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Year: 1878

EPISCOPAL CHURcH.-Bishop Whip
pie, on Tuesday evening, pledged $500
toward the building of an Episcopal
Church in Worthington and said, if
possible, he would raise it to $500.
There are a number of Episcopalians
in this vicinity who wish to have a
church at this point and one will prob
ably be built during the coming year.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, Sept q, 1878.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ANY ATTACK ON TIE


TREASURY BUILDING.


The recent labor troubles in Washington have d.
rectsd the attention OF tho Treasury officials airesh
the prspristy OF adopting system OF defence Tor
ure, against the poss Dity Of incursion from any
quarter. To this end the clerks who accustomed
to the uso OF firearms have been furnished by the
Ordnance Bureau Of the War Department with re-
vovers Of the hsaviesI calibre and with
boxes OF cartridges, all Of which are required
TO be kept IN a convenient drawer OF the
de 0 the clerk and thus distributed throughout
tho Treasury building. In addition to the abundance
Of caution imposed upon the wa,chmen tho building
has been connected with the fire alarm telegraph by
q secret wire and telephone and in the event OF
trouble or apprehended Invasion a signal at night
would cause general alarm 10 be repeated three
times. which would summon tho clerical, m itary
and marine corps 70 the building, together
with tho entire force OF the police re-
serve Tho clerks so armed and disciplined are
required to carry badge insignia OF their posi-
msnt. OF course there is no expected attack, immc
diate or prospective but during the fall and winter
months when there Is large numser OF idle persons
In Washington attempt 10 rob tho Treasury vaults
might be made, ana the Knowledge OF tho fact that the
authorities prepared instant have the aid
Of thousand disciplined men would deter the most
reckless Of the leaders ol u mob from making tho at
tcmpt
Year: 1878

The Grand street ferryboat Commodore Barney
was Just leaving her slip ., the loot OF Broadway,
Williamsburg, at eight O'Clock last evening, with iui
head OF steam on. when a shout from ahead warned
the pilot that something was In the way. The engine
was stopped, but not quick enough to prevent her
running down police boat from this city containing
Officers r. H. Kelly and John Harvey, who were
Ioos ing boat farther up stream. Kelly caught
line thrown from the Commodore Barney
and was hauled board and brought
TO this city Harvey struck out boldly to escape tho
wheels and as he 1oatcd up the river shouted 81 am
all right ana in lev moment, was picked up nearly
exhausted by the watchu on the lighters at Have
meyers dock, foot Of South FINN street. As
he had recovered he crossed to TINS city Tho police
In Williamsburg did not ascertain The names Of
either
Year: 1878

The rinderpest is rapidly carrying OIL the
comparatively few head of cattle In Turkey
which have escaped the ravages of war. A
few weeks ago the disease was confined to
tho European provinces of the empire; but
lately It has shown itself and is rapidly
spres ding through Asiatic Turkey. Thous-
and apds of cattle are dying every week In the
vilayets of smyrna and Hudavendighiar


and unless the Government promptly adop'
and nut in force measures to prevent the
further spread of the contagion, one OF ting
richest sources of the wealth of Turkey will
he DESTROYED. Already meat is becoming
scarce in the capital,
Year: 1878

The House and Sign Painters of VII
mington held their annual picnic at Rosen-
dale Park yesterday afternoon and evening
The weather was favorable and there was a
large number of persons present. ..,
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, July 27.-1t appears plain by
the budget Of extracts from German Journals
printed this morning that the Social Demo-
Gratis are not panic stricken by the agitation
fatherland, but mean to contest with all their
might the election appointed for July 80 By
an intelligent estimate of the probable result
of the elections the government will be when
they are over just where it was before Par
Lament was dissolved; that is, at the mercy
of the national liberals. Wholesale arrests
are being made for alleged sedition, and
reign of terror is said to prevail
Year: 1878

SCRANTON, Pa, July 27-The employees Of
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company,
who have recently been working four days a
week in the mines, held large meeting at
Pittston yesterday and discussed their griev-
ances in a calm and determined manner. The
wages received are not sufficient to sustain
their families, and the tone Of the speeches
looks as If a strike was coming.


