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, 1876-07-18
ON TIE WAI2-pATII,

cnBD1TOHs or THE COOK COUNTY SAYINGS HANK.
An adjourned meeting Of tho creditors OF tha
dcfunct Cook County Saslngs Bank, principally
8cauliuaviaus, was held at tho corner Of HUI
stcd strcct and Chicago arynuc last evening.
Tho Attendance was large, aud was said to rep
resent dcposits to tho amount Of $4,000.
The meeting was organized BY tic election Of
George T. Hanson, who was M attache Of tho
bank three years ago, rs Chair1uan. Upon talk.
Ing the chair ho explained that he was not an
Tho organization Of tho bank, ile knuw sonc-
thing Of Il. aud lal co-operatcd With
IL atfatls. ~ found Tie indehtss,- ted
na @ tho o. asssts s a Amog M ao tue assets s %ss
Claim Of &i25, 600 againbt n tnan named Tny-
lor. This was now In tho courts, and whether
the dcpositoEs would get anything out Of It or
nnt an sr on n1cy'g S,spsM5' If hetwsen
the nasets wns 3l5, 900 claim aga.nst party IN
Albany, which sns regarded as worthless; and
still another was hupclcss claim against lien.
r C!uws + Co, ot Ncw York, for :aso5, and
$1,000. 1Ie believed the stoekho.dcra to
hg bankrupt, and that no business mnn
could he found who would bc willing 10 tako
the assets and pay 10 cents on tho dollar. To
him tho outlook WIS exceedingly gloomy. He
continued In review OF tho history of thc bank,
showing how its deposits fcil oil In thrco years
from f250, zoo to ~ coo at thu time Of its close
In examining tho books, lie had found that
$4,000 to meet the demands of tho tlcpositors,
which alone had kept the bank nfloat Tor tho
Ii. il. Vaulson, another Of tho Committee to
soa,v bankers and attorneys, and haa been atl.
yiscd to commence proceedings In 0ne Of tho
luWer Courts against tIlo Directors and President
and Vice-prcsdcnt Of the bank. lic suggested
, 1876-07-18
DELINQUENT TAXES.

Tho July term of the County Court COM
u,cnrcd yesterday morning, and, as usual, there
Kese score Of attorneys In attendance, sur
charged with words and lcgal quotations, ready
10 hurl them at the ears Of Judge Wallace with
view Of influencing bis Judgment and cr-
Rbin,g him to reach tho conclusion that paying
taxes Il not only Improbable but M outrage
upon those who orc 30 unfortunate as to own
real estate. The warrant for the taxes against
personal property requires TINT tho Collector
shatl levy on the goods md chattcls Ut the per-
sons named ia tAs list for the amounts set
opposite their names as the taxes upon thu
amounts for which they arc assessed, while
the real estate lcvy requires only thas he
~ taxes UPON tue lea e.tate naer
the present law, Il Is understood that the Col
lector has no power to levy on personal proper
ty for real cstate tux, and be cannot sell the
record entered in ct,uiorlnty with Tho statute
an1 the Constitution, which limits hts power.
The gentlemen representing the chronic tax.
lighters we're confronted By Elliott Anthony
a ty En-. a Aaaa sSo who ,sppsas ,r., T. bes 81
Attorney kountree, had he been present, were
to make application fur Judgment against de-
linquents for city, State, county, town, and
1878 so nqor pesa pes r. seni
cation, ta addition ~ general taxes, includes
the Lincoln Park special assessment, The fourth
installnens Ut tue South Park assessment a.ll
West Park assessments, which arc already due;
aud application - also made for about l5o
special assessments; 81 that really application
ii made for considerably more than i50 ju.lg-
mcnts araipst lands In Cook County. Tfe
an,ount Involved exceeds 81, OK, ,Oo, Int 1t !a
impossible to t.ll ths aggregate of the taIes to
the payment Of which objection ia made until
the objections arc filed.
Ths lawyers tndulgcti In . desultory eonvcrsa-
, 1876-07-18

