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Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07
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lNew York Special to Chicago Times.
@. w. Angel, the secretary of the Pullman
Palace Car company, who ran away from
Chicago in August last, taking Vith him
$120,000 of the company's funds, was seen
about ten days ago in Canada. Detective
Skefngton, of Quebec, traced him to q small
hotel at Cape Rouge, small village about
twelve miles to the west of the ancient Cam
adian capital. He had been stopping there
for some time. Detective Skefngton at
once telegraphed to PinkerIon's agency in
this city, and two Of their most trusted de-
tectives were detailed to proceed to Canada
and capture the fugitive. Angel, however,
having discovered that he was shadowed by
Detective Skefngton's subordinates, hur-
riedly left the hotel the night before the
American detectives reached Cape Rouge.
He was traced by them, however, to the
town of Three Rivers, on the st. Lawrence,
between Montreal and Quebec. There he
only stopped for one night, and in the morn
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07
A STRANGE MALFoRMATIoN.

al
DR.. Eugene A. Groux, surgeon of the 2Sth
regiment, lately mustered out of the service,
and a we'll known practitioner in Williams
burgh, died on Tuesday night of uremie, in
his residence in Meserole street, near Union
avenue, Williamsburgh. DIR. Groux, who
was 45 years of age, was looked upon by
members of the profession with special in
terest, because, having been born practically
without sternum (the sternum is the fat
bone in the middle of the breast), he could
control and suppress at will the puisations
of the heart. He frequently gave ex-
hibi ions o this power to the faculty, and
the last time to the students of the Long
Island College hospital. Years ago he show
ed the power to DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
the poet, and promised DIR. Holmes that if
he (Dr. Groux) should die first he would
leave request for DIR. Holmes to make a
post-mortem examination of his bod. forsthe
benefit of science. Dr.. Holmes was in
formed of his friends death, but was unable
to come to Williamsburgh to attend the post
mortem examination, which was made yes
terday afternoon.
There were present at the examination
Profs. Dalton of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Darling, WEIGH and Pitcher
of the Long Island college, and Drs. Riedel,
Brady, Hesse, levitt, Schlitz,y Baker, De
Long, Fuhs (who attended the dead many,
Harbrecht, Quackenbos, Schmidt, Dreamer,
Feeley, Valentine, Miller, Hardrich, johnson,
and Banks. The examination showed a
deficiency of the breast-bone, congenital
fissure of the sternum forled in shape, he
tween the second and third ribs, extending
along and to the left of the median line. It
has always been disputed question among
the faculty whether the outward indications
of pulsation were caused by the aorta or
right ven ricles This examination proved
conclusiyely that they are caused by the
right ventricie. A full report of the case is
to be prepared.
There is said to be only one other case of
malformation similar to that of DR.. Groux
reported in medical books. It is that of MIR.
Thompson, of England. The account of
this case is meager, and so all the more i'm
portance is attached to yesterdays examine
ton.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07
NERVE AND GRIT.

[shepherdsville, KY. Special to Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The report of an attempt of two ruffans,
travelling in the eastern part of Bulitt coun-
ty under the gnise of peddiers, to outrage
Mrs. Nora Connolly, who lives about four
miles east of Mt, Washington. is brought
here by a gentleman of responsibility.
About six weeks since Mr.. j. nj. Connolly.
husband of the lady referred to, left home to
attend to q claim of lands owned by him in
Colorado, ndsduring his absence Mrs. @.
has had the company of deaf and dumb.
young lady and brother of Mr.. Connelly.
Yesterday morning about eight O'Clock,
while the young Mr.. Connolly was out in q
neiu gathering corn, two unknown men en-
tered the house under the pretense of selling
bibles and notions, and finding Mrs. G. alone
(the deaf and dumb lady being in an adioin-
ing room1 one of the men proposed to sell a
bihle, and made an indecent proposal. At
this Mrs. Connolly became exasperated, when
suddenly the men seized her, and then a
general light ensued. Mrs. Connellv, how
ever, proved to much for the rascals, as she
gathered on 10 meat-cleaver, with which she
struck one of the men a blow on the arm,
laying open the flesh from the shoulder to
the elbow. This man ran, leaving his part
ner cornered behind a door in the family
room. Seeing that one of the parties had
ned, Mrs. Connolly proceeded to work on
the one left, and when they clinched the
rufian knocked her down, which caused the
house to jar, and this drew the attention of
the deaf and dumb lady, who entered the
room and at once realized what was going
on. She, too, took hand in the meelee,
and with the single stroke of q chair sue
ceeded in combihg the mans hair in q
beautiful style; meanwhile Mrs. Connolly re-
gained her feets and coming down with q
murderous blow, chopped OF the fellows ear
completely; then an opportunity offering, he
leaped for the door and made good his
escape. TsN# ~
Two packages of goods were left in the
house, and the bundle containing the bibles
had cards in it bearing the name Of pub
fishing house at Nashville, Tenn, but there
was nothing left by which their identifica-
tion could De established. just as soon as
the affair had ended the ladies' went to the
held where young Connolly was at work, and
In short time men were in pursuit OF the
tends, and they were heard of several times.
but not captured at last accounts. They
stopped st the cabin of an old colored man.
whose wife bandaged their wounds. for which
they paid her. They told the negio that they
mad been attacked BY . party of wood chop
pers. >
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07

