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A sample leaf from the simple annals OF
the poor is thus told by the New York
World. John Morrison, aged thirty-two,
residing in Jersey City, was run over by
coal train at West End, and both legs and
one arm were cut off. He died the same
evening. His widow, with two children,
the eldest five, the youngest three years
old, clinging to her skirts, called on
number of undertakes, trying to arrange
for the burial of her husband. Her story
was particularly sad. Her husband had
been out of employment for nine months,
during which time the pawnshop had alb
sorbed everything Of value that could be
shared from the house. On the day OF
the fatal occurrence he secured an ODD
lob to remove piano, and was to have
received dollar for his services. This,
he told his wife, would take them over
Easter. Soon after postman called with
note from George w. Downing, super
intendent of the Jersey Horse Car Com
pany. telling him to report for duty on
Monday, April g. The family rejoiced
over their good fortune, and while devils
ing means for spending the dollar in thu
most economical manner they found there
would be none left for coal. The happy
father seized an old bag, which had FIRE
auently done similar duty during TIL
winter, and said he could go out on tn
railroad and pick up coal enough. Ri
had collected half bagful when the acct
dent occurred. In the evening there wa
neither fuel, light, nor food in the house
and the widow sat beside the mangle'
corpse with the window open to let tn
moonlight in, that cost nothing. The fam
ly is entirely destitute.
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Tbe Anti-MonopOliSt.

speech to the Egyptian notables. The Khe-
dive says: Notwithstanding the Porte's de-.
sire for peace, Russia has declared war. 1t is
important that Egypt shOnld send troops to
Turkey. The notables have been convoked SO
that the Minister Of War may know the
strength of the contingent. The estimates do
not admit of our furnishing the full number re-
CURED, and it is necessary to resort to excep-
tional resources" The Turkish commander
on the Danube has been empowered by the
Porte to close the river to all navigation, to re-
tain, on requisition, neutral vessels, subject to
indemnifcation, or to order them to repair to
or to leave certain ports under penalty OF total
confscation, or adopt any measures rendered
necessary by military eXigencies. Cable dis
patches say the Russian army crossed the eau
casian frontier at three different points. The
corps under Gen. OklObiecO, a Georgian by
birth, encountered body of Turkish troops
and took possession of their strongly fortified
camp. Russian loss 80 killed and captain OF
battery wounded The Turkish posts ON the
Asiatic frontier mostly surrendered without a
| blow. The Russians find the population IN
Asia everywhere very friendly.
| The battle of Kars seems to have been
an insignificant engagement with field artll
lery in which the Russian loss was one killed
and five wounded. The Russians also cap
tured 100 Turkish prisoners. The Roumanians
are making extraordinary preparations. Inc
militia has been called out; 1t musters lnlrt
four infantry and twelve cavalry batalllons
Even heads of families are obliged to serve
The damage done to Ibrail by the Turkish
bombardment was unimportant; nobody wa
killed. Only one Turkish monitor appeared
and had only fired twice when it was set OF
fire by the Russian batteries and compelled t
withdraw. The Egyptians are neither Willlnn:
to fight or pay special tax for the support Q
the troops promised Turkey. The turkish o.
fetal journal states that no important battl
has been fought in Armenia. The RUSSIA
vanguard has only made an appearance =
Batoum. The Ronaaanians have taken mil
rssy possession Of Kalafat; the occupyln
force numbers 1900 men, with twenty-fou
Krnpp guns They will fortify and defen
the peeitiqn egainst any attempt the lurR
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

The extra session of Congress will be
called for June 18th. The Cabinet have SO
agreed.
Ex-Gov. Noyes of Ohio has been APP
pointed Minister to France in place OF Z. b.
Washburne.
The Democratic Legislative caucus IN
Louisiana has nominated Judge L. NJ. Spaftord
for L s. Senator.
Hon. S. S. Cox lectured at the Memphis
Opera House, for the Ladies' Christian Associ-
alton ON =" Irish Humor."
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens recently
argued case in the Supreme Court, the first
time for number of years.
Rev. Hector Brownson, for 80 years
AGENT of the American Bible Society, died yes
terdav in New York, aged 50.
It is reported in San Francisco that the
widow OF Ralston, the banker, is about tf
marry an artist named Inman
Col s. d. Harris, for many years the
editor of the Ohio Farmer, and the oldest agri
cultural editor in Ohio, is dead
Attorney General Devens refuses to re
commend the pardon of Joyce, the last OF In
St. Louis whisky ring now IN prison.
A. NJ. Clapp. Public Printer a' WASH
nrton, has resigned and the office mas pee
aiken charge of by John D. Defrees.
f. Mcpherson, formerly clerk OF IN
House of Representatives, has been appointe
chief of the bureau OF engraving ana pfin'ln
n the Treasury department.
The Attorney General OF New YORK n
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
How She Went to the Fire.

