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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-28

gress or any department officer court of the
snea States or finals 0y whether ,ni as
damages compensation or otherwise, for or
on account of any property, real, personal or
mixed. taken. used. injured or destroyed by
the United States troops, by or through any
officer. civil military, or other person acting or
protesting to act under or by authority OF the United
States or of their enemies; or taken. used. IN
jured destroyed from any other cause
whatever during the existence OF the late
instruction rebellion against the government
of the United States unless the owner thereof land IN
case of any corporation its governing authority ana
WAS during all tine time as OF srn Of
the United States. and gave neither aid nor encour
agement TO the enemy. No pension, bounty, grant,
be given or provided for by or under the authority
OF Congress any State for or on account OF any
fered in hostility to the government of the United
States No pardon or amnesty. past or future snail
have any effect to take any case or claim out
OF the purview Of this article.
FOUR PER CENT BONDS TO BE ISSUED.
The Secretary of the Treasury. in answer to inqui
ries concerning the amount Of four per cent bonds
that be issued for refunding purposes. states
that under the refunding act there authorized
aggregate Of 900 bonds to be issued for
that purpose that there has already been issued of
Ave per cents $500, 900 900. of four and halls,
$lS5 and Of four per cents slGs 000 in all
1865 00O leaving of four per cents still to be is
sued s646 100000. OF the bonds at present redeem
able there is acknowledgements Of 1865
S260S5.550; of 1867. $310.614,000; of 1863
$37 465, 800; of ten-forties. $194. 5G6 300-n all
s56s, 731. 15O-showing that there more than
enough four per authorized to take up all the
bonds which will be redeemable before 1881.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES
General James Shields. recently elected Senator
from Missouri, made his appearance in the Senate
Chamber this morning the oath Of Office was duly
administered and he took his seat.
The Warren Mitchell claim bill was up before the
Senate to-day and gave rise to an extended debate.
Senator Hill. Of Georgia. spoke strongly in opposi
ton to the bill, which went without action.
In the House the bill of Mr.. Wright. of Pennsyl-
vania for the loan of $500 by the to any
person desiring to take advantage of the provisions
Of the Homestead act, defeated by vote of %
ayes to 212 nays.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-28
DISCOVERIES OF FRAUD.

SOME STARTLING DISCLOSURES MADE BIZ AUDIT
ING THE ACCOUNTS OF A STATEN ISLAND
TOWN.
The Richmond County Grand Jury. which meets
to-day will probably be called upon TO act in relation
to certain frauds which. through the work Of the
town auditors of Mdletown. have just been brought
to light. For some time past it has been known in
the shape of common street talk that certain men
we're unusually prosperous and that the bills which
they presented against the town and county were
for large sums. The truth Of this assertion
has just been proven. Messrs. Thomas J.
Martin, James Scott and Henry Mendall, the Board
of Auditors for the town of Middletown, have CON-
pleted their labors, and in the course Of their
business some very queer transactions were dis
covered they laid the facts before the people in
the shape Of a report. This report shows that dur
ing the past ak years the increase in the towncx-
penses has been nearly twelve-fold. the bills this
year aggrt eating $1ol26 3d. against 5000 in 1874
There seems from the report to have been deter
mined raid made on the town treasury by justices
of the peace. consables and liverymen. Alarge num-
Der the constabes charges said 10 be fraudu-
lent "a was shown on comparing their bills with
the records file in Sheriff Browns Office. One
constable makes 51 charges for taking prisoners to
Jail. while the Sherin-s books show there were no
commitments. Another constable makes seventy-five
such charges while in livery stable keepers bill
there ifty-seven orders for the conveyance OF
prisoners. and commitments 10 correspond.
Another livery man has twenty mine such cases.
another twenty eight. another sixteen and so on. A
fact tending TO show the fraudulent nature of most
of the charges the frivolous character of of
the complaints. the report states that there have
been during the past year 400 prisoners actually
confined in the County Jail on commitments from
justices in the town of Middlctown, the great ma
iority of the prisoners being from the
The Town Auditors made great reductions
in the bills; for instance, Constable Robert Cog
gin, who claimed 81 236 49, was allowed 1927 Go;
l,1a lam vbn ola tp,aI
allowed $3.50 IS, and Constable William Widmer was
allowed $50 for claim 81 5000 l6. The total reduc-
tions amounted to s3,457 81.
The report and many other Developments which
arc being made from time TO time have reused the
people Of Staten Island. and there IL very
strong effort being made 20 have bill passed by tho
Legislature providing for the appointment OF police
magistrate by the trustees of the several villages,
thus taking all criminal business out of the hands OK
the Justices of the pence.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-28
KILLED BY A TRAIN.

