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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-02-22
q. I NV.
LIMB
fhe Chicaro and Northwestern Railway

fhe Chlcago and Northwestern RAILWAY
.T H. IT, VA. \. orr: ~. T, wv
IL numerous branches and ennnsetuna, tuvMs the
shortest aud quickest route ~tweeM Chicago end al'
MINT, ns. Y, '',". w S., ,, M .sn n:
Western Territories Ia
Omaha and California Line
II the shortest aud l,r~i snnr between Chicago aMA
I'll points III Northern i.l.hnis, taws. DAtNA M.
hfarla wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, cal,fov.
MIA, or.ann, china, Japan sud Australia. tM
Chicago, st. Paul and nllleaDeh! Line
|. she .hcr, line between chicago and ~ points IN
Naf,hsfm Mis.s,nrin snd Mnne#a,A, and Nv MAd.'
snt, ~. Paul. Minneapolis. Duluth aHd I'll pslNts IN
sAs great Nnfth~ors. In
Ia Crosse, Winona and 81, Pstsr Line
II tha bess route i4t~ren Chicago ani II t'r~~@,
Mlnuna, lsnvl,r~ser. ,watnnna NNnkmsa, M. letter,
NV tim anl atl panir III ssuiierM ana ueatrsl
Minhesoia. lie
Green Bay and Marquette Line
II ihs nnls linz bes~ean chicago aMd JAncxsille,
, Ms.s s.4 s. s. s -sa .s ai;" "ss s.
lfshsuek aud thr latr Nnpeflnr country. ~
Frseport and Dubuque Line
Il The only route between Chicago aud klxlh isach
fnrd. fFeepert, and all poiuss VIA fFe~rnrt. "
Chicago and Milwaukee Line
Il The Old lAhe sl,ore Honts, and u Tho only nar
passing irt~sen rhi.Aeo sud EsAnss..u, Lake tov.
ct. Highland I.fa, WAuAeasn tssslne, ksnesi,a.
ahd MilNnHkes.
Pullman Palace Drawing Room Cars
Arr ra,, IN MI thsnuxh trains II hi. ol.
This n the auls line running these eaFs t~t Seen
Chicago and ~ PAUL and Mtunespalis t'hlcs9n and
Milwaukee, Chicago Ana WinnAA ~ Chicago sna
ursen Hay.
rinse a.,tneetonr are n,.,le II ah,easo With she
Lake Ahufs aud Michigan knuihsrn, MtchtnaM tetts
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latest movement has Ieen 10 dciamt
thosc who could neither lc pnrc.lnAssl
nor inlimidAtri. No hunger invoking
the President IL buy SENATORS, these
gold organs charge TINT senator's hav.
sought 70 s"ll their vntes, and We an
treated 10 lengthy hnmilien on thc IL
cAsing morality II this body. The Nam.
men who day niter dry have ,leclArs.
that II VIVA the most urgent duty III lii.
chief marsntrni. ~ trade patronage foi
votes IN inv0r 81 what In called honest
money now Nhel tarn over a story al
their own invention, that members o|
this body have bean waiting, watching
hoping, anl a1king 10 H. Llihel tn.
New York Times III tlir 18th inst. ell
t0rially says: The United states Htn
ate has tnnk NJ frr below iii. standard
| with which Ii WAN formerly associate,
that the proposition which We yesterday
gave IN In circulation nj Washington az
cites little or no surprise. There mn
Senators Who have ~ little intelligence
aud principle that they do not know
their own minds IN regarl 10 thu silver
qncstion, ~ - little conscience tint
thry arr really IL vote fnr ~ against III.
pending bill. They imagine That II |,
popular. Provided thry receive 4
aMid pro quo, however, Tiny as
| willing 10 run thu risk of I'm,
popularity. They Are ready. in Whrrt,
N aell their votes ~ tin President ami
aid IN defeating thc bill II hc will onl,
pay their price. II II limited That, h,
adopting the bribery plan, tho rrHi
dent may not only defeat tho bland bill
lint may also establish Amirahle rela.
tons between hiH administration anil iii.
