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Year: 1876

Mary Clemmer says of Senator
Booth, of California: ''No man shall
display within sight of the gallery
every day such exquisite silken hose
without my doing them ample justice.
The world shall know what lovely
stockings he wears. No Senator shall
sit in the middle aisle with one foot
aloft, displaying a faultless ankle,
faultlessly attired in hose, with ceru-
lean stripes, and I not say that there
is such Senator, if but one"
Year: 1876

A new argument in favor of hard
money: A farmer of Limerick, Va,
hung his waistcoat on a fence the
other day while he went to cut some
poles, and found on his retur that an
OK had chewed up bills to the amount
of two hundred dollars which were in
oEa of the pockets. Some silver coin
which was in the same pocket was
tasted, but Immediately spit out.
Year: 1876

The English ritlemen are dissatisfied.
They were under the impression that none
other would compete at the International
Rifle Match with the Americans, but them
selves. The Scotch rifemen have accepted
the challenge, and the crack shots of Ire
land will come over and test craftsmanship
with us. This has dissatisfied johnny Bull,
and he threatens to withdraw from the con-
foct
Year: 1876

The Commercial is of the opinion that if
Wilmington keeps on it will in twenty years
beat Reading in the race for population.
That may be, but we would like to know
the process by which it is to be done to beat
Reading en- this scorce. But one thing we
can never do, that is to educate ourselves
to that degree of civilization where people
eat snits and knep and wash it down with a
gallon of beer.
Year: 1876

MORTON is promised reward for his
Mississippi Resolution in the Senate. 1t is
the promise of Ames' support and the Re-
publican party of Mississippi in the Presi-
Dental contest. 1t has always been known
that be had an Interior object. but it was
never known before that he was so anxious
for the office that he would pcrjure himself
and trife with the punishment hell bestows
upon liars to obtain it.
Year: 1876

The movements of Matt Carpenter while
he was in Washington were watched will
no small amount of interest. His favoriteisn
to Blaine as the candidate for President
and Cameron for Vice President, lays bare
the hole through which this willy fox sx-
poets to creep back into his old lair at
Washington. is a" ..F
Year: 1876

TIE cold weather we are experiencing
did not come unexpectedly to great many,
who had atched the weather reports from
theWest and the current the cold air was TAX.
ing. Here in our own State the peach trees
begun to bud, and in Virginia the flowers
were in bloom, but the severe weather of
the past two days has nipqed them all.
Year: 1876

TIE House of Representatives, at Wash
ington have refused to approve the Consti.
tutional amendment, limiting the President
to single term. This is just as we have
stated all along that it should be, and
Congress has refused by such action to
place a suspicion upon whoever may
succeed Grant.
Year: 1876

AFTER all the Conkling movement does
not seem to have any of the spirit and vim
Of ego" in It, outside of New York, and
only there with the inland papers. In
Washington 1t commands only a passing
notice, and in political circles generally is
only the occasion of casual remark.
Year: 1876

NEW YORK has broken out again with
the milk fever rash, that is they are making
investigations of all the lacteal fluid that
comes into the city, by means of an instru-
ment known as the lacameter. Some OF
them lack-a-metre, and more too of coming
mn to the right standard,
Year: 1876

By Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, June 27.-The special
committee appointed at the request of Geo.
McAdams, Clerk of the House, to investi-
gate the charge against him, published in
the Inter Ocean, in May last, to-day made
unanimous report. They say the evidence
is explicit and conclusive; that in no in
stance has any pecuniary or other considera-
tion been paid or promised by or on behalf
of any party receiving an appointment from
Mr.. Adams, either directly or indirectly,
to any other person for his account
It appears that some disappointed
applicant from pique or resent
ment started a rumor that the present
Chief Engineer at the time of his appoint
ment held note against Mr.. Adams for
$500. This was retailed by an eccentric rel
alive of another disappointed applicant, and
reaching the ear of the correspondent it
suddediy grew into the proportions of SEN
satioual item. Inconsiderately and inexcu-
sably giving publicity to charge of crimi-
nal conduct against meritorious office of
the House.


