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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-03-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ALL is peace and unhappincss in
Mexico.
White is the favoritc hue in Paris for
drapcrics and trimmings.
-" A company to insure the Insurance.
companies is now loudly called for.
1t is ga fair count" when grocer
counts out thirteen oranges for dozen.
1t might be well for every man to in
sure his own life. Then he'd know all
about the assets.
America is country that likes almost
anything better than outside interference
and suggestions.
The zephyr of early spring caresses
the check of the Chicago drummer, but il
has to lie down and rest several times
during the operation.
Blue promotes growth, and that must
have been the reason why old Bluebcard's s
wife list increased so fast. But the mat
ter came to head at last.-Boston Tran
script.
"A New York lawyer says that no man
can make will which can stand an at
tack from another lawyer and two or
three dissatisfied heirs. Let's all die
bankrupt.
All EdSteru JuTlSt nOtlceS tue lmprO-
priety of The phrase 1--WE will ship your
goods" ETC., when the intention is to
send by railroad, and suggests the substi-
tuition of 1--WE will car your goods" etc.
- That don't amount to much, y
laughed a Molly Mcguire when his death
warrant was signed. No; one Molly
Mcguire is mere atom compared to the
number who ought to hang .-Detroit Free
Press.
Two ladies are discussing third, who
is absent "She is really charming, !"
said one, and, above all, she has such an
air of intelligence" Yes" answered
the other, "but there arc no words to that
ir."-N. z. Eoening Mail.
"A sweet Louisville poet has armed
himself and is lying in wait for proof
reader. What the poet lately wrote was,
"As lightsome- like she treads the lea, its
grasses bow and smile," and it came out
in the paper, "As lightning like she
treads the flea, it smashes out its ile."
So" Did I not give you flogging the
other days" said schoolmaster to a
trembling boy. !" Yes, sir" answered the
boy "Well, what do the Scriptures say
upon the subject?" II don't know, sir, .
said the boy, !" except it is in that passage
which says 1t is more blessed to give
than to receive. Z" .......s.--...-.....-
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A New District Attorney.

IL is announced that the Administration
at Washington has authorized the appoint
mcnt Of an additional Assistant United
States District Attorney In this city, and
that Gen. WooDFoRD has appointed Mr..
ULYSSES $. GRANT. Jr., 10 tho position.
The present organization of tho District
Attorneys Office Is such as TO throw great
responsibility upon each Of the several as
sistants. Each assistant exercises, In fact,
the authority of the District Attorney him
sell In reference to u particular depart
mcnt. OF course there is general super
vision by the chief officer; but the sys-
tenn is one which requires almost, II not
quite, az much ability on the part Of the as
sistauts as is demanded of their superior.
Great public interests are conliied 10 their
management, and in selecting them the Dis
trict Attorney should choose lawyers of
proved attainmcnts and capacity.
1t il nothing against a man that he hap
pens to be- young or To have practscd his
profession only short time ; but TO justify
the appointment Of young man To- re-
sponsiblc public Office, he should have
shown unquestionablc Indications of his
ability to do the work which will bc demand
WI VI liiiis w htNt NV - Hl'ANhAe'N WIN
the cutlery in England against the recent
appointment Of Mr.. THrsIGER to Toe II Lord
Justice of Appeal. because the objections re-
lated wholly to his youth. and no one de-
Med his eminent qualifications W. a lawyer.
But how could the selection have been de-
Tended IT, in addition to being young, his
ability had been unprovcd'
As yet, we believe, Mr.. GRASr IL almost
unknown In the legal profession. except 30
far a. his fathers name has given him
reputation. lie may yet prove TO be an ac-
complishcd lawyer. The question whether
he possesses ability or not, however, should
not be- tested at the expense or risk of the
Government or the public whom the Gov
eminent represents. That question should
first bc settled by his management Of the
affairs Of private citizens. Before he is ap-
pointed to a public Office Of 80 much trust az
that Of Assistant District Attorney, he
should have given at least some evidence of
his fitness to discharge its duties. ~ far
a. We can learn, such evidence IL wholly
wanting. 1t would be- very interesting 90
know. therefore. on what principle of civil
service reform this appointment IL made.