Senators who arr ~ present inimicnl.
The explanation does Int MD 10 th.
diagrace 0f those who 0ll.r II. II WIN.
Joab who aAid 10 Amasa Art thou ii
hoalth, my bFntherS' and 70 hc suols
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the GRnAr u.iAKING uiTcH.
OLenry Maintaining his Lead ynughan Sec
ond. and TnrL-y out orih Race.

LONDON. March 2l-rhe interest in the
pedestrian contest in Agricultural Hall. lslns-
ton. is on tho increase" All clas-"s visit tHc
hall. from the titled dukes and lords 20 the
Chcapside Eackman. At O'Clock Yesterday
morning O'Leary. after resting an hour. again
came on the track and seemed much irn~her
than when he started. Vaughan hal gained
three miles. hut OLeary soon cut down the
record. He kept up n tremendous pace. and at
II o'clock had completed 81 miles. CorSey.
who had been hurlyins O'Leary durn. TIL
ilr-; twen,y-four hours, WIS now suffering from
pains in the lts,s. and was compelled TO take
long rcsis. Brown. hy C,rkey's resting. gained
second place. while Vaughan. who was suffer-
INK terribly from sore feet, forced the pace
gnmoly struggling against his disadvantages
O'Lrary at ths hour was seven milrs ahead Il
Brown. VINO WIS second, und \uuglan WAS
nine miles behind. havins covered but 80
miles.
\. the afternoon drow on the excitement in
creased Al O'Clock O'L"ary hai gained iive
miles on his competitors. and Brown. who had
into third place. being pass "a hv Vaughan. At
IN hour the telegraph honri at ihe north end
q the building announcrd: OLr9ry. 2t9 mills; ;
ward evening the. rush lnip me hn.lGnE WAS
miles nhraI Of Vaughan. and twrniy-twn mics
ahead OF tDrkey. who wi,- ON lu -'las luok,.i
upon a. tie Americans most duns"rou. op-
rrsu : as follows: or AIRY. go wll,,: Waugh
an 9i3 Brown, .i,. tOrkvN. 10. Vaughan
mad" d,snera,c cior. to rosan ths sronnl
iias was now dea aledly, in favor ot
bort smith Of Chicago, laid long odds That he
would h, the victor m the contest. At SotlOrk
ia" luilding was packed with spn .iA;ors. upi
itor-. walking as fast as wnrn hr started. aud
gong IKE u mwhin'. Among NE r. mimuut
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AyDERsON'S RItLE.fSE.
some OF the Influences M-. Hayes brought TO
Ecnr to Secure II.

w.eurxor,,x March St C,n II Y Dovn
,,,, If m, Cincinnati ,,o,,,,.
rho b,.s nsculiorlv intimate rclnt.ons with thc
few Republican friends oi the fraudulent Nd
n,iuistrntion. tells I'm A despatch to the Gdieife
- -. -. ,..,. ,.t.,.,,. ,t,.. a.. c,.......
s"me Nery Important '"''9 ""o"' Wv i''h" "'"''s
brought to bear to secure inNorabl" action in
Thoa G.. Andcrsons case by the Louisiana
49,, ,, ... ,t, u tr,,..,, go, .,,
cI"c'uis' nv s"NS .n" -"'' ii",'' 7''' 'oi'"
dental friends In the very ilrst Stages OF the
nilnir IN confer with Gov Nichols and to nscer-
,,ir ,ror, C., AnJ,rson what strn he de-.
