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Year: 1876

WINGylLLE NARROW GAUGE
To those good people of Mineral
Point who are "resting in fancied
security"-having no fears of rail
road to east or west Of us--we COM
mend the following resolutions en-
Enthusiastically adopted at a meeting
of the stock and bond-holders OF the
Galena Narrow Gauge r. r. about
ten days ago:


RESOLVED, Tha, !. is An imperative necessity, Il
We expect to save the money invested by us. both
III the stock and bonds of the talcna q Southern
Wisconsin, Railroad, that the road must be pushed
forward this season NJ least ten miles or TO Wing.
Vile if possible.


RESOLVED, That IN extending onr road to Wing
vile. Wisconsin, that said extension shall com
mencc ut rlattcville thence by the most feasible
line, to the Little Platte river up the Little rlat
river to Washburu, thence by the best and most
desirable route To Wingvilc


RESOLVED That we as stock and bond holders
of the G,lena & Southern Wisconsin Railroad
having full and perfect confidence in the present
directory of the road and its future management
to successful completion under their direction
and for the purpose of aiding them IN its extcn
sion, agree and obligac ourselves to subscribe for
n certain number Of the first mortgage bonds OF
said company, paying In cash ~ cents on the do
lar for the same the amount raised to be placed
In the hands of s. o. Stillman. Secretary Of the
Company us an independent fiad Ia be used for
the extension of the road from plattevillc, and for
no other purpose Nothing IN this resolution shah
be taken or understood as taking the management
OF this extension out OF the hands Of the directors.
Year: 1876

The silver question involves two distinct
issues first, a. to the use OF silver as a sub
sidiary coinage, and second, as to the Substl-
tution of silver dollars for any portion OF
the Iecal-tender notes. The latter has been
properly postponed The question OF subsid-
iarv coinage has at last been properly set
tied. both as to the amount and as to the
mode of issue In respect to the ratio OF
coinage-the quantity of silver which should
be contained in two halves, four quarters, or
other small coins Of the aggregate nominal
value of one dolar-there has been no dispute,
and no disposition to change the existing
ratio As to the amount OF token coinage to
be issued, we observed, some time ago, that
the shipment of our new coins to the west
Indies and South America, and even to Call
fornia, would withdraw from circulation here
a considerable part of the silver issued. Hence
if the amount issued were only equivalent to
the fractional currency in use, these shipments
would cause constant dearth of small change
and thus greatly retard if not wholly arrest
the exchange of fractional currency for silver.
This difficulty could be Obyiated only by
authorizing the issue, not in exchange for
fractional currency. of a quantity of subsidi-





demand for expectation.


BY authorizing the issue of this token COIN
age without waiting for presentation of frac-
tional currency at the Treasury, the scarcity
of small change will be prevented. Those who
have been boarding fractional notes, IN the
expectation that the substitution would fail,
and that a considerable premium would pres
emily be paid for notes, and those who have
been boarding silver with intent to bring about
a scarcity and a high premium, as well as the
specuators who have been trying to maintain
an artificial premium both on small coins and
small notes, will now find their occupation
gone. 1t is probable that large amount OF
small notes. which have recently been with
drawn from circulation, will now be presented
for redemption, and that a considerable amount
of boarded SILVER will be unlocked. Within n
short time we shall have all the small coins
we can use.


The amount to be issued is limited to
$50, 100000. 1t is true that there has been
at one time outstanding fractional currency
amounting to nearly $5O,00O,O0O, but it Is
certain that large proportion of this has
been lost or destroyed. During the months OF
May and June the Treasury has been redeem
ing all classes of fractional notes presented,
Year: 1876

of Indifference, should A neglect his business
TO elcctioneer for some Congress candidate, or
b turn out to he thief, whether or not they
are cashiered, indicted, convicted, imprisoned
Moreover, we shall think the country trlne
nearer political millennium when postmasters
are no longer appointed solely for helping the
Honorable This or That to seat in the House
of Representatives.


