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Year: 1877

For nearly thirty days the House had been in


state Of intense excitement pending the


Electoral count. There was an angry and


bitter faction determined to defeat the


completion Of the count, and to plunge


the country into state OF anarchy, resulting


not only in a contested succession to the


Presidency, but in civil war. The House


was overwhelmingly Democratic, and that


party was laboring under all the excitements


and bad feelings Of defeat and dissppoint-


ment. One-half OF more Of the Democratic


members so far conquered their prejudices


and their party affiliations as to unite with


the Republicans and enforce the law, COM
p1ete the count, and secure the peaceful suc-
cession Of President HAYES. These patriotic
Democrats, while practically doing no more
than their sworn duty, nevertheless put party
clnnor at defiance, and overcame the strong
faction who were intent on revolution. The
Republicans were naturally jubilant over
their great victory; as victors they felt
kindly disposed towards all mankind; they
felt deeply grateful towards those Democrats
who had aided them in completing the
count, and it was while they vera thus
happy and jubilant that Cox made his
motion for general amnesty, and in the
general good feeling there was hardly an OBJ
jection,-not IN objection strong enough to
demand the yeas and nays,-and the bill
passed. It is possible that the bill will be
passed in the Senate, aud that in the era of
general kindness and fraternity, and the
new construction OF parties, in which the
Rebellion, and the Lost Cause, and the color
line in politics, will be buried together for
ever, the victorious and magnanimous Re-
publicans will pass the bill, and not dignity
JEFF DAVIS by making d special exception of
him in the general and fnnl amnesty.
Year: 1877

The New York SIN appears With its col
u1nns in mourning over the result of the
Electoral vote. It is the first instance on
record where All editor las turned Lis col
uun-rules because he has lost a post~ot6ce.
It is an indication Of grief too touching and
sacred for words, aud We forbcar further
comment
Year: 1877

One of those astonishing persons who
send questions to the column of can
swers to Correspondents" in the week
ly story papers, asks, in a recent num-
Der of the New York Startler, if the ed
itor can tell him the best way of begin =
ming a conversation when he is intro
duced to young lady at party. The
editor can't suggest anything, but |
think | can; although have a private
opinion that the questioner will succeed
better opening oysters than converse
tiOns. A capital plan is to begin by
saying something about the weather.
The young woman may be startled by
the boldness of the subject, but if the
weather is cold say so and stick to it.
l have heard some good things said
about the weather by people who had
just been introduced; and | am ac-
quainted with man who remarked to
thirty-seven women during the evening
that sit looks like rain," and he said it
every time as if it were Il happy
Thought that just struck him. If a
young woman doesn't respond prompt
ly when you allude to the weather, try
her on the -PlatOniSm, and ask her
if she thinks the doctrines of Pythago-
ras had any influence upon the tenden-
cy of the Greeks to persist in adhering
to the tenets of Pantheism. If she still
holds off, try to draw her out by inquir-
ing if she believes that the doctrine OF
natural selection has any influence up.
on the marital relation, and whether
the atrabiiOus temperament is disposed
to seek the sanguine or the lympathic
If this does not unloose the tongue, yor
might ask her what kind of tomb
stone she would prefer, or if she think:
dogwood tooth brush is better than
the kind with bristles, or whether she
likes Il double-nosed pointer better than
liver-colored setter, or whether sh,
believes that st. Paul was in the habi
of eating onions. What man want
at party is to touch the soul of th'
woman he is talking to, and if the allu
sion to PythagOras does not reach he
finer feelings, the reference to the tomb
stone will.-Mdr AdeIer
Year: 1877

