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Year: 1878

THE RAILROADS ON WATER STREET
now pass tifty-eight trains a day over
Market street and every other street ter
minating at the Christiana on the south.
The street is full of tracks, and is as much
incommoded as it was before the city ex-
pended hundred thousand dollars in
widening it. The much talked of rail-
road avenue around the city for vehicles
has dwindled into narrow path that is
not free from danger to foot pedestrians,
not to speak of drays, wagons, carts, &C.


The danger of crossing Market street
will, at least, have to be obviated in some
way. AT the rate of increase trains will
be passing every ten or fifteen minutes,
to make some change; as the matter is
attracting general attention. We cannot
see any good reason why the p, w. and
b. road could not pass its through passen-
ger trains and through freight trains over
the bridge of the Delaware and Western
road above the Harlan and Hollingsworth
Company's works and recross the Chris
uana near the foot of Fourth street. at
small expense for building bridge there
one that would serve as acounty bridge
as well as for railroad purposes, as the
Trays Ferry Bridge does. This might
perhaps lead to the removal of the pass
enger depot to near the foot of Fourth
street also; but should this be done it
would be quite as convenient, if the
passenger railway was made to pass on
down to it and return by the way of
Fourth street. 1t seems to us that i,
would be decidedly less costly to run the
trains over such line, as it is nearly all
graded, than to pass over the western
secuon of the city and bridge the Brandy.
WINE. BY this route all the streets would
De crossed, and heavy blasting of rock
required, and nothing saved except the
cost OF bridge tender to the draw. It is
quite evident that the Company will be
required to make some change before
long, but we refer to the matter. more az
precautionary note Of warning tn tbe
directors here to see that the greatest
cauuon Is taken and urged upon the en-
ployees to see that no accident occurs to
those crossing Market or other streets. II
so frequently happens that after a long
exemption from casualty results in care.
lessness, and fatal consequence follows
While in the City Council manv vears
ago, the late Hon. Thomas Young, intro.
duced the ordinance by which aman was
required to run before the locomotive
with a red flag while passing through the
city This has proved wise and excel.
lent preventive of accidents. 1t was
commenced soon after the time the road
was completed, and no great casualty has
ever yet occurred. And had the same
precautionary measure been adopted in
Philadelphia several lives might have
been saved, that We're lost by accidents
recently. However there seems to be too
much risk now for even this plan to pre.
vent accident and the Occurrences of ono
IS daily dreaded by all who have frequent
occasion to pass over the bridge at the
foot Of Market street.
Year: 1878

NEWELLs UNIVERSAL GRINDER
This machine, it is said, will greatly
reduce the price of all articles that re-
quire 10 be pulverized.


In the construction and in comparison
with the cost of supplying certain ma
chinery to first class establishment re-
Gently, which amounted to, say s11 500
Messrs. Newell s. Sons would furnish
their newly invented machinery at n
cost of $500 or 5000, and guarantee that
at less cost of fuel and manual labor
their machines should turn out twice the
amount OF stuff but of better quality
and altogether more satisfactory. Every
miller knows the trouble connected with
Year: 1878

THs CRY COUNCIL has very considera-
tely extended the time oftwo ofits officials
1t is all right perhaps but it would seem
hardly necessary for the Republican party
to be so particular about civil service re-
form here SO long as it is so shamefully
neglected by the party at Washington
Year: 1878

The Day Accommodation on the Shore
Line, was making its deliberate way
eastward, curving with every curve of
the Connecticut shore, and clingiDg to
the water-side as though actuated by Il
sentiment for coast scenery. On one
side of the track lay the blue, white
capped sea on the other, low rolling
hills with fairgrounds of brown meadow
and golden sedge; over all, superb
arch of sun-lit sky. 1t was a delicious
late autumn day, and Miss Mallows
found, That Husband Of Nine so little
engrOssing - perhaps because of her
maidenly unacquaintance with the pos
sessive case of that article-that she
flung it down and betOok herself to gaz-
ing from the window. She was growing
dreamy, as gazers at a rapidly changing
scene are apt to do, when word reached
her ear, and aroused curiosity enough to
make her turn her head. 1t was wo-
mans name, and an uncommon one
"Arethusa.n


