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DAVENPORT, IL, Aug. l7-Mrs. William Ron
wick, wlle Of oua of tue leading Lumber. maau-
taxtuTeEs Of tho visy. died very sudduniy sAis
morning, In the +4th year Of her ase. Mrs. Rem
wick nas universally e4tccinsl ~ talented and
worthy lady, and her lcccase causr& Wide re-
krct. She lad but recently returned from m
extended European tour,
, 1877-08-18
THE LOST CHILD,

OMAHA, Ncb. Aug. lE.-To tsses OF tho lost
child os i. c. Rose, Ut Herman, has ret beea
discovered. Tho country has been thoroughly
secured by hundreds Of meu, and reward Ok
500 offered for her return, or for any lnfoEna'
ton that will lead to tier recovery.
, 1877-08-18
LIGHTNING.

En1s, ra.. Aug. 1I-Isghtning thia morning
stturk tho residence OF ex.CouErrssn,an Curtis,
tcarlng large hole in tho roof and passing
through Foom wucFe tho iatnily vera ii ten.
No great damage WIS DOUG, but strong odoE u
the Fourth of July prevailed fur time.
, 1877-08-18
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS,

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 17.-Arrtyel, tho steamer
VlctoTla, .ftpm noston.
LiyERPooL, Aug. l7.-AsrIyed, tho steam
shtps Dothnta and percre, from New York.
NEw foRx, Aug. 17,-AretYcl, tho steamer
Dt1tannic, from Liverpool.
L1vkKrool, Aug. l7.-Arrlycd, tho scanalna.
Yiap, from BALTIMORE.
, 1877-08-18
SCIENTISTS.

NAsHylLln. Tonn., Aug. 17.-Tho Local Coa,.
mtttee on Railroads reports TINT It has COM
pletcd arrangements for tho transportation Of
delegations to tho American Association fos tho
Advancement Ut Science, which conyenes hero
on the 29tn tIsk
, 1877-08-18
AGAINST chihAMEh.

SAX FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. l7.-The scna-
sorial Commission appointed u. the last scssloa
Of tho Legislature to Inquire iuso tbs Chinese
question hare embodied tho Information OBJ
tslned On the subject In memorial su Con-
, 1877-08-18

grcss. which was to be presented to Gov. Irwin
to-day. 1t Ia unltrsund the memorial takcs
sirung rrount against Chinese immigration, anil
suggests rcn,clly which It Is hupcd Will obyi.
ate further trouble.
, 1877-08-18

s:RAfodA. n. T., Aug. u.-At the annual
meeting oi thu managers sull others interest,"
G.! isa suuteeru aud Southwestern railroals, +.
W, Cu,c, :residcnt Of the Nashville, Chatta.
nnSa y st. Loa!s Railroad, ~. scappolnted
Chairman, and +, T. seott, President OF the
N!sA!aonl X Petersburg keiroas, was reap
appointed to report Un various topica vi raj.
waY management u Lhe ,aetl!uts to b. held
bc1e Aug. IL, l67p. The attendance WA large.
, 1877-08-18
DENTISTS.

RALTlHoaE, Aug, little American Dental
Convention closed it, session to-doy, rc-clcctlne
Il. Walker, VI Nav Orleans, Vice. President; J.
@. Amber, Treasurer; and Ambte< Toes, Sec
rckarY. -
, 1877-08-18
SENATOR NORTON.

Epsctai nspdteA 10 5Ns 5t4buAk.
1Hp1ANArolls, lnd., Aug. ia dispatch
from Richmond says Senator Morton rcstc1
better last night than any time s[hcc his illue&s
and btu physicians lecl greatly encouraged.
, 1877-08-18

Bos1os, Aug. l7.-'Fho Chicago, Burlington
d Quincy Railroad Directors to-day declared
Arml- ml-annusI atYtdcnd oi 1 per cept.
, 1877-08-18

