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Year: 1879

Two young men went into the
woods near Aurora, ILL.,, to play n
game of cards. As they were rival
lovers, and had not previously spok-
en- to each other for months, II IS
coniectured that the girl III dispute
was the stake that they played for.
The winner, however, was not per-
mitted TO gain the prize, for his op-
pouent instantly shot him through
the heart. An effort to settle rival
ry by chance had not less sad re-
suit in Texas. The two suitors
were convinced that the young wo-
man would accept either if the other
would let her alone, and they agreed
to throw dice to decide which should
give her up. The loser honestly
endeavored to keep the compact,
but the woman refused to be dis
posed of in that way, and wrote to
him that she would marry nobody
else, and would not even see the
winner. The latter would not be-
lieve that his competitor had tried
to retire from the contest, and so
murdered him.
Year: 1879

Henry Shin. nine years old, is in st. vincent's
Hospital suffering from injuries sustained on Nom
day by falling distance Of eighty feet to the street
from the roof OF ive story tenement house in
Elizabeth street. near Grand. wonderful
escape from death has seldom been chronicled. The
lad lives at No 103 Elizabeth street. Of row OF
tenements, and was flying kite when he fell. Not
satisfied with his position the roof. he clambered
to the top of chimney tho north wall OF the row
which overlooks two story building adjoining.
This building has o slantng roof. covered with
states, and IL about thirty-fv vo feet in height.
On the ground hoor there is entrance tor
trucks to pass in to the When Henry
lost his balance and fell from the chimney
top there was team OF horses standing
just outside this entrance facing the street,
and attached to truck within. With heavy thud
the boys body struck the slate roof forty Ave feot
below. smashing several of the states and making
perceptible indentation. From the spot where ho
struck he rolled TO the edge of the roof and down
toward the pavement. another headlong journey OF
thirty-fve feet Instead of dashng his brains out
against the stone pavement. as might have been ex-
peced the boy struck between the heads OF the team
of horses. fell upon the truck pole and after VI
brating upon IL few seconds dropped softly to the
ground. lie sensible when picked up aud did
not frightened at his fearful experience His
forehead and the back of his head were cut and his
body severely bruised. None of his bones were
broken. however. and IL is thought he has escaped
any serious internal injury.
Year: 1879

As harvest is at hand and it will be but a few days before no incon- siderable portion of the new crop will be ready for the market, much tunCern is being manifested regarding the effect the railroad will have on prices, Many arc predicting that it will be scarcely possible to realize any profit or even to clear expenses, maintaining that grainwill be brougth in at rates which would be TuinouS to rauchers here. We arc pleased to observe. however, that these are very generally persons to whose interest 1t would be to have low prices, or to put it in the language of the stock board, they are the "bears" of the market. We predict, however, that there need be no uneasiness among our farmers, and we will proceed to substantiate our prediction by Il few facts and figures, which will tend to give it the character of something more than mere prediction and loose speculation.

 The editor of the HERALD while on a recent trip to San Francisco took occasion to investigate this very mat fer and learned that the lowest rate of freights for large shipments of grain from southern California would not be less than :27 90 per ton. Los Angeles being the initial point, as but little grain would be obtained this side of that place. This would I'e at the rate of $1 STE per hundred weight on grain laid down at Marico- pa. Another point now enters into the consideration. Where is our market? It has always been to tine n0rtlrEard of Us. in the Bradshaw and other northern districts, and we are free to conclude that it will con Iinue in this direction What then, can California grain be laid down here for. At present it costs cent pound or dollar per hundred to get freight from Maricopa laid down here We understand. however. that it can shortly be laid down for fifty cents per hundred. Let us take this lower estimate, and the freight alone on huudred weight of grain from Los Angeles would cost S1 S715. Add to tbjs the lowest probable origi- nal cost, say fifty cents per hundred and We find that grain cannot be put down for less than S2 3715 per hun dred- Storage and wastagc would also enter into consideration, but we hIake no allowance for them. Even II the railroad rates should be but q dollar per hundred, It would still cost two dollars per hundred here, and our farmers havesold and can continue to sell al that rate and have q fair margin left. We have, as will be seen, made these calculations on the very lowest possible rates of freight and purchase and fully believe we arc under rather than over the mark. Again the grain products of the valley will probably largely increase in the next few years, but the demand for it in the northern mining region will also increase with the developments that are just sure to come. Therefore we sec no cause whatever for uneasi- ness amaaG our farmers. They have inc commanding position and no or dinary cossrsc of events can drive them from it.
Year: 1879

