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Year: 1879

recognize the serious aspect of the drama to be enacted, and were not little nerv- ous on entering the church. In their trepidation they nearly forgotto provide themselves with white gloves, if there had not come timely reminder from May. The service commenced-went on without interruption to the place where the decisive question was put. Jem and Tom listened in the utmost ex- oitement to the professors response and then the question came to May, "Wilt thou have this man to be thy welded husband ?"

 Jem was just rising from his seat in anticipation of the impending scene, when her answer came, in low, clear voice that could be heard distinctly in all parts of the church "Yes."

 The two boys were horror struck. Was it possible she knew what she was doing ? Was she overpowered by fright Whether she was or not, they certain ly were; for, in spite of frantic i'm pulse to cry out and proclaim the mis- take, the decorum Of the place kept them still till the ceremony was over. Then they rushed to her side, needless of order or conventionalities.

 "May May I" whispered Tom, catch ing her hand in his excitement, Care you crazy? Do you know that you are married to him"

 The color in her face deepened as in a late sunset sky.

 "Yes, knowit," she answered quiet ly, laying her other hand upon her hus- bands arm and then lifting her beau tiful flushed face to her brother, "and I love him."

 Perhaps two more discomfted young men never stole out of church than were Jem and Tom as they slipped away un- noticed among the crowd of people. The former, indeed, was savage, and de- clared that he would not forgive her.

 But Tom, when he saw his sisters face leaning out of the carriage for the last time before they drove away, was moved to kiss her in grim, uncom- promising sort of way; and seeing the penitent tears gathering in her brown eyes, to mutter to himself |" It was our fault, after all. We acted as if we were sure she hadn't got any heart, and no wonder she was ashamed to show it.

 As for Jem, he finally retracted his heroic resolves, and consented to most amicable truce between himself and Mrs. Professor Rensel after her return but the two young men were never quite sure whether the professor believed in that ghost or not.-Harpers' Magosine
Year: 1879

Good-by, good-by! How many a breaking

 heart

 Has felt in that one word all hope depart While tho poor smile that strove to give the lie Spoke out too well the souls unuttered cryt The lips that quivered OCT the clenched teeth The working brow, the trembling tear beneath; The voice that could not speak, and yet ex-

 pressed

 The agony that shook the heaving breast! Good-by! Is this not strange that we should

 say

 To one who leaves us for single day s The same farewell that oft the labored breath Clasps from the twilight of the eve of death O God, what other word can tell so much, Paint such picture in so slight touch 2sf The last, last word! perhaps in coldness said, When the next meeting was but with-the

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Year: 1879

called to it by previouSgrand iuries, but no
heed has been paid to their urgent and reiter-
ated recommendations.


Your committee desire to call attention to
grave defect in the arrangements of the Jail in
the lack OF any separate ward or apartment for
female prisoners. 1t is true that during the
day the male prisoners are not allowed
III the corridors of the second story, where the
female prisoners are confined and enter it only
at night to be locked in their cells, but as all
conversation between prisoners can be heard
through the open gratings of the cells, it is
needless to say that for: this and tother reasons
which will naturally suggest themselves
to the Igrand jury, women, perhaps
In some instances innocent and pure women
committed for trial ON some groundless charge,
should not be exposed to needless collision
with vice and obscenity.


Your committee urgently recommend that a
separate apartment be provided for female
prisoners, and trust that if this meets your
approval it will not meet the fate of similar
recommendations by other grand juries, and
be consigned to the oblivion of the pigeon
holes in the clerks Office.


Your committee were strongly impressed
with the insecurity of the Jail. The escape of
prisoners some time since by cutting hole
through the floor Of the corridor and letting
themselves down into the basement and prying
out the rock under the basement windows will
be remembered, and all that has been done to
prevent the repetition of such escapes is to
place lining of gayanized sheet iron under the
floor and to increase the vigilance of the
guards, precautions which your committee
deem insufficient. 1t seems to your committee
that the price Of SO per week paid for the
board of such prisoners is excessive and should
be reduced.


