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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01

MESSRS. GARFIELD AND uoAR have
been selected by the House Republicans
to represent them as members of the
Commission which is to arbitrate the
Presidential dispute. These selections
viii satisfy the entire country, each In
his own way being q leader Of the Re-
pubiicans N the Lowe House.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01
THE SEQUEL

When all this fuss and trouble is end
ed, and the new patent president-mak-
ing machine has turned out a President,
and everybody has settled down to think
Of his own affairs again, and are congra-
tulating themselves that Watterson' S
pets are not likely to eat them alive just
vet, then comes the next act in the dra-
ma, duly provided for by this bill. The
defeated candidate, if he be Mr.. Tilden,
his friends, if he Mr.. Hayes, will apply
to the Supreme Court for writ OF quo
tCarra,atO, and then comes the tug of
war before the Court, and another long
season of doubt and delay ensues. While
the Republicans believe that Hayes is
honestly and legally elected and that the
commission must SO decide, and while
they can see no use of entering into this
lottery scheme to perfect title which is
already perfect, yet they stand ready to
receive with honors the next President
as lie issues newly made from the patent
President-making machine, duly labeled
and ticketed. JUNIUs.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01
WATERS
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the best made. The touch is elastic, and fine
singing tone, powerful, pure and even.
WATERS CONCERTO ORGANS
cannot be exceIed in BEAUTY; they defy COM
petition. The Concerto Stop is fine imitation ofthe
Human Voice.
PRICES EXTREMELY Low for cash during this
month Monthly ms tallments received On Pianos,
$40 to $50; Organs IS to Sl0 Second and Instru-
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WANTED. liberal discount to Teachers Ministers,
Churches, Schools, Lodges, etc. Special inducements
to the trade. Illustrated Catalogues mailed. H0R-
ACE WATERS SONS, 4Sl Broadway, New York.
Box 1861.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01
BOTH PARTIES CHEATED.

Senator Eaton, the only Democrat who
voted against the bill made a good point
when he said, ST DO not know which
party is to be benefited by the bill, but
have heard some one say that both par
ties will be cheated by it," Senator
Morton's speech was the ablest deliver
ed IL the debate, although he was labor
ing under severe indisposition and was
forced to close his remarks at time
when the Senate had been II session for
nearly twenty-four hours. Senator Sher-
man made an able speech in opposition
to the plan. Senator Blaine made his
first speech in the Senate in opposition
to this compromise, and spoke with the
same convincing eloquence which always
characterizes his oratiorical efforts, but
spoke without effect for, like Moses, he
was addressing stiff-necked people,
The Republican Senators who favored
the bill, generally did so upon the ground
of its necessity to prevent civil war,
and the chief argument in favor of the
LII was thatit was temporary expedient
to avert threatened danger. But Sena-
tor Sherman said he hoped to See this
bill become the permanent law of the
land, a remark which made Republicans
fear that something is yet concealed
among the many words OF the bill which
viii give to the Democratic party an
advantage.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01
THE BILL IN THE HOUSE.

Immediately upon receiving the bill
from the Senate yesterday, the House
proceeded to discuss its merits, Mr.. Nc
Crary, Republican, of Iowa, opening the
debate. 1t was agreed that debate should
run until three o'clock this afternoon.
and that then the "previous question
should be called, which Will insure its
passage this afternoon or evening, unless
its opponents decide to delay it by dila-
tory motions and flibustering general
ly, which probably VIII not be the case
Mr.. Garfield last evening made one of
his best speeches in opposition to the
measure Always eloquent, he outdid
himself last night, and planted some
blows between the eyes OF this COM
promise which made its friends stagcer.
Mr.. Hoar, of Massachusetts,, INTERRUPTED
the General with the question, Would
it not be safer TO entrust the power of
counting the votes to the Senate, than 10
one msn, its President ?" Gen. Garfield
replied as quick as flash "No, sir
you then have an irresponsible body,
which you can neither hold to account
nor punish, while the officer can be re-
moved at any moment, and punished fol
any wrong he may do, or any duty he
may neglect"
THE EXCUSE FOR HASTE
The bill provides that the members Of
the commission shall be chosen on Tues
day next; hence the excuse for the haste
with which the bill Is being pushed
through Congress. The President is
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01
THE
PHILHARMONIC PLANO,