We have of the best and most carefully selected stocks of Fancy ard Ladies Goods h9nix- We warrant The quality of our goods to be what represent theIr.

 Our gonds will be sold as low as the same class goods Can be purchased anywhere in town.
Year: 1879




Yesterdays argus is sprnkled all over
WIN calls upon the people of Portland to
unlte IN an eHort- to enhieYe "retrenchment
and reform" in city affairs. But II rar,s To
point out one solitary instance of extrava-
CANT expenditure by the city government or
to indicate where the pruning knife, if it be
needed, should be applied. If we are paying
for unnecessary things, if we are indulging in
extrayagant expenditures, if we are living be-
yond our means, let us stay our course. The
heavy Republican taxpayers of this city, and
they are many, are certainly as much con-
cerned as any of their fellow citizens in Sc
curing economical government and low taxes.
They have as yet found no reason to lose
confidence in the Republican municipal ad-
ministration ;-on the contrary that conf
dence has increased and strengthened. In
fact the wise, frugal and in all ways praise
worthy conduct of city affairs by the Repub-
licans has commanded the respect and sup
port of the heaviest taxpayers in the city
and we have faith to believe that support
will be continued. If further retrenchment
is necessary those who are to profit by it will
prefer to entrust the task to the party that
has accomplished so much. The allusion
made by the argus to State retrenchment is
most unhappy. The people of this city with
the memory of the disposition of the bids tor
the State printing fresh in their minds will
devoutly wish to escape that method of cut
ting down expenses.


The truth is the movement which the
Argus is making is not for retrenchment
and reform-it is for the offices. The com.
bioation wishes to capture the city in order
to provide places for the hungry politicians
to whom it has so long promised comfortable
official positions. From Mayor and Treasur-
er down TO policemen, the places have already
been assigned to members of the corrupt
coalition. The pretext that gave the State
House to the Democrats and Greenbackers
last Fall is advanced now in hope it will sue.
ceed with the people Of Portland. Power
and place, not retrenchment nor wise ad
ministration, are the objects aimed at.
Year: 1879

SPEAKER RANDALL knows how it is him
self. He found it necessary to rise in the
House Thursday and deny charges brought
against biz integrity. We have every reason


tobelieve that the charges are false. 1t will be
seen by the Congressional reports that many
Republican members expressed their conf
dence in his honesty. Their conduct in the
case is in marked contrast with the conduct of
Democrats under similar circumstances, who
have not hesitated to lend their aid to the cir
culation of the most atrocious calumnies.
Once before a Democratic Speaker has been
forced to call upon political opponents for an
expression Of confidence in his integrity. No
Democrat seems capable Of such magnanim-
Year: 1879

The silver-mounted ebony distaff of Queen
Marie Antoinette, which figured at the late
Paris Exhibition, has been handed back to
its owners, the Imperial fan.i,y of Austria.
Quite an interesting story is connected With
this relic of the past. 1t is the same distaff
with which the unfortunate Queen beguiled
the long hours of her captivity, and after her
execution 1t was given as a memento to one
OF the ladies in attendance. 1t thence passed
into the family Of, 3rassy- -Raincn, the last
representative of which, Madame la Descair-
iere de Raincin, has just died. The spindle
is of ivory, and the hemp still on it is that
from which the unhappy Queen spun during
the last days of her life. By the decease of
Madame de Raincin the relic passed into the
hands of a Hungarian lady, to whom it was
bequeathed by the late owner, who was
aware of the religious respect that lady enter
tained for the memory of Frances Inflated
Queen.
Year: 1879

