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Year: 1877

ANOTHER ENTERTAINMENT.-Ano good
sized audience gathered at Congress Hall last
evening to witness The second production of the
operetta of 'Pepita." The piece was put upon
the stage 10 good shape and every part was full.
ly committed and happily rendered The young
ladies in the nobby dresses made splendid boys
all OF the male characters being taken by fe-
males and vice.0erSa. The music was we'll rem
dered and the acting far above the general ef-
forts of amateurs. The orchestra was also
connb-posed of ladies. who acquitted themselves
like men. The piece was decided success,
and by special request, will be repeated for the
last time this evening, when we predict a
crowded house. The merits of the performers
deserve this and more TO-
Year: 1877

SIDING.
THURsDAY.-Oliver Hanson vs. Arthur M. Saw
yer. Action to recover damages paid at $1,000 for
false arrest and imprisonment. The plaintiff is a
farmer residing in Windham, eleven miles distant,
and the defendant is the agent for the Society for The
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.


The plaintiff says that on the sth Of February
1877, he left his home with one horse and sled
loaded with two and one-half feet of dry wood
which he hauled into the city. After unloading he
left his team on Portland street while he went
errand. When he returned to his team, about one
o'clock in the afternoon, he found Sawyer, who
arrested him for driving and working horse unfit
for use took him to the police station and locked
HIM up; that about five O'Clock in the afternoon he
released him, gave him his team and he returned
home.


Mr.. Sawyer says he was notified about noon that
there was horse on Portland street that required
his attention; that he found the horse extremely
Door in flesh, the hair off in spots all over his body;
his foot sore and swollen wrapped in rag, and SO
lame that he could scarcely touch it to the ground;
that he took the owner to the station and the horse
to a stable, where he was properly cared for; that
about five o'clock Hanson sent for him and requested
to be released promising the horse kindly and
carefully in the futnre and if he found him not fit to
use, to kill him; thereupon Sawyer released him
and gave him his team.


The Conrt in rendering decision said that he
thought the officer perfectly justified in making
the arrest, but that, in his Judgment, there was
technical violation Of the law in not procuring
warrant and bringing the man before the Court;
that the discharge of the man upon his own request
not full justification to the officer; that off,
has right to arrest person, where the offence
is committed in his presence, and then decide for
himself whether he will bring the prisoner before the
court not If the officer would justify for having
made the arrest he must bring the defendant before
the court upon warrant, and he does not make out
a complete justification unless he does.


Decision for the plaintiff for one cent.


Cobb for plf. II. B. Cleaves for deft.


Scott d. Jerdan vs. John H. Jordan. Action to
recover the value of horse alleged to have been kill
ed by kick from the DEFENDANTS horse. Decision
reserved


Cliffords for plaintiff.


Butler-Robinson for defendants,
Year: 1877

SOMETHING NEw.-Mr. Merritt G. Beale,
whose office is in the Centennial Block, is now
turning off very fine work from the Perfected
Typewriter, which he is agent for This
machine is a great improvement over all others
which have been shown here, and is worthy
the attention of all who are obliged to write
much as it is great labor saver. A good
operator can easily write one hun lred words
per minute, and each letter is clear and legible.
Mr.. Beale will be glad to explain the working
of these machines to all who call,
Year: 1877

CoLLlsIoN.-Last evening Mr.. Charles Hay
way to the concert in company with his wife,
when hack driving in the opposite direction
collided with his carriage, smashing off two OF
the wheels and throwing out the occupants.
Mrs. Hayward was severely injured while the
gentleman escaped with few bruises. The
driver Of the hack did not wait to see the result
of his carelessness, but drove up the street at q
ranid rafa
Year: 1877

ARRESTED FOR LARCENY.-Oficers Miles
and Hanson arrested fellow giving the name
OF Harry Williams, yesterday morning, for the
larceny of roll of beaver cloth from Staples
dry goods store. The fellow was ssen trying to
dispose of the cloth and the officers suspecting
that it was stolen arrest ed him He also had a
new pair of trousers which he had evidently
sfnlnn
Year: 1877