There arc those who insist that Gov. Hayes
cannot be considered q veritable reform can
didate unless ne will promise on and after the
Fourth of March next to tuck up his shlrt-
sleeves, seize his ax, and decapitate all persons
now holding place under the Washington Gov
ernment. As we have never regarded dH
ofiice-hOlders as rogues and fools, we can
hardly see any need of a general prescription
like this. No man, it is true, is entitled 10
life tenure of place merely because ne may
hold it but without thinking OF his interest
we can easily see how it might be for the IN
terest of the Treasury or the Post-Ofilce
Department to keep him in, just as
private man might be loath to part
with his old and good servant. AS
matters stand, we must trust something to the
discretion and conscience of one or the other
OF tilcSe cdDuludlcS JuuSiHS WV my VI -
his letter. and by what we know of bis charac-
ter, we incline to the belief that in this busi-
ness of bartering place he will be cautious
and conscientious. We cannot imagine hlm
protecting felOns or patronizlng fools. we
know well enough that possession plays mis-
chief with good resolutions; but when candl-
date has good reputation for yeraclty, we
must take him at his word. Besides we know
pretty well what would follow the election of
the other gentleman. 1t is no discredIt to
Gov. Tilden to say that he would make
clean sweep. He could not help himself, and,
whatever his inclination, the pressure of party
would force him to dismiss from public ser
wee n great many men who had much better
bc retained. Even if the Republican candl-
date were decidedly Objectionable, we should
regard with some apprehension the success OF
his opponent.


Moreover the declaration of Gov. Hayes
that, "lf elected, he will not be candidate for
election 10 second term" is highly important,
because should he keep Iris promise, he will
avoid the temptation to Use the patronage oi
his Office in such a way rs to promote his per-
sonal projects. We wish that 1t were not
necessary To sl--;l time and space III the con-
sidrralion of this topic; but the politicians
have made it so. Circumstances have rendered
this matter of patronage of the first import
ance. The country at present is governed by
SO. 600 office holders. Of these We do not care
how many who are honest and faithful and
able are retained, so we may be sure that
those of the other sort will be elected.
Year: 1876

There are those who critciSe the Fate in the
Greek tragedy as unnatural, and the wholesale
slaughter in "Hamlet" as eXtrayagant and i'm
probable. If we should read in one of Miss
BIaddons novels, for instance, of family
almost entirely cut off by violent deaths-of
the eldest son killed in fox hunt; of another
son dying in a foreign land Of Il pestlcntial
disease; of another murdered by a jealous
rival; Of fourth run over, mangled, and
killed by "a public vehicle and finally of a
fifth found dead under circumstances raising
n question of murder or suicide I; and if we
should further read that in his old age the
father of these victims had only one of six
sons left to care for him-to such an extraor-
dinary succession of calamItics not even Miss
Braddon'S narrative slillcould impart credibilty.
Yet this is precisely what has occurred in the
well-knovn Halsted family in Ncw-Jerscy, the
last victim being found floating and dead in
Minnetoaka Lake only few days ago. Frank
Hasted was the youngest son of Mr.. Chancel-
lyr Halstcd He must have been eccentric, for
lac lived like a hermit upon the borders OF the
lake. He had with him Il considerable sum of
money for the sake of which he may have
been killed. This, however, would not break
the continuity of this chain of tragedies.
Self-destroyed or assassinatcd, he has left life
mysteriousy and thus brought almost to Il
conclusion the dismal family history


The presumption is that in such case as
this there must have been something in the
character and consequently in the conduct of
these brothers to account for deaths which
were something more than coincident-a way
ward disposition perhaps, love of wandering,
or habits and tastes of a perilous cast Pet
IIalstcd it will be remembered, was murdered
by one Bolts for the sake OF worthless
woman. We can imagine Caleb the eldest,
who was killed in fox hunt, as n rough rider
and fond of his pleasure. In 1913 we find
four of these brothers seeking the newly dis
covered gold fields of California. Yet
though such a general tragic termination
may be uncommon, We frequently find the
same strong, passionate, uniiinching, and may
be INSCRIPTIONS character in all the members OF
| q family. There is nothing remarkable abou,
Year: 1876

this, OF at least nothing SO remarkable as the
wide differences which we sometimes notice III
those of the same stOck-One brother cur
mudgeon, it may be, and the other a spend
thrift; one loving only dogs and horses, the
other books and pictures. Again. it is no
sadder that five brothers should perish as we
have narrated, than that five children OF one
house should all die within a few days OF
diphtheria; no more noteworthy than that a
widow should survive her husband only few
days. The serious side of life constantly con-
fronts us. We all walk in the shadow of an
impending calamity which the mercy Of Prov
idence may or may not avert.
Year: 1876

