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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-20
BANNERISM.
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From the Nashville Banner, March 70.
The UNION AND AMERICAN of YES
terday has the following on its editorial
page: IF the great lottery is to be
closed by law, the little one must be
closed by public opinion. Just as long
as the ladies of the church fair can put
their afghans into lotteries, Just so long
viii the great lottery managers point
10 them and claim a similar privilege.
What is wanted is clean sweep of the
whole business. ~
Adopting, just once, the peculiar
journalistic tactics of our neighbor, we
enphatically protest against its on
.sEaught on charitable fairs, knowing
very well it must have had special ref
erence to the Catholic fair soon to be
held in this city. In the name of the
poor little orphans who derive a sub
sistence from the labors of the ladies
and gentlemen who conduct these an
nual bazars, We appeal for generous
sympathy and aid, regardless of the
cruel and wantOn attack we have point
ed out. Shame on the newspaper that
would come out in this cold-blooded
fashion, when purse-strings were about
relaxing In behalf of the fatherless
Little ones.
%The following is the entire article as it ap-
peared in the UNION AND AMERICAN of March
Is:
Az effort is being made in Illinois to wipe out
all lotteries, a bill having been introduced in
the Legislature looking TO this end. The CAica-
90 Tribune says with reference to the matter:
''There is no remedy except 70 break ND the
whole business. Ii the great lottery is TO he
closed by law, the little ones must be closed nv
public opinion. Just As long as the ladies of tie
church fair can put Their affghans into Iotter-
les, just 50 long viii the great lottery managers
point TO them and claim a similar PRIVILEGE
What Is wanted is clean sweep of the whole
business"
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PROGRESS OF THE GREENEVILLE
CRUSADE

One OF the reporters of the iFIdpfn
Herald interviewed an Atlanta man who
passed through GreeneVillea few DAYS since
and was solicited to sign the pledge. He
refused, and so did all The passengers on
the train. This gentleman thinks that Mrs.
Ward will not give up, and SAID:
An Old resident CT Greeneville told me
That she owned sod deal of property in
town, and was told by Mr.. Rollin, a
LOUISVILLE drum .nler, that he had been in
GreeneVllie 10 fthe purpose of dunning Mrs.
ward loT Jill Of seven hundred dollars,
WIlch was. due his house. He says that the
DlI was paid on presentation, and that Mrs.
ward told him that she was doing a very
goo. business; that her cash receipts the day
DfcTe footed up a little over forty dollars:
hat the crusaders had closed up all the sa-
ICONS in town besides Campbell'S and hers.
and that the ladies prevented a good many
from fregueuting her house, but on the 9th
er hand 4 good portion Of her customers
We're men who were not habitual drinkers,
but merely patronized her to show the
world that they did not indoTse or enc0ur-
age the temperance crusade, and that ttev
were determined tanaticism could not work
an Tennessee. There are many who be
aieve that the movement is an IniustjfabIe
assault upon the rights Of thg business com
munity. do not think fie masses of the
people viii submit to this crusade. Ii Is
abnormal, and while il NAV last for awhile
and gain some come converts, and frighten
few saloOn-EeenerS, it will not accomplish
abiding or general results. 1t Amt the way
to work the thing, IN my opinion.
RepOrter-What class of ladies are en-
gagged in this crusade against whisky?
Mr.. -. Some OF the best ladies in the
IowP are connected with the movement
for instance: The wife of the Presbyteri-
Al pastor is one Of their most enthusiastic
readers, and the Mayors wife is one of
thelr representative women, but the bulk
of the crusaders are from colder climes and
are pOst-bellum residents.
RepOTter-What stand do the men as a
class take on the question?
Mr.. -. The majority Of them dis
countenance it and make sport of it. Andy
johnson is violently opposed to the active
part the ladies Of Tennessee have taken in
abe matter, and does everything he can to
discourage them.
From the Knoxville Press and Herald.
GREENEvILLE, March lit is hardly
worth while to write concerning the whisky
war. There is nothing new or novel TO
write about. The tent is still before Mrs.
Wards saloon, and the ladies are within
the encampment. Mrs. Ward has no,
yielded and shows no signs of Welding.
The same condition of affairs may be noted
Of the other town saloon. The enlistment
Of the ladies, it has been declared, Is for the
war, and war promises to drag its weary
length into the summer
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TOLEDO.
Thief Catch Thief.

