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Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1878-12-19
XLVTH CONGRESS,

On the 10th Mr.. Wallace re.opened the
silver business by introducing bill to author
ize the exchange Of subsidiary coin for trade
dollars. Mr.. Spencer, from the committee on
military affairs reported favorably the Senate
bill authorizing the appointment of DIR. Junius
l.. Powell, an assistant surgeon in the United
States army. In the explanation of the bill
be said Dr. Powell had already rendered ser
vicCs as assistant surgeon but he could not be
regularly appointed because he served in the
Confederate army when a minor During Il
brief debate on the bill Beck gave notice that
tomorrow he would introduce bill TO repeal
section l2lS OF the revised statutes of the Unit
ed States which provides mo person who has
served in any capacity in the military naval
or civil service of the so-called Confederate
States or of either of the States in the insur-
rection during the late rebellion shall be an.
pointed to any position in the army of the
United States. The bill was read the third
time and passed. Yeas, 80; nays, %.
In the House on motion of Mr.. Hale, in com.
mittee of the whole the salary of the minis.
ters to England, France, Germany and Russin
reported in the bill at $4,000, was by a yot,
of 98 to OIL, put back to thepresent figure. sl7,
800. The amendment TO increase the salar,
OF the ministers to Spain, Austria Italy Bra
1i, Mexico, Japan and China from sl0OOO I,
Sl2, 90 was defeated. Likewise an amend
ment providing for ministers to Belgium an,
the Netherland' After reducing the salarie
of the ministers TO Great Britain, France, Ger
many and Russia to $4,000 the bill passed IN
House. The naval appropriation bill was con
sidered In commit tee of the whole and re
ported to the Hon and passed without amend
ment.
In the Senatr on the 18th, Mr.. Blain
called up his resolution on the Southern cleo
tions, and made set speech, which fairl
opened this main question for the session.
would be impossible to give in our space, eve
sn Ineligible synopsis Of what was said 4
this debate lie referred to the press as th
grand channel for spreading information. an
said that through the agency of these new,
gatherers and disscminators, we had beeom
informed of the gross frauds in the South. II
said the question was no longer one of mor
sentiment for the rights of the negroes, bh
whether the white voter of the North shoul
have equal voice in the nation with whit
voters in the Sou h. Take the States of Sout
Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana. The
send seventeen representatives TO Congress
their aggregate population ia composed of l.
0S6,O0O whites and l,2240O0 colored, the color
cd being nearly 10000 in excess Of the white.
Of the seventeen representatives, then, il i
evident that nine were apportioned 10 thes
States by reason of their colored population
and only eight BY reason Of their white popu
stioni aud yss IA the rhnies n ,hs sntir
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Return Of IA Wanderer.

from the PntteTs n Guardian,
Nine years ago twelve-year old boy
named John Munday, whose mother now
lives at Sandy Hill, ran away from home,
and nothing was heard of him from that
time until about FIVE o'clock on Wednes-
day evening. Thin a fine looking young
man walked into the house Of his folks,
and announced himself as the long.lost
son. His mother was so overcome with
sudden JOY that she sank to the floor, and
for some time it was feared that this shock
would prove fatal; hut she recovered and
it may be well imagined that it was Joy
Gus Thanksgiving Day in that house
Young Nnnday went to sea on quitting
home, and has been pretty nearly all over
the world. He fought the Indians in the
Black Hills. On Tuesday evening he ar
rived on q ves,el loaded with g,iapo, from
the Indies,
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stop Drinking Viacgar

How many young women who have inherited
predsposition to emJOHpoiM have ruined
their health by drinking vinegar to reduce
their forms to graceful proportions. Aliens
Anti-Fat is absolutely harmless. 1t promote,
digestion, and accomplisheS its work simply
by preventing an undue assimilation Of the
fatty Ingredients of the food. Excessive fat.
ness j. vcxptious burden, and there is NJ
longer any excuse for enduring it, since Aliens
Anti,Fat is an eiTcctual remedy for this abnor.
NAL condition.
Colorado Springs Colo, July IS h, 1873
BOTANIC MEDICINE Co, BGifil1 l.:
Gcatiema-I lost three pounds while taking
one bottle of Aliens Anti-Fat.
Yours truly, Mrs. NJ. D. MYERS.
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CASUAL.


