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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-08

Be il enacted by the Legislature Of the State
N,nn1sot

Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State Of
MINI 5sota:
SECTION /. No person, company or
corporation shall, directly or indirectly.
take or receive in money, goods Or
things in action, or in any other way,
any greater sum, or any greater value,
Tor the loan or forbealance of money,
goods or things in action, than twelve
dollars on one hundred dollars lor one
year; and 10 the computation OF interest
upon any bond, note or other instrument
or agreement. interest shall not be COM
pounded. But any contract to pay in
terest not usurious upon interest over
due shall not be construed to be usury.
SEC. 2. Every person who, for any
such loan or forbearance, shall have
paid or delivered any greater sum or
value than is above allowed to be re-
ceived, may, by himself, or bis personal
representative. recover in an action
against the person who shall have taken
or received the same, or his personal
representative, the full amount of in
terest or premium SO paid with costs, ii
such action shall be brought within two
years aitersuch payment or delivery.
Pro,-td. d, that one half the sum so col.
lected shall, be paid over. by the officer
collecting the same, TO the Treasurer oil
the county in which the same is col.
lec.ed tor the support of common
schools.
SEC. 3. All bonds. bills, notes. assu.
rances, conveyances, chattel mortgages
: and all other contracts or securielle;
whatsoever, and all deposits OF goods.o
anything whatsoever. whereupon OF
whereby there shall be reserved. secured
! or taken any greater sum or value ioI
the loan or forbearance of any money
goods or things 10 action tina. is above
prescribed, shall be void. except in th'
clse OF negotiable notes, IS hereinalte
prescribed; purchased Tor valuable
consideration before maturity, whethe
the SUN or value SO secured, received o
taken, shall appear in or from such bond
4 bill note, assurance. conveyance, or con
tract or otherwise
Provided, that no merely clerical erro
in the computation Of interest, mad
with no intent to avoid the provisions o
this act, shall constitute usury. proyide'
@ further. that interest at the rate of on,
. per centum for thirty days shall be con
strued to not exceed twelve per centnn
per annum. Provided further, that tn,
J payment of in advance for one year. at
5 rate not not to exceed twelve per centun
per aunum, shall not be construed Il
constitute usary. Provided further, tha
nothing herein shall be construed I,
' prevent the purchase of negotiable mer.
!, camille paper, usurions or otherwise. TO
, a valuable consideration, by an iDnocen
purchaser. free from all equities. at an
price, before the maturity OF the same
where there has been no intent to evad
I the provisions of this act; or where Sal,
] purchase has not been part Of the origi
q nal usurious transactions. In Any case
. however, where the original holder Of a
usurious note sells the same. to an innt
= cent purchaser, the maker Of said not<
= or bis representative. shall have the rigf
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-08

"There Is something new under the
sun. An emigrant ship departed from
New York week ago tor Austrslia. .car>
rying party OF ninvty-nine men bound
for New South Wales. A railroad con>
tractor in that colony was In want OF
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-08
THE VSURYLAW.

Below we print copy OF our Usury
Bill as it passed both houses. 1t is the
most important act that has passed the
Legislature for several years past. Our
readers should carefully scan its provis>
ions, and understand their rights under
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-08

The Hupreme Court of the United States
~ affirm the Grange Legislation to ...,.
be Constitutional.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-08
Stowe vs.. State OF Wisconsin, error to Circuit
Court for Stats Of Wisconsin.

Slows vs. State Of Wisconsin, error to Circuit
Court for Stats OF Wisconsin,
The only question in the case not decided in
the nase ofths Chicago, Milwaukee and Ss.
Paul railway company VS.. Ackley just decided,
is as to ths effect upon the rights OF these par
ties of charter ufthe Milwaukee and Nauke-
sha railroad company. passed by the Territorial
Legislature Of Wisconsin, in 1877. This pro-
vides that on tlls completion Of said road, or
any portion Of the track. not less than ten
miles, it shall be lawful tor the company to de-
rnand or receive such sum or sums OF money
| for the passage OF freight Of persons and prop
srtY as They shall from tune to time think rea-
sonable. This it was claimed gave the company
charter the right to fix its own rates OF fare and
freight, subject only to judicial determination
~ to wh.ther they are reasonable. The court
affirm, in view Of the Supreme Couft al the
! state ON this question, that the charter was ac-
cepted aad the corporation organized many
months after the adoption OF the constitution
and the admission RI the State into the Union
| i'y Congress. Previous to that time it rpnain-
| ed naked proposition. For this reason it Is
held that its acceptance, after the organization
OF the State, SO far as it is contract, mukss il
lnanifrstiy contract with tue State.
| Affirmed. The Chief Justice delivered the
opinion.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-08
vs. Ackley ct 81. Error to Circuit Court for