An old German woman, says the In
dianapolis Sentinel, who came here about
a week ago from the land where the Swa-
bans dwell, and who had never seen
steam fire engine, created quite scene
at her abode on South Delaware street,
during fire. She had her dough set to
make bread for supper, but on seeing SO
many people running by the house ana
hearing the changing of bells she IN
uuired what the rumpus was all about.
On being informed, she ran into the
house. got two buckets and then started
in the direction of the fire, Having on
only short skirt and small sack, with
long blue hadkerchief for head dress.
By the time she arrived on the scene the
fire was extinguished, but directly
after she heard the alarm from Massa-
chusetts avenue and started for that
locality with other people. When she
arrived she talked in her native tongue
to all and wanted to know where the
bucket bridge was. Some German lady
asked her why. She said she had come
with her buckets "to help put out the
fire the way they do it Schowobaland.
There all the burghers come with theil
pals and form procession from the wei
to the house aflame.
Those on one side hand the water to th'
Others and these empty the pals and re
turn them. The old lady WAS shown tn
engines and other apparatus. She though
the engine was a railroad "masheen t.
bring people to help to put out the lire
She was disguised with our system, AM
did not get home until after supper. He
husband was waiting for her at the doo1
and was little angry because she ha'
not his supper ready. When she entere
the kitchen, nearly exhausted from tn
long trip, she looked at her bread doug
and found that it had not risen. Sh
called her better half to look at it, an
said: "Yetz guckamold; dua Dist ges
cheider gewassa ais ich; ich bin gegang'
and du Dist NIGHT gcgange." You ha
more sense than /; l went and you dl
, not" The word "gcgange :" is translate
: as going, or, more freely, rising. HI
: husband laughed at her remark until til
: tears came from his eyes. 1t is unnece
r sary to say that it was her first run to
r fire in these "Oonited Shtates," but
f will be the last one. Her appearance Q
e the street was one of the scenes that
: not occur every day.
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prolonging the carnival. But you see
what a deplorable result has followed
Let me then beg Of you to have pity on
poor mother, and take off your nose
{ But madame" said Arago, stupefied.
" A little more and my child will have
convulsions,'' shrieked the mother; 8 take
off your false nose" But, madam, said s.,
Arago in despair, " that is impossible this
is not false nose, but my own" " I'm,
possible impossible!" cried the agonized
lady. 'sTouch it." said Arago. The lady
gave pull at the senator's nose, but il
did not come off in her hand as she ex-
pected. "A thousand pardons,' she said
abut pray oh! pray, hide it with your
hat So Arago continued his journey
with his nose in his hat, and the chlid'
screams gradually subsidized. Arago him
self tells the story with much glee
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
The Story Of Nose.

Moasieur Arago, the French statesman
md nephew of the astronomer, is, in spite
pf lTtxty five years, very handsome
mar. He has large nose, of which ne IS
sona< yllat proud. A short time ago ne
va ling by train to Versailles, when
I al; tho was in the same carriage, and
rhS watched Arago for some time
vi ted eyes, began to cry. In vain
Az hild's mother. Arago, and anoth-
q. - endeaYor to calm the perturbed
jrjen The poor mother was IN des-
1a Is the shrieks grew more and
nc ~ cling, Arago felt bound to inter
Z "a What he could do. He said
m Id: .What ails you, my dear
An raid Of mel | don't look very
~ do IT, Thus addressed, the
~ ed out: "Take off your nose.
q ked at the mother, who grew
ned and said: '.Ah, monsieur
~ excuse my SON" g But, ma
= Arago. :: what does he meant
her then explained that sft
y the carnival taken her chic
mber of persons in masks ant
oses, and he had got so excited
la think of nothing else. 3,
nate occurrence" she added
nto the same carriage as you
doubt some good reason, ar
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

