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Year: 1870

THEY HANG EN- IN MoNTANA.--An item Of
swift and determined retribution comes from
Montana. Two prisoners, who were charged
with robbing and attempting to murder a man
named Lenhart at Helena, were tried, not by
a court of justice, but by meeting of citizens.
The prisoners, it is said, confessed the crime
and were Immediately sentenced to be hanged
at half-past four the same afternoon. Tho
sentence was carried into effect in the presence
Of three thousand people, the hanging process
being simpli6ed by tying the ropes to the
limb of tree and driving away the wagons
which served as platforms. The despatch says
'the whole affair was conducted in most
quiet and determined manner" Evidently
the mass meeting of citizens determined to
make the affair dignifed success, and GER
tainly carried it through with all the decorum
that can attach to the unlawful taking of life.
A WESTERN OPINION OF WNNIpEa.-The
Jefferson (Mo.) State Times is of the opinion
that John Bull will have very soon to remove
peg or two from Winnipeg-that the Fenians
are about, and that Uncle Sam is bound to 60
in and win, and that then ''the wings of per-
feet liberty will carry pioneering people over
the fences erected by men in power, which is
but another rendering Of the outburst Of
Minnesota patriot that ''soon the American
eagle, with his tail spread over the British Pos
sessions, and his wings extending from sea to
sea, will drink from the rivers of Cuba, and
scream his defiance to all the world" We,
too, reckon that something of this sort is COM
ing; but we can wait little longer. More
over, if we gobble up the whole Continent
before breakfast what shall we have for sup
| per?
Year: 1870




road and other securities, and they are still
going The interest to be paid to foreigners
on government securities alone Is not less than
sixty millions Of dollars in gold year. This Is
a perpetual drain of specie from the country.


We may continue for while to pay this in
terest in more bonds; we may make up the
balance of trade by securities, and class these
with exports; but we are getting more and
more in debt, and the yearly drain Of specie
becomes greater. IF the purchase money of
our bonds were applied to opening our re-
sources and increasing the productions of the
soil, that, in the end, might prove advanta-
ceous; but it goes to pay for imports-for lux
uries which are consumed, and which leave
nothing to show afterwards. The day Of reck-
oniur must surely come, and it will be wise to
nrepare in the best manner we can for it.
What we want is to increase our products
the products of the soil, mines, manufactures
and to provide the means of getting them to
market. We want to add to the variety OF our
productions, particularly coffee, sugar and
other things from the tropical countries on our
border, and 10 enlarge and extend our COM
merce. That Is the way to make up the
balance of trade and to pay for the foreign
importations which our luxurious people con-
sumo, andnot by sending our securities abroad,
which only makes our people more and more
the mere laborers for European capitalists. Ma
ture gives us every advantage; but we require
better and more far-seeing financial policy.
Year: 1870

SATURDAY, sept. II.
Board met pursuent to adjournment
Present same as yesterday except Super
visor Hemenway,


The bill of the Daily Argus rendered
for S47, Is on motion of Supervisor Drury
taken from the table and allowed as pei
bill.


On motion of Supervisor Vain wriph ht the
Committee on Poor and Poor House are
directed to take such action as they ma,
deem proper in procuring a lot for the
burial Of the poor Of R,ck Island.


Supervisor Wainwright moves that a tai
of one dollar be levied upon the
owners Of each male dog in the countv
and a tax of two dollars upon The
owners Of each female dog and that the
proceeds of such dog tax be used for the
repairs of roads and bridges in the town
where such taxes are collected, or for any
other purpose the towns may determine.
Supervisor Grinnell moves to amend b1
&C cepting the town Of Cordova. Amend
m ent lost and original motion adopted.


CONTINUED TOMORROW
Year: 1870

In answer to this question, the Medicai
Recorder holds the following language /:
" The reason why children die is because
they are not taken care Of From the
day of birth they are stuffed with water,
sllttocated III hot rooms and steamed in
bed clothes. So much for indoor. When
permitted to breathe breath of pure air
once a week III summer, and once or
twice during the colder months, only the
nose is permitted to peer into daylight.
A little later they are sent out with no
clothes at all on the parts of the body
which most need protection. Bare legs,
bare arms, bare necks, girted middles,
with an inverted umbrella to collect the
air and chill the other parts of the body.
stout strong man goes out in a cold
day with gloves and overcoat, wooden
stockings, and thick double-soled boots,
with cork between and rubbers over. The
same day, child of three years old, an
infant of flesh and blood, bone and con-
stltution, goes out with hose as thin as
paper, cotton socks, legs uncovered to
the knees, neck bare, an exposure which
would disable the nurse, kill the mother
outright and make the father an invalid
for weeks. And why? To harden them
to a mode of dress which they are never
expected to practice. To accustom them
to exposure which dozen years later
would be considered downright foolery.
70 rear children thus for the slaughter
pen, and then lay it to the Lord, is too
bad. We don't think the Almighty had
any hand Ill it.
Year: 1870

