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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18

TINS B>s.on plasteresJ AagasiAtion held
thsir afsA snnsA ball = Mao Hall opths
evening ol ~ 3lst ult. 2
I'm Cl6srsaAksrs e Iekn Sekeartr's
n.safActdly 4 Poudh psie. n Y, ~ q
! striks - ~ employer has ssnt V Nsw
Kork dts y aspply tksir pIass< I.
Oss-nxxs ~ worknsh Of Hartfofd. Con-
necticut, sss sat Of employment
1nn mills = Ansonis, Oonnseticut. ere
running bot eight hoars day; wag~ 70
duoed 70 corresponding figure.
TIM wages Of he rolling mill men In Phil
sdsIphia ses on down twsnty per cent on
the lsts ~ nonth-
y THn aheps Of Wilmington. Delsvsres gre
nearly Deserted bnsinsss Of Ill kinds d
nearly ct sland still. ueE III
Ar : meeting u the General COMMITTEES
Of the Brioklaysrs' Union Of New York and
New Jersey, held in New York, on Saturday
evening, Jan. 4, arrangements were made fol
receiving the National Association on shs
18th irsk Fifsy-four societies are to be 70
4
presented. fa..,ssss
TIE annual meeting Of the Workingmsn'i
Institute was held at their hall, No. Ire
mont Row, Boston. on Tuesday evening, I'll
inst. BY the reports made the Institute i
In Aoorishing condition. The officers TO
the current year sre-
Presideat-Geo Il. Mcneil.
Wee President- Geo. Murray.
Secretdry-James T. Lakin.
4 Treasurer j. B. Bates
Librorian-H. L. Saxton.
/ 7rustees-Geo. e. McNeill, J. @. Winsor
r. s. Roberts.
4 NINE HouRs.-The Pennsylvania Railroa,
Company having reduced the working tiin
ia their shops to nine hours per day, re
duction Of ten per cent. in the wages, ha
been made. The shops are now closed ever.
evening at Eve O'Clock. ae
| EIeHr Houxs.-Messrs. j. W. Mattingiy
J. j. Mitchell and v. Bishop, commits
Of the Workingmen's Assembly Of this city
waited upon Hon. s. +. Carey and othe
gentlemen Of the House Of Representative
: yesterday morning to prevail upon them I
use their influence to secure the passage Q
the eight hour Law, as it passed the House
through the Senate. The gentlemen con
suited promised to exert such influence
Washington Star.
! The New York Sun, in q long review Q
"the situation" among the working people
concludes as follows: ssThe pimple fact i,
that the present state of the labor market
abnormal, and cannot fong continue. Their
!. must be a reimbursement in prices and value
[ of all kinds. This is inevitable. Unth
!, comes, capitalists will hesitate to procee
with their enterprises, and labor will cor
: tinue TO be thrown upon its own resources.
The strike of the ship carpenters at Que
bee, which has lasted for several months
d 4as finally terminated, the workmen hav
: ing at last accepted the terms proposed b
> the Council Of the Quebec Board Of Trad
and having gone to work in the ship yard
The Michigan Board of Prison Inspec
o ors have awarded the boot and shoe cor
/ tract to Mr.. Hatch, Of the city Of jackson
The contract ia for fifty men Tor five year
and Mr.. Hatch's bid was for 57i cents p'
diem.
THE officers Of the National Typograpics
: Union have granted . charter, No. 107,
the printers Of Hudson county, n. j., whic
. includes Jersey City, Hoboken, and Hudso
City. No. 1913 has also been chartered Q
+ Virginia City, Montana.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18
slow progress Of Laber
Instead OF despona


