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Year: 1871

New YORK, May S.-The caisson for
the New York side OF the great Brook.
lyu bridge was successfully launched to-
day. 1t weighs twenty.tbree thousand
tons. A scene of great excitement ensued
as the ponderous body passed down the
ways into the water. The docks were
crowded with people.


A small boat containing two men
was caught by the immense wave and
dashed forward at an immense rate OF
speed. Fortunately both were saved.
Large vessels near reeled as if in a
storm, and the return waves partially
washed on the docks, but no lives were
lost
Year: 1871

ee to subjects of Great Britain and TO
prevent or avoid a controversy, on TINS
point it is agreed that a mixed Commis-
sion with an umpire be appointed 6y ?,
designated friendly power which shall
determine any compensation for sucn
alleged excesses Of privilege, and II so'
how much ought to be paid by the
United States. Next come the views OF
navigation and commercial transit
which are disposed Of by declaring the
navigation Of the river st. Lawrence
and river Yucon, Porcupine and She
lime, are forever free and open to the
citizens of both countries by providing
for the equal use of the Welland, 81
Lawrence and other canals in the 10
minion on one hand and Of lakes Mlchi-
gan and st. Clair Flats canal on the
other, by providing for the free
transit OF merchandise to and fro
as we'll in the British Possessions as IN
the United States and abolish the pro-
visional export duty on American lum-
Der on the river St. Johns. All the
provisions concerning the fishery and
commercial transit are of course made
contingent upon their being approved
by the Congress Of the United States,
the British Parliament, the Parliament
of Canada, and the Legislature OF Prince
Edwards Island. By these various
stipulations all the provisions OF
the fishery navigation and transit
accrued to the United States by the
treaty of 1854 are once more obtained IN
a better form and without the burdened
condition of that treaty in the matter OF
reciprocal importations of the pending
subject of the controversy between the
two governments. There remains to be
considered the question Of the north
western boundary line. 1t is to be
remembered that the line Of the treaty
oflS46 runs by the middle Of the chan
mel which separates the continent
from Nancouvers Island, but
several such channels exist. Great
Britain contends that the channel OF
that treaty is the Rousoro straits and
the United States that it is the Channel
de Horo, the two channels being sepa-
rated by the island of San Juan. This
question having once been reported
upon by mixed commission, there.
fore the survey Of the line the United
States is not contented 10 refer to an
other such commission, nor has it been
deemed convenient to near to it tribu-
nal OF arbitration, even though such
tribunal should be appointed by a
friendly sovereign power. Instead Of
this it has been agreed by the present
treaty to submit tn e question directly to
neutral power, and the German
power has been selected for that pur-
pose.
Year: 1871

not noticing its occupation by any one,
Of course | thought was recovering a
lost article of my own"


"Oh, then" said Miss Mary, ''you
are the gentleman who lent us
the umbrella, so kindly some months
ago in London? Harry this is
James and my escort. Don't you re-
member p


This familiarity may have been pleas
ing to Harry, but it by no means fol
lowed that it was to me; SO | remarked
as coldly as possible:


Miss Graham, again beg your par
don for the interruption and as the
umbrella is pleasant for your use, allow
me the pleasure of transferring the
ownership to you


Gentlemen she said, "allow me to
introduce you to each other. Mr.. Thorn
ton, this is my cousin, Mr.. Harry
Graham, brother to the young lady who
was with me that day. Harry, Mr..
Thornton, the gentleman who saved my
life the other day


Did she not "accent" cousin pretty
strongly? thought she did at least !;
and it made me take heart, and act
more pleasantly; and in five minutes
| had the pleasure of finding that
though the young lady was on the
freest terms with Graham, it was only
on account of the relationship between
them.


To explain my appearance, | gave the
same excuse as | had to Wyndham, and
was forthwith put to work to make a
sketch of the umbrella, and with them
beneath it, which, of course, | had, only
wishing that Graham was in my place,
and i'll his.


