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Year: 1877

some reason lncomprehensible
to us, is interposing obstacles to
the success of the Seattle and
Walla Walla Railroad, which, If
successful, would be to greater
advantage to Walla Walla than
any other public Improvement
that can be suggested. In re-
gard to the Act submitting to
the people the question OF .lssu-
ing county bonds to aid in the
construction of the railroad, the
Union says:


Take it all in all the bill bears mp
On its face the evidence Of having
been meant for buncombe and not
reality. No lawyer in the Territory
is willing to risk his reputation by
giving an opinion to the effect that
the bonds OF the counties issued to
pay for the stocks subscribed would
be worth the paper on which they
are printed, unless Congress granted
permission to issue them.


We are only surprised that a
lawyer of any respectable stand
ing sis willing to risk his repu-
tation by giving his opinion to
the effect that any Indebtedness
ola municipality, incurred under
a color of law, is not worth the
paper on which it is printed. =
We know that reputation of
public obligations has been at
tempted ON several occasions,
but it has never yet succeeded
but in covering its advocates
with infamy. No good lawyer
ever contended that the repudi-
ated Mississippi bonds were le-
gally issued; but all honorable
citizens insisted that they pre-
sented an equitable claim against
the State IN the hands Of innO-
cent holders. The regulators
were promptly retired to private
lite by popular vote.


The editor of the Union evil
dently thinks that because the
Federal governments is the source
from which he. draws his susie
nance, all the people Of the Ter
ritory are dependent upon the
same central power for their
rights to "life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness,' and that
they can exercise no govern
mental power "unless Congress
first granted PERMISSION" Can
he tell US whence Congress de-
rives its power to dictate in the
municipal affairs of Territorial
government?


The Organic Act of this Ter
ritory prohibits the Legislature
from creating public debt
That is undoubtedly binding up
on the Legislature the same as
like constitutional prohibition,
under which the most of the city
and county debts in the old
Northwest have been created
and confirmed by the highest
judicial authority. The Courts
do not favor reputation on prin-
ciple. Nearly a hundred thou
sand dollars of interest bearing
Territorial scrip has been afloat
in this Territory at a time, and
every dollar of 1t, principal and
interest, has been redeemed at
par, without asking the permis-
sion of Congress.


But should it be determined
by the Courts that the counties
had no right to issue these bonds
after the people had voted for
them, what harm would be done
by the vote? The endorsement
Of the project by majority of
the people of the Territory by a
declaration of their willingness
to devote a portion of their own
means to it's construction would
be of incalculable advantage in
Year: 1877

TILDEN'S FLIGHT FROM THE INTERVIEW
ERs-DEMoCRATIC PROSPECTS SOUTH" My
going away has nothing whatever to do
with politics." said Mr.. Tilden to a Herald
reporter just previous to the sailing OF the
ship. "If I get on my horse to ride
through the park, some one comes alongside
and inquiries about the history OF the last
presidential campaign, OF the electoral COM
mission, or who is TO discharge the duties
OF Secretary OF State, Comptroller or At
torney-General for New York during the
next term. am interviewed constantly
everywhere, even at the seaside and ] tai
more freely to you to- day because cannot
be interviewed again for some weeks. am
certain that the record OF recent Democratic
administrations in this State is so good that
the people will sustain it as against any one
tainted with proven or strongly-alleged
completely with municipal or State frauds.
No member Of any ring can be nominated
and elected. Hostility to rings will help
any candidate before the convention.


81 have been asked to-day about the po-
litical significance Of my visiting Europe at
the same time as eX-President Grant. AS /
have said before. no political significance
whatever should be attached to my trip. II
there were should not go abroad. have
been represented as making statements
about the Democratic ticket in the State Of
New York this fall. Such representations,
however honest, are mistaken"


On being asked about his opinions OF
affairs in the South, he said:


81 think it will turn out all right. l be-
lieve the Democratic party has glorious
future, particularly in the South, and that
there IFS highest ambitions will be realized
through the enforcement Of Democratic po-
litical principles and the destruction OF par
tisan rings"
Year: 1877

Editors Dispatch: Will you not say
something that will melt Governor Kemp
er's heart, or Major Boykin's heart, or
somebody's heart, so that we can have bet
ter walks in the Square ? I declare they are
horrible, and everybody suffers who goes
through there. There is no excuse for such
walks, and they are disgrace to the State
government and the city. SUFFERER.
Year: 1877

