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Year: 1879

The course OF the wearicst river


Euds in the great grey sea
The acorn, 70 ever and ever


strives upward to the tree
The rainbow. the sky adorn ug


Shines promise through the storm
The glimmer OF coming morning


Through midni, lat gloom wal form
BY time all knots are riven


Complexal though they loo
And peace will at last bo gwen.


Dear, both to you and mo.
Then, though the path may be cary.
Look onward to tho goal
Though the heart and the heal bo wosry.
Let faith INSPIRE the soul.
Sock the right though the wrong be tempting
Speak truth at any cost
Vain is all weak exempting


When once the gem is lost.
Let strong hand and keen eye be ready,
For plan aud smbuzhed foes
Though earnest aud fancy steady


Bear Test unto the c.ose.
The heavy clouds may be raining,


But with evening comes the light
Through the dark are low winds complaining,
Yet the sunrise gds the height
And love has his hidden treasure


For the patient aud the pure
And time gives his full measure


To the workers who endure
And the Word that no law has shaken


Has the future pledge supplied
For we know that when we awaken


We shall be satisfied
Year: 1879

necessarily more so. His province here has been


rather to drive Rowell and keep him up to


his utternost, and right gallantly has he fulfilled


it. Some fresher man-some one who has been


saving himself and has q reef or two yet to shake


out; he is likely to be the dangerous man And


who are they? Hazael Weston-yes. Wes-


ton-and possibly. Ennis But you surely


either OF the other two done his all thus far? 1t


doesn't look like it, These not boys They do


not go into after race Of this sort for moth
ing John Ennis is sturdy determined man


quiet and resolute. and thirty-seven years old He


has seen many severe test of his pluck and stay.
most alarmingly. brave, noble act by which he
saved two lives in the water ut Margae. strained
him that he went into the English battle crippled:
He wants to wipe out these things. though they
came through no fault of his. Always in dead
earnest. wonder his face looked almost
savage yesterday when he found that stomach
again threatening rebellion. But that look has gone
to-day, and he has dashed along, both walking ana
running. until ii keeps on the track till midnight
50 more. Forty behind Rowell. to be sure
but the less tired man of the two. and all wiu re-
A75th mile in 6m. lis. Weston. too. looks as
II he would be nearly ten miles lies stu nearer carer
he never went it easier early in than yester
day and to-day. One hundred and eighty-hve is the
best he wiz do by midnight ana iSc moro PrSb ttsr
ninety dav for the rest OF the week. and that
may win this race but it doesn't now look like it,
But Hazael how about him? All. there's an un-
explored field If his stomach will get we'll. as it
probably will he looks he could do at any rate
ns much as Weston, if not little more.
Three miles ahead of him now. he will
probably stay 70 the end but they'll
make grand race between them in their efforts to
catch Guyop. And will they succeed? Scarcely, for
he has never gone lame or stiff once yet.
But why not Merritt I? Yes. why not?
Merritt has done 1876 already. eight more than
Hazael, and but ten behind Guyon and in his bright,
fresh, salmon colored silk hat is now running and
ct u fine pace at that, while Hart is close to
him and SO fresh and clipper that both
of them may cut down those three old
fellows after all. Indeed it is ybody's race yet
for third place and mighty like it for second. and
the second day Of this great contest draws to its
close it is far harder to get safe idea about
the Saturday result than many would imagine In
event the prospect is excellent that all records
will be beaten, and not unlikely by more than one
man at that and that of the first two American
vii almost certainly be one.
Year: 1879

