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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08

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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08
The -Anti-MonopoliSt.
In the House Mr.. Garfield introduced

In the House Mr., Garfield introduced
a bill providing for themore thorough inves-
tie.tion OF accidents on railroads. Inc resoi-
nt,on declaring Colorado State and adullt'
tag James B. Pelford as a member OF Con
eress rem that State, was passed and the ne"
member sworn in. Barnes, the telegraph
agent. was discharged from custody, ne nav.
ing delivered up the papers demanded o.
him The House held an evening session ous
no business was transacted.
In the Senate on the I'd inst, a series
of resolutions, signed by 800 names OF colorea
voters of South Carolina, was offered the res
olution denying that intimidation was useo
| in that State to induce the blacks to vote Inc
Democratic ticket Messrs. Ingalls, and ALI
son were appointed as tellers under Inc son-
promise bill.
The Speaker appointed as tellers on
the part OF the House, under the electoral
bill. Messrs Cook and Stone. Mr. Mason
called the Speakers attention to the TACT tna'
the two names were chosen from the Demo
cratic side. The Speaker informed hlna ina
the President OF the Senate would select Two
| from the Repu blican side, when Mr. hasso1
replied that he would do so on account OF tn'
action by the Speaker. The Speaker salf
he had done his duty, and Mr.. Cox concluoet
the tilt by saving that it was insolence, on Cd
part of Kasson, nevertheless.
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.o,oa;atad praSs Ran0rrs of Political Inves
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-09
How the strike Was Inaugurated.

.
! The Tfainmen's Unlon, which inaugu-
rated the present strike, was organized be-
tween June 2 and July 10. 1t was start
ed when the Pennsylvania Company and
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company or
dered the reduction of 10 per cent in the
wages, to take effect on June l.. Mr.. A..
r. Ammon, then employed on tie Fort
WAYNE Road, was dismissed from the
service, and at once proceeded to the or
ganization Of the Union. Three, years
ago, when the engineers strusks the fire,
men took their positions at the throttle,
and there was no interruption to business.
This time it was concluded to begin at the
other end Of the trains, and aagmen,
brakenen, conductors and .fremen took
the oath, which the members refuse to
disclose. Ammon was the first to sign
the roll and take the oath, and following
came the names of the Fort Wayne men.
This was all the organization there was
about it.. A trip was made over til Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad by the leaders,
and trainmen the length of the line took
the oath. About this time the Managers
of the Connellsvil1e Division got wind of
the association, and discharged all the
men. who joined the Union. The work of
organization meantime went Oh, and a
strike was ordered for June 81, the going
out of the Fort Wayne men to be the sig
nal for general strike on the trunk lines.
The men on the Fort, Wayne. line weak
erred, and the strike did not take place.
Mr. Amnion predicted that a general
strike would follow the action of the Fort
Wmns, Road, ,;and the news by telegraph
from all parts of the country seems, to
Justify his statement. The union was a
strong one, considering that it was a lit
tie over month old. The engineers, al
though not members of the union, are
nevertheless in sympathy with the strikers,
and it dees not require much, intimida-
ton to cattse theffi to desert their engines.
This is the statement made by the leading
strikers in the union.-Pittsburgh Chrons-
cLe u - -.
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osfitsher.Piahts.


! 1t is known to botaniststha. the tubular
leaves of the Pitcher Plants (SaracentGs),
which belong to the class Of so-called In
sectiverous plants, exude aftheir mouth q
sweet secretion, for the apparent purpose
of inviting the visits OF, insects. 1t has
beeh assefted BY s2me writer's that this
secretion possesses Intoxicating qualities,
causing the insects which partake OF ft to
become thereby easier victims of the
desth by drowning which awaits their
fail into the liquid held in the interior Of
the cup-like leaves. DE-, IL Melli-
champ, OF Blufton,, N. e., communicates
to the Aaertcan Ndturntist the proceed-
fngs ofsaa series of experiments which
seem to prove that the secretion has no
Supplying or intoxicating property.
/. Dr.Mellichamb procured, ON three sep
arate days, = number Of fresh leaves Of
the Saraesrid o0riOloyis, which were se-
cretinge freely; slit thsm open, and laid
Them on . anewspaper-thps exposing the
honeyed substance, (which was very
abundant and glistening, sweet to the
taste and viscfd to the touch. - Many
hOusefiee were immediate2Y attracted, and
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-09
peath From Stage Fright.

