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A GOOD Counterfeit NICKEL.

The smallest and meanestsof all eoun-
terfeits is now circulating in greatnum-
bers throughout the country. 1t is a
counterfeit scent piece, and it is worth
less only because the counterfeit, al
though it is identical In weight and
fneness with the genuine coin, and
worth just as much, is not made at the
Government mint. The 5-eent piece is q
sham and deceit at best, for it.costs the
Governments. including materiaL labor,
etc., less than half a cent a piece, or ten
per cent. Of its nominal value. NJ.
Some of the counterfeits were recently
sent to the superintendent OF the Mint
in Philadelphia by the Treasurer for the
purpose of makinginquiries and to test
their value. The superintendent Gays
the counterfeits have been assayed and
found to- contain copper and niclsle in
the legal proportion, that the coins are
Of proper weight, size, and finish, and
just as valuable as the good coin. The
only way tosdetect the spurious coins is
by the imperfect impression Of the
legend "In God we trust" ~
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WHEELER & WILSON'S
'f's-'t-H .7'-''s a}fsH y
New No. 6 Sewing Machine. \

We, manufacturers of Boots and Shoes, ard
using Wheeler q Wilson's New No. 8 Sewing
Machine in all kinds Of stitching on our work,
and confidently believe that 1t win supersedd
ell others in this branch Of manufactures, fox(
the following reasons:
!. The work done by this machine is superior
to thar Of any other in variety, amount, excely
lence and beauty. y 95 "a
2. This machine is more durable than any
other Of its class requiring much less outlay
for repairs and renewal Of parts.
8. It does the cording or staying Of button
holes in a most elegant and Substantial mans
ner. without the expense Of royalty.
In short, because by the use Of this machine
we can turn out superior work at tess coat than
with any other. I'm (. .,s'sSs.
IsIasEp sy MAYY,l \
~ II is fast superseding all other n,ss
chimes for leather work.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17


Too MUCH OF A GOOD THING.-The
impeachment business is little OYER
done at Washington. There is nothing
there now but impeachmentif for every
body and everything. 1t is the soy-
ereignest thing on earth for an inward
bruise.. It beats spermaceti. The GRIM
inal law has fallen into disuse; 1t is not
fashionabls; 1T lacks dignity. Impaach.
meht is the thing for all the ills the body
polite is heir TO. Accordingly, some OF
those asiHte Oongressmenr serving on
committees propose the impeachment Of
Clapp, the Congressional Printer, for
bszzlement, In. selling some waste
paper and not crediting 1t to the Govern
ment properly. Very likely such a thing
might happen. clapp has fully one
thousand men under his supervision in
the Printing Department.. Some waste
material might be sold and-remainu I'M
credited on the books, without any in
tent to embezzle, Moreover, il II were
a criminal embezzlement, there is the
eriminal Law and court Of competent
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iurisaictlon for his trial and punish

Jurisdiction for his trial and punish
IheIt.
How a committee could expect to inn
peach clapp, however guilty hi might
be, nobody but a committeeman eould
imagine. Clapp, as the Congressional
Printer, is no more a. s'civil officer" of
the Government than the fireman OF the
heating apparatus in the Capitol is. The
Committee might as well move the i'm
peachment Of Congressional messen-
ger boy, for stealing the Speakers, ap-
Piles out of his desk, as to, impeach a
mere employe like Clapp. The fact. Is
the thing is becoming quite too common.
and is trifiing with tile most solemn pro-
ceeding known to the Constitution. II
wrongful acts. have been committed, in
that way, let the offender be turned over
to the tender niercies bf d police court,
which Is perfectly competent totry and
punish in such cases; and not invoke
the impsachment process before the
United States Senate to try a case OF
wrongful appropriation of lot Of paper
rags by an employe who never bore a
commission as "civIl officer" of the
Government. - e.l...
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17

