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Year: 1879

Gen. Francis c. Barlow is beginning to ind
that Republican satcsmanship and common honesty are
incompatible aud be has been offered the alternative Of
surrcnc ring his honesty being drummcd out OF the
party.


During his visit to Florida he endcavorcd 10 reconcile
his desire to serve his party with his convictions Of prin
cipe and as soon lac was informed OF the true con
dion he discovered that he was expected to
play part Of lar pcrjurcr. aud thief As he did
not like Index Noycs expect foreign mission. as he had
no SON to pension In the Custom House a. had Ahunde
Joe Bradley there was no bribery which could have paid
him for being u scouudreL


As he could not have been scoundrcl under any cir
cum stances the Republican managers should have let
him alone. knowing that they had use for him Hut
he has been Fordi he has studicd the mct and he
has testified that the Of the sate was honest given
to rden and was frauducnty stolen for the benefit OF
Hayes aud the Republican party
Year: 1879

The fato OF the Rev. PETERS WAITS, who
was mistaken for n burglar and shot dead while
lurking, with evil design. about the house Of a
young lady OF his church. would make n text
for sermon by HENRY WARD BEEcHER No
doubt BEEcHEg's church would listen attcn-
lively to BEEcHEE's sermon on the subject. and
the outside world would read the report Of it.
Year: 1879

There are worse things even than an extra
session OF Congress. and tho turning over OF
the army 10 HAYrs-that is. to JOHN SHERMAN
4 Co.-for use at next years elections would be
one Of those things. Any yielding by tho House
ON this point will be n betrayal Of the people
and a treason to civil liberty.
Year: 1879

IT is understood in army circles that
the report of the court of inquiry in
the case of Fitz John Porter does not
vindicate him, and that, while it may
present some features of the evidence
against him in a more favorable light
than heretofore, yet that the opinion
of the court will be on the whole un-
favorable to Porter. No intimation
has yet been given when the finding of
the court will be acted upon by the
President and made public. The rec
ord in this case is being printed at the
government printing Office, and is quite
voluminous.
Year: 1879

A Philadelphia audience has distin-
guished itself by sensible behavior
when a panic seemed inevitable. The
Chestnut street theater was densely
crowded. Smoke poured up from the
cellar, filling the auditorium. Some
body cried Fire and everybody
stood up. The manager hurried in
from his office and shouted, "There
cant be any danger, for you all could
get out in three minutes. Keep your
seats and I'll tell you if there, is a
fire." Several hundred persons near
the doors went out, but the rest
stayed, and were soon told that the
smoke came from some smoldering
rubbish.
Year: 1879

Dallas Texas Herald The drouth
continues. 1t is getting alarming On
Wednesday night the whole heavens,
in every direction, were hung in the
blackest clouds, momentarily illumina
ted by flashes of electricity. Every
body knew we were bound to get rain,
but at midnight those clouds we're
gone and the stars shining as brightly
as ever. Not a single drop Of water
fell upon the city or miles around It.
We awoke yesterday morning to find
the earth parched dryer than ever,
dust just as annoying, and all nature
painting as the hart for the water
brook.
Year: 1879

Little Rock Gazette, 1st.l


After passing through tragedy that
has sent a shudder throughout the
entire country, the Diplomacy Com
pany is again on the stage. Poor Por-
ter's place has been supplied, a matter
much easier done as to his acting than
his gentlemanly and social qualities
and with the same force, and awaken
ing the same enthusiasm, the company
plays to crowded houses.


