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Year: 1876

IT will be remarked that, while the Board
of Public Works Act makes the participation
by any ofthe Com missioners therein created
in any contract, made in pursuance of the
bill, a felony, no specific punishment is pro-
vided for the crime.-EIpTesS.


Startling omission! What is to be
done about it? 1t is true that the
Code very clearly and distinctly de-
fines the punishment for felony, and
as the Legislature neglected to name
a particular kind of punishment for
the members of the Board of Public
Works, and the Governor has not ap-
pointed one Of the editors of the EG-
press a member of the Board, why we
think the Code punishment will an
swer for a couple of years.
Year: 1876

THE Evening Express, started as a
Republican paper and supported in
part by funds from the Republican
County Committee, has been blowing
hot and cold so long that no one has
the slightest confidence in its political
honesty, and yesterday the Republi-
can County Convention endorsed the
Evening Republican as the organ ol
the party in this part of the State. II
il severe blow on the straddlebue
across the way.
Year: 1876

heeded-denied even reading. When
an equally strong petition was sent in
in the case of HARRIS, it met the same
fate-was tabled without even a read
ing. 1t is always inconsistent to ask
what we are unwilling to concede.
Year: 1876

Ten per cent on the day of sale; one-third
on the delivery of the contract; one-thrd in
ninety day S; the balance in one year Inter-
est at the rate of one per cent. will be charged
on deferred payments.
Year: 1876

on his parole until the hour Of hearing Canton re-
turned home and about Two O'Clock again commenced
TO abuse his wife, Her cries OF murder attracted The
attention OF Deputy Sheriff Nat Hicks who a; once
went Tito the house, and, upon attempting TO arrest
Canton the latter drew pistol and nred at him.
Hicks threw up his lott arm. and the ball took effect IN
the wrist and passing along the forearm lodged in the
elbow. innciing painful wound Hicks then com
ncnced work Upon Canton with his club and soon
brought him to terms aud before Justice Hatch, who
committed tie prisoner to await the action OF the
Grand Jury, In default OF So 900 bail Canton, some
two years ago, shot and seriously wounded Ohcer
jenkins, OF Newtown. who was epdeavorng TO arrest
him
Year: 1876

At the gathering of people on the oc- casion of the opening of the Centennial Exhibition, striking example and illustration was observed of the fact that crowd lives only by the aid of the ascending current from the bodies of the persons composing it. The observer was sitting on the platform in front of Memorial hall, and all the space between this platform and the Main building, a space of probably one hundred and fifty feet in width by five hundred feet in length (of dense crowd), was occupied by about forty thousand persons, stand ing as closely as comfort would allow. The air was quite warm, about seventy five degrees Fahrenheit, and 8 light breeze was blowing from the west. There were many smokers in the crowd, and 1t was noticeable that tEe course of tobacco smoke, which showed white against the brown front of the Main Exhibition building, indicat ed the course of the current at different points. A breath of smoke on the outskirts of the crowd was dispersed irregularly. A puff of white smoke anywhere toward the middle of the crowd rose with great apparent rapidity until 1t was lost to sight by ascending above the line of roof of the building the background of white clouds, with which the blue sky was then broken, not allowing it to be distinguished higher up. The swiftness with which the smoke rose showed that the ascending current in the center of 80 thickly thronged and SO large space was rapid. In fact, 1t showed set of currents like those at Q fre-on the putshists tending toward ths center, iu tho ennter upward.
Year: 1876

