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To Teachers.

Thefollowing call for information has
been sent to all County Superinten-
dents In this State:
INDIANA INSTITUTE FOR THE EDUCA.
TON OF THE BLIND.
INDIANAPoLIs, IND, Oct. 20, 1879.
County Superintendent of Schools:
Dear Sir-Will you do me the favor
to make Inquiries through your teach
ers In the Township Institutes, In No
vember and December. In regard to
blind children Of school age In your
county. l want to ascertain the post
office address of parents who have blind
children that have never been at the
Indiana Institute. II each teacher will
inquire In his own school district this
Information can be thoroughly obtain.
ed. From want Of knowledge or GRIM
inal carelessness on the part OF parents
many OF this unfortunate clsss fall to
receive the education which the State
OF Indiana has SO amply provided for
her blind.
Please report by the last OF December
or early In January.
w. B. WILSON. Sup't.
A similar call has been received from
the superintendent Of tie Asylum for
Feeble Minded Children.
l ask the teachers OF district schools
and the principals Of town schools to
secure this Information, and report at
your next Institute.
J. @. MACPHERSON, Co. Sup't.
County papers please copy.l
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The Union Meeting

There was a very large audience q,
Franklin street Lutheran church Las,
evening. attracted by the interest being
felt In the series Of Union Meetings
which are participated In by the mem
bers OF the several churches represent
ed In the Ministerial Association. A
spirit Of devotion seemed to peryade
the assembly, evident by the marked
attention paid to the various exercises,
and the heartiness with which the
singing was engaged In. Rev. Mr..
Enders made brief. but very impress-
i've prayer. and announced the old
familiar hymn. Come, thou fount of
every blessing" which was sung In a
spirited manner. followed with an earn
est prayer by Rev. Agenbroad, asking
that God would put q stop to the vice
and immortality now 80 prevale ut In the
city. and give pure language to the
people. Rev. Mr.. Clayton also made q
prayer, breathing the spirit OF love and
pity for those who are going down to
destruction. After singing, James w.
Smith and George II. Grant each sup-
pl1cated the throne Of grace. The
burden OF each prayer was. that God
would bless the Union Meetings, and
cause them to exert an influence that
will have beneficial effect not only
upon the churches but upon the com
munity at large. Rev Mr.. Enders
read the gospel lesson, and announced
that thirty minutes would be devoted
to voluntary exercises. A number of
persons bore testimony to the comfort
and consolation afforded by religion. |
and several very appropriate prayers
were offered. At the close Of this ex- |
ercise. Rev. Mr.. Hughes delivered a |
short but very interesting and edifyino |
discourse on Faith, and eloouentIv
traced the history of Moees, showing
the wisdom OF his choice to 'eufYer
affection with the people Of God, rather
than enjoy the PLEASURES OF sin for a
At the close Of the sermon.
which was listened to with marked
attention, Rev. Mr.. Buchtel offered a
very earnest prayer, asking the Divine
blessing to attend the word spoken.
after q few appropriate remarks by
Rev. Mr. Enders, the congregation sang
he doxology. and were dismissed with
! benediction by Rev. Mr.. vlgus.
Meeting again this evening, and
Is cordially invited to at
end. Bring Gospel Hymns, no. 2,
With you.
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A Costly Anree.

"A SOsuy spree.
John Fowler. one OF the persons
charged with having been concerned
In breaking in the windows Of A. ].
Clemmen's grocery store In Boston,
two weeks ago, and who. when officer
Salter attempted to arrest him soon
after, broke for corn-field and made
bis escape. was arrested last Friday
and taken before Squire Lyle OF this
city, where three charges had been
preferred against him-provoke, drunk
and disorderly, and malicious trespass.
he plead guilty to the charge OF pro-
woke. and was fined, with the costs,
SLIGO, and not guilty to the other
charges. and gave security for his ap-
pearance yesterday. At 10 O'Clock
some thirty or more Bostonians were
on hand as Witnesses, spectators, and
parties to the cases. The case of
drunk and disorderly was called first,
and come twerty witnesses were ex-
amined. From the evidence SQUIRE
Lyle found that the accused was guilty,
and assessed his fine at 81 and costs,
which will prove q considerable item,
as fourteen witnesses claimed their at
tendance fee, which alone amounts to
$24.50. When the result was announ.
ced, Mr.. Fowler applied for a change of
venue on the case for malicious tres
pass, and 1t was transferred to SO uire
Coale's court, and q hearing Get for
next Tuesday at 10 o'clock.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

APooR woman with q little boy, y ho
had made her way from Washington
City to this point on passes furnished
her, was given . pass to Indianapolis.
last evening, by Trustee Hadley. She
has friends residing In Missouri. whom
she Is anxious to reach.
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Important to Sufferer.

