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VOL. C.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1882.
NO. 47.
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PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER. JEWELER, AND
OPTICIAN.
ALL WORKWARRAfJTED.
Dealer la WafcfeN. dork. Jewell y,
Spectacles . d feeias-ii,
And a Full Line cf
Cigars, To&acoos and Fancy' Goorfs.
The only reliable Optometer in town for the
"proptradjtutnieatbf Ppeeuu-lee; always on hau.l.
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses, f
OFFICE first door south of postoffice. Rose
burg. Orwron.
FslAHOftSY'S SALOON
Jfearest to the Railrotd Depot, Oakland
Jnis. 3aIioney, Prop'r.
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars inDoaf;
It county, and the beat , .
. in the State kept is proper repairs
fartiei traveling on the railroad will find thto
,' place very handy to visit during the atop-
ping of the train at the Oak-
land, Depot. Give me aeall.
Jas. MAriONEY.
JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Furniture,
WILBUR,
OREOOJf.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.
Constantly on band.
rilRNITIIRP 1 ht thkft stock, o
I Ullltl I lIlk.. lurniture son th of Portland
And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglas county are requested to
give me a call before pun basing elsewhere.
m ALL WORK WARRANTED.-
DEPOT HOTEL-
AAKLAND, - - OREUOH.
Richard Thomas, Prop'r.
'PHIS HOTKL. II A3 BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number of year, ami bas become very
popular vitb tbe traveling public. Kirst-claaa
SLCtPINC ACCOMMODATIONS.
- And the table supplied with tbe best tbe market
afford. Ill-1 ut tlie depot of the Itailnitid.
Furniture Store !
JOHN GILDEUHLEVE
HAVING PURCHASED THE FTJRXf
ture Establishment of John Lrbnlierr, is
Eow pre paired to do any work in the
UPHOLSTERING LINE.
He is also prepared to furnish -
In all styles', of the lt manufacture, and cheaper
than tbe cheapest. His
Clifilrw,
TnlIis,
IJtircauN,
IJel(tonl,
WuxhHtnnds,
ETC ETC.. liTTC.
Are o superior make, and for low cost ennnot be
equal led in the State. The
Finest of Spring Beds
. And the
Most. Complete Fofas
Always on hnnd. Everything in ;ne line fur
nished, of the bestquality.on tlieshortcst
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better than can
' any other establishment.
Desiring a share of public patronage, the iin
i jersigned promises to offer extra inducements to
all potions, uivo ire a trial.
JOHN GILDEttSLEVE.
H. C. STAMTON,
. . Dealer iu
; Staple Dry Coodsl
Keeps constantly on hand a general nssort
. irient of
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW AND ULA8SWARF,
' ... . also
- Crockery and Cordage
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A full stock or
MCIIOOL BOO M
Eucfa 9 required by the Fublic County Schools
All kind of STATIONERY. TOYS ami
- , FANCY ARTICLKS
To suit both Young and Old.
OtJVS A JfD SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
t urn Junes Chcckfi on Portland, and procures
.units on Ban t ranciseo.
SEEDS !-t iorSEEDS !
ALL mi)$ (IF HUM QU4L11Y
ALL ORDERS
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Froinptly attended to and Goods shipped
' , with care.
Address,
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Hachenry & Ben,
IVirthrnd.' Oretron
Hot Ice,
Notice to hereby v, to whom It .uy concern, Unt
thu uDlera)rnel has been awariitd the contract (or
wiping th Doughta county Pauper fr the period ot
3trn years. AU persons in need of uwintince imm raid
cou&ty must first procure a certificate to that effect
'kam any member of th County Board, and prevent it
tut one el th following named pereoua, who are author
to, and will care for thuee imwentiDfc auch certificate:
Vt. U.itaUeOfRoaeburg ; L. JL Kellotqr, Oakland ; Mm,
trow, Ixxiktnff Olaaa. Dr. Scroti-? Is authorized to
nU:! nwiiicul aid to alt persons in luml of tbe some
a a he beta cuvtarud paupers of loutas county.
,WM. B. CI.ARKK, laupt. of foor.
Cvaa, Or.. rh, 1$, lee
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TEI,E APII TO DATE.
Hill, MacMaster & I Plant, merchants,
of Mancliester, Lave failed. Liabilities
70,000. MacMaster bas absconded.
The weekly statement of the bank of
France shows an increase of 06,000,000
francs in gold and 4,300,000 franca in sil
ver.: ! ' ';
The house committee on naval affairs
iaa agreed to recommend an immediate
appropriation of $10,000,000 to begin tbe
construction of a new navy.
M.Ronzand, Mmle. tfilsson's husband,
who became insane during the excitement
attending the recent financial crisis, died
at Paris on the 22J in the asylum.
The naval committee have agreed on a
favorable report on the nomination of
Theodore Nelson of New York for chief
of the bureau of naval construction.
The treasury will have S33.000.000 to
disburse during the first half of March
on account of interest, unless it antici
pates payment during the present month.
Dispatches indicate that Washington's
birthday was generally observed through
out the country. The boards of trade
closed and in a number of places suitable
ceremonies were held.
Senator Bayard has offered a substitute
for the bill to retire Grant, providing a
pension for all ex-presidents equal an
nually to one-fourth the amount of his
annual pay while president.
The Presbyterian church at Chicago
appointed a committee to confer with
other denominations with a view of clos
ing theaters on Snnday and putting a
stop to indecent performances.
Considerable surprise is felt in Berlin
that no successor has been appointed to
Minister White, and it ts said Bismarck
will retaliate by postponing indefinitely
the appointment of a successor to Herr
Von Schlozer.
Officers of the steamer Dean Adams
arrived at Memphis and report a break
in the levee at Mound Place, isolivar
countv. Miss., which inundates a large
area of country, will destroy many
cattle and other stock.