The length of the half dozen sentences of
the report betrays its authorship. Besides,
Mr.. Wheelock subscribed as a member of the
committee.-REP.|
Year: 1879

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 2S.-While a freight train
on the Milwaukee & st. Paul railway was
switching at Racine Junction last night, a
brake chain on a loaded car broke. In order
to prevent a run-oH the switchman turned the
switch and let the car on the main track. The
car started south at great speed, and mile and
half south of here ran into passenger train
No. from Chicago, breaking a pair Of trucks
on the engine and inficting other slight dam
age. The freight car was broken to pieces and
its contents set on fire. None of the passenger
cars or occupants were injured. The fireman
jumped from the engine and was slightly hurt
Year: 1879

The committee which visited the jail report


We have visited the county jail and find
nothing to crlticise in respect to the ordinary
sanitary and police regulations. Strict atten.
ton seems to be paid to cleanliness ond venti-
latlon; the arrangements for heating and drain
age are satisfactory; the food provided the
prisoners is abundant and wholesome, and as
they have nothing to do when not consuming
it, but to while away their time in reading,
smoking, card-playiug and other amusementa,
they have every reason to applaud the policy
which provides them under the misnomer of
punishment, with holiday season of comfort
able idleness at the public expense.


Of the thirty-four prisoners confined in the
jail, eleven were committed for vagrancy; six
for drunkenness, and all but four Of the rest
Tor petty thefts. There is room for few
more, and the wonder is that any
cell is left untitled, when the county thus dis
tinguishes with its generous hospitality every
unthrifty vagabond who can contrive to get a
card of admission from the courts: when the
only penalty for these ofenses is to be gratitut-
ously furnished by the authorities with COM
fortably lodgings and plentiful food, without
the necessity OF working for liv,
ing, which is imposed on the honest
and law abiding citizen. 1t is usual thing
for vagrants to commit some petty offense
for the purpose of being sentenced to the
county jail to be supported in idleness at the
public expense especially during the winter,
and a large proportion Of the prisoners usually
confined there are of this class.


The obvious remedy for this state of things
is to add the actual penalty
OF hard labor to the nominal
one OF imprisonment; the Jail would be yerv
soon emptied of its burden of vagabonds if
they were compelled to work like other people
for their board and lodging, and such as re-
mained would help to pay the cost of their
Keeping, and in default of other occupations
they could readily be put to saving wood for
the comfy buildings and the county
poor instead of employing laborinn
men under the windows to furnish them with
fuel to keep them warm, cook their food and
amuse them with the spectacle Of public folly.
For that portion of the prisoners committed as
vagrants, under sentence of the municipal
court, ample legal authority exists for setting
them to work. Amendments to the existinS
statutes are required to enable the judges Of
the district court to sentence prisoners
to hard labor and t, authorize the county com
missioners to provide suitable workshops or
other arrangements for the employment of the
prisoners; that these obvious remedies for an
evil of long standing, which has annually cost
the county aslarge sum Of money. .lhave not been
applied before is, in the judgment of your
committee, q scandal and reproach to the
municipal and county administration.


The public attention has been repeatedly
Year: 1879

The committees report on the aims house or
county farm compliments the management for
the existing good order, cleanliness, and at
tention paid to the comfort of the inmates.
The report recommends that some light indoor
work be given the inmates during winter; and
particularly mentions the case Of vigorous
young blind man who was anxious to receive
instruction, as to make living and cease to
be burden on the county. Broom making is
recommended Rs a panacea for the prevalent
idleness
Year: 1879

The Clarendon hotel. under the management
of that prince of mine hosts, is rapidly ac-
quiring reputation for being the model hotel
of the mort Invest. The latest change made is
the introduction Of experienced boy walters.
Year: 1879

a revival of sectional animosities, nor an
attempt to exalt one section Of the country
soove another. There are many living
questions in our politics, the decision Of
which concerns all classes and all sections.


