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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-23

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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-23

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23d2twlt At Whisler's Old Stand
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-03
/OLIzICAL.

The Republican State Convention of Ohio was
held yesterday
The subdued air with which the democratic
journals of Pennsylvania speaks Of the action OF
the republican convention would seem to indicate
that they had been suddenly derived Of very
stable and esteemed bone.-Iribune.
There are said to be indications that Secretary
Biistow intends TO come out openly as Presiden-
tial candidate.
Gen. D. Ii. Hill Of the Confederate army, hay
ing commented disgracefully upon the deaths OF
distinguished Union men like President Lincoln'
Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Sumner, and others, is walked
into by Parson Brownlow. who says, among Other
things: at is such publications and charges from
the pens and tongues OF the disappointed and
whipped ours and spaniels of the late war that
keep alive the embers Of discord, and prevent the
honest people from harmonizing and forgetting
the past
jeff. Davis is still harping upon State rights
In Texas, he said at is the foundation of this
State and Government, the rock upon which they
stand, and if in error it has been swept away, SO
surely as we live will the American people return
to it and again assert their rights" By the way,
Texas paper styles the ex President Of the Con-
federacy "a played out old fraud" and intimates
that his hypocritical speeches will not blind the
people of the North or South to his real character
True enough.
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GENERAL NEWS.

| Senator Boutwell, has resumed the practice of
law in Boston. occupying his old office.
New Workers were preparing fer grand Ma 'oDic
display yesterday at the dedication of the New
Temple.
Horace N. Weld, employed in the registry Dc
partment of Boston Post Office, has been arrested
for theft.
The girls who are to graduate at one of the East
Boston schools have voted to wear nothing but
INEXPENSIVE dresses on the occasion.
The total amount of the recent whisky seizures
is estimated at a quarter of million dollars.
Heavy failures in the London iron trade have
occurred, and serious consequences are appre-
hended.
Schools for girls are very numerous In Italy.
and they under the care of female supervisors,
paid by the State
1t is in contemplation to unite the basins of the
Black and Caspian seas. The canal will have to
be $50 leagues long.
The tobacco crop in West Virginia will be al
most total failure on account of the unusually
cold weather Of the early season. The hay crop
will be short and wheat only tolerably good.
A new life-raft called the Rescue, has been
tested in England with good results. 1t is to un-
dergo q thorough inspection with q view to being
adopted, if found suitable, in the royal navy.
! The legislature of California has passed law
forbidding any discrimination against the female
teachers in the matter Of pay. In future it must be
equal salary for equal grade.
An attempt was made by eight masked men to
rob the Mahaiwe National Bank of Great Barring
ton on Friday night, violence being used to the
cashier and his family. A patent chronometer
lock proved an obstacle that could not be over
come.
| Mr.. Carruth of Vineland, with bullet in HE
head, is able to walk about and write a card with
drawing from journalism, and Col. Anthony Of
Leavenworth is getting well again in spite Of the
doctors assurance that he could not live. 1t is
hard to get an editor out of the way with bullets
Paul Boyton, who started to cross the English
channel from Cape Grsnez, France, to Dover in
his life saving suit, on Friday morning, succeeded
in accomplishing the feat. lie landed between
Dover and South Foreland at three o'clock or
Saturday morning. having been in the water con
tinuously for % hours and 81 minutes.
The corpse Of an American actor, John Black
ford, who, three years ago made an attempt to
ascend the mountain without guides and did no,
reappear, has just been found in a mass of ice and
snow that has been detached from Mount Blanc
by the melting Of the snow. The clothes and
features Of the unfortune man were on the day
he was lost
The French have tool called thistle puller
made of wood, and looking very much like pain
Of blacksmiths tongs Five or six old women
armed with this instrument, can clear an acre Of
ground of its thistles in incredibly short space
OF time, and with hardly more bending of the
body than house maid displays while sweeping q
carpet
The Court Of Clsims gave opinion Monday
, in the case Of the Union Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny. The suit was brought to recover the one, hall
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sra TE We WIS.