Cylis Logan, ia aletter to the New York
Dispatch, says.2 '''A
i never knewof but one death occurring
from I" stage fright q s1s7taN u
During my fathers management IN
Cincinnati, a stage-struck youth teased
him terribly to give him an opening.
E The, company being full, my father
could find noispeaking part for him, but
at last he conseutea that he should appear
as. q supe the very first Opportunity that
offered. Z" The Carpenter of Rouen" wae
then strong drawing melodfama, and
somebody came along and starred in 1t.
j. A. ]. Neafie was cast for the leading
juvenile part of Antoine. In the second
scene of the second act a man Is dis
covered in coffin, supposed to be dead:
That silent character my father assigned
to the aspiring supe, who was greatly agi-
tated over accomplishing the ambition OF
his 1ife--that Of making his debut.
The scene represents the interior of a
carpenter's shop, and Antoine is dis
covered working. Mr.. Neatie, q carpen-
ter by trade, got immense applause 3y
planning some boards and expeditiously
putting them together in . rude cofilp, a
feat far in advance OF Joe Murphys shoe-
ing horse in Kerry Cow" Antoine
goes to take up board and discovers a
man--dead- blood upon him. Foul
play has been done, and Antoine is Won
dering what he shall do under such suspl-
cious circumstances, when q banu or men
enter and surprise him. He is accused OF
murder, but it transpires later IN the
scene that it has only been plot to tes'
Antoine's courage and faithfulness. ne
/ u A. l. <xf nc ne
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-09
: Japanese Night Shops:

The great thoroughfare thus lined by
gay shops, xnd brilliantly illumined fbyi
gas lamps, would in itself be sufficiently
attractive; but at this season of the year it
is rendered much more 50 by the presence
of might shops, which extend in almost
continuous line from Kiobsshi to Suzi-
kei These shops are kept by very poor
dealers, who come out between eight and
nine O. clock in the evening and stay till
eleven or even later. Their mode Of do
ing business is very simple. Each mer-
chant spreads his meager display of goods
on q mat In the gutter, on one corner of
which he sits, keeping, sharp lookout for
the depredators who crowd about his ex-
posed property. The wares on sale are of
the cheapest description, Of course, but are
attractiveiy arranged, and make q pretty
appearance, often, to the weird cltiaro ,Os-
euro Of the torch lamp of talfow saturated
paper. Generally secondhand, but some
times new, they comprise almost oil kinds
of goods In common fequeDt, such as do
mestfc utensils books. sandals, getss,
(" ch0psticks. = mats, flowers and . curios''
of every conceivable and inconceivable
shape and purposes Some stocks are, col.s
lectively, of considerable value, but in
many cases fve.dollar note would buy
out Ge entire establishment. Butto most
of their customers such an amount of
ready cash is undrbkmed Of wealth; and
few Of the transactions amount to high
er sum than that for which copper coins
can suffice as q medium Of exchange.
Most Of these tiadesmen, have other &C.
cupations during th6daytii1eyoE 60 about
the stre6s, with boxes On their .hscksy
DickiHr IN tKifles at low urices when theV
can fl6d 8 promising baffesSihf within their
danf1reE goods, When not, ,es,osced in
bus}6sss they Ihay be found Is, xeTV dirty
houIas called BY the Japanese "a rsGdsna, & s
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-09

