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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31
in the Park Bank, when he was pointed

in the Park Bank, when he was pointed
eut to witness by Mr.. Cole. lie did
not remember seeing any person being
with him. He was told by Mr.. Cole
that he was Mr.. King, the postmaster
of the House of Representatives
Julius NJ. Noyes, Of the firm Of Har-
riott & Noyes, testified that he was
acquainted with A. B. Stockwell, but
did not know Irwin. In May. 1872. he
had transactions with Stockwell. but
had no knowledge of the entries in the
books Of S650,OO0 charged to the firm.
\ check for S5O7 ,547, signed by Irwin
and endorsed BY Noyes, was identified
by witness. He said it was what
is called an exchange check.
The entry Of Sb5O,00O was
false as was all such other entries. The
S507 ,547 was only loan to Stockwell
personally for accommodation pur-
poses and not to the company. Wit
ness was paid by one check Of $780,
00C from the Pacific Mail Company, and
the day alter this another check from
the Panama Railroad Company for
s.. 547 was deposited. This was done
simply at the request Of Stockwell.
He had no business with Irwin in
May, 1873. He had no knowledge OF
the entry Of 100000 in Pacific Mail
books to Eldridge and the firm of lr.
win as agents OF Harriott i Moves. Il
any such entry existed it was false.
John P. Ilsley testified that he knew
nothing about the disbursement Of
money to Mr.. King. He lived in Sain,
Paul in the summer time. Witness
Knowledge was only derived from Mr.
Cole.
Chas. W. Griswold Of the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel identified two checks en-.
dorsed by him. One check was dated
May 80, 1872, drawn in favor of w. S
King for Sl,459, endorsed payable tc
Darby, Gcisweld & Co order. Another
dated May 80, 1872. was to W. S
King for $4,000. He did not know fol-
what this money was drawn.
VIM. B. Gage testified that he wa.
cashier for the proprietor of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. w. S. King asked tina
these checks be placed to his credit
The money was paid out in diiieren
sums. King was guest at the hotel
Witness did not remember seeing an,
person with King. His name was EN-
tered in the register on the 10Th day Q
May. 1872, and he left the 3lst of May
TWO DAYS after.
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INSURANCE..

We have got a Farmer Insurance
Company in Minneapolis. 1t has in
sured the farmers so far at much less
than the ordinary companies would
have asked, and therefore it has de-
served our support. But there are
some things about it we do not like.
The great bulk of its assets are in the
hands of bankers, and no man knows
when banker may suspend. We do
not like the idea OF officers of the COM
pany being elected for four gears.
Reports are current that the Secretary
has, in few years, accumulated for
tune of 100000. If this be so, it is
plain he has received more than rea-
sonable compensation for his services.
It is called the Farmers Insurance
Company, but it seems to be run by
CLIQUE Of bankers and rea. estate agents.
Farmers insurance is the safest n
the world. Their houses stand isolated,
they can not be swept by any extern
sive confederation, such as that which
desolated Chicago. Why then cannot
some plan be devised that will give
them cheap insurance!
Why can not one .-uAdred farmers
living in a township, associate them
selves together, each pay to the treas
urer $500 to be loaned on wheat re-
ceipts at safe margin. Each man so
paving IS to be then entitled TO receive
$500 insurance upon the destruction
ofany of his farm buildings; and as
soon as fire occurs and the $oOo is
paid out each member to pay IN So.UO
more to be held for the next sufferer.
Let the officers serve without compen-
sation, except In case OF fire, when
the President, Secretary, and Treas
urcr shall examine the property IN
iured and determine the amount OF the
injury, and their fees shall be PAID by
the party receiving the insurance. Ii
| $500 insurance is not enough make the
amount of deposit $40 and the insur-
ance $1,000. This would give
cheap and safe system and one
directly under the eyes OF
those interested. We know how rarely
farmers homes are destroyed by fire;
we can, therefore, estimate how sale
/ such a system would be.
The same plan could be adopteu iol
life insurance. The Free Masons have
already a plan Of this kind in operation;
one thousand members pay one dollar
each upon the death ST member 1t
is the cheapest insurance IN the world
Why cannot one thousand farmers asso
ciate themselves together in the same
way!
But to reach these results we necc
LEGISLATION: and we Will find the halls o
our State Legislature swarmlng mex
month, as they were last winter, witt
the agents of the insurance companies
denouncing every man who dares to op
pose their schemes. The farmers VIII
read this must talk the matter over
with their representatives; explain t
them what they want aud iorewarl
them as to the tricks of their enemies
The Oranges. too. should djscu - 1t.
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GRANGE Addresses.