TOLEDO, o., March 19.-Dr. Valentine
Brown, ex-treasurer Of Lucas county, was
arraigned for trial yesterday in the Com
mon Pleas Court, on a charge Of embez-
zling public funds during his term Of office,
but owing to the absence of the prosecuting
witness, Ernest Greiner, the trial did not
proceed. Greiner, who is also an ex-treas-
urer, stands indicted for the same offence.
His trial was to have followed that Of
Brown, when he suddenly disappeared.
The sheriff spent yesterday and last night
in fruitless efforts to discover his where
abouts, and his bail of $4,000 was to-day
declared forfeited. The Brown case was
then adjourned until the next term Of the
court
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address, declaring that Parliament IS con
sciOus Of its obligation to especially care for
India. and assuring Her Majesty of the in
terest with which it will consider measures
10 alleviate distress in that country and
prevent a recurrence.
Mr.. Gladstone rose and said he would
not seek to place any obstacle in the way OF
the Government in its treatment of India.
He deprecated the creation of commission
TO inquire into the relations of employers
and employed, but concluded by promising
TO give the new Government fair trial.
Mr.. Disraeli objected to the amendmen n
moved by Mr.. LOrTenS as inOppOrtune, and
it was withdrawn.
The address was adopted and the House
adjourned.
bismarck.
LONDON, March 20.-The Daily Tcie-
qraph has the following special dispatch
from Berlin: sViscOunt de GOrtOut BirOn,
French ambassador, is about to resign in
consequence of unpleasant relations with
Prince Bismarck. An adjournment of the
Reichstag is probable on account Of Bis
marck's Illness"
The FenIan Prisoners.
The Daily Ne,rs says it has been given
to understand on good authority that Dis
raeli will be adverse to the early release of
the remaining Fenian prisoners.
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MISSISSIPPI.
When Greek ,Eeets Greek

MEMPHIS, March IA few days ago
two cOlOred justices in DeSOtO county,
Miss, near Commerce, gave judgments
against parties residing in rival beats or
districts, which led to a clash Of authority.
one charging the other with having changed
his docket after hearing OF his rivals de-
cisiOn, and forthwith issued warrant for
his arrest. When the constable, with a
cOlOred posse, arrived at the residence OF
the Justice, he found another party await
ing their arrival, who fired on the posse,
badly wOunding two Of them and captured
the constable, who was taken to Austin by
the warlike justice to be turned over To the
sheriff, who arrested the entire party. The
case is being tried At last accounts and
caused intense excitement among the
colOred population.
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OREGON.
The Democracy i'm state Convention

The Democracy In state Convention.
SAN FRANCISCO, March ia dispatch
from Portland, Oregon, says the Democratic
State Convention organized yesterday, j.
l.. Nanclance, President. A platform was
adopted for free navigation of the Column
bia, the construction of the breakwater at
Port Oxford the construction fthe Portland,
Port Dalles and Salt River railroad to the
southern boundary of the State. Sympathy
was declared in favor of the patrons of
busbandry and for an economical admins
tratiOn of affairs. Gov. Grover was chosen
by reclamation, for reelection Chadwick
for reelection as Secretary of State and G..
a. LandOn for Congress.
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RAILRoADING IN EARLY DAYS.

