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Year: 1877

Mr.. Henry Watterson, of the Louisville
Indiana Editorial Association 81 regret
that my engagement will not permit me to
attend the convention of Indiana editors to
which you invite me. 1t would afford me
hardly less pleasure to visit the beautiful
city of Madison than to meet body of pro-
fessional neghbors and friends, to whom
am indebted for so many acts of kindness
and courtesy. Conscious of my lack Of
power to speak adequately of the Journals
tic calling, whose shortcomings have for
long time interested me, should neverthe-
less be glad to urge its numerous and gross
abuses upon such of my comrades as might
care to listen to me; its coarse and reckless
personalism; it's senseless jabber of spuri-
GUS wit its general want
of truthfulness and responsibility. It
is SO easy to handy epl,lets, to squib and
fib; so hard to investigate patiently, and
condense in five lines of pith five hours of
labor. do not pretend that journalists are
worse than other men, but being more con-
spicuous, they should be more clreumspect,
more thoughtful, more dutifnl. The habit
Of disjointed thinking is producing a crop
of irresponsible writing which lowers the
tone, ablidges the influence, and impairs
the usefulness of the press, so that the cur
rent newspaper seems to me to be equally
narrow and fragmentaly, wanting not a
certain vigor indeed, but elevated and gen
enerally prompting. The journalism of the
period is thus almost destitute Of Self-re-
spect,. and until it gains its lost moral ni.
ture-at tse expense perhaps of its vivacity
its tendency must be downward. I beg
your pardon for speaking SO bluntly, but
observant members Of the profession to
which all Of us are bound for life can hard
ly fail to share with me sense of shame in
the confession along with spirit Of hope
that the future may have better things in
stole for us. Such convocations as that to
which you invite me, and to which this
note is addressed, are wisely ordered, and
will surely in the end, do much to advance
journalism and establish sound principles
of editorial conduct.
Year: 1877

The setting sun, with dying beams.
Had walked the purple hill to fire,
And citadel and dome and spire
Were gilded by the far-off gleam;
ana In and out dark pine trees crcpt
Full many slender line of gold: =..
Cold notes athwart the river swept.
And kissed it as ii onward rolled:
And sunlight fingered. 10th to 60.
An! well it causeth sorrow
To part from those we love below;
And yet the sun as bright shall glow


Tomorrow!
The tide was ebbing on the strand,
And STOPPING low its SILVER crest;
The crimson seaweed lay at rest
Upon the amber-riDbcd sand
Dashed o'er the rocks and on the shore,
Flung parting wieaths of pearly spray,
Then He'd away yet turned once more


And sent sight across the bay.
AS though it could not bear to 20.
Ar, well! it causeth sorrow
To part with these We love below.
Yet thitherward the tide shall flow!


Tomorrow!
Two hearts have met to say farewell
AT even when the sun went down
Each life-sound from the busy town
Smote sadly as a passing bell, .1
One whispered: Putting is sweet pain -
At morn and eve returns the tide::'
= Nay, parting rends the heart in twain
And still they liDger side by side,
And still they linger, 10th to go.
An, well. it causeth sorrow
To Part from those we love below
For shall we ever meet or no


Tomorrow
Year: 1877




A FEAT IN BRIDGE BUILDING. The old
wooden bridge on the line of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, spanning the Sus quehanna
River above Harrisburg, is being trans
formed into wrought-iron bridge, with
out interfering with the use of the structure
by the hundreds of heavy trains that pass
over it every day. The bridge is nearly
three quarters of mile long, and its re-
construction requires thirty-six hundred
, tons of iron. Fourteen of the twenty
three spans are already in place, and, al
though the manufacture of the iron was not
commenced till after the first of June, the
entire work will be completed by the goth
of November, which is ten days less than
required by the terms of the contract. The
iron is being rolled at the Edgemo or Iron
Works, near Wilmington, Delaware, and
the construction is by the Delaware Bridge
Company. Each of the iron spans is placed
in position outside of the old one by means
of derrick travelling on a narrow-gange
track. When the iron span is thus COM
pleted the old track is transferred to the
new work, and the old span removed piece
meal ~
Year: 1877

OUR city author ities deserve the highest praise for their efforts in behalf of the public For several days gangs of men have been cleaning the streets, the county prisoners have been pressed into the ser vice. Citizens are having their yards cleared. Should an epidemic reach us it would meet with an inhospitable reception. Again we say prevention IS better than cure.
Year: 1877

Col. A. H. WANDs, of the New York Herald staff is passing few days with us while deciding upon his itinerary for the Territory of which he will give a careful and valuable description.
Year: 1877

Posters are out announcing the arrival shortly of Murfillo's company of acrobats, which is expected to arrive during the coming week This will be good news for youngsters and will gather the loose change of their elders.
Year: 1877

