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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08

& Co. were paid the sum Of $8 900 |
was dated San Francisco. December
9Th and was given by J. Il. Il. Patrick.
Senator Kelly was the next witness.
A ciuher dispatch directed to W. I.
Pelton, N. Y, signed by j. H. H. Pat
rick, and endorsed by Senator Kelly,
was produced by Senator Mitchell
and handed witness, who stated that
he could not translate the dispatch,
but he could give the substance of it,
which was that he Kelly endorsed 9
dispatch asking the Democratic COM
mittee to send $4,000 to Oregon 70
pay any legal expenses which might
arise in connection with Watts case,
and it was also mentioned in the dis
patch that any money not needed
would be returned to him. An answer
| in cipher came to this dispatch, the
substance Of which was that there was
a, money. Several kilograms passed
between the parties in Oregon and New
York in relation to paying OF any legal
expenses in connection with Watt
case. and word was sent from New
York to Oregon that $4,000 could be
had. The cipher dispatches passed
between Senator Kelly and PeltOn were
in relation to transferring So, 600 from
New York to Oreg0n-hoW it should
lie done and through what banks. Inc
dispatches had no other meaning. The
! Senator further testified that this 49,.
900 was the only money used in con
} nectiOn with the case in Oregon, tc
: his knowledge; that the So 200 which
; he drew on check from the bank Of
: Laid & Bush was used for paying law
! vers' fees and for sending messages tt
s Mr.. Laswell, who lives'ln the eastern
r mart Of the State. He never heard thu
4 unlawful use of money IN connectlol
! with this case mentioned, and ne new
t er had an idea that any money Woul.
be used improperly in come ctlon witt
g il. Senator Mitchell offered the fol
|, lowing telegram, which he asked =
G have inserted in connection with III
il testimony Of HOLSTER:
NEW York, Nov. q, 1876 To j Ii
(. H. Patrick, Salem, Oregon: Secure you
Il points at all hazards. Communlcat
IS with me Immediately giving prospects
4 DAVIS
N Tilden's private secretary w. I. re
r ton was before NOrtOn'S Senate con
IS mittee the 2ist and testified that q
D. knew j. II. H. Patrick OF Omaha Of
ID he could not remember receiving
ID cipher dispatch from Patrick date
is Salem, Oregon, Dec 5th. When III
10 dispatch was produced he could NJ
as read it because the cipher belonged
Patrick and he had no copy. witness
&c denied any knowledge OF depositlI
" 81 800 in the London and San Franclst
of bank III Dec. G. B. Bellinger, OF PoT
d. land, Oregon, recalled and testified tn
Mt all he knew about the deposltof W 81
he was that he was notified the none
+ was deposited by New York parties,
at) be used to defray any legal expens
he in connection with the Watts cas-
Ia Witness received package from ne
York by express, about December III
The following despatch was offered
he evidence by Senator Mitchell:
or PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. %, is76.1To "
10 Wade Hampton, Columbia, ). ": HOW u
80 nv Democratic Electors on oflc.al cou
~ Answer.
lat lpaid.) Signed1 G. B. BELLiSaER
to Chairman Dem. Com
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08
The -Anti-AIonopo1iSt
IN the House Mr.. Garfield introduced


In the House Mr., Garfield introduced
bill providing for themore thorough lnves-
tig.tion OF accidents on railroads. The resol-
utlon declaring Colorado State, and adml1
ting James B. Pelford as q member OF Con
eress rem that State, was passed ana Inc new
member sworn in. Barnes, the telegraph
agent, was discharged from custody, ne nav
ing delivered up the papers demanded o.
him The House held an evening session Dut
no business was transacted.
In the Senate on the I'd inst, q series
of resolutions, signed BY 800 names OF coloreu
voters OF South Carolina, was offered, the res,
olution denying that intimidation was useo
| in that State to induce the blacks to vote the
Democratic ticket Messrs. ingalls, and ALI
son were appointed as tellers under Inc soln-
promise BILL.
The Speaker appointed as tellers on
the part OF the House, under the electoral
bill. Messrs. Cook and Stone. Mr.. Mason
called the Speakers attention to the TACT tna'
the two names were chosen from the Demo.
cratic side The Speaker informed him tnal
the President Of the Senate would select two
! from the Repu blican side, when Mr.. hasson
replied that he would do so on account OF tnt
action by the Speaker. The Speaker salo
he had done his duty, and Mr.. Cox concluaec
the tilt by saying that it was i,lsolence, on en-
part of Kasson, nevertheless.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08

now offer 80 cents on the dollar, payable IN
is monthly installments.

