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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23

THE Pioneer Press is getting its revenge
on D. NJ Sabin for defeating Driscoll at
the Chicago convention. Driscoll de-
sired to be the member of the National
committee from Minnesota, but Sabin Sc
cured the prize. This was an unpardon-
able sin. Hence these tears.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23

THE Senate should sit down upon MIR.
Kennedy's application for pay for his
contested election expenses. The seat
was given Mr. Campbell by unanimous
vote, Mr.. Kennedy having had no case
whatever. 1t is time contestants should
be taught that they cannot trump up a
contest and get paid for it.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23
THE LEGISLATURE.
MATTERS OF MONEY ENGAGE THE
ATTENTION OF BOTH HOUSES.

The Railroad Bond Bill Considered at
by Vote of 27 to 13-The Appropria-
ton Bills in the HOuse-SatisfactOry
Progress Made in Their Consideration.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23
ST. PAUL, WEDNESDAY, FEB. %, 1881.

THE Chamberlain bond bill passed the
Senate last night, the vote standing II to
Is. This result has been evident for a
long time, and the speeches were mere
waste of precious moments.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23
A Sunday School Superintendent.

Mr. Christian Sander, superintendent
of the NJ. E. Sunday school at jolly, Mon
roe county, OHIO, since 1889, writes: l
have kept store since October. LIST, 1863,
and have always handled proprietary me-
dicines, but of all that | have ever sold,
there is not one that can be so certainly
recommended as s'death to rheumatism
as St. Jacobs Oil.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23
Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.---Trading on the stree {
was rather lively to-day. Grain was rather
easier. Wheat declined about &c. Provisions
were very weak and heavy. April pork sold at
S14.45@14.55, closing at the outside price
Lard was $l0.00H April; this is decline of
25 to Soc on pork and &c on lard. Hog re-
ceipts 23,c0O; quiet and unchanged; $500
$40. Cattle receipts 1000; weak, under exccs-
sive offerings; \ C lower than any time during
the week; exports $40; shipments $40; chiefly
4.40@4.50 for fair to good; butchers 2.OC@
9 o.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23
Chicago Live stock Market.

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-The Drover's Journal
reports hog receipts $4,000; shipments 5000;
fairly active but supply excessive; 10c lower;
not all sold; light 5.25@5.55; early sales 5.6O@
@5.65; poor to choice mixed packing 5.15@
heavy and Phiiadelphlas 6.15@6.25. Cattle, re-
ceipts 1900; shipments, $500; heavy offer
ings and depressed market: fully 10000 in the
market; quiet; weak; exports Zoe lower; s525
$3.50; good to choice shipping q Goa
$780, common to fair 3.S0@4.30; butchers
easier; slow; common to fair 2.OO@3. co; good
to choice 3.25@4,O0; stockers and feeders
weaker; 2.60@4.15. Sheep, receipts 1900;
shipments go; dull; declined 14@s9c from last
week; common to medium s4.75; good to
choice 4.S0@540.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23

stees Bros, sole agents for the Moore Com.
bination Desk company. A full line of Office
Queen, Counting House King, General Bust
ness and Flat Top Combination desks kept in
stock.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23
SALTWATER.

c. B. Jack has been appointed agent of the
GLOBE at Saltwater, and is duly authorized to
receive and collect subscriptions.
H. P. HALL, Publisher.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-23
Routine Repoy't,

Senate met at 10 O'Clock. Devotional ex-
ercises by the chaplain. Roll called and jour-
nal approved.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-01-15
ornzs Culture In i.aul,iaaa.

The venerable Moses Green
wood, Of New Orleans. in sending
a barrel OF oranges as a Christmas
rilt to an old friend in Little Rock,
saws the Ark snsas Gazette. refers
to the wonderful increase in the
production of that fruit in Louisi-
ana as follows:
Speaking Of oranges, when ]
frs, came 10 this city. fifty years
since there were only few orange
trees in the yards OF gardens, and
thirty years ago there was not
much attention given TO the culti-
walton. Yesterday | was talking
with sntne Of au largest dealers.
and they told me the shipments 70
distant rilics and country towns
tor thc last tNu monlhs averaged
40 barrels a day. They are
shipped by the car loads. loose. TO
Chicago. s.. Louis and other cities
aad Ibis years crop will bring
,aa,,t sff.st0.ooo. and L pro
/ duc,ion Is Increasing every year
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-01-15
Back frtm kansas.