The murder of Porter has and will
continue to serve as an advertisement
for the company, although at deaths S
instance. Miss Cummings, who wit
messed the murder, is a very popular
actress, having won high honors be-
fore some Of the best critics in Amer
lea. The other members of the troupe
are justly celebrated, and our people
may expect very fine acting next Fri
day and Saturday nights, when the
company will fulfill its murder-pre.
vented engagement in this city The
people everywhere are anxious to see
the company, aside from its excel
lency, and we may consider ourselves
fortunate in securing such renowned
players.
Year: 1879

THE Brennan Texas Banner hears
nothing but the most encouraging re-
ports of the crops in every portion of
the county Corn is generally up in
good stands cotton is also coming up,
and will soon be large enough to chop
out small grain is looking well the
fruit crop is very promising.
Year: 1879

The present Duke of Newcastle
will be rich man, with something
like 100000 or fS0,000 year, when
he comes Of age, as the heavy charges
on the Worksop property are paid off.
He is cripple, owing to an accident
when a child, which the nurse unpar-
donably kept from the knowledge of
his parents, and the injured leg had to
be rebroken and set.
Year: 1879

A LARGE immigration from England
to the British province of Manitoba
will take place this season. A num-
Der of farmers with large capital have
already arrived in Canada and are on
their way to secure extensive tracts of
lands in the vast wheat growing region
of the Red river valley.
Year: 1879

A TELEGRAPH tax bill has been re-
ported to the Illinois State senate with
recommendation that it pass. 1t
proposes to tax telegraph companies
two per cent. on their gross earnings
in lieu of all other taxes.
Year: 1879

THE British Agricultural Gazette,
the leading farm journal of Great
Britain, is laying itself out" in al
most every number in favor of high
protective tariff on cattle and dressed
meats, so as to give the farmers a last
chance to retrieve their falling for
tunes, and also to save the people of
England from the painful task of
consuming inferior beef. Besides the
danger from the cattle plague, the
Gazette says that there is danger lest
the people of Great Britain, if they
continue to consume American beef,
will forget what good beef is. 1t
gives no end of diagrams to show
where the choice cuts of beef come
from, and how lacking in this respect
is the Texas OK as compared with the
plump Devonshire or the lordly Tees
water. But all the same, as soon as
American cattle are withdrawn from
the English markets the price of beef
goes up, and that is fact which out
weighs all the diagrams the Agricul-
tural Gazette can print in the course
of a year.
Year: 1879

1t is questionable at least to allow
the baby to exhaust itself and annoy
the household with its continual cry
ing when that tried remedy, Dr. Bulls
Baby Syrup will quiet it at once.
Pricn 06n
Year: 1879

There has been very perccptibie decline. during
the past days, in Manhattan "L stock. 1t having
fallen In that time from 81 to SO. All sorts Of
reasons are given for the decline. By some 1t Is
stated that the investigation by the special commit
tee appointed by the Legislature has caused the de-
precation many holders fearing that the report to
the next Assembly will be very unfavorablo to tho
company. Others contend that the stock is
simply going to its proper levol. and these
parties claim that after the Manhattan "L"
has paid the ten per cent dividend which they
have to the stockholders OF the Metropo
itan ssL" and New York "L' roads there will be
nothing left to divide among the holders OF its own
stock. Some OF the shrewd operators on the
''street however, assert that the decline is only
temporary. and that soon after the New Year the
stock will rapidly advance to 70. They charge that
those INSIDE are doing their utmost TO send down
the price and that they putting tho stock the
market in small lots of 100 shares to divert
suspicion. Their object in doing this is said to be
for the purpose Of inducing timid holders to part
with their stock. which they will gobbe up at the
low price. 1t was stated yesterday that there is
every prospect of the stock going several points
lower before January /.
Year: 1879

THE OLD COURT ROOM TRANSFORMED IN DAY


AND THE NEW QUARTERS READY FOR occU-


FANCY.


After ten years. service. during which time tiga-
tions involving over $500 900 have been disposed
Of the old Surrogates Court was yesterday bereft OF
its character q court room and transformed into
q record apartment. Early in the day workmen
were busiy engaged in removing the well worn
desks and chairs. together with other hxrures and
by nightfall the old room around which cluster so
many "reminiscences wore wofully barren and de-
serted appearance The history of this Court and
the many Surrogates who have presided there
would make material for bulky volume.


