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Year: 1876

Hillary Page.-The 14th is the day ap-
pointed for the hanging of Hillary Page for
house burning. The condemned will prob
ably be removed to the jail at the old court
house in few days. The execution will
take place on the old Cogbill road about
mile and quarter from the corporate
limits
Year: 1876

LEVY BROTHERS keep the largest and best-assort-
ed stock of dry goods trimmings and notions In this
city, You can avoid the heat and exposure OF shop
ping around during the warm weather by calling at
otr ctr
Year: 1876

Governor &. G. Walker, Member Of Con-


gress from Third District Of Virginia:


Dear Governor, you be good enough
to advise us ii Congress will make any
change in the tobacco ta1 this session! Il
is of the first Importance that business
should not be crippled; and some statement
from the Committee of Ways and Means
would be most thankfully received by the
whole country. Yours very truly,
Year: 1876

New YORK, Dec. 26.--The World
SAYS: The Board of Directors of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
held a meeting yesterday on the sub
ject of the telegrams aud the Con-
grrssionsl Committee. The Board
yesterday, instructed its Executive
Committee to destroy originals in
future as soon as possible after their
transmission. II is authoritatively
said that the ompany will even have
the messages destroyed on the day
after their transmission il that is ne
cessary to secure their privacy.


THERE is u plausible rumor to the
effect that the various railroad lob
boyists and Congressional jobbers
have planned gigantic raid upon
the United States treasury, and that
their whole power will be exerted in
favor of Tilden, whom they regard
as then lnan. They have nothing to
hope for in case Of the Inauguration
Of Governor Hayes. and it is the
most natural thing in the world for
all the corrupt elements at Washing
ton to unite ON such programme.
Year: 1876

A Springfield butcher was invited
the other night to attend minstrel
show, but positively declined, and
said: "If should go I should see 80
many people who owe me for meat
that it would spoil all my fun"
Year: 1876

It ID gratifying to know that Capt.
Eads has adopted the proper course to
settle the controversy which has arisen
in relation to the soundings Of the river
at South Pass. He has. as stated yes
terday. telegraphed the Secretary OF
War q request to order Gen Comstock
to measure tho depths Of the channel
Of course, that tho object Of Capt. Eads
il To have the matter Of tho formation
OF d new bar seaward also determined !,
i'm short. to have n thorough official
examination and report OF what the
jetties have accomplished SO far
aud promise IN the future, II
completed. The DEMOCRAT, ten days
ago. suggested this rs tho only
satisfactory method Of settling the con
troversy. We have printed what Capt
Eads had to say, and also what Major
Howell had to say, that the public. SO
deeply interested in this stupendous
work, might have all the information on
the subject from both sides. The contro-
vcrsv, through the columns OF tho
DEMOCRAT. between Captain Eads and
Major Howell though unploasantly
sharp. promises now to bring about Just
what we desired an official and
thorough test ri what the ictty
works have really accomplished. As
We have frequently said before


we are not q partisan in this matter


We sincerely hope that the investiga
ton, If it is made. will result decidedly
in favor of the ietties, but If tho re-
suits claimed by Capt. Eads have not
been accomplished, in the interest Of
New Orleans and the people Of tho
whole Mississippi Valley. we desire thnt
the fact shall be made known ut the
earliest possible moment. We are not
on Capt. Eads' side nor on Major How
ellis side, but on the side OF the public.


A number of newspapers which have
become the partisans OF Captain Eads
and whose uttcrances on the subject
are therefore unreliable, have thought
fit to insnuate that we are adverse to
the jetty enterprise and were iniuring n
great public work. The fact Is that
the DEMoCRAT has pursued the
course best calculated to serve tn"
public. for it promises to lead TO
an Investigation, which. If the
jet'ioa are u success. will prove Of in
tinitcly more advantage to Capt. Eads
and his work than ali the putting Of al
the jetty organs from St. Louis TO Now
Orleans, and if they are not n success,
the people Of the Mississippi Valley
will thank us for our share IN bringing
about controversy which will have
cstablis he'd the fact Of failure.
Year: 1876