We clip the following from last week 8 Connecticut Catholic

 However much some may deny it, it still remains fact that the policy of Pope Leo XIII is different from that of Plus TX Both were good under the circumstances of the times. It was right for Plus TX. to denounce Victor Emmanuel and oppose the project of a United Italy, but it is equally right and quite prudent for Leo XIII to strengthen the con- servative elements of Italy that rally round Humbert l. so that the revolutionists may not have it all their own way. It was right for Plus TX. to receive the support of Napoleon III during his reign and defend ceurageously the Temporal Power as long as It lasted, but no one supposes that it can be restored except at the cost of bloody war-the destruction of the Italian Nation-and total reversal of all the changes of the past twenty years So Pope Leo XII, while not recognizing the usurpation and reserving all the Church rights, dees not carry on war with Italy. He has sold the last ship of the Papal navy, routed out lot of old, useless lumber in the Vatican in the way of servants, soldiers, etc

 Says the correspondent of the Catholic Standard:

 "The question of Catholic participation in the political life of Italy is becoming more animated daily, and is handled with great 1ICCuoLi oy tHo SdtHOllC JouTHdllStS TdIueF Margottis formula, neither elect nor electors, is regarded as obsolete. The Pope is silent Once, and only, has he spoken of the mat ter In familiar audience granted to a dstn- guished Catholic parsonage of Italy, who asked his opinion on the question, he said, Discuss it.. But all are agreed on one point, and it is this: Sooner or later to the polls we must go.'"

 Without discussing the question whether the policy of Leo and the very different policy of Plus could both have been right, we recog- nize with pleasure disposition on the part of American Catholics to acquesce in the more conciliatory course of the later pontiff What effect the determination of Catholics to go tc the polls will have upon Italian politics we cannot pretend to predict That it is a wise determination for the church, and that it will be better in the end for the state we have lit tie doubt In most Catholic countries the extreme conservatism of the church makes the party of progress to large degree an infde party. Whether less violently reactionary spirit in the Vatican will produce a change l in this respet remains to be seen.
Year: 1879

The tramp is to the country what the occu- pant of the tenement house is to the city. One, however, is an old nuisance the other, comparatively new. Hence the air is full of threatenings of punishment and eXtermination against the tramp, while the objectionable city person is treated with a forbearance only accor- ded to evils of very long standing. In fact the human product of the tenement house is not only an older but far greater danger to society than the tramp. Our strolling beggars are a small proportion of the whole country population even at the worst On the other hand the tenement houses of New York con- tain nearly if not quite half the p opulation of the city. The physical life of the tramp is deicded improvement on that of the slums of a city. His moral condition is certainly not in- ferior The proportion of criminals in tene- ment house population is probably greater than that among our country tramps, nor are the crimes they commit less serious In the country, vice has at least the advantage of be- ing well scattered while, in the city, it becomes pestilental from it's frightful accumulation in- to narrow limits. The country constable usu- ally finds little difficulty in keeping the tramp in order while our cities must maintain large and expensive army of policemen whose chief duty it is to watch, to seize, and to punish the occupant of the tenement houses.

 If then, the tramp is a nuisance to be sav- agely exterminated from the country, how are we to treat the tenement house? Into few blocks of ill-lighted, discovered buildings are crowded thousands of paupers, criminals, and prostitutes. The product of such life can be nothing less than ruin. The moral and physical condition of the herds of women and children harbored in these abominable holes, is simply horrible. Health and morality are utterly incompatible with such surroundings. If the well being of society requires that the | tramp should be hustled out of our country by-ways into work houses or state prisons, is there not ten times the necessity that every city tenement house should be razed to the | ground Indeed, we have always wondered that decency had not long since risen up and destroyed these nurseries of vice.

 The evil has escaped destruction simply be- cause it is so old and so enormous. The an- cient city offered still more striking contrast of novels with palaces than the modern. It is only of late that the better city people have learned how much they suffer physically from l the squalor of their ill-condtioned neighbors

 It is only of late that they have begun to claim the right to regulate evil modes of life not per haps vicious in themselves, but which inevi-

 ably tend to vice. They must carry reform still further, and sternly obliterate such breed, ing grounds of niquity as the tenement house, where are congregated all the pauperism and nine-tenths of the crime which bring city so- ciety into deserved disrepute.
Year: 1879

MILmAUKEE Wis

 March 8th, 1876.