The London Daily Ne,Us says: The Scotch farmers, with all their shrewd- ness, are apparently utterly beaten by the mouse. So far at least they have been unable to devise any means of rid ding themselves of the armies of these insignificant creatures which have quar- tered themselves on the border farms. About three months ago the attention of the public in general, and of local agri- cultural clubs in particular, was called to the depredations caused by these tiny quadrupeds, which, it was suddenly dis covered, had increased to such an alarm ing extent as to have actually destroyed 8 large expanse of pasturage and to threaten to overrun this country. The ground iu the neighborhood of targets with hole.; the whole of the vegetation is destroyed in certain localities in Teviotdale, not merely the blades of grass being eaten by the mice, but the roots being consumed as well. The consequence has been that the sheep have been robbed of their natural food, and the recent lambing season has been one of the most disastrous ever known, both ewes and lambs being deprived of sustenance and perishing in numbers The plague is almost identical with that which has so seriously interfered with the progress of sheep farming ill New Zealand, only there it is the rabbits that have caused the mischief: and unless it can be stamped out it threatens the ruin of many sheep breeders and wool growers. One farmer in New Zealand has actually sacrificed 15, GOO acres of land by inclosing that area with solid masonry wall in order to prevent the spread of colony of rabbits which had taken possession of portion of his farm. But land is too scarce and valua- ble in Scotland to permit of such an heroic method of cure. The question for the Scotch farmers is whether they can reduce the number of the mice by encouraging the increase of weasels, hawks, owls and other carnivorous birds and beasts, or whether they must take the law into their own hands and drive out the enemy. The unfortunate part of the business is that the little rodents are of no value, unlike rabbits, whose skins and flesh are both of a certain worth, and tiey are too small to attract sportsmen with their guns. One thing is certain, that the Scotch farmers will not in future encourage the use of the gun at hawks and weasels, but will rather encourage the visits of these mouse catchers.
Year: 1876

Up to two or three days ago Detroit pawnbroker had on sale watch which he exhibited in his showwindow as General Washington's faithful watch. '' Along came troop of excursionists the other day, and one of them saw the watch, was overcome by rush of senti- ment, and he went in and paid good round price for the ticket. It kept first rate time while the buyer walked four or five blocks, and during the next two hours it would run for one minute and stop for two. He found his way back to the shop, handed the watch over the counter, and sad

 "Here, give me half what paid you. '

 " Is there anything the matter with the watch9" asked the seller. "Don' you feel able to carry watch which the great George Washington once car ried9"

 I'm perfectly able to do that" said the down hearted stranger, "but can't spare the time to look up the blacksmith who put in the running gear, and have him hammer out some new wheels l"

 He sacrificed $6 in the cause of senti- ment, and when the crowd filed down to the depot he was the only one whose breath didn't smell of raw peanuts.
Year: 1876

The interior of Iceland, as is generally known, is great uninhabited grassless desert, for the population (only about 1000 for an area one-fourth larger than Ireland) is mostly confined to the sea- shores and neighboring valleys. In go- ing from coast to coast this desert must be crossed it edges the inhabited land as the sea does on the other side, and gives 1t a wild charm-for us, at least, who suffer from over-population. We were now on the borders of this region, crossing a great valley or plain of old lava, with a background of snow noun tains. The lava was rather like 8 very rent and crevassed glacier, but all black, the somber coloring being only relieved by the parches of gray and yellow hchen. Right in the middle rose the dark crags below, and perpetual snow and ice above. Even on that sunny day, the scene conveyed the strongest impress We rode over the lava till we reached @ great gaping pit, and then dismounting we clambered down over rough rocks into the cave of Surtsheier, which they say runs for two miles underground. The floor of the cavern was of transps- rent hard ice, covered near the entrance with some inches of water. The last sight of daylight, looking back, was therefore very pretty, as the ice gave 8 perfect blue reflection of the overreach- ing rocks. Now lighting candles, we scrambled on over icy slopes. Down in the clear depths we could see the strange black shapes of the lava, as Dante saw the traitors like flies in amber in the ice of his frozen Inferno. All this cavern must have been once a huge bubble in the boiling lava, and these fantastic powders flung from some furi- ous volcano. Then came the frost giants and made the place their summer palace, for where the cavern is at it's highest and the clear ice stands in tall columns, and fretted arches reaching to the roof, it is curious and pretty enough for any fairy tale. In the light of our torch, the whole place flashed back prismatic colors with blaze that made our two little candles seem very dim when it was out. At the end of the cave, in hollow rock, we found seals and coin, and carved names left by former travellers, some of them dating from early in the century. We added our names, as we were the first ladies who had been in the caverns-not that there is any special difficulty about going there, but that, speaking broadly, no ladies travel in Iceland. We were glad to return to the warm daylight, feeling convinced that the outlaws who once inhabited these caves must soon have become the most rheumatic of men.
Year: 1876

