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SEQUENCES OF HgREsY TRIALS.

The Rock River Conference has formally
expelled DR.. Thomas from the Methodist
Episcopal Church for heresy. This is only
one of several heresy cases which have at
tracted public attention of late. In all
these cases, so far as we have seen, the
accused minister has had the approval of
his congregation, or of the majority of his
congregation. And when the Churches
have expelled them, they have found no
difficulty in getting independent Churches,
to which they have been followed by their
regular hearers. This is the significant
point. The Churches may not be able to
avoid convictions for heresy when the
written tenets of the denominations have
been certainly violated but when it is in
evidence that the changes of doctrine intro
duced by these preachers are approved by
the lay members, and when it is seen
that the tendency to break away
from the rigid creed of the
Church becomes stronger continually.
it should seem clear that the time has come
to revise the schemes. Of belief which are
thus VIGOROUSLY ceasing to find acceptance
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among intelligent people. The fact that
the heretical preachers of the present time
are usually the most forcible thinkers and
the most eloquent and fervent exhorters, is
also significant The Churches founded by
preachers who have either thought it
necessary to withdraw from their original
communion, or have been expelled on
charges of heresy, are avowedly the most
intellectual in the country. They are also
the most successful, and it is therefore not
to be doubted that they are most in har-
mony with the beliefs of the age. Popu-
lar opinion indeed appears to be quite out
of sympathy with the cut-and-dried creeds
for venturing outside of which the ablest
preachers have been disciplined or ex-
PEELED. And because this is so the
result of these heresy trials is in every
instance to weaken the Churches
Independent preachers are acquiring
more influence through these proceedings.
A trial for heresy may be said to secure
large income to the defendant in these
days. The Churches obtain no real tri-
umph in such cases. They simply lose
some of their most distinguished members.
These are facts which cannot be gainsaid,
and therefore it might be thought that the
increase of heretical tendencies would
before now have suggested an inquiry
whether the catechisms and articles and
creeds of many churches have not been
outgrown, and ought not to be revised
and amended. For it really seems as
though persistent refusal to take any
such view of the case must issue event
ually in the desertion of the Churches by
the people, and the establishment, with
out any regard to the wishes of the
ecclesiastical authorities, of independent
and broadly liberal ones outside.
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a PUZZLED Town CoUNcIL.-A resi-.
dent of Grahamstown, South Africa, Mr..
Abbott offered little while ago to orna.
ment the walls of the Town Hall by
placing a dado round the skirting, and
when his generous offer was reported to
the Town Council an animated discussion
arose as to what dado really was. After
number Of conjectures had been hazarded,
the Mayor suggested that it must be AN
ecclesiastical term something between
an alb and reredos, probably. This sug-
gestion fell fiat, whereupon Mr.. Roberts
corrected the Mayor, and aired his archi-
lecture to the effect that dado twas
neither an ecclesiastical term nor vest
ment, but was wooden skirting about
four feet high with cornice at the top. :"
Roberts was promptly snubbed in his turn,
and permission was finally voted to the
public. spirited Mr.. Abbott to put the
thing up, whatever it might be, and let
the city fathers see for themselves how
they liked it.
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NOT A POSSIBLE DISGUISE.