 ED ENQUIRER: There is difference of decision of the U. s. Supreme Court on poly gamy A certain class would punish ndis- criminately, while another would be more hu- mane. We should not forget that the Mormons have been models of industry, having reclaim ed barren, cut of-the-way desert, doing it just in time to be of the greatest value to over- land travel to Calfornia-in a>sense, an act of providence. Whatever may have been the case with Joseph Smith and Brigham Young it is evident that the present generation of Mormons are sincere. Misguided and igno- rant as they are. we must remember that the thousands of woman who so recently petition ed Congress are devoted to their religion

 Slavery was as great crime as pelygamy, yet who proposes to punish the holder 1? The system was an inherited one, and it would be manifestly unjust to attempt to punish the present generation with fine and imprison- ment for what is in fact the crime of many generations.

 Let the decision of the Supreme Court re- suit in the abolition, but not in the punishment of polygamy! An institution of so long stand ing, no matter how bad. cannot be uprooted in d day. It cannot be persecuted out of exist ence. The government permitted Mormonism to establish itself in what was then the most forlern and inaccessible part of the country. For thirty years they have followed their pc culiar religious and social practices without se- rious molestation. No doubt polygamy, like slavery deserves abolition but does it not in common fairness also deserve that amount of consideration in the process of abolition which wise statesmanship has always accorded to long established evils? Let Congress pass laws abolishing polygamy for the future, but granting a general amnesty for past offences and legitimizing children of plural marriages. Such legislation would be just; it would not make criminals of whole population and it might be enforced, where the result of attempt ing more may be to accomplish nothing

 F. M R
Year: 1879

EDITOR ENQUIRER I live in a school dis trlct where there are twenty -one males who can vote in school meetings. Of this number twelve pay no taxes except poll tax and the poll taxes of five out of the twelve are abated by the selectmen. Of the remaining nine More than one half of the taxable property in the district is owned by women. I think that women own about two thirds of the real estate Now the twelve non taxpayers govern the district. They are always in favor of lavish expenditures. Not one dollar of all the sums of money that they vote to pay comes out of their own pockets. The eleven female tax payers have no voice in affairs whatever Their children go to school, yet the mothers nave no voice in selecting teachers. The property of these women is taxed but they have no right to say how their money shall be spent. Not only are these women dlsfranchised and their wishes utterly ignored but the male taxpayers are virtually disfranchised by being outnumbered. Evidently this state of things is not right. What is the remedy? 1.-the eleven female tax payers could vote, they, together

 with the male tax payers could control district matters. If Gu the females of legal age should be allowed to vote, upwards of twenty females would be added to the non tax-paying voters, and the condition of affairs would be still worse Shall it not be said that women have equal rights with men ?-and if men who pay no taxes can vote, why not women? Is not the simple truth this: Suffrage is not natur- al right at all that the suffrage is already too much extended; that it's further extension ought to be carefully guarded; that little, a Ue,y Httle more fooling with the suffrage will upset our institutions and disgust the best I friends of our form of government.

 SoMNAMBULIsT.
Year: 1879

The legislature expects to finish its business

 this week: adjourn over Dext week to give the

 governor time to examine the bills submitted

 to him and then return for final adjourn

 ment, the week after.

 After quite sharp discussion in the House,

 further meddling with the statute regarding

 exemptions from facterizing process was | checked by an indefinite postponement of the bill proposing several important changes. We regret to see that the woman suffrage committee has reported against all the bills be-

 fore them. There can be no doubt of the jus

 tice, whatever may be said of the suficiency of the measures proposed.

