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Year: 1871

CHILDREE.-As for children, it is admitted that
they barbarians. There is exception AMONG
them to this condition Of barbarism. This is not TO
say that they are not attractive but they have the
virtues well the vices Of prinatiEe people It
is held by naturalists thA: the child is only
zoophyte, with stomach, and feeers radiating from
it in search of something to fh il. II is true that


child is always hungry all over but be is also curl
all and his curiositity is excited about a.
soon as his hunger. He Immediately begins to put
out his moral feelers into the unknown and the inf
mite to discover what Of exisenes this Is into
which he has come. His Imagination is qnte as hun
CRY his stomach. And again and again is strong


er than his other appetites. You easily engage
his Imagination in a story which will make him forget
his dinner He is credulous and superstitious, and
open to all wonder. In this, he is sxEetly like tho
savage races. BOrth gorge themselves the mar
velous; and all the unknown is marvellous to them.
know the general impression is that children mast
be governed through their stomaehs- think they
be controlled quite well through their curiosi


y that being the craving aud imperiOus Of the
two. 1 hsY0 seen children follow about person who
told them stories. andnterested them with his charm
ing talk, greediy his pockets had been full Of
bon JOAs.-lNy iSanlmer in Garden-C. j. RarHsr.
Year: 1871

The defendants title by deed from Kekuanaoa,
the plaintiffs title by Royal Patent dated in
1855, although if there were any conflict, the
latter woUld prevail. But on hearing the evidence
of the surveyor Kalamn, who explained his mode
of making the survey in clear and exact terms,
and on noting that the bounds mentioned in the
later deed are of more fixed and permanent
nature, being natural landmarks like rocks, than
in the earlier deed which refers for several of its
bounds merely to adjoining taro patches, have
no hesitation in finding that Kalamas survey has
ascertained the true limits of the plaintiff s
lot. The evidence also satisfies me that the
plaintiffs strawberry bed, of the value of 500,
without deducting cost of cultivation and selling
crop, and also the trees, were destroyed by the
defendant. The evidence is somewhat unsatis-
factory as to whether the pl1intiff or his father
planted the trees, or whether they were set out
by another person, not connected with them.
The line of boundary fell in this line of trees.
The defendant at best had only the rights of an
adjoining tenant in a partition wall, and he is
liable in trespass for destroying the trees without
the plaintiffs consent. His conduct in refusing
the use of his deed to the surveyor Kaama
shows that he was not confident OF his own title.
There was no evidence of the skill or experience
possessed by the surveyor Pease. The evidence
is not sufficiently exact concerning the measure
of damage to enable me to assess it at the full
extent of the testimony, but l am satisfied that
damage was caused to the strawberries and to
the plaintiffs interest in the tress, to the extent
of 800. My Judgment then is For the
Plaintiff" and | assess the damages at 500, with
costs.


ALFRED S. HARTwELr4


Justice Of the Supreme Court


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Year: 1871

Peter Ssup has opened bran new oys
ter saloon, l02 Commercial avenue, where
he will keep on hand constantly fresh
oysters, the largest and most delicious in
the city, which he will sell the BY case, can
or dozen. The saloon has been fitted up
with the express view of supplying
gentlemen and ladies with place where
they may enjoy meal Of these toothsome
bivalves quietly, without being disturbed
by the bustlc and noises incidental to the
commonplace restaurant oyster room.
Year: 1871

The people here and those residing at
Sbcboygan can Congratulate themselves
on having the poorest mail arrangement
Of anywhere in the state The mail car
rier no longer raEss efforts to reach She
boygan till after the cars leave for Fond
dr Lac, and the mail is therefore delayed
until the following day; the same conii-
ton Of affairs are at his end Of the route,
and our citizens seldom get their mails
until or 9 o'clock
Year: 1871

THE old maids Of Sioux City enjoyed
q banquet at hotel recently. A Miss
Kennedy made the concluding speech,
and created a furore by saying, Let
others do as they please as for me. | am
determined to have a husband as soon as
can get one. And let us all see to it, so
that, when another Thanksgiving Day
rolls around, there will not be another
old maid in Sioux City The banquet
closed with the song, NO one to love-
Year: 1871