vs.. Ackley ct 81. Error TO Circuit Court for
Wisconsin.
Tha only question presented in this case is
whether the railroad companies in Wisconsin
can recover for transportation OF property more
tllan the maximum fixed by statute, by show
reasonable compensation for services rendered
1'ns decision is that 5 between the com pariy
and freighter The maximum OF the statute In
tho limit OF the recovery for transportation
actually performed II tile company should
refuse to carry At prices fixed, and an attempt
should e made to forfeit its charter on that
account, other questions might arise which
will not BE- anticipated at this time. For goods
actually carried the limit OF the State is the
limit Of recovery.
Affirmed. The Chief Justice delivered the
opinion.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-07-13
The City of st. John.

St. John, which has been brought int
such unfortunate prominence by the
recent and terrible conhagation, is the
chief city of New Brunswick. 1t is
situated on the st. John river which
empties into the bay of Fundy, and is
about one hundred and twenty-five miles
from Halifax. The city was thoroughly
English in its structure and
characteristics. Many of the old families
in the place descended from Tories who
lef the United States during the revolu-
ton, or at its close. Trinity church,
which was the historic church of the
city, was built in 1888, and contained
the royal arms taken from old Trinity in
this city in the great fire of 1776. The
church was a wooden structure, and was
destroyed in the recent conhagration,
which was the only serious fire the place
has suffered for forty years. Since the
war st. John has improved greatly in
business, population and appearance. Its
population more than doubled in ten
years, and at the time of the fire exceeded
$4,000. 1t had more enterprise and
energy and seemed more like an Ameri-
can city than any ether Canadian city,
except Toronto. Some of its public
buildings, particularly the new postofice,
were very fine. 1t dealt very largely in
lumber, which was foatcd down the
river from the heavy wooded upper coun-
try. Its location made it one of the
depots of the fishing interest. Its close
connection with the United States, with
which it bad constant communication,
gave it growing commercial Importance.
Within a few years it has been one of
the favorite summer resorts, a centre |
from which visitors radiated in all direc- !
tions. The st. John river in summer IL |
one of the most beautiful in the world, |
while the sail from Portland down al on |
the coast of Maine and through the bay |
of Fundy is unsurpassed. The destruc
ton of the business portion of the city is |
a terrible calamity ; it is like destroying |
the lungs on which the body depends for |
its vitality. The appeal of the impover-
ished people for assistance is a strong |
one, and is enforced, by every considera-
ton of sympathy and humanity. New |
Brunswick ought to belong to the United
States, and st. John should be the |
eastern city of the union. Her interests
are chiefly American, AMI the kindness
of our people toward her, in her present
will strengthen the American
feeling which is already strong in her
people.
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THE OLD TRAMP.

Good mOrnin', boys, and how is biz Pm a seedy-
looking tramp;
You see, last night my little bed was just triae
damp;
1 missed the trsin-thafs funny, too and then
walked the rail;
found my bed, as always do, when inn conuec-
tioRs fail.
Last night dreamt dream, and wish I'd never
woke
Yes, boys, dreamt lived again before took this
1 saw The forms of other days-they'ye climbed the
golden hill;
1 mingled with homely throRg-I wish it were so
STILL
Twas a banquet spread in that old home, and all
To crowd around the festal board--pPrentaI bless
You see, @ lived myli again, oh happy days so
As slept on my dew-damp bed in the shadows of
last night.
poor tramp printer has heart beneath his ragged
garb;
Hard Times is roaming through the land and we
have felt his barb;
And, strangers, when woke this morn, with cramps
May God forgive my wicked wish-to never wake
again.
I'VE made some justification in this ancient, bat
tered form,
nd my benzine wash We thrown aside it's brought
to me much harm;
Nv proof has been corrected, a revise will needed
be-
FOR He that searcheth hearts will many errors see
Iy tramp is almost ended now, old age will win the
race;
fcu see my hands are trelnbly, and I cannot hold
case;
But I've made application at the city built Of
gold,
Ind I long to hear the answer: "'Iis case that
-Nerspdger Reporter
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-07-13
Cossacks and ROumanIan Ladies.

