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Year: 1876

II the approaching municipal election is to
be other than fraud and a farce, it is imper.
aiye that there be thorough revision of the
List Of judges appointed by the Council. The
absolute neccusity Of this is. apparent from
the fact that In the First Precinct Of the
new First Ward, where the appointees are OF
@ piece with those for the other wards gen.
orally, two of the three persons appointed
to &C: as Judges are the same individuals who
st the charter election at which they were
Judges stuffed some fifteen hundred ballots
into .ha bor
Year: 1876

other Council can bo elected in the interest
of the tcsr-eoters, but they are fully persuaded
that, if they Gun retain Co1v1s in the Office of
Mayor, they can "run things the same as
ever. They may find that they arc mistaken
in this assumption. We show in another
article how the new Council may assume con-
troll Of the matter, and the question of COL
WINS usurpRtion, therefore, enters iEto the
approaching election. With this additional
incentive to the election ct Council in tho
interest of the tax payers, the taxpayers and
respectable citizens will scarcely neglect their
duty. One thing is certain: There can bc
no reform and there will bo 10 step in the di-
rection Of rctrenchment Us long as the 1d-
Interim holds the Office It is not for thus
purpose that he desires to hold on.
Year: 1876

DIR Washington specials this morning an-
nounce that there is a prospect of union of
sufficient number of Republicans and Demo-
Gratis of the House upon the proposed non
partisan currency bill to eecure its passage.
The main features of the proposed bill
are the repeal of the Resumption act OF
1875, which could not be carried into effect
without additional legislation that there is
no prospect of securing; provision for fund
ing tie grcenback circulation in interest
bonds payable in gold; and, retaining the
prea,mt hee-banking act, to authorize an
issue of bank notes to the amount of so Per
cant Of the creenbacks funded
Year: 1876

his house, in like manner. received and dis


posed of the crooked from PAuLMAN and
! kusu The only difference between the COM
! pact of the defendants with JUSKEa and
| RoE11E and that with FoRD, OL1vEn & Co., rs
| disclosed by the testimony, was that tile first
| received 15 cents per gallon for their share in
| the steal, while the latter got 20 cents per
| gallon,-a difference of simply s35 per cent.
| With this fatal net Of testimony enveloping
them, it is not easy to see what 1oopholo Of
escape is left for PAuLMAN md RUSH, and
the public will, with lively curiosity, watch


further proceedings, to see whether their
counsel will be abla 10 open my avenue of
escape.


incidentally. there has been developed adeal
of inside Information Us to the true inward


ness of the Chicago Whisky -king and, in


cidentally, it may be observed TINT the chief
aim of counsel for the defense evidently has


been to draw out Ill the evidence in the
possession of the Government against the en-


tire Whisky Ring, SO that, if further trials are
had, the defendants may know what testimony


they must meet. 1t iB developed, not merely


from tho testimony of the ring officials
sworn, but from the manner of the frauds


themselves, and their extent and the length of
time for which they were practiced without
interruption, that the official section of the
Ring must have been a deal 1arger and more
far-reaching than hns yet been disclosed, for
it was morally impossible that frauds so long
continued and so easy of detection could have
gone une1posed save through quite general
official connivance hereabouts. In view of
what has been diyulgcd, the public will give
ready credence to the statement of one Of
tho rectifers called Is g witness, that they


were put to the alternative Of stopping busi-
ness or joining the Ring, and the other state
mcnt of witness formerly IN the Revenue


service, that he was advised be could choose
between going in with the thieves or being
removed. It is also disclosed that JAKE
REIN, as collector for the official Ring,
mndo lcvies to tho tune Of $4,000
upon single crooked firm, es though it
were common thing for him to do, and
that it was paid, as of course and that, be-
sides, HEsEa also collected his political
funds in the like manner, But, which is
most important, nil the indications 60 to
show that the Government is IN full posses
sion Of overwhelming proof against the en-
tire Hing.