4 writer in the Hartford COtuunt GiveS
"reminiscences of Tailr1ading in Connecticut
Eorty years ago. When the Hartford and
New Haven road was first opened. it had
very meagre facilities. The road-bed was
poor, had only scrap rails, which were all
the while curling up and running through
the car floors, and the cars were small and
the locomotive weak. In fact, it did not
take much to block train in those days
Sometimes an inch of snow on the rails
would do it. One Of the first conductors on
the road tells how he and the baggage mas
ter used to sit in front OF the locomotive,
one en- each side. and brush off the snow
from the rails with broom As the train
slowly crawlcd along. Each had pail of
sand and Sprinkled a handful on the Iail
when necessary. The driving wheels Zen
SlneS had only one pair them had TO slip
round and round, AID torment them almost
TO death. On one OCCASION train got
stuck on the Nalesville grade by one inch
of snow, and the wood and water gave suit
before the locomotive could overcome il.
At last they got ont the neighboTS. yoked
four pairs oxen TO the train aud drew it.
passengers, baggage and all, into Meriden
with flying cOlors, In the early DAYS of
the railroad, the stage coach drivers used
10 regard the cars with great contempt. In
deed, thirty years AGO the passenger trains
were three or four hours on the road to New
Haven, and the stage coaches were in about
the same time. Superintendent Davidson
remembers riding in 4 twO-horse carriage
in 1910, which had a race with a passenger
train near Willingfield, where the turnpike
and railroad are parallel for three or four
miles, and during ali that time the carriage
kept even with the train. There were only
two trains each way, daily, then, both car
rying passengers and freight. The old cars
were divided into three compartments,
opened on the side, aud had - seats. The
locomotive had only twelye-inch cylinders,
and no cabs 10 protect the engineer and
fireman from the weather.
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ILLINOIS.
Ku.KIux i'm Saline County.

EVANSVILLE, IND, March 19.-Special
dispatches to the JOuTadi indicate that So
line county, ILL.,, is troubled by an organ
lied gang of robbers, who are committing
Outrages in HarTisburgh and the neighbor-
hood. Several murders have recently been
committed by masked gang of men, and
a number Of rObberies have been commit
ted. Night before last the Circuit Clerks
office was entered by means of false keys,
and large sum of money belonging to the
county was stolen. This was the third
time that the place had been entered. Last
night the County Clerks office was entered
and seventy indictments, principally against
saloon keepers, were stolen. This made
the fourth burglary OF the house within a
short time. During the last few DAYS one
murder and two robberies are reported.
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NEW YORK.
Erred His DUN Houee-


New YORK, March I9.-The Board of
Fire Underwriters of this city, in accord
ance with a recent resolution to pay re-
wards for the arrest and conviction of in
cendiaries, paid yesterday, TO properly
authorized persons, five hundred dollars for
the conviction of Charles Z. Hunter for
firing his own house in Evansville.
MurderOus Police.
Two policemen were committed to the
TOmbs to-day without bail, pending the
investigation of charge of committing a
murderOus assault on citizens.
The Stock Exchange FOrger.
Edward ID. c. Mckay, charged with
writing letters to the New York Stock Ex-
change, purpOrting to be signed by the
President of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, on the 18th of February, has
been indicted by the grand jury.
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CINCINNATI.
POrcine Figures

CINCINNATI, March 19.-The remaining
features of the report of Col. Sidney d.
Maxwell, Superintendent Of the Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce, on pork packing
will be published tomorrow. From this
it appears that the decrease in the aggre-
gate weight this winter in the west is 5 S.
100 per cent; the decrease in the average
gross weight is : 33-1OO per cent. The
whole number of barrels of mess pOrk
made is A., 1000, compared with $4,000
the preceding year. Prime mess 1900
compared with 81, 900. Clear, 1900. COM
pared with 1900. Rump, $4,000, compared
with 1900. The relation of lard
to gross weight is Is 23-1OO per cent. The
packing between March l and Nov. l.
1873, was one million thirty-eioht thou
sand one hundred and six hogs; average
gross weight 229 15-100 pounds. These
figures out run the October packing.
though the report says the product entered
into supplying the demand for winter
product, the purpose being 70 adhere to the
general plan of dividing the packing spe-
officially into two seasons, thus excluding
the October work from the remainder of
tie winter, which was promulgated last
Monday.
The packing for the preceding summer
was 1851 San Francisco packed this
winter 10000, against $50, $50 last summer,
but these are not embraced in the general
aggregates of the West, nor is any point of
the Pacific Slope. The receipts of hogs in
New Y Ork, Boston, Philadelphia and Balti-
more aggregate from March l to Nov. l,
2,246, 761, an increase over the preceding
summer of 1929. Receipts this winter
for four cities, 1,649,0S2, an increase of
1862.
Suit for Half n Million.
Daniel a. Dwight, as trustee, to-day sued
the Cincinnati and Indiana and IndianapO-
lis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroads, and
Judge HOadley, trustee, for half million
dollars, alleged to have been received in the
last seven years to secure two million dol
lars bonds of these roads.
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CHICAGO.
Lift Of 100000.