The Journal of the Medical Aacademy
of Turin, in recent number, says: The
sure and simple method of keeping eggs
soupd by smearing the shells with linseed
oil has long been practiced. The oil
forms sort of film over the shell, there
by preventing the two immediate causes
of decompostion-evaporation from and
penetration of air into the egg. A recent
experiment in point deserves notice. A
dozen new-laid eggs were rubbed over
with linseed oil applied with the tip of
the finger; another dezen were coated in
like manner with poppy oil; two mere
eggs were left in their natural state. The
whole twenty-six were then laid close
together in three rows, in dry sand upon
shelf, where they were left undisturbed.
At the end of three months they were
weighed, and again at the end of six
months, when they were opened. The
two eggs lcftin their natural state at the
end OF three months had lost i per cent.
Of their weight, and at the end of six
months IS per cent, and were found to
be half empty and the contents rotten.
The eggs coated with poppy oil in three
months lost 3per cent, and in six months
AZ per cent. of their weight. The eggs
were still full and devoid of unpleasant
smell. the eggs rubbed over with lin
ssed oil in three months lost per cent.
aud in six months 3 per cent. only Of
their weight, and when opened were
found to be full, with the smell of fresh
eggs.
Year: 1877

The necessity of mounting all captains
of infantry companies, if these officers
are to perform their duties efficiently, is
being again dwelt upon by the French
military press. In the French army, as
in nearly all other continental forces, a
company on war footing numbers 250
men and, it is urged, that it is simply
impossible for its captain, however active
he may be, to properly superintend its
working if he has to move about on foot.
Extended in skirmishing order, forma-
ton which has now become its normal
fighting order, or employed as an advance
or rear guard, company of $50 men
covers a long stretch of ground, and can,
it is argued, only be adequately control
led by mounted eflicer. After march
again, the captain of company ought to
look after the comfort of his men, visit
them in their bivouacs, satisfy himself
that they have received their proper ra-
tioDs, and see that all camp duties are
properly performed. But if he is ia
tigued by long march on foot he will be
but too likely to perform this work in a
perfunctory manner; and, consequently,
his company will suffer. Moreover, now
that a short service system prevails in
nearly every European army, the captain
of company will generally be the Oldest
man in it, and therefore not so well able
to endure fatigue as the young men under
his command. For all these reasons it is
generally recognized as necessary that
the captain should be mounted officer.
In the German army, he is provided with
a horse, and in time of war even two. In
Austria and Italy the mounting of all
captains has only been temporarily post.
poned from considerations OF expense, and
in France, captain, when on the line of
march, or during maneuvers in the field,
may ide, if he chooses to provide himself
with horse at his own cost but untor-
tunately the small pay received by them
does not allow many of the French Off
GERS to avail themselves of this permis-
sion. .--PaH Mall Gazette.
Year: 1877

The mosquitoes, it has been discovered
by learned professor, are possessed of
great powers OF observation and penetra-
ton. Down at the seaside we have
noticed this fact ourselves. When big
trunk was landed from an express wagon
into the entry of a hotel, the nimble in
sects usually made for it and crawled
through the kevhole for the purpose of
taking notes. If the clothes within be-
tOkened that fat person was the owner,
the mosquitoes would stay within and be
carried up to the room, where they would
lay for the fat person until bed time. II
the garments belonged to thin person
the insects would pile out through the
keyhole in double-quick order. This is
an actual fact --Ptiiodelphia Bulletin.
Year: 1877

The tugboat c. Henderson, wnile passing through
He'll Gate early yesterday morning, caught fire and
crifted down the East River with oil the sternward
portion aba2e The police oil the Nineteenth precinct
telegaphcd TO the IRE companies In tho neghborhood
OF me station and when the tug was brought 10 shore
at Sixtysecond street by two men, named Burke ana
Nefabcr, who put OF to tho assistance OF the men
aboard her, engines hand TO pour stream
OF water upon her The damage done the tug amounts
to about 1900.
Year: 1877

The citizens Of the quiet town OF Madison. N. j.,
have organ zed rife club ana obtained the gratutous
use of ground for a thousand yard range. Much in
terest manifested IN the undertaking by the people
Of the place.
Year: 1877

