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Year: 1872

/ must be remembered that this is at a time
when the land grant system is entirely
broken up, and there is no hopes of Its
revival in any quarter. Among those which
are regarded as live projects in the hands Of
capitalists that are prepared to begin work
at once to carry them out may be mentioned
the following:


The Great Salt Lake and Colorado River
Railroad Company are to build a line from
Salt Lake City, up the valley of the Jordan,
and down the Rio Virgin and the Colorado
River to Fort Yuma, where it will strike the
Southern Pacific Railroad. A bill incorpo-
rating this company has passed the House.


The Utah and Northern Railroad will run
from Corinne up Bear River, and form link
in the projected system of roads to connect
Utah with Montana and Idaho. This pro-
ject has also received the indOr sement of the
House.


The Great Salt Lake and Portland Rail
road, bill to incorporate which has become
law this session, is to run from point on
the Central Pacific Railroad in Northern
Utah, across Idaho and Oregon TO Portland.


The NewMexieo Central Railroad, north
and south line, will run through New Mex
leo from Santa Fe, down the Rio Grande to
FL Paso. 4 bill to charter this Company
has passed the Senate and been agreed TO by
the House Committee on Public Lands.


The New Mexico and Gulf Railroad is
projected from Santa Fe, down the valley of
the Pecos River, southeasterly through
Texas to Galveston A bill for this line is
pending in both Houses.


The Dakota Grand Trunk Railroad will
run from the Iowa line westward u Yank-
ton and Springfield, Dakota, with branch
running up the Valley of the Dakota River
to point on the Northern Pacific Road A
bill Incorporating this Company has passed
the House. The projectors Of the road con
template extending the main line west
from Springfield up the Valley of the Niobra-
IA River 70 Fort Laramie on the Union
Pacific Railroad, and they believe that this
line viii eventually form part Of great
railroad system connecting the head Of the
Gulf OF California


The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad from
Denver TO Sante F. has already small part
Of its line IN operation in Colorado, and viii
be rapidly extended southwark.


The railroad projects, a. yet only on
paper, are much more numerous than those
above specified. Among them is the pro
posed road 10 the Pacific by way of what is
known as the 55th parallel route, up the
Valley OF the Arkansas, and across Mort b.
ern New Mexico and Arizona to Monter ey
Bay, California.
Year: 1872

Many middle-aged person viii be re
minded by the above quoted heading of tho
dreary expanse that it represented on the
map of the United States and territories that
formed part of the textbook stock of their
early school days, with boundaries SO Utopian
as to be beyond even the dream of future pens-
tration. But glance at the list of railroad
projects now before Congress, crossing this
mythical great American desert in every
direction, will serve to illustrate how far
short of the mark our L" young ideas, under
the best teaching sometimes g shoot There
are now seven or eight schemes 10 greater or
less forwardness-for railroads designed to
pierce region which embraces the great
waste-land section of the continent And
Year: 1872

of the principal inhabitants of Konigsberg,
and Of the highest of the government were
enlisted in his favor, and he was released
on bail. A week afterward he was again
summoned before the police and told that or
ders having come from Berlin to give him
up to Russia, and all they could do was to
give him time to escape at his own risk.
Taking hasty leave of the friends who had
made arrangements for his flight, he left
the next day for Dantzic. The letters
that he carried to different persons in the
German towns which he had to pass
through helped to make his journey easy,
and after crossing the whole of Germany,
he arrived September %, 1916, in Paris,
the city he had left four years before,
having experienced a series of adventures
among the most remark able in the annals
of Imprisonment and exile.


ALEXANDER YoUNG.
Year: 1872

Our Cur OF TEA.-The Boston Journal
says, if there are any of our readers who in
dulge in the hope that after the first day Of
July next their cup of tea will cost them
any less they may as well be disabused. Tea
has advanced already. The stock in the
hands of jObbers and grocers is small, and
the prices paid for that which is on hand, 20
be delivered after the first of July, indicates
that there will be no falling of. When the
market prices are fixed in China aad
Japan, these acute neighbOrs of ours, know
ing the necessity of the Yankees, will ad-
vance their rates, and thus the amount of
revenue which under the former regime would
have come into Uncle Sans pocket will be
divided between John Chinaman and his
oriental neighbor. 1t is possible that few
importers Will make a little larger percentage
but the consumer viii pay as much for his
tea and coffee as before.
Year: 1872

