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Year: 1878

A Western community has been thrown INTO
great grief by the discovery of defaleatiOn
in its gas company.


Ex-Spcaker Grow. who is veteran observer
as well as veteran actor in politics, sees
clearly that the only hope of the Democracy
is in subserviency to the Solid South. That
way hes the only hope of a now demoralized
party.


The close of a campaign in which the Dem
Dcratlc party, In many States and parts of
States, We'd with the Greenbaekers in threat
ening the National credit, brings the same
relief TO business interests as the close OF the
session of semi-DemOcratic Congress. The
First National Bank of this city alone has
sold So, ZOO, 900 worth of United States bonds
since the day after election.


The results of the conference had by a
Clearing House Committee with Secretary
Sherman upon the best means of bringing
about resumption on the day fixed by
law, are set forth elsewhere. The banks
have proposed that all special contracts
shall cease December 81, and thereafter
no special contracts shall be made, and depos-
its shall be payable in the lawful money of
the United States-either gold or paper. A
meeting of the Clearing House is called for to-
day to take the action which is expected to
wipe out the premium on gold.


Fraud in South Carolina is to be supported
by fraud in Florida. Mr.. Mackey was voted
out of the seat to which he is entitled, with
tissue paper ballots; but this precaution hav-
ing been overlooked in Slr. Bisbee's case he
is to be counted out. Next to KNOW
ing that the South. is solid at all,
perhaps the one thing the North will
be least content to know viii be the fact that
the South is made solid by frauds such as
Tweed once hoped would give him control of
the United States--by excluding rightful voters,
by stuffing allot-bOxes, by throwing out hon
est votes. 1t may strike the infatuated leaders
of the Solid South eventually. that they have
made it too unanimous"


The case which the Canadian Government
Is preparing at the instance of the British
Foreign Office, is presumably intended to form
part OF Lord Salisbury's reply to Mr.. Evats's
dispatch. The disposition thus eviRced TO ex-
anime into the basis of the award Will be
regarded with satisfaction in this country,
Secretary Evarts's communication being in
tended to challenge the fullest inquiry. Sir
A. L. Gait, who is being consulted by the
Canadian Government. ought to be able
to say on what calculation the award
is based, as be was one of the two
commissioners who made it. If he will,
Year: 1878

If the burglars OF Saint Marks succeed in dispOs-
ing OF their booty at remunerative figures, new
horror win be added to death for every one who
suspects that his fr ends VIII be able and willing to
make a satisfactory compromise with the holders Of
his remains. a safe deposit burial company may be
Year: 1878

Ex-Spcaker Grow. who is a veteran observer
as well as a veteran actor in politics. sees
clearly that the only hope of the Democracy
is in subserviency to the Solid South. That
way hes the only hope of a now demoralized
party.
Year: 1878

AGAINST THE WOOD TARIFF BILL.-The eX-
ecutive committee of the American Iron and
Steel Association met at Philadelphia yester-
day, and letters were read from manufactur-
erS of iron and steel, all disappearing of the
Wood tariff bill. 1t was resolved to urge that
session of Congress should be at once aban-
Year: 1878

ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR THE WOMAN-SUF-
FRAGIsTS.-The resolve to amend the cOnsti-
tuition in favor of woman suffrage was refused
third reading in the Massachusetts Senate
Yesterday by 19 to 16
Year: 1878

THE EVENT of the evening will he the lee
ture by Grace Greenwood upon - The Heroic
in Common Life at the Congregational
church The famous Hutchinson family will
assist in the affair, and there are intimatiOnS
of an agreeable surprise intended for some
body, that will add vastly to the interest OF the
occasion.
Year: 1878

the regular party conventions Is held He will issue
or have his friends issue manifesto putting him on
an independent platform, running solely the ben-
efit OF the State and the cause OF reform"


The democrats VIII have majority of twenty four
on JOINT ballot In the General Assembly elected in
North Carolina after conceding all the doubtful dis
tricts. fourteen 10 number, to the opposition.


