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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-19
A New York correspondent Of the
Minneapolis Citizen Is responsible for the
following:

A New York correspondent Of the
Minneapolis Citizen is responsible for the
following:
1t used to be the popular impression that
tUncle Sam is rich enough to buy us a a
farm" tut the hard times seem to have soreiy
pinched the old gentleman as much as his boy
since 500 men, disch ,rged from the Brook YIN
Navy Yard the nit die of Feb, uary, are still
waiting for their hard earned money, many of
them in want and suffering-a burning shame
upon the peoples servants whose neglects and
mismanasement render such state Of things
possible God knows there is enough suffering
that cannot be helped! Take as q specimen,
the case of poor Morrison, sober, hard work
ing man, out of work for nine months, every
thing gone, nearly starving. day or two
since. he earned a dollar and the family were
ecstatic in delight The wife suggests bucket
of coal, but the poor man said no-he would
rather try and pick some up on the railroad
tracks and in doing this in his weak state,
train caught him and mangled his body kill
ing him directly At night his remains lay in
the house, q stray moonbeam the only light
Not morsel of food all day for wife or child
and they passed from one underta ker to anoth-
er. begging some one to bury their husband
and father
And yet the bullionists cry out con
tract-resume-draw the bonds tighter
what matters If few thousand starve-
and others driven to madness and suicide
Let the dance of death 60 on-so that thu
bondholders and money sharks will &c
their cent for cent.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-19

as will demonstrate their hardness and adapt
ability to that region OF country. have while
in the employment Of the railroad company
demonstrated that this thing can be done. /
wish to say to the Swify County settlement,
that will furnish the young forest trees, or
cuttings to pa,tles wishing to plant on their
timber claims at prizes to correspond with the
times.
will deliver, well packed in boxes or bar
rels, at your most convenient railroad stations,
in ample time tor this springs planting.
White ash trees grown on the open prairie 2
to feet high for IS per 1000 trees.
Cottonwood trees, as to size, from IS to $25
per |, 900
White Willow cuttings $3.50 per 1000.
Lombardy Poplar cuttings 50 per 1000. Cot
tonwood cuttings for 50 per LOCO, and other
stock in proportion.
tits also my intention to grow at the De Graf
Nursery all varieties Of EyeIgreens and orna-
mental trees which can be grown successfully,
and also currant bushes and such other small
fruit trees. vines, and plants as the settler can
grow with certainty of satisfactory results.
In this new enterprise TASK the cooperation
and patronage Of the Swift County settlement.
Orders addressed to the undersigned, either
at St. Paul or De Graf will receive prompt
attention
LEONARD B. HODGES.
MARCH It'll, 1877. l44-6m.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-19

A law relative to appointments in the Treas
urv Department passed by Congress, March 8,
1916, provides ''that on and after January J.,
1916. the appointments of the Del artment be
SO arranged as to be equally distributed be-
tween the several States of the United States,
territorities ard District OF Column according
to nonulation." Secretary Sherman will rigid
" enforce this law, and under it there can at
present be no APP ointment from New England,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mary land,
Deleware, West Virginia, Arizona and the
District OF Columbia. The Secretary Will also
insist that only one member of q family be
employed in tbs Treasury Department.
If adhered to, this is bad on brothers
in-law.s So.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-19

Since gold dropped down to 4 per cent. and
the New YORK gold board dissolved for want
of business, the chances look mighty slim for
electing til. greenback candidate to the Presi-
dency in lS8O.-FaIiUault Democrat.
Not too fast, brother Ravens; gold is
up again TO l07 and the gold board is in
full blast. Why? The Porte has re-
jected the protocol. A pretty financial
basis is that which makes the prosperity
OF every American merch ant and farmer
depend upon tas WITNESSES of a pagan
Turks harem.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-19

