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Wilmington journal., 1875-08-27

HIS NAME IN KNOXVILLE IS
L. +. COPELAND.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-01
SOUTHERN
ST. LOUIS,
Fronting On Walnut, 9Th and 9th SITS,
LAVEILLE, WARNER & CO.,
PRoPRIEToRs.

During the past year this Hotel has been
thoroughly overhauled, re-psinted, re-fres-
coed, re-carpeted and re-furnished from
top to bottom, and is frst-class in all re-
spects
The SOUTHERN is located near the
center of business. the theaters, and al
places of amusements. Its tables are sup
piled with the best the markets afford, and
there is in the Hotel building the neatest
RESTAURANT in the city for Ladies and
Gentlemen.
There have been added twenty-five bath
rooms and closets; also. fourteen large
sample rooms on the Office floor, especially
suited to travelling men who have goods to
show.
The proprietors are determined that the
SOUTHERN HOTEL" shall be among the
best hotels of the country, and hope t
greet their old friends, as well as many
new ones, promising every attention thai
will add to their comfort, and make then
feel at home.
There is an improved elevator leading
from the first floor. Railroad and steam
boat ticket offices, news stand, and West
ern Union Telegraph Office in rotunda O
Hotel.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-01


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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-01
Ghe 9aiilg Ars'ss,
KOEBPLEsrEIN's COMPLAINT.
What Happened to Dutchman who
only "Blays de Drompone."

1t was an assault and battery case, and
the complainant was tall, lank German,
with quantity OF tow.colored hair and
beard. He wore goggles, earrings, ruff
fled shirt, and pantaloons once white.
What's your name asked hishoner, as
be swung laziiy around in his revolving
chair, and picked up the complaint
Otto koebplestein, % said the man.
Have you been assaulted or beaten by
anybody" continued the judge, looking out
OF the window and yawning.
Yaw. yaw, dat mans, pointing to the
prisoner, hit me NIT my het. I vas yoest
sthanding on dem shideValk playing, when
WHAT shouted his honor, suddenly
assuming an upright position and glarine
at the witness over his spectacles "What
did you say? Playing2 With what? On
what? What kind of playing? Why
don't you answer me? Speak out, can't
you?"
L vas joost playing NIT der pand. We
blays round"
''Oh,yes; you play round with the band
do you? You are one of those fellows that
stand on street corners aud brighten hor'
10y ~AN SLyS ASA fOuC pSOPAS OOAs uAoAoho
and play Spring, spring, gentle spring,
under peoples windows before they are uL
in the morning. I think I've seen you
up in Twenty fourth street, near my
house"
mo, no,yer honor; We don't go up towr
dot far; We joost blays-"
Yes, yes, you just plays. I'll bet yor
are the man that plays that little squeaky
thing that's always out of tune, and"
Il blays de drompone," interrupted MIR
Koebplestein, with evident pride.
''Oh, the trombone? That long brass
thing that you keep ramming in and pull
ing out of your mouth, and that comes il
three or four notes behind the bass. Well
where did he hit you?'
The witness exhibited white plaster
pasted ON the side OF lis head.
| is that all ?" asked his honor, with eyi
dent disappointment. Didn't he hur
you any more than that? Young man,
turning benignantly to the prisoner. Young
man, you may 90. You're discharged
Good day. Now look here. Otto Klop-
what s-your-name, don't you know you're
vagrant? Well, you are, and I've goot
notion to send you up for thirty days. |
/ ever catch you swallowing brass roun'
my house I will, sure's you're Dutchman
Git out of that chair. Put him out officer
Next"
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-01
HARPER's HAIR DYE
Ladies can Color their. Braids

At q mere baga-
telle Of the usual
cost, with this
Splendid Dye.
Only FfyGents
per Boa.
JOHN P HUNT,
Proprietor, Clate
Calender Il Co..
9th street, one door
above Chestnut.
Sold by al Drug
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

0AA YEARS In SEARCH Of NORTHWEST
wv PAssAaE to ASIA, via. NORTH Pole. In
rENsKLY INTEEEsTIEe. PRoFUsEEY ILLUsrRArED.
SELLS at SIGaT. Address LAKESIDE BOOK co.
Chicago or Cincinnati.
eve make gift Of 800 to every good AeeD.9
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-01
RAILROADS.
Pittsburgh, Ft.Wayne& Chicago.
AND PENNSYLVANIA R.R. LINE
Condensed Time Table.
MAY 1878.