4 Dallas correspondent Of tie
Galveston News SAYS.
Five families OF negroes. crowd
ed in three wagons. passed ,hro'
here yesterday, en- route 70 their
former homes. in Robertson ooun-
ty. from Kansas. where they enii-
grated last fall during the Kansas
fever. They we're wretchcd.
pover,y-siriekcn set. Thir;y-cighl
went to Kansas in this gang and
only iweniy-seSen returned, the
oshers having died there Of disease
supcrindgced Is exposure end
hunger
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Public Schoo', IN The Son Il.

The Washington correspondent,
ofthe New York Herald says:
Rev. Mr.. Mayo, Boston, day
had an interview with the prcsi-
dent in regard to his contemplated
tour in the South, in the interests
of a movement for strengthening
the common school systems Of ,ha,
section. The Presiden, signed .
strong letter Of commcudation OF
his plan. Mr.. Mayo also had eX-
tended consultations with cx-Gov.
Brown and Alex. Stephens. with
Randall Gibson and Mr.. Atkins,
and al expressed thorough sym
pathy with his purposes. lie goes
under the auspices OF several
Northern societies, and beside,
the letters from the President and
nearly every member Of the Cabi-
net, he has cordial Endorsement,
from the leading Southern Con
grcSSmen. both Of ,he Senate and
of the House. His interviews viii
these Southern gentlemen were oI
the most encouraging character,
and indicated with certainty that
public opinion in the South among
the better classes is beginning q
set strongly in favor cfcs;abiishiug
a thorough public school system
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FOREIGN.

