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Year: 1873

On Tuesday night an alarm was sounded
at Sarnia, and the report was soon spread
that lamp had exploded in the apartments
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, at
Mrs. Fishers house. At first, and in fact for
several hours afterward, it was supposed that
a lamp explosion only was the cause Of the
excitement. 1t has since transpired, how
ever, tina the lamp was thrown Violently at
Mrs. Smith by Ter husband, injuring her
head severely and burr ing her horribly, so
that from the combined injuries she has since
died.


Mrs. Smith, whose maiden name vas Les
ter OF Leicester, was a highly educated and
refined young lady well known in Sarna and
in this city, and universally admired wherev-
er known, moving in the best circles of So
ciety. Smith is spoken of as gentlemanly
person, whose o herwise good character was
spoiled by being of jealous disposition, hot
tempered aud addicted to drink There are
always two sides to story, and his friends
assert that he was driven to evaporation by
the conduct OF his wife, who, it is claimed,
was notoriously fiirt, keeping co pany with
young unmarried men, and conducting her
self in such manner as to bring down upon
her good name the arkest kind of a cloud
of reproach and scandal. B that as it NAV.
for that or some other reason he was very
jealous OF his attractive wife, and freuuent
storms of abuse and anger fell upon her head.
At times he has abused her shameful ly, it is
asserted, and she has often been heard to say
that her life was in danger, ''for Arthur will
surely kill me sometime"


The particulars of the horrible tragedy on
Tuesday night perhaps will never be known,
bat it ended in the young and handsome
woman's death and the arrest of the guilty
man, who is now confined in the Lambt
County Jail in Sarnia. Mrs. Smith was
heard TO cry out for help, and help was i'm
mediately summoned, bat ON arriving at the
scene the room was full of smoke, t car
pets were burned, and Mrs. Smith lay burned
and bruised upon the floor. Smith had evi-
IDENTIFY endeavored to put out the fire ano was
also burned considerably. His story at first
was that the lamp exploded in his wife's face,
but circumstantial evidence was tound that
went far to prove that he had thrown tie
lamp at her, crushing her head and setting
her clothes on fire. Since his arrest he has
either gone stark mad or else feigns madness
very closely. The most intense excitement
prevails in Sarnia. The action of the Coro-
ner's jury is awaited W th tie greatest anxiets
and pubic opinion ainst the prisoner h:
been wrought up to the highest pitch--Pory
Huron Times.
Year: 1873

The average boy at birth weighs little
more, the average gir little less. than six
and half pounds. For the first twelve
years the sexes weigh about the same, but
after that period the average m ale gets at cad
of the average female, or would. if he didn't
chew tobacco.
Year: 1873

A Connecticut town boasts Of a young man
50 timid that he can not look a needle in the
eye. Many young ladies are :ronbled with
similar fears whenever they can get any one
else to do their sewing.
Year: 1873

The man who is able to work and does not
is to be pitied as well as despised, He knows
nothing Of sweet sleep and pleasant dreams
He is a miserable drone, and eats substance
he does not earn.
Year: 1873

ADVERTISERS naturally seek the means of
reaching the largest number OF readers ana
those of the best quality. The Daily PRESS
fills the bill IN both particulars better than any
other daily Journal in Maine
Year: 1873

Not long since gentleman visiting A
charity hospital, remembering that hc
had some illustrated papers in his pocket,
gave them to an old man there who could
not read. He would have forgotten the
circumstance if he had not been remind
ed of it by one of the physicians of the
institution, whom he met afterward. ale
has not yet flushed studying those pic
tures," continued the Doctor, after men
tioning the incident. "Do you remember
the dull, vacant countenance of the man 2
You would be surprised now at its
sprightiness, and when spoke to him
of the change, he said 'Oh, Doctor
you can't know what JOY these papers
have been to me! l have lain on this
bed week after week have counted
again and all the squares in this counter
pane; can shut my eyes and put my
hnger on any particular spot in it. l know
every sreck on the walls of my room. [
can tell just how many bricks in the wall
OF the opposite building can be counted
throu.h my window, and l have been so
very tired until [ got these papers,"


