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Year: 1879

BY Strict Party Vote, Al to 80 and is Now In
the Hands Of the PreSldent-The House
Passes the Legislative Bill by Vote
Of 14O to -GreenbaCkers


Vote With the Democrats


With One Exception.
Year: 1879




at Sugar Notch, Pa.


Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 25-At1 10 O'Clock, Wed.
nesdsy morning the men composing the night
shift In No 10 colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal Company were warned by creaking
noises that the mine was about to fall In upon
them. John Clark, boy, was sent 10 the face Of
the east gangway, where Edward Price, Charles
Hawkins, James Green, Patrick Green, Barney
Riley and VIM. Kinney, were at work. to warn
them of the danger. All the persons in the mine
made their escape before the cave in occurred
with the exception Of the above named men and
the messenger who was sent to warn them. 1t is
hoped that they remained In the gangway, as
that is the safest place In the mine, owing to the
fact that no openings had been made out Of it.
The vein crops out at the surface, and 200 men
have been sinking hole from the surface to
strike the highest breast that has been worked
up hoping by these means to release the impris
oned men. The obstacles to be overcome in
nrogecuting the search are Of such nature as to
+ tard the progress of the work very materially.
At one time to- day the rescuing party were cut
off from communication with the surface by a
fall of Ere clay through which they were com
PEELED to cut their way TO secure air. 1t Is be-
Ueyed that the men have penetrated half way
through the vein of solid coal which interVenes
between them and the gangway in which the OBJ
iect of their search are supposed to be, but the
miners hold very diverse opinions as to the
amount of work yet TO be accomplished. At the
present rate of progress 1t is barely possible that
the imprisoned men will be reached by to'mor-
row morning. Detachments Of miners from the
Empire and Ashley mines have been detailed to
assist in prOsecuting the search. A respondent
feeling exists, and the general belief is that the
men are dead, either from falling fire clay,
black damp, or lack OF ar.
Year: 1879

We are Anxious to extend the eireu- lation of the DEMOCRAT. We want HOO subscribers in Pope county. We ought to have them. Our county has 2400 voters; surely we ought to get l4Oo sub scribers. We make the following lib- eral offers:

 First: Any one who will send us One Dollar and Fifty Cents in cash be- tween now and Oct. 1st, shall have the paper from October 1st, 1879, to Dec. 3lst, 1880. This offer gives you the paper

 THREE MONTHS FOR NOTHING.

 Second; Any person who will send us One Dollar and,l Kitty Cents between now and Oct. lst will receive the DIM ocRAr and the St. Louis Midland Far mer l2 months. This offer gives you q good monthly paper

 TWELVE MONTHS FOR NOTHING.

 Third: Any person who will send us

 THIRTY-FIvE CENTS between now and Sept 18th will get the DkMocRAT the remainder of the year.

 Fourth: Any person who will get US new subscribers and remit us the cash will get

 THE PAPER FREE for the same length of time that the club runs.

 We ask our friends to help us circu- late the DEMOCRAT. Next year will be one of absorbing interest. Every voter should take and read his county paper next year. We have worked hard for. near five years to Keep good paper in our county. Will not each Of our pres ent subscribers try and get LIS at least one new subscriber? If you can get your neighbor to take the paper you will not only be doing him great ser vice but you will be doing us favor also which we will appreciate.
Year: 1879




In those days it was no easy task to reach
" Washington from distant parts of the country.
and the members of Congress from those local
tiles used often to leave their homes three or
four weeks before the opening of a session. A
few performed the journey in their own car
riages, and others rode saddle horses, which
they retained for their use during the session,
and then sold But a large majority of the
Senators, Representatives. correspondents and
claimants who came to Washington travelled
in the stage-coaches, and there was always
great demand for seats just before the COM
mencement of session, on all the lines which
centred at the metropolis.