National Republican :'If the nationals succeed In
elsctng only twenty members OF the House they
will possibly hold the balance of power therein.
There were elected to tho present House lao rcpub
cans and l53 democrats, giving the latter thirteen
majority; but by mo,ns OF partisan decisions upon
contested seat that majority has been In
creased TO nineteen. gam Of ten By the repub
hcans their present strength would give
them bare working majority. This Is what the
pubicans hope and working Tor, and 1t seems
PROBABLE that Their hope will be realized, for tho
nationals are evidently drawing more strength from
tho democracy thin from any other source. Tho
struggle in the coming canvass is therefore, OF
life and death for tho democracy because the result
will. have shown, either give the nationals the
balance OF power place tho republicans In control
of the House. ~
Year: 1878

WAsuINGToN, July 9.-After ten days of
scorchng neat Washington visited late this even
ing with long hoped-tor rain STORM 1t served to make
respration possible and life once more thing TO be
thankful for Before it came, brought up under


climate less torrid than that OF Congo, could remain


with any sort Of comfort out Of DOORS and even the most
favored Of Government officials sumptuousy provided
with the conyenlences OF business life, surrounded by
stone walls and waited upon by weatberseasoned at
f6ndans have found 10 impossible 10 make history WIN
any degree OF comfort or tO any great extent
Year: 1878

1t is but reasonable to suppose that II
General Grant should be again chosen 10 the Chici
NaisrRcy his third term would be an improvement on
edy sees what his serious mistakes werc ana Woud Iy
to avoid repetition OF them. He has seen great Gedl Ol
good society abroad and no doubt Will in the future
nave fOudness for the company OF hOrse)ockeys
cession TO the Presidency third term would be by
misfortune, some foolish alarnlsts repre-
sent At the time it's folly TO suppose that Grant


necessity When the country comes 10 such pass tna
il possesses but single competent 10 be President
II Will be high time to establish monarchy ii nc goes
back 10 the White House u will be because ms country
prefers him TO anybody else The event VIII have no
other special Significance and ali talk about the deStruc
ton or the salvation OF institutions resulting from
third term is stuff and nonsense.
Year: 1878

There is no legitimate stopping place when
nee , the investigating machine is set in motion. But
pegury upon perjury, the more closely the lines are
SaNn the better We trust that after Eliza PinkstOn-
Is SAID wall be the next Democratic witness-has
zen heard even Messrs Potter and Butler win be dis


eS enough 20 drop the whole subject and return TO
eit hObes 10 look after their chances reflection
Year: 1878




He had been In the habit of
standing on the curbstone, in front
Of the church, after service, and
waiting for his girl. As he prided
himself greatly upon his politeness
In public places, he invariably,
even after their betrothal, stepped
up to her, and, doff1ng his hat, re-
quested permission to see her
home.


The first time they went to
church together after they were
married, they we're unable to Sc
cure seats together. This, howev.
er, did not worry him. He secured
q seat for hAs wife, and at once
sought his old quarters by the
stove, and among some of his old
cronies.


After service was over, he alb.
sent-inindedly walked with the
boys and took his old stand on the
curbstone. With flashing eyes and
glowing cheeks out came bis wife.
She would have passed him In in
dlgnant silence had he not
stepped up to her as of yore, and
raising his hat, said: "Miss L, may
l have the pleasure of walking with
your"


He had the pleasure OF knowing
when she exclaimed:
"You idiOtic fool, put on your
hat and come alongW
Year: 1878

"Plss il Boots " is mythical person.
age, but the dog in boots is no imagin-


ary creature. Ia the regions OF eternal
snow and ice, where the only beast of


burden is the dog, the cold is sometimes
SO intense that sharp iciclcs form De
t7'een the claws Of the canine s!eGge
travellers. This causes most serious
obstacle to the speedy progression of the
dogs, and would, after a few days, render
them utterly unfit for their laborious
duties, as the icicles grow larger and
larger as they go on, until the poor
creatures are quite unable to stand. The
ol ier dogs, however. will every now and
then stop and bite off the icicles from
their feet. Not so with the novice. He
trudges YEARLY along; every step he
takes adds to his torture, and after Il
time every imprint Of his foot on the
snow bears red stain from his cut and


bleeding paws. At such times the d,g
boot is called into requisition by the
driver, principally for policy, but occa-
slonly, let US hope, out OF humanity. The
dog boot is generally made of raw hide,
and IS simply shaped like small bag Or
pocket. This is drawn over the foot of
the animal and made secure by tying it
round the ankle with leather string.


