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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21


The TAmoRs' CENTRAL UNroN, met a.
usual on Monday night at their headquarters,
East Randolph st. The meeting was we'll
attended, but nothing of any Importance
TRANSFERRED. The usual reports ii the various
shops were received and filed The state of
the union waz canyassed and considered To
be favorable and improving business good
and prices fair
JUsT kECENED- 900 pieces tine black
mohair alpacas at 81 cents others ask - cents
for no better goods also. beautiful line u
rich dress goods suitable for holiday presents
Over 600 boxes assorted winter dry goods
now opening Buyers can rely on saving
nearly one half their mony, G. W. az.
Pardnlge 4 Co. us, 10 IT, and ia State
near Madison street and 942 state and 2S4
and 2S6 West Madison street
THE u o. A. B-The United Order Am
srican Bricklayers, met at their hall On West
Randolph st., on Thursday night The
meeting was better attended than on former
occasions. - the union oOntemplates erect
ing several new houses on lots which they are
about leasing there l. more interest than
usual in attending the meetings
The report ~ the committee appointed 81
negotiate for the property, was expected to
have been handed ID, but owing ~ some IN
formalities it was not fully drawn up. The
report was laid over ior the next meeting
The attempt Of the boss masons to reduce the
wages " the men haS proved failure.
The THREATENED TRot ALE An rHE NORTH
SIDE Gas Works During the past week
tile wages u the men employed NJ the North
Side gas works, have been reduced from 50 20
to 81 80 under the plea that LABOR Is PLENTY.
This is the way that stockholders ~ these
sOulless corporations become millonaires they
attack the poor lAboriug man At season Of
the year when he is unable to help himself
aud rob his wife and children 81 the mere
necessaries of life, in order that they may
wallow in their Injuries and revel in the
gambling bells. and other pest holes Of the
city The calling " the highwayman il an
honorable one to theirs.
SANITARY MATTERS. From the Report Of
the Officers of the Board Of Health the fol-
lowing items are cleaned The number Of
deaths in the city for the week ending Dec
IA, was 1872, an increase Of ~ over the pre-
ceeding week. The largest number VI deaths
suited from consumption and small poK.
Of the former there were 3, and u the latter
Is The sanitary superintendent in referring
to the above, remarks the increase in the
number Of deaths over Last week, is more
than the decrease Of last week. compared
with the week before, the total being greater
than any similar period within the last eleven
weeks. DIR. Rauch criticises the action Of
certain boarding house and saloon keeper,
for evading the rules aud regulations Of a.
city, for the presentation Of the spread Of
contagious diseases. He il also out Again1t
the rendering establishments. and holds
them up as a nuisance their removal to
Bridgeport he says did not abate, but only
removed the nuisance He further suggests
the adoption by the proper authorities Of
regulation for the enforcement u vaccination,
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21

TIE striking puddlsrs Of scranton have
returned to work on terms SAID 20 % S~'ls-
factory tie all hands.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21
THE CIGAR MAKERS.

EY WIN unions desiring charges u ;As addresses of
corresponding secretaries peAus STATE the d The
former secretary.
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CITY MATTERS.

CHICAGO, Ill, DECEMBER p, ls7q.
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CORRESPONDENTS.
CALIFORNIA.

I'VE do not hold ourselves responsible for any Opin
expressed by our Correspondents.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21

communication In 10 induce mechanics par
ticularly, to unite in secret systematic and
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21

SENAEbo,
where all who wish to belong TO benefit
society may fully enjoy that privilege by
retaining their membership in a shop, and
paying their benefit dues. The shops and
senates, are chartered by State councils,
and State councils exist by charter from
the Supreme Council. And an its name
indicates, il the head of the order, and ex-
lists without charter. 1t In this system Of
organization we recommend to the Elechan-
les Of the United States. In the course Of
time the order of
UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS
the Mechanical Order Of the Sum-" and
single trades orders and organizations may
be united until then each can do its part
and work together for the general good
There need be no conflict OF power or au-
thOrity. 1t takes time 10 concentrate the
opinion of Large bodies Of men. LIN the
organization OF government in the United
States, we have forceable exam lie of that
fact. First the people were organized by
neighborhoods, next by districts, then col
oniea, then States, tirst separate, and then
united. First, under crude and inefficient
rules, next lava then articles Of confeder-
alton, and revolution against England
their Independence, followed by consti-
tuition of the United States to which we
have added fifteen amendmentRL To do
all this has required more than
HUNDRED YEARS.
True, We have learned BY experience, and
have much greater facilities for communi-
cation. But il takss time and money to
reach the intelligence Gf working men scat
tered throughout the world and a men
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26
Miscellaneous.