It is rumored that the nomination for
supreme court judge will be made soon,
and that it will be a New York man. It
is said that the president had for some
time decided to nominate Senator Ed
munds, but that the pressure from New
York has been so great he cannot resist it.
Herald's London: Wreckage contin
ues to wash ashore on the Irish coast
from ! the City of London, which was
posted at Lloyds on February 1st as miss
ing, i uur ivuKee . correspondent tele
graphs that the cover of a signal locker
marked "City of London," has been
picked up off Dunkineely.
An attachment has been issued at the
instance of Thomas Reynolds of London,
against the Indianapolis and Evansviile
railroad, to recover 76,250, claimed on
contract for steel rails. There i3 in the
customhouse here property valued at
$140,000, with unpaid customs of $00,
000, and the attachment was laid in the
hands of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Co., said to hold the bills of lading.
One provision of land grant charters
is that railroads mnst pay the cost of
surveying lands. Companies hold lands
throughout the west which they have not
surveyed and patented and the courts
have held that the state connot tax these
lands 'because the United States still
holds an interest in equity in them by
reason of the fact that under the condi
tions imposed by the grant the lands
might revert to the government, through
failure of the railroads to comply with
these conditions. , It is claimed that the
railroads leave lands unpatented to avoid
taxation and Van Wyck's bill releases
and quit claims to any state that proceeds
against tnese lands tor collection oi
taxes, all interest in equity of the general
Kovernment. It is thought that this will
encourage the state to collect these taxes.
A published statement of the amounts
allowed by committee to audit the ex
penses and burial of President Garfield
to attending surgeons is pronounced in
correct by a member of the committee.
The amounts allowed are as follows:
Bliss. $25,000; Agnew and Hamilton,
815,000 each; Reyburn and Boynton,
$10,000; Mrs. Edson, $5,000; Steward
Crump, $3,00U; and to other employes
of the executive mansion two months
extra pay. The committee recommended
the appointment of Barnes to be major
general, . and his retirement on that
ground, and promotion of Woodward to
be lieutenant colonel. The committee
has also agreed to grant Mrs. Garfield
the remainder of her husband'B salary
for the current year. Springer and
Blackburn, in a minority report, opposed
most of the items. .
A Washington special to the Graphic
says:: A vigorous crusade against the
liquor traffic will surely be inaugurated
by 8enator Logan, who has carfully pre
pared a speech favoring the bill which
provided that all revenues of the govern
ment hereafter derived from the tax on
the manufacturer-find Bale of distilled
spirits shall be divided among the states
and territories in propartion to their pop
ulation, exclusively for educational pur
noses. Lo&ran will oppose both reduc
tion and repeal of internal revenue taxes,
but urge most energetically that the pro
ceada of manufacture and sale of liquor
ha devoted to bearing the expenses of the
great system of free schools, and thus
relieve the people of that burden. He
has been gathering statistics on the sub-
iVct and savs thev show that the expense
of carrying on the educational system of
the states and territories does, not exceed
$75,000,000, which is just the same as it
is estimated will be received from the
At no limior durinor the present fiscal
year.;
Tranquilana Luna, delegate from New
Mexico to congress, is now in oew
He told a reporter that Americans gener
nllv believe that Spanish Mexicans are i
very ignorant and degraded race of peo-
nln ! This is a mistake. People come
ilnvn tn New Mexico and stay for per
haps 20 days, traveling about from place
to place and of course they are not ad
mitted into our best society. Yon could
not exnect that thev would be, and the
consequence is they only see our roughest
and worst people, and tney go noma ana
write about the degradation oi .Mexican
Our best families are lntelJigent and re
fined, and. as becomes a true Spaniard
rinsnit.ibli" Then about education, the
territory baa appropriated one-fourth
of the taxes of each county to be used in
Rnrvnnrt nf nnblie schools, and VOU can
see, as the population increases, this
wili be a most generous provision. In
regard to buildings there is an advance
also. ! The old style was the adobe, now
briefe factories are beinsr built and stone
riTiarriaa tem'.loeua opened and many
Knii.i.-nms n Uvintr ami nhmifl are com I? up
ViAOMTift to bm tnat
cv, r.,t i-cot, t;mA with the march of
progress. ,
Herman Balzen & Bro., of New York,
have assigned. Liabilities, $105,000. -
Corhill, editor of the Lienster Leader,
has been arrested under the coercion act.
A dispatch says there is no doubt of
Conkling's appointment being reported
favorably.
gBThe appointment of M. Roustan, as
minister to Washington from France has
been gazetted. ;
" Good harvest returns are reported, and
large shipments will be made from
Australia ta England.
Rose Eytinge has applied for a divorce
from her hnsbtnd, Geo. H. Butler, on
the ground of adultery.
Grand preparations were made for the
Garfield memorial services, which were
held at Washington on the 27th.
Two Mormon emissaries, Barton and
Easton, have been preaching in two Ohio
villages, and have DO converts.
It is now said that the land committee
of the hoise of lords cannot arrive at
any useful conclusion.
A bill has passed the chamber of
deputies prolonging the present commer
cial treaty with England until May 15th.
The Washington Post says that Gar
field intended to appoint Conkling to the
supreme bench. Doubtful.
Judge Charles Mason, an old and
prominent citizen of Burlington, Iowa,
died recently.
The Virginia general assembly has
elected the five judges of the supreme
court of appeals nominated by the read
justee. Ex -District Attorney Murphy, of San
Francisco, will probably recover from
the effects of his wound reoeived by a
would-be assasin.
Capt. Hall, of Burlington, Iowa, has
beon appointed inspector of tie office of
delivery service by First Assistant Ppst-master-General
Hattou.
The Southern Pacific and other roads
extending west have come to a satisfac
tory arrangement and made a combina
tion of their interests.
