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Year: 1875

CHICAGO, Oct. 8.-Otto Schneider, a
peddler residing at 1872 Farrell street, visit
ed man on the West side, Wednesday
night, to whom he wished to pay bill, and
as he was returning home he was accosted
in the vicinity of Twenty second street and
Canalport avenue by couple of rough look
ing men, who asked him what time it was.
He replied about s O'clock whereupon,
with an ugly oath, one of the men called
him liar and both of them commenced
beating him, knocking him down and rob-
bing him of small amount of money
Schneider resisted as best he could, and
one of the men drew pistol and shot him,
the ball entering his right side and lodging
in one of his lungs. The men then went
away and left him, and being unable to
move, Schneider lay upon the pavement
all night. In the morning the driver of q
passing wagon picked him up and carried
him TO Miller's saloon on Archer avenue
near Farrell street. and Miller sent wore
to his wife, who had the unfortunate mar
taken home. Dr. Bidwell was summoned
and, after examining the wound, pronounc
ed it very dangerous.
Year: 1875

CINCINNATI, Oct. 9.-Cincinna ii dele
gates to the National Board of Trade, in a
report to the Chamber Commerce, recon-
mend the chamber to use its influence with
members of congress to the end that the
general government may purchase all ex-
istiDg lines of telegraph and manage the
whole business.


A resolution in opposition declares that
the board does not commit itself infavor
of a national postal telegraph.


This question, which has been one of in
terest to the chamber, was voted on finally
to-day, and the resolution against commit
ting the chamber in favor of postal tele-
graph was carried by handsome ma
jority.
Year: 1875

TT Is an open secret in the West
that the farmers are lowering between
hone and despair. The cause Of this
neculiar spredicament is the report
that the intense cold winter has been
the death-blow to the grasshopper
and the chintz and potato bug,
Year: 1875

In the proceeding by Ida Maud Templeton,
before Judge Donohuc, 20 recover her child from its
grandfather from which Mrs. Templeton finally with
drew, and Judge Donohue thcreupon made an order
awarding the child TO its grandfather, an application
was recently made Judge onohue To amend his order
80 as simply TO dismiss the proceeding without making
any disposition Of the child. and by striking
out the provision for costs. Judge Donobue
holds that when party has asked ceclsiOn IN such
case she is not at liberty when IL suits them to drop
The proceeding. In a case where iather "u9
mother have disagreed 1t Is the duty of the court at an
times consult the best interest OF the INFANT Judge
ponohue ahstans from discussion OF its mothers or
father conduct, but IL appearing 90 him that there mas
been neglect of duty their part the court had the
power make decree assigning the child to those VINO
therefore correct As TO the question OF costs IT IS "a
sta iutory matter, with which the Court VIII not lh-
Year: 1875

We have always noticed that wherever you
find flowers. no matter whether in a garden
or in palace, it is a pretty sure sign that
there is an inner refinement of which the
world is not cognizant. We have seen fow-
ers cultivated and cherished by some of the
lowest and most degraded of our people :;
even in the fens of vice you will sometimes
find them. Where these emblems of purity
are found, you may rest assured that they
represent hope and speak of a goodness of
heart not to be found where they are absent.
Year: 1875

Blessed are the poor-relations of Grant
for theirs is the Kingdom of America.


Blessed are they that mourn-for office; fol
they shall be comforted with fat places.


Blessed is the sneak; for he shall become 3
carpet-bagger and inherit the South.


Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after the stealings; for they shall be filed


Blessed are the greedy; for they shall never
be needy.


Blessed are the corrupt at heart; for they
shall see Grant confdentially.


Blessed are the peacemakers, who say, "Let
us have peace for they shall be called Kins.
folks and live of the country.


Blessed are they which are exposed for their
rascality; for theirs is the next appointment
to office.


Blessed are salary-grabbers; when men
shall expose you and publish your villainy,
and say all manner of things against YOU
truthfully.


Rejoice and be exceedingly glad; for great
Is your reward in office; for SO prosecuted
they the rogues which were before you.
Year: 1875

Marietta Mason was drunk again yesterda


morning. That is, she was charged with beinI


drunk; and further, with disturbing the peac


of the Second Municipal Police Court, anc


on these charges Marietta Mason was locked


up.


The turnkey did not seem to like the bust


ness, and he was very gentle with her, and


led her upstairs, and put her in a cell as fal


away as possible from the cell in which


drunks and disturbances are usually con-
fined.


He fumbled with the lock and it took him
some moments to get the key in and get the
door well fastened, and then he looked in the
barred window and smiled encouragingly-if if
such thing is possible for a turnkey under
circumstances of the kind - on Marietta
Mason, who was crouching down in the
corner, nearest the window, and gazing fixed
ly in the corner farthest from the window and
the darkest in the cell.


