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Year: 1872

A CASE OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
A competitive examination under the
new rules of the Civil Service Commission
took place last week at the Custom-house
in New Haven, 20 fill vacancy occasion
ed by the death of an inspector. The
applicants for the place. fifteen in num-
Der, were supplied with writing materials
and copies of list of questions. two
hours being allowed them in which to
furnish written replies. The questions.
though sufficiently difficult to test their
ability, were of practical nature. having
reference chiefly to the duties to be per
formed by an Inspector. No inquiry was
made respecting the political sentiments
of the candidates. but they were required
to present proof of good health and char
acter and of American citizenship. Al
the conclusion of the examination the
papers containing the answers were taker
charge of by the collector and sealed up


At proper time they will be read by
| him to the members of the Examining


Board, and passed upon by them withou


knowing the name of the authors.
Year: 1872

The Democracy of Iowa County seem
only to aim at electing Barnard, Gill,
man and Strong. They cannot succeed
except by inducing Republicans to bolt.
Let every Republican be prepared to re>
fuse to scratch Little Jones and Hall
crimson, for undoubtedly urgen, appeals
will be made to induce them to do so.
Senator, Treasurer and County Clerk
are the most important Offices in the
county, and consequently most desired
by each party. There is more political
significance attached to these three than
to all other Offices. Both parties under>
stand and admit this, and for this reason.
if for no other, Republicans should be
especially careful to see that the names
Of Little, Jones and lIalgrimson are on
their tickets.
Year: 1872

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. In the same
column with the County Ticket we puts
Iish the names of the Republican can
didates Tor Presidential Electors. Every
voter should look at his ballot before
casting it, and be sure that the names OF
these electors are thereon. Such things
as spurious tickets have been known,
and it is well enough to be on the look-
out for them next Tuesday.
Year: 1872

THE best men Of Dodgeville pledge US


that Mr.. Halgrimson is well qualified to
perform the duties of County Clerk, and


in every respect deserving man, lie
is as fairly entitled to Republican votes


as any man on the ticket, and should


receive them and be elected.
Year: 1872

INTERNATIONALLY we last week did
}. G. Mckee the injustice to say that he
owned race horse He denies the
charge and we hope no one will vote
against him on account of it. There are
plenty of better reasons, however, why
every Republican should vote against
him
Year: 1872

I WANT MONEY Everybody indebted
to me must come up to the General S
Office and poy The usual rule is the
Captains Office but want this known
as general order.


| am not liar, and will surely sue all
who do not respond


\. DALTON.
Year: 1872

REv. | +. SPRINGER has returned to
Mineral Point for another year. IN the
year just closed he has accomplished
much good. and We doubt not tmt the
end OF the second year will witness him
still more highly esteemed and loved by
his people.
Year: 1872

substitution of men who were never elected


by the people, that the law was framed


But there is but one object whemed n {


mass of provisions board is 90 be ap
| pointed by the Senate


VIII your honor permit this drowning man


to catch at such straw as that


In the kreider case it was announced
| that the failure to hold an election did not


for this reason yacate the Office. The same
| principle is laid down in the case Of Brewer.
| Ny learned brother who spoke IN the case
| yesterday referred to the precedent which
| your honor had cited from the history of
| Louisiana, and he showed that Governor
| Claiborne had been appointed the Gov
ernOf OF the Territory OF Orleans after the
convention had assembled and adopted a
constitution, and that by a clause il the
schedule of the constitution Governor CIai-
borne continued to act as Governor lie
claimed that because he continued to act as
Governor that, technically speaking, his


territorial Office might be said to be repealed;


that he had ceased to be an officer of


the government of the United States and


had changed his nature and become an of


ficer of the State. L question the correct


ness OF that conclusion. The fact is Gov
ernOr Claiborne did continue in the short
Interregnum which prevailed between terri
tOral governor and the operation of the
new constitution. And he continued and
got his pay as an officer of the United
States. In the appropriation bill passed at
that time you will find he was continued on
the pay of the United States If that be
true then the whole argument which was
put forth with SO much el0queHCe by my
brother yesterday falls to the ground.