Hargrave's cotton mill at PatricrofC
Lancashire, burned on the 25th, with a
loss of 50,000. Five hundred hands
arethrown Out of employment. v
A Belgian, who landed at Castle Gar
den on Saturday, has a pair of horns an
iuch long protruding from his forehead
and seems proud of his peculiarity.
The St. Paul and Grand Forks rail
road company has been incorporated.the
road to extend from St. Paul to Grand
Forks, Dakota, tapping the great wheat
fields of that territory.
At the needle factory of Crabb & Co.,
at Newark, recently, Adam Leet, a boy
13 years of age, was passing a coil of
wire through when the wire broke, cut
ting the boy in two.
A Vicksburg dispatch says that the
steamboat Bessie Claybourne has been
burned with her oanro of cotton aud cot
ton seed. i-ioss iyu,uuu. una negro
man and three children were drowned. ,
The senate has confirmed ' Bruno
Tzschuk, ; of Nebrf ska, consul at Vera
Cruz; Thomas Wilson, of the District of
Columbia, at Nanlea; Theo. D. Wilson,
of New York, chief of construction and
repair in the navy.
It is understood the cabinet has
changed tho Gladstone press resolution
declaring an inquiry into the workings
of the land act would be injurious to the
workings of good govarnment in Ireland.
Preparations for the hanging of Eskit-
sha, Dandy Jim and Dead Shot.the three
Indian scouts who revolted at Cibicu.
are completed at Fort Grant. The execu
tion is fixed for Friday next.
Robert H. Pruyn, minister to Japan
under President Lincoln, died suddenly
at Albany. Jf.. X. on the 27th. Mr.
Pruyn at the time of his death was presi
dent of the National Commercial bank
and Dudley observatory."
Tifiany, ot the San Carlos agency, tele
graphs the Indian Bureau that Indians at
that agency are uneasy and excited in
connection witn tne approaching execu
tion of tae three condemned Indian
scouts, fixed for the 3d of March.
House committee on militia have
agreed upon a bill to amend the military
law in accordance with petitions of the
National Guard to increase the annual
appropriation to $1,000,000 and disburse
it to the States in proportion to the num
ber of militia they maintain.
A gang of roughs at Omaha recently
attempted to destroy the office of the In
dependent. The editor declares the
attack was instituted by a member of the
town board, ?hose conduct has been
criticised by the paper. A majority of
citizens sustain the paper.
Secretary Hunt Has received a cable
from Hoffman at St. Petersburg as fol
lows: Your orders of January 15th have
reached Melville. He answers as fol
lows: On the road to the Arctic ocean
January 31st. Telegram of January lGth
received. ; Am now on my way to Arctic
ooean. people will be found.
A Richmond '-WliKpatch of recent date
says that last night the western-bound
pay tram on tbe Richmond and Albany
rauroaj was ttitcuea by a land slide.
The engine, tender and pay car rolled
into the river, and the train was badly
wrecked. David McMinn, paymaster's
cierK, was Killed, and nve others injured
Jame B. Mantrope was in the Toombs
police court of New York charged with
disposing of $?3,000 worth of bonds "of
the Peruvian company belonging' to
Peter Vavener, and appropriating the
money. Manthrope says his arrest is
conspiracy to prevent him bringing
charges against certain persons largely
interested in tin 1'eruviiin scheme.
Mr. Bradlaugh's expulsion is now ad
mitted to have been a mistake. ' It was
due to Bradlaugh skillfully but un
scrupulously playiug on and exasperat
ing the house of commons' feeling. Not
securing what the house previously. re
fused, he has made a fresh appeal to his
constituency. Nobody defends Brad
laugh's surreptitious oath making, but
manv doubt whether the house has not
cot the worst of this discreditable con
test. There is a strong popular feeling
that Mr. Bradlao gU has not had fair play
in being expelled unheard.
A dispatch from Mineral Park, A. T
savs: At Hackenbnry, thirty-one miles
from this town, 3 O.. Weldon, a desper
ate character, ottv the 20th, shot and
killed citizen by the name of . John
Rnllock. ! Citizens rushed to the scene
and opened fire on Weldon, which lie re
turned, siignuy wounding Indian Agent
Charles' Spencer. Weldoa , was shot
through the breast, and after hia pisto
was emptied ne surrendered, lie was
held in custody till the ni?ht of the 21st
when a party of 15 men took him out and
hung him to the beam of a blacksmith
shop, v Weldoa declared publicly a short
time ago that he was glad Guiteau had
killed Garfield. -
Bufla'o BUI.
Lanesboro, Minn., Aug. 22. Mr.Wm. !
. Cody, the most noted plainsman and
guide now living and so well known
throughout the country as Buffalo Bill,
has been the guest of his friend and for
mer companion, Dr. 1. Jb . Powell of this
place, for tha past few days; and finding
much of interest in the life that is a part
of the unwritten history of tho plains,
your correspondent could not be bo un
enterprising as not to apply the reporto
rial pump for the benefit of the Pioneer
Press readers.
Buffalo Bill is a native of our sister I
State of Iowa. His father was one of the
pioneers of the Hawkeye territory, set
tling in Scott county in the decade of
0. Bill was born in February, loli,
while Iowa was still a territory ,ud livd
to see the great empire east of the Mis-
i 0 ii i .
Bisoipjn nver emerge irom tue snawow oi
western wilds and the possession of un
civilized men and take its place in the
front rauksof civilization. It is a wonder
ful transformation to be witnessed in a
single lifetime. The it on horse was in
the incipiency of his wondrous career.
and the telegraph that to-day girdles the
globe, was farst put into operation during
the year in which the "king of border
men" was born, and these civilizing
agencies have changed the scenes of his
boyhood from the wildest pictures of ro
mance to a land teeming with flourishing
cities and the attending results of culture
and progressive influences.
