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CITY PRINTING.

After tho Grand Jury had finished its inquiry
into tho Roney matter, It took up the allegations
oi fraud in connection with the contract for tho
city printing, and examined number Of wit
nesees. The first poEson who appeared befors
them waa Atr. @. E. Gardner. Mai. Taylor, of
tho Posi- and Mail bad hworn that Gardner had
called upon him md said that the contract 10
the city Printing could bo aosured for s9, 500.
When Dir. Garduos was asked II lie had over
mRde any such statements mentioning that or
any other amount he zoplied positively In the
negative. 4ls had, hs said. called 1t tho oilico
OF the Posi- and Mail, but it nas
whatever with tue printing queatlou, aud, while
the eubjoct had been incidentally referred to,
y0t he Was certatu that uo mention OF mouey
had been made by him.
ner axceps. possibly, that shown BY hlr. PerloIat
who followed Alm upon the ssand. Mr. Po.iolat
Afro conttadcted the statements Of respectable
wttuessss who had sworn thAt he wont to them
Y conssdoFat!on, thu votes Of majority OF tho
U;omiaon Council. Mr. poEolat WAS queA.
saonea sa.st and croas.queauouod 1t great
length, hut DO has not run Tbs
gauntlet Of Cook County Grand Jurios for tho
aa;,,,t tast t"o }aats without getting thoroughly
df'l!et and It Wa impossible to Rok ANYTHING
ont OF him except the in.imstioc that he. Peri.
olat, wss an 1nuocent much.Abused man, who
could not gndotstA9d why it waa that tic cous-
mnnty q s1ok n. such p!esau1e in s1.adssing hIm
OCEAN, was the no1t witness. IIe Tas asIad
II Ge, or any one authorized to do 20 On hahaf of
the Inter. OCEAN, had approached any Aidermsn
with Any offer OF promise Of money OF othes
consideration 10 secure Lis influence Or tae in.
duenoe OF any other Alderman Ia awarding
To ths Inter- Ocean tho contract for the civ
printing; or II ba or any Responsible party con-
nscled with that paper had bosu approached on
kI,a Abar ~ ans tjSrrr
cunning 10 oct In tue iutorest Of any Alderman.
To all these intesroRatorios Mr. Palmer Of.
e1pliciteIJ replied in tho negsAva. ua Was then
told to sctire. ,-,F
The last witness called WIS lit. CHARLES e.
lam, ene Of. tas< editpIe Of the Ia.st 0odan.
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put mp in lots Of five or ten, and wore sold at 10
mitch apiece. Notwithstanding that tho auction
each article. constant and ludlcrons mistakes
wore madc by busers. who In their eaRernssd
thought they woto getting tho whole 10: for Tho
pricn named. Their terror and Ertof on learn
inR thoir miatNRc MAS too faushnbn to be repro
ducod. One sr7oculator appealed III bis agony to
u Nisltcr Goru. Mtahsor aosc, Id, bcon
cuahtotaer trce-!our years. pleasllo take dom
goots back and ssu on, ofer, hey 2"
pany won. allow It," ',.-..-.-
nuyer-1 gif you Won bottle OF champagne,
S1r. G. (k,nd1y but tirm,y)-1t won't do. John +,
you must take the goods.
Ar THE CLOSE or TIRE EALE
tho purchasers Eerc allowed to have access 10
ttotr boxes, which had boon previously ntowed
away iu Tho rear OF tho room. Thon onsued a
the % store s 1ainly Triad to make the buyers carry
OIL their packages before opening thom, but il
WAS Of no use. Ihe croHd wore too anxious to
know their fato, and boxes, trunks, and eatchels
were spoodiiy, p,'ed opon nd thelt conton.,
gfoan Of disappointment ~ trunk after trunk
wAa forced opes. and nothing Of any especial
value was discovered. Or co,aEso theru Was =
grons assortment Of clothing 9. different sa3-
got luis moneys WORTH but that wasn't what ho
wanted. Tho spoculator had bocn boDt upon
making 4 teu-otIlke, and hin grief Was
therefore all the moro unmodlned. Ono man
WHO bought heavy iEon-bound chest found IL
consaiued lot OF old iron. Another, after un-
winding abous . dozen yards Of rags In bis
package, arrived At a china cotroa-cup, on whose
eide War tho gilt inscription, 'To Charlie.'' Ne-
gAstilcss Of Lharies feo1inae. the disgusted pur-
chaser hurled tho mug out Of tho back door and
strobe away. Porhhpa tho saddcat case Of al
was that Of tho man who had invested In bss-
kos OF champagne, aud found that other lips lad
been bofoEe him In taasiug tho ambrosis, for tho
bottles were all empty. Theso Aro only few in-
n.rsd .hara n1 ssa- .,. en sass os
WHO got nll or moro than they anticipated, and
who were in . consequent tranquil franc OF
Miul.
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CRIMINAL.

