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Daily globe., 1882-02-23
Fifs John Porter.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The president and
cabinet have, so it is said, semi officially an
nounced to decide in favor of the restoration of
Fitz John Porter to the army. The only ques-
tion in connection with the case that is un-
decided is, as to Porter's back pay. When
cashiered he held the rank of colonel of the
regular army, as major general of volunteers.
The question is now whether his back pay as
major general will accrue to him up to rein
statement, or whether it would terminate in
1866, when the other major generals were
mustered out of service. This question has
been referred to the attorney general for his
opinion. The president will nominate Porter
as colonel of infantry, to fill the first vacancy,
and Porter will probably ask to be retired.
THE soar SAYS:
The cause of Gen. Fitz John Porter has been
several times before the cabinet, and favora-
bly, considered. It is said to be the opinion of
the administration, and its determination,
that Porter should be given the justice to
which he is entitled. The decision Of the adj
visory board, that Porter was not only un-
justly dealt with, but that if it had not been
for him there would have been great disaster
to the Union army, has had great weight
with the president and cabinet. Gen. Scho.
field was president of the advisory board. 1t
was stated by the Star yesterday that the case
had been referred to the attorney general for
decision. The principle point upon which
that official will decide will be in regard to the.
mastering out of Porter from the volunteer
force. Gen. Porter was, when CASH
Tered, major general OF volunteers and
colonel in the regular army, Fifteenth infant
ry. The question is, when his back pay as
major general of volunteers shall cease. There
is now no such force under government en-
ploy as volunteer force. The question is
whether he can claim the back pay to the date
of his proposed reinstatement He can only
be reinstated by nomination to the senate and
confirmation. He will be nominated rs col
onel of infantry to fill vacancy. The question
of the date of his being mustered out as
major general of volunteers will be settled
by decision of the attorney general. 1t is
estimated that when confirmed by the senate
as colonel of regular army Porter will be en-
titled to about $115,OOO back pay. When
Porter was cashiered he was forever disqual-
flied from holding any office OF public trust
or profit. The nomination to be colonel of
infantry, which will be made without doubt,
will carry with it pardon from all disabilities
imposed by the verdict of the original court.
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A Continual Reminder.

Keep itsbsf5fe;sthe people that there
is extorted from labor annually $780,
100000 to pay dividends on watered
railroad stock in excess of construction
and to give such moonshine stock the.
value Of gold. interest-bearing bonds.
Keep it before the people that, they
are paying annually profits to the rail-
roads, $4O0, 900, 900; banks and bank.
ers, $3.50. 600, 900; telegraph companies,
$25, 900, 600; total of 1878, 900, 900 for
public service which the Government
should and can do without profits. as it
conducts the postal system free from
profits out of the people. aa '
Keep it before the people that the
leaders of the Republican party and
their Democratic allies have robbed the
Government and coming generations of
sufficient amount of the public domain
to constitute first-class empire, and
have so apportioned it out as to rob the
alternate sections reserved for the peo-
pie of one-half their increase in value
to be added to their own, and have COM
PEELED the people to bear the burdens of
double taxation by q law exempting
their own while in their possession
Keep it before tho people that the in
terests of these monopolies demand low
prices for farm products and low wages
for labor, SO that domestic commodities
viii bear long transportation and thus
furnish paying employment for their
capitsl.- Chicago Erpress
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C0rals and Coral Reefs.

Prof. Joseph lie Conte, in recent
lecture on corals, corrected a wide
spread misunderstanding respecting
corals and coral reefs. The popular
idea is, says M. lie Conte, that these
animals are little insects; that they
build like ants and bees do, and when
they are alarmed they disappear into
their little burrows, and these reefs are
accumulations of millions of these little
insects in generation after generation.
The fact is the coral animal is a polEp,
belonging to the group of radiatia; thAt
it consists of limestone deposits in the
shape of hollow cylinder with top and
bottom disks, surmounted with tenta-
cles, containing q stomach and envel-
oped with gelatinous organic matter.
The tentacles or arms are provided each
with mouth for the absorption of food.
The coral is coraline limestone after the
gelatinous organic envelope is decayed
and removed. The animals which build
reefs are not much larger than pin
heads. t ...,..sl..f 81. .5.F -..,
Reef-building cOrals will not grow at
depth of over 100 to 120 feet. There
have been reef-building corals found at
a depth of 1000 feet, but they were
dead-drowned by being carried below
their depth. ~ This. confines them to
coast lines and submarine banks. Corals
will not grow where the temperature Is
lower than sixty-eight degrees at any
time-that is, the ocean, not the air
Therefore they are confined to the trop-
ical regions. They will not grow except
in oleaf salt water; hence there is al
ways q break in reefs opposite the mouth
Of river. Finally, they demand free
exposure to the beating of the waves
The more violently the waves beat, the
more rapidly the corals grow, because
the agitation gives them ventilation
/ Corals will grow in the face of wave.
whose beatings would gradually wea'
away wall of granite. The four kind:
of coral reefs found in the Pacific ocear
are fringe reefs, barrier reefs, circular
reefs, inclosing lagoons in the ocean
and small lagoonless coral islands
Christian A6DneG<s aT-ra lfulf ST.
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TRACEY ON A TRAIN
MAN FATALLY STABBED BY DRUNKEN
MAN. -H t."iA
THE LATTER KNOCKED OFF THE PLAT
FORM AND KILLED.
From Cintinn.ti Commercial.