g 1fhe author ;of Beautiful Shown wilt
hBld : mass convention 1t i,oHg Branch
iaomes time during Aagpsts Barlfastsn.
NJ. 6ma1ley saSs Inst General and
Mrs. Grant were treated with every Eoufte-
81 at Windsor Castle by Queen Victoria.
The Queen personally received hel, and
highly enjoyed their visit- ssos lsss sis 3
Z -Thespmains Of Marquette, the French.
missionary, who died in 1876 on his way
back from Illinois to Mackinaw, have
been recently Uncovered at F6inte st.
Ignace, Cd the eastern shore Of Lake Mich
igan. usIGs I sao1a 1Asi sH $50 ses
i GEN. Grant was originally expected
ta. go to Paris from -L9adenI but the
4 Mss'9rsel {. ss Pelssiasls st Paris explains
Washbtrne, ,it6 deter His visit there till.
after his tour i'm N Noft1ern Europe and
.6wit0erlaud It WAS feared. that. /" in en-.
istjpg circumstances there would be en-
deay0rs to give to Some of the demonstra-
tiohs Of which He might be the object q
character otnefs tkan that of fadisinterested
defcrcace for IN .illustriouA citizen who
.hassheld the Chief Magistraey Of his ceqn-
try and is one of its military gloriea." In
r ofher words, there was fear that ex- Pres
ide6s Grant would be sssplayed of "
against Presldehta MacllahUnz sfssss SIS
| --Mrs BeDjsmia tsssingy the historian,
has chosen for his residepcel 10 quiet and
retired spot in Duchess County, N. Y,
sixteen miles east of Ffshkill and the
Hudson River. He was visited there, re-
Gently, by.a reporter Of the New York
EUsasng Post, who has written AM inter-
esting story Of tie visit. Mr.. Lossing's
house was built in 1911, and has been re-
modelled tu suit his taste and convenience.
His library contains nearly 5000 volumes,
and ia placed in fire proof building. It
is rich in historical matter, selected prin-
cipally with reference to use. LOSING
began life as d journalist.
Amos Fish, who led in Albany re-
Gently, leaving property worth 800, 600,
once described his manner of life to q
friend thus. I" / buy shark of beef
from the. butcher, which costs me ten
cents. My wife makes enough soup from
this to do us one meal; then she meat cut
or one days food for ten cents. split
the bone and get the marrow for cooking
purposes, and my wife finds sufficient
|, fuel in the bone itself TO do Considerable
cooking. Then In an iron boz save the
ashes, which use Tor 1iianurihg q few
plants that bring me six cents EACH" Yet
when extra taxes were put upon his prop
erty be Very rarely, if ever, demanded
more rent from tenants than. what they
had been paying. He married a widow.
who had two children and little money.
He offered to rborruw the money and to
allow her seven per centum. His wife
accepted the proposition, and he was in
charge of the property for a long time.
One day ne forced settlement with her,
bringing in bill for her own and the
children's board, and leaving her in debt
to him. IN. r. Ersnsn0 Post.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-09