An explosion of nitro. glycerine and gun
powder at the coal mines at Darlington, KY,
was felt for miles around. train of mining
cars, mules and a negro driver were blown to
atoms. Their was panic among the miners
and there families full hour before the result
was known.
TORN To PIECES.
Patrick Shannon was torn to pieces at
the American Iron Works. Pittsburg, by be-
coming entanglei in a wheel revolving at the
rate of 2iO turns per minute. Parts of his
body were thrown three hundred feet.
DAMAGE BY FLOODS.
The heavy rains caused floods in all the
streams about Port Jervis, New York, inter-
ruptiug railway travel and doing much dam
age to property. The outlet to the Port Jervis
reservoir ovcrfiowed the banks.
WHOLE FAMILY DROWNED.
G.. w. Lane, wife and two children,
four miles below Sabula, Iowa, on the Missis-
sippi liver, were drowned while out on the
ice in a hand sleigh.
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THE LOUISVILLE
COURIER-JOURNAL.

CONCEDED to be the best, newsiest, brightest
and most attractive weekly paper in the Unit
ed States-good for all ATTITUDES, climates and
peoples; popular with the old and young; in
valuable to politicians of both parties; fair
and liberal in its treatment of all matters of
public interest; representative Southern
newspaper; edited by Hon. Henry Wattorson
offers remarkable inducements to new sub
soribers and agents. Specimen copies free
Sc a year; ~ 80 in clubs. Elegant and valu.
able premiums. During the holidays
A Double Number
will be printed, consisting of eight long col
umns on single sheet 4Sx6O inches-THI
LARGEST PAPER IN THE woRLD-with novelette'
and choice reading matter in varioty-a copy
of which will be presented to every new sub
scriber. Address W. N. HALDEMAN.
President Courier-Journal Co., Louisville. Ky
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The Kansas City Custom House.