In vtew Of tho fact Tint ali efforts to repeal or
mndify tho Railroad law In Tho latt fegtalntuto
won,d br ditnclinrt to nndcrnhc any new railroad
extension nt present. They ecrta'naJ wonld not
encourage narrow -gnnge road, a. psproacd.
Iluan 1ttnplE, Vict-fse.ldcnt.
= By operation Of tue Tarl0 law, this Wnterset
Branch IL classcd with the main line, md It las
not paid per cent OIL the cost Of construction.
So long aa this is tho fact, capitalists ian find
viii ic without railroads. il is also trio That
s!nco this brallch was completed real estate in
Madison anu Warren Counties has hccn IN.
creased IN valuation for taxation purposes il
rct cent; and yet their people Ask for more
railroads, aud send Representatives to the Leg
islaturo to enact laws which prevent tho thing
thcY desire
, 1876-07-18
TIE CITY-1IALL.

Watcr-rcnts yesterday were 81 ,1l.
Mr.. Francis Adams, Ut tic Low Department,
has returned from bis trip to Minnesota, mud
resumed work yesterday.
City.Enginccr Chcsbrough was ut Ills Office
yesterday fur sllurt time, but was obliged to
quit work, being still unwcll.
The Committee on judiciary has approved Of
Commissioner Priuly1lle'A hOul, but will not
report It to tla cuuuell I'LL Sluuroo Heath Is In
btAllcu.
The receipts in the License Department ycs.
licenses wcrc taken out. It is tic largest days
work In that department for some time.
There were SO, 900 advanced on tho popular
loan yesterday. The $iU,O00 wus tho invest
ment Of some Eastern capitalist who srcms mt
- have lost entire conllecc In tho Integrity of
tic city.
There has as yet been no settlement nadc Of
TINT little amount Which Dan O'IIara owes to
the city. Tile ten days allowed by law, turing
which hc call pay up, expires to-day, wien, uti-
less t1lc funds nre Forthcoming, suit Will 10 in-
stitutcd against his boiMismcn.
The new Mayor paid the City-lIa1l visit ycs-
tertlay, antl wna warmly received un every hand
liz llas already experienced ono of the curscs of
public fifc fur lio has been almost huthcreu he
y0nd endurance by men In search Of occupation,
who make tho sarlsa old plca, ~ voted fur you."
Dr.. Mcvickar, WHO took the vacancy caused
By the resignation of Dcn c. Miller ns Santary
Superintendent, wns requested lust Tuesday bY
resign bis Office: a u'tn1aun enlnity IS said TO
hayu prompted tho request for II resignation.
The reply to tho Board will beinadc at tic meet
Ing today.
Judge Boy.lcn, tho cIty's criminal attorney,
expresses disgust that sumo Of the nlcn whom
he has prosecuted fol. being Without lfccnse
last ycas show those documents. Ho charges
tho policemen who gathered thu names Of those
, 1876-07-18
RAILROAn-BUILD m IOWA,
&nkcfof QtannfcA In IN Itthuoa