The person who uttered it was man.
His seat was on the opposite side of the
car, and little in advance of that which
Miss MallOws herself occupied, and she
now observed that there was something
odd about his appearance. His head and
shoulders were massive and finely
formed his face seen in profile was a
good one, with kindly eyes and strik-
ing forehead, broad and benevolent. But
there was something dwarfish in his at
itude, and when presently he half rose
to shut the window, it became apparent
that he was u dwarf. There was no de-
formity, but the large head and broad
shoulders were balanced by miserable
pair of little legs not longer than those
of a child of ten. He was not young,
temples and in his full beard, and alto
gether his appearance was half repul-
sive and half attractive, and awoke a
feeling compounded of goodwill and
pity, so strangely mingled, that it was
hard to tell which predominated.


His cOmpaniOn-evidently the care
thusa" addressed, was a girl not over
twenty, of that delicate type of pretti-
ness known as "American," which fades
so early, but is charming in its brief
tiower-time. Her new gray suit with
crepe lisse ruffles at throat and wrist.
the crisp feather in her hat, even the
shining red leather of her traveling-bag
and the perfectly fresh, carefully put-on
gloves, bespoke the bride, but there was
something very unbridal in the face
which the tineries surrounded. The ewes.
blue in tint, and beautifully shaped and
set, were swollen with crying, the lips,
quivered nervously, every vestige OF
color had fled from the round, childish
cheeks, and the hands in the new gloves
were pinched together with tightness
like terror. Once or twice as Miss NAL
lows watched, she fought with emotion,
and called up a wan little smile in an
swer to something said to her, but she
never spoke. Her companion, on the
contrary, talked incessantly in low
voiced, steady strain. Miss Mallows
could catch only a word now and then,
and her curiosity about the couple grew
so strong, that she felt that she wonld
pay any price to know their story. There
could be no doubt as to their relation,
she thought; they were husband and
wife, and just married. The little. man
evidently had no thought except for bis
Year: 1878

How A NORMAN BISHOP WALTZED.-
The Norman church looks with disfavOr
on the familiarities of certain styles of
mOrdern dancing and the bishops have
sought to regulate this matter among
the young and gidier saints. At a dance
in the 9TH ward, the other night, saws
the Salt Lake Tribune, the bishop ex-
pressed himself highly displeased with
round dances. He said that it was con-
demned by the priesthood, and if the
saints could not get along without
round dances they had better go home.
The young folks demonstrated with him,
but all to no purpose. ''If you must
waltz, let me show you how to do it,"
said he, and he got on the floor with
one hundred and eighty three pound
blonde; the band struck up the Blue
Danube, and away they slid. Down the
hall glide the bishop and the blonde
the tips of their fingers touch and cruel
cold space between them. This was the
church methOd-the priestly-improved
arms-length waltz. Soon there was a
slight contraction of the arms, and the
space between them gradually decreased.
Presently one arm encircled the fair
form. The blonde was the first to give
way, and her cheek looked like a sun
flower in a turnip field, as it rested on
the shoulder of the man of God. Round
and round went they, and the fascinat-
ing weird-like strains tioated like heav-
enly music to his soul. Forgotten was the
round dance dogma of the church, and
by the calm smile that stole across his
face, we knew that theology was defeat
ed and one man at least, utterly indif-
ferent to a future punishment.
Year: 1878

From the quickened womb of the primal gloom


The sun rolled bleak and bare,
Till wOve him a vest for his Ethiop breast


Of the threads of my golden hair;
And when the broad tent of the armament


Arose on its airy bars,
pencilled the hue of the matchless blue


And spangled it round with stars.
painted the flowers of Eden bowers,


And their leaves of living green,
And mine were the dyes in the snless eyes


OF Eden's virgin queen;
And when the fiend's art ON the trustful heart


Had fastened its mortal spell,
In the silvery sphere of the first-born tear


To the trembling earth fell.
When the waves that burst DER a world accursed,


Their work of wrath had sped,
And the ark's lone few the tried and true,
Came forth among the dead,
With the wondrous CLEANS of my bridal beams,


bade their terrOrs cease,
AS wrote on the roll of the storms dark scroll


Gods covenant of peace.
Like pail at rest on a senseless breast,


Nights funAreal shadow slent-
When shepherd swains on Bethlehem's plains


Their lowly vigils kept
Then flashed on their sight the heralds bright


OF Heavens redeeming plan,
And they chanted the morn of a Saviour born


Joy, joy to the outcast man
Equal favor I show to the lofty and low;