TRAINS LEAVE CHICAGO DEPOT,
Corner Canal and Madison sts., West Side,
On arrival of Trains from North and Southwest.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-01
. Trains with Through, No. 2. No. 8. No. 4.
y Cars Day Elk. Pac Elk N'hlEx
- TO NEW YORK. Ex.Sun. Daily. Eek, Sat.
a, San

THIS is THE ONLY LINE THAT RUNS THE
celebrated PULLMAN PALACE CARS from Chicago to
Baltimore, Washington City, Philadelphia and
New York, without change Ask for tickets via
Fort Wayne and Pennsylvania Line.
Through tickets for sale at all principal ticket
offices, at the lowest current rates.
F. r. MYERS, G, p. & T. A,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09
IoAyES AND FISHES.

So desperate is the struggle for
place nhw in progress at Washington,
that is of interest to know what Offices
are in the gift of the House of hepre-
sA''tatives. They are as follows ::
Speaker of the House, salary $4,000
per annum; Clerk, 5000; Ser
geantQt-Arrns, 1890; Doorkeeper,
Sz.60o; TIVE journal Clerks, each
$1,000; two Reading Clerks each,
$1,000; one Tally Clerk, $4,000 /;
five Assistant Clerks, $4,000 each /;
six Assistant Clerks, S2,160; Door.
keeper, 1882; Chief Messenger,
$3.50; three Assistant Messengers,
81, 440; Messenger to the Sergeant
alarms, S1440; twelve Messengers to
the Doorkeeper, $3.50 a month during
the SESSION; FIVE Official Reporters, at
$1,000 each two stehographers for
the use of committees, 1890; Post
master of the House 81, 592; First
Assistant, $1,000; seven Messen-
gers, 81, 800 each; seven Messengers,
81 POO each; Superintendent of
House Document Room, 50, 100; As
sistant, 50, 100; Assistant for the use
of the Clerk, 1,S0O;. Librarian of
the House, So, 160 and his Assist
ant, 2,160; Superintendent Of the
Folding Room, 2,160; Private Sec
rotary to the Speaker, 200; Clerk
to the Speaker, 2,10O; Clerk to the
Sergeant-at- Arms, $500; Paying tell
er, 1900; File Clerk in the Docu-
ment Room, 1900; Telegraph Oper-
ator, 1000; Chief Engineer of Heat
ing and Ventilating Department,
1900; three Assistants, LAO six
fremen, LOO; twenty-four laborers,
at $50 a month"; seven retained
throughout the year and the rest dur
ing the session Chaplain of House,
900; Matron in charge of the ladies
retiring room in the gallery, 600
Besides these there are number of
smaller official positions worth from
four to eight dollars per day.-Ameri-
can.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09

public schools, an educational qualif-
cation for voters, the taxation of
church property, the abolition of po-
lygamy and the non-importation of
Chinese women. Through the school
question he makes a strong BIZ for
New England and western sympathy;
through the educational qualification
for voters, for that Of the people Of the
south opposed to negroes voting;
through the taxation q church prop
erty, for the anti-Catholic sentiment
of the whole country; and through
the abolition Of polygamy and of the
importation II Chinese women, for
the voters of the Pacific States.
Shrewdly put together, the purpose of
this message is none the less plainly
apparent. 1t is, while professedly pa
tr;sotic, bid for the third term, from
a man who does not hesitate to trade
for reelection upon the bitterest
prejudices and most violent passions
Of the people of the Union.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09

The Hon. Barney Caufelj, mem
Ter Of Congress from the Chicago dis
trict, states TINT he Will offer in Con
grcss as soon as he can get the floor,
an amendment to section / of the
Constitution, as follows:
No person shall be olisibl. to the
U'hcc e pre- sident of the United States
for more than a single term.
He will follow this with bill read
ing as follows:
BE it enacted, etc. That on and
after the 4th day of March, 1877, the
President of the United States shall
receive in full for his services during
,rc term for which he shall have been
elected, S25, coo per anhjim, TO be paid
Iaouthly, and All lawsand partsof laws
inconsistent herewith are hereby re
pcalctl.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09
PRESIDENTS lLESSAGE.