Under the supervision or Surrogate Calvin
the musty records of hundred years and more were
carefully taken from their ancient home and
fully deposited in their resting place. The dust
OF century was in many instances for the drst
time shaken from we'll worn book covers. The Sur
rogao will hold to-day for the first time in the
new room, which Is situated on the second floor of
the new addition to the Court House. This room
is bright and cosey. Every convenience has been
added not the least Of which Is plain
and simple method of ventilation. The room fronts
on the park and is built that light can penetrate
from every quarter The raised dais for the Sur
rogatos use Is taken from the old room, and on
count of its pecuiarities will be the only link
Meeting in remembrance the new quarters with the
DID, It is the intention Of Surrogate Calvin to use
the old room n record room, while the present
quarters will be partitoned and occupied by various
other departments under the Surrogete's control
Year: 1879

decently dressed woman. rather stoutly built.
was walking quietly through Leonard street yester-
day morning. apparently in good health. when. sud-
denly, she to totter and then to fall to the
ground. crowd gathered around. lifted her up and
carried her out Of tho way Of the foot passengers
She was unconscious. and one could tell any
thing about her. The police were sent for. and the
poor woman taken to the Fifth precinct station
house close by. Thence she removed in an am
bulance to tho Chambers Street Hospital. where she
died in o few minutes without saying q word.
Nobody knew who she and. the doctors had
no theory to the cause of her death. Later
In the day she identified Mrs. Mary Sui
hvan, Of No. Worth street. and the following
facts transpired Mrs. Sullivan was widow, who
supported y family Of four children. two OF whom
are very small. by washing. Two Of them
arc named Bailey, by her first husband and two
bear the name OF the last who died years ago.
She had the character Of an honest, Woodworking,
inoffensive woman. who took good care OF her chill
drcn. being their only support She has. however.
q married daughter living Desbrosses street, who
was arrested on Christmas night in consequence of
fight in the house she lives in. The mother went
10 the Fifth precinct station house to her unfor
tunate daughter yesterday morning. ana was on her
way back to work when she fell unconscious on tho
sidewalk. Her children know Of no sickness except
that she suffered sometimes from rheumatism, and
state that Friday night she appeared to enjoy the
best of health. On being asked whether she had
heart disease. another daughter an intelligent GIRL
sho herseK had palpitation of the heart. Tho two
younger children are utterly without means Of sup
port, aud the neighbors feel great sympathy, the
woman was u general fAvorite.
Year: 1879

counter. The other night. in Franklin county, tney
had only six men and drove fifteen men out OF
sfli having to shoot one OF them ~ tne bsv


take away tho carbjnes and give them pistols tley
will be arrested in every county for carrying con,
cealed weapons. have several that are so indicted
now. IL the department instructs me not TO couect
the shall stop. but il relied ON TO col
lec the revenue shall break up this nest or noun
tain braves ii have to lead the men myself


As an evidence OF the insecurity of life given 10
the revenue men and inforiners Collector Clark
called attention to the fact that short time ago
human body found with the head torn from the
body IL is well known that the corpse was that OF
q man suspected of being an informer. my In
formers" said be, ''are usually the wives or men
who are engaged in the business. They write tnas
their husbands every grain OF corn to make
whiskey with and leave them 10 starve. have seen
corn in one OF these counties scarce at 81 pusne.
bushel. The illicit dlstilling actually produces
sort of local famine. and the good people are all
down IL. but afraid to let IL DO known tnat
they inform those who conduct 1t.


THE COMING CONTEST. =


Tho arrangements arc all made for the raid into tho
mountains and tho mon enlisted. but the lack OF
guides prevented it's going ut once Since then tho
Governors lettcr to the President asking that tho
proposed extraordinary movement Of = armed men men
he could investigate the situation and report
the exact facts has. as one OF the deputies
at Washington" No attempt will Of course.
be made during the Christmas holidays, as
the mountaneers will all be excited over their Christ
mas rum and ugly results would follow. Collector
Clark insists that he will mako the advance as soon
the holidays are over unless he gets positive
orders not to do In the meantime the deputies
are making short raids into the skirts of the district
and breaking up outlying stills and bringing out
prisoner or two. No attempt Is made to pierce the
mountain sections, and in oven the desultory work
that s done tho raiders met with force and
armed men ut every turn. The gravity or the sttua.
tion has alarmed many OF the deorgs leaders. anu
perate policy proposed by tho revenue men from be-
ing carried out. On the other hand there are many
good men who hold that the only way to do Is to
sh a nO
Year: 1879

