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Year: 1876

The Reese River (Nev.) Revei,le tells
this fox story: There was one old fox
which for period of several years had
continually evaded the feetest and keen
est-scented hounds, the scent invariably
being lost in the vicinity of house sit
uated in the woods and far removed
from any habitation, and which was used
as storehouse for pelts. At last one
day the hounds started the old fox, and
away he went in the direction of the
house, with pack of young hounds in
full cry after him, but on nearing the
house he disappeared, leaving thehounds'
and hunters nonplussed as usual.
While the hunters were gathered in and
around the house discussing the frequent
mysterious disappearance OF the fox, an
old veteran hound came imping up, and
entering the door set up vigorous bark
ing, and tried to jump up on the wall.
His singular action attracted the atten-
ton of the hunters, and an examination
being made, the old fox was found sus-
pended by his tail to nail in the wall,
keeping perfectly still, and looking, un.
less closely observed, like the pelts with
which the walls were hung. This plain
ly showed that the old fox, when too
closely pressed, had taken refuge in the
house, and hung himself up on the nail
by his tail, which was the reason for che
dogs always losing the scent at that par
ticular place.
Year: 1876

Although the mining stock market is greatly depressed
il cannot yet DO considered panicky. No failures are
known TO have occurred although there are rumors to
that effect II the leading stocks 90 much lower, dncoY-
,ripg margins q bad break will no doubt follow. The


market Was weaker the adjournment OF the Board
IN
Year: 1876

WE cannot do more to-day than In
vite the particular attention OF the pub.
lie TO ths financial exhibit OF the
Charleston railroad company, and to
say thst it speaks more eloquently than
words OF the capacity and sklI Of the
present management. We congratu
late Colonel M'Ghee and his efficient
corpse Of officers, principal among whom
we are glad to find our old friend Cap
tain Ross.
Year: 1876

yesr5, and then, besides, the emperor is
decided to have peace; so am l, and
there Is every ground to suppose that
the other powers are equally desirous to
have 1t; at least to judge by their as.
sursnces, we may reckon on their hearty
cooperation with US in this 'direction.n
Year: 1876

NEXT Monday, being New Years day and the commencement Of a new year, is not only important for that reason but it derives additional importance from the fact of it's being the first day of a new cen tury of the Republic. The old century, sacred with the war Of the revolution, the war Of 1872, the Mexican war and the war or the rebellion, mot to mention the daily domestic brawls in which every married man is more or less engaged the greater portion Of his time,) has passed away. A new century opens with next Monday. It IS therefore more than ever incumbent upon we'll intentioned people generally to enter upon new VOWS and pledges Of re. form. Because as these New Years vows are always kept, those making them now can not only do so for day or the year 1877, but for a whole century at one dread swoop. So on Monday next, when you are registering your determination 10 ab- stain from intoxicating fluids, tobacco, lying, gossiping and chewing gum, just add the words "duringthe century ending 1877" instead Of "during the year lS77, and you wi.I have the whole thing fixed and may feel safe for an hundred years to come.
Year: 1876

THE regular village election for filling the offices Of the municipal government takes place here next Tuesday. AS these elections do not involve any very fat of nces, (excepting the mayoralty and it's perquisites,) and as the voters are there fore left free from solicitation, selfish in- terest or undue pressure, there Is no good reason why our best men should not be chosen to fill the offices. Ifthey will take them. They are honorable offices but we are too poor to make them lucrative. Nev- .ertneless it is as important that they be well administered as if they were very lu- crative and we were very rich. Therefore if good citizen will come forward and serve the community in any of these very necessary offices, by all means let us hon. or him with our votes and reward him with our gratitude. So shall we wax great and live securely and happily.
Year: 1876

WE learn that the Gift Enterprise for the benefit Of the public schools is meet ing with favor. A good many tickets have already been sold. The liberal priz- es offered and the certainty of fair dis tribution cause a general desire to take an interest. All those who wish 10 avail themselves Of a rare chance to secure a lar.e prize and with the certainty ofaid- ing worthy object, should purchase tick cts a. once.
Year: 1876

AbOuT IL.