tanning structures on him. were not founded
on facts, His connection. with the relief boat
appears to haye been entirely credible 10 him.
self and valuable to the managers Of the ex-
padition. al I'll
President Hayes. at the White House,
on the evening of October goth, entertained at
dinner such of the members OF the old Cincin-
natl literary clab as were in Washington.
These consist of President Hayes, w. R.
Rogers. the Presidents private secretary; T.
N. Smith, paymaster in the army; Judge
worden and James A. R. spofford, librarian
of Congress; ; A. Dulton, clerk in the depart
ment Of Justice; R. d. Bussey. w. w. Warden
and Henry c. Borden, lawyers; VIM. Guilford
clerk in the treasury department, and s. p
Butler, journalist. This was the twenty ninth
anniversary ofthe club Brief papers con
tanning interesting "reminiscences were sub
mitted, and the reunion was very agreeable
| in all its features.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07
CASUALTIES,

A fire at Muskegon, Mich, destroyed
SCI, 500 worth of lumber.
The Clarendon hotel at Saratoga, N.
Y. has been damaged by fire to the amount of
$4,000.
The schooner Graham Barker, is re.
ported ashore at Biddle's Point, near the head
ofLake Michigan
The picking establishment of f. & j.
Heinz, Pittsburg, Pa, has been destroyed by
fire. Loss $4,000, wholly covered by insur-
ance.
The tug Hi Smith with lighter in tow,
says Buffalo, N. 7. telegram, went ashore on
Tecumseh reef. The tug will be a total Q
One man missing.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07

ing he boarded market boat bound fol
Sorel.3 He stopped there for some days, bni,
having learned that the detectives wereaafteI
him, he left the village, and was last seen ii.
the woods to the south of Sorel. Pinkertons
men are stin in Canada looking for, him.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07

In New York city, October sOth sixty
thousand tons Of Scranton coal were sold at
auction by the Delaware, Lackawana q West.
ern railroad company.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07

A little Brighton girl went with her
mother on visit to q friends house, the
other day, and listened with great delight
to her hostess playing the piano. When
the air was concluded she deliberately
handed the surprised lady cent. why.
ma" she replied to the remonstrances of
her shocked parent, 1--WE always give the
organ man cent. and Mrs. Blnak plays
ever 30 much goodsr than himl'
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07
milwaukee Produce Market.

GRAIN-wheat opened unsettled and No higher,
and closed firm: No. hard 9ec; No. /, $50; No. 2,
8OAc; October s0%c; November sO%c; December
83Ac; No. 8, Soc; No. 4, 60c; rejected Sic. Corn
steady; No. l, 44c. Barley lower; No. 2, SEC; No
vember 86c. A-S " ASSN
PROVISIONS-Easier and quiet. Mess pork $6.75
cash and october. Lard, prime steam, $5.S7. ~
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07
Chicago Produce Market.

