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Year: 1876

One of the most significant facts
of the present campaign is the sup
port which has been given to Gov
ernor Tilden by that very large
class of persons whose lives are
spent in the exercise of frugality,
and who depend mainly upon the
products of their own labor for
their maintenance. The Germans
are almost entirely of this class,
and they are nearly unanimous for
Tilden. The Swedes, too, are OF
this class. They reside, for the
Year: 1876

As will be seen by their ad. the
celebrated Carolina Minstrels have
arrived in this city and will give one
Of their celebrated entertainments at
Yesler's Hall this evening Those
who fail to attend will miss a rare
treat.
Year: 1876

THE Vivian troupe are on their
way to California after a successful
tour of Eastern Oregon and Wash
ington. They will return by way of
the Sound and will probably play at
this place.
Year: 1876

"rell my grandchildren" wrote
Bishop Wilson, "that an elephant
here had a disease in his eyes.
For three days he was complete
ly blind. His owner, an engineer
officer, asked my dear DR.. Webb
if he could do anything to relieve
the poor animal. The doctor said
he would try the nitrate OF silver,
which was a remedy commonly ap,
piled to o similar disease in the
human eye. The large animal was
ordered to lie down, and at first,
on the application of the remedy,
raised most extraordinary roar
at the acute pain which it occa-
stoned. The effect was wonderful.
The eye was in q manner restored,
aid the animal could partially see.
The next day when ne was brought
and heard the doctors voice, he
lay down Of himself, placed his e.
normous head on one side, Curled
up his trunk, drew in bis breath


iust like q man to endure an OPP
Grafton, gave q sigh of relief when
it was over, and then, by trunk
and gesture, evidently wished to
express his gratitude. What sa-
gacity What o lesson to us Of
patience !"
Year: 1876

The Michigan Farmer says !:


"Our county fair is just over;
! but Johnson's CotswoId ram did


not take the prize that was Of
fercd for the best animal of that


kind. Judge Klump was chair


man Of the Committee on Rams,
and he manifested the deepest
interest in Johnson's, indicat-
ing clearly that if any sheep


ought to take a prize that one


ought to. Johnson's ram was


by itself in the pen with a high


board fence, and before adiudi-


eating the judge thought he


had better go in and make
close examination of the animal


for the purpose Of asecrtaining


the finencss of the wool. As
soon as the judge reached the
interior, he walked toward the
ram, whcreupOn the ram began
to lower his head and shake it
ominously. Just as the Judge
was about TO feel the fleece, the
ram leaped forward and plah-
ted his head in the judges
stomach, rolling him over OH the
ground. Before the judge had
time to realize what had hap
pened, the ram came at him
again, and began series of
promiscuous butts, each given
with the precision and force of
q pilc-driver. 1t butted the


judge or the back, on the ribs,
OF the arms, on the shoulder
blades and the bald place or his
head, on his shins; it buttcd his
spectaclcs off, butted his high
hat into silk chaos; it butted
him over into the corner and UP
against the fence, then it buttCd
four boards of the pen, and cs-
clpcd into the Fair Grounds
aud skcdaddlod, and would not
wait to have the first prize tick
ct pinned TO his car. Judge
Klump did not go after it. No,
no! -Four men carried him
home. The doctor anticipates
he will recover by the next
fair"
Year: 1876

M This, from the New
York SIN, will strike the aver
age Southerner- as, true, and
likely to prove SO by the re-
turns on the eighth Of Novem-
Der next:


The thievery of the carpet
baggers, who stole from white
and black promiscuousIy, and
the plumber of the Frccdman's
bank by Grants Washington
ring and their pious confede-
rates, alienated this confiding
people from their accused lead
ers, and brought them to a sense
of the frauds and villamy of
which they have SO long been
the victims. They have come
to see that the policy of the Re
publicans in exciting prejudice
against their old masters, in
spring them with distrust of
their best friends, was only a
part of the system for capiur-
ing their votes while stealing
their earnings and>labor. Con-
sequently there has been great
reaction all over the South, and
at no time since the rebellion
closed have the relations be-
tween the two races been as
good as they now are.
Year: 1876

