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Dishonest Trustees.

The statement made under oath by the
late secretary and financial manager of the
Teutonia Savings Bank is painful story.
1t shows how foolishly and for what paltry
gains men of reputable standing may some
times be induced to forfeit their good
names and to bring ruin and disgrace on
their families The trustees Of the bank
were all supposed TO be respectable, honest
business men, and some OF them were pos
sesscd OF considerable property. Yet. il tho
statement of the secretary is to be believed,
they united in robbing the depositors OF the
bank in petty larceny manner, by
charging heavier premium than was
paid for all the securities pur-
chased and dividing the difference. The
whole amount thus dishonesty obtained
in three years seems TO have been
under thirty thousand dollars, and this
had to be divided between fifteen persons.
The secretary, who confesscs his own ras-
cality, is substantiated in his statement by
one of the trustees, who admits the receipt
of the money; but another trustee declares
that the fault all lies with the secretary,
whose criminality, he alleges, will be
proved III the end. One Of the most pain
iul features OF the exposure isrthr suicide
of Mr.. Otto, one OF the trustees, az man Of
means, who has heretofore borne an cy-
ccllent reputation and is. most respectfully
connected. Mr.. Otto shot himself some
three days ago, and there is now no doubt
that the act was prompted by the knowledge
that the disgraceful story was about to be
made public. The trustees are all to be
prosecuted, and are now engaged in fur
nishing bail Tor their appearance for trial.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

Tho republican nominee for Congress in the First
district Of Iowa is Msjor McCoid.
The Black Hills ir favor Of Judge Bennett for
Congressional Delegate from Dakota.
Dubuque county, Town, Is In favor Of D. N. Cody a.
the republican candidate for Congress.
Throckmorton, OF Texas, favors tho repeal Of the
Resumption law and all the kindred projects Of the
initiation party.
Tho GAINESVILLE tOho) Courier says that scolousln
W. II. Ball is the "dark horse" IN the Congressional
race in that district
Courier Jouyrai:-"In great affairs, organised ideas
rule and tclse all signs OF are out OF jon
Grant and order Is the organized idea OF 0he republ-
can future"
Congressman J. s. Jones, OF the Ninth district Of
ohio, says that no is not candidate for reelection.
lie suggests the Of Mills Gardner a. better en-.
titled to the succession.
The republicans OF Indiana feel tho want of q leader
since Morton died. The democrats are hopeful Of
gaining three or four OF the Congressional dstrieta
which IN 1876 gave msjorit,es TO the other side.
Richmond (va) Whi0.-"A correspondent from
Elizabeth City recommends Major Baker p. Lee for
seat In Congress from the Second district now repre-
sente by MIR. John Goode. A brighter name ana
purcr man could not DO presented TO tho people,"
The latest prognosticaton from the First ConRres-
sional district OF Maine IL that n the Democratic
grccnbackors nominate General S. j. Anderson the
republican grecnbackers viii nominate Mr.. +. II.
Cove. Amer all, there may DO only two sides 10 the
fight
IL Ia said that United States Senator Msxey, o,
Texas, whose term expires In 1851 10 already busyini
himself about his reelection. Some people thins
that Mr. Throckmorton wishes to become Goverp0
mainly order to mako his ONCE q stepping
to the Senate.
Chicago InfevOccan trcp)--"It 10 alleged that
Little Dooste will be tho democratic candidate for
Congress the South Side Tho fnier-Ocean Ia glad
TO chronicle this fact, aud will hail his nomination
with enthusiasm. II can almost claim TO have made
Little Doostie."
Burlington Ha,cksye:"It Is not unlikely that Gen.
cral William d. wnshburu, tho youngest bro,her Of
tho great Office holding family, Will be elected Con-
gress from Minnesota this year. As he Is great
miller we hope ho will prove to DO the flower OF the
republican army, and that the boys will wnoop Il up
to him"
An Ohio politician, a democrat, says that Foster
will certainly run for Congress In tho district wbicp
he resdes. clio expects to DO defeated run noxt
year the republican ticket for Governor lie,
thinks that Will give him tho positioo IN bis part,
that Hayes occupied IN 1875 Then, n he Is elected
Governor, even n no Is not and tho republican
carry tho Legislature. hewii try Tor tho United sts,es
scnats.n
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by her own CONSENT Her husband may by
will devise to here xums Of money or other
property in lieu OF dover. but she may accept
or reject it at her option. But saving his
wife's right Of dover a man may bestow his
property by will in any way he pleases. 1t
would be difficult to assign any good reason
why the law should not protect the chill
dren as carefully as it does the wife against
the injustice or the caprice of the testator
The English law and the law of all our
States, excepting Louisiana, assumes that
children have a sufficient protection in the
natural tenderness Of their parents but IT
there is any force in this reason IL should
be equally applicable to the wife. The af-
lection Of her husband might be q sufficient
guarantee in nine cases out Of ten (; but to
provide for the tenth case, and make
her rights secure q widows right
of dover is uniformly excepted from the
power of the testntor. In most cases pa
rental aft .ction sufices in securing just
provision for children; but when this fails
why should not the law protect them as ef-
fectually as it does the widow? 1t may be
said that children might fail in tilial duty if
they could not be disinherited; but are
wives less faithful because this right of
dover is made absolutely secure? The
Louisiana law wisely provides for the con-
tingency Of undutiful children, permitting
parents to disinherit them for ten specified
causes--ns, for example, if n child refuses to
be security for parent in prison. Certain
it is that if the law allowed man to dispose
of only a certain proportion Of his property
by will, making the remainder descend by
the ordinary laws Of succession in the case
of intestates, there would be less litigation
and scandal in surrogates' courts and o
diminished crop of fees for lawyers.
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Uugrm erous Men.

