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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-01

Thu temperance question is to
attract the attention Of Congress
Senator Howe has introduced reso
luton authorizing the President to
appoint five commissioners, without
pay, to examine the economic, moral,
criminal and scientific aspects Of the
liquor traffic, and to report to Con
gress its effects on crime, social vice
pauperism, and the public health
Should this bin pass, the work OF the
commissioners will be by no means
light.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-01
TEACH Err

4 UGtsF AlchAELIS, TEACHER OF MUSIC AND
y German. Residence on Naple street ona door
east Of R yaud + Hoi.oway's BANK as47
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-01

MUSIC Al.

SyrILLIN TuEMUSIC TRADE NoTwITIISrAND
- ing the assertions of interested parties continue
Is supply the people OF Grant and adjoining counties
with ths bcst Pianos, organs aad Nelodeons te be
found to the market For prices sal terms address
Geo. I. walker, Lancaster, Wis. 2S-4i
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-01
DENTAL.
HOTELS.

b.gFE CooMEs, DENTIST, BOSCoBEL, Wis
~ once over Sawyer Faycrs store Tan r. ie0na
.uru- uaurs from 4. N till p NJ L5-4l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-01
BANKS.

uODGEs & McCARN, BANKERS AND DEALERS
| | In Exchange aud Government socurites, Platte
VILE Wis. Particular attention given TO Collections
ana ,roceeds promptly RENTED on day OF payment.
Refer to Henry Clews Co., n. Y L. Edgeron, \ T.;
Second National Bank Chicago, National Bank OF
60, 24-30
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-01
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

nsTRACr OFFICE FOR GRANT COUNTY. Jol
4 eph Book. Lancaster. once over the Bank 24-;
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
The Comet and the Earth.

From tine Philadelphia Ledger.
The discussion Us to whether the earth
will or will not pass through the comet Is
still continued, but it is more a curious
question for astronomers and scientists than
one of intense interest for the other inhab-
itants Of the earth The time was, and
that not many years ago, when the prOba-
bllity or even possibility of collision be
tween a comet and the earth excited great
alarm. But all this has passed away.
There is but little room for doubt that the
earth'S atmosphere passes through the trails
of several comets every year, and that in
November, 1872, it passed through dense
part of what was before that time known
rs Biela's comet But there was no greater
visible or known result to the earth by
reason of this collision than a brilliant me-
teOric shower along the shores of the Medl-
terranean sea, but even that was not known
elsewhere for a considerable time after the
event We published an account of it at
the time in translation of letter from
an Italian astronomer to Mr.. Marsh, of this
city The result to the comet, however,
was much greater, for there was scarcely
much more than Il shadow of the cOmeta-
nv body left. The astronomers, equipped
with tine most powerful telescopes, had u
difficulty in finding what was left of it. 1t
is now reasonably sure that at every recur-
renee of ''star showers" and especially of
the NOvcmbe and August meteOric displays,
the earth's atmosphere is passing through
the tail of Il comet, and the meteOrs are nu-
merous or meager in proportion as the neb-
ulOus vapOr of the tail is more or less at
tenua'ed
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
NOT THE ONLY SUFFERERS.

Gen. Pope, commanding the Depart
ment of Missouri, in a recent letter to
the Governor of Kansas, testifies that
grog shops are producing their legiti-
mate fruits on the frontier, as well as in
the more busy haunts of civilization. A
telegram giving the substance of his
letter, says:
General Pope says in relation to trad
ing firms at Dodge City who have. in
violation of law and to the incalculable
injury of peaceable and honest farmers
and frontier settlers of Kansas, estab-
hshed trading posts or rather grog shops
in the PAN Handle" of Texas, seventy
five miles along the Arkansas to trade
with buffalo hunters and ruffians. who
have invaded the Indian country and
committed violent and inexcusable out
RACES upon the Indians, he has no word
of sympathy or concern, and if he should
send troops to the locality of these un-
lawful trading establishments it would
be to break them up, and not to protect
them. He says to the unscrupulous and
illegal transactions of these people, the
murder of innocent settlers on the front
ACA oiO idhSely dItIlDultDle, ana llltN
ought to be punished and not protected
We can assure Gen. Pope that the
people of the frontier are not the only
sufferers from 1.-THE INSCRIPTIONS and
illegal transactions of these people. -
The effects of their actions are not visi-
ble, it is true, in the butchering and
scalping of a few frontier settlers, but a
long catalogue of crime and large
amount of pauperism attest to the "un-
scrupulousness" Of the transactions" of
this class.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
i NEU- MILTON.