Instead OF desponds ting listlessly
by the way side, thes should only
prompt those who hals into the
contest-the contest againse Wrong-to re-
neTed vigilance and determination; while .
review Of what has already been accomplish
ed by such efforts furnishes every ground
TOT hope and encouragement. In spite Of all
assertions 10 the contrary, no cause has
made such rapid strides, under such adverse
circumstances during the past ten years az
That Of Labor Reform and he is a superf-
cial observer indeed, who cannot read in IN q
Signs Of the times, the assurance that this
question will shortly become the all engress-
ing topic Of the hour, with every prospect
too, that class legislation the curse Of thu,
ocuntry-~will shortly be known as a thing or
the past. But to effect this important revo-
luton, tine, energy, and undying faith are
required an energy which know mo cessa.
ton; faith which takes no denial. We
have more hope Of the patient, pIodding'
hiockhead, who never forgets what he once
learns, than in the smartness OF him who
learns only to forget. So Of the working
classes they may be slow to learn aud act
but when once aroused they will, ike the
vessel gliding from the stocks, gain momen-
fum as they proceed, until all opposition il
swept aside, and the evils Of which ther
complain are removed
In England also, immense strides h.va
been made in the right direction. although
the fight has been long anu stubborn /: ana
to-day we find that for the first time in her
history the men who, by their patriotism,
va'oI and mechanical skill have placed her in |
the foremost ranks Of civilized nations. are
about % assume the functions Of citizenship.
90 1t is, and SO it must be, the world over
"nefevszsErong is ccmbatted with psrsistsat
and determined effort.
10 the skulk who reads this article w.
have also word: Don't imagine for mo- |,
ment that anything we have said applies to
yeu. Such creatures are unuorfhv Of VIM.
dication. II We thought for a moment
that you we're . fair representative Of the
workingclasses we should cordially en-
dOfss the remarks Of .our friend but on the
CONTRARY, while We Deny the charge, It n
iust such moral towards Is you Who iasten
ne stigma upon your talloF- workman. You
Ars = thief without courage; 3 man without
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17
The Union Pacific Railroad.

HITHERTO California and the other sta es and
Territories of the Pacific slope have seemed to
us of the eastern side OF the continent almost
as foreign countries; and. indeed, they are prac
tically further removed from us than Europe
so that 1t is difficult at times to realize the fac
that they are really part and portion of one
great country. The time is near at hand, how
ever, when the two sides of the continent will
be united, and WHEN journey from PhIladel-
phia to San Francisco will scarcely take more
time than would a trip TO BostoH a hundred
years ago. The Union Pacific Railroad, one OF the
greatest enterprises of the age, which will ma ke
u grand highway across the continent for the
commerce of the world. is fast approaching COM
pletion. The work on This road has been pushed
with uneXampled rapidly, and ii is considered
as certain that IL will be open for business by
next summer. Nine hundred and sixty miles
of the line west from Omaha are already COM
pleted, and the work will be progressed through
the winter, without intermission with force
OF three thousand men, or cou Sc in q railroad
Of this kind, OF the first national Importance 1t
is a matter Of interest 10 every one to know that
it has been well constructed. The regular
Government Commissioners and the Spe.
cal Commissioners appointed by the Presi-
dent pronounce favorabiy on this point.
The Commissioners state that the work
is well done, notwithstanding the
rapid manner IN WhIch III has been urged for.
ward, and that the general route is exceedingly
well selected. The company now have in use
l37 loco motives and nearly 2O0O cars of all de.
scrptions, and large additions 10 the rolling
stock will be ready by the spring. The grading
for he road is nearly completed and ties are
distributed for l2O miles in advance of the west
ern end of the track Fully l2O miles of iron
for the new track are now delivered west of the
Missouri river, and 80 miles MOI are en- route
The total expenditures for construction in ad
vance OF the completed portion of the road are
not less than eight millions OF dollars The
opening of the Union Pacific Railroad, which is
expected TO take place next summer, will be
an occasion Of national rejoicing. for IL will
make link of iron 10 bind the East and West
together in tirmer bonds than ever.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