Our hope is that the conservative words of
the two statesmen who have returned home
from long journeys-the republican ex-
President and the democratic Senator-will
be weighed by the passionate men of both
parties. 1t would be well for the intolerant
republicans, who believe in fighting the
battles of the war over again in every cam
paign, if they would unite with General
Grant in his aspirations for common
country and justice for all. 1t would be
well for the violent democrats if they saw
in political success the peace and glory of
the Union which are SO earnestly desired
by Senator Bayard.
Year: 1879

The catastrophe in Cannon street is in
some respects more lamentabls than even
the ordinary tenement house fire, which is
always bad enough. There is apparently
ample reason to believe that it was not q
piece of blind mischance, but one of those
savage tragedies of cupidity-a confagra-
tion contrived for the sake of insurance. It
originated in the wretched apartment of o
tailor, who. with his whole family, was away
that night, and who had seven hundred
dollars insurance on his furniture, though
enough remains Of his apartment and its
contents to prove that it was prac-
tically stripped of all articles of
value. An insurance of that sum on an
empty apartment is fact worthy all the
attention it has received from the author
tiles. Fires of incendiary origin in tene-
ment houses are not uncommon, and per-
haps always have the same motive. If the
full penalty of the law for arson were in
Aicted in q case like this it might have a
good effect, for it would prove to even the
most ardently speculative spirit that this
way Of making money is not profitable
adventure. There was, of course, q fire
escape to this house. Nobody seems to
have used it or thought of it. What is
the reason? Were the tenants ignorant of
its existence, or was it inaocessible2
Year: 1879

It is gratifying to know that everything
is prospering in Wall street. When we read
of seven hundred thousand shares having
been bought and sold in one day it means
good times for the brokers, with plenty of
money and large commissions. But we hope
our people will be careful, all the same.
The boom is good thing when it runs in
one direction. But there is law Of nature
declaring that the wave which washes the
shore must recede. In their anxiety 10 go
with the advancing boom we hope our peo-
pie will be prudent enough to avoid being
caught in the receding.


There never was time when conserva-
tism and prudence were more desirable
than now. Then all tho good results that
accrue from large harvests. the advance in
trade and increase in labor, will not be
paralyzed by sudden and unnecessary
panic.
Year: 1879

Another chapter in the history of the Law
son-Labouchere fracas is printed in our
dispatches to-day. Mr.. Labouchere's ex-
pulsion from the Beefsteak Club was voted
as q necessary assertion of the dignity of
that institution. Whether he was expelled
because he was assaulted in the streets or
because his assailant refused to fight him
or for what other reason remains as yet =
mystery. But the world at large have rea-
son to be contented with the event, for the
columns of London Truth will now satisfy
tho hunger that is felt by the whole human
race to know the personal composition of
the Beefsteak Club.
Year: 1879

Few chronicles of modern warfare surpass
the story Of the battle of the iron-clad
Huascar, of the Peruvian navy, with several
Chilean vessels for it's exhibition of des-
perate gallantry. From the first the Peru
Wan was hopelessly overmatched, but he
fought to the last gasp. Early in the COM
bat the ship was SO crippled in her steering
gear as to become unmanageable, and as
she thus foated at the mercy Of the waves
the Chileans easily kept on the safe side of
her, and with their enormous weight of
metal simply hammered her to pieces.
And those on board the doomed ship,
officers and men, went through their part
of the performance with heroism that
could not be surpassed in any navy.
Indeed, the maritime nations who are
fondest of referring to the desperate
stories of their naval history might be
proud to add to their records a tale like
that of the Huascar. Spaniards, and, least
Of all, South American Spaniards, have not
been regarded as the sort of men likely to
fight in this way on the sea; but it will not
take many fights like this to establish their
fame. There are some names in the report,
however such as Grau and Mac Mahon, which
seem to imply that all the heroes were not
men OF pure Spanish blood.
Year: 1879

Denis Coppers bought burial plot in
Calvary Cemetery, in which was room for
four graves, and intended that it should be
family should be buried there with him.