If speech is silver and silence gold,
how much is dumb man worth?
Tennessee has more counties than
any other State in the Union, area and
population considered.
Foresight is the right eye of Provi-
dence, and Providence dictates life in.
suranCe, Insure in the Washington.
-Grasshoppers are eating up every.
thing but cast,iron boilers in Big Hole
and Jefferson Valleys, Montana. They
would eat them, but there amt any there
to be eaten.
1t is said that the earth is growing
small so rapidly that in 2 900, 900, 600 years
there will be nothing left of it. This
ought to set people to thinking.
A Waupun wis., farmer thought
himself safe in paying $40 for prize
package on condition that if it contained
a prize of less than $40 the vender was to
pay him $l2 1t contained no prize,
The Supreme Court of Michigan has
recently decided that Highway Commits
sioners and their sureties are responsible
for damages resulting from defective
bridges, and not the townships or muni-
cjpal corporations.
The Inter- OceaH says there are two
Chicago men now working in the South
African diamond felds-Mr Nimrod Ian
caster and Mr. Frank Seiber-on whom
fortune seems to smile. They are explor-
ing the fields 800 miles north of the Cape os
Good Hope. Mr.. Lancaster has found dir
mond weighing seventeen carats, and Mr..
Seiber has found one weighing six carats.
The latter is white diamond and is
worth about $4,000 The former is a
little "off color" and is not so valuable
A farmer, whose cribs were full Of
corn, was accustomed to pray that the
wants of the needy might be supplied;
but when any one in needy circumstances
asked for little of his corn, he said he
had none to spare. One day, after hear
ing his father pray for the poor and
needy, his little son said to him Father,
| wish had your corn Why, my
son, what could you do with it ~ asked
the father The child replied 81 would
answer your prayers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26

arrested on the sth on suspicion of being
connected with the murder Their names
are Marion Osborne and Joe Perry. The
excitement in the vicinity Of the murder was
intense, and the people were clamorous for
somebody to lynch.
The chairman Of the National Executive
Committee of the Labor Reform party has
published call for the reasscmbling Of the
Columbus Convention on the 2lst.
Mary Pagan, a young lady Of Dexter
Mich, was trying to start fire with kero-
senc oil on the sth, when the can exploded,
setting her clothes on fire, and burning her
80 badly that she lived only six hours.
Much excitement has existed in Chicago
for several days past over the mysterious
disappearance of one Steiner, who was custo-
dian of the proceeds of the concerts in that
city OF the French Band. The New York
Superintendent Of Police has offered re-
ward of g., 900 for his discovery, Foul play
was suspected by the missing mans friends
In Chicago
The Democrats Of the Tenth Ohio District
have nominated Rush r. Sloane, of Erie
County, for Congress Hon. John F. Wilson
has been renomnated by the Republicans Of
the Seventh Ohio District, and Hon. W. P.
sprague has received a denomination in the
Fifteenth Ohio District
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26
Religious and Educational.

