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Year: 1874

BosroN, April 23.-The shocking murder
committed yesterday the Dorchester Flats, at high
noon has rapidly traced to Its author and there Is
no doubt that Jesse Pomeroy committed the deed
Owing to the daboca way in which the little fellow,
who was only years OF age, was stabbed and mutt
lated suspicion was directed to the Pomeroy
bov who was sent to the Reform School last year for
emitting and mutiang small boys, only less seriously,
in Chelsea two years ago, and who had only been
month released. He at arrested but, In tho
most unconcerned way. denied knowing anything
about &C. To-day, however. he was taken to
the undertakers Office, and for the first time showed
some feeling He seemed to dread seeing the corpse
and had to be led into the He said he knew the
boy and in reply direct question whether he killed
MIN or not he said, 81 did" He had previously said,
81 guess did" but he did MT remember, and SAID II
he did he did not why he did IL. He refused to
Look at the body and kept his head steadily turned In
another direction. He then for the first time seemed


10 realize what had done and said he was sorry f ne
had done anything wrong In reply TO question as to
vbat he thought ought TO be done he said, Put me
some W here so / can't do such things"
Year: 1874

Commissioners OF Charities and Correction to add TO the
enormous burden OF taxation Of tho cHy. -
BY May, this Commission will have expended the tlOo.
600 recently borrowed, and all the receipts OF the cur
year to that date Should further means DO sup
piled provided for the almost immediate abandon
ment OF the Island Institution will DO alb s0lutey neces
sary.


have deemed IL duty TO call your attention to the
critical condition OF the finances OF this Commission 40
that the Legislature be fully apprscd OF the great
importance OF decisive action before their nal ADJOURN
ment now but few days in the future.


HENRY a. HURLBUT,


President OF the Commissioners of Emigration
Castle Garden April o.
Year: 1874

Tbs EFF EcTs OF DREAM.--This il how
Mr.. Cyrus Sorrel, Of Port Deposit, sustained a
severe accident few nights ago; He was
dreaming that tsrocious dog was about to
pounce upon him and having 10 weapon near
at hand determined to try his power at kick
ing, and sure enough he made a desperate kick
and sent his foot through a window pane, cut
ting his limb in terrible manner; ii of course
brought him 10 his natural senses, and he in-
mediately applied remedies and is now doing
WE'LL
Year: 1874

'The sea Is His and He made IT," The rolling
sea Is full of Thee. said greater Poet than Byron
This Is literally true IT, as some suppose, the Gre
ator Is present in all that He has created, the vital
power the essential principle of life itself Youwn
find Him under every stone you turn up with
your foot upon the beach. Life seems to abound
more in the sea than upon the land, and what
countless forms of 1t must be forever beyond the
reach of man in the fthomless depths of the ocean,
As listen to the waves breaking on the shore,and
think that they were breaking so for thousands of
ages before l was here, and, probably will be
breaking still with this same slumberous sound
thousands of ages after am dead. 1 feel how in
significant is fretful impatient man, and how
great Is God who made this wide, deep sea, and
who keeps "its pulses beathing through the cen
tlries.,"


But will not tresspass upon the good nature
and patiences ofyour readers longer with those
rambling thoughts EB'
Year: 1874

Of no forest tree Of Stark county Of which we did
not see some specimens; nor, on the other hand,
did we notice any forest tree of Kentucky which
does not grow also in Stark county, except the
pine. We found the latter the predominant forest
tree in some places; growing tall, straight and
beautiful; and other localities which we did not
see were reported to be heavily timbered with
magnificent pines


The Mountainous and hilly regions Of Kentucky
and Tennessee have long been noted for their sa-
lubrity Probably no part of the United States be-
tween the two oceans Is healthier, or furnishes
more cases, in proportion to population, OF extra
ordinary longevity. The climate also is among
the best The extreme heats of summer are not
so intense as farther north, while the winters are
shorter and, for the most part, mild.