dpectal ntspatcA 10 1hs Ifibun&.
DBs AotaEs, Is., July ia short time ago
! Informed you OF several projects for extend.
lug the Chirago, Rock Island d. Paciic Road
southwark and westward; and that, owing 10
untFlcndly legislatton, the Company would not
invest any money In building railroads In Iowa
ut AT least while il,esv WAS little pros
peet Of getting but little over 1 per cent on tho
inoney Invested. A com.nlttee waa recently
appointed by the people of Union and Adair
Counties to ronfer With the otllcefa Of that road
relative to the e4tcuslon Of tic Wintsrbet
Branch, 10 whom the following reply was made;
DEs MONKS. Ia, Juue III. l67d-L. &. Gibbs.
EsQ, DEAR hin: Your faya! OF the 9Th fcached
10 railroad Under construction from Wintrfsst
westward, through or into your county, With tho
evident prospect Ut becoming liked fact; but can
dor compea to tay that l6elivxs 1t 10 be ptActi.
cally impossible at the present time. Nec4uaa for
cgo capital will not invest where the customer has
enliec control to hx the price of tho goods; and
these cannot b. enongh local capital collected to
achsmes NOW contenlplited will reach de.faeto
realization during tho existence Of tba present Tar
III law,-onIy th0se that wers contemplate and
practically provided for befoEu tho Law became dxed
loasl1ly 'may oplnlon" may nut laYo mAch
weight; tiMo wlll tell. / should he very glad 10
DO disappointed, for sincerely desrs to see this
Stats thrive. Yours, truly,
II. T. JotcE, Assistant Superintendent.
!, From Hugh Riddle, General Superintendent
= and Vice President Of the road. Mr. Hibba re-
ceiyed the following letter:
C1lcAGo, Jane 10, 1H7f-ydms1 G. 0Ib5s, Es4.
-DkAA sls; h%re JoVt stvos pf thu 9th. -
, 1876-07-18
LOCAL LETTERS.
CONCERNING clTr MIaIsTHlks,
n, ykH Edftox ~ TN. T.thuu,


CHICAGO, Jul, Ill tavu Just read letter
In your paper Of to-day. signed J. II. ~, "Con-
ecrn!ng City Ministers" " which think demands
aa answer. And, to begin with, a.low me
to ssy that ! am neither minister
nor Mtnistcr's wife. lIo beads
his article with this bold, wholesale statement,
that "thcrc Is growing feeling among tho
most intelligent classcs Ut the community that
out Guy mintstoss are not doing their duty"
only tue minds Of the "intclligent elasscs.n
ont the daily acts OF mercy and charity Of all
Becaase thy do not rublisl In the daily
papers M, ctIto,nu Of ttieIr parish work, thr
.sk ylstes the hnngry 5sd' u. noos relieved ~
j. so mnaa' H. hM sueSss IN y w'nts ot doc: ox '
Little does ils know Of .iic almost %
numberlcss calls city minister has
up9n ii. hospitality, his t!'ae, aud his purse,
met with = lbesalty unknown In any other pro.
fess'on Or class Of men, The $500 or $4,000
salary Of whiel. he spcaks. Is pot half rs much
fur clergyman as 5000 would be for any
believe one:stzth d .hs sisrsy Il ch!caso o: ro:
should iike 10 ask J. II. n. how mucl. wis.
islng the poor aud sick, the prisons, aud char
table iaseitutionsn l.e docsl ! say he, fot
in question, for Il Is Invariably the women aud
clergy who do all such work that Is done, aud
therefore no womaa'eould display 30 much H.
nofanes upon the subject ot q clcrgymau's
work.
lie next assalis the dress and "soft hands"
When and whero SHOULD man wear "hne
lroalclothn II not IN the sanctuary Of Our
apostle md prcarhcrt Il 1t any Indication of
Christianity Or ChristiaM work performed 10
lavr hard, coarse hands, ur would they any thu
think of such things as the coat o. hands of all
liz icycred brow, To s,sn Ii e,iIic,atiny eis5. Sg.
gynun seems to me very foreign from tho
thoughts OF Christian in God's house, and to
eolanent upon theiu Alua1l md CuAtxupuble.
, 1876-07-18