A staging around ship which is being built at
the yard of Skolfeld Bros, gave way on Monday,
carrying with it seven men, two of whom received
injuries which will probably prove fatal and the
others more or less badly hurt.
Only the representative of the Portland Press
accompanied Prof. Donaldson on his balloon yoy-
age, on Monday, from Portland. They were up
about an honr and had delightful SKY ride IL
was Prof. Donaldson's Hath ascension and his
passenger was the l9ith he had taken.
The students at the State College are trying to
raise funds for the erection of gymnasium, the
people of Webster having agreed to furnish the
lumber. A good gymnasium will be appreciated
bv them. and they will doubtless be able to raise
the money speedily
The legal salary of the Mayor of Portland is
$500, but Mayor Wescott refuses to take more
than $500 for his services.
short time since fine, well built schooner
was launched from the yard of Vim. Beaslee Il
Co. in Bucksport. She was built by Thomas W.
Holder and named for him. Her size is 200 tons.
John Saunders is to be her commander. S. =.
Hall, Isaac Partridge and 5. Bennett are the
principal owners.
The Times saws that valuable Leiier owGc II by
Hon. c. X. Whidden of Caais, killed by a
bear Monday forenoon, his farm at Bailey
vile, but q short distance from the buildings. The
marks on the ground show that the heifcr made a
desperate fight for life and was knocked down
three times before she was killed Tie bear is
one of immense size and has avoided repeated at
tempts to kill or trap him.
Wool in Aroostook from so to 40 cents per
pound.
Messrs VIM. Adams & Son, of Hodgdon's
Mills, Boothbay, have recently launched two
steamers intended for the porgy fishery.
A case of small pox has appeared in Calais. 1t
need occasion little alarm, however, as it was
promptly discovered and the patient removed TO
the place provided by the city for such cases.
$4,000 people attended Barnum's circus, in Pert
land
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THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.

The Boston Advertiser SAYS:
There is disposition in some quarters 10 cavil
the Presidents letter, and to impute to 1t sin
lister meaning which does not appear upon the
surface. That is the quintesscnce of psrtsanship.
1t is just as easy to believe it written In good
faith and with a sincere desire to remove the only
| real obstacle which many republicans have thought
was in the way Of their uccess-athough 1t is
evident the President himself does not agree with
them on that point
The Boston Journal says:
The President simply says that he is not can
ddate for denomination, and lille he frankly adds
that he would not accept a nomination II 1t were
rendered. unless it should come under such cir
cumstances as to make it an imperative duty he
also explicitly says that this is "a circumstance
not likely to arise"
In other words, the whole matter is left where
the Constitution leaves it, with the people OF the
United States 1t has been safely deposited there
during the eighty-fve years of the national exist
ence, end there is no doubt that it will happily
take care of itself during the present exigency at
least, seeing that we have at length this complete
understanding between the Executive and the
people. The Presidents enemies, of course, will
continue to be dissatisfied, and will fight hard to
keep spark Of vitality in their old favorite hum
bug but they will find it impossible. The repub-
lican party of the several States will 60 on with
the declarations made already by New Hampshire
and Pennsylvania, if they shall still judge them
expedient. But the delusion in fact is already
ended beyond the possibility of resurrection, and
the country will honor President Grant for the
malicious and laudable manner in which he has
put his foot upon it.
The Washington CORES pondent of the Adver-
tiser says:
1t has formed the basis Of talk throughout the
day. Only those who do not desire to believe that
the President has no designs on another term are
finding fault with it as not sufficiently explicit.
Those who should know most of the Presidents
real purposes in wiring it declare it to have been
intended as distinct announcement that he is not
looking to third term, and this is the interpreta-
ton put upon it by the Presidents warmest sup
pOrt(rS.
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of the amount earned for the Government trans
portaton, but now withheld by the Government
to pay the interest advanced when the subsidy
bonds mature The Court gave judgment for the
Company in the sum Of S5l2 $3.50.
The colonial mace belonging to the executive
department OF South Carolina was borne in the
centennial parade at Charlotte. The mace is now
the only remnant of official royalty in this section.
1t is made of silver, gilded over with gold, and is
said to have cost two hundred guneas. 1t is about
four feet long and Of some considerable weight,
being surmountcd with the crown and great seal
of England, around the verge of which are the
two faces of the provincial seal of South Carolina
highly embossed, and other ornamental devices.
This mace has in it $1,000 worth Of silver, and its
antiquity renders it invaluable-C Charleston Ne1cs
and Tovyitr.
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of the courts complained that the magni-
tude of the French army was source of
danger 10 Germany, and that Germany
might be compelled in self defense to
strike the first blow. The French govern
msnt disclaimed any hostile intent towards
Germany, and by the meditation of Eng
land and Russia the cloud Of war blew
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The season for planting and sowing
has been remarkably favorable, and we
presume it has been well improved in this
State. Grass looks well generally. and
the field crops are starting finely under
the influence OF the warm sun and refresh
ing showers. There is yet some planting
to be done, but the work of the season is
well advanced. All the signs thus far are
favorable for good returns to agricul-
turists.
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The New York papers speak encour-
agingly of the prospects for business,
They say the Spring trade has been better
than last year, and that signs of improve
ment are visible in all quarters. They
regard the long depression of business as
ended. and predict confidently better times
as the year passes. and still better when
the new year comes along.
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The late remarks of Lord Derby in the
House OF Lords in relation to the recent
rumors of the probability Of war In Europe
show that there was some basis for the
reports German representatives at some
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Reuublican State Convention.

