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wheat is. large. veil h11ed, plump. and the
Weld fully up TO the average Of the best crops
of former yeAss- The wheat harvest will be
completed this week in most Of the counties
named, and the grain be put Away the coming
week. Our news from the barley crop Is
equally cheering, the rieid being heavier tnAnin
any of the previous five years. The corn crop
in the counties named was never moro pronls..
ing than at present. The breadth Of ground
planted is unusually large. and 30 far the
weather has been most favorable for tho
growth Of the crop. The fruit crop in Orange
County is failure, as tar as peaches are con-
cerued, and apples will turn ont poorly, In
Washin gton County the pesch crop viii be
very small-the apple crop only Z moderate
ore. In Clark, Harrison, and Floyd Counhes
there will be q fair crop Of both peaches and
apples"
The Topeka Record Of Juno 20 says: "Har-
yesting is in progress throughout the State,
and the farmers are thoroughly satisfied with
the situation. Wheat is not SO good in some
counties as it WAS last year; but the aggregate
yield, in the State at large, will certainly equal,
oats, and barley arc all, as a general thing,
botter than last year. The breadth Of
land sown in small grains il probably
twice rs large as that Of any previous
eeasop. Com is in splendid condition all over
the State, and potatoea prouiAe all unusually
heavy yield. Altogether. The Kansas agricul-
tural outlook il in the highest degree salts
factory. We bid fair, too, to have an average
plenty of fruit, notwithstanding the late frosts
that fell not only Ill this latitude. but in all
uatrs of the country, as well. The grape
prospect is even more encouraging than it was
this time last year, aud many OF our largest
vineyards will undoubtedly double any Of their
former annual products.
, 1870-07-02

Not q syllable of argument has been put
forward, from any source, in favor of the
old, OF against the new constitution.
Scarcely newspaper or public man has
uttered 8 word of open protest against it,
though it affects prirate interests more
neaTly and more extensively than any
other measure erer brought before the
people Of State, and cuts of official pei
quisites by hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars, and secures rights to the people which
have been opposed by the leading
monopolies Of the State. The fact
that these wealthy monopolies, special in
terests, lobbyists, and baruac1es, with all
theirmoney interest at stake, do not venture
open opposition, is no proof TINT they will
not succeed, by private influences, in poll
ing a strong vote against it. But it does
prove that the new constitution itself is
immaculate in the purity Of its purpose, and
above cavil or just complaint in the objects
at which it aims. Even the miserable at
tempt to array q faction of
the Democratic party against it
becaura it did not attempt
to repeal the Constitution of the United
States, in the matter of universal sulEraga..
failed IN the convention, and, we believe,
Will fail signally in TINT party. The new
constitution is non-partisan- Every change
made is reform and economy. Be early
ut the polls, and see that none OF your
neighbors fail to vote at this election. It
is of immensely greater importance to the
State than any State or nationn1 election
We have ever held. Be sure to vote.
Vote for Hitchcock, Farwell, Booth, and
the new constitution.
, 1870-07-02

Beware of bogus tickets to-day. A tick
ct is in circulation and will bs found at the
polls headed REruBL1cAs," which has the
name of "W. X. McAllister for Judge Of
the Supreme Court, Seventh District
Such ticket is 3 fraud, and Was known to
be SO ty :hoss who got it up. sit is dis
honest, and It is Our duty to so pronounce
it." Judge A1cAllister is not a
Republican, and never pretended to
be. The Republican nominee fo1
Judge of the Supreme Court, is Hon
Charles Hitchcock, one Of the ablest law
yers in the State, one Of tho purest and
best citizens of the, state, md the man
above all others to whom the people are
most indebted for the impartial character
of the new constitution, and for those feat
ures Of it which render it possible to secure
its ratification without an unseemly partisan
hroil. like that which demolished the WORK
Of the convention Of 1869, and the more
recent one in the State of New York. II
elected to the Supreme Bench, MI. Hitch
cock will be the peer, in every requisite
for the position, of any man now on that
tribunal, or who has over been there
, 1870-07-02
Each elector is entitled fo VOTE tn.dav