THE two convicts General Mcdonald
and Colonel Ayery-7how beautifully
these lofty military titles sound as ap-
piled to convictsl have now received
lheir uniforms and epaulettes at the
Missouri Penitentiary. Mcdonald is re-
ported as having laughed the matter off
rs capital good joke. Perhaps the
Joke may become little stale before his
three years are finished. Avery was
more solemn about the business of being
Donined as convict prisoner in the
penitentiary, as any man well might be.
. 1t is reported that when Avery and
Mcdonald appeared at the prison In
charge OF the officers, their ancienttriend
and Scompatriot. Colonel Joyce, turned
lrom his literary labors, and striking an
attitude after the manner Of the Greoian
bend, exclaimed in the Homeric words
pf ssthe wrathful Achilles when Nestor
and Ulysses approached his tent i'ea
ssw eicome old friends, to me yet dear,
Pray what the devil brought ye hercS"
and they answered: ssThe United States
Marshal for the District of Missouri p''
All they need now is Babcock to make
the quartette complete. .i3a &p
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS,
Pioneer Newspaper Of Colorado
Established April 20, 1889.

. . VI . 4.
Oldest, Largest, Cheapest and Best;
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Medium thtoqg HI which 10 reach
the Trade OF q C6lorado hnd adja-
htTerritOrY. 1ifi eifsi sN'f :
FU1sfksE q ~ ~ On t -aslf ~ OF
IL HE DAILY NEWS is % by Al inches; con-
tains SO columns Of matter. THE WEEKLY
NEWS 10 80 by 50 inches; contains 40 columns
Of matter. Both are edited with ability and
care. They furnish Che latest and most reiia-
bic news regarding Colorado. its business
growth, progress. mining interests, agricnl-
tural and stock interests, and, in fact are a
reflex of 1.-THE dnterests Of the Territory. ~
Subscribe forit, il you wish 70 obtain authen-
tic information Of Colorado. Specimen copies
sent free On receIptof postage. Advertising
rates furnished upon application.
Subscription: Daily, SO per year; 81 per
month fof shorter period. Weekly. ss year;
81 75 Tor six months; 81 for three months.
ADDRESS WIN. N. BYERs, Prop'r.
fyla-am Denver. Colorado,
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SEWING MACHINES. y
Wheeler 4 Wilson'S
IROTARY.HoOK, TAR 'lFI IOCK-sTITCH L'| I
Sewing MACHINES. | 4 II ! 7 ! J. !
MORE THAN
100000
OF TTIEIR Z
Family Machines
LIN USE.
AQuarter Of Q Century's trial has Dems
onstrated their Superiority.
A Quarter ofa Century's trial has DemS
onstrated their Superiority.

Wheeler &c Wilson'S New No. g
Machine must eventually super.5
sede all others now kiiown witlk
which it comes in conipetition. We
recommend for it the high.ests
award which it is i'm the power Of
the Institute to beptOw.s'-From the
unanimous report Of the Aye Judges Of the
American Institute, New York, 1874. ~ II
The Board Of Managers unanimously apss
proved the report, and recommended for this
machine the Gold Medal of the Insti~ |
tUte.
The Board Of Direction unanimously ap4e
proved this recommendation, and awarded thai
Gold Medal to Wheeler & Wilson. the onlN
Gold Medal awarded for o Sewing Machine pr
the American Institute for many years.
The Austrian Official Report Of the Vienna
Exposition pronounced it "the marvel Of the
Exposition" ana added, this universal ma,
chine sews the heaviest leather harness aud
the finest gauze with truly pearl stitch.''
The Grand Medal Of Progress was
awarded for 1t.
What the Leading Manufacturers Of Booty
and Shoes say Of -
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17

THE Louisville Globe is both fastidious
aud unreasonable. 1t is grumbling like
an unpaid piper about the milkmen OF
that city using diluents with their milk.
Not because Of the fact, but because the
diluents aforesaid are taken out of the
public watering troughs where epizootic
and glandered horses slake their fever
ish thirst. The Globe should consider
how great the trouble is to get clean
water there in Louisville; and not be SO
fastidious over the matter.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17

In the East the people are complaining
of the universal prevalence OF human
"epizooty" as direful and disgusting as
the equine disease Of like character that
spread over the continent two years ago.
This new pestilence has not put in an
appearance anywhere hereabouts as yet I;
and from the description given OF the
bunged eyes, swollen tonsils, red noses,
fearful eyes and cayernous coughs now
fashionable in Eastern cities, we shall
hope that this new form of "epizooty"
may wear out or tire out before it gets
this far into the interior.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17

