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Draw ing the Tooth Of a Hippopotamus.

The saby hippopOtamus "Baba" has
become the chief pet Of the Aquarium.
much to the disgust Of the trained seal
and the learned otter. Bahia is docile,
and when not following his keeper, lies
quietly in a sunny spot near Of the
windows On the Thirty-fifth street side,
where, with lazy content, he submits TO
having his ears scratched by the chill
dren. Bahia has his troubles, however.
and for the past day or two had evil
IDENTIFY been suffering from some DE-
rangement. Doc" his keeper, finally
decided that it was toothache. An eX-
animation showed, in fact, that one of
his milk-teeth was badly decayed. Doc
said it must come out, and speedily I'M
provised forceps out of a pair of gas
nippers. Bahia Obediently opened his
mouth, and doc" laid hold Of the tooth.
Then the forceps slipped, and the keeper
sat down with a bump, amid the sup
pressed laughter and ironical applause
of the spectators. while Baba looked
lazily out of half-closed eyes, as if to
say, What is all this fuss about" When
with grim determination doc" APP
preached again, Bahia uttered a rather
dissatisfied grunt, but opened his mouth.
This time the tOngs held. and a strong
pull proved too much for Baba's equi-
nimity. He got to his legs with a 600.
pound jump. doc" held on with all
his might; there was a moment of
breathless suspense, and then the keeper
again suddenly took a sitting posture,
waving however with a triumphant air
the huge fOrceps, in the jaws of which
glistened the large white mOlar. Bahia
trOtted off a few steps. and stood for a
moment gazing at his keeper. He shook
his head as if to see if everything was
all right and then came and rubbed
against his friend as il to express his
thanks. A rinse of the mouth with a
sponge and Bahia was himself again and
trOtted contentedly after his keeper. the
pair being followed by a crowd of ad-
m!rers.-NeD York World.
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to answer the requisi,ion with

orders to answer the requisiiion with
the necessary foot gear. The quarter
master transmits It in triplica,e. 70 the
supply department. Secretary OF War
and QuarteTmaster General. The con
tractor endorses the application with a
request TO know what size is wanted.
and the paper is then referred back 10
the sergeant with orders Il procure the
soldiers number. Tie sergeant then
endorses on the original application bis
final report. that the soldier has been
transferred into a cavalry regiment and
wants boots. He Is then degraded and
placed in the ranks for presuming 10
know what a soldier in another regi-
ment wants, and the papers are for
warded TO the soldiers cavalry regi-
ment with instructions for him 10 make
The application for boots through the
regular channels. In the mean time
the soldier dies.-Burlington HGUkeye.
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fdresmed such q cream. my mother dear.
A. know you W u love TO hear:
bend Gown t. d e c o,ef. mother Gear.
And let me whisper IN our ear.
Idreameu. ! dreamed
can not make % sc. ~ TO you
Astbe sunlight sesmsd:
II quivsred and gieamed
In o sweet pale geld thai 1T the bIu6;
30 lovely . light ! never knew.
And ] thought at the foot OF aeay-worn eros:
Lay . DO IKE N e asleep ga the moss,
And over the river deep there ran
a triose OF ibis light ia . single span
AID ! Or AIMED and dreamed
never eau max. IL ,eem TO you
Asnsremed 10 me.
Over this river. scrots lis blue.
Were ismbs { At 81. AIMED.
They were ss = lite as The iIoz.n snow
30 Nhite they seemed TO shine. you know.
But nov. dear mother. Lesr the rest.
For tubs Is the psrtth-t I lo,e The lest:
Low II TO tie rT,ers sh-pherd came.
And he ca led your little boy by lame.
only dreamed.
But ] cannot tell tie Balf 10 you;
His dear face bea m, d.
And his pes. how kind they we're and rue
How sweet IL seemed.
And be ! ointed TO me the golden span,
The . idge that over the river ran,
And he said. Sweet lamb. d, ar little lamb,
Venture across, lac river Is calm"
The sunshine slreamed
And iouci ed lie b It OF tIewsytice cross,
Ana the W: lite lambs seemed
To wait for IL e as I came acrosz
knew ! only di.amed.
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Whittipr'S SIMPLICITY.