One of the most frequent


nabitues of Fifth avenue is an


old Polish Count who has taken


his daily stroll there for oyer


twenty years. His story is as


strange as any that the rovelists


invent. Twenty-eight years a.


go he was cast into prison for


taking part in the Polish insur-


rectioL. He was betrothed to a


young woman, and she visited


him frequently in prison and


chcered him with hopes of spec


ly release. Finally she proposed


q measure that would insure his


freedom. Money would be nee


essary; a great deal of it. He


possessed considerable wealth,


but owing to his situation could
not command it. She sugges-
ted that if it were in her hands
she could use it to get him ont
of prison. They would then
leave the country together, mar
ry and be happy; His fnith in
her devotion was strong. The
property that was his became
hers. ner influential friends
wore ut work, she said. and he
would be released very soon.
One day her usual visit was not
made. Another day passed,
and another, and she did not
coIhe.


A week passed, and the lone-I
ly prisoner then learned that he
had been deceived. His beau
tiful intended bride had turned
his property into cash and G.
loped with man whom he had
always regarded rs n friend. A
year aiterward his prison doors
opened, and he walked forth TO
freedom. A few brief inquiries
satisfied him that the woman
and her accomplice had made
their way across the ocean. He
determined to follow them, and
camo 10 New York. 1t was
months before he got any trace
Of them. He then learned that
they had gone westward, and
he went to St. Louis in pursuit.
They had gone to New Orleans;
he followed them. For over a
year he continued the chase,
visiting in turn almost every
city in the United States, but |
never overtaking them. At last |
he returned to New York, and |
in less than a week he met them
face to face in Broadway. He
upbraided the woman and fierce
ly threatened the man. The up.
shot of oil was proposal from
the latter that so shocked the |
count that he turned away
speechless. Said the scoundrel, |
in substance: "Take her now
and marry her if you wish to. |
| don't want her any longer"
The count never saw them a.
gain. Two years later he heard |
Of the woman's death by suicide, |
and he procured a decent burial |
for the body. What BECAME
of her companion he neither
knew nor cared.
Year: 1876

An Attica (Ind.) man, who
was brought before the Police
Court for whipping and illtrcat-
ing bis wife, was fined $40, but
he would not pay it, and said he
would work ON the streets. So
the Marshal got a very large
cannon-ball, chained it to his
leg, and locked il around q lamp
post on q street corner; after
letting him stand there all the
forenoon, Inc next rolled a store
box into the middle of the street
and placed a chair on it, and the
man, ball and all on top Of it,
and let him sit there all the at
tcrnoOn, with placard with
these words on it: "IIe whipped
his wife" The man took it
very cool and philosophically,
and made no answer TO the jeers
Of boys and the scorn OF the
people.
Year: 1876

An eccentric citizen of Cape
May carried a rope in his pock-
ct for forty years, his expl$fna-
ton being that he was liable at
any time to wish to kill him
self, and meant to always have
the means handy. A few days
ago he hanged himself with
the old rope.
Year: 1876

\ jury bill requiring that no
man shall act as a juryman in
Texas who cannot read and
write in the English language,
has passed the Senate of that
State, with only five dissenting
votes. The Texas papers say it
will pass the lower house of the
ILegislatuic in the same shape
i'll which it was passed by the
Senate.
Year: 1876

THE MOZART CONCERT LAST NIGHT.-The
inclemency Of the weather last evening did
not prevent Association Hall from being
filled with most appreciative audience to
enjoy the benefit concert given by the above
mentioned association; and the entertain
ment was success in every respect. Where
there was such an exhibit OF talent and pro-
ficiency it were useless to make individual
comparison. The programme offered was q
most choice one, selections from the best
masters being given in most artistic
manner
Year: 1876

Council Meeting.-Last evening was the
regular one for the regular semi-monthly
meeting OF the Council. After lengthy
time OF waiting the faithful few who had
braved the elements to be present justly
concluded that they had waited long enough
for quorum, and adjourned.
Year: 1876