The Baltimore Ne,0s has the audacity
TO say that the shiftless Kentuckians,
after receiving showers of mutton chops
and beefsteaks, are now grumbling be-
cause there have been no downfalls of
knives and forks
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is

1HE hOUSE OF hHfhNoENlAlANho 40,
taking pretty high ground in relation to
suspending the writ of .habeds. corpus,
In the Knbourn case. Kilbourn has for
some time past been held in durance
lperhaps not very. ..syile." but restrained,
of liispersonal liberty) under the charge
of contempt in refusing to testify before
Congressional Committee. When the
writ Of habeas corpas is to be issued:
pommanding the officer holding him to
produce him in, court in order that the
cause OF his caption and detention may
be inquired into, the House rufiies its.
feathers and goes Into dudgeon at this
offense to its dignityl
Is, then, the dignity of the House
greater and higher than the dignity OF
She great "Writ OF Right" known as
habeas co,pusp Nearly seven hundred
years ago, in 1916, our Anglo Saxon am
cestors she'd precious blood in DEFENSE
Of that great prsrogatiye of the People,
and incorporated its privileges into
their Magma Cnafta, as we
nave done into our Constitution;
and by our Constitution that
great Writ can be suspended only
"when, in. cases of rebellion or invasion
thepublic safety may require it," Con-
cerning this great popular prerogative a
modern writer has well said: "We must
admire, as, the key stone to civil liberty
the Statute which forces the secrets Of
every prison to be revealed, the cause Of
every commitment to be declared, and
the person of the accused to be pro-
duced, that he may claim his enlarge
ment, or his trial, within a limited time.
No wiser form was ever opposed to the
abuses Of fpower.D-[Fs,guson's Civil So
siety. @ ~ a@'
The proceeding by habeas corpus Is
never regarded by the courts.as in the
nature OF suit between parties. It is a
direct personal appeal of the citizen to
his government, as represented In Its
courts, to interpose the highest preroga-
tive Of that Government in favor of
personal liberty, Of which the applicant
Ayers himself to be Illegally restrained.
I'm this proceeding, as said by Chief jus.
tice MARSHALL in Bollman's case, IA
Cranch 75l "the question to be consid-
cred is--shan the person be imprisonedi
mot whether he shall be convicted or
acquitted of the charges on which he is
held in custody"
1t would seem, indeed, that the House
would be assuming prercgatives higher
than the law and superior to the Courts,
II they refuse to have the cause of their
prisoners caption and detention in
Quired into, under that proceeding which
Congress itself can not even suspend
unless when the public safety may re.
Quire it.
The Judiciary Act Of 1889 confers the
authority upon all the United States
Judges to issue this writ, whenever the
applicant is held in custody under any
authority of the United States. How
Congress can now override this enact
ment and the Constitution it seems diff.
cuft to perceive.
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"Was tho crowd .tumultuous?U in
qlired one man or another who had just
come froma nassln1eetIng. "Tpo mul-
tuous7,rep piled the other. ooh, moi just
about multuous enough to fill the hall
fi y = ~ f' 'fff fss
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17

TO-DAY General Belknap appears be-
fore the Senate, sitting as court of i'm
peachment, and will take order touch
ing the articles exhibited against him
charging him with the commission OF
nigh crime and misdemeanor in office
while Secretary OF War.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17
WHEELER & WILSON'S
New No. z Machine, I,

Now for the first time introduced to the pnbl
lie, ranks in excellence with their famous
No. Machine, but has some modineationq
adapting II to special classes Of work. Tho
Tailor Will fnd IL as well suited to his work
rs Is No. . % leather work. 1t might properl1
be termed the Tailor'a Machine.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17

II EGAL--District Court of the United
~ States, Southern District Of Ohio. In bank
IuptcY. No. 1,6W. In the matter Of Abrah am
Stineau, bankrupt The creditors Of said
bankrupt are notified that ne has fled his pe-
tition In this Court praying for d anal dis
charge from his debts provable in bankrupt
cy under the laws of the United States, ana
said creditors are required to appear at a
Court Of Bankruptcy before me at my office,
No. East Ihlid street, Cincinnati, on, the
25th day Of April, 1876, at l0'clock "a. NJ, and
show cause, il any they have, why the prayer
0feaid petition shouldino be granted. % lai'
Dated at Cincinnati, April 8. 1876.
ss.if 4 Aa,,3 4 FLAMEN BALL.
ap3-2t,M Register in Ban nkruptcy.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-17
ELASTIC TRUSS.
LEGAL.