A missionary, employed for twenty two years in the Hervey group, small cluster of islands in the South Pacific, relates a legend current there on tho origin of pumice stone. The sly is built of solid blue stone, and at one time almost touched the earth, so that men had but the space of few feet to live in. Plying their condition, the divine hero, Ruu, pushed the sky up a few feet. Some time afterward he was offended by his son Mani, and flung him into the air. When the the boy came down he threw the old man and sky so high that the blue could never get back to it's former place. The fathers head stuck among tho stars, and he died. His bones, of vast proportions, tumbled down from time to time, and were shiv- cred into fragments. To this day what are known as the bones of Ruu are found all over the island of Magala.
Year: 1876

The SLING SHOT NUISANCE. Nearly
every school boy old enough to know how
formidable werpon, and not only have win
dow panes in almost countless numbers
been broken, but chickens, pigeons, and
birds are falling prey to this cruel sport.
1t is almost of daily occurrence, too, that
children and grown people are struck ard
injured by shot from some hidden foe.
The Mayor, with commendable alacrity, is
trying to stop the practice and has instruct
ed the police to arrest every boy with a sling
shot.
Year: 1876

SIXTH WARD ELECTION PoLLs.-Thomas
M. Ogle, appointed by the Levy Court In
spector to hold the October Little Election
in the Sixth Ward, has announced that he
will hold it at McLain's cigar store, s. E.
corner of Seventh and Market Streets at the
window on the Seventh street side. He
say he does this " to let the decent up town
people see what kind OF cattle vote the Re-
publican ticket in that Ward" We think
the Republicans won't worry about that, af-
ter seeing the crowd at the City Hall last
Saturday.
Year: 1876

SHREVEPORT, La, November Is, 1876.


The following from the Mansfield, Do
Soto parish, Reporter, OF this date, will give
some idea of the feeling of tho Democracy
here:


'The pretense Of acting, usurping Cover
nor Kellogg to re-enact tho little game Of
1872 and 1874 is too plain fraud to need
comment. If his Returning Board throws
ont the parishes of Morehouse, Ouachits :,
East and West Feliciana and East Baton
Rouge, thereby electing Packard OF a. BY
800 or 900 majority, and tho Northern De-
mocracy are willing to eco us in Louisiana
again put on the rack, after all We have
done to elect Tilden. then may tho devil
fly away with them, body and soul, and may
An emperor and tyrant rule them forever
Any man that says anything to ~ aboat
Democracy or Northern sympathy from
that day on, We shall regard - either Q
knsve or fool, and shall fight him accord
ingly.


I'VE trusted this Northern Democracy
once In 1860, and they betrayed our trust
by killing more Of our fathers and brothers
and sons than any other party; and now If
they fool 10 again, and allow the heal Of
the usurper to be again put upon our nseks
in Louisiana, we hope God in His provi-
dence will everlastingly blot out the nsos,
the fame and the memory Of . party which
We have been allied to time out Of mind,
but which alliance has brought us nothing
but destitution and misery for the Last
twenty years.


It 10 their time to play now, and not
curs, and if our people allow themselves -


be betrayed into the trap again, - they
were upon tho memorable assault upon


Fort Sumter. they deserve NO sympathy


from the civilized world, and NO pity from
the human family.


Our Northern Democratic allies had -
we'll understand first, last and al the time,
that We can make nothing moro than an
| emeute in the South, which will fasten the


Republican party and Capitalization upon


the country. From thence to IN empire il
but step. We have NO money, NO credit,


NO meat and bread, and nothing upon which


to make war except plenty of ~ willing


souls as ever stood to the breech of


musket. They are most all Of the old blue


hens chickens; will be sure to fight ON one


side or the other If called on, and if it comes
to business, and the Northern people don't


know which party they will fight with,
they have not learned any wisdom from
history.


