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Year: 1876

In of the repulse OF either both OF the detach
mens, and instead of an effort being made by Reno Tor
such a Junction, soon he encountered heavy re
sistance he took refuge the hills and abandoned Gus
ter and his


GALLANT COMRADES TO THEIR


II is useless to that Custer should have amused
those Indians soon he reached them, diverted
their attention until General Terry could come up with
r"norcementS, for. although II stated that General
Terry was ony twenty thirty miles OF and be
moved by forced marches he did not reach the scene
OF the disaster until three days alter its occurrence
The Indians running and very evident TO my
mind that General Terry expected them make every
possible effort to escape, and Custer was doubtless
ordered TO pursue thcm cut oil their retreat TO tho
south and To drive them back upon Terry and Gibbon
and thus hemmed In between these commands they
were To be crushed.


To do this IL Custer 10 strike them
wherever found, ana by vigorous blows and hot pur
suit he TO


INTO THE TRAP


which Terry had set for them Infantry expeditions
against Indians only be used guards for supply
trains and in the pursuit of Indians mission such
pursuit OF wild geese IL expected when
the expedition sent that Custer and
tho seventh cavalry were do all the fight
ing, and superbly did portion OF them do it, As a
soldier would sooner to-day lie in the of General
Custer and his gallant comrades alone that distant
wilderness, that when the "last trumpet sounds l
could rise TO judgment from post OF duty, than to
hiils. knew General Custer well, have known him
intimately from boybood and beng on opposite sides
uurlng the late war, often met and measured
strength on the fields OF Virginia; and truly say
nov that never met more entcrprsng, gallant or
dangerous an enemy lurng those four years OF terrible
war, more GENIAL whole -souled. chiyarous gentle
man and friend IN peace than Major General George 4
Custer. Respectfully, T. L. kOSsER.
Year: 1876

The great legal contest between the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company and the New Jersey Central Rail-
road Company for the exclusive right of way from New


York 10 Philadelphia, continued In the courts AZ
Trenton yesterday. The argument was on the motion
for an injunction restraining the Central Railroad
Company from irtcrrupting navigation by
the erection OF a railroad bridge over
the Delaware River, at Yardcyvle. Tho bridge IL
constructed on the line OF tho Bound Brook Railroad


which has been IN operation between New York and
Philadelphia Tor several weeks similar Opposition
was raised by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on
the construction Of bridge the Raritau at Perth
Amboy, on the Long Branch Railroad; but it proved e
be unsuccessful. " -
Year: 1876

LITTLE Rock, July ID. The Republi.
can State Central Committee, which has
been in session for two days, decided this
evening to call the Republican State
Convention to meet on the 9th day Of Aug
ust for the purpose Of nominating State
ticket. r...N
Year: 1876

She can sit at the open window OF a
railway carriage with a stiff northeast
wind blowing in that chills everybody
in the vicinity to the marrow, tor Two
hours in a thin muslin dress without
finching.


S;he.can dance or waltz down the cap
tain of marching regiment, and at the
eleven o'clock supper put away lobster
salad, ice cream, champagne, cake and
coffee, without flinching, sufficient for a
weeks nightmare to strong man.


She can comb her hair all back so as
to leave the roots of it to the full play
of q December breeze, and wear bon
net on top of chignon, leaving ears
and head exposed with impunity, with
the thermometer ten degrees below zero.


She can pull over 81, 900 worth OF dry
goods for the investment of fifty cents.


She can study music for ten years suf-
fciently to enable her to perform excel
lently, when not in the presence of those
who desire to hear her.


She can balance herself on the ball Of
her great toe and shoe heel the size of q
dime all day in the public streets with
out falling.


She can occupy three seats in horse
car and be utterly obliyious that any OF
her own sex are standing up.


