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Year: 1879

organ, will tomorrow publish state
ment that Evarts, the two Shermans,
Blaine and other Republicans are doing
all in their power to effect the organiza-
tio1 of the Niceraguian Canal Company
with view 10 making Grant president
and taking him out of the Presidential
race. The article will also state that
Grant will come here sooner than he
expected, in order to perfect initiatory
steps for forming the canal company
1t further says that whether he Is made
president of the company or not he will
be nominated by the Republican Con.
vention and that Southern Independents
have given assurances of their assistance
to elect him."
Year: 1879

ADMIRAL AMMEN AWAITING THE RETURN OF


GENERAL GRANT BEFORE ORGANIZING THE


NEW COMPANY.


Rear Admiral Ammen said yesterday that he has
already addressed communication to the Nicars-
guam government on the subject of General Grants
consenting to assume the presidency Of responsible
company for the construction Of an interoceanic
canal He did this in order to warn that govern
ment against all Irresponsible parties who might
apply for q concession. No company has been as
yet formed. and action will be taken prior TO the
return Of General Grant who is expected to arrive
San francisco at an early date. There can be no
doubt. in the opinion of the Admiral, Of the entire
of enterprise started under such auspices
tween the Gulf and the Pacific. the Admiral reiter
ated the views expressed by him before the recent
International Congress at Paris. These views are as
ollows:-First, that the discussion in Paris has
question only the Nicaragua aud Panama routes
need critical examination, and that sufficient infor-
nation exists to all other routes; second, that
the canal niveau by the Isthmus of Panama, either
with or without tunnel. has been shown to be
hopeessly impracticable, IL considered
commercial question. At the Congress 1t
quite apparent AZ the two routes presented
and discussed that the able engineers generally
ranged themselves on the side OF the Nicaragua
route What the effect OF the organization of new
company, with General Grant at the head would be
on the Do Lesseps project the Admiral declined TO
express opinion. The deep interest taken by all
nations IN the question OF water communication be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific, and the
advantages to be reaped from it in the commerce of
the world has now assumed, he said, an eminently
practical shape and must inevitably lead
ful results The question OF cost he considered .
secondary consideration compared with the future
benefits.
Year: 1879

II the Treaty Of Washington cannot be enforced
without the consent Of tho local authorities in New
foundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. aud IL
those provinces may accept or ignore treaties made
by the imperial government at their pleasure, why
deal with Great Britain at ALP Why not treat d.
recty with the provinces which have control of the
matter2 Five and q half millions would probably
have gone much further in promoting our interests
in the Dominion OF Canada than they seem to have
gono in Great Britain.
Year: 1879




| TELL YOU WOMEN are more
prudent than men. IteH you,
as a rule, women are more
faithful than men-ten times
as faithful as men. I never
saw a man pursue his wife
into the very ditch and dust
of degradation and take her
III his arms. ] never saw a
man stand atithe shore where
she had been morally wreck
ed, waiting tor the waves to
pring back even her corpse to
his arms; but / have seen wo-
man, with her white arms,
lift man from the miro Of de-
gradation, and hold him to
her bosom as though he were
an angel.-4Ingersolls n,o44
Year: 1879

The proposed action of the Legislature in
regard to court stenographers is short sighted
economy. Comparatively few who commence
the study of shorthand succeed in gaining
practical knowledge of the art. In order
to practice it successfully in court the re-
porter must possess quick hands, retentive
memory, an active mind, and have general
knowledge Of law and the trial of causes.
Stenographers do not have constant employ
ment and only receive pay when courts are
in session. Courts can do nearly twice as
much work with them as without them. A
bill is now before the Legislature to reduce
their per diem to SO 90 What an induce
ment for one to learn shorthand
Year: 1879

The announcement in the argus that a
conspiracy has been discovered in Washing
ton having for its object the arrest and i'm
prisonment of leading Democrats, has caused
something like a panic in Portland. The
CONSERVATION among prominent members of
the party in this city is extreme. Ono lead.
ing local politician was called upon twice Sat-
urday at bis home. and the domestic who an.
swered the bell said each time that he had
lust gone out" Another Democrat was
seen in the early morning hurrying toward
railway station, his face so closely mufied
up as to be hardly recognizable. Another
disguised himself by shaving off bis beard.
At church yesterday few prominent Demo-
Gratis we're to be seen.


