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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 19 Sep 1877, p. 1

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V0LI13. eiw ".Wedged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shalt Awe." jotltiM .wtmt*-.XWJ M'lIENliY, iLLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1877. 1W NO. P; Published Er^ry Wednesday Wy v BcUto^'anto Publisher.' •fc ;r - "• ;" " " f ; . u< Office In Kiverside Block* OVelr Smith, Aldrieli & Hawthorn's Stofe. i TltttMS OP STLB9CMPL<I03FI tm*, (in-Ad^ctf,y, f. r. J;, If tw»t Paid within Three; Alonths,'. >2 OQ" ^ubacripllous received fW three pr si,X4nontlis In t.h£ same proportion. i , BUSINESS CA11DS. , • . „ ' , , i f . , , , . . . - ~ E. BKNNETT, M- D., SUR<^KQN and Acjnurljer. ^Diseases of Women 11 Specially. O.'H-eand Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. V, H. BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC Phvtjoian arid Slir<r»>nn.i OlTloe Knst, Side '-frtlhli* RoMmte. ^Wood- Stock, III. Office hours 111*> 1-2 A» M., and 2 to 4 I*. M. cfron. tv. cofe BUSINESS CAIIBS. II. T. BKOWN, M. !>. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Ofccr tw ST Block over P. U. Mares Clotbiug Store Water Street, McHenry III. E. A; BI5 EUS M. X). SHT8TCTA.X and Snrpeoiu Office atresidence, two doors west of tost Ol&ce, Jl-Henry O. J. HOWARD, !Vf D. PHfSTCiASr and Surgeon. Office at tne of Howard &fion, McHenry, 111. store F. J. B AMMAN. ClGAll iM"anfifhctu'V , , i, Mr Henry III. Fac­tory No. 171. Orti'crs solicited. W. S. PKICKKTT. ATTORNEY AT LAW. M>TIenry_. A Office second stojv Bishop's new 111. TUock. ltlOHAKD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND (XWNT*E1.0R AT I.AW. Office in Tear of Murphr & Hi«'ho ,p' ,s Ulnk North Side, Publio Square, Woodstock, IIL " ' v'-' GI^. ̂ ^.(jCia^N; *! NOTARY PUBLIC* Conveyancer «nd. In­surance Ageiit. ' Oflico at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the 3>;jy )t, McHenry, 111. E. E. RlCIiAHl)^ HAS a complete Abstract "or Titles to land in Mcffenrv Co'intryT"* * - - Comity Clerk, Woodstock, i U Tll'nois. irt. Office with KOBT. WHH5HT. Manufacturer of Onsi'r.m Ma<'e Boots and Shoes, None lint the best of material lieed am} all work warranted. Shon Northwest eorner PnbUc S»qHai;ej M«ll«nry, 111. , Fit. IlLCirtl.E. HOtTSE, Sign and Ornamental Painter, also Vanev Sketches, Scenery. Ac-., Mcli#»»r^ |U. Will do'all work promptly and at rea­ sonable rates. ' • B. MvUWEN. HeVlef ' awl Manufacturora Agent in Loading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. M CHENRY. . . . . . I LLINOIS. QENETtAT, (JK<jX SCilltEINEHi: QAT.OONqjid licslaurint, Nearly opposite O the Parker itohse, jfcllenvv rft. ; WPlrst-Ctoss Billiard and Pool Ttthles. J. nuNSlJiTT, SALOON and Restaurant, Nearly oippoeite Otrw'8 Mill, M< lt !lirv, TH. Fresh Ovsters •erved uii in any sUaiife desire i, or for sale by . the Can. * «-GOOD STABLING FOR- IiOtt«RS.y»» W. ^V. KLi^WtMtTil. BREEDER o the 'deiehrited'..Mnsfie ..Hoir. Also I,i«rht Dirk Brilnnu Fo\fls. Piirs shipped to all poiuts l»y express; P. O. Ad- iress, Woodstock, III., PKTKIt I EIC'vEM. KKPAIRS WATEHEVOLONFCS .NFL'D Jowolrr of all kinds. AHo 15*/*> iii;s Violins in the best possible manner, on ,sh<>rX' notice :u>d at rca- M«able rates. Alw- \'iMH»s"for Shop Jjrsp door North of 111verside ltUok, McHenrj MoHKNMV J^JcHenry, _I11._ John HOUSE* Kartres ' Proprietor. Centrally lopjit^l ami Mie l cstof acconij- Itiodations furnislied. Oharsres rc.'isonable. Painting --, All work war. McHenry Ytl,, South of the Public F. KJ.KIKGKN & SON. CARRIAGE, WaiSm' and House <lone on Short Jiotictf, ranted. -Square. MATlAiliW K AIM; KS. H3US®, Si?n and ,0:irri;i;je Painter, Also Cnlsomtntne done' hi 'tlie best of manner. All orders promptly alt^n l«d to and "Work wrranted., Residence, > at tha Mclleury House, Metlenry, Ml. : T~\ ENTT^T. Office at the l'arker Houw, il/ >fc-llet»r3r. III. V-l-.-'- " , • .r N. s. ' " MCIIENRY, ii iti nrj-C-M yn, Bree4«t> of Sottish. M rino Sheep, Berkshire and Polind China swine. A ch'»i«*e lot1 of youncr gitf'k sto< k for sale. Pleiue call and examine afore hit vine elsewhere. , ...r . I .,f • ;» . n i j ,i .