IT is to be presumed that the Senate fully
considered the nomination of Mr.. Stone for
collector of Bangor before it took action.
There is no instance on record where the
Senate has ever unanimously rejected nom
ination iu every way fit to be made. The OBJ
jeetion 10 this case does not seem to have
been to the nominee but to the removal of
faithful public servant.
Year: 1879

WE feel it our duty TO say that this city is
threatened by military despotism. A dy-
nasty of Colonels menaces our liberties.
There is danger we may be trodden under
the armed heel. We do not wish to incite
Year: 1879

IT appears by the researches of special
correspondent of the Boston Advertiser that
the theory of Mr.. Barron's death by suicide
had its origin in the massive brain of the
present cashier of the Dexter Bank, Mr..
Barron's successor. The story OF the cores
pondent shows the utter absurdity of the
base accusation. The nature of the attempt
to destroy the good name of dead man is
clearly shown up.
Year: 1879

we do not read anonymous letters and communt
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
cut as a guaranty OF good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve con-
munications that are not used.
Year: 1879

for abandoning her. While sitting In the court
Appearance of the child, and il declared TO be
dead. The woman moaned piteously. and her nus
band FASTENED TO her. Then seizing the INFANT ne
only TO find that it was dead. IL is said that Mrs.
Winn was driven from her homo by her parents
and then was deserted by her husband, ana was nn-
able to provide food for her baby which starved 10
death.
Year: 1879

NO RESPONSIBLE SPONSORS FOR TIE PROPOSE


TONS TO GIVE GENERAL GRANT NEW TITLE,


AND TO PLACE THE TELEGRAPH LINES UNDER


GOVERNMENT CONTROL.


lBy TELEGRAPH 20 TIE TRIBUNE.l


WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-No sponsor for the prop
ostion TO place General Grant the retired list of
the Army, with the title of Captain-General and a
large salary, can be found 1t is not probable that
any Congressman of either party will be willing to
run the gauntlet of criticism the introduction of
such measure in Congress would provoke.


The rumOrs about renewal of the project to
bring the telegraph system of the country under
Government control also lack responsible origin.
Probably no movement in this direction has vet
been started. 1t is not mprOb bable, however, that
movement of the kind may be started during the
coming session Of Congress. 1t would command the
support of many congressman, but would meet
with the sturdy opposition OF the telegraph COM
lanice.
Year: 1879

AN EARLY REPORT EXPECTEp-SOME OF THE DEM


oCRATIC PROPOSITIONS ABANDONED.


lBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIDUNE.l


WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The House Committee
on Rules will complete its work of revision this
week, and will probably be ready to report early
next week. There is said TO be a disposition among
the Democratic members of the committee to urge
immediate consideration of the report, so that the
attention of the House may be occupied till the
holiday recess with the proposed changes. In this
way they hope to avoid discussion of political
questions until the Democrats have had time to
hold few caucuses. and get the party IN good
state of discipline.


1t is understood the Democratic members Of the
committee were anxious TO devise some
means by which members could be compelled
TO vote on all questions. Ii was proposed to tine
members one days pay for each refusal to vote 1t
was also suggested that recacitrant members be
brought before the bar of the House and censured.
The absurdity of the latter proposition was
apparent when the committee remembered that it
frequently happened at the last session that tn g
number of members who refused TO vote was some
times greater than the number who voted The ef-
fort 10 find some means of making members vote
abandoned. and II is probable that the commit
tee will make unanimous report.
Year: 1879

A REPORT THAT HE IL READY To ACCEPT THE


PRESIDENCY OF I'll. LNTEg-oCEANIc CANAL


COMPANY.