The elegant building to be erected by the gov
ernment is the bone of much contention
among the business men of that city, as to iti
location, as it is generally conceded that where
ever ii ia built there will be the business CEN
tire in future years, and many merchants are
afraid they will be compelled to move. Not
so, however, with G.. Yeoman, the reliable pro
duce commission merchant, who will continu.
his immense business at the old stand, III
East Fourth street, Kansas City, where he so.
licits consignments OF butter, eggs, game and
country produce of all kinds. He is noted fol
making prompt and full returns on all goods
shipped to him, and can always sell, on short
notice, any amount of shipments. Remember
q. Yeoman, pEpduoo commission merchant
Kansas City, Mo.
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bAN'LAh hAbbEb'
Robert Whelan, the young rorger and
burglar, is now lodged in prison at New York
All the cash stolen and raised on forged checks
is recovered, except 5000. Whelans excuse for
committing the crime was that he had fallen
behind in his accounts. 1t has Just been dis
covered that he is married man, and his wife
is now dangerously i'll from the effect Of the
shock caused by her husbands trouble. The
wife is supposed to be his sweetheart, 1ilie
Rankin. The couple were clandestinely married
three weeks ago.
NoS-CoMPos MURDERER.
The trial of Harley &. Brown, charged
with willful murder. in causing the deaths of
four persons by placing a cross-tie on the rail-
way track, and thus wrecking train near
Claymont, last June, was concluded at New
Castle, Del. The Jury, taking into considera-
tion the weak mind of the prisoner and his
seeming lack of guilty intent, rendered YER
dict of manslaughter against him.
JEwELRY THIEF CAUGHT.
II has been discovered that one of the
gang Of pickpockets arrested at Ottawa, Can,
who had $3.50 on his person when arrested
and who gave his name as Miller, is a noted
! Chicago pickpockct and thief named Pat Gucr-
| in, and was quite recently concerned in u large
/ ewelry robbery in that city.
THE cIvILIzTNd PROCESS.
A Walla-Walla dispatch says the trial
Of the Indians charged with the murder OF
Coggins, near Pcndlcton, Oregon, in the late
war, is concluded at tho latter place. One
was found guilty and sentenced to he hang
ed January 18th. The other two were dis.
charged.
TOO GOOD FOR HIM.
The jury in the case of George Wash
ington, negro who horribly Outraged Franci,
Otte, white girl aged IL years, using a knit,
to accomplish his purpose at Louisville, Ky.
in October last, returned verdict Of guilt,
and affixed the penalty of death by hanging.
MURDER.
The house of John Stull, near Summer
vile, Tex, was surrounded by masked men
n few nights since, and hand grenade throw,
in. As the family rushed out Rufus Smith
Jno stull, Mrs. Smith and baby were sho
down, and the murderers escaped.
HARD ON THE WICKED.
The surgeon of the Virginia peuitenti
ary in his annual report states that out Of 95
conviots hired to the James River and Kama
wha Canal company last year, 80 died from
bad treatment, exposure and filthy accommo
dations
MAIL CLERK IN LIMBO.
VIM. Fl Logan, clerk in the Post 0Hic,
at West Monterey Pa, was arrested last week
charged with stealing and destroying letter
for the purpose Of preventing the appointment
ofa man named Hogan, as Post Master.
MANHATTAN BANK ROBBERS.
The police Of New York have ARRESTED
Red Leary and John Mccarthy, alias Butch
The prisoners nre known to have been anon,
the plarners and perpetrators ~ ths NAnhpt
tap hsnk rghhsry,
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CRIME.
JUDGE LYNCH.

The jury at Nebraska City found Henry
Jackson, Henry Martin and Wm. S. Givens
guilty of murder in the second degree for kill,
ing Chas. Slocumb and outraging his wife The
evi.ence seemed to warrant murder in the first
degree and Judge Gosling So stated in his sen,
tence to the peuitentiary for life, which h,
passed upon the murdercrs on the 9th. About
two o'clock in the morning n crowd assembled
at the jail broke in the door, overpowered tn,
iailOr, seized Martin and jackson and taking
them half a mile south of the court house
hung them to tree where the bodies wer,
found. Givens was taken to the pcnitentiary
by a strong guard
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POLITICS.
TRANSFERRING THE INDIAN BUREAU.

f. NJ. Kingsley, Of New York, member
of the board of Indian commissioners and rep
resenting the Presbyterian sect, and also chair
man of the purchasing committee before COM
mission having under consideration the trans
fer of the Indian bureau to the war de-
partment said we need an army with hoes and
spades for the Indians, rather than with swords
and rifles. If the commission so desired he
would produce the books of his office for every
expenditure of the board, and where purchases
were made, where forwarded and the DISPOSE
tiOn made of the same lie defended the In
dian agents as a body, and said their whole
sale abuse was unwarranted. The good work
doue by the board has in many instances been
demOr=lizcd by the surrounding military posts.
To his knowledge there was no existing antag-
Onism between the various religious denOmin-
atiOns.
LEG-LEss LEGISLATOR.
Governor lIamptOn's leg was amputated
below the knee His immediate friends say
his condition il not dangerous. The legisla.
ture elected Governor Hampton to the United
States Senate. The vote in the Senate was
unanimous. The House with two exceptions
voted for Hampton, the exceptions were Miller
and Simmons, colored members
PROVIDING FOR ExIGESCIEs.
The bill introduced by Senator Pluml
to provide for temporary increase of tn,
army in an emergency, authorizes the presi
dent whenever in his judgment the exigencie'
of the frontier service require it, to cause 250C
enlisted men to be added to the army to serv,
during such exigency.
THE SUGAR SENSATION.
The sugar trade pronounced emphatic
ally against Secretary Sherman's proposed
change in the mode of collecting duties on tha
article, as in the highest degree unjust and i'm
practicable. Instead of decreasing the temp
tation to fraud they believe it will have jus
the contrary effect.
TO THE RESCUE.
The ladies Of Brooklyn are responding
to the call Of the Christian women Of Utah
and are signing petitions to Congress protest
ing against the admission of Utah as n State
and against the iniquities of Mormonism.
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
In letter received by prominent ciga
manufacturer, Senator Davis states that tn
impression prevails in Washington that ther
will be no change made on tobacco and cigar
this session Of Congress.
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MISCELLANEOUS.