The Black Hills stages left Bismarck this
morning with ffty-tive passengers. Concord
coaches will be put on the route next week.
About four hundred other persons will cross
the river this afternoon, or tomorrow morning
en- route for the Hills bismarck Tribune.
April H..
The tide OF travel to the new Ell Dorado
has fairly set in. And indications point
to an exodus from the East to West only
equaled by the California immigration OF
184Q
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Col. DIN, OF Rochester town, has about 25o
head of the fine wooded spanish Merino sheep.
He is one OF the oldest wool growers IN the
county. and brought 6OO head of sheep here
is years age, which number was soon increased
to 1900 lie says that she p raising, with
wool at % cents per pound, IS about
equivalent to growing wheat at a dollar bush
ell. He raises nothing but the finest wooded
breed Rochester Union.
This is practical illustration OF the
prosperity of diversified industries upon
our farms.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-19

Our good friend Pat Child, OF the
Waseca Radical, was rotten. egged some
time since on account OF his temperance
views. And now the men who threw
the eggs, are trying to prove that they
were fresh eggs! The next thing they
will swear that Pat laid the eggs him.
self
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FOREST TREES.
FOREST TREE NURSERY At DE- GRAFT, nxs

FORKsT TREE NURSERY At DE- GRAFT, MINI.
The undersigned has established = Forest
Tree Nursery at the above point for the pur-
pose OF making an honest living BY raising all
the varieties Of forest trees Indigenous to the
soil and climate, and selling them to the peo-
pie at such prizes a. all parties can be mutually
benefited.
IS trees. / propose to supply that want to the
best Of my ability. BY growing the needed
trees from seeds and cuttings and aeedlings ont
On ths open prairie, under such circumstances
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The Rochester Union says:
Rochester is to have soap factory, much
needed institution.
We trust this was no application to the
Union establishment.
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the person or persons who wilIfulIy and mali
on the night Of the 9th OF January, 1877.
WILLIAM MURPHY,
Rosemount, MINI.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-30

The Grand Jury sitting at Salt Lake
City has adjourned until July 16, but,
our correspondent reports, not without
developing testimony sufficient to con-
Wet OF participation in frauds and crimes
the principal members of the Mormon HER.
archy. But the appropriation to pay wit
ness fees and expenses has run out, and thus
the course of justice is stopped. District
Attorney Howard is on his way to Washing
ton to see if the Attorney General will not
help him out. The Mormons meantime,
report says, hope no money will be procur-
able until Congress meets, when they vii
try their influence in Washington.
We hope Attorney General Devens will
show the country that in this Mormon mat
ter he is as active and earnest as his deputy,
Mr. Howard.
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bind his freedom Of action by strict, in.
flexible rule. He is required to dismiss
one-fifth of the present employees, retaining
the most efficient and capable and the
republican journal in question complains
that the sitting is not to depend on CON-
petitive examination. For our part we re-
joice that the administration goes into no
such preposterous pedantry. The Collector
and the heads of bureaus must be incorrigi-
BILE blockheads if, after several years obser-
walton, they cannot decide who are the
efficient men in the Custom House without
applying schoolmaster's test. The instruc-
tions of Senator Sherman permit the Collector
to institute examinations when he may
think them expedient; but no stress is laid
on them, and they are left to the discretion
of the Collector. A man who has been for
several years experimenting and directing
other men must be born idiot if he cannot
distinguish between good and bad en-
ployes by the quality of their work with
out resorting to the pedantry OF
literary examinations. We think it q
good sign that the administration has
not committed itself to this shallow hum
bug. We do not believe that any mere sys-
tenn or mere set of rules will secure good
administration without honesty and vigor
on the part of the President and a healthy
public sentiment on the part OF the people.
There will be no need of civil service rules
when the people demand and the President
tries to make civil service untainted
by party politics. We had such a
civil service under our first six Presi-
dents, without any fuss or ostentation, and
we shall have it again by the same quiet
methods as soon as the general voice OF the
people demands it OF the Chief Magistrates
they elect We respect the good judgment
Of Mr.. Hayes in keeping clear of the
pedantry of fixed rules and relying on his
known wishes to control the action Of his
subordinates. No Collector who thinks the
President sincere in wishing to divorce the
tempt to run his Office as a party machine. Our
civil service has degenerated, not because
men are appointed without school examine
tions, but because they are appointed by
mere party influence and when this evil is
removed the civil service will be as pure and
efficient as it was under our earlier Presi-
dents, when the pedantry of examinations
was mover thought Of II Collector Arthur
believes that the instructions he has re-
ceiyed really mean all that they seem to
mean our Custom House will become
within the ensuing three months model
deserving universal imitation.
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE,