is monthly installments.
Louise Pomeroy, wife OF the noIo-
rlous editor. is on the stage i'll Chicago. Inc
man OF the Inter-Ocean goes into raptures
over her hair, Surrounding her like mis''
four feet long, fine as spun glass, thick AZ Inc
name OF young lion, and in color that pecu-
liarly lovely blonde tint that has a softer
warmer look than that we can call golden"
Mimi.
Charles P, Wetmore, twenty-six
years of age, died of hydrophobia, in Column
bus, O., after suffering fearfully from the at.
tack since Thursday last The deceased was
bitten three times by one dog and once b,
another The symptoms first manifested
themselves on Thursday, but he did not sum
mon physician until Friday, who did no
fully comprehend the case. Developing
more fully ON Friday night, another physi
clan was called who could emily relieve tn
patient with hyperdermic injections.
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The court vt POttsville. Pa, has
Overruled mOtiuD for new trial in the case
u Th0s. Duffy, the Molly Mcguire convicted
Tor the murder Of Policeman 1ost, It Tsn-
HquA-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31

As Michigan suffered very severely
by the depression of certain indus
tries with which herprospei1ty was
intimately connected, she will large
" reap of the benefits resulting
from a revival in the prosperity OF
those interests. The stagnation OF
the past cannot last forever, and
there is much to inspire the belief
that the day of revival is near at
hand. The revival will infnse new
life into the business of Michigan,
and will of itself work wonderful
change in the record Of failures,
while the lesson of the past will
serve to keep many business men
from the pit falls into which others
have stumbled.-Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31
Civil, Service Reform.

A few weeks ago the United
States treasury was adroitly robbed
of a package containing about sl2,-
600, the theft has been traced, the
thief detected and the money re-
covered. The thief was a conf
dental clerk in the treasury named
Winslow alias Golden, who under
an administration less shamefully
corrupt could have obtained no po-
sition Of honor or trust of respon-
sibility. He was agent for Jay
Cooke, Mccullough & Co. in Europe
for the negotiation of the Northern
Pacific bonds, whereby certain
Dutch capitalists were swindled
to an enormous extent. He was
the man who transferred the rail-
road iron pledged to these bond
holders to Robson, who used 1t in
his famous transactions with Jay
Cooke, Mccullough & Co, in London,
when he transferred certain naval
funds. 1t is said he has also served
term of five years in the peniten-
tiary in Christiani, Sweden, for for
gerry. When in Europe, the Dutch
bondholders got after him, and he
attempted to escape them by sui
eide. He jumped from the dock,
but was rescued, and through eff
forts of some of his friends was
sent back to this country. During
the war he was contractor, and
the government had tolerable good
evidence that he swindled the gov
eminent at Port Hudson out OF
100000 in furnishing supplies
His Scandinavian bank swindle is
to all Chicago people
With this record, he was recon-
mended for his last position by
Senators Wright and Allison Of
Iowa and Senator Logan Of Illinois
and appointed by the secretary Of
the treasury.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31
A New Point.