For seventeen years divine service on
Sunday, at the Catskill Mountain house,
has been but twice omitted.
The First Baptist Church in Ken.
lucky was established ninety one years
ago, where Elizabethtown now stands.
A convention of County School Su-
perintendents for the southern part Of
Iowa will be held at Washington, Septem-
Der 4, and 6.
November 90 is to be celebrated by
the Presbyterians as the three hundredth
anniversary Of the formation of the first
Presbytery in England.
Statistics of the Bible work in Hi
nOis, the past year, show 1870, 657 families
visited and 1850 supplied. The remit
tances to the parent society were sos, OS2
The Congregatonaists of Kansas re.
port ninety churches, a gain OF twelve !;
cighty-one ministers and licentiates and
1888 members, being a gain in the past
year OF Sj6
In the Presbyterian Church there are
six hundred and thirty organized congre-
cations without houses of worship, some
of them having been in existence fifteen
or twenty years.
The Emperor Of Austria has estab-
lished Jewish theological faculty in the
Imperial University, to be equal n its
rights and privileges to the Roman Cath
olic and PrOtestan, faculties,
The total number of schools in the
United States and Territories in the year
1870, according to the returns of the last
census, was al ,629, and the total number
Of pupils, : ,209, 93S The income of all
these schools for the year ending June /,
1870, aggregated $9j,402, 726.
A dcvoutly pious man, who lived
some six miles from the house of worship,
once complained to his pastor of the dis
lance he had to 60 to attend public wor.
ship. Never mind, said the good min
lister; remember that every Sabbath you
have the privilege of prfarting n Sermon
sic miles loHg-you preach the Gospel to all
the residents and people you pass
The Methodist pastor at Norfolk,
Virginia, recently addressed . Sunday
school at 9, preached in the Methodist
Tabernacle at II, in the city prison Mt 2,
taught Bible class at 3, preached on
Market square at 6, and at in the taber
nacle He was expected to address the
ismates Of the almshouse at o'clock, but
failed to Put IN an apDearance
The Japanese Government is to es-
tahlish a new form of religion after care
fully consulting the most noted opponents
of each sect, The Government DEGREES
on the subject, when promulgated, will
be imperative, and all persons must CON
form thereto. 1t is said that the new re
ligion will be enlightened and simple and
will probably meet with general approval.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26

in the Lerant Times In the Persian city
of Flamatan, tive furnishing women aided
by seven others, stole three children and
ate them. They were arrested, and the
bones of the dead children found par
TALLY concealed in Their clothes, The
Grand Nizier condemned the two women
to the gibbet, and their companions in
guilt to be starved to death in prison.
At the end of week five of these seven
wretches were found dead in the prison,
after having devoured the other two.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26

tain A. T. Miller, prominent Democratic
citizen.
Colonel Sanford, a traveller and explorer,
| who has been all over Africa, and claims to
| know about as much relative TO the Nile as
! anybody else does, is now In New York. He
| repudates Stauley's information, and AZ
scrts boldly that the Livingstone letters are
forgeries. He says that it is Impossible that
| Liyingstone's six years explorations could
have covered only twenty degrees Of latitude
and longitude, and thinks it incredible that
he could have accomplished so little
In the new oil field on Turkey Run, near
st, Petersburg, Pa, new well was struck
on the 9TH, which accidentally took fire,
burning three men fatally, and so seriously
burning two others that their recovery was
doubtful.
dispatch from Alexandria Bay on the 5th
says that President Grant was staying with
some friends on one Of the Islands in the st.
Lawrence River,
At the opening of the Court of lmpeach-
mcnt on the 9th Judge Barnard stated that
he had not resigned and did not Intend to
resign, but should abide by the result Of his
trial, whatever the result might be. He was
on the witness stand, and denied that he
had ever had any corrupt understanding
with parties to any suit before him.
The Liberal Republicans and Democrats Of
Connecticut have agreed to nominate joint
Electoral ticket, to be equally divided be-
tween the two organizations
The principal members of the japanese
Embassy sailed from Boston on the 9th for
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to the labor department of the university
which bears his name
Miss Dodge of Boston, Miss Carrie
Spooner and Miss Burnham, American
ladies, were among Miss Nelson's brides
maids.
Plymouth Church will have a festi.
val on October 10, II, IL and IL, the 25th
anniversary of Mr. Beecher's installation.
All present and past members of Ply
mouth Church and SundaySchool are to
be invited, but pew holders, not members
Of the church, are to be counted out. The
house of worship is to be deliberately dec.
Grated, and the event is already named a
jubilee, or the silver wedding of Beecher
to the church,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26
The South.