Each eleetor is entitled to vote to-day
For or against the new constitution:
For or against each of the separate arti
cles;
For one candidate for Supreme Judge;
For tsso candidates for Circuit Judge.
No registration of voters is required, and
no registry lists will be used.
The following classes of persons are en-
titled to vote:
l. AL persons who were voters on the
first day of April, 1913.
2. All persons naturalized in this State
prior to January l, 1870.
3. AL male citizens of the United States
above the age of q years.
Residence in the State, one year; in the
county, ninety days; and in the election
district, thirty: days, is required Of all
voters.
, 1870-07-02

Do the citizens want to put IN end, now
and forever, to the disgracefm scenes wit
nessedat Springfield every session ofthe Leg
islature, or do they desire continuance Of
the "rag1ng demand for special legisla-
tion 7" The General Assembly no longer
pays any respect to the old constitution, and
the lobby vuItu1es Il run the Legislature.
Just read what Governor Palmer says Of the
lobby:
"The truth Of this statement needs no proof to
those Who art in the habit OF visiting Springfield
during the sessions Of the General Assembly, and
have observed the cro'sds of lobbyists attracted
here By the Fng1ng drM1nd for spteiai tegistation
They demand the most valuable franchises and
grants Of public property, and, ~ the combination
8 sn mt seen nc Wei cet
tain powerful raiiroad corporations presented
themselves before the General Assembly. demand
paa s Pqaas naf i1i5n sol1s and fsaaehses that
amount to the ownership Of . large extent OF the
9 lake front Of Chicago. which are valuable he
sented among thousand local bills, and was
made the central figure Of the group. Its agents
tock possession Of the seats OF members, prompt
Sing teJore 4, and carried the scheme that was
nclGded In the combination.
"In Ibis instance tho General Assembly was o.
powerless as the an uqn 9hs SResa eg
sembly, Governor, and people, are powetless be.
fore thes. extensive combinations. The Influences
invoked to meet the demands Of Epeciaf Interests
taEe posse ssian If the Treasury and dioe it out a.
sppL They place their agents in the Legislature
and will, when they choose. take possession o1
judicial places. We have 1t now In our own poWel
to restrict them, and subject them to the control
Of law, and when another opportunity will present
Itself, no man can tell"
| The remedy for this shocking and alarm
! ing condition of things is to adopt the new
constitution, including all the articles sepa,
rately submitted. Each Of the latter is &
limitation on some gross abuse, or pre-
servative of some valuable right or fran
chise.
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Stewart does not return 100000 income,
while Clahin, Aellen I Co., and hundreds Of
Thousands ofnerchAnta swear to losses fol-
the year, and number Of houses failed. Mr..
butcher saysit has been terrible year on
the merchau princes, as well az the small
traders"
Some yess ago, when Miss Harriet Mar
tircau waa Isiting the pyramids of Egypt,
she cxpreess regret that the att By which the
inmense sfmes were raised to their places
was lost. AZ English engineer therefore pub
lishcd an article in the London Tines, stating 8
pyramid ealal to the largest in Egypt The
following facss would seem to prove that this
ia 10 idle boat: According to ancient authors,
from 1C0, eco o 30O, 900 men were engaged fol
twenty reara il the great pyramid tbs sum
of whose uni cd labor has been estimated to
be equal to ::aieing 15,7o0, 900 cubic feet Of
stone one fot high. The steam engines OF
England, as ]; has been estimated. would DO
able to do this in only eighteen hours. This
would make the construction Of pyramids
similar to th.se in Egypt By no means an in
possible work. proy!idlng anybody. could be-
found foolish enough to undertake it.
, 1870-07-02