NEW LAW FIRM.--Justice Forrest
las associated with him in the law bust
ness, Mr.. 0'Rourke, a young and talented
lawyer Of Sheboygan Falls. The law Of
fee of the new firm will BE over the store
of J. A. Kahler while the justice Office
will remain whore it is at present, in the
old National House, corner If Sixth and
York streets.
Year: 1871

Tnr NEWEST DnpARrrRg. The ST.
Louis Republican few days ngo rcccm-
mcnded the democratic party to make no
presidential nomination for 1872. but
leave the conservative republicans to put
up candidate in opposition to the nomi-
incc of the radical wing These were the
tactics successfully availcd Of to rescue
Missouri from the control of tho same
wing Of that party It is now stated that,
the article favoring this policy was writ
ten by Carl Scburz which, however, is
very doubtful - Baltimore SIM
Year: 1871

The symptoms Of Liver Complaint
are uneasiness and pain in the side.
Sometimes the pain is in the shout.
der, and IS mistaken for rheumatism
The stomach Is affected with loss of
appetite and sickness, bowels In gen.
etmes alternating with lax The
with pain, and dull heavy sensation,
of memory accompanied with pain.
laving left undone something which
1eeH done. Often complaining Of
weakness, debility, and low spirits.


Sometimes many of the above
symptoms attend the disease, and at


other tunes very Jew of them but
The liver is generally the oIgan


most involved. Cure The Liver with
Year: 1871

Mr.. Gray, an ingenious gentleman, in
Sussex county, Delaware, invented new
non-eXplosive burning fluid, and invited
few friends to come and witness test
of its qualities. He gathered a select
circle around barrel of the fluid in the
garret, and to prove how non-eXplosive
it was, he stirred it wi tn red hot poker.
In six seconds the inventor and his
friends were seen to emerge from the
roof, with trap-doors and shingles and
things on their heads, and to scud away
to the Northwest toward the river, while
enjoying fine birds eye view of the
State of Delaware, at an elevation of
thirty thousand feet or more above the
level of the sea. Mr.. Gray observed to
the friend nearest him that he thought
he had made a mistake in mixing too
much benzine in the fluid. Mr.. Gray
did not wait to hear his friends reply,
because he apparently had an engage
ment higher up, and he seemed in a
hurry to go. His widow will sell the
patent for the non-eXplosive fluid very
cheap; and she needs the money badly,
because Mr.. Gray scattered so much
around Sussex county when he came
down, that she had to bury him gradu-
ally during the next three weeks.
Year: 1871




The author of ssPicadilly Papers, in
London Society, says i'sI know a re-
markably able and fertile reviewer, who
tells me that, though over his midnight
oil he can lubricate articles with Ger
tain sharpness and force, yet for quietly
looking at subject all around, and do
ing justice to all its belongings, he want
ed the quiet morning hours. Lancelot
Andrews says he is. no true scholar who
goes out of his house before IL o'clock.
Similarly, an editor once told me that
though his town contributors sent him
the brightest papers, he always detected
peculiar mellownesS and finish about
the men who wrote in the country.
know an important crown official whose
hours were from ten to three. He had
to sign his name to papers, and, as a
great deal depended upon his signature,
he was very cautious and chary how he
gave it. After O'Clock struck, no be-
seeching powers of suitors or solicitors
could induce him to do a stroke of work.
He would not contaminate the quality of
his work by doing too much of it. He
would not impair his rest by continuing
his work. And so he fulfilled the duties
of his office for exactly fifty years before
he retired on full pay from the country.
And when impatient people blame law
yers for being slow, and offices for clos
ing punctually, and shops for shutting
early, and, generally speaking, the wider
adaptation of our day to periods of holi-
days and rest, they should reeolect that
these things are the lessons of experience
and the philosophy of society and life"
Year: 1871