Thus protected, if the surface of the
snow Is pretty level, these wonderful
Esquimaux dogs will travel at the rate of
forty miles day for many days in sue
cesSiOn
Year: 1878

a lady sends receipt for "hour pud


ding which she says she considers good
Set one and one-halt pints of milk to
scaid; Stir five tablespoons Of -four into
one pint Of cold milk, and when the first
boiEs stir it in; and salt, sugar and nut
meg TO taste: whep cool add seven eggs
and TWO teacups of raisins, and bake
one hour. Use sauce of butter and
sugar stirred to cream, flavor with nut


meg and currant wine. It can be made
! with less eggs. I also make steamed
pudding, which is nice and economical
Take pieces of dry cake of any and all
klnds, soak them in sour milk until they
are soft; mash as fine as possible, and if
there is no fruit in your cake. add few
relslns and soda enough to sweeten the
milk; turn into apudding- dish and steam
one hour; make a thin sauce of boiling
water, sugar, and wine, thicken with a
little flour. You can make this pudding
out Of dry bread in the same way by add
ing one or two eggs, spice, and fruit
canned fruit is nice stirred into this pud-
Year: 1878

TRADE dollars are coming from
China in immense quantities. They
are being purchased with the idea in
view that congress will redeem them at
their face value, Senator Beck having
prepared bill with this intention.
Year: 1878

ty of a relative value between those
metals. No common
ratio between gold and silver could be
agreed upon by the conference. The
general conclusion was reached that it
is necessary to maintain In the world
the monetary functions Of silver, as
well as gold, leaving the selection of
the use of one or the other Of these two
metals. or of both, to be made by each
state.
Year: 1878

The president of q railroad re.
Gently telegraphed to the superin.
tendent Of the line, asking him if he
did not, as business was 30 dull.
think tue boys would stand another
five or ten cent cut. The latter an
swered: "When You made the last
cut l discharged most Of the single
men, and the married men were
each obliged to drown one child.
Should you make another cut
don't know what in the d--l they
would do.n
Year: 1878

Who gives and hides the giving hand


Nor counts ON favor, fame or praise,


Shall find his smallest gift outweigbs
Yae burden of the sea and land.
Who gives TO whom hath nought been given
His gift In need, though small indeed


An is the grass blades wind blown seed
Is large as earth and rich as heaven.
Year: 1878

Iatlent.
I was not patient in that olden time,
" hen my unchastened heart began TO long
For bliss that lay beyond its reach; my prime
Vas wild. impulsive, passionate and strong.
! could not wait for happiness and love,
Heaven sent TO come and nestle In my breast: /:
l could not realize how time might prove
That patient waiting would avail me best,
Let me be happy uow." my heart cried out,
I'm mine own way sud with my chosen lot;
The future 4. too dark and full OF doubt,
For me to tarry and l trust 1t not.
Take all my blessings, all l am and have,
But give that glimpse OF heaven before the


grave-
"Ah me-" God heard my wsyward, selfish


cry,
Aud taking pity on my blinded heart
He bAde the angel OF strong grief draw nigh,
Who pierced my bosom In IL tencerest part.
I drank wrath's wine cup TO the bitter lees.
W it'll strong amazeDent and . broken will;
Then, humbled, strAightwsy fell upon my


knees,
And God doth know my heart /, kneeling still.
l have grown patient; seeking not to choose
Mine osn blind lot. but take that God shall


send.
In which. II whxt ] long for should lose.
l know the lost will work some blessed end,
Some better fate for mine and me thsn
Could ever compass Underneath the sky.


An the Year Round.
Year: 1878

A genuine tramp is an inmate of Mis-.
souri, poorhouse. He was doctor at one
time of his life, but tired of his profession
and ceased practice. Then his wife worked
for him till she worked to death, and then
he tramped. Believing that work wasn't
healthy, he had resolved never to work any
more. His mind was fully made up on
that subject. He did not want to steal, and
he had to live. A poorhouse was what he
was looking for. The poOrhouse keepers
told him that If he staid there he would
have to work. He thought not. No more
work for him under any circumstances.
They put him in dark cell for twenty-four
hours, to bring him to a sense of his loneli-
ness and isolation, feeding him moderately.
They piled him with the labor question
wouldn't work. They shut him up for
twenty-four hours more. His determine.
ton remained unaltered. Ten days passed,
and he still refused to work. Doctors were
called in, and found the man serene, per-
fectly healthy in mind and body, aud he
moreover proved himself physician by
answering correctly all the professional
questions put to him. He was stumper.
They had never before met case of lHzi-
ness where forty-eight hours of enforced
idleness and darkness and silence would not
bring aeaction. They took him out and
put hoe in his hand. He dropped the
hoe. They tried to make him follow a
pillow. He dropped in the furrow. SO they
turned him loose among the other paupers,
and find him useful in lecturing them on
morals and giving them good advice. SO
be has his uses after all.
Year: 1878