Vote for the body Of the constitneoa
without fail. 1t will 60 around the world
as the model State Constitution, in repub-
lie which had witnessed two national and
over fifty State experiments. No people in
the world have ever carried the practice Of
self-government to the high perfection at
tained by the American people. The adop-
ton OF constitution is the highest possi-
sible exercise of the power Of self-govern-
rnent, and the trimming OF a wise constitu-
tuition is tho most difficult, laborious and
important part of all Legislation. BY the
common voice of the press, lawyers, and
public of the whole country, the constitu-
ton VIC are to ovote upon to-day, is amodel OF
comprehensive equity, wisdom, and knowl-
edge of the peculiar wants of the State Of
Illinois. If you never vote again, vote to-
, 1870-07-02

On the first Of October, 1869, the careful
wife OF Frederick, having a wholesome
dread Of burglars, prudently secreted the
bond IN closet From this place it soon
after disappeared, and, several weeks after,
it was discovered that it had been carried
OF by family Of rodents, and conveyed to
garret and converted into nest, For
this purpose it was gnawed into minute
pieces, especial attention having been be-
slowed upon the coupons. When the prop.
erty was discovered the rats abandoned It
and the organic remains of the bond, in
cluding A1r. Spinners graceful autographs,
were carefully collected and forwarded 10
Washington, where they we're put through
q course Of reconstruction, aud their date,
number, and denomination established.
Frederick asks for new bond, which when
he gets, If he do not lay it up where neither
moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through or steal. he
Will take care to put where the rats won't
eat It
, 1870-07-02
-Ab%N
CROPS.


L despatch from Watertown, OF July !, says:
" The weather ia forty degrees cooler than at
this time yesterday, but no rain. Crops Of all
kinds are suffering very much on account Of
drought"
INDIANA.
The Laporte Herald says tie peach crop Of
Northern Indiana promises wel1-better than
tLat of Michigan.
Wheat harvesting On the Wea in Tippe-
canoe County, has commenced. The yield is
above the average.
Hall the wheat in Greene County, or more,
wns cut last week. It is we'll maturad, and Of
excellent quality;thc yield is about an average.
The New Albany Ledger Of June 90 says:
1--WE are in receipt Of information in relation
Floyd, Washington, CLARK, Harrison, and
Orange, up to this writing. Tue news we re-
ceive is Ct a highly favorable character. The
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not be directed against the tenets of any
sect, " which. Mr. Gladstone thought inca
pable Of enforcement. The gist of this
policy seems to be that the Bible shall be
read in the schools, aud that only its incu1-
cations upon matters Of history and morals
shall be e1pounded, leaving its bearings on
questions of faith to other teachers.
, 1870-07-02
PROPOSALS.
GlIlee Of c. s. Ordnance agency,

Corner Houston and Greene.sts.,
entrance or Gr-cse). P. o. Eo1 1sf}
NEW Yong Ctrr, June q. t3,e
During the nonta nf July and AErust, Ism. sh,Il
y authority u the War 1Elartmrnt, receive rt.I-d
bids Tor ,ic 1uErlsaec the Unit i Statc4 .,nlaAnc
liverallt At tic pnints hrTein urEt;ontr4 only;
On Saturday. July - ISL
Orc hundred tons lead hrIcts, E1anksosl arsenal.
Fifty tors lead hull IL. Wsttryitrt Ar.-nai
0nH hu, dItd tons lead huIlets. Wut-rto~n Arsenai
Cne hundred nus lead sai7s.s. Fraakfsrd Arscoal
Fifty tons lead fnItcfr, Wat-rru.t Artrns1
DEE hundred tens lead bullets Nattrtotrn ars.nal
oS HEcsEspA7. ACGCs1 J. is;u
!SEo huna!. In n. ris Lad Sc:s Io!S Arscaal~
oS ~tbSEXDAY. iCGExT Ii. 1s1J
One huudrrd tons le4il bGlletA FYaukfori irrn,i-
ORE hundred t3ns rtE lead, New Scex Afxn5i
FuV Toes PIE 1esd. ST. Louis Arsenal
oSHEpSESuAY, ACGC6T II, lS1Q.
Iwe ! hundred tons rlt lead, New Ycrk ArscusI,
Fu1y toGa p1s Lead, ST LLuis Arsenal
Qs WEnsEsnAY. ArnCsT 81. ls;n
.Ohe nh1died md ffty tbn1 pig leat, New York
gnr hundrtd tons lead huIIrts, Wascrtoga Arsenal
fnty tops PIC eeat, ST. Louis Ar.+nal
On NedQt tday, Ausues =, 1g1D.
Tnnf EFT hundred to2s Els lead, Se:s York Arsenal
EHty t0ns pig leAd. St LouiA AEtennl
tE9potal VIII he opened II T. o'clock on the days
b certified chcek Or raf. On sew YozS foFs per oaE
oil ths amount offered for.
Bids must te endorsed. PEo2osaL fox Lcad." AMI
tltresssd 70 this otlice.
Il any and al bids not deemed aati.izetory- and may,
its a1. accept bids Tor atannnts IN cxcasa oi kh:
9uanft.e advertised for sale. Thirty dasa Hu b NJ
low ed inr the payment and removal Of the lead
FuE1heE information eAn le Lad on 10 tn
Byt. Col G. 8. H., Msjvr Of Csdnauee-
, 1870-07-02
SATURDAY, JULY :, 1870.
NEW CONSTITUTION TICKET.

