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Politics ABROAD.


Pennsy wanna aDenOcraliC COnNcltion'
At the meeting of the Democratic
State covcntion of Pennsylvania resolutions
were adopted rchearsing the usual scntt-
mcnt of the party regarding the inaugural
ton of II. b. Hayes, and declaring tht capi-
tai combined in corporate organizations
has been too highly favored by both State
and Federal legislation, and its dcmpnds
for large returns are inconsistent with the
depressed condition of the labOring and
business interests of the country. Labor
and capital should have no cause OF antag-
onism, and they should be left Tree TO adj
Just their own relations. That the drpri-
walton Of employment of many Thousands
of Industrious citizens and labOrcrs, and
deep distress Of themselves and families
enlist their hearty sympathy. That many OF
our rich men have not been content with
equal protection and equal benefits, but
have bcsought us to maze thom richer by
acts Of Congress; therefore, the grant by
Legislatures of States or by Congress OF
the exclusive privileges and establishment
of cdious monopolics, under prctense of Il
public benefit or of Justice to certain scG-
tions Of the country, are direct assault
upon the equal rights of the people, and tn.
Democracy ofPcnnsylvanaprotests agains
subsidies, land grants, loans of publ,
credit and appropriation of the peoples
money to any corporation rs lcgali2ct
plumber of the taXpaying industry oil the
country.
The following are the nominations made
For Judge of the Supreme Court. Jno
Turnkey; for Auditor, Wm. p. Schcll; fo
State Treasurer, C. b, Noycs.
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IN the st. Paul Pioneer Pres

hFTOm the st. PaW IlOnecr IresS,
What becomes of the grasshopperS is
question that puzzles even their oldest
and most familiar acquaintances. For
the last two or three weeks they have
been flying over this state every few
days in the general direction of the
wind-cither northerly, north-westerly,
south-easterly, or south-westerly, as the
case might be, but, singularly enough,
though the air in many parts of the state
has been full of them, none have any
where come to the ground, except few
scattering sick and weary ones, disabled
by parasites. Last Sunday large genum-
Der came down at Sheldon, Iowa, and a
few in the vicinity of Worthington, but
without doing any damage they all arose
next day and took their flight, With
these exceptions We do not hear of any
swarm alighting anywhere in this or any
adjoining state. Where, then, do they
go to? Private letters from northeast
ern New York received n day Or two ago
by a citizen of st. Paul, represent that
large swarms of locusts have raided that
region and the adjacent parts of Yer
mont, and swept the fields clean of their
crops. 1t seems likely that this is fly
ing detachment of our great western
army of 'hoppers, borne on some favor
ing wind The fact that we can hear
nothing of them in the adjacent states,
coupled with the further fact of their
appearance so far cast as Vermont,
would seem to Justify the theory which
some shrewd observers have advanced,
that the locrsts, after having risen, will
remain flying or rather floating Iii the
air Or with the shifting currents of wind
for eight or ten days, until the instinct
of propagation scizes them, when, or af
ter which they fall to the ground to de-
post their eggs and die. They mayoc-
casionally settle to the ground during
these aerial migrations, but only to re-
new their long flight, that beatfic voy-
age in which they lazily and dreamily
float far above the ruin they wrought
on earth and above the heads and homes
of all their earthly victims and foes
through the Elysian fields of the upper
air, till in dclirium of love and happi-
ness they sink to the earth to relinquish
their lives in depositing the germs of
anothsrgeneration of-pests-confound
them! But if favoripg winds should
carry these pensive imps to New Eng
land and the region thereNbout, we may
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THE NEWS
CRIlHINALITIES.
Another Shooting at AtchisOn.


