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CONFERENCE NOTES.
Baltimore Conference VI. T.
Church.
WASHINGTON. March 2.

10 the Editor< Of tie Independent:
The End day of the Baltimore Con-
ference, Thursday, was largely oc
cupied in the usual business. The.
character of supernumerary and SUI
peranuated preachers were examined
and their relations continued-except
Geo. NJ. Berry, who was changed
from Supernumerary to Effective.
The programme for Conference bus
mess was fixed for several days.
Friday at 10 O'Clock election of
general Conference delegates. Sat
urday II o'clock semi-centennial SER
mon by Rev. George Hildt. Monday
IL o'clock Centennial sermon by Rev.
DIR. MaCavley, President Dickinson
College. The Anniversaries will be
as follows OF Teachers Aid Socie-
ty, Thursday night !; OF Church Ex-
tension Society, Friday night Of
Preachers Fund Society, Saturday
night Missionary Anniversary on
Sunday night {; Sabbath School Con-
ference Anniversary on Sunday night.
A memorial service will be held on
Monday at 3 P. NJ, at which appr0-
ornate eulogies will be read and re-
marks made respecting those who
have passed away during the past
year, viz /: Revs. David w. Arnold,
J. w. Hoover, J l. Moore, and VIM.
McKendree Wash. The Lay Eelec-
toral College to elect lay delegates
to the General Conference meets on
Friday at II O'Clock. VIM. III. Mat
news, ESQ.,, is the delegate from Mar
tinsburg. More A,aon,
PRIMER.
: WASHINGTON, March A, 1876.
FOURTH DAY.
To-day Rev, DR.. McCauley pre-
sented the report of Dickinson Col
lege, which was referred.
VIM. Jenkins, of West Virginia.
and j. w. Waugh, local preachers,
were elected to deacon's orders. E.
w. Crowel, Of Baltimore b. +.
Cronise, of Sharpsburg j l. Hagghe,
Of Washington, and S. Milford, of
Winchester District, local preachers,
were elected to elders orders.
The tenth question was taken up
the characters of preachers-and
those of the Baltimore district were
passed.
During the tendency of the call
DR.. Kynette addressed the confer
ence on the subject of church extern
sion. DR.. Kynette remarked that Of
the 1922 pastorates emily 1853 had
returned collections during the year
of over SO and 1866 under $40, and
the society had loaned to churches
$3.50 900, of which $4,000 had been
repaid and reloaned. lie remarked
the present prohibitory postage law
was the cause of the annual report
not having been mailed, and stated
that they were carefully watching
congressional action on the subject,
hoping soon to be able to send it out.
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BRISTOW.

Mr.. Halstead, Of the Cincinnati
Commercial, was interviewed on Sat
urday last in regard to the Presiden-
tial election. He gave it as his opin-
ion that the coming man for the Re-
publican nomination at Cincinnati
now, is Secretary Bristow. Mr.. Hal
stead says the nomination of Bristow
would draw to his support the entire
independent vote of the country,
without which no candidate can be
successful. He claims that the peo-
pie want to vote for a man who is
not only honest himself, but has
shown the courage to fight corrup-
ton under the most embarrassing
circumstances and almost alone and
maided. He claims that the honest
masses, outside the politicians, have
been drawn to Bristow in his gallant
and unequal fight against the cor
rupt and powerful whisky rings, and
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Communicated.
A Suggestion.

While I.notice in. the. columns of
your paper announcements of as
pirants for the sheriffalty and the
names of others gentleman men
ton in the same connection, am
lead to the conclusion that the
other Offices of the county, tho,
perhaps not SO remunerative but
of equal importance to our citizens
are being overlooked. Would it
not be as well to divide our atten-
ton and influence in behalf of
those miner offices. They are nu-
merous and will make our ticket
at the coming election quite
lengthy. L understand by an act
OF the last legislature it becomes
necessary to elect two assessors for
the county, and should the Demo-
cratic Convention when convened
to make their nomination consid-
er the claims we believe due this
end of the county, we fell quite
confident the names of suitable
and deserving persons can be pre-
sented. For the assessorship
we would suggest the name of ia
cob Hull, Esq. of Hedgesville,
and for the House of Delegates
that of Dr.J. McClery,of the same
place. Mr.. Hull is a time honored
Democrat and thoroughly compe-
tent to fill the position. The DR..
is a yOunp man of fine abilities.
Should one or both ofthese gentle
men consent to their names going
before convention for those respec-
tive positions,and be the choice of
that body they will assuredly re-
ceive the support of many
VOTERS.
Little Georgetown, March 6.
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u. 5. REC'G SHIP COLORADO, !
February 29th, 1915. !
70 tho Editors Of the Independent !:

