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Year: 1870

UNIVERSITY UNIFORM. About three weeks apo
the students OF this institution were informed
that they would be required to wear a uniform
or University dress and since each student
would be required to pay for the same they
might meet together and suggest the color
style, etc. The meeting was held and the uni
form adopted. Dark blue being the color and
the doubIe-breasted naval suit the style. Ths
was unanimously adopted-not one OF the ono


hundred and sixty students suggested the gray.


Their decision was presented to the "Academic
Senate which is composed Of The Faculty, and
with one or two unimpOrtant changes, the boys
were informed that their uniform had been
adopted, and they could proceed to have them


made. Bids were received from u large major
ty of the merchant tailors Of San Francisco and
Oakland. Three having bid about the same


S28, the boys, after consulting with their par
ents, were measured, and fully one-half will re-
ceye their uniforms within the next two weeks.
But that august body, known as the Board of
Regents, must nave something to say They
met in San Francisco, and together with other
business, decided that the blue uniforms were
too expensive, and that the gray should be the
color. In conclusion, we can only say that
should the unpopular gray be adopted, the in
stitution will suffer- as the students would
sooner leave than be compelled to wear the uni
form. In adopting the blue, they did so on the
suggestion of the instructor, n this very import
ant reason-that should they leave the institu-
ton, by simply changing the buttons they
would have as fine a dress suit as could be pur-
chased for from thirty-fve to forty dollars


Again, this suit being neat and dresSy, it can be
worn on all occasions, TO churches promenades
parties, etc. which is more than can be said of
the gray. We trust that the Board of Regents
will use great before deciding in this m-
portent question Oakland Termini.
Year: 1870

This excellent sheet does not commence its
publication with the usual Salata.ory, but opens
with " Correspondence of the Whangdoodle, -
under which head we find the following.


SpAULDINGs BAR, 1870.


DEAR WHANG knowing you like to keep
your readers posted, thought line from this
place might be accepted. This is destined to be
very important place, being just above the
" Head of Navigation" From this point the
Trinity runs down stream. The Trinity never
runs up The miners do. They run up bills at
the store, and the storekeepers, in turn, run
them (the mners) down. It's a reciprocal ar
rangement you see.


This is good mining section. That is, it is
good for nothing else and must be good for min
ing. In this and the next bar there is gold
enough to make a thousand men rich The great
trouble is, it is mixed with a great deal of sand
and rocks. believe it don't pay to separate it,
Hutts Bunter are at work above. They man
be making an ounce a day. If they are, nobody
knows it.


On the other side, 10 Am dug out several large
specimens. They were potatoes Franklin moves





after he will move back again This is RIGHT 4;
the world moves and why not he Everything
moves except orr good old Democracy. That
has stood still for forty years and let the world
move on.


O'Phlynne Co. are down to the bedrock.
They been down to the bedrock for the past
twenty years. They had scraped together seven
bits last week and are still scrapng. Let 'em
scrape. That big O. sounds as though Doc
had some intention of being candidate at the
next county eection.-ED.l


Bullion has struck it on Onion Bar. II did
not strike back again. Bullion has not been ar
rested for the assault. WHEN will our officers do
their duty2


One Of our heaviest taxpayers is my neighbor
his name is Wong All Chuck. He pays about
80 five dollars year. His property consists of
a rocker and rice kettle.


We all had tickets in the Gift Concert, but
didn't go to hear it. hear that nothing was
drawn in this county. | know better. Steve
drew load of lumber with his mule the butcher
drew a bill on me.


That butcher is a good fellow. lie gives credit
for thirty days. Wen deal with him that long,
then prospect for another butcher.


We have nice moonlight nights Light is free
to all it is dispensation of Providence. fmean
daylight. Candleight is dspensation of the
merchants they don't dispense it without the
cash.