When the $3.50 train on the Flushing Railroad lcfs
College Point for Long Island city yesterday morn
ing Robert G. Glcndcnning of Dutch Kills was going
over his milk route hurriedly than usual hav-
ing started late. He reached the Thompson avenue
crossing of the Long Island Railroad. near the Office
os the Mayor of Long Island city, as the train came
LAUNDERING down the grade, and put his horse to
trot TO cross the track before the train had passed.
The cowcatcher struck the wagon midway and car
ried part of IL 600 down the track. Gendenniny
was thrown distance Of 200 feet, anS when picked
mn vas dead.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-28
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1870.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROHIBITING THE
PAYMENT OF WAR CLAIMS.
The following is the full text Of the proposition
reported by Mr.. Edmunds to-day from the Senate
Judiciary Committee. as substitute for tho consti-
tutionai amendment on the same subject proposed
by the joint resolution which passed the House
under suspension. Of the rules the last day Of
tho last session.
AnrrcLH 16-No claim against the United States
shall evor hercsfer Be sustained OF allowed BY Con-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-28
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, Jan. q, 1870
THE NEW YORK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FELT
IN THE ACTION OF THE sENATE-cRowpED
GALLERIES DISAPPOINTED.
In the face Of general disbelief that the Senate
would oct upon the New York Custom House noml
nations TO day public anxiety about tho matter hcpt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-28
STRUCK BY A TORNADO.
New ORLEANS,

NEW ORLEANS, L.. Jan. a. 1879.
despatch from Luling, Texas. to the Galveston
Ne,cs, states that tornado struck the town Of Lock
port, on Sundoy evening" dcmolishing forty houses.
including churches, the Court House ana Masonic
Hall. child ives killed aud several persons badly
hurt
The Worthington advance., 1879-02-20
IRA UPS AND PAUPERX.

r. Simmons, from Westside, in this
county, writes sensible letter to the
Jackson Republic about tramps and
paupers. He says:
/ have questioned those tramps to
find out where they were from and nine
out Of every ten said they were from
the State of New York, tile great Elm.
pre- State. What is the reason that
the State of New York has so many
tramps? Is it becaase she has such a
large population and not employment
for the people? / say it is because they
have tor the last sixty years to my GER
tain knowledge sold whisky and kept
up saloons and made drullkards and
filled up their poor houses and jails and
State PRISONS. The State of New
York has four State Prisons, averag-
ing 500 to 700 occupants inside their
walls.
| saw a letter in the last Republic
fro II Il farmer in South Barre. Orleans
county. y. Y, stating that there were
twenty-five soloons in the small village
Of Albion, and it cost the county eigh.
teen thousand dollars a year to support
their paupcrs, and if it cost that county
eighteen thousand dollars. what would
it cost the county of Syracuse? not less
than fifty or seventy-tiye Thousand dol
lars q year. And where does this mon
ey come from to support the paure:s in
the poor house? 1t is a direct tax on
the tax payers Of the county. 1t is
heavy burden to bear and what is the
remedy! Close up your whisky shops
and IN short time your poor house
will be nearly empty and your jails will
have vacant cells, and your State Pris-
The Worthington advance., 1879-02-20
SCHOOL TISI9,2