The utter groundlessness and falsity OF
the charge are confessed by the correspon-
pent. His informers and all other parties
concerning in giving it circulation and are
also confirmed by the oath of Mr.. Adams
and the engineer. The committe say the
engineer was not political friend Of the
clerk, nor an acquaintance of him previous
to the commencement of the present session
and complimented Mr.. Adams for the care
and soliditude shown by him in the selec-
tion of that officer. The committee were
discharged from the further consideration
of the subject
Year: 1876

1t is not often that we find anything in
our vivacious, viperish, Interpretive
neighbor, the st. Paul Dispatch, which
commends Itself SO thoroughly to the
appreciation of our judgment as much OF
9th -


While we believe the interest of the country
will require i'll the coming Presidential cam
paign tnat the Republican party he completely
ovelthrown and put out Of power, we hold,
nevertheless, that the same interest require
that the increasing body Of Independent voters
should hold themselves from permanent ALL
ance with any party Consistently Nth their
duty to their country they cannot aid to keep
the Republican party, as at present constituted
IN power 1t does now appear possible for
that party to be reorganized on basis which
will make it worthy Of public confidence in
time for the approaching Presidential election


Should, as is not improbable, the great sue
cess OF the Democratic party, in 1876 bring its
worst elements to the front and should it prove
so weak in virtue as to give its directions OF
these and to the IOrtune-hunters which will
flock to it from the Republican party, then the
elections Of 1878 and 1880 will furnish the In
dependents an opportunity not only to rebuke
it for its fathlessness but to turn it out of pow
er if necessary By 1884, at least, it will
doubtless happen that the Republican party
Will be reOrganlZe0 Win us best men as Its
representative leaders, while the Democratic
parry will have been captured by placemen,
lobbyists and contractors. Then it will be the
duty of the Independents to join the Republic
can party for the time, as it is their duty now
to join the Democratic party for the time.


The election OF the last eight years show that
there at least three per cent. Of the voting
population of the country uninfluenced by
party considerations. These are enough to
hold the balance of power, and, maintaining
their Independence of parties, to reform the
government and hereafter prevent either party
from becoming as venal and dangerous as was
the Democratic party in 1860, or as is the Re-
publican party in 1876. Because they can do
this it is their plain duty to act accordingly.


Now let the Dispatch tnrn in and help
make our Independent Convention Of
the 29th inst, success. That will give
the Independent voters cfthe State nu-
clues, rallying point, an organization,
in short, the balance of power between
the two contending parties whereby it
can restrain both from wrong causes.
What says brother Hall?
Year: 1876

We yield up part of our space this
week to the able report of Senator
Meighen. upon the history of the old
Minnesota State Railroad Bonds. While
we agree with him in the historical part
Of his valuable paper. we think the state
sooner or later will have to settle those
bonds in some shape. They will out
live al OF us. and haunt our posterity
worse than Banquo's ghost hauntedlMac-
beth. For our part il the state could
pay them with the 100000 acres OF in
ternal improvement lands. we would
willingly vote to make that dispo-
sition ot the lands.
Year: 1876

AN ENTIRE REVOLUTION IN MINING,
that ore may be dropped from the lower levels
of the mines down to the tunnel--a saving Of
the present hoisting power; that the tunnel
will drain the mines naturally--a saving Of
pumping power; that ore can be transported
through the tunnel to the reduction mills in
Sutro at cost Of 10 cents per ton--a saving in
transportation expenses; that the livs of the
miners will be more secure; and finally the
tunnel will inaugurate total reduction of
more than SO per cent. from the present cost
of mining. and thereby render it worth while
to reduce low grade ores.
Year: 1876

We are glad to learn that the St.
Paul and Sioux City Railroad will this
year build Il branch from some point in
Mobiles county to Lu Verne in Rock
county, thus opening upa rich and val
liable section of country in the extreme
south western portion of the state. See
their advertisement in another column
Year: 1876