The stage lines which ended at Washington
always had fine teams of horses to run in and
out of the city, and passengers arriving used to
be taken at full speed up to the door Of the
hotel which they had previously indicated to
their driver. There were half a dozen from
which to choose, but the favorite establish
ment was the Indian Queen Hotel, which occu-
pied the site of the present Metropolitan Hotel,
and was designated by large swinging sign,
upon which figured Pocahontas, painted in
o,larng colors. The landlord, jesse Brown,





come the coming guest" was native of
Havre de Grace, who had served his appren-
ticeship to tavern-keeping at Hagerstown and
in Alexandria A glance at the travellers, as
they alighted and were ushered by him into
the house, would enable him mentally to as
sign each one to a room, the advantages of
which he would describe ere sending its des-
tined occupant there under the pilotage of
coored servant When the next meal was
ready, the newly-arrved guest was met at the
door of the dining room by NJ. Brown, wearing
a large white apron, who escorted him to
seat, and then went to the head of the table,
where he carved and helped the principal dish.
The excellences of this-fsh, or flesh, or fowl
he would announce, as he would invite
those seated at the table 10 send up their
plates for what he knew to be their favorite
portions; and ho would also invite attention to
the dishes on other parts of the table, which
were carved and helped by the guests who sat
nearest to them. Those at the table thus
knew what was before them without reading
eaborately printed bills of fare, often contain
ing the names Of dozen dishes that have no
existence except in the imagination OF the
caterer.


Washington had then been called by an OBJ
serving foreigner 1.-THE city OF magnificent dis
tances,' an appellation which was well
Year: 1879

SPEAKING of the outrage in this State the
Albany Journal says: 1t will be the most
costly political gain ever accomplished in
this country. 1t will bring down upon its
perpetrators the indignant reprobation of
every honest man throughout the land.
There is no fair-minded Democrat, however
attached to his party, who will not condemn
and repudiate this monstrous wrong. 1t is
amazing that any set of men could be found
so demented and besotted as to carry such
an infamous scheme to its conclusion. Never
did conspirators pay so high a price for so
transient an advantage. They gain their
object for the hour, but they arouse an in
censed public feeling which will whelm
them and their party in destruction.
Year: 1879

New YORK Tribune: The Republican
party in the long run must be the gamer by
this transaction. There is not State in the
North in which the story of the Maine usur-
patton will not be read with shame on the
one side, with indignation on the other; and
no man who values the ballot and who is
not blinded by intense partisan prejudice
will fail to see in the action of Governor
Garcelon and his Council fresh reason to
detest the Democracy. At all times and in
all parts of the Union the record of that par
ty has been the same. 1t has never recon-
ciled itself to free election and fair
count.
Year: 1879

The only reason that Mr. Secretary Cove
blanks for election returns sent to Bath,
Saco, and other cities, is that the printer
consulted his taste in making up the forms.
The printer in question is Mr.. E. F. Pills
bury, employed by the fusion government
at higher price than others offered to do
the work for. The reasons for the favori-
tism with which he was regarded have never
been satisfactorily stated. They are now
evident. 1t was because of his taste.


The indulgence of this taste by Mr.. Pills
bury has so far cost the Republicans the
State Government, and has been solely at
their expense. 1t now threatens to prove
expensive to the printer himself and to the
political organizations that have given him
opportunity to crafty it at the cost of the
people of the State. There are many in
stances in which people of excellent taste
have gone about and selected jewelry and
other fine things, and taken them away.
The tasteful name for this exhibition of
taste is kleptomania. Mr.. Pillsbury's weak
ness is in quite another direction. He has a
longing for State governments, and appro-
PIRATES them whenever opportunity offers,
1t will be hard if he escapes, while those
whose fancy inclnes to other ways of wick
edness are shut up for the safety of prop
erty.


This matter of the blank forms for returns
will bear little investigation. The people
want to know whether it is a blunder or a
crime. 1t is certainly something more than
bad taste
Year: 1879

The great desideratum in expending money IS to
know where to get the most servicea5e ana satsfac
tory articles for the smallest consideration ASK
novice and he will advise you to make your pur-
chases anywhere that you may find the goods re-
turn you a fair equivalent for your money,-consult
man of observation ahd he will direct you to the
most extensive establishment in your vicinity
where large and varied stock will be found to
meet the requirements of all classes OF trade, and
where business is done on the ONE rsshGE:
QUICK SALES and SMALL PROFIT
principle Such is FESK a. CO.'S Establish
Year: 1879

