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Year: 1879

Warner Silver Bill Discussed.


WAsHINGToN, ID. c., June 9.-The Democratic
members OF the Senate assembled in caucus
soon after the adjournment of that body this
afternoon and remained in private consulta-
ton nearly three hours. The caucus was
called at the instance of the friends OF the
Warner silver bill, with . view to convincing
their colleagues that in a party point of view
it would be Desirable to procure final action
upon that measure by the Senate during the
present session. AS a means to that end, it
was suggested that the Democratic members OF
the finance committee should agree to report
back the bill Immediately without recon-
mendation, or that otherwise the domin ant
party in the Senate should unitedly support
Mr.. Coke's pending resolution. which pro
vides for bringing the bill forth
with before the Senate by discharytng the
committee from its further consideration. 1t
was not proposed to make the bill caucus
measure, except to the extent of insuring
prompt action upon it, but the discussion to-
day developed such ,immovable opposition to
the bill on the part of some senators. and such
irreconcilable differences OF opinion as to the
question OF expediency involved In the sug-
gestion above noted, that no proposition
whatever was pushed to a vote, and conse-
qrently the cancus adjourned without taking
any action and without its members being
any nearer an agreement than when they
assembled. The speakers in favor of the bill
were Senators Thurman, Beck, Garland,
Maxey, Hereford, Coke and Pendleton.
Senators Bayard, Eaton and Herman
made the principal speeches in opposition to
the bill. The merits of the bill were debated
only incidentally. There Is no hope of chang
ing the opinion concerning them, but the
question of the probable effect OF its passage
by the Senate, in connection with its an
ticipated veto by the president, was the SUBJ
ject of very animated discussion. On one hand
1t was argued that the effect would be to give
increased strength to the Democracy in the
West, and especially In the coming Ohio con-
test. On the other hand 1t was insisted that
aside from the doubt. whether the bill would
obtain q majority vote In the Senate, its pas
sage by the dominant party in that body
would tend to alisnate the Democratic
votes in the Eastern States. and notably in
New York and Connecticut. IL was also
earnestly argued In opposition to the demands
for immediate action on the bill that friend


Of the bi-metalic system would most effect
ually promote the earnest establishment OF
double standard in this country by deferring
the present measure until next session, and
Year: 1879

Premiums are received and Losses are paid In cash
only Policies are issued payable at the death Of the
Insured also payable at the end of certain number
ofyears. Policies are also issued on the
Year: 1879

THE PEACH GROWERS Of the peninsula who
have been SO elated over the prospect of an un-
commonly large yield Of fruit, are now becom-
Ing quite Respondent. In some districts the
fr0Sfs and late rains have caused what is known
as the black rot, and many Of the leading grow
erS think the season will be an entire failure
and the crop not one -fOuIt th anticipated short
time since. The Cecil Democrat says there are
very discouraging reports from orchards in
that county, and small yield is feared Re.
ports from Sassafras Neck, so far as received,
indicate that the injury done the fruit has not
extended to all farms
Year: 1879

CHICAGo's DEFECTIVE CITY BUllDinG-Ac com.
m1tlee OF the Chicago city council on the new
city building now In progress of erection there
have reported that there are many and serious
defects In the stone, workmanship and charac
ter Of the work. and that the whole structure
should be pulled down and rebuilt according to
contract. The expense entailed by following
this advise would approach half million dol
lore
Year: 1879

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What amused us most at the Lake House last summer
the performance of bear in the back yard.


lie was fastened to pole by chain which gave him
range of dozen fifteen feet 1t very safe for
visitors TO within that circle unless they pre-
pared for rough handing.


He way suddenly catching you to his bosom and
picking your pockets of peanuts and candyf you car
red any about youn manner which took your breath
away He stood up to his work his hind legs ina quite
human fashion, and used to paw and tongue with amazing
skill and vivacity He friendly, and didn't mean any
harm, but he a rude playfelow.


shall forget the ludicrous adventure Of dandi
fled New Yorker, who came out into the yard to feed
bruin seedcake and did not feed him fast enough
He approached trhe too near when all at the
bear whipped about him took him. to his embrace,
s'went through his pockets i'll hurry. The terrified
face Of the struggling and screaming fop and the goodna
tuTed business like expression of the fumbing and mum
ching beast, offered the funniest kind of contrast


The oneeyed hostler who was the bears especial guard
ian, lounged quite lesurely to the spot.


keep STILL and he won't hurt ye, he said turning his
qud That's one of his tricks Throw out what you
got, and he'll leave ye


seed cakes and escaped without injury but in ridiculous
plght-hs hat smashed his necktie and linen rumped
and his watch dangling but his fright the most
laughable part of all.