uiih from ven H'"'i''n "'"' '"p Nv "'
sircd the Administration 10 takc III regard
CT. to,,,, ,.,,ti
way tho most eHe',V' lnnuehr. co".u Dc
md ,,n,,,nrs If ,re cabinet mnde known thoir
~ - " -, ,.,,., L., .,,,,.l ., a.,
views In most polntnd terms III regard Y" the
uurstion Of honor involved on the part of the
r,o,le a, Ioui.innn. and in ihis vnv. and
>, ,,', - .,,.,, ,,, o,,.;.in - ,,.,
state for the purpose. Il most potential lnilufnro
VIVA e~ctod in f,,,nr of sioppin,, those rrosncu-
m'S -" s i,r,.,r ,,,n, =, ,,.,s
tiuns. IL was lound. HoW'V'r 'h"l u WIS nm
possible 10 interfere with the proceedings In the
lower court before they had proceeded to iulr-
''" M, =, ..
mcni. Many prominent "lh''rs "l 'lc STATE
Goyernmc were brought tO see and acknowi-
et... ,ha, ,h., ,r,,l -, ,h. R.,ur,f,,, p,,rl 49,
W Wv - -
instituted ana c'hnurltu' anu '"uS"'rlhE 'hc
character of the on nee rs charged. was q plain
Nf,iuff,t a.. fhp Nlplp su!rt %! tltt ul,rtipfltut
'''''" " I t , w
made Win thc loulsiNhh commission. 80
aciye and persistent was Mr.. Hayes nni bis
advisers that soon after Anderson : conviction
an understanding WIS reached that Gov.
Nichols would pnr Ion him If 70 WIS then DO
sired. Con. Anderson himsrli. lowev r. was
anxious that no pardon should in'erpOsn brfor..
ilnnl action 10y ihe supreme Court. His conf
,i"ncc in the decision oi that body WIS vrrv
great and he iru n preferred to nave his cast,
settled az their hands than by pardon before
his cusc re- 'piVed final adiudiI alton.
The confidential friends of llnvrS. who we're
sent to Louisiana t. insist that the bnrcainS
which hnd heen made should be carried out ia
good faith, Gen. BOynion saws were Gen. " in-
ileh :. Hnnco * andCnl. j. t. T,urteiOttc ~
Grn Shrrilans staff. Cen. Han ,ork wis not
the coniii.niinl friend OF Mr.. Hayes and th.rc-
IIanrork was the cla-s inut. M M,st Point ni
francis Nirholl-. now tiov. of IoutSiunn. 1t
was ns "A confidential friend oe Nichols that
Gen unnro,k was snn,trd for this mis-. on
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nearly oorounis. IIo carries keen gray eye
has II ruddy complexion and wears a grizzled
gontre aud mustachr. lie IS agood tnlker and
rnln"ntv social IN manner. He wns strong
Union man mp to the secession of virginia. and
nn uutiring supporter ot Douglas in the
Charleston Convent ion of 1850 Unwpntthrourh
the war, ana proved himself ~ sSiliul rebel sur
geon. He voted Tor lIoracr Greeley in the l,nl-
imore tnnN"ntion. and nrdentiy supported him
has acted with Inc Conservatives unh done his
best to lit his native State from the slough into
been IN thr senate aud House Of Delegates for
the past four ur five years. No one rcrug-
nz,d TIE honest ,pover,y Of poor old Vir-
lately unable tu rnv the taxes. and threatened
rrpudiation. This law OPENED way Tor their
relief. The theory of the register was his own.
