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Year: 1875




A correspondent of the 0reville Butte
county, California; Mercury makes the
horrilying assertion that the gum boots
so universally worn by the gravel miners
in California and elsewhere have latterly
been lined with green flannel, the dye of
which is arsenicated, and which has pois-
oned many persons, some fatally. The
correspondent gives specific instance
of this kind of poisoning, stating that a
Mr.. McKlary, who lives on Cane creek,
near Enterprise, had been suffering seve-
raj months from the use OF these arsenic
ated boots, and that but for a skillful
physician and attentive wife he would
have died. he further alleges that three
more cases are under treatment in this
neighborhood (south fork Feather river)
and number gone to the hospitals, try
ing to fad better care than in their lonely
cabins" This account is given of the
appearance Of the disease produced by
wearing the poisoned boots: The first
symptoms are the swelling of the lower
extremities to two or three times the
usual size, and then the flesh turns black.
The suffering of the patient is terrible,
under constant burning sensation, un-
til death relieves him" 1t is stated that
the complaint is almost universal
wherever the green lined boots have been
used, and reference is made to con-
pany Of Chinese among whom several
deaths occurred last year, then attribu-
ted to an epidemic, but now traced to the
hoots
Year: 1875

An aristocratic New Yorker,on be-
ing requested by a rich and vulgar
young fellow for permission to marry
tone of his girls" gave this rather
crushing reply: Certainly; which
would You prefer, the hOusemaid or
the cook"
Year: 1875

the explosions made the earth tremble as if | by an earthquake shattering windows afay

 oil and knocked down shelving and crockery.

 By II o'clock it appeared evident that the

 flames had spent their fury. The wind

 whirled and twirled and gusted about fitful- ly then as if satisfied with the work of its

 ally died away an l left a bed of nouldering

 runs, here and there burning up between

 walls stretching three quarters of mile long and half mile in width The bounda- ries of the burned district including all fihe City lying between Taylor street on tie south, and Carson street on the north Stew art street on the west and the Chinese quar- ters on the east including the latter. When night closed in what scenes were here fortu- nately the sbelter was ample in the remain ing houses in the southern part of the City for the women and children but they all suf fered with cold. Hundreds of men walked the streets all night. The militia were call ed out and large numbers of special police men sworn in to prevent lawlcssness, however general good order was observed.

 New York, Oct. 26.-A special from Washington says that by the recent visit of the President to Utah during the early part of this month more determined policy in regard to the treatment of the Mormon Ques- ton will be begun The President is re- ported as being very decided in his opinion that Mormons should be treated as persons who Intentionally disregard the laws of the country and should be made to obey them the same as others.

 Chicago, Oct. PA Washington Special gives the forebodings of a distinguished Mlssissippian holding an important judicial position in Washington, to tine effect that the coming election in Mississippi will be the bloodiest conflict ever experienced in the South. Five hundred Spencer rifles, the Judge says, have been quietly shipped to the small town from which he came, besides the ample preparations through out the State to carry the election for the Democracy athll hazards. The Ames gang, says the dispatch, is equally on the alert, and bloody work is notwithstanding >the apparent that prevails there now.
Year: 1875

IF it be true as reported, that the Bosnians
are to any great extent in revolt, and if the
whole people of the valley Of the Save are up
in arms, then the Turkish authorities cannot
suppress the trouble without such acts on
their part as will greatly excite the sympathy
of the people of the neighboring countries
for the insurgents, hnd Austria may find her.
self implicated before she knows it, Chris
tianity is generally the pretext Of govern
ments. If Christianity affords good reason
for interference with power with which
they wish to interfere they are ali vigorous
and even furious Christians bat if they
have reasons which incline them to leave
their neighbOrs alone Christianity appeals
in vain Thus Turkey might, for all the
governments would care, butcher her in
surgent subjects into civility, unless the
crisis in her affairs came at moment when
they thought themselves able to benefit at
her expense and then they would compel
her to ''do justice" or conquer the
country and do justice themselves.
But the people are less subject to political
reason, and the populations of the two banks