 The civil procedure bill passed the Senate, last week, in spite of the opposition of the two lawyers in that select body. Mir. Phillips, chairman of the Judsciary committee, natural ly led the opposition His speech, as it ap- pears in the papers, is carefully elaborated eff fort,a sort of show piece, such as most speeches are apt to seem to the cool reader. Its great faults are those of exaggeration and misrepre- sentation. It undertakes the faults of the old system as much as it overrates the dangers of the new. Code pleadings no doubt have their technicalities, but these are neither so many nor so dangerous as those of the common law procedure. The bar of Connecticut is by no means unused to the new style of pleadngs. It is founded upon that now practiced in our equity courts and almost all our lawyers must have noticed how seldom it is that tech nalities interfere with the due course of justice on that side; while the reports are full of cases dismissed, on the common law side, for mere technical errors in no way affecting their mer- it's. In all the States in which codes have been adopted we have yet to hear of single in- stance of return to the common law practice. On the other hand, the number of States in which the simpler modes of pleading are adopt ed is constantly increasing There is another consideration which we have not seen much dwelt upon. Lawyers are still at liberty to use the old forms of declaration if they are afraid of the new. Nor ought they to con- plain, when acting upon the defensive, if they are called upon to make simple statement of matters really relied upon, instead of spreading out irrelevant pages of ''notice" suggesting all suits of insufficient and irrelevant defences, as is 70 often the case under our practice,
Year: 1879

The contest for the Speakership of the new House was ended on Monday by choice in the Democratic caucus of Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the last House He is a hard mon- 6y man, and, on that account more satisfacto " to the East than to the West. The Repub- licans nominated Mir. Garfield, It is expected that the business of the extra session will be confined to the passage of the appropriation bills which failed in the last session with the same objectionable provisions as before.
Year: 1879

A fire proof museum is to be built near the Smithsonian institute at Washington, for sto- age of government curiosties for which there is no suitable place elsewhere $25O. GOO were appropriated for this purpose by the late Con-
Year: 1879

A Tax of thirteen mills the dollar has been laid n by the town of Litchfeld upon the assessment list of said town of 187s which the undersigned is prepared to receive. discount of one half of per cent will be allowed all taxes paid on or be fore the 18th of March, 1s79 To all taxes unpaid the first of May, 1879, will be added per cent of the amount thereof. and one per cent additional for each month thereafter said taxes shall remain paid.

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Year: 1879

The Missouri legislature is using every pos sble means to assist repudiating counties in that State to evade the payment of their debts

 The Dominion Government has undertaken to arrange protective tariff for Canada, which is also to make an increase of two millions in the revenue
Year: 1879

It is now said that the consolidated road has got control of the Air Line. Its managers have been buying up the first mortgage bonds of that road, foreclesed sometime since, and it is thus not only killing rival line, but putting itself in competition with the Boston & Albany road for through Western travel to the former city.
Year: 1879

The legislature expects to finish its business this week adjourn over Dext week to give the governor time to examine the bills submitted to him; and then return for final adjourn ment, the week after
Year: 1879

THE FOURTH IN WEAVER The Red
White and Blue was prominent about
town on the Glorious Fourth, but more
particularly the latter. Nearly every
body looked "blue" and our citizens
seemed to feel considerably ashamed of
themselves. There was absolutely moth.
ing done in the way of celebration and
the many folks in town wandered about
aimessly, only stopping to remark that
it was awful dull for the Fourth. -
Well, what of it? Nobody is to blame
but the people of WeaverviIe, for there
is no reason why they should not get up
and enjoy nice little celebration every
Fourth. This would not only be salts
factory to ourselves, but also to many
residents of outside towns who are always
willing and anxious to spend the Fourth
here if our people will lake the trouble to
make it entertaining. Let us do some>
thing next year.
Year: 1879

SINGING CLASSES Prof. III. H. Ray
proposes to organize two classes in Vocal
Music, one to consist Of Juveniles and the
other of adults. All intending to place
themselves under his instruction are re-
quested to meet at the Old intermediate
School Building next Saturday evening
a: o'clock, in order that the classes may
be arranged. Terms-S2 so per month
OF four weeks-two lessons being given
each week. Special attention will be paid
to instruction in the art of reading music