The great fire Ia Chicago was in its
height when vast billows of flames were
surging through portions of the build
ing, sweeping everything rapidly into a
mass OF red ruin 1t was evident to all
that the walls could not long resist the
force of that fiery hurricane, and that a
grand crash was at hand. Still, the men
were seen, through the red-hghted win
dows, working bravely in the effort to
save property. Orders had been given
some time before to rush in and carry
of goods, and the orders had been obey
ed But now it was seen tLat danger
was too near, and that, in few moments
the lives of all who had gone within the
building had been sacrificed. The spec
tators became wild with terror and ex-
element. One Assistant engineer see
ing that the heat was intense, called
frantically to the men to come out. Po-
hceman Brown rushed into the building,
Mt the imminent risk of his own life. and
loudly called to them to make their OWL
escape. He returned, and barely got
from the door into the street, when the
crash came. 1t was the side wall be
tween Thacher's and Farwell's building
-l25 feet between the two stores Ii
fell with one prolonged and deafenine
crash, and the men went down with it tC
their fiery graves. A wall went up from
the crowd. Il strange, indiscrlbabie cry,
or sob, that spoke OF horror and dlsmay


\ moment before, and the men and BOYS


fifteen or twenty of them-some saiG
thirty had been seen on each floor


with boxes and bundles Oh their should


ers In an instant they had disappear
ed crushed beneath the ponderous walls


and sutfocated III the flames Horrible
to hear and see. The wall went cleal
through to the very basement. Not {
soul escaped of all who had been within


The terrible catastrophe seemed for t
time to deprive people of their reason
Shricks of women were heard from bal
COMES where they were standing to loOl
upon the dreadful scene. Men clutchet
one another IN "A sort of wild delirum


Several persons, hoTor-stricken at tn,
f spectacle, were completely overcome


and swooned away. The rumors whicl
circulated as TO the number of men VIII,
/ had fallen beneath the walls, gave them al
/ the way from fifteen to fifty men. 1t wa
/ simply impossible to tell how many wer,


there Many home viii be in stat,


of dreadful anxiety until the list is filed


and many hearth Will be desolate whei


the names are made known.
Year: 1870

Is among the good works perform
ed by the Assembly last week. The
new law will appear in this paper
"by authority" in due season. At
the next Fall election we will have
to elect three Supervisors from the
County at large, no two from the
same Township. For ourselves, we
have faith in this new system. Let
us fill the new Offices with the best
men, and give the new plan q fair
trial.
Year: 1870

Houston street, near Mulberry was last night
startled by the cry OF mBrder from a fourth story
window in a large tenement occupied by colored
people Peter Prime, who had habitually abused
his wife, again attacked her last night and as her
only means OF escape was through the window, she
leaDed out, and might have been killed had size not
struck a wooden awning, going through IL. This
broke her fall She was picked up unconsc cious, but
soon recovered, and II was found that she was not
seriously iniurcl.
Year: 1870

The General Committee Of the German Patri.
otto Aid Society met last night E1-Goy. salomon
reported the resolution OF the Executive Committee
OF last Saturday, that the plan OF organizing great
public demonstration In honor Of the German vic
tories should be subnitted to the General Commit.
tee. It was determiLeJ that the demonstration oe
deferred until peace is concluded. The report OF
the Treasurer sho we'd the aggregate sum already
collected and In hand to be ti0i 800.
Year: 1870

LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
MORE NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION
BILL TO ENFORCE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT


EXCITING DISCUSSION YESTERDAY
Texas Pacific Railroad Bill


Names Of the Corporators in the Bill
KELL0GG'S BILL WITH AMENDMENTS
Collector Casey Not to Resign
SUSTAINED BY THE POWERS THAT BE
SEIZURE OF SMUGGLED DIAMONDS
DETENTION ON NEW YORK CENTRAL
CanoIizatiOn Of Christopher Columbus
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS
Year: 1870