Some kind friend has sent us copy of a
New York paper marked, containing an &C.
count of the appearance of John Kelly in
Tammany Hall as the sworn foe of monop-
,olles. The occurrence had not been
unobserved by us, but it is in truth so
utterly impossible an experiment as to be
hardly deserving of serious notice. The
Anti Monopoly movement of New York
has indeed almost fallen still-born. 1t was
produced "out of due season." and failed
to strike popular chord. Nor did the
names of its promoters inspire confidence.
They were worse than unknown, for several
of them had unsavory records. But it
might have struggled along for a year or
two, occasionally giving tokens of its feeble
existence by some set ofresolutions or some
thing of that kind, had not Tammany taken
it up, with view to redeem itself. 1t
could not survive this. The Anti
Monopoly movement headed by Tammany
Hall is too much of an absurdity even for
the extremely good-natured and largely
tolerant American people. John Kelly
has not rehabilitated Tammany Hall by
forming this alliance. He has merely
caused the death of his ally. Tammany
Hall cannot be SO easily destroyed, but it
must obey the laws of its existence, and
find its sustenance in corruption as hereto
fore. It cannot turn esthete, and pose
with a lily in its hand. It cannot turn
Anti-Monopolist, and figure as the cham
pion of popular rights. In the words of
the Bard of Avon, this device is "too
80 thin"
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the press warned the Pension Bureau to
watch its operation very closely. There
happened to be an honest man in the
Office of Commissioner of Pensions. His
name was Bennett. He did watch the
operation of the new law, and he satisfied
himself that the most extensive and i'm.
pudent robbery of the Government was
carried on under it. He became convinced
eventually that from twenty to forty per
cent. of the pensions granted under it
were fraudulently obtained, and having
assured himself of the facts he stated
them boldly in his annual report. Now
here was an opportunity for governmental
activity. OF course, it may be thought,
Co mmissioner Bennett was at once
empowered to investigate the mat
ter, and to prosecute the thieves. Moth
ing of the kind. All that Commissioner
Bennett got for his candor was an official
snubbing. He was in fact regarded as too
jealous. And SO the business of obtaining
pensions fraudulently went on without let
or hindrance until recently. And now
another official has found that great frauds
have been practiced, and it is intimated,
through the active participation of govern
ment officials. The law acted precisely as
all intelligent observers expected it would
act, and as they believed it was meant to
act. Millions have been stolen under it.
But though it was in the last degree de-
serving of suspicion from the beginning
though suspicion ripened into certainty
two years ago; though the fact that steal.
ing was going on was formally announced
in government report up to the present
moment nothing has been done either to
stop the drain upon the treasury, or to dis
cover and punish the thieves. And
whether even now anything efectual is to
be done, remains to be seen, for it certainly
cannot be taken for granted by anyone
acquainted with the history of the case.
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A MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENT.

A mysterious purchase of Confederate
bonds is said to be going on all through
the South. Some one is paying S25
thousand for them, and there seems to be
ne difficulty in procuring them. No mo-
tive for this purchase has been suggested,
and we infer from this that the omnis.
cience of our friends the reporter has been
at fault for once. The most plausible rea-
SON we can think of is, the insanity of the
person who is spending his money in this
eccentric and Improbable way. Nor does
It require any knowledge of the purpose of
this purchaser to reach the conclusion that
the Confederate bonds viii never again be
worth as much as he is now giving fo.
Them.
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THE ARREST OF pARNELL.

The arrest of Parnell appears to have
thrown the Land League into convul-
sions, if we may Judge from the perfectly
frantic lucubrations of the Secretary, who
is so dreadfully bewildered as to compare
the event to the capture Of the Bastile. L.
has been obvious to all dispassionate OBJ
servers of the state of Ireland for some
time past, that the situation was being
narrowed down to duel between the
Government and the Land League. The
arrival at that point appears now to have
been recognized by the Government, and it
has proceeded 70 strike the first blow. 1t
is perfse.l, c.sar l.ss .here cannot be two
governments in Ireland, and that the En-
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VOTE FOR KNOX.