THE Doc QUESTION has been the great local
sensation Of London during the past summer,
and the excitement created by the muzzing
of stray CANNES while the warm weather con-
tinued has not yet abated. Singular as it may
appear, this muzzling operation was de-
nOunced almost unanimously by the press as
gross outrage upon the brute creation. In
recent number of the Saturday ReOieV we
find mention of the fact that all unmuzzled
dogs caught in the streets of San Francisco
are thrown into the pound, and if not re-
deemed within a certain time, summarily put
to death. The editor states this fact in way
leading us to believe that he regards it as a
relic of barbarism of some sort. Into what
a convulsion will the English papers be
thrown when they are made aware of the fact
that in the dog days all unmuzzled CANNES
are numerically dealt with in every city in
the Union
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

THR TwlTcHBLL TRIAL.-The trial OF Mr..
and Mrs. Twitchell for the murder of Mrs
Hill commenced in the Court OF Oyer and Ter
miner this morning, with Judges Brewster
and Ludlow upon the bench. Not since
Anton Probst stood at the same bar, arrAigued
for the wholesale butChery Of an entire family,
has there been such scene in our highest
criminal court, and even at that memorable
trial the crowd in attendance was not 30 great
nor the interest so intense. That the trial
will be long-protr racted one, and both sides
of the issue of guilt contested with all the
of our bar are distinguished, bid fair to be
the case. That impartial justice will bs meted
out to the two prisoners, at the bar we do not
for moment doubt.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17
A Judicial stencil,

''THE last refuge of justice" said Henry
Ward Beecher, in a recent sermon, 'is our
courts; and yet" continued that plain-spoken
divine, in words more forcible than elegant,
$50 corrupt are our courts becoming that the
name of Judge stinks." Henry Ward Beecher
was addressing a New York audience, from
New York standpoint, and with the judicial
system Of New York staring him in the face.
That he should, under these circumstances,
be moved to such an outburat of indignation
is not a matter of surprise. The progress
of the great Erie warfare has served to develop,
in all its fuluess, the abominable rottenness
which is capable of being fostered in an cleo
tive judiciary. That we have thus far escaped
its unhappy effects in this State, aud more
especially in this city, is owing in great mea-
sure to the almost equal balance of power be-
tween the two great political parties. When
neither side is assured of success, it becomes
absolutely necessary for both parties to place
in nomination for judicial positions men Of
unquestioned integrity and of undoub.ed
purity of motives.
In New York city, where the Democratic
vote is more than double that of the opposi-
tion, the Office of judge is stripped of its
essential dignity, and clothed with all the
petty partisanship which disgraces the
wrangles OF the ward. Personal fitness, know
ledge of the law, devotion to the right all the
grand requisites of the judicial character, are
ignored as frequently in filling vacancies upon
the Bench as in the rush after the plum
der of the Common Council and the
Board of Supervisors. For this reason,
more than for any other, has the sys-
tenn OF an elective judiciary failed SO signally
in New York. The exemption of Philadelphia
IL us far from the consequences of a similar
failure should not lead us to lose sight of its
posi- ibls occurrence in the future, but should
,sther move US to an early return to the
older ard cs:er system Of an spposn:Sd Judi
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17
Government Aid Security of the Bonds

