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The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-05-01
The Sedgemoor Road.

When the town site Of Rugby had been selected
by the founders of this colony on account of its pc
culiar fitness as the center Of the district which it
was their intention to open up, it became matter Of
the first importance to select the best possible point
for its depot on the Cincinnati Southern Railway,
and to make the best possible road to it. 1t was by
no means clear at first that Nature besides bestowing
on this site exceptional heahfulness and beauty had
provided it also with natural road to the nearest
point on the railway which would have to be made
before that heathfulness and beauty could be of
much benefit to mankind in general. 1t may
seem to some of our readers very simple NATTER
when you have selected a town site less than ten
miles from railway, to decide on the point that
railway which is to be your base of operations, and
the line which your road has to take to it but those
who are familiar with any undeveloped forest country
will not make that mistake. And here it may be
we'll to note an important difference between the
railways in the Old and those in the New country.
The former had to be made along lines of more or
less old towns and when once these were reached,
no question could arise to the place which the
smaller towns within certain radius would have to
ship themselves and their goods. But with by far
the greater number of the American railroads, it was
quite different matter. These had to march out
boldly into the wilds, trusting to their selection of
developable country through which to pass, and to
their tapping other lines Of travel to take their towns
with them; and this was the case with what we may
call "our" Railway. Most of our readers probably
know how this line came to be made. Cincinnati,
than which there is not go-ahead city this
continent, having first made up its mind that it re-
quired direct communication with the Southern
Railways at Chattanooga, had supplied that def
The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-05-01

The following is one Of the sections of the new
Road Law, lately signed by the Governor of Ten
nessee
SEC. a. Be it further enacted that all male in
habitans IS and under 50 years of age, except
such as are permanently disabled from performing
common labor and released by the commissioners,
shall work not less than three than six days
upon the highways each year, the work to be done
at any time the shall give three days notice
of the time and place to commence. Any road hand
So notified may be exempt from work by sending
bodied substitute, or by giving one dollar for
each day, or by furnishing any team and plow or
wagon the overseer may require, to be allowed
credit for the same as provided in the next section.
The next section places the value of an efficient
hand at ST per day. of one horse and plow at ST. 50,
of span Of horses or yoke of oxen, with plow or
wagon, at So. 90.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10

An act that she viewed with abhawrence.
 -Boston Transcript.
 The confidential clerk now takes his vaca- ton, to give his employer chance to look over his books.-NeaoGrk Call
 ''The butter is too fresh" as the man re- marked when the goat lifted him over the garden. .fence.-LoaoeU Citizen.
 When the Arab has stolen every thing else in sight, he frequently folds his tent and steals away.-Neao Orleans PteGyaae.
 Sitting Bull is not a good Indian for a spiritualistic seance He is s'below the me dium height. ."-LOaiS0tWe C0urSer-Jour'adl. Servant girls are not allowed to bathe at Cape May, because they so much resemble the ladies at the hotels when in bathing cos tume.-Neao Orleans Picayatne.
 Oh, let the women vote if they want to. Any woman who supports husband and family of children is capable of supporting the constitution. on.-ROcb1aaad Courier.
 A traveller in Utah says that he counted fourteen infantile heads in one door of a cabin on the Jordan river. If this is true it was indeed a one-deor-full sight.-Detrott F9ee Press.
 The Mikado of Japan is to have new pal ace at Yeddo, which will cost $5, 600, 900. Mike has evidently had some American con- tractors figuring on the job.-C7nGGgo ITf- 6une. ''Papa," said an inquisitive boy, "this morning the dominic prayed for more rain and this afternoon Deacon Bixby prayed for dry weather to get his hay in. Now if the Lord loves the deacon and the dominic just the same, what do you suppose he'll do about it ?'' My son, :" answered the old gentle man sternly, ''whenever you want to ask fool ish questions go to your mother; don't come to me. ''-BrOOklyn Eagle.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10
Wednesday Morning, August 10, 1881.
THE I3TH OF JULY IN RO.