Many subterfuges we're resorted to in order
TO escape arrest. One man caused 1t to be
announced Saturday morning that he was in
Augusta, though he was certainly seen on
the streets of Portland that day. Another
gave out that he had gone to Washington,
and received much praise for his courage In
boarding the lion in its den until it was dis
covered that he was secreted in the cellar of
his house. To those who discovered him he
pretended that be was '.fxing the furnace
an evident evasion. Yet another put card
on the door bearing this legend: "Out Of
town; back in ten days." One man averreo
he had business in New Hampshire, but it
was noticed that he took the Grand Trunk
train, whereas the Boston roads were the
shortest way. Iudeed, the trains Canaoa-
ward over the Grand Trunk were heavily
loaded Saturday, and conductor who has
been on the road many years says 1t remind
ed him of the times during the war. It
looked good, he added, to see the old familiar
faces. Diligent inquiry showed that the edi-
tor of the Argas had not been at bis Office in
town during the day.


1t was rumored that secret meeting was
held Saturday evening to concert measures
for resistance. Strict inquiries, however,
show that the runner was without foundation.
1t was probably started with the base purpose
of infaming the public mind.
Year: 1879

THIS from the Boston Journal: A cor
respondent recalls the fact that at the time
of the Dexter bank affair it was held that the
men who murdered Brrruu uvro- tho same
ones who committed robbery Of the express
office in Dexter shortly previous, and in ac-
cordance with this belief, the man who had
been arrested for the latter crime was dis
charged. BE wants to know whether we
ought now to believe that Barron robbed the
express Office as well as the bank, before com.
mitting suicide in the highly ingenious and
complicated manner described by the detec-
at least one individual, well known in Dexter
and resident there, who maintains that the
man who robbed the express Office and who
killed Barron is now living In Dexter.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and commun,
cations. The and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necesssriy for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve com.
munications that are not used
Year: 1879

On dill. that a Partisan recently went on his
wedding tour, and while still absent, i've days
after he had acquired th4 relation, he was In.
formed by telegram that bis mother had de.
parted for that bourne for which no excursion
tickets are sold. With touching sincerity the
sfiicted man has erected monument TO her
memory with this epitsph: "To the best Of
mothers-in-lawl"
Year: 1879




True to the promise Of thy iar.od youth, =
When all who loved thee, for thee p'ophe'
A grand, full life, devoted to the truth
tAnoble cause, by suffering sanctihed:
True to all beauties of the poet-thought
Which made thy you tn so eloquent an
True to iii duties which thy manhood brought
To take The room of fancies light ana neet'
True to the steadfast walk and narrow way. ..
Which thy forefathers of the covenant tlod!
True to thy friend In foul or sunny day,
True thy homo, thy country: and thy God;
True to the world. which still Is false TO- thee,
And true to alias thou art true to me.
True to the vow that bound us in the lane,
That summer evening when the brown bird


sang.


Piercing The silence with sweet notes OF PAIN
While echoes over all the woodland rang.
True to the vows We plighted on that day,
Each to fsrsake all other for the one;
Ceaving together through the unknown way
TIL death made void the union then begun
True to the love brought by little hand;
True-though the patter OF the childish iee'
Have passed from earth into the silent land;
Loss hal}ows love, and love Is still com


pleto;
l can lit up mine eyes from the tear-drop'
For thou are true to all these things-and


me.
Year: 1879

DlPLoMACYsAT THE THEATRE.-An appre-
ciatiye audience assembled at the Theatre
last night to witness the rendition OF Di.
plomacy by the Barrymore combination.
The play went off very smoothly, and the
audience were highly delighted.