This entirely new instrument possessing all the
essential qualities of more expensive and higher
priced Pianos is ofeaed ut lower price than any
similar one now in the market. 1t is durable, with
magnificent tone hardly SURPASSED and get it
be purchased at prices and terms within the reach
of all. This instrument has all the modern improve
ments including the celebrated Agratfe treble, and
is fully warranted Catalogues mailed.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01

GOING NORTH AND WEST

CONNECTIONS.
MilMnnkoo with c. E N. W. R'y: c. NJ. & St P.
Hill " QuOUU R'y, End all lines divergHg.
GhGhop MN with shebo ygan Fond du Lac R. R.
DHUUUI yah for all points that road.
Hum piUnru with Stages for Kewaunee Ahnapee
l " U lily vi ETC., and during navigation with
steamers for above points.
F0rGSf ,jHnC, with Wis. Central R. R.
with c. & N W. R'y for Fond du
ANitlRlf1U lllIlh Lac, Oshkosh, Neeuah DePere
' Green Bay, Escanaba, etc.
NoM T nndnT, with G. B. NJ. Il y and with stages
NGW LUIuUIlforCIintonville Einbarras &shawano
II. G. II. REED, Ii. F. HITCOMB,
Gent SatDt. Gent Pass. AJt
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 26, 1877.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 26, 1877.
TIE COMPROMISE MEASURE.
Many years have elapsed since any
measure which occupied the attention
of Congress has so profoundly interest
ed and agitated the public mind of this
city, as the debate upon the Compromise
Measure which began with the speech
Of Senator Edmunds, on Saturday last,
aud terminated in the Senate on Thurs
day morning and is expected to close in
the House this afternoon. The Senators
favoriDg the bill occupied nearly all the
time which they allowed for debate and
the impression prevails that the minority
were unfairly treated. Both the friends
and enemies of the measure regard it as
one of the most important ever brought
before Congress, not only for the i'm
mediate interest which attaches to its
fate. but on account OF the effect it is
expected to have in the future as pre-
cedent Its features are nearly all novel
and many honestly believe in eontraven-
lion OF the constitution and-the Sena-
t5rs who opposed the bill believe the
l.aste demanded by its friends, uncalIed
for, and dangerous to the future welfare
of the Republic. Notwithstanding the
fact that Senator Morton was the only
member of the committee who refused
to sign the bill, he was not allowed time
to be fully heard, while Mr.. Conkling
occupied the Senate for more than eight
hours. Josh Billings said of preachers,
eff preacher don't strike lie in fifteen
minutes, he's either boring in the wrong
place, or he's got poor augur." What
would he have said to the eight hour
speech Of the senator from New York
ga CAT u THE MEAL"
Persons who have been accustomed to
visit in the Senate, were not a little
amused to see Edmunds. !Conkling, Ere
linghuysen and other Republican sena-
tors in constant and friendly consultation
with Sherman, Bayard and other Dem
ocratic senators, all favoring the passage
of the same bill. But ''politics make
strange IedfelIows" Republicans gen.
orally 5ho have not enjoyed the oppor-
tunity % c.nYassing This measure with
prominent Democrats, as fell 10 tie lot
of thu members Of the joint committee,
are much i-clined to think that there
must be g. cat in the neal somewhere,
or the Democrats would not be so gen
orally anxious to secure the passage Of
this bill y-----.rIt amendment. Just how,
when and wi..lc he Democratic trap is
to be sprung. none G. III. hus Ropub-
Hcans feel certain that III. -4-.-l.i stands
ready to steal the Presidency after the
same manner in which he steals railroads.
And they earnestly hope that now the
Republican Senators have consented to
play him game of chance for what was
already their own, they will look out
that the cards are not marked nor stock
ed, and that he has DO aces secreted in
his sleeve and does not turn any Jacks
from the bottom Of The pack.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01
EWIYPEAND0IHERl MATERIAL

necessary to the prompt execution Of orders for all kinds
Job Printing that Office is the complete
in this particular Of any in the vicinity Our facilities for
filling orders with the greatest despatch and the latest
and best Styles in guaranteeing satisfaction
every particular. Try and be convinced
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01