NOTiCE is hereby given to all parties in
In terested that an application has been
made in the Probate Court Of Hamilton
County, Ohio, to admita copy of the last will
and testament, duly authenticated, of Thomas
Downes Bennett. deceased, and the codcil at
tached thereto, to probate. Said application is
setfor hearing on the 26th day Of May, A. D.,
1876, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
~ N'+Nrt'- f'- MARY REED.
4 Executrix and Trustee.
HOWARD DOUGLASS, Attorney. mh27-4tM
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THE ssrebel eiement," as some people
call 1t, is becoming politically demoral-
ized. The late followers of the s'stars and
bars" are,not all going to vote one way on
thePresidential question. One, who calls
himself an ssex.rebel private soldier"
writes from Virginia that he is pining to-
see Tilden nominated; and rather
quantity remarks that "the people of the
South were tired Of Grant before the war
ended" That is probably aprettY ac-
eurate summary Of public opinion in the
South about that time. ..
Another one who declares himself a
Democrat. and one of the Arkansas dou-
ble-dyed' Democrats at that, writes that
lis going for Bristow. He further says :
II have heard within the past ten days
some fourteen or fifteen Democrats de.
clare that they intended TO vote for him,
no matter by what party he might be
nominated. One Of these held an official
position of Importance lin the Confed-
crate army. Party ties are getting won
derfully weak hereabouts. Northern
people have no idea how party ties are
weakening here, especially among US old
Wings. The better class Of Republicans
here and many Of the Democrats would
vote for Bristow against the field" ."
We are glad to learn that the party
ties among the sold Wings" are weak
ening down in Arkansas. Inasmuch as
the Whig party has been dead and buried
about twenty-three years, one would
naturally suppose that its ties would
have grown weak, if not rotten; and that
even Bristow would be their man
"against the field" Still it is whole
some sign to see the "boys in gray" join.
ing hands with the "boys in blue" in
the great campaign before us, and de-
claring that ''party ties are becoming
wonderfully weak thereabouts."
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"a q PROFESSIONAL. ~ Tllll
III. M. HELD, DenFisf,
2os Vino street, tskes doors above Eighth
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-05
FARMER WALLS MURDERERs.

THE PENNSYLVANIA COURT OF PARDoSs RE
FUSES TO COMMUTE THE SENTENCE OF
MEYER-A DOUBLE HANGING ON THURSDAY.
PirTsBUBG, Jan. 4, 1875.
The Board Of Pardons, sitting at Harrisburg refused
to day to commute the sentence OF Frederick Meyer,
convicted and sentenced to be hanged for the
Of old farmer named wahl the PerrysYille road
His companion in guilt william Murray, long since
made up his mind that he had to die but Meyers
sci have been endeavorng TO stave or tho death
tence imprisonment for life The PRISONER has been
kept in great suspense, nasmuch the Board Of Par
dons found II nconvenent consider the this
particular case until two days previous to the
time fixed for the execution OF the condemned.
When Meyer told this afternoon that
he had to die Thursday he manifested surprise,
he had hoped that change In the manner OF the
punishment would DO granted. He soon recovered him
SELF however and remarked that II all same
him. as he better prepared for eternity than
he would be- perhaps, any other period Of his lille
Murray, his associate, who dies on the same gboet
was pleased great measure by the announcement
Of the refusal to commute Meyers sentence inasmuch
as be thought him just guilty himself, and did
not want to start on the march 70 death alone.
This will be the irst double execution In Allegheny
county since the hanging OF Marshall and Trecke in
January, 1866, TOR the murder OF pedler on Boyds
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-05
RUSSIA.