tpt noi -cthf wv
To tho Editors Of the Independent
Agreeably to promise, / have
seated myself for the purpose of
writing you a few lines for publ
cation. The Brooklyn Navy Yard
is very dull at present. There are
only three ships in commission in
the Yard. The U. S. Rec'g Ship
Colorado is the receiving ship Of
the Yard; hut perhaps you do not
know what receiving ship is p
Well, it is the first ship that all the
green landsmen go aboard OF, W hen
in some half insane moment they
have determined to become sail
ors. The receiving ship is their
first introduction to their future
god and master, Neptune; and
some of Neptune's old disciples
usually take it upon themselves to
show the "green ones" the mystic
ries of flashing and slowing" their
hammocks, and getting into them
when they are "piped down" at
night. This information. or in
struction is made very interesting
~ to the SCREEN horn" so much
so that an officer usually has to in
terfere to prevent Mr.. Landsman
from being abused. Itrarely hap
pens that anything more than
little amusement, for all hands, is
the result of these Instructions
The receiving ship is therefore
ship where all men that are en-
listed for the naval service are
kept until such time as there may
be ships ready for them to GO to
sea in.
The other two ships in the Yard
at present are the U. S. S. Mime
sofa, and the Torpedo Boat Intrep-
i'd. The Minnesota is a school
ship for boys. They are enlisted
for six years, and are taught, in
addition to their duties as sailors,
the branches of a common school
education. A school ship, such as
the Minnesota, is something the
service has long needed. Former
ly we depended on the merchant
service for a supply of sailors, but
they We're of an inferior class, and
not to be compared, either in abil-
ity or appearance, to the typical
imam -ef-wars-man of the days of
Decatur or Perry. But under the
present school ship system we hope
to have, soon, some men to be
proud of.
The Intrepid is a Torpedo Boat
that has been recently built. |
have not yet examined her, but /
have an invitation to dine on
board, and after l have partaken
of their meat and drink. and been
shown over her, | will be able to
give you some opinion about her
have just read over this letter
and 1 find that it is all ship but
you could not expect letter on
carts from naval officer. Hoping
it may interest some of your nu-
merous readers, and promising
you more about ships and ship-life
in my next,
l am yours, &C.,
G. III. l..
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THE KAMA VIVA RIVER IN
PRO FEMENI,.

VIM. p. Craighill, of the engineer
corps, on Monday opened at his of
flee in Baltimore, proposals for build
ing q dam on the Great Kanawha
River, West Virginia, near Browns
town. The work will consist of
dam, abutment, pier, and the floor of
a navigation pass adjoining lock No
s; the dam to be $50 feet long, abut-
ment so feet long, pier so feet long,
and floor of the navigation pass $50
feet long and so feet wide. The whole
must be completed by January, 1878.
All the bids were referred to Wash
ington, where the contracts will be
awarded.
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HOME INTERESTS.
THE TEACHING OF ADVERSELY.