The greatest benefactor Ia one who
relieves pain and cures disease. DR..
Silsbee has accomplished both by bis
miraculous discovery OF "Anakeeis,- an
absolute, easy, rapid and infallibIe cure
for piles in all stages OF development.
Twenty thousand sufferers testify to
Its virtue. 1t Ia q simple suppository.
acting as an instrument, poultice and
medicine. The relief IL instant and the
cure certain. Price 81 per box. Sam
pies sent free on application to Ana
kesis' Depot, Box 3946, New York
For sale by all first class druggists.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

THE horse, the noblest Of the brute
creation, when suffering from q cut,
abrasion or sore, derives "a much ben
eft as his ma ter In . like predicament
from the healing. soothing action of
THOMAS ELECTRIC On. Lameness,
swelling OF the neck, stiffness Of the
joints. throat and lungs are relieved by
It. Consult our advertisement In this
paper. Note-Eclecfric, selected, cleo
tried. Sold Wholesale and retail BY
A. G. Luken 4 Co.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

SHOULD the weather prove favorable
Mr.. Hanna will complete the cutters
and the widening Of the sidewalks on
on Fort Wayne avenue, from Vine to
Fifth this week. This IL an improve
ment that has been needed for years.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

No dairyman can afford to make and
sell white butter. People who buy
butter want 1t yellow, and are willing
to pay several cents per pound more
for 1t than they would for the lardy
looking stun they often have to take.
By using Wells. Richardson l. Co.'s
Perfect Butter Color, every dairyman
can have the golden color OF June the
year round. It Is cold by druggists
and merchants 1eneralIy.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03
Ladies' All

Use SOZODONT who wish to make
themselves pleasant and pretty. Better
than Enamel on the face, or tawdry
dresses, 1t sets off the human face with
pleasant smiles and dental beauties,
and gives fragrance to the conversa-
ton. No lady should neglect to have q
bottle on her toilet table.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03
Feeble Ladies'.

Those languid, tiresome sensations
causing you to feel scarcely able to
be on yonr feet; that constant drain
that is taking from your system all its
elasticity; driving the bloom from your
cheeks; that continual strain upon
your vital forces, rendering you fretful
and irritable, can easily be removed by
the use Of that marvellous remedy, Hop
Bitters. Irregularities and obstruc.
ttone OF your system are relieved at
once. while the special cause OF period
ical pain IL permanently removed. Will
you heed thts?
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

GEORGE RENK and daughter, Miss
Minnie, left for Milwaukee to visit
the family of bis brother Simon. He
took his rife along and will probably
bring . deer with him on his return
home.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

Mr.. AND MRS. STEPHEN r. WIGGINs
went to Cincinnati last evening to at
tend the funeral Of the wife of John E.
Jones. relative OF Mrs. Virgins, which
occurred to-day.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

HACKING coughs lacerate the lungs
and beGet consumption; consumption
fills our cemeteries. II nipped Ia the
bud with THOMAS ELECTRIC on. the
destructive malady Is deprived OF it's
power. Pain Is also subdued by this
benign healing agent corns. sores,
frost-b1te, burns, and other troubles
referred to Ia advertisements elsewhere
In this paper, are conquered by 1t. Sold
wholesale and retail by A. G. Luken i
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

A STRANGER asked Q friend Q few
days since, Why is IL that the worst
sidewalk In the city Is to be found on
Fifth street. between Broadway and
the depot. . thorouehfare that Is used
more than any other In the city? Who
viii answer the conundrum7
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03
THE RAILROADS.

The following shipments were made
yesterday:
j. NJ. Hutton l. Company, collins to
Sedalia, Mo-; Fairbury, Neb.; Newton,
Iowa City, Iowa; East st. Louis, Ill.
Lima, o.: Goshen. Elkhart, Walton,
Reynolds. Ind.
81. Pardick, chains to Knightstown,
Ind.
Gaar. Scott l. Co., machinery to
Mulberry Grove, H.; Ba&dad, Ky;
Strawn's Station, Indianapolis, Indi-
ana.
Zeller 4 Co., crackers to various
points.
Haynes, Spencer L Co.. school furni-
ture to Dana, Indianapolis, Ind.
Richmond Cutlery Works. cutlery
to Peru, Ind.
Curme, Dunn & Company, leather to
Elwood, Ind.
Richmond Chair Company, chairs to
Marshall, ILL.,; Cincinnati, O.: Ruehville,
Ind.
Chase Plano Company, piano to
Pekin, Ill.
Ezra Smith & Company, coflns to
st. Louis, Mo-; Raymond, ILL.,; Hun
tington. Ind.
Nixon d Company, paper to Dayton,
Ohio.
John Nicholson, cigar boxes to Day.
ton.
s. r. Wiggins i Son, leather to
Camden, Ind.
Richmond City Mill Works. mill ma
chinery to Buffalo, N. Y.
w. G. Starr & Son, chains to Chica-
go, Ill.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03
Masonic Elections.