COMMERCE. AND AGRICULTURE THREATENED
KEEN COMPETITION OF THE AMERICAN BREAD
srURFs IMPORT TRADE-A GLOOMY CONDITION
AT oDEssA-'FAnURE AFTER FAILURE
LONDON, Jan. 4, 1875
The Times in its financial article to-day has the fol-
lowing
ait seems from articles in the Moscow Gazette
that great stagnaton prevails in the grain trade in
Southern Russia Russian agriculture and commerce
are threatened with collapse. The de-
scrbed chiefly 10 be the competition Of America
THE
'Slnce the civil war that country the British i'm
port OF American wheat has increased until IL stands
now where the Russian importation stood in 1867.
Then Russia sent out forty-fou hundredths OF her
total imports and the United States only fourteen In
1873 the United States sent forty-fou hundreths
and Russia only twenty This not represent
decrease that extent OF Russian total exports;
the contrary they have slightly increased but Ameri-
cas- have Increased much faster
AMERICAN TERRITORIAL ApvASTAGEs
.The causes are declared to be Americas superior
transit advantages her virgin soil and her
tdc agriculture. The Gazette therefore, urges the Rus
sian agrculturiss TO Incorporate lands better
appliances and skin but says that cheaper inland
transportation Is the CHIEF need"
A GLOOMY coSDrTIoS AT oDEssA-"BASKRuPrcY AFTER
BAsKRUPTcY."
The Gasette's Odessa correspondent writes that the
oldest inhabitants declare that Odessa at such
a standstill since It's foundation
No transactions effected, and bankruptcy follows
bankruptcy.
Houses have fallen to thirty -hundredths OF their
value and wheat is lying In the storehouses.
FAILURES
Repeated failures Of the crops in the southern dis
trcts Of Russia partly the cause OF the difficulty.
FINANCIAL SPECULATION
The Gazette, however, says;-"rhe condition Of
affairs is largely Influenced by the misplaced activity OF
private banking houses, which made credits absurdly
easy and cheap which occasoned storm OF feverish
speculation and created ephemeral undertaking..
Now forced curta credits they have reduced to the
most awkward position many who thought such
OF things would last forever"
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SPAIN.

THE ELECTORAL PLATFORM OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PARTY
LONDON, Jan. 4, 1870
The Morning Standard to-day has n letter from
Madrid from which the following details ex.
tracted:--
junta Of tho constitutional party have issued
lar urging participation the coming elections the
Cortes II says ''the government has promised tho
strctest neutrality the part OF agents. but denies
that any compact has been made with the government
whereby the principles Of the party are abdcated."
A GROWING POWER
II Ia stated that the constitutional party expect
cure from lis to 100 seats in the Cortes
AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE cARLIsTs.
MADRID, Jan. A. 1879
council Of Ministers, under the presidency of the
King has finally settled plan Of campaign against
the Carllsts
Ell Tempo states that Generals Campos Quesada
will leave for the North immediately.
ALFoNsIsT ARMY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MARCOS
TO BE PLACED UNDER FIRE.
SAN SEBASTIAN, Jan. 4, 1874
Tho Afonsist troops concentrating between Rem.
terra and lrun.
General Moriones appears be ready open the at.
tack on San Marcos Immediately.
cARLLsr FAILING.
The cannonade directed by the Carists against Rem
terra and the passages Of Hermann Is slackening.
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THE TRIAL OF LANDS.
JUDGE REEDS CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY
PREILMINARIEs OF THE CASE

JUDGE REEDS CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY
PREIIMINARIEs OF THE CASE
BRIDGEroS, NJ j., Jan. e. 1875
The January term OF the Cumberland County Court
commenced here this morning Judge Alfred Reed pre-
siding The most important business OF this Court will
be the trial OF Charles Lands the founder Of Vino
land, upon the charge OF shooting Mr. Carruth the
editor OF the Vneland Independent in March, 1875,
from the effects Of which Carruth died October "a OF
the year In charging tho Grand Jury tho Judge
called the attention OF that body the case saying
that two preceding Grand Jures had been directed
consider the OF the shooting of Carruih as his
death within year would change the grade Of tho
crime. Since the meeting OF the last Grand Jury, how
ever Carruth had died and the now came before
this Court. II the Grand Jury found that Carruths
death within year after the shooting had been caused
by lands then Indictment for murder should be
found, which Indictment tho defendant could he
convicted of murder in the nrst second degree or
manslau ghter tho evidence should warrant The
jury then retired and will probably remain out for
days.
Judge Reed subsequently announced that the trial
OF Lands would begin next Tuesday and probably
continue for two three weeks
Attorney General Vannatta and District Attorney
Hoagand will conduct the prosecution and Messrs.
Porter and Nixon and other eminent counsel will rep
resent the defendant