Two men lost their lives in the. switch
engine accident at Chicago.
An old feud in De Kalb, Kemper county
recently eliminated in the death of six per-
sons.
Six hundred houses were recently de-
.stroycd by fire in Constantinople and 1000 in
Yohio, Japan.
A fire in Canajoharic, N. T., destroyed
enc half the village and property to the amount
OF some 100000.
The bones of another victim, waiter,
have been discovered in the ruins OF the
Southern Hotel at st. Louis.
A switch engine jumped the track at
South Chicago and or 10 persons who were
on it ut the time, are reported killed or serious
ly injured
VIM. Pents was hung at Balllngg, Mis-
souri, on the 27th for the murder of little girl
nine wears old He confessed that murder, and
also the murder of a man five years previous.
The first murder he was hired to perform ana
received ten dollars for the deed.
Edgar NJ Moore, the boy who shot ana
killed Mabel Hail. the ballet girl, at the Thea
ire Comique, ST. Louis, about year ago, ano
,yho was convicted of murder and sentenced tt
be hanged June lst, has had his sentence com
mutcd to Imprisonment for life
The coroncr's jury in the Southern
Hotel disaster at St. Louis has rendered yer
dict censuring the proprietors of the hotel 10
delay in giving the alarm, for inadequate hell
in the hotel and for no system in using the ap
pliances on hand to prevent fire. They wer
unable to discover the origin of the fire.
An old citizen Of Kansas named Dubol
claims to have been one of party who, whe
the Bender family emigrated so suddenly fror
the scene of their manifold murders in tha
State, followed their TRAIL and having encoul
tered them, had Il short, sharp hight, whic
ended in the summary burial ofth whole fan
ily. Dubois gives graphic and detailed al
count of the encounter.
Ten or dozen members OF the .
Louis whisky ring who were convicted yes
ago, but who had never paid the fines or su
fcred the nominal imprisonment to which the
were sentenced, have been rcarrested ana WI
be REQUIRED to "come down. 81 900 each. Th
in pursuance of the recent decision OF u
Secretary of the Treasury and the circular
District Attorney Bliss.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

Mr.. Washburne, American minister 10
Paris returned to his post on the End inst
4 fire in Montreal destroyed two build
inrs. but in subduing the oonfiagratlon nine
men were killed and eight badly burned and
injured.
France is making heavy purchases OF
horses in New York for her light-eavairy ser
vice.
The London Times, during the last SIX
months. has gradually reduced the weight OF
its white paper, and thereby effected saving
of $4,000.
The Chinese authorities have offered
active assistance to Japan in suppressing the
;nsurrection in that country The offer was
declined with thanks.
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Illiterate Reflections.

ga man who will chaw turbacker :"
drink Jamaiker rum, and man that ".
drink Jamaiker rum will go to ruin, a
man that will 60 to ruin IS mean en-.
to do ennything. You can just tell abc
what man will du, by hearing him !,
what he has did. am prepared tn say,
seven of the rich men out OF every u
snake the most of your money, TO,
makes the most Of yu." Debt is an
pot-a big hole where you go in, an
small one where you KUN out. Man
created little lower than the ange'
| and he has been getting little lower e,
since. .
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latest Markets.
MILWAUKEE,.

Nsssts8t 41N MILWAUKEE.
sFHou1 ring extras, $500.
a(sI,a1 iaf n theat, No s1.S1; No. $17O1a
500 n 4t7O14 seller June 81 .6SH No.
81 vi Con-, No. new 49c Oats, No. 2,
si1S: e. ll 10. Rye, No. l, SIC. Barley, NO.
4 TxfW 49, CHICAGO.
Qestern extra, s6.5O@8.OO; Mime
NJ S1 s. o@e.so; 90 % lPn asean55 z process
- Wheat, No Chicago spring 8. 54A
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iurnrs1Ib. 8 spring s1.4l rejected, 81 $50
f111f Cam, 47c cash; 1910 seller April
l332E as|ler May; 1870 seller June; rejected
4S12c. 3sks, No SIC cash and seller MAY
and June. Rye, No. 2, SIC. Barley 71@7oc
according to location. oua
PoBK-s15.05 cash; S1577a@lo.oo seile'
June.
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POSTAGE.