-- L.:tii,Ultl l..', l-.'ti i ' • . DENTI^Ttlf}^ • "• ' DR. T,. C RICK, will vi»it «ne"blowing places us stated..below.^evtr^^wumth. CAitV--Thf 1st and S.l Tuesdays, Rooms at Weaver's Hotel. > Wvit«)xi)a--2d and 4ith Wednesdays.-- 'Rooms :u the Pritt House. MOHKMit --2 I and 4th TlinfSditys. Rooms at the Riverside Houee. SVSDA-Every Friday. Rooms attjie Hyatt ll(M1S>'. ' " Tlie remainder of the time will he at hts ^residence, at (Crystal l.ake, < ' Dr. Ri«'P will have with him at all »imes Chloroform. Ether and Nitrons Oxid Gas. which will be i imiiustored. whenever de- sired. All operations perforated in a, careful, and skillful manner: ' W. H. SA1MFORD, Merohfint rrailor. • . 'X: j In Ow rtom oSCL tk DJokinsofn; EaaVm* of Public &L|uare, . i /*• • 'ai'J • WOODSTOCK, ILL. ' ' A ffood Stock of Fine Cloths for Suiti»af8 ways on hfiink .^nUsiiiHdu la order anil ; warranted ^»ve »u«a call. . ' • • • W. If. SANFORD. Woods toe,k IUfk^ei»t, 27th, W73. , i MVENSEUN-,,. U U N - S S ^ r i ' T H Willc.ha.nge mux- «1o loaders, fcoth single and double, to bieach U>aders. * Keeps on Hand all kinds of Gun Ma. terlal. All work warranted. Shop opposite Perry & Martin's Stprp* ]tfJiIfx<rv, III. f^5 sssrsrrss * ' "•TT H. I0. Wl«rtJTM.\N, Proprietor. First clasi .riijcs, >vith or wit Iwlft drivers, fnrnislmi • t rites. (lone on short notice; lass I Teaming oi' all kinds O.W.OWIN, FF & M r H E N R Y I I .E., Doalor.in al| kindest American and Sm'Ns ". atche^ ( Jocks from the best factories in the cwintrf. Silver, platedwimo, Silver S|s^»u», ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Brailbtiry Pianos AND THE Elntey - O I'yfii/ii 11 ynilch we believe to lie the l>c«d Or«'in in the market. We think wo fcn'nv »iy eAperl- «»ce, an«A\^e h-.'ltera U, l«» it l» hacke.i ni» ,fcv tlie Attention Farmers, . FOB. SALE. A Litter o^i'"uUI»!o herd Pitpi, tfhm Ttfiporledstock. Thes Litter of I'uU Blood s'c. itch Collie fthep- »re the linest "dojjs for the farmer in the world Und I will wan-ant Hi fin to he full blood. Also I have'for sale-- Poland - China Pigs, both sexew, all very liix». Call at mv itwuk-nee, one mile east of Plivins Mills, aitd see thenV. •f <?aVK CrttjS, 111.-, Auur,,»*Hi; 1977." " ' Blivins Mills WANTED Tonmke a' pCriVilu'en: cif^.iv'cmetit with a (Elerpryinan bavinc leiMire, <>!• it Bible Header, to introduce in MclIvrtW Countv, the CE! E- BRATED NEW Centennial Edition ot t)ic IIOEY BlBi.E. For • descripriint, nAtice edi­ torial in last week's i^ue of this >vti)"r, A I- dress at i.nfo F. L. ITOHTON * CC»., Pnhlisli- pre and Bookliinders, W K. Mirkef St., Indian- apolis, Ind. / ' *4.' B3si Musiciaiiiifl/ the World. i prt«e» tlian the Esrey, but fiau'i rvcoojyuu'ud then to be As cmod. • T • I a.lio, je Est Jtsgood Jujy 23, OWEN. B3Q;'<BA^G'A!!U^ JASV1E3 Rosalias, --DEALJili IN- 'Agricultural Implements SOLOX MILLS, ILL. MAN IT F ACTITRKRS AG E3} T tor the Cham­pion Reaper' hn I >M >\ver. tii« Gorliaiu Corn Cultivators and Diamond P1I>M*, war- ranted to scour in any soil, 'the Forest City Seed Plow and steel un stubble Plows Corn Planter... Horsi? Rikes, &<•. Will take Cash or Good Notes in exchange for any and nil of my Goods.' Post Office, Solon IVIllis, III. For Sale or Exchange. THE undersigned offers for s ilo his proper­ty, situated iu the village of McHenry, or will exchange it towards a good Farm.-- There is a good and substantial building, suit, ftble for a store or other business, the upper part of which i*.titled up for a resilence.-- Connect"d with this <s four acres of choice land, a good barn and some fruit. There is no more desirable property iu this section, and anv person having a good Farm which thev wish to exchange,.'«r anyone wishing i"->. buy will llad it to Xlieir ad vantage, to ca'l and see me. McHenry, 111., May 7th, H77. F. A. IIKBAHD. Errors of Youth. A GENTLEMAN who suflered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature De- eay, and all the effects of youthful indiscre­ tion will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need It, the recipe and direction for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the adviser's experience can do so i>y addressing in perfect conlidenoe JOHN B. OG-DEN, « Cedar St.