expected to give it the same sort of has
| ty examination, and his approval, SO that
after Tuesday next we may reckon among
the high courts of the country the
ssCommission for making President.
THE COMMISSION.
| As it is to be, whether they will or will
not, Republicans are beginning to spec
ulate about the commission; who will be
its members and how it will act. Many
coniectures are made respecting its mem
bers who are to be selected by the two
Houses of Congress, but, of course, no.
thing is as yet known. The four remain
ing Associate Justices, from whom the
fifteenth member is to be selected, are
Justices Davis, Swayne, I INT and Brad
ley. The first Democrat, the other
three Republicans. As Judge Davis has
nov been elected a Senator from Illinois
it is expected that he will Immediately
resign his seat on the bench, and it is
regarded certain that he will not be
member Of the commission, SO that, nu-
merically, the Republicans will have the
majority. But the stick to-it-iveness
and general cussedness of the Democra
tic members may more than balance the
difference. The commission is expected
to sit with closed doors, as an amend
ment offered in the Senate, directing
that it should hold it's sittings in public,
except when retiring for consideration,
was voted down. The Democratic eau
Gus has had before it the question of
employing able counsel outside of Con-
gress, to represent the cause of Mr.. Til
den, and it is to be hoped that the Re-
pubIicans will take care to have the in
terest Of Mr.. Hayes represented by some
of the abiest lawyers in the land.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-01
THE M
81 p 4 NJ Pow DIR
JOB Printing Office.

We desire to call the attention of Manufacturers and
Business Men generally to the fact that since the introduce
ton of Steam Power into Office have made Large
Additions to our heretofore extensive stock of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03
A instrumentation.

The attempt of the Union, of this morn
ing, to shield Street Commissioner Boyn
ton, for negligence of his duties, and to
misrepresent Alderman O'Neil, a member
Of the street and alley committee, is APP
parent to all those who are acquainted with
the facts in the case. Mr.. Boynton was
appointed city engineer and street COM
missioner, last spring, at a salary of
81 900 per annum, and if he has trans
ferred the supervision Of the street work
to the street and alley committee of the
council he has failed to transfer the street
commissioner S per cent. of the salary to
that committee. Until he has resigned his
position as street commissioner, and ceased
drawing a salary for that Office, be will be
held responsible by the people for all work
done, or for any negligence. If the duties
Of the city engineer and street commits
sioner are too numerous for one man to
attend to them properly, let him resign
one or the other Of the positions, and let
Mayor Butler appoint some person in his
place who will attend to them, treat the
aldermen espectfuly-whether or not
they are of the same political sentiments
as himself-aud one who will not attempt
to shirk the responsibility for negligence
| when Re is drawing the salary due tina,
Office as regularly as the present in
! cumbant,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03
The Louisiana Returning Board.

The Louisiana Returning Board.
A New Orleans dispatch of the 1st inst.
says:
The superior criminal court, before
which the Prosecution against the Louis
lana returning board is to be pursued,
opened to-day. The case against Wells Il
Go. will probably be fixed for trial at a
very early day, and according to present
indications, there will be considerable
sharp work on both sides. In addition to
large force of legal talent on each side,
the case will bring Jerry Black to the
front as of counsel for the prosecution,
while Wells & Go. s army of attorneys will
be led by Shellabarger, of Ohio, and Will
son, of Iowa, both now practicing law in
Washington. Wells seems to be doing all
the work of preparation for the defense
for himself and colleagues, Anderson, Gas
anaVe, and Kenner, the two latter especial
| ly borrowing very little care about the mat
ter, upon the score, perhaps, that old Wells
will, in looking after himself, have to lool
after them. Wells says he has no fear Of
the result, and rather scouts the bare idea
of q conviction. Nevertheless, he has
been at work for several weeks, throwing
up his legal barbados, and when he looms
up on the day of the trial he will probabl!
have sufficient facts and figures to load 1
steamboat.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03

"Then came October full of merry glee;
For yet his noule was totty of the must
Upon a dreadful scorpion he did ride,
The same by which Dianaes doom unjust.
Slew great Orion and exc by his side,
He had his ploughing share and coulter ready
tyde-n SPENCER.
According to the old Alban OF Latin
calendar, this month was the eighth, as its
name indicates. BY the Saxous it was
STYLED Hen1m0Rat or the wine month, ana
IS still wind y 1t comes in Immediately
after September goes out, and usually
stays 81 days Canned oysters are now
caught in profusion in Baltimore, as also
are Holsters, in their natural redness, Oh
the half shell, and the sun enters scorpio
regularly on the 23d, whioh is more agree
able than if scornio entered the son. Fail
bonnets begins to sprout, family furs are
dug up for winter consumption, and pocket
books look sickiy, Trees put on sere.
ious dress; coal cellars yawn, and coal
sellers keep stiff upper lips, Small boys
transplant skates, old ladies preserve their
olianders, and ladies keep their husbands
and sweet hearts in pretty pickle. It is
also good growing mouth for conventions
and elections.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03

