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Year: 1876

'nas 1t deserves to be treated about equally
with Indignation and derision.


And then as if to give the concert finish
ing touch OF absurdity, it is urged ON the
ground that 1t will enhance the chances of suc-
cess. That recalls the old story of the eleven
obstinate jurors There are $4,000 voters in
the state, and 100000 of them hare voted me
Republican ticket. Five per cent Of these,
possibly ten, are not strictly within the party
lines, but their sympathies tend in that direc.
tlon Suppose, for the sake of illustration we
ADOPT the highest figure. Then all we have
to do is to discover some rule of mathe-
matics by which 4O5.OOO will 90 into as 600. TO
say nothing OF any remainder. Until that ad-
vance In arithmetic has been made we shall
not be able to get along at all in ciphering out
the chances of some o.her candidate who at
best only counts one in ten.


One of the objections urged to our senator
is that he is a supporter of the administration
OF President Grant. That is the very reason
why we like him. A great many knayes AID
some fools have made prodgious efforts to
blacken the President and his constitutional
advisers, but the only end they have accom-
pllshed so far is to show to how small an ex-
tent those officials were vulnerable. The Bel
KNAPP affair was horrible, aud for time con-
lecture was rife as to the possibility of venal-
ity in other official quarters, but nothing has
since occurred to confirm that theory Bot the
more the government is investigated the more
conclusive it appears that the Executive is q
supremely upright, straightforward and guile
less man. Under these circumstances il be-
comes every Republican in public as in private
life to stand by the administration, and Senator
Conkling has evinced his manliness and sense
OF honor by doing so. 1t has to be slre been
of late years cheap way of acquiring the ca
PRECIOUS and evanescent favor that springs
from newspaper putting to sneer at or assail
the national authorities. But our Senator has
neither taste nor inclination to compete for
such dubious titles to typographical incense
he certainly can be acquitted of the charge of
the least propensity to court the praise or
avoid the censure of the press-gang. AS re-
marked in preceding letter, no candidate will
be nominated by the Republicans who has as.
persed the present administration. For that
species of foul bird the proper place is outside
OF the nest. If such an one were to be put
IN, he would be very weak nominee. There
is no earthly reason why the party should un-
dergo the strain and labor of campaign to
elect an enemy. If that is to be done they
can save themselves the fatigue of helping do
It, Besides that, if the principle obtain in
politics that the effective soldiers are to be set
aside, and drones and camp followers promoted
the party that adopts the creed will crumble TO
pieces very soon and have every body to despise
and nobody to mourn it. YARMOUTH.
Year: 1876

SENAToR STEVENSON of Kentucky says
respecting the Pendleton claim that he re-
garded it good one but hard to get because
Secretary Stanton and Gen. Meigs had deci-
ded against it. He considers it as just
claim as was ever presented. and that every
body was pleased as they considered it so
much money made. Mr.. Bowler, in his life
time, said he would sell his interest for five
per cent. Senator Stevenson's idea of
Just claim is not different from that of
most other Confederates and ex Rebels,-to
bleed the Treasury of the United States to
the utmost extent, and consider all they can
clutch as clear gain, or, as ne expressed it,
Just so much money made" Any bogus
claim not worth cents on dollar is Just
they can only get it cashed by the National
Treasury. That seems to be not only the
Confederate idea but that of Pendleton also.
Year: 1876

THE argus has an affecting story of man
who voted illegally, and then because of
remorse went and hanged himself 1t is
needless to say that the man was Republ-
can. No Democrat ever felt remorse for a
crime done to aid his party. The unfortu-
nate voter was induced to vote the Democrat
ic ticket, and shame drove him to suicide.
The rash act is not to be wondered at.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases ndspensa ole not necessarily tor publication
put as guaranty Cf good faith


We cannot undertake to return or reserve comuu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1876

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal
Year: 1876

This country was never more prosperous
really than now; the only need is a clear
perception of its actual condition, and the
adaptation of its forces to this condition.


The remedy shall propose is a pleasant
ore, as this suffering country is not really
ill, but remarkably well and the very evils
which seem so heavy are the best indication
of its thrift, its prodigious vitality, accord
ing to my diagnosis of the case; and /
think you will agree with me.