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a. they now are by Mr.. CHANDLER. lie
makes himself responsible for the statement
that the electoral count was consummatcd
through corrupt agreement, the price Of
part OF HAYES to PACKARD and CHAMBER
LAIN, and the recognition Of NICHOLS and
HAMPTON. This il no vague report, but
specific, direct, and unequivocal avcrmcnt,
made by a responsible and we'll known man
agcr Of the Republican party.
OF course such charge, affecting as it
does the personal honor and integrity of the
Fraudulent President, of the de fucto Soc
rotary of the Treasury, and of several Sen
ators and Representatives In Congress of
both sides, cannot he allowed to go unno-
ticcd. But it affects much more than the
bincd, which is rs nothing compared with
the national interests involved in the quos-
tlon.
The people fairly elected Mr.. TILDEN
President by great majority OF the popu-
lar vote, and by a decided majority of the
Electoral Colleges. The people know how
he and they were cheated out OF this
election. But now for the first time it is
admitted in an authoritative form by one of
the chief inside operators for HAYES that n
conspiracy was organized. first, TO count
him in by promises to the Returning Board
Of Louisiana, and, secondly, to perfect the
electoral count at Washington, resting upon
that Fraud, by bargain through which
those promises were to be broken. This
confession needs no comment. Nothing
stranger or stronger has ever appeared in
the history Of dishonest politics
Mr.. CHANDLER has in one sense rendered
public service. lie has made searching
investigation of this whole business .ncvi-
table, and the more 80 because Of the CON
tradctions which have so quickly followed
on the heels Of his charges Between the
two stories there is no possible bridge OF
compromise. One or the other Is absolutely
false, and the country is entitled 10 know
the whole truth Therefore, we shall expect
to sec q proper resolution Of inquiry sub
mitted to the House of Representatives AZ
soon as it meets again.
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Latta on the Pittsburgh Labor Riots

when the Pittsburgh Grand Jury made its
famous prcsentmcnt upon the causes and
consequences OF the July riots in that city,a
howl Of rage burst from the military and the
monopolsts yet we now have Adjutant-
General LArrA confirming, by his official re-
port, soiue Of the Grand Jury's most mpor-
tant findings.
For example, a primary question is, Was
the militia employed as the conscrvator of
public order, or a. the tool Of Il corporation
The Grand Jury found that the militia had
been seized by the railroad company, and
bosscd like their own men; and we now
learn that LATrN's first notice 10 turn out
the militia came, not from the Sheriff Of Al
lcghcny county, but from the Pennsylvania
Railroad officials. at whose bchcst he hur-
rlcd to Harrisburg to set troops in motion.
Again, the Grand Jury represented the
gathering Of the populacc to be caused by a
clear and well-undcrstood grievance; and so
dIutant-Gcncral LATrA, who may have
been pr, yiously misled by the news sent TO
him 10y the railroad officials, uses the fol-
lowing language regarding the sight that
greeted him at Pittsburgh:
Upon Of, arrival he was astoui,hol TO 0ud that public
sont me- va, in accord and mpntiy with the striker.
TINS sentiment was surprisingly bitter. although
It seems 20 have long existed II had just then cuhuL
mated with the crsi, that tho strike had forced Ths
sympathy was almost unanimously endorsed hy the
new ,napcr. p Pittsburgh which. with but or two
exceptions either DISCOURAGED the action oi the state an.
thoriucs so tan couu"ulnoed those who were oh.
,iructns travel, ~ Ia warrant them, with their passions
ninmod a. they were in assuming that law abiding clti.