There will be q grand matinee tomorrow,
and the ladies will have an opportunity OF
witnessing one OF the best performances
we have bad here for some time.
Year: 1879

1t has been decided to ask our County
Commissioners to assist, by an appropria-
ton, in defraying the expense of publish
ing the immigration document. There is
no question but that We must make an eff
fort to have all the vacant lands in this
county occupied. To do this, there is no
surer or more feasible plan than the one
proposed. If we wish to secure portion
of the large immigration that will come to
this State in the -pring, we must lose no
time. There is no surer way to attract
notice than by advertising, we mean by
this, the issuing of a pamphlet as proposed
by the Board of Trade, the pamphlet to
contain description of the towns and
county, and the many advantages offered,
both to the farmer and the capitalist. A
few dollars spent in this direction would
return four-fold indeed no figures could
give any idea of its value to both county
and towns. Our neighbors at Hancock and
! Donnelly are equally interested iu this mat
ter, they will of course wan. to be repre-.
sented and have place in the pamphlet,
and ii is very essential that they should be
that they will bear small portion of the
expense we do not doubt. We hope the
County Commissioners will see the benefits
to be derived. and if go. do not doubt hu


that they will be as liberal as in their Judge
ment the county can afford.
Year: 1879

The Pioneer Press is now advoca'ing d
reduction in the annual appropriation, FOR
publishing the laws in the newspapers
They wonid have it understood that they
advocate he measure simply because of
its economically featured: . while the truth
Of the matter is, the country "Slncums"
did not drive worth Il cent" and the p P
is trying 20 have the legislature do their
dirty work They woud like to have re-
venge but don't want to undertake the Job,
and hence, eudeavor t" cover their malice
with coat of economy and let out the
Job" TO the legislature
Year: 1879

If the proposed line of road, running
| from Little Falls to the Dakota line is
built, Stevens County will be called upon
for a bonus of 1000 per mile, or it will


cost to build the road from the boundary
line between Pope and Stevens to this
place, distance of nine miles, eighteen


thousand dollars. This would be all We
would be called upon TO contribute the
first year, as it is not probable the line


would he extended TO the state line for q
year or so from the time it reached this
point Now if this county is called upon
| for eighteen thousand dollars how would
he the best means to raise the sum: by
direct tax or by issuing bonds? We think


the former method preferable for these
| reasons: The present assessed valuation of


the county is nearly six hundred thousand
! dollars, taking this as basis and


direct or special tax, of three per cent.


would raise the required amount On the


other hand if we issue bonds for that sum,


these bonds to run ten years and draw ten


per cent. interest we will pay double for


our bargain Say the County issues


bonds, to negotiate them we would have
! to discount them ut least twenty five per


cent, and this being the case, it would
force us to issue bonds to the amount of


twenty four thousand dollars in order to


raise the required eighteen thousand; then


the ten per cent. interest for ten years
!


two thousand four hundred dollars per


year, amounting in ten years to exactly


the same sum as the principal; and adding


principal and interest together and we


would have under this mode, to pay forty


eight thousand dollars Tor eighteen thou


sand, ostensibly the value we received. 1t


seems to US that direct special tax would


be the best manner of raising the sum re


quired, for it would dispose of the matter


promptly and save US thirty thousand COL
lars. Some may take this view of the
matter: that We could better afford TO pay
t the large. amount in ten years than We
could to pay the original sum at present
| or next year We do not think SO, for un
} der special TAX OF three per cent, th'
| man who is assessed for one hundred dol
(, lars would be asked for but three dollars
! he who is assessed for five hundreC
/ could afford to pay five time us much, 0
1 fifteen dollars, as he ownes five time
Y as much property, and so it would 20 Oh
i up the scale, the richer the man the NOR
/ he would be benefited and the greater hi
: contribution, and the less man owne
!, the smaller would his proportion of til
!: tax be.


c 1t il a just principle, for if man ha
g fifty acres of wheat and gets twenty ousl
IS els per acre. at ten cents per bushel; til
1T proposed road would benefit him jnst ou
3. hundred dollars, his neighbor having onl


twenty-five acres gets Int half the amour
Year: 1879

of grain and is but fifty dollars the gamer,
but under the special tax system, he would
only have to pay in proportion; or three
dollars to his neighbors six. There are
many sides to every question, and having
presented our side OF the matter we would
like to hear from some ofthose who hold
opposite views. A subject of this impor.
tance will bear open discussion, and as
this paper is devoted to the interests of
Stevens County, we would like to have
the friends and opponents of the scheme
give brief statement of their views for
publication.
Year: 1879

Gentlemen, it is about time to trot out
your candidates for village officers. There
is no salary connected with any of the
offices, So you will have to rest content
with glory and notoriety
Year: 1879

