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Year: 1876

The minority report in the
hnight-Johnson case in the Sen
ate has been submitted by Senator
Bland, and 10 and behold it is no
minority report at all. It is signed
by Messrs. Bland, Wood, Spiller
and Maddox, and this Is just the
number that concurrcd in the first
report, SO we have simply split
ticket and after all the Senate must
decide the case. Senator Maddox
was not present when the vote WAS
taken, but now comes in ard
"hca"tily concurs" in the report Of
Senator Bland, recommending the
remanding Of the contest 90 the
people, as there has been fraud
practiccd to an extent which can
not be unravelled. and the only
way to arrive at a fair or intelligent
conclusion is to ask the people TO
try 1t over. The report is clear
and able, and is void Of the appa
rent specious pleading of the "ma-
jority."
Year: 1876

SENATOR Blands' half of the
Committee il the Knight-J 1hnson
case say there were rotten eggs put
in that custard and it is new too
late by any known process to get
them ont OF it. They recommend
the making of new one aod in
this all lovers Of "good cg5s' ought
to concur.
Year: 1876

more satisfactorily, and Mr. Brown
picked out Mr.. Marble, the right man
The next test was reading the initials
from the mind of his subject when his
mind had heen concentrated upon each
letter separately.
Year: 1876

five pounds Of iron and knocked his
breath so far out Of him that be couldn't
shrek until he had run half a mile from
the house. And Miriam ran into the
house screaming that Lorenzo had fit.
And the palefaced man rose up out Of
the shadow and empiied his mouth, and
as he stood under the quiet starlight,
looking al the gate whose powerful but
delicate mechanism repelled an ounce
Of weight over I30pounds, a look of in
efiabie peace stole over the pale face,
and the smile that rested on the quiet
features told that the struggle Of life
time was ended in victory, and gate
had been discovered that could set at
naught the expressions of thoughtless
young people.-Buriington Hawseye.
Year: 1876

An extraordinary story is told by the
Paris GauloiS OF a certain dentist who
has just been consigned to the Mazas
prison in Paris on the charge of poison
ing certain of his patients. He is stated
To have induced them to pay him fire.
quent visits, and under pretense of at
tending to their defective teeth, to have
introduced small doses of poison into
their hollow molars. These specially
favored individuals are Supposed 10
have been sent 10 him by their heirs or
by other persons interested in their re-
moval. More than two hundred wit
nesses are stated to be in readiness. In
quiries of the police authorities have
shown that the first wife of the prisoner
(who is now married a second time)
died suddenly under very suspicious
circumstances, and that two women with
whom he had disreputable relations also
disappeared mysteriously. The first
wife Of the prisoner was possessed of
considerable fortune, of which he came
into exclusive possession at her death.
IL is expected that the trial will disclose
some extraordinary revelations.
Year: 1876

Scarce day passes in these times of in
vestigation that some reputation, honored
in the sight of the nation, does not fall down
i'm loathsome ashes at the merest touch. In
all the scandals unearthed since the Belknap
infamy burst upon the country, and indeed
long before IL, the yultures OF corruption
had been seen lowering and circling close
about the President. letthe large majority
have charitably hoped and believed that as
near as the taint Of evil came To him, he, al
least, might come out unsmirched. IL i TO
he feared that this hope will prove fa,la-
cious. The revelations made before the
Committee Of the House investigating the
expenditures IN the Department Of Justice
show the President 10 have been the author
OF the raid upon the Treasury. whose un-
wsrrantable shamelessncss even Williams
has not the courage 10 defend. This Is a
great blow TO the President. As to Williams
and Davenport, they have no characters TO
lose that they would be likely TO grieye over,
or any one else for them, but TO the Presi-
dent, who surely counts on a respected
memory, this discovery must be as great a
shock as II will prove TO the country at
large.
Year: 1876