After while | noticed old Tim
Hayes, the fisherman, launching his
boat from the shore, going off for an
afternoons fishing, and Graham seeing
the same, it suddenly occurred to him
that he had promised to go with the old
man that afternoon so, begging the
young lady's leave, he placed her once
more under my escort with the UNI
brella, and need not tell you the re-
suit, for here comes Mary, and she
would be angry if she knew that | had
been divulging our love aftlirs, even to
tell the story Of our old blue cotton UNI
brella.
Year: 1871

The rumor reaches us of an amusing
incident that happened in an up town
church last Sunday. 1t appears that
the house was. crowded to an unusual
extent that day, aud one of the deacons
was noticeably happy over the thought
that the collection would be very large


The thought worried him very much


and faint visions of heaping plate en-
crossed his mind to such an extent that
he heard but little of the sermon, and
moved his ponderous form about in the
seat with nervous anxiety for the time
of taking up the collection to approach.
At last the warning came-the organ
pealed forth its rich notes, and the
building trembled with the sound.
Every deacon rose to his feet promptly
with brightly shining silver plates, and
among them was the obese church Off
cial before alluded to. He thought to
effect decoy, and with great difficulty
ran his hand down into his breeches
pocket, abstracting therefrom what he
thought was a silver hall dollar, which
he placed in the plate, and commenced
his rounds of collecting. He noticed
that every one he passed the plate to
laughed, and he was at loss to know
what it meant. Finally an old brother
in the corner noticed the cause of mer


riment, and bringing their heads very
close together, he whispered to the
deacon: Brother -, think you
made mistake as to the decoy you put
into the plate" The deacon glanced at
the plate, and turned red and pale al
ternately, for he saw there large white
faro check, which his embarrassment
magnifed into the size of saucer. 1t
is needless to say that the obnoxious
thing was put out of sight in hurry,
and the prevailing opinion is that
Brother had been caressing the
tiger the Saturday night previous.
Year: 1871

A DEAF old gentleman, walking lately
in his garden, heard the milkman shout
on the other side of the wall. lmagin-
ing some one called to him, he cried
" Here" and turned his ear-trumpet in
the direction of the wall. The milkman
in his hurry took the trumpet for the
servants pail, and delivered quart OF
milk therein.
Year: 1871

A LITTLE BOY having broken his rock
ing horse the day it was bought, his
mother began to rebuke him, and to
threaten to box his ears. He silenced
her by inquiring, What use is hoss
till it's broke ?"
Year: 1871




Not to be behind Canada, Virginia
puts in claim to the possession of a
cave full of dead Indians, the Peters
burg Index giving the tale as quoted be
low, on the authority of gentlemen
whom it asserts to be of the highest
character and credit, who have seen
with their own eyes, and touched and
tested with their own hands, the won
derful objects of which they make re
port as follows:


The workmen engaged in opening
a way for the projected railway between
Weldon and Garysburg, struck on Mon
day, about one mile from the former
place, in bank beside the river, cat
acomb of skeletons, supposed to be
those of Indians of remote age and a
lost and forgotten race. The bodies eX
humed were of strange and remarkable
formation. The skulls were nearly an
inch in thickness the teeth were filed
sharp, as al those of cannibals, the en-
amel perfectly preserved; the bones
were of wonderful length and strength
the .tfmnr being as long as the leg of
an ordinary man, the stature of the
body being, probably, as great as eight
or nine feet. Near their heads were
sharp stone arrows, stone mortars in
which their corn was brayed, and the
bowls of pipes, apparently of soft friable
soapstone. The teeth of the skeletons
are said to be as large as those of horses.
One of them has been brought to the
city, and presented to an officer of the
Petersburg Railroad The bodies were
found closely packed together, laid tier
on tier, as it seemed. There was no dis
cernable ingress into or egress out of
the mound.'
Year: 1871

JUNCTION CRY, May Is, 1871.


EDITOR JOURNAL On the morning of the lst
instant our school house was burnt to the
ground, either by accident or design. 1t was
felt as severe loss and a sore disappointment to
our tax-paying citizens, the old house having
been but recently re6tted throughout for the re-
ception of our accomplished young teacher, Miss
Wadleigh. Our enterprising school directors,
Messrs. George, Guptil and Laws, determined
that, Ph@nix-like out of the ashes of the old
one new school house should arise, large and
better in its appointments than its predecessor