The Sophomores Of the University Of
Pennsylvania made an unsuccessful at
tempt on Wednesday to pnt Fresh
man in a large wooden bowl. They
seized their man on the chapel stairs
and carried him to tho campus, but bs.
fore they could seat him in the bowl
the Freshmen attacked them in force
and r.captured their classmate. at
was conducted to the gate on Darby
Road, ana enabled to take street car
to his home. The rescuing party re,
turned to the campus. aud attempted
to capture the bowl. The rain was
falling fast, and the campus where the
two classes we're struggling was so''
with mud and slush, but the battle
was fought with fire and fury, and only
discontinued when the Freshmen were
vincsd that the bowl could not be
broken.
Year: 1879

Tomorrow is the last Sunday in the
year, and it would not be a bad idea to
stop in at Davis news Office, Seventh
and Market streets tonight or in the
morning and have either one Of the
New York or Philadelphia papers left
at Sour residence. All the news up
to midnight. Leave your order this
evening,
Year: 1879

BRIDGFPoRT, CONN, April Ion the HOUSE,
tonic railroad this morning the through train
was thrown from the track near the Pine Grove
camp ground. The locomotive and five or six
cars were wrecked. 1t is supposed a switch
had been tampered with. None OF the train
hands were seriously injured
Year: 1879

BOSTON, April 1.-THE steam tug Curlew
ourst her boiler In the harbor this forenoon, In
Jurfhg three men, who were thrown overheard
by the force OF the explosion. The wounded
men VIII all recover. The boat was not much
injured SA
Year: 1879

The SAN FRANCISCO TRAGEDY-Dr. Chalfant,
the alleged murderer OF Josiah Bacon. at S an
FRANCISCO, surrendered himself yesterday He
was haggaIed and worn in appearance and in
great mental distress. He stated that in
business controversy with Bacon he became
highly excited and drew a pistol; that he did
not intend to fire 1t, but it went off, he knew not
how, with the fatal result as stated
Year: 1879

EX-COEGRESsMANR RAINNEY, of South Carolina.
was yesterday rendered by Secretary Sherman
the position of Assistant Appointment Clerk of
the Treasury Department.. Inasmuch as he
had been prominent applicant for the Third
Authorship OF the Treasury Department. he
declined the smaller Office with a good deal OF
~ Va
Year: 1879

The most welcome visitor to Prescott fol some tlme, was the glorious rain that made its appearance early last evening, and uT to the present writing, Saturday afternoon it continues to cone along gently ana gracefully, every drop soaking into the parched earth. Our greatest drawback ha. been the continued drought of the past tsc years, which crippled nearly every enter. prise in the territory. There was time in Arizona when the people prayed for dry weather. That was when evey raviRe in the hills run a nice stream of water and travelling on horse or muleoack was out of the question, owing to the as;-y condition of the earth. We arc all willing to take mud and rain now if we can have plenty of water, without which, many of our fgrmers, stock-raisers and miners wall be compelled to throw up the sponge and seek a country where geese and ducks flourish.
Year: 1879

lSt Louis Post Dispatch.I


We have President who never was elected
We have Supreme Court, three members
Of which violated law, oath and justice to
count In the uneeted President.


We have q Congress, representing the ma
jority OF the people, but not permitted to act
by fraudulent executive and fanatical
minority.


We have the monstrous theory that the
legislative is to obey the wishes OF the execu-
tive to execute the laws Of the legislative


Whe have the assumption that there is but
one man to ''save the country" and he Grant; /;
but one party to rule-that Is, the Republican
party; but one great duty Of the day, that TO
defy the will OF q clear majority Of the people.
Is this republic? Is this popular self-gov-
ernmentg Is 1t not ON the contrary, break
ing up the character OF the government very
fast2


Which ID worse-dividing or destroying a
republic2 Which is more Misunderstanding
up the form or the character OF govern
ment2


Had the reDels Of 1861 succeeded they would
have only divided the republic. But Il the
stalwart crew Of the indefinite term and Robe
son order succeed they will destroy it.
Year: 1879

There are off the coast OF Kerry, Ireland,
little islands called the Baskets, inhabited by
very poor and primitive population, whose
nearest church is on the shore Of the main
land On stormy Sundays they cannot cross
to "hear mass" but they kneel by their rocky
coast bareheaded, in the open air; the pro-
gress OF the ceremony is made known to them
by flags, and their prayers accompany those
NJ tho Driast
Year: 1879

