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c~The Democrats elected JOHN Mo,

EThe Democrats elected JOHN NOR
RIssEY to Office on several OCCASIONS
Now we have good authority for saying
that JOHN MoRRIssEY was and is rough,
prize fighter, allow bred fellow, and
very improper sort Of person generally.
Thereupon the Democrats did i'll, and
not well. in selecting him for honorable
and responsible official positions. The
Republicans pointed this out long since,
and showed how such selections demon
strated the baseness and untrustwortai
ness, Of the Democratic party. They
turned aloft their respectable noses and
told how high the Republican party was
above such doings, and they verify
thought themselves vastly superior in
great moral ideas to the Democrats
They cried "shame, shame" and even
the Democrats doubted if they had GOV
cred themselves with glory, and were
almost ready to eoncede that these
things were done better in the Republi-
can party. 1t was bad blunler in the
Democrats to thus so plainly manifest
the higher mindedness OF the Republi-
cans.
T. s. The Republicans have just
nominated JOHN MoRRIssEY for the State
Sena.e.
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c,yii service reform Illustrated.

A committee of leading Pennsylvania
politicians waited on President HAYES
and notified him that unless something
was done PENNSYLVANIA would GO. over to
the Democrats by any number of thou.
sands. They wanted their State receg-
nized by a first class appointment, and
they wanted the federal off ;ials "turned
loose in the deestrick" without the re
stfaints of lCivilService rules.
The latter was arranged by giving them
latitulinarian construction OF the rules,
and by quietly giving Pennsylvania OIL
cials leave of absence without loss Of pay,
or deduction from their regular leaves
The other part OF the programme was
arranged between HAYES amt ~EvARrs,
which resulted in EvARrs pledging HAYES
to appoint as Minister to England any
one whom the Pennsylvania delegation in
Congress might agree upon.
This was expected to unite and enthuse
the Pennsylvanians to such an extent that
after the election the Republicans would
not be put to the humiliation Of rehash
ing the Ohio excuses OF "off yeer,"
"stayed at home," &c.
Senator Don CAMERON sleeps with one
eye open. AS he understands it the CAM
ERoNs are the cows and the balance Of the
State the calves, so when more political
milk is wanted the way to get it is to feed
the CAMERoNs.
Accordingly meeting of the Penn
sylvania delegation was called, and met
at DoN CAMERoN's house. They prompt
ly and unanimously agreed upon the man
to receive the English mission.
Their man was old SIMON CAMERON!
Here was pretty kettle of fish! II
the place was refused to the old Chief, the
CAMERON clan would charge EvARTs and
HAYES with basely betraying them, and
might give Pennsylvania to the Demo-
Gratis by hundred thousand.
II CAMERON should be appointed ii
would be interp eted as kicking Civil Ser
vice Reform down stairs and out into the
gutter by appointing its most violent and
untiring enemy to the highest foreign
mission,
This is uncomfortable. EvARTs is
writhing and squirming to twist out OF
his pledge, and HAYES is simply dumb
foundered. They world not have been
more taken aback if Lucifer himself had
been thrust upon them.
There seems to be no refuge but to lei
the appointment go by default until after
the November elections, and in the mean
time to make the most out OF the federal
officials.
Civil Service Reform! Bah!
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One Hundred and Sixty Bushels
uf Corn 10 the Acre.