The people residing in the southern por-
tions of the city arc again complaining bit
terly, and with reason, of the nauseating
stencil which the western and southwestern
winds bring them from the slaughtering and
rendering establishments in Bridgeport. #
the nuisances could be positively located it
would be an easy matter to abate them by
process Of low. One trouble in doing this
is the natural Discrimination, even of those
who suffer, to take the pains to run down
the smells, and then to appear before q
Grand Jury and afterwards before q Petit
Jury with the evidence to convict Another
trouble is that it is not easy to trace the
smells specifically, since the noxious gases,
being hot and light, rise when they are just
let of, and only settle down some distance
away from their starting point, and after
they have cooled OF. There is one
way, however, in which evidence can
be collected. Let the Council authorize
the Mayor to offer good, substantial re-
ward, and let this be supplemented By
reward from the Citizens Association, to be
given to any one who will furnish evidence
to convict those Who are responsible for the
nuisance. This will excite the personal in
terest of the police, Of private citizens, aad
Of the employees Of the establishments where
the smells are generated. The health and
comfort OF the city demand their suppression
and the punishment OF those whose esteb-
emit them.
Year: 1876

It is IN unsavory topic, that dealt with in


the carefully prepared article which will be
found in our columns to-day, upon the
nuisances which pollute the atmosphere of
Chicago and poison the citizens as
often as the soft southern breezes
blow. But it is q topic upon which,
especially during this summer weather,
depends in large degree the comfort and
health of haif-mi1lion people. When the
water supply drawn from nearer the shore of
the lake than now WIS found to be contain
mated by the garbage outpourings Of the
river. Chicago did not stop until, at an ex-
penditure of millions, an ample supply of
pure fresh water had been obtained.
An inexhaushble supply of pure
fresh air is not less indispensable,
and must be secured in place Of the fetd
vapors burdened with all sorts of decaying
nastiness which are waited over the city
from the nuisances described in our article
of to-day. The practical question which it
raises is, how this shall be done and how
ennn
Year: 1876

large part Of the curtailment will be in the
suspension Of such public improvements IS
are not absolutely necessary at present; but
the employees of this Department have been
so numerous that less damage will result to
the public interest from adischarge Of large
part of them than in any other branch OF
the public service. The Commissioners, we
are convinced, are unit in the effort to
make the reduction thorough and equitable.


By means of these various provisions the
City of Chicago will save this year So: 100000
from the exorbitant appropriations levied by
GOWNS Council There is no doubt that
the city hereafter Gun be run on the reduced
scale. and it will be, if the people will only
elect as good men to the Council Is those
who compose the majority Of that body at
the present time. In that event, and after
the floating debt shall layo been paid of, the
taxes of the City CT Chicago will be reduced
two-ffths from what they have been for the
past two or three years, and no single action
could be taken which would contribute SO
largely to the prosperity of this community.
Year: 1876

great city These ire matters which no.
body in Chicago could be SO ill-natured as to
gloat over in the style in which st. Louis
papers are wont to do over fictitious re-
ports OF hard times here. But there Is
a moral in the condition of affairs at St
Louis. It is that the slow and sure style OF
the solid city St. Louis was always boasted
to be is altogether too slow and solid to soon
recover from the effects of general de-
preston of business. In the solid town
there is no market for real estate, because
none of the solid men of the town have the
enterprise to invest for rise, nor the
sagacity to make the improvement that
would at least avert the decline.
Year: 1876

| The proposition OF the City Gas-Light
| Company, whose territory includes the North


and South Divisions (Which was enormously
| attributed yesterday to tile West Side Com


pany), will enable tho Council to achieve the


full amount Of retrcachment which reasona-
| bic people have expected from it. and all that
can be undertaken without injury to the best


interests Of the city. This proposition is to
reduce the price Of gas to the city so


cents per 1000 feet, to light the lamps


later at night and extinguish them much


sooner in the morning. and to substitute g.


feet burners in the street-lamps instead of


the 5-feet burners now III use The West


Side Gas Company will scarcely dare to hold


out against the force Of public opinion, now


that the Company controlling the other two


Divisions Of the city hnve, of their own mo-


ton, offered this concession to the city. The


city will then pay So per thousand,


instead of $3.50 per thousand, which it has


been paying, and there will be reduction of


two-hfths in the amount of gas consumed, in


addition to the saving by the new schedule


for lighting and extinguishing the lamps


Thus 80 per cent of the expenditures for gas
will be saved, or as much as if one-half the
lamps had been e1tinguished, but in more
satisfactory way. The City Gas Company is
entitled to the credit of making the offer.