THE 13TH OF JULY IN ROME.
 A correspondent of the New York Ecening Post, writing from Rome, charges that the Jesuit priests of the Vatican are really re- sponsible for the disgraceful occurrences when the body of Plus K. was removed from the Vatican to San Lorenzo. He says they knew they had nothing to lose if diff culty should arise from demonstration in favor of the temporal power and they hoped to gain something. If it succeeded, they could say that all Rome was still faithful to the Vatican: if not they could loudly protest to the Roman Catholic powers and point to that night as proof that the Pope really does not enjoy liberty in Rome. The whole thing, it is further declared, was managed with duplicity, the person who asked theper- mission of the government assuring it that the procession would consist of car for the body and few carriages, and that it would be made in g very private and informal man. ner. Depretis, the Minister of tue Interior, and his subordinates believed this; and, with culpable negligence, thought little more of the matter beyond sending flew policemen to guard the procession. But instead of the AAO0Cot 4uucIdl W111CA tAAOJ An&A OCo3 dooo1OA would be made, the intention was to have one of an entirely different character. Printed cards were sent out to all well known Papists, inviting them to take part in the procession, to carry torches and to chant the funeral hymns, while those whose houses were situated along the proposed route of the procession were asked fo oka not made without violent opposition to them in the Vatican itself. Leo XIII. and his brother, Cardinal Pecci, were opposed to transporting the body of Plus TX. with pomp to it's final resting place, and used all their influence to prevent it. About the first of the month the pope wrote to the priests of the Vatican to this effect and limited the to follow the funeral car. They objected strongly to this order and evaded it's spirit by sending out the circular and gathering to- gether the torch-bearing and chanting pro- cession.
 But while the government may have been deceived it's weakness and improvidence are generally conceded. The correspondent
 
 had, according to the law of the Guaranties, 8 right to kingly honors, and he continues: "When it was known that the tomb at San Lorenzo was ready, and the body of the Pon- tiff was to be transported there, the Italian government should have called out all the troops of the garrison of Rome as well as others from Florence or Naples, and should have arranged the funeral with military hon. ors and the presence of all the authorities. This would have been in strict conformity with the covenant made by Italy with the Roman Catholic nations when it took posses sion of Rome, and it would also have over awed those who intrigued to, disturb the peace of the city. If they had refused this escort, then it was the right and duty of the government to refuse them permission to make demonstration.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10

|. The mecrhants of San Francisco are said to
 be in favor of 8 reciprocity treaty between the United States and Guatemala, by which one country and the sugar of the other shall be abolished. Our consul at Guatemala
 writes in opposition to any such treaty, on the ground that the dvantage will be all on the side of &uatemala. He says that very small proportion of the population ever use wheat flour, as the staple food of the Indi- ans, who form the largest part of the inhabit- ants, is corn cakes (tortillas), and the pros pect of any great increase in the demand for hardware is very slight. On the other hand free access to the American markets would prove great boon to the sugar producers of Guatemala. Its sugar market has been until recently greatly depressed, as it has been con fined to the home market; yearly tax of four dollars per acre on the growing cane was imposed two years ago, and resulted in the abandoning of one third of the canefelds of the republic. The price of sugar has been
 greatly enhanced this year, and at present cane is being planted in anticipation Of high profits. Notwithstanding the abo- htlon Of the export duty on sugar was decreed in 1879, and bounty of fifty cents per quintal Gone hundred pounds) on exports of sugar was offered, the growers cannot export with profit. Consul Titus suggests that, in place of four and hardware free, entry be given to cotton goods, which are now entirely imported from England. But he adds that ''one of the chief reasons why the impor tation of this class of goods from the United States is so small is that our manufacturers do not make sufficiently cheap article for this market" It is worth noting that all the four consumed in Guate- mala is now imported from the United States, and out of total production of 41O,651 pounds of sugar in 1880 more than three fourths were sent to San Francisco
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There have been twenty two murders in Chicago since January l, and the Inter Ocean says there has not been one for sew eral months that cannot be traced to whiskey.
 Queen victoria's action in authorizing her physician, Sir William Jenner, to remove her name as patron of the International Medical Congress, which met in London last week, Eff lady doctors were admitted to the medi- cal meetings," excites a good deal of unfa- vorable comment The Queen seems to be 8 long distance behind the times.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10