Evidently those who predicted that we were to
have no more Bosses or that we were to have a new
one, must revise their prophecies. Mr.. John Kelly
remains in command of the situation, and the Boss
continues to be the central figure in local politics.
No doubt his system Of political management might
Year: 1876

Lord Derby showed yesterday that each
European Power is, for one reason or another
indsposed to meddle in the Turkish conflict.
He admitted that there is strong party in
Russia friendly to the Slaves, but he explained
that it is not in power. As regards Great
Britain, the Foreign Minister was strongly III
favor of neutrality. "We have,' he SAID,
guaranteed Turkey against murder, but not
against suicide or sudden DEATH This pol
icy will suit Russia. When both belliGerents
are weakened or exhausted her opportunity
will be at hand.
Year: 1876

We have Simultaneously the opinion OF In
spcctor Vandeyere about the Black Hills busi-
ness and the report of an Indian chief who
has recently paid visit to Sitting Bull.
There is slight discrepancy between them,
such as usually appears between the reports
about Indians from the Interior Department
and those from other sources. The Inspector
is assured that the Sioux will readily relin-
ouish the Black Hills if they are assured OF
good treatment and liberal supplies at the
agencies. Sitting Bulls visitor reports that
chief as making the invasion of the Black
Hills by white men the chief pretcxt for war
Year: 1876

The man who spent whole day in beating the
carcass of skunk, because he proposed to teach
the critter that there is punishment after DEATH
set bright example which the Democrats are fol-
lowing The enforcement act had the life knocked
out of it by the decision Of the Supreme Court but
the Democrats are making prodigious iuss because
thoy are not allowed to repeal the dead act in Al Ap
propraton bill. THIS. suppose. is reform states
manship.
Year: 1876

Tomorrow the General Assembly will
meet in the State House, and the members
will fn1 their business quarters much i'm
proved by the exertions of the officers of
the different branches. The Senate loom
has not been altered except by cleaning,
painting and refurnishing. Its appearance
is very attractive and it's completeness is
due to the careful supervision of Sergeant
alarms William Mumford.


Greater changes have been made in the
hall of the House OF Representatives, by
direction of Sergesnt-at-Arms Ed. Flood
By the old arrangement of seats the most
distant members were almost beyond the
eye and ear of the Speaker. By moving
his deck to the side, instead of the end,
twenty three feet have been gained, and
the choice seats will now probably be con-
sidered those away from the front. The re-
porters' desk is hey oad the reach of idlers
from the lobby, though that precaution, un-
der the management of Mr.. Flood, is need.
lees, and directly in front Of the peaker's
desk, though removed as far from it as
practicable. To reporters in the habit of
going personally to the Clerks desk for the
courtesy of papers absolutely necessa ry
this may seem an Inconvenience, but it will
probably be obviated by Speaker Es tilette,
if properly represented to him. by the as
signment Of page on busy days. This will
accommodate Mr.. Trezevant, and save him
much annoyance.


The caucusses on both sides have nearly
determined the course for the first few days.
The Republicans have determined to
heartily indorse and support the mea sures
of refvrm to be presented in the Governors g
message. To anticipate the contents or
suggestions of that document in this article
would be foreign to its purpose, which is
merely to assure our law makers that every
thing has been done for their comfort while
attending to their duties.
Year: 1876

ed to dispair of the ultimate raising
of the eolored race to anything like
a useful or honorable position in
Southern society. and thought they
would finally collect on the low
coast and river lands, where whites
could not live, and there flourish or
die out as the case might be. He
spoke in the highest terms of the
kindly feeling Of the people for
their former slaves. In many cases
they remain on the old plantations
and receive much the same protee-
tion and care as before the war.
With all its deficiencies in the mat
ter of labor, the South is no place
for working men without capital,
prices being at what would be n
starvation point at the North. Still
with a very small capital, s man
can get on in the world and soon
become independent. As Mr.. Col
Inns is a lifelong Republican, his
statements and opinions relating to