Is not such result worth the expendi-
ture of little trouble, postage stamp,
and newspaper wrapper? Generous
hearted people often complain that they
can give nothing, because they have no
money to bestow and yet there are so
many tender charities that require so lit
tie money, and sometimes none at ALL


If travellers would mail books aud Jour-
nails to some charitable institution, instead
of leaving them scattered about in cars
and hotels, the benefit conferred would
be out of all proportion to the small
amount of trouble requisite. Stay at
home readers can take their discarded
books to some poor unfortunate they may
chance to know, or send them to those
who are interested in public charities,
that they may dispose of them. Aud even
many well invalids (who are generally
great readers) will, doubtless, be glad to
learn that, although apparently able 10
do so little for themselves or any one else,
they have this opportunity afforded them
of so greatly helping other in invalids,
more unfortunate than themselves, to aa
enjoyment for which they are too poor to
Subscriber Monthly.
Year: 1873

industry have both uniformly prospered
under a tariff so arranged as to afford both
revenue and protection, the present tariff
should he left undisturbed and, as all
tariffs are levied primarily for revenue, il
would be poor Government indeed which
could not afforded to arrange its details
so as to encourage the growth of home
manufactures aud the creation Of re
munerative home market for all products
of our SOIL


Twelfth. That order and security in
the States lately in rebellion must come
through stern enforcement of law enac;e ed
to protect life, liberty, and freedom of
thought, and cannot be secured by rem,
dering these just aud necessary laws in
operative through Executive clemency to
unrepentant assassins now undergoing
punishment in pursuance Of law


Thirteenth. That as during the time
the Republican party has been in power
it has had to confront graver difficulties
and more new aud Pcrplexing questions
OF government than ever were presented
to any other party to solve, aud has solv
ed them so judiciously and wisely that
the country iuderses its decisions and ac
cept its work, it is the only organization
competent to so meet the grave issues
that are now constantly arising and so
secure the just rights of the whole peo
pie.


Fourteenth. That we sympathize with
every movement to secure for agriculture
and labor their due influence, interests
and rights, and the Republican party will
be their alley in every just effort to attain
their ends


An additional resolution, reported by
the Committee, expressing regret at the
retirement Of Chief Justice Read from the
Supreme Bench of the State, was also
adopted, as we'll as a resolution authoriz-
ing the candidates nominated and the
President of the Convention to appoint a
chairman of the State Central Committee
The Convention then adjourned sine die
Year: 1873

Such thing as occurred the other day
in Leavcnworth will be interesting to all
students OF chemistry. a lady went to
her cellar and brought up what should
have been a jug of yeast. Mysterious
transformation |! When she poured out
the jugs contents, they proved to be pure
whisky! She Immediately applied to
her husband for scientific information,
but she found that he was as much amaz-
ed as herself at the wonderful change
In TACT, he thought there must be some
thing more than natural about it, aud
discouraged investigation. He is prob
ably thinking il over, for he has been
very low spirited ever since.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Chang, of North Carolina. was re
Gently called as juror on a case in Court
The parties who lost the case have filed
reasons for new trial, one of which Is
that person not member OF the jury
was present at their deliberations MT
Eng was the intruder, and excuses him
self on the ground that he was so attach
ed to Chang that he couldn't live mo-
mcnt apart from him.
Year: 1873

The Norristown Herald says some OF
the farmers have threshed the raking OF
their crop and taken it to market. The
quality is said to be very good and the
yield heavy. Ii is stated by some of the
farmers that the rakings this year amount
to nearly as much as their entire crop
last year, thus proving the crop to be an
excellent one, fact which tends tow.
ards decline in the price Of -four.
Year: 1873

A scared rat took refuge in the
trunk of an elephant belonging to
John Robinson's circus the other tiay
driving the animal nearly mad with
terror. for he had never had a.rat in
hrs trunk before, and no didn't know
how to get him out. At length he
went TO tank Of water, sucked his
proboscis full, and elected the saucy
intruder with q snort that drove him
quito through the canvas.
Year: 1873

SENATOR CARPENTER has recently made a
speech to his friends in Wisconsin-to con-
vince them that the action of Congress, at the
last session, in voting back pay and increased
salary to its members was not only constitu-
tional, lawful, and supported by distinguished
precedents through the entire history Of the
Government, but tnat 1t was a thing in itself
entirely just, proper, and honorable.


