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Year: 1878

AS tie day apprOf che for t grand
miss meeting at Mackinac The Indications
grow more favorable for Il large attenr,-
ance, and should the day lie iavoral lie we
have 10 doubt but that Mac,in+c will
see the largest crowd on that occasion
that ever convened on the island. Tie
erection of a suitable monument to the
memory of Marquette is matte. of ma
tiOnal interest and us far rs we can Judge
The interest taken i'm all sections seems Ia
be Il deep one and everything would in
tlicate that this lOng-ncglrcteil tribute to
the memory of the celebrated explorer
accomplished scholar. and devoted mis-
siOnary will ut no distant day be erected.
Whilst This is q matter OF national import
ance, il is also somethingin which this Sec
ton has great local iner ST, aud rs
should cause an effort to be put forth to e.
cure uCm' rous representation from his
portion of the state at tie meeting. We
have no doubt but that witha C ,mplcte
organization and Il Systematic effort. a
sufficient sum can be raised to erect a
monument that will be credit TO the
nation. and a lasting memorial to tile
great Marquette, who is so infinitely
connected with the early history of this
portion of the country.
Year: 1878

However honest they may be in their in
tentiOns. it seems to us that the advocates
of the irredeemable grcenback theory are
working directly i'm the interest and for
the benefit OF counterfeit rs. So long
as the greenback is not to be redeemed
we cannot see what difference it would
make TO the holders whether they were
genuine or tot. If well executed bill.
with the government stamp saying this
is so much money is all tn It is necessary
10 constitute money, we cannot see why
the bill gotten up and Issued by coun-
terfeiters is not just us good as the gen.
uinc. COunlerfeiting has got down 10
such fine thing in these latter days that
the work is equal to that of the very best
engravers in the employ of the govern


ment, and is so well executed rs to defy
detection only from the most experienced
experts; indeed the latest report is that
4 hundred dollar bill is out which de-
ceivcd all the best judges i'm the New


York city banks, and even the experts of
the Treasury department at Washington
had great difficulty i'm deciding as to
wheth.r it was counterfeit or not, and
it was only after the most thorough eX-
animation and ii careful comparison with
the genuine IOtes of that denomination
nt the circulation of the same bank, that
they were able 10 decide that it was IL
counterfeit. We cannot see why bills
which are thus issued, the execution o!
which is equ in every respect to those
put forth by the government, should not,
under the irredeemable theory of the
Greenback party, be just us good money
rs the genuine ISSUES OF Uncle Sam. and
to be consistent they should advocate the
atrogation of all laws that intcrfcr. wi h
The busin, IS of the countcrlriter, and
allow everybody to issue their OWN
money so long as they got their bills up
in lie best style of the engravcrs' art.
Year: 1878

Beverly Douglas. NJ. c. from Virginia,
desires to he renOmllIated, and is CANVASS
ing his district for that purpose. lie
says that the reason he drank so much
during the session of Congress was that
he was trying to drown the memory OF
the fact that lie had voted for the clectOr
al commission bill. Until lie cast that
vote against his best Judgment he was
Il sober m,n.
Year: 1878

But Williams, from the effect of the
bullet wound and loss of blood, was
becoming exhausted, and being a
novice with the knife, he could not
long stand up against SO trained and
practiced an adversary ss Jackson,
and the end soon came. Jackson, al
though weak from loss of blood,
pressed fiercely on. He succeeded
by quick movement in parrying a
side thrust by Williams, dashed for
ward, his bright blade glittering and
flashing for a moment in the air, and
then being buried deep in the throat
of his enemy, the point protruding
from the back Of Williams neck.
The latter stood erect but a moment
his knife dropped from his nerveless
hand, his eyes glazed in the semi
consciousness preceding dissolution,
and then he fell-dead, without a
groan.