A novel application of the pile driver
has been adopted in the West, where the
labor of making fence is heavy and con-
tinuous. The Implement employed for
setting the posts is none other than the
ordinary pile driver, made, of course, on
smaller scale, and with about twelve
feet drop from the ram. The materials
are light scantling 2x6 and 3x3 inches,
with heavier hardwood sills to facilitate
moving, and the ram of the butt of an
oak log 6 feet long, banded with iron at
top and bottom to preven splitting, and
about 16 inches in diameter. Grooves
are plowed in each side to admit of the
ram travelling readily in the guides. The
power is yoke of cattle attached to the
rope raising the ram. The passing unr
der one wheel at bottom and over anothe-
at top of the machine answers well, rails
ing the ram rapidly to the top, from
whence it falls with an effective blow
upon the cedar post, which is pointed
and held straight below. The posts are
driven rapidly, and remain firmly fixed,


the only obstacle to the success of the
operation being the time necessary to
move the machine. This will suggest to
our manufacturers the attachment of a.
small and compact pile driver attached
to portable engine on wheels, the whole
being readily moved from place to place.


Such machine will doubtless find ready
sale for fence making on Western prai-
ries. -...... ... -
Year: 1871

A Dutchman married a second wife in
about a week after the death of No. l.
The Sabbath following, the bride asked
her lord to take her riding, and was duly
''cut up'' with the following response


"You dink 1 ride out whit anoder
woman so soon after the death of mine
frau? No, non'
Year: 1871

the Bank OF France November raised It's rate OF
interest from nve per cent 10 six per cent For
many weeks there had been q Juror OF speculation
on the B0urse beyond all former precedent founued
perhaps on the reliance engendered by an incon-
vertaDlc currency. The step now taken may there.
fore DO expected TO create sharp reaction, and 10
cause large number OF me securities which have
lately been absorbed at Paris 10 Ind their way back
20 German and other markets
Year: 1871

Carl. ScHuRZ is still hanmeriug
away at an n,i-Graut party, The de-
mocracy is the best anti-Grant party in
the country. Let Carl come to us
We will welcome him and all hi,
friends. We will give him place o.
honor in the household and accept hi,
counsels. This is fair offer, which
Schurz-and all others like him-would
do well to accept, otherwise he will
find himself at sea without rudder
The signs Of the times show conclusive
ly that there is to be no middle ground
in politics-the choice will have to be,
democracy or radicalism, and Carl
Schurz, from his recent course, will be
compelled to choose the former or hold
aloof entirely.
Year: 1871

SOME of the so called conservative
newspapers see in the presidents mes
sage hopeful evidence that Grant has
abandoned some Of his unpopular posi-
tons in Difference to the will Of the peo
pie. Their vision would be clearerif they
could see that behind Grants Difference
to the will of the people is the deter
mination to be re elected, and he has a
ready commenced to rope in all the di,
satisfied elements in the republca
party And they will 60, too.
Year: 1871

BD" Senator Rice, Of Arkansas, has re-
Gently expressed himself to reporter in
favor of amnesty and civil service reform,
thus placing himself in direct opposition
to the Clayton or minstrel" faction, who
have used their power for prescription SO
tyrannically and their official positions so
corruptly that they have made the politics
of Arkansas a byword.
Year: 1871

HD- Prince Bismarck's health did not
permit him to be present at the opening of
the Prussian Diet. Considering the ex-
haustcd physical and mental toll the
Prince has gone through during the last
five or six years it is not much to be
wondered at that retirement and repose
should be agreeable to him.
Year: 1871

We notice by late copy Of THE BUL-
LETIS that you have hsd a quarter Of an
inch of snow in Cairo. We presume that
Dunning improved it in his handsome
turnout, with the same string of tea
bells encircled about the neck Of his fiery
untamed steed, that he had when We took
that famous ride with him last winter.
Also that johnson did not have his "fami-
ly' horse and was as usual master cf tho
situation.


Other paragraphs in The BULLETIN
filed our hearts with sadness VIC refer to
the death Of Eddie McGee.