As train the rapid transit section Of the Long
Island Railroad ON the evening OF December IL.
starting from the Franklin avenue station gentle


man came out of saloon and ran to catch it. He
jumped on the step Of the forward and, losing
his balance. falling backward. Collector Will
lam Howard seized the passenger, who was a heavy.
strong man. by the lapel of the coat and COM
PEELED to hold to the handrail to prevent himself
from being dragged under the wheels of the rear
car. The train moving ut rapid rate of speed
and his calls for help were not heard by the con-
ductor until the train had gone two blocks. Tho
train was then stopped and the rescued passenger.
Is Wall street broker, was found to be bruised
and of his shoes was torn of. An order has
been issued by Mr.. Morrow, tho master of trans
portation. thanking Mr.. Howard for his rescue Of
the imperled passenger at the risk Of his own life.
Year: 1879

There is force Of three hundred men working on
the Brooklyn "L' railroad Of which Mr.. Bruf is
president In addition to the main line along Water
street to Fulton ferry it has been decided to
struct branch from Plymouth street along wash
inqtou to sands street. which is on the easteriy
side OF tho bridge landing. Four iron columns have
been erected ut the intersection Of the latter named
streets and Ave at tho corner Of Main and Water
streets The columns and girders have also been
put up at the crossing of the Manhattan Beach Rail-
road, near East New York. Columns haye also been
reared on Marion street. Lexington avenue, Nostrand
avenue, and at Grand avenue and Myrtle. The iron
founders have made arrangements to deliver the
iron work as fast the men can put 1t up.
Year: 1879

dren unto Abraham" So now, if We walk
uuwortbily, he is able to find those who will
serve Hin better, and will do so Let no
one think that God is dependent upon him.
We do God no favOr to ssrue HIM The
obligation and privilege are all on our side.
Let US not forget this.


0ae remark more. Some find their hearts
and consciences to be as stones" within
them-so hard, so unfeellng. They think of
themselves eve are no more than so many
stones" But if they would be otherwise, let
them take courage. For God is able to make
even such ''stOues" His children. Take the
stone, hearts to Him therefore, not fearing
but believing. For more than once it is
written: ga new heart also will give you,
and new spirit will put within you; and
viii take away the stony heart out of your
flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. ,


Jesus, ready stands to save you,


Full of pity, love and power;


he is able,


BE is willing; doubt no more"
Year: 1879

SOME years ago gentleman heard two
children talking earnestly about their "sa-
cred money" The expression interested
him, and he learned, upon inquiry, that these
children were in the habit of setting apart at
least one tenth of all the money which came
into their hands and using it for Christian
work. They each kept purse for this fund,
and an account Of all that was put into it
and paid out of it. Their father said that
they invented the expression, "sacred mon
ey." They would often give much more
than tenth to this fund, but never less.
Year: 1879

LITTLE Rock, March 30.-On the
night OF Sunday last the town OF Fay
etteville was entered by mounted band
OF about twenty armed men. Several
OF them proceeded on foot to the south
east corner of the public square, where
both barrels of shot gun, loaded with
buckshot, were discharged into window
of the Sentinel office. The party then
moved deliberately by the residences OF
A. p. Farmer, Reuben Carter and c. L.
Summers, into all OF which they fired
their shot guns. The two parties joined
near Summers residence, where they
remounted and galloped off on
the West Fork road. There
is no doubt the party was composed
OF the men who week or more before
had threatened the town, in revenge for
the death OF the desperate Reed, who
was killed at the Jail. The State guards,
after the pacific resolutions of the citi-
zens' meeting held by Reed Is friends, had
disbanded, and this sudden attack in the
dark found the city defenseless, and
hence il was unchecked. Fortunately
no one was hurt. 4 considerable num-
Der Of citizens, after their departure,
armed and patrolled the town till day
hight. The man Reed and the mob who
created this disturbance were OF a reck-
less class ofpeople, who have been ter
rog 20 the law-abiding people since the
early days of the war.