but Otis Dom" WIS tn" mechanic vino gave II
practical rfI'ct. The Doctor i.ot 1t patented. hut
he had no aNe 10 grind AMI gnvr the state The
use ot the pat mt. The Auditor advertised for
proposals to furnish the marhne umL the con-
tract was awarded the lowest bidder. want
To- cnll your attention TO one point SAID the
Doctor This i1N ~ upon all liquors suid 10
others than li"rns 'd dgnlprs. 1t does not inter
icrc with the trade, The liquor dealer pays no
tax upon II when buyini, ior sale. 1t Is only
taxed Hi the point ui consumption. and meyer
hrlwoen the trade. II is pcrl'ctiy free until sold
toIuthrr than "a licensed 'dcalrr The licou3cd
wholesale dealer il required 10y law to keep u
record oi the names oi his customers and their
purchases. ana pays no taN ON sales TO licensed
dealers
On being questioned concerning tho working
of the law the Doctor admitted that 1t required
amendment. All the penalties Tor failure tp
register now iall upon 81" dealer. He ~ held
responsible Tor his servants or barkcrp"rS. IN
amended hill was drawn up containing. among
other amendments one holding employers
equally responsible with the dealer Tor iniiure
turrl-trr but the late session uf the i"e isla-
turr wrs limited To- u hundred days and the cni-
cndar was -o crowded that il WITS lost. Time
however sn.d tine Doctor, Will bring the thing
all right. Tn" peopln are sat sled that they are
on the right track. The measure was an issue
in the last election. aud WIS universally. sus-
tninrd The distinct issue was mad in Rich
mond last fail. and the five delegates elected
were outspokcn advocates ~ the register. In
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One Of the party called for II gin cocktail.
another wanted n Santa Cruz sour, and third
nishrd The bartender threw down a metal
check calling for forty cents stepped 10 til" AL
crank. 4 mellow "tling, Ting. tin.." fol-
lowed. and tne tiny ind Htor jumped three dots
ON the dial. ThrrruIun the metal chrrh was
the clerks desk and uad the bill. No one but
the writer seemed 10 pay any attention 10 the
dial. or care whether the bell rang or not. In
this saloon We saw u register made by the
Cheek Registcr Manufacturing Company Of the
Astor House. iran which the bartender drew
his metal check. This shows thut the proprie-
tors do not trust the Morot Indicator 10 keep
their bartenders straight The circular above
printed appeared in nearly all the saloons
visited. III a barroom on Governor street the
following poster was seen:
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DIMiGIAG mr. COTNrS COZ rE
How the Carriage In " hich III. Noble Actor
Rides was Treated In Broo,i,n.

At the beginning of the engagement Of
George. the Count Joanncs, and Ayonia Fair
banks in Woods Theatre. Brookyn, the Count
made a contract with James Donnclly. The pro-
priotor Of the Mansion Housr stables at Henry
and Clark streets to iane him and MS pupil IL
and from the theatre and the Clinton House. a
few blocks away at each performance. Mr.. Don
nelly complained yesterday 10 the police that
tho mob that surrounded the theatre
on Tuesday night last, had raided on his coupi
while the Count was in the theatre lad cut the
lining. mnrr,d the outside with canes. and
Grnicl it H. a number of places with a stone or
some other har! sul sancc. He said thgt there
wrlr pnlirr officers to the right and to tho len.
hut iNut there were mono 10 protect ana he
would have To throw W his engagement with
the Count. rs in one night inry had damaged
the coupe moro than he received for lis llre.
\ better protection was Afforded IN" Counts
carriage last night II wis asserted yesterday
thnt the damage TO the vehicle WIS caused 10y
stones hurled 10y the mob, while the Count and
Miss Fairbanks were inside. lut the Count de-
MICS this. ~ does the driver and tn" police. Tho
mob. Il j, said. attempted 10 take the nuts from
the Whrrls AMI ip rui ia" harness, mt thry
wrr' prevented from dong sO.
reporter rnilrd IA the Clinton House late
last might TO SEC the Count \ cOlored porter
said Tho Duke. sir. rcposes in the awms of
Moriius."
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=, There is n proviso. however. that may lessen
the amount paid Tor the specific license. III in
towns of 1000 or less. the tax realized 10y the
register amounts 10 i2j. that sum il allowed in
words, III" applicant gets his lcenS" to sell for
$50 a year. In towns Of more than 1000 in
habliants the seller is allowed 500 provided his
Register marks that amount. Onn-hhIf the
money Tor lcens" Is to be- paid when II is
granted. and the balance at the end OF six
months.