SEVERE AcCIDENT.-Mr. Ansel Mitchell ,em-
ployed at the round house of the Grand Trunk,
met with severe accident while at work on an
engine. He was standing on plank which
was placed over one of the pits when the plank
broke and he fell into the pit. In his fall his
head struck the side of the pit, cutting his head
hadlv
Year: 1877

TRIBUNE OFFICE, March II a. ma rise OF sir
pressure yesterday morning almost wholly lost dur
ng the afternoon and evening The decline Is caused by
the approach OF lowering weather. The variations OF
temperature from the vicinity Of freezing point yester-
day not important. There is little change IN the
amount of moisture in the air.


For tins city and vicinity, cloudy. threatenng ana
what warmer weather may be expected to-day, 10
be followed tomorrow by cooler winds and clearer say
Year: 1877

The first settlers of Boulder came here
in 1858. In 1859 quite a number came,
and some sixty Lighthouses were erected
before 1860 stepped in. OF these log
houses but a few remain. Christmas,


1859, saw a jovial crowd of dancers in
one of these houses, windowless, we be-
lieve, at that time. The hardy pioneers
when after fun had it. On the night in
question about two hundred sons Of toll
and seekers of gold and their fortunes
and seventeen ladies had assembled at the
above-named place to partake of frontier
terpsichorean. Marinus G. Smith was
then one of the beaus of the town, and
his dress suit consisted of pair of pants
made out of seamless sacks, and colored
blue by the aid of logwood. A lady now
living in town had an elegant dress made
out of -four sacks, also colored by the aid
of logwood. There were few white shirts
in the neighborhood then, most of the
pioneers wearing woolen or flannel ones.
A man with white shirt on was in style
and could dance with his coat of; man
without any would wear coat buttoned
up to the neck. Coats for dancing pur-
poses did not seem to be any too numer-
GUS, consequently the pioneers helped
each other out. For instance, Alf.
Nichols had six white shirts, which were
all at that ball, and the coats of those six
white -shirted fellows went to cover the
backs of some one else. When one fell
low had dance he would loan his coat
to another, and then his turn would
come, and so the white shirts and long
coats were dancing all night, and went
around among the 200 men. There were
no wall flowers among the seventeen
ladies. But they say the supper for the
occasion was grand affair. Wash boilers
full of coffee, great hunks of black-tailed
deer, jack rabbits, fish, game and delica-
cies brought from the States in cans, all
went to make up a glorious supper-one
that the partakers would like to see re-
peated. There may not have been much
style, but the seamless sacks and -four
bags saw as much pure enjoyment as
does the finest and gaudiest attire Of to-
dav
Year: 1877

thought to be an infallble test) is to


cook them, and the poisonous ones are


readily recognized by their offensive
odor, and exceedingly disagreeable taste.
The poisonous principle of mushrooms is
not known. 1t is supposed to be an
irritant poison, acting on the coats of
the stomach much after the manner of
srsenic. No antidote for the poison can
be given, the doctor says-that is, anti
dotes that will counteract the effects of
the poison; but purgatives can be ad-
ministered which will aid the system in
throwing of the deadly matter.
Year: 1877

Amoog the many changes to take place soon
on the grand boulevard none will be more strik-
ing and more indicative of the good time to come
than the swaying to the breezs the banners Of the
grand s'Palais Royal" Our enterprising friend
Levy, who has for go many years been the popu-
lar proprietor of the dollar store, No. 1877 Canal
street, seems to have had his faith shaken in re-
publican Institutions and ideas, and is deter
mined, with enc fell swoop, to obliterate the
name of dollar store forever. He is making prep
arations for the opening of this elegant and gor-
geous establishment, and nothing will be spared
in making it the most attractive place in the
Southern country. Levy's dollar store is known
throughout the whole South, and as it has been
known for it's promptness in filing orders and
the polite attention Of the clerks, and the place to
get every hing, so will the Palais Royal grow
into popular favor, for We will see in the large
and gilded sigrs that are to adorn the building
evidences of new era, prosperity which We
have longed for but never expected until the
prsse1. .icccc.
Year: 1877

present and general good time is antici-
pated, as the Exposition will be in operation
at the same time and the Fair opens q few
days later.