In conclusion he said


Sir, we are in the midst Of a revelation.
All the powers of the people, al the powers
OF the officers of the State government are
taken possession of. Judges are dragged
from their seats without color Of law. |
appeal to this court to enforce law and
order. Law it is the only shield OF weak
ness against oppression. | ask the court
to interpOse that shield 1t is not the Oh
ject Of Mr. Kellogg to have the office if not
elected after a fair count, and | know
that Colonel McEnery would not fill
it if he thought he had been elected
by fraud. Then, sir, why can not We
have fair and square count. GeutIemon
come into this court and say McEnery is
elected by 10000 votes. Who told them so?
Who counted those votes? And if anybody
has done it he has violated the orders of
court. We ask you. as chancellor, not to
do justice half way. Equity courts never
justice by halves. We ask an
order that these returns bo brought within
the safe custody of this court, and that the |
true and loyal officers Of the State be in |
structed to do their duty and report the |
honest vote of the people,


The court adjourned until Friday nom |
ing, cut OF respect to the memory Of Horace |
Greeley.
Year: 1872

A number of men tackle to car on the
Baronne street and Carrollton railroad and
drag any number Of people who will pay
two-bits apiece from Canal street to Napo-
leon avenue.


The men are drivers, mainly, drivers
whom epizooty has deprived of employ
nent, 1t is but fair the companies should
let them have the cars free-we don't know
whether they do OF not-and that the pub
lie should patronize them. or the latter
there will be no doubt, even If cars are run
on all the principal lines and every quarter
or half hour.


As there may not be enough drivers to
fill the public requirements in this new and
profitable employment, we recommend to
Mayor Wilt and the new Administrators
to call the attention of the crowds daily
thronging the City Hall to tbis promising
opening.
Year: 1872

Read the advertisement of Mr.. Youennes,
fire warden of the board of insurers, offer
ing reward of $4,000 for any information
that will secure the conviction in the Grim
inal Court Of this city OF any person who
may be guilty of incendiarism.
Year: 1872

SATUEDA1s July l0-fs Ne


The events of the past week were important
only in:one respects. The advance in gold from


9; 70 14 resulted in operations of but small magnitude
and the market at the close quiet but firm. The
large specie export during the week conducive to
higher range of prices the cques seemed mdsposed
TO take advantage of the favorable element The drain
of gold however from this country has been In
a great measure supplied by the disbursements
from various sources but in the future these outlets VIII
be partially closed and the market must become more
sensitive to manipulation. There has been steady
tone on the whole TO the Government bond market the
only observable feature next TO the duness being the
small supply of floating bonds the street The fuctu
atons were quite limited. The money market continues
abundanty supplied and funds are lent on call with
great freedom at unusually low rates The inactivity ap
parept in all branches OF trade as well in Walst,
has resulted in increasing the supply OF money
far beyond the power of lenders to employ The bust
ness in discounts has been moderate amount and the
market was without new feature. Prime acceptances
sell at 10 per cent with the bulk OF business at the In


crmediate quotations. In the stock market the Leading
event was the Erie movement which has been important
enough to take away almost all the interest heretofore


felt I'm the other usual speciaes The price OF the stock
declined from 80 49, in sympathy with fall in London
The result Of the election. although not regarded as
strictly started considerable sales by outside
ers induced by the bad financial exhibit Of the company
and the statements attributed OF the leading spirits
in the new direction, that the expenditure OF many mil
lions OF dollars will be required to make the road sue
The fact that the new officers are said TO he at
variance TO the future management OF the concern
was sufficient create feeling of dstrust among hold
ers OF the shares In the remainder Of the list the trans
actions and changes slight though the course OF the
market was toward lower figures at the opening and in
favor Of higher figures at the close OF the week.
To-day the volume OF business was even less
than usual the greatest fluctuations having been in Erie
and Pacific MAIL which detected to the extent OF and
per cent respectively. The latter stock continued firm
With these exceptions prices varied only al cent
and in many cases there perceptble changes.
IN the miscellaneous list Canton made further decline,
touching 3 express shares HAVING been weak and lower
on United States. Among the investments we note
decline in Delaware Lackawanna and Western TO l0s.
The following the opening, highest, lowest, aud
closing prices of stocks to-day
Year: 1872