lT Newport, R. l., few mornings ago
Dennis MacMahon. usdefto0k to hurry
The fire by using kerosene oil, when the
burst and the foolish woman was fear.
and fatally burned.
IHE National Bank of Lock Maven,
failed on the 30th ult. The suspension
stated to be only temporary.
PRESIDENT VANDERBILT, of the New
Il Central & Hudson River Railroad, hai
usd circular stating that. Of tho 12.OO(
ployes of that Company Lass zfh91 500 en-
gsdin the recent strike, and no injury wal
TO property. In recognition Of theil
hlE he directs that 100000 be divided
hbly, according to their positions on the
F5Oll, among all the employees enGFEed u
rnting the road. He also says no msS
O in time Of trial, smbarrasses the Com
y can remain in or re-enter its service
adds that pay will be increased the Dso.
atbusiness jsstifes it
VulTE number Of the 3ssders ID thu
tlt disturbances at Columbus, Ohio
sarraigned and tried, on the 3lst ult
assessed heavy fines or sent to jalt on
sientences. The military had been re-
asd to that city, and trains would at onct
anence running on all the roads there.
es the 31st ult., the First National
fof Georgetown, COL, closed its doors,
abilities reaching $4,000 The cause
As personal financial embarrassment OF
PRESIDENT.
EEHr Of the rioters engaged in stop
trains on the Toledo, Peoria q Warsaw
s'foad, in Illinois, were tried before Judge
anmond, Of the United States Circuit
eaf', at Chicago, on the S1st ult The
sass Of the prisoners are Jas. Mack, Jss.
aus, Geo. Hamilton, Monroe Jefiries, Ju.
" Selhausen. Nicholas Holman, Philip
lsfOsr aud Julius echurcr. The charge
Illest them was for contempt of Court IN
ouoeting the passage Of taeils ora resd
tAe hands of receiver appointed by ths
sase Of the Court. They were adjudgcd
all'y and sentenced to pay fne Of nifty
oaan each, and to be imprisoned In the
county Jail, Mack, the leader, for foy1
oaahs, and the others for two months 49,
hprisonment to be continued until tn
~ ase paid.
m public debt stahment for July
- tAe following: Coin bonds cutstAnd'
10, ~ ,9Oot total debt, e22>o. 81 H.
N Treasury, 1171, 81 ,000s dobt ~
N the Treasury, ss,06e, ~. .Sle; decrsass
qag July, esls,poA
I'M receipts from Internal revenul
ing July were q, 81 The sstimassi
'ph were, 1t i stated, reduced ~ leesl
1900 in consequence Of the receE'
s. Custom receipts during the san'
n'atA, $4,000 $50.
a Wilkesbasre, Pa, on the Ii, acsOw{
Z. ss.wesn I, ,0ooand I. 900 asssmbled attbe 4e
'sn Valley Depot u - the naifl Mn N6a'l
~ u, and, when the cars arrived, Con
sso'e and United States detective, stand
"a the platform next the engine. wen
!. ''ed with stones, and The man runnini
eEhe wss driven from his p)ee& -
ssikers mounted Tie engine. cutlt -
fsn Il o.. Further lsoubns occuE5o1 Z
MON, On The LET, and conpany y ~
~. sred Into and dlsperssa la5k6mo1
- -s iour I'D ssuously woln1ine ssysrn
s.-a ~; . Az plse1e a >Aadsees T. ~ sov1
- elosed, nd 01l1fs5 IA voluA Atecr eoln
-. vese belnK osknnised. as fuEsAor =
Hoqhle NJ feared.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-09
"reminiscences or the Mexican War.