The first meeting will continue four days,
with two races each day, and the purses will
aggregate about $4,000


A CITY GUARD.


Several of the military companies organ
lied during the late disturbance have deter
mined to make their organization perman ent,
and offer their services as city guard. They
will meet regularly for drill, and will put
themselves in shape to furnish the city with
q military force In few hours notice in case
OF emergency.


Several ex-military leaders of the late war
are now endeavoring to organize O company
Of cavalry, SO as to furnish the "city guard
with this arm Of the service. The city has
battery of Gatling guns, and, with men to
handle these will be prepared to deal sllmma-
rily with mobs hereafter.


THE CAPTURED LEADERS.


Ten of the leaders of the late uprising are
still confined IN jail, and the police authorities
have already preferred charges of riot against
them. The mayor and chief of police declare
they intend to deal severely with these men
and make them feel the most rigid penalty
the law infiicts for such acts. These prisoners
are closely confined, and not even members
of their families are permitted to see them.
They are very much alarmed because they do
not know to what extent they can be punished
for their offenses.


The men are all poor and really have not
means to employ counsel. They are harmless
now, and should be released on condition that
they would never again engage in another
movement of the kind just suppressed The
poor frightened men would readily accept
such condition, and woald perhaps knuckle
down to your work and devote themselves to
it hereafter. AS it is the authorities are SIM
ply making martys of these ten men.
Their treatment is looked upon as unneces-
sarily harsh, and this is creating feeling Of
sympathy for them that will give them
prominence and influence they could never
achieve by their own ability and conduct. All
the other prisoners were released, and these
ten, who made the inflammatory speeches,
have labored hard through their friends to
get bail, but failed.
Year: 1877

A Handsome Overhauling of this Popular


Theatre.


Yesterday We had the pleasure of visiting the
auditorium Of the Academy Of Music, where we
found number Of men actively engaged in over
hauling the theatre in all it's parts. preparatory
to the opening Of the next theatrical season On
the I'd September next-the date having been
definitely fixed.


The old mating and carpets have been taken
up to make room for new ones as soon as the
painters and frescoers shall have finished their
part Of the work. All the chairs have assumed
new and fresh appearance at the hands Of the
former, whilst the latter have exerted their skin


AT THE PANNELLED' WALLS,
which, by gaslight, will have o very pretty effect
The ceiling and the arch OF the proscenium wlll,
however, remain untouched for the present,
owing to the want OF time TO make certain altera-
tions, which the management has decided shall
be made next year. One OF these alterations
will consist in strengthening the front OF the
stage, now forming an arc of circle, the convex
side being towards the auditorium. This change
will deepen the stage by ten or fifteen feet, and
will bringApon il all that portion OF the audi.c-
rum occupied by


THE PRoscEsIUM BOXES,
new boxes to be constructed to replace them,
Visitors to the Academy this season will also find
that new chandeliers, some OF them OF o very
rich pattern, have replaced the old ones and that
additional lights in the corridors and especially
in the main entrance, I'll illuminate their way
into the theatre.


THE LADIES' DRESSING ROOM
has been thoroughly reftted and repanted and
looks very comfortable and neat. Il is also the
intention OF the manageme mt to convert the lobby
Immediately in front OF the auditorium into a
parlor or reception room, and for that purpose
has ordered handsome set of furniture and a
rich carpet. This addition will enable the patrons
OF the Academy to meet and converse at their
leisure during the intermissions, or at any time
in fact during the performance that may suit
their pleasure.


Neither has the exterior Of this


FAyoRTTE LITTLE THEATRE
been neglected, and it now presents a handsome
appearance in comport with the popularity which
it mas justly earned for itself.


