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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-01-20
From st. LOpls.


RAIu MAD AcGfDEr7 E
81 Lows, January is<- The aeeltentt ~
the 81 Louis, Ansas Uty and Nsrti4rn
railroad at ldeste creek SaturSBy
night, was csdssa 1ths bresking ftn
axle Of the tender three hundred yards
from q bridge. Three cars jnmpcd the
track and running against the end Of the
bridge and knock ed % aruss completely
off the abutment ard the cara fell TO the
bed OF the creek, abou. twenty fect.
Isaac Cstss of Boston, president q ths
Iowa A'entrNi road, was badly bfahsd
aboutahc abdomen and internally injured;
d. IL. Pickering, general superintendent
Of the same road slightly hurt snd Hon.
ia = Rhlus wac also conidetae'y in.
jured. - 90 Or y
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sIscs the murder In juno las. of Wa

SINCE the murder In Juno last Of Wal.
worth BY HE son, parricide and frstricide
have alarmingly increased. On Thursday
last Freeman OF Jersey City, aged twenty.
seven years, shot his mother to death IN
sAs prsssncs Of his sisters, because Of
money mAttsrs; and now Bob Turner, OF
P0tosi, Wisconsin, is under arrest for the
mur1sf Of his brother Albert. Bob de-
scarcely credi.sble statement, however.
but showing great nalignity Of heart.
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From Panama.

PANAMA, January l9.-The trouble eI-
pected 10 arise in he South American
states has in measure blown over, chiefly
owing 10 the Intervention of Mr.. " H..
hanson, United States minister to Cen.
trail America, who has been able to per.
sua1e several presidents to submit ques-
tons in dispute TO q meeting 10 DO called
OF al! tho presidents OF Eve states.
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From Little Rock.

LITTLE Rock, January lo.--Ths su-
preme court to-day decided that the state
treasury certificates were receivable FOR al
state, county and municipal taxes, except
state sinking fund taxes. This decision
has had the eact TO run state scrip up in
price. 1t is quoted as selling this svenin &
at G5 cents.
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BAD news for the people Of Gslena
General Grant, It is said, proposes to To-
cate permanently ct Washington, upon
the expiration Of his second term III no
can't get third. Whether he will keep
livery stable or cigar stand in the capt.
tai has not " yet, however, been deter
mined.
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An lilustration OF tho way in which
Boss Shepards comprehensive system Of
improvements works in Washington il
found in the fact that recently, in the
equity court Of that city, q sale Of real es-
tate was set aside by Judge Wylie on it,
being shown that there was lien on tho
property in the nature of n tax for gen
ersl improvements amounting 20 four
times its sdjudged vslue-the seller hav-
ing warranted the property TO be FREQ from
all encumtrances.
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HOUSE.

hol OF.
WAsHlHGToS, January ls.-Mr. Will
son, of Indiana, move TO suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution 10 incrcas cur
rency. Lost by the following vote Yses
1856. Nays, 9S---a two-third vote being
requered to carry.
Mr.. Wilson said that this question Of
increase Of currency was exciting a great
deal of public attention, and therefore he
had drawn a resolution expressly for the
purpose of testing the House and letting
the public know whether or not there was
TO be an increase Of currency. -..
Mr.. Cox wanted to offer an amendment,
bu. the speaker informed him that he
could not do SO under q motion to suspend
the rules. a vote was taken and resulted
yses-l26. Nsys--9S not
voting in the affirmative, the resolutions
were objected.
The speaker appointed the committee
on expenditure. in the department Of JUS
tico, as follows; Zner of Virginia, Par.
sons, Williams of Michigan, Speer an 1
Durham. 4... a.s-e 81. $50.
Mr.. Young NOV cd TO snspend the rules
and pass the bill providing that all
| printed matter, printed by order of the
government and bearing the official sigma
| ture Of o member Of either hsuse OF Con-
! gress snail pass through tha lnaua -fraa nf
The motion was rejected yeas II, nays
| le3.
Mr.. Butler offered u resolution instruct
| ing the Judiciary committee to inquire
whether further legislation is necessary to
prevent tho Illegal use of tho Uuited
States flag on commercial vessels etc.
Adopted.
MIR. Cox suggested tina. the resolution
seemed TO be reelection upon the admin
istr.tion.
Mr.. Cotton presented tho petition OF tho
Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque railroad
company, and the Chicago, Dubuque and
Minnesota railroad company, and many
citizens Of Iowa, asking that the railosd
bridge across the Mississippi river at
Clinton, Iowa, be opened to the use of all
railroads connecting OF that point that
may desire TO use the sane. Referred.
Mr.. Cox presented a memorial of The
national bonrd OF trade, to. reform cum
bersomo and difficult custom laws OF the
United States, and against the system OF
Infamous moieties aud arbir.ory seizure
Mr. Hooper, from the committee on
Coinage, reported bill allowing coinage
to DO executed at United States minis for
foreign countries, and sent il to the clerks
desk, who had read portion of the
Chinese proclamation, authorizing the
circulation Of the eagle trade dollar, lato-
~ coined in the United States. Tho bill
passed
Mr.. Sypher introduced a bill to provide
for an examination and survey of the Min.
nessota river, in the state Of Minnesota,
and for sn estimate of the cos. of construct
ing canal with locks and dams on the
same. Referred
Mr.. Clayton asked leave TO introduce
resolution, instructing the committee on
commoree to inquire into the prsoticibi-
ity and e1pediency Of constructing a ship
canal across the Isthnus of Darien or bv
the way OF Nicaragua iehuantipec or any
other route Several members objected
The House adjourned. %F
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GRANTS Secretary of the Treasury
Richardson, stubbornly refuses either 10
die or to resign, but certainly he ough. TO-
DO one or the other -
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Tus number OF patents granted in En-
tlsNasa sa:r; s:' sSo Il is, ooc
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From Madrid.