For all the propositions on this ticket which
are not cancelled with ink or pencil; and
against Ill propositions which are 60 can
called-
For the new Constitution.
Tor the sections relating to Railroads in tie
Article entitled Corporations.
For the Article entitled Counties.
For the Article entitled Wnrehouses-
For three ifths vote to remove County
Seats.
For the sections relating to the Illinois Cen
ral Railroad.
For the section relating to Minority Repre-
sentatiop.
For the section relating to Municipal Sub
scrptions to Railroads or Private Corporations
For the section relating to the Canal.
, 1870-07-02

" pieces. AnofAHr 0&TD, bGlonE1nE to Mr
johnson, and not yet completed, was blown
sixteen feet OF from its sill, and so racked
as to be Worthless~ We expect to hear oi
numerous other disasters in other parts OF the
town."
The Davenport Gazette Of June 80 says
"We yesterday reported several cases Of sun
casu alties. The German stricken down on
the farm Of Henry ARP, near tho Six Mile
House, died before Dr.. Moetzel reached there.
Herman Sultan. employed on the farm OF Mr.
Mahle, near Hickory Grove, Was attacked
Tuesday afternoon and died in few hours.
bert, twelve miles out on tile Dubuque road,
died Tuesday night, after few hours' illness.
Frederick Vessel, German, who rents farm
Of Mr. French, three miles north OF Camp
Mcclellan, was stricken down while cutting hay,
on Monday afternoon, and died Tuesday after
noon. Charlie krum of the Wheatland hack ,in-
forms US that there haH been six caAes of sun
stroke in the vicinity OF Wheatland, since
Monday morning, four OF which proved fatal
The subjects we1e firm hands. three OF them
but lately from the old country. Several
farmers have lost fat hogs by the intense heat,
which is said to be the most excessive had
here for several years
General A. ". starks, an old citizen OF Sauk
County, died ut Excelsior on Tuesday.
-~ In Oshkosh, on Sunday last, q number Of
matches i'll the pocket OF 4 vest hanging in
Mr. Jesse scott's bedroom, became ig-
nited by the heat Of the atmosphere, and
set fire to some clothing hanging near. Sew
ern garments md portion OF the door wore
burned before the fire was e1tinguislcd, and,
had not assistance been near at hand, the
house would have been destroyed.
INDIANA.
The gas having gone out at IN evening
in 1T1T1n N}1E
gregatitn were very much scandalized by m
irreverent auditor, who deopened the SOL
emnity Of tho occasion by whistling "Shoo
Ely"
AT Evansville, juno IS, two little boys
one son Of the Rov. A. G. Caperton, and the
while bathing. Thoy wcre floating On a log,
when ono OF them let 60 to see how deep the
water Was, when he sank beyond his dcpth.
On rising, he clutched tho other by tho leg and
drew him down MS he sank.
Seventeen divorces wero granted at the
recent session Of tho Laporte Common Pleas
Court,
Tho census-taker Of Evansville, has dis
covered q ccntenar1ar in the person Of a
rcgtu, who claims to bo 103 years old. His
wife, who is only %, weighs over 200 pounds.
and they have child only two years old.
AT Milford, on Monday, Daniel Dickerson,
aged IS years, committed suicide by takinE
etry chnine- No Cause ia known for the decd.
MINNESOTA
The St. Cloud Times predicts that with the
agencies now at work for the Development Of
State North OF the Minnesota River will, in
years, 10 larger than the whole present popu-
1aticn Of the State. Even now there il scarce
1y u vacant quarter section Of land in Becker
County, which il 80 to 90 milcB north OF Fort
Abercrombic, and neatly as far west. In the
unrt ,fS% fHnn1 81
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or Judge Of the S4prenae CouytSerenh
District:
CHARLES HITCHCOCK.
For Judges Of the Circuit Court for Cook
County:
WM- W FARWELL1 HENRY BOOTH.
Election Saturday, July q
, 1870-07-02