From Louisiana comes complaint by
democrats that there was certain lack of
generosity among the Northern democrats
in the last Congress- Northern democrats
were illiberal enough, it seems, to vote
against the Brazilian subsidy and some in
ternal improvement enterprises which are
called important Southern measures. Z"
These Louisiana men seem to forget that
this is "a period of economy and reform. "
We suspect the next Congress will be more
liberal, but the republicans are the party of
great internal improvements Mr.. Ellis, of
Louisiana, tells his people that Northern
democrats we're not entirely to blame, be-
cause 1--WE have as many small narrow
minded men in Congress from tho South as
from any other section Of the Union. :"
These ungencrous men are the true demo-
Gratis Of the South Thp liberal-minded
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much longer there will not be enough left
OF the two old parties by November to carry
their banners. 1t is getting to be very
serious matter. In Vermont they have in
dependent republicans; in Massachusetts,
General Butler has set up as an indepen-
dent; in California both the Old parties
have suddenly disappeared; in Wisconsin
the republicans, we are told. could sue
coed, "a If they, gould only unite-under
Boss Reyes, twersuppose; in Louisiana the
democrats can, hardly be kept together;
in Arkansas and North Carolina there is
trouble among the faithful. and in Georgia
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Unsafe Lodgings fOr Tramps.

For some time a lumber yard in Tenth
avenue has formed convenient lodging
place for tramps. 1t is believed that the yard
has had its regular patrons. and persons liv-
ing near by assert that strange Migrants have
often been driven away by the steady dodgers,
who are not disposed to permit any en-
croachment on their squatter rights. Early
yesterday morning a pile OF lumber stored
in the yard fell. A policeman, attracted by
the noise and hearing groans, went to the
spot and succeeded in rescuing man who
lay buried beneath the lumber and who
proved to be more frightened than
hurt. Another ledger was, however, in
stantly killed and his remains were found
under the pile, badly crushed. The coun-
try tramp who seeks the shelter of n barn
has grea. advantage over the city vagrant,
ut least in the security OF his lodgings. He
is safe from harm if no dog is kept Oh the
premises, and provided he does not set fire
to the barn when he leaves rs compensa-
ton for the accommodation he has enjoyed
no one is hurt. There is n great amount of
destitution in the city, and probably the
poor fellow who met his death under the
lumber pile was one of those uniortunates
to whom vagrancy is not trade. But if
the sturdy country tramp, who begs like a
would accept lodgings in our lumber
yards the fall of n pile occasionally would
not do bad service to the State.
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Pulpit Topics To-Day.

