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Year: 1876

The trial o. Sergeant Bceler OF tho Third precinct,
Jersey City, for indecent assault young married
woman, named Mary Russell, who had recently ar
rived in this country and who had obtained lodgine in
the police station while Beclcr duty. took place
before the Police Commissioners last evening Mrs.
Russell gave her evidence very straightforward and
convincing manner and Bseler was heard In his own
defence He denied the charge and controveried
nearly every statement OF the complainant The Com
m amazed tho audience by dsmssing the case
Beccr is however held to await the action OF the Grand
Inru
Year: 1876

JoHSsrowS March I, 1875
The examination OF Frederick Smith, before Justice
Pike a charge Of arson, was continued today Tho
prosecution closed their case a, O'Clock r. NJ. and
the counsel for the defence then offered IN evidence
the minutes Of tho Clerk o the court containing the
verdict OF tue jury in the murder case, which
cludcd objection by the counsel for the people, to
which ruling tho defence excepted The prisoner de-
cltpcd to make statement waived his right a
personal exam nation lie then rcmandcd back TO
ibc custody Of the shern, TO await the action Of the
and furV
Year: 1876

The Pioneer-Press urges that the
Sioux tribes should be colonized in
Maine where there is an abundance of
game, and where they can receive the
Boston papers every evening. Besides
Wendell Phillips could visit them occa-
sionally, and it would make their hearts
good to see the old philanthropist, and
rejoice with him over the massacre of
our frontier people.
Year: 1876

Dennis Hannafin has proved up on
the Craw eighty and the city may now
enter the Hackett claim and the east
half Of the Proctor claim at any time.
The entry will probably be made this
week.
Year: 1876

to providence. The child is at best
but a bundle Of possibilities. Heis
a creature of unframed impulses,
Of undeyeloped affections. His
mind is like a CRATE in a well-ordered
house. The coal is there, the wood
is there, and the whole thing will
break into a blaze when touched
with a match. Now, after the
match has touched it, what is a
pleasanter and more profitable sight
than half dozen Jumps of coal
enveloped in a royal blaze, and
filling the room so full of light and
heat that one forgets the wintry
sleet without? So childhood, with
its sugar plums and its toys, will be
inferior to manhood with its burn
ing enthusiasm and its lofty ambi-
ton.
Year: 1876

Ever since the world began this
has been a disputed question; and
ever since the world began the
majority Of the people have gener-
ally misjudged. Thoroughly dis
satisfied with any present time, the
people cast about for a golden age.
We cannot find it in the future, as
the cloud of uncertainty hangs on
the horizon in that direction. We
are compelled therefore to explore
the past,


The immediate past, with its facts
and disappointments, is too fresh
in our memory to allow us to throw
the required halo about it, and so
we continue our journey until we
get to the point where memory
grows dim and the imagination
works actively, and we call that the
hale halcyon period of life. The
distant future and distant past are
both creations Of the fancy,


To say that childhood is the hap
piest period of life is to offer insult
Year: 1876

In a letter q correspondent VINO
was present with General Crooks
command in the fight OH the Rose
bud, we find the following interest
ing account Of the Sioux method
of fighting:


Thirteen Sioux scalps were
brought in by allies and half-breeds
at the close of the engagement.
Not claiming such ghastly trophies,
of course, our troops could point to
no evidence equally conclusive as
to the number Of savages killed by
them, but dozens we're known to
have been slain, and the number
wounded was proportionately large.
A low estimate Of the killed and
wounded of the enemy would
Therefore be about one hundred.
Among the daredevil feats of the
Sioux those made to recover their
dead and wounded were most no.
ticeable. No matter where an In
dian was seen to fall, three or four
of his comrades would dash out,
secure the body, lash it to the back


Of a pony and make off, even


though they made it necessary for


others to come to pick up one OF


two of their own number. More


than one brave received his death


wound while making such an at,


tempt. But, to say the least, there


was vast amount of either "pre.


meditated courage" or uhshnted


recklessness manifested in the des


perate conduct of the enemy


from beginning to end. While


he would flee before a steady


assault, he would turn with


lightning like rapidity and
plunge into deaths very jaws in


trying to cut off detached partie;
of troops or allies. So close were


some of these encounters that
wounds inflicted by the sayages


were fairly burned by the exploding
powder, and there are several in.