That, indeed, would appear to be the sole
result Of the e1coriating cross-e1aminatlon
to which AIr. SronEs subjected tho witnesses
for the Government. He appears to have
taken the view that the witnesses who, in
the classic phraseo1ogy Of the times,
''squeale!," had been assured Of immunity
from or mitigation of their punishment for
their share in the crimes they confessed, and
to have assumed the solemn duty of himself
administering to them punishment that
would doubly compensate for that they es-
capped By squealing. He did It.
Year: 1876

It is ann ounced in Washington dispatch
that one of the results Of the anti i-CoSK11So
feeling in The Now York delegation to Cincin-
natl will be that the Hon WILLIAM L.
WHEELER, well known in connection with the
Louisiana compromise, and one Of the Re-
publican lenders in the House, will be placed
in nomination before tho Convention for the
Presidency
Year: 1876

SoME QUEER RAILROAD BUlLDERs.-
There were workmen on 1.-THE Pacific
Railway even more curious than the
Irish or Chinese navvies. During the
summer of 1868, the Laramie river be-
came very low, much to the distress of
a contractor who had cut a great many
thousands of CROSS ties-the timbers on
which the rails are laid-and which he
expected to float down to tho point
where the railroad was to cross. He
was at first at loss to know what to do,
but resolved, finally to build dams
across the river at various points, and
when the river was high enough, set his
RATS afloat. Large parties of men.
therefore. went to work building the
dams. No sooner would the men leave
of work at night than thousands Of
beavers would begin and work hard at
the dam during the whole night. Water
is always necessary to the comfort Of
beavers as on this occasion it was TO the
welfare of the contractor; and it was
probably for this reason, and not be.
cause thsy wished to SEQ the railroad
finished that the beaver community
joined in the labor Of building the dams.
st. Nicholas.
Year: 1876

A PRUDENT FARMER.-A citizen who
has an Office in Griswold street. pur-
chased some potatoes Of farmer the
other day. and told him where to come
for his pay. The farmer entered the Office
in about an hour. and the citizen said:


''I'm very sorry, but had to meet q
draft at the bank. and can't -"


THAT'S all right" interrupted the
farmer. II found your landlord setting
your household goods out on the side
walk. and so I sold the vegetables to
another mani Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1876

~ The most attentive business man
on record was he who wrote on his shop
door: "Gone to bury my wife; return
in half an hour" He was no relation to
the lawyer who put upon his Office door:
"Be back in five minutes" and return>
ed only after pleasure trip Of three
weeks.
Year: 1876




There is nothing half so funny as q
practical joke, and this. as told by an
Eastern paper, is a regular .rib-tickler.
Frederic Walker and Peter Kohler, of
Guttenburg, N. j., stuffed an old suit of
clothes with straw, the other night, aud
carried it to Bulls Ferry road and Her
man avenue. where they placed it against
q lamp-post. About midnight they be-
gan an imaginary quarrel in loud tone,
and continued it until number of peo-
pie were aroused from their beds. Then
they shot the imaginary man. The body
fell down and the young men ran away.
The neighbors. thinking a murder had
been committed, chased the young men,
and Kohler was shot in the leg before
the deception was explained" Think
what solid enjoyment Mr.. Kohler will
have laughing at that for six weeks
while he nurses his leg. and what q
screaming farce it would have been for
his whole family if he had been shot in
the head.
Year: 1876

~ It is privately given out by the
friends of JoaquinMiller, in order to pre-
vent misunderstanding and heartburn
ings, that the One Fair Woman" of
whom he writes in recent volume is
no longer living. She died long ago,
and there is none like her now on the
face of the earth. =


FA farmer escorted his girl into a
Vicksburg shoe store the other day, to
have her provided with new understand
ings, and as he left her in order to call
at the store on another street. he said
"Now Hannah, don't go and make a
fool of yourself, trying to crowd your
big No. feet into No. shoes" She
bIushed fiery red. and gave him terri
bic look, but he went on: "You know
You did it fast Spring. and I believe
that's the reason you had them biles
on your legsv'
Year: 1876

VIRGINIA CITY, Dec. 22.-Another out>
break occurred in the Chinese quarter
about 4 o'clock this afternoon. The
rival Hop Wo and Sam Sing companies
have been lying on'their arms since the
skirmish Of two weeks ago, and each
side has, in the meantime, imported
fighters from California. Warlike pre-
parations have been going on day and
night, and this afternoon the Sam Sing
retainers thought the time ripe for ac-
ton, and opened FIRE from their loop
holed building on the corner of II and
Union streets. upon the castle of the
Hop Wos, some sixty yards distant.
Instantly the roof of the latter building
was thronged with armed Cinnamon.
who returned brisk fire, and with such
good aim that the Sam Sing house is
marked all over with bullet-holes. The
war soon became general throughout
Chinatown, and the sound Gf the firing
caused tremendous excitement in the
city. The police rushed to the ground
in force, followed by numerous citizens.
pistol in hand. On the advent of the
whites, the battle ceased. Two wound
ed Cinnamon were found, one with a
charge of shot in his back and another
with a bullet-nole through his neck.
The latter is probably fatally hurt. 1t
is thought by the police that several
men were killed and their bodies car
ried of and secreted. Up to half-past
8 this evening twenty-three Cinnamon
were lodged in the City Prison. All
were armed to the teeth. During the
early part of the evening there was
some talk of lynching the Cinnamon
caught with firearms upon them. and
one heathen had a close shave of q
rope at the hands of the mob which
gathered at Chinatown. The police
saved his bacon. All is quiet in the
Celestial quarter at present. bat another
skirmish is looked for before morning.
Year: 1876