Jackson was seized at once by his
friends and hurried across the river,
where, after time sufficient to re-
cover from his wound, he turned his
steps homeward and never again set
his foot upon Kansas soil. He enter
ed the rebel army, and died at the
head OF his regiment at Gettysburg.
The seconds and surgeon returned to
the city and said nothing about the
affair. The body of Williams was
hurriedly and privately inferred, and,
while the disappearance Of both
Jackson and Williams for a time ex-
cited comment and caused the insti-
tuition Of a thorough search by their
friends. the matter was soon forgot
ten in the midst OF the wild excite
ment Of the events then tranepiring.
-LedUenlcorth Times.
Year: 1878

A gentleman residing in a neigh
boring village, finding that the dimin-
ution Of his woodpile continued af-
ter his fires were out, lay awake one
night In order to obtain. IL possible,
some clue to the mystery. At an
hour when all honest folks should be
in bed, hearing an operator at work
in the yard, he cautiously raised his
chamber window, and saw a very lazy
neighbor endeavoring to get a log
into his wheelbarrow.


"You're a pretty fellow" said the
owner, "to come here and steal my
wood while 1 Sleep"


"Yes," replied the thief, "and I sup
pose you would stay up there and
see me break my back with lifting,
before you'd offer to come and help
mel"
Year: 1878

A thrilling occurrence Is reported
from Evanston, ILL.,, and, as it is prob
ably the first instance on record in
which the hustle of lovely woman be-
came an implement Of crime, the case
is thus immortalized by the Cleve-
land Leader:


There was a boy in that town
named Daley. The boy had a dog,
which he was accustomed to take
with him on his daily excursions to
certain suburban pasture fields to
drive home the cows. On the 9th
inst. young Daley found on his way
to the pasture, something white and
ruffled and mysterious. He did not
know what it was, but it was too
beautiful to throw away, and the hap
py thought struck him that 1t might
be intended as an ornamental porta-
BILE awning for dog So he called
his dog and tied the gay device
around its body just behind the FORE
legs. This held the wavy frills OF the
tournure aloft like a canopy. Thus
caparisoned the dog pranced along
gayly in front OF his master TO where
the cows were quietly grazing in the
field. Immediately there was wilG
commotion. The COWS knew in a
general way something about dogs,
but an animal half dog and half bird,
with towering banner OF whalebone
and wire and muslin floating in the
summer wind. was to them a new and
terrifying spectacle. They eyed the
approaching terror moment, then
tossed their heads, turned tail, and
broke In a wild stampede for town.
The frantic herd burst from the end
OF the lane into the main road just as
a grave and serious ex-minister of
the Gospel-whose sands of life had
nearly run, etc.,-came driving along.
Him the COWS needed not. The dog
with his phenomenal attachment wav-
ing up and down was behind, and
they cared for nothing in front. One
jumped across between the horse and
the vehicle, two others dashed
against the wheels, capsized the Ed
er into a ditch full of muddy water,
and left the buggy standing on its
beam end with two wheels in the air.
Then the horse caught sight OF the
dog and ran after the COWS, smashing
the vehicle to atoms and distributing
it along about two miles OF the pub
lie highway. The cows reinforced by
the flying steed, carried the village
like an invading army, and such was
the terror and surprise Of the people
that they have since done little else
but talk about it. The minister
crawled out OF the ditch and began
legal proceedings aginst the boy, who
came into town by side street and
slipped up the back stairs supperless
to bed. The dog with the hustle saw
that he had overdone the thing, and
crept under barn. The problem that
absorbs Evanston is where to classify
the crime OF that boy under the
statutes of Illinois.
Year: 1878

Among the attendants at late
Methodist conference was a very
beautiful and intelligent looking lady
who drew the admiring gaze OF many
eyes, particularly eyes masculine. al
ways on the lookout for feminine
face.


During the intermission at noon a
spruce young minister went up to the
presiding elder, and said. with an air
OF secrecy:


"Did you observe the young lady
who sat near the first pillar on the
left?"


"Yes.' said the elder. "and what Of
herr"


"Why,' said the young man, I feel
impressed that the Lord desires me
to take that young woman for my
wife. I think she would make = good
companion and helpmate In the work
OF the ministry"


LUG eiueIs dS SOO0 OuLi5liou
ought, had nothing to object.


But in q few moments, another can
didate for ministerial efforts and hon.
ors, and for the name Of husband,
came confidentially to make known q
like impression regarding the same
identical young lady.


"You had better wait awhile. 1t Is
not best to be TOO hasty In determin-
ing the source of such impressions"
said the prudent elder.


And be said well, fer hardly were
the steps of the second youth cold at
his side. ere third approached with
the same story; and while the worthy
confident still marveled, q fourth
drew near with the question:


did you notice the fine, noble
looking woman on the leftf"


"Yes," cried the swelling elder.