" Sarah, have any Of those mischievous
children been playing with the piano while
l have been out Of town Some of the keys
won't sound at all. " Sarah" Please,
mum, don't know nothing about it-least-
wise, Master Tom said there was somthing
wrong with it, which he was sure there
was a mouse in it. So he got Joe to hold
up the cover while he put the dog and cat
into it but instead of catchin the mouse
they took to fghtin', and did make such
funny noise in among the wires so maybe
mum, the mouse Is in there still. "
Year: 1872

AT about quarter to nine O'Clock yesterday
morning an unknown man jumped on the VIE
liamsburg ferryboat Nebraska and sank before
assistance reached him. Those In charge of the
Dost are unable to give q description q the M
Year: 1872

New SPRING AND SUMNER Goods
The New York store have received their
new spring and summer stock of goods,
and challenge an examination by the
trading public. They have received a
nice line of hats, boots. shoes, CATERS,
etcetera.


Trey call especial attention to their
assortment of ribbons, such as trimmings
for hats, bonnets. and sash ribbon in all
colors.


The expenses of the house being very
small they can afford to sell with very
small profit, and will prove their ability
in this line to those who favor them with
? call.


Thanking The public for past fayors,
they solicit continuance, and promise
TO strive the more earnestly to deserve
the same in the future.


P. S. They have received full line
of their wide lace serge CATERS made ex-
pressly for the Hickman trade.
Year: 1872

OUR FURNITURE TRADE TO BE EN-
LARGED.-We hear with pleasure, that
our euterprising manufacturer, Chas.
Oswald, is perfecting arrangements by
which his establishment viii have largely
increased capital, and can at all times be
run to its full powe He has, of late
been unable, TO work up to the increased
business, but we trust he is now sur
rounded with such advantages as will
enable him to ride the tide of prosperity
and supply all demands. His energy is
bound to meet success
Year: 1872

THE religious journals in the United
States number about three hundred, with
circulation Of about two and half
million. The Methodist Church prints
one copy to every one hundred and forty
four members, the Baptist one TO every
two hundred and thirty seven, and the
Presbyterians one to every two hundred
and thirty three.
Year: 1872

THE BEsr LEAD PEScH ~ UsE.-The best
lead pencil in use, and we speak from prac-
teal knowledge, is, The Silicate Lead Pencil.
It is neither too hard nor too soft, and is
made Of the very best wood. We have tried
this pencil, use them all the time, and ind
them very superior. They can be purchased
at Col. J. H. Davis, which house we believe
is the only place in this country where they
can be had
Year: 1872

CONCERT TO BE REPEArED.-Tbe
concert By the Hickman C0rnet Band,
Saturday night last though not attended
by crowded house, was highly pleasing
to all, so much so that they have been
pursuaded to repeat their performance,
next Wednesday night We solicit for
them a good house.
Year: 1872

THERE is a deal Of talk just now,
about the erection Of business houses IN
certain portions of Hickman, and We are
satisfied that it only needs one or two
enterpgising men to make the beginning
to iuaugurate a general building. There
IS ripe talk of the vacant lots between
Whites and McCutchen's new frames
being adorned with new bricks, also the
Troutweine block, the Bailey corner, and
the Plummer and Ledwidge property.
Our mechanics and brick makers can do
much to encourage these buildings, by
making liberal estimates aud selling
material at the lowest possible figures.
Our contractors are at fault if they do
not bring building down as low as it can
be done IN neighboring places. To-day
bountiful work for every carpenter and
brickmason IN Hickman, and twice their
number, can be started, by iberality on
both sides.
Year: 1872

either by wholesale or retail as cheap as
any other house in our city. l will give in
exchange for all kind Of produce, and invite
competition with my neighbor merchants
ard ask all 10 examine my stock before pur-
chasing elsewhere.