From Cintinnati Commercial. - ,...5
ZANnsvIBLE, May 20.-Among the vast
crowd here to-day to see Professor Leon
walk rope across the Muskingum River
were = mum .er Of persons from Roseaille.
Jack Brummage, famer,and Charley Az
line, potter, constituted part Of party
Brummsge got on a spree, and when his
t-ain for home arrived at 8 o'clock atthe
depot, he was pretty drunk. A man nam
ed Sheets, an old acquaintance, met Brum-
mage On the platform at the depot and
asked him IL he had seen his Sheets')
wife. iBrummage made no reply, when
Sheets walked away. He had gotten but
few steps away when Brummage threw
q large stone at him striking him on the
head. Sheets soon recovered from the
blov but insisted ON going back and kick
ing Brummage to pieces, but his wife's
counsel 70 NO ssoh thing prevailed, and
they boarded the train. .,.,.. aus,
Brummags, after . short ALLEGATION with
the police, alss got on the train to 60
home. when jsst hey yond the Ninth Ward
limit, at what is known as Jswett's Cross
ing, Brunmage and Charley Axliue, a
young man Of twenty years living in
RoseviIle, met on the platform Of the car.
Brummage had an opened knife and bowl
der in his hand, and told Axlins that he
was going to lick Sheets. Axline remon-
strated with him, and tried to persuade
him that he should not have fuss on the
train, when Brummsge said: "What in.
tsrsst have ycu in this natter" A"None
at III, )" said A Kline, whereuPon Brummaee
drew his knife and buried the blade two
inches in Axline's breast He struck al
him q second time, when A Kline, in self,
defense, struck Brummsgs terrific blow
in the face, knocking him off the ear. Ir
the fall his head struck . telegraph pole
I knocking his brains ont. He died in q
short time. His remains we're brough
10 this city, and Coronor's inquest viii
BE- held some time tonight.
A tslesraphic dispatch, from Rosevill'
TO the Morning Eisnal, says that Axlin'
10 lying In q critical condition, and othe
private dispatches say that he car not live
Axlins lie a cousin Of the Assistant Adju
tsnt General OF the State, and is a yer,
fine young man. Brummage comes from
a good family, but is 'bad medicine
when under the influence of liquor. II,
is thirty years Of age. Both are singh
men,. --. ..--
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rRon ADA.

Nx. EpiroR AND FRIENDs:-Aftsr
slancing over ths different Parts Of the sur
rousdisg csusssy ssd 'iis sosnsry. will
sndsavsr 10 uri.sto many ofmy cid friends
Through the PRrss ceocsrning this town
and surroundings. The land 10 generally
level throughout the County Of Hardin,
and Is mostly drained. also we'll adapted
for all kinds Of crops. The greater portion
Of the county Is thickly populatsd By in
dussrious farmers which many are from
Perry county. The prospects Of its be-
coming the leading county in the State in
wealth ssd population are bright. Many
farmers are becoming wealthy By the cul-
tivasioa Of the rich soil. Many towns are
sPsinging up all over the county; among
che noted tswnsis Ada. Aotsd for its grand
Institutions Of issrning. There srs thirty
profsssess connected with the Normal
school. The sunbsr ef .stndsats is sssi
mated 10 b about one shsussnd. The pre-
ssss term will expire the IS Of May, Of
which term thirty three graduates goes out.
The Normal or short term eommsnces the
3osh Of Msy sad continues six weeks.
We have thfss Of the finest Litsrsy Soeie.
sys halls IL shs Dsats. Thoss wishing an
sissssicn could cot And more suitable
placs s6An a shs n. ". O. n. School ol
AS~. o. : Wsss~r sSs County scat lies
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GreenbaCk State Convention.
allied to meet at Columbus, o
Wednesday, June 2, 1882.

The Electors of the National Greer
back Labor party of Ohio, are reques-
ted to meet in the City Of Columbus,
on "Wednesday, June 7th, 1882, to
nominate Secretary of State, Judge of
Supreme Court, one member of Board
of Public Works, one State Commis-
sioner of Common Schools, and one
Clerk of the Supreme Court. .
The National Greenback Labor
party organized to correct the evils,
corruption and abuses arising from
coporate monopolies and rings that
have grown up to rob the masses OF
laboring and producing classes, and
ali in sympathy with these motives,
cordially invite all to JOIN US in our
endeavor to promote the moral and
material welfare of the whole people
by just and constitutional restriction
of all the monopolies, to act with us
in selecting delegates and alternates
to this Convention.
Perry County is entitled to eleven
delegates. 70 -,
1t is recommended to each county
COMMITTEES, that they call a meeting
on or before Saturday June Sd. t.
select delegates. -, s. - =, =,
Counties unorganized are recon-
nended to call mass meetings to SO
Iect such delegates 1t is hoped thu,
a full delegation will be present from
each county, as our cause is growing
as never before. y y.-si' 4. !. !.
Arrangements for excursion rates
on all railroads centering in Colum.
bus will be made. T. -,
By orde of State Central Committee
JOS WATSON, Secretary.
Columbus, May Is, 1882.
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Mormonism Unveiled