EVERY few years when hard times,
s0-called, recur q crusade is organized
against foreign labor. Formerly, from
1871 TO iS45, it was against European labor:
noT, thirty years later, it is against Chinese
and free colored labor This is all wrong
and exceedingly short sighted. Lands,
mines, and mills can only be made pre-
ductive by the employment Of labor. In
less they are productive they cannot pay
taxes, and it is their productIveness which
makes ''good times. l. is therefore the
interest of the Government, the interest Of
capital, and the interest Of labor TO be con-
stantly employed in the production ofsome-
thing to increase the tax paying capacity
of the country. 1t matters not what kind
Of productions we sell TO foreign countries
in exchange for the commodities which we
purchase Of them. We naturally send
them what we have the least use for, and
they will give the best return for. II they
want cotton we send them our surplus; if
they want gold, iron, lead, silver, and ma
chirery from our mines; or flour, wheat,
corn, cats. rye, barley, esculents, and pro-
visions from our agricultural products, We
send our surplus OF tnese products. In
times Of great activity and Development,
if we want railway iron and capital to a
greater extent than we can Supply, we sell
our notes and bonds to Europe payable in
gold, and to meet these st maturity or the
interest on them as they fall due we are
obliged to ship either gold or its equivalent
in produce. From the above it will be
easy to see that every man who obstructs
productive labor is an enemy to the welfare
Of his country.
Year: 1876

The leader Of the opposition to Senator
Cc1kling in the New York Republican
convention to send delegates to Cincinnati
was George VIM. Curtis, who, as editor of
EI-per's Weekly. has dole yeoman service
for the Republican cause in other days.
Nj Curtis evidently has q personal dis
like Cor Sena tor Conkling, which he would
fam hsve the country believe canters in the
deepest and broadest principles of patriot
Ism, relating to the national good. A true
patriot, in a republican Government, GIN
only Vindicate his patriotism by cheerful
and prompt acQuiescence In the DEGREES of
the popular will. AIr. Curtis entered the
State convention, as was his right and
privilege, indulging feelings Of repugnlnce
towards Senator Conkling. He was well
coined to take part in the deliberations and
ventilate his hostility in any way consistent
with his sense Of duty and propriety He
was cheered on instead of being retarded in
his hostile movements. He spoke freely,
and raised his warning voice against what
seemed TO be the impending determination
of the convention without hindrance,
Whatever he said and did seemed to be re-
Ceived by the majority in the best of feel
ing and when the test came, out Of 432
votes in the convention. only 113, fraction
more than one fourth of all the members,
recorded their votes against the PRESENT.
tion Of Mr.. ConklIng'S name at Cincinnati.


The result was overwhelming, though
not unanimous, and represented the true
sentiment of at least nine tenths of all the
Republican voters in the State Presuming
that Mr.. Curtis was inspired by motives
and feelings Of genuine patriotism, the
country looked for his prompt and cheerful
acGuiescence in the decision OF the conven-
ton. But the indications are other wise.
He turns from the scene of defeat in the
convention to the columns of Harper's
Weekly, where he seems to follow up his
hostile intent with more deliberation and
vigor than characterized his onslaught as
q delegate. In this Mr.. Curtis and his CO.
adiutors are not in line with the Republi-
can party Of New York. neither can they
change the political current of the Empire
State. The Republican party there are
hearty, earnest and jealous in their devo-
ton to Mr- ConkliDg. for the reason that
they are proud Of him as a citizen and a
statesman, and regard his nomination as
eminently fit to be made. They do this as
Republicans, who cling to the Republican
party because they love IFS principles aud
have confidence in its tried statesmen. We
do not now see how Mr.. Curtis can in
honor vote against Mr.. Conkling at Gin
cinnsti, any more than he can after that
con EeDtion should it decide to put him in
nomination for the Presidency. 1t remains
for Mr.. Curtis now to demonstrate to the
country whether he is prompted by feel
inss Of patriotism or petty malice.
Year: 1876