The one-eyed hostler then made motion to the beast
who Immediately climbed the pole and looked from
the cross-pece at the top.


ga bearn said the one-eyed hostler, turning his quid
again. sis the beshearted knowinest crter that goes
on alfours I'm speaker of our native black bear you
and the grizzly is of the ugliest brutes in creation
Come down here, Pomp


AoHP siipPeu IOWA Oic Poie anu Vauc0u VoWatu CLe
oneeyed hoser walking his hind legs and rattlng his
chain


playful as kitten y said the oneeyed hoster fond
fy. 81 II show ye.


He took wooden bar from cotheshorse near by and
made lunge with it at Pomp's breast.


No pugst fencing officer could have parried blow
neatly Then the oneeyed hostler began thrust
and strike with the bar if in downright earnest.


Rather savage play remarked. And friend by
my side, who never misses chance to make pun adj
ded


eyes, a decided act of bar-bearity


E'Oh he likes it said the one-eyed hostler "You can't
hit him.


And indeed it was No matter how or where the
blow aimed movement OF Pomp's paw, quick as


flash Of tightening knocked it aside and he stood good
humoredly waiting for 'Once ina while, said ths
oneeyed hoser resting from the exercise and leaning
the bar while pomp retired TO ms pole there pear
you let them alone and they let you alone They won
from you maybe but they won't go out Of their
20 pick a quarrel. They don't swagger around with
chip on their shoulder lookn for fool to knock
off,
Year: 1879

WE ARE PLEASED to learn that Mayor
Almond has determined that the police
>hall wear the weapons prescribed in the
ordinances. We have always been under
tue impression that the "ba'toh, as II
was the only arm directed TO be used,
was the only legal weapon and that II
al officer struck man violent blow,
even when he was resisting arrest by
pulling or refusing to move, with the
billy" the party injured could sue and
recover before magistrate. Officers are
empowered to summon help when max
ing arrest, and this is to enable them TO
make arres' without hurting poor in
ebriate or person who foolishly fies in
a passion and refuses to go like man
ought 10 do.
Year: 1879

Why DOES MOI our Democratic Coun-
Gil clean the streets by contract We
did SO two years ago and saved seve-
raj thousand dollars thereby. II is con-
temptible in the Council to run around
to get contractors for small jobs of $50
while they dole out the cleaning OF the
streets by the day at waste, many peo-
Pile believe, Of thousands. This who e
business begins TO look like a personal
affair that is being turned into jobbery.
Year: 1879

delivered lecture in Pittsburg on Sun.


dag night to a large audience, drawn


there more through the hope of seeing
an xciting episode than hearing the


lecturer. The Mayor mad given the
managers of the Opera House notice
that an entertainment would not be
allowed to be given, but Colonel Inger-
soil disregarded the notice and the lee
ture was given according to advertise
ment, without molestation. The Mayor
concluded not to make a martyr of
Ingersoll by having him arrested, but
the Opera House managers have been
arrested for violation of city ordinance,
and will be fined.
Year: 1879

Dr. Hanchett is slowly recovering from bis injuries, resulting from being thrown from a carriage

 The Union Hardware Company have sold large quantities of skates during the cold snar

 The Week of Prayer is being observed by the Methodist and Congregational churches by a series of union meetings.

 The storm of last week was sufficient to give us fair sleighing in spite of the high winds that followed and the livery men are happy.