The Foreign exchanges during the week were easier
sales of long sterling having been made at losiGlOs%
The leading drawers however, still maintain late quota
tons and at the close these are unchanged The busi
ness has been small but there is material increase In
the supply of bills To-day being steamer day, the mar
bot ,yas yor, ortet We quote az folloWs.
Year: 1872

The last tale of mans unfaithfulness
to man, comes from Selma, Alabama.
On the 1st of January, 1871, a syndicate
of young men was formed, one of whom,
the most trustworthy of them all, was
appointed treasurer. They then signed
a temperance pledge and agreed to de
posit on the first day of each month $40
each, to be divided at the end of the
year among those members who re-
mained faithful to their obligation.
One by one they tainted and fell, until
at the expiration of the specified time
there was only one who had not yielded
to the liquid temptation. He repaired
at the hour of noon on New Years
day to the appointed place of
rendezvous, to receive the 81, 440 which
he had so nobly earned. But the other
eleven were not there, so, full of fiery
thirst, he fastened to a neighboring
saloon to take his first nip for twelve
month! He had partiaIly y swallowed it
when ten of his colleagues entered, and
revealed to him the horrifying fact that
his watch was twenty minutes too fast.
He, too, had fallen, and the vision of a
well-flled pocketbook vanished. The
eleven then repaired to the office of the
treasurer, only to learn that he had lost
all the money playing draw-poker with
ono of the church trustees. An effort
is now being made to. keep the sorrow
full story out Of the newspapers. Troy


Times.
Year: 1872

The Iowa City Republican reports
the following case as now engaging the
attention of the court there:


A Bohemian, living in Madison town
ship, was arrested last Sunday to ans
wer an Indictment for a murder said to
have been committed in this county
some fifteen years ago. The particu-
lars, as we ascertained them, were to
the effect that the prisoner married
widow woman with four children, two
of whom were little girls, aged, respect
iyely, seven and nine years. These


little girls were sent out on an errand
for their stepfather, and returned with
out accomplishing their mission, which
SO enraged him that he took q club,
and with it beat the youngest girl until
life was extinct He threatened the
mother and other children with a like
dreadful fate if they revealed to the
public the fearful crime which he COM
mitted; and thus by threats and in
tlmidation, succeeded in suppressing,
for fifteen long years, the particulars
of this horrible tragedy. It was not
until the little girl, who accompanied
her sister on that ill-fated mission, had
grown to womanhoOd, and felt safe un-
der the protecting arm of man WHO
had made a solemn vow to cherish and
protect her through life, that she ap-
peared before the grand jury to make
oath to the terrible scene she Witnessed
when but child.
Year: 1872

rules he can divise. He regards it as
fortunate that he is not bound to plan
put on the statute book in detail, for
he can modify from day to day as ex
perience dictates. Whenever the actual
working shows that valuable changes
have been introduced, they can be
made permanent by statute. He may
rest assured that in his general purpose
he will be sustained by the good sense
of the people, and as time will demon
strate his sincerity, and, VIC hope, ex-
hibit his success, that he will be en-
couraged and rewarded by enthusiastic
gratitude.
Year: 1872

t.


A man appeared lately in Mauch
Chunk with a patent air-brake for rail-
road cars, for sale. He claimed that it
would stop train going at the highest
rate of speed in half it's own length.
There was a certain railroad man also
up there who treated this suggestion
with scorn, and said he would wager
large sums that the air brake wouldn't
stop train any quicker than any other
brake. So he borrowed the contriv-
ance and fixed it on an open car on the
SWitchback Railroad, and wentup to
the top of Mount Pisgah to get fair
start. He let her come down
the inclined plane for q while
until she began to move along at the
rate of sixty miles an hour and then he
suddenly placed his foot on the brake
and put on with full power. One min
ute later the eye of any solitary travel
er passing through those wilds might
have observed a car standing perfectly
still on the track and railroad man
going down hill among the blackberry
bushes and underbrush head-foremost
at the rate-say of forty-six miles an
hour He was carried home on a
stretcher, with an abiding faith in the
success of the invention, but thinks its
usefulness would be improved if some
other man would improve upon the
machine, so as to avoid the certain de-
moral1zation overtaking those who use
it.