The men organized and elected officers, and
will make demand on the company for an
advance in wages at an early date. They say
that if they could have full time, even at the
present pay, they would be content, but that
they have been running in debt, until the
merchants will no longer trust them, and
they are growing desperate.
Year: 1878

and therefore he may be here ten days The
whole embassy, thirty-eight in number, will
accompany him, after which the Consul for
this city will return here. The Consul for
Peru will go there by way Of the isthmus.


The ambassador will shortly afterwards
visit Madrid. There was no evidence any
where from the steamer to the Palace Hotel
that the embassy was welcomed to San Fran
cisco, by any other than their own country
men. The imperial dragon floats over the
Palace HOfpl
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, July 27.-John Ericsson is just
completing his famous torpedo conductor at
Delamata Foundry. The time for the launch
has not yet been fixed, and he says that there
is no hurry, as he wants to make his expert
ments in cool weather. He has no doubt that
his new vessel can Overtake an ironclad, de-
stroy her with the most powerful torpedo ever
known, and then retire In safety.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, July 27-The strike lnaugu-
rated here yesterday among the WOrEmen on
the building for the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing has increased in strength, and this
morning is spreading all over the city, the
labOrers generally refusing to work for less
than 81 30 day. No serious disturbance has
vet occurred but serious trouble Is appre-
hended. The police force is inadequate to
cope with the strikers in case of riot, and
there are only few troops in this vicinity.


Several contractors have advanced wages
from 81 to 81 25 per day. Some of the labor.
fFs are sassd to h T9k f for this pof but
since, at the printing bureau building, d
large force of police concentrated to protect
all who wished to work for 81 25. Quite q
number went to work, and the balance were
driven off to q respectable distance. This
news soon spread through the city, and at
this hour 40 a. n.y. the laborers are moving
from all parts Of the city towards the gov
ernment building, for the purpose, it is said,
OF stopping the work, and collision is feared
There Is very little excitement, except in the
immediate vicinity Of the government build
ing.


LATER.


At this hour the situation Of the strikers is
as follows: A strong body Of police hold all
approaches to the works, and mounted men
are patrOlling the cross streets. Some sklr-
mishing occurred between the police and dis
organized masses of the strikers, and several
casualties were reported in the shape Of
wounds. A colored man not connected with
the moo was seriously wounded, in South
Washington, between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets. At this point the mob were stOning
the police.


The streets In the southern section Of the
city are thronged with motley crowd Of
laborers strikers and sightseers, and in the
event Of any serious collision there will be the
usual number innocent parties hurt. Ef-
forts have been made to stop the dump carts
from working in the excavations, but the po-
lice promptly dispersed the mob and made
several arrests. The strikers seem to fully
realize that the police authorities are in
earnest, and single charge is sufficient to
scatter the disorganized masses Of men con-
tinually on the streets.
Year: 1878

discovered wealth of information and its re-
sulting prosperity. We have only to tod
and study, read and experiment, reflect and
invent, to wiring from the bosom of the
earth new treasures and greater abundance
of the old These will add to the wealth,
prosperity and happiness of the whole
world, and place us in our proper position
in the social scale.


The time is not tar distant-it is even now
close at hand-when an ignorant farmer
will be rtsra au5s. He will be SO far behind
the times that he will lose caste among his
felloWs-he will be black sheep among the
flock, and will gradually degenerate into a
condition Of virtual serfdom.


The agriculturist is now rapidly coming
to the front and taking rank with the intel
ligent and educated of other professions.
He will soon be-yes, even now he ls-a
power in the land. He holds the balance Of
Ipolitical power and the republic will rejoice
when his rights are asserted. The clodhop-
per of the past has become the honored and
respected citizen of to-,lay. The future, if
rightly improved. will bring nothing bot
continued prosperity and happiness. The
farmers duties are we'll defined he has on
4 ly to persevere in the attainment of that es-
pecal knowledge which his profession re-


