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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-05-04
LOCAL NEWS.

We have literary communication,
which We are unable to use because the
author has neglected to send mis- name
and address.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
commencement of the Dls,,,Ier.

commencement of the DistiiIers
CHICAGO, June Sin the United
States District Court in this city,
before Judge Blodgett, the question
of the right of the Government to
seize the books and papers of those
persons whose distille1ies have been
seized on the charge of defrauding
the revenue, was argued to day
The defendants were represented
by the Hon Matt. Carpenter, Sid
ney Smith, Leonard Sweet and Ed
mund Jussen, and the prosecution
by District Attorney Writ Dexter
and others. The Government claims
that these books and papers We're a
part of the personal property of the
distillers, and are. therefore, liable
to seizure and forfeiture. The de-
tense claimed, on the other hand,
that the books and papers are prl-
vate property, and exempt under
the law, not being compelled to
furnish evidence for their own con-
viction. Mr. Carpenter closed for
the defense this afternoon, when
the Judge took the matter under
advisement.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
a 80. 800 Excitement AT the Treas
uprv YAepna ri lent.


Intense excitement was created
the Treasury Department, Washing
ton, on "Wednesday, in consequence OF
the discovery of theft OF package
containing SAT 500 in $500 bills. Treas
urer Spinner Immediately called ID
Wash burne, of the secret service, and
had all the clerks and other employees
examined. No trace of the thief or
the package has yet been discovered,
though Washburne is confident of Sc
curing both. Spinner is very much
depressed at losing such large sum,
just at the time he is preparing his ac-
counts 20 turn over to his successor.
The entire Treasury detective force Is
on duty in the search.
After detailing several thefts that
have occurred in the Treasury De-
partment for the past twelve years,
amounting in the aggregate to over
$50, OOO--about $4,000 of which was
recovered-S. NJ. b., correspondent
of the lnter-Ocean, says:
when you come to group all these
thefts together In a period of twelve
years they seem to be appalling, and
every outsider will be Immediately
ready before he has read this far to
load with wholesale abuse all the
clerks and ridicule the sagacity of
their superior officers. But. my friend,
there are two sides to this picture.
just spend one day in the Treasurer
Office, step out on the gallery that runs
around the cash room and watch the
tills, the drawers, the piles of money
that lie on the counter below; walk
through the Redemption Division,
where a hundred women pick over the
bundles of filthy money that come
from every city in the Union; look In
at the door of the Division of Issues,
where other women, with fingers fly
ing so fast You can scarcely follow,
count the great packages of new mon
ey, that goes to every city in the Un-
ion; run your eye down the long coll
r,mns of figures, six deep, in the pom
tierous ledgers of the office and count
up the millions that pass through it
daily, changing from hand to hand,
now In one form, now in another. and
then perhaps it viii seem to you that
the wonder is ten times as much hash t
been stolen. And, If you still think
somebody's to blame for carelessness,
you might come down here and try to
run it yourself, and see how your ac-
counts would balance"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
Additional nend of County Clerks.

From the Indianapolis Sentinel
As there is much doubt concerning
the requirements of the following law
by those whom its affects, it is given
in fall The Secretary of State is in
daily receipt of inquiries in regard to
Its provisions
An act relating to and prescribing
some of the duties and liabilities Of
the clerks of the several courts of this
State. repeating all laws in conflict
herewith, and declaring an emergency.
Approved March 9, 1875.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of In
diana. That the clerks of the several
courts throughout this State shall be
and they are hereby authorized to re-
3 celve money In payment OF all judg-
nients, dues and demands of record in
their respective offices. and all such
funds as may be ordered to be paid
into the respective courts of which
they are clerk, by the judge thereof,
and SAID clerk, with their sureties,
shall be liable on their official bonds
for all moneys so received by said
clerks. and SO paid into such courts
under the order of the judge thereof,
to any person who may be entitled to
demand and receive such money or
funds from them
Sec. 2. The respective boards of
commissioners of the several counties
: throughout the State shall at their
first regular meeting after the taking
effect of this act, determine the
amount of bond which shall be re-
luired TO be given by the respective
clerks of the counties for which they
are acting respectively, and every clerk
shall give bond with surety, as is now
required by law, in the penal sum
fixed by the board of commissioners
of the county of which he is clerk, to
he approved by said board, condition
cd for the faithful discharge of the
duties of office, and the payment to
the proper person or persons ct all
money that may come into his hands
as such clerk. And if any clerk shall
iail to give such bond on or before the
second record day of the succeeding
term of said board of commissioners
his office shall be and the same is
hereby declared to be vacant and the
same shall be filed, as is now pro-
vided by law for the filling of vacan
cies in said Office
Sec. 3. All clerks, hereafter elect.
ed, shall give bond as is required in
he foregoing section.
Sec. f. All laws and parts OF laws,
in conflict with the provisions of this
act. are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. An emergency exists for
the immediate taking effect of this
act. and the same shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
naSSage.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
National Temperance Convention.
CHICAGO, ILL, June 3.