We hope Republicans generally will go
to the primary to-day, and vote for Knox
for Second Trustee. The city needs man
of his judgment and experience in the Office
of Street Commissioner, and especially at
the beginning of the winter season is his
kind of knowledge valuable. No man half
as fit for the position has been spoken Of
for the place, and there are few men who
have the confidence of the community as
thoroughly. His election, moreover, will
be merely an act of business sense on the
part of the community, and not an empty
compliment.
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THE GERM THEoRY.-The London Times,
commenting on the addresses delivered at
the late Medical Congress held in London,
bearing on the origin OF disease, evidently
supports the germ theory as the only "a
tional one. 1t concludes an exceptionally
able article with these words "The study
of the germs of disease opens an indefinite
vista of possibilities to pathology. Ii all
epidemic diseases, such as scarlet fever
and typhus, originate in specific spores or
poisons-if smallpox is sown just as corn
is sown, and if the development of such
maladies in the body be akin to the process
of fermentation as explained by chemistry
the conditions of medicine and life itself
seem revolutionized. We find ourselves
attacked by subtle enemies, deadly cor
puscles which are barely visible and lie
almost beyond human ken: The most
wary of us may find himself in sort Of
ambuscade. But the theory also brings
comfort. New methods of prevention and
cure are placed in our hands, and we dis
cover disease to be, not aelf-creating,
ever-renewing foe to man, but parasite
which. once killed, would trouble hlln nv
more.
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THE WAY He DOES IT.-A travelling
dentist in Australia advertises a new
method of extracting teeth without the
aid of chloroform or laughing gas" When
patient calls upon him for treatment, he
places him in chair and makes fixture
of him with straps and bands. Then he
puts the forceps to the bad tooth and
gives it terrific jerk inward. "That,
he says, lis the way that DR..
Smith does it, He gives it another yank
in the opposite direction, remarking /:
" And that is the way that DR.. Jones
goes to work By this time the tooth is
quite loose. With gentle pull he forces
it out, saying "But this is the way that
1 do. Send your friends to me, and I'll
convince them of the superiority of my
method"
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TWELVE CONSIDERATIONS.

The WEEKLY UNION is issued in two parts.
Each part consists of eight pages of matter
Thus each week each subscriber receives sixteen
pages of matter.
By this means the news goes out to the readers
earlier.
By this means the record of events OF all the week
is sent out to each reader.
The subscriber in the country finds the UNION
quite equal for his purposes to daily paper
The UNION is the best home weekly paper and
the best news Journal on the coast
November LIST the UNION readers will receive the
first instalIment of the serial.
1t is a profoundly interesting story by Juinus
Henri Browne, of New York.
1t will continue for twenty weeks, and appear only
in the UNION and REooRD-USIoN.
The WEEKLY UNION is mailed to any address one
year for g so.
Orders should be sent in at once SO that all may
avail of the opening chapters OF the new story
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TO AGENTS.

Large extra editions of the issues Of the WEEKLY
UNION and the daily RECORD UNION, containing the
opening chapters OF the serial story, to be
menced November LIST, will be printed. Back mum
bers OF the papers containing the story fromts COM
mencement can therefore be had at any time during
tito nrIhcation
, 1881-05-01
LACE DEPART TMENT,

Torchon Laces, ?, 5, sc per yard up.
Talenciennes Laces, 9, 3, sc per yard up.
Breton Lace<, 3, 5, &c per yard up.
Russian Laces. ), {. l0c per yard up.
Black silk Laccs. &c to soc per yard.
, 1881-05-01

HIS LETTER: TO PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 3).-M. Outaey,
the French Minister, accompanied By the
Secretary Of State. called upon the President
yesterday and presented 4 letter Of which
the following is translation:
Jules GrcrE President " the French Republic, to
the t'reslticnt NJ the United Ststes " Ln.er.ct.-
GREAT AND GnoD FRIEND: have Just re-
ceived letter whereby your ho'nrnblo pretle-
announced to me that, ii pursuance Of II res'lu-
don of CungreS5. he invited the Government
and people uf Frnnce to unite with the Gnvert1-
mt.ut ind people Of the United States on the l9th
Of next October In celebrating the l0Gth nnsli-
yersary OF the hattie of Yorktown | hare
accepted the invitation in tho name Of rhe Gov
eminent Ut this Republic aud in th.t OF 'he
wnolc French people This s.leH>n ttstltEnny nj
remembrance which has been preserved BY your
fellow citizens Ut tho pirt taken by eminent In"
dlriduns OF FRANCE in the Elorous Struggle
which secured Independence And liberty 70 the
United States, has called torth teoIl1lg ~ ctep
emotion in France. OF which It ha3 Afforded 1n''
pleasure to be the interpreter. by inform ing
Gen. N0yes, your worthy representative that.
''HAyISG TAKEN PART IN THE TOLL,
We would participate n the honors. The Amer
lean Nation. which has become 50 powerful ana
prosperous, hits. by inviting our fTaternni ca'0p-
Grafton the occasion ut this unn1'er3arf. tor
ever cus,sccraied the union which was crea1ed
by nubE3 and liberal aspirations, and by our ll!-
tipns. nsw 1T the snme character, must draw
cluser und develop Tor tho welfare OF 10th nss-
Epns. Offering you assurance VI my h1Gn eS-
trein fur Yourself personality. and my best
WISHES for tho Kry of the United States. d.:-
sire also ia convey my sEncerc thinks to Mr:
HIVES for the cordial feelings which he expressed
to me. and fur his good wish,'s for the prosperity
JULES CHEVY.
tCountersi9ned) B. ST. H1LA1nE.
DONE At PARIS, March Is, 1881.
, 1881-05-01