The reports from the various departments
in which the reduction Of salaries is ordered
are to the effect that the situation will be &C.
cepted as inevitable by the employees, who
will submit to it without any effort at resist
ance. Indeed, resistance would be useless,
since the law-oficers agree that the action is
entirely legal, and since it is only in this way
that the various departments can be sus-
tanned and the employees paid at a1l In the
Police and Fire Departments there will be
the same system Of curtailment as
that suggested by the Council for
tie police force; that is, a saving
Of about 10 per cent will be made by reduc-
ing the number of men. and Is per cent will
be taken from the pay Of those who remain,
giving them then as much compensation as they
received at the higher rates before the panic,
when 81 900 could not buy rs much as $3.50 |
will buy now. The work of cutting down in
the Board Of Public Works will be harder. in !
so far Us twice the reduction is provided for
there as in the Police or Fire Department;
but it will be the easier, on the other hand, |
because it does not oil come from q reduction |
in the number of employees and their pay. 4 |
Year: 1876

Remit by Express. Postal Order, Bank
Draft, Certified Check, Registered Letter. OF
payable to the ordar Of the Secretary Of the
Industrial Exhibition Company, II East 18th
street, New York Specially chartered by the
state Of New York. for the purpose of build
ing in New York
Year: 1876

The Senate Of the Maryland Legisla-
ture last week took up joint resolution
in relation to the improvement Of the nav
igation of the upper Potomac, eastern
branch of the Potomac and Patapsco riv-
ers' This seems to indicate that the Mary
ianders are possessed of a proper spirit in
this respect. There was time when
boats were wont to ply upobstructed from
the Navy Yard to Bladensburg. but tho
neglect to keep that channel open for pur-
poses of navigation has deprived both
Washington and Bladensburg Of that
communication, which was great benefit
to their citizens. Now let the citizens Of
Wilmington press their memorial % Con-
gress, asking for survey Of the Brandy.
wine river from its mouth to Marketstreet
bridge, which will greatly advance the
manufacturing interests Of our city. If
the channel of the Brandy wine is properly
improved, it will promote the interests Of
Wilmington to an incalculable extent, by
avoiding the necessity o. the transporta-
ton of all merchandise from the banks of
that stream to the Christiana by wagon.


This is movement in proper direction.
and each citizen Of W ilmington and Of the
Stale should take deep interest in the
enterprise and give it their hearty support
All should unite in memoralizing Congress
to aid in the prosecution and construction
ofthis work, and in urging upon their Sen
ators and Members to use their in6usncs
to secure such legislation by the Nationa
Legislature as will insure the completion
Of this most needful Improvement. Their,
are none of our citizens we presume wht
are not anxious to have something done ir
this direction, then let all heartily join ii
advocating its proper representation te
Congress to aid in the deepening and widen
ing of the channel of the Rrandywine, {
project that will add largely ts the ship
ping facilities and commercial interests o
our city.
Year: 1876

Judge Bennett assisted by Gen.


Beadle, continued work last week
upon the revision and codifcation
Of the laws, and is well satisfied
with the work done and the progress
made. Their principal work re-
Gently appears to have been upon
the territorial, district and county
organizations, the officers for these,
their powers, relations, duties,
deputies and qualifications. To per-
fectly adjust and systematic all
this and yet simplify and not com.
plicate it; leave each duty plain and
each regulation easily found, was
a laborious and tedious duty. We
were permitted to know some of the
pains taken to make it correct and
some of the changes made, and prob
obly no one who has not tried the
like task can imagine the labor or
think how much more than play when
they read over the result, which
seems simple and easy. We under
stand this part will soon be printed
and if no other part of the law be
changed we are satisfied this will
meet with general approval, and
Justify the commission. This part
however needs to be supplemented
by completion of the revenue law
aud others matters closelyrelated to
it. ~ E@% g