MADRID, January l9.-One Comba,y,
who served az colonel in the Paris Com
mune, was captured az CsrtegenH
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RIVER NEWS.

Office of Observation. Signal Service L. >.
army. Daily report OF the stage OF water.
with the changes for the ~ hours ending
. o'clock p. m. January l., 1874,
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"WHIN Shall We Three meet again -
meaning, Of course, Grant Williams and
Caleb Cushing.
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The Pacific Mail Steamship company,
state the reason their new vessel, the City
Of Asnama, did::not sail was owing TO her
builders not having completed her outfit
No engineers, sailors, coal or passengers
have been on boasi the vessel, and could
not therefore, have prsvenecd the depart.
urcof the vessel BY stsike. Il was Not
intended TO take passengers On hoR dsst
trip, rs the managers desired "a make .
trial trip TO see how her machinery would
work. before ssondiag her to the Pacific
coast
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InpoRrAxr IL true, --Tha, Mark Twain
wss born Ia Missouri.
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wnAr Richardson knows Abou, fnsnce
Zoo, 900.
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From New York.

NEW York, January ~. A. vii
liauis aud Edmonds, were arrested here
with stolen treasury warrants in their pos
session. They have been sent II Waok.
ingtuh.
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cor siderAtion OF the resolution Repeatedly
the finance eomlnittse was resumed
Mr.. Wright siiressed the Senate --Hs
had listened s!tentivsly 10 get light
the subject but found words Lad ehly
dark ended his cour,e. .>
The Chairman Of the finance Committee SO
furious for resumption says himsef BIO
ventures no opinion nor commits himself
TO any theory. Ia bis (WrightH judg-
ment our currency had no more Ia do with
monetary disnrrangemonts than the bal.
ance pole Of An acrobat or a last years
birds nest. He denied that cur currency
had DEPRECATED during the panic. If our
currency was hshonored now, 1t was
technically dishonored week after its
issue. Was the nation 70 DO al ldged q
bankrupt bee sussit failed - pay tcr. these
notes one Kind ofieg 4, tender fcfsauotbef.
Every particle of the property Of this vast
country is pledged foe the redemption 9!
these notice, and they are az good now as
they can be made The nation bad not
violated Its pledge, and there was no truth
in the clsmor Of bad faith The real in.
quiry now is, is 1t practicable, having due
regard for the rights oftte bill holder aud
the interests Of the government, 20 return
20 specie payment lie thought ridt, ard
| dared any one TO show that the govern.
m en-. bad departed from the purest moral
| ity. When we have that property and
| trade which we should labor for, then that
| grand fac, Of specie resumption
will -, b. accomplished. "a Why
all this s,tuggle,c get back to specie pay.
msnts. He had been answered because it
is ,hs worlds currency. He thought tho
world would get over some of its old no.
lions on this subject. Nations were be-
| coming moro intimate with each othnr
-nu w0rEIng together more hsrtnoniously.
! A. this sytem increased. the world would
| adopt a currency not so cumbersome. He
did not favor the substitution OF demand
notes for greeuback.. He would have but
| ono paper currency and that Issued di-
| recily by the government. The national
banks we're organizations Of necessity and
inquiry now was worthy OF attention II
there was further need of them. a suitable
time should be given TO wind up their sf-
fairs. il we could not have one currency
issued BY the government, then he favored
free banking, with the adoption Of the
English matchmaking the stakeholder La
bic to the extent of his means. His prefer
ence though was for ono currency by the
government, upon which no interest
should be paid the reception OF certain
per centage Of those notes by the govern
ment in the payment of important duties.
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"Below high water marx.
EDWIN GARLAND,
Observer Sig. Ser. u. 5. A
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-11-06
"a OrfMAA