~ ~ ~, II. ,,n.hat. thn nrncadnn -ra, - stn =
eM g ~ nose" Gn ~ . mo
r,rht. ~ thr nnnsIc A. wall ~ II. nwn 1,gt. Io
nrsycut lts ieinn toreci /" eharru or It. Shorter
'Gii,t,ncn tha i,rcoe .str, atmsrTca hv romnrt,no
i'm. ycr III Sbcir mueh crrai"t di.,ansr. Ts ens
II tb,a railmsy transnor;ation IA nal nue.tion br
nrcs,,an nlsn u Seh n" Sew Fnsans
Ynn ftut th,t fhr Wr.t "a ,hrninT It. cereals ani
uruttrions 10 ijaltIaore. an3 that reeuat lines Of
f;aftfmorc nnd Torcfon ,mrf. III t,rt aftmnrr
nni Proyidsncs snJ snstnn' faxSne thosc snnnttes
snd rc,afn!aa win earaoe: ot yew En;l.ni rasaa.
cxplnnattons to show tbo cause. Of tho
tariirs ~ r1tc. hayfno hrrf eo &rrccu,nrs
srnsc nr ~. - n,a;ntsin tvh,t ~ rccn .dsd -
yItsI r.,,.injs. ~ srnrtincs = rrcst rn,,Jer NJ thr
whole conn,fy. "~" ''''
eesr, H. tas"s m 'u Il, fhc ssu rSufrs hsrc bean
fxcd to eot,rcttng POINTS viii reference 10 inch
prices a. would cau,mana sho ousine.s and kesp
10 systemi s io hSo. .Ir. The dstsnt py,nis o.
Sse ts9.s hs
norts In which Tic eonsncrcc o; ths " Wcsi should
b snare ind ae ea rass r., btsm
wthln those Chartered li,nite, /. ID nroptr 10 say
that til many tastanccs thcsc fstes hare been 10
aosns 81 e.na IN s'q qa,faada M ss
bern nract,esiiP ronasenird M, I'll tSro,,"h sn
the unfcHalnerAt9fn rates thus established.
Mnny western roads have from this cause
paascd from tic l.ans Of ihe .tockho1dera n;o the
hand. nf isscetvors. somc hayo been iorcclosed
by bondhotdcrt. under n,crtYsncs. and thus I'm
Q.-l'ftor 10 thin competition on your road. On
That M va, 5onr systen, 81 nas.snser. faro rnaa.'
ecnrc, ner tnic IN to esttan s!fnnmp vi Ii, fds
Tho r,te does not for any nearer point exceed thc
rats caat0ca 10 tho cIa o. ts liae: There ls zen
II ana through, and ths il Basel on ;ho fact nf
co'npasattvc cost of service. rou mn.t run enough
sa.n s 20 c hote vess oea le9Ie
Of the Company has been 10 make special concess
aEons.
4;-Thcn your local rates a.s eons!aerably high
Ct 'dn yoaf !nsoasn It, ,se s lhsy sre
nsr XIII Tim nj III ID tbeourh ft ths peasnn @ hai
hsye III" inst % atyen. "' '"e"' NV ''' 's"e'" '""'
u. u.Iss III mean ia.seucet.fsto, A.-Tasrs arc somp
points bet which our loca rates ara M, in pro.
por.fon to our through ratcs Perhaps thoro is icss
difference On our limo In that respect than On tomo
Others;
,t wcn,9..oYon at :. ~, 81 srh 10y gaTc
1 ~ s nt hn1t r., ~ Sn c,n1c oagn
csrs IL ai,y Tho nanbsr s sisttd !. Ell t]e o9sr
1' i ,ha, t;s s;Sp,e'r !. h,,h,, ,,,n INV Atm, 80,
wl,otc representative wo have had before lis. A.
! nm *urpri.eh y that: For through run ws put
no. sehu en1pt5 cars, II Wo hayc 1oo pafscngers
W., W. ten4 IN I'M eals, u ayo " sena tho humnor OF
,tta. - ,u s,sracsr.n, net nttn ~ h, a.
cara ncctirss,v =, .sinT nrHr III snsI viii enecJ
aucnt wear md wastc. wien We can sccotnmoaate
thc travel hy smaller number tca.s sod ,yIth an
, 1877-08-18