THE wires of the Military Telegraph line 'twixt this and San Diego were down Thursday and yesterday; official teleRramS had to be sent yesterday to sLeir operator at that place, over the wires of the Allan tic and Pacific. Perhaps the Star can now see why q welcome went out from eur sauctum to the new arrival.
Year: 1877

Dave Raggio, q notorious Chicago
thief and desperate, was recently shot
10y woman whose premises Re had in
yaded. Mrs. Mitchell, the name of the
woman who gave the villain his quietus.
related to a reporter the circumstances
of the affair She said it was about 8
o'clock, or little past, on Saturday
night, that she came off Wabash avenue,
along Harrison street, to her apartments.
When on the latter thoroughfare she
happened TO glance up at the window Of
her sitting room, which fronted cn the
street, and noticed that the gas, which
she had left burning there, was turned
out, or down very low. She did not
take much noticeof it. thinking that her
servant was there and had attended to it.
She went around on State street. and
proceeding up stairs walked straight
into her bedroom, and facing the look
ing-giass proceeded to take off her fur
cloak. The sitting-room was Oh her
right hand as she stood in this position,
and the front of the bed on her left.
willie the door she entered by was direct
ly behind her. Before she had time to
get her cloak off . slight sound caused
her TO glance towards the darkened
sitting room, and she then noticed man
close to her and another back in the
shadow. The near one Immediately
struck her on the arm or shoulder, and
she, simultaneously retreating to rave
herself, fell on the side of the bed on
her left side. With her lett hand she
drew the revolver from her pocket, and
quickly changing 1T to the other hand
tired 1t at the man nearest her. This is
the shot she thinks that told, if any did,
for the m n threw up his arms and then
contracted them, saying, 20, God II
and the two of them started ont. She
regained her feet, hav ng first fired in a
kneeling attitude, as she had been
pushed, or had fallen, and fired again,
Year: 1877

The trial of s. B. w. COvall, for the
burglary of the safe in the canal office,
now little more than year since, did
not take place at the late term OF court
at the Sault as was expected. just as
trial was about to commence very ma
rial witness for the people turned up miss
ing. He was found across the river in Cam
ada, but refused to return and testify,
and not wishing to proceed without him,
the Attorney General made motion for
continuance, which was granted. The
motion was strenuously resisted by the
defence. Had the attorneys for the de-
fense directed the same amount of elo-
quence to the witness at his Canadian
headquarters, there is very little doubt
but that his attendance could have been
secured and the trial proceeded with, and
saved the defendant the great hardships
that it is claimed he had to endure,
owing to the continuance,
Year: 1877

Last Sunday, while the propeller
Peerless was On her way to Lake Su-
perior, and when about forty miles off


the Manitous, she broke the valve of
her air pipe, which resulted in breaking
the top off of the pump, thus opening
the discharge pipe, which was 10 inches


in diameter and three feet under water,
and allowing the water from the lake to
pour into her hold. The situation was
critical, but Captain Mcintyre was equal
to the occasion. The Peerless, at the
time of the accident, was in water the
depth OF which was 100 fathoms, so that
the only hope of saving the steamer was
to stop the inflow of water. The deck
hands, who were mostly colored men,
became badly frightened, and were for
taking to the life boats at once, but Cap
tain Mcintyre produced strong argu-
ment in the shape of revolver, which
caused them to obey his COM
mands, and they were forced to 90
between decks throwing over cattle,
sheep and miscellaneous freight from
the starbOa:d side, i'm order to give the
steamer a list to enable them to get at
the discharge pipe. AS soon as this was
done, bed clothing was thrown over
board, and, by the suction of the water,
drawn into the pipe until the water. was
shut off; not, however, until the water
had nearly reached the furnace. Fortu-
nately the steamer was provided with
a tight bulkhead forward of the boiler,
which prevented the great body of water
reaching the freight slowed in the hold.
Signals OF. distress were displayed, and
theschOoner Lucerne came along side
and offered aid, but about the same time
the propeller Scotia came along. ;and the
Lucerne passed on. The Scotia towed
the disabled Pecrl ess into the South
ManitOu harbor. took a number OF pas
sengers from her who were bound for
Lake Superior, and brought them to this
port, where they took passage OIL the
Truscott for Mackinac, at which place
they would take a boat for the upper
lake. The conduct of Capt. Mcintyre
and his officers is highly praised by all
who were on board, and there is no
doubt but that their prompt efforts were
the means of saving the vessel and pre-
venting great loss of life. The wreck
ing tug Leviathan was sent for, and left
here Monday morning for the Manitous
to tow the Peerless to Milwaukee. where
she would be repaired. The Peerless
is one OF the finest boats running from
Chicago to Lake Superior, and has one of
the handsomest cabins upon the lakes,
and is favOrite with the travelling pub
lie,
Year: 1877