Hugh Mahn, brakeman, was shot
by Mark W. Taylor at tAtchison last Monday
On Sunday Mahn whipped young nephew
of Taylor's, inilicting upon him several in
juries. Next afternoon Taylor saw Main
on Second street. near the corner of Com
mercial, and Immediately drew n revolver
and commenced firing. Two shots were
discharged, one striking Mahn in the right
arm, near the shoulder, passing through II
into his breast, and inlicting u very severe
though not fatal wound. Taylor immediate
ly crossed over the bridge into Missouri, and
has not yet been arrested.
A Big Haul of Horsethicyes.
A gang of horsethieves has for some
time had its headquarters in johnson coun-
ty Mo-, and succeeded in cluding the moi
very prying eyes Of Johnson county OFF,
cials. But one day last week an officer
from an adjoining county run two of the
gang in, and secured sufficient co-opera.
tion in Holden to capture three Of the gang
and others are to be arrested. The haul
made by these midnight assessors is esti-
mated at upwards of three hundred since
last May. Fifty horses were found at the
rendezvous four miles north of Holden,
Kentucky Distillers.
In Harding county, KY, the Noon
shine men swear they will kill the first
United States Marshal who comes near
them. They bombarded his house an entire
night Deputies Penn and Adar were mur-
dcrcd by mob in Adair county, number
ing, perhaps one hundred or more.
Hard on his Pard.
Samuel B. Height, partner of H,
Cohcnnc, diamond cutter and polisher and
c. b. Height, his brother, of Boston, dccamp-
ed with $4,000 in diamonds and bonds and
Il larger amount of iewelry, utterly running
Cohcnnc.
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having been rough and the breakers high
It was considered unsafe for him to land.
The Ranc uf ChInamcn,

having been rough and the breakers high,
IT was considered unsafe for him to land.
The Banc of Cinnamon.
The Imperial Government of China
has issued an cdict against theusc of opium
declaring that its use was bringing destruc-
tion upon the Chinese people. In addition
to the home production, opium is imported
into China to the annual value Of over S4O,-
600 900, principally from British India.
Paying the Piper.
The Governor of Illinois has received
many bills demanding pay forvarious serv-
ices rendered in connection with the calling
out of the militia during the strikers war,
and small portion of them-in all about
81 S1,0O0-have been audited and paid out of
the executive contingent idnd.
The Tuneful Telephone
The new Edison telephone was tested
in New York last Monday at the Western
Union Building, oycrthe extraordinary dis
tnncc of 24O miles. The wire used was loop
cd tu Hartford and back. over which music
was transmitted distinctly.
Pittsburg's Misfortune.
Pittsburg has begun to realize the full
measure of the loss by the late riots, the
Pennsylvania company having instituted
suits to recover the amount of its losses
there
Guntown Sturgis After DO.
Gen. Sturgis left Bozeman, Montana
to look for chief Joseph and his hostile
braves. 1t is hoped he will not repeat the
display of gcncralship made at Guntown,
Miss, during the war.
Fish Across the Sea.
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State
during the administration Of President
Grant, has gone to Europe.
Fleeing From Justice.
Brigham Young was reported very
sick, on the 9th instant, and not expected
to recover.
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OTHER NEJT,S.

SttHl nt
The Government canal around the
Des Moncs rapids of the Mississippi river
at Kcokuk was opened formally on the 22d,
with suitable display and large attend
ancc of invited guests and citizens. The
Golden Eagle, with a large delegation Of ST.
Louis cXcursionists, got on sandbar and
failed to arrive. The Government steamers
Montana and Kcokuk passed through the
canal and locks successfully and returned
in less than four hours, taking several hun
drcd passengers each. The officers in
| charge expressed themselves entirely satis-
| fed with the working Of the machinery
These rapids have been the greatest OBJ
struction to navigation in the river, and in
low water were always impossible, and the
cost of transporting goods and passengers
around them by rail has fallen on indvid-
uuls and will now be saved. The amount
thus saved will amount to about 800, 900 an.
nually.
| Omaha Bridge Badly Wrecked.
Two spans of the Missouri river bridge
at Omaha two hundred and fifty feet each IL
length, were blown down and almost Who'll
| ly destroyed during violent wind and rair
storm last week. This storm was from the
north, and struck the eastern end of the i'm,
mensc structure with such force as tt
wreck five hundred feet of it from IFS con
ncctions and topple it into the river, twist
ing the large. tough iron strings and col
umns into IN endless variety of shapes,
Important Land Case Decided
The long-contested land case betweei
the st. Paul and Sioux City and the McGrcg
or railroad companies terminated decis
ion with favor Of the st. Paul and Siou.
City company, which gives that compan,
about $4,000 acres Of land, situated il
northwestern Iowa and embarced in over
tapping land grants. The McGregor com
pany is assessed all the costs of litigation
Eighteen Miles Swim.
Frederick Bavill started at 3 40 o'clocl
on Tuesday afternoon from Cape Grisasnei
to swim across the English channel. Ii
this attempt he succeeded, having arrive,
within five yards of the English coast nea
Dover, ut 3:45 o'clock next morning. H
was then taken into q boat because the So
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To Nebraska on Foot and by Go-Cari.