Skivitchski m ushalchree
Tho cucumber is u casaS bsNi.
Cronn never drinks, thank you.
The Russians are about TO attack ATush.
The Gar is going TO sail into tho Bacque Bey.
II Is nice TO be young and have good head OF hair
Eel pots In Boston are called eelymosynary insttu-
tions.
Some says that Wagner looks like ''posve'
philosopher.
The matter with Secretary Sherman is that he has
more warp than wool.
Barpers will talk German to one another while they
are digging tho scissors under your ear.
The right eye OF an engraver, on which be uses his
glass, Is usually the stronger OF the two.
Since the quarrclling began don't mind having a
little SQUAD ourselves, once In while, on toast.
II is said that "a murderer forgets the face oil
his victim" This must be hard on proof readers
Dantury Ncus.--"somc says the Russians sleep
in their clothes. We should think II would spoil tn Q
napn
'Lucky" Baldwin, or California, puts his twenty
thousand dollar team OF thoroughbreds to the plough
Tor exercise
Senator Francis Herman, Of Utica, Is at the Finh
Avenue. Chancellor John v. l.. Pruyn. OF Albany, 4;
at the Brunswick.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-30
What Next In France

Marshal MacNIahon, 1t is telegraphed from
Paris, will not resign in any event I; and we
presume that the opinion that he might
resign in certain contingency was confined
to those who thought him q more sensitive
person than he is. AS this solution to the
difficulties of his position is inadmissible
only two issues remain--either the Marshal
must, in the phrase of our local politicians,
'seat crow, )" in case the republican sentiment
of the country proves stronger than the
sentiment that sustains him, or he must
put the Republic down by coup
daat. Which will he do? Left to
himself he would 'eat crow" and pretend
to like it declare, in fact, that it was the
erandest dish in the world. But he is not
very likely to be left to himself. 1t is sig
nifcant that the legitimists have no faith
in his intentions. They, indeed, rather
disparage his recent actions and one OF
their organs imagines that 'behind the en-
terprise of social defence there may be po-
litical manmuvres." This party would not
object to sec political mannuvres behind
such IN enterprise if the manGuvres were
in their favor and they seem instinctively
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-30

Mr.. Fletcher Harper, who died in this city
yesterday morning, was the last of four
brothers whose great business ability and
high character were long and will long re-
main q part of the best history of our city.
He and his brothers were in many respects
remarkable men. They belonged to the best
and highest class of American merchants;
for they were men of culture, of broad ideas,
Of strict and high sense of honor, and
public spirited and useful citizens Mr.,
Fletcher Harper was, perhaps the ablest of
the four brothers. He possessed natural
powers which would have made him a man
of great mark in any calling. His guiding
hand was for many years supreme in the
most important parts of the great publish
ing house of which he was one of the heads.
1t IS no secret that he was the real editor
the controlling mind, of the Harper periodi-
Gals that he framed the policy and sug-
gested the characteristic features Of these
journals, whose influence has been so great
in the country.
Elsewhere will be found sketch of his
life. 1t remains to say here that he was not
only remarkably able but good man one
who, in the midst Of great and long con-
tinued prosperity, remained simple in his
life, kindly in his manners, careful of the
welfare of those he employed, unosten-
tatiously charitable, true and afiectionate to
his friends, gentle and accessible to the
poor and lowly-a gentleman in the highest
and best sense of the word.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-30
From Arme la and Roum an in.