II a man wants both retail and barroom
license, hr cau secure them in til" usual nun
her Tor s7j IA towns 81 l.,s than 2uuu lnunh-
tants. and $50 III cities The rebate Is $3.50 in
III" small towns provided the register turns IN
that amount. and s75 IN lnrger towns. Thrr"g-
lst"r, arr furnished hv the county or city as
s"s-urs. who prOcur" them from the Auditor of
Pubic Accounts The dealers arr charged 80
tor each instrument At tn" end Of the month
the 9ssossor goes around like a gas man. looks
nj lh' meter or indicator. examines It carefully
10 So" that II has not been thinprrrd with. got,
Gown ih- amount of the tax, and departs. Five
oNNS ai"rNari the county or clty rusrlor Hp-
p.W-. ~ s''ui- his hlll. aud rrceiY"s the mooney.
II Wrt0om krrpcr or retail dealer desires
10 s'li man llIuOr under mis- IlrrnS" n" calls ior
u" turns the littlr crank, the bell rings. ana the
Indicator records IT, II II customer calls for
whlSery. the alcoholic register Is rung, and the
drink recorded on the dial. For every wiful
ihllure 10 perform this duty. the dealer Is sub
lr'l 10 llns OF not less than $50 nor more than
aiOo one-thlrd Of which goes to the iniormer.
iht huretles oi the dealer are held rrspOns bic
ior ms me- ana It ran b" collected in ten days
by summary process. Druggists selling liuuOr
are compelled 10 take out retail lceuscs
But The pnA-aEp nf the law by the re
by name, brought thc matter before the State
courts. claiming that the tax was not uniform
ana therefore unconstitutional, The court de-
cided against him on the ground that the money
was received Tor license or privilege. and
could not be considered a tax On properly. The
esaloSs Wea played their last card. They
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Tho malt register Is the same with the sub
siitutlOn ot the word mat for Alcoholic
II j. painted a different color from IA" other.
SIN brass wheels with six brass coEs and an IN
grniou-ly-coutrlNrd surln. and bell compOse
the iu-id" ma hluery. The Wheels and coss
are very light. and u irw Of the registers huye
l:ot ont OF ordrr and CAUSED some trouble. MIR.
johnson took the contract az s3.1j for ct'h
machine. and claims that he wlS crowded down
too much. For 81 apiece he could strengthen
the wh"els. 'Nes. or Idnions, and maze an
instrument ihut would last a lifetime. and never
get out OF order. The machines now in use
were al. made by hnnl. and no more thHn fifteen
workm"n employed ut Huy one time. Mr..
johnson has perfected the ma hin" until "a"
considers taat hr has a complete model. Dut he
cannot furnish Il ~ 80" contract price.
From what has been written 70 VIII ho seen
that there Is nothing 10 dctc "a collusion h,.-
tween the seller and Assessor. Ihf penalty for
this is tn" prni 'niiary for not l"Ss than one
nor more than tn r',' years. In the discretion Of
the Jury. however. the guilty man may h' con-
fined IN lHl not Llor" than Nv, 'ye months and
fined not NOR" than 5000. Dir. johnson has IN
vented "A novel process to prevent all tanprrins
with IN" register. ana probably ..luge the ,lo-
ings Of the assessor and dealer. Tine il~-essor
il given a ruled book. on putting up Z, ma
chine he writes his name and its numb on the
book. ana cuts oui Il slip of paper. leaving the
beglnn NJ and end Oi hls name Oh thc rsht and
lett Of the slip. thus.
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num'. wor. on the rn.. side.