nx14sIlMJRE a OtttO+
The following extracts from, tho testimony Of
John W. Garrett, President Of tho Baltimore 4
Ohio, recently taken by tho Commission on The
Railway Mall Transportation, may prove ot geh-
cral interest:
and what Ia thttr length! A.-Tho main line of
the ns!tlmorc 4 oho froni Baltimore to- Wheel.
5aE, 3;D miles: tae h. washington ll,aneh from Tho
ton. ID miles; ths ParketsbarE Dtsneh. from
hans o @ e ;s II so aiSs;s ss
!he Washington rounty Branch. from Knoxville 10
nsss.toxn tn H.. aan ,tss: sae 5casFisk
O.. Ii! miles; }ha Lake Erie Division..
12 m!s. Se Ss"s's ..t. II Ss.ss9 fSas%sa9 from o. ewi's ~
10 shawnee, O., ii miles: Tic Chicaao Di,isioa
from Chicago J'nrs!nn 10 chicago, ~ miles; lie
Dranch., traM l!Iaacn.burg 10 Alexandria. IL
sl;c mI,cs tas 'S:stGg t'tt.ors 4 i'a!t4mssa q;
miles: Tho Faycttu County ltanch. fran Councils.
yl!o e un'ontown, f.: II ,1'os; The MDaat
an,. Ps 10 miles; tte ca!ndun cat.oa, f.o.a sonth
oad fo eusE eae ianst;n 70 east ent ent
o!et the 6ha istsst, miios. The viee .i'tstieas
of the baltimore : ohio Company, ". John King.
e. tho i,S. pfs.ldent q the Marietta G,nsanat
tha Baltimore Short Line, has 3l4 m,tea Of road.
cONrARysnN oF nkvENrE.
Average number ut passengers In pRz1cugcs.
carr flnclNti Pullman. .......,.,...,.,.., ~
AycrsFu fAsa per passenger per mile $0.7 So
Revenue rcf tnl1r prf tplsAcH1eFl... fU.u1
Taking m average train Ut one baggage, twn
coaches. anu tN1 sccpCfh, GaKxaxc.cnr$
averaging IL fttt In lcnKh. co1cfBuA and
ecrpcts averaging 50 fcct, tho Number Of
llhear feet "f laxgasc.cnr aract for each
sss..ss 81 nni:i ii e.tfest esina9 IN
tho 20 cents H.. ............. ..... 11s{
Karnnss pcr cAf.tnot per Mic fu1....... 1901. 1!0
r1Ma EArnCas, MAIN sTEN.
Earnings Tor stx mouths. $71 It's. a
earn!nxs per pcr niia. saanm
AverhEe length VI carr. !Sft
Earnings per cAr'toot pcr mtc. $0.ot.0l
ANAMAhY.
Earnings from passenger sotsacc paf csF.foot
nile sooi.t2s
Earnings from express sofstGt pct cor.fo0t
0arnnKs from postal sersice PR caf-foot per
lEaIc. =. -. -. -. - - ~ n
, 1877-08-18


Most Ut tho Managers and General Freight
Agents who wero attending tho livestock tntct-
Ink III this city last Thursday hava left for their
respective homes. It IL now gcnorally coaced-
I'd that there nas no Cause for tho complaints Of
the St. Louis roads that the Chitagoans had
been cutting tho rates, and tho inter have
proven ronclusiyciy by facts and figures that
they have malntalnctl tho rates ali along 1t Is
claimed that son,c cutting had bectl slonoby the
t;rand Trunk anil tho boston 81 Albany Isail-
rsmtls, but tha Chicago roads caaaot ba blamed
Or held responsIb1e for tho iotngs Of those lnos.
Thus EhlcaGn, burlington h Quincy Railroad IS
charged With having taknn On one occasion iive
stock from g, Louis ut less than Tariff hgurcs,
but this road was Ignored Ia tho formation OF tho
1t. Louis pool, and Is therefore at liberty to
make such satcs ~ II chooses, Tho managers
inirntton nf Violating tho rotcs At St.. Louis.
and they took tho freight spoken Of merely 10
show thu other Ut. Louis roads what they cau
ia II the Wabash and other lines come to Qu,n-
" alnl other points un their liBe and cut tho
rates tlIcro. Tho Eastern roads will meet In a
few stays md trr to dcy!ao = plan by which fur.
aher trnlibto III regard to tho livestock traffic
eau 10 avoided III thu future.
, 1877-08-18

OMAHA, Aug. ia bill III equity u filed TO-
day III the Uhted States Circuit Court hets to have
4 Receiver appointed tok tho CoyiDgtou4 colum-
, 1877-08-18
AN IMPORTANT LETTER.