WILLIAM BELL, herdsman who in
habits on Benito creek, about 50 miles
south of Gilroy, experiences an electric
shock every time he attempts to knead
dough. SO we'll does the harmless
dough perform the functions of a Ley
den jar that Bell has had to desist
kneading, which is hard, inasmuch as
he needs to Obtain subsistence.
Year: 1872

An old farmer went out one day look
ing over his broad acres, with an ak on
his shoulders and small dog at his
heels. They espied a woodchuck. The
dog gave chase and drove him into a
stone wall, where action Immediately
commenced. The dog would draw the
woodchuck partly out from the wall,
and the woodchuck would take the dog
back. The old farmers sympathy get
ting high on the side of the dog, he
thought he must help him. So, put
ting himself in position, with ak above
the dog, he waited for the attraction OF
the woodchuck, when he would cut
him down. So an opportunity offered
and the old man struck, but the wood
chuck gathered up at the same time,
took the dog in far enough to receive
the blow, and the dog was killed on ,a,, tne
spot Forty years after, the old man,
in relating the story, would always add:


ssAnd that dog don't know to this day
but what the woodchuck killed him."
Year: 1872

THE proprietors of the AHine recently
gave a reception at the st. James Hotel,
New York, at which were present a
large number of distinguished journal
lists, Vice-President Colfax presided.
Mark Twain spoke substantially as fol-
lows:


Gentlemen, / would rather address a
stag dinner party than any other assem-
blage in the world-[laughter] for the
reason that when you make point, those
who have been listening always applaud,
and those who have been talking to each
other and did not hear it, applaud louder
than anybody else laughter and if |
only had a speech prepared for this occa-
sion, would take genuine delight in de-
livering it. Laughter But | got the
notification to be present at this dinner
this evening, at half past eleven O'Clock
this morning, or pay what l owed to the
AIdine establishment-[lau [laughterl-and l
had to leave half an hour after that in or
der to make this trip, so / had no Oppor-
tunity of preparing a speech, and am
not one of those geniuses who can make
a speech imprOmptu. / have made a
great many happy iHlprOmptu speeches,
but / had time to prepare them.


Laughter1 Now, it is singular,
and l suppose that, but for a
circumstance which happened when was
fourteen years of age, might have rushed
blindly, into real impromptu speeches, and
injured myself good deal. Laughter.
This circumstance, which happened when
was fourteen years of age, has always
protected me against anything of that
kind, and it has led me to think a good
deal-now, don't think a good deal,
generally-[l laughter of what may
Drobahly be the moving springs of
human action. / put that in
merely because it is a good expression.
laughter Now the thing that made
the deepest impression on my mind, and
has lasted until this moment, was mat
ter in itself essentially trivial 1t occurred
when l was a boy, and it has protected
me up to this time against making a
speech when ! hadn't speech prepared.
1t was remark made by friend. He
said: 81 could have catched them cats if
had had on good ready" Laughter. I
Now, at first glance that don't appear to
convey an idea, but it does, and the meat
of it is this: don't do anything hurriedly,
don't do thing unless you are prepared
to do it; therefore, until this moment,
never have made n speech unless l had
that speech all set down and ready. This
incident Is of no consequence to you at
all, and l never made speech in my life
unless / tried TO inculcate n moral laugh
erl:unless tried TO convey instruction,
and if can make you better than you
are laughter lit is not for me to say
there is room for it, though l suppose
Year: 1872