The Chinese are going to contest the tax
When will our Democratic 8" Army of the First
District" move I'm Democrat and will join.
Perhaps as Jay Kay Luttrel wrote our resolutions
we IL have to wait until he gives the command.
Year: 1870

An iron tube has been sunk fifteen feet through
the constantly shifting sands of Cape Cod if
teen or twenty feet from high water mark, and
not more than three feet above it, and the water
in this tube rises and falls with the tide vet
strange to say, although more than one hundred
barrels of water have been pumped from it at
one time, the water is all fresh, and not the
slightest trace of saline taste is pereeptble in it
Indeed, so excellent is the quality of the water
that outgoing vessels supply themselves with
water from this we'll
Year: 1870

Father said lad, Il have often
read of persons being poor but hon.
est > why don't they sometimes say
rich but honest 7 Tut, tut, my sou,
replied the father, nobody would
believe them


If n sense of the ridiculous he one
side of an irreprcssiblc nature, it is
well but, If that is all there is in Il
man, he had better have been an
ape Mt once, and thus have stood at
the head of his profession.


A lady made her husband a pres.
cnt of u silver drinking.cup, with
an angel ut the bottom. And when
she filled IL for him he used to drink
il to the bottom; and she asked him
why he dank every drop. Because,
Ducky,' he said, Il long to see the
dear little angel ut the bottom.'-
Upon which she had the angel tax +.
en out and devil engraved ut the
bottom. lie drank all the same =
and she again asked him the rca.
son. why he replied, because |
won't leave the old devil a drop


"A New York lady was recently
observed trying to regulate her time.
piece by u marine compass In the
window Of nautical instrument
stoic.
Year: 1870




IMPRISONED IN A BolLER.-A
somewhat extraordinary and very
alarming accident occurred recently
at the steam printing Office of
MessrS. Norman, at Cheltenham,
Canada. The engine boiler is a
powerful Cornish one, Of TuXtord's
make, there being two fire holds in
parallel tubes passing through the
middle Of the cylinder. At the time
OF the accident the boiler was being
cleaned, and two persons. a man
and Il boy, were at work inside of
it, the man being in the further
end of the cylinder and the boy just
inside the man.holc.


1t is supposed that the lad was
about getting out through the man.
hole, when his foot slipped between
the two tubes, and, losing nerve,
his struggles to cXtiicate himself
only forced his leg further in until
1t became jammed above the knee
joint. An effort to pull him out
was resisted 10y the lad, and very
soon his leg began to swell, so as to
make It's removal increasingly
difficult. His body being fixed in
the aperture Of the man hole
almost excluded the air from the
man ut the end Of the boiler, and
tnlngs were looking serious before
a couple of surgeons and u gang
Of smiths from the wagon works
could he brought.


FcaS being entertained for the
man, the first task was to wrench
off the saiety'valve pipe, and so
give him air and pass stimulauts to
him The men then applied them.
selves To the cXtrication Of the lad,
and ut iilst tried to free him 10y fore.
ing wedges in through the man hole
To drive the tubes asundcr. After
some time this was found to be
impossible, the lads body leaving
little room for the insertion of the
wedges and the tubes brulsing in.
stead Of bending. The men then
had to face the task of looscning
one OF the tubes from the boiler
plate and as they were fastened
together by countcr.sunk riyits, the
task was n formidable one, and two
or three hours before il could bc
effected, the lad had tainted several
times, and it was with difficulty lite
could bo kept in him. Both are
now suffering from the shock and
from the bruises which the jarring
of the boiler occasioned.
Year: 1870

zontal diameter inside the brick
work. being four feet, and the verti-
cal five feet two inches. The min>
ing is tedious process, az there is
only space for one man to work.
The instrument used is pick with
bitt nearly as broad as an adze.
The clay is so strong and adhesive
that by the most vigorous blows of
the sturdy miner only little frag-
ments are chipped out as large rs a
mans fist The work progresses
night and day, the miners working
by reliefs the entire twenty.four
hours. Not particle of natural
light penetrates that dark cavern,
and night and day are the same,
the watch being the only means by
which to note the fight of time.


The highest skill of the engineer
is called into requisition to direct
the tunnel in its proper course.


The exact mathematical precision
necessary may be better appreciated
whel we state that in the Spring
the crib will be placed in position,
the outer shaft sunk, and the work
of eXcavating the tunnel will be car
ried on from both ends, meeting
midway.