It is less common to-day than il was a
few years ago to shut up the churches Alto
gether during the summer, while the
wealthy and well-to-do pastors and people
hied away to the hills and the seashore, but
ii Is more fashionable now to hold but one
service on the Sabbath. This is the case in
very many of our city churches. A few Of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was fairly active but feverish Gold was
steady all day mt 1902. Government bonds
were firm, States steady and railroads quiet.
Money call was easy at i 2per cent. a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

The probabilities are that Mc heather il yep
York and its ricinify to-day riH be marm prob
ably sciM shomers at long Intervals. Ionorro,
searm and fair reahier ,ciH continue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

TIE ITALIAN kIDSApPER, BRIGLIA, has, un :
fortunately. escaped upon the charge OF inhu
man treatment of his little victims. He has
however, been arrested for violation Of the
United States statute On the subject, and the
probabilities that he will not get of so
easily.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

RouSDsMAS SLAussoS dubbed tho wrong
man this time. In addition TO the crimn,,
charge pending against him his victim has IN
s,ituted civil suit, laying his damages ut
twenty thousand dollars, and when the Grand
Jury convcnes the will be brought to its
attention. The lesson is not likely to DC lost
Oh the score or so OF Slaussons on the force.
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PASTOR VosDURGiI, of Jersey City, is again
in trouble. Ills wife, it seems, is of as vacillat-
ing "a disposition IA certain other lady in an
adjoining city and has made a statement tend
ing to sustain the charges made l'y her relatives
on the trial. A rcopenng OF the case is threat
cucd
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

COURTNEY AND HANLAS have ut last made a
match. The race will come Oft in September,
probably on OwascO Lake
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

SECRETARY Schulz does not make great
fuss over the reform measures in his depart
I~nt, hut he il nevertheless doing some effective
work ia that direction. lie has just ovcrlaucd
the Land Office, the affairs of which have been
conducted with extreme looscness In future
the provisions of the Homestead and Pre.emp-
tim, laws will he enforced with the utmost strict
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

The MEETING of the principal officers of the
Railway Mail Service, which takes place in
Washington next week, promises to result in
the adoption of many substantial reforms in our
postal arrangements. Special attention will be
given to the registered letter service, the i'm
provencnt OF which would be 4 very great gain
tn the business classes t. f.r.ss s-ta
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

SARATOGA, in addition to its other attractions,
presents a brilliant racing bill for next week.
Iii all there are more than two hundred horses
now at the course.
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As A PoErIoS of the troops were on their way
home from Montreal they were attacked by IL
mob in II small town in the vicinity of the city.
The train was stoned, whereupon the soldiers
fired several shots. when the mob quickly scat.
tered. Two men were wounded and one, it is
believed will die
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

THERE WILL be removals in the Custom
House, General Merritt says, except for cause.
The announcement will relieve the anxiety of
some disintcrcsted patriots
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OUR MINISTER to Hayti, Mr.. Langston, sends
an encouraging account Of the financial, indus.
tiial and political condition OF wha; MIR. Sumner
loved to call 1.-THE Black Republic" The rev.
enuc amounts to about n million dollars u year.
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statesmen ought tp 60 over to. thereppb-
Leans, for. thetsA where their principles
would carrye them.
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GU ADRUPLE SH EFT
NEW YORk. SUNDAY, JULY A. 1873.

The HERALD sriH I've sent 10 Mc address ~
persons going i,to The country d,1img the Summer
at the rate Of dollar per m0,aUt. postage paid
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

The RACE between the Cornell and Harvard
freshmen comes of this week. Both crews are
III good condition, and the contest promises to
be unus ually interesting.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

DIR. CARVER is certainly the most wonderful
shot in the world. Last evening he succeeded
IN accomplishing the marvellous feat of break
ing five thousand five hundred balls in eight
hon
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14