The condition of affairs is this:


Vast numbers of men are out of employ
ment. They are consuming and not produc-
ing. They desire work, but there is no work
for them. Every branch of industry is full,
and overtlowing. There is n glut of every
product, waiting to be consumed. Excess
i've accumulation had been growing for
years, until it eliminated in the fall of 1873
Since then labor has been reduced to the
gauge of necessity, over production no long
er goes on, and many thousand men are
now without work. Their work is not need
ed, but they need work, for they need wages
to obtain the necessaries of life. Every
thing produced is produced in abundance
by the workers now employed; and the ac-
cumulation of an immense over production
continues on hand. What is the cause of
this apparant evil? Labor. saUing incentions.


Month after month"; year after year, the
great idleness continues. The army of the
unemployed is increasing in numbers The
amount of work they would do, and wish
to do, is not done is lost for ever, great
stream of waste. No adequate measures are
taken to utilize this labor, to prevent this
needless suffering, to end this painful condi-
ton of unwilling idleness. Labor which
would make an enormous showing, if per-
formed, is not performed, and the whole ma
ton feels the loss as well as the Gnemuloy-
ed. Labor-saving inventions increase in
number-as they should laborers diminish
in number, forced out into idleness, to avoid
still greater over production and no new
great enterprises are engaged in, although
to establish them is clearly the remedy for
the condition of over production in the ex-
isting industries. The Galdry for March.
Year: 1876

At daybreak on the thirtieth of May, 1431
priest entered the cell of a young women
at Rouen, and announced that he was come
to prepare her for death. Not that the prs-
oner was ill-she was young, healthy, and
the full possession of her faculties the death
she was to suffer was violent one-she was
to be burned alive. Burned alive at one
and twenty What could the poor wretch
have done? She had shivered the power of
the English in France; she had reused the
French nation from the torpor into which it
had been thrown by the stunning blows
dealt to it by Henry V. of England. On
first hearing the announcement of the priest,
Jeanne's firmness gave away she wept and
gave vent to piteous cries, tore her hair,
and appealed to 'the great Judge" against
the cruel wrongs done to her; and by de-
grees herself-possession returned, end she
listened to the ministrations of the priest,
received the last sacrament from him, and
announced her self ready to submit to the
will of Heaven. At 0 o. clock in the morn
ing, she was carried away in the hangman's
cart to the market place in Rouen, where
had been already laid the funeral pyre on
which the young victim was to be sacrificed.
The Bishop of Beauvais, Cardinal Beaufort,
and several other prelates, with the English
military commanders, were there, and
vast crowd has come out to see the Maid of
Orleans die. In the centre of the market
place, about the spot where now stands
fountain surmounted by arfgure of Jeanne
| Dare, the stake was reared and around it
were piled the taggots. Soldiers guarded
the place of execution. The ceremonial of
death was begun on that beautiful May
morning by sermon; then the sentence
pronunced was published, the signal was
given to proclaim the last act of the TRACED.
A soldiers staff was found broken, and form
ed into rough cross, which the Maid
clasped to her breast. She was then bound
to the stake, the faggots were lighted, the
fire leaped up around her; and, after suf-
ering the agony indispensable to death by
burning, her spirit returned to God who
gave it. The English cardinal watched
the whole proceedings with unmoved face;
and when his victims life was beyond his
reach, he ordered her ashes and bones to
be gathered up, and to be cast into the
Seine.
Year: 1876

Remit by Express. Postal Order, Bank
Draft. Certified Check, Registered Letter. or
order through any bank or banking house.
Industrial Exhibition Company, IL East 18th
street, New York. Specially chartered By the
state Of New York. for the purpose Of build
ing in New York -
Year: 1876

Walking rapidly homewards the Young
barrister entered by the private door
known only to himself, and was soon in
stalled in his study before his absence
could have excited notice.