The season at tho Academy will extend over
thirtytwo weeks at least, and nearly all the eng2-
gements for that period has been completed.
comprising the best ordinations known in the
country. The list will be given to the public In
q very few days now.


In this connection we may say that the vacancy
which has been occasioned by soldene's depart
ure for Australia has been filed by the engage
ment Of Mrs. Alice Oates, who, We think, is now
in Europe studying the French styte'of the ope-a
bouffe.
Year: 1877




WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Gen. Sherman writes
to the Secretary of War as follows: with a
new post at Fork Ridge and Little Horn, and
that at the mouth Of Tongue river occupied
by strong garrisons, the Sioux Indians can
never regain that country, but will be forced
foreman at their agencies or take refuge in the
British possessions The country west of the
new post is q good country, and will rapidly
fill up with emigrants who will, in the next
ten years, build up a community as strong
and as capable of self-defense as Colorado
Year: 1877

A thrifty German, in a Massachu-
sets town, whose setting hen
wouldn't stay on her eggs till they
were hatched, recently put his wife
in bed for two days, with the eggs
I in box beside her, and thereby
three chickens were saved to the
world.
Year: 1877

Now that the agony is over and the country
has taken time to breathe, there is one SEN
tence of the Presidents Inaugural which
deserves not to become a dead letter, as with
all other utterances which have served their
turn, but to be kept as watchword by every
honest man, he he Democrat or Republican
1t is that in which he calls on the country for
help to save itself. Whatever may be our IN
diyidual opinion of President Hayes's policy,
whatever may be finally the success or fall
ure of that policy, one thing is certain: he
will never bring back peace and justice to the
country if he has to work alone. The defect
in our social system is the Sinking, by the
majority of individual responsibility. We are
in fact an honest people: the average Ameri-
can lives quietly with the wife of his youth,
takes no brides, Obeys the law, fears
God Yet in the eyes OF other nations
he is just now blatant, corrupt bull
dozer a prominent actor in a divorce suit
or returning board. This is simply because
the public business of the country is left to
minority. The man who is ready for brlbes
pushes himself to the front, while the honest
citizen sits by his hearth swearing that the
country is going to ruin, grumblng at the mis-
management of his own and the opposing
party. He has to grOpe about every four years
TO find the principles of his party yet he do
clely pnts his neck into its yoke, votes accord
ing to the dictates of its leaders, putting cor
r,lpt men into little town offices and turning
honest mon out, refusing to use his own
sbrevd common sense when it conflicts with
the ruling of the demagOgucs whom he serves.
For five years the great mass of just and edu-
Gated Northerners have been willing-nay,
anxious-for a hearty reconciliation with the
South. The desire for peace among the South
erners, at least among the Older, more rational
men. has been just as sincere, but the mob OF
Office holders and politicians have stood be-
tween and blinded both.


In short, the reader of THE TRIBUNE to-
day, be he in Massachusetts or Georgia, an
obscure country farmer or n lad with his first
vote, has no right to complain of the deplor-
able condition of the country and then shove
its redemption off on the shoulders OF the
President or any other man. Every effort he
makes at just, economical management OF his
household lessons the weight of financial pres
sire SO much; every honest, Outsp0ken word
IN favor of more liberal party action lightens
the load which the honest leaders must lift
every friendly meeting between individuals
of the South and North hastens the completed
Union; every child reared by Christian
mother to be truth-telling and honest is so
much golden capital for the next generation.
1t bas been owing to individual economy all
over the country that the nation has been
saved from bankruptcy; individual honor and
action can save her now from worse disaster.
Year: 1877