DEMOCRATS will do well to carefully con-
slider the words of that staunch Democratic
paper, the New York World: Governor
Garcelon and his advisers have madea seri-
GUS political and not less serious moral
mistake. They have nullified the will of the
people Of Maine, as expressed at the latest
election, on account Of technical errors and
oversights. The errors and oversights were
committed, not by the electors but by the
local canvassers. The votes were in fact
thrown out on account of informalitity in
the manner in which they were returned
There is no pretense that this informality
was such as to leave the intention of the
voters in doubt. The tenor of all statutes,
judicial decisions and treatises which deal
with elections is that every presumption
should be made in favor of giving effect to
the real intention of The voters. The can
vassers in Maine have unquestionably nulli-
fed the real intention of the voters. There
is ~ lodging that fact, and with fair-minded
people that fact will be decisive of any con.
troversy that may be raised"
Year: 1879

SPRINGFIELD Union: 1t will not do for
the Democrats to palliate their rascality in
Maine by saying they are only following Re-
publican examples. That would be no JUS
tifcation if it were true. But it is not true
The usurpation of the Governor and Coun-
ell in Maine is unique and unexampled in
our political annals. But the spirit and pur-
pose of it unfortunately are not new. By it
once more the disposition of the Democrats
is proved to be the same everywhere. 1t is
to secure power, if not by fair means then
by foul; by the shot gun at the South, and
by committing larceny at the North.
Year: 1879

HARTFORD Courant: eff the Democrats
desire to make the entire north absolutely
solid, and the nomination and election of
Grant certain, they cannot do better than to
continue, wherever they have the oppor-
tunity, the tactics in Maine. What ever
technical legal forms may cover that action,
the essence of the action itself is that of
violence and fraud. To deprive the city of
Portland of its representation in the legisa-
ture on a clerical error which in no way
affected the result, and which could have
been corrected in the way expressly provided
by law, is to outrage the people of that city
and, through them, the representative prin-
ciple everywhere. The action of the Demo-
Gratis in the Maine case shows disposition
to seize power by craft, cunning, or by force,
looks to the capture of the presidency
by any means. 1t did not need the admis-
sion of Democrats in Washington that this
is the purpose of the party. 1t was the
plain exhibition of this purpose in Congress
at the special session that aroused the north
from its difference and gave the fall cleo
tions overwhelmingly to the Republican
party. 1t needs no more than this Maine
piece of high-handed defeat of the popular
vote tC make the north as solid as bar of
iron, to convert it into a hammer to beat
the cheating party into power, and if Grant
is called on to swing that hammer the
Democrats will have themselves to thank for
If -
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica
ton but as guaranty Of good faith


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
mun,cat1ops tnat are not used.
Year: 1879

THE man who takes an office to which he
was not elected by the people and which he
knows justly belongs to another is a partner
in the fraud and should be Stunned by all
honest men.
Year: 1879

About two O'Clock on the morning
of May the 22d the. courthouse at
Osceola, the county seat of St. Clair
county, was forcibly entered by about
Is or 20 armed and masked men and
the tax books stolen and taken Oft.
This is the second time this thing has
been done there in the last year. II
is supposed that the preparation IF
this robbery of the public records
was the work of the anti-railroad
bond men of that county. 1t does
seem that there must be some detec-
tive force in the county sharp enough
to catch up with these men, and that
the county would have them at any
price,
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON. Thursday, April "a 1879


The Committee on Ways and Means held a meeting
to-day. but reached conclusions on any subject
Chairman Wood al the meeting Tuesday next. will
appoint subcommittee take into consideration the
most important petitions which have been referred TO
the committee during the present session.


The House Committee on the State Of the law re-
fpectng acertainment and declaration OF the result Of
election OF President and Vicc-Prosdcnt organized
today and was divided into three subcommittees for
The pnfpOse Of considering the various branches Of the
fuvfsgation and reporting separately thereon. One
general report covering the whole subject w be made
10 the House


The full committee Of the House Committee on Agri
culture together with a subcommittee Of like com
lntee Of the Senate met this morning, aud Represents
tive Hatch submitted the draft OF Dill for regulating
Interstate transportation and foreign expectation or
cattle making IL misdemeanOr TO ship cattle affected
with any contagious disease whatsoever. The subject
Will be further considered az special meeting Of the
committee 10 be held on Saturday next


The House Committee on Claims met this morning
for the first time tnis session. and reelected Mr. John r.
tmith OF Tennessee. clerk IL was decided that there
should be distribution Of cases for the present. and
Year: 1879