A little iour-year.old daughter of one
of our citizens has a kitten that shows
an uncommon degree of attachment for
his little mistress. The child will take
the kitten under one arm, and with the
other loaded with her playthings carry
them about the house ali day long,
talking meanwhile to the kitten as a
mother would to q child. They are
almost inseperable companions, and
when the little girl is away from home,
the kitten is wild in its lonesomeness,
and shows the greatest joy on the retnrn
Of its companion by leaping into her
armr and laying its head on her shoulder,
purring her satisfaction in so loud man
ner as to attract the attention of all in
the house. A few evening since the lit
tie girl was put to bed while the kitten
was asleep behind the stove, and the
bedroom door closed. The kitten on
awakening wandered through the rooms
in search of her playmate, to have her
regular evening frolic, but could not
find her. Then she was in trouble, and
showed her feelings by the most piteous
cries. She would wildly run from one
room 10 another, jump into the laps Of
all in the room, and, not finding her
friend, would jump on to the bed, turn
over the pillows, work herself under the
clothes, and, not finding her there, would
run swiftly about the house, uttering
pitiful walls. Finally she found the
child's clothing, and for moment was
happy. She pulled them out of the
chair and dragged them partly across the
room, and finally lay down upon them
fora moment, But they were inanimate,
and the one she wanted was not there.
She then made for the bedroom door, and
there crying pitifully, began 10 push
upon it, trying to get it open. Shortly
the cries ceased and all was still, The
child's father went TO inspect the cause,
and found the kitten had opened the door
and was lying by the side of her little
friend, with her paws around the child's
neck and her head against her cheek,
purring her happiness into the ears of
her sleeping friend.-Nor'cich CONN., }
BuIetin.
Year: 1877

She wore one of those pockets behind,
in which, besides her handkerchief she
had deposited an apple, handful Of pea
nuts, quarter pound of gumdrops, a
little bottle of ammonia, and some Other
trihes. She and her swain, after admir-
ing the complexion of the huge beast,
turned their backs upon him to watch
the monkeys and the live kangaroo, and
gaze into eTch others eyes; TO do this
better they leaned back against the roIe
which enclosed the stately monarch of
the south, who saw the apple portruding
from the pocket of the unconscious fair
one. He hesitated 4 moment and was
lost to all sense of honor and self.respect,
for with shuiling gmovements he emulated
the example of our common mother,
plucked and ate the fruit, scOoped out
the gumdrops and peanuts with a sly
wink at his nephew, who was looking
with anxiety at the proceedings But
in the last mouthful the majestic beast
took in the ammonia bottle by mistake,
the cork came out, and about an ounce
of hartshon ran down the throat of the
beast. This beverage is said TO have re-
yiving and stimulating influence, and in
this case it proved its power, for mere
revived elephant was never seen onearth.
The big elephant has learned lesson in
morals which will probably induce him
to let other peoples pocketsalone, though
nobody dares TO carry bottle within
range Of his proboscis,-Kansos City
Times.
Year: 1877

How beautiful she was How wild!
How pure rs water plant, this child,
This one wild child Of nature here
Grown tall in shadows. And how near
To God, where no man stood between
Her eyes and scenes no man hath seen.
Stop still, my frierd, and not stir,
Shut close your page and think Of her.
This maiden by her cabin stood,
The one sweet woman Of the wood,
The birds sang swecter for her face'
Her little eyes were like grace
To woodmcn of that solitude.
Ave, she was fair. and very fair,
The rippled rivers o! her hair
That ran in wondrous waves, someho"
Flowed down divided by her brow,
And flooded all her breast Of snow
In its uncommon fold and aow.
Yet in her splendid strength, her eyes,
There lay the lightning Of the skies;
The love rage OF the lioness,


To kill the instant, or caress;