A writer on gardening gives the fol-
lowing hints on starting tender seeds,
such us tomatoes, squashes, melons, and
the like: at is desirable i'll transplant
ing not to check growth by disturbing
the roots. A good way to avoid this is
to scrape out turnips, fill them with
good soil, and plant with two or three
seeds, sitting them in a warm, light
place, and keeping them moist. When
the weather is suitable, place these out
in the garden at proper depth the tur
nip will decay, and the plant will thrive
unchecked if properly cared for. Do
not use potatoes in place of turnips.
Another method is to get squares of sod,
say six inches wide, from good, mellow
soil, turn them bottom up, and put in
such seeds as squash or melon or sweet
corn, and treat them in the same way,
not putting out till the weather is quite
warm, and then protecting against bugs.
For more delicate plants, flowers, etc,
make little square paper boxes out of
thin writing-paper or thick newspaper,
merely folding them at the corners as
you would the paper in covering book,
and tacking them with Il needle and
thread make them about three inches
square and two deep. Fill with good
soil, start the seeds and put out at the
proper time boxes and all, without dis
turbing the roots. If you fear that the
paper is too strong for the roots to pen
citrate, cut carefully on the bottom of
the box the shape of Il cross, and all
will be well.n
Year: 1877

infected house should be warned of
the presence of dangerous disease
therein, and children especially should
not be admitted. On recovery. the
sick person should not miDgle with the
well until the rOughneSs of the skin,
due to the disease. shall have disap-
peared. A month is considered an av-
erage period. A month is considered
about the average period during which
isolation is needed. In case of death
from scarlet fever, the funeral services
should be strictly private, and the
corpse should not be exposed to view.
-Medicdl Journal.
Year: 1877

- Scarlet fever is like smallpox in
its power to spread readily from person
to person. 1t is highly contagious.
The disease shows its first signs in
about one week after exposure, as a
general rule, and persons who escape
the illness during a fortnight after ex


posure may feel themselves safe from
attack Scarlet fever, scarletina, can
ker-rash and rash fever, are names of
one and the same dangerous disease.
When a case of scarlet fever occurs in
any family, the sick person should be
placed in room apart from the other
inmates of the house, and should be
nursed as far as possible by one person
only. The sick chamber should be well
warmed. Its furniture should be such
as permit of cleansing without injury
and all extra articles, such as window
drapery and wOOlen carpets, should be
removed from the room during the
sickness. The family should not min
gle with other people. Visitors to an
Year: 1877

San Franciscans have always boasted
that their city was the healthiest on the
globe, but the yearly mortality seems
now to be steadily increasing, and the
papers account for it by the city's de-
fective system of drainage. One piece
of low land receives the drainage of 80
blocks, and the only exit for the col
lected filth of this portion of the city is
through a sewer about 10 by l6 inches
in size.
Year: 1877




Look here, Messrs. Senators il has
been nearly two months since the
House of Representatives passed the
Bland Bill rcmonetizing silver by an
almost unanimous vote. They were
moved to this action by the voice Of
the people during the late campaign.
And yet no action is had on the bill
in the Senate. The people are slower
in getting at their Senators than al
their Representatives, but they will
relegate every Senator to private life
who neglects to carry this measure
through before Congress adjourns.
Stick pin there.
Year: 1877

had been a wide range as to the effect


of such failure to elect, upon the 9th.


er candidate. In q Pennsylvania case


where the candidate was disqualified,


the election went back to the people,


In the Indiana cases the next highest


candidate had been elected, and in


other cases the party had been nm


seated without seating his opponent.


The acts of Congress indicate q dis


position to furnish o remedy where
disqualified electors had been chosen,


as when it was provided that q state
might select q new elector where one


disqualified had been chosen. The


state having failed to take advantag &c


of the 134th section of the revised


statutes, and having failed to remedy
a non-election, there was vacancy,
and one vote was claimed as lost to


the state. He referred to the decision
Of the Judges in the late Rhode


Island case, to tho effect that the incl
igibility of one of the candidates
created vacancy which could be
filed only by the Legislature, and
argued that had the Office not been


filed there would have vacan-
cy existed. Florida, like Rhode ISL
and, had ample opportunity to correct
the error and fill the vacancy, had she
chosen to avail herself of IL.