A married woman was convicted of obtain ing goods under false pretences, in represent ing that she had certain property when she contracted debt for whiek she was not liable, being a married woman. She told the prosecutor that she was married when she got the goods The conviction was set aside by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadel- phia Judge Briggs said that, as she was under no legal obligation to pay for the goods, the prosecutor was not injured by any pretence she made.
 An association has been formed in Prussia which under the name of Die Deutsche Adels- genossenschaft," is to make an organized effort to do away with the impious liberalism of modern civilization. Its working pro gramme is divided into three parts: First, to hold fast and maintain the creed of the Apos- ties second, to enter upon an earnest con- iict with the materialism and egoism of our age and the Sabbath breakers of the time, and, third, to show by the lives of it's members that money getting and self f-seeking in gene ral are bad things, while faithfulness to throne and fatherland should be promoted. The orig inators of the society believe that all social and political ills of the world may be pre- vented if people will only join the associa- tion and live up to it's principles.
 The Eadle Keataa ToA, or Big Morning Star, is the name of 8 paper whose contents largely consist of the letters written by the Indian boys and girls of the school at Car 1isle Barracks Some of these letters are de- cidedly interesting both in thought and lan- guage. Thus, Jock Pull Bear writes:
 .sMY DEAR FRIEND R. H. PRATT: Now I want to you something now last year came here this Carlisle school, and I want learn every thing tell you hard now like to go to Philadelphia. I want learn something, and if you say no then be not good. What you think when first came here he talk to me my father and my mother he say my father now my son don't you bad boy, you must try hard to learn every thing and to take white thing, when you know how to work then you be good man, and when grow man then you make self every thing say.
 JOCK PULL BEAR.'
 A Sioux boy of 15 writes thus to his grand father:
 Sometimes when one day very warm am very tired I do not like to a farmer. When am tired that is not right Sometime when I want working take the basket and ladder and climb up the trees pick up the apples When the basket is full am walk ing take home and again take the other basket again go round walk and which one tree is good apples again Lclimb up the tree
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10
INVENTORS.
 JOHN E. EARLE, No. $50 Chapel Street,
 New Haven, Conn.,, Gives his personal attention to procuring Patents for Inventions IN THE United States and Foreign Countries

A frequent visits to the Patent Ofhce has given him familiarity with every department of, and mode of proceeding at the Patent Ofhce, which, together with the fact that he visits Washington aemi- monthly to give his personal attention the interests of his clients, warrants him in the assertion that nc oce in the country Is able to offer the facilities to Inventors in securing their inventions by Letters Pstentand particularly to those whose applications have been rejected-an examination which he will make freeof charge.
 Preliminary examination, prior to application for patent, made at Patent Ofnce, at a small charge.
 His facilities for procuring Patents in Foreign Countries unequaled.
 Rs fers to more than oe thousand clients for whom he has procured Lettersnatente. d24 dw
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10

Baltimore is to have her ship canal to the Delaware river, shortening the distance to sea 225 miles. There are only eighteen miles of easy earth cutting, at a cost of $s;ooo,000. European capitalists have received such as- suranee of business from Baltimore shippers that they regard the scheme favorably and are ready to put in their money. This will make Baltimore a, more formidable rival to New York than has been expected.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10
S0urnal allo Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. 800 State Street, Courier Building.
 JOHN B. oARRnNeToN. EDWARD 2. oARRNaroN. JOHN B. oARRIsaroN. Ja.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10

and now came back to the new York o, very beautiful big city great many people lives in the new York Esee great many kind, big sea and ses great many yateamboats they in the new York and again this Summer two boys going to the Philadelphia. think they like to the farmering very good that is best way the work and learning in the School room too. and you try never do not you like the tired you try very hard in the farmering never tired when you work do not tired because the farmer is very best way be- cause the farmer is earning money.''
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10
FRESH.