1cus believed their course 90 be Just and PROPER
Once more, the Grand Jury represented
the firing of the militia upon the crowd to
be needless slaughter, that Immediately
solidilcd public sentiment against the
troops; and here, again, we find supporting
testimony from Glen. LATrA, who says:
After the firing the Philadelphia soldiers were Ne.
serted 10y the sheriff and other civilians and not single
officer ol the city orcuunp cooporacd with the military
Finally, having the direct charges of the
Grand Jury to rchut, II he could, the AdJu-
tant-Gcncral says That he Is unwilling 10
attempt to fix ON any one the responsibility
for the conflict between the troops and the
rioters" although expected 90 do SO by the
public. The public will, of course, under
stand what this language means; it will
further be inclined 60 judge that II terrible
| mistake was made whom the militia who
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THE EiAIERN DISlRICT 4. ). COTRT
II Is Useless and WasirruI and Should he
Abolished.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-SU; As your
paper isihe omA one which urges Congress and other
legislative hodir, the necessity and importance ccono.
miNnS in the different departments, have taken the
liberty of adlrcssns YOU this communication IN relation
totho United states Court m this city In my opinion 1t
Is of earthly use and isa heavy burden the Gov.
orucnt hocau,c we'll know that there is sufficient
realized from II to pay the lullr', salary
The court as understand It, WAS established merely
tor the purpose OF making places Tor lew patriots who
had to be taken care of Now sir cannot what use
tins court l. II i well known fact 10 people doing
business with ii that rarely that thc Judge is in at
tendance lac being principally occupied IN irving eases in
New YORK nnh after nan A-t III rare thing 10 Ind
rllhcr the Distinct Attorney or either n his assistants
u1N being III tie state courts TRYING private
The cniie tuug ,houh be- abolished and the business
transacted III New York The whole business l. now
transacted lay clerk. nud can Sc no good rcu>un why
the GoNeumcn nj should ht under such nm enormous eN
lrhN ! think n the thln- was ullN nNc siisated, II
would he found that the expenses lar cNtcricd the re
counts And II l. absolutely necessary that the ovcrn.
mrnt should ocunuullr - much possible, and think
"a" hhnlslnng III the Eastern District iuIrt, with It's
large rrnN al District Attorneys clerks marshals, 8c.,
would be saving al at lVAst Sllu,UOa year j. l. r.
BHuukLYN Dec 80, 1879
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The state has won n substantial victory
over the notorious Canal Ring firm Of BEL
DEN y DINNisoS Of Syracuse in the suit
for SSs7Oo0 over the Port schuyler unhal-
anced lills. The firm contracted to build
seven miles Of canal wall for SsiGlj. BY the
familiar unbalanced hill ystcm they swclled
tho amount to $4,000. and received that
enormous sum Of money from the state.
Gov. TILpEN's Commission. after inveStiga-
tion, reported that the extra claim was n
swlndc and suit was instituted for the re-
oovcry Of the difference between contract
price and price paid.
Delay in the trial was secured, and at
length the contractors consented To send 1t
TO referees. Noluminous testimony was
taken, and the referees on saturday re-
ported through Judge EMorr Judgment for
the state in the full amount
If W" mistake not. several other import
ant suits hinge ON the allegation set up by
the State N this one, That extensions subsc-
qucnt ~ contract are unauthorized and lie
gal. BELDEN is the Republican Mayor Of
Syracuse. He IS moving heaven and earth
for reelection. This decision ought not to
help him much,
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II was characteristic Of Con. BUFFERS
interesting audacity that he should find an
opportunity for his second attas ON HAYES
at n dinner given by BANKs's Boston adj
mirers to BANKS who supports the Admin
i-tration in a feeble and spiritlcss fashion
Pushing BANKS under the table, SO to speak,
and looking quite over the heads of BlNKs's
astonished admirers the doughty Rcpubli-
can chief addressed his remarks directly to
the man who lives in the White House.