But five minutes had hardly elapsed be-
fore there came an anxious rapping at his
door


"Sir-sir, oh, do speak TO mep
Year: 1876

4 recent guest of Gov. Hayes says that
during long visit he heard the Governor
mention his Presidential candidacy but once,
which was upon the receipt OF a letter OF
concratulation from the poet Whittier. The
Governor, after reading the letter to his
family, turned to Mrs. Hayes with the re-
mark "Well wife, if we are not elected, we
shall have the satisfaction of knowing that a
great many good men voted for us" Moth
ing could have better shown the modest,
manly character of our standard-bearer.
Year: 1876

June has gone. the dear, delicious
month of tender fruits and blooming
roses. We take one long, lingering look
at the receding loveliness, and turn
about with pain in our hearts to grapple
with those months in which victuals
must be eaten up to save them from
spelling. Danbury News.
Year: 1876

Been in general use for twenty years. Everywhere
proved the most SAFE, SIMPLE. ECONOMICAL,
and EFFICIENT medicines known. They are Just
what the people want, saving time and money, avert
ng sickness and suffering. Each single specific the
we'll tried prescription Of an eminent physician
Year: 1876

There is time when patience ceases to
be virtue. That time has arrived with
Williams & Co., the contractors for dredg-
ing our harbor. They have waited pa
tiently here for the the authorities to let
the contract for the further dredging of
the channel, as contemplated by the
last appropriation of Congress, but they
have waited i'm vain. Concluding that
nothing will be done this season, MIR. Up
ham came here few days since and put
the entire machinery into winter quar-
tiers and sent the men home for the win
ter. We regret that this had TO he the
result of all the work done last winter to
secure the appropriation for this harbOr,
but it is some consolation to know that
ChebOygan is not the only place thus ef-
fected by Democratic ''retrenchment and
REFORM"
Year: 1876

For the year 1874 he could not ascer-
tain how, the matter stood.
After some discussion, and hearing
the opinion of the Village Attorney
that they would have to be collected BY
the advertising and sale of the property
Trustee Stevenson moved that the
amounts be placed i'm the hands of the
Village Marshal for collection. Carried


The question of collecting the tx as
sessed against the property of Baker, Pat
tersOn and others, for building the side
walk OIL the street to Duncan was then
taken taken up, and a long discussion oc-
Cured upon. it. After some inyestica-
ton it was found that there were twelve
property holders OIL the street. and that
the twO-thirds required by law to secure
the building of sidewalk would be
eight. The. petition upon which this
sidewalk had been constructed contained
only five signatures. The construction
of the sidewalk and the assessment had
clearly been illegal. and the tax could
not be collected.


Trustee Kpzar proposed that the side
walk be taken up.


Mr.. Stevenson agreed with him
Thought that in this way part of the
expense could be saved.


The Recorder stated that probably the
expense of putting it down and taking it
up would be all the lumber was worth.


Mr.. Stevenson said it would be some
satisfaction to take it up. If the owners
would not pay for it, he did not want
them to have it.


MIR. Newton said there was good
road to Duncan, and he thought the best
way to get rid of the sidewalk and trou-
BILE together was to burn it up.
Mr.. Stevenson proposed to sell the ma
terial where it was


Mr.. Crumley-Burn it up.


The Village Attorney then suggested
a compromise. Perhaps the property
owners would be willing to paw por-
ton of the expense to have it remain.


There was not trustee who favored
this.


The matter was then postponed until
the next meeting.


The clerk then read the petition of the
residents of Huron street, asking that a
side walk be ordered OIL the west side Of
Huron street from the intersection Of
First to Second street. The petition not
being signed by two-thirds of the prop
erty owners, it was laid over until the
next meeting. 3r


A petition was read from VIM. Crane.
the village lamp lighter, asking that he
be allowed to extinguish the lights at an
earlier hour, or his compensation in
creased, owing to the unexpected rise in
oil. After very little consideration the
petition was laid over until the next
meeting.


The committee on nuisances reported
nothing. They had probably not no
ticed that the sidewalks were the favOrite
promenade for cows.


The Village Attorney reported that the
village had no authority to compel prls-
oners to work upon the streets.