The last resting place of Pere Mar
quette has long been matter of interes'
and for years has been the subject of
much conjecture. but until the recent
discovery of the supposed foundation of
the church on Mr.. Murray's farm. at
Point st. Ignace, there was nothing from
which any definite conclusion as to
where he was buried could be derived.
The discovery OF this foundation awaken
ed renewed interest in the question, but
Mr.. Murray would not allow of any
farther search to identity the place of his
burial until the arrival of the Bishop
from Marquette, who visited the Point
the present week. when they dug i'm
mediately beneath where, from the form
of the remains of the foundation, it was
supposed the church alter stood, and
here they found the bones of what was
once human being, and. from Jesuit
tradition, there is every reason to believe
that they were those of the celebrated
Marquette. Of course there is nothing
in the mere finding of human bones to
positively establish the fact that they
were those of Marquette, but when the
finding of these bones in the location
they were. taken i'm connection with the
surroundings and the fact that the re-
mains of Father Marquette were buried
beneath the alter of the church ne had
founded at or near Point st. Ignace,
would seem to be very strong evidence
that the remains found were those OF the
celebrated missionary.
Year: 1877

The propeller Maine, of the Northern
Transit line, while bound down from
Lake Superior, ran on reef some dis
tance from tht entrance to the st. Mary's
river, knocking hole in her bottom.
She succeeded i'm working herself off and
stopping the leak sufficient to allow her
to make the Sault canal, where, accord
inc to telegram received Wednesday
evening, she was waiting the arrival of a
diver. who had been telegraphed for from
below, to repair the damages, so as to al
low her to proceed upon her trip. What
passengers she had on board were trans
ferred to the steamer Arctic.
Year: 1877

Geo. w. Bell -. ........


Mr.. Newton was declared elected.


j. p. Sutton said that in view of the
long term taught he would suggest, for
the consideration of the board, that a
longer vacation be allowed between
terms, rather than have so long one at
the close of the school year.


There being no further business before
the meeting. upon motion it was ad-
journed.


To Judge from the slim attendance at
this meeting, it would seem that our cit
izens take but little interest in school
matters i'm this district. This should not
be. Our public school is one of the most
important matters that our citizens are
interested in, and they should attend
these annual meetings. If they do not,
if matters are not satisfactory they should
rot complain. 1t may be, and no doubt
the business was conducted as we'll as it
would have been had the attendance
been larger, but that it was so is the good
fortune of all interested. 1t might have
been otherwise, and then those who stay
ed away from the meeting would have
been to blame. The village papers stated
the importance of the meeting, and the
attendance should have been larger.
Year: 1877

Washington, Nov. Bland's sill
yer bill gives any holder of silver bull
lion the right to take 1t to the mints
and have it coined free of expense. 1t
is now urged that the only persons who
will be benefited by such provisions
will be the holders of silver bullion at
the time it goes on the Statute books,
the producers of it and those people in
Europe or elsewhere who have large
quantities to sell. An amendment to
change this effect will likely be made
in the Senateand accepted by the House.
The Senate finance committee is so
evenly divided on the silver question
that prompt action is improbable.
Year: 1877

SENATOR DAVIS, of West Virginia,


is preparing plan to thoroughly organ
ize the Southern militia with the aid of
the General Government. He thinks
the regular army should be reduced so
as to leave only enough troops to do
guard duty at the various Notifications,
and for the frontier. The money OBJ
tanned by cutting down the regular ar
my he proposes to give to the several
Southern States to put their militia on
Il war footing. d
Year: 1877

THE gravity of the situation in
France is becoming more and more ap-
parent as the determination of Marshal
MacMahon to yield nothing to the
Republican majority in the Chamber
manifests itself, The Republicans in
sist on Republican cabinet. The
Marshal, though willing apparently to
take moderate, conservative one, will
have nothing to do with Radicalism, by
which term ~ designates even the
most moderate Shade of Republicanism.
Year: 1877

had done. The actual results are said
to be that these Republicans agreed to
present solid front to the Democracy
on all political questions, and vote
unitedly against the Democrats on Ad-
ministrative or party policy questions;
to stand upon the Presidents civil
service policy regarding appointments,
and decline to confirm except where
removals are clearly shown to have been
made for cause.
Year: 1877

FURTHER information con cerning
affairs in Samoa show that without
doubt the first telegraphic version of the
outrage on U. S. Consul Griffin was
substantially correct in all respects.
Year: 1877

This is an off season for the small
boy. He can't eat green fruit, and he
can't fall through an ice-hole; so he
hangs round the parlor and tells his Sis
ter's young man how much of Anna
Maria's chiefest glory is hair and how
much is jute switch.
Year: 1877