IL you were honestly elected. says Gen
BUTLER to Mr.. HAYES, why do you discrcdit
your own title? IL have no respect for
man who will dishonor his mothers mar
rage certificate" Mind, don't say that
believe you were fairly elected. l really
haven't examined the facts closely enough
to form an opinion. But II was your duty
to find out the truth before you accepted
the Office. II there was any wrong or
fraud, you ought to have abdicatcd
your claim. Instead Of doing 50, you
took the Office without any questions,
and then proceeded to throw overheard men
who are better Republicans than yourself,
and Who had moro votes than you had.
You are either fraud ora contcmptihlc
oN''A-u lNul II your own uvclSlun III the
cases Of PACKARD and CHAMBERLAIN is to
bee respected, and a sneak if You bargaincd
with the Democrats to cheat them out ul
the oNicc, 10 which they were fairly elected.
In either case the Republican party must
wash its hands of you.
Ills is Gen. BUrLER's argument, and
almost in his own words. The argument
has been employed before but never with
greater cearnes- and strength. 1t is unan-
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WH4T CHANDLER KNOWS.
Material for Very Interesting Chapter
Fraudulent President Making.



bitterness OF william L. Chambers Indignation
surprises nobody who knows the part he played
in making Hayes President. He was first and
alone in conceiving and putting in motion the
gigantic conspiracy of last year. To him more
than TO any other man. does Hayes owe graft
tudc for the position he now occupies in spite
OF the peoples will.
On the morning after the Presidential cleo
ton. Chandler arrived in Now York. He went
directly from the train 10 the Republican head
quarters AT tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. To his as
constituent. his associates on the National Com
mittec had given up the battle and gone home
But tho managing editor Of an influential New
York newspaper was there. running through
the tclcGraphic dispatches received the night
before from the doubtful Statcs-Lousiana
Florida, and South CarolnR-and from him
Chandler learned what the situation was To-
gcther the two men canvasscd the returns and
tho result was Chambers famous dispatches
to men on whom he could depend in the doubt
full States. telling them 10 hold the fort" and
all would be- we'll
BY this time William F Chandler greater
and yet lesser namcsake. the Hon. Zachariah
had put in an appearance and had been in
formed Of the bold CarthaGinian stroke on Rome
by night. He eagerly seconded the plot but he
never made IL his own. II was William l..
Chandler who carried it through to the end.
There IL s,n ink .nourh in Mr.. Chandlcr's
ho,tln To hlot Mr. Unvcs's title 40 black TINT none
conld be found base enough 10 do il homage.
The fac,s which ne holds in reserve are those
which the House Of REPRESENTATIVES tried to
draw from him whom he WINS summone1 n tcs
tifv before n committee Of that body. Chandler
then refnsod tn sneak on the ground that no had
acted in the canacity Of attorney to the parties
Interested in tho election. and WAS privil.ped "a
sucb
Two words will cover all his socrots-" cv-
pcnscs " and "promises." Let Mr.. Chandler
finish the work he has begun hy giving MS an
it.miz.d ncenunt Of his trim nnd "oxn,nscs -
south. Let him tell how ne went IN Tallahassee
In comnanv with ex-Gov Moves who now hos n
a. -, IT,, 49, -, "a, -. , - a, =
hr7t-el''As mission ana VINO dlh not 90 hal the
sharp work that Chandler did. Let him tell
how ne MANAGED IN soeurc rooms nj tho bo.al
~ ,'' ~
lh i"I"i'"ss'e a'Jo,nlhs 'hosu occupied py uo''
Stearns and the Returning Board; how he
snrnt n,ueh If his tinc closetcd with those f,tnc
,,' VS., '','
uNharles III me Oapu"l ACROSS Tue way now ne
had dozen United States detectives placed AT
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should be the non partisan embodiment OF
executive authority, were robbed of all pros
tige and influence with the people by being
degraded to the mere catspaw Of dominccr-
ing cOruOrntiOn.