In 1850 the father of Buffalo Bill re
moved to Missouri; but the political at
mosphere was not congenial to him, and
he remained but a short time in that
State, finally casting his lot in the new
territory of Kansas, where he served the
government as an agent for the Kicka
poo Indians. During the desperate
struggle that sprang up in the early set
tlement cf Kansas, between the pro and
anti-slavery men, the father of our noted
plainsman was outspoken against slavery
and, like many others during the well
remembered rufiian reign of terror, was
murdered because he would not yield
to the pro-slavery sentiment that found
merciless advocates. Not only was Ii9
made a martyr to the cause of freedom,
but much of the limited property left to
his almost helpless family was confis
cated, or, more properly, stolen. Noth
ing was more plain to young Cody than
that be must rely upon his own resources.
Not only this, but that he had a mother
and two sisters who were deprived of
tho strong arm of protection in the mur
der of his father. In 1855, while but 11
years old, he made his first trip across
the plains in the capacity of teamster.
This was a herculean undertaking for a
youth of his years, but grit,. a familarity
with the reins and a "woodchnck case
nerved him to success, and he remained
for a number of years in the employ of
the firm for whom he made his first trip.
In the en? ploy of another firm he was
second man to cross the great plains in
charge of the famous pony express. Hii
summers were spent in hard service on
the plains and his winters in trapping on
the streams of that country. ' In com
pany with about thirty young Kaueans
he subseqnenently belonged to . an
organization known as the Red-Legged
Scouts, Capt. Cleveland commanding,
which avenged the wrongs inflicted by
the murder' of anti-slavery settlers of
Kansas. In 1802 3 he engaged to the
government as a guide, leading a party
up the Arkansas river. In 1864-5 he
was engaged as a scout in Mis
souri by tiens. McWeal, Pleasanton
and Blunt, respectfully. In the
spring of 18G6 he took a serious and
sensible view of life, and married a St.
Louis lady, removing to Leavenworth.
Kansas, where he engaged in the occupa
tion oi hotel Keeping, tne name of bis
house being the Golden Rule; "but," as
he expressed it, "it was a rule that didn't
work both ways, and he lumped the
business, and accepted an offer from the
government to go to old Fort Fletcher,
(now Fort Hayes,) in the capacity of a
scout. During the summer of the fol
lowing year he was engaged by General
Custer as a scout and guide, and during
the autumn as post scout at Fort Hayes.
He was no less noted for his inarksman
sbip than for his ability as an Indian hun
ter and path finder of the plains, and
during the construction of the Kansas
Pacific Railroad, in 1808, was employed
by the chief contractors to supply the
constructionists with buffalo meat. This
was a task. in which he engaged with
great pleasure, killing from fifteen to
thirty-five animals per day, and thus sup
plying one of the substantial articles of
diet for upwards of a thousand men. So
successfully did he fulfill the require
ments of the various camps that the
workmen gave him the ever-to-be-worn
appellation of Buffalo Bill.
In the fall of 1868 Gen. Sheridan took
command of the department of the
Platte, with headquarters at Fort Hayes.
The Indians were very troublesome, and
the general found it dimcult to obtain
men to carry dispatches to the different
posts. ' In fact he made an offer on one
occasion of $1,000 to the man who would
successfully deliver at Fort Dodge, nine
ty-live miles distant, an important dis-
paieh. Cody, hearing o! the offer, re
ported at the general s headquarters and
tendered his services, which were ac
cepted, tbe duty successfully performed
and the money paid. For this service
lien, oheridan appointed Buffalo Bill his
chief of scouts. In I860 he officiated as
chief of scouts for Gen. Carr in the Can
adian river country. He was subse
quently transferred to the department
of the Platte, headquarters at Fort Mc
pherson, Neb., he acting as chief of
scouts in this department for four years.
During this period he participated in
fifty-two Indian engagements. In 1872
he was appointed by Gen. General Sher
idan as guide for tliettraml Tti1m Alfiiia
in his famous buffalo hunt, and not until
after this, service was he ever past
the Mississippi river. James Gor
don Bennett, the Jeromes, J. G. Hexer,
Stager and others, who made the
ovijuiuuuiuce oi uody while on
an extensive buffalo hunt in the. fail of
1871 formed an attachment for him and
pressed him to visit the city of New York
w mcu gumi. . . iae invitation was ac
cepted when opportunity offered and
the entertainment was as royal in Gotham
as it had been wild and exciting on 4he
plains. Previous to this visit Ned Bunt-
ime, the well known novelist, had writ
ten Cody up in a serial for a New York
Btory paper. T:he story was dramatized
and put oa the boards as Buffalo Bill,
tbe King of Border Men, and on this
visit to our chief city. Cod v attended a
theater and witnessed the play in which.
anotner man personated himself, to the
amusement and chagrin, of our plains
man. ine piay was a great success
nancially, and the'mahager offered Cody
uuu per ween. .so go on tlie Stage
ana taice ms own part. This was
temptation hard to withstand; but
while tho salary as chief 'of scouts was
only $150 per month. Uncle Sam was
noted aa a good paymaster, and the fiat-
tering offer was declined. At the end of
his forty-day leave of absence Buffalo
Bill returned to the plains, resumed his
duties and followed the trail during the
succeeding summer. But he was pressed
by Ned Buntline and others to go upon
the stage, and finally did so, making bis
debut in Chicago in the winter of 73.
In the summer of '74 he guided the Big
Horn expedition, terminating his ser
vices for the season in the Wind River
mountains. At the general uprising of
the Sioux in '70 Gen. Crook selected
Cody as his chief of scouts. The season
was one of many' thrilling adventures,
among which was a mortal combat be
tween Bill and Yellow Hand, a trouble
some chief of a marrauding Cheyenne
band, Cody being the victor and present
ing Gen. Custer with the scalp of the of
fending savage. Gens. Crook and Terry
consolidated their commands oa the
Rosebud river, and the trail of Sitting
Bull was followed by the allied forces
nntil the Indians separated, the
better to elude their pursuers. The
command put in at tho mouth of Powder
river for supplies. Here Geh. Crook
returned with his command to the head
quarters of his department, Gen. Terry
pushing northward towards Fort Peck.