CHARLESTON, April 24. Owing to the
numerous obstacles thrown IN the way OF the prosecu
ton by the defence fighting every inch OF ground such
as challenging the array OF jurors, and refusal OF The
Secretary Of state to produce poll lists but little head
way was made in the trials Moreover the funds pro-
vded by the department for the expenses of the Court
were nearly exhausted The funds IN the hands OF the
Marshal were not sufficient 10 run the Court three
DAYS longer and in view o. the expected failure OF Con-
gress make The appropriations ne was un
willing o any financial responsibility. Under
these circumstances and in consequence OF satisfactory
understanding that veXatiOus prosecutions In state
courts of all Republicans, including cXGOyrrn,r Cham
befain would he finally dropped, the DstrctAttorncy
agreed postpone further consideration OF the election
Year: 1879

NEARING A VOTE IN HE SENAih'
E1NAL ACTION TO BE BAD IN THE SENATE TODAY


on THE SIXTH SECTION OF THE ARMY BILL


NO COMPROMISE BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE


SOUTH CAROLINA CASES.


After the debate in the Senate yesterday
OH the Army bill. it was agreed to take
final vote on section this afternoon. The
Republican amendments were rejected by strict
party votes. Mr.. Blaine was somewhat
worried in debate by Senator VOORHEES,, but
the latter afterward lost his temper. The
Government has not authorized any compro-
mise in the South Carolina election cases. No
action has yet been had on Senator Wallace's
resolution relating to the removal of the Sen
ate employees.
Year: 1879

General Grant does not desire to fill the
Executive chair agan. TO tustucnt periods through
which he has passed sine 1861 have occasiOned an
anxiety Tor lifs OF quiet eIOyen for tho remainder
of his days This would De assured by the aPpoin
the General to position the retired Sat OF the
Army suitable 20 the rank formerly held by him And
General GFaut would be much more giatIted by Is mark
OF regard hs county Of bls kind than for another
election 10 The Presidency.
Year: 1879

TRIBUNE OFFICE, April 90 l e. m.-The movement
in the barometer is again downward Cloudy and part
" cloudy weather prevailed yesterday mornings in the
afternoon and evening the weather was cloudy and
rainy The temperature from 40 TO 650 the aver
age being 10 higher tnan on Sunday The amount or
moisture I'm the air is very large


Cloudy and rainy weather followed by cooler and
clearing weather. may be expected to-day In TINS cty
and vicinity.
Year: 1879

Here is another neat little case of dia-
mond cut diamond. The chaplain of
the Ninth Massachusetts, regiment dur
ing the war was strongly opposed to
gambling. Half dozen officers were
playing lively game Of poker one day,
over "pot Of 1915" Just as the game
was up, the chaplain sprang in under
the tent flap, grabbed the stakes and
put them in his breast-pocket, with
the remark, "There it is, and there it
will stay !" When payday came
round the usual collection was taken
up for the chaplain, who knew what
was the amount, and sat in his tent
waiting for 1t to be brought to him.
The officer who had taken the collection
was one of those who had been disturb
ed at the little game few days before.
He brought in the money. The chap
lain counted 1t, and then turned sharp


y to the messenger with the question :
"Where's the other $9.75 ?" The Off.
Ger, drawing himself up, slapped his
hand on the breast of his coat and an
swered "There it is, and there it'll
stay; that was my pot you Took" The
reverend gentleman did not interfere
with poker as camp amusement after
that
Year: 1879

General Grant wanted to kiss the
young lady at Virginia City who pinned
the pioneer badge on his coat. But
"Oh, horrible!" she drew back and
wouldn't kiss. And The San Francisco
Stock Report says "And vet it's ton
shares of Union Con. to a peanut that
some fellow who never saved his
country from the armed hosts of seces-
sion will osculate her without the least
unwillingness oD her part if he happens
to be the right man at the right time"
Yes, brother that's the way of the
world. Great men like US and Grant
have some severe trials.
Year: 1879

II takes twelve men to acquit or con
vict of the killing of a man, but in the
Sandwich Islands recently it took
twenty -four to make up jury in a
dog killing case. There were three de
PENDANTS to be tried together--a for
eigner, half cast and native. The
first had to be tried by jury of twelve
foreigners, and the other two by twelve
natives. So the jury had to consist of
twenty four men.
Year: 1879