On the Just and unjust descend;
E'en the blind whose vain spheres roll in darkness


and tears


Feel my smile, the best smile of friend
Nay, the flower of the waste by my loveis embraced


As the rose in the garden of kings
At the chrysalis bier of the worm appear,


And lol the gay butterfly wings
The desolate morn, like mourner forloru,
Conceals all the pride of her charms,
Till bid the bright hours chase the night from
her bowers,


And lead her young day to her arms.
And when the gay rover seeks eve for his lover


And sinks to her balmy repose
1 wrap the soft rest by the zephyr-fanned West,
In curtains of amber and rose.
From my sentinel sleep by the night-dreaded deeI
gaze with unslumbering eye,
When the cynosure star of the mariner


Is blotted from out the sky,
And guided by me through the merciless sea-
Though sped by the hurricanes WINGS
His compassless, dark, lone, weltering barque


To the haven't home safely he brings.
waken the flowers in their dew-spangled bowers,
The birds in their chambers of green
And mountain and plain glow with beauty again,


AS they bask in their matinal sheen.
Oh if such the glad worth of my presence on earth
Though fretful and fieeting the WHILE
What glories must rest on the home of the blest,
Ever bright with the Deity's smile.
-Wiuidn Pitt Palmer.
Year: 1878

RHUBARB PIE.-Carefullyl skin the
stalks, cut in pieces half an inch long.
Scald in a little rich syrup, but not
long enough to become. soft. Set aside,
and when nearly cool pour into a pie
plate, lined with paste. Put a little
grated lemOn-rind and piece of but
ter the size of a walnut in each pie.
Dredge with flour, put on top crust
and bake.
Year: 1878

The course of true love has many Oh
stacles, and nowhere is the truth of this
axiom more distinctly exhibited than in
the Office of the city registrar. One in
stance occurred a few days ago, wherein
loving swain intrusted his inamOrata
with $500 with which to purchase a
wedding outfit, and then obtained from
the city registrar the necessary dOcu-
ment to insure marriage ceremony at
Il day denoted by the bride. The day
came but not the wedding, for the lady
urged postponement for week in
order that she might complete her tros-
seau and, at the same time, procured
$500 more from her would-be husband.
Then came a separation, seemingly
temporary, but really for life. The
lover kept his appointment promptly
on the wedding day, secured ii clergy
man, and did all else necessary to
complete his happiness, but the future
wife did not make her appearance. He
was disconsolate. A search was insti-
tuted but instead of bride he found
another certificate which placed Il stran-
ger in the position of husband and left
him out in the cold. Minus money and
bride, his reflections are not at all con-
ducive to Il high estimate of the con-
>tancy of wOman's nature.-BOstOn
Journal.
Year: 1878