The following accounts were then al
lowed: g


VIM. Crane ............................ 27 so
Year: 1876

A petition showing the necessity of


opening c street north from Fifth street
to Fourth street was read and granted.
The Treasurer's report was on hand,
and was referred to the Finance commit
tee for examination. Fe'
The council then adjourned. M
Year: 1876

NOTWITHSTANDING the fears Of our
friend White, Of Marshall county, lately
expressed, that the American end OF the
Centennial Exposition will be the little
end Of the horn, we think, from the rc'
ports in the Philadelphia papers, it will
pan out in very creditable manner. The
arrival OF one or two hundred cars Of
goods daily for week at Paramount park
puts the American part Of the exhibition
forward rapidly. And as for the whole
exhibition, ii ia now fully apparent that
1t will exceed all previous affairs Of the
kind in the history OF the world. It will
show more industries, and show them
more completely. Although the large
buildings are greater than have ever been
erected, II is found that one industry after
another is crowded ont into special
building. The carriage building, for in
stance, where 60 0.exhibitors OF this coun-
try will compete with the best makers Of
Europe, has been extended to take in the
exhibitors OF stoves, ranges and house
furnaces, in which America expects to
carry of the honors, while in an addition
to the agricultural building will be shown
farm vehicles OF all kinda. To citO an
other curious instance Of thorough dis
play, the beer.brewers will rival the
leather trade in their big building, show
ing. all the processes and materials Of
beer-making, the contrast between old
appliances and new and the best results
Of their skill; then to make the exhibi
ton truly representative of the American
agitation OF all social and moral problems
they will distribute pamphlets setting
forth the gospel OF beer as destined tc
save the American people from in
temperance.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Frye offered an. amendment pro.
yiding that the members OF Congress shall
not recommend the appointment to,or the
continuance in office, or the removal
therefrom OF any clerk in any OF the De.
partmen,s unless the head thereof shall
lirst apply for his advice in writing:
The amendment was rejected by a vote Of
hT IN OF
Year: 1876

EDITOR HERALD.-It seems that
success has at last crowned the efforts
of the Star Oil Company. They have
struck flowing we'll of oil on the
Pico Spring yielding forty barrels per
day, at depth of less than two hun
dred feet, thing unknown in the his
tory of oil. There is no humbug
about this. Any one can see for HIM
self if he will come and do so. 1t con-
tinues to increase so rapidly as they
sink deeper that there is scarcely any
doubt that it will soon yield hum
dred barrels per day. The Refinery
at Lyons Station is running day and
night, and its capacity will soon be
increased. Boring will be COM
menced on the Hughes well as soon
as the road now being constructed is
completed. AS it is on the same belt
as the Pico oil well, there is scarcely
any doubt that they will strike oil.
The hidden wealth that lies beneath
these mountains will soon be brought
to light and will light many house
and hall in the future. 1t will throw
out brilliant light, that will soon at
tract considerable attention, and Will
guide the capitalist and speculator to
our district and add wealth and pros
perity to our country.


w. A. BRoPHY.


Oil District, June 25th, 1876.
Year: 1876

The House resolution authorizing
the issuance of ten millions of silver
coinage to take the place of the green
back notes, has passed the Senate with
an amendment that trade dollars
shall not be legal tender, and limit
ing their issue to the demand for ex-
portation. The House will, beyond
doubt, concur in the amendment. 1t
is understood that Congress will take
steps to increase the issue to twenty
millions. This will retire greenbacks
quite rapidly, but it will also increase
the discount on silver. CHRISTIAN
cY's silver bill is also likely to become
law. This provides that silver bars
stamped by the mint shall be legal
tender at their commercial value from
month to month. How far these
two steps will go toward solving the
financial problem is yet to be seen.
Those who have given the subject
considerable thought concur in the
opinion that little will be gained.
Year: 1876