quires, ana his moral, social, political and


pecuniary prosperity is assured.-Ibid.
Year: 1878

pur work of the farm progresses we'll
An early and seAsonable spring, and the
uorm Growing weather of early summer.
have had a tendency to hasten crops OF all
kinds Local 'hoppGrs did much damage in
the sprinr. retarded many crops and caused
thn sowing OF much late grain, yet the sea-
son has been so favorable that even the lat
p,t fields are we'll advanced toward matur-
jly. IIav making is now far spent, and
though it is but the middle Of August, the
GRAIN harvest has commenced in earnest.
From all quarters comes the cheering news
Of GOOD crops upon every field where the
sickle has vet entered, which spreads a
cheerful feeling throughout the land. IN
ya,ling hordys of immigrant gras>hoppers
have entered some portions OF the IeFrltory
and are creating sad havoc in many fields
bat at the present writing we have no news
OF a general immig grafton. and the belief pre-
walls tl3Ht the destroying army OF 'hoppars
which lave congregated in some Of our val
levs are those raised within our borders, and
which are continually changing from one
valley to another. FALL wheat and early
sown spring wheat is already harvested,
and the remainder is advancing so near to
maturity that there is little to be feared tof
our wheat crop. Other grain may suffer
considerably should the raid prove general
hut the prevailing opinion at present is that
the graiii crop OF the Territory viii be a
large one.


Notwithstanding this, there is 10 disposi.
ton to fear any material decline in prices
The Immigration during the summer, to-
getner with the steady increase of consump
ton noticeable for several years past, is SUI,
iicient to warrant demand for the entire
product. The rush on the flour market bJ
the growers OF fall wheat. and the market
ing OF the surplus Of old grain which ha
been held for speculation in case of failure
OF the crop, may have tendency to depres
the early markets below the average price
which the seasons crop will demand. W.
feel confident, however, that there canno
be a general decline Of prices, as the eenan'
is too near equal to the supply, and ali tina
will be required to maintain remuneratiE
figures, and insure the general prosperity Q
our agricultural population, is a little pru
dence in marketing.
Year: 1878

A MAN cannot succeed in any enterprise
unless he takes keen interest in it. 10 be
pursuit, take 4 delight in following it, be
ambitious to raise good crops, good stock,
and have everything neat and tidy about
him. He must take pleasure in reading
Journals devoted to his calling, so that he
may profit by the experience of others. In
stead of being an ignoramus, he must be
ambitious to be intelligent, and to pursue
his business understandingly. Such men
adorn the agricultural professional Colnaaa's
RarI.t Worl9.
Year: 1878

A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
writes: IAN experience and observation OF
nearly thirty years satisfies me that single
sprout or plant in hill is the proper meth
Cd to grow large, mercllantable potatoes,
and that all others should be pulled out.
In growing high-prsced new potatoes, if
sprouted as sweet potatoes are, and the
sprouts carefully taken off, number OF
shoots will come from the same eye. OF
course, this does not pay in ordinary cul-
ture, but too few sprouts are far better than
too many. One good-sized potato is more
valuable than one hundred small ones, and
the way to produce them is to give all the
room III the hill they need to develop. Cut
your seed to single eye, and plant one III
a hill.'
Year: 1878

The demand for agricultural information
is constantly increasing. The farmer of to-
day is far ahead OF the last generation in
everything that ensures success aha pro-
notes happiness, yet only the first lesson
has been learned-the initial step taNen--
and tue future is before Us With all Its un-
Year: 1878

The conflict between Mayor Bowman
and the Metropolitan police goes on. It is
understood that Gov. Cullom takes sides with
the latter. Bowman and his force are barri
cading the market house, getting ready for 4
fight A bloody conflict is feared and imm-
nent
Year: 1878

A telegram from Pottsville, Pa, says,
there is general suspension OF mining oper-
ations in the schuylki'l region, which will
continue until the 5th Of August, after which
line it is thought there will be steady work
during the balance of the shipping season.
Year: 1878

AFlerida negro mlstook a mule for .
ghost and poked it with q stick. The
verdict recites that he came to his death
by using too short stick IN probing the
unknowable for evidence of future ex-
istence.
Year: 1878

"A member OF the army commission
now In session at the White Sulphur Springs
reports that the commission IL reaching sat
isfactory results. There is spirit among
the members to yield their special views for
the sake Of agreeing upon a bill. The views
II members are given with great deliberation.
A spirit Of compromise seems to prevail
among them. They will certainly agree upon
a bill which all will support. 1t may be also
stated that their deliberations are wholly ir-
respective OF army personnel, but it is thought
the results will work injury to no one
Year: 1878