Thomas Hardy yesterday brought suit in
the Eighth District Court, alleging that on
the eighteenth of May, 1868, he was a mem
Der of the Metropolitan police of New Or
leans and Jefferson, and that in a riot that
then took place in Jefferson City. he was
shot in the arm and damaged $40 coo. He
AYERS that the Mayor and Council of the
city of jefferson made no effort to quell the
riot and the town became therefore liable
for all the damages done by the rioters. He
alleges that by the act of annexation the
city of New Orleans became liable for the
debts of Jetf-rson City, and hence this suit.
Branghn and Ogden, of counsel.
Year: 1870

THE CoNCElT To-MoRRow EVENING.
The interest in the grand concert to be
given tomorrow evening, in honor of the
centennial birthday of Beethoven, in
crcuses us the time it is TO come of ap-
proachcs. The several Singing Societies
of the city will be out in full force, and
the affair promises to be the finest enter
tainmcnt ever given by our home musical
talent, We would urge all who can pos
sibly do so to attend. We feel confident
that the occasion will be one OF the most
brilliant of the season. See advertisement
for information us to tickets for reserved
seats. BE on hand carly ut the, place
mcntionrdsons to secure first choice.
Year: 1870

When the House bill came over to the
Senate to-day, it was quietly referred TO
the Committee on Naval Affairs, where it
is likely to remain for some time, as the
majority of that committee is said to be
favorable TO Porter. d. HF1
Year: 1870

The Prussian General ,on Stelnmetz is
now 67 years old. Heis an old gamecock,
a splendid fighter, and always goes IN to
win. These characteristics seem to cause
him not to shrink or hesitate on other fields
than those of battle-for only the other day,
when young lady, Is years old, an orphan
daughter ofa former comrade Of his wrote to
him from Southern Germany for heipand re
lief in her distressing situation, he packed
up his traps. went to see her IN person, ana,
after having inspected the situation. came to
the conclusion that the shortest and most
effective way to help her was simFly to
marry her on the spot ; and so he did, and
took her home to his estates, Transforming
her at the shortest notice from poor deser'
ted girl. into one Of the richest and nrst
ladies 10 the land
Year: 1870

Many of the daily papers are now print
ing what appears to be Chinese puzzles
Tney call them war maps They are very
easy made. A pistol is first charged with
powder. then small bottle Of ink is placed
on this charge and fred against a piece OF
lockwood The block is then handed TO the
artist, who chips away all the surface not
covered with ink, producing first class
newspaper war map.
Year: 1870

MAN KILLED.-On yesterday morning as
railroad was coming down between the Uni
versity and Charlottesville white man
named Fawcutt was run over and instantly
Killed. He was Thought to he insane, he
being found in an almost nude condition
after he was killed. The engineer saw him
running towards the train but too late to
o1,onJ- If '..
Year: 1870

RoBBERY.-The hardware store of Charles
l.. Porter, OH the corner of Franklin and
Seventeenth streets, was entered OH Satur-
day night last and robbed of Il quantity Of
hardware and cutlery. The upper portion
Of the building was vacant and advertised
for rent, the door leading thereto being
left open. The thieves could easily get
from the passage to the store. This they
did, and elected the robbery.
Year: 1870

Is the course of an inquest held in Lcndon lately, the coroner observed that ii would be well to acqusint the public with the fact, that if persons in . house on fire had presence effect passage through the densest smoke but the surest way would be to envelop the head and face In damp cloth.
Year: 1870

SOUP DUEL.-France and Prussia have
been engaged in pretty heavy duel in Europe,
In which nearly two millions of men were en-
gagged. 1t is natural that the influence of that
grand campaign should touch manly hearts
ON this side Of the Atlantic. An evidence
that these sublime feelings of patriotism exist
was furnished in Washington hotel few
days ago, when an irate Frenchman, affronted
by some derogatory remarks of an inflated
Prussian, smote the subject of King William
upon the head with his soup plate and baptized
his shirt bosom with some excellent pea soun.
The soup being only the first course, we NAV
expect to hear of several others, in the shape
ofshort swords and pistols, to follow in order.
1t is to be recorded, to the credit ofthe French
and German citizens of this country, that
there are 80 few hot-headed individuals to be
found among them as this pair of soup duellists
In Washington
Year: 1870