troubles in Ireland are none
her.
year 1880 was a disastrous
Ireland.
trouble between Greece and
is still unsettled.
Pope does not approve OF
md League.
native rebellion in South
continues.
Jewish citizens OF Berlin are
a very hard time of it.
a million Of peasants in
are starving to death.
6 a number. OF the Land
ers have been arrested.
son has challenged VignauN
,her 5ooo points at billiards
l.essep's corps Of engineers
cir assistants have left Paris
mama.
prisoners for debt In Scot
efc released at midnight.
nbcr 1t. in pursuance of an
ssed 4, tic last session oI
rnent.
native rchcls. tlr Beers. q
Africa. arc getting the besl
English troops. Englant
defed tee II llsr -, Tnglis
'nis tlrrc
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f mlIuuHr GlU
um1d 'irf lHHr
HUuHr pI
complaining HllsI.aur
u m0sad uflslHu Fl
Aep, rfdHttaII
pcf nfIlmIu
,t gentleman v..r..
ruue. rla,
haa aapecdia lha.,.a.
B3or dIc ,fral.la
th,t wc do nd vari .. f,..
on these term. w,, ...,
pnnrr d worth tb.,.rll
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zoe 'iH
nsrttafahtfieftfi
ee umolu d
m iir Nunfh' 'tted n o
nisf fiih. itfo pf tmDs
h safdis wifi unisn'ahd IlHt Va
co % Ne eihfwe
n nipe 500 own
tat what iiistnlneN
N Heaven, sh1hi hlNH
e f9t mortal here below
on me- shat other deeHs
lh's load, ahicl ! must heat
], docs rot heavy atcm
pfiul, though cannot hear
,umetine, ! sboaid desponi,
ioomy thoughts opprcss ny mind
or 4 near at hand
nnll, happy friend though blind
ind I have Often thought
gaAiag tn hia .ightless eyes,
bm his heaIningsm.le caught
npsc Of what, in yondcf skies
ow and beauty to the scene,
20 immortal gaze uniurled,
III is peaceful and serene,
oyc illuminaies q world
where sweet contcntment reigns
rnsc and spirit, heart and mimi,
crc a Sailors love explains
pnc was deaf. another blind.
Young friend is but youth,
| am in the yellow leaf,
Is warm with love and truth,
Is glad he Is not deaf
not murmur, does not pine,
nthlul bosom hcaycs no sigh
Is brdcn more than mine,
siki he's better OF than !
Fn ! see his beaming mile
b. like glinner from above,
t, light read the while
hrt, his f'ith, his hope and love.
fn, when all the earth was bright,
II in gems Of every hue,
h. were gladicncd by the sight,
. out in panoramic view,
blind young friend that lie
ibjeet for posts dr1 TN
bat he was MORE 10 inc
ould be, some time, poets theme
It then, and think It yet,
hen he. smiling, asked me "ahyw
i, and shall re'er forget
ION Of his calm reply
him could y OF hear,
A sad calamity.
,l still a worse 70 bear,
was blind and could not rec.
said. YOU wear a sni',.
iwsys cheerful, calm and bright,
ccncs that other heaf, hemii.e
Fkly hidden from your siehi
rpliei And why houIi !
It will ho; give ms sight
no good 10 grieyc or sigh.
ladg inc blind docs only right
responded and tel,
n he had ,augh, TO me.
r than twice his years had dweli
auti,s which he nc'cr could s,t.
fhen ! had seen some bird,
iinins plnmage, golden wing,
by saIdened thoughts was TIRED
+ ! could not hear him sing;
fince that nom, have come
ioush,s 10 fanklc in my breast,
ih and hope have banishcd gloom
ld M God know, what Is best.
gh that calm and placid brow
PSI IL disnil pill OF nigh.
hc hoson meath It. now,
no gloom. ior al Is bright
igh bis eyes shall never glow
wels in the suns brigh, ray,
as shown, can ever show.
pnly peaceful. pleasant wa,
ieh,less men nigh, wisely turn,
they reach their journey cad,
ily pause awhile to learn
es'on from my blind young friend,
Miss, December. 1880.
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l... 'H.'
M.h'#
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has h..E and England uao.s.n.
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The Democratic mcuhcrs ol .h.
Massachusetts Legislature are ,rr-
,''..i p'..i.i. ~ Wy
n'.,
In Philadelphia Uncle Samuel
must di,bursc S614so .w United
States deputy marshals employed.
t. no end or purpose whatever, on
Lust election day.
the State dep,r,mrn, shov 1,at
the balance ofrode with ,baoorId
.or M Wear 1870 Vas IN favor II
,.I-1.,al. .s.gtash hy 1,.oo,, roo
I,is said that Mr. W. W. Cor
corn. Of Washington. has given
away ia all %3,ocg,ooo in pubI.c
banalacdons and Sioco,ooo in
..r..... ,',...,..,... ,..r...
,.,n.
The frenyhmcn's s.atUe Ueoiflcc-
dom anIighteaing the World ap-
prolohes completion in France.
and VIII probably be put uP nest
ye"l, nearly simultaneous With the
'.' "' N' N'.' '.t' .'t'i 't
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nttsilsi iaf Inventions. gf Improvement. IN eli
orcs faystis. tntrinznieHts, ffadu.N Marks aud al
pliaut business pruaptf atiruaFil -.
tHssutiuns that have iasn ,fclnstel fnay slll, Ia
most rits t~ patented ~ - ising upIstits ths q
faisni uhfs and .ngas.-i IN patent hu-insss sa-
rlHsIrflt. - ran -snrl iiHnis ~ ir@ titas than
thsiss vhnara Fsanf1ts ifptn Washington
hhru iuvsnfufs ssnd uiHIinl uf sketch. Wa maks
srafth iu the iatanf p,a, sud adri. ts M. rat.
sntshiily ifes u rhsfss. t.Hfssrouifuts eynhdsn-
u1l. isss reasonable and ~ charge aniess patent
phtalnrd. Mrftivf ~ psfmissinn W Tie sty lssi-
tatstuf hui H. iiie iaTe1nieisui n the ist 1hieg
money Hfdff division IN Washington. iaf sruai4i
reference. t.ralafs. Ai.iss. terms, &r. addfFss-
e.. 4. -spN Aru
Opposite Patent 0nlte. Washington. u. 4.
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cnts. az Seventh St.. OF Dor i.p, Washing
ton. - &. No Zee required unless Patent
is obtained Send f1f circular giving terms
Sc Established ts5u
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ur CitkfN sol DiIR. 10 y " Fitzgerald.
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ee ftmodue
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tni,f fiih. itfo of .mue 100
b. ssfdia villuni,mflhd lhai Nan
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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-01-15

Some statistic, prepared by
the State department show that
the balance oluadc with theNorld
.or NE year 1919 was in favor Of
de lutad@.atos by S2io,o}oIoo,
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-01-15
TO TIL, EAST

Close connection Is made at Cha,tanooua
aud ail Eastern and Southern cities.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-01-15