Mr.. Winters simplicity Of life and
thought is illustrated by a story told by
a writer in the Boston Times. She says:
"A very elegant conan of Boston was
walking with Colonel Higginson-the
fastidiOus man of culture. who under
stands how to smile and how to use the
seml-cUlOr better than any nan in New
England. Il want you to come into
OsgoOd's with me- he said TO his lady
friend, 'and see Whittier, who is there
to-day They went in and found the
poet. After a little while the CONVEX
satiOn turned on a young CIR. with
cOlOred blood in her veins who had a
place in the Freedmen Bureau at a
small salary. and was rather petted bv
the philanthrOpists of a certain Boston
clique. After a prolonged discourse oa
her virtues and social privati"ns.
Colonel Higginson said, And. poor
child. after her board and other ex-
penses are paid she has only $50 a year
for her dress. Whittier drew up slowly
about his spare figure the gray. wooden
shawl that he wore. Fifty dollars
said he; and does not thee think that
is enough. ] spent more than
that sum a year for dress ISyh.
Looking at the Spartan simplicity of
the Quaker poet. M coul, readily be-
lieve him. and Colonel H%igginson was
at a loss for reply. He did not point to
his elegant companion and say that
that sum would hardly buy her gloves;
and l suppose the poet accepted her
splendOr as a matter OF course. and did
not dream Of the cost"
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YOnkers Gdzstte: Its no us

Yonhers Gdzstte: Its no use talk
ing" she yelled; "a mans a man the
world over. You could go out and pa
rade yourself all around the town half
the night, with a kerosene lamp on
your shoulder, while l was sitting here
stark alone, and now If l ask you to get
a bucket of coal or a pail of water you
begin to MARBLE about how tired you
are. Oh! you"-and she grabbed the
pail and gave the door a slam behind
her. and he remarked. We'll. it's no
use; you can'tpleasea woman anyhow
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NOVEMBER 90. 1876.
Label Herb Wine; Riggs Radical
Cure for Dyspepsia"-James Rigg. Du-
buGue. Iowa.
Washing Machine-GeOrge Bumgard-
ner, OsceOla, Iowa.
Sealing Cans-W. W. Karshner, Au-
bry, Kansas. A gage is attached to aid
in applying sealing wax.
Rotary Engine-G. c. Hale. Kansas
City. Nc.
Registering apparatus-Geo. Herold
n Milton c. LeVan. KeOkuk, Iowa.
Umbrella support for Carriages-Asa
T. Martin Jr., N. F. Potter and James
Brotherton.
Lubricating Oil-Jos. NJ. C. Thomas
and c. NJ. Paschal, Hawleyvilie, Iowa.
Sal-sOda, borax, prussiate of potassa.
common salt, castor oil sulphate OF zinc,
and water are the ingredients used.
A patent was allowed December 10Th.
to Abram F. Davis. Lescomb. Iowa, for
a winged harrow that can he readily
adjusted while in operation to suit the
condition of the ground and to pass over
distractions, and to drop weeds from
the teeth.
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~F =. Ku,ke,,. Ri,,er u,ue az tr,

has never been snown 70 fall IN the cure - weak
less. attended with symptoms; infi-pls Ton 20
exertion: loss OF memory dirirulty OF breath
ing: genera weakness: horror OF q s-a.e ~rsk,
nervous trembling: dreadful nor or Of death.
night sweais; cold feet; WsasneSS. atm nesS Of
v'siou: Ia Raor. universal lss<,tude OF the mus
cuisr system. enormous appetite. Win dyspspiic
symptoms: hot hands: Nus ting NJ the body. drv
r@ss Of The ski; p.tiii couutsnarc~ and -rup-
'inns on the fase. pur wig the blood. Daiu In
the hack. he viness OF The cyclists; frequent
lack spots ryipg before the eyes with temporary
smnusi"n aud I's< az sight: want ~ attsnt on.
etc. These symptoms all arise from = weak ess.
snI 70 remedy thar. sc - y. KTsKyLs bi'ter
wine ~ Iron. I; never fails. Tbousa1dsA A. now
"Dtoving health who have used IT, Take oaly T.
Y KrSRELs.
Kunksl's Biftsr Wine 81 Iron ~ 80 well 81
over The country druggists themsrlv.s make IN
Imitation and try To- y ,m " OF gu their custom
ers. when they CAL for KunkeI's Bitter Wine OF
iron.
Kunker's utter W - OF iron Is pat u, nn'y In
81 no tie and n . . yellow wrapper nicely pu'
on the outside with IA, proprietor's phoJosrA"h
m tue wrapper OF ,ac bottle. Alsays look for
rhe y telegraph on ne outside. and you will
always he sure tn s@' the ge buine. 81 p-r bntti-.
or SIX for 81 Sold by druggists and dealers ey-
eryWbefa
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DR.. or
'FE~na 81 Ar vii Purf
- the blood Sc oEs
riri the time lat 80
HftsF SnrNn trtaed.
can Nhs@ tsr.uss o.
.iHhs's OEys-ua -; ~
q 60 direct % grs
Ia Sc so assss
'bfsu D tire stssg as
comes 81 direct cnufAr
vth tho biuti 81 % 10
~ 81 Ia the H. FsrE
frc s-tlsu ~ tie heart
Al toe bis - "a oaf
y ~, rrtuIHs q. the
heart svcTy fc1r r'n
ut stft - blood a
al forced from "a,
heart e. The iuaEt an
$50 more ut gru y
abs = GHfu to iuuEs
tr- more yuH IuFi's Go.
blood When 3se
comes asa gsNtsg; ~
TIVE itng1'lttsn "a %,
hiB.tt lf O. fsunfrrs Anr
-4TaS rHuriag Toe 80
L. he heated thst g.
waIgs v~ry part uttl
-rrif az % : - c. ias
Fssp uflOuH f4s
syatsla ~ youF hlsS
- pure Nuu galnof us
4 We dave .fsf
CurySnd sIi stHrTtmpB
rites 8Ht % TIE tsitscs
We gnaFsbtee Ia puUfy
tsol-i In oue-tbfrr
the time 81 any otEsI
nADA UEmHNN
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DR.. MeAYEE.-A reg IAs graduate OF britiss
aud American Institutes Twenty years . prsr-
t.cing physician. Treats MI diseases Of IRE XII
neys. Liver. Lungs. Heart Tnrost Hesd aha
Manhood successfully treated and even srer
others have failed 500 forfeit for aay ease OF
Seminal weakness or private disease OF any Rid
OF character he undertakes and fail. - -1re. La
DIES will ind proper treatment for diseases Pc
culiAr te their sex. All letters containing siam %
FOR reply promptly snswersd- -.
COHsULTATIoN FRxR Send for circalar- AZ
ffess Lock Box D. or call ~ once. III Ferrs
street Dsven port Iowa
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Two persons were once disputing so