stances noted in which our men re.


ceived death wounds from the battle
ak, arrow and lance. In one case


u soldier was scalped before his com,


rades, a few yards distant, could


rush to the rescue, and in another
the indians had killed a cavalry
man in a hand-to-hand fight, plum,
dered his body of watch, gun
J clothing, etc, and were just about


to scalp him as neighboring


skirmisher reached the spot. Ii
charging from or back to covers
down terrific stretches Of descent
these matchless riders would swing


low on one side of theil
Z ponies, quickly change position
at an opportunity to fire, and again
squirm almost out of sight, with
evidently no thought of being un
| horsed. If the ground was exceed
ingly rough or ordinarily smootl
: the Indian used it to advantage al
) the same. The open space seemed
l designed for his fearful onslaught
$ the deep gully or rocky cliff, for hi
safe retreat. Nor were our friendly
t representatives of the mountain
5 tribes one whit behind their enc
r mics of the plain in these adjunct
? to savage warfare. More than on,
( brave soldier, by accident or other
4 wise dismounted, owes his life t,
| this wonderful horsemanship, thi
I same unAinching gallantry upol
l the part of the eyer-watehful, ever
Z, present Snake or Grow.
Year: 1876

New York Herald.l


During the hot weather, and par
ticularly when the thermometer
stands among the nineties, demands
for ice water and iced beverages of
all kinds are heard on every side.
They are grateful to the dry palate !;
they suggest coolness to the per-
spring mortal, and, indeed, they
frequently make him cold to the
extent of a sudden chill. The eff
feet of a large draught of ice water
upon a system suffering from ex-
treme heat is to produce paralysis
of the stomach, of varied intensity
and duration, accompanied by a
rush of blood to the head and ex-
tremities generally. Several cases
have resulted fatally during the
present heated term, traceable to
the immoderate use of ice water.
Where these extreme results have
been avoided, considerable oppres-
sion about the head and disorder in
the digestive organs have been ex-
perienced, and the heat, the work
or food partaken of, blamed-every-
thing, in fact, but the real
foe, ice water. Under the influence
of exceptionally high temperatures
everybody must drink more than
in cool weather, because the healthy
fountains of perspiration must be
supplied. Therapid exhaustion Of
fluid through perSpiration is the
chief cause of the raging thirst


which many experience; but why
Slake it with stomach-paralyzing
and brain-congesting ice.water =?
Nature, which has given us a eli


mate of extremes, places ice within
our reach through the entire sum-
mer, and it can be put to a thou
sand beneficial uses but as a means


of reducing drinking water to a
temperature Of thirty-fiye degrees


when the thermometer oscillates be.


tween ninety and a hundred it


should not be thought of. There is


no particular objection to the water


we drink being cool. When the


system is oyerheated a tepid drink


would be most beneficial, although


not so grateful to the palate. Even


in the absence Of excessive bodily


heat the glass of ice water gulped


down at breakfast, lunch, dinner


and between times lays the founda-


ton Of dyspepsia among American


men, Just as ice cream does among
American school girls. Water


of the temperature of the
spring or the running brook is
except in rare cases, wholesome
f enough; but the jump downward
Of twenty to thirty degrees, whicl
is made when ice water is swallowed
is too great for ordinary systems
!, Pumping q huge chunk Of ice int
the wafer tug isan easy way Of cool
, ing the water-fatally easy, in fact
and therein lies the difficulty, The
expedient Of placing jug Of water
, in the ice-chest for an hour betorC
meals is quite as easy, but it re
: quires a little forethought, which
t Betty cannot always be relied ol


to exercise. 1t is simple enough
t and we advise our readers to try it
The water will not be too cold, an,
0 it will, in nine cases out Of ten, b
t purer. In warm climates, lil1
/, India and Brazil, where ice is al
s but unobtainable, they cool thei
Year: 1876