john Dillon IN accomplics Of Musdoon and
DoIan iu tho Ilo1ie robbery. WAS arrested by
Detective Flanagan last night, and locked up
In the Madison Htroet Station.
John Downing and Martin Tanning, tno boys
banging shout tho Exposition 8k&tIng z Rink,
stolo two pair Of skAtea from ". ]. Reynolds
Last evening, and were sentto tho Amory.
MoKee, tho colored man who stole watch On
Fodrth ayenus nos long ago, has been arrested
In st. Louis Chief Hickey yesterday received
: telegram to tllat effect and sent Detective
hcots 10 Ut, Louls for tho prigoter.
J. 7. McCabe, another example Of proicssior-
q bondsmep, MA before Justice Mech On 4
charge Of perjury yesterday Afternoon, aud a.
though It was believed that he had xillfully mis-
represented tRs rAlue OF lQta to which, b. oVpa
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A Tlverton. Il. l., correspondent Of the Fan
Mver (slasB.) Neeos Bcnds tho following:
"Capt Joseph Monroe, with Ills wife and babe,
startod from Tivetton to crosB tho riyor 10
llhode Island, last Wednesday, and In passing
through Bridgeport, With strong ebb tide, ths
keel Of bis boat came In contact with tiue at-
tEched to tho sehooucr Antelope, and Tho boat
Was capsIzcd. Tho babo sAnlf, and his wife 10.
came unconscious, MUnroe dived down and rcf-
cncd the baoe. aud III ho camo to tho surfaoe
found bis wife juat under water aud sinking,
babe md vic, md landed over zoo % feot from rom
whero the bons capsi:cd. The babe was nppar-
emily dead. for 1t was undcr water from the time
tho boat chpsized until its father landed II On thu
ahore, but tt noon revived"
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REDISTRicTlNG THE CITY.

WHAT THE WERT S1nE ALDERMEN WANT.
At tho last meeting Of the Council tho scdss-
triotiug Of The city under tho now charter, which
provides for but oightcon vhrls, WAS made =
special ordcr for consideration At $3.50 o'clock
nc1t Monday evening. As yos tho Aldermen aro
not fully decided As to tho courbe to be pursued.
II ia An almost unanimous opinion amoug tho
Aldermen that tho Firnt and Second Narls
should DO combined together. aud that the
Nineteenth and Twentieth phonld bo similarly
combined, or, silt better. that tho Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, And Tvontleth Wards 10 divided
iuto two wards. This dirlsion wond glvo tue
South Side avc Hasde. tho North sl1o four
wards, and tho Vest Bido Tue remaining nine,
OF Is much ~ the other two put together. Bono
Of shc more radical Wcst Side Aldormen
want to lhTo ton wards, and olstm Il ia duo
10 Tho largo population. but tho nonsense Of
svoli division is 10 apparent that thcre ls but
little hope Of the move eyne succeeding. With
euch division, tho West Side Aldermen might
easily combine to eocuro the bulk Of tho i'm
provemonss, and. II tho koslousy they bast At
present towards tho South and North Divisions
10 any criterion. such . combination would be A.
most certainty.
Besides thoes difficulties In fedlatrictlng, there
arc still others which bid 70 bo ovon more
serious. THO size and population OF Tho West
Side rasds arc manifosty unequal. and how to
remedy the mattcr is vhcro tho difficulty lies.
1hna far tho princ'pal changes talked Of ara tito
bounded BY Ashland avenue, Curtis and
70 tho Eleven.h Ward; S tso tr.nsies st
Of alico Of the Niuth Ward west Of Centre avo.
cally belongs; aud the trsnsfer OF nlico Of tho
Ihirtesth Ward went Of Union Park aud between
Madison aud Kinzio styoets, or OF strip Of the
Fifteenth, to tho Fourteenth Ward. These
changes hAyo boon by no means decided upon,
aud there arr numerous other ouos desi9nod to
take tlHtf UlRCeR. Tim 0tnp0AAI HhHrrA In bS
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WABASH & ERIE CANAL SALE.