Two persons were once disputing 50
loudly on the subject of religion that
they awoke a big dog which had been
sleeping on the hearth before them and
he forthwith barked most furiously.
An Old divine present, who had been
quietly slipping his tea lille the dis
putants were talking. gave the dog q
kick, and exclaimed. Hold your tongue.
you silly brute! You know no more
about it than they do
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Nfsnrbssi - Sa
~ taEsmm "a
iTft.'iga 90 trc GhaSa-
HgsEs l.Hf tas
p les
~bvREsua'rg A. g. ~
sill d.T-c2 . 80
ArFsgN We
sass rsFri cssss 81 ,
FraTsstAuL-ag
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With all the competition in soap. Dob
bins Electric Soap. (made by Cragin *
CO.. Philadelphia, Pa is first In popu-
larity. because 1t is pure. uniform and
honest. Have your grocer get it and
fry IL at once.
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- The horse IS one Of the noble%I sRd most
useful OF animals. and his owner shoaid suart
his health as carefully As be would bis own
Uncle SANS Condition Powder Is the Ses; neil
cine for horse diseases OF all kinds
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~ Are you suffering with q coid. cough or Any
bronchial complaint ~ 80. 70 TO your druggist
and get . bottle OF Eilerts Extract Of Tar and
Wild Cherry. II Is The best known remedy for all
such complaints. Said hy all druggists
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an - gEF-f slgVf
s1ac 40 Nate CT -
Ga re- - - ,Esss s1sss
oftrrD ~-riHEgs~r ossf
tn dte ~ s3 rayslrisGs
- others 80 pa
ice tsra9mPrlra "a
disgas~ affhu Az As
5 g. Aud ewes TO-
lArfd is Of tie cases 49,
caused ~ t4faFfa Ne
svAFsnfss y rUfe - zee
vii ~sm-ta.rasr
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Never sqrAncer . moment for NC are never
sure OF m hour. neither delay the purchase OF
Eiiert's Daylight Liver PMS.
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~. noIsxsar poDe EsrLrosnt

Trasas sFs ~ - Est~rEvTas
gnrE-Tfra@At fsSa 10 80 FstssSa -
tss@a . ysrf.r. 40 Dee scfs~ o tafssrs
EhfiroAss
vsFsrn SsHwsT
AtIL fsosk- ~fss - fvf.os. Cs..r.f "a -sr
GkDNa
g. - 49,
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For eruptive diseases OF the SKIN, pinpies aud
ble,ehes. ysSetineis the greatest remedy. ~ 10 re-
moves from the system IN. producing cause.
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ASTHMA

VIZ GUARANTEE TO
CURs coughs colds
DpIasFA t-uFum.n
SrIrs.A Ard grafiy
oil oshsT severe 49, %
when AL J.hcT
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II Is now admitted ~ Doctors. Druggists and
rupture,l people that HOwES sPRfSG PAD
RFLr TRUSS Is the hes, and easiest known The
EActory is Al t,nnnclI nlIrs low NsL. LLe
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Fame Worm Removed Alive.