The MOST important subject for our con-
sideration is the equalization of taxation.
Itisnot only eminently necessary that means
should be devised by which a reasonably
fair tax may be levied upon ores and bull
lion, and the capital invested in mines and
mining, but there should be more adequate
method of reaching other property now tax
able under the laws. There is usually a
: great cry set up about the plundering and
stealing carried on by county officers, which
may for aught we know, be we'll grounded
in some instances. But we would ask the
candid thinker to pause and reflect. While
this is being done, we would ask, are not
the people robbing and stealing from them
selves? We are assured by our best citizens
property of Meagher county would reduce
the present rate Of taxation at least fifty per
cent. Many honest, straightforward citi-
zens, who have the interests and welfare of
the country at heart, and feel that their
honor is at stake, givein all the property
they possess and that at fair valuation.
Others who look only at the dollars and
cents which can be amassed, who care moth
ing for the public, their hearts being wholly
centered.upon self, put in just as little prop
erty as possible, and that at as small figure
as will be passed by the board of County
Commissioners, who are in many cases
wholly ignorant Of the quality, location,
value, etc., of the property. In short, they
are determined to shirk, if possible, the
burden of1paying their proportion Of local
government expenses, which yotlchsafes to
them their privileges as. free citizens.


We have reason to-. believe that other
counties arein thissame predicament. Now,
we want a general reformation. The inter.
ests Of the, Territory demand ian economical
administration ofour county affairs. Equal
and just taxation should be the motto of
every good citizen. Give lis this and the
condition of our county affairs, which is
now improving, will grow vastly better, and
in q few years there will be scarcely coun-
ty in the Territory whose scrip will not be
worth its face. sss4f nd! e9q3 f


1--WE hope this matter will not only engage
the attention OF the members of the Legis--
latnre, bat that the whole people may be
awakened to- its Importance. .
Year: 1876

Montana with so much success. the WELD
per acre being 50 good, and the quality be-
ing such as to make flour so white and of
such a rich golden cast, being ms.eyery re-
spect equal to the best States -four, that our
farmers have given but little attention to
raising fall wheat. On the Gallatin valley
most Of the farmers are beginning to try
it. 1t has already been demonstrated that
it is much better adapted to Montana than
spring wheat. It better diversiiies farm
labor-enables the farmer to do more at less
expense--besides being much surer crop.
Owing to, these facts. our farmers would
certainly find-itto their advantage tofs,,m-
mer-fallow a portion of their land (there be-
ing no scarcity Of land in this country, and
sow fall wheat. It's production certainly
has many advantages over, that Of spring


wheat. The ground can beprepared during
the summer and the wheat soWll at a time
when there. is, no rush of work. In, the
spring everything crowds at once, and if the
season should be a little backward, the
farmer is either compelled to put In a small
crop Or put some of it i'm so late that itis
apt to make poor crop; besides Everything
has to be done in such a hurry tilat he is
not able to do anything as it should be. In
addition to this, winter Wheat rarely
ever fails. 1t starts in the spring with, the
first approach of warm weather and is out


OF reach Of the grasshoppers should there
be deposits Of eggs to hatch out in the field,
and will reach maturity sooner, hence, tits
less liable to be injured by the Immigrant
grasshoppers, The high bench lands near
the footof the mountains are best for this
kind OF wheat, but any. land npon which
spring wheat can, be grown, will grow win
ter wheat. There are also localities on low.
damp lands which have heretofore been
ased only to grow oats, where winter wheat
would mature well and the yield, We have
Year: 1876

every reason to believe, would be very large
on such lands The finest field of wheat we
ever saw in Montana was grown upon the
river bottom. We hope our farmers in the
several valleys will give winter wheat fair
trial. Progress in agriculture cannot be
made by following in the old way. Let the
farmer rise and keep pace with the progress
of the times.
Year: 1876

