in it. The
men hope that parents will caution
their children to stop the practice.
Year: 1878

Two more young ladies came down
from Paradise and went east yesterday !;
likewise two young men, and now the
question that is aeitatiog the minds of
youthful Paradlsers is whether they
went 10 Eko or Corinne?
Year: 1878

The Democrats have somehow become
possessed of the idea that by ordering an
investigation of the Florida and Louis lana
elections they can secure the next House.


They reason that 1t Is necessary to to get
their full strength to the polls, to bring out
the reserve, in order to hold their majority
in the lower branch of Congress. To do
this they must have a rallying-cry, and the
howl of ''fraud' is the only one that offers


ITSELF But they forget that in 1876 their
strength was increased by considerable
body Of conservative men who heartily
favored the electoral commission, and un-
reservedly if not cheerfully accepted its
decisions. These men "know the valley
o. peace and quietness'' as we'll as did
Punch's organ grinder, and strongly dep
recate reopening of the bitter and dam
gerous controversy over the Presidential
succession. ANY revolutionary movement
on the part of the Democrats will ALLEVIATE
these conservatives and alarm the business
interests Of the country. Thus am investi-
gatiori manifestly so unfair and one.sided as
that. proposed will be likely to diminish in
ste ad Of increasing the Democratic majority.
No less than twelve Democratic districts


were carried in 1875 by majorities of less


than five hundred votes, and eight of these


by less than one hundred. A change OF a


a very few votes, or the absence from the
polls Of small number of men who sup
ported Tilden two years ago but who are
Year: 1878

WITHIN little more than month from the
closing of the contract with the Syndicate
s35, 100000 of the Al per cent. bonds have
been taken. It is thought that the remain
ing $15.OO0,0OO will be taken in one subscrip-
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address Of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

At the West Point militia school
the cadets are taught to ride bareback,
to ride without stirrups, to Jump hur-
dles, TO use the pistol and sabre while
riding, to "cat heads of right and lsft,' =
and other fesls. The heads are leather
balls about four or 6ye inches in diam
eter, which are placed On posts of vari
ous heights The trooper moving at a
rapid gallop must cut these heads rid
ing to the right and left, and also cut
heads resting on the ground, the last a
rather difficult feat when done to the
left, compelling the rider to swing his
saber over his bride hand and reach
down from horse sixteen hands high.
They also cut heads with the right aud
left cut at the same instant jumping a
hurdle. The most skillful maneuver
is the cutting of head upon the ground
between two hurdles placed about forty
feet apart, the trooper riding at full
speed and cutting TO the right and left
in the intcrvel between leaping the
hurdles. The trooper is also taught to
turn his horse at fall gallop in a circle
four yards in diameter. Most Of these
feats are performed in a riding hall. a
room about one hundred and ninety
feet long, by sizty-eight wide, with a
tanbark aoor The parade ground is
about three hundred and fifty yards
long, by one hundred and fifty wide.
Seventy-6ve horses are kept in use, the
stables accommodate about ne hundred.
The animals are cared for by detach-
ment of regular soldiers provided for
such service, the cadets being too busy
to perform this duty
Year: 1878

lation should be attempted on subjects OF vital
consequence.


l am especially soIcitous that something
shall be done in this direction 10 provide
against the evils of our present system VI
municipal government. Our cities are becom-
ing more and more every day great centers Of
social commercial and political influence, and
as they continue to grow I'm power and i'm
portance the problem Of their proper govern
ment challenges the gravest consideration of
the most enlightened dstatesmenship. And not
the least difficult feature of this problem is
how TO reach the best results without endan-
gering the right of self-govcrnment. This, |
believe, should be faithfully guarded, for no
other benefit, however valuable, could possi
bly, compensate for any material loss Of this
right.


In concluding these brief suggestions,
wish to urge upon you the importance Of
making your session a short one. Go to work
in earnest; give close and constant attention
to the matters with which you are intrusted;
work faithfully for the best interests Of your
State and country; pass such laws as are nee
essary, and avoid all superfluous legislation; I;
let all you do be characterized by wisdom and
prudence, and when you have accomplished
your work you can go home to your constitu-
ents, who will honor you for your faithfulness
aud reward you for the manner in which you
have maintained their best interests.


And now have only to add that desire 10
express my sincere thanks to the people Of the
State for the distinguished honor they have
conferred upon me in calling me to that high
and important Office the responsible duties Of
which I this day assume.


Believing as do in your patriotism, and as
sured as l am that I shall have the hearty CO.
operation of your body in all my efforts to
promote good government, and trusting to
the guidance of an all-wise and beneficent
Providence, | enter upon my work, not with
out hope that our mutual labors may result
benefcially to the people we respectively rep
Year: 1878

Some of the navy chaplains are reported

 drinking, gambling, and demoralizng the ser vice generally. The chaplain's only safety is in total abstinence. He can't swear like the captain, and he naturally takes to drink as an outlet for the cussedness that seems to pertain to the mystery of navigation.
Year: 1878

Dr. Prime of the New York Observer, adds the weight of his testimony to the side which claims that drunkenness is far from being so common a vice in the wine-drinking countries of Europe as among the northern nations and in the United States. During a ten months residence in the chief cities of France, Ger many, and Italy, he saw but one man drunk. A daily examination of the police reports in a city of 55,000 inhabitants did not discover a single arrest for drunkenness in forty days.
Year: 1878

''To be or not to be" the Democratic candi- date for governor of Massachusetts, is Buffers present problem. People in general take a lively interest in the movement, conserva- tive Democracy is good deal troubled with the prospect, and shrewd politician recently remarked that the plan would be dangerous one in any event. If Butler was beaten it would smash the party; while, if he won, it would saddle them with most undesirable presidential candidate
Year: 1878

the girls and impart fresh and vigor to the men,
The young people that brought out year after year
under the name of "rosebuds might then become the
hardy plants that Nature intended them to be- instead
OF lot OF tender exocs forced into precOcious exist
ence by the influences OF city life, and bound TO droop
and fade before they are fully developed.
Year: 1878

THE CAMPAIGN,
The thOrOugness and accuracy with which THE NEW YORK
TRIBUNE ALMANAC publishes ELECTION RETURNS has long
become proverb Evidence that the present cam
pgn has aroused the deep and interest OF voters
shown in the demands for this Old and valued manual which
come to TRIBUNE daily from all quarers The Issue for
the present year also gives full and especially valuable sta
tisics Of Commerce. Industry Trade and Manufactures
clear comprehensive Trustworthy and generally COM
mends itself to intelligent people everywhere
Sent postpaid for % cents.


Address THE TRIBUNE,
Year: 1878

A New STEREOsCOPE.-M. TOyama describes


simple way ofseeing sereoscOpc pictures without tho
use OF lenses and without any strainiHg Of the eyes
The two pictures to be mounted with an interval
between them OF about inch and half Then by
means OF partition between the pictures and the eve
on the ordinary skeleton sereOscOpe the parts are
40 separated that the right eye shall only the RIGHT
picture and the left eye the left picture When this if
done pictures will combine just easily as with
an ordinary stereOsCOpe.