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Year: 1876

An amusing incident occurred in one
of our village churches or a recent
evening. The pastor is proprietor of a
large, bright-looking Newfoundland
dog, which, among other traits, has a
remarkable fondness for his master, and
occasionally comes around when he is
not wanted. On the evening in question
the dog followed his master to the church,
to which he was not admitted by the
minister, but sent home, as that gentle
man supposed. But if the dog went
home he did not stay there, for, after
the meeting had been begun some time,
late conner made his appearance, and
on his entry the dog, watching his op-
portunity, slipped in also and made at
once for his master, who at time was on
his knees, engaged in prayer. But the
dog, without any regard to the fitness
of things, at once leaped on his back,
much to the amusement of the worldly
minded who chanced to see the affair.
The good man jumped as though he
had discovered a hornets nest in the
floor beneath him. That dog was taken
by the long hair of the neck, and instead
of kicking him as no doubt many of the
spectators would have done under the
circumstances, he quietly led the "an-
imile " to the door and left him on the
outside. And, returning, the parsOn
resumed his prayer where he left off as
if nothing had happened to disturb the
gravity of the occasiOn.-GeneUd (OhiO)
Times.
Year: 1876

1t has long been known that it is in
iudiciOus for any one to 90 into water
to bathe Just after eating a full meal,
but it is not so well known that the
practice may result in death. This lat
ter fact seems to have been demon
strated by the recent death in a bath in
Bristol, England, Of a boy thirteen years
old. He mad never had q fit, and is be-
lieyed to have been in perfect health.
When found in the water the crown Of
his head was just above the surface,
and he was standing in a STOPPING po-
sition, with his face. just under the
water At the place where he was the
water was only three feet four inches
deep, while the boys height was four


feet nine inches. The temperature Of
the water was 79 degrees. The medi-
cal testimony disclosed the fact that the
deceased had eaten heartily just before
entering the water, or at least he had
not given his food time to digest. He
had vomited large quantity of food,
and when found his mouth and throat
were full. The opinion was expressed
in the medical testimony, and indOrsed
by the verdict of the jury, that death
resulted from epilepsy, brought on by
the dangerous practice of entering the
water Immediately after eating meal.
Year: 1876

A lady of this place was quietly at
her sewing one day last week, when she
observed a neighbor approaching the
house, whom she did not care to see.
She quietly dropped her work and


stepped into closet so as not "to be


at home" to her caller. The closet
door closed with a spring and imprisOn-
ed the lady. The caller, finding the
lady absent, did not stop, but when the
lady tried to open the door she diseov-
cred, alas, that she was prisoner.
The lady realized that she was consum-
ing the air very fast, yet she was pow
erless to release herself from her prison.
She remained in the closet about four
hours, and when her husband returned
home at supper time he missed his wife,
but thought nothing about it. Having
occasion to look into the closet, he dis
covered his wife lying insensible on the
floor de quickly withdrew her mani
mate form, when the air revived her,
and thus was prevented what few
hours longer might have proved sad
Whitehall (N. ~ Times
Year: 1876

A QUARRELsoME husband and wife in
Iowa decided to separate and divide
their property evenly. The land was
measured off into two farms, and the
house and barn were cut in halves, and
each half removed short distance.
Year: 1876

on the 226th mile. This was great
disappointment to all who had believed
he was outstanding his strength for the
close of the race. During the day he
had eaten nothing except piece, but
he had drank water quite copiously,
which, it is believed was injuring him.


His struggle against the odds-a
dreRching rain of four hours and very
heavy track, wet clothing and their eff
fects-was admired by all, though many
turfmen doubted his ability from the
outset to accomplish the feat. The
mustangs, which had done their duty,
were still comparatively fresh and could
Year: 1876

Vice.President Collax, in aa admisA.
BILE Sabbath afternoon temperance address,
says with great simplicity and honesty.
81 frankly acknowledge before you ell
that dare not touch, taste or handle the
wine cup. Yoa say you are strong. you
can resist when you please possibly. but
| can point you to those stronger tea.fold
over than you who began as you have,
and lost their power of resistance before
they knew they were in the power of the
tempter. This demon, like death, loves
a shining mark, and be only is fortified
who has solemnly determined not to yield
to the fr-t glass"
Year: 1876

Mother, place me by the window.
Lot me sec ths morning sun,
For Pm dying, mother, dying,
Ere my life hath yet begun;
Place me where the birds are singing,
Let me hear again their song.
Mother. shall soon be yonder!
will not be with you long.