From the Burlington Gazette.
This afternoon DR.. Nassau, when near
Fordney's carpenter shop, observed a
man pull out map and closely examine
it. The man accosted the doctor and
asked him if he knew whether that road
led to Ottumwa. DIR. N.replied, and in
turn asked his interrogation how he in
tended going there. The stranger
pointed to small one-horsc go cart on
the street, in WI ch was II woman ap'
parently sick, AID said that he and his
wife accompanied by his brother, had
journeyed from Pennsylvania on foc'
hauling the cart themselves until ldo'
reached Ohio, distance of 600 m'E
where they had stayed over week
his wife had fallen sick, and where
had purchased the horse-a sickly Id
ing sorrel. With the aid of the he
the party had reached this point. III
were on their way to Nebraska to SCI
on Government land, as they had
money to buy railroad land, and we
therefore, obliged to travel in th
present primitive way. The sick w0Q
man was promptly removed to comfort
able quarters.
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THE EASTERN VAR.

News from the seat of war has for ten
days past been unusually contradictory,
and it is exceedingly difficult TO form an in
tclligcnt opinion as to the condition of af-
fairs there. Each side have daily claimed
important victories, and each side, accord
ing as the reports come from Turkey or
Russia, is being heavily reinforced, Shipka
pass has been the scene of operations, and
there is no doubt that some of the engage
mcnts have been very bloody A limited
reinforcement has been made to each of the
combatants, and there can be no doubt
that another forward movement toward
Constantinople will be attempted at an ear
ly daV
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THE M1RKETS.

The Mark-lane Express, in its weekly
review says: Wheat, which week ago ap-
pcared adverse to farming interest, has for
tunatcly undergone an inspriting change.
varied by some heavy storms in the mid
land counties, it is gratifying to find some
districts where the yield of wheat is said to
to exceed the average. There are, of course,
exceptions, but not numerous enough to
cOuntcrbalancc localities where dcilcicn-
cy on the average crop is reported. Still it
appears evident that the poor yield Of 1876
will be exceeded. 1t would be rash to at
tempt now to predict what the future course
of prices is likely to be, but our require
ments, though heavy, will probably be east
ly met by the large American supply which
seems to be assured, and with shipments
from Northern Russia and India and other
numerous channels of supply, so that buy
ers appear to be justified in their present
cautious policy. At the same time it must
be borne in mind that political contcngcn-
cics may again disturb trade and compel
buyers to extend their operations, while
or intcrfered with by the pressing need of
those districts now scouragcd by famine"
The anticipated activity in the home mar
kets have not been realized during the past
week, At Kansas City the wheat market,
though quite buoyant for the season. has
been unexpectedly dull. But this is the re-
suit of the unsettled feeling in the eastern
markets. Kansas City is doing its utmost
to attract large share Of the trade of the
surrounding country and of that along the
long lines of railway leading west and south,
and its market may safely be regarded as
the pulse Of the general markets further
east. 1t is scarcely safe to depend upon the
quotations of Chicago and st. Louis, where
the prices of day are only the result of
some heavy dealers necessities, and AZ ;ld-
vance or falling off in price of five cents is
often but an indication that some gambler
In options has lost heavily. Local markets,
however. are managed by men as sharp
and far-secing as any, and their bids for
applies are based more nearly on the actual
prospects of the Market to be governed by
the supply and demand.
QUOTATIONS..
New York-Whcat moderately active, No.
2, winter rcd western, S1,39. Rye, G50lG7c
Corn, 5365Gc.
Chicago-No. |, spring, SlOS. Corn, 42c
Rye, 52c. Barley, zoe. Cattle, Colorado
and Kansas, S3.OO14.OO; half Texans, S2.5C
@3.1O. Hogs, best, s5lO05.2O; medium
S4s5@5,0O.
st. Louis-Whcat. No. 9, rcd, Sl.2O; No. 8
Sl.1S. Corn, 39@i0c. Cattle, choice, SI.7t
@5.5O; light, SiOO94.65. Hogs, S4.75@5. 20
Kansas City-Wheat, No. 2. S1,2O fol
August; No. 8, S1OS bid for September
Corn, 29c for No. 2. Rye, Ale. Cattle, fail
to prime natives, S4.25@475; native stock.
ors and feeders. 81. 3.25d4.1O
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A Deadwood paper announces that
Mrs. Marquette, whose husband poisoned
himself on Monday night, married
again Tuesday morning. This is only
proof of the business-like character of
the denizens of Deadwood.
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When an undertaken gives q sick man
good advice, and anxiously expresses a
wish for his speedy recovery, VIC feel
that the person who calls this an en-
t,rely cold and selfish world is o ibeller.
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When Macready was once rehearsing
William Tell, he spoke the line, 80
You shoot?" in very colloquial tone,
which threw the raw actor he addressed
off his guard. "a little" he answered.
but l don't fancy them crossbows, Mr..
Macready, though | am death on a
gum"
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QUOTATIONS.