-Speetal Dispatch to 7h< Chicago T,fbuns-
WASHINGTON. u. C., April S0.-.A state
ment is made that james B. Campbell. OF
Charleston, will announce himself as 4 can
xidate fur Congress as an Administration
Democrat, 10 fill the vacancy caused by the
death of O'Connor. Mr.. Campbell is well
known rs the Democrat who wrote that re-
uarkable letter denouncing the frauds in
South Carolina and proving his assertions.
Mr. Campbell is one Ut the authorities cited
py Mr.. iIa!t. III his late speech in support Of
Democratic outrayes in the State. He Isl
native South Caroiinian, IN able lawyer, and
Il man Of high character, and would TN
doubtedly poll strong Republican vote. l1e
is as thoroughly committed to tha lnlepa ,daat
tnnvc,1,ent Us Muhone. and Is too slroug and tn-
nuentiul to be o3trAcised.
MACkEY. -.
the Republican contestant of O'Connor's seat, 1t
IS 81 Il. Will nit contest the electi'iu with CAlqp~
bc!i ii he claiuls that he still has rEal tu the
scut BY reA5un Of his contest With O'Cupnof'
ctnlnG to have hetn elected last year, Demo-
cratic officials Ut the House uf REPRESENTATIVES
however, st4te That Nlckevs Claim IS purely ac-
titious. even if ht WIS elected, h5 the Atn ol
OCouuor causes tbs contest tn fill. amt tEA' tne
pcrsOnwnn will p lrtic. p l1e in the nr[ln!k auou
of the next oSt from that district Will no t18
tn:tu whu shall receive tho certificate of elecuo1
from the Governor Of the State utter the spe~
cial election which is to be- held 10 I'LL the W.
CAuCy.
, 1881-05-01


Special Dtsp4tch to Tke Chieu9o 1r1ouH'-
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.-John IL
Wilson, United States Consul ut Panama.
who is here, speaking Of the De Lesseps
canal scheme, says: " II is making very III"
lie progress. There are about forty frencn-.
men down there, half whom appear TO %
running lines in various directions while tno
other half are Co1nmissaires, aud 50 o.
There are, besides, about hundred Jamaica
negroes engaged in cutting brush. "sse
has returned to France, Nothing liEe SER
GUS work has yet been attempted,
whatever. Six stations have been cstabElsaeat
Oh the proposed line across the iSthlnu5,. ou'
no houses have been built, aIld the men
are living in tents. The rainy season has oeauu.
amt the men will SOON DO driven Out OF tnea
tents by the storms. The truth is.-tt dues ~
look to me as thuugh De L.esseps ever inteuo9 ~
DIR u canul there Ho estimates that it WILL c'e'
,0J0, when everybody else who kno"San'
thing about such matters says
ir WILL COST NEARER TEN TINES THAT so1'
He says that the canal will be dnisnea ~ ttn
years, and that. in tho meantime. the peopss
who buy stock stall receive pee cent lnlets I'll,
uuon trs pur value. Thus interest a4oae W.
, 1881-05-01