"Oor people want Mr.. Tilden to know, and
his Northern supporters to be perfectly
aware Of the fact, that if he is elected BY
the vote of South Carolina or Florida, or
both, and he allows % to be defr1hded out
of square deal in Louisiana, then he will
have more use Of bayonets than Grant hes
had, and have to flesh them many times
ottener in Louisiana."
Year: 1876

instances Of enormous sums asked
for the rent of premises during the
Jubilee; and we are inclined to
think that the anticipations of
many Philadelphians are rather
brilliant. If they kill the goose
before it has laid many golden eggs,
they cannot say that they were not
fOrewarned. For, so far IS our own
observation has extended, there is
a general feeling throughout the
country against submitting 70 any
thing like extorhon. Visitors will
60 in great numbers, but if the
rates are made at all unreasonable
they viii not stay. Moreover, there
are a plenty of towns within easy
distance Of Philadelphia in which
strangers can be pleasantly and
economically lodged; and it would
not be at all surprising if New
Jersey, and even New York,
should secure a fair share of the
pecuniary profits Of the great occa-
sion.


There is, we think, perfect
willingness that Philadelphia should
reap a good harvest. She had a
historical right to whatever advan-
tages were to be derived from
locality; and she has exhibited a
good degree Of enterprise in the
preliminary arrangements. That
there will be any general attempt
on her part to turn the celebration
into mere money-making affair
we do not believe. What is desira-
BILE is to render the individual and
isolated cases of greed as few as
possible. Shop-keeperS, the own.
ers Of lodgings, and the purveyors
of yictuals should understand that
nothing like swindling will be sub
mitted to. The matter is thor
oughly understood everywhere, and
visitors viii act upon their knOwl-
edge.
Year: 1876

A good many people are wonder
ing whether they can afford to visit
Philadelphia during the Centennial
days, and there is a general impress
sion that charges, especially for
lodging and boarding, will be eXor-
hitapt. There are frequent allus-
ions to the game of grab which was
played at Vienna, and which was so
1amentabIy lost by the tradesmen
and publicans of that city. We are
happy, therefore, to meet with cer-
tain cheering assurances in the
Philadelphia Inquirer. We are told
that this city, "if it has no con.
science and no hospitality, has some
business ideas, and will not drive
away strangers by extortion. The
proprietors Of the principal hotels
have bound themselves not to
charge more than So a day and out
side of thesegood board promised
for from IS aweek upward, though
how far upward we are not told.
Furnished rooms for dodgers only
may be had at 81 a week, and com
Portable meals in restaurants at
about fifty cents each, Newspapers
throughout the country are desired
TO reproduce this information for
the benefit Of those who love to see
sights economically


Trade is trade; and the desire to
make money out of great occasions
is natural. Notwithstanding the as
surances given above, we have heard
Year: 1876

and the Discovery OF the mississippi,
Copied by special permision from the painting in the
Rotunda sshngton and obtainabe onlv at this Office
the handsnmest work Of art given with any paper
Year: 1876

litigation of her petition, and also for payment
of her costs in prosecuting the same, and for
fees for her solicitor, which motion was denied;
that afterwards it was agreed between the
parties to said cause, through their respective
counsel, that in any decree thereafter to be
rendered therein no money should be decreed
to be paid by the plaintiff to said petitioner,
and in consideration thereof plaintiffs counsel
wss instructed to withdraw from the further
defense of said cause, and plaintiff and his
counsel did not appear at the final hearing.
Afterw ards, on October Is, 1876, decree
was entered in said cause whereby this plain
tiff was required to pay the sum of $500 as
fees for the solicitor of said petitioner, and
also the costs of the said suit. The decree
was improvidently passed, and was obtained
without the knowledge of the plaintiff, and In
fraud of said stipulation. The petitioner has
issued writ Of attachment for the money
alleged to be payable to her by the plaintiff by
reason of said decree. He therefore prays that
the decree may be set aside and declared to be
fraudulent and void; that the defendant may
be restrained by Injunction from issuing any
writ of execution upon the decree, and the
plaintiff have such further relief as the nature
Of his case may require.
Year: 1876

lis well to woo, 'tis we'll to wed,

 For so the world hath done Since nlyrtles grew and roses blew.