The Bolivians give this plant of the
name of Jipagapa, town in the republic
of Ecuador, which is the principal seat of
the hat manufacture-"P Panama" like
Mocha" in the case of coffee, and 'Brus-
sels'' in that Of carpets, being misnomer.
Before the leaf has begun to open-when,
in fact, it resembles closed fan-it is cut
off close to the petiole, the bare Of which
forms the centre Of the crown of the hat.
1t is then divided longitudinally into strips
with the thumb nail, the thick part form
ing the midrib being rejected. The num-
Der of shreds into which it is divided of
course depends on the fineness of the hat
into which they are to be manufactured.
This split leaf, which is Of a greenish white
color, is next dipped into boiling water,
then into tepid water acidUlated with lemon
juice, and lastly it is allowed to soak in
cold water for some time, and afterward
dried in the sun. Each hat is, or ought
to be, made of single leaf They vary in
in price, according to fneness, from thir-
teen pence to as many pounds. The damp
ing and drying operations eaase the shreds
to assume eurled or cylindrical form,
which NGuch increases the strength without
injuring their pliancy. Before plating,
the coarser qualities are danped With wa
ter, but the finer sorts are left out in the
morning. dew, and worked on before sun,
rise. A hat of the finest quality, made
out Of a single lcaf, will take several months
to make it complete, and the plating will
be so fine as hardly to be pereeptfble at a
short distance. The plant is by no mears
difficult to cultivate, and is one of the most
hardy species of the genus. It grows vel
in the damp heat of an orchid house where
the temperature does not fall below sixty
degrees.
Year: 1876

Yellow stains, commonly called iron
mould, are removed from linen by hydro
chlortc acid or hot solution Of exalic acid
Wash well in warm water afterwards.


\ small piece of paper or linen, nlois-
tened with spirits of turpentine, and put
into a bureau or wardrobe for a single day,
two or three times, is said to be sufficient
preservatiFe against moths.


The best way to admit pure air IN the
night (where the windows are the only
mode Of ventilation) is to open the sleep
ing room into a hall where there is an open
window, to avoid the drought A window
with a small opening at the top and bottom
ventilates more than one opening only.


Never use anything but light blankets
as a covering for the sick The heavy i'm
pervious counterpane is bad, for the reason
THAT it keeps in the ezhalations from the
pores of the sick person, while the blanket
allows them to pass through. Weak per-
sons are invariably distressed by great
weight of bed clothes, which often prevents
their getting any sound sheep whatever.


A child's bed should slope little from
the head to the foot so that the head may
be a little higher than the feet; but never
bend the neck to get the head on the pill
low, this makes the child round shouldered
cramps the veins and arteries and interferes
with the free circulation of the blood Even
when a child is several years old the pillow
should be thin
Year: 1876

A sale Of unbroken Texas mustangs took
place on Baronne street, New Orleans, the
other day, and young Whitmarsh, who
rather prided himself on his riding, bought
one He thought it would be so pleasant
to train him and teach him all sorts of lit
tie tricks, so he had him taken to Spear
ing's stable and instructed the hostlers to
take good care of him and to- bc Gentle with
him. After the mustang got gentle enough
to permit his food to be put over from an
adjoining stall without trying to jump over
there and kick. the hostleE 60 smithereens,
Whitmarsh thought he would ride him.
Accordingly he sent word around to the
stable to have the horse ready for him at
four o'clock that afternoon, and he appeared
upon the scene promptly at that hour dres-
cd in new riding suit gotten up expressly
for the occasion.


After sevaral fruitless attempts to get on
the mustangs back he at last succeeded in
getting into the stirrups, and then he said
to the boys holding him, "Ict him so. y
They did let him go, and the first jump he
made measured fourteen feet. He didn't
stay where he stuck long enough to say
"scat, but shot out to one side about eight
feet, and then made the bystanders wonder
if the walking beam of a low pressure steam
boat could 90 up and down as fast as that
mustang. Then he went straight up in the
air and landed on the ground stiff legged
and the shock was so great that Whitmarsh
thought the horse must have fallen from
the roof Of house Finding that fall, the
horse ran for twenty or thirty yards as fast
as he could go, and suddenly stopped stock
still