In the National Temperance Con-
vention this morning, resolution
was passed declaring that the work
by organizations, known as the Re-
form Clubs of New England and Hill
nois, abundantly justi6es the addition
of this agency to the temperance
cause and heartily recommending the
organization of such clubs in every
State and Territory in the Union: al
so, that a committee of three, repre-
senting different sections of the coun-
try, be appointed by the convention.
that persons desiring to inaugurate
such clubs might correspond with
them and obtain the requisite infor-
nation Mr.. A. A. Williams, of
Massachusetts. gave history of these
clubs in his State. He said Maine
had over one hundred of them and
Massachusetts, seventy five. with a
mem bership of eighty thousand.
The following was adopted unani-
mously:
Resolved, That the time has ar
rived more fully to consider the rela-
tons of the National Government to
its responsibility for the alcoholic
liquor traffic, and we hereby ask the
Forty fourth Congress to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of all alcoholic
beverages in the District of Columbia
and in the Territories of the United
States, and prohibit their importation
from foreign countries; to require to-
tai abstinence from all alcoholic bev-
erages on the part of all officers and
subordinates in the civil, military and
naval service. and to initiate and adopt
for ratification by the serveral States
of the Union a constitutional amend
ment, which shall make the traffic in
alcohol as beverage illegal through
out our national domain.
The question of female suffrage was
debated, and resolution was defeat
ed declaring women entitled to the
elective franchise, by vote OF IS to
so. Miss Dickinson made some re-
marks, at the conclusion of which she
was loudly applauded. She argued
that only political organization and
temperance ballots could defeat the
evil OF intemperance.
The convention then, at noon, adj
jeurned SINE DIE.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
The Sheridan Nuptials --- A Very
Quiet Wedding.

4ulet " esAUlnS.
The marriage of Lieutenant General
Phil. III. Sheridan and Miss Rucker,
daughter of Major d. H. Rucker,
Assistant Quarter Master General,
was celebrated at the residence of the
brides parents in Chicago, on the
evening of the Sd inst. The wedding
was very quietly and plainly coaduct-
ed, only friends and comrades belong
ing to the army being present with
their families. The following were
invited and were present with the ex-
ception of President Grant. The
President and Mrs. Grant. Gen. Bel
KNAPP, Secretary of War, and Mrs.
Belknap; General and Mrs Babcock;
General Sherman, General Of the Ar
my, and Mrs. Sherman, and staff off
GERS, with their wives; General Van
Vliet, Chief Quartermaster of the
Department of the Missouri, and Mrs
Van Vliet; Gen. Pope, of the Depart
ment of the Missouri, and Mrs. Gen.
Pope; Gen. Aueur, of the Department
Of the Gulf; Gen. Terry, OF the De-
partment of Dakota; Gen Ord. of the
Department of Texas; Gen. Crooke.
of the Department of the Platte, and
Mrs. Crooke; Gen. r. McFeely, Com
mlssary General of Subsistence,
Washington; Gen. Perry, Chief Quar-
termaster of the Department of the
Platte. The bridal dress was of white
gros grain silk, softened by tulle,
veil, also of tulle, fastened with orange
ffowers. Her ornaments were dia-
mond solitaire earrings, gold necklace
with solitaire pendant, and gold brace
lets, the gift of the bridegroom.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
Necrctary Brfssow On our Financial
System.