and we'll they have succeeded. In less than two
weeks after the fire, the new school house was
built and ready for use. The building was con-
structed by Mr.. John Whitmore, who furnished
the materials and did the work inside of the time
allotted him by contract. Its reception by the
trustees was duly celebrated by an old-fashioned
neighborhood dance, one of those Joyous gath
erings that none can appreciate so well as one
who has been used to the restraint and etiquette
oe the more fashionable ball room. Our school
dance was party where our citizens brought
their good wives and blooming daughters, each
vieing with the other to make it a pleasant re-
union of friends and acquaintances. The music
was furnished by Messrs. Simonds and Smith,
who very generously donated their services
am told that a handsome sum was realized for
the school fluid of the District. The rain fall on
Monday last was much needed in this part of the
country. On the ranches of Sturdivant & Whit
more and McGillivray, the grain crop was fast
yielding to the drought, but now it looks fresh
and vigorous. Road Overseer Sturdivant has
put the wagon roads in his district in complete
order from the top of Oregon Gulch mountain to
Red Hill. The work has been done in thor
ough manner and with superior judgment, and
he is now receiving the well-merted thanks of
all the teamsters on the road MEMO.
Year: 1871

EDITOR JOURNAL Our famous city of Bag
dae is not dead nor gone to the dogs, but is
alive and fourishng and has put on its gayest
tinted robes The trees and flowers are in
bloom and all nature looks gay. We have just
had refreshing shower and while the air is
filled with sweet perfume from the many tinted
flowers, we inhale its delicious sweetness with


the wish that Summer would last all the year


Our population is increasing rapidly by births
and immigration. family, relatives of Mr.
Schooner, arrived here two weeks ago. They
came all the way from Germany to live in this
beautiful village. The travel is getting quite
brisk. Everyday there several men passing
through here en- rome for Summer diggings. |
hear that the mines in this district are all paving
miners pockets jingle as they pass by. There
are good reports from Rattlesnake-the miners
all doing well. Browns creek and the upper
North Fork are attracting the attention of min
ers. Nine men have already gone that way, and
more probably will go. 1t would be we'll for the
candidates to look after them before election.
Judging from the pack trains that leave Meckel's
store Ior dlnerent parts OF the mines, should
say the merchants are doing we'll Our school
has been in operation some three weeks, and so
far as l can learn, the teacher gives perfect sat
isfaction. The children congregate together
every morning dinner baskets in hand, and tod
die along the rough road with hearts as happy
as so many larks. When we look at them we
think of our school days long years ago, and by
the way the happiest days of our lives. Last
week we witnessed the arrival of the stage which
made us all rejoice, and know of one individual
who went ont and shook hands with the horses.
Rosy-cheeked Johnny looks as hearty as ever,
and we hope he will make punctual trips to this
place all Summer. LBMUEL.
Year: 1871

The theory that the disease be safely counter
acted by doses of poison is false and dangerous Within the
last twenty-five years, not less than of vruen poi
have been added to the repository of the medical pro
ession. They given in small doses otherwise they
would destroy life immediately but in minute quaint


ties they produce ultimately very disastrous effects 1t IL
unwise and unphlosophcal to employ remedies power


full and nsiduous drugs, which, in sulugang disease
the seeds of another still unmansgeabe None


these terrible medicaments operates with much direct
and certainty upon the of disease Hostee


Stomach Bitters tonic corrective Otho single DEL
eerious ingredient in its composition Arsenic and qunia
given for ntermtens bromide of potassium for
dsoders srychnne and prussic acid for general debility
mercury, various FORMS for liver complaints preparations
of ho oorm and opium for seeplessness and yet these
deadly drugs do not compare specifics for the diseases
above enumerated with that wholesome vegetable invgor
Alternative, while they all perncious that it is
astonishing any physician should take the responsibility Of
prescribing them Let nvalds for their sake try the
Bers before they resort to the poisons The relief they
will experience from of the harmless specific will
render to the unsafe preparations referred
quite unnecessary. May o-lm
Year: 1871

SINCE the Foreign Miners License has been
suspended, the merchants and other interested
parties inform US that the Chinese have become
very independent. Many will not work for
white men; others will work only enough to
make 'tgrub," and most of them will not work
at all. They cannot be trusted in the least,
and it is very nard to make them pay what they
already owe. So say our merchants, and they
argue that something must be DONE
Year: 1871