CHICAGO, March 19.-This morning
Morris Mccarthy and his son John were
arrested, charged with robbiDg Mrs. Mary
Kelley of S20,000in cash, $4,000 of the
amount being in gold. 1t appears Mrs.
Kelley recently fell heir to $4,000, and
instead of putting the money in bank hid
it, as she claims, on McCarthy's premises
and he finding it appropriated it.
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MODOC CITY.

More about the Tank of OH Struck by
Lightning-SeVe-aI Houses con
sumed.
PITTsBURG, March IA special to the
Chronicle from Modoc City says that the
oil tank struck by lightning yesterday.
burst at one o'clock last night, the flames
spreading in all directions, burning the
well owned by Jas. Adams. The tank and
oil belonged to the Union Pipe Company.
A hardware store and a number Of dwell
linss below the tank We're burned. Ii was
feared for time it would take the whole
runiOn tanks below the TTautman well
and all the rest on the run. There will be
a tOtal:loss of $1,000. The Union Pipe
Company pumped about five hundred bar
rels out Of the tank, when their COZ
nections burned of. No lives were lost.
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ST. LOUIS.
The Train RObbers-A Different YER
sion.

The Train RObbers-A Different YER
sion.
ST. LOUIS, March 19.-NO better informa
ton regarding the fight between detec-
tives and Younger brothers at Morgan
Springs last Monday has been received
here by any one in authority, but
the Globe received a special late tonight
from Appleton City, which gives a diff
fsrent version of the affair. 1t states
that the party searching for IOunger's
was composed of Deputy Sheriff
Daniels, of OceOla, two detectives, names
not given, who, while riding along the
road, were Oyertaken by Youngers and Or
dered TO surrender and lay down
their arms. One detective ran and es-
capped, the other detectives surrendered and
gave up their arms. James Younger then
fired on the detective, who returned the
fire inhicting mortal wounds. The detec-
tive and James Younger are now lying at
the Roscoe House in a critical condition,
the detective having three balls in the back,
Younger is severely wounded in the shout
der
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Sensible Supreme Court

COLUMBUS, o. March 19.-The Supreme
Court to-day refused the application for the
writ of quo warraDto in the case Of Wei
mer against Welsh. In the Senate the
case was taken up on an attachment issued
for three witnesses from Union county.
The afternoon was spent in the examina-
ton Of witnesses.
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Death of n Trapeze Performer.

NEW YORK, March 19.-This afternoon
James Sylvester, a trapeze performer at
Berry's Opera House, while performing
missed the rope and fell, striking his head
on box, and died a short time afterwards.
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Suit for Half n MILAN,
ARKANSAS.
State Aid to Railroads.

LITTLE Rock, March 19.-TO-mOrrow'
Gazette will publish letter from Gov.
Baxter to the President of the Arkansas
Central railroad, declining to issue further
State aid in bonds to that or any other rail-
roads, and giving it as his opinion that the
law under which State bonds We're issued
in aid of railroads in the State is a,nullity,
and the bonds Illegally issued. The Gov
ernOr's letter is lengthy, but is based on
examination by himself and legal advice.
The road upon whose application the Gov
ernOr bases his letter is the one of which
Senator Dorsey was formerly president.
Unsuitable Homicide
In a personal alteration yesterday at
LewisbuTg, Conway county, prosecuting
attorney G. C.. Reid shot and killed another
lawyer named Hill. The dispute arose in
the courtroom over the trial of a case. A
Coroner's inquest discharged Reid, return
ing verdict of justifable homicide.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-20

TENNESSEE BONDS closed in New
York last evening at 9l4 forboth issues.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-20

COTTON is quiet and easier in New
York at 1870 for middling.
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A New England sIoustrositv,