There are only .o.o9o.ooo OF
acres in Ireland, and yet more
than halt Of this amount of land is
owned BY 75o landlords. More
than this the parliamentary reports.
published a few years ago. show
tha, out Of these 7so persons II
rer cent were absentecs.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18

the West and its people are as NOR
al and intelligent as any.
The General Conference organi-
zed Mt 2 p. M, May 18th, Bishop
Glossbrenner reading the Quadren-
NAL Address, after which the cleo
ton of Secretaries followed. The
strength of the sides of the Con-
ference was prettyclearly indicated
in this election, the vote standing
So to 60. This showsthe s'liberalsn
as being in the minority seven
votes. There will be better work
done than ever before because of the
different sentiments being so even
ly balanced. There are some very
large men in this body, the largest
one weighing $50 pounds.
Tuesday the 10th, The American
Brewers Association met ut Chica-
go Mayor Harrison acted the
toady and moral poltroon to perfec-
ton in his Address of Welcome
According to his statement, beer
was first made and used in the Gar
den of Eden. 1t may be that the
snake as lngersoll would say,
carried it when it entered. His
Honor also claimed that the use of
beer was diminishing the evils of
Intemperance in a most encourag
ing manner. This is true in one
sense, for after men drink itup to a
certain stage, they suddenly drop
into the grave, having died from
"heart disease" The fumes arising
from the cellars in Chicago are al
most as offensive to the olfactories
of Christian, as somebody's horse
house on ninth street in the good
city of Parkersburg. W,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18
Railroad Meeting at Ripley.

Pursuant to adjournment, a large
audience assembled at Jackson
Court House at2 o'clock on Sat
urday, April %, 1881,
A. F. Parsons was called to the
chair and Lewis A. Phelps was APP
pointed Secretary. Hon J. Ii. Ri
ley, Major III. 9. Fletcher and s. b.
Grue, who were heretofore appoin-
ted a committee for the purpose of
obtaining subscriptions and secur-
ing the right of way for the Wheel
ing, Parkersburg and Charleston
Railway, on the line between Rip
ley and Parkersburg, made o YER
bal report to the meeting. They
reported that they had secured sub
scriptions for the preliminary sur
vey to the amount of S250,50 and,
the free right of way from over
thirty-six persons, and they had no
doubt but that the free right of
way could be secured betweenRipley
and the Wood county line, with
but few exceptions.
Messrs. V. S. Armstrong and W.
A. Parsons who were appointed a
committee for the purpose of OBJ
tanning subscriptions, and the right
of the way from Ripley to the
Kanawha county line, also made a
verbal report, stating that they had
obtained subscriptions to the
amount of one hundred dollars
and the REIMBURSEMENT of the right
of way from a number Of persons,
and they had no doubtof obtaining,
in nearly every case IL free right of
way for said road.
d. X. Hood, Esq, as a member
Of the town committee, reported
the amount subscribed for said road
at Jackson Court House, at seven
hundred and ninety-six $3.50 dol
lars for the purpose of making
a preliminary survey of said road
On motion of Col F. r. Hassler,
it was ordered that the proceedings
Of this meeting be published in the
and Iateltigencer Of Wheel
Ing, the Sentinel and State Journal
Of Parkersburg, the Gazette and Lead
er Of Charleston, and. the Ravens
wood Ners.
On motion the meeting then adj
journed.
A. f. PARSONS, Chairman.
/. A. PHELPS, Sec'y.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18
Reform Convention.
The Peoples Reform Convention at
Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday and
Thursday, May 18th and 18th, 1881.

The demand of the hour. Let
this Convention be composed of the
wisest and best men and women Of
the State for consultation, union
and definite action. Let each
county see to it, that the best and
most reliable men and women only
are sent as delegates. Let provision
be made to defray expenses of del
egates.
Reduced rates on the various rail
roads running into Columbus.
You can take street cars at depot
and ride to city Hall, for five cents,
where Convention will be held.
Convention will convene at 2
o'clock p. M, May 18th, 1881.
Ample provision will be made for
entertainment.
Come from the towns! Come
from the farms! Come from the
workshopsl Come and enjoy the
great historic Convention of Ohio.
Any information desired, please
address THE OHIO ANTI-ALLIANcE,
10 North High ST., Columbus, O.
The above call and appeals tothe
friends of humanity in Ohio, apply
equally to all the good people of
West Virginia. While Ohio'sarmy
of reform holds a review and Coun-
Gil of war on the 18th and 10Th of
May, at Columbus, West Virginia
volunteers meet at Wheeling June
2Sth, and we want to see our Tenn
nerance hosts march down upon
the Pan Handle city in such num-
bers as to block her streets, and OBJ
struct the passage of beer-wagons
till her few brewers, their attorneys
and monied allies may be brought
te realize something Of the rising
storm of honest indignation that is
rapidly gathering throughout the
hills and valleys of our Mountain
State, which is very soon to sweep
thier nefarious traffic beyond our
borders.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18