AIM ARDok Mich. April m fH7a,-nu. NApwAY-
Kind stE: hasn been taking your lc,ois chi. Itfn.
isti!x s. and s':o Msna tslo lsesdy s:cf d out 20
ilost eminent pA5 sc!sas Of our Aeu!cal torscp:s
They wrTs lIka Knots on = tres. Ny weight xss -
pouu:!s .htn sonInen.a1 with JouT tsnled.cs, asa
hnH II twu hundred sH len tuuuAs hut they art nv
~ Bona yet naEc tskt tsantY four bottles " Ho
tolsen niue ct ltraltf md lWrntY four bottles Of pA
yuuF LUX "fAlso and IFna.'@
Mis-. c. HEArT.
, 1877-08-18
Kidney and Bladder Complaints,

Urinary aud Wonah placasca Gravel, DIabctes Dron.1
etoIfpAso of Water. lncDntlnenco III Urine. lTishl
avgo.iis: q tno Ta!cF ss
white ak, Or thtrr IL = morbid. dark it0iia nTpsa
ance 1hd Nhltc boLt.dIst dc3Osttt md when trtd
hF!tk5hf 40Fnnk sensation when 1Gs4lnE whtef, tp4
pain ID t6o snlall Vt the back and along tho Ions
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-08-04
CIarkSburg'S Offer

The citizens Of Charleston endeav-
or to make a point by offering the
State a Capitol building-with $35,
900 mortgage on it-free. 1t strikes
us that she made the same offer once
before, and that the State had to pay
$4,000 rent.
Clarksburg has made but few prom
Uses, but she expects to keep those she
does make. They have addressed the
following to the Board of Public
Works:
The undersigned citizens of Clarks-
burg do hereby guarantee, should the
Capital of the State be located at
Clarksburg, that there shall be offered
to your Board the choice of any one of
a number of suitable sites in the town
Of Clarksburg, containing from three
or four acres each for the erection of
Capitol building, any of which when
so selected shall be conveyed to the
State Board for the use of the State
without cost or charge and perfect ii
tie insured.
Luther Raymond, w. ?. Gof, N.
Goffjr., Nathan Golf, Boughner &Sons,
Smith, Brown d Co, &c. Carr, T. S.
Spates 4 Son, David Davidson, j. d w.
p. Irwin, B. M. Despard, E. NJ. Turner,
Lloyd Lowndes, r. T. Lowndes, John
Basel, NJ. G. Holmes, S. M. Jackson,
T. w. Harrison, +. A. Robson, E. T.
Baldwin, d Co., Edwin Maxwell, John
Chorpening,C. S. Lewis,J. F. Osborne
q Bro, A. w. Pritchard, Ruhl Koble-
gard Il Co., B. F. Shuttleworth, n. A.
Shuttleworth, Nathan j. Coplin, John
Steady d Son.
A site is here guaranteed free ofcost
to the State, and we submit it whether
it would be better to build State
House at once or pay Charleston
thousands of dollars for rent and fin
ally have to lift that $35, 900 mortgage.
The capital.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-08-04