A. the annual conclave Of Richmond
Commandery, No. s, &. r., held Dec. l,
1879. the following Sir Knights were
chosen officers for the ensuing year:
Lee Land. E. G.
Peter Ritter, General
Jos. L. Smith, G. G.
E. D. Palmer. Prelate
A. J. McKinnie. Treasurer.
w. W. Austin, Recorder.
w. J. Robie, S W.
G. E. Marlatt, j. W.
II. B. Ballard. St. B.
S. c. Byers, Sw.
Sam1 Marlstt. w.
c. Ratliff. 1st G..
d. G. Sparks, 2nd G.
d. ". Johnson, 3rd G.
A. G. Ogborn, S.
RICHMOND LODGE
An election for officers was held In
Lodge, 1876, last evening.
with the following result:
Richard W. Deely, W NJ
II. Cullaton, S. W.
G. Clark, J. W.
Simon Fox. Treasurer
John Dewitt Secretary.
d. G. Sparks, Trustee.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

The celebrated Wilson farm, ne ar
Dublin, viii be sold next Wednesday,
December 10th, at auction. See I'D.
vertisement 10 another column.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

DORSEY JAY, an Earlham student,
and resident of Miami county, was
called home yesterday by the death Of
q relative.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

EN- JONES was released from the
county jail yesterday, having served
the time for which he was sentenced on
q charge OF petit larceny
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

EVERYBODY Is requested to attend
the Union Meeting at the Franklin
Street Lutheran Church this evening.
Bring Gospel Hymns No. 2 with you.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03
RICHMOND LODGE.

SPALDING'S GLUE split on q chair.
viii prevent man who sits down on It
from getting up easily.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

A. n. MILLER has removed his family
TO Cincinnati, to reside there during
winter.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

DURING the month OF November
there were shipped from this city three
hundred barrels OF eggs and seventy
packages OF butter.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

A SPLENDID supper and q musical
treat can be enjoyed tomorrow even
Ing for thirty.f1ve cents.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

PHYSICIANS nee Kidney Wort Ia reg.
uiar practice and pronounce its action
perfect,
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

AVERY life-like portrait OF Warren
Shumard graces the window OF Morris
& Hunts bookstore.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03

THOMAS II. WORKMAN has removed
to A. n. Miller's f1ne residence on
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Death of Ed ward walker.

Hon. Edward Walker Of Wiley's Sta
ton. and very prominent citizen Of
Darke county. Ohio. we'll known to
many persons in this city, died Mon
day evening Of pneumonia, after an ILL.,
ness OF but q weeks duration. His
funeral took place to- day.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-03
PERSONALS.

George II. Grant went to Middle
town. Ohio, this morning.
T. l.. Pierce returned from Indianap-
oils this morning.
J. r. Preston is greeting friends st
the State capital to-day.
Mrs. Sallie Thornton will spend q
week with friends In Indianapolis.
Charley Geir and E. W. Lincoln went
to Cincinnati this morning.
VIM. Clemens went to Cincinnati last
evening.
Marshal Ryan OF Eaton was In the
city last evening.
VIM. Carter Of Dayton IL visiting
Richmond friends.
Mise Allie Waters. who has been WIS.,
ittng friends 1t New Castle several
days. returned home last evening.
Mrs. Fannie Green left last evening
on weeks visit to friends In Ran
dolph county.
Miss Nora Patterson returned from
. pleasant visit to friends In Fort
Wayne last evening.
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THIS may be truthfully written down
. damp, murky, disagreeable day.