In prosperous times, when work is
plentiful, money abundant, the body
healthy, earth seems like paradise
then men become slothful and COM
munities slumber. There comes q
change-the ruddy countenance be-
comes wan, and the vigorous mus
cles fail, then family feels want
and the memory runs back over was
ted hours and improvident expenses.
A financial panic sweeps along,
quenching the fire in the furnaces,
stopping the loom, and paralyzing ev-
cry branch of industry; then is pre-
sented the spectacle of stalwart arti-
sans and muscular laborers observ-
ing their families day by day ap-
proach nearer and nearer to want,
without the slightest opportunity to
relieve them. OF all the ills of life,
this is the most trying. If opportu-
mites have been frittered away or
days spent in idleness, or hard earn
ings wasted in frivolty and non-com-
pensating luxuries, then reason reels
and the conscience fortunes until
death seems preferable to living
Communities also are doomed to suf-
fer for not Laying hold of passing OPP
portunities and advantages. When
work is plentiful, trade brisk and
money abundant, then is the time to
build up interests and enterprises at
home that will in duller seasons be
self-supporting and afford to all those
willing to work, the opportunity to
do SO, and the pay for the same
Failing in this, when panics come,
their best citiZens-thOse willing to
work-drift off to other eommuni-
ties, and leave behind the oilers and
the corner statuary. The eommuni-
cation published elsewhere is COM
mentary upon this subject, and we
trust that these hard times, these
days Of adversely will yet cause our
people to combine their talent and
their money so that some stable en-
terprise or manufactures may be
built up that will give profitable en-
ployment toskillsd and willing labor.
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Baltimore Conference MI. f..
Church South.
WINCHESTER, Va, March 4,

INNu ED I'm, Ne', IuoICi II
The second question of the general
minutes have been called,vi "Who
remain on trial?" the following were
announced members of this class
William b. Dorsey, j. Kyle Shoaff,
Henry G Calwell, Henry S. Coe, w.
w. Hedrick, A. Ezra Bradenbaugh,
Henry T. Watts, Lake r. hardwood,
Andrew M. Coakley and Charles w.
Brown.
The deacons of one year are Lewis
l.. Lloyd, Alfred III. Way, V. w.
Wheeler. w. w. Hiner and Wash
ington Warner.
Rev. Henry White, of the Presby-
terrain Church was introduced to the
conference.
Rev. J. j. Lafferty made a brief
and amusing address in reference to
a centennial festival of the confer
ence.
A L Al Seat and r G Simmons
were discontinued at their own re-
qlest.
Rel. L. Randolph Finley, j. d.,
corresponding secretary of the
Maryland Tract Society, addressed
the conference.
The transfer Of >. S. Witherly
from the HUSTON Conference was
announced.
The following class was admitted
on trial +: Edward G.. Vandiver, l..
r. Green. VIM. e. Wolf, w. II. San
ders, JAS. l.. KILLER and G.. Il. ID. Col
Inns.
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that his nomination would be hailed
with popular outburst Of approval |
thai would sweep the country. He
says he would carry Ohio by $4,000 |
majority, and that Mr.. HaldemaD
proprietor of the Louisville Cour ~.
Journal, said to him in a rece' At con
yersation that if Bristow cas d can
didate for the Preside acv be would
come near if he Dir. !, not actually car
~ Kentucky, us own state.
Mr.. Halcs,oead is no doubt a very
sllrew d and far-sighted politician -
lie has for several years past used
the powerful influence of his paper
to break down the Grant administra-
tion, which he now asserts will
fall to pieces from it's own rotten
ness, but we are inclined to think he
is somewhat extravagant in his esti-
mate of Bristow's strength, especial
ly in Kentucky, the Gibraltar Of
Democracy. True, Secretary Bris-
tow has made a model Cabinet Off
Ger. His fight against corruption
has entitled him to the plaudits of
the masses. He has shown himself
ready and willing to protect the in
terests of the people and the honor of
the government, at all hazards, re
| gardless of who might get hurt in
the operation. He would make a
strong candidate on the ground of
honesty, and that, we presume, will
be leading feature in the selection
of a candidate by either party. But
| with all this, we do not believe that
he would sweep the county to the ex-
tent that Mr.. Halstead and Mr.. Hal
deman imagine, unless some very in
ferior man is put up by the opposi-
ton. The "quadrilaleralo are an
acknowledged power in the country,
but their judgment is not infallible.
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The Granger may raise immense