who are on one side in the Austrian Empire
and on the other side in Turkey, will practi-
cally be one against the Sultans soldiers.
Every throat cut in Bosnia will turn out
gun in Slavonia, and deep excitement will
spread through the Russian Church when
the story spreads that the Mohammedans are
hunting the Christians in the border lands.
Altogether it seems very likely that the Gar
and the Austrian Emperor may yet feel them
selves called upon to propose their media
tion, and may peacefully loosen the hold of
Constantinople on the mountaineers. If the
subject should come up in that shape it will
not be settled without Berlin, and if Prince
Bismarck is still the same power the upshot
will be that the Sultan will be driven beyond
the crest Of the Balkan. 1t will be great
card to this "enemy Of the faith" and one
that he will use to the utmost to be able to
do for Christianity in the Danube Valley what
Year: 1875

this State Two of the strongest points in
his career are his war upon the Canal Ring
and his destruction of the Tammany Ring.
These victories will be weaknesses, because
Tammany and the Canal Ring are strong in
many ways. The Canal Ring is powerful
enough to defy the Governors investigation
and the Tammany Ring is master of many
court and jury and will be felt in the cleo
tions.


The problem before the democrats and re-
publcans is, Who is the man9 AS for the
republican nomination, we believe that it
will be General Grant or some leader whose
name is not now mentioned in connection
with the Presidency. AS for Governor Til
den, as matters look now, he will either be
nominated by acclamation or he will be de-
fcated by some such combination as defeated
Mr.. Seward in 1860. So far as the Governor
is concerned, our advice to him is to make
haste slowly
Year: 1875

THE BEEF-EATERs' QUARREL. repub-
lican party in the State of New York is not
very large, but it is large enough to quarrel.
We read that there has been meeting OF
the 'anti-administration republicans" who
propose to form q new organization: Upon
looking into this movement we discover that
the only point of difference between these
mutineers and those who now control the
Custom House is that they are outside while
the others are inside. Since the time of the
Garden of Eden there have always been the
ms and the outs, and they have always
fought. The hungry man on Wall street
takes different views of political loyalty from
the we'll fed clerk who sits within the great
granite building and calmly contemplates his
salary and the Collector and the third term
from the window. If these republicans Sc
cede from the old organization, and are really
serious in their withdrawal, they should put
their dissatisfaction upon some definite basis,
some principle. Unfortunately, the great
mass of the party is content to crawl at the
feet of the President in subsection and to
show no sign of mutiny unless when the
Offices are changed and they are threatened
with dismissal
Year: 1875

A correspondent calls our attention to the
fact that the boat that leaves New York for
Long Branch on Sunday morning raced down
Northfeld, that plies between the Battery
and Staten Island. There was nothing to be
gained in this race as the boats were not 60
ing to the same destination. They were
excursion parties, and minute or two one
way or the other would have made no differ
ence To crafty reckless spirit both boats
were put in peril and the comfort and lives
of large number of passengers were endan-
gered A contemporary publishes letter
from James Simonds, No. Alt West Forty
fourth street, who reports that he left Rock
away about sunset Sunday on boat which
carried three thousand passengers, the Will
lam Cook. The boat was so densely crowded
that one passenger fell overheard and was
drowned.


This Sunday excursion business in New
York has become q summer feature Moth
ing is more grateful than for the people to
leave their homes in the morning, spend
a day on the Bay and return in the evening
But those who manage the excursion boats
are animated only by desire to make
money. They care nothing about the COM
fort of their passengers. If they can crowd
three thousand people upon boat built for
O thousand they make more money, and that
ends the matter. 1t is not long since one of
our excursion boats was fined for overcrowd-
ing, and we rejoice that the Secretary of the
Treasury did not remit this penalty. There
should be some discipline upon these vessels,
or we shall have some terrible calamity that
will startle the country. This story of the
racing of the Long Branch and Staten Island
boats is painful one. There was no neces-
sity for it and nothing to be gained by it.
Year: 1875