Secretary BrfssOW Om our Financial
System.
Secretary Bristow briefly addressed
large assemblage of merchants and
citizens at the Board of Trade rooms,
Louisville, KY, on Tuesday of last
week. He defined his views on ma
tional finances as follows:
L will depart from the purpose en-
tertalned when l accepted, and ad-
hered to till [ entered this hall, so
far as to say in my judgment there
can be no return of real and solid
prosperity until we build our financial
system upon a sounder and surer
basis. 1t must be based upon money.
upon that which is SO recognized
throughout the world, that which has
an intrinsic value and which may be
used not only as medium of ex-
change but as a representative of
value everywhere. We may have an
apparent temporary prosperity, may
initiate values and produce an abnor-
NAL activity. may make one man rich
and many others poor by resorting to
temporary expedients, but l repeat,
real, substantial. enduring prosperity
Is to be reached only on the basis of a
solid foundation of actual money"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

The Democratic party has singular
ideas of government. 1t acts upon
the principle that the general govern
ment possesses no power to do good:
in fact, that it is a do-nothing organ
izatiOn-an ornament TO society and
an asylum for office-holders. They
have always opposed all improvements
by the general government which
were not Immediately connected with
salt water. They evidently regarded
all encouragement to improvements
by the government as pernlcious, but
supposed that salt would operate as a
saving clause in the class to which
they assented. The New York
Graphic, Democratic journal with
independent proclivities, thinks that
party must change its position upon
this subject if it would secure the
confidence of the people. 1t contends
that the monopolies of which the peo-
ple complain so bitterly, are the leglt-
innate ofsprings of Democratic policy,
and that that party must favor such
policy as will enable the government
to protect the people against trans
portation and other extensive monop-
olies. In. short, it plainly sees that
the old Wing and Republican doc
trine of Internal Improvements is
wise and popular. The power may be
abused. but that the people may be
greatly benefited by judicious encour-
agement and assistance in improve
ments affecting the interests of large
extents OF territory, there cannot be a
doubt; and it is equally true that
beneficial results must flow from
proper checks upon the greed of soul
less corporations.-Toledo Blade.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
The Kokomo Tribune is now IN

The Kokomo Tribune is now un
der the exclusive control of the
two sons Of Col. T. @ Phillips. The
last number says Of the senior ed
itor: For several weeks the senior
editor has been lying quite Ill at
his residence in this city. Last
week that illness developed into
partial paralysis, and his condition
was quito serious for time. The
attending physicians have great
confidence in his entire recovery,
but there is this opposition to con
tend: perfect quietude and rest, all
absence of business care, total
oblivion to mental labor, and an
undisturbed peacefulness of his
mind for some time to come will be
required.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
ouis u uiy,
HENRY b. BLACKWELL.
RIcuMoND I'm Nav 81 1871

Mrs PRESIDENT: Through you to
the ladies of your association, | beg
leave to tender my sincere thanks for
your kind invitation to attend your
meeting at Liberty; for there is no
principle that more clearly grows out
of the necessity and fitness of things,
than the right of universal suffrage
it is the basis on which a republican
government rests-and the prattle OF
bigotcd men and tinid women, that
sex disqualifes, is merely the effusion
of an uncultivated brain, or relic of
barbarism that democratic education
has Jailed to eradicate To admire
and eulogize our republican form of
government, and in the next breath
say that our mothers, who brought us
into existancc and taught US the first
principles OF right and righteousness,
is unfit to govern. is parodox that it
would bother Grecian philosopher
to solve. Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM l.. JOHN.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