Mr.. J. S. Taylor of Union township,
Lewis county, Mo, has field of corn
which, sccording to the most accurate
measurement that can be made in the
field, will yield 160 bushel TO The acre.
The measurement was made by three re-
liable men, who have no interest in ex-
aggerating the result, The field, which
is very rich, was planted in the latter
part of April, in rows 3 feet 8 inches
apart, bat the weather was cold and the
corn came up badly, two-thirds rotting
in the ground. The remaining third
was lefts standing, and the whole field
was replanted in new rows between the
old ones. The result was that there
was third more corn planted in the
field than it is usual to put in. The
yield, l60 bushel to the acre, is, we be-
lieve, the largest ever reported in Mis-.
souri. Several of Mr. Taylor's neigh
bors have crops bat little inferior to his /;
Mr.. W. M. Porter of the same town
shipehasa field certified to contain 130
bushels TO the acre, and Mr.. James Col
Inns of Dickson township has certif
cate of a yield of 1S5 bushels to the
ame-Ss LOUIS Republican.
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Efforts are being made to organize the
French Ministry. 2 2 y ass7 .,-fNs
MIR. 'Tyner expects Senator. Morton
to attend the regular session. ~
A Roumaniana attack on the Griyitza
redoubt at Pleypa, has been repulsedrv
tits deemed practicable for Russian
troops to advance on Erzeroum, while
others blockade Kars. .s-'.-.. -.
Complimentary letters to- Mr. Wash,
burne from the Emperor William aud
Won BiiloW are given to the press to-
oay' iis oss Q ssN be- .ss 3 rraa S6ss'sg
Senator Blaine has g one home, on ac-
count of the accidental shooting of a
daughter of sixteen the accident is not
serious .,
/ Accounts received from all parts of
the United States show that the wheat
crop, this year, is the largestathat has
ever been produced in this country. 81
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AWFUL CALAMITY IN A COAL
NINE.
Over Two Hundred Wen Either
Killed or Buried Alive.

LONDON, October 22.-An explosion
has occurred in the colliery at High
Blantyre, near Glasgow, Four hundred
men were in the nine. A large number
were killed.
GLASGOW. October 22-The most
intense excitement prevails over the
colliery explosion. Exploring parties
are endeavoling to get at the miners,
but have little hopes of rescuing any.
The bottom Of the pit is said to be full
of dead bodies.
3p MA special train sent to bring
the injured of the colliery explosion to
the Glasgow 1nfirmary has returned, no
one having been got out alive. Twenty
dead bodies have been recovered. 1t
is feared the entire four hundred in the
colIiery when the explosion occurred
have perished.
10P, M-The latest particulars from
High Blantyre show that two hundred
and thirty-three men descended into the
mines this morning. None of these,
except one who was working near the
shaft at the time of the explosion, had
been recovered upto late hour this
evening.
Very little hope OF rescuing the men
is entertained, as the explosion occurred
at nine o'clock in the morning, and the
exploring parties had to relinquish their
efforts in one pit at four in the afternoon
because of poisonous gases, At the
bottom of the shaft Of the other pit
the colliery comprising two pits, with
communication between them-a faint
knocking has been heard, but SO far, il
has been impossible to reach the bottom
of the shaft. e7st 2sss e
MlpN1eHT-The explorers have re-
sumed operations at the first pit. They
report forty corpses lying at the foot oI
the shaft
The shaft at the bottom of which the
knocking was heard is rapidly eollap-
sing. The explorers, consequently, are
attempting to reopen communication
from the other mine. They have pene-
trated about half a mile, but, have still
$50 fathoms to clear, so they cannot
possibly reach the men who are sup
posed to be imprisoned before morning.
1t is feared that by that time few, if any,
will remain alive,
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Conkllng,s sarcasm.
Correspondents Globe-Demoorat. /

Correspondence Globe-Dsmocrat.I
Conkling's ill-feeling towards the Pres
ident crops out on all occasions, but es-
pecially in private interviews with his
friends The following will do for an
illustration: At his rooms, last night,
his attention was calledto the fact that
Mr.. Hayes always spoke of the Admin
istration in the first person plural, in
stead of the first person singular--that
be always said "wen will do certain
thing, insteadof "I'fwill do a certain
thing. Conkling replied, very contempt
uously, "Yes, l have noticed that there
are three classes of people who always
say we instead of s. They are en-
perors, editors and men with a tape
worm" a,s~s - Us. ass,s.,-,h .,isari-
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r~MAck," of the St Louis Globe

E"MAcK," of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, which ably supported HAYES
for the Presidency, is at Washington, and
has been measuring the President. he
helped to make. He says Of HAYES:
"His manner is not; impressive, but
there are signs Of an effort to rise to the
requirements of the situation, and these
always convey to the observer anidea OF
conscious shortness. Mr.. Hayes seems
tosay Il was not intended for this sort of
thing; was cut QUITE congressional
District, and afterwards spread out over
a whole State, but this thing of having to
cover the entire country never occurred
to me before"
Which will remind great many people
of the fact that before the election the
Democrats everywhere told them that
HAYES in the Presidential Office would be
about as much master Of the situation as
atoad on an elephant.
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YEGETINE.
Rev. o. T. WALKER SAYS:

Rev. O.. T. WALKER SAYS:
PRoy1pssoE r. l., 164 TRANSIT srRsEr. Q
q. R. STEVENS, Esq. -,
/ feel bound to express with my signature
the high value place upon your VscErrsE.
My family have ussd-h for the last two
years. In nervous debility it Is insaluabie
and recommend 1t TO all who mag need an
invigorating, rsnovating tonic. .sss Sssa
0. T. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor of -Bowdoin- SQUARE .chnroh-
Boston.
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RThe GOODNESS between Preside,

wThe GOODNESS between President
HAYES and the leaders Of his party is
growing serious The dissatisfaction
has become SO general that the Repubi-
can papers no longer ignore it, and it has
already given rise to one caucus, and is
likely to be the subject of many more be-
fore 1t is reconciled.
Already it is pretty broadly intimated
that another CANDY JOHNSON or JoHN TY-
LER administration" is to be the only fruit
of the Great Fraud
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CF The Cincinnati Enquirer suggests
a new name for U. S. Senator every day
Up to this time its list contains no un-
worthy names.
/ The Enquirer finds as many distin.
guished men in the Democratic party as
HAYES found in the Republican party
but unfortunately the Enquirer cannot
follow HAYES example and give each Of
its men an office. 6 ssesS7#
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n~Tho c,borin insnrrsct;on. .

hF The Cuban insurrsction, which for
years has amounted to little more than
outlawry, seems TO be permanently SUBJ
dued. The pretended President and sew.
eral members of his Cabinet have been
captured. The Spanish authorities man.
ifest q disposition to deal very leniently
with the rebels
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General Cassius NJ Clay has a pretty
little estate of 2,2o0 acres in Kentucky,
in the centre of which stands a stately
mansion. He has asplendid library and
many excellent paintings In this home,
General Clay is spending his old age
with his adopted son, an intelligent
young Russian, for his companion. This
old Abolitionist now holds the most
gloomy opinions as to the condition and
the prospects Of the 'colored race. He
says that of those freed by him many
years ago none turned out well. He
adds that the colored people are rapidly
decreasing in numbers and must finally
become extinct.
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Ew The magnates of the Republican
party held caucus in Washington last
week to consult as to what to do about
President HAYES and his "carryings on"
The only conclusion arrived at was, that
something must be done, and that very
soon, or the fragments of the Republi-
can party will go into the Kilkenny cat
business.
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= - l. ~
THERE'S no reason to doubt that W.
Gale, Of Cardiff, has honestly perform
ed, at Lille bridge Grounds, near. Lon
don. his feat Of walking l 500 miles in
l,600 consecutive hours, u miles at the
beginning Of each hour. The arrange
ments for observing and recording the
walking we're such assto leave no pos
sibility of fraud or COLLISION, the grounds,
besides being thronged all day long, he
ing thrown open free at night TO facili-
tate investigation by the sceptcal, who
availed themselves in great numbers OF
the privilege.
The question is, Will they stay at
home in Pennsylvania and New York
= Cincinnati Gazette Repullican
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f% Bro. j. o. Amos seems to favor
General MORGAN for U. S, Senator
Bro. AMOS don't you think Mr.. MORGAN
has been amply paid for his services ?
Think Of how much he received, and
how be didn't pay any of it back.
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Civil Service Reform! Bah!

ETA circular from Ex-Governor
PARKER, Receiver of the N. j. Mutual
Life Insurance Company, gives very
discouraging account Of its affairs. The
circular is quite long, giving history
Of his proceedings, but affords nothing
satisfactory as TO the prospects of poll
cy holders.
We publish elsewhere notice 10 pol
icy holders.
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.EF There are unpleasant indications
that President HAYES is crawfshing away
from his Civil Service Policy.
It is almost certain that he will turn
loose his whole retinue Of officials to aid
in carrying the November elections.
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Woodsfield. Oct. SO. 1877.