We notice an account in tie Chicago
Tribune OF a recent date, Of a nation Of
people. who We're discovered in New
Mexico. by the expedition against Tie
Apaches. last year. L comprises, &c
cordine 10 the account. - trac- Of
land. zuU mites square. which is rich !"
reiic- Of our coEutry'a uuiuown past,
and contains chain OF ancient cities
in ruins. and cotcrie Of ancient towns
II ,al..bited by race which holds
-... ..pof from Indian. Mexican or
American, and pfides itself ON is de-
scent r.a,I the ancient inhabitants o.
the country" We clip TIE following
with regard to this strange and iuier-
e-ting people:
The largest settlement Is IN Ncvr I'eEi
60. abOnt 30 miles south &; the border
line. Il iSa type of the rest. \ strong
| wall surround, It. Within are houses
! for about i. .OG0 people The population
has dwimdIcd. however to about I.oiO.
! TIE place was mentioned hy Spanish
/ Jesuit who published. in 1873, a desrTip-
! tiDn Of lis wanderiugS iE a.uerica.
! About 1873. another Jesuit wrote II mi
/ mute account Of it. This account is true,
| in nearly every detail, to-day. The IAN
! .1Ia.-;. resembles the Chinese. Souu ar
/ dent aTcilaoUlo-ist, who visited tie city
/ year ago. SAYS. Some OF the minor
| customs correspond to those OF the CHI
nc>e. The women are OF the true G."
l,.stial typp-almond eyes. protuheraui
bodies. little feet. etc They drcS, thci'
hair and themselves in Chinese fashion.
| Their religion is barbaTouSly uugui'i
cent. MOntezuma Is their deity. Isis
coming is looked for at sunrise earl
day. Immortality i, part OF Iarir creed.
| The priests lave IIyGN !y-c!nbrn.d"r.o
robes which have been used Tor ur:ErH
| bercd wears The ceremonies az fur
ship are formal and poInpous. tai' !.:@-
raiity of this strange people, a. .ar "a
| least as foreigners are concerned, IS l-
reproacha5ie. 1t is probable tt'"E asses
keep "a record of events by iIya!~ d,
| tvimg peculiar hECjs in long co-is
| This. if true. seems to establish >oIu.
kinship or remote cqUjint"ncesi.j9 b"
tween them AID the Aztecs. Their ,1.v
ernment j. a conservative r-Pva''
| Power i Vr>tC'I III H council C- Il-tfj-. .
caciCuys Six of diem are :, leotcG "a"
! life. Old ueu are generally chosen, j!
order that their term OF Office may uv
be Unfortunately long. The resnjiG.n
seven are elected from time TO ,i.D"
One Of them IS the Executive. AEoJhc
is ii sort of Vicc-president. There - Z
War-CiIief, Il Chief of Police, etc
These seven caciques are usually youu.
men. They scrve ba5 few months
| Suffrage is universal. It Is scarcely
necessary TO supplement these fact
with the statement that these dwrIieT
in towns are quite far advanced in civil
izaticn On this point, one fact speak
volumes Women is not a beast Of bur
den among them, aS she is with all th,
Indian tribes She is held in high r.
spect. Her tasks are confined to thOs,
uf house keeping.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
4 NEW SCHEHE.

Mr.. Alfred b. Mason, of Chicago, has
an article in the July number of the
NelC Highlander, in which lie brings
forward a new scheme of minority rep
resentatiOn, which is worthy attention.
We give the )lan in the following
extract from the article in question:
After every general election of law
making body, let the aggregate number
of votes cast by each party be ascer-
tanned. Divide this by the number of
Representatives elected by the party in
question. The quotient will be the
number of votes which each of those
Representatives is entitled to east.
Suppose that of 800, 600 voters, 8,
500, 900 belong to one party and 5000,
600 to the other. 1t is quite possible
that the Congress chosen by these voters
would stand 200 tn 100. This estimate
gives less proportional weight to the
majority than it has in the FOrty-third
Congress. While the parties in the ma
ton Were as seven to six, they would be
in the House as two to one. The legal
majority in the latter would be 100; the
equitable one %. But apply the plan
here proposed. Each of the minority
has g, OG0, 600 divided by 1G0 equal to)
30, 600 votes; each of the majority(3, 800
600 divided by 200 equal tO) II, 500 votes.
The end sought for is attained. The
strength of each party in the House be
comes precise index to its strength in
the nation. Every vote cast at the polls
counts in every vote taken in the
House. There is not an unrepreSented
man in the country.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
"S;raiaing at Gnat and Swallowing
CameLn