Green called the attention of the
commission to the claim that the let
ter of Humphreys to Judge Wood
and the reply of the same were not
an act of the court, and that the
certificate of the clerk of the
Circuit Court of Florida, read
this morning, showed that his
resignation had not been made a mat


ter Of record in the Office of the
court. He discussed the case under
the first part of the order of the
court to consider only papers con-
tanned in the package opened by the
President of the Senate. He argued
that the formal character of certificate
number 2 entitled it to the same con-
sideration by the Commission, and
that the statutes and
action of courts of state
were matters that the Commission
should inquire into and establish the
of certificate No. l. The
commission had before them in the
Sd certificate not only the certificate
Of the Governor, but q tabulated
statement Of the precise number of
votes cast in each county in the state,
for the different candidates. This
certificate had the authority of the
executive, judiciary and legislative,
all speaking in unanimous and united
voice upon the question which is to
be decided by this tribunal. 1t might
be said the third certificate did not
arrive at Washington by the first
Wednesday in January, and was too
late. He cited authorities to sustain
his proposition. That clause was di-
rectory mot mandatory. The main
fact was, did the electors vote accord
ing to constitutional requirements and
the mere transmission of their mes
sage to the Vice. President was an in
matter and the time within
prescribed limits was not the essence
Of the transaction. The main point
was that the votes should be received
before the count took place.
Year: 1877

SUrposE the Republican candidate
for President, Governor Hayes, had
been almost directly caught in the act
of trying to purchase democratic
electoral vote, the proof resting upon
money furnished by his own nephew,
living under his own roof, one of two
things would certainly have hap
pcned. The democrats would either
have branded him as unworthy of
confidence of n great people, or the
republicans would have forced him
to retire from the field as disgrace
to their party and their country
State Register.
Year: 1877

The case of the United States
against General Belknap was to-day


dismissed ON motion OF the district
attorney-general, for the reason that
the evidence would not sustain the
prosecution. The action Of tho attor.
ney general is taken ON the direction
of President Grant who endorses the
report Of the district attorney as fol.
Ilows: "In view Of the within state.
Year: 1877

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WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 6.-Thcre
is serious misapprehension as to
the effect Of q decision Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, hardly
yet a week old, unon the Oregon case
That decision is that an officer whose
term extendt to the qualification OF
his successor remains in Office till his
successor is sworn in. Chief Justice
Waite, of the Supreme Court, this
afternoon, in the course of q CONVEX
sation said that the decision as to the
Illinois officer in question had no
reference to the eligibility of Watts
as presidential elcctor; that on the
contrary the principles of that decis-
ion greatly strengthened the republi-
can case in Oregon. Watts had ten
dered his resignation, and his success.
sor was qualified on Nov. II. The
qualification of his successor entirely
removed all taint, and at the time he
entered the electoral college he was
not ineligible.
Year: 1877

The democratic farce Of pretend
ing to consider Colorado not State
was finally played through to-day
through the unanimous adoption OF
q report by Caulfield from the demo-
cratic side, providing for paying the
Colorado Representative the full sal
ary from the date of his election.
Year: 1877

Continued from page 1917
after the passage of this act for and during the term of
their natural lives


SEC. 3. That before the name of any person shall be
placed upon the pensonrol under this act proof shall be
made under such rules and regulations the Secretary
of the Interior may prescribe that the applicant is entitled
to pension under the provisions of this act and any per-
who shall falsely take any oath required to be taken
under the provisions Of this act shall be guilty of perjury
and the Secretary of the Interior shall be stricken
from the penson-ro the of any person whenever it
shall appear by proof satisfactory to him. that such
put upon such roll through false and fraudulent rep
reseuaons the right of such person to pension
der the provisions of this act The loss of certificate of
discharge shall not deprive the applicant Of the benefits OF


this act but other proof of services performed and of
honorable discharge satisfactory shall be deemed suf
cient.