The proper way to make sauer-kraut,
according to the recipe given by New
York paper, is as follows: The recipe
is for the manufacture of one barrel.
Take about thirty or forty heads of cab
bage (the number will depend on the
size of the heads), and first clean them
and cut them up fine with slaw cutter
or sharp carving knife. Next mix the
cabbage we'll with salt; for thirty good
sized heads two quarts of salt will be
sufficient. Pack the cabbage in the bar.
rel Ga wine or liquor barrel, we'll clean
ed and scalded, is perhaps the best),
and after it is packed, put clean
muslin cloth on the top of the cabbage,
entirely covering it. Then put wooden
cover on the cloth, and on the cover
place a clean stone weight (an iron
weight would rust and favor the sauer-
kraut). Put the parrel in dry place,
and every week be careful to wash the
cloth, the weight and the wooden cover.
The cabbage will not be transformed
into good sauer- kraut in less than
three weeks; it would be better if it
could remain in pickle for two months.
When the cloth cover and weight are
washed each week the brine on top of
the cabbage should be tasted, and if it
is rather fresh, more salt should be
sprinkled on; the cabbage must always
be covered with brine. If by evapora-
ton or soakage the brine becomes low,
it will be necessary to make brine
strong enough to float an egg or pota-
to, and pour enough of it on to cover
the cabbage. Before it is ready for use
it must be thoroughly washed several
times in clear cold water. To be eaten
raw it may be mixed with vinegar and
spices. To prepare it for cooking, boil
it in clear water for ten minutes, then
put it in a colander, squeeze the water
out of it, and it is then ready to cook
and serve with meat. Sauer-kraut
is particularly good in connection with
pigs jowl, pigs tail, and pigs feet.
Germans like it with the smoked sau-
sage imported from Frankfort, and
others find such mixture very palata-
h1n
Year: 1878

deck when the Tecumseh sunk, he had
been able to strike out from the sinking
ship, and, under cover from the smoke
and war of battle, to swim ashore.
There, however, he was taken prisoner,
and kept in close confinement for
months, finally making his escape.
Coming direct to Frank to gain intelli-
gence before presenting himself to his
family, he had stopped to light cigar
under the gasliRht, where Virginia had
mistaken him for policeman. He had
known her instantly; and probably only
her fright and agitation prevented her
from recognizing his voice, which, as he
mischievously told her, he did not dis:
guise in the least.


Alice and her accomplice were identi-
fed by the police as old offenders. The
woman had carried on systematic
pilfering at the Temples, and was an
accomplished hypocrite. To my intense
qualification, the pair were sentenced to
the full term in Sing Sing.


Langley and Virginia we're married
very quietly soon after. Frank gave
away the lovely little bride, whose fair
girlish bloom had come back to her, and
who, under the influence of love, seemed
different woman from the pale, sad
creature who had moved SO quietly about
my house.


They idolize each other, and I think
have quite forgiven Grandma Chiches-
ter and poor Horace Kent. Fred has
always been great pet with his aunt for
his bravery on the night of the attempt
ed burglary.


Between Fred's boasting and my
sly teasing, poor Frank will never be
allowed to forget his instrumentality in
introducing me TO such ga perfect
treasure. ."-BoStoa Sunday Times.
Year: 1878

and luve the Same made exemrt
from the extra taxation necessary 20
raise the sum required. However,
let public opinion be what it may.
something should be done and that
with will and generous heart, for
now while you, who were undist turbed
by the tornado, gather around pleas-
ant homes, there's hardly any telling
how many unfortunstes are obliged
to seek shelter under strange roofs;
wear whatever clothes kind friends
may offer or lay on couches with
broken limbs and see around them
fond and weeping children who arc
dependent on the mercies Of the
world.
Year: 1878

the devastated district, but in such
places as the storm track leaves the
road the scientist will cross the
country on foot, taking observations
and interviewing farmers as to the
phenomena observed by them, and
taking full notes Of the same. The
expedition will probably occupy =
week or ten days. Tho result will
be considered by the University
faculty on his return, and tho world
will thsreupon be edited with the
result Of the observations OF scien.
tidc character Of this, one Of tho
most disastrous and remarkable
cyclones In the history of the West.
Prof. Chamberlain, tho State Geolo-
gist, Is also gathering data for .
scientific review of the cyclone.
Year: 1878

BURIED UNTO DEATH.-At Bos-
cobel last week, wh.le q man named
Dolly was engaged in sinking
we'll, and when down about sixteen
feet the earth caved in. Three other
er men set to work Immediately to
remove Dolly. When within two or
three feet of the imprisoned man,
where could be heard his calling for
help, another caving in took place,
and one of the party was caught by
the dirt packing around him up to
his neck. More help was secured
and the second victim released. At
about l o'clock in the morning they
we're near enough to Dolly to hear
bis groans, but suddenly all was
silent, nothing but the move OF the
shovel struggling with the earth was
to be heard. Not until some hours
afterwards did they gain access to
Dolly. when they found his lifeless
body. This was the result of attempt
ing to put down . shaft without
cribbing.
Year: 1878