Reed had killed several men, and fire.
quently with his gang had ridden into
town, harrassing and annoying law abid-
ing people. Only a short time before
his death he made such a foray into
town and struck the Mayor on the head
with a pistol while the latter was at
tempting to maintain the peace. He
was arrested and fined for this. The
row in which he was killed occurred
shortly after. Respectable people OF
his own kin and party deny that politics
had anything to do with his taking off.
Year: 1879

Before you begin your heavy spring
work after a winter Of relaxation, your
system needs cleansing and strengthen
ing 10 prevent an attack Of Ague, Bill
lious or Spring Fever, or some other
spring sickness that will unfit you for a
seasons work. You will save time,
much sickness and great expense If you
will use one bottle Of Hop Bitters in
your family this month. Don't wait.
See other column.
Year: 1879

less than those of the United States. But ii
is only when the latter are violated that a
Federal court can take cognizance Of the al
legged wrong. Neither the national nor the
State laws require that blacks shall he eX-
pressly summoned as jurors, nor do they
make reAire unlawful simply because II Is
made up of whites. The list is to be fairly pre-
pared without reference to color III may
comprise whites or blacks exclusively, or a
mixture of both. But when either Is pur-
posely excluded on account of color, both the
spirit and the letter Of the law are violated
OF course. in the Virginia cases 1t VIII De
claimed among other things that there mas
been no exclusion of black jurors on account
of their color. But this j. question ot fact 10
be determined by circumstances And Judge
Riyes very properly suggested to tine 'ranu
jury. whether in counties where the negroes
formed a large proportion, in some cases a
majority. Of the population, and where the
prejudice against color is strong, the fact that
a black Juror was Il rGrd dris was not sufii-
cicnt to create the presumption that an un-


lawful distinction had been made against the
colored race.


Doubtless, the question will be raised by
Virginia whether the claim to sit on a jury in
a State court is a civil right, privilege, or I'M
munitv of citizen of the United States

within the meaning of the fourteenth amend
mcnt. and whether the acts of Congress. os-
pecialy that of 1870, are constitutional 50
far as they were intended to regulate this
matter Judge Riyes evidently had little
doubt as to the meaning of the law on tins
point. and interpreting it as he did, his duty
was clear to take the course which he adopted.
1t is a question whether the matter has no"
been brought before the Supreme Court of
the United States in such way as to give
that tribunal jurisdiction. Indeed, the Chiet
Justice has already hinted his Doubts on this
point. But no difficulty of this kind will
arise should the case come up in the regular
order of appeal. and there is little doubt that
this course will be taken If the proceedings
already begun shall fail to give the Supreme
Court jurisdiction. Hence ii is likely that
the highest judicial tribunal of the country
will soon determine one of the most impor-
tant questions of constitutional law that has
arisen since the war.
Year: 1879

Beck, of Kentucky, thought he made a
point, and democratic organs and class
of nondescript political scrbblers seem
to think it was very bright in him, to urge
as set-off against the present dominance
OF the South in Congress, that Mr. Blaine
when Speaker assigned preponderance
Of committee chairmanships to the North
and New England This cool fashion of
putting the loyal and disloyal sections OF
the country on par in matters connected
with Legislation largely affecting and af-
fected by the results of the Southern re-
bellion, is the latest phase of the dough-
face business. When one finds newspa-
per in Maine meeting structures upon the
complete dominance of ex-rebels in the
present House by an offset complaint that
Speaker Blaine gave loyal New England 9
large committee representation when Con.
gress was perfecting the work of recon
struction in the rebel States. the exhibition
of dough-faceism causes feeling of dis
gust not easily expressed in words.-Ban-
qor Wing and courier.