From land left saturated by receding
floods, and from pools stagnating in
sunken lots on the outskirts of cities, rises
a vapor pregnant with disease, It's name
is miasma, and it is laden with the seeds
of fever and ague. bilious remitteuts, and
other malarial disorders. How to cope
successfully with these destructive mala-
dies is a problem solved more than a
quarter of century ago by the discovery
of Hostetters Stomach bitters, which has
proved itself an absolute specific for
miasmatic disease in every form, its sure
preventive, and superbs invigorant and
general Alternative of disordered conditions
of the system. Interchangeable evidence
to prove this fact has been accommodating
for years, and scarcely day passes with
out some fresh confederation of it. Emi-
nent physicians have after a thorough
test, pronounced the article perfectly
efficacious and absolutely pure, and the
American people long ago adopted it as
their favorite household remedy,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03
Masonic.

The annual assembly of the Grand
Council of Select aud Royal Masters of the
state of Iowa, met in Davenport Tuesday,
and after transactiBg routine business,
electedithe following COMPANIONS as officers
for the ensuing year:
D. B. Shelley, OF Davenport, NJ. P.
Grand Master
C. W. Frockie, of Marshalltown, D; G..
NJ.
D.Y. Collins, of Charlton, T. I. NJ.
A. r. Dewey, of Washington, g. P. G..
of W.
q. C. Luse. of Iowa City, G. Treas.
W. B. Langridge, of Muscatine, G.
Recorder
j. White, of Davenport, G. C,of G.
B. Webster, of Marshalltown, u. G, OF
A, D. Wetherell, of Oskaloosa, G. S,
j. S. Anderson, OF Fayette, G. Chap
lain.
Theo. Schreiner, of Mt. Pleasant, G.
Sentinel.
After which it adjourned.
The annual meeting of the Grand Chap,
ter Royal Arch Masons, of Iowa, met
yesterday at 10 o'clock 10 the forenoon ir
Davenport, and after hearing the Grand
| High Priests address, and appointing
necessary committees, adjourned until thi;
morning, when the election of officers fol
the ensuing year was made the specia
| busipess
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03
Notes of the NiRhts.

One learned in astronomical signs says
that the moon will pass Uranus tonight
and that Mercury will cross the ecliptic on
the 4th, coming north, and the moon will
pass Mercury on the 5th. Mars will be
come stationary on the 5th, and Mercury
on the 9Th, each changing their motion
from retrograde to direct. Venus and
Jupiter will approach each other so close
that the moon will pass Venus on the 9th
near p. NJ. and Jupiter on the 18th near
2A.M, The moon will reach Mars and
Saturn on the 18th. The moon!will reach
Neptune Oh the 22nd. and also be in oppo-
sition from the sun. On the Oath Jupiter
will cross the eciptic going south. On the
Goth, Neptune will reach her opposition to
the sun, invisible to the naked eye, rising
when the sun rises. The moon will com
plete one revolution during October and
again reach Uranus on the 30th.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03
The Famous swags-BlOcR Cases.

The supreme court of the United States
has just rendered decision in the famous
swage-block cases, wherein a patentee
brought suit against FIVE railroads for an
infringement of bis patent, Among others
the G., B. & Q. road, which is mulcted in
heavy damages, The Cawood patent for
alleged infringements for which the suits
were brought is AN alleged new and use
full improvement in the common anvil or
swage-hlock, for the purpose Of welding
up and reforming the ends of railroad rails
when they have exfoliated or become
shattered from unequal wear"
Of the FIVE roads sued, the Michigan
Southern and the Illinois Central are adj
judged not guilty, while the c., B. & O.,
the Chicago & Alton, and the Fort Wayne
are, and each muIcted in heavy damages
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03
Personal.