The lecturer of the State Grange.
Hon. +. Ayre>, speaks on Tuesday
night, Jan. 5,h. at L. Sueur, before the
County Council OF lie Sueur county.
MIR. AyreS desires lis to say that he
is at the service of county councils,
and subordinate Oranges. and vii, 60
wherever called TO SPEAK and labor in
the interests Of the Order. As no sal
AIRY is attached to his office. It would
be proper for those calling for him 10
make some provision for his travelling
EXPENSES.
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Why Should He No; be Expelled

from chicago 1TlDLue -Slu
Cs@hrndred and fifteen thousand
dollars of Twins corruption fund has
been traced directly to the Hon. Will
liam S. King. ex-Postmaster Of the
House. and member Of Congress elect
from Minnesota. The story about
King which appeared in the Tribune
something more than week ago, and
for which a st. Paul newspaper was
the responsible authority. is thus cor
roborated in its essential particulars.
The country will be panied and shocked
by the confirmation Of that story. We
haze been hoping all along that the in
vessigati Il would prove 10 be part Of a
scheme to depress Pacific Mail stocks,
| and that the committee would not mere
" fail to convict any Congressman Of
bribery. but establish beyond a reason
able doubt the absolute innocence Of
the Congress which granted the subsidy.
It i impossible to entertain such q hope
,onger. Mr.. King must account for the
$4,000 which he received. His own
services as lobbyist were not worth
/ one-tenth of that SUN but he was Just
the man to accept the money ana por-
ton 1T out among the corrupt members.
Tbs duty Of the committee Is to press
| this matter until the full extcn. Of il i
ascer .alned. 1t cannot be. and it ought
mt to be. dwarfed or sighted. fit is
MT fully dealt with now. the first work
o the fertv-.ourth Congress will be TO
decide why William 5. King should not
b. expelled from the House. If Mr.
Kings guilt is established now. the
mkt Congress will be able 70 dismiss
h N summarily.
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Execution Of an Ohio Murderer.
A BIasghemous SpiTitaaIist Hanged.

TOLEDO, O.. Dec. 3O.-John Good
man was executed at Ottawa, Putnam
county. at noon to-day, for the fiurder
of the Haywood family in April last.
At five minutes of y the spectators had
arranged themselves within the enclos-
ure. Tie prisoner was brought in, sup
ported by Simon Naples. an old resi-
dent of the county; on one side, and
Sheriff Sherrard on the other. He was
very pale but seemed tolerably COM
posed. The three assembled
the scatiold together, and
the clergyman then briefly exhorteu
Goodman to look to Christ for mercy,
and kneeling with him on the scattold.
offered brief prayer. The Sheriff then
read the death warrant. adjusted the
moose, and pinioned the arms and legs
of the prisoner, and, on asking him if
he had anything to say Goodman said ::
Gentlemen. this is all justly done.
| committed the crime and de-
serve to suffer for it
bid you all good bye and hope to
meet you in Heaven The sheriff
then shook him by the hand and babe
him good bye, and at two minutes past
l. the drop fell. There was not any
visible struggle. After nine minutes
his pulse was soft at 35 : at ten minutes
it rapidly began to grow feeble, and at
fourteen minutes there was no
pulse at the wrist. At sixteen min
utes the movement of the heart
ceased. His death was probably in
Simultaneous and painless, his neck
being broken in the fail. The body
was laid in coffin and placed in the
jail yard, surrounded by guard. after
which the entire crowd passed througt
the lines to see the face of the deceased.
The remains will be taken by the
parents of the deceased. neither Of
whom was in town at the time of the
execution.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 30.--Jno. Muir.
ply, who was executed yesterday at
Carson. New. for the murder Of J. r.
McCollum, was native Of Scotland
and one time travelled with John. c.
Heenan.giving sparring exhibitions. Or
the scaffold he professed belief il
I Spir taalism, but uttering horrible bias
phemv at the same time.
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From the address OF the Master OF the
National Grange, Master Adams OF Iowa, oe-
liyered at the last National Grange meeting,
at st. Louis, January, 1874:
"Ar.icle XII. also demands most serious
consideration to definitely decide what inter
pretation shall he put upon the word ''pollt-
zeal | am grattIed that our members are
substantially a unit IN the OPINION that
the order should not III any sense become Il
political party Bat at the same time, there
are questions most Fundamentally CDectsng
our nsaterlat interests Which can only De
reached through Legislation. 1t seems M
PEEATIYE that such questions should BE dtS-
cusSed IN The Grange. Shall II be said that
s1leb questions were political IL the meaning
of the Constitution! The questions OF
TRANSPORT ATOM, TAXATION, FINANCE, cox
RuPTIoN II PUBLIC PLACES, are Suck US come
home to the conscience and pockets II our
members, and they wish to know whether
they will be denied the privilege OF canvass
ing them on the ground OF politics"
70 this suggestion the National
Grange replied as follows in Their
NATIONAL PLATFORM.
eve emphatcaily and sincerely assert the
oft repeated truth taught III our organic law /,
that the Grange, National, state or subordl-
maze, Is IlOL Il lJOlltINti VI l'Ai -
ton. No Grange, ii true TO It's obligations,
can discuss political or religious questions,
or call political conventions, or nominate
candidates. or even discuss their merits IN
It's meeting
Yet the PRINCIPLES We TEACH UNDBRLI
ALL TRUE POLITICS, ALL TRUE STATESMAN
SNIP, and ii properly carried out VIII tend TO
purify the whole political atmosphere oil our
country For we seek the greatest good 10
the greatest number.
We must always bear III mind that no one,
by becoming Patron Of IIusb4ndry, gives
up that lnalenable right and duty W hich be-
loMgs to every American citizen, to take a
proper interest in the politics qt has coun-
try"
We propose meeting together, TALKING TO-
sRTnBR, and generally ACTING TOGET.-
ER, Tor our mutual protection and advance
nent'"
''Wc are opposed to any such spirit and
management of any corporation OF enter
prise rs tend to Cypress the people ana ioi
them of their just profits.
1--WE are opposed to excessive salaries ant
high rates OF interest
The State Grange of Minnesota, a
their meeting at Manh alto, on the It'll
of December, 1874, adopted the follow
ing resolutions
Resoired, That we propose to exer
else our right of suffrage III defense o
our own interests. and IRE promise 4
act Gnitediy at the ballot bog agains
those who prove themselves hostile o.
indifferent to our welfare.
Resoired. That while religion or pol
tiles should not be discussed in the
work of the order. we hold that eact
Grange has q right, and that il IS IL
dtu,to discuss and understand all n
great economic questions Of taratloh
pb,ch und3rfie or prosperity as u pr
pie, and that tpa propose 10 ersrctS
that RIGHT regardless ~ Us Effects apo
political parties on politicians.
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Market geports.