Among the stories which Gen. Shields
told at his recent Lockport (N.lY J recep-.
tion, are the following : ss.Y..S sst.3 ssss4,
"a saa9ssiii R0UsH AND READY" gs.e ssss-
His first interview ( with Gen. Taylor
was humorously described: II was sent,
with my brigade, to report to him on the
Rio Grande. After getting my cofnnsand
Into camp / put on the most snowy uni
form 1, had, and spent muelr time In rig-l
ging myself DIP TO do htuDr " such an occa-
sion as the meeting with the Commander
in.Chief Of the army of occupation. Ar
rived at headquarters inquired for Gen.
Taylor, and was shown into a tent by the
Presently entered hard featured, but
stlH very benev6leht-faee man, quite
undersized, who, from his apptafahce,
would easily have been taken for wag,.
oner. A great, Tapping straw hat crowned
his head, he had no collar, linen coas,
ard the coarse pantaloons he wore had no
suspicion Of rank sbout them, and his un-
stockinged feet were COVERED by common
infantry shoes. While I was trying 70
figure out in my mind what this appari-
tion could be, he grasped my hand ana
heartily exclaimed I'm very glad Ito to see see
you here, Gen. Shields, aid will cyt out
some work for your command before
long, And this was actually Gen. zachary
Taylor, one Of the bravest, kindest and
noblest men that ever lived.
Ieff g cERRo GoKDO.
sas Previous 10 the brilliant American VIC
! tory ut Cerro Gord0, the engineers, both
of the attacking and defending armies,
had carefully surveyed the highest OF the
eminehces that bristle about the place,
and had reported 1t inaccessible. i over.
hooked the whole Mexican Army, but me
Mexicans were confident tina. it could not
be occupied, and the same belief prevailed
in the American camp. The night before
the assault was very dark one. Shields
was in his tent, when toward midnight .
number Of soldiers of his command came
/ to him and asked permission to put Six
pound gun oh:the top Of this Cliff.
II wss astonished. Don't you know
I asked. that the engineers say that il
can't be climbed Ito say nothing about
putting cannon up there Fhey insisted,
however. thst they should like TO try it.
sTrv IL them boys, said NO harm
v,iliba done. ,egen IL you fAil e They went
away. and in tive hours they were back
| acain with tie amazing nnews that thfy
actually had q six-pounder in position 0n
/ The suinmit q thai almost perpendd dic1lls. y
nss n And il -, you'll consent, siI;;' said one
Of them, wen put twelse pouadc'
''ss si3o so sbsssi, / replied. I'm believe
| ven can do anything now. Ana long De-
lforc, dayliehki tfey reported that ~
1 tvelye- pounder W8 uFthere beside ~
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-09
-9Aphasia.

IA phasia. If it NAV not be called q liter
.ary disease, is at least subject of literary
interest, The meaning 81 the name which
has been given to the disease is, without
speech; but this does not represent with
exsctness the condition sof the sufferer
The aphasic patient is generally able to-
speak, but not to talk intelligihly, the
reason of this being that willie he Caii tit.
ter some words, he is quite unable 10 utter
others. & He understands what is said to
him, can read. printedsor written words;
moreover he knows. the words, that, be
wishes to use and yet cannot utter SO that
II they are spoken for him, he can signify
his assent by the expression ofhis-coun-
tenance or by gestures; but even then he
cannot speak the word, and what is still
more strange, afth6dgn lie has complete,
use of his hand, he cannot write the word
which hesknows and recognizes when 1t IS
spoken: If he tries to utter it. himself, he
makes only unintell giblc sounds II TO
write it. he leaves Upon the paper only a
series df dfimeanifig sCfawls. This strange
affection has nothing to do with the'ceny
dition Of the muscles of the throdt t0rGHei
palate or glottis, forever when the apha.;
sia is SO great as to render speech almost
Impossible, all the muscles may be, and
generally are In q perfectly heahhy con-
iition, and are used IN eating, swallow
ing, and even in making inartlculate cries.
y; The cause OF aphasia b: alsease 81 a
very. small partof the brain :" the posterior
extremity Of the third left frontal convo.
[lution, whefeitt abuts on the assure OF
Sylyius. y This part OF the brain seems
to be the motor center of articulation, and, !,
if the brain softens here, Or the blood
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-09
Seventeen Inmates Of Canadian Poor.
House Barncd to Death.