wHEAT-Fairly active and shade higher; No. 2
red winter 84c: No. 2 Chicago SOC cash; SOxc No
vember; 82hc December; No. Chicago 67168c;
rejected SAC. Corn, good demand and prices shade
higher; SAC cash and November: 33Mc December.
Oats, good demand and shade higher: 1870 cash ;
l9h019xc November: 1890 December. Rye
steady and unchanged. Barley dun and shade
lower; 90c; extra No. 6lGG62c. @ sa
PROVISIONS-Pork, fair demand but lower rates: :
$6.75@D6.77& cash and November; 6.g0I6.92M De-
cember. Lard, fair demand but lower rates; $3.50
cash; 5.S2M November; 5.90616.92x December.
Bulk meats inactive and lower: 3.25D45004.62A.
New York Produce Market.
GRAIN-Wheat higher; good export demand; re-
pceipts 316 90 bushels; rejected spring 75-l2078c
ungraded F0G83c; No. spring S21DS5c; No. spring
G95c Northwestern 01c ungraded red 90c0$ Los;
NO. do 98199c. No. do LOIS GD1.02 12; No. do
l.0301.03 Ia; ungraded amber 98c01.08 Ia; No. 2
amber Leo Ia; ungraded white 100d LOG; No. do
LOO; No. do sales % 600 bushels at 1.O40 LOS; ex-
ira do, sales 1900 bushels at 108 1-2 Rye frm No.
q western 66c. Barley heavy. Malt firm. Corn
moderate; receipts 1877 900 bushels; ungraded 46A@
47c; No. 2, 47c; No. 2white and yellow western 500
sic; round yellow 81 Fac. Oats quiet and steady:
receips 27.OO0 bushels: No. 2. 27Ac; No. white
28Mc; No. 2 do 28MG12SNc: No. 2white 30hc; No.
!, 300; Nc. white S2c; mixed western 27k030c:
PROVISIONS Pork depressed: mess S7.76f 7.sO.
Peef quiet and steady. Cut meats dull; western
long clear middles S5.37k05.50. Lard, moderate
business; prime steam So. .2OD6.25.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07
THE STATE TREASURY.

Statement Showing the Condition and the
whereabouts of the Money Oct 1st,
1878. So
Balance in treasury at close of business:
Stevens County tribune., 1878-11-07
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PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The following is the
public debt statement for the month of Novem-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-28

THE uery man OF all others ,oho has the
deepest interest IN a sound currency, and
,oao suffers most By naischieuous legislation in
money matters, is the man avho earns his dai-
ly bread By his daily toll. a deprecated cur.
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
falling betsoeen morning and noon, and fal.
Ting still lo,oer bet,oeen noon and night, these
things constitute the uery harvest time of spec
ulators, and Of the ,ohole race of those who are
at once idle and crafty. a disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
erits. Nandermines the uirtues necessary for
the support OF the social system, and encour-
ages propensities destructive to its hnppiness.
1t wars against industry, trugality and econ
omy, and it fosters the evil spirits of e1trao-
ogance and speculation. Of all the contri-
dances for cheating the laboring classes of
mankind, none has been more efectual than
that achich deludes them ,oith paper money.
This is the most efectual Of inoentions to fer
tilize the rich mani s fields By the s0eat of the
poor mans brow. Ordinary tyranny, oppres.
sion, ercessioe taxation, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared ,oitt
fraudulent currencies and the robberies COM
naitted By deprecated paper."-Daniel
Webster.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-28
A Smokers Paradise.

Burmah Is the paradise of the smoker, IL his
paradise con sists In the absence Of all restraint
on his favorise habit No preacher viii here
hint that tobacco smoking is the first step to
drunkenness, for, with rare exceptions land
alas! chiefly where the European has brought
his vices with his civizato2l, the people are
water drinkers. There Is no fear OF offending
the sensibilities of the most delicately nurtured
lady, for the women of every rank are, II pos
sible, more inveterate smokers than the ;uen.
No dread of his masters displeasure restrains
the youngest schoolboy from his cigar or cigar
ette. Boys and girls alike smoke as soon as
they can walk, and children are even said to
learn the habit before they leave thei- mothers
arms. The new conner to the country is often
offended by the freedom with which Burman
who has not been much thrown with Europe
ans will continue to puff his cigar in his pres
ence in absolute innocence Of any breach Of
courtesy, and in the indigenous school, chill
dren, even In class, only lay aside their cigars
while their lungs are occupied with bawling
out the trite texts of the spelling book. A
pipe is rarely seen, but cigars and cigarettes
are universal, and their manufacture and sale
form one of the commonest employments Of
the women. Some exceedingly fine tobacco
is grown in parts of the province. notably In
Arakan, but the cultivation is very limited,
and the tobacco of which the Burmese cigar Is
made Is almost exclusively imported from the
ports on the Malabar coast. TIE cigars thus
made are not unlike the well-known Vevey
manufacture; and rank and strong as they
seem to q non-smoker, they are highly popular
with English residents, and not the less so
from being remarkably cheap. Cigarettes are,
however, even more common than cigars. and
are almost always smoked in preference by
women and girls They vary in size, but the
commonest is q huge cheroot-shaped cigarette
of almost torchlight dimensions rolled In q
green leaf, and containing, besides tobacco,
spices and chips of scented wood. From these,
which are as mild as hay, an immense cloud
is drawn, and their only defecs is that the
burning chips are continually falling on the
clothes of the unwary smoker; hence the
graceful way in which the Burmese girl, with
apparent affectation, but really with good rea-
son, turns back her slender hand over her
shoulder to keep the lighted end Of the cigar
ette clear of her silken dress. At home or In
the street, in the boats or in the bazaar, at
every public gathering even at those for devo-
tion at the pagods. night and day. men, women
and children blow the familiar cloud, and the
perpetual cigarette adds not q little to ths
unique picture presented BY Burmese beauty.
--FrdSer's Magazine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-28
SOLON CHASE ON SPECIE PAY
MENTS.