* New York siijrlit.lv daniawd.hv. W-ator. in th^e fitetire, at Nos. |K :ind lf>4 Sladisoii St,, cornet Fitth Avonue. The tiMiten^e stock of Scott & Co., \Vhole«rife and He.tail Hatters, comprising all the lea ling sty lev in IUTaINESS and Plt£SS HATS, has been removed to 1 ' ^ 183 ItUdison Street, i • . • (! nearlv opposite .tji^'r obi st»n«l, >r»l will be closed out at 25'rt'90 Ci-rits on a Jt)ollar. Conic earl v before tlio best are gdn'e. . , SCOTT & CO., Wholesale ami Retail Hatters, removed to 183 M loison St.. liA^ir r»r.h Avenue. JANESViLLE North Main Street. THE subscribers are now read v to exchange for 'wool, goods, siwh as plain and tancy ('asoinieres, Doeskins, Tweeds, Satinets, La. dies Clotli, sheetings, Shirtings, and a good variety of various kinds of Flannels, for dresses, &e., Blankets, stocking Yarn. Ac.-- All these goods will be exchanged for Woyl or Cash, on the most reasonable tonus. Custom carding and cloth dressing on the same tertn# as in former yean*. Carpels washed at tlve cents per yard. P. S.---A11 wool sent by express will be attended to. l'fca$e send full or. mail. Srohipt'ly ers by mi Wanted ••"•wool jrreese and" tal lo >v 7 - June 1st, IS 77 In exchange for goods 'wool jrreese and ta* JT. A- 'VHEELER & Co. Correspondent of tliC PL.VTXIJKAIiKR.^ | j* FLTOBT THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIO " 6N FOOT. ; v v l»r AIIMCHAROI1^ Jttnfftjfck^rtSBT saaBli4 • K<,jL? .v>'.'- -1 Tliifsis the way It carnc'iibrtnt fVw years ago I Docauie seized witli tli« notion, that 1 belk've is quite commoif amon^'green country boys of my a<je» that, some day or another, I would fce.t and learn something of this Urol'M ati|l of tlie people who ' inhabit IK. At tills tiine 1 was earning" five dulr lars per month as a funnel's Ijirerl I>0^1 I,harl no fiiends to »iye uie counsel or assistance, and it was only last spring that I w as the owner of a > jsufficit'nC amount of hard cash, to vvaroint me in setting out on my loiig thotig|it^)f ex­ p e d i t i o n . > > ' • Y ; " • ' 5 ' • ' ^ Y : " . . I Alter pay1n|f c«y p»ssft^0 iiisteew age, across the Allantiu, I /fottpd n»yif self in Glasgow w ith aiwut three huii- diiMt dollars in my pocket. A very1 small sum. one would suppose, for a^ European lour, but it would have beeil quite sulllcieut to have Enabled me, ill the independent and economical wny^ i>f traveling I had adopted, to have1 walked at my leisure, through every.' country in Europe. 1 atter-wards tVumd' that the innjor' part ofthe laboring class iri Great Bri^itin, lived on les* than eighteen cent per day, as.d it w:,s not an uncommon thing ip find ^ day tiioiig'at tit to assuciato with tjie genteel and rctined. But oh, I j wh?,'t tt lesson »f courage, of forti tu^le, of self-denial, ofitrue christian pa­ tience might oijr fASliiona'ale, sickly «iid useless young lad'es learn from these robust emigrant girls, and some ot our white-livered, girlish young -•men might get a few lessons in true, sturdy manliness from these brawny and broad-shouldered emigrant boys. After spending a few days in New ^ oik to complete the necessary ar­ rangements, I again strapped over triy '•shoulderthe little iravelinj* bag that dur- atid the |hftd J)oen po taitkful a companion n»y :a:nble ill the Old >Vorld. Reached tlie f'orrv in time .to take pt oMofk host for Jersey City, ®n tlio horning of'August 27. The ulght had Jbeoivrainy and the pilot went feeling way through the thick fog that hung over the bay, liable at any nio- tnent to have his frail craft dashed in- |o sjillnters by the staunch vessels com- jhi<: up from tlie sea, and which have Jlip l'ijrht of way. I could but think #nw typical tills all was of the journey |was about undertakipg. How many #mgers I must pass" ere I could reach ||ie other el.ore by the Pacific, or Whether 1 should ever live to reach it 4t :tll or not. All seemed dark nnd |^l( |niy before me. The few friends «|f)o had followed me to rlie ferry to laborer in IieJand feeding a hail doiOtej 4e me launch oft Into this gloomy recruits for the