A MAN BOILED TO DEATH.-At an early
hour yesterday morning, the fireman IN
Roemmelt & Leicht's brewery, on Jersey
City Heights, built fire under one of
the large tanks used for boiling water.
A short time afterward lie returned to
to the tank-having been attending to
same other duty in the meantime and


was surprised at hearing splash OF


water, as if heavy body had fallen


into it. Then he heard groan, as OF


human being in agony. He imre-
diately turned the faucet to draw of the
water, and hastily raked out the fire.


Some of the men of the brewery then
mounted the ladder, by which access to
the tank is gained, and looking over the
edge. saw man lying at the bottom.
Ropes were promptly procured. and the
man was hoisted out, but life Was ex :
tinct. His features we're 80 disfgured
that it was next to impossible to recog-
him, but from his clothing he is sup
posed to be a man named Muell, a
painter, who resided in Washington
village, and who was in the habit OF
visiting the brewery occasionally. How
he got into the tank is mystery, un-
less, as some of the worknen suppose.
he climbed up to the top to look IN for
the purpose of gratifying his curiosity
That he made desperate attempts to
get out is evident from the fact of the
fireman hearing the splash in the water.
The tank is nearly ten high. and per-
fectly smooth on the inside. County
Physician Stout examined the body and
expressed the opinion that the man was
steamed to death.-N, 7. Times, Dec. l.
Year: 1876

Norwich Bulletin: Literary circle
are discu ssing the question wlr thcr h
hen sets or sits. The.eharacter OF a hens
hustle would seem to prevent her sit
ting down for relaxation on anything
but the hollow side of a quart bowl,
and as We never saw one lean back
and put her feet on the mantle-piece
and spit on the stove, we do not feel
that she knows how to sit properly
in the American matter. This may
be mere casuistry, but it looks as il
the lay of the matter was in favor OF
hen setting.
Year: 1876

Having a small orchard of about slxty trees, have for three years pastured 1t, with six or eight sheep for the benefit of the trees. Last year being a non bearing year in this state, I had more ap- pies than all the neighboring farms together. My practice is to blow shallow alternate years, in order to disturb the surface of the ground and not cut the roots too deeply, which consider to be against the longevity of the trees, and SOW to clover, to be fed one year to the sheep, the next blow cd and sowed again to clover, the sheep kept in another feeding lot till after having, when the clover roots have gained strength and maturity, so that the close feeding of the sheep will not kill them. Why l blow so often is because the trampling of the sheep is apt to pack the ground around the roots of the trees, pre- vents their bearing. The sheep eat all tn blighted windfall apples which contain the germs of the injurious insects, as soon as they fall from the the trees; and they distribute their manure so evenly and finely over the ground that the rains soak it immediately down to the fine surface roots of The trees, causing them to bear every year. The sheep should not be kept in too late in the fall, nor put in too early in the spring, when the grass is dead, as they are apt to ghaw the bark of the small trees. New England Farm CT.
Year: 1876

ground of availability alone that Mr..
Bayards friends urge his name upon
the consideration Of the party, but be-
cause of the honesty Of the man and
the integrity Of his political cause, as
we'll as his pre-eminent qualifications for
the Office of President. In these days
of official dishonesty and political in
triguing, a man who combines in him
self craftsmanship. untarnished integ-
rity and honorable principle which will
not stoop to the knavery of political
tricksters and wire-pullers, is indeed
rara auis whom the nation cannot
afford to pass by unheeded.
Year: 1876

Your patronage is solicited, and you will
be dealt with right.