There Is one feature which we noticed as char
acterstic of the people, that deserves particular
mention II Is that the women and children do
the larger part of the work that gets done at ALL
The grown men either lounge lazily about or
amuse themselves at little gatherings here and
there; or else they perform only the least repug-
nant labors. Here we found, in actual use in eve
ry family, the old spinning wheel, and in many
the little wheel and distaif which men of our age
remember that our mothers used when we were
children fifty or sixty years ago. The yarn is here
woven into cloth by the hand loom, and lax is
spun as It then was by our mothers for the men
will not buy anything which the labor OF women
and children can make, In one field we saw two
women pulling up by theroots the fax which was
doubtless destined to the distaf of the domestic
household to which they belonged Ihe iuel
used for cooking is bits of wood gathered by wo-
men and children from the neighboring forest
AT the only place where we had light to sit by In
the evening South of the Cumberland) It was
light made on the hearth by blazing pine spliners
gathered in the same way. These are specimens
Of their entire system Of industry.


But now that the Cincinnati Southern Railway
Is about to penetrate into the land of these Old
forest homes, we may anticipate that amore OF
less rapid change will take place, and that these
staqnant abodes will awake to new life. This
road Is being graded from the Ohio river through
Kentucky and some distance into Tennessee,
From Somerset south our route lay very near that
of the railroad all the way, and the contractors
shanties and their work are already beginning to
give an air of activity to the rugged wilderness.
When the road Is completed 1t will open TO the
markets of the world not only an immense min
eral region but also vast tracts of forest in which
the quantity of lumber now appears almost mex
haustible. In few years this part of Kentucky
will wear new face, inasmuch as q progressive
and enterprislng population will be added to the
stationary and sluggish one which has so long oc-
cupled It to so little purpose. ..... .f,T
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Year: 1874

Many Sioux will go with them. The
military are very active but their move
ments are kept as quiet as possible that
the Indians may not be informed there
of, through renegade whites and half
breeds. General King and the ninth
infantry headquarters departed for Fort
Laramie to-day.
Year: 1874

LITTLE Rock, Ark, August Three
horse thieves were taken out of jail at
Ozark in Franklin county, last week, by
about one hundred masked men, and
hung. On Monday night the prisoners
confined in the Sebastian county Jail
escaped. A posse went in pursuit, and
were fired on by one of the prisoners,
killing one of the posse. The prisoner
was captured, however, and returned to
jail. That night he was taken out by
two hundred persons. and hung, He
was confined for murder.
Year: 1874

CONCERT OF ACTION ~ MARSHAL DUNN AND THE


MAYOR.


Marshal Dunn had an interview with Mayor
Simms, this morning, and stated the nature Of
the instructions he bad received. Tho Mayor
replied that he had no doubt as to the Marshals
authority under the Enforcement Act, and it was
agreed between the two officials that they would
Cooperate, tomorrow for the preservation OF
order, and the prevention of illegal voting.
Year: 1874

'sThe Changers do not mean to let the
monopolists conduct all kinds of business
without opposition. They promise to put
up new telegraph line from st. Paul to
Chicago at once. We wish them all success
in every branch of business wherein they
choose to risk their money"


We clip the foregoing from the Prairie du
Chen Courier. The Age trusts there is no
truth in the report. First, Changers gener-
stocks. Second, they do not understand
telegraphing, and it has got to be about as
much of necessity, monopoly and a
fraud as railroads, and there is about as
much prospect of getting money back that
is finvested, in telegraph as in railroad
stocks. All they put in they can count as
so much Chicago Industrial Age.


Amen, to that. It is all nonsense to
set Changers to building telegraph lines.
Tney might as we'll organize Granger
express company, or build Granger OBJ
servatories for astronomical purposes.
The average Granger uses the telegraph
lines not more than once year, at a
cost Of fifty cents. If our farmers are
roped into such schemes by calling them
s'Granger' enterprises, they will not be
long in realizing the force of the old ad-
age, "A fool and his money are soon
parted


Go slow on anything that takes mon-
ey out of your own pocket and trusts
it to the honesty of other men, even
though they have the pass word and
grip.
Year: 1874

A gentleman Of our acquaintance found
the other night, much to his surprise, that
his wife knew something about draw poker.
The way of it was this the couple have two
fine boy babies. Seeing them asleep in the
same bed the admiring father wondered il
anybody had better pair than that. The
wife thought not. The husband then said
speaking in parallels as lie thought, "lf VIC
could draw three queens we wonld have a
'iulp that would be hard to beat" And the
lady promptly replied, ''Eycuse me If you
please; we stand pat on the pair we have. >
- Paducah kentuckian.
Year: 1874