Judge Lowell has decided that some
:40O,000 of notes of the Union mills of Fall
River, signed only by the treasurer when the
bylaws of the corporation required that they
be cOuntersigned by the president, are valid
claims against the concern, on the ground that
the rule had not been observed for number
of years before the company became bank
rupt.
DOMINION RAILWAYS.
An Ottawa dispatch says that at the
next parliament an act will be presented to in.
corporate railway company 10 construct a
line from the west of the Red river to the in.
tersectien of the Canada Pacific, also branch
line to connect tidewater from point on the
Red river near Winncpeg, A telegraph line
will be constructed along the route.
ACTUAL SETTLERS.
The homestead pre-emption and timber
culture entries at the Sioux Falls and Spring.
field Dakota United States Land Offices foi
the month of November aggregate over 65,G0C
acres. All this land il taken hy actual settlers
and indicates very rapid settlement of that
portion of Southern Dakota.
NOT YET.
Some Southern man has sent to Secre-
tary Sherman certificate of deposit for SlOC
issued by the Assistant Treasurer of the Con.
federate States in Charleston in 1854, asking
II The United States Government would re.
deem it and pay him interest to date.
CIGAR MAKERs.
A meeting Of cigar manufacturers wat
held in Chicago, at which resolutions wer,
passed indorsing the hotion Of the New Yorl
makers, and advocating the tenement hous,
system, II 10 proposed to make ,hs sotinr
serersi th,puEhont ths country,
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Russia is known to be making military
dispositions and movements in Asia. but con-
tinues to hold back for the result of the action
of her parliamentary friends in England,
though it is held by some diplomatists that
England's quick, decisive action paralyzed
Russia.
THE TREATY OF BERLIN.
The Sultan has declared that the ap-
pontment of Caratheodori Pasha to he minis
ter of foreign affairs implies the intention of
carrying out the treaty of Berlin, and that the
new ministry was formed to satisfy Europe
and attempt internal reorganization.
THE AMEER sQuELcHED.
A special says that Afghan officials ar
rived in General Brownies camp from Jclala-
bad aud invite the British to advance to Ca
bul and establish a new government in cOnse-
quence of the general rising up against the
Ameer.
MAD MADDEN.
4 man named Madden was araigned
at the Bow Street police court charged with
threatening the life of Queen Victoria. Mad.
den, it appears, is harmless lunatic, and has
been known as such for twenty years.
BEGs FOR pEAcE.
A correspondent says that he has some
reason to believe that the Amccr has sent q
relative and high dignitary to Major Cavarar
at Dakka, hesecchilg the British to grant
peace and asking for no conditions.
BANIsHED.
The Gar has baniShed Mahmoud Da
mad, by making him governor of Tripoli, it
| Barbaria. The unfortunate general left to
| his new charge without even visiting his fam
/ lily. Was he not murdered;
THE MAcEDONIANs MASTERED.
A dispatch from Pesth says the British
consul at Sofia confirms the report that twen
ty Thousand Bugarians have fled from tn,
valley of Strumma in Macedonia to Bulgarian
territory.
LAST OF THE FISEGANs.
Edward Q Kelly, the last Fcnian prison