* y
$500. =. 49,. -. ae,.,....-. r,,.
GeNcLCs1oSh OF THE eo"Mi7IAs oS sA1""'"s'
The Special Committee TN Salaries, Of whIcl,
Aia, Cuilerson Is Chairman, haa meeting yes-
tcfday afternoon At o'cloc'is anu attcr cone'd-
trab)e talk, united uron tho following, which Is
thc hot!v ri the rcnort wh1rh rms Il, hava bccn
made to the Council yesterday, but which, like
many other things, was crowded out:
n II orsIaintd. rie. sEcrtox /, Tho nny.ro,t
rcnt frnm vhat II nmw H. ,vnvIfrd iSnt 1Ir nav ri
Iht ~ ~ q d nsr ta' 'he p' VI
Src = Tl,o nov " III ~ thn pniirn r,crortmcnt
sbatI be reduced 10 ncs cent ffnn, wfnt It muw H.
e rnttInn ~ ~ sS p sne y c n ~.
ttav n tc rcn,amcr "a Ia nrcr.s"rv t,rnvfrd tint
hes nav t Of tfe sunernfendent sisi} c IL ooo pcr
"'asa' ~" rhc n,x.,o,, q, ,hc rtoara m r,nh,,c
ton nav be ae NJ IN e d o H. oa
the rrnc,,on az thc nv or thn cmnIoyca oit6sr or
hnih VI '"o po' " s"' '"f'''e'' '''as' "
sEr. 4. Tho INV. ro,l OF the Boart, ol Education
shall bo rclnced Is per cent fran what il now H.
TO bc arranged according to the sscrctIon Of the
Hoard, provided IN addition 10 the above reduction
Of II pcr rcnf. tnat f fnstncF THaetlon .haii "
mnas " aisIsnsng Wn @ ! III ,.ctmG1 st 'eae"'s of
III a IT" " ihe r,nnvc. in Inn
rnhiIc I,hrrrv sE"il In rcdrrc ri rce cnrt frnr,
What il wne Iaet scar. 10 be- arranged Gy The Doarj
Of Directors Of said Library.
SEC. y. Tho aalnry u tic City Comptroller shall
be 81, 500 per annam tho salary Of the chief clerk
e Tint once fl,all DC ~ 6n; general bookkecpef
a.4u sssoH1 G!GtR, NFsCaa! assesfmSnt
nroy,t,ea ,hnt ths snev1"cs ~ l. 17rvs. shn1i H.,
dispcnscd With, and the rerv!cce hc,ctniorc pcr.
formed by lin thnj b. performed by ti,c general
SEC. Z. The salaries of tho Police Justices for
, 1876-07-18

CHICAGO, July l7.-Can you inform your
readers tho reason ot tho lclny IN delivering
lcttors OH tho West sliet 1Iaring, In common
with very many ot''csH, boon greatly annoyed by
the delay, addrcsscd ut the same ttmo letter
to New York City, and one to Fulton street,
ncar Horne. by previous arrangement their
replies were mailed within on hour OF the re-
re'pt The reply froitr Nev rnrk rcachcd hero
at n. t,,., the reply from tic West Side al 2 p.
III. uf tic snll,e lAys, tlnla consuming four
days
was {nt the request Of tho Postmasfcr) for
varied TO Washington. The request was for
twenty additional lcttcr-earricrs. ucn. Mic
Arthur promised (as we wcru Inforncd} that II
tic allowance was male wn could receive u re-
rly frum my part Of tho city on the Same day.
Tic above fncts sl,ow how the pro,nlse Inns not
Dccn fulfilled, to the inrnnvcn'rnce Of tho
BUSINESS PUBLIC.
, 1876-07-18
ORDWAY'S STATEMENT,

Bos1oH, July 17.-Ex.Up!ted States Sergeant
at~Arms 0rtlway publishes card In tho Jour
nal declaring thu reports OF his Irregularities
false and deliberate pttcmpts to blackcn him.
lie says he visited Warrington, but the Com.
mittce would not give him IN opportunity to
appear aud explain.
thvro Is but 500 difference between the
voucllcre pf Dlackford. tho Deputy Sergcantat-
Arms TOR the Louisiana Investigating Commit
tee, and those Of Ortlway. Which can be ex-
planned as having been expended by OrdwAy
ior yaflous necessary incidental expenses not
covered by Blackfor1l's vouchers.
, 1876-07-18
HYMENEAL,