When the first troop of Cossacks rode
through Bucharest the Roumanian Ia
dies were very anxious to see them, and
the long avenue was lined with carriages.
A column of dust arose, thickening and
drawing nearer. A cry of delight and
impatience passed all along-ladies
eagerly stood up, favored gentlemen
climbed upon the cOachbox and the
wheels. The column of dust approached,
and presently the Cossack lances pierced
it, glittering in the sun. Dark and
colorless masses loomed through it, and
strange but stirring music was in the
air. Not a sound was heard, even while
they passed, except the martial war-sOLg
of the bards who head each stotnia and
the shrill accompaniment eff whistles
mOdulated to weird harmony. No rattle
of accoutrements betrays the Cossack
his very horse seems trained to move
with silent activity. With that pen in
ones ears, and the whistles screaming
through it, one behOlds without aston
ishment these warriors gliding past,
stealthily and swift. Que recognizes the
surviving race of an earlier time. To
the same war song, perhaps, marched
the ancestors of there people when they
overran Russia. The Bucharest ladies
were not little impressed and not
little frightened Thew looked at each
other blankly, with little shrugs of the
sht ulder to express distaste. One of
Them alterward confessed to the London
Standard correspondent, who describes
the scene, that her Muscovite sympa
thies vanished at sight of the first
Cossack, so ugly and dirty was he.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-07-13
Colorado Turtles,

A gentleman from Monotony tells a
rather interesting story about pair OF
swapping turtles. He is an old plains
man, and a few days ago took his shot
gun ann went over to Eagle Tail for the
purpose of getting few ducks. Arrived
at the creek he found no ducks, but saw
two of those great fresh water turtles
met with more frequently in Eastern
ponds than in Colorado, and apparently
weighing about forty ponnds each.
They are a very shy bird, their heads
popping into the shell upon the slightest
alarm, but being a good shot, the hunter
succeeded in binding both of them,
and bothering them 80 that they were
easily caught and dragged out. Snap
pers are very active, and unlike sea tur-
tie, being provided with long and strong
legs, can turn themselves after being
placed upon their backs. Their captor
had no way of securing them, and would
get only a few steps away in the search
fer piece of wood out of which to make
stakes when his eaptives would be going
at a turtle 2:40 gait toward the creek.
The contest between instinct and reason
was kept up more than an hour and
half, much to the disadvantage of reason,
at the end which time ranchm&n living
near by came along and assisted the
hunter in taking the turtles to his home.
Here they were Kept in sheep-pen. hav-
ing a fence about three feet high, and
the men went to the house. A qurater
of an hour afte ward, the hunter went
10 the pen for his gun, and found that
the turtles were gone. AZ there were
no holes in the fence, as they had not
dug out, the conclusion was irresistible
that they had climbed over. The trail
was found, and about half mile away
they were caught making bee line for
the creek. Firing off his gun. the ranch
man again came to his assistance, and
the turtles were again put in the pen
and tied to a stake. They were worth
watching, however, and a few minutes
afterward it was found that they had
gnawed off the rope and again started for
the creek. They were only few rods
away this time, however, and were then
tied 90 short that they could not reach
the cord, and ultimately arrived at their
captor's kitchen at Monotony-Denver
Times.
The first directory ever published in
Philadelphia, was sent out by q man
named Mcpherson in 1855. The Phiia-
delphians of those days did not take
kindly to the collection Of addresses,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-07-13
London.

The register-general, pursuing the
even tenor of his way amid the worlds
excitements, has just published his report
on the public health of 1876. He tells
us that the area of London (takiDg the
registration division) is 122 square miles,
with /, 500 miles of streets. about 1000
miles of sewers, and 4l7,7G7 Inhabited
houses The population numbered nearly
$500, ,OOO but taking in the outlying dis
tricts, Greater London" as the regis
trar calls it, contains 4,286,697 inhabi-
tants, among whom the births were 153,-
1872, and the Deaths 91,171. Some of
these inhabitants live in the Plumstead
marshes, IL feet below, while the dwellers
at Hampstead are 429 feet above high
water mark. These differences of level
imply different conditions of health; but
the death-rate was not more than 21.3
per 1000, which contrasts tavorably with
the death-rate in other towns and cities
within the kingdom and in other parts OF
the world Chambers Journal
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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-07-13
BLOOD-STAINED CRIMINALS.
A Farmer and his Three Sons Guilty OF
Fourteen M urderS.