A new point in the Louisiana
case has been raised by Mr.. Il. b.
Pullan, a Cincinnati layman, and it
has attracted a good deal of atten-
ton from lawyers, and certainly
seems to have a good deal Of tech
nical force and to be likely to cause
trouble to the gentlemen who have
charged themselves with the "sol-
emn duty" of seeing that Mr.. Hayes
gets the Presidency. Mr.. Pullan
takes as the groundwork of his ar
gument a history and description
Of the Returning Board furnished
to the "visiting statesmen" by the
person who drafted the law making
it-Judge Hugh I. Campbell, Of the
Third District Court of the Parish
Of New Orleans. According to
this gentleman the ballots put in
the boxes are merely ballots until
the returns are made up by the
Board. In the eye Of the law the
Board is constructively present at
all the polls, receives all the ballots,
and purifies and asserts them, but
they do not become votes until the
Board has passed upon them. In
fact, the Board casts the vote of
the State and properly holds the
State election. Until it has made
its return there has been no cleo
ton. Now, the Constitution of the
United States gives Congress the
power Of determining the time OF
choosing the electors and the day
on which they shall give their votes, u
and provides "that this day shall
be the same throughout the United
states" Under this clause Con-
gress has made The first Tuesday
IN November the Presidential elec-
ton day for all the States. But
according to Judge Campbell the
Louisiana election did not take
place on that day, nor until the 5th
OF December following. The con-
clusion is Of course plain, that
there was no election in Louisiana
on the legal day, and therefore
none on any day. OF course this
point Is made all the stronger by
the arguments Of the friends of the
Board. We think, however, we
shall before long see the public in
full concurrence with Gov. Robin
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31
A Scout who Witnessed cas-
tcr'S Denth struggle with tie
sioux savages.

From the Denver news
A dispatch from Norwich, quiet
town in the eastern part of New
York, says that six years ago
stripping boy left the parental roof,
in one of the border towns OF Che
mango county. TO seek his fortune
in the far off West. The lad made
his way to the Crow Agency. on
Crow Creek, with party of West
ern roughs whom he met, three OF
whom were subsequently massacred
by the leader of the gang. For
three years past the boy has made
his home with the mountain Crow
Indians, among whom he had
lodge, choosing his companion from
among the fairest of the tribe
Last Spring he went with Custer
from Fort Laramie, and served as
one of his scouts from that time till
the terrible day that gallent soldier
fell. He had been sent with dis
patches from Custer to Gen. Terry,
and was returning with dispatches
from Terry to his chief, and was
but a few miles from the scene OF
conflict, which he did not reach
from the failure of his horse, when
the whole command was slaughter
ed in the sanguinary fight on Rose
bud Creek. With field-glass be
witnessed the hand-to-hand en-
counter, the life-and-death struggle,
and saw Custer, who held out to
the last, 60 down. To save his
own life and avoid being scalped,
he hid away beneath rock about
two miles from the trail, till Reno's
command came up, the next day,
when he visited the scene Of earn
age and assisted in burrying the
dead. After that he was a bearer
of dispatches for Gen. Crook, often
riding, by night and by day, hun
dreds Of miles in the face of danger
and death, in the Performance of his
perilous mission. He wears the
scars of hand-to-hand contest and
personal bravery. He has seen
Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, Sitting
Bull, Crazy Horse, Rain in the
Face, and nearly all the noted
chiefs and warriors Of recent Indi-
an tragedy and story. To-day a
beardless youth of twenty-five, tall
and straight, with flowing locks, in
buckskin dress, ornamented with
fringe and heads, and bearing the
trsppings of savage warfare and
Indian life. appeared in our qniet
village. The bright eyed, good
well-formed youth was
en- route for the parental roof in |
Lincklaen, which he left for world
sights and scenes six years before.
With the coming of spring, Frank
Smith returns to his home and
lodge among the mountain Crows,
aud to his dusky companion, whom
he idolizes as the most beautiful of
her tribe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31
Breaking I'm.

Under the influence of a proha-
hle just settlement of the Presiden-
tial question the bogus governments
at the South are breaking up. AS
fast as legislators can escape from
the guarded pest-house where
Packard's adherents are cooped up
by his orders and dying Of foul dis
ease, they collect about Nichols
and take the oath of office under
the government which the people
have chosen. In South Corolina,
Chamberlain has given mp the hope
of aid from Grant, and is prepar-
ing to acknowledge the validity OF
Hampton's election. 1t remains
only for Congress to proceed in the
peaceable path now indicated, and
these monstrous creations of fraud
and force the carpet-bag govern
ments of the Southern States, will
collapse at once and forever.-Bos-
ton Post.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31