Jan. q, 1871 visited school in
District %, Indian Lake township.
John Peterson teacher.
This district built neat school house
last fall and this is their first school.
John Peterson, who is we'll known in
Worthington, is teaching his first school
here and is giving good satisfaction.
This is a good school-exce!lent Or
der-and all intent on study:
Sarah Carpenter, Celia Carpenter,
Martin Langseth, Olaf Langseth, LOU
is and Eric johnson and John Saxson
constitute the first arithmetic class.
They commenced in compound num-
bers about weeks ago, and are now
finishing decimal fractions. I examin-
ed this class on all they have gone over
and was pleased with their aptness and
proficiency: showing that they had mas
tered each subject as they passed along.
The I'd class in arithmetic-Matilda
Mohl, Clara Upstrom, Willie and
Frank Saxson, and August Olson, ac-
quilted themselves we'll in Addition,
Subtraction, Multiplication and Short
Division. Orthography is not forgot
ten, and was much pleased with the
grade of the large class in spelling, and
also I'd spelling class.
Little Ida Saxson and Emma Ander-
son are conquering the A b C's and
spelling in three and four letters, and
Lilly V. Carpenter has reached the first
reader. frankie Blixt, Christ. Solom-
onson, Wallace Saxsou and Frank An
derson though busy spelling the small
er words, are determined to 60 on till
they reach the 4th reader.
| examined the copy books closely,
and find them all: with a few excep-
tions, neat and clean. Here they have
writing exercises every day, and as a
result, there is not a scholar but has
made marked Improvement. John Sax
son exccls for the amount Of practice he
has had-as well lis others whose names
can't now recall.
The people Of Indian Lake ought to
be proud of their school. Mr.. Saxson
spent the day with me at the school and
w;ss pleased with what he saw.
j. G.. OGLE,
County Superintendent.
The Worthington advance., 1879-02-20
pECKSSUN'


Where in the world has Peck's Sun
been all this time that we havn't seen
it. before? The No., before us is marked
'Vol. V No. XXXVl," and dated At
Milwaukee. 1t seems that it used to
be published at La Crosse, but her big
sister Milwaukee cried for it, and got
it away from her. At any rate, it is
one Of the funniest papers published
and the Danbury News and Burlington
Hawkeye will have to keep mettle in
their legs, for there is another nag on
the track. Here is what the Sun says
about itself:
We want everybody to read the Sun.
It is good for what ails them. 1t won't
hurt anybody. We are exchanging
with 4 couple OF hundred papers that
have requested us to allow them to pub
lish Il prospectus or something. They
need not do anything Of the kind. If
every editor will act as an agent-that
is, editors in the country-and put =
two line notice in their papers to the
effect that they will get up club, they
can do more for us in 4 month than we
can ever do for them in lifetime.
They can take clubs Of ten at Sl.65
each, and we will pay postage. Post.
masters may do the same. if they please.
We have no sewing machines to offer
! for premiums. but we will furnish a
lock-stitch, double thread paper that is
worth the money.
Friends, if you will collar the fellows
that come to your Offices to read The
Sun free, and choke a dollar and sixty
five cents out of ten Of them, you can
help this paper to circulation that
will make it terror,
The Worthington advance., 1879-02-20
IYNOLEENCY LAW,.

A very important and deliberately
prepared bill has been introduced into
tho Minnesota Legislature under the
following title:
An act to provide for voluntary
bankruptcy Of insolvent debtors and
Tor compulsory proceedings against
such debtors, and for an equitable dis
tribution Of the property OF such debt
Ors among their creditors. and to force
i. discharge Of such debtors from their
debts, and to prevent frauds upon and
preferences among creditors.
! This is measure Of the first import.
, anee to the business men of the State.
and if the Legislature should do moth
ing more than to pass this bill, it would
do good winters work.
: Under the present laws, since the re-
peal of the National Bankrupt Law.
every retail dealer, unless he buys for
oasll, lives i'll momentary expectation
.of being closed up by his creditors.
The Worthington advance., 1879-02-20
LITERARY NOTTCES