A young lady who lived down in Lawrence, One day when the rain fell in lawrence, Observed her best feller Lend girl his umbreller; An act that she viewed with abhawrence.
 Rnatn -iaa
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10
Price Four Cents.

with view solely to his present gain. The taking of fish in public waters is subject to regulation by law, and the Legislatures of both Oregon and Washington Territory should take prompt action by forbidding the use of this fishing wheel if they desire that the industry of canning salmon shall contin- ue on their rivers ip future
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. NecessItatfng a Surgical Operation-Lov- ing Mother Attempts to take Pair
 of Shears from Her Child.
 PARENTS, BE CAREFUL.

Domestic accidents common to women. and some of them very serious Mrs. Warner, of South Rondout, Ulster Co., N. r., weeks ago at tempted 70 take from her child pair of with which it was playing slight struggle ensued, in which the point of the shears entered Mrs Warmers left eye, entirely destroying the sight Her family physician did what he could, but intensely painful Inflammation arose. which, by sympathy, threatened the loss of the other eye Total blindness to having the of household irretrievable cal amity In this strait Mrs. W. applied to the vel known and skillfu1 surgeon, Dr. Davfd Kennedy, of Rondout, N. Y., who removed the injured eye by very successful operation setting aside all danger of further harm to the sight of the other eye. But, owing to pain and mental dsress her system needed tonic and restorative medicine. To do this work the Doctor prescribed s.Kennedys Favorite Remedy, which sustained it's reputation and laid foun- dation of health.
 Dr. Kennedy's "Favorite Remedy'' re- moves all impurities from the blood regulates the Liver and Kidneys, cures constipation, and all dis eases and weaknesses peculiar to Females. It is for sale by all our druggists at ONE DOLLAR bottle.
 Tv00 oodaxu uTr
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-10

The postoffice savings bank is getting to be as popular in Canada as it is in Great Brit ain During the year recently closed there was deposited in the postoffice savings banks of Canada. $4,175,O42 as against $2,o72, 289 the year previous. The number of deposi- tors was 39, ,6O5, and their accounts footed up $6, POS, 226.77, an average of $156.7 75 per ac- count. During the year there was paid out in interest $1s4, ,9o4.s1. Why cannot the people of the United States have postoffice savings banks?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-10
A Curiosity In the Smithsonian.

One sees many curious things while
strolling throuh the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. In one of the cases there is a
small, irregular piece of mating, about
six inches long and two or three wide.
1t is made of the bark of the Southern
cane, and although coarse when com.
pared with the mating made by the
Chinese, it is well and neatly made.
This small piece of mans handiwork
might form the basis for trestises and
lectures innumerable. 1t was found on
Petit Anse Island, near Vermillion Bay,
coast of Louisiana. This island contains
a mine of rock salt, which was discoy-
cred during the late war, and which
seems to be unlimited in depth and ex-
tent. Not far from the surface of the
salt the piece of mating was dicovered,
and it was probably preserved by the
salt. Two feet above the mating were
foand the tusks and bones of an ele-
plant, and these bones were fourteen
feet below the present surface of the
soil. The question irresistibly arises,
how many years has il been since ele-
plants lived upon this continent, and
what race of men capable of manufac-
turing such mating, lived and fiourished
hundreds of years before themp- Wash
ington Republican,.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