At the Court House door, in the city of
Richmond: Situated TWO miles above
Arlington and five and half 90 miles
below Richmond, on White Water, known
as the Woods Mill. Said mill mol being de-
scribed in the publication already made,
the subscriber ayails himself OF this meth
ton of said property. Said mill IS III good
running order, with two run of first class
French i,urs, new boiling cloth, and all
other necessary macliinery,with good COM
modious mill house. Also, n dwelling house
convenient to the mill, and full TIN ee-quar-
tiers of an acre of gaEden-fitteen acres OF
land more or less, in all, attached to said
mill. There is a mortgage held by l.. Gaar,
closed TN this property. of some sSio, ana
the subscriber has q mortgage of two hum
dred and fifty-two dollars, on which sum
he will give one years credit at eight per
cent, except the cost of closing said mort
gage, which must be paid in hand
IS-3w JOSEPH 3. LAMB.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

A package of money containing
over $47 600 was stolen from the u.
s. Treasurer's Office. Washington,
last week. 1t was put up with the
intention of sending the same by ex-
press to New York, but before it was
started on its mission some thief pur-
Joined it.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

The public debt at the close OF last
week amounted to $2,274.074.6 $50 "a
less s143. 954. 40 46 cash in the treas
ury The decrease during the past
month. was 81. 1S9, 456 O3; decrease
since june 80, 1874, So 1853 .265 %.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

A movement having for its object
the Ieprieve of Bailey, who was con-
victed as an accomplish of Cheek, for
the murder of Thomas Harrison, in
Dearborn county, a few years since, is
Just now being agitated by the friends
of that unfortunate man. 1t is the
impression that he has suffered
enough for the part he is understood
to have taken in that terrible tragedy.
Franklin Democrat.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

At a meeting of the Directors of
the State Prison on Thursday, the Sd
inst, Col. Schiller, who had held the
position of Warden for a number of
years, resigned, and A. j. Howard, of
Jacksonville, was chosen to fill the
vacancy.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
THE HOPPER GRASS.
He C0Hnetis. from whence and How
ARocky Mountain Pastoral Epic.

He ColnetIs. from whence and How
ARocky Mountain Pastoral Epic.
From the Denver News.
The grasshopper;
He cometh;
He cometh numerousiy;
g He bringeth his family;
Also his relatives,
And his friends.
Likewise his mother-in-law;
And her friends;
As we'll as all that hate her,
And they are legions;
And no green thing remaIneth
where the hopper hath been.
His pathway is the abomination of
desolation.
The ranchman mourneth for his
green fields that were, but are not;
Mayhap he sweareth;
Possibly he saith audible, and crieth
aloud-dam.
What carcth the hopper grass?
1t troubleth him not
Ask the prophets of Kansas;
And the wise men of Nebraska;
And they will answer likewise;
But the relief committee agent lift
eth up his voice and calleth the hop
per Blessed
He cometh in the latter summer
days;
As the winds come when forests are
rended;
As the waves come when navies are
stranded;
Like unto Democratic victory
He alighteth on the potato vine;
And on the fragrant tomato tree;
And the succulent roasting ear.
= ho l.
some;
And upon all other fruits of the
field that cometh late into market;
And they all disappear, and are
seen after that evil day no more for
ever.
And the lady grasshopper maketh
straightway her nest down in the
cornfield;"
And in the wheat stubble;
And upon the hillside;
And all over the sandy plain;
And everywhere else under the sun:
And she filleth the nest with eggs;
And then she continueth to make
nests and ill them likewise With eggs
every day. until the winter days COM
eth and the ground freezeth hard,
when no grass hopper can make nests
-buu lhC SSSS. alS thCy uot lduCH
eggs?
With double yolks?
And warranted to hatch?
Yea. verify, and the warranty is
good.
And the lady grasshopper' mate,
what of him?
Verify | say unto you, he stitch
upon the sweet potato vine, and sing
eth all the glad summer day;
He climbeth up the corn stalk and
loppeth off its verdant branches;
lie taketh no heed for the morrow;
Nor of the groans and curses'of the
irate ranchman;
And in the hottest autumn days he
leadeth the fisherman beside the bab-
bling waters;
And up the steep mountain side;
And over the prickly pears; 60.
And through soap weeds:
And among the thorny bushes;
And when at last the fisherman
falls upon his knees and puts his
hand upon Mr.. Hopper, where is he?
Alas! he is not there;
But he soareth aloft;
And cracketh his heels together;
And laugheth out of his left optic
at the fisherman who is seated on the
hillside,
Digging cactus thorns from his
hands and knees,
And framing cuss words.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
ohio Rep.bl,ean state Convention.