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A number Of the preachers of this city de-
fined their position ON the question Of He'll yes
tcrday. The orthodox doctrine found carnestand
outspokcn defenders in the Rev Mr.. FULTON.
Baptist. the Rev. Mcssrs. CoRBITT and STEELE.
Methodist. the Rev. NEvIus WooDsrDr. Presby
terrain. and other divncs. while the UNIVERSAL
ist side OF tho controversy was represented by
the Rev Mcssrs PULLMAN. SwEETsER. and
GuNsTsoN aud the Rcv. Mrs IfANAFoRD. The
last-namcd minister remembers having been
tod 10y lIrNRY WARD BEEcHERs sister. Ave
years ago, that he was Uuivcrsalist. although
the Rev. Mr.. STEELE was able to quote passage
from one Of BrrcnERs sermons, published
in 1870, which was soundlv orthodox
in it, sentiments. Bishop SHOWS the
DRY is that tho wicked will be- raised
at the last day only to be hlottcd ont Of
existence. Tho sermons that will excite most
attention are. undoubtedly. those OF the Rev
DR. JoHS CoTroN SMITH, Episcopnlan. and the
Row Mr.. SEARLE. Methodist. While DR.. SMITH
as a matter Of personal opinion. thinks that
everlasting means lasting forever. he Ia not
prepared to assert that IL does positively (.
and he intimaicd pretty distinctly be-
lief that the wicked viii bo annihilated.
The Methodist clergyman IL more outspokcn
and goes further. lie believes that not only the
wicked but the devils also will bc annihilaied.
and he uses language about the received oriho-
doN doctrine which may get him into trouble
with his Conference.
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"a, Wv
i''N" nus H''' p''N SNOW swludlo,
' ''' managers PROMISED S''''i 90 prius tut sue
NUN
ten LonSstroet Is about toattemft rus
mug no".' having leased the Piedmont Ilou.- e
""'". s'i''. ""
Nothing like being correct Chcvroau.
In his history nj the world saws t.it # ws.,,..,
Friday, sept G, a little aitcrIrN
Forty prominent citiZpn- ~ Icvipvtro
Kv an married men have hecr indicted h,t, 81.
county Grand jury tor card rla,in.
A IOckport woman tricd tn sbn,, L,,...tr
bcconsc h.r Lu.ho,d &, 4. .o...,i , -.
the girls with too much snpsrrn, r.s.re ''''"
Several of fin, wnt,.hrr- fnr ,yr,,i,. 80,
t,. .trin ot shinin, sand ,,,,., . -. H., -,
rsc -, s.,,o. nn,. hon,, saint - "'S
1.,,o 49,, -. o., -
'"''' NV Nv" ''i ii'ii"i"'t' ilng 'SttD-
Az , , "'''' '--r'ta" pf"i'
:. - W. 80 ''''''
~ nus "'Vh ''"''u Vi'l III" 1'VoO hniscS
o'N.''" rV'' ''''S oy "' '"n''' Company 81 vans
nv Va. '"o,'o' !" ie''"'I'h "'l y i"'nN h'ts'N
Inc ilrst year oil the hampton Aimlnis-
trauon leaves South Carolina absolutely free from i,tt
nron the operations d" the Year. aud With hand.,mo
p"'"uv' III Tue treasury
-EBNpl mas 100 hon-naNlgahl" canals neoI
solely Tor irrigation. and ~ '1r1. used roth tOr n
uon and trtnlc OF these cauas over 10 have l,,n
opened during the reign of the kheii,e
The King of SaxOnV has nominufni
baron Tauchnin of L,ipzr Tho wcuhnown r.t .h,r.
to one OF the very limited number 10 ne pccrago- to
upper Chamber Of the Saxon Parliament ,araht - a
recent death
There l. n paupcr in thi- city at present
who twlcc drew capital pi1,, Oh Eurorann. ,..f,t.s
Each OF the prilcs would be- ,.i., i ti,. ha.i. AN,
ordinarily prudent person IT,. nYue, was ,Anry
~luandcred In PANS ami London
In some parts OF Maine hugo nocts Il
geese feed by day in the fields with 0n.y small n e., at
tend them Returning home l.l.r Lis .O1r,. tt AZ.