Fenian army, on an In- |*flirkneps. had warned hie a^iin and come of seven shillings (1.75) jter week. I talked wifh an iutelligeift wido about ten inlles out from Belfast, whtt supported herself and three Ueljileg^ children by making embroidered hand-* kerchiefs at twelve cents each. She^ said that by working hard from day-] light till dark, (Artificial light she, could not-afford.) she «o^ld do the woiJ?j ou.Miie haiidkercliief pel' day,. These same handkerchiefs ane bought by th^l fashionable young ladles in.lhis couu try, at from two to three dollars ipieee uud after being well saturated wit eau die cologne, are used to dash tl jftniggling tear fruiji their .eyes, whi Uicv read tlie luteSt seu«ati)Oiiai uovei in ,the Ledger. I kept an account of my expenses iu Etigland for two weeks, during. ^h»^ time I walked upwards of one hundre and lifty miles, and they did not e c e c i l f o u r t e e n , j w j u u i > e r d H j r ^ . t u : 1 paid nothing for my lodging. In t cold or rainy season, when it would not he expedient, to sleep in the. open air or under haystacks, about six or eiglit cents siimild lie added for the ex­ pense oVu bed. 1 mention these facts in this connection because so much lias1 been said about,the gJeafT expense of traveling iu the Old World, and be- caui-e thes« Hues luay catch the eye of some Vv»uug man who has the plUckand desires the bene lit o!ad European" tour, but w kept Iroiii undertaking it,, for want of money. I took particn)£ir"paius 10 inquire about the expense|of living 011 tlie Coiitfnellt of Europe, si ml 1 am satisfied 1 could travel there both summer and winter on twenty-five cents per day and grovy tat, ur An Instated, 1 arrived hi Glasgow with tiiree hundred dollars iu my poiik- et, tint 1 did !:ot ijiug have the j.*ttr<j of so tuuch surplus money about me, b>e- t'aro -1 wii« relieVe4 of it eiiurely by a dextrous thief and liad to xesort t^> ati oi-ciisional <jay'^ work 111 the harvest lie hi and the rigid ecouoiuy alluded to. to keep fro»i becoming H British pau­ per outright. Under theS<? circum­ stances, 1 was thrown entirely anions the laboKhg clis^es. yr more properly t fte slaves a f tiw ar^toi.racy ; :of Great .Bi'iiai^n, and it was these poor slaves, a majority of whom could1 neither read nor wrjte. by iheir hundreds of eager questions about America, who taught me how little I really knew about my own country In fact, iu many iiistri­ ces, I w as looked upon, as au iioposter, so great was njy ignorauce, and 1 re- resolved, after i had made the tour oi Great Britain, if there was enough left r(. of me, I would return to this coin.try und go "from the Atlantic, to the Pa­ cific on foot." 1 came {tome in. the steerage of an emigrant, ship aloag witii seven hun­ dred emigrant paftseiigersf who, after years, pei'hapt? of painful toil in tlie factory or tield. ajid denying them­ selves every luxury and many of tlie most simple conveniences of life, iu order to save up the lew pounds necess­ ary to take tliein over the Atlantic, had bade a long'fare well to their na­ tive land and the ho.iie qf their child­ hood, and with tearful eyes and prayer­ ful hearts had ventured forth--they scarcely knflw Where--to that country of the free, where they had been told the poor man could be"a man for a' that.", . It I bas become quite common for Americans to sneer and ridicule the hoiuely and sturay emigrants who land on our shores. Just let it once be known that a man or a wouian from whatever country, or of however no­ ble a nature, had arrived in America by way of Castle Garden, and hp or she that I was tfmlei'faking a witless I*, If not tin utter impossibility, and •enfthe kind editor of the World ve me a whole column of advice. tiSeling me to turn back af'ter my day's tramp, and that 1 could see learn ihore by walking fifty days iHul New Yofk than 1 would by peg- : across the continent on foot, anyone be curious to know why I |»ted this mode of traveling, my an- r is. because it is the only way one sftmly a country and its people. A or two. with a comfortable car- would no doubt be a convenience the .crusty old New England *'ar- v«sed to tell me, when I asked for a dto ride into town, that "them's •t horses must go afoot." I horses; and ns I can see^ no •In a young man walking quietly :b one or more countries, because t# being housed up inside the cold stone yt ails of a college, or because he cannot aflord to ride. J do not see wliy the managers of the public pregs should make such a pow-wfcw about it. 1 pay tor all the sho<? leather 1 wear and all the bread 1 eat, and I raise corns and blisters on no one's feet but my" own.