By lis charter, the Company Is permitted TO issue
It's own FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS TO the same
amount as The Government Bonds, and no more.
These Bonds are First Mortgage upon the whole
road and all Its tquipmt nts. Such mortgage upon
waat, for loi time, will be tie only raiIoS sd con,
high, at rank q safe security, The eRruings from
the way local business for TIE yenr ending June 30
1885 on sn average Of 472 miles, wele over FOUR
MILLION LOLLARS which, after paying all ex-
penses were mu more than sufficient to cover all
interest liability upon that distance. the earn
They would have been greater If the road had not
been taxed Tvs umos. transport It's own
material for construction. The income from tie
great passenger travel, the China freghts aud the
supplies for the Rocky Mountain States aud Ter
ritor g. be a:nplefor all interest other liza
Interest. II muBt rem ain for thirty years-sir pC,
cant per GHnun in gold now equal to between eigh,
aud nine per in currency The principal is thc,
DaVobLe in gold. If bond with such guarantees were
issued by the Government its market price would
not be less than from 20 to rs cent. premium As
tbet bonds ars Issued under Government authority
and supervision, upon what is very largely Gov.
ernmenl prices No other corporate bonds are m ad
so e,cure
The price for the present IL PAR, aud accrued In-
teIest at per cent. from July l. 1862 In currency,
Subscriptions wilt be received In Philadelphia by
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ciary, with the tenure of Office extended to
life and limited by good behavior and a capa-
city for the full and satisfactory discharge o.
the important functions of the judicial office.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17
Nine Hundred and Sixty Niles
Graud Line TO the Pacific
Will be Open for Business In the Summer
of 1869.

The regular Government Comm issioners have pro
nouuced the Union Pacific RAILROAD to be F!RSr-
CLASS in every respect, aud the Special Commits ion
appointed by the President says;-
Taken as q whole. TB T. UNION PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD HAS BEEN WELL OoNST UOrED. AND
THE GENERAL ROUTE FIR THE LINE EX.
CEEDINGLY WELL SELECTED. The energy and
perseverance with which The work has been urged
forward ana the rsplclty with which 1t has been
txecut d without parallel In h story and in gran
deur and magnitude OF undertaking IL has
tqualled." The Report states that any defcence e.
that exist only those incident to all pewroads sud
that could have been avoid I'd without ater.ily
rtardlng the progress of the great work. Such def
cieuces are supplied by all railroad jmpanes after
the completion of line, when and wherever expe-
RI nee shows them to be necessary. The report
cuoes by cay Ing that the country has to
grstplate sef that this Lreat work OF national Inn.
portRnoe Is so rapidly approaching @ mpe ion under
such 'aveIaOle auspices" The Comp any now have In
use S7 Ccomoves and nearly 1000 of all de'crIp
tons. large AZ ditional equipment lis ordered to be
r. ady the Spring The grading is nearly completed,
aLd ties distributed for l20 miles In advance OF the
western emo ofthe track. Fully 100 miles o. iron Tor
rev track are now delivered west of the Missouri
River snd 90 miles more route. The total ex-
penditures for ion purposes In advance OF
eight million dollars
Besides q donation from The Government OF |! 800
acr OF land Ler mile. the COmDRsy is en- tiled 10 a
subs.dy IN U. S Bonds on 8 line completed end
accepted the average rate of sboui 9OOJ per mile
according to the difficulties enCOunter ed for which
he Government takes second lien security. The
Company have llrssoy received :22. $500 OF thi,
subsidy, of which 81 $50 Geo paid Dec. g. and
S6iO 600 Lee. a.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17
SPECIAL NOTICES,
(Ebr additional epeetat Notices zee De hlside pl

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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-09-25
Hliscellany.

A BEAUTIFUL ALLEGoRY.-Mr. Crit
tendcn was engaged in defending man
who had been indicted for capital of.
fence. He closed his effort by the follow
ing striking and beautiful allegory:
When God in his eternal council con-
ceived the thought of mans creation, he
called to him the three ministers waiting
constantly upon the throne-Justice,
Truth and Mercy, and thus addressed
them:
"Shall we make MANI" Then said
Justice, 90, God, make him not, for he
will trample upon Thy laws" Truth
made answer also. 90, God, make him
not, for he will pollute Thy Sanctuaries.'
But Mercy dropping upon her knees, and
looking up through her tears, exclaimed,
40, God, make him; l will watch over
him with all my care through the dark
paths through which he may have to
tread" Then God made man, and said
to him: 80, man, thou art the child of
Mercy-go deal with thy brothers"
The jury, when he had finished, were
in tears, and against evidence, and what
must have been their own convictions,
brought in verdict of "Not Guilty"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-09-25