ATTEMPTED EscAPE.-Fred. Jones alias
Fred. Hsckett (colored), who was confined
in cell at the First station house, charged
with two or three robberies, Wednesday
mig ht attempted to cut his way out. Where
q portion of the boarding had been left of,
or at least had been taken away to arrange a
gas. pipe, be with piece Of tin removed the
mortar and then took out the bricks until he
had made an aperture half large enough to
admit his body. He had not flushed his
work when the hour arrived for him to be
taken to the Police Court. Had he succeed
ed in getting through the wall he would
have gotten into the Old Market Hall, and
from thence could easily have made his
escape to the street.
Year: 1876

THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Both
Houses have adopted the constitutional
amendments. Having been agreed upon by
the former Legislature they will this No
vemb.r be submitted to the people for adop-
ton or rejection. The amendments propose
TO reduce the number of members Of each


House; that the members shall be paid a
salary and not per diem, and that the Le-
gisature shall meet biennially instead of an.
nually. The amendments in relation to the
elective franchise propose that the payment
OF the poli-taX be made prerequisite to the
exercise OF the right of suffrage, and that all
persons convicted of petit larceny be there
sitter DISTINGUISHED.
Year: 1876

Worry is the bane of the times. It lie
everywhere. 1t comes in a thousand
it's inlets are wide open in the hearts of the
multitude. People fret, and fume, and
chafe Themselves into disease and wretch
edness, and finally into inanition and an
untimely grave. And our correspondent is
rightin the suggestion that the true anti
dote to excessive worry is more prayer.
Year: 1876

DR.. Dio Lewis having learned the
minimum quantity of food on which
life can be sustained, advises all young
men to marry and settle down in life.
His idea is that "until man is married
his life is lacking in that which best de-
velops his manhood" He gives "old
bachelors" some hard raps in a letter
published lately, and then administers
this rebuke to that class who are anxious
to see the world before marrying: "See-
ing the world as the young man does
who has to earn his living as he goes
along amounts to very little. What he
does see is nothing that helps him fight
the battle of life more successfully. 1t
only keeps him in habits which are in
direct antagonism to correct and happy
and successful life, and when he gets
through knocking about he has moth
ing to show for the misspent years save
the habits which he must overcome if he
would make anything of himself. Do
You call that gain or loss So, young
man, take the advice of man who has
kept his eyes opened for more years than
you have lived, probably; and don't
knock around If you think have
overdrawn the picture, look around
you, and out of the men you know Sc
lect those who have knocked around"
and see if they do not bear witness to
the truth of every assertion have made
concerning the class they represent.
Are they men you envyG tell you,
boys, knocking around makes a man
good for nothing else, and take it you
have desire to be good for something
higher in life."
Year: 1876

An eminent Judge went ON the Welsh
circuit, and did not know the Welsh Ian
guage. A man accused of stealing
a horse, was defended by a we'll known
Welsh lawyer, and tho case seemed
hopeless for the prisoner. The willy ad-
vocate requested permission of the Judge
to address the jury, themselves Welsh
men, in their native tongue. and the re-
quest was granted. The advocate, who
admitted to the jury that there was
hardly the shadow Of defense for his
client, assured them that the Judge, who
was the kindest hearted person in the
world, and hated to convict any one,


would be only too delighted if the jury
would by any means find it possible to
acquit him. Upon this the jury, full of
desire to please his lordship, announced,


with beaming countenances, to the utter
surprise of the judge, that they found
the prisoner "not guilty" In vain the
Judge attempted to expostulate. The
jury, delighted at the pleasure they had
afforded his lordship, would not listen
to a word, and the prisoner was released.
Year: 1876