The announcement that the Gear is to take
command of both the Russian and Rou-
manian armies Of the Danube shows that
Roumania has cast her lot with her power
full ally and will stand or fall with him.
Military activity in Servia also indicates
the addition of her army to that of
Russia the moment the Danube is crossed.
In anticipation Of this large Turkish forces
are taking position on the old battle ground
Of last year in the Timok Valley and toward
Sofia Such movement looks very like
judicious withdrawal from between the
military mlllstones Of the Turkish troops
not needed for the defence Of Widdin and
their concentration at point covering the
railroad line, Sofa and the western passes
of the Balkan. The reported retaking
of Arabian has not been confirmed.
The statement that Turkish column had
surprised the town was so wildly improba-
BILE that we did not hesitate to present it in
that light The Russian advance is pro-
crossing slowly but surely, and must soon
bring on a battle with Mukhtar Pacha
around Bardess and Olti, and possibly
near Toprak Kaleh within q few days.
The Schereef of Mecca has given the
Sultan two hundred millions Of piastres
out of the treasury OF the shrine
of the Prophet to aid him in the "holy war"
against Russia The trouble continues at
Constantinople, the softas being still ex-
cited. Precautions, however, have been
taken to guard against any outbreak. 1t is
proposed to draft oil these turbulent fellows
into the army. The Christians in the city
are in constant fear Of general massacre,
and do not rely on the ability of the govern
ment to protect them.
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The Jerome Park Races.

The racing season in the West and South
began brilliantly in Louisville and Balti-
more, and with no less success it will be
inaugurated in the East at Jerome Park on
Saturday. The meeting will include seven
days, ending on June 16, and promises to
be of unusual interest. There will be
thirty-four races, with purses aggregating
twenty-one thousand dollars, for which two
hundred horses are entered, among them
many of the best in the country. There is
no doubt that the fascination Of polo
and the establishment of the Coaching
Club will odd to the popularity Of racing
this spring, for kindred sports help each
other, and in this case two Of them at least,
like double stars, will reflect each others
brightness. Every four-in-hand in the city
is certain to he present at the races and
will add to the beauty of the scene.
The drives through Central Park on
racing days will be filled with a
procession of carriages of every kind,
and under the fresh foliage and the
the ladies and the splendid colors Of the
swift coaches will sparkle like fallen rain
bows. It will be the fashion this season
for the bellies of the city to wear the colors
of their favorite horses, and the moclistes are
busy MS they can be in preparing these
charming costumes. With such extensive
preparations and with SO many important
entries and events Jerome Park for the next
two weeks will probably surpass in attend
ance and merits even its own brilliant
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-30

General Grant visits Europe at fortunate
time. He has just finished eight years of
civil service, and for nearly fifteen years as
a successful soldier and as President he has
been one of the foremost figures Of America.
England has not had time to forget that it
was his arm that ended our civil war and that
it was under his administration that possible
strife between the two nations in respect to
the Alabama claims was averted by the
the maturity Of his life and the ripeness Of
his fame, and will be received with none the
less respect because he appears not as Gen.
eral or Chief Magistrate, but simply as
plain American citizen unaccredited to
courts or sovereigns. His visit is also
made impressive by the fact that two
Powers of Europe are now engaged in
q war whose results no wisdom can fore
cast, and one into which England may be
herself drawn by inexorable fate, while
Germany and France are prepared for
another struggle. The greatest soldier
Of America visits Europe at the mo-
ment when she is threatened with her
greatest war since the trample of Napo-
Icons armies shook the Continent. He
arrives not as an actor, but as a spectator; yet
his opinions, if the silent sphinx will speak,
will be eagerly received. Elsewhere, in our
special dispatches, will be found an in
teresting account of the civic honors which
were paid to Grant by the Mayor and Com
mon Council of Liverpool, and ofthose he will
receive in Manchester to-day. There is
likely to be no ostentatious welcome in
London or any other English city, nor is
General Grant the man to desire notoriety;
but his visit will strengthen the good will
between England and the United States and
lead each nation to better understanding
of the other
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-30