Grit Is good thing to haVj but you don1
want tu much oT it. have known folks
who had SO much grit that they didn't
know when they were whipt. This don't
pay. l like to see q man who aint afrHdo
to fight a windmill when she Is In full
blast but ! don't kare to see him do IL; IL
is hard thing to do, and they don't know
neither when they hav got ehuf. Grit and
spunk are two twins, and their mother is
Courage and their father il Bravery.
have seen grit and spunk and even courage,
that didn't have bit Of bravery in them.
Bravery always acts from principle. Grit
maybe rite and it may be wrong. It amt
very certain or partikilar which. Gritty
men amt always luvlyj they are too much
like sand paper to handle-always ready for
scratch. l like grit in everything but my
hash there il where kant bear it. Give
every man you meet big haff of the turn.
pike, but if he insists on the whole ov itths
religion of the Billings family is to arbitrate
the case at onst. If a man smote yu on ono
check, turn him the other one If yu like but
don't let him Smote that. That amt fair
Josh. Billings.
Year: 1878

Some people are 50 in the habit Of grumb.
ling that they are never happy except when
doing it. Nothing is ever quite right 10
them unless it is just enough wrong to en-
able them to complain of it. 1t Is better,
however, not to finger every rose with the
certainty that if you search long enough you
will find the thorn. The end of such habit
is well put in the following lines.--
He finds he has sorrows more deep than his


tears,


He grumblcs to think he has grumbled for


yearsj


He grumbles to think he has grumbled away
His home and bis fortune, his life's little day.
But, alas 'tis too late it is no use to say
That his eyes are too dim and his hair is too


gray.


He knows he Is wretched as wretched can bej
There Is no one more wretchedly wretched


than he.
Year: 1878

On nSundaylast, the body of a colored infant
was found on one of the streets in this city,
When discovered life was extinct, and one
arm was broken. The body was turned
over to the proper authorities. Ut was
black china).
Year: 1878

The Union Temperance Reform Club of
this city are doing a good work Their
meeting of Monday evening was one full of
interest and evinced determination on the
part of its members to per sst in their efforts
to reclaim the fallen.
Year: 1878

Look for the big advertisement of Chas
r. Scull in our next issue. Mr.. Scull is
prepared to offer unusual advantages to all
wanting anything in the painting and wall
papering line.
Year: 1878

Before the regular business the
of occasional organized Spendous coupled
attractions elaborate The
and First Fresh Goods will stimulate business
Depot, but trust, throughout the city.
Year: 1878

On Monday last, sad and fatal accident
occurred on the farm occupied by Mr.. E..
Collin Woodruff, near the Iron Works.
VIM. Woodruff. while engaged in rolling
piece of land, with heavy wooden roller,
was thrown to the ground, the roller pass
ing over his body. In this position he is
supposed to have lain for nearly two hours,
when he was discovered by his uncle
When found he was unconscious. Medical
aid was summoned, and everything done to
relieve his sufferings, but to no avail. He
fingered until Tuesday morning when he
died. The young man was greatly respect
ed in this community.
Year: 1878

he could make the trip without freezing to
death. But he managed to make it, loaded
down with clothes and piled over with robes.
He camo near dying with cold in DIR. Webb s
office, and the doctor built great fire and
partially thawed him ont. But the new
physician could make nothing Of the case
and sent the patient home. 1t was on the
trip homeward that James Knox froze to
death under the hot son of the south. His
cold became unbearable, and he jumped out
of the wagon and ran. The driver caught
him, brought him back, and drove on rapid
ly. Presently the patient became quiet and
sank in a stupor, and James Knox actually
froze to death and lay corpse in the wagon,
bed under the blazing sun of Mississippi
with the temperature at 80. It is an
anomalous case for the books.
Year: 1878

fast becoming undeceived. The blood that
had been spilled in the late war was the last
that would be shed in combats instigated
by the ambition of princes. The next COM
bat would be that of the people against
kings. Other speeches at the supper were
of violent character. The municipal au-
thorities here are uneasy at the presence of
Miss Sassulitch, and they have intimated to
her that her early departure would be
agreeable to them.
Year: 1878