Not long ago married woman on


Pine street, Chicago, asked her husband


for new summer hat and suit, 80 that


she could make that hateful creature in


the next block see that there were other


people beside her ladyship that could
dress decently. Owing to the stringency
of the money market he declined to fall
in with her overtures. She did not


press the subject, but few days after
ward she came to his side, and leaning
her head softly on his shoulder, said !:
"Darling, if you were to be hit on
the head with a hammer, or something
of the kind, so that it wouldn't kill you,
but hurt you a good deal and put you
out of your mind, wouldn't they make
me your guardian, and administrator"


"Very probably they would, pussy, !"
he replied, fondling her golden curls,
"but what funny question for you to
ask" "And then," she continued, ap-
parently not having heard the latter
part of his sentence, "and then I could
do all that I liked with things, and my
name would be the same as yours at the
bank and SO ONT" "Certainly, pet" he
and she, giving him an affeo-
tionate embrace, hurried away. The
thing somewhat perplexed him, but he
it from his memory until very
recently, when he met hardware dealer
of his acquaintance, who said: "Tell
your wife 1 sent her the biggest ham,
mer we had, but what in thunder did
she want 30 large hammer for9"


Then a cold sweat broke out all over
that young man, and fastening home, he
told his wife he had just collected bad
debt, and here were $3.50 for her to get
that suit and hat with. And she kissed
him and said she would not take it all,
since times were SO hard, and they must
make every cent go as far as they could;
but he insisted that she should, and she
yielded like dutiful wife, and when he
had gone out she took the hammer from
behind the washstand, sent it back to
The hardware store, and told them she
need it, but to send her its
worth in self-sealing preserve jars.
Year: 1876

that was shot by Reno's men attracted
peculiar attention, and upon going up
TO him he was found masked, and upon
removing tho mask the features OF a
white man were disclosed, with long,
gray, patriarchal beard. This individual
was seen several times by Gibbons COM
mand, in charge Of small parties Of In
dians, but they could never get close
enough to him to make his acquaintance,
so they took him to be an Indian sport.
ing false whisker for blind. But
when he was pointed out on the field,
dead, they recognized him as the same
individual. A bugler who was dis
honorably discharged in 1869, from the
Second infantry, is said to be with them,
and it is supposed he is the one who
blew the call Of the trumpet.
Year: 1876

In Vessel there is restaurant keep
er, twenty seven year, old. measuring
around the waist feet five four inches,
and weighing over four hundred pounds.
When the landwehr was lately mustered
to attend the artillery practice no proper
uniform could be found for this extraor-
dinary man. and as he was absolutely
good for nothing so far az activity was
concerned, he was granted his dism is sal
which he very willingly accepted.
Year: 1876

We felt the grass dow round our feet


In currents cool and palpitant;


Tho cherry blooms above hung sweet,


Through riffs in which, with horn aslant,


Aud clear as ice, We saw the moon


Swim in the suns bright wake at noon.
She was 30 young she knew not love,
But blushed for Joy, as flowers do


When winds blow warm. It was enough
To heat mans heart through and through
To see her eyes and feel them lure
His own to plunge in deeps 20 pure.
could not frame phrase whereof
The import might in tender way
Mako her hearts fountain gently move;
Somehow my words were all astray;
Save those to name the simplest thought
The cunning Of my tongue was naught.
Oh, laundering olod! Oh, timid sot!
To lot life's crowning crisis pass
To be king and know 1t not
The sharded insect in the grass
Had better nerve and clearer brain!
But who can call time back again2
Year: 1876

relieves it of a particle of its enormity.


He has. if Sheriff Manning and Mr..


Gerken are to be believed, wantonly,


contemptuously and contumeliously


set at open public defiance the most


peremptory process of the Court of


which he is an officer and deserves
therefor the severest measure of pun
ishment the law Can infiict, for the
reason that if such conduct be permit
ted, all respect for the Court will
utterly cease wherever the fact shall
be known. But these are not the days
of the Tolden-Kirk war. Nor have
We upon the bench Judge in whose
hands the power of the Judiciary is
likely to become exhau ted. The
times have changed and our judges
have changed with them and for the
better, too.