The. .crowning misfortune is that theseexcellent
people, being dumb from their birth, and
taught never to utter word on public matters,
would never be heard from on public matters
were ten thousand to die and thousand mil
lion of business capital to 20 out of existence.
Year: 1876

About week ago John Baumcrick,
"A farmer, residing five miles from Fer
rest. o., while working in field with
his son and daughter, aged respective
ly IS aud Z years, became very angry
at some work the son had just compile
ted, and seizing IA handspike struck
him on the head, knocking him sense
less. Then the demon seemed to have
fully taken hold Of him. He repeated
blow after blow, until the poor victim
sunk down his head, mass of quiver-
ing gore. Before life was extinct he
carried the dying boy to heap of
logs and covered him with brush and
leaves. He threatened his daughter
with similar treatment if she divulged
the secret. Inquiries beingsmade.for
the boy he answered by saying he h id
ran away from home. Baumerick is
in Jail.
Year: 1876

William Shepherd and Richard
Aringdale, two good farmers of this
county, brought in fine droves of
hogs to-day, which were sold to Mr..
Stratton for shipment at 514 gross.
Shepherds were Of the Berkshire and
Magic breed and weighed about two
hundred and fifty pounds each and
were only yearlings.


These prices are somewhat lower
than hogs have heretofore brought
in this market, nevertheless when you
can get eleven dollars for a yearling
pig you are getting price for it
which will pay you as-good a profit
as is earned in any other legitimate
business or labor.


1t is fully twice as much as the said
hog would have brought any time
during the reign of James Buchanan
of blessed memory, and the money is
more than twice as good as democrat
ic shinplasters used to be.
Year: 1876

Work on the water power is pro-
crossing very favorably. The Golfer
dam is more than three-fourths COM
pleted, and will be finished by
Wednesday night perhaps, if no bad
luck intcrvenes. The material for the
permanent dam, ready framed, is al
already on the ground, and another
large pile driver will soon be COM
plcted and ready for work. A large
amount Of work has already been
done during the last two or three
days, and material arranged so tina


the work will now 60 forward rapid
ly. Pay up your assessments, boys.
Year: 1876

The Ottumwa Morrissey- Massacre
Reformed Crow-Eaten Spirit of last
week put me in mind of the little boy
that went to church with his Missees.
The Doctor takes that on himself
what his partner done, but his ink
lings are too well known down here
for that. Doc, yon say Peg is on both
his ears. How many are you on You
will be on half q dozen before you get
through with me. You undertake to
criticize me about q quotation made
use Of last week. Now, Doc, don't
expose yourself SO bad next time.
Remember you don't have to do as
the monkey" climb tree. would
advise you to interview that lady
friend Of yours that aided you SO ma
terially few years ago in your off,
cial duty, before you undertake to
criticise again. "Oh, consistency, be
ashamed OF yonrselfl' You had bet
ter say that is original. Come again
Mr.. Reform. I think yon will ac-
knowledge making the Republican
speech referred to in our last. I've
got it, and il is good one. PFC.
Year: 1876

The railroad muddle at Eldon, be-
tween the employees and the railroad
company, seems to be settled, new
men have been employed instead OF
the strikers and trains are running
again as usual. At one time about 25
or 30cngines were at Eldon. ready to
60 out, but no person could be found
to act in the capacity of firemen. AS
fast as any one could be induced to
act, the strikers would gather around
and if possible, persuade him from
taking the part of the railroad COM
pany, or, in the event moral suasion
failed, they would good humoredly
remove the fireman from the engine
by force.


In one instance conductor of a
passenger train after holding his
train at Eldon about hours without
being able to get another fireman,
turned over his train to a brakeman
and took his position in the cab and
made fireman of himself. Yes
terday train was ready to start and
when the fireman and engineer took
their places every pin was pulled and
the train all uncoupled while
the officers were standing around.
This was repeated several times,
and finally the switch engine
got behind the train and pushed
it out of the county. There were
many incidents going to show the
determination of the men, although
generally they were very orderly.
There was no drinking or loud talk
ing, and no destruction of property.
Several of the ring-leaders left
Elion for Fairfield yesterday
to operate there, but Sheriff
Spilman telegraphed the Sheriff
of Jefferson county to arrest
them on their arrival, which he
did, and lodged them in Jail. The
same programme was carried out at
Centerville, after which the bottom
seemed to fall out of the revolt, and
then trains were allowed to depart
unmolested.
Year: 1876