"well. SIR" went on the fourth VIC
tim Of the unsuspecting girl, ~it is
strongly borne In upon my mind that
1t is the will OF the Lord that should
make proposals Of marriage to that
lady. He has impressed me that she
Is to be my wife,"


The presiding elder could hold In
no longer.


t" Impossiblel impossiblel" he ex-
claimed In an excited tone; "the Lord
never could have intended that four
men should marry one woman"
Year: 1878

From the New York SUM-


Henry Groatherd is German,
working on the Burhans farm, a short
distance above Paterson, in the d.
rection of little Falls. On Friday
afternoon he went across a lot to
get pail OF water from the spring at
the lower end of the lot. In the lot
was bull, which had always before
behaved himself in a very creditable
manner, and which was regarded as q
peaceable beast, so that everybody
who wished passed through the lot
and paid no attention to the bull.
But on Friday afternoon that bull
was In bad humor. The minute he
saw Groatherd he made for him with
lowered head and mischief In his
eyes. Groatherd was trudging along.
all unconscious OF the impending
crisis behind, and the bull came
against him like a battering ram.
Groatherd sailed upward and landed
in the grass some distance in advance.
When he got up and turned to see
what had struck him, the bull was
coming at him again at full speed.
Goatherd took to his heels, and for a
short distance the race was q close
one. Groatherd made bee line for
the fence, but the bull was too fast
for him, and, In a minute, Groatherd
described another parabola in the air.
Groatherd was now half frightened
out of his wits, although not much
injured. The bull took a fresh start,
and this time he gave Groatherd a
worse blow than before, tossing him
headlong and injuring him quite Sc
verely with his horns.


Then Groatherd's spunk was up,
and he turned on the defensive,
caught the bull by the horns and
held him fast for some time. At
last the bull threw him into the grass
with considerable force. No less
than five times was this repeated, the
man sometimes being tossed In the
air, and sometimes hurled heavily to
the ground.


A negro named Jackson, who
worked on the same farm, happened
to see the battle, and he got rail
from the fence and came to the res
cue. beating the bull over the head
until he was compelled to run away.
Groatherd was then picked up and
carried to his home near by. A sur
geon who was called found him to be
badly, although not seriously, injured.
He had received thrusts from the
bulls horns in both arms and in the
breast. while his back was terribly
bruised, and there was hardly spot
on him that was not black and blue.
The physician thinks he win recover
in a short time, as none of the horn
thrusts are deep, and no vital part
seems to have sustained injury.
Year: 1878

In Mexico the natural order Of things has
asserted itself once more. The authorities
have come down on the foreign merchants
for money. In that country it is regarded


as the special and peculiar function and


privilege of the foreign merchants to supply
the government with money. This is one
of the prettiest arrangements for paying
the expenses of government that has
been devised in our times. 1t is q
cheap and immediate method of col
lecting the taxes. and one Of its
greatest advantages is that it depresses
that grovclling commercial spirit which
takes nll the chivalry out of "a people and
completely spoils their appctites for pro-
nunciamentos and cock fighting. By this
plan trade, which debases the noble pride
OF nation, is kept from getting too great q
hcadway and running Mexican history for
the purposes Of the authors of dime
novels But the foreign merchants of
Mexico are not proud Of the privileges of
their position. Like foreign merchants in
all countries they have no real interest
in tho national institutions, and they wrig-
gle and squirm and squeal and kick up
bobbery and scold and snort when q
handsome Mexican functionary in a gold
lace collar gives them the option of supply
ing few thousand dollars to the land OF
their refuge or seeking some other land OF
refuge, of course leaving their goods behind
them. This option is given them now once
more. and some of them threaten to call on
the United States about it, which they are
quite at liberty to d., as the wolves were to
eat the moon on the cold nights. This news
that the natural order Of fact 10 once more in
Year: 1878