[From the Philadelphia Times, August l2th.l
Frequent among the exclamations


evoked by the bewilderment of the


Centennial is al wonder how much


money all this is worth |" Its intrinsic
value is certainly greater than most


people imagine, and cannot be accu-


rately known until a thorough census


is made by special officers appointed


by the Centennial authorities, q thing


not likely to be done, owing to the
immense cost Of such an undertaking.
The chiefs OF the various departments
Of the Exhibition contemplate giving
each exhibitor a blank report, which
is to be filed up to show the value of
his exhibit and the number of articles
which he displays. These blanks are
to be returned TO the chiefs, who will
compile the statistics. II is very doubt
fdl, however, whether the report made
from these figures will bc wholly true,
because many exhibitors showing goods
worth $4,000 have an ambition TO
make people believe that they are
worth $4,000. There is little difficulty
in learning the value OF every structure
on the grounds, from the Main Build
ing down to the smallestpop-corn stand I;
nor in ascertaining that OF the contents
Of all Of them except the Main Building,
Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall, the
Art Annex, horticultural Hall, the
Government Building, Agricultural
Hall, the Women's Pavilion, and posi-
bly, two or three others. But estimates
of these may be made with sufficient
approximation to give fair idea OF
the total commercial value OF the great
est international exhibition the world
has yet seen. For instance, in the
case Of Machinery Hall, when it is con-
sidered that rough calculations of the
value of miscellaneous machinery are
made by fixing its average price, by
the pound, at twenty-five cents, it is
Year: 1876

The are few who do not romem.
Der the childish wonder they once felt
at hearing the resonance produced by
placing sea shell TO the ear, an effect
which fancy has likened to "the roar
of the sea-" This is caused by the hol
low form OF the shell and It's polished
surface, enabling II to receive and re-
turn the beatings of all sounds that
chance TO be trembling in the air.
Year: 1876

LATE MEMBER OF THE BROOKLYN DETECTIVE


CORPS SHOOTS HIMSELF.


sad OF suicide bringing with it powerful les
portrayng the evils OF ntemperance and the want
OF forttude and forbea in OF fortune
brought to public notice in Brooklyn yesterday.
shortly after O'Clock yesterday morning the Ser
geant and Doorman on duty in the Office Of the First
precinct station house, Washington street. John
son, alarmed by hearing the report Of a pistol
and the cry of 'Murder" The noise proceeded from
the cell corridor in the rear and in that direction they
hastened. There they shocked to find George
Lovelt prisoner who had been arrested the night
previous for ntoxication and for beating his wife, lying
on the floor of his cell bleeding from pistol shot
wound in the right temple. BY his side was pistol.
Another inmate OF the CELL named Henry Purdy,
crying out murder in evident terror IL appears
that contrary to the regulations OF the department,
when Lovett was arrested, the officers having known
him former detective of the Central Office squad


thought that 1t would not be necessary to search him.
They dreamed that he armed and this omis
sion has made for the Coroner. Purdy stated
that he startled out oil his sleep by hearing the ps
shot and was much unnerved that when he first
cried out he did not know whether he himself or
Lovctt had been shot The unfortunate man, who was
dead when the officers entered the cell, had committed
the fatal act with regulation police pistol, which he
had carried while connected with the detective squad
age, at one time in the -four busi-
ness in New York commission merchant
and had amassed quite a competency. Unfortunate
speculation, however, led to the depletion OF his
means and poverty staring him in the face he sought
employment as clerk in several houses. About five or
six months ago, through the influence OF President
Briggs the Board OF Police and Excise Commission,
Lovett was appointed detective He had long pre-
viously it transpred, however contracted thirst for
strong drink which he could not long conceal the
sequel proved. While duty at the Park Theatre
one night about two months after his appointment he
found intoxicated by Sergeant Van Wagner the
chiof OF the Central Ofce squad and the latter officer
preferred formal charges before the Board OF Commits
soners against Lovett, who lost his position. From
thenceorh he drank harder than and abused his
wife. He leaves widow and three children, who
nice appearance and pleasing address 1t is evident
that he had contemplated the final act OF suicide for In
ono of his pockets found letter addressed to his
venerable mother highly respectable lady, in which
he says he tired OF lie and longer stem the
tide OF adversely. Coroner Simms held an inquest
the body of the suicide at the station house yesterday
when a verdict In accordance with the facts
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Year: 1876