She shows unusual strength and firm
ness in the holding Of real estate, soil
taire diamonds, and other valuable prop
erty which her husband places In he1
hands previous to his compromising
with his creditors for twenty cents on
dollar.
Year: 1876

A Norwegian farmer named Knude
Knudeson sold a quantity OF wood to
his countryman, Ole Oleson, of Green
Bay, Wis, recently. Oleson was slow
in speaking of the payment of the cord
wood, and Knudeson thought it best to
see a lawyer and get his money. The
disciple of Blackstone told him he could
put a lien upon it. Knudeson appeared
satisfied with the answer, and as the
lawyer thought the poor fellow had but
little money to spare, let him go.
Knudeson went to grocery store at
once, and purchased a quantity OF
clothesline, returned and put the line
around and over the wood, telling Mrs.
Oleson that she dare not touch single
stick, as it was protected by the laws OF
Wisconsin. The woman knew as much
of law as Knudeson, and was really
frightened into making her husband pay
the money. Knudeson was so we'll sat
isfied with his success that he told the
LAWYER the success of his plan. He had
mistook lien for line, which had a SINH
lar pronunciation in the language OF the
Morse.
Year: 1876

Have not thy cloak to make when II
begins to rain.


There is long and wearisome steI
between admiration and imitation.


The touchstone by which men try us
is most often their own vanity.


Little drops of rain brighten the
meadows, and little acts OF kindness
brighten the world.


70 make the most OF the good and the
least of the evil of life is the best phi
losophy of life.


He that cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which he must certainly
pass.


The very hope of heaven under tro1
bles is like the wind and sails to the soul.


The Affections of this life are neither
too numerous nor too sharp. Much
rust requireth a rough file. -,


Faith evermore overlooks the dlfhcul
ties of the way, and bends her eyes only
to the certainty of the end.


Every flower in the heavenly garden
will be turned Godward, bathing it,
tints of loveliness in the glory that e1
celleth.


God breaks the cisten to bring us tc
thu fountain. He withers our gourds
that He Himself may be our shade.
Year: 1876

As anything pertaining to oysters Is
of interest we quote the following ex-
planation of their growth, iven'by MI.
Frank Buckland. How near correct ne
is we will not attempt to state: .,


The body of an oyster is poor, weak
thing, apparently incapable OF dong
ANYTHING at all. Yet what marvellous
house an oyster builds around his deli,
cate frame. When an oyster is first
born he is q very simple, delicate dot,
as it we're, and yet he is born with his
two shells upon him. For some un-
known reason he always finds himself on
his round shell, never by his flat shell,
and being once fixed he begins to grow,
but he only grows in summer: Inspect
an oyster shell closely and it will be seen
that it is marked with distinct lines. AS
the rings we observe in the section OF
the trunk of the tree denote years OF
growth. so do the marking on an oyster
shell tell US how many years he has pass
ed in his "bed" at the bottom OF the
sea. Suppose the oyster under lnspec,
ton was born Juue Is, 1870, ne Will GO
on growing to the first line we see well
marked: he will then stop for the WIN
ter. In summer, 1871, he would more
than double. his size. In 1873 and 1874
he would again 60 on building, till he
was dredged up in the middle OF his
work in 1875, so that he is plainly five
and half years old. The way an oys'
ter grows in his shell is pretty sight;
I have watched it frequently. The beard
of an oyster is not only his breathing
organ-that is, his lungs-but also his
breeding organ, by which he conveys
the food to his complicated mouth with
his four lips.


When the warm, calm days OF june
come the oyster opens his shell, and, by
means of his beard, begins building an
additional story to his house. This he
does by depositing very, very fine par
ticles of carbonate of lime, till at last
they form a substance as thin as silver
paper and exceedingly fragile. Their
he adds more and more, till at last the
new shell is as hard as the old shell
When oysters are growing their shel
they must be handled very carefully, a'
the new growth of shell will cut like
broken glass, and wound on the fin
ger from an oyster shell is often very
dangerous.
Year: 1876

Conversing one day with a Virginian
officer relative to the curiosity OF New
Englanders, he told me that finding ne
never could procure any refreshment 1ol
himself or horse till after he answered
all their questions, and they had com
pared them with their information, ne
adopted the following mode to AVOID
their inquisitive delays: Whenever ne
travelled from his own province TO Dos
ton, and alighted at an ordinary (the
name given to inns in Anerica), the
master or mistress, and other company
in the house, assembled at the door, and
he began in this manner "Worthy
people, I am MIR. -, of Virginia, by
trade a tobacco planter, and a bachelor:
Have some friends at Boston, whom l
ana going to visit. My stay will be short,
when I shall return and follow my busl-
ness, as a prudent man ought to do;
This is all know Of myself, and all L
can possibly inform You. 1 have no
news. And now, having told you every
thing, have compassion upon me and my
horse, and give us soine refreshment'
Year: 1876