Cody joining Gen. Terry on the return
of Crook. The campaign against Sitting
Bull having terminated for the season,
Cody formed a dramatic company of na
tive savages, with a drama of the late
war. and spent a season of eight months
in the eastern cities. The startling
events of the year preceding his appear
ance upon the stage with his native
troupe, gave great impetus to the suc
cess of his undertaking; and in the eight
months he cleared a handsome fortune.
The season over, he returned to his home
on the plains (North Platte, Neb.,) and
in company with Maj. Frank North, chief
of the Pawnee scouts, started a large
cattle ranch, in which he still retains his
interest.
Buffalo Bill is a man of marked char
acteristics, and, although he would at
tract attention among a thousand men,
he is unobtrusive and quite reserved ;
yet, on acquaintance, is an affable con
versationalist and a man of good solid
sense. He is a keen, constant, quiet ob
server, and measures people at sight, al
though his opinions are generally re
served, except those that betoken a
kindly nature. He is a man of fine phys
ique, standing six feet and two inches in
height, and weighing 210 pounds. His
hair is long and black, and falls in long,
well kempt waves, and not unbecomingly
upon his broad Bhoulders. He wears a
heavy mustache and goatee, otherwise
his face is clean-shaven and the picture
of good health and contentment. His
border life has 4 not alienated him
from society, or rendered him rest
less among progressive and refined
people. ; On" the contrary, he en
tertains as gracefully as a girl, and
lives on the sunny side of life enjoying
the humorous, and waiting upon the
serious : with cool deliberation and a
judgment that. has.,, always served him
successfully. His apparel, aside from
tke characteristic sombrero, is not
strikingly different from that ordinarily
worn by citizens who consult good taste
and comfort.
Some of his feats of ' markmanship
here, for the amusement of a few curious
observers, were simply thrilling. For
instance, a lady placed a potato on her
head, which he blew to atoms at ten
paces with his trusty rifle. Dr. Powell
held a silver half dollar between his
thumb and finger and permitted Cody to
drive a bullet through it at the distance
above named. Mr. Geo. E. Powell al
lowed him to shoot the ashes from his
cigar, while smoking it, at ten paces.,
Upon the confidence of these people T
will not animadvert; but Bill did the
shooting so unerringjy and gracefully
that his auditors were spell-bound.
Gouy leaves to-day for Davenport, lo.,
at which place he opens his dramatic
season, taking with him from Lanesboro
a character little less noted than himself,
in the person of Dr. D. F. Powell, a man
hicrhly educated and master of his pro
fession, both physician and surgeon, and
a t'amsman of no mean note. Powell is
an admiring friend of the Indian, speak
ing the language of the Sioux fluently,
and that of the Winnebagoes quite as
well. He was a few years ago chosen by
the latter nation as its medicine chief,
and is well known among the Indians as
White Beaver. He is a man upon whom
nature has lavished her gifts, intellectu
ally, physically and socially. While in
the service of the government as pnst
surgeon in the department of the Platte,
he made the acquaintance of Buffalo
Bill, and they have ever ' remained fast
friends. The strikingly resemble each
other in general appearance, and it is
perhaps fitting that they join fortunes
upon the stage. U. G. W
Weak iu'gs.
Every one knows that physical exer
cise invigorates the muscular system;
that the constant action, within limits.of
any muscle enlarges and strengthens ,
that cuscle It is the working of the
same law that gives fullness and vigor to
the blacksmith's arm. This law is physi
ologicaily universal, and therefore ap
plies to the lungs. ;
The one worn oi tne lungs is to innate
and exhale air; and this depends on the
alternate expansion and contraction of
the chest. Now, some persons are born
with thin, narrow chests. The lrJngs of
these persons are generally weak, and
easily become diseased, because seldom
brought into full vigorous action.
The employments of other people
students, tailors, seamstresses, shoe
makers, etc.- are such as do not call
out the full actions of . the lungs.
In some cases they interfere with
it. If such persons are troubled
with general weakness, have diiHeuUy
of breathing after exercise, and dull
pains in the sides, the lungs should be
looked aiter, although there may still be
no organic disease What is needed is
to strengthen them not by medicine-
but by their own roper,- action. The
Medical and Sargical Reporter givea-an
account of a young student whose pul
monary .symptoms of weakness were
wholly overcome. It was. done by his
simply breathing through a . sniallHube
the size of a quill, a dozen times every
three or, four hours each : day. Every
third respiration he withdrew the tube,
wb'dn the lungs were thoroughly filled,
and held, -liia breath as long as he could
wit! out distress. Keeping this up dur
ing his "student life, lie acquired the
abil ty to enlarge his chest five inches by
an inspiration, and to hold his breath
wit Iron t distress f nil minute. --
Ii is our belief th&P. the same thing
may be; accomplished, by breathing as
above through a single nostril, closing
the" other with the .finger Youth's
Companion. - '
Tn indira religion we", must have it-
not stare at it from the bottom of a seem-
Lingly interminable ladder.
A Steam Chair.
I don't like Mr. Travers as much aa I
did. Of course I know he's a very nice
man, and he's going to be my brother
when he marries Sue, and he used to
bring me candy sometimes, but he isn't
what he used to be. .
One time that was last summer he
was always dreadfully anxious to hear
from the poBtoffice, and whenever he
came to see Sue, and he and she and I
would be sitting on tho front 'piazza, he
would say:
"Jimmy, I think there must be a letter
for me; I'll give you ten cents if you'll
go down to the postoffice;" and then Sue
would say:
"Don't run, Jimmy; you'll get heart
disease if you do;" and -I'd walk 'way
down to the postoffice, which is pretty
near half a mile from our house. But
now he doesn't Beem to care anything
about his letters; and he and Sue sit in
the back parlor, and mother says I ,
musn't go in and disturb them; and I
don't get any more ten cents.