The Granger may raise immense
crops of cabbage, parsnips, bees
and potatoes, but If he eats them
all himself how will he pay his
hands, buy his wife a calico "pin-
back" that is good enough for the
wife of a Granger the children
want little treacle or some sug,r
and you must have a little ell or
a tallow candle occasionally, ~
somebody may get sick. Without
the money how are those things 10
be got ? And how are the merch-
ants in town, who live in fine
houses, and pay rent, water, gas,
etc, to clOthe their families in linen
and fine raiments, if no profits are
made /? How are they enabled to
retire from business in a few years?
In conclusion mo Granger
gives the Granger some wholesome
advice Keep out of politics, let
men who know how to run the
machine manage for you, consis-
tent man, and one who is not sell
fish. Why didn't he attend to his
own business ? Improve your land,
raise cabbage and kront and other
small fruits; borrow money at the
highest rates you can pay ; meet
your notes punctually pay your
church dues, and mo Granger" is
with you Not if the court knows
itself. We are little particular
about our company. When we
want "No Granger" we will let
him know.
A GRANGER.
Oneuuon tn. March +. 1875.
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WAIT FOR THE FACTS.

One Of the most alarming evils
which has grown out of the Belknap
business is the impunity and reck-
lessness with which the names and
fame of prominent men of the coun-
try, in and out of official position, is
being dealt with by the press and it's
correspondents. The names of Gov.
Hendricks, Hon. George III. Pendle-
ton, Hon. Sam. Randall, Hon. Heis-
ter Clymer, and others have been I'M
pleasantly associated with the scan
Dial, and the end is not yet. In the
excited state of the public mind any
report rejecting upon the integrity
of an officer, no matter how slender
its foundation, is apt to take hold
and be magniGed into something
horrible before even an investigation
of its truth can be started. A whis-
pered suspicion, no matter what may
be the character of the party giving
it utterance, or how high the name
and blameless the life of the accused
is sufficient to set the tongue of gos-
sip moving and thenewspaper repor-
tiers flying. Secretary Belknap's
great crime has set the country mad
The air is full of the widest reports,
and the danger is that injustice be
done to the innocent in the mad rush
and search for the guilty. Belknap's
case tended peculiarly to this state
of affairs, for he of all the members
of the Cabinet was deemed the freest
from suspicion. Had Delano or
Robson been accused the public
would not have been surprised, for
rumor has dealt unpleasantly with
those names for years. Belknap, on
the contrary, was looked to as the
blunt, honest soldier, the conscien-
tious Christian of the Cabinet. And
when this overwhelming shame came
the people did not know where they
could look for purity and fidelity, and
are ready to be impressed with any
scandal that may come along.
Against such injustice we would
warn all intelligent citizens. We
fear there will be enough infamy dis
closed before the ordeal is over with
out branding the innocent. 1t can
hardly be to the credit of our insti-
buttons, or the country, to have none
but corrupt and dishonest men in
the high places of government. We
are living in dark age, indeed, if
every Cabinet officer is a Belknap,
and every high functionary rascal.
Let the guilty be pursued and pun
iShed, but let uSnOt run wild because
one man has been detected. Such
scandals as those we are thoughtless-
ly bandying from one to another, are
national blurs which injure the ma
ton abroad and humiliate us in the
eyes of the world. They are not
pleasant to any man who respects
himself and loves his country, and
while duty demands that all such ras-
Gals as Belknap should be sought out,
exposed and punished, we trust there
may be few of them in high places.
The really guilty ones viii furnish
enough to mortify and shame Jus
without making charges recklessly
and, ipdiseriminately.
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Little Georgetown, March 6.