temptation guard him from its adverse influences by all
reasonable means Give him salary not only enough
for bis reasonable expenditures IN the position he ns
but enough enable him TO feel easy In mind and to
lay by little against the evil day which
comes all too soon and he Vacates his ofice.
large salary will not make an honest
man OF knAve, but 1t will keep an honest man free
from the care and worry and anxiety which surely un-
dermine his delicate perceptions ana blunt their sen
sitiveness TO the subtle approach or the tempter IL
the salary appertanng 10 the office Of Secretary Of
War had been 500 900 or $25 900 per annum its
pant could have lived reasonably according TO the social
and official demands OF the aud could have put


few thousands zach year for the few short years OF
his Official ie for the Of his wife and baby when
he longer here TO provide for them himself
And this sort OF provision seems TO me no more than
just


Think OF the Justices OF tho Supreme Court OF the
United States on $4,000 yearl A sum tnat any one
OF them could command for a single great case. Who
knows what trials and temptations come TO them In
the course of years examination and decision
upon matters involving not only millions Of money but
OF boundless moral and political mportancef Does
SIS 900 year seem enormous compensation TO
enable these gentlemen to preserve their minds and
bodies state OF such and equabe balance that
their decisions shall be evidence thereby As It is
they have to be rich to accept the Office and the prac
tical effect OF our pary nggardness is 10 exclude the
poor man, whatever his talents and abilities may be-
from holding any OF these great Offices where tall
ont and honesty so necessary


very short residence in Washington and inter-
course with its official society will any candid
mind that these views overstrained, ana the
sooner the people are convinced OF their justice the
better and happier II will be for our country.
The President should have 100000; the mem
bers OF tho Cabinet and Justices OF tho
Supreme Court $40 900 or $50 600; Ministers to the
great Powers at least much; members of
Congress- $4,000 S12 900; and for the poor small


fry they should be at least left in the quiet enjoyment
oil what little they do get and not be tortured by fears
OF reduction at every session OF Congress


Let US not only be Just but let us be liberal 1t may
her Parliament, and practically from her high Offices
but republican America, where talent not confined 10
services she requires and give the poor the
official justice that she does the rich. JUSTICE
Year: 1876

WHAT THE PRESS THINKS OF PENDLEToN.


[From the St. Louis Globe-Dcmocratl


He certainly could have had doubt about the cor
ruption and the extravagance of the War Department
after he had showed the Bowler claim through, and
perhaps when his whole record comes out he will ap-
pear in the light OF walking encyclopedia on the
subject OF corruption At any rate the next time he
goes about the country lecturiug the subject Of
extravaganza he ought follow the ex-
ample OF the temperance lecturers who render their
teachings moro emphatic by exhibiting ''terrblo
ample'' of the effects of drunkenness II Pendeton
can get somebody else to do the lecturng he will
swer admirably for the terrible example


From the Chicago Tribune1


There was q James Brooks for 0akes Ames in
Credit Mobier, q Schumacher for Bill King In Pacific
Mail and now Pendleon for Belknap in the corrup
tion of the Department So far honors Tor rather
dshonors) seem to be easy between the parties
That is to say, in all the disreputabe transactions
there have been found high democrats as well high
republicans but IN the present instance tho relative
importance of Pendeton and Bclknap is about that OF
knight and pawn In a game OF chess


From the Chicago Times


'sGenteman George Pendleton's explanation Of his
connection with the Kentucky Central Railroad claim
exposes him in the character Of private Credit Mo-
ber operator In very small way II is tolerably
safe to assume that "Gontleman Georgei as a demo-
cratic candidate for President Is pretty thoroughly
sheved unless he agrees to contribute that 600
500 600 to the campaign fund.
Year: 1876