We heartily endorse the PROPOSE
ton that resolution be introduced
to the county fathers, at their Com
ing together next week, providing
for money taking it out Of the
county treasury-tO be distributed
among the sufferers in the county
from the late tornado but we be-
leive that provision should also be
made that committee be appointed
to investigate the wasted property
throughout the county aud ascertain
the exact amount Of damage done
before naming any given sum. And
further, would it not be proper for
the same committee to make q mem
oraGdum OF ell tracts Of land, home
steals, etc., damaged to an amount
that would exceed . fxel figure,
Year: 1878

There will be public meeting Of
the citizens Of Mineral Point at the
City Hall, on Wednesday evening,
June 5th, to make preparations for .
grand Fourth Of July Celebration
this year. All who are in favor Of
such celebration are requested. TO
be present. We cannot begin to-
early to insure success.


BY THE REQUEST OF MANY CITIZENS.
Year: 1878

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THE Clement Bros, Forester and
Stanley Costume Concert, at the City
Hall on Monday evening. surpassed
any entertainment, no matter of what
character, given in Mineral Point for
many day. Each artist was master
of his part. Words fail us when we
attempt to describe the matchless
skill with which Mr.. Stanley define
ates female character. Should this
company ever come to our city again,
we feel confident that they will he
greeted with joyous cheers.
Year: 1878

unable to see who has lost the eight cents.
Happy thought-perhaps the loss fell on
some man who did not get it Seriously,
the same man who lost the eight cents
loses sixteen cents every time he
takes four silver quarters, that have only
eighty-four cents worth of silver in them.
But. even then, the fiye-cent nickles
puzzle us. In dollars worth Of these
there is only nineteen cents worth Of
metal. Now will some of the editors
who lie awake at nights to figure such
things out please to inform us who it is
that loses the eighty-one cents every
time dollars worth of nickles is passed
Who loses four cents every time FIVE
cent piece is paid for glass of lager or
a car ride? The little copper cents are
even a greater robbery. We have not
the heart to go into calculation as to
how many million dollars are wrung from
the horny-handed bondholder every day
in the passage of this debased cent, but
it is inconceivable how an opponent of
the Bland bill can pass one of these
fraudulent tokens-even at distane,
without blushing for the Perfdy of his
race.-TNew York Graphic.
Year: 1878

Sol Smiths brother Lemuel, a young
actsr, was killed in Augusta, GA. His
murderer, Flournoy, was acquitted by
the jury on the plea that the killing
might be classed as the result OF duel.
After hearing the verdict. Sol Smith said
to the homicide:


Before God and man I charge you with
numbering nv brother The sleep of the
innocent will never more be yours.
You are murderer, and will ever more
carry the mark of homicide upon your
brow. From this time forth in this
world you will never sleep again"


Two years later Sol was accosted by an
abject-Iooking wretch, who stood before
him in an attitude of supplication 1t
was VIM. Flournoy.


''Why do you follow me ?'' said Sol.


Because want you to shoot me
right here"


"No, it is not for me to punish you"
was the reply.


1t is not punishment l ask you
infict-that have received already, in
full measure; it is vengeance L ask you
to take, for your brothers murder upon
his murderer. 1 endeavored to persuade
myself ] committed the deed in self
defense, but know better now. / am a
murderer. You said / would never sleep
more, and never have. l closed my eyes
at night as usual, have stepped my senses
in brandy until unconsciousness came
but that blessed sleep you drove away
has never returned to me for one moment.
Ny life is burden to me. Take it. Let
me die by your hand, and then 1 may
feel your brother may forgive me. ] will
die to-nigntr' he said, impressively, as
Sol turned away and left him.
The next morning Flournoy's body
was found at his country place. 1t was
riddled with bullets and scalped. An
Indian war had lust broken out, and he
had been she first victim. - TSunny