A pent up soul that sometimes grew
impatient; why, she hardly knew.
Year: 1877

1t is believed by the Chinese, that
the inventor of ink is charged with
keeping an account of the manner in
which all ink is used hero below, ana
that for every abuse Of the records n
black mark against the offender.
Year: 1877

st. Louis, Nov. 13-midnight.-A fire
broke out in engineroom of the fiye-story


building OH Fourth street, between


Pine and Chestnut streets, and opposite
the Planters House. The flames i'm
mediately ascended the elevators. All
of the rooms in the rear of the building
from the basement to the roof are now
in flames. John Barret's restaurant
in the rear of the building is destroyed.
and the fire has extended through to
the Fourth street front. The magnifi-
cent Chamber of Commerce building is
only separated from the burning struc-
ture by twenty-foot area, but the
wind is from the southeast and the
flames are driven northeast. The pros
poets now are that the building will not
be injured beyond the possible breaking
of plate glass windows of the Mer-
chants Exchange Hall, which occupies
the whole of the western side of the
Chamber of Commerce building. Tue
whole fire department is on duty. Y
Year: 1877

national bank notes except to replace
such as are mutilated, worn or destroy
ed. .r


Chittenden sent to the clerks desk
and had read memorial of the Nation
al Board of Trade, and a substitute for
the pending bill prepared by that body.
He then stepped to the clerks desk
himself and addressed the house. Hold
ing up ten dollar lsgal tender note,
he said he was very much mistaken if
the bill before the house was not down.
right reputation. The note in his
hand was a promise of the Government
to pay him ten dollars, but no date was
fixed for payment. The note was is
sued in 1875, and on the 14th day of
that year congress had enacted a law
declaring this debt of the Government
should he paid on 1st of January, 1879.
The Government must keep its promise
faithfully or it would become the lead
er of all regulations in the land.


After some debate the bill went over
till tomorrow and the house adjourned.
Year: 1877

He Promises to Visit the United States


Again.


Fort Walsh, Nov. 1.-Sitting Bulls
future home is to be ON Deer river. He
and his band will be securely guarded
by the police, but the most efficient
watch over him will be that of his
neighbors, the Blackfeet. Red Deer
river is much favored by buffalo and
smaller game and Sitting Bull will find
q good market for skins at the Hudson
Bay Company. Three days ago he was
told by Col. Mcleod that he was
to hold himself in readiness to move to
his new quarters; that the Queen had
through her servants at Ottawa pro-
vided a good home for him where he
could live at peace.


Sitting Bull made an eloquent reply,
saying: 81 came to you in the first
place because 1 was being driven hard
by Americans. They broke their
treaty with my people and when rose
up and fought, not against them, but
for our rights as the first people on this
part of the earth, they pursued me
like dog and would have hung me to
tree. They are not just; they drive
us into war and then seek to punish us
for fighting. That is not honest. The
Queen would not do that"


After thanking the Queen, lie said:
strTell her that nv DeOple will be GOOD
1 will take my people to the Red Deer
country and now declare before YOU
that will not make any trouble or an
noy you, or give pain to the Queen. 1
will be quiet, 1 will never fight on your
soil unless you ask me to help you.
Then will fight. Place me where you
like, l will be at peace in Canada. But
you who are braye soldiers, and not
Year: 1877

THE LEADER earnestly requests its
friends in all parts of the country to
send in the news. Write often, give
us all the news and keep us posted in
all matters of progress and develop
ment. When in the city our friends
are invited to call at this office and fur
nish us with any information they may
possess,
Year: 1877

dent at Schipka Pass says The Russians
have made fine road UP the pass, which
would never have been done had they not in
tended to use it for the passage Of large
army into Roumania when the proper mo-
ment arrives


New bridges and other improvements in
the road are still being made, affording evil
dence that they adhere to their original in
tentiOn.
Year: 1877

The SALINAS CITY FIRE.-On the 7th
ofJanuary the Court House at Salinas
Cry, Monterey county was discovered to
BE- on fire and was burned to the ground.
The fire oriai'a'el in the Tax Collectors
Office, and all the books connected with
the collection of taxes for the current fs-
year wee destroyed. Suspicion pointed
strongly to persons connected with the
Office, and movements were at once set
on ioDt t. trace tie cline home: now
the oof is becoming strong that the fire
was kindled to destroy the evidences Of
guilt on the part Of the collectors office.
VIII Is detaulter 20 the county to the
supposed extent Of SIC, 600, fifteen per cent
OF The county revenue. The belief is that
the Deputy Collector LOST the money
gambling, and being unable to make his
losings good resorted to this method of
coneealing his crime. Several of the
prominent citizens Of the county includ-
ing an ex-County Judge are under arrest
Tor completely in the crime, and the Grand
Jury of Monterey county, which is now
in session, is expected to unearth facts
which will startle the community. The
San Francisco detectives who are at work
terreting out the truth of the matter are
impressed with the belief that the county
officers are not doing their whole duty to
pro ect the interests which have been in
trusted to their charge.
Year: 1877