-- I am walking on no wager; I am no Jockey walker; I am not walking "on time.*' I intend to reach San Francisco- iu one hundred and fifty days from the time I left New York. Yet. if I find it better for me to spend two or three hundred.days on the way. I shall do so. I shall walk as far as I please in a day, and rest when I get tired, if I can find a clean dry place to lie/lown. In my next, I 'will try to give you something of what 1 have seen, heard and done.eince the pilot puttue «afely a;i Jer^y soil. A friend of t,h(i poor and needy and a most liberal patron of education recently died at Rochester. N. Y. He -would never allow- his name to be used iu the public prints In connection with auy of his benevolent acts. Such an­ nouncements as these were made: "A liberal gentleman of Rochester has be­ stowed &120.00U upon the University Ot Virginia, at Monticello; $10,000 to the liocliester City Hospital; 310,000 to St. Mary's Hospital; $f>,000 to the Indus­ trial School of Rochester; $5,000 to the Rochester Female Christian Society and various other public institutions were substantially aided by the same benefactor. That man was Mr. Lewis Brooks. He died iu Rochester the oth­ er (lay, aged 84, an:1 left an immense property. His will has not yet been made public. He was never married but has two brothers with families.-- He enjoyed hN wealth lu a very quiet and commendable way.--Si Louiu lie- publican. • BKIOHAM ¥<»U.*3 (N YOUTH. At Port Byron, in this county, he painted boats. Afterwards he worked in a saw-mill near Auburn, in the "edge" of the now town of Tiiroop, where he met his first wife, Angeline Works, whose two cousins. Canfleld and Morris YVorden. now reside in the Seventh Ward iu thiscity. The wedding took place at the tavern of Mr. Pine, in Port Byron, to whom Brigham owed a board bill of $17 when he went west in 1830, and which he paid thirty-five years later with two drafts on N tw York for $50 each. Brighani was a good natured, rather ignorant and l«uy geuius,of whom the late William Hay- den, of Port Byron, remarked that he did not know that be was any good for auythir.g except to maLe ax-helves-- which he did well.--Attburn (N, Y.) yews. . , j. WTl'lSU FROM ULIFOKNIA. ,,,. SAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 24, '77. •, EDITOR PLAIN DEALER:--I have JUST come in from a prospecting tour through the mining regions of the Pacific slope, and will hasten to send you a few notes. At Pine Grove in St. Louis county. I found four easterns farmer's boys working a shaft twenty feet deep, the ledge being about 18 inches wide. They had just finished a crush of twenty tons of rock, which yielded theiu $445 or an average ,of #22.25 per ton. The eldest of the "boys" \Vas but 21 and the youngest 16. They own the mine from which they are sanguine of taking a fortune during the coming year. I was at Mahoney last week when a rich rock waa struck* The specimens are handsomely ornaJ meuted with tree gold and sulphurets. The Amador cleaned up last week, re­ alising somewhere near $1600Q, rather a small pan-out for the leading miije of Sutler Creek. Smith's ledge at Wooers ravine is panning out well.-- Two weeks ago lie had 48 tons crushed which yield $2,400. I saw at the Citizen's bank a few minutes ago, A beautiful bar of gold worth $2,580. It was the result of 100 tons of quarts takfn out of the New England mine,-- The Idaho mine has declared its 05th dividend of§5asharfe. Old Califoi*nian's who may read this hastily written letter, will be pleased to learn seme- thing about the old Placer regions.