Captain Willard Glazier, OF Bos-
ton, has just returned to that city
after horseback ride to San Fran
cisco. He started on the 9th Of
May, 1876, and reached his desti-
nation on the oath of November.
The actual number of days in the
saddle was IA, which gives an
average of twenty-eight miles and
seven-tenths per day. The captain
tested the merits of 1888 hotels,
farm houses and ranches, and made
special visits to 100 public institu-
tons and places Of resort. He
killed three buffalos, eight ante
lopes and twenty-five prairie
wolves, was captured by the Sioux,
killed two Of them, escaped and
came east by railroad.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31

of railroad constructed in 1876 ex-
ceeded 100 miles. These figures
are more favorable than those OF
1875, when the total mileage OF
railroads constructed was only l.
Sol, and when, in sixteen OF the
States and Territories enumerated
above not a single mile of railroad
was built. In 1875 there was not a
single company which constructed
as much as 100 miles of road. The
number of companies which ex-
tended their lines or constructed
roads In 1875 was 81, and the aver
age number of miles constructed
by each was 1916 miles; In 1876
the number of companies construct
ing was 105, and the average OF
each 23.3 miles.
Texas, California and Colorado
exhibited the most marked railroad
progress in 1876. The first named
State built nearly as much railroad
during the year as it did any pre-
ceding year, and increased its mile
age more than one fifth. Both Cal
ifornia and Colorado constructed
more railroad than in any previous
year. Ohio led Colorado in the
number of miles, but not in the
proportion of the mileage to the
existing length of road.
Illinois leads in the mileage
There are three States which have
over 5000 miles of road six States
with over 5000 and less than 5000
miles; sixteen Statess with more
than 1000 and less than 5000
miles; eighteen States and Terri
tories with over 100 miles of road
and less than 900, and five Ter
ritories in which not single mile
has been constructed.
Small as the railroad construc-
ton of 1876 was compared with
the past years in which railroad
building was most extensively car
ried on, the progress was material
and, what is more to the point,
healthy. The time has gone by
when railroads could be built on
speculation, and prove profitable
enterprises for those who first took
the project in hand, whatever the
effect might be upon those who had
to bear the hrunt of the undertake
ing. 1t is, therefore, gratifying
sign that in a year of such marked
depression as the past, railroad
mileage equivalent to 3.3 per cent.
of the total at the close OF 1875
should have been constructed. AT
even this rate per cent. OF annual
increase nearly 10000 miles of rail-
road would he constructed during
the next ten years. But the pro-
liability is that during the current
year the railway construction will
considerably exceed that of the
year just closed.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31

"New York slums." "The slums"
have sent men of perhaps less per-
sonal Integrity into political life
than Mr.. Boutwell,, but they have
only sent them to the House, and
they have certainly sent no man to
any assembly of more curious ig-
norance and conceit. Morrissey,
even, has that high mark of cul-
ture and civilization which consists
in knowing where ones knowledge
ends, but Boutwell's state Of mind
toward many of the leading ques-
tions Of the day is rather that Of a
bigoted Mussulman or pasha or
imaum than that of an imperfectly
educated Christian. The SPRING
field Republican tells of him in a
late issue a story, for the authentic
ity of which it vouches, that hear
ing leading New York business
man, a financial adviser Of Lincoln's
administration, quote Adam Smith
in conversation with him, he start
ed up and declared that "no two
books in the world contained so
many lies as the Koran and the
Wealth of Nations. This is the
talk of a barbarian rather than Of a
acknowledgements man, and "the
slums" produce nothing like it.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31

A fammine in India is not new
or novel occurrence. They often
exist in that far off country which
the queen Of England is proud to
be empress Of. 1t is estimated that
in Bombay, in April, million per-
sons will require relief, after which
the famine will gradually decrease.
In Madras the prospect is even
worse. This district comprises
some $4,000 square miles and con-
tains a population of 100000
souls. In Bombay the famine
stricken territory covers $4,000
square miles, and has a population
of nearly 100000, 100000 of
which are in districts more partic.
ularly affected. It will tax the
English government sorely to re-
lieve this distress.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31