Head and all com piete In two hours. No fee tiil
head passes. Seat. PIN ann stomach WOrss re-
moved by Dr. KUNReL so North Ninth street,
PhIIa Ieiphia Pa send for circular. For re-
moving Ali ordinary worms. call on vonr drug
gist and get n bottle OF KUSKELs WORN SYRUP.
prira
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THE CHIC Ago TRIBI VI.
Great Republican sIEIglD;l.
DOLLAR WEEKLY TRIBUNE

vrr nrsg PARIS rar
FARMER AEfU NNfT
RANkFH NJ WRNT.
POLITICIAN. FAMILY
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n wormsin horses -sn BE cured ~ The us- Of
Uncle Sans CONDITION Pow Ter.
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In al cases OF doubt lean TO the side mercy
and In all cssen OF aches and pains try EiIsrts
Daylight Liver PILE.
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q Uncle Sans Harness Oit viii maize old
leather son and piissie as when neu. and proven;
the ripping Of the stitches Try r.
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~ For inneen1A or horse dis.emper. there -
NO better remedy than Uae.s Sans Cooditisn
Powder.
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There are uoprinripi-i p-rsNss IA fn.Fsa sne
lsewh.Ts that aFr puIffug up = bpDts IfJUfI
AuI trylnz TO tsimI 90 30 NJ TsEsrsEsT. a.
OXygsnA ed Air. ard claiming ~ L. - lac r-irs
son- senufrs nufsssfhs -oFts "BR Town
ENDS oEYUESNTEU AIR sAu sLoSs 10
sorTLE AID PORTRAIT OF LsssL
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Public instruction should be the first
object Of government-NoPoleon
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CONSUMPTION!

DYSP WE
Z RI Liver Aud kig-
aeT comp siH's ase sf-
-Ctuaiis reached 81
Dxygcastss Air.
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Industrial.
NOVFMRFR % 1S7

THOMAS q. ORI1G. Solicitor OF Patents OF the
IOWA PATENT OFFICE. at Des Moines. reports the
following Z. Patents issued to Western invent
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ocagfi:ulig l5tgatgst~'
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-02-14

Commenting on the hypocritical
advice Of the New York Tribune
to the people of Louisiana to Grid
themselves of the Returning Board"
and its equally hypocritical sug-
gestion that perhaps they will
now realize that it is their gravest
danger" the Buffalo Courier says !:
1t is hardly necessary to say that
the people Of Louisiana are no
more responsible for the Wells Re-
turning Board than are the citizens
Of New York. IL is the creature
of q government as much establish
ed by the will of the people of Po-
land as by any act of theirs. 1t
was installed by the persuasive
power of Federal bayonets without
the Intervention Of any returns
whatever. The law which called
the present Board into existence
was passed and its members were
appointed by body which, al
though purporting to be Legis-
lature, was held incompetent to
send a Senator to Congress by the
present United States Senate. The
people of Louisiana have done and
will do their utmost to get rid Of
the Returning Board and all its
works by the peaceful means of a
popular election, but the very ma
ture and character of that Board
made an election of as little prac-
teal consequence as many people
regard the constitutional and po-
litical theories Of the Tribune. As
long as the Board was upheld by
Federal authority there was no
way for the people Of Louisiana to
shake off the incubus, for they
were too law-abiding to call in the
aid Of Judge Lynch. 1t Is not the
people of Louisiana, but the pre-
sent administration and the Re-
publican party represented by its
managers, that are responsible for
the Wells Returning Board. They
tolerated and encouraged its in
famous acts, and treated as legal
and legitimate the most outrageous
violations Of all the principles Of
popular government.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-02-14

dozen years that there is no true
economy In employing cheap judges,
that the present system is immense
ly more expensive than q system
where the judges are decently paid,
and that only by accident can a
person fit TO exercise the functions
Of a judge be induced to accept the
position at the price now paid.
Other equally cogent arguments
have been brought to bear, and
there has been nothing whatever
advanced in opposition. Yet, for
some reason-probably because of
belief somewhere that all money
not spent is saved-the measure
has been defeated whenever it has
shown its head on election day.
We trust. however, that it will
be presented again and again, until
the people shall be brought, as we
think they must be, to see its ne
cessity. Under the constitutional
amendment adopted last fall, pro-
positions for amendment can now
be submitted at the spring election /;
and it is perfectly practicable for
the legislature to provide at its
present session for submitting the
salaries amendment in April. 1t is
to be hoped the Legislature will do
so.
Should the amendment be pre-
sented the Legislature can materi-
ally aid it before the people by re-
ducing the number of judicial cir
cults. The greater part of the OPP
sition to increasing the salaries
comes from portions Of the State
where the belief is prevalent that
the judges earn even the present
salary too easily. BY so redistrict-
ing the State as to remove all just
cause for complaint or dissatisfac-
ton on this score the Legislature
will bring over to the support OF
the amendment many who have
hitherto opposed It; and there will
be a fair prospect Of wiping out a
long standing grievance.-Free
Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-02-14