TznRE HAurE, Ind, Feb. 24.-Thc Wabash i
Eric Canal, extending from tho Ohio State line
through tho cities Of #. Wnyno. Losanspost
and Lafayette. and tho abandoned portion from
Lafayette to Terte Hauto and Evansville, wss
sold to-day At public sato. tho chief purchaser
being tho plaintiff, J.K aaren. wbolad brought
an aot[on to cloap up this trust for ali cou-
cerned. This caso, Involving tho State debt
act known as ths Butler bill, Las bcen appealol
to tho United 8tAtes Supreme Court, with tho
intention Of having tho liabilities Of the Sta.o
to pnr canal stocks determined. Tho canal
from Lafayette to the Ohio Inns aold for e85, 600
sales Of lotn quarrios, aud lands. oto., adtscant
50, $50; total amount Of salea, e101,290. The
aale OF the canal lands will continue tomorrow,
, 1876-02-25
THE LICENSE BUSINESS.

AN IRREGULAR TRANSACTION D1sCOTEnED,
The TR1RuNE last week exposed tho manner In
which tho present City Government Ia mAnaging
not to collect tho license foes from the various
pcrsona required to pay them, and especially ga
loon-ksepsra. Among thoss mentioned Al not
having license was the saloon No. 5l6 Btato
street, geps By Il, I. Klein. Ho felt much sg-
gr1ovod, us he claimed to hare the necessary
document authorizing him to disponse gin elings,
eto. Ho vent to tho City Olerka office Saturday
morning last with tho license, which was duly
signed, scaled. and delivered, and
numbered 134. Tho strangoht thing Of
all was, that there MAS auother
licouao issucd, bearing tho sano number, Klen's
ltceuao had poyar boon recorded, and tho city
had no money to show that the lcenso WAS is-
sued to him, md had no collectors receipt, atl
Of which are required to provo Identity. How
eysE, No: l94 was issued to one J III. Fett, No.
and hero ID where little crookodncss was dovet-
opsd, which shows Fott, Otto BIuhm, and Klein
mixed up In rather dirty Transaction.
The llcen1e to Fett naa issued July Z. 1875. At
that tirno = lot Of now blanks had como in, aud
bad been e,gned BY Mayor GolYin and City
Cierk Forrest. and had been duly scaled. ~
accident two 1icsnsss stuck togotho., and Fott
resolved IN extra blank. Instoad Of returning
tho blank to tho city like AZ honest man, be
saloon. and who had no llcehse. He offered to
sell this 20 Kloin, but ho was little afraid.
Fott tlon claimed that Ae would get Otto Dluhm
to 1x 1t up all right. It should 30 remembered
employ Of the City Clerk. Bluhm took
the blank from Fett and rilled IL
ont TOR Klein, together With tho necessary bonds
for him to sign. This was two or three days
atter, or about tho 10th Of Jnly last.
Bluhm aud Kloln had some talk a. to tho
price. tho latter holding that Bluhm's charges
were too high proport!onasely. Dtuhm replied :
"Do you think AN going to take tho response
bi!ity On myself for nothlng;" and no received
s16, Fets a!so receiving something. It should
done thur duty, this license would have been
checked and the aum beou taken and
to whom insued, and thon compared With
tho record-books tn tho City Closk'u office,
AS 1t was, TuE TRIBUNE unearthed the fraud by
exposing the unlicensed places. Az = rosuit o1f
all thss Rlein made II exceedingly warm for Fott
md Bluhn,, and the latter refunded tho money
given to hlm BY Klou hoping theroby 10 kcep
tho matter out Of print. Klein yesterday oAo,e
TO ths City Clerks oi3loe and procured = license.
Yesterday nftornoon TR1nuNk reporter hailed
Otto Bluhm on tho btroot, but he was in hurry,
and claimed to know nothing of tho matter.
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TOUCHING lNclpEhT.