Commenting upon the extinction
of Boutwell, the New York Nation
says:
That such a man should have so
long enjoyed high Office at the hands
Of the Massachusetts, people, coupled
with Buttlers and Banks political
success, gives q touch Of the comic
to the lofty disdain with which the
press OF that State is accustomed
TO speak Of the politics Of the
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31

Says the N. Y. Sun: Secretary
Morrill, told the Wall street bankers
that the election of Tilden would
ruin the nations credit with Euro
pean capitalists. Tilden was elect
ed. and American securities adj
vanced in every foreign market.
Now that the English and CONT
mental capitalists are beginning to
understand the enormity of the
Republican conspiracy to steal the
government our credit abroad has
been weakened to such an extent
that the Syndicate declines to take
any more of our bonds. Will Nor
rill come to Wall street and explain
this
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31
Failures in Michigan IN 1876.

The annuel circular of the Mer-
camille Agency of Il. G. Dun d
Co., of the failures for the year
1875, shows that the year was an
unusually disastrous one for the
business men of Michigan. The
failures in the State were more nu-
merous and the amount of liabili-
ties larger than in any other State
in the Union, with the exceptions
of New York, Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania. Out of 22,519 per-
sons in business, $40 are reported
as having succ umbed. with liabili-
ties of S9,736,S52. The number of
failures was therefore one for every
forty, and the average amount of
liabilities for each failure upwards
s16,500. The only State in the
Union in which there were more
failures in proportion to the num-
Der in business was Rhode Island,
where there was one failure for
every thirty-six engaged in bust
ness and where the average liabili-
tiles for each failure was upward of
$4,000. The following shows the
number reported in business in
Michigan and several other States
having nearly the same number in
business, the number of failures in
each, the PERCENTAGE of failures and
the total amount of liabilities.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31

Petitions are been freely circu-
lated through the country, request
ing Congress to establish system
of telegraph in connection with the
postal service, at a uniform rate of
% cents per message or less. This
is a step in the right direction
The day is not far distant when
monopelies in telegraphy will have
to take a back seat. The change
can't come any too soon.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31

The lahorers on the New York
boulevards now receive eighty cents
a day, and labor about four days a
week on an average. Think OF a
man supporting a family on $500
per week, and then think of the
prodigality and extravaganza OF
the Republican party leaders, and
tell Us we do not want a change in
orr national administration.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31
scott roun. Lnnrence County. ohio.

MEssRs. htNNEDY q TO-,
Dear Sirs:-At this late hour / will inform you
of the great benefit received from the Of Dr.
Radclif's Great Remedy, SEVEN SEAL. Sor COL
DEN WONDER, after being confined to my bed
for eight years with complication OF discnsca,
viz: dyspepsia, Bronchitis, Palpntalou Of the
Heart. Pain in the Right side, with Gcnerh De-
bity. for which tried the skill OF or HON,
physicians, also a doctor of New York City, ana
Two of Pittsburg, and one in the northern U'rt %;
Ohio Took enough patent medicines to SWIM ~
all to no purpose. AT length l was induced 10
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-31
A REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES. TRY TT.
For this Great Remedy wish you our Agent
u to act as our Agent.

commission with druggists, or selling nv sub
agents. This business IL worth tho attention of
good men and men OF capital Should YOU max
put reasonoble wages--say 500 per month for the
first three months lrnany make innrcl-you would
nevertheless he establishing business that would
pay you largely in The end
Agents are doing better with our Rcmedy han
anything else they ev took hold Of Why il
tins Because the Remedy does Just rs we saw,
and our arents can warrant every bottle No
cure, no pay. Knowing that We make all lo.s..
agents run lisk of loss
SEVEN SEALS or GOLDEN WONDER i, nut
up IN ooand 90 cent bottlcs, elegantly finished
y; N.Y., hilu appropriate Wrapper and packed ian
nice boxes one dozen in each box
10 druggists our scale Of prices nre-Largo siis
sI.W bottles per dozen, $500; small size 5pcsnt
bottles, per dozen, tI5O -
WeEive special terms 10 our County Agents at
such figures that they can sell 10 druggists and
country stores ut the above price and make a
handsome profit We also give an -