Receipts of wheat have been some-
what larger to-day than yesterday.
Prices are without change, buyers pay
ing Sic for No. l, 7Sc for No. 2 and 64c
for No. 3.
Trade in feed and provisions is rather
light, with prices generally unchanged
Receipts of dressed poultry continue
equal to the demand. Fresh killed is
in good request. Chickens are quota
bic at to Sc; turkeys 9 to 1Oc; geese
Sc. Old killed state lots drug on the
market, and , to SC lower.
Dressed hogs quiet, with quick sales
this morning at I to Lee for good
sound lots. .
Mutton and beef are in very moder-
ate request at previous quotations.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31

Hon. Ebenezer Ayers, Lecturer of the
State Grange. organized a subordinate
grange P. of II. Tuesday night last. at
Marine Mills, Wa ,h;agton county, with
the following officers = Master. Hugh
Campbell, Ove-Secr. James Meredith !:
Lecturer, 7. F. Walker: Steward. Jo-
seph Dew of; Assistant StewardO W.
Erickson, Chaplain. August Bush .
Treasurer. Marcel Gagnon; Secretary,
Adam Amos Gatekeeper. James Al
corn; Ceres. Mrs. II. Campbell: Po-
mona. Mrs. Mary f. Bowling: Flora.
Mrs. Sarah Acorn Lady Assistant
Steward. Mrs. Ellen Meredith.
Mr.. Ayres speaks at Poin, Douglass
Saturday night next, and instals the
officers Of the Point Douglass Grange.
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Network Money and Stocks. Dec. 30.
Associated Press Repert)

active. Stocks active and strong. Western
Union 79a; Pacific Mail 37-v; Adams Elk.
lie: Wells x Fargo IS; American 81; United
States 81; New 70 k Central l0l i; Erie
y preferred as; Harlem l2o: preferred
i25; Panama ia; Illinois Central 99h;
Pittsburg IS; Northwestern AN; preferred
81 i Cleveland 4 Columbus SO; Rock ISL
and 1929: Milwaukee & st. Paul So: pro-
ierred St \; Wabash 2Oa. preferred %; TT.
Wayne 93s: Ohio SIX Indiana Central
9h; St. 10 254.
Specie shipments to Europe to-day $780,
900, OF which $780, 900 was gold coin.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31

The German consul at San Sebas-
tan. Spain. informs his government
that the captain and portion of the
crew of the German bark Gustav have
been imprisoned. and that the Carlists
fired upward of 1000 rounds at the
vessel whilst endcavoring to enter the
harbor.
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PERU
A Rebel Army DisIOdged from its
Strongh hold and DisrerSed.