EDWIN BooTH. -We are pleased to learn
that the accident which befell the eminent
tragedian Edwin Booth ON Monday was not
SO serious as the first reports led his friends
to fear Unless somo unforeseen contingency
should result from his injuries he will be
restored to health in time to fill his engage
hent at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, and we
are rejoiced that the American stage is not to
lose one of its brightest ornaments. In at
Least three parts-Brutus, Richelieu and
Hamlet-Mr. Booth, if not without rivals is
the leading actor on the modern stage, and
he is just now in the meridian of his fame
and his powers. Classic tragedy would suffer
severely if deprived of his superb art. We
trust many years may be still in store for
him in which to delight his admirers with
the ripest efforts of his genius.
Year: 1875

GRANT ON PUBLIC DUTY.-General Grant
has sent beautiful order to somebody out
West whose duty it is to collect the revenue
on whiskey. This order closes with these
words:-"No personal consideration should
stand in the way of performing o public
duty" This is q beautiful sentiment. 1t
means, of course, that no such consideration
should stand in the way of mere fellow
whose duty it is to collect the whiskey tax;
for what right has such a creature to have
friends-at all events, to consider his friends
before his duty? None. That is as clear as
daylight But then naturally it makes a lit
tie difference whether you are a president or
a tax collector. In the eye of the law it
does not of course we know that; but, then,
pshaw everybody knows it does. 1t always
did. "That in the captain S but choleric
word, which in the soldier is flat blasphemy"
There is plain Shakespeare, for the fact that
the same act is of very different character if
done by men Of different station; and is not
the President rather higher in station than q
tax collector Let no one, therefore, be so
ill-bred as to suppose that this beautiful sem
timent has any reference to the Presidents
friends, or that by personal consideration"
is meant his support of Delano in difficult
circumstances.
Year: 1875

GOVERNOR ALLEN, OF OHIO, has been talk
ing to HERALD correspondent, and it will
be found that his views are among the spiciest
political utterances of the day. He believes
the financial question will be the issue of
the next Presidential election, and defines his
positions upon it, past and present, without
circumlocution. When the nation was out
of debt he believed in hard money, but since
it possesses what Sam Wilkeson has called
national blessing he is in favor of rog cur
rency. In other words, while the nation
was able to pay he would be content with
nothing but gold and silver, but now that it
cannot pay he insists that printed promises
are better than money. After this we are not
Year: 1875

The ABsURDITY or TREATY STIpULATIoNs
with the Indians is well illustrated by the
conflicting views of Red Dog and General
Crook, as narrated in our letter from the
Black Hills this morning. Sooner or later
the entire continent must yield to the de-
mands of civilization and it is useless to
make treaties which are only made to be
broken. The Indians must be compelled to
accept the situation imposed upon them by
the necessities Of progress, and determined
policy may as well be entered upon now as
at any other time.
Year: 1875

surprised at the left-handed compliments he
pays to his nephew, Senator Thurman, or
that he should consider himself an eligible
candidate of the rag money democracy for
the Presidency
Year: 1875

IT Is AN INTERESTING STORY which Mr.
David J. Twohey tells this morning of'police
morals and police practices and though the
facts he recites are only in keeping with
much that was known before they show the
necessity of reorganization AT best the
police force, as at present organized, is care
less inert and inactive, and these faults must
be remedied at any cost.
Year: 1875

It is evident that the captains of police in
this city are a tame, spiritless and pitiful
company muddy mettled rascals who lack
gall" They must go to New Jersey to get
some perception of the rights of police cap
tains. All these gallant captains WillianA,
Burden and so on-who have permitted a
committee of the Legislature to extort from
them the secrets of all their little games, and
who have thus furnished the timber of which
their scaffolds will perhaps be made, can see
in the record of the Long Branch Chief of
Police how greatly they have erred by an in
sufficient self-assertion. Some Of the loose
fish of Long Branch were brought before a
justice there, and one was fined fifty dollars for
keeping an improper house Our city captains
can see at once the tendency of such an oc-
currence. 1t would ruin the police every
where. If justice may fine the people
who keep improper houses what inducement
can these people have to pay the policeman
for keeping them out of court? None of
course; and thus the police would lose the
source of an important revenue Their
Pactolus would be dried up. But the Long
Branch head policeman was q man of spirit,


and roundly told the Judge he would not
have any such nonsense in his district; that


the house was satisfactory to him, and SO put
the case out of court. Here was a grand ex-


ample if it had come in time. Only the end
/ is not yet seen, and there is a kind of Jersey
! justice that seems disposed to know whence


this policeman derived his authority.
Year: 1875

PRESIDENT GRANT attended Rhode Island
clambake few years ago, and he found the
experiment SO delightful that he repeated his
experiences yesterday. The clam is a
luscious bivalve, especially when the oyster
is out of season, and the President was wise
in partaking Of this Rhode Island feast for
thereby he tickled his own palate and touched
the heart Of Little Rhody
Year: 1875