I've learned that it won't do to fix
your affections on human beings, for
even the best of men won't keep on
giving you ten cents forever. And it
wasn't fair for Mr. Travers to get angry
wiih me the other night, when it was all
an accident -at least most all of it; and
I don't - think it's manly for a man to
stand by and see a sister shake a fellow
that isn't half her sizo, aud especially
when he never supposed that anything
was going to happen to her even if it did
break. :
When Aur.t Eliza came to our house
the last time, she brought a steam chair;
that's what she called it, though there
wasn't any steam about it. She brought
it from Europe with her, and it was the
queerest sort of chair, that would all
loid up, and had a kind of footstool to
it, so that you put your legs out and
just lie down in it. Well, one day it
got broken. The back of the seat fell
down, and shut Aunt Elizaf up in the
chair so that she couldn't get out, and
didn't she just howl till somebody came
and helped her! She was so angry that
she said she never wanted to see that
chair again, "And you may have it if
you want it, Jimmy, for yon are a good
boy sometimes when you want to be."
So I took the chair and mended it.
The folks laughed at me, and said I
couldn't mend it to save my life; but I
got some nails and some mucilage, and
mended it elegantly. Then motliar let
me get some varnish, and I varnished
tho chair, and when it was done it looked
so nice that Sue said we'd keep it in the
back parlor. Now I'm never allowed to
sit in the back parlor, so what good
would my chair do me? But Sue said,
"Stuff and nonsense. That boy's in
dulged now till he can't rest." So they
put my chair in the back parlor, just as
if I'd been mending it for Mr. Travers.
I didn't say anything about it; but after
it was in the back parlor I took out one
or two screws that I thought were not
needed to hold it together, aud tided
them for a boat that I was making.- r
That night Mr. Travers came as usual,
and after he hail talked to mother awhile
about the weather, and he and father had
agreed that it was a shame that other
folks hadn't given more money to the
Michigan sufferers, and that theywere
not quite sure that the sufferers were a
worthy object, and that a good deal of
barm was done by giving money to all
sorts of people, Sue said: ,
"Perhaps we had better go into the
back parlor; it is cooler there, and we
won't disturb father, who wants to think
about something."
So she and Mr. Travers went into the
back parlor, and shut the door, and
talked very loud at first about a whole
lot of things, and then quieted down, as
they always did.
I was in the front parlor, reading Rob
inson Crnsoe, and wishing I could do
likewise like Crusoe, I mean; for I
wouldn't go and sit in a back parlor with
a girl, like Mr. Travers, not if you were
to pay me for it. I can't see what some
some follows see in Sue. I'm sure if Mr.
Martin or Mr. Travers had her pull their
hair the way she pulls mine sometimes,
they wouldn't trust themselves alone
with her very soon.
All at once we heard a dreadful crash
in the back parlor, and Mr. Travers said
Good something very loud, and Sue just
shrieked as u sue naa a neeaie run inro
her. Father and mother and I and the
cook and the chambermaid all rushed to
see what was the matter.
The chair that I had mended, and that
Sue had taken away from me,had broken
down while Mr. Travers was sitting in
it, and it had shut him up like a jack
knife, and caught him so he couldn't get
out. It had caught Sue, too, who must
have run to help him, or she never would
have been in that fix, with Mr. Travers
holding her bv the waist, and her arm
wedged in so she couldn t pull it away,
Father managed to get them loose.and
then Sue caught me and shook me till I
could hear my teeth rattle, and then she
ran up stairs and locked herself up; and
Mr. Travers never ottered to help me, out
only said: " - -
r "Til settle with you some day, young
man." and then he went home. But
father sat on the sofa and laughed, and
said to mother:
'I guess Sue would have done better
if she'd had let the boy keep hia chair.
. I'm very sorry, of course, that an acci
dent happened to the chair, but I've got
it uo in my room now, and I've mended
it again, and it's the best chair yon ever
sat in. f Jimmy Brown in Harper's
Young People.
Let the Frost Help Ion.
Few fully appreciate how much
freezing of the ground does to set at lib
erty the plant food locKed op iu almost
all soils. Water, in freezing, expands
about one-eighth of its j bulk, and with
tremendous force. Water, if confined in
the strongest rock and f reach, will burst
it asunder. The -smallest particles of
soil, whioh are in fact only minute bits
of tocK, as the microscope win suow, ii
frozen whale moist are broken still finer.
This will go on all winter in every part
of the field or garden reached byCthe
frost; and as most soils, contain more vx
less elements that all growing plarlts or
crops need, a good freezing is equiva
lent to adding manure or . fertilizers.
Hence it is desirable, to expose as much
of the soil as possible to frost action, nnd
the deeper the better, for the lower soil
. -. i
has been less urawu upon, sua is ncuer
in plant food.; ,Turn up the soil this
month wherever practicable. If, thrown
into ridges and hollows in field or gar
den, the frost vwill penetrate so much
deeper. .'Further, plowing or spading the
soil now exposes insects and weed roots
t killing by freezing. Still further.
oils thrown 1 np loosely " will dry out
earlier in spring and admit earlier work
ing, which is often a great gain when a
day or two may decide in favor of a suc
cessful crop. American Agriculturist.
On the Brink or the Geuesee Falls
One ioint of the railroad bridge that
was recently washed away at Rnsii float
ed down the river until it struck tho
eastern pier of the Main street bridge
over the Genesee, There it stuck fast,
aud old logs and trees became linked and
piled into the jam until it was necessary
to remove it to prevent damage to prop
erty in that vicinity. Four men under
took the job of removal. At farst they
stretsLed a rope across the river a few
feet above the piers. Then, by means
of a boat, they approached the pile of
rubbish by paddling along the eastern
shore of the river. At noon-time they at
tempted to leave their work for dinner.