instanccd By the class of plrvenues which +,
pushed for place under the new postal author.
sles. Indiana must 20 to work md Investigate
her Own. Unquestionab'y that statc is largely
responsible for the errors and misdeeds "a ths
Atncrlctln P,stal Service.
S.nne time ago WIS lookng into one OF ,ha
over the puge5, [ saw M ssn:,,ense uumher -
stage routes advertised under the plucu.J.
The Cu0pcrutfvc Mail 4 Passenger 'Iran;Ya.
Co1npnny.'' 1t now tirnJ out rhMt this VIA ;,h
partcnne cooperarfon o1gsnizat ton within ,hsl
pOst-Oilic circte for the sake of
SHINING THE POOR FELLOWS Il
who took tho snai1o .gs from stage station fnt,f
penusu"r or segregated b't of c",'ntry. .Foff
instance. you have IL boy.-eit her your son e4l
your INDECENT nephew: or b:'und bnc, Will
nu1n ny much to do.-anu vou Had .hur fuu ,sft
make Sal,- IL year bs bav,nR bi1l tAxe. "A it'll
mu l-pu,lch IN Il hnrse Or in II buggy from s,n5E
point TN the turnpike IT. It place in the ,yns3E
In t,rder to skip you nnt OF so tn $l.0 ont 1k
your $iU. this cooperative cnncern takes III
consract n~Av froln You. and tets it IL ,onE
the lower pris" syttn. SAVING the dIcreot
themselves. They hnve recently had nyar:
postal routes, O which thev claim to ctrry mi
und passengers also. Gen. Brady is nnw bill
MccuseI Of persounl interest in many Of th1
lodges,
THE CELEBRATED STUMP SPEAKER /
sGenrEe L. Si.-rf.iAn, is henX pressed bird n !
hIs, eun .lcctiOn with the neW4p tper maiibJ I
fastener. II scens that IL man invented -pra
tu5rcifer to bnGs. which saved much pulling n
tying If c''rtls and or red them fnr eight cen]
apiece to the Post Office Department Ills pr,p|
sieion was rejected bur o: The Md OF Sn.rI.S41,
WIN >tool between Brady. it seems and Prs.
dcut Hayes, MI order wis given for ~ ,ts0 ~
these fasteners ut lJcents apiece Sheridan, AZ
c"rt!sng 20 the story. transferred IT tt MANI
fncturtnK lrsu.Whtch Dhii him five cents on ererv
une Ut the soc, I'LL fasteners. Out Of this $l5li
the inventor WIS only allowed S6JJ. Ton, James
sAIS THE BAG-FASTENEE IS l. FRAU. ANY
WAY,
and the buying Of it by the late Second Assistant
pustlnasler-G tnerni WIS mistake. 1t 10 wnr4e
Sheridan is popular man in the country, nd
there is not much disposition to press him han1
Hut SOME ure recnlceting that he is one Of tba
men who sulll out Guv- PHckarl in Louisjana
Having stumped Ooio il, ISL, fur Gov. Have.
Sheridan estab1she! IL high chArcter viii
Hayes for VIII and ttoQucnce. In lS'6 he "a
peattd the performance and after Hayes vii
considered 'rcte.l by his party, Sherlan VIA
had bern in favor nf Nichols inr Governor of
Louisiana. hsSistcd to erusutnmate The bargafn
by which II F:s recognized tho Nicnnlls Cur.
ernsnent. and they recognized IN. On recent
ucca$ons Mr, Sheridan has poetically referred
to Gov Packard us bit. of muck. 1t see,ns to
he pity that Sheridan did not furnish him n
.hat case with nne OF the patent bag fastaaeu,
minis the royalty.
, 1881-05-01
undertook to speak for the Administration
i'll the caucus, fnund himself there, neverthe-
less, in a conspicuous minority. 4