To all that owe me, l must say, they must
pay, as l wish to buy for cash exclusively
and shall adhere strictly hereafter TO the
cash system, believing it to be best for ali
parties.


fsh5
Year: 1872




TIE OLD Dry GOODS REGULAToR.
Mr. Henry Ambers, Of the house Of J
Amberg, returned Wednesday morning
last from his spring trip to New York
and the Eastern ciiies. His splendidly
selected stock of spring goods Is already
being received, and we are warranted by
the opinions of good dry goods men in
claiming it as one Of the finest and largest
spring stocks ever brought to Hickman.
Our young friend IS winning high com
Pliments as a bayer, and we are glad to
know that this old established house viii
lose none Of its well won reputation in
this line Attention IS called to .he new
aud attractive advertisereutin this issue.
and the public requested to call and ez
anime their stock fer yerilcadou Of
what they say
Year: 1872

McKINzIE is going to have spring
fair on the 18th and 18th Of May. The
performance in the equestrian ring is
expected to form an important attraction,
and altogether a grand success is ant.ci-
pated. We commend the energy and
enterprise displayed by this thriving
lit,le city.
Year: 1872

The public are requested to give their attention to the above circular of S J. GOLD, who has been so long engaged in the business of Heating, and manufacturing apparatus for it.

 The plan upon which this new ap- paratus is made and operated is entirely new and novel.

 It is constructed upon the most sim pie and yet the most 'efectual principle of Heating yet discovered.

 There are number of them now in operation in different parts of the coun- try, and the results of the trial have been very gratifying to both the invent or and manufacturer.

 The economy in the use of fuel and it's heating capacity is truly wonderful, no such results having ever before been achieved by any previous invention.

 It is only designed in this notice to call the attention of the public or any who may wish to secure what the in- ventor says in his circular above,- "ample warmth without injury to health,''-to this new invention which probably will come into general use in all our country homes, as well as in the homes of the wealthy who live iu the large cities and towns. It is a subject of interest to all who have homes where health, comfort and pleasure are sought after.

 ~Any person who may wish par. ticulars about the size, price or descrip. tion of the apparatus, or any informa' tion whatever, are requested to call ane see one in operation, or address
Year: 1872

FVHE INVENTOR, who has been actively engag- A ed for the past twenty years in introducing to ! the public his several systems of Warming Build | ings with Steam and Hot Water. by methods well known throughout the United States and Canadas, has, at the solicitation of numerous friends finally produced more economical Heater, which em- bodies all the excellent qualities of Steam and Hot Water heat, with the simplicity of Hot Air Furnace construction.

 Notwithstanding the large sale and universal approval of "Gold's Steam and Water Heating Apparatus" it's responsiveness has impeded its general introduction and use. To remedy this de- feet has long been the study of the inventor, who is now satisfied that in this new Heater, he has l secured the only plan whereby persons of moder- ate means can enjoy in their homes the comfort of ample warmth without injury rs health ; and that his new method meets demand long felt. and must when well known, eupersede all other Heaters. No one desires if it can be avoid ed, to put into his home heater which will cer- tainly impair the health of those who inhale the air vtiated by contact with highly heated surfaces All other Hot Air Furnaces heat the air too hot because of the very limited amount of superficial surface exposed to the fire, so that much of the surface is often heated to rednees; the proportion of surface to the same size of fire in this new System, is TEN TIMES GREATER than the common Hot Air Furnace, and no part is overheated; in- deed 1t is adjusted such correct scientific prin ciples, that every part of the surface is equally warmed.

 In the new Furnace the valuable result is secured of an apparatus with all the merits of Steam Heater, with the simple construction of the Hot Air Furnace, avoiding all the deleterious effects of that kind of heat.
Year: 1872

A note by a minor is void


A note on Sunday is void.


1t is fraud to conceal fraud


Ignorance of the law excuses no one


A contract made with n minor is void


Notes bear interest only when so
stated.


A contract that is made with lunatic
is void


The law compels no one to do impos-
sibilities.


An agreement without any considera-
tion is void.


Signatures made with a lead pencil are
good in law.


A receipt for money paid is not legally
conclusive.


The acts of one partner in the firm
bind all the others.


Contracts made on Sunday cannot be
enforced.


Principals are responsible for the acts
of agents


it is not legally necessary to say on
note 'for value received"


If a note be lost or stolen, it does not
release the maker; he must pay it.


Each individual in partnership is re-
sponsible for the whole amount of the
firm.


A note obtained by fraud, or from
he collected.