Notwithstanding all this, Mr.. Carpenter will
find that the popular decision is against bim,
and that he might as we'll attempt to brush
back the falling volume of Niagara with a
feather as to suppose, for a single instant, that
the people can be satisfied by any amount of
argument, with the action of the last Congress.


There are some subjects which are settled
only by instinct and intuition, by that which,
inhuman beings, we call common sense, and
not by established forms of logic not by the
sophistry the plausblhty, the finesee of orator.
ical display. And this happens to be one of
them.


The very things which are argued in justin
cation OF the deed have excited the popular
suspicion and disgust, and the point which is
made by the people against their representa-
tives in Congress-, on this question, is not that
they acted under the sanction of the Constltu-
ton and of former precedents, but that they
took advantage OF these pretexts to betray a
iducary character, which is even more sacred
than forms of law. The accusation OF the peo-
pie in this case is that. being clothed with
power to do 1t under the forms of law, and
embodened by prior examples, they profted
themselves at the expense OF the public treas
ury, without so much as asking the consent Of
the people.


And the same reasoning which would justify
the act in question would, upon the same prin-
cpe, justify the next Congress in voting them
selves any amount Of the peoples money.
The argument OF these gentlemen, therefore,
proves too much; the people cannot stand it,
and they will not. They will not allow their
agents to vote themselves salaries of any inde-
finable amount on the plea that they can earn
more in other occupations; that their living
necessities require 1t; that other men have
done it before them, or that the national char
ter gives them the power to do it.


The people will say to such men, by their
votes at the next election, "True, you have
done this because you had the power OF the
right, but we will see to it that you shall never
have the power or the right to do it again; and
we will make such an example of you that il
shall prove warning to all fnture politicians
not to trife with the treasure OF the people
simply because they are clothed for the time
being with legal or constitutional authority
which shields them in it,


This is case where, under the existing sys-
tenn, the people have no remedy against the
encroachments Of their representatives in Con-
gress but the ballot. II ia q remedy very i'm
Year: 1873

perfect and unsatisfactory. bat such as IL is
they will be sure TO use Il.


There ought to be another amendment TO
the Constitution. winch would supply an effect
ual remedy against the repetition OF the salary
legislation last winter.


We are sorry enator Carpenter has opened
this question afresh. We like him for many
reasons. We admire his GENIAL spirit, hia great
talents and honest purposes. but he has made
a mistake in this matter, which will he brought
home to him and TO the Republican party.
Year: 1873

''Toe Hon. Vim. A. Richardson, secretary
OF the Treasury


The amount refunded IS the exact difference
between the pay allowed rnder the new law
and the pay allowed under the old law. The
new law gave an increase Of Eve thousand dol
lars salary for the term, without mileage. The
old law allowed five thousand dollars less but
gave mlage in addition. Our Senators took
the amount due them under the old law, which
was in operation when they were elected with
mileage, and returned every cent additional
which was allowed them under the new law.


The closing sentence of this letter requests
the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse giving
publicity to the matter. or course, in the face
of that request, we could not honorably pub
lirh this letter until we could persuade the par
ties interested to accord us permission to dc
30. Now that it lie made public it utterly re-
flutes every malicious insinuation of the opposi'
ton journals, and convicts them OF libel and
it shows the people OF MichiGn that their Sena-
tors have acted bonorably, just as the Repub-
licans of this State knew they would act, and
justifes the public confidence which has patient
ly waited until they should see fit to allow the
entire facts to be made public.
Year: 1873

From the st. Louis Republican,


They do things in Germany different
from our customs, and much better than
we do. A marriage engagement is with
the Germans a more serious thing than
it is with us. 1t carries with it the force
Of solemn compact, and some OF the
responsibilities of marriage contract
already performed. The engagement is
known to all the friends of the parties;
it is published in the newspaper, and is
regarded almost as irrevocable as
marriage itself. In Cassel two army
officers, one of them count and an ad-
jut4nt were discussing the susceptibility
Of women, and the count made a wager
with the other that he, poor as he was,
could win the affections of any rich
heires the two might agree upon, and
become engaged to marry her. They
settled that the count should lay siege to
the heart of very pretty and very rich
young girl, the daughter of widow
whose former husband was a noted gam
bier.