undertook to speak for the Administration
i'll the caucus, fnund himself there, nevsrthe-
less, IN Il conspicuous minority.
SHERMAN GETTING EVEN WITH SHELDON.
To The r1rstrrn Associated f'rrss~**:
WAs1IlSt;TuN, ID. C., April :D.-Senator
Sherman is nppnsing the confirmation ot
Sheldon for Governor OF New Mexico. S4lcl-
him. Ills friends insist ul1 confirming Him
1T once, but # his CASE shall bt brought up
it is said Conkilng will claim that this would
be bringing up a contested case. ;l!ld that t1t'
too, would insist on bringing up oIle ot that
kind. This CAUSES stnne. embarrassment
Sherman agreeing to simply yhtc against
Sheldon. md not make any fight Agalll,t l.l.il.
elr. Sheldon WAS AT 0iil' dele:stte to the
Chicago Convention opposed to Slcrnan's
contidt,l: vi I'LL ability 10 arrange everything
SO as 10 work 'Kj;h>Nntlre s'llnot!!less 'Ailu
prrfcct harmony a1ApsiE tie Republicans, 50
that they cali r..s!!.t the tight for majority
rule with an unhrokcn frhnt.
VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT.
Five nf the members Of the Committee
nauely: Senator's Dawes; ln-Al!s, C!.!l:ron
ference with Pfcsi'!cut Garfield last hight,
and the cn.n nplicatetl situation was discnsse't
at considerable le!lS:F. with i VIEW TT scct'r
ing harmonious ac.iOn on all the points VI
difficulty. Out II Is H5lAtsStnh's, III teG"1u :"
one Ut them at least. siat !lo PROGRESS was
made in the line ot Mlj u|tn mt I'le
Committee Informed the President that Sen.
ator Conkiing had given them to understand
that lie tConkIing, cared moth uz fur Il coll-
ti.uance Of the deadlock on his own account,
but had promoted it, sU TAR as the New York
Collecturshiuu question WIS concerned. merely
in Difference to the wishes Ut his New nrk
constituents, WIN believed delay would re-
suit in the withdrawal Of Judge Kos"rtson's :
nomination. wllic.l they earnestly desired in
the interests ct party !larlnony. The Com
nIittee thereupnt, asked the President
whether it would he cm!MrraSs. ny to him ru
withdraw the nomination and have all the
rest Of the nominations promptly confirmed
President Garfield, in reply. said, with. el!'-
pllasis, that no such. prnposition could be
entertained, aud thus the conference ended
, 1881-05-01

The partnership heretofore existing between tho
undersigned under the 1rln nan.o Uf McSAb j. John-
ston, Is this day dssu.ved by u4utun! consenG The
business will be settled by Mr. j. u. McSab. who as
sunes ali unbll1tles.
j. D. McNAB,
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON.
, 1881-05-01

All goods exchange
able at any time, and
money refunded at all
times if not s:atisf:ec-
tory. -
Buying all goods di-
rect from NIannfa Ct
urers and Importers
strictly for Cash, and
in Larger Quantities
than amy house i'll our
line, enables us to offer
many Bargains ul1ap-
proachable by any
other House.
Our Prices are al
ways guaranteed the
Lowest, OF money re-
funded at any time.
, 1881-05-01

DISSOLUTION.

DISSOLUTION.
Notice Is hereby given ttut the copartnorship here
tofure existing between unrriett II Harvey. 1Ames
Al. Iinrver. and Frnnk w. Harvey. under the urn
and style Ut Harvey B7uthe.s ts tht: day dissolved
by mutual cun.ent. The slid james n. Harvey and
Frank W. Harvey authorized g se;tc the nlalrs
OF the firm. uAkK1E1'I 81 HAHEEY.
JAMES ii. HARVEY.
Chicago, April Il 1881. FRANK W. HARVEY.
The business heretofore carried under the
name and style Ut Harvey Brothers." will le
ttnued under the urLn name and style 0f Harvey
Brothers" by tha undersigned.
Chicago, April -. 1851 FRANK W. HARVEY.