SEC That the provisions of sections twelve and thr
teen of act entitled An act supplementary to An act
to grant PENSIONS approved July fourth eighteen hun
drcd and sixty four and of sections two three and four
of act entitled An act supplementary to several acts
relating pensions approved June SIXTH eighteen hun
dren and sxtysix shall be applicable to the pensions
granted by this act and no law in existence which
in any conflicts with the provisions of this act shall
be applicable the survivors of the warwth Mexico above
mentioned to be construed to deprive them of the
benefits of this act.
Year: 1877

We commence in this number the publication of an "A.
phabetica list of the Battles of the War of the Rebellion
from authentic sources to be continued hereafter IT
will be pleasant hope for the old soldiers again
the and dates Of battles in which they their
friends took part
Year: 1877

nervous man, whose life made miserable by the
gathering of backsmths prevailed upon each of them
TO by the offer of liberal pecuniary compensation
When the money paid down. he kindly inquired what
neghborhood they intended to remove to- ''Why, SIR"
replied Jack, with grin his face, ''Tom Smith
TO my shop and move to his
Year: 1877

GENTLEMEN who can't tell poonaise from an apron
front will bear in mind the prevailing distinction between
a hat and bonnet. One is over the ear and the
other on the nape of the neck
Year: 1877

occurred within the last half hour. This is fair
illustration of speculators logic. short uHo ago
prices were advanced because of the economy in
troduced by the reduction OF wages, ana to-day
prices rise because Of restoration of old wages.
Investors viii do well to ignore all Wal-st reason
ing and say and answer to themselves the pam
practical questions-can railroads heavily handl-
capped with fictitious stock and debts be exempt
from the evils affecting all other enterprises. many
of which have never drunk at the fountain of nia-
tiOn


We have neither space nor disposition to repeat
the many rumoFs winch to-day momentdrily Affected
prices and detailed description Of the nuctuatons
would be incomplete without an account OF ea'h
special cause: therefore the reader is referred to
the subjoned table showing the


p.xcr M TuR STOCK MARKET.
Year: 1877

IT is obvious that cotton manu-
featuring in the North has seen its
best days. Capitalists are not
likely to put more money into an in
dustry so far from the raw material
and where fuel is scarce. Some of
the finer tissues VIII be proftably
produced in the Northern States but
in future the South will, without
doubt, be made the seat of opera
lions in the manufacture of all coarse
cotton fabrics. More mills have
been built in Georgia and other
southern States, since the war, than
are now in operation throughout the
Northeast. Thoy are all paying
factories and the demand for their
goods are on the increase. That
tells the story.
Year: 1877

WE learn that Capt. Rich, chief
engineer of the Wisconsin Central.
Is to make a survey at once for a
railroad line from Ashland to the N.
L. Junction. This is good news.
1t is to the interest of both tt e Cen
trail and the Northern Pacific TO
connect as soon as possible. Wheth-
er or not the line will pass through
Superior is the next question that
VIII agltate our people.
Year: 1877

tory Of tho case il narrated in our local col.
umns, aud It will be seen TINT Tho effect of
the decision In to establish tho rnio that tho
long, and tedious, and practically impossible
remedy Of each creditor suoing each stock
holder individually is not the sole remedy,
but that one creditor, jointly with the Ar
signco or Receiver, mny bring auit against alt
tho stockholders Mt once, and in this way de-
ternafne and cnforcs In tho most direct and
simple way the liability Of all by decree Of
tina rnutf
Year: 1877

A MILLION dollars worth of prop
erty at the mercy Of the commune,
which he has done much to encour-
age by his vicious paper. has brought
old Storey to his senses, and knocked
all the states rights doctrine out OF
him, as witness the following from
his editorial of the the 3lst ultimo:


"Reccnt events have powerfully
tended to convince every honest citi-
zen that the national government is
the only governmental agency that is
at all worthy OF trust i'm such an
emergency. The state governments
and the city governments have alike
proved incapable or unwilling to fill
the office of local government at the
moment when local government is
most needed. The inscription on the
great seal Of Illinois has proven to be
an Elusive and absurd form of words.
estate sovereignty" is the assertion
of demonstrated lie, Local self
government is a fiction, the reality OF
which in America is forbidden by
positive law. If the local government
function is to be executed at all in
sudden emergencies like that which
has so lately paralyzed all commerce
and industry by outbreaks of mob
violence, it must be exercised by some
other than the untrustworthy local
governments which owe their exist
ence to the persons composing the
mob"
Year: 1877