The suit succeeded; the engagement
was soon made and published. The
count was victorious and won the bet, it
being a gorgeous wine supper. He then
thought the joke had gone about far
enough, and wrote the young lady that
il would be impossible for him to keep
the engagement to marry her, because
her father was a gambler The affair
made a great deal of public scandal,
and the German chroniclsr of these
events states that the story came to the
ears of the Emperor William, who
strongly disspproTed of the whole pro-
ceedings Of his army officers, The sup
per was prepared, and the count and his
friends we're about sitting down to their
viands and champagne, when an order
came for the arrest Of the two officers,
~ho had so disgraeed their cloth and
manufactured scandal. They were not
permitted TO drink their wine, and they
now await a trial by court martial That's
the way they tried these harmless little
Jokes in Germany, W.
Year: 1873

A Danbury woman sent her boy down
street for the following articles: A bar
of soap, piece of music entitled swat
ing at the Gate, Love- three needles,
feather, bottle OF. hair oil, New, York
Weekly, pound Of starch, mended ear
ring, half pound candy, ten cents worth
of lime, clothes line, basket of sha-
wings, and paper of ground cinnamon
What the boy, brought home was half
pound Of candy. .,as.t 1


In the dim uncertain light of early
morn gormandizing West street youth
lathered his pancakes with mustard in
mistake for syrup, and would-haye
probably perished from internal COM
bustion had it not been, for the prompt
application of garden hose.


A retired clergy man sends US an ac-
count of a little affair that happened in
his place. 1t appears that there was a
young woman, a fine spirited girl, en-
gagged at wash tub, opposite an open
door. just behind her was a young
man as is generally the case, and in the
yard was an Old buck that was allowed
the freedom of the premises, which is
not always the case, we are glad to say
Well, this buck came up to the door
and looked in, and young man goine
close behind the young woman. pointed
his finger straight at the buck and tht
old fellow recognizing at once the press
| ing character Of this mute invitation
put down his head and dashed forward
and the miserable man stepped one side
ahd fed, and the young woman, all un
conscious of the arrangements, received
the awful shock without warning anf
passed over the tub, and the air for al
instant appeared to be full Of slippers
and wet clothes,an hot water and suds
And the next minute that goat cam,
flying out Of that door at a dreadful
lsreed, bald the whole length of hi
lspine, and with wild look in his eye
And for an hour afterward he stood be
hind the barn, scratching his chin, an,
trying to recall. all the circumstances ii
the unfortunate affair.
Year: 1873

New York Times.


According to recent authority. mourn
ing in the South Pacific is carried Oh in q
manner which to us would seem very curl
Gus. \ widow will lay aside her bonnet
and wear the hat of her late husband I;
sometimes a widower will go about in
loose gown Of his departed wife, worn over
his own proper dress. Instead Of a shawl, a
mother will place Oh her back pair of
trousers belonging to little boy just laid in
the grave. In these hard times quite an
economical revolution might be effected in
this way, and. although the appearance ola
portly widower in one Of the dear deserted
silks, seated beside lady over whose shoul-
ders gracefully dangled the legs Of her lost
darlins's evening trousers, might have a
funny effect, We should soon get used to it,
and there would be the consolation Of re-
flecting that Christmas would bring no otli-
Gus bill for dress coat or lace or cashmere
shawl, and thus the wind would in the most
practicle manner be tempered +" the slorn
lamb.
Year: 1873

ENakes pleasure in informing the
! public that he has opened at
Bellevue, a


Family Grocery,
and will devote all his energy towards
building mp First Glass Retail Gro
Gerry House, promising to give the
most perfect satisfaction TO all who
may favor him with their patronage.