The engineer estimates that two
years from the 1st Of January, 1870,
will be necessary to complete this
stupendous work. Two hundred
and twenty thousand cubic feet of
clay must be taken ou5 and nearly
two million brick laid.
Year: 1870




The New Orleans PicdyW1e thus
tells the story of a soldier who was
executed at the barracks near that
city a few days ago. He was a mem


Der of one of the companies of
United States troops stationed near
a village in one of the interior par
isheS of Louisiana. Near tie camp
was the plantation of a wealthy
gentleman who had symIathized
with the Union cause during the
war. The planter had a large fans
ily, among whom was daughter
who possessed in a remarkable de
gron that raro type of beauty for
which the women of the South are
noted. She had imbibed the scnti.
ments of her father, and therefore
took great pleasure in entertaining
the officers who frcquentcd the
house. The first lieutenant of the
company, Ambrose black, at once
conceived warm attachment for
the beautiful young creole, and en-.
! deavored in every way to induce
her to share his feelings. Strange
to say, however, the lady treated
him in peculiarly polite but formal
manner, that proved her heart was
ice toward him. Finally the expla.
nation came, when one cf his com.
panions, playfully rallying him upon
his I'll success, stated that he had
discovered why the lady refused to
smile upon him. He had accident.
ally witnessed an interview between
herself and Private Alfred Blake,
the soldier who had been detailed
to guard the house, IN interview
which proved concluSivcly that the
heart of the young creole was ire.
vocably the private's and not the
officers. This intelligence was too
much for Lieut.. Black. His pride
was wounded in its most vital point.
Seeking Private Blake at once, he
poured ont the Walls of his wrath
upon him, tainted him with his pc.
sition, and declared he would send
him where he should have no more
opportunities of dallying with n
shameless girl while on duty. Al.
fred Blake had borne much, but
tln' coarse allusion to the woman
he loved better than life fired heart
and brain, aud with one blow he
struck his officer PROSTATE upoh the
ground IN the presence of his com.
pany. Then followed the trial -
which was rendered incxprcssibly
touching 10y the presence of the wo-
man who had dared to love n pri
vate soldier,-thc sentence of death
to be preceded by imprisonment ut
Ship Island. To-day the sentence
is to he enforced aud the majesty of
the law sustained.
Year: 1870

Niii' - " SSiN"C 'iiii,tipli


"Yes,' said the woman, raising
her streaming eyes from the coffin.
and fixing them on the speaker with
all the sterness she could command
at the moment, lit is great aifiic
tion--a dreadful atiliction-but it is
not for you, who gave him. point
ing to her drunken husband, ''his
daily liquor, and take from him the
means of buying our daily bread
you who know his weakness and
his poverty You, who yesterday
sold him the dram which made him
murder our darling child, and to.
day, knowing what he had done,
tempted him to drink what makes
him sit there like a brute beast, and
the baby dead by the side of him
It is not for You to offer me consol-
alton that can come only from God
above, who will one day judge be
tween the rich man who sells the Ii.
quor, and the poor man who drinks
it y
Year: 1870

CEcILroN, JAN. 5, 1870.


DEAR SIR According to promise l
give you a short sketch of the damage done
in this neighborhood by the heavy wind
and high tide on Sunday last. The wharf
Of Anthony Rey bold on the Sassafras riv
er was almost entirely destroyed, with a.
bout eighty cords of wood belonging to
VIM. Ward and G. w. Hessey. Almost
everything on the shore from the mouth OF
the river to the head of it was washed a
way The water at Georgetown was two
feet deep in Mr.. Woodalrs granary. The
steamer Trumpeter lying at the wharf at
the same place was compelled to get up
steam in the night and seek barbour in a
cove near by. A considerable quantity
of Mr.. Woodalps lumber was washed away
the most of it, however, drifted ashore on
the opposite side of the river, and was re-
covered considerably damaged. On the
Elk river the destruction was equally as
great, small house at jack Landing, on
the farm of the late Col j. G. Groome,
was washed away; it was occupied by a
man by the name of Mccullough, when be
discovered the water rising SO rapidly he
began moving his house goods up in the
field and had just finished doing so and
stepped out of the house when it was wash
ed out into the river. All the sheds al
the beach fishery, ON the same shore, were
washed away, and the stabling very much
damaged.