TORONTO, May l5.-The Globe pub.
fishes crop reports from all over Ontario
and portion OF Quebec. The principal
feature noted is the extraordinary and
unprecedented rapidity OF growth at this
esrlv date. The recent rains have done
a good deal of damage IN low lying dis
tricts and in some places the frost OF the
last few nights has blighted the previous
ly fair prospects The fruit trees and
gardens have suffered more than the
grsln crops, and it is possible the latter
may recover to greater extent than
might at first be supposed. The hay crop
will undoubtedly be heavy and is already
past all danger from drought. In some
localities there is danger OF the grain be-
coming so rank that injury will result
from tha. source.
Year: 1878

For more than a year past a
newspaper has been published
at Port Townsend, ostenslbly as
an organ Of the Democratic par
ty, but really nothing but a sew
er of personal defamation, open
to any body, Of any party, who
chose to use it to vent personal
spleen and vituperative abuse
upon others, utterly regardless
of public or private decency, age,
sex, party association Or social
Year: 1878

The handkerchief business
must be stopped. The Rochester
Express says: Some fellows are
so sensitive that man cannot
blow mis- nose without their
thinking he is trying to fiirt
with his girl.
Year: 1878

Are We to be Sold Again =?


AS has heretofore been made
manifest, the Democratic Con-
vention was organized and run
exclusively in the interest and
at the dictation of the N. P. r.
r. Land Ring, and the D. S. N.
Co. 1t is now openly boasted
that the Republican Convention
and the Republican nominee are
to be dominated and dictated
by the same power, and that the
people are only to be tleft the
choice Of overseer for the same
master. We are told that if we
do not accept n. T. Cation. the
Democratic nominee for Dele
gate, we will be forced to accept
Sam Z. Wingard, representing
the same interest; that the dele
gates from Eastern Washington
will come into the Republican
Convention solid for Wingard,
all collared, marked and ticketed
for Wlngard, as the Democratic
delegates were for Cation, and
will demand his nomination on
local grounds exclusively, and
en- that ground alone his hackers
hope TO secure the control Of
both political party organiza-
tions, and use the people to be-
tray themselves through their
party associations. Are the vo-
ters of Washington Territory SO
obtuse, or so lost to all sense of
manhood, that they are prepared
to surrender their dearest inter-
ests to a cabal Of mercenary pol
iticians, who traffic upon their
rights in the name Of party? Is
it not time for the people to de-
mand an accounting from their
servants? In the Democratic
Convention a very large prepon-
derance Of the popular sentiment
of the Territory was shameless
ly betrayed in the interest of our
common enemy; let us see to it
that the treachery is not repeat
cd in the Republican Conven-
ton with impunity. Of the del
egates to that Convention from
this county, Capt. Hill, L. B.
Andrews and Irving Ballard are
candidates for Office. If they
return from that Convention as
the Democratic delegates did, as
the bound thralls Of an odious
combination against the people,
let them look to their masters,
not to the people, for their pay.
Ii the rights of the people are
betrayed in the Republican as
they were in the Democratic
Convention, the remedy still lies
with the people, to cast off the
tramels Of party and vindicate
their own rights through their
own chosen representative, inde-
pendent Of party. Do not be
deluded with the idea that there
is dishonor or shame in repudi-
ating party by which you have
been betrayed. That is but a
device of demagogues to use the
people through their prejudices
for disreputable purposes.
Year: 1878

disturbs our neighbor. The ed
itor has a candidate and q plat


form Of his own choosing from


the so-called Democratic Con-


vcntion; then why should he


deprecate a Republican nomina


ton over whom his triumph ap-


pears to him so well assured!


We have the information upon


which we can assure our neigh


Dor that Judge Jacobs neither
seeks nor desires nomination,
and if he consents to become a
candidate, it will be upon such a
popular demand as he cannot
misunderstood and would have
no right to disregard, and such
a contest would determine the
question whether the voters of
Washington Territory are free
men or the bonded serfs of the
combination of monopolists of
which the Oregonian is the faith.
full organ. If the question was
put to the voters upon its naked
merits, free from party bias, as
to approving or disapprovlng the
action of Judge Jacobs in rela-
tion to the railroad land grant,
upon which the assumption Of
his unpopularity is predlcated,
there is no reasonable doubt that
nine-tenths Of the popular vote
of the Territory would be given
in approval, the opposition being
confined almost exclusively to
those personally interested in
maintaining monopoly and spe-
cial privlles.