HARDENING THE CONSTITUTION. Men talk
about hardening the constitution, and With
that view expose themselves TO Summers
sun and Winters wind, to strains and efforts,
and many unnecessary hardships. To the
same end ill-informed mothers souse their lit
lie infants in cold water day by day; their
skin, and flesh, and bodies, steadily growing
rougher, and thinner, and weaker, until slow
fever or water on the brain, or consumption
of the bowels, carries them to the grave; and


then they administer to themselves the semi
comfort and rather questionable consolation
Of its being mysterious dispensaton of
Providence, when, in fact, Providence works
10 miracles to counteract our follics. The
best way we know of hardening the constitu-
ton is to take good care Ct it, for it is no
more improved by harsh treatment, than a
fine garment or a new hat is made better BY
being banged about. Halls Journal OF
Health.
Year: 1874

A philosopher remarks that there is
something peculiarly instructive in
standing upon street-corner in large
city and watching the men all rushing
around trying to make money and the
women all floating around trying to
Year: 1874

Inc new movement, commenced by the
permanent organization of the Republican
suo-ciuo OF the second ward. is what has
been contemplated tor some time in that
district. and will soon spread over the
whole parish. The young men who COM
pose the club have not hitherto acted with
the Republican party, but their organiza-
ton is an evidence of the sincerity of their
present convictions. They propose to take
hold with viii, and will make their in
fuence felt in the coming election.
Year: 1874

A learned professor on going to
house keeping went to store and told
the clerk his wife wanted some rice.
:" How much p asked the clerk. Oh,
not much, suppose three or four bush
As would do for the present. The
clerk was very sorry they had not so
much on hand, but sent him twenty
pounds, which he persuaded the learned
gentleman would serve for few days.
Year: 1874

A may drew note promising to pay
one hundred dollars. lie used the prin,
ted form and did not close up tho blank
devoted to dollars, and after passing il
a. negotiable paper, somebody inserted
and fifty" after tho one hundred aud
before the printed word dollars The
note, thus altered, got into the hands OF
an innocent party, who presented it to
the drawer, and the Supreme court decl
dcd that the maker of tho note was liable
tor its face, because through negligence
he did not draw line between the writ
ten word dollars. Any testimony tha;
the drawer might offer to establish the
fact that he gave the note for one huH
dred dollars must so foc nothing. rs
"tLere was nothing on the face of the
note to show that it had been altered. "
Evidence of an alteration on the face of
the note would have changed the case.
Let this be lesson to all drawers oi
promissory notes. No one can be too
careful in such matters. - Baltimore
Ners.
Year: 1874

There is good deal of amusement in


the following magical table OF figures
1t will enable yeu to tell how cid the
young ladies are. Just hand this table
10 young lady, and request her to
tell you in which columns her age Is
contained add together the figures at
the top of the columns in which her age
in found, and you have the great secret.
Thus, suppose her age to be seventeen,
you will find that number in the first
and fifth columns add the first figures
dfthese two columns. Here is the mag
Year: 1874

The double track freight railway,
to extend one thousand two hundred
and twenty-four miles-from New
York to Omaha-is being agitated
again, the New York Express treat
ing the subject to leader, which
SAYS the road is well under way"
1t is claimed that such road would
carry all the grain of the West
at a cost of less than twenty cents per
bushel, or ten dollars per ton, and
make very handsome profit. If
this be so, capitalists can afford to
build the road themselves, without
any assistance from the government
and without any Credit Mobilier.
That is the main point of interest at
present.
Year: 1874

The late elections have presented
some lessons which the Republican
Party must heed and study well If
it would retain the trust and conf
dence of the people which it has
hitherto enjoyed in such Hattering
measure. To the unworthiness OF
the leaders of the opposition party
their utter lack of disposition and
ability to bring about the reforms
they promised, and the inevitable
reaction after the excitement and
novelty of the new organization, the
Republican party owes its triumph
in Iowa this year AS much as to its
own wOrthiness, the laudable in its
past record, the merits Of lis candi-
dates the excellence Of its platform,
and its ability and apparent DISPOSE
tion to fulfill its promises.


The opposition have elected one Of
their Congressional candidates and
in that District, although the Repub-
licans had u worthy candidate, they
have been admonished that they
must be active as well as wise in the
choice Of men rs standard bearers.