Angels now are round me singing,


Mother, hear you not their song


See them ali around me swinging


will not be with you long
Mother, press me to your bosom,
Shield me from the worlds alarms;
You have been O constant lover
Round your daughter fold your arms
For am 80 weak and weary,
Iwho once was gay and strong;
Dearest mother, draw thee near me,
For will not be with you long.
Oh how we'll now remember
Dry thy tears, oh, do not weep
When you used to teach your daughter
"Now lay me down to Sleep"
Come and kiss me. dearest mother,
Pardon ev'ry girlish wrong,
Ere the turf my form shall cover
For will not be with you long
Year: 1876

The liquor business is one Of the chief
causes Of all tho crimo and poverty ia
this country. II is tho cause Of the hard
times. II it were stopped. poverty aud
crime would be rare exception to the
general prosperity Of the people.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 2l, 1876. To THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA TERRITORY:

 Being detained here on public business much longer than 1 expected to have been 1 hereby announce myself candidate for Reelection as Delegate to Congress, By the people of Arizona. In so doing, I can but repeat my former platfOrms and with renewed energy and the advantage of what little experience I have acquired, pledge myself (if elected) to devote my time and give my most careful attention to the advancement of the best interests of Arizona and her people, irrespective of par ty faction or section

 To my friends who have so generously and nObly stood by me during the past two years. tender my heartfelt thanks

 To those who still continue to oppose me and to all opponents. wish to say: I shall meet you in opposition on the same field in friendly manner. and believing as do that the majority of the people are always right, shall feel pleased with the result

 Most respectfully inviting one and all to my support, am

 Very respectfully yours, July 9. H. s. STEVENS.
Year: 1876

Two Men Killed and a Woman

 Wounded.

 Last Sunday evening, just be- fore dark one of those terrible tragedies occurred which shock a whole community and by which two well known citizens of Yuma lost their lives.

 On Main street, opposite the SENTINEL office, in front of the house in which his wife and her children were living, Henry Fulmer shot Antonio Regli in the breast and neck, then shot his own wife in the shoulder, he then put his revolver to his fore head and shot himself, dying almost instantly. Regli was car ried to his home and Dr. DeCorsey was called, but the case was past human skill. Regli made his will, sent for the Priest and received the last offices for the dying, and expired at about 2 o'clock in the morning.

 A very bad woman was the cause of this terrible affair. She is wounded slightly, and will re- cover, doubtless to cause the death of some other man. There is a very strong feeling here to make her leave Yuma, and it would certainly be done, were it not that she has a number of of small children. Aside from their trouble with this bad wo- man, both Regli and Fulmer were industrious, honest men and good citizens. Both funerals took place on Monday afternoon and were largely attended.

 Coroner Smith held an inquest over each of the bodies and yer diets were rendered in accord ance with the facts.
Year: 1876

FEMALE DEvoTION.-An Arizona wife
begged the court not to punish her hus.
band for the crime of bigamy, of which he
was convicted.