J. Reynolds wharf was damaged, we
understand, fully to the amount of $1,000
with about five thousand bushels of lime
belonging to Henry Rowan and the estate
of j. Reyboid also about three tons o
coal belonging to Thos. Prettymap. There
is no doubt but there is great deal more
damage done that we have not heard of


Yours, &c. G. &. NJ
Year: 1870

The EUROPEAN MAIL Of the Sth inst. sup
plies our special correspondence from the Old
World in detail Of our cable news kilograms to
that day. The progress Of the siege of Paris
is noted from King Williams headquarters
An interesting review Of the state Of public
feeling then existing in Prussia on the subject
of the war appears also in cur columns.
Year: 1870

CHAMPAGNE CHARLEY.-N is publicly an
nounced by the wine manufacturers of the
champagne country Of France that so far from
their business being overrun. ruined and de-
stroyed by the Prussians, as reported, on the
contrary the Prusaian troops afforded them
every facility for carrying on the manufacture
Of champagne, and did not interfere with them
at all beyond carrying off a few bottles 1t
would be strange indeed if the Prussians should
impede the manufacture Of this beverage,
which is known as matter Of history to be
the chief and crowning consolation Of the Prus-
sian royal family in their festive moments.


This statement from the wine growers Will
show how absurd it is for spsculators here ts
Year: 1870

The method of obtaining divorces is easy
and infamous enough. The facility which
Indiana law affords for the final separation of
man and wife, the destruction Of family ties,
the shield it throws over the violation of mar
riage VOWS, and the Generalization Of house
holds, of which children are alike the jewels
and the victims, one would suppose ought to
suffice for the wants Of the restless and dis
contented who cannot brook the chains of
matrimony. The moral sense of the whole
community revolts at tho idea of the divorce
laws Of Indiana They are blot upon the
statute books Of that State, and stand forth as
great reproach to the civilization Of the
country. Utah, with lis brazen defiance of
Christian law and tho decencies of society,
takes bold stand against the purity of mar
riage, justifying its system by Scripture and
tradition; but Indiana, by her laws, sneaks,
as it were, in.o the domestic circle, and, with
secret inducements Of easy methods of divorce,
leads the weak to ruin and encourages the
vicious to coward!y crime.


new feature in divorce cases has just been
developed--that is, the false personation of
the husband by party who is produced by
the lawyers to swear that he is the person
suing for a divorce, while the husband is, per-
haps far away, or entirely Ignorant of any
legal proceedings being entered upon in his
name. Two such cases have just come up in
the courts, and we are happy to say that in
each case the perjurer has been convicted and
sentenced to the State prison for nine years
One is the famous Dalzell case, where scoun-
drel named Archibald personated Mr.. Dalzell
in suit for divorce from his wife at time
when Dalzel was at sea and was wholly un-
conscious that he was a plaintiff in the case.
The other was the case of John M. Holt, in
dicted for perjury in falsely personating Ben
jamin Karss in similar suit. Both these ruff
fans were convicted in the Brooklyn Court of
Oyer and Termner and sent to the State
Prison for the term above mentioned, for
which the public should be grateful to judge
and Jury
Year: 1870

THE EARTHQUAKES YESTERDAY. I've print
on another page of the HERALD This morning
interesting details Of the earthquake which
New York and other sections of the country
experienced yesterday. The shock was felt
in this city at quarter past eleven in the
morning and in other localities stimuli
taneously. 1t seems to have been con-
fined to triangular area bounded on the
east by the Atlantic coast. on the west by
lakes Erie and Ontario and on the south by
line drawn along the parallel of latitude
from Cleveland to New York. 1t was of
short duration, and. 80 far as we have learned,
did not result in any loss Of life or any serious
damage to property.
Year: 1870

Ton FIELDS has advertised Tor another
earthquake to help him accomplish what he
is bound to secure--that is, a reelection to
the next Legislature, and the opening Of the
natural water courses in the neglected dis
tricts Of the Twelfth ward.
Year: 1870

the country, the value of all contracts, thc
cost Of living and the wages Of labor at Che
mercy Of partizan vote Of Congress. For
myself dare not trust the great industrial in.
tercsts Of the country 10 such uncertain
chances


conclude the discussion Of tlis topic with
the expression Of my confident belief that the
people will maintain the National Banking
system as the best and safest they have ever
had. It's establishment is an honor to the Re
publican party, and great blessing to the
natinn
Year: 1870

We have rarely met with anything more
beautiful than The following, which VIC fnd-tn
an ol New York Mirror.