Epfcla1 Nseatch 10 7&s 1f76N1e.
pkoMsA, ILL.,, July l7.-The 1narslH;c ccrcmo-
ny Of htr. Charles ". Wincup to Miss Jcaslo Bar-
kcr was performed this evening at the residence
Of The BRIDES father, before company Of In
yttsd guests. Mr. Wincup Ia ticket agent In
this City Of several roads. Mtss Barker IL =
daughter Of cx-Mayor Barker, tho wcalthiest
aistlllef IN tho city.
, 1876-07-18

J. 8. Curtis leads the MONDAY prnycr-mcet!ng
to1lay.
There will bo quarterly meeting Of tho
Dourd Of Directors OF tho Washingt Homo
at thu Homo this evening At 1880 o'clock.
The Young Peoples Temperance and Social
Union will Etyc another entertainment ut their
room In Methodist Church Block this evening
at y o'clock. j. Bchpski, State Lecturer Of tlIu
Good Templars, and John Collier will give short
addresses. Admission free.
, 1876-07-18

II e fnhofco IN 1allfoaa circles t'aat tho Eric
& Chicago Limo, which Wis formed n little lcas
than year age, Ia about to be dissolved, "a
there baa becn c,,n.t,]crnh1e ouorrc,,nr hc,wccn
.ha .,rio,,s r,,fs c.,n.tJt,,tinsr ~" ,fas 49,.
the va.loas tonus eot,stlt"tu'g a,.,g tno nno ever
slnce Its formation. When It was first formed
1t promised to become ono OF tho best through
passenger lines between this CITY and New
York. n xos s,,rn,sbrd with ,hc bs.t ~ phi.
as tdae! Ita, panc ~ u,a ,s s.eeps sats ana af
Aaont iii III r. ts now.r ~ p.',re ~. et,,
~ ~ it, natrnns nt n sn,,, of n. 'o nn,tr3n
afIo,t. 40 ont nl,nno,, In ii IL ~, ~
ii oanr n ~ t"' io o'u ,a4st aas BUSINESS
o,r 1mn n tbn rn}lroo,S war AMI ~ tbo sons
'tI,' ~ % T., .,"ssa."s % aa ~ III
, 1876-07-18
QBiIllARY.

NEW ORLEANS, July l7.-Robert II. Chad
bune, ono Of the nine holding oyer Republican
State Senators, died yesterday at uahnville, 81.
Charles Parish.
6pfcal DtsposcA u 1as TFtbuaA.
OrTAwA, Ill, July l7.-Capt, J.. T. Roberts,
an old aid respected citizen, died last night.
lio has been a resident Of this city Tor thirty
Years,
, 1876-07-18

Aossrs. Ellison. Pomefoy h Co. sunouues In our
auction columns IN auction sals OF the entire stock
OF Il J. Morse 4 Co., dno gold Watches rich Jew
elJy. d.amouds, sterling silver and silver plated
ware, eloeka, &C., DC, This IL = bona Ode AAla OF
every article Of this superb stock. The goods
must b. sold, matter It what sacrifice. The sato
commences ths mosstng At 10 o'clock n store
cosnsg Lake and Cls1k stseets,
, 1876-07-18
RAILROADS..
THE BALTIMORE d. OHIO.

TI1E DALTINIORE a. QUO.
A. Tim hat rer,,lar monthly mcctinr of thc
Di.o,tns, ' - ,,,o I,,,.;raosa :. nhss 1,n,,.
road Company, Mr.. John darrett, the
President, inudo d very interesting state
,ncns relative to lis latu trip Of 7,u0o miles
orcr tho ..onrcc,tocs 1T tt,o pa,ttroo,a 1, Chto
Railroad to tue racillc, embody1ng his views ns
to tho lcssons that Baltimore business mon, and
others, might learn from his experience. lio
suited thu prospects for Increased lNlsincss, in
l'ort Of baltimore, mud tts gcograpll.
iral posltinn US regards the cities Of
Chtcagn St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville,
etc. lle called attention, to THO fnct
TINT, tho Cincinnati Southern RAILROAD
n point soitn Of Danvillc, Ky., by Jun. !, 1877,
aritl tIat It was expected Tint the cntlro line
, 1876-07-18