To THE EDrToR OF THE HbRALD:-


see that many correspondents counsel your good
work in calling attention TO the condition OF the sui
ferng poor. While heartily agree with them must
express the still greater gratlcation feel in reading
your editorial to-day on tho improper treatment OF
the insane. You say very truly, 'thcre is general
inclination to believe that because is insane
nothing that he his friends may is worthy Of
credit" THIS fact silences many who could "a tale
unfold" that would draw forth the exclamation Have
we returned TO past ages OF physical torture and
OF Mrs. Norton, Of the Commissioner OF
Lunacy for this great State hcre is
q man appointed TO overlook the asylums and protect
the defencsess, paid by the public for this purpose.
He defends and excuses the course pursued toward
this unfortunate woman ard IN any exposure that
may be made he will probably be found upholding the
and II you listen to their h0neyed words read the
rules they make tor their asyums, and look upon the
beautiful grounds prOesscdiy Intended for the insane,
and visit ono or TWO OF the show of" wards you will
think unatc asylum sort OF terrestrial paradise.
But the other hand acend to ihc wards OF the third
and fourth stories ana spend lew hours watch the
tendants SEQ their treatment OF the patients and hear
their language To them and TO other try to dis.
ignorant creatures who generally form this class
OF attendants; ask how often the physician in
charge visits the ward and whether be ever comes
uncxpcctedly whether he makes an inquiry into The
complaints OF patients or whether they dare L.
Examine the bruises and the broken bones of these
patients and you Will know that have found hell
upon earth. In tho name Of humanity STIR up this
subject; throw light upon the torturcs o these unfor
tunatcs, and let the public see where good
entirely neglected In this age of prison associations
let us have lunatc asylum associations, and, above
ALL Iet US have the laws tho protection of the IN.
enforced. Now they are a dead letter, and III
they not they insufficient TO accomplish the
desired result know OF what 1 write, although al
ways SANE PERSON.


DEcgMpER %. 1876
Year: 1876

|. The work has been begun after long and careful preliminary labor, and with the most ample resources for carrying it on to successful termination.

 None of the original stereotype plates have been used but every page has been
Year: 1876




VERY NAUGHTY.-Last night two
mutton luggcrs, that roost in tht
same bed, had an argument about The
amount Of space they were each Ell.
titled to in said bed, aud had a fighl
in a state Of semi-nudity. The fellow
that wouldn't lay over was nearly
choked to death.


Ottumwa now has beer garden
Ottnmwa is busy town and hei
people perform large amount OF
work in six days, consequently OF.
tumwa is not likely to go into eNta-
cies over this establishment. 1t is
not necessary to her welfare nor to
the well-being of her citizens. This
beer garden was only established
yesterday and was signalled by a
regular row. One or two persons
were badly whipped but not serious
ly hurt. A bear garden would be a
better name for such institutions.
Year: 1876

Among the clothing houses in this
city none have a better reputation for
fair and honorable dealing than the
old and popular Baltimore Clothing
House, on the corner Of Market and
Main streets. They have an excellent
stock, handsomely arranged, which
embraces every line Of goods I'd be
found In the trade and whtcli they
are selling at ruinous prices. If you


should want a suit or a part of one,
by all means call at the Baltimore
Clothing House. may17-w4t
Year: 1876

Why can we sell goods SO cheap
Because we bny our goods direct
from the manufs ctnry for cash. We
have no bad debts and our goods are
all new. We buy for cash and sell for
cash, and defy competition, at the
GREAT REVOLUTION.
Year: 1876

Mesrs. Steinway a. Sons will send Their
employees to the number Of 1900 to the Centennial Ex
hibtion Tomorrow, paying their expenses and giving
them the day, The from the Astoria settlement VIII
start at 4:30 a. m meeting their fellow Horkmen from
the main factory at the foot OF East FOriy-nntbs ana
Others living in the lower part OF the city at the New
jersey Central Railroad in jersey CITY Starting ut
G o'clock special train will take the party over the
Boundbrook route 70 Philadelphia, where it is due at
O'Clock al the large gate of the Centennial depot From
the depot the men, preceded by band ~ music, VIII
march fCur abreast To the Main Building From IL 20


o'clock r. BuscOyitz H play upon one of The stenwdy
Centennial grand pianos before those OF the WOrEmen
who choose 70 listen. The special train VIII start Oh mo
return trip at o'clock reaching Jersey CITY shortly he
f,peg q M an
Year: 1876

ago in favor of "Free Uuba." Hun.
dreds of American vessels would now
be advantageously used in trans
porting the valuable woods and
other products of the roll of II island
to q maket, and in carrying supplies and
emigrants to it. The island is but
sparsely settled, while it has an area suf
ficient for the employment of several
millions of people. The soil would
soon have fallen into thehands of United
States capitalists. The products are so
valuable in commerce that emigration
there would have been encouraged, the
emancipated race of the South would
have found there cogenial home
where their civil rights could not be dis
puted, and where their labor would be
much sought after. The poorest among
them could have found means to 60 there
in case of great oppression and cruelty,
such as have been practiced upon them
in many places within the last eleven
years. Whole communities would have
sought refuge in San Domingo.