could not possibly return until the after
noon Of the next day, and he wished
Elijah and Thomas to 60 down there
after him. Accordingly Immediately
after dinner the following day the two
started for Ada, but had gone only
short distance when Thomas was seized
with violent vomiting, and in a few
minutes afterward his uncle. They sup,
posed that they were suffering from
violent attack of collie So severe was
their pain that they drove to the road
side and then rolled around almost In
the agonies of dissolution. While In
the midst of their attack neighbor
came driving along in hot haste and In
formed them that the entire company
had been seized in the same manner.
They returned home and the neighbor
continued on his way after physician
to Blufton. A physician was summoned
and quickly repaired to the scene OF the
agony. Thirteen persons were In Varl-
GUS stages of illness, and SO palpable
were the symptoms of the malady that
the physician Immediately announced
that they had all been poisoned.


A physician from Ada was then sum-
moned, and he caused portion OF the
bread to be analyzed at the normal
school at Ada, which brought to Light
arsenic enough to have killed forty per
sons. And an investigation only too
surely fastened suspicion on Isaac b.
Charles. He was arrested.


As soon as the horrible tragedy be-
came known q tremendous excitement
arose, both at Blufton and Ada, and the
facts of the death of the old man and
woman, of Isaac Charles wife and child
and of his unseemly marriage, came to
light, and the construction was placed
upon them as stated. Farmers lett their
work and began to gather into Ada.
Charles neighbors gathered en- msasse,
and there were strong apprehensions
that the wretch would be tried in Judge
Lynch's court, but large body OF men
went out from Ada to prevent any such
lawlessness, determined that Charles,
although undoubtedly guilty, should
have fair trial. Just as the e1amina-
ton was to come of, word was received
that Mrs. E. Charles and child had
died, and it was thereupon postponed to
allow the stricken husband and father,
who had recovered somewhat from the
effects of the poison, to go to his dead.
The next day two more OF the victims
died in the greatest agony, and 1t Is
feared that others will yet die.
Year: 1876

Ladies who are planning to visit the
Exhibition at Philadelphia will do well
to dress simply and sensibly. Plain,
neat garments are the most appropriate,
nice ones are almost certain to be in
jured. In some parts OF the Exhibition
grounds the dust is very penetrating,
and the asphaltum walks become sticky
under the hot sun. In the Main build
ing the passages are necessarily sprinkled
to lay the dust. And to see long dresses
trailing through the water is not only
disgusting, but such obstacles seriously
interfere with Tie comfortable locomo-
ton of the crowd. A short walking
skirt is Indispensable to comfort and
neatness.
Year: 1876

When YOU see a man trying to clean
paper collar with a piece OF rubber, you
can make up your mind that he has oeen
hit by the hard times.


"Does this razor take hold wellT
asked the smiling barber. eyes, re-
piled the unhappy victim; "it takes
hold well, but it don't let go woftn d
cent"


The Scientific american says II
bottle of the oil of pennyroyal Is ieIt 10
room at night, not mosquito Will oe
found there in the morning. 1t LIS not
in the morning that they trouble US.


A man In Chicago with no hair, and q
bullet hole in the calf of his left leg,
saws he is satisfied that there is gold In
the Black Hills. He also is satisfied tnat
there are Indians in the Black HlIs.


In q recent trial in New Orleans TOR
carving concealed weapons, the PROOF
being positive, everybody was aston,
ished at verdict of "not guilty" until
| it leaked out that every member OF the
jury was armed in the same way.


Pouring boiling water on the back
and compressing the shins are stlh re-
sorted to in China to draw confessions
from suspected persons. The boihng
water generally brings the accused 10
an ackno wledgment, whether ne Is
guilty or not.


Nothing can be more injurious to your
peace of mind than to have too many
confidants. You live in abject slavery
every day, as You are constantly iearing
that some of your numerous conndants
will reveal a secret you would not have
anybody know for all the world.
A new pest, the nature of which has
not vet BEEN learned, has lately been
iniuring the orange and lemon trees
in southern California, attacking the
roots near the surface, and causing the
decsy of the trees. Whether the pest Is
an insect or q disease is not known.