"With this sum specie payments can be
resumed at rnce, and the premise that is
written ON the face Of the greenback 10 pay
the dollar, made good. This wouli slve
Bill n good dollar for his work, and the
wounded veteran good money for his PEN
sion, which is only justice and fair play to
Bill and the veteran; that is, Bill not only
would work for gold wages as he
does now, but would buy his goods
at gold prices, and thereby save
another large item of the $25434 that
Is ressed out of him annually
SPECIE PAYMENTS IS THE ONE
THING NEEDFUL In OUR PRESENT
CONDITION., AND WILL CURE CS OF
MANY FINANCIAL ILLS. The ma oment
you have got specie payments, PendIeton's
and Buffers theory OF paying the bonds I'm
greenbncks, which means neither more or
less than more and meaner money, be-
comes obsolete. If Congress in its blum
derlnEs, did mot agree to pay the principal
of the bonds i'm gold, il oughs to have
agreed to, and specie payments will make
the agreement what it ought to be. The wit
ofman cannot devise amy scheme that will
bring absut specie payments other than re-
deeming areenbacks with gold; that is, let
somebody else have some good money be-
sides the b0ndhelders.-SOLON CHASE,S
"POOR MANS TRACT" OF 1871.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-28

HERE is an expression OF opinion from
that eminent philosopher and political econ
omist, John Stuart Mill, which may prove Of
interest to Greenbackers: "Although no
doctrine in political economy rests on more
obvious grounds than the mischief of a
paper currency not maintained at the same
value with metallic, by either converti-
bility or by some principle of limitation
equivalent to it; and although accordingly
this doctrine has-though not till after the
discoveries of many years-been tolerably
effectualy drummed into the public mind,
yet dissentients are still numerous and pro-
jectors every now and then start up with
plans for curing all the economical evils of
society by means Of an unlimited issue of
inconvertible paper. There is, in truth, a
great charm in the idea. To be able to pay
off the national debt, defray the expenses of
government without taxation, and, in fine,
to make the fortunes of the whole commune
ty, is brilliant prospect when once man is
capable of believing that printing few char
acters on bits of paper will do it. The phil
osopher's stone could not be expected to do
moreD
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-28
What is a Dollar z

What is ''do.lar?" A "dollar" is the
name of something. At present it is given
by law to coin Of gold weighing 25.s grains
and to coin of silver weighing 412a grains.
These coins by any other name would be
worth as much. Or the name might be given
to other things, and those things be worth
no more. The Government might say that
the chip that falls from the woodman's axe,
and the pebble we can pick up on the street
shall be called s'dollars." Would their in
trinsic value be any greater? No. Would
they receive added value by this order, this
''6at' of the Government? Yes, for time.
Should the legislative and executive branches
of the Government declare, and the judicial
branch sustain the declaration as lawful, that
pebbles and chips should be "dollars" and
legal tender for the payment of debts, peb-
bles and chips would for time, until debts
are paid, have value enormously dispro-
portionate to their real worth. People would
pick the streets and clean the lumber camps,
or 60 to chopping trees and tearing down
stone fences, and take the chips and pebbles
to their creditors and say, "Here is full
discharge from our debts. Relieve u.s." And
the creditor would be forced to do so. The
man who had sold bushel of corn on credit,
the farmer who had taken dozen of eggs or
few pounds of butter to the nearest store,
and not caring for immediate payment, let
these commodities stand to his credit on the
books; the carpenter or joiner who had
worked for many days on building, and had
not collected his pay every day at sundown;
the laborer who had worked eight or ten
hours-all these, if they contracted for their
pay in "dollars," would be forced to take in
discharge of their claims chips or pebbles.
OF what use would these be to them? If
they had debts to pay the chips would an
swer the purpose. But when it was once
understood that pebbles and chips were to be
reckoned as "dollars" no more contracts
would be made on that basis. The farmer
who had no debts would refuse to take
these useless things in exchange for his
corn and butter and eggs. If he was
in debt he would take them only until the
debt was paid, and would then refuse to sell
for "dollars." No order or "fat'' of the
Government could compel him to part with
the produce Of his farm. To all solicitations
for trade he would answer that he wasn't SELL
ing that day-for "dollars." He would only
exchange his eggs or corn for their worth
or equivalent. If he wanted barrel of flour
he would exchange for 1t a quantity of corn
or hay of equal worth. But he certainly
would not part with the hay or corn for peb-
bles or chips with which he could do nothing.
But he would gladly part with bushel of
corn for 25 grains of gold, for with that gold
he could buy anywhere in the world, clothing
or provisions, or furniture, or other articles
he wanted.
Now how is it with "absolute moneyW
"Absolute money" consists of oblong pieces
fpaper bearing the inscription "This is
dollar" But these pieces of paper are of li:-
tie if any more intrinsic value than the chips
and pebbles. If the Government calls them
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-28
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