JUNCTION ClrY.-Expressman Laws informs us
that new school house has been built short
distance from the place where the old one stood.
The new building is 24x36 feet in size. School
re-opened last Monday morning-forty scholars
in attendance. On Saturday evening of last
week, the people got up little dance for the
benefit of the school and the result was very
satisfactory. Mr.. Laws also tells us that the
Managers of the Gift Enterprise intend giving a
social dance at the school house on the evening
of July 4th, Immediately after the drawing.
The Junction folks have had bad luck in having
their school house burned, and have shown con-
siderable enterprise in building another They
deserve to be patronized, and we would advise
all who can do so to go to their dance on the 4th
Year: 1871

OMAHA GrFT ESTERpR1sE.-Tickets are selling
rapidly in this lottery. R. Clifford is agent at
Weaverville and Geo. Laws at junction City.
AS many doubt the responsibility of the parties
having charge of the enterprise, we extract the
following from the Omaha Tribune, of May 9th :
"In answer to many inquiries as to the relis-
bility of this enterprise we would say we are sat-
ished that it is conducted honorably and with
great energy, and will be carried out in good
faith to final success. A few tickets now re-
main in the hands of the manager, which are
being rapidly taken, and we would not at any
moment be surprised to see them command a
premium. The public should remember that the
success of their enterprise, which is now assured
beyond the question of doubt, will establish a
public library in Omaha, so long needed See
advertisement on fourth page.
Year: 1871

THE WEATHER.-During the past week the
weather has been cloudy and we have been
greeted with an occasional shower. The nights
are very cold Thursday morning there was a
heavy white frost
Year: 1871

FOURTH OF JULY.-It has been suggested that
it is about time to commence making arrange
ments for the appropriate observance of our Ma
tionaL birthday. Do our people propose doing
anything
Year: 1871

ScHALL DAMN, of the Boot and Shoe Store,
have been receiving more goods during the last
week, and now have the most complete assort-
ment of goods in their line to be found in the
mountains. Give them a call.
Year: 1871

divine economy: "It is not for you to know
the times and the seasons which the Father
hath reserved as his own prerOgative. =
Leaving the time wAen in his sovereign dis
posal, let us hold the great fact of that fu-
ture coming in perpetual nearness to our
heart, thing of certainty, thing of stu
pendous issues, thing of most vital bear
ings, fact of unsurpassed majesty and
glory.
Year: 1871

Many years ago a child was born in one
Of the counties Of Virginia, in whose quiet
after life and history occurred an incident,
which, while it was never heralded abroad
to his glory in this world, has been heralded
abroad to his glory, in Heaven. This child
was the son Of most respectable worthy pa
rents, and was placed at an early age under
the care and training of merchant in the
neighbOrhOod. As this boy grew up to man
hood, the death of his father entailed upon
him the care and support Of his mother and
sisters. His father died poor; and with
great difficulty, but with willing, cheerful
labor, and loving assiduous care, he contrib
uted to the support and happiness of his 8a
cred trust He prOspered in business, and
Just as a frail, beloved sister who had been
the object of his constant care and sOhci-
tude, I'VE always love most the frailest and
feeblest) bloomed into beautiful womanhoOd,
she fell victim Of disease. The loving
brothers heart sunk into that narrow grave,
in which was encofhued all he loved most
and best.


Among the friends who were present at
the funeral to perform the last sad Offices OF
love and sympathy, there was pious man
of God who, performing the mOurnful rites

of sepulture and dropping loving tear to
the memory of the cherished dead, felt he
owed duty to the living, and performed
that duty faithfully, in the fear of Cod
As friends slowly and sadly left the hal
lowed spot, this good man placed his arm
around his young friend and walked mourn
fully away. Sobs and groans were all that
was said for some time. until at q proper mo-
ment this good man reasoned Of righteousness
temperance and judgment to come and
this young man trembled While so duti
full son and brother, he was yet worldly
minded But God had plOughed his heart
and left its soil in good tilth. The seed tha
day sown took root, but did not come up fol
many DAYS. The cares of the world anC
the deceitfuness Of riches for a while chokeC
the word, and it was unfruitful. Months
rolled away, and he showed no sign, tha
this mournful providence had been in any
degree sancti6ed to him.