Peter Mnlvaney, merchant of Ell
don, has been closed out by the Sher-
III, at least the Sheriff got his safe, all
his stock that was visible, and
brought it to Ottumwa the other day.
For some days previous, Peter had
been closing out his stock at 30 cents
on the dollar and we are informed that
Peter never had such run of GUS
tom; he cleaned out the whole stock
In few days, and now numerous
creditors mourn because their goods
are gone where the woodbine twin
eth
Year: 1876

Our County Fair will commence on
the 10th Of this month, to continue
three days. By that time everything
will be in readiness. There are yet
few Premium Lists on hand for dis
tribution. When in the city, farmers
are requested to call at the COURIER
Office and get them.
Year: 1876

The Hayes and Wheeler club will
hold a regular meeting in the City
Hall on next Thursday evening, Sept
7th. We hope to have q rousine
meeting. One or more speakers from
abroad will doubtless be present and
address the meeting. Every voter IN
the city is invited to be present.


By order of Central Committee.
Year: 1876

PREVENTION OF THE FREEZING OF
FRUIT IN THE BuD.-The freezing OF fruit
in the bud, frequently occasioncd by
few warm days succeeded by late frosts,
it is said, may be prevented by spreading
thick layer Of frozen manure, or OF ice
or snow, around the trees, in February or
March, while the ground is firmly frozen.
The buds will thus be kept back, since
the ground will thaw more slowly, and
the roots convey no nutriment to the
tree. When frosts are no longer to be
feared the covering should be removed.
Year: 1876

The following eulogium of Wade Hampton,
from the Raleigh, N. c. Observer, is as grace
full in conception as it is truthful in state.
ment, and is but a specimen of the laudation
which his noble bearing has won for him from
the press and people of the entire Union:


No man in this country-certainly no man
in the South--is attracting to himself more
attention or more commendation than is Gen
eral Wade Hampton, of South Carolina. Of
him the strongest language may be used, and
yet not beget the slightest suspicion of exag-
geration. Soldier, statesman and patriot, be
has proved himself to be man Of when not
only bis State but the country and the age in
which he lives, may we'll be proud; for bis is
one Of the grandest, most perfectly rounded
characters that America has yet produced.


Whether in prosperity, with money and
land and slaves at bis command, or in adver.
sity, dependent upon his daily labor for his
daily bread; in peace, surrounded by all that
wealth could command or refinement and in
telligence desire, or in war, sharing every
hardship with the humblest soldier; as free
citizen of a free State, or as the leader of a
forforn hope in behalf of his people against
despotic government; he stands out pre-emi-
nently as a man to be loved and admired.
No wonder that his people are ready to fol.
low him to the death. No wonder that they
rally to his standard, and without regard to
race or color, or whether native or Northern
born rend the air with their cries for Hamp-
ton and reform; for, to them, Hampton is the
personi6cation of all that is great and good,
in arts or arms or in government. His word
to them is as law, written iu eternal charac-
ters upon their hearts. With but word
from him, and armed men would everywhere
spring up; for his people have been outraged
and oppressed and incensed until flesh and
blood could scarce bear it longer; and yet
With word from him the surging crowd that
neither bullets or bayonets could make quail,
quietly dispersed, every man returning peace
ably to his own home. Grsnder.is .is be even,
in the restraint he imposed upon himself in
that hour of tumult and wrong and outrage,
to utter words of peace and to teach lessons
of moderation, than when, sabre in hand, ,1at
the: head of, his invincible legions, he rode in
resistless charge upon his enemies! Glorious
man that he is, who is there, that's not proud
to be his fellow.manl, But such q man be-
longs not TO his State alone, nor even to his
section, but to the whole country and the
day will come when he will take rank in
history next to his great commander
Year: 1876