A Young lady in Bethel, Pa, during
the wear 1874, kept a. strict account OF
all The expenditure for feed, etc., Tor
bor ward Of fowls, and, at the regular
MAJ ket price for eggs and chickens, she
cleared above all expenses 1850 besides
having more stock on hand than she
started with.
An Omaha journal says that an old
man fell asleep in Council biuhs
church the other Sunday, and his nose
got wedged into the book rack so tightly
That he could not get it out. After ne
had thrashed about and snorted q good
deal the sexton released him by splitting
open the rack. =


There is q town in Kansas called
Woman's Waste, from an Indian Legend,
to the effect that an Indian once killed
his wife there for having wasted some
! buffalo meat. There is very little bustle
! about the place, the business portion OF
the town consisting of two saloons and
a grocery story.


The latest story of brave though!
childlike form, faithful at the post OF
duty, comes from Ohio. He was the
son of village editor and having dis,
covered a broken rail just outside OF
town. sat for five hours on fence near
by waiting for the train, so that ne might
be the first to carry the particulars OF
the accident to his father. Such devo'
ton to the paternal interest Is very
| affactin0
Year: 1876

AT the recent annual meeting OF the
p, w. and b. r. r. Co., the subject
of erecting new machine and repair
shops in this city was discussed, but
no definite action was taken. 1t was
reported that the company contempla-
ted erecting these shops on the lot at
the foot of Church street, where the
new round house is being built, but
this report amounts only to an outside
conjecture.


The company have for q long time
recognized the fact that their present
shops are too small for the demands of
tho road, and have at various times
contemplated the erection of new es.
tablishments in this city. The great
difficulty, however, has been to secure
location. The squares of the city
are too small to accommodate build
ings of sufficient size, and the City
Council is unwilling to have any streets
closed by the erection of buildings
across them. On account of this diff
ficulty the company came near remov-
ing the shops to the city suburbs sew
eral years ago, and almost concluded
negotiations for the purchase of thirty
acres Of ground in Browntown.
But the new shops are needed, and
although no location has yet been fixed
upon, there is reason to believe that
they will be erected before a very dis
tant day.
Year: 1876

FoREfGN LoDGERs Rs.-Among the tod
gers at the police station last night
were two foreigners, who gave Den
mark as the place of their nativity. in
appearance they were sufficiently hag.
gard and melancholy to pass for lineal
descendants of Hamlet the Dane. ~
In all probability they were a modern
Hamlet and Lacrtes, without the in
fluence Of distracted Ophelia to maj
their vagabond friendship.
Year: 1876

ONLY ONE DRUNI.-Only one case oi
drunkenncss-fif.y cents and costs-ap.
peared on the police record this morning
The people are becoming moral and
temperate, and the police at present
haze but little TO do.
Year: 1876

It pleases us to be able to state that the

 promoters of the Prescott Literary As sociation" have good reason to hope that they will, shortly, have it in their power to purchase lot and erect good brick building thereon, for the use of the public at large. This hope arises from the fact that leading business men and property owners here have promised to subscribe. literally, for the accomplishment of so good purpose. Rev. J. F. Merrill and Capt. Roys, worthy members of the association, are laboring hard for the ac- complishment of the object above spoken of and we most sincerely hope to hear of their entire success in very short time. Knowing, full we'll, that every in- telligent citizen of Prescott and the coun- try round, understand the great benefit an institution of this kind would confer upon them all, we will not now enter into any relation thereof, and will close. by requesting our people to help this good cause to the extent of their ability.
Year: 1876

The report of rhe Secretary of the Navy shows that branch of the service to be in condition as effective as it is possi- ble to keep it with the means the appro- priations give the department. It is, of course, impossible to compare the costly and progressive establishments of the great European Powers with the old ma- terial of navy, to which the increase has
Year: 1876

There will be no dividend paid by the Receiver Of
the Mutual Benefit Savings Bank this month, although
It generally expected by tho dcposors that such
would bo the case Tho Receiver, Mr. Aldrch, is the
old cashier of the bank, and of the clerks SIT by
the side OF the bank Icdgers all day in back OF
No. 73 Broadway. The salaries OF the bank employees
continued in winding up its affairs Tho
bankshas now been closed ono year.
Year: 1876

Pitt Drake is tramp printer, who has
an affinity but for one thing
on earth, and that is whiskey. Last sum-
mer he worked in the Independent office
in this village; therefore his dissolute
habits are well known to many of our
citizens. Pitt has tramped around the
world until he knows full well how to
turn his misfortunes to profit.