Poor Eddie he was very near and dear
TO US, and we deeply feel his loss. l. hard
ly seems credible that we shall never more
see his kindly genial face. But two short
days before he "crossed over the dark
river" we stood by HIS bedside, and al
though we then felt that his sands OF life
had nearly run out yet as ho turned and
profersd US his outstretched hand and AS
sured US with the same cid gentle smile
upon his face, that she felt first rate" We
had faint hope that the angel Of death
who was hovering over him, might pass
by" on tho other side. But It was not 80
to be. There is no young man In Cairo
but who may well feel proud to emulate
the many noble virtues that adorned the
character of Eddie NcGee. Honest, up
right and truthful in the discharge of his
duties and Of the trust reposed in him by
his employers, noble and generous in
disposition, gentlemanly in department
courteous in his demeanor, of mild and
gentle manners, most truthfully may We
say,


May the turf rest lightly DER him,


Dear boy Of past and by. gone days,


None knew him but to love him,


None named him but to praise.


Sincerely J. L. T. 7.
Year: 1871

THE KU KLUX.-The editorial article from
the New York Herald in another column, re.
lat've to the suppression of the Ku Klux, is a
short, comprehensive summing up of the case,
and We give it space for this reason, as well as
for the fact that its statements are reliable and
unbiased by partisan feeling After all the
proofs in the case it is time the Democratic
journals had stopped denying or palliating the
dee Is of this inquitous political organization.
is crimes are too monstrous for even its most
intimate Democrat friends to carry upon their
shoulders much longer. Like Tammany, they
must be thrown off or the weight will crush the
party.
Year: 1871

We copy the following dispatch from the
Louisville Ledger of Monday. Yesterdays
dispatches state that the name of the CIR
in the trunk was Ruth Billings;
NEW YORK, August 26.-The body of a
lovely girl of seventeen, evidently the vic.
tim of an abortionist, was found entirely
naked and thrust into trunk, at the Hud-
son River railroad depot, this afternoon.
The trunk was left to be checked by wo
man, who took ticket for Chicago. She
then departed, and has not since been seen.
The affair is causing intense excitement,
and promises to become cause cele5re.


The following further particulars have
been received regarding the finding of the
body of the young girl at the Hudson rail
road depot about three o'clock this after
noon:


A woman, slatternlY dressed, so as to
avoid attention, and aged about thirty-fve
years, was driven in a carriage to the Hud.
son River railroad depot, in West Thirtieth
street.. Almost at the same moment a
truck, on which was trunk, halted in front
of the baggage depot.


The female purchased ticket tor Chicago
and had the trunk checked. She then left.
short time after attention was called to
the trunk by the foul odor issuing from it.


After SOME difficulty the trunk was
opened and cloth at the top taken off, when
the bystanders were Mortified at the sight
of the nude body Of young girl, lying
cramped up at the bottom.


A hasty examination by physicians re-
vealed the fact that deadly crime had
been perpetrated on the person of the girl,
and there were indications of recent prema-
ture accouchement.


The decease of the young girl could not
have occurred more than twenty four hours
previously, and the circumstances of the
case point unfalteringly to an abortion.
The body was ruthlesslY bent double and
crammed into the trunk.


The police are making strenuous efforts
to solve the mystery connected with the
murder OF the young girl whose dead body
was yesterday found enclosed in trunk at
the Hudson River railroad depot, checked
for Chicago.


An important clue has been furnished by
a boy named Alexander Parks. ottener
called Paddy" and who is well known
around the depot. The woman who came to
the depot with the trunk obtained Paddy 8
assistance IN buying the ticket and procur-
ing check for the trunk. Paddy observed
that the trunk bore the name of Trip.


The police Immediately made inquiries,
and found that there was but one carmar
named Tripp in the city, and but three
named Trapp, one of whom has truck
such as the one described by the boy.


This man was arrested after midnight.
but denied being at the depot yesterday.
his conduct and manner strengthened the
suspicion that not only has the truckman
who drove the trunk been secured, but th at
he knew more of the mystery than he dared
to tell. The police are meanwhile busily
working up the case.


The medical examination of the remains
OF the young girl confirms the first sus-
picions, the medical testimony to day being
that she came to her death through abortion
being performed upon her.
Year: 1871

The following special dispatch is pub
day:


ST. LOUIS, August 25.-Last night at
twenty minutes of six o'clock, when the
mail train bound north on the Iron Noun
tain railroad was just below Jefferson Bar
racks, it struck short piece of rail imper.
fectly spiked The engine, express car and
the front truck of the baggage car had
passed over it in safety, when the end be-
came loosened and moved, the rear truck of
the passenger car caught and tore it up,
throwing several cars following from the
track.