He is constantly in receipt of
FRESH GROCERIES. and is selling
them for small profits in order 10 keep
up with the hard times,


Doing business upon


STRICT CASH BASIS.
his goods will at all times be sold
at the very lowest prices, and satisfac
ton guaranteed


A liberal share of the public patron
age solicited


~ Come and see me. H49
Year: 1873

1873.

 The law requires the superintendent

 of public instruction to prepare forms for reports and for the conduct of all

 necessary proceedings under the law

 also to have the school law published in pamphlet form. It was ascertain ed that money could not be legally drawn from the school fund for these purposes, but the necessity was so urgent to have the school law publish ed at once for the information of the people, that I procured its publication, for which payment has not been made. Much inconvenience and labor were occasioned for want of forms, but preferred to suffer them rather than incur further indebtedness for which there was no authority of law to dis charge.

 The Hon. T. J. Bidwell, in his report, suggests several important amendments to the school law, and in the main I coincide with his views i; but as this subject will have attention in the Governors message to the legis- lature, 1t needs no further mention herein.

 The school law provides that the Territorial board of education shall prescribe 8 uniform series of text books. In pursuance of this pro- vision, the series in use in California was adopted. This series is probably as good as any in use and the board believed that the books composing it could be more conveniently and speedily obtained because of their general use in a neighboring State. Upon reflection, it is my opinion that it is not good policy to adopt uniform series for the whole Territory; but that the selection of books be left to the county superintendents. There are many series of school books of about equal excellence, and by leav- ing the choice to the superintendents, the series most familiar to the teachers in each county could be selected. | While the whole Territory is con- pelled to purchase from the same publisher, we are prevented from talk ing any advantage of the competition in trade, or the additional advantage of any improvements that may be made in books.

 In conclusion, I beg leave to say that the friends of education have reason to feel encouraged at the prog ress made in the brief period since the esta blishment of free schools in Ari- zona. Without books, school houses or teacher to commence with, in less than two years, we have put the free school system fairly and successfully in operation throughout the Territory. It now requires no argument to i'm press the necessity of keeping up the institution. The schools, and the boys md girls being raised to life of usefulness through their agency, can be seen and they more eloquent appeal for the fostering care of the Territory, than any language I can use. Since my appointment, have visited every school district in the Territory and most of them several times. I have received the cordial support and assistance of the people in each of the districts and if we have not done all we could wish for advancement, 1t has not been for want of aid and symphathy of the people. Respectfully Yours.

 A. P. K. SAFFORD,

 Ex-officio Superintendent
Year: 1873

CHEAP IF NUT CHEAPER than any other House in the Territory We are therefore certain that as to quality and adaptability to the wants of the com munity our stock is unsurpassed.

 For these reasons we respectfully solicit a share of the public patronage, feeling assured that our goods and prices cannot ail to give entire satisfaction.

 FULLY, OCHOA & co.
Year: 1873

THE Texas and Pacific engineers were at work on the Gila near old Camp Goodwin about two weeks ago, and working their way westward again. Within twelve months, the whole route from Texas to San Diego has been once and much of 1t two and even three times skilfully examined. While there appears to be some delay in beginning actual pick and shovel work at San Diego, there is ample ev- idence being continually shown that the early completion of the whole line is fixed fact with the company,

 upon which the pubic can safely rely.
Year: 1873

BROOKLYN, Septembe. l.-Rodmam
the defarltipg City Treasurer, is still an
inmate Of the county jail, and will prob~
ably remain there until the Grand Jury
meets on Monday next.


Double Death.


The boiy Of colored woman named
Fanny Smith, together with that OF her
child was found lying near the track
OF the Long Island Railroad Yesterday.
Size hal been cut almost into length
wise. wi,n he beadless body OF the
child near her. She was seen Saturday
evening slightly intoxicated, sud it is
thought that in attempting to reach
home sue took the track and becoming
stupefed lsiei down TO sleep and was
struck by the passing train.