Wash. Correspondence Cincinnati Gazrtte.
We had some heart-rcnding scenes last
week. durin. the period Of di-missin. the
employees from the various departments.
Like bows lighting the match which is to
ignite the powder. ami then running for
life Congress at the very extremity Of
the session passed the bill reducing
clerical forces. and then beat
hl-rv retreat 50 they might not
witness the effects Of the catastrophe In
the Treasury Department there are employ
ed about three thousand souls. three hun
lrcd and iiftv Of whom were turned out in
10 the streets. without previous notice, and
with two months salary in advance, 70 try
rL0ir fortunes elsewhere. This salary IN
advance sounds very generous, but when
Tell Won tia; nearly every person had
-4H. g. GruelIrur on him or her. that many
u-re purchasing homes by paving monthly
il-'. ..l MS. that all We're more or less IN
,ualar-I. v0u will readily see that this pal
.--- ....agar. with nothing definite IN pros
.-f was hardly % drop in the hucaet.
'...l DOOR leI--a'c women died from the
-f... One lHl 20 son away % school,
.a.a. ..a ag- p.aaHiug herself 10 educate;
smother .l4.. 81 family uI i've children, the
n...--' not quite twelve. Three or four
..-- l.-lsa- inmates Of the insane asylum,
Co.. --Hr'- arc -.rs unto death. The cX-
chan. commend lhi- action Of Congress,
r-- ...v speak ss tina. which i beyond
t.--- s.l o. al the mi-decds Of this
sHa-g. g iI-t gone homo, ;hi- j. one Of the
....- Infamous. They voted themselves
:.r.. 81. s. .lI increase Of salary: they were
carr.-is a'-I IN Credit MObilier and other
-.-..sia .r.Ti-. rlr- igvc tri-d To increase,
.-.t... ....- d.iH.l.-l, tLc national debt, al
t.lG-l Jl---r cgy hi- been retrenchment;
.l.l .a ..a.I, "a moral 90 their speeches, they
..r. thrust poor. hc.pie-, har!-wOrking
women and famiiy-riiIen men out on the
world and jHen turn 10 the people and say,
So. sLat we are doing to decrease the eX-
raa-e- 81 this gOycrHment' If these dis
mi--t.s we've necessary, IL would not be
o ste 80 gross az outrage, but there are
very f-7r who can really be spared The
officials ,4g they are really embarrassed.
and those who remain Will be burdened
with extra duties. Civil service reform is
needed, bat not the kind we have had
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
THE CHILD OF NATURE.

There is an effort in progress over in
Erie county to secure the settlement of
the bail forfeited by r. r. Sloan, and the
impudence of the demand is heightened
by the fact that Mr. Sloane'sfri ends ask
as a provision of the settlement, that the
criminal prosecution against Sloan shall
be withdrawn. Speaking of the matter
the Sandusky Register says:
1t cost Erie county two or three hun
dred dollars to procure the arrest and
conviction of Stafford, who was sent up
for three years by Judge Lane. for de
frauding Col Lyman out of 800. which
he paid back, even before his arrest, and
no tender-hearted lawyer or next friend
appealed to the Court or Commission
for the release of the petty thief, but
when the case of Sloane. the rich and
arlstocratic criminal, who has stolen hmm
dreds of thousands of dollars. forged
vouchers, notes and drafts. demoraliZed
every man who maintained intimate re-
lations with him, and set an example of
dishonesty and brazen impudence nm
parallelled in the history of our citv. In
and behold! a small army of friends an
pear i'll his behalf and beg for mercy for
the petted Child of Nature. not because
he is innocent, but because when he did
steal he stole magnitico Mt fortune.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
Thr geffetaulllall.
FindIay, o., July Ia, 1874.
DODGING THE QUESTION