remarked that that tlcsft'cratum could bo OBJ
ta!ncd by shortening the speeches. 49,
It was finally decided, o'rlna 10 tho absence
Of htr. Rnuntrec, who was aail to be sick, nu'l
the Judgment rcctrtla," to defer the liking of
the time until the afternoon session.
At , o'clock tho lawyers again assembled,
and, aftct half nn hour ut running talk, the
Court granted until Saturday to Ilc the mice
ttone, faylng ttat he would takc up tho arpllca-
ton Monday morning.
, 1876-07-18
THE CITY.


49, ~
i1,a Ror. Arthur Mitchell, D. D., pastor OF
the First Presbyterian Church OF this city, pro-
poses to spend part of his vacation holding
meetings in Minnesota In connection with tho
American 8unt1ay-school Union.
The temperature yesterday, as observed BY
Eanassc, optlciau, 81 Madison street TRIBUNE
Du,ldlng), was: At 8 n, m., 50 degrees; 10 q. M,
IS; l2 IN, o.; 3 p. M, u; p. M, 81. Bar
Drnctcr, 8 q, 'n., 20,8; 2. m., :oS.
There Is at tho Central Station, awaiting
claimant, a trunk TINT WAS tnkcn by an express
man at tho corner OF Jackson mud ualstcd
streets, md WIS to have been delivered at No.
IS rcck Court, II there vas ercr my such
aun,bcr.
The body Of boy, apparently about 10 years
II ngo, WAS found floating in the lake ut tho
,orth pier yesterday morning, and was subsc-
,ucutly sent to tho Mosguc TO awatt iacntlifca-
lion. The ltttls fellow was dressed In gray
Jacket with black pants md striped shirt, ana
lad on no shoes or stockings.
Mrs. Maggie Lewis WAS the name given by
Fo,uau l,ailing from Evanston who War picked
MP oi, tic streets yesterday In dcl!cato condi.
slou by Officer JOHN Butler. She stated that
s.c was on tho road to the County Hospital but
as 1n11G 5 to e s5s M G atr nssr 9Rensa g}ee
called In Dr. T. 3. Clarke, and soon s,icccc!lc1
IN bringing fine, chubby boy into This wicked
world. The woman was kindly cared Tor ny tho
was removed to tho County Hospital: shc Was
apparently quite respectable, and was reduced
to poverty by tho death Of her husband.
The statcment made In morning paper, snn-
day, that the City National Bank. Which recent.
y yshut It's doors, was to pay dividend during l,g
tio,,. Tho story was Tint this dividend WIS to
DC paid by tue Stockholders; but the whole mat.
ter-is In The. hands ot the Comptroller OF ti!e
declartng' dividends. Thcrs i nov on hand
cuo1gh 10 pay one Of Is per cent. md, whenever
the Comptroller gets rcady, he win notify the
Receiver here to Eo ahead and rejoice the hearts
cnncocted and its publication secured for tho
purpose Of annoying and injuring the Receiver.
Count Alexander. dee. Monalc and chSval!cr
GorncllI, Bcnignio crcspi, Ernssto Gallonc,
Er,esto Amman, Engcnto Emo. aIo =: 1 Ma1ecia, ~
london paren vS n,nfs 1gae, :1,s.s are ".
whicn arrived last night at o'clock on tic
CIlicngo s Alton Road and put up at the sher-
nnn House. Tho party y IN charge Of Cook,
Son, d Jenkins, ct New York, aud under, tie
the party ft,In ono place to the other. a rcgu-
lor programme has been made out for each
place visited, and n thorough and rapid tour
oyert the United States Is the result. III! Ihe
visitors will spend day or tTo seeing the sights
uf Chicago.
4 woman named Emma Wilkinson committed
sulridc: early yesterday morning By banging
herself by d clothcs-line 70 the ilead Of betl-
stenl In f,cr room at No. o. West Lake street.
while her room-matc, Mrs. W'ihcImina Rettef
was busted about her household duties. Her
determination, was visible in tho appssar-
, 1876-07-18
Sn7llQMI-