CITY HALL, FOHILAND'
Tuesday, June 18th. 1875, Mt IL o'clock
A, M, Tor the purpose of nominating candidate
for Governor and transactirg any other business
that NAV properly come before this convention.
The basis OF representation will be as ioiioWs -
Each city, town and plantation viii be entitled
70 one delegate and one additional for every 10
votes cast tor the Republican candidate for Cover
nor In 1874 A fraction of 40 votes, additional TO
the full number for delegate, is also entitled TO
delegate.
DELEGATES are authorized to fl! vaeanc!es ohiy
with actual residents of the coun'y to when TIC
town belongs. -
The State Committee will be IN session d. ~
O'Clock ON the morning OF the Contention Tor lhe
reception of credentials,
JAMES G BLAINE, kennebec, Chairman.
WILLIAM p. FRYE, Androscoggin.
HENRY o, PERRY, Aroostoek.
STANLEY T. PULLEN, Cumberland.
All. s. DAVIS, Franklin.
JOHN ID. HOPKINS. Hancock,
JH H. HEwETT, Knox.
5. MARBLE, Lincoln.
ENoCH FOSTER, JR., Oxford.
JOSEPH W. PORTER, Penobscot.
+. A. THOMPSON, Piscataqu!s.
Ed. SEwALI, Sagadaboc.
81. WALTON Somerset.
FRED AwTOOD, Waldo
NELSON 5. ALLAN Washington.
JOHN HALL, York.
MAY &th, 1875.
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local anD State Mems.
THE CASE OF WAGNER.

Hearing ON the Petition for "a wit of
ErrOr-NO DecfsiOn Yet reached-Gpr-
don's Case not mentioned.
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Special Notices.
Personal NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that all officers, sailors
and soldiers, wounded, ruptured or injured in the
ate rebellion. however slightly, are entitled to
Pension, and thousands OF pensioners are entitled
to an increased rate. Apply Immediately through
DIR. E. Il. JACKSON,
Late Surgeon, United States Navy.
No. 4, New Chambers ST., New York. oct29-sDtly
, 1875-11-13

two quouea were tied together 80 TINT their
ownors wero violently jerked backwards as
they trictl to go in opposite directions. tho
victims showed no sense Of llu'nor. They
fell upon eact other tooth aud nail, smashed
,nost OF tho unstolcn articles Of furniture, md
cn1no out Of tho conflict themselves in sou'c.
thing Of The same staso na the Kilkenny cats.
Instruction In htmor has since been aban-
doncd. This was l,astoned by what seems to
haye boon stroke OF hunor on tho part OF
tho moat promising pupil. When tho family
Of tho philanthropist woro nil absent for tho
night, md tho phi1anthropiat himself was
asleep, tile pupil sto1o every stitch Of hfs
clothing, and 80 obliged him to pass tho first
hour of Sabbath daylight Ia llowling for
tailor from hia bedroom, window. ffo has
since abjured nll belief in the capacity Of tho
Chinese for improvement, and considers tho
doctrine Of tho annihlation Of the wicked Ne
the sole hope for tho blongolians in the life
hereafter,
, 1875-11-13