The turnkey had just reached the Office and
had hung up hi key, when a scream echoed
through the yard and broke into the Office,
and the turnkey murmuring commisseratngly,
'tshe is at it again" went into the yard and
looked up to the cell which held Marietta
Mason.


He saw her standing at the window still
gazing into the dark corner and waving and
beating off something she alone saw, shrek
ing all the while. The turnkey turned and
looked apprehensively in the direction of the
courtroom, in which people were shaking
their heads and smiling, and whispering
another drunk. 'His Honor" sho we'd that
he was annoyed and the court officers
looked at him inquiringly and expec,anty, |
but the clerk whispered something to him |
and he shook his head, and the order to put
the drunk in the dark CELL which the turn |
key had supposed would come, did not issue, |
and the turnkey left the yard and went into |
the station and apologetically remarked to the |
clerk:


81 know I ought to do it, but d-n me
If will till the order comes This is the third |
time this week she's been locked up; they
don't give her show. "Poor Mrs. Mason"
and he moved as far away from the door
opening into the yard as the space of the
Office would allow. He leaned against the
wall and while "poor Mrs. Mason" was
crowding in the corner, and sbrieking, and
beating of the fancied demons, he told the
clerk, and the sergeant, and the others in the
office, what he knew of her.


He said: "It is wreck, gentlemen; a
wreck that has drifted into this station many
times before. That woman up there, gentle
men, who is shrieking with the horrors, was
once lady. aye, it is hard to believe, but it
is fact. she was q lady. She was we'll off
too, and real pretty; you can tell by looking
1t her even now that she was pretty; it is not
all gone yet.


"Hcr husband was doing well, but he took {
TO drink, and you know how it is; if you do
not we turnkeys do. He went from the first ,,
drink down, and went pretty rapid too, and !
that pretty lady wife of his got many hard :
blow and many a hard word, till she was
forced from him, and then she started down,
md you see where she has come. We record t
I'd her to-day, Marietta Mason. prostitute,
Trunk and disturbing the peace
Year: 1875

A number of benevolent Russian ladies
have agreed among themselves to renouncs
the use of silk dresses and all manner of
costly attire, in order to devote the money so
saved to the education of poor orphans. pom
which the London Fan very pertinently re-
marks: III these ladies do not mind we
would recommend to their special consider
alton the orphans of TIE poor silk weayers
and others who will be starved by this charit.
able abstinence"
Year: 1875

man who cheats in short measure is
measureless rogue. II in whisky, then he is
q rogue in spirit. If by falsifying his ac-
counts, then he is an unaccountable rogue.
If ne gives bad title to land, then he is a
rogue in deed. If he gives short measure in
wheat, then he is q rogue in grain.
Year: 1875

LosrNG \ BET WITHOUT BETTIYG.-A
Bangor fruit dealer has been paying bet re-


outy, with tbc making of which he had no.
thing to do. a couple Of well-known seu-
tcmcn stepped in one afternoon, and begin
ming to eat oranges informed the proprietor
that they had made a bet Of the oranges on
certain question, and that after the bet was
'ccidel the loser was to pay for those which
they were eating. To this the dealer in fruits
was agreed, and the customers ate all they de-
,ired. The next time they were in the store
he inquired which one was to pay for the
ranges. Don't know yet" was The reply;
Il bet when the Brewer bridge is carried
away the Brewer end will go first, and Smith
bet that the Bangor end will go first The
oranges were Immediately charged to profit
and loss.
Year: 1875

CHECKING GERMAN EMTGnATIoN.-Emigra-
ton to America having very much decreased
oflate, the Berlin Government, who have long
looked with disfavor upon the steady diminu-
ition of the national resources involved in the
movement, have determined to profit By the
present opportunity for stemmins the tide
The two principal measures to be adopted arc
the dmsemtermen. Of portion Of The i'm
mense crown lands of Prussia, and the prohib-
tion to enlist emigrnnts on foreign account at
a premium Of so much head. By the for
mer measure poor people are to be enabled to
acquire few acres and house which they
may call their own the latter step being in
tended to put fnal stop to the business Of
Brazilian aud other foreign emigration agents.
There is no dbutl that this determination Of
the Prussian Government will shortly begin to
be felt in America and elsewhere.
Year: 1875

A CASE OF MISTAKEN lDENTITY.-0ne day last week the three-csrd monte thieves met with a little surprise over at Battle Mountain, and from among the passengers on the west bound train ho alighted they se- lected the wrong one for a victim. The story is thus told by the Virginia Enter prise: "The other day al Battle Mountain they (the monte sharps) allured German from the East who exhibited B large roll of Greenbacks on the platform, into the spiders nest. The drunken man was on big spree when the expected victim entered, and was losing money on every bet. The German declined to bet, and to get him in the mo- ton, one of the cappers gave him twenty dollar piece on which to try his luck. He placed it on a card and won. Pocketing the $40, be refused to bet again, and walked out of the house followed by the cappers who in sisted 'on getting the money back. The German drew large-sized revolver from his pocket, and assuming a defiant attitude, said, You speak to me and l put you so taia full of holes you don't know what you am. am an old Californian, and know all about your tam trick. You take me for an emigrant you make fools nit yourselves The three-carders discovered that they had caught Tartar as they say their wouldbe victim board the train as the conductor shouted all aboard and leave them lament ingn
Year: 1875