The man who carries a cheap umbre!-
la has not that regard for his fellow
citizens which is desirable.
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More Monopoly.


For some timo past the public has en-
joycd the benefits of reasonable telegraph
rates. on account of lively competition
between the Western Union and Atlantic
and Pacific telegraph companies. jay
Gould and other stock iobbers have. how
ever, succeeded in consolidating the rival
lightning carriers. and now rates are up in
the fancy figures again.
Hold the Fort.
Reinforcements for the Russians are
moving south to strengthen the dctach-
mcnts holding the passes. The cavalry
was advanced against Osman Bazaar. Cur
kos defeat seems partly to have arisen
from the same cause as other Russian de-
fcats. namely the division of his forces.
vigorosiiy.
The Russian staff in recent delibera-
tions decided upon immediate vigorous re-
sumption of the operations and was of the
opinion that no point should be voluntarily
evacuated.
England's Army.
The war party claim that there are
sixty thousand troops at Malta, and say that
England can put one hundred and thirty
eight thousand into the field in thirty days.
The Passage of the Dardancllcs.
1t is the rumored intention of Eng.
land to send ships of war to the Dardanellcs
with view to prevent massacrcs of Chris
tians in case of Il popular outbreak.
Concentrating.
A Constantinople special says the
Porte has ordered the immediate conccntra.
| ton of $4,000 militia of the second class al
Adrianople, Saila and other points near the
scene of operations.
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Gail Hamilton is 80, and calculated
TO remain so about five years.
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The territory lately occupied by the
Russians in Rumilia and Bulgaria, and
now abandoned by their retiring forces,
seems to be in a horrible condition of
anarchy, and completely given up to
the murlcrous Bashi-Bozouks. The
excesscs of these savages are of the same
character MS those attributed to the
barbarous tribes of American Indians
when on the war-path. The scenes of
the Minnesota massacre, yet fresh in
the recollection of many readers, have
been Reproduced on a hundred-fold
larger scale, and with intensified hor-
rors, among the unfortunate Christian
villages in the northern part of Rumilia.
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Before the Goth of September, more
than seven thousand men will be sent
from Spain to reinforce theuseless army
engaged in the hopeless attempt to re-
duce the insurgcnt banditti of Cuba to
submission.
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The oldest man in Arkansas, if not in
he Southwest, is Peter Mankins, now
in his 10th year, and living in good
health and spirits on the middle fork of
White river, about eleven miles south
east of Fayetteville.
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correspondent ofthc Chicago Times,
who visited the scene of the Custer
massacre quite recently, gives shock
ing account of the condition in which
the bones of the butchercd soldiers have
been left. The details are circumstan-
tial, and the description will provoke a
feeling of Indignation at the abominable
negligence of the persons whose duty it
has been to see that the remains of the
heroes of that terrible field were proper
ly buried.
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In the past scventy-two years, of q
653 persons condemned to death in
Austria, only $50 We're executed, the
reigning sovereigns having been aversc
to capital punishment, and having par
doned or commuted the sentence OF
the others.
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The Milwaukee Wisconsin, estimates
from reliable data that the wheat crop Of
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Kan
sas for 1877 will be 56,0O0,O00 bushels
larger than it was in 1876.
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Please let us look at this matter of
discount on greenbacks in simple
business way and see if it is very in
tricate matter. We have two kinds of
legal tender money-gold and green
backs. Gold is legal tender for every
thing. Greenbacks are legal tenders
for everything except duties on imports
and interest on the public debts. Here,
then, are two very important things
that gold will do that greenbacks will
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Cable dispatches report that the Gar
OF Russia is in II state of great anxiety,
desiring that IN energetic and even dcs-
pcratc movement shall be made by his
armies south of the Danube, and that if
successful he will be ready to treat for
comparatively moderate terms of peace
This report agrees with otherindications
of the approach of an effort intended to
be decisive, to regain lost ground by the
Russian forces.
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The czar is said to be in a terrible i'll
humor with his advisers, whom he
blamcs for inducing him to begin the
wnr
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-24
4 Nanctiiicd woman.