Among the changes introduced is
one for the election Of "a District
Attorney in each Of the three judic-
ial districts in place Of one for each
county. He is to be a territorial
officer and prosecute and defend all
suits in each county OF his district in
which the Territory or any county
is a party or Interested. He will re-
ceive fixed salary from the Terri
tory and a fee for each case, aud can
receive no other pay or reward. An
almost entirely new law upon attor-
ney's is prepared, fixing there rights,
duties, p,wers, privileges, and OF.
lenses. The clerk Of the district
court is made county Office SO as
to use him for certain purposes but
Year: 1876

This distinguished American actress died
at the Parker House, in Boston, yesterday.
Born in the same city in which she died in
1914, che was consequently sixty-two years
of age when the play of her life ended. She
first came before the public when quite
young as q singer. and she appeared
on the stage of the fremont The
atre in 1885, in singing part in
the marriage of Figaro" She then had a
fine contralto voice, and intended to perfect
herself in opera. Within short time after
her debut she came to this city, and by strain
ing her voice to reach the soprano register,
failed entirely az q vocalist and came near
being for time voiceless. Here was q
dilemma for q poor girl; q musical educa-
ton thrown away. She did not give up,
however, and took to the drama. She was
never even good looking; but her strong
features served her we'll in the roles in which
she is best known, and her seeming disad-
vantage became her fortune, for she lived
to become the greatest tragic actress Amer
lea ever produced. Her success in England
was as great as in this country. Her Lady
Macbeth has only been equslled in intensity
by the great Siddons; her Meg Merrihes
was q creation of her own, electrical in
effect ON an audience and wierdly pic
tureeque. She became wealthy and lived
much abroad, having q home in Rome,
and never married. She played several
farewell engagements; but the stage
was her world and about that and
the readers platform she lowered
until sickness held her back. Charlotte
Cushman was in every way an honor to her
profession and to her country. By her own
exertions, against the greatest discourage
ments, she attained the foremost position of
living actresses in her line. Her lite was
blamelese, and in her old age she was hon
ored, and counted among her friends the
men and women most distinguished in art
and literature. We are not likely to look
upon her equal again.
Year: 1876

The indications of republic n victoli s
in Ohio and Indiana borne by the first de-
spatches from the fields where the contest
was fought are proved by later intelli-
gence TO have been correct. The repub.
licans have carried both States bv maor-
ties not large but decisive of every issue
which depended upon the struggle We
have elected the State ticket in both
States. We have made gain of eight
republican members of Congress. We
have broken the backbone of the Confed-
crate House. We have foiled the desper-
ate efforts Of cunning and INSCRIPTIONS
enemy TO beat our candidate for President
In his own State. thereby intending to
gain moral advantage that would oper-
ate powerfully against him In the Novem-
Der contest. We have doubly beaten
them at this game by carrying his own
State against their candidate for Vice
President. Hendricks was placed upon
the democratic ticket with Tilden to save
Indiana, but Indiana has rerudiated him
and struck mortal blow at the party
which he represents.


In effect the result of these elections
decides in advance the November cleo
tion for President and Vice President
There is not an intelligent republican who
does not know that Ohio and Indiana de.
cided on Tuesday that Hayes and Wheeler
will be the next President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States. Every intelli-
gent democrat is well assured to-day that
Tilden and Hendricks are doomed to de-
feat There is nothing for the democratic
party TO do but surrender. The hand
writing is upon the wall. Mr.. Tilden
sees and knows that he is beaten, and
hereafter no money or labor of his will
enliven the campaign.


God be praised that The noble princi-
pies for which the republican party strug-
gled are again triumphant. Thanks to
the men who led aud fought in the strife
just closed. Honor to the people of our
sister States who stood firm for right
against the Vaccinations of those who
were traitors and deadly enemies TO the
government they now seek to control. The
country is safe for another four years
Next November Sam Tilden will be buried
SO deep under loyal ballots that the res
urection trump will never awake him.