POLITICS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES


are entitled to peculiar weight. Up
on this point he said that in all his
travel and sojourn in the South, he
had heard of no Northern man who
was not well treated. OF all the
hundreds whom he had induced to
cmigrate, and whom he knew as
Northern settlers, there are not
more than half dozen who are not
satisfied, and pleased with their
neighbors. Those who get into
trouble there would do so in any
locality; it is in the men. The talk
of ostracism is nonsense. All classes
there understand that emigration
from the North is the one thing
they need to develop and build up
the country. Is it likely, SIR. Col
Inns asks, that they would turn
around and abuse those whom they
urge to come among them and wei
come as their best friends? He
could not express in strong enough
terms his sense of the warm anc
hearty welcome which enterprising
Northern settlers receive. The old


war feeling is extinct. Mr.. Collin!
remembers but one man who retains
any feeling of bitterness or desires
separation from the North. Upol


being questioned as to the outrag
| business he pronounced it, so far a


any political significance is con


cerned, an unqualified humbug


There arc rough places in the Soutl


as in the North. Some of the Mis-


sissippi river towns, for example


where it would not be pleasant 70


a quiet man to live, but these place


can be avoided. Such cases as this
at Hamburg are exceptional. Th


South in general is as quiet an
and peaceful as any part of tn
, Union.
Year: 1876




If three men were to have their
legs and arms broken, and were to
remain all night exposed to the in
clemency of the weather, the whole
country would be in state of the
most dreadful agitation. Look at
the Wholesale deaths on the field of
battle, ten acres covered with dead,
and half dead, and dying; and the
shrieks and agonies of many tbous-
and human beings. There is more
of misery inflicted on mankind by
one of war than by all the civil pee
ulations and aggressions of a cen
tury. Yet it is a state into which
the mass of mankind rush with the
greatest ayidity, hailiig official mur-
derers in scarlet and gold and cock
feathers as the greatest and mOst
glorious of human creatures. 1t /:
the business of every wise and gooc
man to set himself against this pas
sion for military glory, which really
seems the most fruitful source o
human misery.
Year: 1876

Columbia Journal: Well, to use
fastidious language of some of the
fancy boys, "big crop" is no name
for it. To look at the corn growing
in this county, now, is absolutely
astounding. What will we do with
it? And the cotton gives us a ia
vorable fall, and we will have to i'm
port labor to pick it. With a full
crop of wheat already harvested
and half sold, with an unheard OF
crop of corn, and the best crop oi
cotton for years, what is to keep
the people of this country from be-
ing Jolly?
Year: 1876

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph tthusl mean thai your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons. but
cash alone viii Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit Jour favor.


~ We enter no new names on our
books without The money in n,lpance.
Year: 1876

A deaf and dumb man who had
been following the murderer of his
brother for twenty-one years,
thought he had found him in At
lanta the other day, but it turned
out to be another case of mistaken
identity. The murder was commit
ted in Sacramento, Cal, and the
dumb brother has hung upon the
trail ever since.
Year: 1876

Now that calls have been issued for
both county conventions, men begin 10
think somewhat upon the subject of who
shall be the servants or the pegp'e in our
county tor the next two years.


So far little party interest or party feel.
jnc has been manifested; the main desire
hcing to secure the services of those best
qualified to fill the respective offices, in
dependent of party considerations


Very few persons have really announced
themselves as candidates, so it is hard as
yet to say what local features our fall
canvass will assume.


There seems to be one exception to


this in the Auditors office. This
comes the nearest to being paying
Office Of, perhaps, any in the county.
A short time since quite q number OF
worthy men were spoken of as prob
able candidates, but quite recently the
name of Mr. John SWEET being suggested
as a suitable person, well qualified to
perform the duties Of the Office and en-.
titled to received by reason of the severe
physical injuries received, making it i'm
possible for him to work again tor a long
time to come. Men of all parties as far
as heard from have UNANIMOUSLY ap-
proved of the suggestion, and every can
didate as far as we are informed has for
mally declined to run against Mr.. SWEET.
We suggest that it would he suitable
testimonial of respect tor him in his
misfortune, as we'll as an endorsement OF
him as a man, tor each party to nominate
him, on their respective tickets, and
make no contest for that Office.