]. B. PRESTON has removed his resi-
dence to No. IS North Eighth street.
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\ gentleman direct from the Aroostook
valley, says the farmers are fighting the
potato bugs with determination to win
a victory. The means adopted are two
shingles between which the bugs are
crushed
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\ four ycar-old child i'll this city cot
possession of a box of bclladonna pills the
other day and ate the sugar coating from
SIX Of them The inside of the pills She
rejected because Of their bitter taste, and
it happened very fortunately that She
did 50, Us tile swallowing of the whole
Wouldundoubtedly have caused her death,
being, as they We're, twelve times the
quantity Of a regular dose for an adult,
AS it was, the slight percentage Of the
active principle that she absorbed affect
ed her in i way that led her mother to
investigate the cause Of her condition and
ascertain what She had done. The child
got hold of the box 10y climbing to the
shelf on which the mother had laid it.
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of domestic merchandise since the period ut the
panic Is without exam pie 10 our history II the
year ending June 80, 1873 the amount of our eN-
ports was 500 .n}3, l:}3 In the year ending June
l. 1872 the amount of our exports was ?'l9 6IS.-
933 In the five years previous to the pauic our
exports were S2,Ol3fo26lS; and during the past
five years they wer" S2,959.l91,d5 me net i'm
ports ot merchandise decreased from >i4l 6S1.79'
during the year 1873 to ~ Sl3o3i IN ISIS, or \!
per cent whereas the value Of our exports of
merchandise representing mainly our agricultural
and manufacturing products, increased from -1o5,
O}} l3I III 1873 to S6S0103 POS in ISIS, or - per
cent 1t may be stated generally that the internal
commerce Of the country shows gradual increase
III traffic since l>13-the improvement during the
last year having been more rapid than during any
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TINS is all well enough, except that the amount
should be limited to that amount winch can be
maintained at par in coin otherwise you have pa
per money tuctuatlng III value, variable as the
shade aud a recurrence Of all the evils which we
have suffered since the panic There is but one
way OF testing the amount Of paper money that is
sufficient to transact the business OF the country
and Il at Is by Its cOnveTtblltY into coin On the
demand OF the holder Again they say they Ia
vor the immediate use Of the coin III the treasury
for the
REDUCTION OF TIE BONDED DEHr.
This proposition is the purest demagoguisn TN
less 1t is desirable to have irredeenable paper
money depending for its value only upon the man
date OF the government, what is called hat mon
ey. II We propose to redeem our money we must
have IL the treasury com sufficient to meet any
sudden demand The larger the amount and the
greater tie certainty of redemption when denan-
ded, the less demaud there Will be. As matter
OF course, by holding tins com in the treasury
lose the interest that might be saved by its appl
cation IN the payment Of tle debt. he amount
OF interest upon the bonds sold for resumption
purposes is @3T23 O0u. and tins is the only pre-
we pay Ior the maintenance OF resumption, but
compensate for this have already. sucr re
sumption, saved m the process Of retuudiug "
|'' -, year, and are now enjoying tine beAcHs
ot reyyins industry and hopeful prosperity, arGe
lr the result of the maintenance 1t specie paw
ments, Without large reserve OF coin. com
blnatlon OF brokers or bankers wishing to put up
the rate Of interest Or to speculate iii the market
cnud any day euddnger resumption or make 4
panic It is hard to please our grreuhack friends
year ago they protcs' ed We could not dccumu
hle enough go!d TO IN Iutan resumption and now
after rosulnpup they protest that we have got
too much. They say they favor the substitution
of sreeLhacks Tor national bank notes This
question OF the continuance of the national bank
notes ], one of grave difficulty. which should BIZ
taken Hp BY THE people ut 'he uItrd States and
considered and discussed With the utmost cary
am not specially thc advocate ut AMY kuG of
l.t,Irl.- l,.l-
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is Indispensable to every government ot civilized
man. Bdfbarans may uve without trade or con
tracts OF debts, but country that mad no resources
except to issue paper money Under dogma No !.
and denied the power to contract debts under dog
ma No ;. would be as weak as rope of sand and,
under these conditions our government would re
lapse into anarchy or dcspotlSm. They also say
The national banking system should be immcdi-
ately abolished
THIS only differs from the Maine platform lnthat
it demands that the national banks Shall be ,uat,-
1lut,iq abolished They will not wait year Or a
day. Without warning they Will complete the col
lection of all the notes held by the banks, and pre-
cpitate ruin upon every business man or manu-
facturer in the country. They further say
eve demand the immediate calling in and pay
ment Of all United States bond, in full legal tender
money
This is still more monStrOuS, when 1t is remem
bercd that no debt Of the United States now due
or redeemable that this administration has II
deemed all the bonds that have matured by the
issue of / per cent bonds in the way | have al
ready stated The next bonds that are redeemable
are those known as the long bonds OF 1881 issued
before the legal tender act was passed, and the J
per cent bonds issued under the refunding act all
of which are expressly payable IN coin 1t will be
seen that this dogma demands that should VIC
late the express stipulation of the contract not
only as to the time when the bonds shall be paid
but as to the manner in which they shall be paid
There at one time an honest dispute as to the
terms and conditions upon which the 320 bonds
would be paid
| have been arraigned recently in your city for
inconsistency because ten years ago in letter to
DIR. Manu. insisted that, by fair construction of
the loan acts under which the five twenty bonds
were issued, they were payable in greenbacks So
did contend, and so say now, but also insisted
that we We're bound by
LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY,
after the war was over, to advance these notes to