His mother actually was buried there. but
when Denis himself was brought over OBJ
jections were made by persons in charge of
the cemetery. Denis was Freemason, and
the rules Of the cemetery are that such per-
was made over the case at the time it was
freely discussed by people generally and it
went to the courts for settlement It has been
decided in the Supreme Court of the State
now that Denis Coppers must be buried in
the ground which in his lifetime he pur-
Of the graveyard have sold the plot, ac-
cepted the purchase money and in all
needful ways completed contract of sale,
and cannot at this late hour get up and
propose new conditions as impediments to
such o use Of the land as was contem-
plated when it was purchased. AS this is
common sense the public ought to be glad
that it is also law. Our courts do not take
into consideration the peculiar attributes
and qualities that consecration imparts
to land. They do not and can
not comprehend conservation. As the
State is effectively divorced from the
Church the courts have no ecclesiastical
eyes. They view the purchase of a grave,
therefore, as they would view the purchase
of any other piece of land-as a mere con-
tract-and they interpret the entangle-
ments of contract without prejudice from
religious conceptions. It will not be easy,
perhaps, for the religious corporation in
volved to content itself under this judg-
ment, and it may appeal; but the decision
is likely to be the same everywhere, and if
the Church is to have remedy it must be
by strictly ecclesiastical methods.
Year: 1879

The news that the imperial government
OF Germany proposes to enlarge its army
will have depressing effect on Europe.
One OF the results of this movement will be
to increase the emigration of Germans to
America. What with the distress in Ire
land the agitation and depression in
business in England and the uneasy politi-
cal situation in Germany. compared with
our own prosperity, it would not surprise
US to see the emigration to the United
States larger next year than it has been for
q long time.
Year: 1879

Murderers have some rights, even on the
scaffold. One of them is the right to be
hanged skilfully. Otherwise there are un-
equal degrees in their punishment. Aman
whose hanging Is botched is tortured before
he is killed, and this exceeds the sentence
of the court. That is what occurred at the
hanging of the two murderers at Lebanon,
Pa, yesterday. The Sheriff, an mex
porienced officer in such business, under
took to swing them of together on one gall
lows, and built the machine so unskilfully
that when he touched the spring the drop
would not work and the crossbeam above
their heads was displaced, and the
wretches were obliged to stand trem-
bling on the platform, with the nooses
on their necks. until the apparatus could be
adjusted. The interval necessary for the
purpose Is estimated by the Sherif's
apologists at one minute. But who can
measure the agony which 1t is possible to
concentrate into less time than that2 Let
anybody, who wishes to test it as near as
may be, take watch and while counting
sixty beats of the secondhand imagine
himself in the situation described.


Why not execute the penalty of death by
the process Of electricity, which IL ~ sure
Year: 1879

We trust that our readers will not be
alarmed by the despatch sent by General
Toombs to Chicago in reference to ''the
death of the Union" General Toombs is
a frank, eccentric person, who holds posi-
ton in the South something like Wendell
Phillips in the North--doing what he
pleases, saying what he pleases. nobody
dislilxing him and nobody caring particu-
larly what his opiniens are, except that
they are frank, fresh, original and generally
amusing.


General Toombs is in no position to speak
for the Southern people on any subject,
and an effort to quote any of his freaks as
an exponent of public opinion would do
the South great injustice.
Year: 1879