MARYsvILLE, April l9th.-Yester-
day afternoon young man named
Frank Shepherd came into town from
Casey ranch with load of wood, and
while driving through the cut under
the railroad on Second street was
caught by one of the stringers and
several of his lower ribs broken from
the spinal column. He had passed
under the first and second stringers of
the bridge, and on coming to the
third did not stoop low enough and
was caught by the collar of his coat
and drawn up and backwards and laid
out lengthwise on the load in a help
less condition. The horses started off
on run and dragged the heavy load
up steep embankment of the levee
and turned the wagon over bottom
side up, throwing the young man a
short distance down the levee beyond
the wagon and wood. Young Shep-
herd was picked up and taken to the
Western House, where he received
medical aid. His injuries are proba-
bly, fatal, as his lower extremities are
paralyzed.
Year: 1876

The rapid improvement in East Los
Angeles which h as been going on dur
ing the past twelve months is one of
the striking illustrations of the re-
markable growth of our city. Hun
dreds of dwellings nov dot an area on
which not long ago only one house
was TO be seen. This Summer
many new houses will be built in
East Los Angeles and the demand for
eligible building lots is increasing
daily. To-day Jones & Noyes will
sell at their auction rooms some of the
many beautiful sites for homes OIL the
East side of the river and we advise
those who desire to locate in one of the
most thriving sections of the city to
attend the sale.
Year: 1876

Money to meet the current expense
of conducting our public schools is the
subject now agitating the mind of the
Board of Education. By a combina-
tion of circumstances for which the
Council nor any one is disposed to hold
themselves responsible the school
fund has melted away like wax before
fla me and to fill the vacuum thus
created special tax is proposed. The
presence of the tax gatherer has be-
come an eye sore to our citizens and
they are beginning to regard the
special tax proposition in the light of
an outrage. We are fearful that the
growing disposition to tax and special
tax, is having a tendency to drive ma
ny prudent men way from our city
and is causing many who intended to
invest here to change their purpose.
Exorbitant taxation is an unfailing
process for rcompelling real estate own
ers to offer their property for sale.
There is now great deal of real es-
tate within the corporate limits of
the city the owners of which are anx-
ious to turn into cash. They complain
that taxes are eating up the money
invested. The old Board of Educa-
tion disbursed the school funds in an
unsystematic manner and though it is
altogether probable no money was ac-
tually lost or wasted yet before ac-
counts are fully rendered the new
Board levies special tax. Let us
stop and consider a moment. How
much of this new tax will be absorbed
in levying, assessing and collecting,
and how much of it will actually
reach the school fund proper? Are
we not moving in direction
that will ultimately bring our
common school system into
disfavor if not actual contempt?
Many taxpayers regard the proceed
ings now inaugurated as illegal and
onerous and avow their determination
to resist them. Would it not be more
satisfactory and better to bridge the
difficulty over by devising means that
will enable us to wait until the taxes
come in through the ordinary chan
mel ? The legal right of the Board of
! Education to lew and collect taxes is
somewhat questionable and if this
special tax is persisted in the legality
of their power will have to be estab-
lished by the Courts. The people
want schools but when the funds al
ready provided for educational pur-
poses disappear by means Of unau-
thorized deposit in an insolvant bank,
they do not care to have their burden
of taxation increased in order to rem
edy somebody's blunder.
Year: 1876

While endeavoring to show that the
passage of the bill creating a Board
of Public Works in this city ought to
defeat the Democratic party through
out the nation and elect Republican n


President, the Eapress unintentional-


ly produces evidence to prove that the


passage of the bill in question was a
decided manifestation of the Demo-
cratic principle that public officials
are but public servants and in the
hands of the masses rests the govern
ing power. 1t says:


The same community can, by turns, be-
come Democratic, Republican or Indedend-
ent, just as the mood seiZes them, and that
mood is generally regulated by the acts OF
their servants.