Ohio Republican state Convention
The Republicans of Ohio met in
convention at Columbus. last We'd
nesday, and. after adopting that nee
essary appendage to all conventions,
a platform, nominated the following
ticket: For Governor, Rutherford
B. Hayes, of Sandusky; Lieutenant
Governor, Thomas L. Young. of
Hamilton; Supreme Judge George
w. M'Ilaine; Auditor, James Will
liams, of Franklin; Attorney-G General,
John Little, of Greene; Treasurer, j.
NJ. Millikin, of Butler; member of
Board of Public Works, Peter
Thatcher, of Cuyahoga.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
DEB.

At Boston, wayne county. Indiana. on
AIon,iay evening last, at half-past eight
O'Clock, of typhoid fever, after an illness of
four weeks, J. :. BenhaIIi, Master of Dow
ney Lodge of Free Masons. of that place.
At ten o'clock y. M, Sunday, June 9th,
after q lingering iIlnesS, Catherine Souf-
trains, aged 50 years. The funeral took place
yesterday afternoon at three o'clock.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

President Grant and wife, MIR. and
Mrs. Sartoris. Mrs. Fred. Grant and
Gen. Babcock went to Long Branch,
the Presidents summer residence, on
the Sd inst
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

Ingenuity and economy go hand in
hand. A Yankee is gathering up the
tons and tons of lead scattered over
the Southern States during the reb I'll
ion, and shipping it to Baltimore;
Thus do the old relics of bloodshed
and war go to be melted up into water
pipee and tobacco cases.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

Mrs. Lizzie Cheever and Miss
Sarah J. Noble, of Cincinnati, sisters
of Gen. Lac. Noble. are on short
visit to our city. and are the guests of
the family of Mrs. Jane McCarty.-
Franklin Democrat.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09


By virtue Of an execution r., mo .,,..,...
rom ON, tne aIerk OF the Wayne Circuit Court.
House door in the city Of Rjchmn,.,dde u Louit
county, Indiana, on the 26th day 81 Jnnc
1910, between the hours OF 10 o,ciocL a.
m. and O'Clock p. IN. said fav TIE 60 =.
lowing property, to-wit: ia
A part of the northeast quarter az sectsr.
Is, township ID, range l west, and bounde6
AS follows: Beginning at the southeast en-.
ner OF said quarter; thence running west loo
poles; thence north 60 poles; thence east =,
poles; thence north 50 poles; thence east So
poles; thence south on the section line ITO
poles, to the place of beginning, Containing
80 acres more or less. Situate in Wayne
county, and State of Indiana
To be sold as the property of LEROY N.
Larsh to satisfy said execution in NV
hands in favor of Francis A. Marble
Said sale without relief from valuation or
appraisement laws.
JOSEPH l.. SMITH.
Sheriff Of Wayne county
D. ID. Comstock. Attorney for PLAINTIFF
12-3w-pf. SS-25
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

The Richmond Enquirer paints the
following prosperous picture of the
present condition of Virginia.:
We really believe if the facts could
be ascertained and complete account
taken of the wealth of every individ-
ual in Virginia, including the ready
money he has on hand now, it would
be found that, leaving the single mat
ter of slave property out of the ques-
ton, the people of Virginia are better
off to-day than they ever were in a
worldly point of view There is
plenty of money throughout the State,
and every person has little of it, and
is In comparatively good circumstan-
ces. 1t is more equally divided than
it was, the poor being richer; and the
rich poorer.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

The Lawrenceburg Register adver-
tises applications for liquor licenses
under the head of "Benzine vs.. Bax-
ter
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09
Valuable Mill Property
AT sHERIFF-S SALE.
On Saturday, June 10, 1873,

According to a decree of the Court of
Wayne county, Indiana, the following
property is to be sold
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

Rising Sun has just $50 children be-
tween the ages Of and p years. For
ty two are colored.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-09

The estate of the late John Harper
is worth 100000