Judge a. II. jackson, Of Bucyrus,
has written a very lengthy and compre-
hensive letter to the Cleveland Plain
Dealer in favor Of the proposed license
clause in the new constitution. The
burden of Mr.. Jackson's arguments were
not TO show the advantage Of license
system, but to show the disadvantage
Of prohibition, and to this end he coin
pares the number Of arrests for drunk
enness in several Of the principal cities
of the Union as compared with Boston,
which city has a Prohibition law. He
then shows that there was much lar
ger proportion of arrests for drunken
ness in Boston, according to population,
than in the cities Of Brooklyn, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati, Detroit, Louisville,
New York, Providence, Rochester, San
Francisco and Washington City. But
does this show that there was more
drunkenness in Boston than in the 9th
er cities named, or does it not rather
show that there is more effort made by
the authorities Of that city to punish
and suppress drunkenness In another
part of his communication the Judge
says that drunkenness is regarded as a
crime in Bo. ton. Is it 50 regarded in
Cincinnati, or any Of the other cities
named? A man may become as drunk
as he chooses in Cincinnati, and unless he
becomes disorderIy, or makes himself a
nuisance, he is not disturbed by the po-
lice. Even if he becomes disOrderly,
he is very likely taken care of by some
member Of the police force, and taken
to his lodging house instead of being ia
ken to the lookup. How inconsistent,
then, to compare the arrests in Boston
where the penalties Of strict LGJC are
Tigidly enforced to brooklyn, Cincinna-
ii, or st. Louis, in one of which cities
there is no law on the subject, and in
the other two the law is allowed TO re-
main a dead letter. Let the cities OF
Brooklyn, Cincinnati and ST Louis pass
as stringent laws against drinking as
has Boston, and enforce them as rigid
ly, and then there will be some Justice
in such a comparison; until then the
Judge might as well try to prove that
there is more bigamy in Ohio than in
that crime in the former State.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
Pen Portraits of the Beecher Investigating
Committee.

FIR m the New York Sun.
Henry W. Sage is deacon Of the church
and a Trustee of the Society. He is an eX-
tensive dealer in lumber. His liberality is
attested by his gift of $4,000 to found the
Lyman Beecher Lectureship on Preach
ing in Yale College; $500, 900 to found
the Sage College for Women in Cornell
University; S40,O towards the building
of church in Ithaca, New York
Augustus StOrrs is of the commission
house of StOrrs Brothers. He is a member
of the Plymouth Board of Trustees and
Treasurer of the Society.
Henry NJ. Cleveland was originally from
Connecticut, and people of that State will
remember his services few years since on
the State Board of Education. lie has
been a member of Plymouth Church some
fourteen wears, and is a member of the Ex-
amining Committee. In business he is a
member of the large paper house of ii. {.
Hubert IL Co.
Horace Il. Claflin, one of the Trustees
Of the Society land with the exception OF
its President, James Freeland, the oldest
member of the BOard-in service, not in
yearS), has always been known as one OF
the foremost men in the affairs of the SOcie-
ty, and as IL business man needs no refer
enCc.
John WinSlow is the District Attorney of
Kings County, appointed by Governor Dix,
and is member of the law firm of Van
| Cott, Wmslow & Van COtt, is leading
| member of the Church of the Pilgrims
| (Dr r. s. StOrrS), and was on the special
committee calling the late Congregational
| Council.
| S. V. White, the Church Treasurer, l,
| prominent in all the Plymouth Church and
| Sabbath-school work lie is a well known
| banker and broker in New York.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17


Inn ana you from lie -a-r1-. -a...--- .-
q, -GF,--eF .U4E-i. L- Is letter ROW thai
lie committee should NOT report. and ia
pace OF a report ~ 5eecher himself
s--'''ii i-.s'A- ti-e - -t-.i-eit which have
suggested. 1f t-.it Il t--- committee does
I"-.J.'' tl~ report should be recoI-
...-. % III i'a-t--er 70 make such
-'.-
Ills '--.-.--.-.!t l-i not satisfy tL@
Committee. who insisted that Nr. Mcui-
rou .aould make q decided s-4-.,r.,.-.-
eli I... .-r...rr. =r. -. -,
-'.'-. ~
i"r-'i' ~. I'-'iN-h 70 90 az that time.
The eo'a'AiJt~- said 5Aat they would uo-
consent To- the comprglur~.. which WIS
holm, -ofg.,l.-r.,I fr,.-.l4. NJ. ~.
..-..' '.-.. -.-F ''-'.. ....
must 2" "H-
The most -grur.-.u. E-r-I.ul..-r.- r..
,r.a ,..... ,r.r,. r...
o.. ,'-
4'Ii'"i ii'- statement taken -f'iA .-H.'.E
York dispatch. under date olju.E HI.
II SAYS:
Tb.o7,-.. ,r.I-,.,..- ,r-r. ,.,- I...,. D..
f,r,. tl,.. cl,.,-,f-ra.. ST.. -. -. -
- .,,-r..If,.r..,,- ,.r I,l,. I-.,,Ia,...
version or the matter \ disagreement
has resulted between the man and wife
ana Nf7, li!'1i, il.i7 ir-t her .ius"9i'2. II
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