HARTFORD, March 81, 1870.
Many papers outside OF this State are saying that
the proclamation gives the colored men the right to
vote here on the 4th of April This is calculated to
cause Embarrassment, ara the Republican state
Committee authorize the statement that 1t Il too
late for the c"lOred men to comply with the pro-
visions Of the Registry law. They cannot vote this
election.
Year: 1870

/ wandered by the brook-side,


/ wandered by the mill
/ could not hear the brook flow


The noisy wheel was still;
There was no buzz of grasshopper,


No chirp of any bird,
But the beating of my own heart


Was all the sound / heard.
/ sat beneath the elm tree


| watched the long, long shade,
And, as it grew still longer,


did not feel afraid
For1 listened for football,


i listened for a word
But the beating of my own heart


Was all the sound heard.
He came not-no, he came not


The night came on alone
The little stars sat one by one,


Each on his golden throne;
The evening wind passed by my cheek,
The leaves above were stirred
But the beating of my own heart


Was all the sound / heard.
Fast, silent tears were flowing,


When some one stood behind;
A hand was on my shoulder


knew the touch was kind
1t drew me nearer-nearer-


We did not speak one word,
For the beating of our own hearts


Was all the sound we heard.
Year: 1870

A young man in Memphis who
had lost the keyhole of his room
in a building not far from the
northeast corner of Main and
Washington streets undertook the
feat of 'going up the spout" He
stripped himself of all extra cloth
ing to q mere feathers weight,
and started gently on his perilous
trip, like cat with muffled paws
crossing pile of loose shingles.
When about the height Of two
stories from the ground the spout
went down, and like the youth
under the natural bridge, he found
himself in a perilous situation.
He seized q window-shutter and
held on like a lively icicle. His
shouts for help were given with a
vim that proved his sincerity.
Two men rushed upstairs and
managed to haul him in after he
had clung to the window-shutter
about five minutes, and was just
about to give up and go down.
Year: 1870

classes, and I have. I said ]
could run your circulation up to
twenty thousand copies, and if ]
had had two more weeks I'd have
done it. And I'd have given you
the best class of readers that ever
an agricultural paper had-not a
farmer in it, nor solitary individ-
ual who could tell watermelon
from peach vine to save his life.


You are the loser by this rupture,
not me, Pie plant. Adios."
I then left.
Year: 1870

A popular lawyer in Boston had
a horse that always stopped and
refused to cross the milldam bridge
leading out of the city. No
whipping, no urging would induce
him to cross without stopping
So he advertised him: ITO be
sold, for no other reason than that
the owner wants to 60 out of
town." m
Year: 1870

Tragedy In Hariem-A WIN stabbins her


Husband.


Thomas lyman having quit his wife, took up
his quarters in . boarding house on IsOth street.
near First avenue While he was at dinner there
yesterday at noon. his wife called TO see him, and
without any warning stabbed him In the breast and
paln OF the Land. The wound In the breast Is very
serious and possibly mortal. The wife ned, end had
not been found up to late hour last night.
Year: 1870

In a case in which a horse was
killed on the Illinois Central Rail
road, having passed from a field to
the track through a gate which
had been left open, the Illinois
Supreme Court decided


''On the abstract question pre-.
sented, 1t is as much the duty of
the owner of the farm at the cross.
ing to keep the gates closed as it is
that OF the company, for, as this
court said in the case of the Hi
nois Central Railroad Company,
Us. Dickerson 26, I'll. So, it is not
the duty of the company to keep
a patrol the whole length of thVir
road to see that the fence is not
broken down by breechy cattle, by
men, or by whirlwind, and by the
same reasoning it would follow
they are not obliged to patrol the
line OF their road to see if the gates
at farm crossings are open. Still
they are liable, if their employees,
seeing such gate open, neglect
to close it, and an injury results,
unless the same be left open by the
carelessness of the farmer. Ii the
gate is left open by the owner of
the land, the company would not
be responsible, if by the company's
agents it would be, and a neglect
to shut it when it should be closed,
by the agents or employees of the
company, would be negligence for
which the company would be liza
ble."
Year: 1870




A Mrs. Wolf resided in William
port, Penn, until very lately.
Then she persuaded that coufding
individual, her husband, to sell his
household goods and prepare to go
to the country with her to spend
the remainder of the winter with
her relatives. After be had In
trusted to her the proceeds of the
sale the crafty Mrs. Wolf coolly
told that confding individual, her
husband, that she was tired of him,
and left for parts unknown with
ANOTHER man.
Year: 1870

The, particulars Of q sad case Of


mistaken identity come from


SksneateIes. A short time since


the wife Of q wealthy man died


near Shepherds Station, and was
inferred in. the public cemetery.