La the Seventh Districtan unworthy
man was allowed to fli5t himself up
on the ticket and bring shane and al
most defeat upon.the party thereby.
He was elecled not because major
ity thought him true and good, but
because the party had a large major.
ity in the District, and because his
opponent was OF little If any better
stamp. If the party had been true
tC,its pledges in that District and CIV
en the people worthy nominee, its
majority would not have been re-
auced near 5 1000, as it was. The par
ty has promised self-pnriflcation by
castiug off such officials as have
proven unworthy as fast as they can
be reached. The result in the sew
enth District is a severe reminder
that we must guard the interests of
the party at its conventions as well
as at the polls, that bad men must
not be allowed to use the
party machinery for their own pro-
motion. This same lesson is forced
upon our consideration by the result
Of numerous unWise nominations
made not only by our own party,
but by the opposition.


Warning also comes from Ohio and
Indiana; and the threatening atti-
tude Of affairs is such as TO arouse not
only the party but all who desire
earnestly the peace and prosperity of
the country.


We have full faith that these les
sons will be considered, and that the
disasters of this year will be just
the medicine, bitter though it is,
which will purge and renoyate, and
eventually bring health and renewed
vigor to the party. Scourging it
needed, and has received this year.
IF ii las not received sufficient to
Year: 1874

We have not charged any corruption
against Mr.. Lucas in the matter of
his bill, bat he will hardly dare to
say that he spent 20 sull days time
in the county's service between the
dates specified in his bill; and If he
is 81, scrapulously exacting of Others
and SO loud in his professions of hon
esty and economy, he should be very
CAREFUL not to take pay from the
county for full days time when he
does the work in half day. Let us
have a little rest now about that lit
tlo donation of one-fourth. OF your
per diem to the county, friend Lu-
cas-. That is entirely too gauzy. If
your services are worth only 50 per
day to the county in your own opin-
ion, 1t perhaps is your duty, as you
say, TO draw only that amount and
your are not entitled to any special
credit for doing your duty. The
other members doubtless earn their
81 and take it as honestly and con-
scientiously as you do your SO. You
have no right to blame them for ac-
cepting what the law allows them,
and they think they earn by their
superior knowledge and experience.
Yen, not they, have made the dis
examination, and as we said before,
Eifynu rue the arrangement, you can


present your bill for the one
fourth of your perdiem yet etundrawn,
and if it should not be allowed by the
Board you could collect it by legal
proceeding. "There is nothing to
hinder" You would probably lose
no more friends or votes by such n
course than by admitting that your
services are not worth what the law
allows to other men in similar posi-
tiuns.
Year: 1874

On and after the first Of next Janu-
ary each newspaper publisher III ust
weigh the papers in bulk, that he
sends out in each issue, and "come
down with the stamps" on the spot.
The stamps will not be placed on the
papers when they are so mailed in
bulk, but will be placed on the leaves
OF a book which will be kept by each
postmaster for just such emcrgen-
cies. A new kind Of stamp will be
furnished for this purpose, and no
more than four stamps will be re-
ouired for any one mailing. The
publisher Wal take receipts as evil
dence that his postage Is paid.
Year: 1874

The London Worz9.s taken to
teaching Queen Victo~,,4 good manners.
Its first lesson touches the proprieties
with regard to the visit to England of
the Empress Of Russia, and is as fol-
lows: sSupposing you were an elderly
lady and your son Lad married the
only daughter Of the richest, grandest,
and most important Of your neighbors,
by whom every possible attention had
been shown to you and yours and
supposing on the eve Of your daughter
in-law confinement her mother came
from q long distance to stay with her
in her London house, don't you think
it would be merely decent and polite
we will say nothing of politic-be-
havior on your part to come up from
the far distant place, where you persist
in burying yourself to the great con-
fusion Of the business which it IS your
duty to discharge, and show some, per-
sonal civility to your guest go
Year: 1874

burnt like straw. I released her hands
and brought water and put it on her
lips and when she was quiet through
exhaustion, Iadvised her to lie down,
and hoped she would go to sleep. As
was leaving the room she called me back
in q low, broken voice, and when stood
beside the sofa on which she
lay, she joined her hands, and asked
me, with streaming eyes, to forgive her.
I did 50, freely. Of course, Ringwood
was right. I had no one but myself to
thank. My infatuation had been 50
monstrous. that I could no more com.
plain of the consequences than a man,
sober, can complain of the consequences
of some drunken folly.