New YORK, Dec. 30.-Advices from
Peru state that the government troops,
after two days fighting. have forced
Pierola, leader Of the revolutionists, to
abandon his stronghold on the heights
of Tonta. Pierola and his principal
officers escaped into Po.ivia, while his
troops scattered in I'LL directions.
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$40 A N.-Wi.eat quiet; No. /, 91c; NJ
?, 81 December, O4c; January, Dxc
February, 81 Hc No. | hard, Joac. Re
oeipts 55,1yO bushels; shipments 600
1890 a. Wheat unsettled; No. l, 93c,
No. 2. soc; December. so.c; January,
l2:i0P. NV heat quiet at &c for hard;
81 20 for No. /, 9gac for No. 2 cash and
January, and Pike for February. Dressed
hogs Sc live 6kg7.20. Barley, No. 2,
sl.25h; No. 3, gill.
IF. x.--Wheat qniet: No. !, s4Kc; No.
2, ooac; January, 3oac; February, 9ikc;
No. i hard, g7c.
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Scranton { oal Sale~.

NEW YoEK, Dec 600 600 tons were
sold a. follows: 5000 tons Dalton's crate =
Is 22xQ525; sou tons egg at a6NK@
$50; 10000 stove coal ut $6.22g625. md
600 chestnut At 87Kg4W.
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Grange Department.

from the Constitution OF the National
Grange of the Patrons OF Husbandry.J
The ULTIMATE OBJECT OF THIS ORGANl-
ZATIOS IS FOR MUTUAL INSTRUCTION AND
PROTECTION.
Human happiness is the acme Of earthly
ambition individual happiness depends
upon GENERAL PROSPERITY
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31

Flour dull at s4.e5g5.I0. Wheat firm and
quiet at sll2Ii.i6. Corn, old firner; held
at sc af.oat new frIner, held at g0c; $40
bid Oats quiet and unchanged.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-05

THE KIDNEYS, although but little un-
derstood, are among the most important
of the vital parts. All diseases per-
tanning to them Or to the organs they
supply with health and vigor, in eithersex.
are cured by Helmbold's Extract Buchu.
By Helmbold's process Buchu becomes a
specific No other chemist has so skill
fully extracted its virtues. Sufferers will
avoid Disappointment, failure and expos
ure, by obtaining only Helmbo7ds Buehu.
For sale by all druggists.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-05

WHTsKEY AND WEED.-Intelligent ply
siologists and pathologists admit that all
so-called medicines containing alcohol
whether they emanate from the regular
pharmacopeia and are called tinctmes, or
from the Empirical Rum Mills. and are
labelled ''Tonics are essentially danger
GUS and destructive The only way drunk
enness can be arrested is by restoring the
integrity of the nerves ESPECIALLY the
nerves of taste and the great sympathetic
nerves, and purifying the animal fluids
and these objects are more certainly and
swiftly accomplished by the use of DR..
WALKER's VINEGAR BITTERs than by any
other means. Hence, probably, the opin-
ions now so generally expressed, that this
pure preparation is a sovereign remedy for
the evils referred to. Should it be clearly
ascertained that VINEGAR BuTERs is not
only specific for indigestion, liver disease
nervousness, scrofulous ulcers and erup,
tions, and host of other disorders, but
also for inebrity, thousands will rise uE
and call the discoverer blessed
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-05

vice agent Of the Treasury Department, to
the effect that he was employed bv the
government two years ago to ferret out
frauds relative to Jordan, Marsh & Co.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan, Anthony Evans,
lately employed on the police and fire
alarm telegraph of this city, tonight. on
the street, met his wife, from whom he
had been separated, and, after few words,
stabbed her in the side, inficting two prob
ably fatal wounds. He then slightly
stabbed himself, He was arrested.
WILMINGTON, n. G., Jan. 3.-Two sea-
men and the steward Of the German bark
entine, 'Adolph Won Bareh,' were snffo-
Gated by coal gas generated from stove in
a close cabin last night. Two other sea
men are in a critical condition.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 3.-B. o. Rogers. for
several years bookkeeper for Samuel Davis.
jr., & Co s pork house, in this city, was ar
rested, yesterday, on the charge of en-
bezzling money from his employers. The
amount is not known, but supposed to be
over S12, 900. 1t is understood that the
money will be refunded to the firm by
Rogers father. Ell. - 80
New YORK, Jan. 3.-Nathaniei French,
Appointment member of the Masonic fratern.
ity in Nassau, n. H., has been missing
since his arrival in this city nearly sil
months ago. After careful inquiry by hi
friends and the authorities the discovery
has been made that within twenty-f foul
hours after French reached this city he was
brutally beaten and robbed, and carried t.
the Bellevue Hospital, where he died from
his injuries and, being unclaimed was bu
ried in the Potter field
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-05