HEART-RENDING Academia
six-year-old son of Mr.. Barney Rey-
nor, Monongalia county, was in
stantly killed a short time since,
in a way that must have wrung
the heart of the father beyond the
power of words to express. The
little fellow was under the wagon
adjusting the rubber-rod, while the
father lifted the bed down to its
place. Telling his father it was
fixed, the bed was forced down with
a crash, and in some way caught
the little boys neck, almost cutting
his head off, killing him instantly.
Surely the parents have the sym
pathy of all who have hearts to feel.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18

P. Jones, Nashville, Tenn Edward
olney, LID, Ann Arbor, Mich. +;
Geo. T. Hope, \ Y; Drs. ]. A.
Broaddus, Louisville, G. s. Abbott,
Oakland, Cal, G. NJ. Ellis, Boston,
Mass. Revs, J. w, Carter, Parkers-
burg, w. Va, Walter IL. Brooks,
Louisiana, Augustus Sheppard, n.
G., E. NJ. Brawlcy, :. G., J.B.Gough
Pidge, Phila., and Drs, S. w. Dun
can, CHM, and Geo. A. Lotion, st.
Louis. The Missionary sermon
will be on Sabbath by DIR. Robert S.
Macarthur, of New York city.
The subject assigned to Rev. J.
W. Carter of our city, is "The work
OF the Society Needed in Older
States, North and South.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18
Z. b. Conference, at Lisbon, Iowa.
FROM A DELEG ATE.

DEAR FREEMAN On the 9th inst.
in company with kevs. e. Harper
and ". NJ. Weekly, i left nome for
Lisbon, Iowa, the seat Of General
Conference. Our route was by way
of Athens to Columbus, aud thence
via Logansport to Chicago. from
Columbus to Chicago the distance
is 3l4 miles by the i an Handle llne.
The country nearly all the way
through is beautiful ana fertile IN
a remarkable degree. We stopped
at the Briggs House, corner Of tan-
dolph and Fifth Avenue, Chicago.
This is a good house, ana the chang
es reasonable. We reached this
place on Wednesday evening, hay
ing travelled distance Of ga miles.
| have a spendid home, wi here every
thing is fresh and charming. Lis
bon is one Of the prettiest towns in
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18
L. b. General Conference.

The above-namrd body met the
18th of this month in Lisbon, iowa,
and is still in session. Rev. DR..
Warner, Rev. i. Harper, and Rev.
Wm. Weekly represent the Par
kersburg Conference in that body,
at the present session. Three
things ofimportance will likely be
agitated during this session. 1t is
known that the church has long
agitated the question of "Secresy"
in her law-making body. The lar
ger portion of the church is opposed
to a prohibitory law on the "vexed
question: as that question is
known in United Brethren par
lance. There seems to obtain
among United Brethren, three dis
tinct views upon that question.
First, there are those who believe
that secresy is a sin per SC, that is,
an evil within itself, and that per-
sons connecting themselves with a
secret organization are, in their
view of the matter, sinners. Sc
cond, there are those who would
discriminate between secret socie-
ties. They would prohibit Mason
ry, and allow members of that
church to join what are known as
the minor orders. Thirdly, there
is another class, which is far the
largest in the Church, who are OPP
posed to any law On the subject
whatever. They take the position
that it is the Gospel that is to ele-
vate and regulate mems lives, and
not law and that IN the absence
of any positive declaration in the
Bible against secret societies, they
have no'right to NEEDLE in the mat
ter.
Pro rata representation and Lay
Delegation will knock at the doors
of the General Conference for adj
mission, and will doubtless have a
favorable hearing at the present
session.
This church has under it's control
several excellent schools; a large
publishing house at Dayton, Ohio,
out of debt, and clearing from eight
to ten thousand dollars every year !;
and an excellent Missionary Socie-
ty, with missions on the Pacific
coast, in Canada, Germany and
West Africa.
She is powerful temperance or
ganization within herself. From
her pulpits there are no uncertain
sounds on the evils Of intemper-
ance, and she stands, and has ever
stood in the front ranks Of the TEN
perance reform CLERICUS.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18

Col. Geo. w. Atkinson was con-
firmed as U. S. Marshall for the
District of West Virginia, as soon
as the stubborn bolt of the dead
lock was thrown back.