The RACES AT SARATOGA yesterday were
run under a fair sky and before a brilliant
assemblage. There were three capital races
and, best Of oil, SO far as the sport is con-
cerned. two of the favoriIes were beaten.
Year: 1875

DR.. T. d. Worrsll the co operative
gentleman of the cooperative scheme, ap-
pears not to have captured the confidence
of Boston; perhaps he is not one likely to
win confidence; at any rate he said TO re-
porter who interviewed him for a Louisville
paper:


The Boston people, a5 class there are
some good people there), are q religious,
high moral people. They worship three
gods. The first is God Almighty, the dollar
the second, God, the son, brains; the third
God the Holy Ghost, the Bosten State
House. They are sordid and selfish, but if
you want to lind men with souls, men who
do not live for themselves, you will have to
go to the West and the South. Having
tasted Western life, do not want any more
of Bos on


The doctor prefaced this little speech by
saying that he had unfortunately been in
Boston," and that he did not banker after
visiting the place again. In demolishing
Boston, however, the doctor pays a neat
little compliment to the West and South,
where he is not likely to be forgotten. Per-
haps the merchants of Boston are Jealous of
the great commercial enterprise headed by
Dr. Worrall, which is to connect the valley
OF the Mississippi directly with England,
and ultimately establish free trade through
the agency of the farmers of New Orleans
who met the English deputation at the
Academy of Music; or perhaps they
doubted that the ships for such
trade would he built. Business
is business, and they certainly had right
to withhold their capital from the co-opera-
tive scheme without subjecting themselves
to the charge of httleness of soul. Boston
responded nobly to the call for food sent
out by sufferers from the overflow in Louisi
ana, and she has done many good things
during the past hundred years. We con
tess to liking for Boston people, and re
greet that the doctor. occupying the inter-
national confidence position that he does,
should go about endeavoring to crush Bcs-
ton, and stir up sectional animosity be-
tween the South and West and the chief
city of New England.
Year: 1875

LANCASTER, PA, March "a shock
ing accident occurred at the Mount Pleas
ant mine, in this city, to-day, by when
two boys, nemed Henry Wesh and John
Owens, were crushed te death IN the toal
screen. Both the lads were employed IN
the screen room separating slate from the
coal. Welsh was in the act OF stepping
across the screen when his loot
was caught in the ponderou' machine
which was revolving slowly. His cries
brought to his aid his companion. owens
boy some fifteen years of age VINO
bravcly, and in the face OF n fearful fate
sought to extricate him. In the effort MS
arm was caught in the screen, and before
the machinery could be brought to stand
still, both of the boys were crushed into
a shapeless mass, their heads and arms
severed from their bodies, and altogether
presenting shocking spectacle
Year: 1875

A circus is the peoples entertainment.
1t is democratic, taking in the poor and
rich, ignorant and learned. At the circus
the laborer with his clogs and blouse is as
good as the aristocrat in evening dress. The
language of the arena is universal, coming
to the minds of men through their eyes, and
to children as well as the aged. good
circus is sure to draw its crowd. Howes'
London Circus and Sanger's menagerie must
be called good show, for last night the
big canvas was filed with pleased people.
In order to obtain lot of sufficient size,
the proprietors were obliged to locate their
show as far out as Rocheblave street, but
the circus patrons found the place and were
made happy. The performances in the
ring were all good, and the Indian troupe
was novelty. The menagerie department
is perhaps the largest and most comple to
ever brought to New Orleans, with animals
enough to stock three good shows. The
exhibitions will continue to-day and to-
morrow, noon and night.
Year: 1875