THE doVEAAoh AND THE LITTLE CHILDREN,
Early this week Taz TmnusE published, for
tho benent OF tho people Of Couk County who
take natural interest in tho doings Of one of
their prominent citlzeua tho story OF tho visit
paid to Conrad seipp BY Gov. Doyer'dge, tho
pleasant talk they bad and what they washed It
down with. This paper has again been fortu-
nato. It has discovered IN incident In tho Gov
ernos'a life which has not boou heretofore bean,
We hasten to give It, A paper called tie Inde-
pendent, run by the celebrated Mr.. Bowen, nub-
llshoa tho facts. They cover page. The siu-
plo narrative condensed u as follows:.
Somewhere In ulinoia theEe lived two little
children. Robert aud Maggie Woods. Sometime
previous to NoyembeF, lB74. tholr Aunt pr.ss y--
other name not givon--scnt them from their
homo out Oh the prairie down to tho store At tho
money for basket of eggs. IA thoy reached
the stAAou-for tho village wAa somewhere on q
railroads. train OF cars CAME ZIP and Atoppod
amid great burst Of cheering. Then
THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT ocCuAREDi
oht know WhAt 1t Is u exclaimed Bob. /" The
through hero to-day"
form. md, scknowltdginz the gfye;ipx he hsd re-
What !. 70 taking 20 Long for ," cushioned Msg-
i Hush r. responded Bob. ii just s.id bs would
een them tho Cause Of she hard times: aud wsnt to
30 tho Two children preaa to tho edge at tho crowd
snd ssood 20 soletanlT atsll catching an occasional
before them, but bearing only few discoauected
Words and those not very intclligble -eotnetLiua
Thsn hs sn9as rh,sd &. r
withdrew, and - tho cars sped sway tho crowd dly.
petsed. ~ @''0
Boon sitter, Tho children met an old man hy tim
nhme OF Jeremiah pasker,-any yiiIsva ut,h
such + citizen may aend in ita cl.iu,,-nni ashnd
him what currency !" and redemption "meant.
Jeremiah, after explaining that thury wero somc
points on which ho differed from GOV, Ueycridca.
said that, Il people savod up pieces OF taK.mopey
and sent them to tho Trossury. tho Ifoasnry
would aand on \ lot more OF the same klud OF
paper or stg-money. Hobart and Margaret.
after nedltatinE over this conversation came
70 tho concluaion that II they were
to send oa 10 tho Treasury Department
fractional currency obtaiaed by selling paper
rags the IreasurT Department would send back
. lot more money for 1t. After saving aud
1svinK until they had scqulEed 30 cents, these
two ust's chiidEon sent tbs following
hrrEa TO GOV. DEskniDdg;
q lcAst. it IL to b presumed they did, for the
lKdepeHdent says 1t was placed IN IN tnyelopa
and directed 10 the Governor Of 1llipols
DIAN Ma. ooykxAox: We srs = little bar and etr1.
We uvs with our Aunt Prlssy Aud dsaudn,a, Aunt
ssy ee.s M tes sFtae; and 70 does Grandma, but
tnpss. fos hsrs real hard tmes Il our houss: at
vs couldn't hear much. 'eAusa there was k.h cr,w,t
b Ne saked man. and he sAtd ii Va seut panerras
eaooAy M tAe ygtAsREy thcy'd send IN = lot mofs
esansy. We dams 1uow ths Treasury. and Won't you
0sse y 9es loa mora fer Tor cur 50 ceuts, III
ssf7 ss sasp'pss Ron'y. for ~ picked U III ssss