An indorser of a note is exempt from
liability if not served with notice of
its dishonor within twenty -four hours of
its non n-payment.
Year: 1872

Some time since series of OK cri


ments was instituted in ~. Louis for ths


purpose Of nsccrtaining the practicable


ity Of using petroleum ~ fuel in the


manufacture of iron. These expert


ments have nov been continued for sew


cral months, aud the results are sur.


prising, as they 90 to show .Lat the


liquid fuel is not only more economical


than coal, hut is far better adapted for


the conversion of ore into superior
qualities of iron. One of the tests EN-


ployed would seem to demonstrate con
clusively the value Of petroleum heat in
iron mills A lot of pig iron smelted
with raw Illinois coal in 1859 had been
thrown aside as worthless owing to the
large abasement by sulphur, and though
frequent attempts had been made from
time to time to reduce this mixture to
merchantable iron, they had all resulted
in failure. A mass of this impracticable
material, 1000 pounds in weight, was
treated with petroleum heat, and in a
single hours time was turned out in the
shape of iron of the finest quality,
closely resembling steel, perfectly free
from sulphur and all other impurities.
II is claimed that common Iron Noun
tain pig iron can, by single application
of the liquid fuel in the pudding fur
mace, be made into the best hange
boiler iron, equal TO the first quality of
Sligo or Low Moor iron. 1t is sal that
iron manufactured by this process ex
hibits a tensile strength far greater than
that of Low Moor iron, as well as ca
pacity to sustain weight much above the
average. The experiments show that
petroleum is cheaper than coal in its
use and handling, so far as the heating
of the iron for the rolls is concerned,
while the saving in ''scraping" gives it a
still further economic advantage, actual
trial having shown saving over coal by
its use of 993 pounds in the amount
taken ont of the scraping furnace from
a quantity of 1850 pounds of iron,
which was melted mp. When it is con-
sidered that these experiments have
been made under many disadvantages,
with temporary machinery, and hitherto
untried apparatus for the application of
the fuel, their great Importance to the
iron industry of the country will be
readily appreciated.
Year: 1872

TAKING CARE OF LAMPS The easiest


way to clean petroleum lamps is to wash
with thin milk of lime, which forms an
emulsion with the petroleum, and re-
moves every trace of it, and by washing
a second time with milk of lime and a
small quantity of CHI bride of lime, even
the smell may be so completely removed
as to render the vessel thus cleansed fit
for keeping beverages in. If the milk
of lime be used warm instead of cold,
the operation is rendered much shorter.
The best time for cleaning them is in
the morning, for reasons of safety, if
not convenience. Scarcely week pass
es during the winter months, but we
read accounts of frightful accidents
from kerosene lamps, exploding and
killing, or soaring for life women and
children. A simple knowledge of the
intiammable nature of the fluid would
probably put stop to nearly all the ac-
cidents As the oil burns down in the
lamp, highly inflammable gas gathers
over its surface, and as the oil decrease
the gas increases. When then oil is
nearly consumed, slight jar will often
lntiame the gas, and an explosion is sure
to follow, dealing destruction and death
with it. A bombshell is not more to be
dreaded. Now, if the lamp is not al
lowed to burn more than half way down,
such accidents are almost impossible.
Always fill your lamp in the morning,
then you never need fear an explosion.
Year: 1872

FRENCH ADvERTIsING.--Pari has quite
outgeneraled New York in unique modes
of Advertising A short time ago there
appeared upon the Bois de Boulogne a
handsome barouche and fine pair of
horses. Within the vehicle was seated a
gentleman, on either side of whom was
a lady in full ball costume, and without
bonnets. One of these ladies had pro
fusion of golden locks, exquisitely ar
ranged the other was a brunette, with
hair equally fine. Both turned their
heads towards the apparently favored
gentleman sitting between them, whom
they seemed to be addressing with great
animation. The first IMPRESSION on the
spectator, after admiring the beautiful
hair of the ladies', was one of wonder
ment that they should venture abroad
in so cold wind so lightly clad On
close inspection it appeared that they
were wax figures, and that the carriage
was the ambulatory advertisement of a
hair dresser.
Year: 1872