tBY THLEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.1


WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-M De Franco. the Mica
rapuan Minister to Rome. now here in connection
with the InterOceanc Canal project, SAID to-day that
General Grant has expressed his willingness TO ac-
cept the presidency Of the canal company as soon
as he can be satisfied that 1t is planned upon bus
ness basis ii. DE Franco believes the evidence to
be laid before General Grant will satisfy him. He
also says that the tender of the canal presidency
General Grant carried with it the condition that he
shall remain at the head of the company until its
object is accomplished. This would remove MIN
eLtirely from the field Of politics.
Year: 1879

4" He was foully assassinated.n But
there were ten or fifteen more of him
who we're not foully assassinated. They
were all 81 influential politicians" who
religiously believed in the dogma of
local self government. They met in
general assembly at their gin house,
and deliberated upon the mode of self
government they would pursue. 1t was
enacted that they should assemble on
certain Sabbath day, armed with double
barreled shOt-guns, and proceed to the
residence of reputable citizen who was
their political adversary. They pro-
ceeded to carry the law made at the gin
house assembly into effect. Armed and
equipped for the work of slaughter they
invaded the premises of their political
enemy, entered his domicile, seized him
without warrant or other law than that
made by themselves at the gin house,
carried him to the appointed Slaughter
house, called the Jail, and there pro-
ceeded further to enjoy and exercise
the right of local self-government by
numbering him, his daughter, his young
boy, and two of his friendly neighbors.
Having " finished the work for which
they came''-these we're the words of
their leader-they shouldered their
double-barreled shot-guns and returned
to their homes, rejoicing in their ." con-
stitutional right of local self-govern-
ment," and singing p@ans to the "prin-
ciples of Democracy"


His name was Gully. There were a
great many of him, and all of him con-
stituted an important factor in the poll
tics of that charming and self-govern-
ing country. One of him had been
foully assassinated, and it devolved up
on the rest of him, by virtue of the right
of local self-government, to avenge his
death by assassinating the foremost
man of the opposite party, together
with his daughter, his son, and such of
his neighbOrs as ventured to object to
such exercise of that right by the rest
of the liberty-loving Mr.. Gully. The
pretense of the rest of him that he had
been foully assasinated by the money of
his political adversary was grotesquely
absurd. Had it been a warranted pre-
tense it would have furnished not the
least justification, legal or moral, of
the butchery that was done by the adj
mirers of local self-government. But


it was a pretense without the least
Year: 1879

For long time prior to the lst of
January complaint had been made that
there were Irregularities in the manage
ment of the Blackville S. c., post-Of-
fee. A special agent of the Post-office
Department was directed to investigate
these complaints. He did so, and made
a report under date of July 4th, 1879.
According to this report both Miss
Maher, the postmistress, and her dep
uty, who was also her nephew, were
persons as unsuitable as could have
been found to place in charge of such
an Office. Letters mailed at the office
would sometimes lie there for weeks
before being sent, and letters received
if addressed to colored people or Re-
publicans, were often detained in like
manner. During political campaign
it was found impossible to send letter
through the office at all when it was
addressed to a Republican either in or
out of the State.


The Special Agent relates an instance
where a package of campaign docu-
ments was addressed TO a Republican
at Blackville. He called at the office
after its receipt, but did not find it.
The next day he was waited upon by a
Democratic Committee, the spokesman
of which drew from his coat pocket a
number of the identical documents con-
tanned in the package, and from his
hip pocket a revolver. The rightful
owner of the documents was then
"quietly but peremptorily informed
that if he obtained said package from
the post-office his life would be the
forfeit" The agent continues; "How
Year: 1879

"CAsEUR," of the Transcript, has
been trying his hand at romancing.
He says: "Look at the house yonder.
Now you can see around towards the
rear. Two girls are passing down a
lane that leads to the back road. A
woman-yes, it is the mother, she has
baby in her arms stands at the
kitchen door moment to look after
them. They stop to have word over
the fence with that big square-shoul-
dered man who has stopped and looked
up from his blowing. Now they are
out of sight. for while you were look
ing the train was speeding on. Was
there no food for thought in that pict-
ureP' Probably. Though possibly
food for the stomach. Maybe they we're
asking the man what he would like for
dinner. Boston Punch.
Year: 1879