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INTERVIEW WITH TWO ENrAeafAs1s.
In spite Of al that has boon published to deter
tu,or. hns mt hcon n.tar,.ilv @ choct.d ~ M ~. snd
o.-..NN,.1- 49,.
nea1'9 ose'y outgoing 'sa'n on cotsa'a foaaa mas
on boatd one or moro persons bound for tho now
god-aelds Of Tho Wcat.
A Tatnusr reporter mat two contfemon from
y,,tton nj yo,t.-t.v -1,,das ~ 70 u.aa,s,
.a"a.v"' ~ peA', ~ y. n.o'A'
ineB' Slee'fFeslooot or she Dakosa southern
Railroad and prominent attorney OF yankton,
and Frod ], Cross Suporiuteut1ont of Emi1rs-
linn sor Dohotn. f,o,h war, +roah tro,,, tlo,r ~,
t,r,,-;s,ro oi,r ho,tra -. na.. r..,s.,i" ~.
s'iiAlt."b s'ss' 'oHuu Aoe ~" 1oe.aau III LIB
!ntcressa OF emigration, anu fesdv 10 ilnpaEt any
information IN thesr power. Ihe reporter bad
An interesting cnas Wltn tue Gentsemen. tie sub
6tahce OF Tnlca 10 g1Eon IN the present article.
In regard to the
!, nIsf MEANS or HEAcn1To TEE n1Aok n1ILs,
the reporter ~as informed that the most direct
route naa by tho Illinois Central lsailrosd from
here TO sioux Clty and thence to the present.
totminna Of tho Dakota southorn a. Yaukton.
me !atter load. Wnen competed. Will take tue
tsaTSisz V{i ilsht INTO the iass o. she black Hills.
from Yanktoa sze by river. and stage. The first
route TO tho gold rogiona from Yaukton is up tho
Mtssouri some 2oo miles TO Fort Pierre, and
tlcnce py stage ~ aoutAWcaleflY direction for
second route purauos a. alnost direct Testsrn
course 70 Fort handall, reached either by E1yer
Or stage, and thehco by stage to tho DlAok
Hills: Tho last Fouts 10 considerably the shorter,
ont involves good deal OF staging and very
!l!tle tra3ol ~ FlVeF. Expeditions from Iank-
ton. composed OF people gathering theso from
ali quafsefs sthlt lof tno diis every dsy or two,
pIosiapa "ltA Iatou1 1u1 tnIeo Inontue: Dotn
routes sTo W.! snpphod With water and grass,
tnu. ~ sneto nas peeh no enow IN tho country or
beavy ralns thls winter, al damaging reports a.
70 soe ~, h"olen ntseams ameahs 70 simply nosh-
lug, Inc loads wore never ln better condition,
; aua ase aeset'oea al beng hard enough for tho
hesEiess trATel.
~ TO THE AMOUNT or ooLp
toand ~ the 0sacK H1ils' tho reporter MAS m
.orInea 'nss some ps1uea we're getsng from ~
10 Wy Jay eod homo - much ~ s5o. The gold
wac that kno"n a. "eoarse scaled gold, Was
"asnea oot OF tne hueaMs, ana VA OF tno Char
astel AnoHn 10 placet eo!a., ono OF tho gen.
tlomen had specimen OF this gold IN small
posHo. a;. +" aa'a 10 Do OF ; 8ooo degree OF
p9r.ty.
mere ID 81, 1ee!9 nc nnasfssaaa,hg saat tho Gov
esnlnsn. ~ w nos 'ntesioto WIN p4fHeo going 70
tne olaca nals, anu evan tao 1na!ana them
nelVes nAVo oualed tno hatenaE ana more Ia poaco
once mo1e. lnesa arc pIopaplJ s'o0o poFaona
~ tae county now 1qa u - es1e 70 say that
py tno niaalo .. or OK nay tno oo nomoer will bo
increases 10 1ao9u or 1v'10u fnvAto expo
al!sons ieaso .'a, sanktoa uaI1' a. Wnlch city
.'nosh ou1a. eau % oota,noa a. vory foAsona-
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DEATHS.