We copy from the Memphis Appeal
or yesterday the following notice Of
the Presidents message, read TO Con
.ress las: Tuesday. We hope to pub
li>h the document in full next week.
It is a more than Usually lengthy
document, and while apparently pa
lliotic is pervaded by spirit 50 par
,i.an As upon careful reading to
dwindle 10 the merest OF electioneer-
inr documents. Though the Span-
ilrds are excited over so mach of it as
) devoted to Cuba, the hopes excited
IA The breasts of the poor, struggling
(uhans are, to our thinking, rudely
dashcd by an amount Of generalization
that can readily be traced to the IA
iLer>in. law of the Spanish law agent
in New York. The Alabama claims
and ocean telegraphy receive attention,
also the currency question a recon-
incubation for additional laws to en-
force specie payments being among
his declared strong points. But his
"best hold" as the street gdmnls have
it-at least. so he thinks-is found IN
a., Recommendations in regard to the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09
TENNESSEE NEWS.

interest in the Jackson (Tenn.) Sun,
and become thereby a member of the
firm of r. a. Enloe d Co.
At the Ghnual meeting Of the Di-
rectors ard stockholders of the Leba-
non and Nashville Telegraph Compa-
ny, T. Toney, was elected President
and Superintendent, and r. P. Nc
Claim, Secretary and Treasurer.
In Putnam county, few nights
since, four disguised men went to the
house of Russell Allison and shot and
killed him. An officer and posse went
to arrest two of the supposed murder
ers, brothers named Brasswell, when
one of the latter shot dead j. j. ALI
SOD, brother of the murdered man and
one of the posse. The Brasswells were
arrested.
In the case Of the Bondholders VS..
the City of Memphis, The Supreme
Court of Tennessee has decided the
million dollars Of bonds issued by
Mayor Leftwich in 1868 was legal,
but the excess of A hundred and thir-
ty-fve thousand dollars was illegal, as
he was only authorized to issue a mil
lion. Secondly, that though the bonds
had been sold at a greater discount
than 6 per cent, the transaction was
neither ILLEGAL nor usurious, and the
city can neither plead usury nor scale
the bonds. Thirdly, that the city is
compelled to levy taxes necessary to
pay the interest on the bonds used
prior to 1875, notwithstanding the
new charter limits the amount to be
levied.
American: Lebanon was the scene
Of a peculiarly distressing accident last
Thursday. Two little sons of Jhos.
Shelton, aged six and ten years re-
spectively, were playing on North
Cumberland street in front of their
fathers house. They were throwing
stones, as boys will, when Ned, the
older, struck the little prattler in the
stomach with one, and knocked him
sehseless. A gentleman near by, ran
out and picked the child up and car
ried him home, where every effort
was made to resuscitate him, but in
vain, death ensuing about ten minutes
after the blow had been received.
Little Ned wept for his play-fellow
and refused to be comforted, wander>
ing disconsolately around the house,
moaning-'I didn't so to do it l
didn't go to do it."
The Savannah News Washington
correspondent writes that "a fierce
engagement is raging between the
carpet-baggers and scallawags Of Mid
die Tennessee over the Federal Offices.
The latter hold tia Offices and the
former are trying to Gust them.
These ex-Federal colonies, O'ROurke,
Jones and Galbrailh, have been push
ing for the relationship, the marshaPs
position and The pension agency, and
have been backed up pretty heavily.
But the present collector, Clife, is
backed by Brownlow, Whose son jim
married his daughter, and John
Brownlow has been here acting for
the parSon in preventing any change.
The carpet-baggers 81 h for Maynard
as their hopes, and say that Jakey
1'hornburgh, the Republican member
for that State, Is no account. So the
woull-be officials &ill have t. jump
their board-bllls and return home"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09
A Sea Serpent in Conflict with n
" hale.

The Zanzibar correspondent of the
Western Morning News, writing
under date October 20, says: "The
bark Pauline has arrived at Zanzibar
with Goals for her Majesty's ships.
When off Cape St. Rogue, South
America, sight was presented that
made the crew agha>t-nothing less
than a sea serpent in conflict with a
whale. 1t had wound itself twice
round the whale, and was twirling it
with tremendous velocity, lashing the
water into foam. The noise could
be distinctly heard on board, and
after battling for some time both dis
appeared. The scrpent'.s length can
be imagined. It had two coils around
q fut,siyed sperr whale, with thirty
feet clear at each end. Its diameter
was from three to four feet. They
saw it twice afterward. Once it came
very close to the vessel, and raised it,
self sixty feet cut of the water, as if
about to attack them. | have ques-
toned men and officers, trying to find
cut any discrepancy between their
statements, but am a convert to the
belief that ii was seen" Another
naval officer writes to the Western
Morning News to precisely the same
effect; aud the officers Of her Males.
tvs ships on the station are said to be
convinced of the truth of the story.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09
THE RELIGIOUS ,rnRIn.