er confined in Ireland, will be released bcfor
Christmas. His friends are cndeavoring t.
secure him permission to reside in Great Brit
ain.
SUPPLIES CAPTURED.
Vast supplies which the Afghans ha,
accumulated for the winter in the village
around Peiwar greatly relieve the commissa
riat of the British.
WINTER CAMPS.
A Vienna correspondent says it is re
ported from Odessa that winter camps for %
900 men are rapidly forming near the south
ern frontier.
NATIVE ARMY.
England will let India fight her ow
battles, aud for that purpose will increase til
Indian army to $1,000 men
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a. ouum Cnat two &erc working
encSt, he thought they might
ually remarkably fond Of work,
wed them; two others, however,
ely took their places in toraging,
Jon aS these two were also re-
60 .wo others took their place.
p, Intelligence of ants was likewise
by him, the conclusion arrived at
.lat they are very stupid in regard
llity; thus. on putting store oftool
reached by passing over little card.
bridges. it wa, found that slightly
shifting bridge bahled them; they never
tried to push the bridge or even to make
use of supply of fine mould put ready
for them to help them fiji the gap; in
some cases he arranged a route and tncu
altered the bridge, so that slight jump Of
about onc-third Of an inch was made no
ccssary. but they preferred going a circuit
of Is feet rather than take the small jump.
Some Of the most interesting expert
ments in this case were in relation to the
manner in which ants recognize one
another. The idea that they will take
care of distressed ComradeiS, it appears,
not borne out He tried inst covering an
ant with mould, where many were pass
ing and rcpassing, but not one took any
notice; some were then mt under the in.
| nurnca of chloroform. and these were car.
ried away, regardcd norhons ms dead by
their comnonions Alcohol was then tried
in the place of chlorOlorm. thirty intoxi-
ratrd friends and thirty iuloyicntrd stran-
gers being put together near a nest; the
ants were at first ruzzlcd ot tbe sppctacle
nnyarthnle.ss twenty of tbn friends were
taken into fine nest, FIVE were thrown in.
to fine wotcr. and the others ncolrrta1
while Of tba thirty STRANGERS twnntv-fonr
ynrc throwr int, fhc wnte, and six wrrr
carried into t,r nest Inf II mistake brinp
al onrn fnu,I n,t vitb rnoorl IN Fnu, ~
HON thnsn'wnra hronaht ant and fbro,yr
into wntor-nn oct Which os Sir John 70.
morks indirata. on tln n,rt or tbn man
n,,a,s an ont;tndo of rnonTnitinr nm lnr Tho
circumstances Which il is dflIiruIt IN or.
connt for '
The honey amt Of Mexico has recently
iberomn nm oliart of much intrrr.t to npf.
m.,I;st. a,J oihrs. anJ IN NJ (ycsonIl
in tLc bnlietin of thc Rovol acaien,v "i
n,T',oIy mgr Ln .1;,I IN Ea dina tL" Grst
account Of tb,s s;ncnIar irenrt 'Tbn do.
toHs nF IL. L,I,;ts 5nI of lba rsa nf tLo
hnnr,, II snrrn,ns NAV indncd he ri,ssr1
,nnng tl,n nnyoltiny of thr nnlor,ingiral
r'orj ,r,l,7 wv '''' '''-' '''' ''''
Tbc rI,c native romo of tlis borov ant i.
hrsijor"s .''' and if Iiy.s IN unJargrannd @
nrsts wl;rh nre NOT di.rna,isLpLlr from,
w1thop, In tbpir oJrlc s.,,r nnnn nj
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NY Daughter Cured by the Use of Dr
Crooks Wine Of Tar"