If the reports Of the determination of
Judge Black, Mr. Montgomery Blair and
few others to attempt to bring before the
House of Representatives the question OF
the title to the Presidential Office are cor
rect, it is to be regretted that men OF emf
nence should be so misled as to waste their
time and abilities on such matter 1t is
to he hoped that the high reputation OF
Judge Black will not, however, induce the
open up so irritating and so perfectly use-
less question. If Congress cannot occupy
its time with more practical subjects it had
better adjourn Mt an early day. although the
backward condition Of it's business will sup
ply work enough for the remainder of the
session. There are, it appears, wild rumors
atloat in Washington MS to the purpose
above alleged, but we hail with satisfaction
the statement made by Mr.. Hewitt In
the House yesterday on the point.
The Presidents title, he declares, cannot
be assailed, and, so far as lie can speak for
his fellow democrats, will not be. We are
not certain how much this pledges his
party, but prominent democrats are re-
ported as Indignantly denying any sympa-
thy with or part in such movement rs
that attributed to Mr.. Blair. An impress
sion exists that the anti-administration
republicans, who are as much out in the
cold as if they had not carried single
State in 1876, would gladly assist any dem
ocratio movement in the direction Of max
ing Mr.. Hayes uneasy. They doubtless
know full we'll that the President can
not be unseated by legal process, but
if they could aid the democrats to make his
life burden, if they could worry him into
resigning, they would gain in Mr.. Wheeler
President after their own heart There
is not much fear that far-sighted democrats
will further any such plot. 1t must,
of course, be humiliating for President
Hayes to have an assurance such as Mr..
Hewitt gave, accompanied by shower OF
cold water Of not the cleanest description
but, after all, it is true that Mr.. Hayes will
be judged by his promise and performance
in the Presidency, and not by the means
which placed him in the White House.
Year: 1878

humane requirements. He does not think
that violent luratics alone should be de-
prived of liberty pending judicial inquiry
for the safety OF the community frequently
demands tha: restraint be put upon
the incipiently insane. The points,
however, on which he insists
change is desirable concern the appoint
meat OF physicians as medical examiners In
lunacy. the filing in court OF record OF the
doctors certificates of committal and pro-
vision for Judicial inquiry into the ques-
ton of sanity, should it be deemed advsa-
Bile or necessary. He further advises that
wlful and malicious conspiracy to confine
person not insane in lunatic asylum
should be made felony instead OF misde-
meanor as at present 1t is to be hoped that
the Assembly committee now having Mr.
Thain's bill in charge will seek the best ad-
vice and take advantage of it to frame per-
feet bill. AS the law stands it is certainly
inadequate to the protection Of personal
liberty.
Year: 1878

Count Andrassy yesterday denied some
recent sensational rumors which have made
their appearance in the dispatches, to the
effect that Austria was making active prepa-
rations for the mobilization Of her army. de
said the government ''could not take the
responsibility of appearing, at great cost, in
u state of military preparation before the
Congress, from whose deliberations a salts
factory understanding was anticipated"
Apparently there is no fe. fl, TO, fun in the
atmosphere Of Vienna just now. The Counts
statement that "a declaration of Austro-
Hungarian interests was handed to Russia
before the war; is important in view
of what is known to have happened
to the same effect between Russia and
the Powers which were disquieted at
Russia's operations against Turkey the
Cars government drew declarations OF
their interests, and promised to respect the
same as so declared, and it is not COM
planned on the part of either that those
promises have not been kept. On the con-
trary, their subsequent complaint is rather
over the general course of events than over
any particular, and their disappointment is
the source Of their Observation-Disclosures disap-
pointment at her rapid and complete VIC
tory in one campaign, when they thought
she would simply gnaw file all summer
and be a bankrupt ere the winter was over.
In England the strength of popular opinion
has swept away the independence of the
Times, which is now vociferous that Russia
must be overhauled in the Conference, and
praises as a stroke of genius the govern
ment's patronage of Greece. But the news
from India of the Moslem excitement over
the fall Of Turkey is the mutter of storm
that England will be troubled to face.
Year: 1878