Then followed the death Of a wo-


man Of questionable character.
whose remains were also laid a.


way in the same cemetery by kind


hands. They did not pay partic-


ular attention. as to where the


tainted one should lie: It hap


pened that she was near the vito


of "Dives" Again the angel Of


death visited the rich mans dwell.
ling. A daughter was stricken


down. She was buried beside


her mother as the father supposed.
Owing to the inclement season Of


the year no headstones had been
raised over the graves. .of<he moth
er or daughter. The friends of
the fallen sister did not design to
mark her grave, but were willing
her name should be forgotten.


After the last funeral had taken
place, the father began to ques--
ton in his mind whether or not
his daughter had been buried in
the proper place beside her moth
er. he examined the locality
carefully, and came to the cOn-
elusion that the woman Of ques-
tionable reputation slept between
his loved onesl The matter
preyed upon his mind. Consider
able time had elapsed, so that.
there was no opportunity of as
certaining, by reference to the
bodies, whether or not such an er-
ror had been made. Phe father
finally took spade, and. proceed
ing to the burying ground, avowed
his determination of digging up
the body of the woman of bad
character. He did so, and threw
both body and coffin outside the
bssying groundl The neighbors
were ineensed at this action, and
gathered about the remains the
next day. One of them, hap
pened to pick up the plate of the
coffin, which was so covered with
rust that the letters were quite.
unintelIigible. Diligently be
the plate, and finally he
was able to distinctly make out
the name thereon, and behold the
husband had dag up and scattered
10 the sciadstbe remains Of his s1ite!'
Year: 1870

SEC l. Be 1t ordained, That a Town
Constable shall be elected by the Board at
their first meeting after every regular elec-
ton of Mayor and Aldermen, or as soon
thereafter as practicable.


Sec 2. And Be 1t further ordained, That
before said Constable shall enter upon
the discharge of his duties, he shall take
an oath well, truly and faithfully to dis
charge all the duties of his Office, and shall
enter into bond. as is provided for In the
Charter of the Corporation.


SEC g. And Be Il further ordained, That
it shall be the duty of the Constable of
said Corporation faithfully to execute and
return all summonses, warrants, executions,
notices and precepts, directed to him ac-
eording to the Charter and Bylaws of said
Corporation, and to enforce all the Ordi-
nances of said Corporation, for the preserva-
ton OF order before the Recorder, for which
purpose be is authorized to summon any
by-stander to his aid, and whoever shall re-
fuse to obey such summons, shall be fined
in sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
Year: 1870

A kiss when / wake in the morning,
A kiss when l go to bed,
A kiss when | burn my fingers,


A kiss when bump my head.
A kiss when my bath is over,


A kiss when my bath begins;
My mamma is full of kisses


As full as nurse Of pins.
A kiss when l play with my rattle,
A kiss when l pull her hair;
She covered me over with kisses


The day Ifell from the stair.
A kiss when l give her trouble,


A kiss when / give her joy:
There's nothing like mammals kisses
To her own little baby-bOy.
Year: 1870

An indianapolis woman recent
ly gave birth to a child during her
husbands absence. and just before
his return"the neighbour" borrowed
two other babies and placed them
in bed with the little stranger
When the father asked to see his
child the coverlid was turned down,
and, although he must have been
immensely surprised, he coolly
turned to his wife, and asked
"Did any get away 2"
Year: 1870

A correspondent Gays that both
Houses Of the Iowa Legislature
opened their session without a
semblance or sign Of religious wor-
ship One honorable Senator is
said to have remarked that "prayer
was not necessary, except for the
Democratic members and they were
not worth it"
Year: 1870

Regulating the Meetings Of the Mayor and


Aldermen ~
BE 1T ordained, That the regular meeting
of this Board. shall be held on the first
Thursday night in each and every month,
and any Alderman failing 10 attend reg
ular or called meeting, lprovided he shall
have been notified of such call ID meeting)
shall, for each and every failure, forfeit and
pay fine of one dollar for the use of
the Board, unless, at the next regular meet
ing of the Board, he show good cause to
the contrary.