Dupont, TnI,, AnEnsIgI, 1873.
MEssRs. s. n. SMITH d Co. Co.:-Gntsmep-Hav
ing seen an advertisement in the Madison
Courier, of your DR.. Crooks Wine of Tar,
purchased bottle for my daughter who had
been sick for some time with weakness of the
lungs and general debility, together with ner-
vous prostratiOn. Failing to receive benefit
from two different physicians who had attend
ed her she was induced to employ eminent
counsel at indianapolis, and after two years
of suffering and constant treatment, with no
benefit or relief, she used your invaluable pre-
paration. After using three bottles she recov-
cred, but we kept up its use until six bottles
were taken. have great confidence in il as a
safe remedy, and would have your medicine
if one of my family were again taken sick, and
he sure Of a cure. Respectfully,
II. II. PITCHER
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Dealers will, of course, often recommend an
organ as best because they have 1t to sell, or
can make more on II. But 1t has been demon
strated at all worlds exhibitions for twelve
years that those made by the Massr 4 Hsmlir
Organ Go, sxsel AL others,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1878-12-19

Carboline, deodorized extract of petroleum
is absolutely the only article that will restore
hair on bald heads, is an elegant dressing,
contains not particle of lead, sulphur or 9th
er deleterious drugs Try it and be convinced
Sold by all druggists.
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The Haldaman Marble Works of Kansas
City, NO., will manufacture and deliver to order
all kinds Of monuments and head stones Ia
any R. R. station in the Western States OF
Territories. Send for photograph and price of
work
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BARsE 81 SNIDER,
Estabiished In 1873.

Live Stock Commissioner, Kansas
Stock Yards, Mo. Best market prices
guaranteed. Market reports furnished
free. Advances made on consignmenls.
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The guest is not inlumbercd by too
much ceremony; no stiff, high.bscked
chair bewilders him and destroys his ease.
May say itY-he has not the care OF
lady whom he must lead into dinner, and
upon whose wishes he must attend. He
crosses his legs upon the cushion which is
spread for him, takes his spoon In one
hand and his servlette in the other, and
without word waits till the dishes come.
A minute or so elapses. attendants bearing
huge round tr@ arrive, and deposit 1t
between the convives. Upon this tray
there is a large bowl of soup, together
with little plate, and one knife and fork
for each gnest. There are besides several
tiny dishes. upon which are displayed
sweetmcats, pickles, cavines and olives;
some pieces of bread complete the tray.
For pOment the diners regard the tray,
and perchance taste an olive or sweet
But the chief of the table, if he be an in
telljgent person, does not waste much
time. With wave of his hand to en-
courage his friends, he dips his spoon in
to the soup bowl conveys the rich gravy to
his mouth and this is at once initiated by
all his guests. Now and then one or 9TH
er will drop a piece Of bread into the bowl
and fish it out again, either for himself or
very particular friend, and SO thedipping
goes on till the soup is iinished-the bowl
empty. 4 pause ensues while some call
ior water and others rest i'll anticipation
of the next course and the next effort.
VaHY, shortly another dish makes It's
rance; this time, perhaps, some
.. $, or kind of hash, in which a
, a'ity Of vegetables are used. In go
u - ''toons once more, and the feast con
lr v. Most probably the next plate will
. , tlets or fowls, whereupOn the various
IS are taken up with tIe fingers, and
jsed of with some rapidity. And now
comes the critical moment for you, if you
are present at this feast as stranger.
You, as European, will have placed your
meat on your plate, and will be carefully
cutting it up, when suddenly a more than
ordinary juicy morsel will be pushed into
Your mouth by Il greasy pair OF fingers.
Tou must not resent this it is token OF
loving kindness; sign that You are re-
spcctcd, esteemed, beloved. Eat it; you
are a favored mortal. A dish Of vegeta-
| bles, par ct simple, very likely succeeds,
and then one of pastry, in which chopped
meat is concealed: and, lastly, what the
Turks who speak English tell You is the
Ottoman plum pudding-pilla withiust
enough meat in it to make it palatable
With your spoon you once more take q
scramble; you eat iii the dish is empty,
and then, like your friends, lean back Till
a Jug of wator is brought. water is poured
over your hands, cigarette is given you,
and the coffee comes Your Turkish din.
ner in the palace Of Sultan Abdul Hamit
| is finished.
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Alaw is proposed in Texas TO exempt
manned Confederate soldiers from tax
etinu