The South.
According to the evidence presented before
the Commission sitting at Brownsville,
Texas, numberC Of army officers, soldiers
aud carriers have been killed by Mexicana
for plumber. State officials and custom 0tii.
GERS have been killed and their bodies man,
glrd Men have been killed within the lin
it. Of Brownsville, officers beSieged at the
mouth Of the Rio Grande, and murdered by
parties crossing in fun daylight. Nothing Is
safe from the thieves, who are armed with
Spencer and Winchester rifles Officials
have been shot at daily, and a drove Of three
or four hundred cattle driven over the river,
within eight or ten miles of Brownsville,
Local elections occurred in Kentucky on
the 9Th, In Louisville large vote was
polIed, and the regularly nominated Dem
ocrattc ticket was defeated BY large major
ity. The Opposition, or Citizens ticket,
composed OF Democrats, was elected en-
tire
Texas will vote in November, upon the
permanent location of the State Capital
The candidates are Austin, Houston and
Waco,
A Raleigh Y CJtgIegram Of the evening
Of the 18th says all the counties had been
heard from except Ashe, Graham and Wa
taugo, Caldwell would have majority Of
some 1000 votes. The New YORK Times
special, dated Raleigh, at eight O'Clock on
the night Of the IN, says 1.-THE returns
from eleven ofth thirteen counties hereto
fore unheard from are now in, and give Cald-
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A Geneva dispatch OIL Inc 'th says no con
tidcnce whatever Is l" be placed IN inc RI.
mors which are punished nom DAY 10 day
OF the decisions OF the Board OF Arbitration,
"The striclcs' secrecy is rnjoin"d on ana
maintained toy every person connected "ltN
the Court to prevent the premature publ
cation and improper dse Of news IN the
stock markets OF Europe ana America
A Madrid telegram on the Gun announces
that King Amadeus had arrived at San Sc
bastian, in the province OF Gulposca, aud
met with warm reception
Matamoras special says that Rocha was
preparing I" take the hcId against lfevlno
and QuifoGa VINO refused TO accept the am
nesty proncrcd by the existing Government.
They oppose Lerdo de IeJada's Cabinet and
are in favor Of Diaz for President Reliable
Information from Iula at Iamaulipas, con
firms former news from there that the
place was still In possession OF the reyolu.
tionary party, who was eXacttng large sums
of money from persons passing through,
who, in fact, were buying their liberty
There was no immediate prospect Of
change for the better
On the 9Th six fishing vessels were cap
sized during severe gale on the English
coast, and all on board persisted
TX Emperor Napoleon has gone to Bagnar,
a seaside resort in Sussex
1t wac reported in Madrid on the 9th that
in the CUBAN instruction up to that date,
1900 rebels had been Killed. and 5000
had submitted to the spanish authorities
Ten thousand horses IS ON arms and 1000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26
General News Summary.
Washington News.

Treasurer Spinner, during an attack OF
vertigo, on the morning of the 9TH, fell from
his chair, cutting his head severely.
The Acting Revenue Commissioner has de-
cided that spirits deposited in warehouse
before the new law took effect pay the old
tax, while those deposited since pay the
new tax.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Richard
son has appointed J. S. Langworthy Of
Kingston, \, Y, Deputy Comptroller of the
Currency,
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue re-
ports that up to the 18th there had been over
1000 more applications for licenses to engage
in fruit distillotion this year chan last.
kilograms from Ohio, received in Wash
ington on the tn, say that Secretary Deiano
was lying seriously i'll at his home in Mount
Vernon,
Henry J, Wheeler has been appointed In
ternal Revenue S,orckcepcr Of the First Hi.
nois District and Thomas Condor Of the
First 'hio District
A Washington dispatch Of the It'll says
During the war the rebel ram Albemare
was destroyed by Lieutenant william B.
Gushing and picket boats crew For this
service $71 Dos has already been paid, and q
commission has decided that, including arm
ament, the value of the ram was $2s3, 900.
The additional S20GO0O win be distributed
10 the lucky boats crew as soon as Congress
approprintes the funds
A Washington dispatch Of the 9th says
Treasurer spinner continued to improve, but
was not vet able to sit at his desk. The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26
Foreign Gossip.