The spot at which it occurred was one of
the worst on the road, it being directly on
The bank of the river, and but for the fact
that the train was moving at a slow rate
the ladies' car, smoking car, and Blood's
patent car must have gone over the bank,
and into the water The couplings did not
break, and although the ladies' car was
turned over on its side, and two others
thrown short distance down the bank,
they were not badly damaged. The passen-
gers, with the exception of one lady, es-
capped without injury. She had one of her
limbs bruised, butIwas not so seriously hurt
as to prevent her walking to the station.


Several of the baggagemen and brake
men were pitched down the embankment,
and one of the latter was considerably
bruised by the fall. The mail train was fol-
lowed by an excursion train of ten coaches
closely loaded with the teachers of the Ma
tional Association, returning after having
spent the day at Iron Mountain. This train
was signaled and stopped in time.
Year: 1871

From the New Iberia Sugar Bo,ct we
learn this about Jail breaking:


Three prisoners confined in the chicken
coop, or Jail as some term it, in this town,
made their escape on Wednesday evening
by boring four auger holes through the door
and then breaking it in, which was NO very
difficult task when we take into eonsidera-
ton that the door was made of one-inch
boards, without covering of any kind.
One of the prisoners, Valentine Alb
shire, charged with murder and rape in ver-
from that parish and lodged in this ial. a
change of venue having been granted him.
He was to have been tried in the district
court in October. Of the other two prison
ers, one was confined on a charge Of larceny
and the other for assault and battery.
Year: 1871

General Grant does not agree with Gen
eral Butler in thinking that the militia
should not have fired upon the mob on the
occasion OF the Orange riot, in New York,
until after the riot act had been read. He
says: "This would have been rather an un-
judicious proceeding. The mob knew they
were violating the law. without having it
formally quoted to them. Our late rebel
lion was riot on big scale, and think it
lasted as long as it did just because we
wanted to read. too many riot acts at the
beginning"
Year: 1871

The New iberia Sa.gou>B Bocl learns from
a lady of intelligence and experience, that
"a few spoonfuls of tea, made from peach
tree leaves, if taken cold. will Immediately
relief the worst cases of cholic or sick stom-
ach. Care should be taken to wipe the
leaves clean. and the juice is extracted by
pouring hot water over them.
Year: 1871

The Dangeraeld, Texas, Clarion brags on
big onions


We received from Mr.. A. Scott, one day
last week, an onion grown from the seed by
him ON his place near town, measuring nine
inches in circumference, and one from Mr..
Eaves, OF this place, also grown from the
seec, measuring eleven inches in circumfer-
ence. Who can beat this If there is any
one in the county who can produce an onion
grown from the seed this year that can beat
the above we would like to have them bring
it up, and let us have peep at it.
Year: 1871

A new bird cage is in vogue. 1t is made
of wood such as rustic chairs in the parks,
and is so ingeniously covered with leaves
and flowers growing in earth at the bottom
as to wholly hide the wood and wire. The
birds seem within a little bower of natural
flowers.
Year: 1871

1t is said that the President contemplates
the removal of the New Orleans Custom
house officers who recently committed such
shameless outrage on the Republican
party by putting the convention in chains.
He ought not to spend much time in con-
temptation if the reports are true as they
have reached the North.
Year: 1871

From the 10th or 18th of June, till


the end of the month there is no night


The sun disappears for short time be-


hind the hills, but twilight and dawn
are blended together, and the last rays Of
evening have not faded from the sky be-
fore the mornings light breaks forth with
renewed brilliancy. l was in Icelcnd
from the 18th of May to the 29th of July,
and although ] never went to bed before
ii o'clock, did not once require the
light of candle. In May, as well as the
end of July, tie twilight lasted about
two hours, but it was never dark. Even
at the time of my departure 1 could see
to read till half past eleven. At first it
seemed very strange to go to bed in
broad daylight but soon got used to it,
and no sunshine was bright enough to
keep me awake after IL o'clock. 1t of
ten struck me as very ridiculous, how
ever, to go out for an evening stroll
about ten, and find myself in the full
light Of day, instead of the soft glimmer-
ing of the moon and stars.