Houndsmun Murphy heard cries of Help.
help IN the teumcut al 1876 Fl.st avenue Last evening
amt IN room IN he fourth story he found woman yng
hrp.cs, ON tine toor while another woman and Il man
were heating each other with tnrir d,ts llyr smnll
children. hulic o-oulcr IN a corncr were ,hrlcNius
Wuh trslr Re- anna pnrllty. whn was sTntung oi the
hnni, .i.d a, 'lr ill hl'n-ht lrr lAlrr cMdru rom
hNr NHNr "it i.-t .NN Nfr foo Nrt bar
lrl. fUI. Nr- NIiNH Swan l'rt rI-tl drI.,
h''. .n-' l..r N..l.,tlI rtu.f l.l" %" "t. .'.,l.
o. scot .tuH.t hos f.fI- t. mot t, f.tt
hr hNl tarnci Itrn hc ie-lu 30 urt urr WIN nrr
four lohths cid chdd ~ her arms, Mr., uuriv stepped
in between them aud trlrd Ia separate them R,an
Kicked h.r unul she lc at his cet Her leg was broken
Just below the knee and She taken with her child
70 Bellevue ll9spia Ryan was locked up IN The ThiTy
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Thomas Lynch, n coachman. left his home in
East Sew Norh togo to Jersey 'lty ON Monday last lie
stopped AT several harrooms IN the Fourth ward, ad
the cvrnus was found unconscious iu tine eufN 40 10
Chatham street lie wus pHrti IN ucr ia lln 'tN sil'rt
puntc >iIuml At midnight b, WHp >Slscd Nlli cutiNu
.iuus. llr Giru ~ hhi H hour D. NnN coroner NrNhlA
me- mllic pui o.. riril 'tlininli"n N'si'rilr and
found NNuI ustf TIE irirtt InD ii hrUis. Ni
tr reht side nH tlo hVd Death Wac rAu- i rNira'l-
NViun hopl Hnd compression ol the BRAIN Il is sup
posed that ne i,L
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TROUBLE FOR TWO CLERKS.
GOJERNVEST ENPLOrEES FORCING
MONEY IROM 4 WIDOW.



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,.,..,,.. ,.,.,,,... x.,c, ,s,,,,,,. 4, ,,n o.,.
-, 80, -,
"N'hlN"i"n' NV" 'O"' ~"
,''rh "l t"c HOUSE VI hcpr'Sun.,,'iNV7' W.
hurry II. Hn'h' anu prominent uin''"' J." wv"
,'I,s'', bureau "a '''r "S"i' re ,'''n''
H. d. ""N''' ar, s',''uSS '','''''''o" "' ''o
i'NV'"'''"s i'vr"", "'s.!o7e, !" " ''n, w., "V'0'"
u'' ''i'''""s O"ul' Vi ',''S u''''.1 .1' ''' ,i''i
rn'Vr Is interesting anu ronn'''''ic' 'h 'unp
80 ,o' i'n'S'., an ",' "pI' 'i",l"S
S.ov' 'or .nr pei ''' ., ''r WHO" anu
n 'V'. N'lih,'' Nor'nrus'' III s'','Si"'''o" "
Wv hupr ''il'h "S,hs. tie uo''rn,"en'
io' eNpehsos In'"rr'u "ur'nE Wy war III
epuipping and subsisting tho liiy-ninth
Regiment New York State Volunteers. The
,,,,,,,,,,. ,,,..,,..i,.I ,,os ,oil T., NJ N,,b
"'"'' ",P''''" "''' ''''' ~ ','9 ~
edge in her capacity Of administrators oi her
deceased husbands estate aud the guardian Of
the mr." minor chIidr'h. ono daughter ana TWO
sous MIS- Nvr'he'',''' 'h'Np'r''r''' woman
without running tho gauntlet of the ravcmons
,rolv.s .hnt inr.s, ,ho C,,i,nl hup.;pc fnr ;,,.,
s,,,, ,.,.,, ,.i.,ir,s a. sh, M co,rs. .,, ,,ii
rr,,, o,J ,,,. ,i,,,tor,d l,, $40, ,o ,hoo o,.,,n,
ihi: she might have been; for with Incredible
nagnanimity she was permitted ~ cscape
with = .U0l Of her money. II was on ia,ural
that Mrs Norihcdse should have g.. anxious
10 hurry away from Washington witt ;li- sum; ;
7"o '"' ,'i'"" ,'r w. Nv" i''"' az.