"dollars" they may do for the discharge Of
existing debts. But of what worth will they
be after those debts are discharged? Why
should any man take them in exchange for
the goods he has to dispose of more than he
would take chip bearing the same inscrip-
tion? Why should slip of paper, measuring
say twenty inches by three-the size of 500
dollar greenback-be taken for twenty BUSH
els Of corn any more readily than chip weigh
ing say an ounce? If the farmer exchanges
his corn for lumber he wants quantity of
lumber of equal exchanging power. He
wants something ofjust as much worth to
him as the corn. So il he exchanges corn
for paper he wants an equivalent. II corn is
worth eighty cents bushel, and paper ten
cents pound he wants eight pounds Of paper
in exchange for his bushel of corn. He
doesn't want piece Of paper weighing far
less than an ounce. If he be compelled to
take the chip he will think he is swindled.
Is he any the less swindled if he is compelled
to take the piece Of paper?
The piece of paper will pay debts, it is said.
So will the chip if the Government makes it
legal-tender. But the man who sells bushel
of corn on credit does not suppose he is going
to take chip for it when payday comes
round. He sells it for 'dollar" and takes
a piece Of paper for it now because that paper
bears upon its surface promise to pay
"dollar'-a dollar meaning 25 grains of gold
and he believes the promise will be kept.
There was time when there was some
doubt as to the fulfillment of the promise,
and men speculated on the doubt. The
promise, that is the greenback, auctu-
ated in value with the belief in the readiness
and ability of the Government to keep 1t.
At one time it was worth less than forty
cents. 1t is now worth nearly hundred
cents, because people believe that the Gov
ernment will give 25 grains of gold for it next
January. But take the promise of, as the
Greenbackers propose, and what will it be
worth? Or postpone the keeping OF
that promise, as the Democrats urge, and
what will it be worth? The value of the
promise is in its ful6llment. Let the Govern
ment announce that it will give to-day 25
grains of gold for every promise to pay a
"dollar" it has issued, and the greenback will
be worth hundred cents. This keeping of
promises ON the part of the Government is
all that resumption means.
Thus it seems that "absolute money" can
only be good for the discharge Of existing
debts. Its only use is as an instrument for
cheating. With it we can force men who
have been unwise enough to give us credit to
take something of far less value than the
commodities with which they parted. For
dishonest men, for men who desire to pro-
cure the discharge of debts by something less
than a full payment of debts, it will serve a
useful purpose. But honest men, that is the
great majority Of people in this country, will
have nothing to do with it when once they
discover its real nature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-28
THE OFFICIAL AUTHORITIES

Fs0e gears ago 1861 the bank note circulation
of the country anou nted to not much more than
bank and national, exceeds seven hundred MIL
hons.-PREs. JoHNsoN's ANNUAL MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS- DEC. 1866.
Without Including seUen and three tenth notes.
many of the small denominations of aohich aoere
an ncirculation as money and all Of auhich tend IN
some measure to saoeU the initiation, the paper
money of the country amounted, Oct 31st, 1865,
to the sum of $734, ,21S, ,03S.-SEo. McCULLocH's S
REPORT, DEC. 1866.
Not more than foe per cent of the legal tender
interestbearing notes, Ufrst issue of 7-30'sl are
IN circulation as currency.-CoMPTRoLLER
CLARK's CURRENCY REPORT Dec 1865.