A great revival is in progress in
Atlanta, Ga, all denominations coop
Grating in the service.
The Evangelical church of Zweifall,
in Germany, celebrated its third Cen
tennial on November 2.
Rev. R. ]. Towel, a young North
Carolina Baptist preacher, committed
suicide recently at Edgefeld, S. C.
More than two hundred Catholics,
voluntary converts to Professionalism,
have been confirmed in Louisianaby
Bishop Wilmer, of that State.
Intelligence from Spain states that
the authorities have closed the Pro-
testant church at Talede, and ex-
PEELED the pastor and schoolmaster.
Phe revisers Of the..authorized YER
sion Of the New Testament have reach
ed the middle of the fourteenth chapter
of the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
A considerable number of the ev-
ang9lical ministers in Boston, ..repre-
senting different denominations, have
arranged a plan of cooperation for the
promotion of revival work in that
city.
A Christian Chinaman, ~Ah For,
gathers his countrymen ON Sundays
and evenings in chapels built at his
expensein Virginia City, Nevada, and
has them instructed N the English
language.
Mr. Spurgeon said, in recent SER
mon on public speaking, Moreover,
brethren, avoid the use of the nose as
an organ of speech, for the best au-
thorities are agreed that it is intended
to smell with.
Moody attributes his lack of sue
cess in Philadelphia to the, fact that
the regular church-goers crowd out
the element he is desirCus of address
ing. How would it do for HIN to
labor with the regular church-goers
awhile?
The old Episcopal Church in Bur-
lington, n. j., is to be tt8tOre5 It
was built one hundred and seventy
years ago. Beneath the venerable
pile repose the remains ofthe non ju-
ring Bishop Talbot, the first in Epis-
copal orders in this country.
Before DR.. Yates went out to Chi
ma, at the age of twenty-seven years,
his height was marked on his fathers
door>post. On his return, after a
few years, he was found to be an inch
higher. He went to China again,
and returning, after an absence Of
eleven years, he had grown two
inches more. The fact is remark
able.
A Newport Or. l. clergyman
preached a sermon 81 temperance
Sunday evening, and one of the dea-
cons, who had imbibed a little too
freely, took it as personal insult, and
after the service he gave the minister
a good Gaming in the church, and, be-
ing pleased with the performance, fol-
lowed him home and several times re-
peated the operation.
The Methodist Church is accomp-
fishing good work in Australia 1t
has three Conferences, all fourishiDg.
Strange enough, tie first Methodist
preacher there YVES a convict. He
was under sentence of death in Eng
land for murder. He was converted,
and became so utterly changed that
through the intercession of friends
his sentence Mas commuted to BAN
| ishment.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09

IN election is to take place in Boil
var on the Odd of December TO deter
mine whether that town will vote
$4,000 to the Memphis d Knoxville
Railroad. 1t meets with considerable
opposition. Let ii be voted down, and
give Milan the road, as the Memphis
Ledger suggests. Bolivar doesn't'necd
any more railroads. She is large
cough and can do very well without
any more Improvement; besides ours
is the best line for the road.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09

Mr. Henry Madison Atkins, one of
the old citizens of GAINESVILLE, died
last Friday, of typhoid pneumonia.
lie was a leading church member and
vas loved by every one who new him.
His influence for good was great, and
was exerted to its fullest extent. A
large concourse of citizens turnsd out
u us funeral Saturday.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09

The Forty-Fourth Congress met on
Monday. In the House, out of 292
members, 1876 were present. Micheal
c. Kerr, Of Indiana, was elected
Speaker, he havingreceivcd 173 votes.
Blaine received 105 votes. George NJ
Adams, of Kentucky, was elected
c erik; John J. Thompson, of Ohio,
Sergeant u Arms; lafayette Il.
Fitzhugh, Of Texas, Doorkeeper; Jas.
NJ. Stewart, of Virginia, Postmaster,
and Rev. j. l.. Townsend, Of Wash
ington, Chaplain.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To the Public.