Three men sailed ont recently
to hunt bear in Alligator Swamp,
thirty SIX miles from Fayetteville,
N. G. They soon got upon the
trail OF three of the "varmints,"
one OF which was finally discover
ed and brought TO the ground by
a discharge from the weapon of
one of the panty. The lucky
marksman proceeded to the spot
where the bear had fallen, and
was bending over the animal, knife
In hand, in the act of pIunging il
into his throat, thus making as-
surance doubly sure" when ihe
bear suddenly raised himself upon
his launches and seized him by
the arm, throwing Him upon the
ground, where he held bin secure.
ly, and had bitten him on tie
Lead, when tie dogs opportunely
came 10 the rescue, and the farm
er was relieved from the deadly
embrace of the monster.
Year: 1877

Recently you repeated, in an


article headed s'Reform i'll Cap
.ital Punishment what you


have frequently said before, viz. /:


"The neck is not broken, and
the victim perishes by the long
and painful process of strangu-
lation." The experience of
John Burns, an old and heavy
citizen of this county, leads me
10 believe that strangulation by
hanging, like strangulation by
drowning, is not a very painful
process after all. Some time
during the war some ruffians
who desired to be thought bush


whackers came upon Mr.. Burns
at his house, intending to COM
pei him to give up some money
that he was supposed to have.
Burns had none, and told them
so. They did not believe him;
and their next move was to cut
a cord out of a bedstead, tie one
end around Burns neck, throw
the other over joist overhead,
and pull him up till his feet
were clear of the floor. This
they did four times, question
ing him between whiles. Burns
says that he lost consciousness
every time as soon as his feet
left the floor; that he felt no
pain at any time; that after the
second hoist he meant to sham
continued insensibility when
they let him drop again (to low-
er him they let go the rope and
he fell on the'fioor), but it was
beyond his power. His first
consciousness was that he had
raised his body to sitting po-
sition, which put shamming out
of the question. He expert
enoed no pain when the rope
frightened, nor while he was sus-
pended, nor after he was re-
leased, except the soreness
on the skin by the chat
ing of the rope.


Mr.. Burns is a. man of truth,
and there is no reason to doubt
his statements. His weight was
to tighten the rope
well, being about 200 pounds.
Year: 1877

AS mushrooms and toadstools
look so much alike, great care
should be taken in cooking the Tor.
mer, The best way to serve 'em
up for the table, is to put 'em in q
bucket of water, and let 'em soak
over night. The next morning
carefully drain off the water and
feed 'em to the hogs. If you have
nc hogs bury them in the garden.
Year: 1877

IRON the DOue, Oal- otahuaru, Oct. 1o'


On Thursday night last amed-
icine woman of the Pluto tribe.
who has been living near
Bridgeport, was shot to death
by three buck Indians. On
Friday morningthe chief of the
tribe called upon Judge Whit
man and related to him the cir
cumstances of the killing. The
medicine woman had failed to
cure sick child of the chief,and
this being the third patient who
had died on her hands, she was
condemned to death. Two young
men assisted the father Of the
dead child in carrying out the
edict of the law. She was re-
moved short distance from the
camp and shot, the three shoot
ing her with one or more balls
from six shooters. The object
of the chiefs visit to Judge
Whitman was to procure a col-
fin in which to bury his child,
he not liking the rude mode OF
burial more generally adopted
by the savages. The Judge
kindly furnished a coffin which
had been around the courthouse
for some time awaiting a, ten
ant. The child was buried with
great ceremony, all the mem
bers of the tribe attending the
funeral. The old medicine wo-
man was buried without a coffin,
a hole being dug two or three
feet deep and she tumbled in in
her everyday attire. This is
the third case of Indian justice
being carried out that has come
to our knowledge within a few
weeks, yet we fail to hear of
any arrests.
Year: 1877

EIeventh-County Treasurer's office
books as tar MS we had time to examine
appear to show correct accounts with
the county. bnt we wuuld recommend
that the ledger account with the several
funds OF the county be more frequently
balanced. His books show that he has
received in payment Of liquor and
Other Licenses county script in place Of
money in the same manner us he receives
county script in payment of county
taxes, endorsing in many instances such
license On the county orders in the same
manneras he would il it was a tax. The
Prosecuting Attorney informs us that
there is no authority in law for this, but
all that licenses paid are to be to the Coun-
ty Treasurer in current funds. View uld
most respectfully call the attention Of
the County Commissioners to this, that
the matter may be righted hereafter.


Twelfth In the matter Of granting
licenses to sell liquor by retail, the or
der OF the Board does not show that the
persons licensed are men Of good moral
character This has been an oversight
The Board of Commissioners have zen.
orally granted the license and have not
delegated this power to tue Auditor. AS
soon as the county is able suitable safe
should he procured to keep the county
records in, and county Offices detached
from other buildings should be, as soon
as practicable, secured 50 as to avoid
danger from fire ; all of which are re
specttuIly submitted


E. c. FERGUSON, Foreman.