Tho brooklyn Ring. no spientii,lly 1ofoated
At tho polls ten days ago. matlo desperate
effort, last Tuesdny, when the voteH for
Aldermen wcro canvasscd, to aecure by fraud
majority III the Common Council. There
was very close contest between tho honest
and dishonest candidates in the Eighth,
Eighteenth, and Twenty -ilft|, Wards Of tho
city. II tho tools Of the Ring could be counted
in, in these three districts, tho old league
Of rascals would have majority OF Que i'll
tho Council, aud could thus nul1ify the
victory of honesty at the polls. Tho noard
Of City Canynssers met, ono week from the
election, and received tho scaled returns At
onco, member of tho Ring moved that the
retnrns should be plnced in tho hnnds of
a committee appointed by tho Chairman.
and that tho Bohrd should ndjourn
| until !. o'clock "Wednesday afternoon
This preposterous motion can bo explained in
only ono way. Tho ChRir1uau, according to
the Brooklyn Union, is ' tho tool Of tho
Ring" The Committee lc appointed would
have lInl absolute control Of tho returns for
tweusy-four lours There was lively dc.
[ bate. It seemed, at one time, ns if the at-
/ tempt would succeed. Finally, aud fortunate
| lY, it miscarricd Tho canvass began. It
| went on without trouble until tho Eighth
! Ward returns wore reached. Then tho ssrug-
Gle was renewed. The Ting tried to post
none tho decision on this particular contest.
It WIS again defeated mud the Republican cau-
didate was found to be elected by two najor-
ity, The Same sort of bnttlo was fought in
tue casa of the other two wasda, in
II.
, 1875-11-13

The Board of Education last evening by o
vote Of II to refused 10 resoind it's former
action III ordering that the rcading Of tho
I,ib!e be omitted from the exercises in The pub
lie schools, but disposed Of the numerous peti-
tioua for the restoration Of 1}iblc-reading by
their reference to the Committee on Text
hooks and Co,lrse OF Instruction. Tho tom
per Of rlle Board on the subject was, how
ever, clearly shown by tho rejection of a res.
plution, offered by Mr.. REED. calling for the
Immediate reint1oduction of the Bible in the
rcllopts,
, 1875-11-13

Secretary CHANDLER has just begun to
acmonstrato tho fact that the Department Of
Tie Interior has changed hands. Tho first
manifestation was mado ut the patent-Offlco
yesterday in tho removal Of the Chief Clerk
ind tho CLERKS directly under him. Next will
como the Penbion.0fflco and 1u1ian bureau,
IN both Of which thore will bo taken many
steps downward and outward. "Like mus
ter like man" is evidently Mr.. C11AxDIER's
guiding rule in tho management Of tho Interior
Department. in which, for some titne pre-.
sious to his advent, the standard of efficiency
and integrity had not been altogether accepta.
bic. It is probably on this account, and moi
for purely political rcnsons, that tho numerous
removals have been determined upon.
, 1875-11-13

Tho mystery attending tho terrible fate OF
tho passengers and crew Of the steamship
Pacific Is now partly cleared up by the state.
mcnt Of tho Captain Of tho ship orpheus' OF
San Francisco. who, with his crew, was
picked up by tho United States revenue
cutter while cruising in search OF
! survivors md bodies from tho Pn-
cihc. 1t appears .hat tho Inter vessel ran
into tic Orphens Thursday night and in-
aicteel considerable damage to tho smiling
| eraft, tho Captain of which rain1y en-"
tlcayored to induce tho Btenmer to stop
until l,e could ascertain tho extent OF
the injury to his slip. THO pncihe
steamed away ont al sight in the
darkness, while tho Orpheus kept aaoat nil
the next day until driven ashore ut MI island
near l3nrclay Sound, where tho crew reached
land in safety. Further than this thero are
| 10 tidings of the steamship or her precious
freight Of humanity, and all hope il abandon
cd TINT any othcr survivors will bo rescued.
, 1875-11-13
THE EVOLUTION OF JOHN oH1NAMAN.