A GENTLEMAN in western city, sitting in pew with lady with whom be had for merly been on terms of intimate acquain- tancc, handed her a Bible with pin stuck through the following verse: And now l beseech thee, lady, not as though l wrote q new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another" After reading it she stuck the pin through the following verse. and handed the book back to him: 'Having many things to write unto you, would not write with paper and ink; but trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full"
Year: 1875

A LA CRoss man who committed suicide wrote note for his wife which said: "l'm going to country where red-headed women are never seen" She was so mad that she wouldn't attend the funeral.
Year: 1875

Or coal from a mine in Shasta county. the Sacramento Union says: 'It is superior article, equal to if not better than any other found in the State, is of glossy black, heavy, and apparently free from sulphur"
Year: 1875

TO INVEST FEW DOLLARS WITH POSSIBLE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS Is OFFERED BY THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY. TO THE 9th OF FEBRUARY. NEXT, OF THEIR FIFTH AND LAST CONCERT AND DRAWING. THE MANAGEMENT ARE PLEDGED TO THE RETURN OF THE MONEY IF THE DRAWING SHOULD NoT COME OFF AT THE DAY NOW APPOINTED
Year: 1875

The reprehensible practice of driving
a sleigh at night without bells attached
to the horse, is becoming more general
than one could expect common sense to
dictate. One nightlast week, on the
pike near Clyde, the heads of two horses
drawing sleighs in opposite directions,
came together before the collision could
be avoided. Fortunately no material
damage was done, but it ought to prove
a warning to others to avoid such dan
ger.
Year: 1875

We understand that the contemplated
new bank building for Bellevue, refer.
red to in our last, will only be erected
conditionally, that the crty authorities
Will grade the corner, level with Main
Street, 1t is to be hoped this much
needed improvement will be conceded
directly the weather admits, and thus
secure an imposing appearance to the
leading business part of the city.
Year: 1875

after the first Of January ,ce shall
hare to prepay The postage on all
papers GOING OUT OF THE
COUNTY, Subscribers at a dis
tonce please note this fact, as ,oe shall
only send to those ,Oho pay IN advance
gtter that date, as aCe cannot afford
TO DaH for our pay and pay postage
also.
Year: 1875



 A MEAN LAW. The U. s. Postal Laws allow an editor to stamp or print on newspaper wrappers or the wrappers of other publications "specimen copy, with compliments of the publishers, but will not allow a publisher to write the same with pen and ink. All editors don't happen to have a hand stamp handy at all times, and if for convenience and economy they prefer to write specimen copy" on their publications, we can't see what difference it would make to the government. We think this is condescending to very small things-we think it is niggardly and mean.

 We take pleasure in calling the attention of the public to the card of Messrs. Harrell X Foster. | Dr. Harrell is too we'll known to require any word of commenda- tion from us. Mir. Foster is a young man of most exemplary hab- its, has been close student for a long time and has just returned from medical college and cast his lot among us. The new firm has our best wishes.

 What has the citizens of Darda- nelle done to be persecuted so, on railroads brother James, Inde- pendent.

 Firstly, we did not know and had never before heard anybody intimate that they had done any thing; secondly, we have heard no complaint of persecution from the citizens of Dardanelle. What are you driving at Dick?
Year: 1875

Below we give the act regula- ting the publication of legal ad- vertiscments in newspapers.

 It will be seen that it is great improvement on the old law, as it allows the clerks and sheriffs of the counties to select the news paper in which they will insert their legal advertisements. They can now publish in any paper having bona fide circulation in their counties; provided that if there is any paper published in the county, it shall have the print ing. We would here remind all partiee concerned that the DEMO- GRAF has a good and rapidly in creasing circulation in Pope, Con way, Searcy, Newton and Van DuTcll COuutleS. dHu tto tuCiC Is no paper published in either of these counties, we respectfully so. cicit the legal printing of those counties. The law reads as fol- lows:

 An Act to regulate the publication

 of Legal Advertisements ill News

 papers.