THE VENUS OF MILo.-In the opinion Of many
persons the Venus of Milo is the noblest of
statues mutilated as it is. At the end OF one OF
the galleries of the Louvre it stands i'll majesty,
and in this country it is known by photographs
and copies III bronze and plaster The statue is
without arms, and in what attitude they were
placed has been discussed by sculptors and critics
ever since its discovery. We are now told that
the arms have been found, and if this be true
one of the greatest works Of Greek art will be
perfectly restored.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-30

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket showed increased activity and was marked
BY another serious decline in prices. There
was a falling off in all the principal active
stocks, and although slight rally occurred be-
fore the close it was insufficient to restore the
prices Of the morning Gold opened and closed
ut 1868, selling in the meantime at 1864.
Government stocks were steady and railroad
bonds were quiet and irregular. Money on call
was easy ut = per cent.
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notice Of such contracts, and that they do
not relate to quadruplex, but exclusively to
automatic telegraphy, and that quadruplex
was invented in their place by their means
and money and by their servant employed
for that purpose. And upon this Judge
Sanford will have to decide,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-30

DECORATION DAi.-Throughout the country
to-day the graves Of soldiers will be decorated
with fiowers-a ceremony rs beautiful spring
itself. The North and South will forget in these
tender rites the oden feud. and we believe that
the results OF the just treatment of the Southern
States will be seen in the more general honors
paid in that part OF the country to the tombs Of
soldiers Of the North The President will visit
tue cemetery ut Arlington and General Sher-
man will be present at Mount Vernon. In this
city the ceremonies will be imposing and the
military procession more than usually impress
sive. The custom of decorating graves with flow
crs. instead of dying ont, some years ago was
predicted. appears to grow in favor, and il is
now not confined to the resting places Of sol
diers. but extended by natural affection to those
Of relatives and friends
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-30

THE WEATnER.-Ycsterlay the temperature
rose all over the country, and particularly in
the Northwest and Northeast. The thermome-
.cr ut Breckenridge, Mimi. indicated in the
afternoon over 50 degrees, while on the Nova
Scotia coast il ranged from 40 to 50 degrees.
The isothcrm of 20 degrees traversed the British
provinces from the mouth of the St. Lawrence
southwestward IN aserics of irregular curves and
embraced the lower lakes to Chicago: then
bending northeastward it embraced the whole
OF Manitoba westward To the Rocky Noun
tans On the Atlantic coast, small areas nj
Halifax and New London showed a lower tenn
peraturc than 20 degrees. The isothcrm of so
enclosed great areas in the Northwest, the cen
trial and southwestern districts Three dcpres-
,ions are now within the area Of observation.
The first and most important is that one central
In Dakota where the baromctcr has len very
low Violent winds attend this depression In
the Upper Mississippi and Red River valleys,
also areas Of cloudincss, but. as yet, no heavy
rains. The storm lost its moisture by condcnsa-
ton when passing over the western slopes Of the
Rocky Mountains, and will gather moisture again
as il traverses the lake region. Residents OF
the STATES OF Iowa. Illinois. Missouri and
Ohio NAV expect damaging local storms. The
other depressions are n0rtheastward of Nova
scotia and eastward Of Florida respectively.
They will not seriously affect our weather, al
though the southern storm may possibly touch
the South Atlantic coast. Already clondness
and lpht rain with fresh winds have prevailed
In that section The northeastern depression y
already moving of into the Atlantic Inc
wcotber in New York to-day will be decidedly
warmer and fair or partly cloudy, with morning
Md evening haze.
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THE Cry OF BRUssELs--The arrival Of the
City Of Brussels at Liverpool yesterday morning
after voyage Of thirty mine days froyn New
York created us much excitement and delight as
that OF General Grant and it certainly gave
deep relief 10 thousands Of people on both sides
of the Though little fear was felt
for her safety after the City of Rich
mond reported having spoken her. still
it was a great satisfaction TO know that she had
reached port Her passengers were made heroes
Of in Liverpool. and their trip in the waters OF
the Mcrsey must have partly compensated for
the tedium Of so long voyage. General Newton
bad doubtless many congratulations, and when
the pilgrims get to Rome. rs they are expected
10 do by Saturday. they will receive the bcncdic-
ton Of the Pope.