Nothing is more self evident than
this. The record of the Republican
party and after it of the Independent
party is one mass of evidence in SUBJ
sanitation of the fact. Even our own
county comes in as an important wit
ness. Two years ago it elected the
Independent ticket but the acts of the
servants or at least of some of them
were not satisfactory and last year
she gave 700 Democratic majority.
The EGpreSS also says


We will conclude by the statement of an
other essential Democratic principle, which,
with the other, gave that party its enduring
vitality, and that is that the men elected by
them are their servants, from President down
to township constable. When men in whom
the party has confided forget this fact they
should be sternly rebuked. The very
instant any man, or set of men, make an un-
warrantable use of personal influence, the
vocally, rebuking their presumption and re-
minding them that that influence, however
great, may be forfeited for cause.


Another automatic conclusion. The
people-the Democratic masses-have
done just this. This city is largely
Democratic and we take it for granted
that inquiry will show that the Com
mon Council is Democratic. That body
forgot it was a servant and assumed
the role of master. A denial of the
right of petition and other arbitrary
acts aroused the Democratic principle;
the party has spoken and the rebuke
presents itself in the shape of revo-
cation of the servants powers. Thus
the people always remind their pub
lie officials "that influence, however
great, may be forfeited for cause"
Year: 1876

Chas. r. Johnson, formerly an at
torney of this city, has built and fur
nished pleasant office at Santa Mon
lea, where he is at present located
Johnson will now go complacently to
work to get the inhabitants of the
looming city"by the ears and we war;
rant he will rake in his fee. Joking
aside, we wish him we'll in his new
venture and shall go down to break a
bottle of wine with him one of these
days.
Year: 1876

The defeat of the Government in
the case of the United States against
CURTIS and TARBoX is gratifying or
otherwise just as one regards the situ-
alton. There are many circumstances
connected with the Revenue law and
the enforcement of that law which in
cline fair-minded men to pathize
with those subject to its conditions es-
pecially when they fall into the hands
of the officers on charges of violating
those conditions. The Revenue law
supposes distiller to be a thief and it
is the custom of Revenue officers to
deal with him on the assumption that
the supposition of the law is correct.
1t would be something remarkable if
distillers did not play the role the law
assigns them in the case. 1t is quite
probable that the business of the
Los Angeles distillery was conducted
on the crooked order. But the Gov
ernment could not prove it and we
are inclined to rejoice over the result
of the trial.
Year: 1876

SENATOR JONES has evidently cap
tured the telegraph boys. Next to
BABcooK and BELKNAP Senator
JONES receives more telegraphic at
tention than any other man in the
United States. Almost every day the
telegraph gives us paragraph about
Senator JONES. He is going to solve
the financial problem to-day, and to-
morrow ihe will explain hew silver
may be made to take the place of
greenbacks. For the last ten days we
are each day assured that Senator
JONES will make his great speech on
silver coin tomorrow. Senator
JONES is evidently one of those States
men who never does but is always go
ing to do something wonderful.
Year: 1876

for one hundred miles of rail for the
Southern Pacific road. These rails
are all steel as the company now pur-
chases no other kind. Sufficient ma
terial to complete the road between
tlis city and San Francisco is already
on hand at Caliente or in the yard at
San Francisco. The recent purchases
of Mr.. HUNTINGTON will be used in
completing the road from its present
terminus East of this city to the Colo
RADIO river.
Year: 1876

WITHIN the past four days over 5000
Cinnamon have landed at San Fran
cisco. All the available space on board
the China steamers is engaged for
Coolie passage six months ahead. This
does not look as though the efforts of
the Six Companies to discourage the
coming of their countrymen were hav-
ing the desired effect.
Year: 1876

Dom PEDRO desires to travel in this
country incog. AS soon as this is
known every cadaverous looking indi-
vidual with an emaciated carpet bag
and dirty linen duster who enters a
hotel and inquiries for cheap rooms
will be taken for his majesty.