The death of Mrs. Matilda Heron, which we an
nounced yesterday, suggests word OF good
advice to those who propose to adopt or have
lust adopted the dramatic profession. There
is something IN Mrs. Heron's career which re-
minds us of the glory of Edmund Kean, so
ropidly won. and of the darkness and dreari-
ness of his last days with his name, perhaps,
we might probably couple that Of George
Frederick Cooke Both these actors, in the
hcy-day of their popularity, were richly paid,
and both died comparatively poor. Mrs. Heron
had great success to begin with, and made a
great deal of money by playing the single
character to which alone she owes
her reputation. She must have re-
ceiyed several hundred thousand dollars
for acting Camille" :" she died dependent
upon the small sum which her young daughter
earned at the theater. This, with ordinary
prudence might have been avoided; indeed,
Mrs. Heron might have been wealthy if she
had not been one of the most extravagant OF
women. Even at the hight of her one success,
when managers We're paying her great sums,
her agent with some difficulty kept her sup
piled with cash. She liked expensive ways.
ShGlived luxlriously, and dressed and decorated
herself without regard to cost. Then she was
unhappy and unfortunate in her domestic rela-
tons, leaving one husband and being abandoned
by another. When her money was all gone,
she found that her popularity was gone also.
The old tastes remained, but the power of
gratifying them she had lost. Her health
failed her; her friends died. or they grew
weary of helping her; and when, at COM
paratively early age, she died, all the splendor
and grace and glory of her life had long before
departed.


We should not have referred TO these facts
if we had supposed that there was any one 20
be much panied by their statement, nor even
then if we did not think that they point a
moral 1t is of considerable Importance to
the interests Of the drama that its professors
should so live as to contradict the old impress
sion thnt they are incorrigbly imprudent-an
impression, We are glad to say, by no means
Year: 1877

thing entirely different from the wild course
of Gen. Grant. If he has affrOnted q certain
part of the Senate it is only by choosing
Cabinet so exceptionally good that the man
aging politicians are afraid it will not be prac-
teal There are certainly one or two men in
the list whose qualifications for some OF their
duties have yet to be demonstrated, out III tlie
great essentials of character and ability they
are all unassaabe by criticism 1t is Cabi-
net which the rank and file OF the Republican
party praises with enthusiasm and the OppoSi-
ton regards with respect. MIR. Hayes mas Deeh
too long in political life to imagine that gov
crnment is possible in this country except by
the machinery of party, and in disregardihg
the expectations of prominent men VINO nave
been accustomed to control the influence OF
Republican administrations he throws hlmseit
upon the support of that strong moral sense
of the country in which really lies the force
of the Republican organization. This is po-
litical factor which Gen. Grant always ignored.


There il a great difference also in the policy
of the two Presidents toward the South. Gen.
Grant had his Longstreet and MOSby, just as
Mr.. Hayes has his Senator Key; but because
one failed to cOncilate the white population OF





that the other will fail also. The appoint
ment of few Southern generals To Office un-
der the last Administration was not attended
by any change of policy in dealing with South
ern affairs. The outrage campaigns went on
al the same, Legislatures were dispersed by the
bayOnet, Governors were upheld by force. IL
was inevitable that under such rule the South
ern white population should become more ana
more embittered, and the old Coniederates
who took Office under the cOnqueror should
be treated as renegades. But the essence OF
Mr.. Hayess policy, so far as we know lt-for
it may not be amiss to remember that as yet
it has not been explained by authority-is to
stop the abuses of which the South complains,
not to make vain attempt to reconcile the
South to abuses by the pucrile device OF toss
ing few paltry Offices to Southern men.
Year: 1877

as correct as most of those who talk d,.,
about it suppose. A great many actors ana
actresses are careful Of their money, maxine
excellent provision for rainy dav. ana
the number Of these has lately in
creased and is still increasing. On the otbe,
hand. there are good many professlon.I
people of this class who follow the scriptuy.l
injunction literally and take no heed of n.
morrow. IL their talents are small, they in.
contnently lapse into vagabond ways and
possibly into beggary. If their services are in
demand, they live like butterflies; and when
the Winter comes Gt is early Winter usually,
they perish under circumstances of mortifyips
squalor. A little prudence will save even tbs
mediocre from this fate, from which no ability
can save the foolshly lavish and childisblv
reckless. These cautions would have been
more needed a few years ago than they ara
now; but even now they are not impertinent
The stage offers great prizes, but when won
they will be of no value to those who cannot
rightly use them.