EEThe U. S. Senate adjourned last
week in order that the members might 60
to the s'hoss races" at Baltimore. GRANT
was President at the wrong time. He
could appreciate such Senate as we now
have.
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YEGETINE.


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MR.sgrEvEss,g Eeii.saila isiEolsssq essssl
DEAR Sir: have taken several bottles Of
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uable remedy for Dyspepsia, Kidney GonI
plant, and General Debility otsths systsm..
l can heartily recommend 1t to all sufferers
from the above complaints. Yours respect.
fully, MRs. MUsRoE PARKER.
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w From all parts of our county we
are receiving the most emphatic express
sions of preference for PESDLEToN as q
S. Senator.
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He Did,

tMuscatine uowa) Tribuns.]
John Sherman travelled eight hundred
miles at Government expense to reduce
Bishops majority one.
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yEGETINlE..
REV. ]. 2; LUDLOW WRITES:

REV j. p; LUDLOW WRITES:
17S BALTIC SrRsEr, BRooKLYH, N. 7.
u 4 Il Nov, IA 1874. 4 s
q. R. STEVENS, ESQ. =
! DEAR SIR-From personal benefit received
by its use, as. well as from personal knowl-
edge of those whose cures thereby have
seemed almost miraculous, can most hear
tily and sincerely recommend the vEeErINs
for the complaints which it is claimed to
cure, ,slsss JAMES p. LUDLOW,
Late Pastor Calvary Baptist Church.
-ss Sacramento, Cal.
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The State Department has received
official confirmation of the dispatch, an
nouncing that the Mexican local author
tiles at Matsmoras have released the
four remaining raiders from the Rio
.Grondo T,il
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THE EASTERN WAR.

Il
I LONDON, October 81 "A Russian Of
fetal dispatch from Gorny- -Studen re
ports that one of their assaults on Fri
day the Roumanians entered and occu
pied the second Griyitza redoubt before
Plevna, but during the evening the re-
doubt was recaptured by the Turks. A
Reuter- telegram, dated Poredin, Satur-
day, also says the Roumanians captured
the redoubt on Friday, after three Wig,
Iorous assaults, but during the night the
Turks, collecting all their forces, recap
tured it after most sanguinary contest
II was expected that the fighting would
continue Saturday. A special to the
Standard from Bucharest says a Rus.
sian official official account reports the
Roumanian loss on Friday at FIVE off
GERS and 1873 men. Another account
says fifty we're killed and ECO wounded.
1t is evident that, as the redoubt was
taken by the Rounanians and recovered
by the Turks Oh, Friday, the losses of
the former must be much heavier than
officially stated. :. s...,,.....-.s So, =
sULEIMANI PAsHA FALLING BACK
LONDON October 2l.-The Times's
special from Torlak, dated Saturday,
says the, Turks have evacuated Kadikoi,
for fear that the Russians would block
their communications with Rustchuk,
and have retired to Rasgrad. Russian
cavalry from the Dobrudscha have ad
vanced as far as Kavarna. A later tele-
gram from Rasgrad says detachment
Of the army has arrived at that place,
but the positions at Soenik and Kadikoi
are retained for the present by the Turks
1t seems evident, however, that a retro
grade movement has commenced. Su-
lehman Pasba has gone to make per-
sonal inspection of the Notifications at
Rustchuk. 1t seems as though the real
reason for Suleiman's 8 retreat is that he
found the Russians in too strong force,
Suleiman Pasha is about to send Col
onel Valentine Baker and other English
officers back to Constantinople
The Standards Constantinople des-
patch says Suleiman Pasha telegraphs
that the Russians have incorporated 49,
600 Bulgarians into their army and that
be expected to be attacked. The Stand
ARDS despatch from Vetoya says that
Suleiman Pasha has intrenched himself
so as to cover Rustchuk = -
A Constantinople despatch to the
Standard says Aarifi Pasha, the new
Turkish Ambassador to Paris, is in.
structed to- state Immediately on his ar
rival the terms on which Turkey would
make peace il the powers wish to me.
diate. # ,5ee 5 sf2e
@ THE ADVANCE IN ASIA. ie'
LONDON, October 21.-The Daily News
has the following despatch dated Kara
jal, Wednesday: General Heymann is
advancing on Erzeroum. Kars is sur
rounded, and negotiations for its sur
render have been opened. The Russian
headquarters are now at Vezinkoi-- :
General Lazarof is marching against
Ismail Pasha
In. consequence of Muhktar Pasha's
disaster all the troops in Constantinople
are beiru sent hastily to TrehiZond -
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a. 4 VEGETINE. 81i
GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN.
Bosros HOME, IA TYLER srREEr,l
$5sf BosroE. April-26; sSi8s Il N