The reason why the Chicago Times aud Ill other
partisan Democrats are so anxious for tue e1ec-
tion OF Mt. McAlIlster for Supreme Judge Is. that
i. will give the Democratic party contsui OF the Su-
pzeme Court for the ntIt niue Tcaes. Is thar IN
hitucement to Republicans to vote for the usttlo-
cratic candidate and against their own nnmaaec,
who is much abler anG better mau fot the ollIeef
Gffr IN
, 1870-07-02
Cancel1iug Stamps

Before purchasing any other canceillng-s.amp,
examine Hudson's patent The tra,le can b. sur
piled ty Culver, Page 1 uoyne, manufacturing
stau0nets, Nd's~ les and 130 Like-st
, 1870-07-02

j, ~" .A A0@."'''s e'S p1'0 ou'
eue teeA1ees tuu w nl'aileso'n!'a' n'aanei ~
"1eu ~ ~ lA"s "1o A1al'''>'' ~ 'A'' 1o''
I've nog law nore ,,,,n nm Il, ,,t1crent; nnttes
In our tariff. and collec. them slco, 200 NO. NE
1ar oct tst ao,nt ans nn nInetesn
out Of the 1000 II Congress should to-day repeal
nay ,c m ,ns1cs, ON he nasc e6 ~ and liz %snlo
natie i ard ioregn expenses aad ~ M tea;e @ surplus
Internal revenue would meet Ill other claims on
ne neg government WITHOUT e income Ie ta1 e oE IN me
resentatlves has voted to abolish" =
This statement is literally true. Three
fourths Of the customs revenue received by
the government IS collected from not over
1nnin1y collected from comparatively small
number Of the remaining $3.50 objects
taxed. But the taxation is not the less
rigorous because the government receives
only nominal revenue. The tax is, in fact,
laid to prevent revenue.
Thus the government received in 1865
on iron, in all its forms, sc, 6,o94, eG2, while
there yas collected from the neople. on the
ife,n of mir iron alone over a1s..
COO 600. The United States received for
tho fiscal year of 1868 81, $50, ASS taxes on
spices, Our tax law makes difference of
from 3 tn e cent? ner nouna in tha tax
betweep o1onna and nnrrnrrd. tho
result is that no ground spices arc import
ed and the ownera of the snice-
mills Get this additional tax. This
;s a di,act 3,,n,tv rotad IN tboca xrbo Grind
the snices We tar crude camphor n, CENTS
q pound. and refined 40 cents : the result
is that all competition in marketable cam
1hor ia shnt ont and a sinrle refo;np
house in New York enioxs tbe ,nonooo,v of
10 cents ner nonnd Levied for ;ts o1clusive
benefit, Castor oil can be delivered in
New York at So cents per Gallon the duty
il 81 ner oa]1on. the dutv on tie beans il
en- cents ner bnshel eoual tn AZ cc1its ner
ea]1on Of oil We imnort no oil. Int do
import the beans, irving a bounty of 10
cents Gallon to the man who expresses
tho oil from the beans. The CONSUMPTION,
of oil in this country il about aOt,. ooo
gallons a wear; and the Wholesale price is
$3.50 rer gallou. The government re-
ceiyes about Sc, 900 q wear from the beans.
but the reop1e nav an additional tar to the
manufacturer of nearly @3n. 0o0.
We cite these examples to show that our
tariff is framed so that it shall ta1 every
article entering into the uses of man. not,
however. to raise reyeuue for the govern
meut. but to benefit some priYato corpora-
ton OF individual. That is the reason why
, 1870-07-02