HARDLY SATIsTIED.-The people are
not very we'l sati fed with the dismissal
o the Indictment against Belknap, even
! the District Attorney did think It doubt
lul If a conviction could be procured. -
The truth of the matter is that the peo-
pc want to see crime punished in high
places as well as in subordinate ones.
The decision Of the impeachment case
against Belknap we believe to have been
strictly legal one, although it resulted
IN his acquittal, but the belief then OBJ
min'd that the Criminal Courts would
@ e out ample punishishment.
Year: 1877

ANNAPOLIS Md, May 29.-Henry Norfolk,
the alleged wife murderer has been lodged in Jail in this
city All the circumstances point to him the perl C.
TRAITOR of the deed and full particulars OF the bloody ACT
OF most revolving nature. Mrs Norfoks babe
only five weeks Old and the day before his wifes murder
Norfolk inquired OF a neighbor If he would take OF
the child II his wife should die. The conversation
occurred az the spot where his wife found dead the
next day. and Norfolk said to the man Suppose were
TO kill you here nobody could find out" He per
fecty Tnmoved and showed no emotion when confronted
with the corpse of his murdered wife. There rumors


that he has been acting In an mbece for several
months past, while there darker that guilty
love is at the bottom OF the horrible deed.
Year: 1877

THE WEsLRYAN COMAfENcEMENT,
last evening, in the Opera House, was
one Of the finest entertainments ever
given by this most excellent institution.
The arrangement Of the stage was in
marked good taste; it offered ample room,
fine ventilation aud acoustic advantages,
while the beautiful scenery in the back
ground gave cheerful, buoyant and at
tractive appearance; shedding pleasant
ness productive of confidence and ease
instead of the stiff awkwerdness which a
dull, crowded hall is likely to increase If
not produce.


The graduating class this year num-
bered ten, and the superiority of the es-
says, In matter, and the evident pains
which had been taken in the traing were
the best proofs that could be given Of
the good management of the Wesleyan.
In the long time which President Wilson
has presided over the College he has
never had so much cause to feel gratified
with the results of his labors, if we may
form our opinion from the young ladies
who last night took their leave of hi:
care and instruction. This institution
should be more highly valued than it is
The people of the peninsula do not know
what treasure they have in it. We have
been frequently told of late that it il
equal to any of the New England female
colleges that are by some SO much vaunt
ed for their superiority.
Year: 1877

The U. S. Circuit Court met this morn
ing in the court room, Justice Strong,
presiding.


The only case before the court, this
morning was hearing in the case of
Martin Alsberg, on appeal taken from
the District Court, to show cause why he
should not be released from the custody
of the Sheriff of New Castle County.
Year: 1877

Every day we see. in the newspapers. ac-
counts of the destruction Of the house er barn
or stock or cattle of some poor farmer by fire,
with the melancholy postscript, "no insu-
rance Few things are more melancholy than
to see the fruit of years of industry reduced to
an ash heap and ''no insurance" More espe-
cially is this the case if the farm is mort
gagged and the farmers unable to build new
buildings or replace the property destroyed
Then indeed is his case a hard one. As old
Stephen Girard, the millionaire, used to say
.sit is the first thousand dollars that counts,
and it is difficult indeed to get that first thou
sand dollars to start anew with.


But what consolation it is while the red
tongues of fame are roaring and devouring hii
property. for the farmer to stand, with smile
on his face, saying: "Burn away old bull
dozer; have got an insurance in the Minnesot'
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company Of Min
neapolis, w. A. Nimocks Sscretary-and yor
can do your worst"


Insure in q home company; q company tha
has promptly paid all lesses.
Year: 1877

Is published by the Land Department of the
Kansas Pacific Railway Company, to supply
the large and increasing demand for informa-
ton respecting Kansas, and especially the mag
aid of the cons .ruction OF its road. This grant
comprises
Year: 1877

TRAIN DELAYED.-The down mail train
on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad was
detained at Hanover Courthouse something
over an hour on Saturday evening by the
engine Of the accommodation train, which
had run off the track at that point. The
accommodation was just running on the
siding to make way for the mail when the
engine jumped the rails as it was leaving
the main track.