1t o'clock T. M, Fanny f. Hatncs, Of Elizabeth, NJ
J ~!fe OF william, F. 1Ialscy, Of Tbs former city.
IoHNBTON-iat KlnmundJ, ILL.,. on Wednesday,
Feb ~, Margaret Johnston ulster Of tho 1ley. Adam
Johnston and tho late Joseph Johnston.
Funeral 1t tho gesidcnra Of MI. j. r. Ton,plo, s57
MtchfFan-aT., on Friday, Fst. Is, At O'Clock p. m
Friends afs invited.
McoULLIN0-1n this city, Feb. ., in his s3h year,
Joshua McCu!!ing.
Funeral from his late rcsdenca, 292 Twenty yninth-
st Fob. as at 10 r,., By carriages 10 1raeclsnd.
~ Aurora, t1Il.} and London and Norfolk, tEng)
papers pteaba copy.
, 1876-02-25

The City Collector continues 10 Lake In back
ta1oa, 45G4 rsa gathered yesterday. Tho City
Collectors ot1lco Was the scsnb yesterday Of, 4
performance that yielded much fun to thoso
prescnt and but lttlo money to tho city. A lot
OF furnturo, taken from tho Office Of aoma 10 We'd
on Arm. wns sold At snctton. Charles Whto
mRtle tho aAlos, and proved himself good talk-
Or Tho total sum derived from tho goods was
f6o. Mike Mcdonald purchased hand.truok.
suppozo any ono wonld onter tho lions den to
tRko this truck after It onco gets thoro?" City-
seatcr 0il!esrIo bought psir Of scntes. Tho
other REtlclos, including = number Of foot Of
hose. Office furniture, aud a safe, found pur-
clAB0re.
, 1876-02-25
THE nit TRAnE.

NEw foNK, Feb 2i.-Conslderahlo Of fu1r
WAS occasioned In tho petroleum trade to-day b1
numerous dispatches, rrivato and public, 70.
porting an cxcitod state OF affairs and marked
advance on tho Crock, OIL City, Rou.eviilo,
1itusvite, Parl:cr's Landing, and other points.
tho close Of Change The tendency was atill up.
ward.
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aueuee, this desirable haven Of tndolouos
rarc!y doniod ehou1. 9ve thsm anything like 4
fair examination. and tho roauit would ba tho
peromptory dismissal Of 1t least ons-hAlf of sho
wtoio body,-n resnt that would like ver7
much to SEQ TUE TRIBUNE sssist In obtaining.
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who was aaked whether ho knsw Of any corrupt
ptopoaitlon made by any person connected With
Tho papor hv which lo is employed. In order TO
secnte ttio city printing: His answer Was IN tho
negative. Tho Grand Jury t,lon sdjonrnod and
Will Tomorrow probably o1au,ino some moro
Witnessed who will Also answer Ia tho negative.
, 1876-02-25

"If Ever Conoc to Love-"
sang Prairie avenue maiden, n young brown stood
II tic door intent evening call. uo p1uscd 10
listen with RAPTURE but turned away disgust when
he found she referred to a neH. Domestic which hef
father had Just sent home.
, 1876-02-25