We are compelled to prepay postage on
all papers sent out from our office. Prior
to January lst, 1875, subsc ribers paid
twenty cents each at the local post office
We now pay the postage for them. 1t
amounts to fifteen cents per annum. Those
who have not paid us are respectfully urged
@ remit at once.
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MfacAllAneOue.


The ice blockade at Fort Huron con
tinues.
Work on the Northern Pacific beyond
Bismarck is to be begun at once.
Passenger rates from Chicago to New
York have been ADVANCED to S23.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad has declared
a quarterly dividend OF ~ per cent.
| Freights from Chicago to New YORK
have been advanced five cents per hundred.
Crop reports throughout Nebraska are
hirhly favorable and serious damage lroill
rrasshoppers is not anticipated
A dispatch from Sault Ste Marie says
The first boat of the season, the steamer John
l.. Hurd, from Chicago, passed up on the Shu'
Two hundred and fifty employees,
mostly female, in the bureau of engraving ana
printing. were discharged on the last day Oh
April.
An oil painting of Gov. Wade Hampton
has been sent to Germany to be lithographeo
and more than five hundred copies have al
ready been ordered.
Gov. Nichols has appointed May 10Th
as day of thanksgiving and prayer in Louisi'
ana the occasion beng the setlieHeh1 vi 'he
political struggle in that state
It is reported in Eastern papers that
ex-senator Logan is organizing an opposition
to the President in the West to act IN harmon,
with alleged movements OF similar kiho eh
gineercd by Blaine in the East
The Treasury of the United States VI
: to date has disbursed s3O,3-44, 600 silver cur
rcncv. of which amount s1s,Oa5, 900 was in liet
of fractional currency, and $l2,249,Ooo for cur
rcncy obligations. There is balance on han'
of three and half millions.
The CITY of Louisville celebrated witt
l oreat eclat the success of Hayes Southern pol
lev and passed complimentary resolution
thanking him for his patriotism that the Unio
q is once more perfect and complete in its ever
mart union of hearts and union OF hano
and earnestly praying that God in his mere
NAV forever vouchsafe peace, prosperity an
" happiness to the American people
10 The following statement by the Burea
of Statistics shows the imports OF wheat mi
, the United Kingdom during the fifteen montl
B. ending March 31st, 1877: From the onl'e
States, hundred weight, 4S99l o3; from ku
IN STA. 1O,11o,444; from British India, 59co.su
I'd from Germany, o,9as,O13; from France, o'l, 80
from Egypt, 5a,O7o; from Turkey, Wallach
&c and Moldavia, LA, 1888; from British Nor
;; America, % sa,O59; from Chilli. 9946l9; fro
other countries, 3,6cS,69l. Total. 5a,956sos
nearly one hundred million bushels, OF Il
!! value of eoSOS5 OO7 During the same perl'
81 there was imported s,46905l hundred weis
of wheat -four, of which o,749,5s9 was receN
is from the United States.
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RCMI7TANCES.

Parties remitting money are requested to d.
rect it to Ignatius Donnelly, Box 1884, T. o.,
St. Paul, Mimi, and to send by draft, check,
any other way will be at the risk of the sender.
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The first conflict in the Eastern war
expected to occur near Barbasche, the con.
being for possession Of . railroad bridge. !
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10