WASHINGTON, Tenn, October 80, 1874.
The many friends Of our old aud esteemed
iellow-citlzen, Judge Franklin Locke, will
deeply regret to learn Of bis death, which oc-
CURED this morning at half past o'clock, OF
pneumonia. Deceased was born in Rhea couu-
~, Tennessee, in the year 1911, where he liv-
ed tll the time of his death. He filed with
efficiency various offices Of honor and trust in
our county, among others that OF County
Judge. Was man Of undoubted integrity.
charitable to the poor, kind to the widow and
orphan, benevolent to the church and her in
situations. Well might we say ''this day n
great and good man has fallen" and ask the
question, where is there one to fill his place
BY his death the profession of law has lost
one of its purest and most learned members,
society one of its most solid pillars, and the
church one of its brightest ornaments. He is
gone from among us, but his example is here
let us initiate it, A FRIEND.
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srIEnspFF.s SALE.

DY virtue of an order Of sale lssiied from
ID the Office Of the Circuit Court Clerk OF
McMinn county, Tennessee, and to me direct
ed, will offer for sale to the highest bidder,
for cash In hand, at the Courthouse door, in
the town of Athens Tennessee, on Monday,
the It'll day of December, 1874, all the right,
title, interest and claim that j. H. Magill. has
in and to the following described lands to-wit:
100 acres, lying in the LIST civil district, Me-
MINI county, Tennessee, adjoining the lands
Of Eldridge Neil, |. $. Garrison and others
Also. 40 acres, lying in the LIST civil district,
McMinn county, Tennessee, 1st range, west of
the meridian 81, 18th section, 40 acres square,
in the southwest corner of the southwest
quarter Of said section. Levied on as the pro-
perty of j, II. Magill, to satisfy judgment
and costs that Manlove, Richards & Meadows
recovered against said Magil and ]. 5. Garri-
son. stayor. A. c. BLEVINS, Dp'y Sh'tf.
Nov. 0, lS74-4t-prs fee $5,00-362
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SaEEEslEIs,s SALE.

DY virtue of two orders of sale issued from
ID the office 0f the Circuit Court Clerk OF
McMiun county, Tennessee, and to me direct
ed, will, on Monday, December the eth, 1874,
offer for sale, NJ the Court-house duor, In the
town Of Benton. Polk county, Tennessee, To
the highest bidder, for cash In hand all the
right, title. interest, claim and demand that
Nancy witt has In and to the following ie-
scribed lot Of land TO wit: Two Hundred aud
forty acres. situated in section seven. town
ship one, and range four, east Of The Basis
line, Ocoee district Polk county, Tennessee.
Levied on rs the property of Nancy Witt to
satisfy two judgments for costs in the orders
obtained against her in the Circuit Court Of
McMinn county. Tennessee. Oct. 81, 1879.
j. Il. BROCK, sheriff Polk Co.
Nov. O, 1SIA.lt-prs fee 81 ,00.362
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Chips, and Things.