An Indian account of the death of
Custer will not prove uninteresting
The Indians say that after the general
stampede, Custer tried to rally his men
around him. He waved his pistol in
the air and shot it of twice to attract
his men. Two or three gathered around
him; but as the Indians still continued
to advance, one of the soldiers tried TO
run away. Custer fired at him and
killed him, and then seeing the case
quite hopeless, the Indians gathered
around from all parts, turned his revol-
yer on himself, preferring to die by his
own hand. The Indians say that they
think this person was Custer, as he was
a chief; but they are not certain of the
fact. Rain-in-the face took a soldier
prisoner, but he was not allowed to


live long, as he was killed at dance
that followed the fight. The Indians
here all agree on one thing-that the
number of Indians killed in the fight
was thirty-six. They give their names
-[Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1879

"My dear boy" said a Kind-hearted
whose quarter was about up, "does
your father design that YOU should
tread the intricate and thorny path OF
the professions, the straight and mar
row way of the ministry, or reyel
amid the flowery fields of literaturep


"No, marm," said the juvenile, dad
says he is going to set me to work in
the tater patch"
Year: 1879

The resolution offered last Saturday by
Mr.. Lippincott authorizing the Board of
Officers to refer the charter of the Cham
Der to competent judges to deter
mine whether or not the Chamber
had power to lease ground or hire money
for the purpose of erecting a new building,
and if they had not the power, to take steps
towards obtaining additional charter priv
ileges, was unanimously adopted Today.


A resolution authorizing the President of
the Chamber to appoint a Committee of
thirteen to consider and report to the
Chamber matters pertaining to State legis-
lation, affecting the interests of Cincinnati
and Hamilton County, was laid on the
table until Wednesday.
Year: 1879

MEXICAN WAR PENSIONS.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The veterans Of
the Mexican war held meeting Saturday.
at which the President stated that he had
assurances from members of House and
Senate which led him to hope for the pas
sage of the Pension Bill this winter.


THE WAR CLAIMS FIGHT.


1t is the understanding that the Speaker
is to recognize Waddell, of North Carolina,
the suspension of the rules, to prohibit the
payment of any claim growing out of the
late war to loyal or disloyal persons. The
bill also provides that no claim now in the
process OF adjudication shall be affected by
the act. This movement grows out of the
agitation of the question of war claims.
The reason it is put in the shape of an act
of Congress instead of resolution calling
for an amendment of the Constitution, is
because large number of members are not
willing to advocate the latter course, while
they are willing TO place themselves on
record as voting for law Of Congress that
can be repealed by future Congress if
public opinion should require it to be re-
pealed.


THE NEW YORK APPOINTMENTS.


Members of the Administration are max
ing personal efforts to secure votes for the
confirmation of the New York appoint
ments. Every inducement is being held
out to gain votes. Secretary Sherman
called on Senators Kellogg and Conover
Saturday night for this purpose, and re-
mained with them several hours.
Year: 1879

We see our representative, Mr. McCracken, has introduced a bill In the house to re.district the State for Congressional purposes. We have not seen his bill, nor do we know what changes it proposes, but we suppose it looks to the detachment of Pope and Conway counties from the fourth congressional district, and their addition to the third district.

 We feel warm attachment to the fourth district, but we believe itwould be a better arrangement--better for Pope and Conway counties, and also for the third district-for these two counties to be attached to the third district. It would do the fourth dis trict no harm to detach us from that district as it is largely democratic without us, and as we are more com pactly located with counties In the third district we are disposed to think the change would be good one. At least this is the way the matter appears to us at first blush.
Year: 1879

and loan for one year or two years does not enable us to catch up.

 We trust the present legislature will be able to solve this question III some way which will be for the good of the state, and prevent the contin- ued recurrence of the same problem. We believe some sn,h plan as we have indicated above would furnish the solution.