" lie loved me once and was kind" she
said, with tears running down her face.
land when go away to my lonely home,
1t would be my only earthly comfort to
know that he was free to seek for han.
piness, if he can find it anywhere in the
world"


When the sentenced was pronounced.
the strikcn wife zaell upon her knees
before her husband, and placing her hands
upon his arms, asked him to forgive her if
she had done anything to chill his love for
her and to kiss her just as he would dead
wife whom he loved. The wretched man
seemed entirely overcome by these pitiful
appeals and his own fate, and grasping her
in his arms, kissed her over and over
again. When the officers drew him away.
she sank fainting to the floor.
Year: 1876

DIsAGREEABLE oDoRs.-People who are
obliged to burn kerosene oil know how
disagreeable it is to enter room, after a
brisk evening walk, and find it filled with
the suffocating fumes of kerosene oil. In
the city, where gas, is universally used we
escape the misery; but in the country, it
is q common inhiction. The inmates of
the room may be unconscious of il, or have
become accustomed to the unwholesome
odor. The pernicious practice Of using
lamps filed with kerosene, and having the
wick turned down too low, is usually the
cause of suffocating fumes; the gas which
should be consumed by the flame passes
into the atmosphere. 1t is unnecessary to
say that using kerosene in this way is
most unhealthy practice. Only good oil
should be burned, and the wick should al
ways be raised to proper height
Year: 1876

Nails driven into fruit trees, as near the
ground as possible, are said to have the
effect to make such trees more healthy.
vigorous and excellent fruit bearers than
those into which no tenpenny nails have
been driven. The reason why the nails in
the tree are so beneficial in fruit bearninc
is thus explained: The reason why the
worm will not attack the tree is because
the oxydation or rusting of the iron by the
sap involves ammonia, which, as the san
arises, will, of course, impregnate every
party OF the foliage, and prove too drastic
a dose for the sects. The salt or iron
afforded by the nails is extremely offensive
to the worms, while it is not only harmless
but beneficial to the foliage and fruit of the
tree.
Year: 1876

When man buys a little bit of a basket
of strawberries no bigger than a pint he
carries it around ostentatiously as if it made
him tired but he has two pounds Of liver
put up in thin paper like lace shawl.
Year: 1876

A father fearing an earthquake in the
region of his home, sent his two boys to a
distant friends until the peril should be
over. A few weeks after the farmer re-
ceived this letter from his friend: "Please
take your boys home and send us down the
earthquake"
Year: 1876

a young gentleman meeting handsome
mllk-maid in the country, said:


What will you take for yourself and
your milk, my dear?" The girl Instantly
replied: "Your hand and gold ring sin y
Year: 1876

Through the massive portal of the outer
gate we have come, and entering into the
Jail through that handsome door in the
iron railing that closes the inside entrance,
we find ourselves Ia a building in which
three or more wings converge to the centre
hall. Each wing is divided into three sto-
ries. Along each story runs light iron
gallery, which you can gain by mount
ing that ornamental circular stair running
from top TO bottom. Above, large glass
skylights give ample light and ventilation.
Everything is light, airy, and cheerful.
The brasses shine as brssses shine only in
jsils and men~of-war. Let us walk along
the cells and look at some OF their occu-
pants. Here is a man making pair of
boots, and seemingly rather comfortable
and happy. He is boot-maker, who has
been twenty times committed for drunk
enness. He is only a drunkard, so we
may feel a certain amount OF satisfaction
that he is not very miserable. What diff
ference for him is his time spent in Jail
from the intervals OF freedom Here he
works between six and seven hours day,
and out of his earnings he receives an al
lowance larger than ever was left him by
the public-hous when at home. Around
him everything is e1quisitely clean. His
cell is boarded and measures twelve feet
by seven. 1t is ten feet high and lit and
ventilated in the most perfect manner that
science can devise. On his shelf are his
dish for porridge, and tins bright as silver
for soup and milk. A clean hammock, in
which you might sleep most comfortably.
is neatly folded and hung against the wall.
In corner is a basin with water laid on
In which he may wash if he chooses. In
Winter the apartment is kept at a comfort
able temperature by hot-air pipes, and a
gas-buIner diffuses a cheerful light in the
long Winter evenings. Should he feel i'll ,
he pulls a bell-handle, on which gong
sounds in the centre hall and from his door
the number OF his cell starts out and no
millionaire at Clarldge's is half so puhctu-
ally answered as he is by the turnkey on
guard, who inquiries into his wants, and il
necessary a doctor is ut his bedside long
ere the union doctor could be found and
persuaded to visit him were he at home.
As he seems a quiet fellow, We do not feel
much regIet that he has had the good for
tune to become a habitual drunkard; but
what shall we say to the occupant of the
adJoining-well, cellf Here burly ruff
fain is engaged in making mats. The work
is pleasant tho cell a fac slmile of tho one
described; and as we listen to the details
OF the crime for which he 10 undergoing
two months punishment" we cannot help
contrasting his pleasant lot with the sqoal-
or aud misery OF his lazy, idle, polluted
life outside, aud feeling that in so punish
ing a ruflian for = brutal assault upon a
woman humanitarianism has become n
crime, and set up in our jails temptation
to idle rascals to "come in and be happy"
against which 1t would require large
amount Of abstract morality to struggle
BelgrdViG.
Year: 1876