( o. L. BALDWIN, Cashier of the Me-
chanics' National Bank, Newark, N. j.,
has been arrested by the United States Mar
shall on the affidavit of a director, who
charged him with confessing to the board
that he had fraudulently misused over
S., OOO, 900 Of its funds. The bank has sus-
| pended.
A MAN, apparently insane, made his
appearance at the White House on the 31st
and demanded admission. After some par
| ley it was found he was armed with a seven
| barreled revolver and evidently bent on
shooting somebody. His arrest was accom-
| plished after some difficulty, requiring
three men to overpower him.
THE Government has been defeated
| in the recent German elections. In Berlin
the Progressists gained a complete victory.
The most remarkable feature Of the election
is a triumph of those Liberals who are
specially obnoxious to Prince Bismarck,
viz, Eugene Richter, Karl Mayer and Count
Won Arnim. Bismarck's son William was
defeated for reelection at Mulhausen by the
Liberal candidate.
JOHN B. JOHNSON, an Englishman,
was discovered in dying condition. lying
track at Fremont, Ohio. Foul play is suS-
gested by all the circumstances.
THEODORE FRANCIS, of Columbia
City, Ind, was murdered while riding
home through the woods. The horse re-
turned without him.
A SETTLER in Goose Creek Valley,
Utah, placed two cans of gunpowder in the
back OF his stove previous to removal. When
he came to set up the stove in his new home
he forgot the powder, and in consequence
when the fire was lighted a terrible eNplo-
sion took place, demoIishing his cabin and
severely injuring himself, his wife and two
little ones.
The Mayer & Bachman Brewery,
Clifton, Staten Island, and a block of build
ings burned on the 31st. Loss estimated at
half million dollars. The Schmitt Il Glade
Brewery, Chicago, went up in flames on the
same day. Loss, $150.000.
The Rev. J. M. Spargrave, of Pitts
burg, committed suicide in the State Hos
pital on account Of financial troubles.
HARRY WEST, aged Is, was fatally
stabbed in frac.s at Brilliant, o. VIM.
McHenry is under arrest, charged with the
cutting.
OLAF CHRIsTIANsON, an employee OF
the North Chicago Steel Company, was killed
almost instantly on the 31st by the explosion
of a carload Of hot cinders, which was ac-
cidentallv dumped into the lake near where
he was at work on the track. Andrew kli-
Gayle, another employee. was badly burned
about the neck and arms. His injuries are
not fatal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-10

After q circus performance in
Griffin, Ca, while the elephants were
being driven through the streets, some
person gave one of them n piece of to-
bacco. The elephant had no sooner re-
ceived the tobacco than he became in
furiated and made dash for his teaser.
right through a crowd. Everybody
scattered, of course, and the scene rep
resented frighfful stampede. For
tunately no one was seriously hurt, and
the maddened elephant was finally cap
tured. Things looked rather saualiy
for while, as the elephant was in thor
ough earnest, and reared and beloved
with terrific rage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-10
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate, on the 25th, the oath of
Office was administered to Acting Secretary
Shorber. Mr.. Sherman's resolution author.
izng the Librarian OF Congress to receive and
preserve the papers of the Count dc ROcham-
beau, to await the action of Congress on a
proposition to sell the same to the Govern
ment, was debated and adopted. Mr.. Sher-
man offered a resolution, which was laid over
under the rules. directing the Finance Com.
mittee to investigate the accounts for the ex-
penditure of several appropriations for con-
ment since July /. 1871. Executive session
followed,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-10

NINE Governors we're in attendance
upon the Atlanta Cotton Exposition on the
9th. The feature of the day was making
two suits Of clothes, one for Governor Col
quit, of Georgia, and one for Governor
Bigelow, of Connecticut, from seed cotton
picked at in the morning. The suits were
worn at the reception in the evening.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-10

THE Mississippi River Improvement
Convention at St. Louis was formally or
ganized on the Goth. There was large at
tendance of delegates from various States,
and the session promised to be OF unusual
interest and of paramount Importance to
the great scheme of Western river improve
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-10

In explanation of the denomination of
Postmaster-General James, it is said some
doubt existed as to. his legal status under
the Tenure of office law, and the President
thought best to remove this by having him
reappointed. 1t is understood Mr.. James
will continue at the head of the Post office
Department long enough to close up the
Star route prosecutions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-10

Mr.. G. o. ROCKWELL, of St. Louis, a
relative Of the late President Garfield, has
been appointed by President Arthur an In
spector Of the POST office Department, with
Headquarters at St. Louis.