Nearly one year ago Mr. Ward was
appointed to this office. The amount of
his other business prevented him at
tending to the duties of the office in
person. We have performed for him
most Of the Office. The pressure Of our
business makes it no object to continue
in the performance of it's duties; there
fore by consent and authority OF Mr..
Ward, We also offer 10 turn the office,
with all the fees attached to it, over to
MrsSwett, for him to perform its duties,
as soon as he IS able. Provided that he
should be able before January first to at
tend to its duties.
Year: 1876

We have ever tried to make the STAR
liberal, progressive and representative of
the interests of the community. Among
our chief objects are the building up and
developing the local as well as the intel
lectual interests of Western Washington.
To accomplish this we must have orig
inal information, giving accurate knowl-
edge Of what is t,king place likely to
aid in the cause of intellectual aud social
develop ment In other words we wish
facts. To OBJ ain tn m we have been
compelled to travel on an average Of one
thousand miles a month since starting
the STAR; while in each local commu-
nifty we always found number of per.
sons we'll acquainted with their local
matters, that without trouble to them
selves they could easily have written
them up for us in better shape than we
could do from our hurried trip through
their settlemect; while throwing the
door open tor opinions, more articles are
furnished than we possibly can find room
for except we exclude all other matter
We might do this, were it not that the
more eager parties are to contest about a
mere opinion, the more likely is it to he
upon some subject which in the nature
ut things neither Of the disputants can
ever know anything about.


For the past month or two the STAR
has been flooded with this class of arti
'cles, nearly all exceedingly well written,
full OF vigorous attack or cutting reply /;
hut we fancy many of our readers have
had enough OF this matter for while,
and desire rest, or at least change.
Will not some ofour correspondents who
WELD so vigorous pens take pains to
hunt up facts and write upon practical
subjects, for it is by the gathering of
facts, the study OF natural subjects and
present the results in the STAR, we expect
10 benefit the community, an hundred
fold more than we do by criticisms and
controversies, let them be never so ably
carried on.
Year: 1876

Since last falLs large amount Of work
has been done ON the Society fair grounds
The work is not yet quite completed. we
presume it will he completed very soon.
Heretofore no articles have been exhibit.
ed from the Stillaguamish. This year
we understand arrangements are alread y
made by which that region can be amply
represented. We know by personal ex-
perience the amount of work required to
get up the two past county fairs, and can
assure our friends that onc-tenth part of
the work heretofore required will be am
ply sufficient to get up good represent
atiCn of all our different interests. We
hope all our farmers and men interested
in agriculture will turn out at tho Socie-
ty meeting next week Saturday afternoon
and work together to make this fair the
best ever held in our County.
Year: 1876

This table is uncommonly eloquent
1t shows at the first glance that the cot'n-
tries where civilization and prosperity IN
the mas of the people are at their low
est. the consumption OF both tea and cot
f,e i also the least. These countries are
Austria, Spain, and Russia.
Year: 1876

TIE mystery which has from the first
surrounded the explosion Of dynamite
ON the quay at Bremen grows denser with
every new dispatch concerning it. The
confession of the suicide Thompson has
not been born out by the facts yet dis
covered. A careful search of the cargo
Of the ship Salier has resulted in the dis
coyery that there are no cases OF dyna-
mite on board that vessel as Thompson
asserted that there were. Stranger still,
investigation utterly fails to confirm his
assertion that improper insurance had
been effected upon the cargo of the
Mosel, and hence the motive which he
said actuated him in seeking to destroy
the steamship appears never to have ex-
listed at all. There is every reason to
suppose, therefore, that the confession, so
far at least as its details are concerned,
was simply the rawlings Of an insane
man. Yet the fact that the dynamite
was on the quay ready for shipment re-
Mains and there can be no doubt that
Thompson meant to destroy the Mosel,
although there seems to have been no
motive whatever for the crime other than
that which a diseased imagination was
capable of furnishing. The whole story
is puzzle which is to be hoped that the
authorities in Bremen will spare no pains
to solve