Dyspepsia is the national complaint. Al
most every ether man or woman you meet has
1t, and the result is that the number of pseudo
remedies for it is as numerous rs Pharaoh s
host. They are for the most part worthless.
There il. however. a searching eradlcant OF
this distressing and obdufate malady, one
whose genuine merits long since raised IL to a
foremost place among the staple medicines of
America. Hostetter's stomach Bitters extir-
pates dyspepsia with greater certainty and
promptitude than any known remedy, and Is
a most genial invigorant. sppetizer and aid TO
secretion These are not empty assertions, as
thousands of Our countrymen and women who
have experienced its effects are aware, but are
backed up by irrefragible proofs repeatedly
laid before the public. The Bitters also pro-
mote a regular habit of body. and give a
healthful stimulus to the urinary ORGANS.
Year: 1879

A THIEF IN EVENING DRRss.-There was a
reception given on Monday at the house OF
Gen. John COchrane, at east 62d street, by
Mrs. Waller, the Generals sister. The guests
had nearly all gone, when relative who was In
the act OF quitting the house met gentlemanly
looking man wearing handsome light top coat
overeyeniDg dress. Although it was an afternoon
supposed to be the proper things to wear, the
lacy supposed him to be tardy guest, and she
made no objection to his admission. The
stranger passed up stairs, and the servant, sup
posing that he had been recognized by the
lady, did not mention his entrance Later,
When the family were at dinner, a servant dis
covered that the door OF a bedroom, which
should have been open and empty, was locked,
while bright light was burning within. She
ran down stairs and gave the alarm, but before
the men in the house came to the rescue the
parted with the pockets of his handsome light
top coat filled with Jewelry valued at $1oo.-
IN. Y. Sun.
Year: 1879

1t appears in the latest proceedings of the
Davenport investigation that of over five
thousand persons who registered in New
York last November on naturalization pa
pers of 1868, over two thousand did not
vote,
Year: 1879

THE Atlanta Constitution must i'm
agiue that it hurts President Hayes
self esteem for it to call him Colonel -
for ii keeps it up. Well, we have no
doubt he is hurt-just about as much
as an irou-clad would be if gnat were
to attempt to bite its mailed sides. It
has just the effect that a small boy
would have, perched up on the upper
end of the North pole, shooting wsds
from his popgun at the rock Of Glib
ralter. There's some chance of the
rock falling, but not much of the wads
battering it.
Year: 1879

THE musical voice of the ferociOus
Beck was not heard in the Democratic
caucus bullying his more cautious
brethren into victory or death. There
are bigger men there now than Beck
and Blackburn.
Year: 1879

AMONG the many things for which
HEARTFELT thanks were due, not the
least was the fact that Tennessee legs
isla'ive unrivalled menagerie of Jack
asses are laid up in winter quarters.
Year: 1879

It don't pay to be caught ir the
spring without a wood pile large enough
to last twelve months; or to open the
gates and let your stock into the fields
as soon a. few bare spots appears, or
to keep il on short rations,s so that when
it does go to grass it will take half the
summer to get thrifty and strong.


Il don't pay to SOW or plant poor
seed because you happen to have it ON
hand.


1t don't pay TO plant more ground
than you can manure and take good
care of.


It don't pay TO neglect cows, ewes or
sows when they are dropping their
young.


1t don't pay to let the spring rains
wash the value out Of the manure that
has accumulated in the barn-yard in
the winter.


It don't pay to let the hens lay under
the barn, steal their nests and be eaten
up by skunks.


1t don't pay to put of any kind Of
spring work until the last moment, nor
does it pay to work land when it is too
wet.


It don't pay to leave turnips, cab
bages, turnips, beets, or even apples in
the cellar to rot and breed disease, for
if you have more than you can eat ou
sell the stock will be profited by them


1t don't pay to summer very poor
COW simply because no one wants tC
buy her.


It don't pay to leave the banking
around the house until it rots your
sills.


It don't pay to be stingy in sOwinl
grass seed, or try to live without q gar
den.


Finally, it don't pay to provoke th'
women by leaving them to cut stow
wood or to carry it in from the dool
yard, or to remind you every morning
in haying or hoeing that you must.sa'
enoug ID before you go to work to las
through the day.