With their toat and a long pike pole they
started. They rowed out into the stream
intending to cross for the west shore.
When m the middle of the river the
swift current swept them down toward
the river pier. They saw. their danger
and rapidly pulled for the leeway on the
eastern shore which was produced by
the pile of logs. In this manner they
escaped from their perilous position with
the loss of their pike pole. After hold
ing a consultation they cautiously rowed
along up the eastern shore until thoy
nearly reached the aqueduct. Then,
thinking they could get across before
the current would bear them away,
they pulled vigorously into the
middle of tho ' stream, f It
at once became apparent that they had
under-estimated the force of the current,
for their boat was borne down rapidly
towards the bridge. In their frantic
efforts to change their course the boat
careened, and would have upset had not
each man made a lunge for the other
side. In their hasty movements to save
a capsizing both oars were lost, and then
he boat drifted at the mercy of the vio-
ent, swollen current. Vhen the men
realized their utter helplessness they
called loudly for help, and people rushed
from all quarters to see what was the
matter. The back balconies of the
stores on the bridge were alive with . a
motley crowd of men, boys and women
gazing in breathless horror upon the
drifting craft of humanity. By sheer
good luck, however, the boat struck one
of tho piers of the bridge, which arrested
its rapid course until the men could
clutch to the planking, and tbeu they
held fast until a rope was lowered to
them. Strong arms were at the other
end of the rope, and the men wore thus
rescued from their perilous position, for
if tho boat hid not struck the pier it cor,
tainly must have borne four men over
the falls to sure death. Tue excitement
of the spectators was so great that their
cheers, when the men were safeiy landed,
could have been heard in the woods
around the town.
A War Incident.
The cry of "On to Richmond" awak
ened no enthusiasm in the hearts of tbe
Third Ohio one day when they found
themselves en route .as prisoners ot war
for that famous capital. Nor were they
enthusiastic when they halted for the
night and prepared to sink supperless
into dreamland. "-
The Fifty-fourth Virginia regiment
was encamped near by, and some,of the
men came down to have a loos at the
Yanks.
"Had you coffee?" asked ope of a blue
coat, stretched discomfortabiyon the
bank.
"Not a sup," answered the other.
"Aint you had any rations to-night?"
"Unly a crumb or two, from the bot
toms of our haversacks."
This was told to the boys of the Fifty
fourth, and old Virginia hospitality
showed itself at once. The men soon
made their appearance with coffee-kettles,
corn-bread and bacon, the best they had..
In a few minutes the coffee was steaming,
the bacon cooked, and prisoners and
captors sat down together around the
camp fire, "like kinsmen true and broth
ers tried." The hungry, gratsfnl Yank
ees ate with a relish such as no one can
appreciate unless he has been in a like
situation.
No wonder there was a warm spot in
every heart of the Third Ohio ever after
for the generous Fifty-fourth.
A fresh slide in the magio lantern
gives another of those smiting war
pictures. In the distance is Mission
Ridge, which has just been stormed.
That long line of prisoners "passing over
the pontoon bridge and up the . stony
mountain side is the Fifty-fourth Vir
ginia. A soldier on duty at Kelly's
Ferry asked indifferently of one of vthe
prisoners as he passed: . "
"What regiment is this.'
"The Fifty-fourth Virginia," was the
reply.
Instantly the loungers sprang to their
feet and rushed to the camp.
Fifty-fourth Virginia is at the
"The
forry,'
they shouted, as they ran in and out
among the tents of tbe Third Ohio.
The Ohio boys were quicwy in mo
tion. Boxes from home and all reserve
stores were speedily ransacked. Coffee
and sugar, beef and canned peaches and
the best they had of everything ; was
freely brought forth. k They remembered
gratefully their debt of honor, and nobly
they paid it. It was the same old scene
over, with the shading reversed. For
one night, at least, both Confederates
and Yanks enjoyed again the Bweet grace
of hospitality that could bring a sniije
even to the grim visage of war.
What a Deed Convejs.
The following extracts from an address
delivered before the Massachusetts State
Board of Agriculture by Honr E. H.
Bennett, will be of interest to, our land
owners.
Of course every one knows it conveys
the. fence Btanding on the farm; but all
might sot think it also included tbe
fencing stuff, posts, rails, etc., which.'
had once been used in, the fence, bnfVi
fead been taken down and piled, up for
Injure use again in the same place. 'But
new fence mater&l . just bought arid
never attached to the soil will not pass.
Standing trees also pass as a part of the
land ; so do trees blown and cut down
Tind still left in ihe woods where they
fell, but not of cut ami corded np for
tide, the wood lias then becouae personal
property. " If there lre any manotfa
the barnyard, or. in- a decomrw4Lheap
on the . field, ready for im mediate use,
the buyer ordi -ruy takes that riko as
belonging to the farm; though it miht
not be so, if tho owner had ' previously
sold it to some other party and bad col
lected it together in a heap by itself.
Growing crops also pass by the
deed of a farm, . unless , they
are expressly 4 reserved, 'and "when
it is intended to observe' those it should
be so stated in the deed iyelf ; a mere
oral agreemeut to that effect would not
beadidTin law. AnotSer mode is to
stipulate that possession is not to be
given nntil' some future dayin which
case the crops or manure may be re
moved before that time, as to tue
T1IE INDEPENDENT
' HAS THU
FINEST JOB OFFICE
IH DOUSLAS COUNTY.
CA&DS, BILL BEADS, LEGAL BLAXK&
And other printing, including
Large and Heyy Posters and Showy
Hand-Bills.