 Ut is reported that the appeal to the Rail-
Year: 1879

Farmers in England see at last that the
only remedy for their grievances is to get
out of the country, as many wise English
farmers also saw about two hundred and
fifty years ago. They are proceeding ear
nestly and have sent u delegation on one of
the Allan line of steamers to visit the
Dominion of Canada and ascertain the adj
vantages or disadvantages of settlement in
that part of America. 1t is reported in our
cable dispatches what counties in England
are represented in the movement. We are
inspired only by good will toward these
farmers when we assure them that to get to
the United States by way of Canada is q
devious, troublesome and expensive pro-
ceeding. That is just what it comes to.
They cannot stay in Canada Even the
Canadians themselves are not equal to that
test of endurance. They will come to the
United States finally, as has done hitherto
an enormous percentage of the Canadian
immigration and they have only to in
quire whether they will come at once while
their impulse is fresh and their little capi-
tai in hand, or whether they will spend the
cash and waste the impulse in Canada, and
then come to US ut last stripped of all but
hope
Year: 1879

After whole year since they last met,
during much of which it seemed very
doubtful if they would ever again come
together. Hanlan and Courtney met yester-
day at Rochester and signed articles for
five-mile turning race, to be rowed In the
afternoon of Wednesday, October 8. on
Chautauqua Lake. This water, ON the lines
of the Atlantic and Great Western and
Buffalo and Pittsburg roads, was selected
because absolutely new to each contestant.
Some twelve miles long and about mile wide,
it will be wholly free from the swirls and
eddies which made Lachine 80 unfit q course
for an outrigger race, while the few steam
craft on it can doubtless be kept readily
under control. The day, as now fixed, is
likely to come during the Ashley week, and
as there are hundreds of New Yorkers who
would like to see both of these famous
struggles it might be well to hold the day
in allegiance for q short time until the
Ashley week is positively determined on,
and then have the sculling race on the
Wednesday of the following week. Not
only has Hanlan once or twice lately ex-
pressed wish that the race be as late in
October as possible, but an untowaxd
Year: 1879

The WEATHER.-The disturbance is gradu-
ally forcing its way over the lake regions IN an
almost easterly direction. Its influence has
extended over larger than on Thursday


In fact it is felt in all the districts east of the
Mississippi, except on the South Middle Allan
tic and New England coasts. The high area
that dominated the weather in the latter districts
during the past few days is slowly reccding into
the ocean. The pressure is rising rapidly again
In the Northwest. Rain has fallen in the lake
regions, central valleys and on the Gulf coast.
Elsewhere the weather was fine. The tempera-
turc has fallen throughout the country, except
in the Middle Atlantic aud New England States.
The winds are from fresh TO brisk in the lake
regions and the Northwest, fresh on the Atlantic
coast and light in the other districts. The
weather over the British Islands is stormy. The
pressure is very low and heavy rain is falling
ut many stations. The weather in New York
and it's vicinity to-day will be cloudy and cool,
with rains, followed by gradual clearing. To-
morrow it will be partly cloudy and colder in
the early portion, followed by clear or fair.
weather.
Year: 1879

teryiewing reporters that he always did it;
that he always had story of a storm. ''lt
was storm, quoth he" He always came
to them, when found out, with that excuse,
and they confidently anticipated that he
would do the same Oh this occasion. But
they were glad of chance to head him off
with evidence that there was no storm.
Behold now, however. he comes with his
story of storm, and they meekly credit
him once more Let US suppose for mo-
ment that his story is true. Is it conceded
that it is right for the harbor to be filled up
if it happens to storm as the scows are on
the way out with mud or rubbish?
Year: 1879

and painful accident which has Kcl'
Courtney out of his shell for over week
and has already made him thin aad nag
gard, lends force to the suggestion that IL
would be well to defer the day little.
The contest gives promise of being in
tensely exciting throughout, and both men
should go to the score in their very best
condition. They seem to have taken spe-
cial care to have the race thoroughly fair
and to share with the public the desire
that it may settle once and forever which
of these two exceptionally distinguished
that nothing will prevent it from being the
most brilliant race ever rowed on American
waters
Year: 1879

The virtuous indignation of the Dock
Department on the subject of the dumping
of clay into the ship channel by one of its
contractors has reached decidedly lame
and impotent conclusion. That depart
ment has accepted the plea that storm
was coming up in extenuation of the offence
of the contractor. Now, it is very well
known that storm was not coming up.