HARTFORD, Conn.,, March 19.-The
white wife Of James Freeman, cOlOred,
killed her sister last night owing to jeal-
Ousy.
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TnE man who answered an advertise
ment to the following effect had his curios-
ity satisfied: III YOU would learn to make
home happy, send fifty cents in postage
TO \. B., etc. Upon receipt of postage 4.
b. replied: Your home would be more
happy if you were less frequently there"
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A MINNESOTA man. writing from South
ern California, is not so enthusiastic about
that region as Mr.. NOFdhOf. He says of
the country around Los Angeles that there
are generally no trees, and the grass is
three or four inches high in places, though
Oh the hills It is barely high enough TO
cover the ground. There are many places
on high ground entirely bare of vegetation,
owing to the want Of water. The rains are
from November TO January, and scarcely
cloud the whole summer and fall. Every
thing is grown by irrigation They can
raise by water not only oranges, grapes,
lemons and all semi-tropical fruits, but
wheat, barley, and all kinds of vegetables.
A Mr.. Rose has 1a5 acres of grapes, and his
wine for the year vas nearly SlOO,OOO. He
also has 5000 orange trees, and gets so
tree for all that are in full bearing. The
Minnesotan considers it poor place for
poor man, and that there is no money in
growing anything but fruit and sheep.
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This Great American swindle


was abated.
Mr.. Clymer sustained the amendment.
MIR. Tremaine submitted that they wer
trifing with the valuable time of the HOus'
and country, and he therefore hoped thai
the amendment would not be adopted.
Mr.. Randall advocated the amendment
tie proposed to fight the appropriations IL
this bill line by line.
Mr.. Mellish remarked that he would at
tempt at every opportunity to
Stop this Stealing
of Sl30,0OO from the treasury.
Mr.. Parker, of Missouri, asked Mr.. Mel
lish whether he undertook to say that the
members of the House were engaged in
stealing S13O,OOO.
Mr.. Mellish repeated what he had al
ready said, that mileage was the great
American swindle. He didn't believe there
was such swindle perpetrated under any
other government.
Mr.. Parker repeated his question amid a
good deal of
Noise and Confusion.
but the Chairman seated that the question
in the form put was not parliamentary.
~sAlr. Parker asked the opinion of the
Ekair as to whether Mr.. Mellishs remarks
were parliamentary.
Mr.. Garfield manifesting impatience)-
Let us have vote.
Mr.. Niblack moved TO reduce the amount
one-hali, and expressed the opinion that ten
cents mile was a just and fair compensa-
tion for travelling expenses.
Mr.. Mellish said he would modify his
language and call the mileage
Constructive Stealing
or legal stealing, but wouldn't withdraw
his expression that it was the great Ameri-
can swindle.
Mr.. Potter opposed Mr.. Niblack's amend
ment because it did not reduce the appro-
priatiOn enough.
Mr.. Cox said they would never have an
end To this discussion unless they stopped
the cash and he hoped the House would do
that to-day.
The discussion which had been very
noisy and excited here closed, and the
committee proceeded to Mr.. Niblacks
amendment which was rejected, IS to 50.
Mr.. Holman suggested as a measure of
peace an the amendment
Repeating the Law
allowing mileage. But point of order was
raised by Mr.. Parker of Missouri, that
the amendment was not receivable.
The committee then rose after having
got through with only two pages of the bill
and the House adjourned.
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Hydrate of Choral.

ST. LOUIS, March ID. II. Gillett,
Secretary Of the Lindell Hotel Company,
died last night from an overdose Of hydrate
of choral. lie had been suffering intense
" from nervous disease, and it is believed
took the choral TO end his existence, as his
physician had specially forbidden the use of
that nrpDaratiOu
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0. B. HART, Governor of Florida.
after a lingering illness, died at his res
-idence in Jacksonville on the 18th inst
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GOLD closed in New York yesterday
at LIZ, after ranging at 1113a1l2.
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GRANT has appointed Gen. McLaws.
of Augusta, Revenue Collector for the
first district of Georgia. Gen. Nc
Laws is a Democfat, and was Con-
federate officer.