All dontftlccs had their drawbacks until The rain,
hrfoua bark Of the soap tseo was brought from Tia
Ch!iIan valleys to perfect the fragrant soxodont,
tho most wholesome, reliable, md delightful at,clo
for tho teeth that a brush WA over dppctl into.
, 1876-07-18

That nil e1trgyn,cn arc not all they shou1d be, no
ono will attciIipt to question, hut Chrtst Him
self told us TINT there muat l,c farcs nmong tho
wheat, anil let each nf us, whn Is INCLINED to
cnyl! Mt thu clergy, be sure that tho benin IL not
n hts OWN eye. N. l.. D.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-17
Dogs that Bite Should be Chained
Soy -"WiIl that dog bite o''

Boy will that dog bite -
Man -"lf let go. guess you'll find
out. unless you run faster than he can
Boy -'''Then. please don't let 90. for
| cannot run very fast, and | do not
want to he bitten
Man That's your lookout. II YOU
do not like dogs. keep out of the way
| do like them. and | am not going
without my dog because some people
are afraid or get bitten"
B"y-''But y"ur dog is savage
Man-"les: like cross dogs"
Well. ut last the dog did get away
from its master. and splang ut the boy.
and tore his clothes. and hit him pretty
severely before the man could get him
away. Thch the father of the boy had
the dog arrested. and the judge ordered
the dog t" be shot and the owner fined
Now there are seven thousand licensed
gr"g- shops i'll New York city alone. and
each one is worse and does more harm
than ten cross dogs.
And the temperance people say. I'VE
want these grogshopS chained up
But the drinking people say. No.
we like grog shops, and if You do not.
why keep out of their way"
Look at that mother. How sad she,
looks, and how she weeps. She has
been bitten 10y Il grog shop.
"What ~ you say, did she drink -
Oh. no, She tried very hard To keep
ont of the way. but her son got into II
saloon. and WAS bitten very badly, 50
that he WAS found inscnsible on the
street. with his nose bleeding. his eyes
black. and his Sunday clothes all
spoiled. Then policeman took him
before Il judge. and the judge said ::
'.What have you been doing ," And
the poor yomng man said. Il just drink
some of the stuff that you licensed IL
man Ia sell, aud it has bitten me very
badly"
Then, | suppose you think the judge
ordered the grog shop to he shut up. and
the man who kept il To be fined. like
he did with the dog. Oh no; not he.
He sent the Young man, that had al
ready suffered 50 much. to jail for being
bitten.
''Ah but" you say, '.this young man
did not keep out of the way of danger"
Perhaps not but how many who did
keep out of the way were injured
through him and the grog- shop! His
little ones went supperless to bed iu Il
cold garret, his poor wife wandered
about the streets all night trying to find
him, for she had no money, food. or
fuel his poor old mother wept bitter
tears because of the disgrace of her SON
so you see. all three had to suffer
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-17
Facts for Union Men.

A correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean furnishes the following informa-
tion concerning the rebel officers in
Congress. and the discharge of union
soldiers flom the service of the House
to make Ioom for eX-rehelS. These
facts will be- read with interest by all.
and it would he well for us to think
what might occur if the Democratic
parry should once more regain control
of the government:
These men have no apologies or re-
grets, but they parade and defend THEN
treason. They are us proud of their re-
bellion record rs any officer that served
i'll the Union army. Prouder than Nor
riSon of Illinois, who is ashamed among
the eX-confederates of having been Il
Union solder. There is no man in the
House who was Il member of the Con
tederacy that does not parade the fact
proudly hct"lr the public. Here is Il
list made up from the congressional
Record:
REREJ nEEIl'ERS N rnNEpESS