-- A new mine was opened Inst week en Rock Creek near the old Calf Pasture mine. The specimens show a yield of $36.35 per ton. A new company' are reopening the St. Lawrence mines with good prospects. It has a lo-stamp mill. The ledge is tjiree feet thick and the rock assays $10 to'the ton.-- I made, a short call at old Emigrant Gap and was surprised at seeing the lively manner iu which business is be­ ing conducted. Hundreds of , miners we re in the ancient "Berg," exchang­ ing their gold dust for provisions, tools, Ac. Gravel mines have been discover­ ed in the vicinity which are now yield­ ing old time wages to some three hun­ dred men., The other day Mr. Kufus Snyder showed me a nugget weighing 22 oz., which he picked up at the old French gulch, which HI the lowest cal­ culations, is worth' $354. Nuggets quite common, * but this one is the largest found for several years. The shutting down of numerous mines, and the reduction of the force in some of the large ones iu Nevada lately, has had the effect of setting a lot of miners on their own resources. In many cases tliis has, of course,' caused distress, especially where the men had families to support and could And no other employment. Pn the Comstock. al­ though there are 3,916 men at work at four dollars a day, there are also 3, 000 idle. UnjJer these circumstances* the ranks of the prospectors have been materially swelled, more especially in California. Men who can find nothing else to do find it better to start in and prospect than to lie about idle' Al­ though the cause is to be deplored, the efleet has, in a measure, been pro­ ductive claims have Deen tounu witiiiu tiiep few months, and are being worked by their owners. * C. K. JS"*The story told of Sitting Bull's departure from Canada.is very touch­ ing. The gentle savage had attended a council with the British ofiicers iu the neighborhood, and afterward took part iu a scalp-dance. The scene recalled s^veet recollections of the happy days wWn he %yas harvesting the hair of hi/ud:-ed8 of Americans, and he «ighed aslie thought how long his scjilping- knife had rusted iuglprio.usly .in its sheath. There was a young half-breed in the company, a Dominion govern­ ment scout, upon whose plentiful shock of hair the great chief's eyes rested longingly. Some words excited the longing into an irrepressible impulse, and Sitting Bull's revolve* was instan­ taneously drawn and aimed. A heart­ less Canadian officer sprang between tlie two at this moment, and rudely said to the noble exile, "I want you to understand that you cannot Commit deviltries here as you do In the Uuited States. I gi ve you and your tribe five days to leave the country. If you are not gone then, I will fight you. If you are ever caught here again, or if you shoot this man I will l:ave you hanged." Sitting Bull put up his weapon, packed up his scalps and other jewelry, and sadly shook the dust of inhospitable Canada from his feet next day.-- Chicago Times. , WASHINGTON CORRKSPONDKNCK. >I! • WASHINGTON, P. C.. Sept., 10th, l«7t. ^itt'he case of Naval Officer Cornell ®f New York, has created no little ex­ citement and comment here, .and al­ though his friends have been iiidu** trloUsly interviewing tlie {"resident in his behalf, claiming' th^t Cornell meant no disrespect nor disobedience to'the civil service order by his recent action with the New York State Com­ mittee, and although nothing deficit* has been determined upon by the Cab­ inet in reference to the case, yet it in pretty well understood tnat the Presi­ dent has decided upon th® official capitation of the officer in question, and that lie will be notified of the fart as soon as Seeretaiy Sherman deter- niines upon his successor, which ha will doubtless do about the time of tb« President's return from the trip upon which he started Thursday evening.--. 1 his trip takes Mr. Hayes to Louisville Chattanooga, Nashville and Richiiiondf besides including a several days vialt to his old homt iu Ohio, where he will attend a re-union of his old regiment and unveil a Soldiers Monument. He accompanied bv several , Cabinet members and will be joined by othttf before liis return. It Is evident enough to those wh* can read the signs of the times that bet* ter days are dawning upon the country* The great question that canno'; be put of) In the labor question, and the peo­ ple who cannot wait for the change to perfect i tself are the laboring, people, Uence the movement now going on In nearly all the large cities for the relief of those people in the way of furnish­ ing them with employment. This !