One day, ,and this I have from the lipt
of the good man himself this young MAI
approached him, and begged an interview
They retired to his chamber. Oh what Joy
and thanksgiving thrilled that piOu8 heart
when his worldly friend, instead of seeking
his advice upon worldly matters, talked tt
him Of his souls eternal interest. He told
him that those words spoken in love anC
fidelity as they walked from the grave of hi
dead sister, had sunk deep into his heart
and had never left him for an hour; ever
amid the most pressing duties of an active
prosperous life.


This pious friend told me that among
numbers of anxious, conscience stricken sin
ners he had never met one so tortured, S
unhappy, so hopeless, so despairing. Yet h
found him thoroughly acquainted with tn
plan Of salvation as revealed in Gods word
There seemed to stand in bus way to saliva
Year: 1871

WAIT for the seed to grow. Conversion
is not growth, but Christian character, is;
there is an instant when the dead seed bursts
into life; but the tree does not spring up
full.fruited in a night Christian Weekly.
Year: 1871

In REPLY to young lady leaving town,
because some things in it were not always
exactly to her taste or content, an old lady
of experience said; "My dear, when you find
place where everybody and everything are
always pleasant, and nothing whatever is
disagreeable, let me know, and I'll move
there too
Year: 1871

A NEW AND EXCELLENT SECURITY. The First Mortgage Bonds of the Vermont di

 vision of the Portland and Ogdensburg

 Railroad trunk line are advertised in an ! other part of this paper. The road has

 been nearly graded, ready for the ties, by

 stock subscriptions; the amount raised by

 the sale of Bonds is to be devoted to laying

 the ties and iron, and to equipment; these

 Bonds constitute the only lien on the roads.

 The local business will be sufficient to pay running expenses and interest on the small bonded debt. The road will form part of

 one of the shortest and best lines from the

 Lakes to the seaboard, and it will be com

 pleted next year. The excellence of Port

 land harbOr, the fact that Ogdensburg is

 the true point for the contact of lake and rail transportation, the enormous amount of business offering, and the shOrtness and directness of this line, point to it us one of the most promising enterprises now on foot in New England. Already the eastern division of the road has crossed the New Hampshire line, and is entering the White Mountains. The multiplication of lines to the West only serves to stimulate business, and in any case line which offers so many advantages as this will be certain to take it's share of the freight. It would be diff. cult to find more promising investment than these Bonds. And when we add that the Messrs Fairbanks, the great scale manufacturers, are heavy investors them- selves as we'll as the financial agents, and that the Trustees of the bond are gentle men of eminent standing ia the communi- ty, we indicate in O few words the great superiority of the security over many oth- CTS. and hence warmly recommend it.-E.r.
Year: 1871

s6~One of the worst indications of weak ness in the present French government is its trucking to the priests. The new Arch bishop of Paris is the most bigoted ultra montane prelate in France, and the re. grets sent by Thiers to the Pope are much greater comfort to that ancient fossil, than to the intelligent Frenchmen who want church and state to stand each on it's own bOttOm
Year: 1871

render it peculiarly liable to those local in fuences which often destroy all confidence in local courts. Indeed that kind of judi cial work which gives the least satisfaction in the end is that very cheap and speedy justice which leaves well grounded con- viction that it is no justice at all.

 The chief argument in favor of the pro- posed court is its convenience of access to parties and witnesses. This may be true of the plaintiff who tries his case near home but how would the defendant enjoy being haled from Harwinton, Torrington, or Plymouth, to trial without appeal in New Milford? In our opinion the true mode of settling small cases at small cost is to be found in raising the jurisdiction of our justice courts, and greatly reducing the number of our trial justices. Such a sys- tenn works admirably in other States, and it would avoid all the expensive and cum brous machinery of the proposed District Court.
Year: 1871

Another evidence Of tho terrible
ravages Of tobacco upon the human
system il found in the fact that q
Western man was cut off in his primo
the other day by the use of this do
ttructive weed. He had chewed the
tobacco "and swallowed the juice
from his seventh year. Al his death
tho prococious youngster was only
ninety .eight years old.
Year: 1871

The Columbia Phonix says that
Senator Robertson els not the only
member of tt & Radical party of this
State, who, after subordinatipg the
intelligent white people of South
Carolina to a degrading and corrupt
rule, and after thus dissolving the
bonds OF society, now seeks to relieve
himself of the responsibility for tho
present state of things by throwing
upon the ostracised portion of the
State the onus Of disturbed state Of
society,""