A TENDER conscience is like the APP
pie of mans eye-the least dust that
gathers in it affects it. There is no bet
ter or surer way to know whether our
consciences are dead and stupid than to
observe what impression small sins Gas
they are improperly namedD make upon
them. If we are not very careful to
avoid all appearance of evil, and to shun
whatever looks like sin--if we are not so
much troubled at the vanity of our
thoughts and words, at the rising up Of
sinful notions and desires in us, as we
have been formerly, we may conclude
that our hearts are hardened and our con.
sciences are Supplying for a tender con-
science will no more allow of (what are
calleD small sins than great SINS Bis
hop Hopkins.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-09-25

How TO TRAIN BOYS" Z. III. Arr
in writing to the Springfield Republican,
gives some sensible remarks in regard to
training up boy in the way he should
go. She says:
Hosts Of selfish, thoughtless mothers
shall send upon us another generation of
listless, vapid sons, open to temptation
Years ago, son of my own was the OBJ
ject of pleasant theories and plans. An
unerring teacher took him hence; yet
have | learned through him to look with
loving eyes on other women's sons, and
think what I would do for them. o
mothers! hunt out the soft, tender, gen.
ial side Of your boys natures. Make the
most of any gentle taste or comedy pro-
pensity. Encourage them to love flow
ers, pictures, and all the beautiful things
which God has made. Talk with them,
read to them, 60 out with them into the
fields and woods, and hallow pleasant
scenes with holy memories. A daily
ministration to their unfurnishsd hungry
minds, a daily touch to their Uniformed
taste, shall make them more comedy than
costly garments. They will ever bear
you witness in the character and conduct
of your children but your laces and
embroideries will crumble to dust. Why
don't mothers teach their children more,
and dress them less y 9sses
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-09-25

THE AUTHORS CONFERENCE.-The
late Prof Aytoun married daughter of
|" Christopher North" When he pro-
posed for her, which he did holding her
by the hand, Wilson said nothing, but
took up one of the numerous presentation
volumes lying around, and tearing out
a fy.leaf, with the inscription "with the
authors compliments" pinned it to his
daughters dress and handed her to young
Aytoun without word.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-09-25
PUNGENT.--"Did you ever hear the
story of the Irishman and the borse-rad-

PUNGENT.--"Did you ever hear the
story of the Irishman and the horse-rad-
ish ?"
Ono how was it?'
Well, seeing dish of grated horse
radish on the table where they had stop
ped for dinner, each helped himself large
ly to the sauce, supposing it to be eaten
as potatoe or squash and the first, put
ting knifeful into his mouth, jerked his
handkerchief from his trousers, and COM
menced wiping his eyes.
"What troubles yer, Jemmy?" in
quired his comrade.
Sure, and / was thinkin' of my poor
old fathers death when he was hung"
he replied, shrewdly.
Presently the other, taking as greedily
of the pungent vegetable, had as sudden
use for the handkerchief, whereat Jenny
as coolly inquired =
"And what troubles yer, Pat?'
"Troth," he replied, that you wasn't
hung with yer father"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-09-25

A little four year old was saying the
Lords prayer, and after he had finished
it his mother said, "Now, Sandy, ask
God to make you a good boy" The
child raised his eyes to his mothers face
for few moments, as if in deep thought,
and then startled her with the following
reply: cts no use, ma. He won't do
it. I've asked him heap of times.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-09-25

The joke practical does not always end
as harmless as in the case of Nathaniel
Appleton of Vermont, who found on
riding up to the house of his beloved
that his rivals horse was hitched at the
gate. Unhitching him, and giving him
a very smart stroke with whip, he
walked in and inquired whose horse that
was, cantering down the street 1t need
not be said that he found the coast clear
at once.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-09-25

Rowland Hills congregation once got
drowsy. He paused and said: 81 have
heard that the miller can sleep while the
mill is going, but if it stops it wakens
him. I'll try that method !" and so sat
down, and soon had an aroused audience.