Something over two months ago he
was sent from Detroit to the House OF
Correction for thirty days for drunken
ness. One of his fellow passengers in
the Black Maria was nobby dressed col
ored man named Alexander Jones, whose
term Of sentence was for sixty days,
Upon arriving at that institution each
prisoner dons suit of striped uniform
his own clothes being done up in bun
die with a tag bearing his name attached,
and laid away until the owner calls for
them on his release. One day the assist
ant superintendent rearranged these
bundles and had Pitt Drake assist him.
L
| When brakes term of sentence ex-
pired he was given the wardrobe bearing
his name, and departed. Thirty days
later Jones presented his check at the
baggage-room and received Drake greasy
garments. He repudiated them and de-
manded his own nobby suit. This LED
to the arrest of Drake upon charge O
larceny, after he had been sporting
around i'm Jones' clothes for month. HI
was tried in the police court a few days
since, the deputy superintendent testify
ing that Drake must have changed tin,
tags upon his and Jones' bundles. This
however, Drake denied, but admitted
that he knew mistake had been made
and that he made no effort to rectifv it


The police justice gave him the alterna


tive of paying fine of $l3 within TWEEN
ty-four hours, or going back to his ole
quarters and clothes for sixty days.


As Pitt has not been known to have
cent for several years, there is no doub
about his being enjoying the hospitalitie
of the city of Detroit at the present time
Year: 1876

For the first time this winter the Sagi-
nav region was visited by a Snow storm
last week. Snow fell to the depth of
from eight to twelve inches. 1t was not
of 4 flrst-rate quality for sleighing. but
every available team was sent to the lum-
Der woods, where they will be worked
day and night. If the SHOW should last
even ten Or twelve days, the indications
are that as much work will be done as
ordinarily in four or five weeks. The
warm sun which has shone here for the
past few days is indicative of anything
but encouragement for the lumbermen
there.
Year: 1876

be any fault of the bridge should such
be the case, but rather of the man who
made it.


Eight miles farther and we reached
Robinson's camp. At this camp the only
living thing or being 1 saw was the
cook. He did not seem to be possessed
of much knowledge about logs. All
that troubled him was to get the meals
for the men, and that he seemed bound
to do, 1 should judge, by the manner
in which things flew around. Having
fed cur team-for that was a part of our
business, you know-we journied on.
We travelled over very fair woods
road for about fivePsisiles, when we came
to the worst piece Of road 1 ever saw.
The movements of our load WAS like a
vessel at sea; and, although We had it
we'll bound down, yet things would work
loose the best we coull do.


/ could not stay on the load the best 1
could do. My "boss" stayed, however, all
the time, except for about the space of a
minute, during which time he was
plunging head first under the horses
heels. The load came near passing over
him. He finally succeeded in checking
the team in time to prevent serious re-
suits.


Plunging and surging from side to side.
we at last reached the river again at
Howell s. Co.'S linling. We crossed on
the ice and the balance Of tho road to
their camp was good. We reached that
camp about four o'clock p. m., hungry,
tired and cold. Here we We're told that
they had In that night LIS, ,2S31l feet, ac-
tual measurement; no guess work about
l hat at all.


We stopped all night, and if any one
would like to know the luxury Of a good
bed, made Of Michigan feathers, let him
take few boards for sort Of platform ;
upon that platform put some hemlock
boushs; over those boughs put a blan-
ket, and have the whole thing close to
the roof, and Immediately over an enor-
nous stove with a smoky draft; and
that stove iammed full of dry Norway
pine wood, burning with the fiercenesS
and aviiity only to be attained with such
wood, and he will, if his soul is i'm har-
mony with such things, say am salts
fed that have seen the end of all per
fection. thought SO, at any rate.
! !. When the morning .dawned, and re
fiected that ] had been from homo TIVE
days and two nights, made up my mind
that would go home and guess at the
rest of the log crop.


10 determine with me is to do.
turned my face homeward that morning
That night was i'll the bosom of M
family.


Take it all together. had very COLI
and pleasant trip. and 1 would advise any
one in search of an appetite, and a good
nights rest, to go and do likewise.