WITH whatever loathing loyal men must
look upon the crime of perjury as an adjunct
of treason, traitors will be uugrateful if they
do not vote for Samuel j. Tilden. But they
are not ungrateful. Every rebel state will
vote for him to show their appreciation of
the man who boldly advocated secession be-
fore the war, who was in open and active
sympathy with them during the war, who
who never uttered word or voluntarily con-
tributed dollar to aid the Government
while the war was in progress, and who pre-
ferred perjury to patriotism when every true
man aud woman in the land was praying and
paying that treason might be overthrown
and the Republic saved.
Year: 1876

the case in one of the last two Demo-
cratic administrations when an arrangement
was made to pay the salary of an editorial
ottache OF Democratic paper by having his
name on the roll of Custom House officials.


columns might be written to show the
utter absurdity of the Pillsbury lie. 1t is
enough to say that il came from him-a man
waom every intelligent Republican knows to
be most uns nscru2ulous and malignant
PARTISAN.
Year: 1876

The Democratic papers excuse Tilden's
evasion of the full payment of his income
tax in '52 by charging that great many
others acted just as dishonesty. That is
possible; but he is The only one of the
rogues who is running for the Presidency.
Year: 1876

Professor Proctor is featuring in

 New York on the Life and Death of

 Words" He takes the ground that

 the planets and far-off stars have a

 birth and death, a commencement,

 ages of growth. then ages of decay 1;

 ages of growth and improvement un- til, at length, animal life can exist i;

 then at last there comes time when

 the last trace ofsnimal life disappears

 and the burnt out mass, its life ex-

 hausted, all its energies spent, floats

 but the corpse ofa world in the deeps

 of space, even as the hulk of some great ship is lowed beyond the har-

 bor's bar and left to the tossings ot the unsuitable sea. He says the moon Is one of these worn-out worlds that the earth will after while begin to bankits fires; that animal life has not yet appeared on Saturn and Jupiter; that as the planets burn out their fires the sun will reach a state ready to re- vive animal life, and so life and death in the worlds continue and have con- tinaed since the first world was swung into space. We believe this is no new theory of geologists, though some do not carry the theory to the same ex- tent that Professor Proctor does. It is not improbable, for there is nothing above the touch of decay that we know of except mind and the author of mind, and there Is no reason why a world should not wear out as we'll as else. But his closing words are worthy of attention. He said

 that living organizations having ceased on the smaller planets would appear on the giants, and having there III immense field and great duration 'f time would be able to progress in ,alculably; last of all, when life per shed in them, the sun itself would be- ,ome the theater of life, and after its lecay and death a still more central un would be the next fitted for the and development of life, and o on endlessly. And he said that per lsps what seemed to us death was not leath but another and higher life, just IS night is not darkness absolute, but 'nly calmer, purer state of nature. - Enterprise.
Year: 1876

WHEN the average newspaper mans brain becomes exhausted he takes to writing up finance. In this or some other way a California editor entered the financial arena lately and after charging all the Ills towhich the money market is heir, to illegitimate enter .prises and speculation in money, closes with this sample:

 A few days ago $3O,OOO were locked up Tn safe in San Francisco to be gwen to the horse which would 20 in the shortest tune around a race track One hundred and fifty thousand dollars more were locked up at the same time m the pool boxes, and fifty thousand dollars in outside bets. When The old granger came to town, not to attend inc races, but Co sell his grain. he was toId

 there was no money to buy with.

 Which reminds us of the story of the bank that couldn't change dollar bill tor customer because the cashier had juSt stepped out to buy some peanuts and had taken all the available assets .oi the bank with him for that purpose
Year: 1876

A letter from Mineral Park, of date January 1, gives some cheerful color ing,-as in fact general news for some time past from Mohave county has given,-ofcondition of affairs. Among other things the letter says:

 'The population here is steadily in creasing and business is growing better every day. Three mills are now being built and soon will be running. The old furnace at Chloride will soon start again. Many mines are being worked on quite an extensive scale"

 This is the kind of news we like to get, when we have good reason to be- lieve 1t reliable.