Letters received in Berlin from Cracow state
that the moderate Liberal party in Poland
have apparently been induced by the recent
attempt on the life of the Emperor to adopt
more conciliatory attitude toward the Gar
and his policy
Year: 1879

The South needs the negro and Ia willing to
pay for his work. The North does not need
him and will doom him to pauper,s fate IL
gaining little political capital the RepubIi-
can managers are working like beavers to
promote the negro exodus.-E Utica Observer.
Year: 1879

At the County Treasurers report
We are compelled to come to the
conclusion that there Is renisness
of duty somewhere, which results
in keeping the colored peofis
from getting their school taxes Tor the
support Of their schools, and in mildly
bulldoslng thousands Of oolorsd Repub-
licans out of their votes. 1t is ques-
ton, however, whether these collectors
have not carried ont the letter and
spirit of the law providing for the COL
lection Of taxes better than those who


have collected the taxes, as the law was
amended few years ago in such .
manner that a collector was not after


wards required to call upon any person
for tax who was simply assessed with


a poll tax. OF course these collectors


knew what IL law was for, and they
have carried out It's true intent and Pur'


pose.
Year: 1879

An ingenious Nevada lawyer
has raised a novel point of law
in behalf of a client who is un-
der sentence of death. During
the trial the prisoner was com
PEELED toexpose his arm and show
certain marks that a witness as
serted were there, thus proving
his identity. His counsel objec-
ted on the ground that this was
compelling a witness in effect to
testify against himself-a thing
u prisoner cannot be forced to
dosin a criminal prosecution, and
on this ground a new trial is de-
manded.
Year: 1879

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jau. IS The Pacific
express west Oh the Panhandle road, which
LETT this city at o'clock this morning, met
with an accident and obstructed the road
until this afternoon. An open switch near
Macdonald station threw the engine aud
postal cars from the track. The fireman
was severely hurt. The officials of the
road state that no one else was injured.
Year: 1879

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING New
YoRK,-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and others
TO stop at when in New York is the Grand
Union Hotel, nearly opposite the Grand
central Depot, kept on the European plan
you therefore only pay for what you get.
Everything Is first class, and prices mod
crate, adapted to the stringepcv of the
times. You save the expense of carriage
hire, and by leaving your baggage CHECK
on the counter of the Hotel, your baggage
will be delivered in your rooms, fifteen
minutes after the arrival Of the cars, free
of expense. We adyise you to give the
Grand Union a trial.
Year: 1879

have been sick so much, and have had the
doctors running to US SO long"


BRO. Taylor, the answer is very easy.
l used Hop Bitters in time and kept my
family well and saved large doctor bills.
Three dollars worth of it kept us all we'll
and able to work all the time, and | will
warrant it has cost you and most of the
neighbors one to two hundred dolas apiece
to keep sick the same time. guess you'll
take my medicine hereafter See other
column
Year: 1879

is full Of this class Of reasoning. and
shows legal knowledge of the sub
lect in less space than any that has
been delivered during the extra ses-
sion. Mr. Bayne is yet a young man,
and if this speech on the Army bill Is
specimen of bis capabilities, we
predict for him a useful as well as
a brilliant legislative future.
Year: 1879

PRESENCE OF MIND.-A Bushman, who
encountered lion, outwitted the animal in
a very curious way. The huge animal met
him when long way from home. Assured
that he had his victim completely in his pow
er, he began to sport and daily with him with
feline jocosity, The lion would appear at
q point in the road and leap back again into
the jungle, to reappear again little further
on. But the Bushnan did not lose his pres.
euce of mind, and presently hit upon plan
by which to outwit his foe. Aware that the
brute was ahead of him, he lodged to the
right. When the lion discovered that the man
had suddenly disappeared, he was good
deal perplexed. He roared with mortifca-
ton; then he espied the Bushman peeping
at him over the grass. The Bushman at once
changed his position, while the lion stood ir-
resolate in the path, following with his eyes
the shifting black man. In another moment
the little man rustled the reeds, vanished,
and showed himself at another point. This
was unexpected and disconcerting. The
great brute was at first confused, and then
alarmed. 1t evidently began to dawn upon
him that he had mistaken the position of
matters, and that he was the hunted party.
The Bashman who clearly recognized what