Just at this moment Whitemarsh saw q
friend with whom he had important bust
ness, and, not having time to dismount il
the usual way, went right over the mus
tangs head, and although the distance from
the horses back to the friend was twenty
feet, Whitmarsh only lacked two feet o.
reaching him. They carried him home OF
a stretcher, and after ten hours uncertainty
he gave proof that he was alive by opening
his eyes. As soon as he could speak hC
! gave instructions to present the mustang t
his worst enemy, a man who lived mex
door but one, and whose seven children
were each provided with tin trumpet
He doesn't take the same interest in horse
back riding as formerly, and for the mex
six Teeks his wife has no fear of his bein.
out late at night.
Year: 1876

a movement has recently been inaugu-
rated by the General Government looking
to the gathering up of all soldiers dis
charge certificates not now in the hands of
the rightful owners, with view to having
them lodged in the War Office at Washing
ton, as measure of protection to the in
terests Of the soldier as we'll as to the Gov
ernment. In pursuance of this plan the
Government agents have recently been and
are at present at work in New York and
other lager cities, gathering statistics relat-
ing to papers of this character, locating
them where they are massed in quantities,
and, in some cases, obtaining tolerably ac-
curate invoices of the numbers and the
names of the parties to whom they were
originally issusd.


Dhe Importance Of such measure is ap-
parent when it is understood that sol
dier's discharge certifcete is, in one sense,
draft issued in advance upon the Treas
ury, it being the document of all others
required by the Government officers in the
settlement of claims made by the soldier
or his heirs for back pay, clothing, bounty
or pension money, and the only paper upon
which a claim of this character can by
properly based.


1t is estimated that there are in New
York city upward Of fifty thousand soldiers
discharge certificates that are not in pos
session of the rightful owners. They have
been gathered from all parts of the State,
and some of them have been brought from
longer distances. Other metropolitan cen
ters possess them in about an equal ratio
swelling the aggregate number in all parts
Of the country to hundreds Of thousands
Every one Of these papers can be made the
! base of fictitions and fraudulent claim
! against the Government when presented
by unprincipled parties having no rights Of
ownership in them whatsoever, In the hands
of the brave and resolute men who shoul
dercd the musket and carried the KNAPP
sack over every battlefield these paper.
would be secure from any fraud or attempt
ed fraud. The trouble is that the soldier
is liable to lose, and in thousands of in
stances they have lost their discharge pa
pers. In other instances they have dice
leaving no heirs, and the discharge certifi
Gates have fallen into the hands Of mer
who have not hesitated to use them foI
fraudulent purposes. This has been car
ried to such an extent as to render the sub
ject one of serious thought upon the par
of the Government officers, and the move
ment looking to the bringing such paper
into the custody of the United States ha
been the result Once lodged in the Wa
Office, they will forever cease to be the in
struments of fraud in the hands of others
Year: 1876

E-" Remember" said az trading
Quaker to his son, " IN making thy way
in the world, q apoonful of oil will go
further than quart Of vinegar" And
Broadbrim was right; but the trouble is,
people will persist in trying the vinegar
tirst.


EF Iti is leap year. and the old piece
of advice is just as good as ever Look
before YOU leap"
Year: 1876

rF" You never saw my hands as dirty
as that" said mother reproachtully to
ber eight year old little girl. 4 Because
never seen you when you was little
girl promptly answered the other-


r% 1t is decided thai woman can not
practice law in Wisconsin; but the judge
who decided it crawled under his barn
last week and hasn't come out yet
Year: 1876

LYON ACQUITTED ON THE INDICTMENT AND
HELD on ANOTHER CHARGE.-Tle jury OF
Tue Hastings Court in the case Of T.. Il.
Lyon Yesterday acquitted the accused. he
was held to answer before the Police Court
Today for indecent assault upon another lit
lie GIRL
Year: 1876

relating to government aid for the
levees, and q Southern Pacific
railroad, and made q speech in
support Of it which was highly
spoken Of, by those who had the
pleasure of hearing it.-State
ReDistcy.
Year: 1876

TRY TIE ENAMELLED PIPE, IT WILL Non
! Rust or crack and coss only trife more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe | hsye the exclusive agency
for ROCK Island. FRED HASS.


Store in Star Block
Year: 1876

The Chattanooga Commercial
says: "


It's the duty of all Republic
ans to give their entire support
to the nominees of the party in
the coming political contest. 1t
is their duty because the welfare
of the State and country would
be ProsQoted by the election of
honest representatives of these
principles. Nothing could have
so snicidal an effect as to allow
any personal considerations to in
fluence action at the polls at pres
ent. When personal considera-
tiOns are of such a character as
to involve principle, then men
may be justified in basing their
political action upon them. If
they involve nothing more than
mere dislike or personal interest
they should be layed entirely
aside, and will be by all Repub-
licans who have the interests and
principles Of the party at heart.