H. Il, SfEvENs, -
DKAH 5IR. We feel that. the children In
our home have been greatly benefited by
the vseErrSs you have so kindly given us
from time to time, especially those troubled
with the Scrofula. With respect, u
MRS. N. WORMRLL, Matron,
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= rlvEGETINE.s goa &
s She Rests Well. aae SO

!. SourH POLLARD, Me-, Oct. II, 1875.
Nh. b. B. STEVENS. --
/ DEAR SIR: have been sick two years Nth
the liver complaint, and during that time
have taken great many different medicines,
but none of them did me any. coed, was
restless nights and had no appetite. Since
taking the VBGETINE rest well, and re lish
my food. Can recommend the vEasrrsR for
what 1t has done for me, Yours respectfully.
@.3 : g ~ MRs. ALBEIT RlcKsR, eS
Witness of the above.
! Mr.. GEORGE n. VAUGHAN,
4 - Medford, Mass.
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Pendleton will 60 into the fight with
more votes than any other one man.
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Notice to Teachers.

And one on Saturday after Instituis. 80 :.
These examinations will commence At
o'clock q. m. and close at p. m. ,.s,,,,
A fee Of so cents is required from saol
applicant as condition Of examination, and
must be paid in advance.
By opder-of the Board.
aug2S,'77td. s, A. ATKINSON Clerk.
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True.

New York Tribune.)
If Mr.. Randall is setting up the pins
for 1880 it behooves him to move slowly.
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Vegetine Is Sold BY all Druggists,
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EQUALIzING BoUNTIEs.

A bill was introduced in the Senate
to-day by Mr.. Ingalls, to. equalize the
bounties of soldiers who served in the
late war for the Union. The bill is an
exact copy of the bill which passed the
House of Representatives on the goth
of June, 1876, except that it proposes
to strike out of that bill the clause pro-
viding for the deduction of the bounty
paid under State laws. -.e5s
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VEGETJNE

II. r. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
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LOUISIANA SENATOR'S,

The Committee on Privileges and
Elections met this morning to hear the
arguments in the Louisiana Senators
case, and agreed to allow each contest
ant or representative one hour to pre-
sent their arguments Mr. Shellbarger,
for Kellogg, opened the argument His
principal point was that the Presidents
decision as to which was the legal gov
ernment of Louisiana was subject to re.
view and reversal by Congress Mr..
Spofford asked leave to present his ar
gument to-morrow which was granted
and the committee adjourned. .-nl
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THE eREENBAcKERs ARE GROWING

FINANCIAL BILLS. sfi.
The Senate is making more progress
financially than the House Several
more financial bills were introduced
there 10 day. Senator Hereford. intro
duced one this morning providing for
the repeal of those portions of the Spe.
Gle Resumption Act providing for the
redemption of United States notes in
excess of S50O,000,000, and providing
that On and after the 1st of January,
1879. the Secretary of the Treasury
shall redeem in coin United States legal
tender notes then outstanding on their
presentation for redemption at the Office
of the Assistant Treasurer of the Uni
ted States in the City of New York in
sums of not less than $50.
Senator Jones introduced another,
which authorized the coinage Of the
dollar of 412b grains standard silver,
and that it shall be legal tender at its
nominal value for all sums, in all pay
ments of debts, beth public and private,
excepting such as under existing con-
tracts are expressed therein to be other
wise payable. - ~ s.5l -.
| Senator Beck introduced third fol
the repeating of the Resumption Act
approved January l4th, er ,.s.
4