WONDERS WILL NEVER CEAsE.-This is
now the universal remark all over the great
city of New Orleans. 1t is elected by the
surprise created among all when they hear
of the fabulously low prices at which the
bankrupt stock of foreign and domestic dry
goods which are now being sold by R. NJ.
Montgomery, at No. 100 Canal street. Mr..
Montgomery and assistants are daily and
nightly selling by auction the most extern
sive and varied assortment of fine goods
ever offered in New Orleans. There is q
large stock yet to be sold. Dealers and re-
tail purchasers will find it to their interest
to attend. The sales go far have been very
large and the prices very low.
Year: 1875

---THANKs.---Judge Frank Thach will please accept thanks for couple of new subscribers handed in last Monday. Thes. names, Judge Thach obtained while on a little trip to Galla Rock. They are not the first that he has obtained for us. Why cannot other citizens who are older residents of the county than the Judge, and who certainly ought to be as much interested in her well fare, do as much for our enterprise as he does! A word spoken at the right time from most any good man would secure us new name, and the more names we have the better paper we can get out, and the more will be the credit it will reflect upon our county. If more of our friends would do as Judge Thach does we would soon have subscription list which would enable us to furnish our people paper without loosing money to do so. Is it asking too much to request our friends to send us in one new name each?

 Some of the handsomest gents dress coats ever brought to this mar ket can now be found at

 J. l.. SHINS's,
Year: 1875

The election for County Superin- tcndent of Public Instruction for Pope County was held at Dover on Monday the 9th, as provided by law. We are pleased to know that our worthy young friend, Mir. Robt. B. Wilson, who has been acting as Superintendent by appointment of Gov. Garland since the resignation of Prof. Moses, was elected.

 Mir. Wilson is thoroughly alive to the importance of fostering and building up our school interests, and will do all in his power as a school official to make the school system q success, and d benefit to our people.

 It is to be hoped that the trustees of the different districts in our coun- ty will lend q cheerful and hearty cooperation by stimulating an in- terest in school matters and by mak- ing full, correct and prompt reports as required by law to the County Superintendent. Unless the trus- tees do their duty and furnish the proper reports, it will be hard for our County Superintendent to repre- sent our county in his report so as to secure for us the pro-rata of the State fund to which our county is entitled,
Year: 1875

M
IN ED IN the matter Of taxation upon assessment
OF investments for state, county, and poorpurposes
In New Castle county, will please take notice that
the assessors of the several hundreds will call upon
them for the purpose of assessing the proper invest
nents as provided by law and for any information
respecting the same may call or address the Levy
Court representatives for their hundred, and for re-
dress to the Levy Court In person, as the Court will
sit as of Appeal during the days OF their Sit
ting until The 3lst day OF March. 1875.


JOHN P. SPRINGER, Clerk.
The following is the law on the subject as passed
by the Legislature


AN ACT TO alter and amend the Act entitled /" An
Act to raise revenue for State and County pur-
poses."


Passed at Dover, March 3Oth, lsTl
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires Of the STATE gf Deldtodre IN General Assembly
met


SECTION That from and after the passage Of this
act 1t shall be lawful for any assessor In this
State to assess. al no tax shall be levied and COL
lected on any debt debts due from debtors resid
ing in this state secured by or due on judgment,
decree, recognizance, mortgage or bond for any
purpose whatever.


SE TIos And be it further enacfe, That this act
shall not apply TO, eXemDt from taxation any
bonds, mortgages, or any other obligation due or
owing from any incorporated company in this stale
from any taxation whatever, and all acts and part
OF inconsistent with this act be and the same ID
or are hereby repealed


} assed at Dover, February 9th, 1875.


mars-lSt
Year: 1875

That very Objectionable bill, dividing the
school revenues of this city into white and
colored fund, passed the House, at Dover, yes
terday. 1t is All entirely unnecessary measure,
and only calculated to do mischief to the public
schools
Year: 1875

A few days ago we published the current ac-
count of the expulsion of j. Williams Thorne
from the House of Representatives Of North
Carolina. Below we publish his own version of
the affair, given in a letter to the West Chester
Republican. 1t will be seen that Mr.. Thorne
denies the charge of Atheism, and says it WAS
abandoned for a different ground ON which the
vote Mas taken.