Religio-Philosophical Journals Series
Of Biographical Sketches of Promi-
nent SpiritCalists. Religio-Philo-
sophical Publishing House. Chicago.
Price 25,cents. s.
This is : meat pamphlet containing
Biographical Sketches of DR.. Samuel
Watson, Prof: Hare, Hudson. TLttle,
Giles B. Stebbins, Mrs. McDougal. Jas.
G. Clarke, Rev. Jno. Pierpont. Dr' Pee.
bles, VIM. T.. Coleman, Z. D. Babl,itt
A. J. Davis and Prof. J. II. Buchanan:
These sketches afe especially Interest,"
ing'to Spiritualists, but the pamphlet
would furnish interesting leadin9 also
to all the narrow-gauge, semi-intelli-
gent church people who coolly arrocate
to themselves what they call ''the hest
culture" and who persist in asserting
that Spiritualism finds its adherents
among the vulgar and the uneducated.
when the fact is that tile thinkers of
both Europe and America have already
gone over to Spiritualism and that in
telligent men and women are Joining
its ranks by the hundred.
" We hope the Journal will continue
those sketches, until it includes ,Indqe
Edmunds, Horace Greeley. Judge Cir-
ter, Senator Tallmage, and other Amer
leans, and, on the other side of the wa
ter, Victor Hugo, Prof. Zoellner. Glad
stone, Queen Victoria, and many 9TH
erS.
The chronological Journal for Feb
ruary contains articles on Brain and
Mind, The Unfolding Of Mind through
Conflict and Sin, Single -Blesscdness,
Dietetic Delusions, Experiments III
Magnetism, Proper Position in Sleep,
etc. 737 Broadway, N. Y.
The Library Magazine, the first num-
Der OF which has just reached us, is uu-
ique in its form and typographical up
pearance.
Sir Erskine Perry, many years resi-
dent of that country, discusses ''The
Future of India;" Richard A Proctor
treats of ''Supposed Changes in the
Moon;;" 7. Adolphus Trollope writes
The Homes and lIaunts Of the Ital-
ian Poet. Guarini;' there is 4 learned
and entertaining article on ''The Phe-
nicians in Greece" and of lighter but
not trivial articles there are: Theatri-
cal Makeshifts and Blunders;" 1.-THE
Happy Valley''-a picture OF life in In
dia; IAN Imperial Pardon,'' which
gives wonderful picture of peasant
life in Russia; 'Some Gossip about
Leicester Squares" Woman's I.ove''
"A Slavonian Story; christmas in Mo-
rocco" etc.
10 all who have been longing for the
era OF low-priced, first-class literature,
not the least attractive feature of The
Library Magazine is its low price, 81 /.
year or 10 cents a copy.
TO see so much that is excellent Of
fered for so little cost is snre to put a
cheerful smile on the face Of person
of literary taste, and a dime or dollar
into the hands of the publishers. The
American Book Exchange, IS Beekman
street, n. Y.
The Worthington advance., 1879-02-20
"GETI'ING THROUGH,'

EDITOR ADVANCE: The protracted
meeting held by the Methodist denomi-
nation, have closed and every one in
town and vicinity is aware of the good
that has been accomplished. This get.
ting throngll' and joining the church
makes fellow-that didn't amount to
very much before-a man of some i'm
portance. Recently one of the IRE.
c:aimed' sat through preaching, his
feet upon the bench in front Of him,
book in his lap and read, and was ''per.
fectly 1T home." tell you it is fine
thing. Ills ''brother i'll Christ" was
busy whispering and laughing with the
girls on the back seat. lie was on hand
at the Lyceum and was foremost in
':carying on.''
Some of them are too good to contin.
ue going to school. G.
The Worthington advance., 1879-02-20
A.GDOD YvD0PSElfEvr