 Be it Enacted, etc.:

 SECTION 1. That when any le- gal publication of any character, is reguied by existing or future laws, for the order of any court, or the provisions of any deed of trust, mortgage or other agree ment or by any state, county, dis trict township or municipal off cer), to be made by advertisement in newspaper printed in this state, it shall be published in some daily or weekly newspaper, printed in the county where the suit or proceeding is pending or where the land, property or sub ject of the proceeding or publica- tion is situated; Provided, there be any newspaper printed in the county, having q bona fide circu lation therein, which shall have been regularly published in said county for the period of one month next before the date of the publi- cation of said advertisement. Sec. ?. If there be more than one such newspaper published in q county, then the officer, litigant or individual, tor the attorney of record or agent of such person, ] whose duty it is to cause or direct such publication, may select any newspaper authorized by the pro viso to section one hereof, as the medium of publication of such advertisement.

 Sec. 3. If there be no such newspaper printed i'll q county, and there De occasion for publish ing any such legal advertisement, then the person whose duty it is to cause such publication to be made, as aforesaid, may select any newspaper printed ,n the state, having circulation therein, which is duly authorized to pub fish the same.

 See. I. ThcIaflidavit of any ed itor, publisher or proprietor, or the principal accountant of any news paper authorized by this act to publish legal advertisements, to the effect that legal advertise ment has been published in his paper for the length of time and number of insertions it has been so published, with a printed copy of such advertisement appended thereto, subscribed before any off cer of this state authorized to ed minister oaths, shall be evidence of the publication thereof, as
Year: 1875

he Entices Little Girl Into Public Park.


A man giving his name as William Starr, repre-
senting himself as being contractor, but sup
posed TO be patent agent, and about ffty-one
years old, was last night arrested In the Smith
sonian grounds, charged with enticing young
girl into the park and endeavortng TO pursuade
her, by the ofer Of money, TO commit nsmelsss
outrage upon. his person. The girl gave her name
and stated that the man had eoaxed her TO walk
with HIM from Seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue, but on reaching the grounds she declined
10 enter and was pulled In By the man and taken
70 one OF the seat, where he made disgusting
watching him, and seeing that the girl was re-
luctant to keep his company, and that he was
striving to get her to the most secluded portion Of
the park, took him into custody, and, accompanied
by the girl, proceeded 70 the Central guard house.


where she related to the oficer what had oc-
CURED, and the disgrsceful proposition that had
been made TO her. The man was locked mp, and
will be taken before Jadge Smell to-day. He
ought to be paraded through the city plsearded


that parents might see the brute, know him in
the future and be prepared 70 give HIM warm
reception should he appear near their homes.
Year: 1875

Buy the best bleached glue if the walls
are to be white or some light tint, (f dark
it is immaterial so the glue is clean and
use it in the proportion of a quarter OF
pound to eight pounds of whiting. Soak
the glue over night; in the morning pour
off the water, as it simply swells while
soaking. Add fresh water, put it in pail,
and set that in a kettle of boiling water.
When dissolved, stir it into the whiting
adding enough water to make 1t, after mix
ing. of the same consistency as common
wiIitewash. 1t may be tinted any color,
and is applied with wh!tewash brush.
If the color is rubbed smooth in a little
water and then mixed with the wash it will
be more even. If the walls have been pre-
yiously whitewashed scrape away all that
will come off, and wash with solution of
white eyitriOl-two ounces in pail of water.
The vitriol will be decomposed, forming
zinc white, and plaster of paris, to which
the kalsOmining easily adheres. 1t is i'm
portant to dissolve the glue in a hot water
bath, for if scorched by too great heat, its
tenacity is impaired, or destroyed. Whit
inp is simply chalk freed from impurities,
and reduced to fine powder. and is also
knewn under the names of Paris and Span
ish white, Though the latter is really a
white earth found in Spain. There is a
great difference in whitewash brushes, and
the beauty of the work as well as the ease
of performing it, depends very much on q
good brush, making it well worth while 10
pay the difference between that and cheaE
one. For the inexperienced it Is more
difficult to lay on tints evenly than pure
white.-COuntJy Gentleman.
Year: 1875

We had two neighbors in my boyhood
who pursued methods directly opposite IN
their manner of doing work. One was
systematic. The labor for the day was
written out and strictly adhered to.
When a job was begun it was made the
order of the day. All hands turned 10
and made light work of what would 9TH
erwise have been tedious and unpleasant.
His work was always done in season.
well done, because done under his super
vision, and by a previously conceived
plan. His premises were very neat ana
orderly. He added largely to his inherit
anee.


The other had no system, but worked
at random. His forces were divided. each
man doing a different kind of work on
different parts of the farm. He seldom
| finished job in the time of it, but lef'
them oftentimes for long time unfln-
ished. His work was almost always be-
hindhand much of it was poorly done
His premises were in slovenly and dis
orderly condition. Although hare
working man, he added but little to hi:
property. Both have long since passed
away, but the effect of their different man
agement is as visible to-day as during thell
liyes.-COr. Country Gentleman.