The japanese Government has issued
an edict against the sale of children and
young girls.
The Emperor William is the highest
Precursor in Germany. Next comes his
son, the Crown Prince.
The goldsmiths of London have
chandelier of gold in their guild hall
which weighs over 900 ounces.
The grave of the first Englishman
who ever lived in Japan has been discoy,
cred near Yokohama. His name was
Adams he married Japanese lady and
died about 1920.
In recent contest in Yorkshire En-
gland, for Parliament, the expenses Of
the successful candidate were S53, 0l5,
and those of the unsuccessful one $42,
1859
All the European powers have &C
Cepted the invitation Of the French gov
eminent to send representatives, to a con-
gress to be held in Paris for me considera
ton of the metriCal system
In the first London International EX-
hibition 1881 English exhibitors took
part in the second, 9,3S2 English and
colonists in the first Paris Exhibition
10000; in the second $1,000 French eX-
hibitors.
According to the recently.Complcted
sixth census of Russia, that great Empire
has q population of $500, 600 inhahit-
ants European Russia has 81 APO, 600 ;
Poland, 5,3l9, 600 and Finland only l.,
10000,
A company has been formed in Eng
land, with Il capital of $500 900, for re
,rat,inr and ytrIplyi,,fr tho @ Of
Bolivia, particularly those of POtosi and
Caracoles which are famous for their
wealth and apparent ineXhaustability
The Levant Time, reports a tremend
GUS hail-storm in the Province of Adrian
oplc The stones were OF the size Of wal
nuts, killed :, 000 sheep, 30 cows. and 10
horses besides partly destroying the crops
of IA villages,
Owing to the alarming decrease in
letter traffic in Poland since the enforce
ment of the decree that no letters with
other than Russian directions shall be ac-
ceptcd by the postotiicc, the authorities
have been privately instructed once more
to allow Polish directions to pass
president Theirs said, the other day
in the French Assembly, that, in his
opinion. King William of Prussia was an
abler man than Frederick the Great, that
Bismark was greater than Cardinal
Rchelieu; and Field.Marshal Moltkc the
most eminent stratcgist chat ever lived.
The monks Of LaTrappe have a clock
in their large hall of the convent, which
is q trjghtfulIy complete piece of handi-
work and mechanici~m. \ perfect human
skeleton stands by the wall, pointing with
ifs FgSbfYsG tif1p 4rl "a the bAuVs mark pG
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26
Vinegar that viii Keep Pickles,

As the picking season is now at hand and
many of our readers are concerned about
having vinegar that will keep their pickles
we deem it our duty to inf orm them tn.
Prussing's Cider Vinegar is just the thing for
this purpose 1t is celebrated for its purity
strength and flavor, and warranted to keen
pickles His works are the largest of the
kind in the United States yet we are in.
formed he can scarcely supply the demand
as those who once used his vinegar will have
no other Ask your grocer for Prussing's
Vinegar every time ii You wish something
sure to keep pickles fM Yfib,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-26

The Iowa State Board has completed the
valuation and assessment Of railroads in the
State, under the new law. The number Of
miles of railroads in the State is 3, nGj; total
valuation, $ls. 3j9 GBl average valuation per
mile, S5,93l 50.
Two buildings in Mechanics Block in
Keokuk, Iowa, fell on the morning Of the
| I'd, with a terrible crash, killing one woman
and woundug several other persons so bad.
/ ~ that it was thought they could not recoy.
or. The buildings were complete wreck
| The cause of the accident is traced TO a mis-.
erably Insecure foundation.
The Board Of Managers Of the House Of
Refuge OF st. Louis, who had been iuvcs-
/ tigatjng the affairs of the institution some
/ two weeks, made report on the I'd, exon
Grating Superintendent Gleason and Mrs
/ Gleason, the Matron. and awarding them
1 high praise for the efficient management of
/ the Institution under their charge The
! whjppugs which were the special subject Of
/ investigation, are admitted by the report,
( which states they were inflicted during the
sickness of MIR Gleason, by Assistant super
iuteudeut Blair, who has been rcprimundcd
and relieved from further execution OF
sentences.
AT Cox Crock, Iowa, few days ago, the
/ adopted daughter of T. Mclaughlin was so
/ badly burned by the use Of Kerosene to start
a tire that she died in two hours
The Liberal Republicans and Democrats
1 Of the Fourth Ohio District have nominated
/ Judge W, G. Wuans, of Greene County, for
/ Congress.
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