• no easy thing to do in a place like thi«. These Is a very large number of desti­ tute poor in the District, but the dlfllt enlty is to distinguish them from im- post.ers--from worthless, idle vagabonds who would rather beg than work and whose only business in life is to spongo a living out of the public. The Nation* a! Capitol has always been regarded M a sort of Mecoa of the freedtnen socially and politically, and crowds of tliem have flocked here from all parts of the Union. There are many worthy one#, as I have said, but as a rule they art indolent and need to be put to wodt and kept to it by others. . Now SAtim' Wr.viiM •fef'reiiSlr.-w hard for so long that not only spade aud shovel workmen but mechanics and artisans of every trade and calling are out of employment, out of rneaiis, out of tools to work with and in want for their tlaily food. In addition to theeo and most, dependent aud helpless of all the idlers here, are the hundreds of Government employes who have jbeen dismissed since last March. These matters have come to be so serious that fears have been entertained lest these thousands of unemployed people should in a recklessness, provoked bjr starvation and priva^iou of every kind, rise up in rebellion to the civil laws and mob rule should prevail for the time. Steps are now being taken, however, for their relief, and a meeting was held on Monday evening last, for - , . i the purpose of discussing the formation of good, for a great manyT T I " » - r , ,.?• of a Li»)or ExAange. The pros and ivo been found withm the past . ,, . , * cons were talked over and there wet* plenty offfoth, and it was' decided to form such--anassociation, raise 3100,0<%; furnish work for all those who want It and relief to those who oannot labor.-f* It^was also proposed to discourage io». diSctfl&iuate almsrgiving, prevent pa^jK perism as far as possible aud discoun­ tenance street begging which hat grown to be such a public nuisance.-- In no other city In the United States are t'tere so many professional beggar* as here,and with the tramps, lazy v|* grants, and the many who seek and receive aid from a half a dozen socie­ ties at the same time, there is a great need of an able and well organized i^» lief system to prevent such impositions aud assist the deserving poor who "siz­ able to worfe as well as the sick and needy wiio would work if they eould. We have seen no hot weather for the past week. In fact the last three days have been rainy and disihal enough.-- Base Ball has been incommoded by it and the street oars about ^th* only gainers apparently. The theatri­ cal season opened with the beginning of September and the cool weather this week hits greatly enhanced tho enjoy­ ment afforded by the play. OUYK. I A NOTICEABLE FACT,--It is noticeable that the cat who rnouuts the ridgepole of the woodhouse and sits apart at the concert, and is wrapped in thoughtful, abstracted silence until the programme is about half through, opens out, when he does eojna in, w.ith a wail that curd­ les the blood iu a frozeu beef, aud rouses all the other members of the troupe to a very agony of frenzied emulation, . Quite a theft was committed i«i Pleasant Prairie, Wis., a few days sinc% From the Kenosha Union we gather the p-.;iiculars as follows; Sixteen head of yearling cattle wev% stolen from the farm Miss Amelia Hy in Pleasant Prairie, on Wednesday afternoon, 29th ult. They were traced^ to Russell Station, on the ChieagoL Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, by N. B. Hyde, who followed them to th» stock yards in Chicago and recovered them. They were stolen by a named Jas. W. Fisk, uImh. Smith, whf| had been the, employ of Miss Hyd«a and discharged a few days previous the robbery. He was airetUd committed to jail for trial in defttlt $1,500 bail.

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