There has Ibt en- trouble in the camp Of the
brethren Of the Enon Baptist church, (colored, }
on street, between Sixth and Seventh streets
southeast. The church has been divided-one
party siding with the preacher, and the other,
which is the minority, steadily opposing every
thing done or undertaken BY the preacher or his
adherents This has resulted in several
ebuliltions of temper on different occasions, but
the demon Of riot never before took possession Of
the congregation to such an extent as 1t did last
night. There had been Q business meeting all
day long without any result, when one side of the
house wanted one Of their brethren to lead in
prayer or song. The other party became ex-
tremely solicitous to hear one OF their own num-
Der. In the evening when the preachers party
reassembled they found their opponents already
in possession of the church. They had taken
possession of the front seats, and even overhswed
into the pulpit.


There " eIe visible indications OF breeze, which


finally came when one Of the sisters shook her tist
in a brothers face and called him an old scoun-
drel. The brother grabbed thesister's back hair
ard war was Immediately declared on all sides.
The fight was general, but lasted but a short
time. Some jealous partisan threw a stone into
the crowd, which inflicted several cuts upon the
heads Of different individuals. When the police
arrived the trouble had quieted somewhat, but
Sister Maria Young had just reached for chair
with which she was about TO persuade brother,
and she was seized and taken to the station
house. The rest of the congregation followed
mournfullV
Year: 1876

In this mornings REPUBLICAN, our new Alpha
betical Business Directory, containing cards of
frstclass establishments in all branches Of busi-
ness in the District. Many persons daily feel
them % to easily ind what they want. We have
aimed to make this as complete and easy Of
reference possible, and sure that it will be
frequently consulted by all having any kind OF
business to transact We intend to keep It up in
q reliable and convenient form, and improve It
from time to time. Any persons not.represented
cards at once, so as to get an even start with
their neighbors In so desirable an advertising
medium, and one of such universal and constant
reference :as our large circulation among the
hasI Classes must make Of this.
Year: 1876

fleet was not moro than mile distant, and
they were on the point Of sending their
boats to welcome the powder ship, when
Mugford, having persuaded the English
officer to surrender, WAS seen bringing bis
valusble prize into the harbor. The citi-
zens were just returning from their several
places of worship, the day being set apart
for fasting and prayer by the Continental
Congress, when the enemy's supply ship,
containing three times as much ammuni-
tion as the whole American army then Had
was at their very doors. 1t being ebb-tide,
the ship ran ashore north of Governors
Island, where she lay till the following
night, but the people quickly transported
her valuable cargo to the city in boats, and
the JOY at her capture was felt even more
keenly at headquarters of the army, where
the distress for pow'ler was better known.
The only time when Washington was said
to have laughed during the Revolution was
on heariug of the taking of this powder
ship. 1t was brilliant and daring exploit,
snd made Mugford the hero of the hour.
The people received him with great enthu-
siasm, and there was rejoicing throughout
the city. Justice has been tardy to the
memory of Mugford. Even Marblehead,
until recently, had not erected slab oTer
his grave; the Continental and subsequent
Congresses failed to remuncrate him for his
capture, and to-day will witness the first
substantial recognition of his memory for
the space of a hundred years.
Year: 1876