The WEATmER.-Ihe barometer is very much
below the mean from the Atlantic tn the Pacific
Ocean, except on the New England and South
Atlantic coasts. a centre of disturbance is
moving slowly over the lake regions toward the
st. Lawrence Valley, attended by strong winds
on its eastern margin and rains. 1t is likely to
develop considerable energy as it approaches
Nova Scotia where the high area will tend to
retard its progress for few days. Rain fell
throughout the lake regions, central valleys,
Middle Atlantic and New England States. The
weather was cloudy in the South Atlantic
and Gulf States and clear In the Northwest
The temperature has fallen slightly in the North
west, but has remained nearly stationary in the
other sections of the country. The winds have
been brisk to strong in the lake regions and
fresh elsewhere. The weather in New York and
its vicinity to-day will be partly cloudy and
slightly cooler, with rains in the early portion.
Tomorrow 1t will be cooler and fair.
Year: 1879

What great thing it would be IL our
local leaders would stop politics and job
berry and scheming and give themselves to
the serious problem of checking the spread
of diphtheria If tho "bosses" who have
control of New York city and Kings county
would 80 succeed in improving the sanitary
condition of the city that this horrible dis
ease would cease or diminish in violence
they would endear themselves to the
people.
Year: 1879

AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE is set by the
residents of Harlem, for they are taking active
steps TO secure five cent fares on the elevated
roads at all hours of the day or night. The
movement should be taken up by every ward
in the city, for in no other way can the people
obtain an adequate return for the valuable fran
chises granted the rapid transit companies.
"Cheap fares" is a good rallying cry.
Year: 1879

MONTREAL. Nov. IA. 1879.
final order from the military authorities at OF
tawa been received distinctly declining to grant
leave to the militia of this city to pay return visit
to the Thirteenth regiment Of Brooklyn. Prepare
tions for the journey have been abandoned.
Year: 1879

THOSE PEOPLE who are clamoring for q re-
duction of our regular army to skeleton will
no doubt be alarmed at the announcement that
the State National Guard has an effective
strength OF over twenty thousand.
Year: 1879

Call at our Drug Store and get a trial
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery
free of charge, if you are suffering with
a Cough. Cold. Asthma, Bronchitis.
Hay Fever, Consumption, loss of voice
tickling in the throat or Lungs This
is the great remedy that is causing SO
much excitement by its many wonder
ful cures, curing thousands of hopeless
cases. Over one million bottles of DR.
Kings New Discovery have been used
within this last year, and have given
perfect salts action in every instance.
We can unhesitatingly say that this is
is really the only sure cure for throat
and lung affections. and can cheerfully
recommend it to all, Call and get 1
trial bottle free Of charge, or re sulal
size for 81 90
Year: 1879

No use of having the chills, no use of
headache, ,or any of the Ills that come from
a disordered or Inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
new person. Try it aud be satisfied.
Year: 1879

QUILLYuUTE NALLEY.-Mr. Mart
Pullen, who came from the locality
above named, brings information that
the two dozen settlers there are do
ing well and have no cause for COM
plant. They propose to construct a
road across to Clalam Bay, on the
Straits of Fuca, and to make that
their shipping point for stock. We
learn that the distance is but about
thirty miles, that the course lies
through comparatively level scope
Of country, and that it is susceptible
of extensive farming settlements
along the route. To make such a
road will require some labor, but it
would open to settlement more land
in Clalam county than is now culti-
waited within her limits. Capt Nun
roe, Of the Dispatch, has very gener-
ously offered TO convey, free Of cost,
to Clalam Bay, any supplies required
by those who may volunteer labor Oh
the proposed road. We hope to see
the potent hand of enterprise take
hold of this matter and push the
work t. successful issue. 1t will be
of material benefit not only to the
county of Clalam but to the entire
Sound country.
Year: 1879

occept, but he will go home to vote,
and it is probable he will reach
Ohio several days before the cleo
ton and make at least two or three
speeches. He is very confident Of
Republican success, and says all re>
ports received from there increase
his confidence. He belives not only
that Foster will be elected, but that
the majority will be strikingly large.
He thinks the Legislature will also
be carried by the Republicans.
Year: 1879

The demand for the Knox silk hat for the
season Of 50 ~ active steadily Increasing Whole
sale recognize fact that KNSs the leading mana
faoturer OF these fabrcs IA the United states