.Neatly and expeditiously executed
A.T POBTLANI) PRICES,
: " " 1 1 1 inn i '
buildings on the farm, though generally
mentioned in the deed, it is not abso
lutely necessary that they should be. A
deed of land ordinarily carries all the
buildings on it belonging to the granter,
whether mentioned or not; and this rula
ncludes the lumbelr and timber of any
old building which lias been taken or
blown down and been packed away for
future use on the farm. But if there be
any buildings on the farm built by some
tkird person, with the farmer's leave,
the deed would not convey these,
since the buildings are personal prop
erty, and do not belong to the land
owner to convey. Tbe real owners
thereof might move them off, although
the purchaser of the farm supposed that
he was buying and paying for the build
ings on it. His only remedy in such a
case would be against the party selling
the premises. As a part of the buildings
conveyed, of course the window blinds
are included, even if they be at the time
taken off and carried off to the painter's
shop to be painted. It would be other
wise if the had been newly purchased
and brought into the house, bufe not yet
attached to it. Lightning rods also go
with the house if the farmer has any on
his house. A furnace in the cellar, brick
or portable, is considered a part of the
honse, but an ordinary stove with a looso
pipe running into the chimney
is not, while a range set m
brick work is. Mantel pieces so
attached to the chimney as not to be
removed without marring the plasteriug
go with the house, but if merely resting
on brackets they may be taken : away by
the former owner without legal liability.
The pumps, sinks, etc., fastened to then
buildings are a part of it in law, and so
are the water pipes connected therewith
bringing water from a distant spring. It
the farmer has iron kettles set in brick
work near his barn for cooking food for
his stock, or similar uses, the deed of his
farm covers them also, as likewise tho
bell attached to his barn to call his men
to dinner. If he indulges in any orna
mental statues, vases, etc., resting on tho
ground by their own weight merely, and
sells hia estate without reservation, these
things go with the land.
Airy, Fairy Lillian.
"Bon soir, ma chere."
"So long, Charlie.
' Winsome Lillian McGuire touched
with-ruby red lips the tips of her taper
nngers and flung the kiss after Vivian
i eatherstone as he sauntered down Blue
Island avenue. She could never bear
to call him Vivian because her brother
had once lost 18 on a horse of that
name. -
It was in the ripe September days fol
lowing this event that she became ac
quainted with Vivian Featherstone. He
brought Bertram . home in a hack one
evening, stood him up gently against the
front door, and rang tha bell with a
tender pathos that told , its own story
When Lillian went down stairs and lef
her brother fall into the front hall, sho
found in his overcoat pocket three lem
ons. With a woman's instinct, she knew
at once that Vivian had placed them
there. .
"How thoughtfully kind of him," she
said, as the thought of how Bertram's
head would ache in the morning came
over her.
They did not meet, however, until
some weeks later, when a "soiree dan
sante" at the house of a mutual ac
quaintance brought them together. An
introduction followed, and the ' usual
light conversation of tho ballroom was
begun. Vivian spoke about the new the
ory of horizontal cleavaga in red sand
stone, and from that their talk naturally
drifted to the subject of the new court
house. ,
"I saw you going past there the other
day," said Vivian.
"Indeed " was Iallian a reply. "And
why should you notice me?"
"Because of the peculiar color of tho
ribbons on your hat," he said.
The girl blushed deeply.
"Why do you wear lemon-colored
ribbons on a dark hat?" he asked, bend
ing over her tenderly, and- taking her
little white hand in his.
"Can 3 ou not guess?" was the reply.
"Do you not remember the night that
Bertram was paralyzed? I found the
lemons in his overcoat pocket, and my
heart told me who had placed them
there. Is it strange that I should lore
one who was so kind to my dear brother?"
"And do you really love me, Lillian?
he asked, eagerly. -
"I should twitter,'' was the girl's re
ply, and the little head dropped on his
shoulder. f Chicago Tribune.
Justice Late hot Sure;
Socrates was a stonecutter by trade,
but too lazy to follow so honest a calling.
He loved to talk too well, and spent his
time lounging on street corners and
gathering young men aa idle as himself
around him. - His personal appearance
was disgusting in the extreme. He had
a flat nose, thick lips, prominent eyes,
bald head, low,, broad figure, ami? awk
ward gattv'Trent barefooted and half
clad, was a bitter enemy to cleanliness,
and a mountebank in manners. He mar
ried a woman to whom he was attached
by her singular conversational powers,
and - although he believed (he
himself v excelled all his con
temporaries in that respect yet ho
found , that she far.' excelled him in
the command of language. He cared
nothing for the welfare of his wife or
children, left them to support themselves
as best they might, wbiW he spent the
time he could spare from the curbs on
seances, and i wasted the treasures, of
his thought at the feet of Aspasia and
Theodote. whom he pretended to desire
to convert, that he might thereby add
luster to bis own name aly old dog
and in addition to all this, be would in
vite the lazy creatures V io surrounded
him to dine -with him when there was
nothing in th Jnouse to entertain them
with. .., L
It is natural iV
irritating to a fon)1 Bpirite(1 vomftn wLo
was struggling for herself and little ones.
Whavman in existence could have,
born6her soul in paticr.ee under such
Invocation?
Sleep fob Children. There is no
danger that children can sleep too much.
The old proverb, "Who sleeps, eats," is
illustrated in those little ones who sleep
most. Wakeful children are always
peevish, irritable and lean. If they can
be induced to sleep abun.?antiythey are
quite likely to h&eomo goJ-natured and
plump. Tbeir $ieoP should bo as much
during the hoty of darka ess a3 possible,
and therefore J is better that they should
go to bed , yfore sunset to have their
sleep out, aa to long after sunrise ia
the morau: It ia well to let any health- '
ful, ETOTg child sleep until ha
wakes hiSself, and then give him a
variety amount of out-door exerciso
as shallhake him glad when bed time
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