On Thursday last some kind of an affray
occurred at the Campbell mining camp,
about thirty miles northeast of here. There
were six men at work near together, two Of
them in one mine and four in another. The
two are known as "Moody and Sankey,"
but the real name of the latter is John
Mum. In the other camp was a man
called "Bouldcr Bill" and his story is the
only information yet at hand. The two
outfits seem to have been friendly, as Bill
says that he and "Sankey" slept together
Wednesday night. Some time Oh Thursday
the four returned to their cabin and found
that some articles had been stolen-notably
their supply of coffee. Further search re-
vealed that all their ammunition was gone,
and that the charges had been removed
from their guns and pistols. They started
out and found tracks in the snow and fol-
lowed them; went but little distance when
Sankey stepped from behind a tree and fired
a shot that passed through the clothing
over Boulder Bill's breast and inflicted a
slight wound in his arm. They retreated
to their cabin, and after dark Boulder Bill
and companion slipped away and came
down to the Springs, arriving Friday even
ing. The next morning Sheriff Kinney and
Deputy Stokes set out to capture Sankey.
Year: 1876

Mr. Peter Cooper, having been officially
informed of his nomination for President by
"the National Convention of the Indepenent
party at indianapolis" replied as follows :


While most heartily thank the Conven-
tion for the great honor they have conferred
upon me, kindly permit me to say that there
is bare possibility-if wise counsels pre-
vail-that the sorely needed relief from the
blighting effects of past unwise legislation
relative to finance, which the people SO
earnestly seek, may yet be had through
either the Republican or Democratic party,
both of them meeting in National Conven-
tion at an early day. 1t is unnecessary for
me to assure you that while have no as
pration for the position of Chief Magistrate
of this great republic, l will most cheerfully
do what can to forward the interests of
my country. therefore accept your nomi-
nation conditionally, expressing the earnest
hope that the Independent party may yet
attain its exalted aims, while permitting me
to step aside and remain in that quiet which
is most congenial to my nature and my time
of life.
Year: 1876

A raccoon put in an appearance on oeht-
raj avenue, near Allen street, Albany, yes
terday. A hoodlum saw the coon ana went
for if With brick. The coon flew. from dan
ger. and went for liberty and tree, he got
3oth. Hoodlum, not having his climbing
irowsers on, goes for a pistol and a crowd.
The crowd and the pistol returned in few
moments and took bird 's-eye view of the
coon. and then held consultation as to the
pcst mode of capturing him. While the
crowd was talking coon, stranger with
faded countenance came along on SLOW
march and inquired the cause of the gath
erino of the multitude. One of the hood
INNS said, 'Look up there" The stranger
cast his weather eye up the tree and al
lowed it to wander along the limb until 1t
came to the coon, when it rested. lie
linen elevated his index finger and placed it
along side of his nose. He remained in a
brown study about two seconds, when he
said. oT'm a dead shot on coons. Bring
me a pistol, and be ready to sweep up the
rrmafne." The pistol was handed to the
GRANGER. As soon as he took the pistol in
his hand he commenced to tremble, and one
Of The crowd said he vas in splendid con-
,lition to shake carpets. The stranger gave
MIN a whitening glance and ther said, II
.lways cultivate a tremblc in MY pistol and
hand when 60 shooting coons, SO as TO
scatter the shot and give the coon an easy
DEATH" Having expended all his shooting
coqucnce, he invited the crowd to stand
sack, They did so. The stranger then
elevated the pistol slowly, bat before ne
90. il Is high as his shirt collar 1t went OH
suddenly. Instead of shooting the coon, ne
placed the entire charge of the pistol in the
sight arm of Meuriae Fitzgerald, who re-
sides at No. 420 Central avenue. AS soon
az the stranger discovered the coon did not
drop from the tree, he dropped from the
view suddenly, and was last seen coming
down Washington avenue looking for some
'hing to quiet his nerves.
Year: 1876

q young lady in Indiana got up at
midnight, foddered the ows.split
some wood, and got the water to
wash before she awoke. That's TIE
KIND of a girl for man to marry


She'd go cut some night and noe
Two acres of potatoes before She
walked up to do u days work,