= ----------- UXI4 4zkIEIt1IfE3s
Observation-Disclosures evening, Feb. a. al
tho residence Of the Hov. ". A. bartlett, O. H. Mask
and Mira. E. HaIbinc. all Of Chicago.
hREEAMITruTNAalVAt Ess r. Ma9iaqn y. =, Fes y BY
George 9. Bail 4 CO., Dosr, of Trade, sud Conmln
Neam, Union Htock-fards, Chicago, and Miss Carrie
r., daughter OF John putnam III. D., AIadison, n, Y.
, 1876-02-25

Piano Buycrs
should remember that Lyon h uealy, Bt4to and Mon.
Eoe sresta. sell good ow-prced pianos we'll as ths
pianos for rent.
, 1876-02-25

EIHhI WIKI.
A meatlng Of the First Ward Auxiliary Republican
Club will b held at Republican Hoadquartors,
Of Clark and Lakosts Saturday evening At halfrast
I. full attendance Ii desired, BY order Of tho gE-
ccuktve Committee,
There will be meeting Of tho othor Flrst Ward Re.
publican Club nt tho HentIuaftctB, corner Lako and
ClAskas., this sveing " 7:1N p. AL good Nepub
ltcApl Nee Invited to attend.
, 1876-02-25

IundbnrE's Fortunes
Rre 1ika natural flowers aud bouqueta
, 1876-02-25
FTFTEEETrH WARN

FHTEEhTH W4Eu,
meeting Of tho Fifteenth Ward Republican Club
Will 10 held Saturday evening At o'clock prompt At
4ea AAhlahdav corner Auglta.st. Business Of great
importance will 10 Transacted All Republican, In thA
ward nro requested t7 intend.
, 1876-02-25

FOURTH WARD.
Tho regular meeting OF tho Fourth Ward Republican
Club will bs held Ut tbs Clubroom, $50 WAbash.aT,
saturday owning.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-12-02

Bob INGEEsoLL hit the nail on the
head when he tclegraphed to Governor
Kellogg:
In the Presidential game the Demo
cratic party has hand fall Of stolen
cards Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
New York and Connecticut. Full-hand-
ed flush F! Looking over the tops OF these
stolen cards, across the table, with one
hand on a revolver, the old political bloat,
thief and buldoser shouts to the Repub-
lltans: Don't touch Louisiana Don't
You steal a card on me Don't touch it!
The people demand Reform -
In the election past the Democratic
party has never missed point where
there was chance to act rascally and
unsorupulously. And yet that party asks
power in the name of honesty 4! And its
leaders are still desperately pushing on to
get into Office. What honorable party
would rob Oregon or Vermont Of an
Elector to elect its President? But this
Is petit larceny in comparison with the
highwaymanship and brigand,hp per-
p"trated in the South.-NdlyScHIe Ap-
peat.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-12-02
@~A---7ss'-s-s..s. sssss~-'-s@@a

INELIGIBLE ELECTORS. livery day or
two there comes telegraphic report that
some elector Is ineligible, and consequent
ly a vote is lost to one party and gained
by he other. This is sheer nonsense.
There is no principle Of the law better es-
tabished than that when for any reason
a person elected is disqualified the election
is a nullity so far us that office Is con-
cerned. People have right to vote for
whom they please and if they choose to
vote for person who lacks the c0nstitu-
tlonal requirements, their votes are thrown
away, but the next highest number of
votes does not CONSTITUTED majority. The
closeness of the vote has occasioned
numerous inquiries INTO the eligibility
Of electors, and every day or two we are
treated 10 n disquistion on the disqualif-
cation OF some one or more Of the success
ful ones. First it was the Vermont and
next the Oregon pos t-master; then six
from Southern States who had been reb-
els and did not have their disabilities re
moved then a Rhode Island Centennial
Commissioner then Connecticut man
uamed whose name was Ingersoll but
spelt Ingersal; and to wind up with we
hear that North CAROLINA man is one of
the Southern Claims Commission, and
therefore cannot act. This catching at
straws to deioat the popular will is not
a healthy indication. Whichever way
the honest vote Of State is giA en- is the
way it should be counted, and those who
stick at technchalties are no friends Of
free government.