RAPID NUTRTuoN-It is the opinion OF
medical authorities that the fundamental
distinction between the strong man and
the weak, the energetic ruler of men and
things, and the feeble imbecile,-is simply
this: that the process Of nutrition is ear
ried on with greater ease and rapidity in
the one than in the other. What was it
that enabled Napoleon to undergo those
prodigious privations, without which his
genius would have availed him so little :?
An uncommon faculty Of rapid nutrition.
Now the two great fellow partners in this
work of nutrition are these: FooD, which
furnishes the capital; and STIMULUS,
which invests it,-that is, influences each
part of the body to take up from the
blood so much of the food-nutriment as
it stands in need of i! Outdoor exercise is
| the bestH stimulus :" but multitudes can
not get that. Such persons will find the
used of DR.. Gottleib Fisch's Bitters un-
speakably beneficial
This subject continued next week under
Verdict; Starred.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-05
An Ordinance
Relating to the Assessment and Collection o
Water Rates in the City of Rnck Island.

SECTION l. Be 1T ordained bg the Cifu Council
Of the Gay of Rock Island, That all the water
by the Board. of Water WORKS CommissioI,ers and
not repealed by said Board, are hereby ratified and
approved and declared 10 he in full force and that
the same, togeIhe, with all water rates and assess
meats hereafter passed by the Board of Water Cons
mfssioners regulating fixing the price upon the
use Of wafer supplied by said works, or for anyoth
or purpose Connected with said works, after being
approvedsby thctity Council shall be and the same
is hereby declared to he lien np0n the premises
and real estate upon or for which the same is used
So. All water rates shall be due and payable on
the frat days of January and July in each year i'll
advance.
SO. The superintendent of the Rock Island Wa
ter Works is hereby constituted and appointed the
collector OF all wafer rates and assessments for said
Water Works. He shah he required. before enter
ing on his duties to give bond to the City of Rock
Island in double the amount of the total sum of
ter fats LOT ae year eonaltloned Tor inc
as city and township collectors are required. He
shall provide himself with suitable books for enter
ing the descriptions of each lot or tract supplied by
said Water Works with water, with the name of the
owner thereof He shall us soon as possible after
he first days of January and July of each year
give notice in the corporation newspaper of SAID
water rates being due and at any time, after thirty
days from first days of January and July respec-
lively, the said superintendent may make out lit
OF all those lots or tracts upon which said water
rates are due and unpaid with the amount seyeraly
due upon each and return said delinquent list to
the County Collector, who shall at once proceed to
collect said tax and to publish said delinquent
list in the corporation newspaper for the time
and in the same way and he shall apply for judg-
ment against said property for said rates to the
same conrt. at any term, in the same manner as
near as may he in all things az in case of delinquent
taxes for state, county, township municipal pur-
poses. under the general laws for that purpose.
4. For failure to pay the water rates assessed
against any lot, tract of land within thirty days
from the first days OF January and July respectively
in each year. the superintendent of Water Works Is
fully empowered TO shut off the supply of water
from said lot or tract and may elect to bring suit
either against the owner thereof in the of the
city of Rock Island for the of the Rock Island
Water Works or assess the same against said lot
tract as in of this ordinance.
S s. The superintendent of the Water Works
shall not receive any fees or percentage for collect
ing water rates assessments aforesaid. but his
salary shall be deemed in lieu of all compensation
for such services. f rs, zes,. ..
Passed Dee 81, 1873
Approved: BAILEY DAVENPORT, Mayor.
- Attest: JOHN BARGE. City Clerk 3d3t
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-05
LOCAL NOTICES.

The American boneless sardines received
the grand diploma of merit over all com
petitors at the World Exposition, VIENNA
1873. Better and less than half the price
of imported sardines Sold by all first
class grocers. Packed only by the Amerl-
CON Sardine Co., New York Ll0-30d&wly