At last here is case before the courts in
which two people got married precisely as
thew do in farces. Hitherto that friend of
too solemn and sober-sided humanity, the
writer of farces, has had hard words SHE'D
OF him and at his pictures of life and matri-
mony, because, in fact, people do not
ordinarily and commonly get married in
the preposterous way in which he repre-
sents it on the stage but he is now fully
justified, and the world may he fairly
challenged to read the report Of
the Lopez-Morrison divorce case and
say that the widest of farce writ
ers had not an example in real life to
whose absurdity his unassisted muse would
have been unequal. disappears by the testi-
mony the dashing bridegroom was the friend
of one of the servants and moved in queer
circles, where the least virtue that people
possessed was the brightness of their wits,


kept smooth, clean and in fine order by the
on them. He was introduced to the fair
George Sin the front basement by the SER
want aforesaid, and that stout Cupid in
calico conducted the greater part of the
sweet negotiation Of their loves, and, as a
capitalist, even advanced money to the ex-
tent of twenty-five dollars on the faith that
it would be repaid-perhaps doubled
when the bird was caught and ''the old
man" should be forced to come out with his
cash and divide it between the lrumatis
personn. 1t is story out Of the common
place order altogether. Perhaps the finest
point in it oil is the generous devotion and
self-sacrifice of the bridegroom's roommate,
who lent him fifty cents to get his breakfast
ON the day he went out to marry an heiress.
Year: 1878

Judge Noah Davis is emphatically of
opinion that the Lunacy law should be
amended so as to secure as far as possible
the sane or the merely eccentric from being
committed to insane asylums In an inter-
view on the subject, published elsewhere,
Judge Davis states that with certain amend
ments the present law would answer oil
Year: 1878

the ascend dant "a niexlcv will be heard by
the people with the same pleasure with
which a sick mans friends learn that his
smallpox that threatened to ''strike in" has
come out handsomely and speckled him all
over like q trout.
Year: 1878

IT WILL TAKE THREE YEARS to finish the
revision of the Bible which is now being made
by the American and British Committee. Until
then people must get to heaven the best way
they can with the old one.
Year: 1878

seems closed to me BY that crime which
separated me from my brother. Every
resource is gone, and starvation is inev-
liable. l can not get work. | dare not
beg, for / may be recognized and arrest
ed. Tomorrow, after | take the poison
that stands before me, you will receive a
sufficient sum to take you to Fritz-the
price Of my body, which have sold to-
night to the medical college. / have
nothing else to sell May Fritz prove a
better son than 1 have been. dare not
ask blessing for you; my lips are sealed
by my crime, and blessing from them
would prove curse. But forgive me,
for in death as in life, love you,


KARL"


We told no more stories that night,
for the doctor rose soon after, and his
departure broke up our party, none of
us feeling any inclination for our former
merry talk, after the dismal tragedy the
doctor offered as his contribution to our
budget of stories.
Year: 1878

The nights are growing cold and
frosty, and you never think about
locking the front door till after you
have put out the light and crawled
into bed. And then--it would
shook burglar to hear your re>
marks as you stand shivering in the
hall feeling for the key. s5
Year: 1878

LIVER IS KING. The Liver is the
imperial organ of the whole human
system, us it controls the life, health
and happiness of man. When it is
disturbed in its proper action, all
kinds Of ailments are the natural
result. The digestion of food, the
movements of the heart and blood,
the action of the brain and nervous
system, arc all Immediately con-
ncctcd with tho workings of the
Liver. It has been successfully
proved that Green's August Flower
is unequalled in curing all persons
afflicted with Dyspepsia or Liver
Complaint, and all the numerous
symptoms that result from an un~
nealthy condition of the Liver and
Stomach. Sample bottles to try,
10 cents. Positively sold in all
towns on the Western Continent


Three doses will prove that it is just
what you want. ~
Year: 1878

Too MANY RAILROADS IN CAL1FoR-
N1A.--The San Francisco Alto says
so many railroads have been built in
California, and they have advanced
so far beyond the demands of busi-
ness or the probability of any large
profit, that the future construction
must be slow. Out Of 1000 miles,
at least 1900 do not pay six per
cent. on the cost. Long stretches
have been built with the expectation
that they would be Improbable, one
motive being to increase the trade
of other roads already built.
Year: 1878

are known to have been eaten on
Dominique Island, ono of the most
savage Of the group. In recent
times the cannibals rarely ever
sacrifice n white victim, but they are
entirely willing to do so if the op-
portunity offers. It is not safe to
trust them with tender Anglo
Saxon lamb, or anything in the
shape Of humanity that would be
certain to take first prize at q
baby show. These not being pro-
curable, no objection would be
offered to making q good square
meal out nice, fat, healthy mis-
sionary. Sailors are the only class
Of white men for whom the canni-
balls cannot get up an appetite at a
moments warning.