A SlNGULAR CAsE.-Captain Elisha
Freeman was granted divorce from his
wife, Charlotte A. Freeman, in San
Francisco, on the ground of fraud in pro-
curing the marriage. Freeman alleges
that previous to his marriage he was in
sane on the subject of spiritualism and
believed that he navigated his ship under
direction of the spirit of an old Spanish
pirate. He visited the defendant, after
wards his wife, who claimed to be IA
clairvoyant and medium, to consult her
as to whether the spirits were genuine
ornot. She assured him they were gen
nine, and said further that in two days
he would see at the foot of his bed the
women he must marry. He saw at the
time and place predicted, the medium
herself, and under the direction of the
spirits. interpreted through her, they
we're married, much against his will. On
this showing a divorce was granted.
Freeman is wealthy.
Year: 1872

The Salt Lake Herald, a Mormon journal, in its issue of October l5, pays the following deserved compliments to Arizona's Chief Justice

 Among the arrivals in town yester- day was Judge John Titus, formerly Chief Justice of this Territory and now holding the same office in Ari- zona. Judge Titus Is @ man of strong feeling and prejudices, but @ sound lawyer and so honest that no prejudice can make him swerve from 0 just in depreciation of the law as he under stands it.. In this respect he is star of the first magnitude when compared with judges who glimmer like far thing rushhghts while surrounded with an atmosphere of partisan preiu- dice and corruption that make them 8 stench among honorable men. We have sat in Judge Titus court day after day reporting, we have noted ex- captions taken to his rulings and decis- ions, we have heard him express his strong antipethy to Mormonism; but we have never seen him decide other than according to law and his deci- sions could have been accepted as valuable precedents by the judiciary of this Territory during the past two years, much to the advantage and credit of those now occupying posi- ti0ns on the bench here; for just as fer as they have travelled from his decisions just so far have they fallen into disgrace before the enlightened men of the country. We bear this rec ord of Q man whow we esteem for his sterling honesty and rigid adherence to law, however much we may dislike his opinions or disregard his pre- iudices, and we bid him & hearty wei come to Salt Lake City.
Year: 1872

JAMES GORDON BENNETT, the late editor of The New York Herald, left 0 large bequest to his wife, but only upon condition that she remained his widow. This condition will, 1t Is said, be set aside by the Courts. It has been judicially decided over and over again that all conditions in restraint to marriage are opposed to public policy, and are simply null and void. Mrs. Bennett Is much yo ger than her late husband, and marry again.
Year: 1872

Fred. Douglas, in his paper, The
Ne,o National Era, thus speaks of
the Cincinnati nominees


Let the country know that the Gin
cinnati movement is only the thin
veil to conceal the grim features OF
the old Democratic party, and that she
conflict is, after all, not between Gin
cinnati and Philadelphia, but between
theprineiples of the Republican party
and those of the Democratic party,
and the old spirit of freedom and 10y
atty will burst forth again, bearing
Grant and Colfox, or whoever may
be the candidates of the party, TIL
umphanrsy to their high places


OF course, Messrs. Greeley ana
Brown can not hope to be taken up
by their old associates-Hnom laey
have abused and deserted gong
out from them because no longer Oh
them. Having sought to scuttle the
ship-and failed-they can nos sup
pose that her passengers and nanos
will now turn around and vote W give
them command. They VINO Doast
that thew shave burnt their shlps'
uust now be content to stay on the
other side. a..
the honest people, will rush to the
nolls in November and elect Greeley
and Brown. Nonsense, all The peo-
pie care little for theorists. They are
plain and practical. They take no
steps in the dark. They are neither
capable of political miracles nor be.
levers in them. They send no mis-
sionaries to the moon, and are quite
content to remain on this planet.
without repining because they can not
be here and there at the same time.
There is nothing in the Cincinnati
ticket or the Cincinnati platform that
cause second Eusa.
Year: 1872

The Commissioners of Monroe
county, this State. have done a very
sensible act in passing q resolution
and placing it on the journal of their
proceedings, forbidding the payment
of any money to parties outside OF
that county for any printing done for
any county officer in that county and
any county officer having printing
done outside OF the county for the
use of his office, shall pay the bill
out of bis own pocket. This is q
very senmble act of the Monroe
County Commissioners, and one
which might be followed with profit
in every county, for it is q mis-
taken economy which levys a tax up
on the people of county to foster
the growth of cities without theil
limits.


Home industry should always bt
patronized in preference to going
abroad, for it is this which builds cit.
les and makes them prosperous
PiguG Democrat.