The ANrI-MoNopoL1sT is published every
Thursday for circulation by newsmen and mail
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fnses to exhihit to the Senate investigating
committee Boss Tweed's statement until ne
has fully determined to grant the BOSS the III
munity desired.
Brigham Yonng's 10th wife, Anna
Eliza, has failed in her divorce ana alllhohy
suit. The court decides that the marriage was
null and void, because Brigham had announcer
wife at the time.
Cornelius 7. Vanderbilt has instituted
suit gainst his brother, VIM. ID. vanderbilt,
for one million dollars for alleged breach OF
the contract under which it is asserted the
contest of the late Commodore Vanderbilt was
withdrawn.
Judge John E. King has been appoint
ed Collector of the port of New Orleans. Judge
King was Judge of the Supreme Court OF
Louisiana under the Kellogg Packard Regime,
and gave place to Congressman Spencer who
resigned his seat in the House under an ap-
nointment from Governor Nichols to the
same position. ;.
The course of Mrs. Hayes In excluding
wine from the White House dinners recalls to
the Hartford Comm Courant letter OF Johh
Adams to his wife in 1877, in which ne SAID,
"Gen. Washington sets tine example. 1t
has Vanished wine from his table, and entertalns
his friends with rum and water. This is much
to the honor of his wisdom, his policy, and his
patriotism.
The Secretary of the Navy now has un-
der consideration the question OF asking Con
gress to appropriate 100000 at the approach
inc extra session for the purpose OF lifting ou'
eirht vessels. to be held in readiness Tor ser
vice in case of an emergency. 1t is feared the
eastern troubles may possibly Jeoparolzt
American interests, and it is proposed 10 nave
these vessels ready to join the European anf
Asiatic stations.
The appointment of Ex-Governor Noyes
Of Ohio. as Minister to France has been agreed
mon. and he has formally accepted the posi-
tion He will not sail for that country untl
his nomination shall have been confirmed ..
the Senate at the approaching extra SESSION
No one has vet been selected for the Austrian
mission. though several gentlemen are name'
| in connection Herewith, among them eX-uo
ernor Fletcher of Missouri.
A Washington special says the Cablne
was in session two hours Monday, and dis
cussed various subjects, one OF the most lmpol
tant being the proclamation convenlng an ca
ira session of Congress. suggestion wa
made that a session be called to meet Jun
18th instead of June 4th, as already agree
upon. and this proposition was favorably r.
ceiyed. though it was not finally determined
change the date The phraseology OF the oo'
ument was considered and agreed upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-17
A Supreme Court Abuse

Every now and then one hears In WASH
ingtOn OF coming legislation To be proposed
in Congress, that has the advantage of real
merit. One bill, at least, that will be intro
duced at the coming session of the Forty
fourth Congress, will belong to legislation of
The above described class. This will he
measure providing for the reporting of the
roctedings of the Supreme Court.
An effort will be made To print a Supreme
Court record that will give every morning
the relative proceedings of the court as are
row given the proceedings IN Congress. To
understand the value of this one would need
only 10 know the present condition of affairs
in the Supreme Court. For a long time the
Judges would not allow any reporters 10 be
present and take notes in the courtroom
during The delivery of decisions. The mere
production of q notebook was enough for
the Judges TO send around q deputy to the re-
porter with statement that he must either
go away or stop taking notes. Then as there
is no place made for reporters, no one not
sitting inside of the bar could catch
er ough to make an ineligible report. Be
sides this, thorough legal education Is
necessary to make an abstract that would
have any value. Thus the daily press has
teen practically excluded from the court
room although the court allows one of his
clerks to make up a report of its decisions
for the Associated Press. The justices hold
back their dec 'siOns sometimes to revise
them, and often a decision is not "Outn until
week or ten days after its delivery.
Suppose lawyer is interested in a certain
decision, and wants IL before IL is printed i'm
hook form; then he must go to the clerk of
bitant rate of 50 page. The winter follow
lowing, at the closing of q spring term of
court, the decisions of the entire term are
printed: Ten or twelve dollars will then pur-
chase all of the decisions In permanent form.
There are upon an average about two hun
dred decisions made during every court
year. These will average three pages of
printed ma ter. This would make The de-
'iioIs cost to man who bought them all
as hey come out about Sl,2o0. although to
parties who will take them all these decis-
ions can be purchass for $500. Here is a
very heavy al d unjust tax levied upon law
yers. Who pockets the extra money? The
c'erk OF the count, Mr.. Middleton. II is not
ms fault. this monopoly. There was never
any provision made Tor the immediate print
Ing OF DE- cisiOns. He undertook il as a mat
ter OF speculation. and makes out of it q
steady iLoome of at least so, 900 a year. TIE
J stlcfs OF the court are Indifferent to this
The Irinting of the decisions has become one
OF Clerk Middleton's perquisites, and it is
10 be presumed that the entire court would
strongly object to see poor Middleton re-
cuced to mere salary of - 900 a year. The
LAWYERS OF the country who contribute to
Middleton's plethora ought tn he pnrSuada ID
to put up with change.-tWdsh Cor. Chi
cUOO Times