and in the enforcement of that system
a reduction has been proposed in the
wages of the men. In most cases
this amounted to about ten per cent,
and made very material difference
in the income of men who contended
that they had not enough on which to
live comfortably. AS may have been
expected, therefore, the change met
with evident disapproval on the part
of the employees. With many there
was disposition to submit to the re-
duced terms, as the most reasonable
arrangement that could be made, and
in hope Of better times. A spirit of
resistance, however, was dominant in
the minds Of others; and as the first
overt act Of rebellion the employees
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
came out on q strike on the 18th inst.
Their behavior was at first peacable
and orderly.
The insurrectionary spirit spread
rapidly through the country and sew
eral cities were enlarged by the in
surrectionists. Every precaution was
taken by the State and Federal au-
thorities to prevent any further upri-
sing of the people. From the chaos
which now prevails order will eventu-
ally be evolved; but at what a sacri-
flee to the peace, and comfort, and
reputation, and prosperity of the ma
ton, it is fearful to contemplate
The whole scene can now be regarded
only as an organized instruction on
the part of lawless mobs. AS such it
must be checked by the exercise Of
the severest authority; and when or
der agrin reigns supreme, then the
great questions which lie at the basis
Of the trouble, and which spring up
at every turn, must be adjudicated
upon in a spirit of moderation, and
forbearance, and justice.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-08-04

people that the question of accessibility
be carefully considered.
With the railroad facilities which have
been stated, we repeat, that it is easy 10
perceive that a far larger portion of this
State, considered territoriallv, or with re-
gard to population, can lind convenient
access to Martinsburg than TO either
Charleston or Clarksbarg.
Members of former Legislatures can
testify on this point, since it has been their
fortune to pass Martinsburg going from
the Northwest to Charleston--S sor- pill
ment returned by the Kanayha a. gates
when frozen rivers drove them by the Val>
ley and Baltimore d Ohio roads to Wheel
ing. Mtrtinsburg was central point to
each section-it is the same now-and as
a railroad centre it is actually nearer, in
time and travel. to more than two-thirds
of the State, than either of Its competitors
BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-08-04
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 30.-In
many newspapers and by many poll
clans there is much said just now of
the necessity for a larger regular ar
my and of a stronger central govern
ment. This per2icious twaddle is
caused by the feeble and unsuccess-
full efforts of the State Governments
to suppress the great riots. The ar
gument, put in plain language, is
this: Certain States have failed to do
their duty, therefore the general gov
eminent should be STIR 5thened. 1t
would seem rather that the proper
course would be to strengthen the
State Governments, and to impress
upon the people of the States the
idea that they must enforce their own
local laws. Let this be once under
stood and each State will make it.
self respected by its citizens, and
riots like those nowprevailing will be
impossible.
There have been few instances in
which it has appeared necessary to
employ Federal troops to enforce
State law, and in every one of them,
including the last one, it was the in
efficiency of the State or municipal
authorities which created the appar-
ent necessity. In none of them was
there any disaffection toward the
General Government. But we shall
hear much of an increase of the army,
Of large powers for the Federal Gov
ernment, and of "wiping out State
lines"
The wiser and more democratic
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-08-04
THE RAILWAY INSURREC-
TION.

The spectacle presented in different
parts of the United States during the
last few days may well excite com
miseration and pity. 1t is not often
that civilized community is distur
bed by such scenes of lawlessness
and horror as those which have re-
Gently occurred. With whatever rea-
son to justify the act, and despite the
bitter consequences which may result
from it, the highest authority in the
land has been resisted the laws and
usages of society have been trampled
under foot, and rapine and murder
have spread their blighting influence
through whole districts of country.
The whole trouble has originated
in the old and still pending conflict
between capital and labor. Whether
it will contribute any efectual infu-
ence towards the solution of the prob
lem is matter of very grave doubt.
What began as railway Strike has
degenerated into a public insurrec-
ton, in which the rougher elements
of society have come to the front, and
by which the fiercest passions of hui
man nature have been aroused. 1t
is possible that the movement in its
primal stages was the result of pre-
concerted plan; but in it's subsequent
developments the grand melting mo-
tive was blind fury and revenge,
under the influence of which the orig
inal demand has been forgotten, and
the claims Of reason and justice have
been ignored.
In the general shrinkage which
has taken place in the value of prop
erty throughout the country, it is a
well known fact that railway com
panies have suffered equally with, if
not more than, c.hers. Many of these
institutions, indeed, are virtually
bankrupt. They are unable to pay
dividends to the stockholders; they
can scarcely meet current expenses.
1t has become necessary, therefore,
TO adopt system of retrenchment;