At Memphis, Jacob Thompson's house was
fired and burned.
Goods are eheaper In this city at present
than at any time for many years.
A man in Colorado sold his wife for fifty
dollars aud a mule.
Noek-a-chick-a.me, a good old Chippewa
chief, died near Saginaw a few days ago.
Indiana's product Of hogs this year will be
! 80, 900 less than last year.
The statement that yellow fever prevailed
at Mobile Is contradicted.
Dumonts Foundry at Cincinnati was de-
stroyed by fire last week.
Western New York reports an inch OF snow
last Saturday.
The Republican ticket for President in 1876
VIII probably be Washburne and Blaine.
An interesting revival Of religion is progress
ing in the Baptist Churches at Knoxville.
Salina Grove, Pennsylvania, had a $l20, 600
fire last Friday night.
Hopkins Liquor Store, Nashville, was de-
stroyed oy fire last Friday night. Loss $35, 900.
The number OF great men in this State has
diminished considerably since our last issue.
Raw rice is said to be preventive OF chick
en- cholera. and a sure cure for the disease In
! its early stages.
The New York Mail mentions ga Michigan
woman who has just made her ninth husband
the happiest man in the world"
Predictions are current that the next Presi.
dent will be elected by the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes.
| II Is said that Tennyson has received $500.
600 from his publishers, for the sale Of hi,
poems.
Of bed these mornings and hang around the
cook stove to warm bis heels.
Rev. DR.. James Barclay, missionary to Je
frusalem, died last week, near Huntsville, Ala.
bama.
How about Hobbs now? And the funding
billS And the assessment law? And the peni
Tertiary lease?
opossoms are selling in South Carolina at O.
cents apiece IN North Carolina, market over
stocked and prices nominal.
! If you want to get drink in Rhode Island
now, You play game of bagatelle and pay fol
] ~ HHb thN uiiHh 10 SiN tH toh' MI SaulVs Ju
! bagatele are out OF fashion.
John Crossey, the carpet manufacturer o
England, who employs six thousand hands
intends TO establish branch Of his establish
nent in this country.
Three executions will take place in Penn
sylvana the 18th Of November: Undertook Al
Westminster, and O'Meara and Erwin at Mon
troSe
Eyes, Job suffered some, SAID nm Illinois dea
con, "but he never knew what it was to hav,
his team run away and kiln his wife right ii
the busy season when hired girls want the,
dollars a week."
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SslEselEF'S SALE.

DY virtue Of an order Of sale issued from
ID toe Office Of the Circuit Court Clerk of
McMlinu county, Tennessee. and to me direct
ed. will offer for sale to the highest bidder,
for cash In hand, at the Courthouse door, IN
the town Of Athens, Tennessee, on Monday,
the 9TH day Of December, 1874, all the right.
title interest and clam that J, II. Magil, has
in and to the following described lands, to-wit:
80 acres, In the iirSt range, west Of the meri-
dian, lliwassee District, township ID, section
20, south half Of the southeast quarter Of
said section, bounded on the east and south
by Wilson's heirs, on Che west by John Sher-
man. on the north by II. l.. Shuts, situate In
the 4th civil district, McMinn county, Tenn.
Also. 20 acres II being three fourths of 30, ~
ing IN the 9Th civ,i district, McMinn county.
Tennessee, beginning at the northwest corner
OF the northeast quarter of section 0, town
ship 4th. range lst, east Of the meridian, run.
ming east 100 poles TO II stake, thence west 10
poles TO u stak g, thence 20 deg. west, 90 poles
to the quarter section line TO n stake, thence
north TO the said line to the beginning. lev.
led on rs the property Of j. II. Magil. TO sat
isfy judgment and costs that ). Is. Spurlock
q Co. recovered against said Maglll, and |. =.
Garrison, stayOr. A, &. BbENINSj ID. Sh'f.
Nov. q, 1STi.4t.prs fee SG,O0.3G2
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PUBLIC SALE OF H.AND.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION issued
ID from the Office Of the Circuit Court Clerk
of McMinn County, Tennessee. and to me d.
rccted, will offer for sale. TO the highest bid
DEL for cash in hand, Mt the Courthouse
door, In the TOWN Of Kthcns, on Monday, the
It'll day Of December, 1874, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit: Thirty.four acres Of
land, more or less, lying in the 9th civil dis
trict, McMinn county, TengesScc, bounded
by Jas. A. Tucker, james Lowry, and the
heirs Of Jefferson Lowry. One other tract OF
land lying in the 5th civil district, McMinn
county, Tennessee. bounded by the lands OF
l. j Glaze, a Newman, and James Lowry.
containing Eighty acres, more or less. Both
tracts Of lund lcyied on rs the property Of
james II. Magill, 10 satisfy an execution aud
costs obtained against said j. II. MaNll and
|. $. Garrison. his security, In favor Of Evans,
Fife, Porter Il Go. This 2Gih October, 1874.
REUBEN FAULKNER, Constable.
Oct. 30, lSIi-4t-prs fee $3Wl-36l
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"A uu2 Susaa.

The Augusta Commercial Report and Mar
ket Review quotes wheat for milling purpo-
ses steady at 40 for prime white, and 1,3Oa
l.35 for red. Western corn LIS. Georgia, 90
nl.00 per bushel
Horses, average saddle, $l,GO; average har-
ness, $780, Mules, good medium, broke,
$l,4O We quote as follows from the Record
The trade in Tennessee poultry, butter, eggs.
etc, isvery active. Shipments are liberal but
not by amy means in excess of the demand. -
There is considerable inquiry for larger anu
iatter turkeys than are Offering, at 1.25al.jC
apiece.
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GOOD AND CHEAP GOODS
srsEREFF's SAFE.