The Oregonian is very much
in the practice of drawing its
conclusions from imaginary pre-
misses of it's own invention; as in
constituting the defeat Of Mitchell
as an expression Of popular dis
satisfaction with his railroad pol
icy; and predicating popular
disagreement with Jaeobs upon
the same premises. The truth is,
that in Oregon as in California
and every where else, the mo-
nopolists and seekers for special
privileges use political parties
for no other purpose than to
promote their own selfish pur-
poses; their success mainly de-
pending, not upon popular en-
dorsement, but upon holding the
balance of power between the
two parties, and no one better
understands the advantages OF
this position than does the edit
or Of the Oregonian. With the
party strength of the State very
equally divided and the Demo
Gratis a unit against Mitchell,
such a combination of all the
wealth and corporate power of
the State, with hosts of retainers
and dependents, gave over
whelming odds to his opponents
which no amount of personal
popularity was sufficient to over
come. In every instance where
this issue was presented in the
primaries of his own party, Mr..
Mitchell was overwhelmingly
sustained by popular vote; the
Democrats did not raise this is
sue anywhere in the canvass but
in Multnoman county, where
an open coalition was formed to
defeat him, composed of the en-
tire Democratic party, dlssatis-
fed Republicans, National Bank,
Chamber of Commerce, 0. S. n.
Co., N. P. r. r. Co., and every
form of monopoly, led by the
leading Journal" Mr.. Mitchell
carried off the popular vote by
a handsome majority over all,
a triumph with very few paral-
lels in the history of party pol
itics in this country. In view
Of these facts it is sheer effront-
cry claim that the course OF
Mitchell and Jacobs upon the
land grant is condemned by pops
ular sentiment.
Year: 1878

The action of the Board of Education,
two weeks ago, by adopting new arith-
metic for the public schools, without more
mature consideration, was, we think, very
hasty. We understand that the Committee
on Books reported favorably upon the new
books merely from their own examination
Of them, and from the representations Of
interested book agents and others at dis
tance not directly interested In our public
schools, instead of getting the opinions of
competent practical instructors in our own
city, whose recommendations, after through
examination, would have been safe to fol-
low. Notwithstanding the Committee on
Books spent two or three months considers
ing the charge and in examination of the
books, still we must say, with all due re-
spect to the gentlemen composing that
committee, that we do not think them com
petent to determine such question, as none
Of them are practical teachers. The ques-
tion should not be as to what text book is
the cheapest, estimated by dollars and
cents, but it should be which will contribute
the greatest amount of information and
provide the best system of mental training
for our children. The change of books in
the schools involving, as it does, the ex-
peHditure of hundreds of dollars, besides
embarrassing and turning the corrent of
instruction in the schools is too serious
matter to be passed upon so hastily and
without more thorough and competent
investigation of the respective books. We
withhold our opinion of the arithmetics in
question, as we nave not thoroughly
examined them, and even if we had we
would still withhold It In Difference to those
whose profession 1t Is to shape, deVelop and
cultivate the minds of the young. We
heartily approve Of the movement in the
Board, on Monday evening last, to recon-
sIder the vote so hastily taken at the pre-
vious meeting. Again we urge the gentle
men of the Board of Education to Pause
and Reflect"
Year: 1878

DEAREST BELLE,-I must tell you all that has happened, or burst Pm so mad Marion and have had an awful uss,-perfectly aw- ful! I've said all the mean things to her that I could think of, and the only thing I'm sorry for is that didn't slap her in the face.

 It came about like this This morning An- ge and were sitting on the piazza, and the other girls had gone to the post-office. Angie was sewing, and her spool of silk rolled down off the piazza, and into the grass. She went to get it, and I didn't notice her particularly until she said in queer way,-

 kitty, come here" ts

 I looked, and she was holding in her hand what seemed to be piece of tissue paper. l ran down the steps to her side, and saw it was a loose leaf from one of those blotting-books which had been closed on some manuscript