# the new constitution is adopted, the
following changes will take place in the
co1nneusatiou of Cook County officers:
The New York herald., 1870-05-31

afforded comfortable shade. The arrangements for
transportation 10 and from the city ample and
the day may be said to have passed with satsfac-
ton TO all concerned. 1t issestimaled that at least
20 600 persons were present.
After the exercises closed at the National Gene
the cOored soldiers just north OF It, took place The
order OF exercises was as follOws:-Prayer music
by the Mozart Band; Grafton by Colonel b. +. M.
Fachtz; music by the choir OF the Nineteenth street
Baptist church; 0ration by General Shanks; music
by the Mozart Band; singing by the colored orphans;
music by the choir: decoration OF the graves and
drges by the band; benediction.
The orphans Of col0red soldiers were engaged In
the decoration OF the graves under the direction OF
Post NO H. Grand Army OF the Republic the officers
OF which acted as committee OF arrangements.
Tne graves Where rcpOse the remalnS or Generals
Reno, Grifiln, Meigs and other Union generals, at
Oak Hill Cemetery, were visited this morning by
committee OF the members OF Post No. II, OF George
town, and profusely decorated with garlands OF
flowers. The graves at the Soldiers Homes and at
the Congressional Cemetery In the neighborho0d of
washington, Will be decorated tom
The ceremonies at Arlington were again dlsgraced
by the occurrence of bit or narrow prejudice 81 mi
lar to that which described year ago. Some lady
evidently with kindly feeling for some OF the Con-
with her and strewed them over the graves OF the
rebels She performed the act very unosentatiously
ana yet some poor weak.minded fellow tracked her
footsteps and trampled upon the flowers afterwards
picking them up and throwing them contemptuously
away. fortunately the act attracted little notice and
there was no disturbance, though there were not
wanting murmurs OF disapprObation at the fellows
ignorant fashion OF displaying his patriotic feelin2s
Miss Tenne Q. Clain, the female broker OF Wall
street, arrived here to-day, In the company OF o
daughter OF the lae Countess OF Landsfelt, and
attended the decoration OF the graves at Arlington.
The New York herald., 1870-05-31
TIE DAY IN THE WEST.

CINCINNATI, May 81, 1870.
The decoration Of soldiers graves at Spring Grove
Cemetery took place this morning. The procession
through the city was not large DerDin Waru de-
hvered the Grafton at the Cemetery.
CLEVELAND, May 80. 1870.
To-day was observed as a holiday and business
was generally suspended. A large number OF citl-
Gems visited the different cemeteries and engaged III
the ceremonies OF decorating the soldiers graves
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 80, 1870.
Decoration Day was observed here in the most In
terestipg and imposing manner. Business houses
were closed and several thousand people went to
the cemetery Music, prayers and an address by
Colonel Richard w. Thompson preceded the cere-
mony OF strewing the noral wreaths upon the SOL
diers' graves.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 80 1870.
Decoration Day was observed In this city. Bust
ness housts closed at noon and large crowd OF cit
zens gathered at Grow Hill to witness the ceremo-
MES OF decorating the soldiers graves. AT Knights
town, Richmond and other points In the State the
DAY was observed In the same way.