lido not suppose the whole race would
have gone, nor is it desirable that they
should 20. Their labor is desirable, in
dispensable almost, where they now are,
but the possession of this territory would
have left the negro master of the situ-
alton by enabling him to demand his
rights at home on pain of sending them
elsewhere.


! do not present these views now as
recommendation for a renewal of the
subject of annexation, but do refer TO it
to vindicate my previous action in re-
gard to it.


With the present Congress my official
life terminates. 1t is not probable that
public affairs will ever again receive
attention from me, further than as a
citizen of the Republic-always taking
deep interest in the honor and integrity
and prosperity of the whole land.


Signed u. S. GRANT.


EXECUTIVE MANSION, Dec. 8, 1876.
Year: 1876

The vrapgle between the Board OF Health ana the
p Commissioners caused by the effort made by tho
compel the Health Board vacate its
sstoppel least by decision rendered yesterday the
by the General fern of the Superior Court In
confirming the Injunction restraining the Police Com
nissioncrs from Interfering with the Health Board
Judge Curtis who writes the opinion, scathipgly crit
ieises the conduct OF the Police Commissioners The
following cmbodies the substance OF the opinion


IL 10 ~ all times desirable that departments organ
lied for the performance OF grave duties IN the public
Bervce should cooperate Tor the general welfare and
IN dong not only present example OF respect for
each otner Neither would II be ainiss Tor taem
deavor to observe the oourtesies and
that prevail among the respective branches of the civil
service III most civilized coinmupties Nor does II de-
tract from the theory ol what their mutual relations
should be, that rs u, the present instance rs IN all
Others wherc litigation arises from a controversy be-
tween themselves It's expenses both sides drawn
from the public Not only do such
initiate with the highest discharge Of duty,
but they unjusty increase the public burden.
departments occupied rooms tbere Tor years Where
person 10 in possession of real estate though he
may be mere tenant by sufersnce has paid HIS
rent or holds after the expiration OF his the
pwner can only regain possession by process OF Law.
Public policy iorbids 10 violence Even K the
bold the under them at their pleasure. the Po-
lice Commissioners have no more right to resort TO
Violence than any other landlord The
Jaw Of 1857 directed the police to cooperate with the
Board OF Health for the public good and the proofs
Indicate that IL would be best TOR the public welfare
10 the same building Tho injunction must be con.
linued
Year: 1876

have way o. getting rid OF a guilty companion. Gen.
orally where the husband plaintiff 1t is assumed hat
he has the means 10 carry on the litigation and he Is
able TO contribute something to the wiies support In
this case the husband is not able to comply with the
order for counsel fee and alnony, though when he
first came into court perhaps be The suggestion


Is reasonable that the should receive something
adapted 10 her actual necessities and then, when the
trial approaches something more 20 aid her in prepar


ing for Il; The Court ordered that all proceedings
der the ordor for almony and contempt should be
stayed the payment by the defendant of 81 per
week from Saturday last until the September term OF
the Court, and before the plaintiff for trial he
must n counsel fee.
Year: 1876

In the suit brought by X. ". Martin against Jay
Gould and others growing out Of gold transactions on
the memorable Black Friday the Superior Court Gen.
ers Term, yesterday affirmed the order Of the Special
Term opening the default The Court Judge Van
Worst writing the opin on, holds that the Judge at
Special Sessions had the power make the order open
ing paints default aud allowing him liberty 10 serve
his complaint Whether not the Judge should grant
the relief rested within his sound discretion upon the
affidavit setting forth the paintas ground though the
Court reason 10 direr from the conclusion
rived al by the Judge and the order appealed IRON is
confirmed. with costa
Year: 1876

movements. On these grounds the purchaser wanted
the seller restrained from enforcing his claim for the
balance OF the purchase money The Court was in
cned 10 doubt It's authority q Of equity TO the
extent asked for and counsel the concluded
submit the question to the General Term.
Year: 1876