A New York special of the 1st says the
Medical Commission sent by the Sultan in
Persia, near the Turkish borders, to decide
ON the character of the pestilence raging
there, have reported that it is the regular
Eastern plague. The malady takes the form
of slow fever, with typhus symptoms. It
Year: 1872

A KENTUCKIAN and Yankee were
once riding through the woods, the former
on a fine black horse, and the Yankee on
an inferior animal The latter wanted to
make '..swap," but he did not see how
he was to do il. At last he thought of a
plan. His horse had been taught to sit
down like dog whenever he was touched
by the spurs. Seeing wild turkey, the
Yankee made his horse perform his trick,
and asserted that he was pointing game,
as was his custom. The Kentuckian rode
in the direction indicated by the horses
nose, and up rose turkey. That settled
the matter the trade was made, and sad
dies and horses were changed. After
time they came to a deep and rapid stream,
over which the black horse carried his
rider with ease But the Kentuckian, on
the Yankees old beast, found great diff
Guilty in getting over, and when he had
reached the middle of the stream he was
afraid the horse would allow himself to
be carried away, and so endeavored to
spur him up to more vigorus action.
Down sat the old horse on his launches.
Look here ~ shouted the enraged and
partially submerged Kentuckian to the
Yankee on the other side of the stream,
"What does all this mean ?" want
you to know, stranger" cried the Yam
kee, preparing TO ride away, that that
there boss seiU pint tiSt jist as aoeN as he 'oiu
f05cl."
Year: 1872

= =. +. l L = q


From the Louisville Ledeer.l


We alluded to the fact f6w Gays


since that citizen Of Louisvi1U bad re-


Gently died from delerium tremens,


and that . prominent life Insurance


company doing business In this city,


in which the deceased held policy, had


refused to pay the amount the policy
called for. Litigation will doubtless


be the result of this refusal to pay,


and good many people are curious to


know what the verdict will be. We
conclude the Court and Jury will not


pass upon the question involving the
right of any body to take their own
lives, or express any opinion as to
the most approved way of doing such


foolish things, cowardly and wicked act,


but IS to whether the insurance COM
pany is liable or not, we are of the
opinion the Courts will upset the de-
cisions of those insurance companies
that refuse to pay stipulations on the
policies to the contrary nOtwithstand-
ing. The questions involvedin the case
have been before the Courts, and COM
mon sense and business views Of the
subject are upon record. They amount
W ooOoS shAS ~ . cONi Pony ACCcPGs u
mans money in consideration Of in
suring his life it will not be permitted
to invalidate the contract; and though
the insured may make away with his
own life with rifle ball, rifle whiskey,
or any ether means which his whim
may select, the amount Of the policy
must be forthcoming III the habits Of
the insured are such as to make the
risk too hazardous, the company must
decline further premiums, settle up, and
close the account. III, on the contrary,
1t continues to receive the money, and
the man dies within the period for
which the amount paid insures, the
Courts hold the company must pay,
no matter how death is brought about
A great many people may regret that
The Courts lean this way but il they
analyze the subject We reckon they
will be able to see the justice of the
A case recently occurred
With q company doing business in this
,ity, wherein the officers felt convinced
hat the insured died the victim of
'trong drink, but it had received the
money, and promptly paid the loss. IL
he Courts generally decide according
o the above there will be some diff
'nlty for topers to take out 3 policy at
III.
Year: 1872

A deacon, who used to keep a grocery
store, having instructed his clerk,
when out of q desired article, to call
the attention of the customer to the
next nearest thing, was not little
astonished when his pastor called and
inquired for new molasses, to hear the
clerk say, We have no new mOlasses,
but We have some nice new rum.
Year: 1872

A Kansas man sent for a clergyman
to preach his wife's funeral sermon
and incidentally marry him, at the
close of the discourse, to young wO-
man whom he had selected ON the
death Of his spouse.
Year: 1872

A smart old lady being called into
court as witness, grew impatient at the
questions put to her, and told the judge
that she would quit the stand, for he
was "raly one Of the most inquisitive
old gentleman she ever saw"