'oml"nl'd ny l'i t"ree chliarrn. Shn suise-
qurntly married a man named Dearborn. For
II lon,. firio ,n,hin,, ,yns hcnrl nb,ut her nnd
81 ''''t Inn ''o''''". was .''i" """u' nv "'''
u'' i'r '.e ''r,un's'''l'' ul, s''' was 'ne "'-
con,pollni to a.cnunt In thn Ornhuns' Court Of
- -,
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The New York herald., 1878-12-02
TOOK MORPHINE.

Henry Dickson, thirty -four years old. has for
Some time been engaged with Tracy Titus opera
pany During their appearance in this city at the st.
James Theatre. he has been singing in the chorus.
and he was to leave with them last night
for Providence. Dickson has been somewhat
despondent Of late and is supposed to have been in
very stratened circumstances. This is believed to
have been his motive for taking dose of morphine
yesterday, while the company were prcpar-
ing for their trip. Word of the suicidal
attempt was brought to the Twenty first
precinct police station and ambulance
was despatched for Dickson which took him to
Bellevue Hospital. There he subjected to a
course treatment which makes his recovery very
probable. Dickson has been living in furnished
apartment No. 36 East Thirtysecond street; but
his neighbors knew little of him and only remarked
his woebegone appearance.
The New York herald., 1878-12-02
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON Dec !. 1879
THE NATIONAL LABOR REFORM PATTY AND WHAT
IT PROPOSES
The session Of the National Executive Committee
of the national labor reform party commencing to-
morrow will be attended by representatives, from
about twenty States. Dr.. Sturgeon, the chair
of the committee is not here. Mr..
+. r. Devices, of Pottsyiue, the chair
man Of the Pcnnsylvanis National Executive
Committee. will act in his place. As mentioned ir
the HEau.p's despatch last nisht informal
sion OF the committee held last night but there
such ineagre attendance that nothing was done
that would serve forecast OF the prospective
suits of the session. Tho committee will not act
without the advice of Mcssrs William y. Kelly and
Benjamin +. Butler neither OF whom was in the
city al the time of the first meeting. II is scd that
among other things to bo done address to The
country will he issued in which will be elaborate
review of the legislation Of Congress touching the
finance and labor questions; also that the action OF
the New York bankers in regard to the Ban dollar.
which the national committeeman say has been
practically demonctized by that action. will be the
subject of resolution. and this resolution will
probably be Incorporated in the address If 1t
is issued. There is diversity of senti-
ment among the members o. the committee,
which is doubtless to extent attributable
to ignorance OF the questions with which they are
dealing. 1t is understood, however, that General
Butler, though not member OF the committee will
have the most to say in the selection of policy for
the party in Congress and before the people.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSIONAL ELEC-
TIoNs-A DEMOCRATS. REASONS FOR THE
CHANGE IN THE NEGRO VOTE.
Congressman Eyns, Of South Carolina, in CONVEX
saton with Congressman Foster. of Ohio. to-day, gave
ss a reason why there was little opposition tn
the democratic nominees for Congress il his State At
the last Congressional election among the colored
voters the fact that the colored have learned
from experience that they not well off to-
day when they were slaves. aud inasmuch
the carpetbag politicians representing the rcpubli
can party have had almost unlimited control Of
the state government for tho past ten years they
have concluded that ii to the domination Of the
republican party that they their Impoverished
condition. He aided that the republican party must
have had some confidence in the good sense of the
black race or the right Of suffrage ought never to
have been given them. They have exercised their
powers of observation to the extent of condemning
by their support Of democratic nominees fo- Con-
gress the claim that the republicans their bes.
friends.