1t would no doubt he highly amusing,
and at the same time astonishing. to see
a complete list Of all the expensive
and "powerful" names of the multitude
OF short lived medical preparations
placed upon the market during the past
few years rs ''most wonderful discover
les" and ''infallible cures" I'm hoe
siy1ao cinces, by Inscriptions specula-
tors and adventurers, who, recognizing
the value of advertising seek by these
means to obtain public favor and popu-
larity for their doubtful and 50 often
entirely worthless and even dangerous
preparations. And it is Il genuine
pleasure for us to commend DR.. Bulbs
Cough Syrup rs one of the few really
deserving medicines offered to the pub
lie. Its adoption by many of our intel
ligent physicians is due only to it's real
worth and merit and thousands of fam
lilies it is regarded as 1.-THE standard
household remedy" WASH, D. G.
Critic.)
The following resolution was adopt
ed at a recent meeting of agriculturists
in st. Paul:
Resolvetl, That rolling wheat is indis-
lCtlobD3C w fCilltFc CIC DcSG ISSulGS itIlu
THAT experiments have been made of
narrowing wheat wien flom six to ten
inches hig', when the ground Is dry and
baked, resulting i'll a large increase Of
the crop, and it is the sense of this
meeting that further experiments
should be made.
We publish the announcements in
our advertising columns for pay, and
seldom trouble ourselves to enquire as
to the qualities or merits of the wares
advertised, further than to assure our
selves that they are legitimate and re-
spectacle. But when al article per-
forms miracles in our midst, transform
ing the old to young, in appearance at
least, we cannot pass it by unnoticed.
We know Of people who, years ago, were
gray-headed and who now wear dark
glossy hair. How is this? It evident
ly is not colored, for it has I, perfectly
natural appearance instead of the harsh.
dry, staring look of hair stained with
nitrate of silver or other common hair
dyes. N0!it has been restored to its
youthful COLOR luster and vitality by
the use OF that wonder Of wonders.
Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renew
er. 1t has many initiate ors, but there is
nothing like it. The test of years only
increases its fame, while it's imitators
die and are torgotten.-Boston Daily
Globe.
The Worthington advance., 1879-02-20
HIhhimytrm @llranfe,
" Terms S7.oo Year, 81 90 for Six Months.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1879.
THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
The Pioneer Press correspondent at
La Crosse dispatches as follows under
date OF Feb. 13:
It is officially announced that the
BOuciiern Minnesota has completed ar
rangements to build from forty to for
ty.five miles of railroad beyond Jackson
this coming season. The money for
this purpose is already provided for.
A force Of surveyors will be put in the
field within thirty days, to run prelimi-
nary surveys. The general direction of
their lines will be northwest, so as to
strike Murray and Pipestone counties,
where the company has large quantities
Of land. One hundred Thousand ties
have already been contracted for and
arc being delivered, and the piles for
bridges have been purchased. Should
the season prove good one for crops,
the company announce their intention
to build through to the Dakota line, IS
miles from their present terminus.
Notwithstanding the hard times, their
net earnings for the past year have been
3Sl1 ,O0O. The present length of the
road is PIG miles. A recent addition of
their facilities is a through Car from
La Crosse to Mankato, via Wells, which
makes connection with east and west
trains on the Sioux City road. Officers
Of the company say the prospect Of q
big emigration into southern Minnes0-
Ia was never so good as now.
The above information, confirmed
from other sources, is no doubt reliable
and we can count upon the extension
Of the road during the coming summer
70 junction with the Sioux City 4 st.
Paul road. Where the crossing will be,
We suppose will not be determined un-
til the survey is made, but we have as
surances from gentlemen who received
the information in confidence from the
Company, ttat connection will be
made ut Worthington. The ADVANCE
has uniformly claimed that even should
the main line follow the northern route,
. branch would be built into Worthing-
ton and trains run regularly to this
point. Mr.. Easton and Mr.. Downer,
we believe, control most of the stock,
and they always have been and still
are strongly in favor Of coming to Wor-
thington.
With the opening of spring, we shall
begin at once to feel the benefits OF the
extension. There will be demand for
men, teams and supplies, considerable
money will be put into circulation and
tho fact that the work is going on will
of itself turn no little immigration in
this direction.