An CIEEDMooH yesterday match was shot
ut the extraordinary range of eleven and twelve
hundred yards. The interesting event the com
ing week will be the competition for place in
the team of rs
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a LARGE NUMBER Of delegates to the Young
Mems Chris tian Conference ut Geneva. Switzer-
land, sailed yesterday. The meeting promises
to nc OF very great Importance, and will DO
largely attended.
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ALI rHg european steamers yesterday went
oat heavily laden, and several OF them were
compelled to refuse freight for want OF room
The cargocs consisted of horses, cattle, grain,
cheese, tobacco, bacon, butter. fresh meat, Hour,
canned meats and vegetables, cotton and
domestic dry goods. This is m encouraging
b,.sncss outlook. 1t also shows that our heavy
exports to Europe for some time past are not
altogether owing 10 the apprehension of u war.
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TuE WEATnEn.--Thc pressure is rising in the
West and H. above the mean in Montana, the
lower lakes and in the Southern States Else
where II has fallen, but not markedly IN any
district The pressures for the regions east
of tile Mississippi may bc said TO be re-
niirkaby Uniform. Light rains have fallen
al, the Atlantic coast and inland, also in the
Ohiu Valley and OIL the Gulf coast. The winds
ARE very moderate everywhere. The low area
which appeared OF the South Atlantic coast on
friday has moved northward and united with
tile depression that overlap the central val
ey region. This has been followed by
general fall aud equalization of the prcssures
over the region referred to above. The weather
IA New York and its vicinity today will be-
warm. probabl, with showers at long intervals.
Tomorrow warm aud lair weather will con-
tinue.
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The Wheat Supply ut Home and
Abroad.

An English paper puts the total
imports Of wheat into Great Britain
at ninety-six million bushels annu'
ally, taking the average of the past
three years. Of this foreign supply
about one-half, or forty.eight million
bushels, came from the United States.
From review of the present pros
poets of the English wheat market
the writer comes to the conclusion
that the price of wheat will be low
this year. His reasons for this opin-
ion arc, that while the stock of wheat
on hand in the United States of the
last years crop is unusually large,
the crop Of the present year is repu-
ted to be considerably in excess of The
crop of last year. AT the same time
the cessation of the Eastern war and
the peace, which, by the action Of the
Berlin congress, is giving free out
let of wheat from Russian and Danu'
bian ports; has already allowed Of o
replenishing Of stocks along tho Med
iterranean. The demand for foreign
wheat will also be less than usual
this year because the English aud
continental crops promise for the most
part n full average yield. The only
possible drawback, therefore seems To
be the possibility Of heavy and con
tinuous rains at harvest timO-wheaI
in England being in the best condi'
ton for the reaping machine from
the first to tho fourth of August
With settled fine weather at home
and prospect of large exports O
wheat from the Danube and the Black
sea in the autumn, the exports from
the United States, il kept back unit
late in the year, will encounter thu
new crop Of wheat from competing
ports abroad, and prices must neces
sarily rule low,'--BaltimOre Sun.
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RenublicanisIlI.

Editor Register When the war clo'
sed fn'>lS65, the soldiers returned
home with the intention of follow
ing their occupations III life. They
found a party Of politicians eGsraft'
ed in power, called "Black Ropubli-
cans" who, during the war had form.
ed West Virginia out of the old
mother of States and Presidents
Virginia, Everything had been
done legally by the party in power,
and the civil government was in full
operation. But the question arose
in the minds of those in power
How shall we keep the management
Of the government in our hands and
hand it down through many genera.
tions to Gomez Well, Foreman, Ste
venson & Co, called a few Of tho Isl.
mon Pures" together and adopted the
following plan: ave will enact a
Registration law; it will only cost
the taxpayers Sl0,974,44, according
to Auditor Borgess. annual report,
Sept, so, 1869, after registering only
the "loyal" who will vote to keep
US in power. Wcwill send out speak
ers TO proclaim on the house tops
that the Democrats must not como
into power for they brought on the
rebellion, and they will transfer tho
State Of West Virginia back to vir'
ginia They will abolish the free
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recommended the payment, Of, the