Money may be scarce with you, but remem-
Der that our prices will be in proportion to
your purse; and if you have the money to
spend and want our goods, do not fail to see
us soon. We adhere strictly to popular
Prices" and the popular verdict on our prices
is that no goods of the same style and work.
manship can be bought anywhere else for the
same money.
WE HAVE WITH Us


W. GEO. MARREY. Ian a-tf
Year: 1876

pies Dedu hicuHOuu, lHuflOW we eeu +,
Francis P. Blair, and that of Mr.. Til
den himself are cases in point He
exerted as much real power when he
was the mere adviser of the Democratic
party in this State as be does as Gov
ernor and at that time he escaped the
irksome labcrs of official detail and had
the credit of acting from unsel6sh mo-
tives. In taking the Governorship he
made a sorry exchange. and he will
find his pursuit of the Presidency like
the apples of Sodom-fair to the sight
but burning to ashes in his mouth. We
advise him to consult his tranquility
and give up vain chase. If Mr.. Bay
ard should be elected President he
would, of course, offer Governor Tilden
his choice of places in the Cabinet, and
like Mr.. Seward, the Governor would
acquire more credit as Secretary Of
State than he could gain as President.
Besides, bis reputation as long-headed
statesman would cause the most far
reaching measures of the administration
to be ascribed to him, so that he would
acquire much honor with little anxiety
and toll.


With Senator Bayard as the Demo.
cratic candidate the chances would be
very good for the success of the party.
New York will be the main battle
ground Of the Presidential campaign,
and Mr. Bayard would be more likely
to carry this State than Governor Tilden
He has not q personal enemy in the
whole State, which is great deal more
than can be said of the Governor. More.
Year: 1876

About two years ago, I took up my
residence for a few weeks in a country
village in the eastern part of New Eng
land. Soon after nv arrival, I became
acquainted with a young lady apparent
ly about seventeen years of age. She
had lost the idol of her hearts purest
love and the shadow of deep and holy
memories were resting like the wing of
death upon her brow.


| frss met her In the presence of the
miFthfHl. She was, indeed, a creature
TO be admired; her brow Wss gsFlanded
by the young years sweetest flowers, and
the sunny tFesses were hanging beauti-
fully and low upon her bosom, and she
moved through the crowd with such
floating unesFtbly grace, that the beWild-
cred gazer looked almost to see her fade
away into the air, like the creation of q
pleasant dream. She seemed cheerful,
and even gay; yet saw that her gsyety
was but the mockery of her feelings.
She smiled, but there was something in
her smile which told me that its mOuEnful
beauty was but the bright reflection of
a tear, and her eyeljds at times pressed
heavily down, as if struggling to repress
the tide Of agony that was bursting up
from hearts secret urn. She looked as
if she could have left the scene of festiV-
ity, and gone out beneath the quiet stars
and laid her forehead down upon the
fresh green earth, and poured out her
stricken soul, gush after gush, till 1t
mingled with the eternal fountain of
purity and life.


have lately heard that the young
lady of whom L have spoken is dead.
The close Of her life was as calm as the
falling of quiet stream; gentle as the
sinking of the breeze, that lin gers for
a time round a bed of Withered rose !,
and then dies from every sweetness.


cannot be that earth is mans only
abiding place. 1t cannot be that our
life is a bubble cast upon the ocean of
eternity, to float a moment upon its sur
face, and then sink into nothingness aud
| darkness forever. Else, why Is it that
| the high aud glorious aspirations which
/ leap like angels from the temple of OuI
| hearts are forever wandering abroad un
satisfied Why is it that the rainbow and
cloud come over Us with beauty that ii
not of earth, aud theu pass of and leave
US TO muse on their faded loyelinessi
| Why is il that the stars which hold theiI
! festival around the midnight throne, are
set above the grasp Ot'our limited facul
ties, forever moeking US with their un
approaehabIe glory2 And finally, why
| is it that bright forms of human beauty
are presented to the view and then taken
from US, leaving the thousand streams OF
affections to flow back in Alpine torrents
upon our hearts2