MILAN, Tenn, DEC. 6, 1879.
One W. W. Gardner took occasion at Treze-
want, in a sermon, to state that the Christian
Church was in the habit of taking in persons
who had been turned out of other churches for
lying, stealing and drunkenness. When driven
to the point, he gave my uame, Lemuel Cook :
and Sam uel Carter sas instances. denounced
him as talslher and one unworthy to be q
teacher in the Baptist Church. After remain
ing silent for a long time, with the charge hang
ing over him, he saw 1T to reply, stating facts
he well knew never occurred, and ignoring 9TH
ers he knew did happen. lie does not prove in
a single instance the charges made against me
or either the others. l shall state facts and
leave this reverend fraud and hypocrite TO the
just Odium he deserves SO richly.
= purchased a crop of cotton of one NJ. II.
Neal ID Jan y, 1861, at ten cents per pound. The
bales delivered fell short of Meals weights %
pounds per bale. One was reshipped to.Milan
and weighed in secret by Neal and friends, and
the bale fell short 20 pounds, weighed by the
same balances After this he took his scales to
Memphis to weigh the others, and did not do
so. In support OF these statements, refer to
certificate of j. g. Shepherd, and note Of \ cal,
dated 4th January, 1851.
/ preferred charges against this NJ. H--N cal
in the Baptist Church at Lavinia, stating sreci-
icatioHs rs the aboee facts justified, in four
Specifications, as aptears of record on Church
books 18th April, ISfl. At a church council
held on the 9th day Of March, 1851, the church
refused to hear any witnesses but Baptists on
the trial of specifications. Ny witnesses were
all thus ruled out. The council sustained fhs
charge of incorrect weights, also of concealinS
weights, and refused t. sustain other speeifca-
tons. See REPORT of council At this meet
ing withdrew from she church. JuDe.Sth, 81 p,
the church, ten months after my withdrawal,
declared nOn-fcllowship with me. g. 10 l. .
Rev. Gardner states truly that / was after
wards restored to fellowship with the church
without explanation; although, acoordins to
his statements, hgd been turned Out for these
crimes, and says | afterwards got into another
difficulty. This is f;ilse. The difficulty was
with Neal and the pastor, trying to get y cal
into the church, tho had in the meantime been
turned out. ...
gu iecJrus snon Una. LEN koHk Mitndrg"
ruary. 1863. Sam Carter was excluded for
preaching and denying it. l state for benefit
of Gardner that neither / nor Lem Cook belong
to the Christian Church. The records as stated
in this card are convenient Fer the curious pub
lie. Any one wishing to can see them. -. ;
l ask an enlightened public who has lied
nyself or this individual, G5rdnerl
SHEM rOnK-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09

A CHEAT TRIP FOR EVERYBODY. A
"a prineely visit TO the gay and festive Ores.
cent City, to the orange and magnolia groves Of
our fair and beauteOus Sunny South, and to the
fragrant land of love, poetry and flowers, and
Mt this the most delightful season of the year,
when New Orleans, the Queen City and metrop-
oils of the South, and the pride OF its people, IS
at its zenith of life, business and beauty, and
clothed in all of its tropical glorS and spfendor
On FRIDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1873,
at s n. NJ, a Special Train, with ample and
irst-class accommodations in every respect, IN,
GLIDING Pullman Palace Sleeping Coaches and
an elegant and wcll-kept retreshment Coach,
will leave Columbus, Ky. on the Mobile x Ohio
r. r., and run through to New Orleans, making
leans and Mobile K. r.. one of the finest roads
in the United States. running to Now orleans
over one of the most beautiful, rare, romantic
and attractive sections Of country that the eye
ever beheld, being almost continual ana nat
ural pathway Of roses, wild flowers and ever
green's, perfumed by the rich and rare fragrance
of the orange and magnolia groves.
Fare for the round trip:
To New Orleans and return, from Columbus,
Ky, and between Humboldt and Columbus,
SD. From humboldt and between Cotfnth and
humboldt, Sll.
To Mobile and return from columbus, NJ,
and between Humboldt and COlurf3uS, 81;
From Humboldt and between CoTinth ana
humboldt, IS. -,
Children under twelve years, half price Uh
der four years, free.
Tickets will be on sale at all the principal sta
tions on the NJ & 0. K. Il. north Of Meridian /;
also at Paris, Mckenzie, ,Milan;, Brownsville
and Memphis. Sale of tickets will continue up
to the departure of the train; Tickets good re-
turning on any train until December 3lst, in
| elusive. Special arrangements have been made
with the hotels for reduced rates.
Round trip to
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-09
Grant RenOmiuafed,

BosToN, December 6.-At a large
meeting to-day of the Methodist Epis-
eopal Sabbath School Union and OF
the Tract Society, and also, weekly
meeting of preachers, comprising near
ly 200 ministers, Bishop Haven urged,
as a measure Of safety for the public,
the denomination of Gen Graut for
President. IFS eiews were adopted by
a unanimous vote.