THE so-called communist is a sore
upon the face of society, cancer in
the blood of honest thrift. lie came
with many other denominations from
the cutters OF older civilizations. AT
home he was probably criminal.
He is here to poison the minds of de-
cent mon and to clog the wheels oI
progress. 1t were well for the coun-
try and its future il every communist
were either hanged or taken to some
point on the boundary line of the
United States and kicked out of al
community with freedom and Repub
licanism. Every communist is q trait
or to this government, and should b'
dealt with accordingly. Until this il
done, and every communist meeting
broken up, the country nurses in it
breast viper which some day, if no
stamped out, may rise and sting it t.
death.--Inter-Oce
Year: 1877

THE Home Rule idiot of the Chica-
go Tribune who has been bowling
himself hoarse in favor of withdraw
ing the troops from the south, thus
turning the Chisholms and all other
loyal people in that section over to
the tender mercies of the Confederate
mob, had the following to say when
these same blue coats came along in
Chicago to protect him and his prop
erty from a similar but no more
bloodthirsty mob:


"The cheers that went up on the ar
rival Of the first detachment of tr0ops
were addressed to the National Gov
ernment, and were a complete &C
acknowledgement of the domination OF
the Federal idea. The moral should
not be lost nor the fact be forgotten
when the old question of State-Sov'
creignty comes up again for discus
sion, and the crazy arguments of i'm
practicable theorists are brought from
their hiding-places."
Year: 1877

The railroad men learned one
thing, and that is that many of the
men, outsiders we mean, who coun-
seled them to strike, were the first to
turn their backs upon them when
they got out of employment. Had
they continued in the strike they
would also have discovered that
many of the outside loafers who were
patting them on the back and insist
ing that they should hold out would
have been the last to extend them a
favor, had they sought it at their
hands. These fellows, many of them
who talked to the railroad men about
ssthe rights Of the working man. are
chronic dead-beats who never earn
ed dollar by honest toll in their
lives, and their talk of love for the
workingman is the blather of cheap
dcmagogism. And most of the
workingmen know it and are not
fooled by such professions Of love


The Hdok-Eye trusts that the re.
united family will be happy. 1t be.
lieves that the officers Of the c., B.'&
@. road will appreciate the action of
the men in voluntarily returning tC
work, and it believes that they will
treat the men with that considera
tion and justice that their long ser


vice entities them to.-Ua,ek-Eye.
Year: 1877

The bolt will fall. There will be a
terrible crash. Fraud, forgery and
perjury will not always triumph.
Before the autumn frosts we look for
new revelations of the way the work
was done in Louisiana. We are in
formed that both Mr.. Hayes and the
most intelligent members of his Cab
met arc living in constant apprehen-
sion of disclosures in tho light OF
which 1t would be morally impossible
for them to continue to hold Office
Their fears are well founded. Tht
conspiracy was too comprehensive tt
be permanently successful. The Sc
crets were in possession OF too many
to be well kept.-Nesc Fork Swm
idiot,
Year: 1877

Washington was the scene of a pa
thetic affair, recently. And that was
when Carl Schurz went homo and
played "The Heart Bowed Down"
because he couldn't get the Cabinet
to agree with him that all Federal
officers should be removed who were
connected with newspapers.
Year: 1877

Now comes the Chicago Journal
and denies that any orders were ever
given in that city to fire blank car
tridges. 1t says:


1t is not true that the police or mil
itary were at any time ordered either
to fire in the air or to discharge
blank cartridges into the mob. The
report that either tho Mayor, the
Chief Of Police, or anybody else in
authority, gave such orders, or thai
anything Of the kind was done, wal
a base invention of reckless news
papers.
Year: 1877

were found. One five inches long
was OH the lower left side of the alb,
domen, and through it, when the un.
fortunate man was first examined, the
bowels extended, almost three fee
being exposed, and a puncture dis.
covered In them adds its dangerou:
complication to the dangerous wound
The other is over the upper aud righ
side of the stomach and is fully al
long.


The wounds were sewed up, anG
the wounded man laid on bed il
the back part of the drugstore, being
too seriously hurt to be removed tt
his home. His recovery is extremely
doubtful