We were born for a higher destiny
than that of earth. There is a realm


where the stars will be spread out befort
/ Us like the islands that siunber on tht
ocean; and where the beautiful beings


that here pass before US like visions vii


stay in our presence forever.
Year: 1876

One of the crying evils of these times
is the tendency and disposition of girls
to get through girlhoOd hurriedly and
get into wOmanhood, or rather into
Youne-Iady-hOod, without waiting to en-
iov the beautiful season of girlhOod.
Speaking on this point, Bishop Morris
says. "wait patiently, my children,
through the whole limit of your girl
hood. Go not after wOmanhOod; let it
come to you. Keep out of public view.
Cultivate retirement and mOdesty. The
cares and responsibilities of life viii come
soon enough. When they como you will
meet them, I trust, as true women
should. But oh! be not so unwise as to
throw away your girlhoOd. Rob not
Yourselves of this beautiful season,
which, wisely spent, will brighten all
your future life"
Year: 1876

An unique shooting match took place
nt Sevan Hall the other day, Eve South
ern and five Northern ladies contesting
for the prize. A New Orleans gentle
man was the proposer of the affair, and
ordered a beautiful gold medal in New
York, valued at 500, and offered a rich
silk dress pattern as a prize for the best
shooter. Competition was lively, aud
when the trial came yesterday, 800 spec
tatoTs were on hand to see the contest
A red, white and blue target was planted
the distance being about thirty-fvs
PAGES. Annexed is a table Of the shoot
ing
Year: 1876

The Enforcement Act. under which


President Grant issued his late extra


ordinary bayonet order was, In March


last, pronounced unconstitutional by


the Supreme Court Of the United States.


Tho case, Il win be- remembered, was


taken up from this State, and grew out


Of the Grant parish difficulty.


A verbal appendage to the Fifteenth
Amendment runs thus: Congress
by appropriate legislation. Under the
constitutional authority thus conferred,
Congress passed the so-called Enforce
ment Act, and In doing 40. intermixed
with Its proper provisions many that
were improper and unconstitutional
The particular aim seems TO have been
to override all State authority in mat
ters connected with election and State
difficulties, and TO advance, as far as
possible, the interests OF Capitalization.


In delivering the opinion Of the court
Chief Justice Waite said: I'VE are
not able to reject a part which Is uncop-
stitutionnl and retain the remainder,
because It Is not possible to separate
that which Is unconstitutional from
that which 10 not" Furthermore, It
was held that. within It's legitimate
sphere Congress Is supreme and be.
yond tho control OF the courts; but II IL
steps outside Of Its constitutional lilni-
tations and attempts that which Is be-
yond Its reach, the courts ale authorized
to, and when called upon in due course
OF legal proceedings must, annul its
encroachments upon the reserved power
OF the States and the people" In the
case Mt issue 1t was decided, much
TO the disgust Of bloody shirt extremists
Of the Morton type. that the enforce
ment law was unconstitutional, and
that the appropriate legislation" called
for had not yet been enacted.


The effect OF this decision Is to take
from the Federal Executive much Of the
power previously claimed and exercised
in relation to the enforcement OF the
Fifteenth Amendment, for, as a New
York contemporary puts It, II the en-
forcement law has become dead letter
by the action Of the Supre,2e Court, the
President has no greater authority to
employ troops than he possessed previ
Gus to the new amendments TO The Con
stitution.


The issuing Of the bayonet proclama-
tion was therefore an act OF impudent
assumption on the part OF Grant,
especially in view OF the fact that the |
white people OF the South had, through |
their conventions and otherwise, |
pledged themselves to the maintenance
Of peace and the support Of every con-
stitutional right guaranteed by the |
amendments, and the Democratic House |
Year: 1876

The manly, ligniIied and straight
forward bearing and language of
Judge Jacobs on the rostrum last
week was in marked contrast with
the shallow cgoti,m displayed by
MIR. Judson when he addressed his
constituency in this place. The in
tclligcnt voter will not hesitate when
the time comes for him 10 declare
his preference at the polls. Jacobs
majority in this county is cstlmat'd
at one hundred and fifty.
Year: 1876

An able bodied and generally clear
headed young Democrat of Vancouver,
who rcvcls a great dead IN elegant lcis-
urc for want Of something better to do,
and whose idea Of a''chain gang is,
that because man is county official
he should not therefore do an honest
DAYS work outside Of his office, offers to
bet seventy five days work against its
equivalent in cash that J. i. Judson
will be elected. Will not some char
i,ably disposed member oi the betting
fraternity give this young man chance
to find II job by accepting his bet: If
50 he will receive the thanks Of all
lovers Of industry, and do the young
man Il kindness he will appreciate, AT
least until after election, when he wakes
up to find his friends rcioiccd that at
last he has found a job, may be, in the
chain gang.