In New York city respectable family
pays $500 annually for the rent Of
house A physician charges them from
three to five dollars for single visit and
furnishes no medicine. In the country
it frequently requires long ride and great
inconvenience to obtain a physician, and
when found he may not be able to- procure
the proper remedies. The most remarks-
BILE and unfailing remedy the world has ever
seen, and one which is endorsed by all ply
sicians, is now placed within the reach OF
every family, where it can always be kept
for immediate use. Danger arises from
delay. One dollar or fifty cents invested
in Centaur Liniment will last family
wear. There is no pain which it viii not
relieve, no swelling it will not subdue,
wound it will not heal, or lameness it viii
not cure. 1t heals burns without scar,
and renders the bites of snakes and the
stings of bees innoxious.
Year: 1876

[From the New York Times.


Ofall the people who live at the
Centennial hotels 1 think the newly
married couples-Philadelphia is full
of them, by the way-are the only ones
who are thoroughly contented and
happy. It makes no difference to
them whether the potatoes are wat
terry, the meats dry, or soup thin; and
they don't care a pin whether peo-
pie talk to them or not. They
live in little worl1 of their own,
and have no thought but for each 9TH
er. They all try to act as though
being married was an old story to
them, and still for the life of them
they can't help taking each others
hand every five minutes. The brides
nearly all wear new watch chains
Year: 1876

The great and overshadowing ques-
tioninvolved in the present campaign
is whether it would be wise, safe, or
patriotic, to place in power in this
Government the Southern Demo
Gratis who fought for four long years
to destroy it ? If Tilden should be
elected, his administration and the
House of Representatives would be
overwhelmingly controlled by ex-reb-
els. This is proposition that can
not be denied successfully. North
e-n Democrats, is such an event,
would be as C ay in the hands of the
potter They would be doughdfaces,
as they have always been.
Year: 1876

They took a vote on one of the
Erie trains last week and Hayes and
Wheeler stood 8 to I,Fhen the
train stopped at station one of the
passengers seeing an Irishman
working on the track called to him
and said:


"Say, Pat, we have just taken a
vote in the train, and we stand 8 to
1 in favor of Hayes and Wheeler;
what do you think of that2"


Pat took his pipe from his mouth
just long enough to say:


"To hell wild yer fashionable cars;
Just wait till the gravel train comes
along"
Year: 1876

A Coop TINE CoMING.-Here is a
notable extract from one of Colonel
R. G. Ingersolls recent speeches:
$50 10 work, my friends; the world
is getting better. I have had a
dream that prisons will not always
be cursed with the shade of the gal
lows; that ignorance will not always
exist in this world; that the withered
hand of want will not always be ex-
tended for charity; that wisdom will
sit in the legislature; that honesty
will sit in the courts, and that the
world is progressing in education,
in every thing that will carry out the
grand, the splendid destiny of the
American people"
Year: 1876

You are asked every day through the
columns of newspapers and by your Drug
gist to use something for Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint that you know nothing
about, you get discouraged spending money
with but little success. Now to give you
satisfactory proof that GREENS AUGUST
FLOWER will cure you of Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint with all its effects, such
as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual
Costiveness, palpitation of the Heart,
Heart burn, Water-brash, coming up of
food after eating, low spirits, &c, we ask
you to go to your Druggist....................-
............................. and get a sample
bottle of Green's August Flower for 10
cents and try it, or regular size for 20
cents; two doses will relieve you.


iu1eowtlan9
Year: 1876

General Newton's little daughter,
only three years old, touched off the
dynamite in the He'll Gate mines.
Bless our soul, if little Miss Newton
blows up things so thoroughly when
she is only three years old, what will
she do when she is mother in law?
Year: 1876

START R1GHT.-The Centennial
year is a good time for young men
to start right. Vote for Hayes and
honor yourself and the year by doing
an act that you will always be proud
of. If you we're too young to fight
for the Republic, now that you are
old enough, vote to save it from its
enemies.
Year: 1876

The solid South is in favor of Til
den. Did ever the solid South make
a mistake in the selection of their
agents and tools at the North? Did
they make a mistake in Franklin
Pierce? Did they make a mistake
in James Buchanan Is it likely
they have made mistake in Samuel
j. Tilden = st. Paul Pioneer Press
Year: 1876

When lovely woman stoops to folly,
And finds too late that men betray,
What charm can soothe her melancholy?
What art can wash her guilt away7
The only art her guilt TO cover,
To hide her shame from every eye,
To give repentance to her lover,
And wiring his bosom, is-to die.