THE EVOLUTION UE 1OAN VdlNAhAN'
4 philanthropist OF San Francisco hss been
making aomo curious experiments on the
moral nature of the Chinese. He believes
or did believe before his philanthropio efforts
that the cunning, the theft, the mondacity,
md the other unpleasant traits Of tho Heathan
Chinee arc due to lack Of education. re-
move this, he argued, and the Objectionable
traits would disappear. Unlike most philhn-
throp;ats, lo reduced his theory to practice.
Ho hirod four boys and one girl, all belong
ing to the despised raee. Day after day he
loctnred the dooile quintetta, through an in
terprotcr, on tho simple principles Of moral-
ity, The laws he laid down were few.
s'Thou shalt not steal" and ''Thou shalt
not lie wore the Alpha and Omega OF his
teachings. When ho thought that the young
hearts of his pupils wera thoroughly
imbued with these ideas, he began to practi-
cally experiment The Oldest boy had come
to him with charaoter.-a written one.
Events showed that that was Ill tho charac-
ter ho had. After he had been carefully
trainod in the paths Of morality and poace,
ho was sent out, basket On his arm and a
gold esglc-an " eagle" we must explain to
! o.
| people whose dim remembrance of American
8o'a COINS oa1es uaeA ~ to''' - --
piece-'n ms PocAet' ~ 10 sopAe tt,"sAo''ne'
Ito may nave oono IT, 1aS oApo3sA ~
never 1oaaa out whe'nos w not no W. ~ ~
boy oaskos, anu CON- nose1 eA1',a osea'
Ihia was rather a'acoafag.ng' out 'ao pn'l
anthropist persevered. Within two months
eight boys and Inc Que e'ts naa eusapPehfeu
They had carried oa' os nemehsoes' 8o'e
watch, seal r'ns, e'ghs TEASPOONS
a featheF-bed' and tue best pair OF pantaoon
bought for tho phi'anthropio legs. HI
tenth pupil got away WIN tho 1oa'hot-oea u
All OF shem fed large circles OF relations o.
his sugar, coffee, and tea during their stay Il
bis household. A. acollng San Francisco
paper says that hia losses also include from
, 1875-11-13

There w.s = gxeat oommotion IN brooklH
Wednesday. Tho oau1e Was atreet-fgnt %,
taeon monkey. parrot. and i cal. Parrot aaa
monkey belonged to barber opposite tho ~
sembly Room they hsd strayed into tue fsteas Ut
in loving compsnionsbip and, whi'e pesestoa' =.
promenading, thoy woro bruts1ly assau'1eo - "
tae cat, who looked as.lt aha would devoaf u.
parrot On tue apot Tho monkey vAliantly caaSn' e.
the cat by tho tail tho parrot. notnlo& w., at..
msyoa, stormed and swore, and tue sa@ eonnss'
wa1od warm, without advancing TO conc!a'ou; W.
Several hundred people Witnessed the nsn1 aas
at ,sat aome charitable soul separated tho con-
b.t.nts. Tho moralist may ind In this Asas g?
i,odo food for reflection. AID tho fahls' fnats.
m.y use Il for instruction and reproof hu' 'po
sruopg ths crowd that witnessed the epeoan's' ~
xecognizsd In 1t briof spitoma OF saan5 'n'., ~.
aands numsn conaicts. no more dl9n!asd OF ~
tfoual?
, 1875-11-13

A Chicago 1nnn has perfected new motor
which appears to bo in n general way similar
to kEELY's invention, though differing in a1,~
plication and effect The Chscago motor,
like the other, derives Its power from water
and Dir, and ia conceived on tho seemingly
contradictory principle OF multiplying force
without tho aid OF forco to begin
with. From the practical tcsts made
by Mr.. THOMAS, the inventor, II
has been shown that IN extraordinary ais
parent pressure can be produced by his MP
paratus, though it LAS not yet buen demon
stratetl that motive power con DO obtained Il
proportion to tho amount OF this pressure
Seeing is baliesiug, and nothing else Ii now
Sslnys, and until Mr. TuoMAs succeeds in al'
plying lis motor 20 train Of cars OF in som
other public and practicable way. no ono vii
bs likely to invest largely in stock in the ne'
invention
, 1875-11-13
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The revival spirit seems to be spreading
and breaking out in new and unexpected
quarters. The last place whore It has ap-
pearcd is in Leipaic, where ttero is power
fnl awakening of Luthcranism in connection
with tie recent revival Of 0crnlan nationality.
Tho leaders Of the movement nro Profs.
KAuNrs aud LuruuRpr, Of the University,
who are now placing Leipsic ahead of Berlin
u the headquarters Of German orthodoxy.