The testimony of the reporters was conclu-
sive on that very point The weather was
clear and the sen calm. II was also we'll
known to the Dock Department that the
contractor would allege storm as his rea-
son. Dock Department people told the in
Year: 1879

for England if it is to be shown that that
remedy must be revolutionary one.
Whereas the national" sentiment was the
chief impulse of the three or four abortive
risings since 1900. the threatening agitation
now pervading Ireland has a material basis
that gives it a grip on classes that, what
ever their sympathies, held previously
aloof. The silent activity Of the govern
ment shows that it is aware of q rising
danger.
Year: 1879

The Evening Post Answers-in Part.


Pointing out q mistake in the Euening
Post the other day. we took occasion to ask
it whether it "believed that it may be ex-
pedient and necessary for the republican
party to renominate General Grant?" The
Post answers as follows 1--WE rate the
military services of General Grant very
high. We rate his civil administration
great deal lower. It is identified in the
public mind with bad school of politics
and with unscrupulous politicians. These
men and their practices incurred defeat
after defeat for the republican party, lost it
the control of both houses of Congress and
brought it to the verge of humiliation. The
mischief of the return of General Grant to
same class of politicians, if not the very
same individuals Of the class. Besides, and
even if these and other conclusive objec-
tions did not exist, we agree with General
Grant that two terms in the Office of Presi-
dent is quite enough for any man.
We believe that the denomination of
General Grant is neither 'expedient' nor
necessary The movement to that end is
coinciaent with an impudent reassertion Of
themselves by the most offensive politicians
of the republican party-men who have
brought it to deaths door and who would
probably yet take it over the threshold but
for the amazing faulty of the democrats.


We asked the Euening Post at the same
time another question :-"Will it support
General Grant if he is renominated by the
Republican Convention? and to this it
makes no reply. We do not ask for any,
however; if we did we should be treating
the Post as ungenerously as it is treating
General Grant when it demands further
assurances from him; and that we do not
mean to do
Year: 1879

THE NEGRO EXODUS, as viewed by Fred
Douglass, is simple and effective plan for
teaching the value of the "despised and hated
negro to the South 1t puts it to the chivalry
whether they will share hog and hominy with
the black or give up whiting and take up the
shovel and the hoe themselves.
Year: 1879

of numbering the Chisholms in Mississippi s one
of those curiosities of trial by jury which puzzle
the admirers of that institution. BY the light
of this verdict may, however, interpret the
indifference of representative Mississippians
when asked If they approve the Yazoo plan.
Year: 1879

The INNER HISTORY of the financial tinkering
done and doing by England and France in
Egypt is Interestingly laid bare in another
column. There practical difficulties after
all in the way of the new process of foreclosing
a nation for the benefit of its foreign creditors
which are worth the study.
Year: 1879

DETECTIVE TACTICS such as exhibited by the
man Stark, who became a prisoner to worm the
murder secret out of Bucholtz have amid their
general responsiveness some features of very grim
humor, as when Stark warned Bucholtz to keep
the hidden money from his lawyers.
Year: 1879

WAS MRS. MILLER's FAITH that her runaway
husband would soon be punished enough with
out the law due to her belief in u retributive
Providence to a knowledge of her rivals
temperl Hamlet was not the only philosophi-
cal Dane.
Year: 1879

slaughter, and they knew that his slaughter
would wipe from the slate of contemporary
politics the whole occupation, and they con-
sented to the occupation SO qualified for
that very reason.


England must now, therefore, begin
again. and she must begin at the first line.
That is to say, she must make O new COM
pact with Russia. She has exhausted the
other one. 1t was made for case that is
completed. Journals and politicians and
Jingoes, all over England, will roar and
fume great deal about the vengeance to
be taken and the reparation to be exacted
for this butchery. just, in fact, as they
roared about the Zulus; but then, no great
military nation as near to the Zulus as
England is was interested in the fate of
Cetywayo. England must now attend to the
quiet intimation from ST. Petersburg that,
before she proceeds to exact Of the Afghans
satisfaction for this outrage, she "must
have an understanding with Russia in
regard to the measure of the satisfaction to
be taken" Russia will not permit an in
dulgence of fierce revenge upon those
people for an act that was so much in ac-
cordance with their nature as to be readily
foreseen by all who understood the game.
Her reasoning is that England should have
stopped when Russia exacted a condition
that must necessarily make the invasion a
mere show and sham, but that if it was
necessary to make sham war in order to
save the position of an English Ministry Eng
lon fx1,o s,kc sc oil 10
AS Russia will require England to deal with
her as to tho satisfaction to be taken, so
certainly she will require any further steps
than those of mere satisfaction to start from
a new consid Grafton of the relations of the
two empires in Asia.