0AASO1s Onsss auSs We
At 10:45 on Saturday evening fire was
dustriai farm ofstle County oE Norfolk,
building was very old, dry and built Of
of the building downstairs, and spreadkso
given both staircases were in ruins, there
BY cutting off retreat through the doors.
| The inmates were sleeping both on the
ground loor and the fifst floor above, the
men on the one side and the women on
the other. Very few people were at the
scene of confagration, owing to tho dis
lance ct which the Poor House was situ-
ated from the town. The fire alarm was
not sounded and no fire engines or fire.
men were present. ss -
Meanwhile the darnss spread rapidly,
and, notwithstapding the extreme sexer-
items and completes presence Of mind'el
an old, blind man, an inmate of the BALD
ing, who went through room after room,
and awoke the men and boys and con-
trOlled them to the best of his ability, the
inmates lost all control of themselves and
were as helpless rs infants. The blind
man forced five or six Qut of the window
above, and worked until the flames and
smoke compelled him to seek safety in
flight. Notwithstanding his efforts, nine
of the males persisted in the flames.
Meantime, some one in the crowd forced
an entrance from. the outside to the female
department, and succeeded in awakening
eli the inmates. They were, if possible,
more excited than the men, and, although
many jumped out Of the windows at dis
tance of twelve feet, others could not be
induced to leave Owing to the rapidity
with which the flames spread, the time
was very short, NOT exceeding from the
first twenty Ave min6fe fore 4nE great
Ter part.M the building was in flames.
Meanwhile ihs srpunds suze61ndingthe
building were INA state o9 great contasseH.
Men and women we're running ike mad
people, some shl1f dressed and some with
nothing OF .bnt 1i9ht. shirt, crying and
utteripg ne most p{ttfuf shrieks During
this G1lb the crowd Wsre wie1essinG : sad
and heart-rendinR scene. Men and wo-
men could be seen through the open win
doWs seated on their beds and the flames
rapidly licking the bed clothes and their
own scSnty cloAing. s
Fl Hn4 womAn vent downstairs, and M1en
she found all retreat was cut of In that
Edirection she sAnk down on the statrs ana
pMished SHhe WI plainly yisibl6 6fhrough
The open door, and many brave heart
reioheaed and etaAyned from this most hOrri-
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and that ConGress shall exercise snch -.
sfnofity a e1ap Re necsesery .to- Adequately
4liks, and e6Is f6r5 ~ Sisit,.tioss ~ ssr.
adjust differences and controversies between
employees and employees.
FnFE 16oonsip &,epuulsc,n se,teeor.
vention has becn called to meet Il ladiaon
on the 1ith of September.
4, TAR Georgia Constitutional Convention
ys4ded tos1ect {l3ass e Aes sSspfsm5
md. espsrisr 0eifts ~ iSin ftllof abfsth1
Legialature.% The election viii occur IN l660'
THE Democratic nominations IN Mis-
siestpri spx2ros Goyernor, John N. Stone.
{pfessnt siASnnh5nk}: 81 IieufeaS1 Qossf nor,
W. II. Sims; Treasurer, w. L. Hemingway:
Auditor, s. I. Gwinn; Attorney General, T.
2: Catching; superintendent Of Public Edu-
Feetts "a Efgl Smith, n tsssEdkions
adopted bt ~ C0nyentisa dedaf5 afds1lty to
the Constitution OF the United States; In
favor Of home rule and the preservation Of
State Governments. with AL their reserved
nd e4aranteeA <zigAts qnlupeired; against
smilftafy hteref efenSs I'd the {reSa5n q
elections and with the civil and political
rights Of citizens Of the United States; IN
favor Of protection and squal rights Of all
I.essssess Agrinst 4iseri1niaati ion on eecouptof
Facs, soldf qrsiprsyieas cpnditioa ~ .s1rvI-
fude &C birthplaasr An favor a the ppainten-
fsnescf the 6tatesystsA - lsss. .ssheolay ysta.,
-
.Ir isssta that good portion Of ths
hesidentss MWsags, upo6 the rsaasembllsg
& Congrsss, WIN te desoted Is tn conlid-
6fatson Of the labor question. At several
Cabinet meetings held during the recent
troubles, this subject has been discussed to
the exclusion Of Al other matters. It said
several members Of the Cabinet are known
to favor the passage Of law providing for
the organization Of Commission which
shall have due regard for thejnterests of nj
concerned-producers, merchants, railroad
employees and capitalists - thAt ON any
| question fair compromibe may be efKectsd.