New lUIk sun.
In camp meeting in This State u wo.
man related her experience in giving up
certain articles OF ornament and gay at.
tire that she had loved. She said that ut
first she resolved 10 wear no more arti.
licial flowers, gay cOlorCd ribbons, hand.
some silks, ear ornaments, nor brooches;
but ono idol remained. II was heT wedding
ring. AZ last she resolved 10 throw this
away too, and when she did it the bless
ing Of sanctiticAtion came. The Methodist
says: "As she stood in the audience, re.
lating the great change that had come
over her, She displayed an immense mass
Of false hair wound up on the back OF her
head, upon which was mounted o top. knot
Of q hat, neither protection from sun or
cold, nor ornamental TO behold. She dis.
closed beneath half cast.oa' shawl cor.
seted waist which was reduced to such
diminutive proportions as 10 appear
painfully abnormal. She supported pad.
dingS, pullings, pannier aud pin back, and
dress skirtssadly bCdrabbled 10 depth
Of the several inches which il dragged
upon the ground. As she sat down alter
her testimony and M exhortation 10 err.
ring sisters to renOunce all pomp and
glory Of tile world, she piled her fan and
painted very much like bali room belle
who had Waited loo long and was dressed
too tightly to breathe with ease. When
al the close Of the meeting the woman
walked away, she had Il parasol, a fan,
and hymn book TO hold in one hand
and the other was employed in gathering
and holding the front breadth Of her
skirts high enough to enable her to step,
while the limit OF her mincing gait was
determined by her contracted pin.back
and stilted boot heels. And away abe
went, sancIitiel woman"
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Mnges In the tIme OF James III.

Wages In the time OF James ii!
From the Utica Herald.
Al the Easter Sessions 1868, the rates
Of wages allowed BY tho Justices Of Bucks
we're entered In the records. A Chieie
BsyliiIe, or Hync In Husbandry," was
allowed 10 receive CO a year In the "Chil.
terne," G5 los ain the Vale" Every
other man-scrVant in huSbandty, II above
20 years Of age, c410a. in the ChilternC
and "a in the Vale. II under twenty
and above sixteen, CO In the Chilternc
and CO 10. in the Vale, Boys between
twelve and sixteen might receive El 1884,
I'D. and 81 respectively. "COoke mayds
and Diary mayds" were tohave CO los.
year; other mayd servants not more
more than e.. "Mowers and reapers Of
corne or graase" might receive Ia. ID, by
the day without meat or drink, or Cd,
with meat and drink. Men lawmakers
had l0d. day, without meat or drink.
Women haymakCrs, O.. Sd. Mowers Of
barley, peas, beans or oats had Il. d., or
Sd. Laborers nj other times might I've
paid Sd. or ID. from lady Day 10 Mich
nClmas, and I'd. or 81. from MlChaelmas
TO Lady Day. Stree MasohS" might
receive 3s. Sd. II dSy without meat or
drink. |" Rough nasonR, carpenters,
plonshrishts, (dc) brickIayers, playtcrs
HndtylerS," were 10 have Ia. "a. from
Lady Day to Lady Day. II supplied
with meat and drink they were To have
Sd. all the year round Gardeners and