In the announcement that in conse-
quence of his continued i'll health,
BLAINE will retire to the quiet of his
home in Maine and take no part in
the Presidential campaign, we discov-
er the first positive indication of the
dissatisfaction felt by a large proper
tion of the Republican party over the
defeat of that gentleman and the
nomination of a man to fame and for
tune unknown. AS we get further
along we shall find that CoNKLING
and BRIsTow are taking no interest
in the fight beyond secret desire to
see HAYES defeated. The Presidents
heart is not in it, and, while he will
not openly oppose HAYES, his chagrin
over the summary manner in which
his favorite was disposed of by the
Convention is so great that he will
not give the ticket that cordial and
energetic support he would had CoNK-
LING been the nominee. GRANT had
fiattered himself that he would name
the candidate, and to certain extent
he was not mistaken. Don CAMERON
nominated HAYES, but he only accep-
ted him when the utter impossibility
of nominating CONKLING became ap-
parent,an the certainty that BLAINE
would be chosen if the fight went on,
could not longer be overlooked.
GRANT was permitted to name the
candidate on the condition that he
would not name CoNKLING. Disguise
it as best they can, the Republican
leaders cannot hide the fact that the
defeat of BLAINE has sown seeds of
discomfort in their party which will
produce crop of dissension that can
not but weaken HAYES. The con-
gratulatory and support promising
messages sent to HAYES by BLAINE,
GRANT, BRTsTow and Others, were
hollow protestations-promises made
to be broken.
Year: 1876

The Democratic National Conven-
tion meets in st. Louis to-day. The
representation will be quite full and
the intellectual status of the delegates
will; beyond doubt, range far above
that of any National Convention that
has assembled within the last score of
years. 1t is well that this is so, be-
cause there is much expected from
this convention. The eyes of the
whole people are turned toward st.
Louis to-day, and with the hope for
grand results there is commingled not
little fear of disappointment. 1t is
within the power of the gentlemen
composing the convention to do much
toward relieving the people from the
domination of party that after load
ing the masses with taxation mani
tests no inclination to relieve them of
the CALLING burden. The people have
abundant cause for wearying of Re-
publican rule. But they have not un-
bounded confidence in the protesta-
tions of the Democrats that they will,
If given the opportunity, remove the
existing grounds for discomfort and
dissatisfaction. The convention can,
and we hope will, nominate candi-
dates and put forth platform that
will secure for the Democracy that
confidence the Republicans have lost.
II the delegates have proper realiza-
ton of their whole duty and full un-
derstanding of what is expected OF
them, they will ignore sectional pre-
judice, recognize no faction, forget
Year: 1876

party, and remembering only those
pure Democratic principles the adher-
ence to which made this the greatest
of great nations, they will give us
declaration of intention that all will
endorse and select men to carry out
those intentions in whom all will
have confidence. These things they
may do. That they will truly and
faithfully perform the task assigned
them we sincerely hope.
Year: 1876

1t is to be hoped that the street car COM
panics arc pleased with the results of the
interview of their agents at Albany with the
Railroad Committee, for the people certainly
will be. In the pithy conversations between
the members of the committee and the
agents of the companies, as reported by our
correspondent, the public can see the whole
case at glance. Mr.. Sullivan, of the Brook
lyn City Railroad Company, argued for the
interests of that company at some length to
prove that proper administration would
ruin it. and then was forced to admit that
its shares are now worth zone hundred and
eighty" which seems to indicate a pros
perity not to be easily damaged This gen.
tleman pleaded the dreadful hardship of his
company that il only made seven -tenths of a
cent on each dollar but this sum-
profit on each five cent fare, is four
teen per cent-a fact which should have
been considered before complaining at such
gain. There arc several facts that some of
these railroad men should explain at Albany,
and one CT them is in regard to the incapa-
city of the streets to accommodate their cars
If they run more than are now on They
say that cars will then be run so close to-
gether that people cannot cross the streets.
If that be true how is it that anybody can
now cross West Broadway, in which street
are run all the cars of three companies !?
Sixth avenue, Eighth avenue and Broadway
cars now run down that street, and the cars
of two lines run up it, yet other traffic is not
greatly troubled. The Killian bill is rather
strengthened than hurt by the assault made
thus far, and, with the improvements that
Mr.. Killian proposes will be an effective
measure. In the notifications contemplated
he should keep in view the bill drafted by
Mr.. Bergh, and should incorporate in his
own measure oil its essential features.
Year: 1876

learn that their children are being poisoned
day by day in the public schools. both on
account of the want of ventilation Of the
schoolrooms and the way in which the chill
dren are huddled into space fit for only half
tho number, even under the most favor
able conditions, there will be no
remedy. We trust, however, that official
indifference will not be allowed to continue
much longer, but that sufficient accommo-
dations will be provided for all the children
in our public schools, and that all of
these buildings will be rendered health
full in every respect.