''Al that liv.amust die


Passing from nature 10 eternity"


Men seldom think OF the great event
Of death until the dark shadow falls
across their own path, hiding forever
from their eyes the faces of their loved
ones whose smile was the SUNSHINE of
their existence. Death is tie great an
iagonism Of life, aud the cold thought
OF the tomb is the skeleton in all our
feasts p


We do not want to go through the
dark valley, although its passage may
lead TO paradise and with Charles
Lamb, We do not wish to lie down in
the mouldy grave, even with kings and
princes for our bed-fellows.


But the fiat of nature is inexorable.
There is no appeal or repeal from the
great law that dooms us all to dust. We
flourish and fade like the leaves of the
torest, and the frailest flower that blooms
and withers in day, has not a trailer
hold on life inan the mightiest monarch
INV ShSi SlIOOh the c3TID Dy his FOOT
steps. Generations of men appear and
vanish like the grass, and the countless
multitude that swarm the world to-day
will tomorrow disappear like footprints
on the shore:


soon as the rising tide shall beat


Each trace shall vanish from the sand"


In the beautiful drama Of Ion, the in
stinct OF immortality, SO eloquently ut
tered by the death devoted Greek, finds
deep response in every thoughtful soul.
1t is natures prophesy OF life to come.
When about to yield his young existence
as sacrifice 10 fate, his betrothed Gle
mantle asks if they shall not meet again.
TO which he replies, Il have asked that
dreadful question of the hills that look
eternal of the streams that flow torey-
er; of the stars, among whose fields my
raised spirit hath walked in glory. All
were dumb. But while case upon thy
living face, | feel there is something in
that love which mantles through its
beauty that cannot wholly perish. We
shalt meet again, Clemanthe."
Year: 1870

WEDDING PoTAToEs.-It is a common
practice, in some of the potato growing
districts, to trrn flock of sheep into
the potato field for the purpose Of eat
ing down the weeds. The sheep viii
not touch the potato vine. The pastur-
ing with sheep is very advantageous
when the crop is u late planted one, so
that the hocing cannot be completed
until the having or harvesting is finish
ed. Early planted crops, the cultivation
Of which is completed in the early part
of the summer frequently become
grassy and weedy before the time Of
digging, when he size of the tops pre-
cludes cultivation. In this stage the
sheep are economical weeders. 1t is
hardly necessary TO mention that the
feed thus given to the sheep make =
double profit.
Year: 1870

AN ACT ta Repeal Section No.


1863 Of the Revision Of 1860 and
" to provide aSubstitute therefor.
, Section L.. BE it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the state Of
Iowa, That section No. S969 of the
Revision of 1860 is hereby repealed,
and the following is enactedin lieu
thereof: t.4.


See. 1860. The justice with
whom the docket of his predeces-
sor is thus deposited, may issue
execution on, or give Transcript
Of any Judgment there entered il.
the same manner, and with like
effect as the justice who rendered
the judgment might have done !;
and in case Of the death, absence
or inability to act OF any justice, or
in case Of the vacation Of the office
Of any justice, from any cause, then
in such case execution may be is
sued from the docket Of said justice
Year: 1870

AN ACT to legalize the laying out


of roads under section $40 Of the


Revision Of 1860.


WHEREAS, section $40 of the
Lewiston of 1860 requires that the
day Of final hearing OH the report
Of road commissioners shall not be
more than ninety days from the FL
ing Of said report and,


WHEREAS, more thap ninety days
elapses between some Of the meet
ings of the board Of supervisors be-
fore whom the final hearing is had:
therefore,


Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Iowa. That all county roads that
have been established Wnen the day
of final hearing was moro than
ninety days after the filing of the
report of the commissioner are here
by declared as legally established
as if the final hearing had taken
place within ninety days.


Approved April l6, 1870.