DY virtue Of six orders Of Eaie issued from
ID the Office Of the Circuit Court Clerk of
McMinn county, Tennessee, and 10 me direct
ed, will offer for sale, TO the highest bidder,
for cash IN hand, ut the Courthouse door, In
the town Of Athens, Tennessee, on Monday,
the 7th day of December, 1874, the following
described property. to.wt: One Hundred and
fifty acres of land. more or less, lying In the
LIST civil district Of McNIinn county, Tennes-
see. being the same lands ms described In Ma
jor l.. Wallis deed to J. II. Magill, dated i7lh
October, 1872, bounded as follows: ON the
west by Sylvester Thompson, on the n0rth ny
NJ. Il. Garrison. on the east by VIM. Branneln,
on the south by j. G. Neil and Joseph Neil.--
Also, one town lot, containing -Four Acres,
more or less. in the ith civil district, McMinn
county, Tennessee and in the town Of Mouse
Geek, containing three dwelling houses on
same, bounded on the east 10y the lands of
Il. Tenn, Va. Il Ga. Railroad, On the W est aWi
northwest by II. l.. Shuts. on the south by
the street between the Mouse Creek Academy
lot and Magill's property. Levied on as the
property Of D. ii. Magil, to satisfy the follow
ing judgments and costs: Two In favor Of
Ewing d McCaugherty against J. II. Magill;
one IN favor Of phillips, Jackson & Co. against
j. ii. Magil; one In favor OF Phillips, Jackson
a. Co. against Magill, Stalcup Il Magill; one
in favor of Roberts, Smith Il Co. against j. II,
Maglll; one in favor of Dung, Smith, Fields
& Co. against j II Magill.
One thousand dollars realized in the sale OF
the four acre tract is TO be paid into Court for
the purpose Of purchasing u homestead for the
said j. II. MOgill. A. G. BLEVlNS,
Nov.6, lS74.4t-prs fee $S,0O-3G2l Dep'y Shif.
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SHHEREr'a"S SALE.

DY virtue Of an order Of sale Issued from
ID the Office Of the Circuit Court Clerk Of
McNlinn county, and to me directed. will
offer for sale, TO the highest bidder. for cash
In hand. at the Courthouse door, in the town
of Athens, on Monday, the 18th day Of No
vember, 1874, the following property, to.wit:
One Hundred and Thirty Acres Of land, more
or less, lying In tie list civil district, McMinn
county, Tennessee, bounded on the north by
James Carter, on The west by NJ. q. Smith, on
the south by w. b. H. REAGAN, on the east by
Jefferson Glaze. Levied on n the property OF
W. q. Kelley, to satisfy Judgment and costs
that w. II. Brlant. Assignee Of A. Forrest, re-
covered against said w. @. Kelley.
A. g. BLEVINS. Dep'y Sheriff.
Oct. l6, 1S7d-4t-prs fee 81, 00.35p
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Public schools.
COUNTY SUPERISTRSDRST'sO OFFICE,
Mouse Greek, Tenn. Oct. 27th, lsI

COUNTY SUPERISTRNDEST's OFFICE,
Mouse Greek, Tenn, Oct. 27th, 1874.
To the School Directors and Teachers Of
MeNlinn County: The time is close al hand
when good many Of our schools will have 10
close, unless continued by subscription, which
should be done wherever IL is possible. There
will be about the same amount Of money this
year that there was last. All the teachers
who taught last year have been paid, except
two or three, as far as know. 1t is impor-
tant that those Directors who are in debt TO
their former teachers. when they are calcu-
laiing as TO the time the schools should run,
TO take into consideration the present indebt-
edness: 1t l. necessary that the teachers make
full report TO the Directors, as required by
the directions given in the register. When
the school closes the school regulations require
the teacher to report the average number be-
longing, average number in daily attendance,
total number Of days present, total number Of
days absent, number Of days taught In each
month. per cent Of attendance. 1 hope that
each teacher will comply with these reguia.
tiOns, and when the school closes, certify I'M
the register the number of the school, the
length Of time taught, and return the register
to clerk of the Board of Directors, rs il be.
longs to his office; 1t will also enable the clerk
Of each board TO make his report TO the Coun-
~ Superintendent with accuracy and prompt
ness. Very respectfully,
JOSEPH JANEwAY, Co. Supt.