pleasure and surprise played on the
features of those present. That it,
however, might not be supposed
that loud speaking was essential to
intelligibility, Mr.. Bell explained
that soft tones could be heard across
the wires even more distinctly than
loud utterances, even a whisper
being audible. In confirmation OF
this statement, Mr.. Watson com
menced speaking in turn with each
member Of the company, and after
the efficiency Of this method had
been proved to the satisfaction Of
all, he took up a newspaper and in-
formed the assemblage that gold
had closed the previous evening at
New York at 10 8. AS there
wero quite a number of business
men present, the effect that this
practical demonstration Of the
value of the telephone produced
can scarcely be exaggerated. Other
passages from the daily journals
were then given, and by this time
the desire for conversation having
become general, Mr.. Watson was
piled with questions, such as, Is it
thawing or freezing at Maiden !
Who will be the next President, etc.
1t was remarkable that Mr.. Watson
was able to distinguish between the
voices at the Boston end, calling at
least one gentleman by name as
soon as the latter commenced speak
ing. This went on for some time,
until a lady at the Maiden end sent
the company an invitation to lunch
per Telephone, and an appropriate
responce was made by the same me-
dunn. At length the company
were requested to remain quiet
while lady at the other end con-
veyed to them the sweet strains of
music. The assemblage thereupon
listened with rapt attention while
a young lady commenced singing
"The Last Rose of Summer" The
effect was simply charming. Pos
sessing, as the fair cantatrice does,
a voice of exquisite sweetness, the
sounds penetrated into the Boston
end of the telephone with dis
tinctness equal to that attainable
in the more distant parts of large
concert room, and a unanimous
vote Of thanks was sent by the
handy little instrument which had
procured for the sssemblage so
agreeable an hour.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-02-14

No wonder the organs revile
Littlefield and metapborically spit
upon him. 1t appears, by his own
testimony, that, in addition to the
other iniquities of which he was
guilty, he held a position in the
New Orleans Custom House under
the spotless Casey. And a right
regular representative he was Of the
Republican office-holder. He "nev-
err did any work." be was "on the
roll for five or six months at sS3 a
month ,oorking for the party" And
from this congenial employment he
graduated to the Returning Board
in 1872, being helped thereto by
the kind Offices OF the same friend
who secured him Cssey's SMILE
Whether Wells knew that Little
field had been in the custom-house
or not does not appear. II it can
he shown that he did, pretty
strong presumption will be created
against bis having trusted Little
field. He needed a scouDdrel, of
course, but there are grades even
in scoundrelisrn, and IL was not
necessary he should go quite solow
ne graduate of Casey's custom
house.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-02-14

It has Just transpired that mail
bag containing letters and about
S25, 900 worth Of bank checks and
private drafts, while en- route from
Newport, Kentucky, to Cincinnati
several days ago, was opened ana
the contents distracted. No clue
whatever has as yet been obtained
as to who committed the deed, or
as to the whereabouts OF the miss
ing papers. There has been de-
termined effort to keep the matter
hushed up, and for time it has
been successful. The First Nation
al Bank Of Covington has over
$4,000 worth Of checks in that
mail, and James Taylor " Sons,
bankers, a still larger amount
Among other papers there was
gold draft on a California bank call
ing for $4,000.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-02-14

The electoral commission, by a
vote of eight to seven, having de-
cided to hear evidence on the ques-
ton Of the eligibility Of HUMPHREYS,
one of the four Hayes electors in
Florida, the argument upon the
point was heard recently. The
first question involved is whether
HUMPHREYS held an Office Of trust
or profit under the United States
at the time Of the election, and the
next whether, if holding such Office
at the time he was voted for as a
Presidential elector by the people
of Florida, his resignation of such
Office before the day upon which
the Electoral College met, put it in
his power to cast a vote as an cleo
tor, either by virtue Of his first
appointment or by the choice of
his associates on the Hayes electo-
Ia ticket. The commission decided
in favor Of Hayes.