All the history of the negotiations with
Russia on this subject has not been known
in England hitherto. It will come out now,
perhaps, and England will be able to see
at what price in secret humiliation her
Prime Minister purchased the public tri-
umph of invading under Russia's nose an
Asiatic province whose ruler had secured
the promise of Russian protection. And
when England fully understands that the
famous scientific frontier, of which she has
heard so much, and which was to guarantee
her against Russia in Asia was obtained by
o war made under Russian sufferance, per-
mission and patronage, as we may say, and
that this war was waged and closed in con-
ditions imposed by Russia, she will, per-
haps, cease to regard the Earl of Beacons-
field as politician who leads all Europe
by the nose.
Year: 1879

melia.


Had Russia gained as the price of her
neutrality in Asia no other advantage than
the concession from England and the other
Powers Of suspension of that clause of
the Berlin Treaty which required her early
evacuation of the Turkish territory she
would have pledged her neutrality at o
very cheap rate if the advantage that
England was to gain by it in Asia was to be
a substantia one But Russia seems to have
played her game in the confidence that the
advantage England might gain would be as
evanescent as it has proved; in the faith
that the condition imposed would destroy
every chance for the success OF England's
occupation. She believed she had effec-
tually put q spoke in the wheel of her
great enemy, and that she intended to
do SO there can be no doubt. Indeed,
public men in England who now see the
effect of the condition Russia had exacted
as plainly as the Russians saw it at the
time, point to the Russians as the real
authors OF the calamity, and charge that
they instigatod the slaughter That u.s. OF
course. preposterous; though undoubtedly
the government would like to encourage
that view. To say that it is Russia is to
give public opinion scapegoat and cover
the governments fault. But the Russians,
though they did not instigate the massacre,
were from the first aware that an English
Ambassador placed Ia Cabul rs the sign of
British domination and not protected by
the presence OF an army was toredoomed to
Year: 1879

It IS little strange that SO psomi Bent newspaper as the Philadelphia Inquirer should be so poorly informed on the production of the leading anC much discussed Territory of Arizona as is indicated by this paragraph taken from its columns:

 There is fair prospect that gold will be found all through the noun tains of Colorado and in the wilds of Arizona, and if this should be verified there will be profitable work for thou. sands and fortunes for hundreds in these regions hereafter.

 Upon this the Stock Report aptly says:

 We wonder if the Inquirer really be- lieves that gold will be found in Col orado and the "wilds of Arizona. |" Gold mining was prosecuted success fully in Colorado twenty-five years ago, and in Arizona gold was mined before the city of Philadelphia existed.

 If the Inquirer will send reporter to 430 Walnut street, only about a block from its office, he can learn all about Tombstone and other valuable Arizona mines.
Year: 1879

Morse & Co.'S saw-mill, to be set up south of Camp Bowie, is thus spoken of by the Mining and Scientific Press

 H. W. Rice has just shipped from his engine and boiler works machinery for a large saw-mill, which is to be erected in a timber tract on the noun tains of Arizona. The engine is 12x 24, and It is one of the finest ever pro duced upon the Pacific coast It is provided with automatic cutoff valves with latest improvements in valve gear, piston rings, crosshead, guides, rod guides, boxes, etc. The boiler is made of the best material and is provided with pumps and heater of best pat terms, and all that is necessary to make it complete outfit. The boiler was tested on the yard and is calculated to develop fully forty horse power
Year: 1879

Full Council met on June at Record CTS office. Several subjects came up. or which incomplete action was had.

 It was ordered that the cemetery post, be painted white.

 It was ordered that city policemen In regular employ shall not be authorized to leave the city except on .he cIty's busi- ness.

 Ordered that Councilman Leathervood be appointed a committee to abase the nuisance Of dogs running at large.