The low price at which the Pro lessor
proposes to instruct should insure him a
full school, as all can afford it. The
children will be instructed at 4 o'clock in
the afternooa and adults in the evening.
Year: 1879

For ROAD OvERsEER.-In another
column Paul Tromback informs the
voters of Weaver District that he is a
candidate for Road Overseer subject to
their decision at the Polls. Paul is a
laboring man and one of the early pio-
neers of Trinity having lived here since
the Spring of 80. He was candidate
for this same position two years ago
and received very Aattering vote. If
elected he will make good officer and
put the roads in good travelling condi-
ton.
Year: 1879

WARNING Candidates for Coun
ty Officers have opeEed the campaign
quite lively and have hard work ahead of
them If they expect to keep up .heir lick
for The next two months. Many of the
precincts on the outside have already
been visited by one or more of the can
didates and everything apparently fixed
up, but The long time to intervene before
election will probably necessitate a re-
adjustment. Candi1ly we believe there
is altogether too much electioneering for
County Offices and would advise all
hands to 60 slow. The people are de-
termned to vote for the best men, and
probably all would receive just as many
votes by staying at homo and letting
the matter take its own course.
Year: 1879

On CANON CREEK.-One Of the most
pleasant and satisfactory celebrations
which occurred in the county on the
Fourth was thatg giver by the good people
Of Canon City and vicinity. 1t was we'll.
attended by all the people living in that
section and goodly number from other
places. A picnic and dance were in
dulged in and new and altogether sat
lsiactory feature was that visitors were
not allowed To spend anything while on
the Creek. Everything was free and a
most pleasant time the result.
Year: 1879

WILL RETURN.-A. Warren gives
notice in advertising columns that he
will leave junction City and again open
his Shoemalser's Shop at the Old Stand in
Weaverville. He offers for sale the
House and Lot he now occupies in june
ton City, and asks all indebted to him in
that section to settle up at once.
Year: 1879

A SPLENDID TIME.-One of the larg.
est Balls for long time was that given
by the Electric B. b. G. at Todd's
Theater on the Fourth OF July night.
One hundred and forty people were in
attendance and dancing kept up until
four O'Clock next morning. The hall
had been thoroughly cleaned and nicely
decorated, and everything went off
pleasantly. The supper at the New
York Hotel was gotten up in good style
and gave thorough satisfaction.
Year: 1879

IMPORTANT TO VoTERs.-In order to
vote at the September election your name
nanst be on the Great Register before the
first of August. Do not delay, but attend
to this important matter at once.
Year: 1879

There is no nobler office in the
world than to nobly, honestly,pure
ly entertain the people. To be
amused is to take the bitter drop of
gall out of the things of life.
Amusement takes away the sting
of care and furnishes medicine
for the heart. 1t cures the miasma
of the mind, and the art of anus
ing men, women and children in
nocently is thing of which the
proudest might be proud. The en-
tertainment which can win the
elevated and the noble to smile de-
serves the respect and gratitude OF
every person; to make people
laugh; to carry them out of them
selves and out of the hard world
about them, is task for the noblest
intellect. Such things are accom-
plished every Sunday at Washing


ton Gardens. Be sure and come.
Bring your wife and family. a9-1m
Year: 1879

X provideut New Yorker, on leaving the city for trip with bis family, placed d pla- card just inside the hall door couched in the following language: "To burglars or those intending to burgle. All my plate, jewelry and other V luabes gre in the Safe Deposit Companys vaults. The trunks cupboards, etc, contain nothing but sec ond hand clothing and similar matters toe bulky to remove, on which you would real ize comparative little. The key are Tn the left hand top drawer or the sideboard-ii you doubt my word You will also find there a certified check t0 bearer for fifty dollars, which will remunerate you for your loss of time and disappointment. Please wipe your feet on the mat, and don't spill any candle grease on the carpets.