Mabel Hall, an English ballet girl
at the Theatre Conique, st. Louis,
was shot yesterday at one of the re-
freshment rooms at the theatre by
Edgar M. Moore, who then shot him.
self in the head. The girl was shot
in the left temple, and will probably
die. Moore, at last accounts, was in
a critical condition, and is not ex-
,pected to live.
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The Chicago Journal has a report
that leading Democratic politicians
of Illinois have had a private confer
ence and agreed to endorse Lewis
Steward, the greenback candidate
for Governor.
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Tilton's pockets are stuffed out
with the proceeds OF his lectures.
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-16
Dissolution Of Copartnership.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT I
IN have this day purchased OF J. C. Colgan
bis entire interest in the saloon business. on
Main street, Eureka, formerly owned by him
in connection with myself, and cordueted un-
der the firm name Of Murtha a Colean. 7
will liqtidate all TIE indebtedness of the old
firm and collect all its outstanding indebtsd-
nces,
The business will hereafter be conducted'by
me alone Christopher HHETHA.
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rJ,HE OFFICE OF THE JACKSON MIN
/ ing Company is removed TO Room No. 4,
4OS California street, San Francisco, Cal.
ia4-2v W. L. SHAW, Secretary.
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EXCURSIONS.

DEGULAR SUNDAY MORNING EXCURSION BOA
HI for New Haven.
The P.lsce Steamboat MAGENTA win leave vesey st
North River. ut A. M Fulton forty. brooklyn. S:15
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aud after sunday, May q 1876 Returning leaves Nov
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NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
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Bremen
First Cabin $780, gold Second Cabin, s0o god Steer
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1EO WEST 25TH ST.. SECOND FLOOR BELLA
lOc competent person maid and seamsress: under
stands nil kiads Of family sewng best city refer
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1RA EAST 18TH STA VERY RESPECTABLE GIRL
lOO as maid and amstress: do all kinds of sewing
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D1o EAST 18TH ST. IN SroRE-A YOUNG Girl
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shamberwnrk etvreterencc.
The daily Argus., 1876-11-24
MOLINE.
s6FNo police cases to-day.

s6rNo police cases to-day.
B9rThe new bridge will not be anchored
n9~The Baptist church is still without a
pastor.
s6@The schools will close on Thanks
giving day.
nGrThe new bridge was to have been
paid for to-day.
RgChurch notices should be handed in
before noon tomorrow.
BGrIhe Sugar Hollow improvements
are approaching completion.
B1rL. E. Hemenway has accepted the
collectorship of Moline township.
BI-The Rockford road has at last com
pleted the culverts and covered them with
plank.
a9 Thanksgiving services will be held
at the Congregational church on next
Thursday.
B9@Thos. Walton still mourns the loss
of bis pocket book containing 800. In
the meantime the police are getting to
bottom facts.
Moline Council.
Special meeting of city council Novem
| Der 23d, 1876, pursuant to a call to decide
on the acceptance of the bridge at Rock
river. Present, Mayor Wheelock and all
the aldermen.
Mr.. Edwin CLANCY who was appointed
by the mayor to examine the bridge and
see whether the plans and specifications
had been carried out. made his report,
that, with the exception of some few un-
important points, everything was according
to contract.
Moved by Alderman Barnard that the
bridge be accepted. Carried by the unan-
imous vote of the aldermen.
Bill of the bridge company for lumber
used on piers $50 % was allowed.
Moved by Alderman Grantz that B. P.
Oakley be appointed collector of tolls at
the bridge for the balance of municipal
year, with salary of 1866 per year, and free
use of the premises; that he be requir-
ed to make a report and return collections
monthly to the city clerk; that he be re
quired to give bonds in the sum of $500
Carried by unanimous vote.
Moved by Alderman Grantz that the
! clerk be instructed to procure tickets fol
the bridge Carried.
t On motion council adjourned
S. I, WALKER City Clerk,
The daily Argus., 1876-11-24

Grant with technical forms to meet any
one of various emergencies which may oil
may not come to pass. The general idea il
to give him het color of maintaining the
iaws,lf extreme measures should be adopted
with or without provacation. All reyo.
lutious are begun in that way.
The situation is grave, and must be
looked squarely in the face to avoid the
perils that few weeks may bring forth.
The men who have held power for fftceen
years, enjoyed the patronage upon five OF
six hundred millions of annual receipts
and expenditures. manipulated the great
operations OF the treasury and practically
run the Government for themselves and
the party which they CONTROL, will not give
up. unless by the compnlsion Of public
opinion.