 And morning brought the sun. But have care, ye young and fair,

 Be sure ye pledge with truth: Be certain that your love will wear

 Beyond the days otyouth! For ifyou give not heart for heart,

 AS well as hand for hand, You'll md you've played the unwise part, |,

 And built upon the sand" 'IiS well to save, 'tis well to have

 A goOdiy store of gold, And hold enough of shining stun,

 For charity is cold. But place not all your hope and trust

 In what the deep mine brings; We cannot live on yellow dust

 Unmixed with purer things: And he who piles up wealth alone

 Will often have to stand Beside his cofIer chest, and own

 'ris built upon the sand" 'IIs good 10 speak in kindly guise

 And soothe wher='er we can; Fair speech should bind the human mind And love link man to man. But stop not at the gentle words; Let deeds with language dwell; The one who pities starving birds should scatter crumbs as we'll;  The mercy that is warm and true

 Must lend a helping hand, For those that talk, yet fail to do, But build upon the sand"
Year: 1876

\ NEW YORK paper tells us that Tweed ran away to escape from the rapacity of his lawyers. It says: Why should Tweed run away? Tie conundrum at first seems a perplexing one He was living very comfortably and his lawyers seemed as industrious and thrifty as ever. But that was the very rub. Under their hands his vast possessions were absolutely melting away in the shape of enormous fees. He did not run away from hIs jailers. He ran away from his lawyers. They are entitled to the sincere sympathy Of the public in their bereavement"
Year: 1876

AT Rawlins, Wyoming Territory, a new conner went up to one of all the young ladies who were sitting on the geutlemen's laps and, inviting her to dance the next set with him. was taking hersaway, when the pard from whose lap she had risen pointed his revolver at the new conner and said, Stranger, sot her back, sot her back"
Year: 1876

WE hear 8 great deal said about the decline of political and public virtue, and frequent ellusions to the better days of the Republic what ever that phrase may mean. It IS just possible that when the vast amount of purely hbellous matter Is subtracted from the charges against the age, the balance will still com- pare favorably enough. The leading newspapers and telegraph agencies of the east are little else than islander mills at Lest, and the nearer the next Presidential election approaches, the more malicious as well as absurd the unlimited grists are made to appear. --r Alta.
Year: 1876

THERE Is married woman with four legs in Connecticut, and because she won't have two of them sawed of, her husband is obliged to work SIX teen hours day in order to keep her in striped stockings.
Year: 1876

From the New York Tribune OF Saturday.


The appearance within the past few
days in newspapers friendly to the
administration of sundry paragraphs
intimating that the court and jury now
occupied with the Whiskey Ring trials
at st. Louis are under "Rebel in
fluence," and that in consequence
thereof there is danger that General
BabcOck will not have Justice done
him, seems to point to new theory of
the case, to l'e promulgated in the
event OF BabcoCk's conviction. 1t has
the appearance of an attempt to get an
anchor to the windward, and implies
grave doubts on the part of the friends
of the accused of his ability to make
successful defense: We suspect that
these superserviceable newspaper Or
gans have run before they were sent.
There is nothing in the history of
these trials 20 warrant any such as
sumption. Mcdonald, Joyce, Avery,
and Mckee have been convicted Of
partnership in this great conspiracy
against the Government upon testi-
mony that was unimpeachable and
proofs that could not be disputed. No
one who has read the evidence and
watched the progress of the trials will
venture to charge that there was un-
fairness or prejadice in the treatment
they received, or that the results were
brought about by "Rebel influence" !"
or any other interference, open or
covert, with the due course of justice.
She prosecution was set on foot by Il
Republican Secretary of the Treasury,
conducted by appointees of a Republi-
can administration, in United States
court. There has been no opportunity
any where in the course of the whole
proceedings for the exertion of any
undue influence to the prejudice of the
accused parties. On the contrary, so
tar as there was any ground of suspic'
ion of partiality or unfairness, there
would be every reason for believing
| that it was in favor of and not hostile
| to the cOnspirators. They were pro-
secuted by their own political friends
and tried IN court in which, if it was
possible to suppose there was any bias,
1t would be from political considers
tons favorable to them. The assump


tion is 81 entirely without foundation,
and the insinuatIon of unfairness SO


unreasonable, that neither will receive
a moments credit. Indeed, if the


fairness and justice of the proceedings
are to be questioned at alt upon the


ground of interference or undue in


tiuence, the President himself, ai


General Babcock's friend, is much


more exposed to criticism than any


one else, for having ordered the re


moval of one of the prosecuting otli.
GERS who had exhibited too much Zeal


in the discharge Of his duty.