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What could bc moro refreshing than Gen.
HrsrED's charming appreciation Of tho merits
Of the wcather-worn Chief Of the Onondagas.
andthc veteran ALvoRp's unaffected admiration
for the Bald Eaglo Of Wcstehcstcr And what
moro patriotic than the behavior of those rural
statesmen who are hurrying from the hay
mows to assist in the governing OF the State
this winter under whichever may win the
Speakershipl Unhappily for the latter the
state Will not require one in twenty OF the num-
her that have already registered in the hotels Of
Albany. To say nothing OF the scores that are on
their way 10 that focus Of New York statesman
ship.
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Wyoming. This project is premature. ram
dom. mining population, liable to tkc unto it.
self hoofs and paop away. whenever tho Black
Hills cease to " pan out" as well as now, is too
thin and precarious a foundation for n new ter
rtory. Sometimes mining communities dwin-
die almost ~ rapidly ms they were formed, as
was the case with some Pennsylvania oil towns.
l. tho cost Ola now territorial organization COM
pcnsatcd for by the chance to deal out prizes to
,fiapsaplpre
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What with rain and wind, the raw, chill
air. and sloppy streets. the last Sunday Of 1877
was not a good day for churchgoing. and the
pastors rs a rule preached to thin congrcea-
tons This is the greater pity. as many OF them
had prepared their sermons with unusual care.
and spoke upon themes important alike to the
righteous and the goddess.
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projects that will keep tho wheels Of bust
ncsA in motion throughout the winter.
Altogether, the prospect is encouraging.
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Young men who maltrcat their wives,
outrage their feelings. proceed from brutal in
suit 10 brutal violence. and from this to attempt
ed murder are, happily. hot u familiar product
Of American society
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To this supply, available for immediate
export, must bee added A. 900 bushels Of
wheat and $1,000 bushels Of corn alloat in
New York harbor.
Owing 60 the mud blockade in the North
western States, the railroads are bringing
to the East very little Western produce,
and If an active export trade should spring
up, and the Western roads not freeze, the
supply of wheat and corn on the Atlantic
scaboali might soon be exhausted. But Of
this there need be no fear
The total visible supply Of wheat and
corn, comprising tho stocks in granary at
the principal points of accumulation at
lake and seaboard ports and in transit ON
the lakes, on the New York canals and 10y
rail- ON the 22d Of December was, of wheat
l0,No. Az bushels; and Of corn, 5,95l, 7G3 BUSH
els. For the week ending Dee. &C. the clear
alccs Of grain from New York for Europe
were, of wheat, 43j,375 bushels and OF corn
347,Ol9 bushels.
With the freezing Of the Western roads TO
sufficient depth to furnish IA solid founda-
tion for ordinary wagon transportation
millions Of dollars worth Of Western grain
and other marketable produce will be rushed
into the market,
Open weather throughout the winter would
ruin Western and Eastern business interests.
January and February are likely to be UNI
usually active months in all branches Of
Western trade, and life in the West will
make lively times for Eastern jObbers and
manufacturers.
New York has been enjoying weather that
Rome and Naples might envy. Our streets
and shops have been crowded all day long
building Is active up town, the probable com
plction Of the rapid transit roads by spring
having already given rise " many building
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We invite our Connecticut contemporaries
who have been so scnndAlized at Deawares
whipping posts TO express themselves on the
habltual use Of the eat ~ an instrument Of dis
cipllnc in the State prison at Wcihersneld.