GOLDSMITH.
When Slippery Sam returns his income,
And folks find out he's sworn lie,
Who but Democratic nincom
Would vote for Slippery Sammy Sly?
The only art his guilt to cover,
To stop the Hayes and Wheeler jaw,
To spread content the country over,
Is just for Sammy to-withdraw.
Year: 1876

The Democratic speakers in South
Carolina are boasting over the policy
of intimidation just as Toombs did
in his speech to the Legislature of
Georgia. Any honest court would
convict them upon their own testi-
mony.
Year: 1876

GRATITU DE.-We owe the personal
freedom we enjoy to the Republican
party. The best way to show our
gratitude is to support the party in
the coming struggle. 1t stood by
the nation in it's hour of peril. Let
all true men stand by it now.
Year: 1876

Commodore Vanderbilt may be
sick unto death, but still talks bust
ness. On Sunday he gave it as his
opinion THAT the present revival
would continue, and that the country
would experience new era of pros
perity until over-production and over
trading produce another revulsion.
Year: 1876

Castor ia is perfect substitute for Castor Oil,
without any of its objections for it is pleasant to
take, and does not nauseate or gripe. For Cos
tveness at any age but especially for Sour Stomach,
Wind Collie, Worms and the DisOrdered Bowels of
Children, it is the most effective remedy in exist
ence. is harmless it is reliable, and it is cheap
Year: 1876

This little document, which was
largely circulated at st. Louis, is
now of considerable general interest:


Gas the friends of Governor Til
den from New York are Industrious
ly circulating a report among dele
gates to the Convention from other
States that the opposition in the
State of New York to his nomination
emanates from parties either without
personal character or having little
political influence, it is proper that
the facts should be laid before the
delegates assembled, that they may
be enabled to Judge in an intelligent
and impartial manner of the truth of
these statements, and shape their
action accordingly. The following
partial and very incomplete list of
prominent New York Democrats,
who oppose Mr.. Tilden's nomination
on the ground that he cannot carry
his own State or the country, is the
best answer to these statements, and
is all the evidence it is deemed nee
essary to furnish, and are from all
sections of the State, only four be
longing to the City of New York,
viz.
Year: 1876

The San Francisco Chronicle says:
"a bill has passed the Senate to permit
the destruction of the seals on the rocks
at The entrance of oar harbor. tits said
that the Fish Com missioners have ad.
mitted the necessity 2t this act in order
to encourage the cultivation of fish, al.
leging that the seals destroy the small
fry and prevent the increase of fish IN
the waters Of our bay. Nov. as we do
not believe anything Of the kind, we look
upon the killing of the seals as q piece
OF wanton cruelty. In the first place,
seals do not live upon small fish, but upon
the larger class, such as porpoise, sharks,
and perhaps an occasional salmon. But
salmon we're abundant in our rivers, not
withstanding the seals, until the licensed
fishermen : Italians, Chinese and
others - exhausted thep BY their
artificial modes Of catching. The
Chinese are worse than the seals
because they comb the bottom Of our
bay With their drags and nets, and take
shrimps, small fish, and even the young
Holsters, and send them away to China.
This small catch is the food upon which
our larger fish thrive, and when it is
taken away there is no feeding ground
10 our bay for the fish we would desire
to preserve. 1t is said that seals are the
natural enemies of the sharks, and that
the reason our bay is not infested with
these pirates and lawyers of the deep is
owing TO the ystchful guard kept BY the
seals at the entrance Of our harbor. The
seals are great curiosity; they are
about the only show we have to interest
strangers, and We hope they will not De
consigned to destruction for mere idle
and igporspt prejudice. At all events,
let there be aohethiug like an intelligent
examination of the subject before the
bill becomes law"
Year: 1876

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Z fraction Of an Industrial Exhibition Bond,
that Is certain to draw enc Ct the following
Premiums,


On December 6, 1875.
A Tenth. which costs only IS. can draw any
Of the following, and will be received by the
Company at any time in six month, as s. in
the purchase of S20 Bond.


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