Fourteen M urders.
But few of our Oldest citizens do not
know George Brown, who settled on
what is now known as the Pringle farm,
two and a half miles west of town, in
about the year 1850. George Brown,
during the time he lived in this county,
was respected citizen and a member of
the Christian Church. He had three
sons George, Jesse and Josiah-who
were about men when they left
here, which took place in the year 1855
Or thereabeuts. Frem here they re-
moved to Texas, in which state they
have resided since. They have lately
been arrested upon a complaint filed
against them by Samuel Boris, who
married daughter of George Brown, Sr.
From the facts developed since the ar
rest of Brown, his sons, Boris and 9TH
ers we are unable to name, composed
one of the most daring and murderous
organizations that ever infested the
wilds of a Texan frontier. The com
plant charges them with fourteen muir
ders of the darkest and most appalling
nature. The exposure of the Browns
by their confederate and relative was
brought about as follows: 1t seems that
Jesse was the chief of the clan, and gave
orders, which were as binding DIS an oath,
and whatever he commanded must be
done. They were organized under the
pretence of putting down lawlessness and
crime. jesse was married, and he and
his wife had falling out, and they both
went out of nights, pretending to lisent
to the song of the nightint ale, which re-
suited finally in their separation. The
woman (Jesse's wife), knew the secrets of
the lodge or organization, and Jesse (the
chief said that she knew too much,
and that she must die for the safety of
the clan.
1t seems that Mrs. Brown and Boris
wife were very intimate; and so Jesse
gave orders that she, too, must die. and |
the women-one his own wife, and the |
other his sister. He appointed this
Samson Boris to take the life of his |
(Jesse's) wife and some other member of |
the party to take the life OF |
appointed to take the lives of the |
in such an inhuman deed. |
So he secretly sought out the authori-
ties, made his complaint, and caused the
arrest of his father-in-law and his three /
brothers in-law.
Recent developments show that they
we're guilty of fourteen murders. Young
jeorge has had his trial, and was found
guilty, and was sentenced to be hanged,
,ut has appealed his case TO the supreme
,ourt of the state. George Brown, ST.,
md the other sons are to be tried this
month. They are now in the Cook coun-
y Jail ALbdny (1o) Ledger.
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HOW IS WADE.

"Pay, how is = paper made 2"
The question is easy 10 ask,
But TO answer IL fully, my dear,
Were rather a difficult task;
AND yet In a bantsriDg way,
AS the whip poor-will sings in the glade.
III venture bit Of lay
10 tell how paper is made.
An editor sits at his desk,
And ponders the things that appear
To be claiming the thouphts of the world
Things solemn, and comic and queer
And when he hAs hit on a theme
He judges IL well 10 parade.
lie writes, and he rites, and he writes,
And that's how paper is made.
An editor sits at hts desk.
And puzzles his brain 10 make ou
" "TelegraPhic' so iquabbled mixed,
1t is hard TO tell what it's about
Exchanges are lying around
While waiting dispatches DELAYED
He clips, and he clips and he clips,
And that's how paper is made.
An editor out in the town,
10 search Of the things thPt are rev.
The things that the people bave done,
The things they're INTENDING TO do
Goes peering and pIying bOut,
For items Of many = grade;
he tIamps, and he tramps, and he tTamps,
And that's how paper is made.
And all that those workers prepare,
OF every Conceivable stripe,
l. sent 90 the printer. and he
Pr ceedeth TO stick IL in type.
His lines, all respecting his will,
In slow-mOvlng columns paraCe--
He sticks, and he sticks, and ne sticks,
And That's how paper is made.
In short, when the type is all set
AMI errors cleared up more or ltsL
IT'S clock in form, ~ we say,
And hurried away 70 the press.
The pressman arranges his sheets,
His ink gives the requisite shade,
Then he print and he prints aud he prints,
And that's how paper + made.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1877-07-13
An UnIueky Man.

The unhappy Kentuckian, who bet on
every race during the week, and lost
every time, illustrates the freaks of for
tune in this respect. He had just $50
left, and in sheer desperation cried out in
the crowd that assembled at the hotel
after the races "Pll bet $50 l can name
two men here with twenty three fingers"
When the bet was taken, this child OF
fate continued " Anybody II do. Here,
my friend, I'll take you. Ihave thirteen
fingers, and you have ten, that makes
twenty.tbree. / knew there was one bet
l could not lese." The stranger gszed at
him a moment with pitying expires
sion, and then said, compassiOnately
"Well, Pm sorry for you. You have
struck a hard streak of luck. 1 hdd
thee of my fingers shot of, at Ch'csG-
n1augd"'-NashviAe { Tenn American.
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and when the csllectOr couldn't get a
mans name, the publisher printed the
answer given, as for instance: e" / won't
tell you," Maiden lane "None of your
business" Is Sugar alley " Never mind
what my name is" 160 New Market
street Don't you wish you knew ?"
185 John street; " Just as you please to
put it," 49 Market street.
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