Messrs. ". H. Dart aud Chas. Metzgar
have gone to Colorado, and will not return
until next spring.
Mrs. A. NJ. Guild, wife of the popular
landlord of the Rock Island House, left for
Chicago last evening to attend the exposi-
ton.
Col. j. N. Macomb, in charge of the
river improvements for the Upper Missis-
sippi, left for Keokuk last evening, to en-
quire into the cause of the closing of the
canal at that point, and to make arrange
ments, if the locks are in such condition
that boats cannot pass through. for the
transfer of river freight, SO that navigation
need not be suspended. 1t is claimed that
the responsibility of the failure of the canal
is due to Mai. Wilson, who first had charge
of the work.
M. j. Murphy left, last evening, for q
three weeks business trip to Chicago
J Madison, Fon du Lac, and other places.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03
Fruit Preserving Process.

Messrs. Sargent Il Weber, grocers, Of
this city, have on exhibition some fruits,
vegetables, meats, &C., which have been
preserved in their natural state by an en-
tirely new process. By this method, green
corn, fruits and all kinds of vegetables and
meats are kept perfectly fresh for months.
The air does not affect the fruits, thus avoid
ing fermentation and the usual expense
of Theoretically sealing The gentlemen
who have been demonstrating the new
process are supplied with a number OF
testimonials from parties who have tested
its merits in all parts of the country, and
they guarantee the method to be infallible
when the instructions are strictly followed,
1t is also said to be cheaper than the old
way, and Of course better as it preserve,
the fruit in its natural state. Full infor-
nation can be obtained at Sargent &
Webber's store,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03
Death Of Archbishop Ravlev.

The telegraph this afternoon brings the
news of the death of the most Rev. james
Roosevelt Bayley, archbishop of Baltimore,
at Newark, N. j.
Deceased was born in New York, Augi
%, 1874. He was educated at Washing
ton tnow Trinity college. Hartford Ct,
where he was for short time tutor. He
studied theology with the Rev. DR.. Jarris,
of Middletown, and took orders in the
Episcopal church, subsequently being
converted to catholicism, aad studying for
the Priesthood at st. Sulpice, in Paris. On
March 2, 1842, he was ordained in New
York city By the late Archbishop Hughes
Appointed professor of belles-lettres in St.
Johns college, Fordham. N. Y, he be-
came president of that institution in l845
The following year Archbishop Hughes
made him his private secretary, post
which he held 8 years, and on Oct. 80,
1853 he was consecrated first bishop OF
Newark, n. j. For 10 years he continued
to rule his diocese with ability and marked
success, and on July 80, 1872 the pope
created him archbishop of Baltimore and
primate ofthe church in the United States
lOf late years his health has been
very feeble, and quite recently the POPE
gave him as coadjutor, Bishop Gibbons,
who, in all probability, will succeed him
Bishop Bayley leaves a number of publish
ed works which are authority in church
matters. twas but few years after he
assumed the crozier of the archbishopric
that he was seized with the malady which
carried him off -Bright's disease of thu
kidneys-and last winter, after exhaustinl
the medical skill of this country, he wen
to Europe to seek medical advice there
But all 10 vain. He returned home las
August aud has been failing steadily up II
his dying -Four. sHis loss will he deepl,
felt and sincerely mourned by the Catholi
population of the United States.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-03
The peg Moineg Rapids Canal.

The St. Louis Republican, OF yesterday,
says:
Dispatches we're received 10 the city yes
terday, announcing that Maj Stickney. in
charge of the Des Moines rapids canal, had
issued an order closing the canal for fifteen
days for the purpose of making repairs.
We are informed that this unexpected and
disastrous stoppsge of'navigation is in con-
sequence of trivial Instructions, and that
it could be avoided by temporary expedients
until the natural close of navigation, when
the permanent repairs could go on. The
effect of shutting up the canal now is to
put stop to transportation between St.
Louis and ST, Paul for the remainder of
the season. 1t would be next to impossi-
BILE to revive business after the 18th of
October; for if this order of Mai. Stick =
neys remains uncountermanded the i'm
mense quantities of grain awaiting ship
ment hither from northern Iowa and Min :
nesota must seek another channel Our
board of trade, yesterday, passed resolu-
tons calling upon the secretary of war to
allow the resumption of navigation, and
we presume the Merchants exchange will
take similar action o-day.