ALL whose sleep is disturbed by fears
of being hustled out of bed before day
light by the unwelcome presence of the
comets tail in their vicinity, will derive
some consolation from the results of the
investigations of Prof. Chapman. This
gentleman, as are all other scientists
who have access to a telescope, is strain
ing his eyes night after night in watching
and noting the peculiarities of the comet,
and he says - that the light of the tail
is so faint that he has not succeeded in
getting any spectrum of it. When a
telescope is directed TO the tail, the
worst oft is you see through ii. Nou
see no tagible object, only a faint, diff
fused light. And the more powerful the
telescope you employ, the more yOu
don't see anything at all. .'-Ctereiand
Herald
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
UOUEWIRD RGFVD.

The New York TriJuac, Of recent
date, says:
Ii has been known for several months
TO the steamship companies that thous.
ands were leaving this port for Europe
every month At the same time that
reports are coming in Of AN enOTuous
falling of in the numbers of incoming
steerage passengers, il Is found that cut
ward bound steamers are filled with
steerage passengers, as never before
Nearly 2OOO steerage passengers sailed
from New York last Saturday for Liver
pool. Queenstown and German ports
This is more than twice the number that
would be expected from Il comparison
of the records of former years. and an
other large company will sail to-day
In single steamer, the Brittanic, of the
White Star lire, more than 100 paS-en-
gers had engaged passage yesterday at
noon. The books were then closed, and
the company refused to sell any more
tickets, though S2j was offered FOR
a passage the nominal price of which
was only SIS. On other steamers there
is also large demand for tickets. The
class of emigrants who are thus filing
tilc Outhdlu bOuiiU o'I''iii'lii - - 'ii--''''
to that which Is each day arriving ~
Castle Garden.
Since the panic Of last September the
dearth of employment i'll every kind %
labor has proved disastrous to the mex
| perienced emigrant, and the effects an,
now seen. After struggling as best the!
can for some means Of support, for Il
| few weeks or months. their money i al
length exhausted. and their faces arg
quickly turned to the land of thei
| BIRTH
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
Gen. Garfield and his Clerk.


To the Editor ~ the ECtniHg Post:
The statement first telegraphcd from
Washington. under date of the Sth, 10 the
EtsEiH4 Pl,t to the effect that il was pub
licly asserted in that city that the private
secretary of General Garfield has been borne
upon the rolls of the Postmaster of the
House for four wears without performing
anv service-an assertion which has now
been adopted and made positive by other
inurnalS-dOes great injustice by implica-
fion, to one of the most faithful and laborl-
Gus of the Nations representatives and ser
wants. Gen. Garfield for the past four
years has filled one of the most arduOuS
and responsible posts OF public service
namely. that of chairman OF the House
Committee on Appropriations; and any one
who knows ANYTHING about the business
which comes before this committee, and
the necessity its chairman is under OF IN
ouirinr into and familiariZing himself with
every department and bureau OF the Gov
ernment involving the expenditure OF pub
lie moneys, knows that the mere business
Of writing and answering letters pertinent
To the service i sufficient TO wholly occupy
the time of one man, even though ne De
professional shorthand writer and expert.
To critici>c Gen. Garfield for calling to his
all in doing his public work an emplOye OF
To saving that he shall not have the requi-
site and necessary tools to execute the trust
which the House has devOiycd upon him;
and the intimatiOn conveyed in the Wash
ington telegram referred to, that the servi-
crS Of the secretary in question had been
used to further Gen. GartieldS private in
tcrrStS i both unfOunded and ungenerOuS.
We use the term ''ungenerOus," for 1t is a
matter of general acknowledgment that the
annual estimates of expenditures, with
such full and clear explanations, haye new
| er in the whole history of the Government
been laid 50 promptly and so satisfactorily
| before the House and the country as during
the four Years since Gen. Garfield has been
/ at the head of the Committee on ApprO-
| priatiOnS; and although possessed of one OF
/ the kindeSt of natures and in manners most
courteous, his position as the watchdog
| of the Treasury" necessarily exposes HIN
/ to the cnmity or animadversiOn OF every
man who finds his pet scheme for making {
raid on the exchequer Overhauled or thwart
ed And hence, undoubtedly, the origin o
most of the recent attacks and SlCrs whlcl
Gen. Garfield has had to encounter.