recommended the payment, Of, The
same.
The following gentlemen were. ap
pointed OverseerS Of the poor, to serve
for the period of 2 years; Robson
District, Thos. Fowler; Graham, Thos
whedtleyi Cologne, W. C. Groouloo.
Arbuckle, Jabez Beard; Hannah,
David starkey,
7. L. Waggeuer, NJ. H. Stone and
]. NJ, Phelps, appointed committee
to advertise for and receive bids for
the erection of a Wooden Covered
Bridge across Crooked Creek, on the
Clarksburg road, near Point Pleas,
ant, said bridge to rest upon stone
piers. Work to commence as soon as
practicable. 5a ea
| Tax payers in Road Precinct No,
2, Clendenin District, permitted to
pay their taxes in labor on said road,
under the supervision of the road
Surveyor.
A large number of claims against
the County and road fund were al,
lowed, and the allowances Of the
Board of 09erseers Of the Poor con.
firmed. Court adjourned until Court
in course, which meets on the 18th
day of November, 1878, and is a term
for the trial Of causes.
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chools and put rebels in ofice.

schools and put rebels in office. In
a word they will undo what we,
-Boreman, Stevenson 4 Co., have
done sitting in our offices and being
guarded by soldiers for years" But
we are informed false prophets will
arise, and so il has turned out with
the Republicans. None Of their pre-
dictions have been verified. 1t tur-
ned out like Hannah and the gallows
he built to hang Mordica, the Jew,
on, and he was the FIRST to be hung
So the men they had registered ia
perpetuate them in power, voted "a
hurl them from power, never to be
resurrected again as a party. They
are unworthy the support of a free,
patriotic people, If VIC have any
unwholesome laws on our statute
books they were put there by the
Republican party, for no man was
allowed to vote only he that was reg
istered, And his right to be regis
tered had to be passed on by Bore,
mans appointees. Well, Mr.. Editor,
| have been figuring on the result Of
the election this Fall, and 1 find the
Democrats will be elected bya hand
some majority. Prudence dictates l
should not give the majorities. l
meet Republicans every day. on the
war-path, and you can see by their
faces that they "see the handwriting
on the wall" and their knees are
trembling SO they won't stand and
talk on the subject of election.
..t t.r- COLUMBIA.
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Circuit Clerk.
CHIFFON, June 8, 1873

.-a .a9 CLIFTON, JuneS, 1878
To he Volers Of Mason County: Believing
in the old JefTersonian principle Of rota.
ton in office, and believing further that
the only tests for official position should be
honesty and capacity, hereby announce
myself an independent candidate for the
office OF Circuit Clerk Of Mason County
am induced to do so at the earnest solicit
tation OF many voters, irrespective OF po'
litical prejudice or partizan bias. II my
fellow-citizens should elevate me 10 the pc.
sition for which I announce myself, | shall
endeavor to discharge the duties Of the Of
flee faithfully, and with due reference to
the best interests Of the people.
aid B Respectfully IA a..L --'
&c. LANHAM,
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Marx Twain on PROFANITY,

In a note to the publisher Of his
Justly celebrated Scrap Book, the
famous humorist observes that he in.
vented aud patented it, "not 10 make
money out Of it, but to economic the
profanity Of this country" "For,"
he continues, "you know when the
average man wants to find his scrap
book he can't find his paste-then he
swears; or if he finds it, it is dried SO
hard that it is only fit to eat, then he
swears; if he uses mucilage, it min
giles with the ink, and next year he
cannot read his scrap. The result is
barrels and barrels of profanity.n-
There is another circumstance in life
under which the average man is La
BILE to indulge in unlimited profani-
ty. 1t is when the family physi.
clan" sends him n bill for one or two
hundred dollars for treating his wife,
while the lady's face has become pa.
Ter than ever, through the merciless
persecution of caustics and mechan'
ical contrivances. If he does not i'm
pulsively send the whole medical pro
fession on subterranean journey, it
is because he is a saint and deserves
to be translated. Thelocal treatment
generally employed by physicians in
this class Of diseases is not only bar
barous but productive Of almost ire
parable harm. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, as n uterine tonic and
restorative, has won unqualified
praise from thousands Of grateful wo.
men.