Many travellers between this city and
Cleveland became:acquainted during the
Hat ten years with AT old gentleman who
spent much Of his time at the Wellsville


depot hotel, and who generally went out
oace day to his farm along the line OF
the Z. " +. road, a mile or two beyond
Yellow Creek junction. He was known
a, the man who had seen better days, and
who at one time had filled conspicuous
and important position in business cir
rIe4 in New York. lie had been the pro-
prieior Of The Collins line OF steamships,
the pioneer American line, and his name
n.el to often figure in the debates and
appropriation bills Of Congress. The
New York Iiznid has devoted many long
leaders to appeals TO Congress to grant
liberal subsidies TO his line for car
rying the maiIs, just aa the Brit
i.h Government granted liberal aid
To the Cunard line. But the iates seemed
to be against Mr.. Collins and his line.
Two Of his ships III we remember right
were lost at sea, on one Of which, the
Arctic, hls wife and one or two children,
returning from Europe, went down. Like
that i'll lated man "whom disaster fol-
lowed fast and followed faster" one cir
crlulstance alter another in the different
phases OF his life in New York occurred
to drag him down, until both pride and
reduced circumstances drove him to seek
refuge and seclusion on the country place
that he bought some fifteen years ago,
with the remnant OF his means, at the
point designated on the G. & P. road.
There he lived, part Of the time alone and
part Of the time with his second wife,
who, growing tired Of his seclusion, jour.
neyed back and forward between his
place and New York, 30 that he, to re-
lieve the tedium Of his life, spent nearly
every night at The depot hotel in Wells.
vile, going out again on the train every |
morning.


At the limo that. the excitement in iron
ores developed, itself in 1s7l.72, in the
vicinity of Yellow Creek, the old gentle
man wasl firmly persuaded that he had
found bonanza on his place, and his
whole talk 10 his acquantances from
Wheeling and other points along the
river was upon the subject Of iron and its
great future in this country and through |
out the world. He was as sanguine and,
perhaps, ns enthusiastic in regard to iron
"a lie used to be in regard to his steam.
ship. Poor man, he lived to sec his lat.
ter hopes and expectations perish along
with his earlier prospects, and The lamp
Of his life went out at last amid scenes
very different from those to which he had
once been accustomed. He died yester.
day in New York, anil so reduced and
necessitous were his circumstances that a
few days ago number Of his friends
made up purse for the purchase Of an
oil painting Of himself in his possession,
to place in the gallery Of the Chamber Of
Commerce.


He once related little circumstance in
connection with the loss OF his wife and
children on the Arctic. lie said that
81 hours before the news reached New
York, Judge Edmonds, the noted Spirit
ualisi, came TO him and told him Of the
Ios he had sustained. This circumstance
seemed to have 80 deeply impressed his
mind that ever afterwards he was a be-
lever in Spiritualisnl.
Year: 1878

Bakers conscientious propensities hay,
become so sensitive and thin like since he
quit the lottery business, that he cannot
look upon even the innocent amusement
Of comparing his circulation with that Of
"spavined and decaying newspaper
with any degree Of allowance. Rather
than "put up" he will hereafter "shut
up" Since the day that Saul went down
from Jerusalem TO Damascus, there has
been no such sudden conversion Of chief
among sinners as this.
Year: 1878

the wintry Atlantic coast. and under prop
erly rigorous system of inspection would be
refused certificate Some have been good
boats in their day, but are now too old for
hard service. Some have been altered un-
skilfully, and weakened by the change. Some
have rickety engines, either imperfectly fitted
together or imperfectly put in; accidents to
good machinery are often caused by the tact
that the engine is not carefully adjusted and
made fast to the hull, so that the parts work
ever so little out of place. Some vessels have
no sufficient outfit in case of accident, ana
many are not half manned. AS we said be-
fore, it is not our intention to apply these re-
marks to the Livingston, the Barnes, or the
Gulf Stream. Those boats did cope success
fully with their bad luck. and the fact that
they came safe into port affords presump-
ton that they were well handled. But that
there are steamship owners and captains who
every Winter court disaster on our most peril
ors coast line, seems to be the fixed belief OF
those who follow the sea; and it is to be hoped
that the lessons of the past three weeks may
teach them to take account OF their condition.
and incte the Government inspectors ana the
underwriters to stricter scrutiny.