To vote for one Of the men or
half Of the men whose names are
upon the ticket is no more doing
the duty of a Republican than O.
beying one half Of the command
ments and letting the other half
go is the performance of Chris
tian duty. In Tennessee there is
little hope, we might as well say
no hope, of carrying the national
ticket. Republicans who con
tent themselves with voting for
the national nominees alone con
tent themselves with doing an act
equivalent to staying at home. If
they would have their votes tell
for good to Tennessee they must
vote for all Republicans from
governor and congressman to the
last man on the ticket. We
speak not in jest when we say
that a general Republican victo-
ry IN tennessee would be worth
more to her, in a nero .pecuniary
point Of view the three new rail
roads, running from one end to
the other, each way. Every Re
publican that we elect is a step
ping-stone toward that result. If
we keep moving along, shoulder
to shoulder and with a will, We
shall gain ground each year, and
ere many years conquer. If VIC
allow ourselves to be divided by
personal or local considerations,
we shall lose ground each year,
and success will ever be an cgsis
tatusss TO US.
Year: 1876

The re union of Federal soldiers
in Tennessee yesterday was not
as largely attended as we had
hopes it would be. There were
several causes for this, the chief
of which, perhaps, is the scarcity
of money. We think it eminently
proper that these organizations
should be kept up. The record
Of the Tennessee regiments in
the Federal army during the lato
war was an honorable one, and it
is very natural that the officers
and soldiers of these regiments
should desire to perpetuate their
history. We do not understand
that the organization has sny po-
litical significance whatever, but
is entirely of a social character,
intended to keep up old friend.
| ship contracted daring q very
trying period in our country's
history Chronicle,
Year: 1876

No man that is an honest man--
if he has any reason about him
can vote for the outlaw, Porter,
for Governor.


Vote for a man that goes over
the State, carrying q pistol And
there are thousands of people be-
ing indicted by our courts for the
same offence! Why is Mr.. Porter,
the chief magistrate Of the State,
who is sworn to support and exc
cute the law, allowed to carry a
pistol9 He simply purjures him
self. But then that is a matter Of
moonshine to the average Demo
cratic olIiceholders. They consid-
er it no harm,


We ask again,will the people
endorse Porter 2
Year: 1876




The Chattanooga Commercial
makes the following pertinentre.
marks on n subject in which the
people ofTennessee are ipteres-
ted. We mean convict labor
We hope this subject will not
pass from the minds of the peo
pie. 1t is now nearly time for
the election Of representatives in
the legislature, and while the
candidates are bestowing them
smiles upon the people and
warmly shaking hands, let them
be strictly interrogated upon the
more important questions Of
State policy, such as the debt, the
convict labor system, the lien
laws, &c. BE srsure to'ascertain
their positions upon the labor
system. See whether they favor
new type Of abject slavery in
Tennessee, See whether they
desire to give TO certain capitalist
monopolies of certain branches of
business. See whether they are
willing that honest labor should
go begging that Tom O'Conner,
A. S. Colyar, Cherry Morrow and
others may have the labor Of con
victs at ten cents per day each
and pay for it in work upon the
capitol grounds at a dollar and a
quarter. See whether they are
willing that our prison system
should be a system of oppression
and demoralization, rather than a
system Of education and reform.
If they desire any Of all these
things leave them at home and
send honest, thinking men, who
will oppose to the utmost of their
power the renewal Of the peniten-
tiary lease in any form.
Year: 1876

We heard an honest old Demo
crat declare the other day thet he
would not vote any more for such
a man as Porter. He must re-
member that Dibrell publicly en-
dorses Porter, and if he is not for
Porter he can't conscientiously
support Dibrell. The gentleman
we. e.refer to is an ex-Justice of the
Peace in the tenth district Of this
county.
Year: 1876

In another column will be
found an explanation to the pro-
posed amendments to the Con
stitutipn. We are indebted to
Col, Ramsey for the article, and
ask its careful perusal. 1t is a
scheme to keep the election out
of the hands of the poor man.
Year: 1876

Read the proposed. amendments
to the State Constitution and tell
your neighbqr what an infamous
scheme it is; to take the lection
out of the hands of the people, so
to speak. The poor are not To be
allowed anything to be exempt
from execution.