'In the morning l took Fanny away
to farm house in Kent, place she
knew OF. and chose herself for retreat.
She wes quiet and humble, and appar.
eftly broken-spirited. But she did not
remain there month; nor do I know
whittier she went, or where she has
been ever sin ce. Before she left she
wrote me long letter expressing her
remorse at her behavior toward me;
bad as I am.' ended she, 4 will never
trouble you more. doimplore you to
be sure Of that, and to forget me, or
think Of me as dead


II am afraid to think Of her az all.
made every possible effort to trace
her, quite in vain: and l hardly know
where would be the good if I succeed
! ed


"That's ALL added Urquehart, after
a moments pause, land there's the his
tory OF your friend and the wife of his
bosom and if you still wonder how or
when my devil got into me, l don't.
believe you love me we'll enough to
think he is not so black devil as he is
painted. lam not the kind Of man in
whose heart such cash could be made,
and heal and leave no mark. For {:
long while this world seemed, and often
does seem, an Inferno; nothing but
plunging and breaking ones heart in a
swamp Of suffering, with intervals of
quiet from mere exhaustion and de-.
spair. 0 Charley! how I wished your
mother had been alive! wanted some
kind woman, that was honest and pure,
about me; we men all do in our dark
hour. Basta! let us 60 down to the
drawing-room, and yorr friends, and
the lamp. By Jove, what fash
There's mighty storm brewing, young
fellow
Year: 1874

The Dead 1fOdy OF a Man Found In


an Old Cellar in Lac qui Parle


County.


The last issue of the Minnesota Falls
Sentinel contains the particulars of
the finding of the dead body Of man
in October last, secreted in a cellar in
Lac qui Parle. The story as told by
the Sentinel on information that it de.
clares to be reliable, would indicate
that the body thus found is that Of
man murdered and thus secreted some
time during the past summer, and is in
BRIEF:


The cellar in which the body was
found was dug about one year ago by
Mr.. G.. H. Cross, and afterward
abandoned. Subsequently Mr.. Cross
gave a man, name not given, liberty
to build house there, and this man in
clearing out the debris in the cellar,
discovered dead body in one corner,
partially covered up with dirt and
leaves. The body was in an advanced
state of decomposition, one arm and
one leg having been separated from the
body and not to be fonnd on the prem
ises. A large butcher knife was found
near the bank Of the cellar. Decompo.
sition had proceeded so far that recog-
milton was impossible.


In explanation of the affair
the Se',tiael's informant states that
nearly year ago, man from Iowa
went to that section and located claim.
He then returned to his home in Iowa.,
got some money. about $500, and re-
turned to- his claim in Lac qui Parle1
county, since which he bas not been
heard of. To add to the mystery, the
man finding the body informed the Cor
oner of Lac qui Par,e county, who set
The time for holding an inquest, but on
the night before it was to be held, the
body was spirited away, and has not
been heard from since. @' "a


The surprising feature of this whole
affair IS that this mystery, if it IS .
mystery, has not been aired by the Lac.
qm Parle Press. sssfs#ss rs
Year: 1874

A lady read the following paragraph
in paper: "a young wife once cured
her husband Of q disposition to absent
himself from home at nights by pro-
viding a good dinner, and saying to
him sfterwsrd, George, il you find 9
sweeter spot than our home, describC
it to me, and will rival it If I die in
the attempt a kiss and q few tear
completed the victory" This lady
tried the game on her husband. He
wasn't melted a bit: he merely said
"When you can get the boys to come
here and smoke cigars aud talk poll
tics, and you set up keg OF lager,
you can count me in. like the com.
pany of the boys, do" Our lady
saw that sentiment had no effect Oh
him. So she didn't throw herself OF
his neck and hug and wet his paper
collar with tears; but she took q sau-
Ger and fired it at his head, and fol
lowed it up with the cup, and ended
by singing dish of strawberries on
his shirt bosom. Since that time hi
has been an exemplary husband. Ye
he does seem very anxious for her Il
visit her dear mother as often as fOu
or five times q week.