Is the suggestive title Of a work issued
by the Sun PUBLISHING CoNPAHY of st.
Louis. No. It embraces the life and con
fsssious Of the late John ID. Lee, who was
executed BY the United States Govern
msut for participation in the horrible
butchsries of Mountain Meadows Massa.
ere. It details the terrible wrongs and suf-
fsrings of Mrs. Brig. Hampton, wife of
one Of the Mormon leaders, II is certain
ly one Of the most thrilling and interest ing
books svsr issued from the press. II the
deeds therein related had been perpetrated
in amy other country, the people would
have risen en- nasse and wiped "Mornor.
ism" from the face of the earth. We cslI
attention TO advertisement in another
column. r +. ii a1-t fh 7 ... .t.. fa.- i
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On last Saturday. May 2o-a suit was
commenced in the Common Pleas Conrt OF
this County BY Frank Souslin VS.: the B.
& o. X. r. Co., to recover damages for the
accident which occurred last Jsly at the
tressei, south Of town at which time he
was very seriously injured, and from the
effects Of which he is stillcon6ned. Tie
amount claimed is ten thousand dollars.-
The attorney for the plaintiff is viii +,
Finck Jr. Of this Town. This case will
attract more than ordissry attention being
the FIRST Of this nature ever tried in this
County. % --it 1893 t--t
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KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

We want our readers everywhere to
remember the names Of those who
voted for and against the Brigham
Bll, for preventing sxtortion on the
part Of railroad companies:
YEAs.-Brigham, Evans, Foresman,
Godfrey, Hartshorn. Hollingsworth
Jones, Kinney, Myers, Pollard,
sayrs. Strong, White.
NAYs.-Andsrson, Ballauf, Brownell,
Chapman, Dexter, Dickinson, Ea-
SON, Hall. Horr, Kirky, Norton,
OHagan, Pearsons, Perkins, Pond,
Wilson, Wolcott. Yeatnan.
ABsESr.-Palmer, Reed.
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PITH AND POINT.

There are no pumps where the CO.
coanut grows, which, perhaps, accounts
for the milk in it. sse.s as
The home paper having said, "Great
credit is due Mr.. Smith," etc., Smith
showed the paragraph to his grocer.
There is story told of fine old
Cornish squire who only drank brandy
on two occasions when he had goose
for dinner and when he had not.
The Government has accepted for
the use of our alleged navy the clay
Haight torpedo" We Haight to make
the pun, but it is hoped the machine
will effectually Lay out all invaders.
NorristoUn Herald. 81 rs .sat-
-" Should man shave up or down p''
asked youthful city clerk, fresh from
school. .sThat depends. When 1 shave.
you, for instance, always shave down."
replied the barber, with emphasis on
the last word. ".t
"A young lady who graduated from
the Lawrence High School last July is
teaching school up In New Hampshire.
A bashfM young gentleman visited the
school the other day, and was asked by
the teacher to say . few words to the
pupils. This was his speech: "Scholars,
I hope you VIII always love your school
and your teacher a. much as do"
Tablsau, giggling girls and boys and q
blushing schOolma 'am-L0sceH Courier
"A correspondent writes to us to
know which In our Judgment is the safest
seat In case of a railroad collision, as
he wishes to settle a controversy with
some friends. From long and painful
study in this matter, and calling to our
aid ripe experience, we would say
without fear of successful denial that the
safest seat in case of railroad collision
is the top rail of reliable fence about
four miles in a northeasterly direction
from the collision.-L0Ta1iie Boomer
Gng. .yasrra4sr.5. gry.ys ga,
Since the late disaster on the Hud-
son River Railroad passengers all crowd
into the front cars, refusing to ride in
the rear car. The Buffalo Express says
that the companies will probably leave
off that car entirely. The same man
who invented process for giving every
advertiser a place at the top of the col
umn on the outside page of newspa-
per will give his attention to this new
problem. -" - as3a z
-Question in French journal
"When q lady receives visit from a
| gentleman, ought she to rise or remain
| seated when the visitor enters and when
he takes his leave?" If the lady lives In
Washington, says an American paper,
she will rise without regard to Partisan
etiquette and accompany him as far a:
the hall, to see that he doesn't carry of
ten-dollar ivory handled umbrella ir
place of the dollar-and-a half cotton one
usually carried by visitors. ss -a.
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Aan's lngratitude.

This 10 an ungratsful world TO say the
lssss. A man will act like lunatio when
he has the Iichlog Piles, and declares that
that be knows be cant live another day,
70. hs applies swayns's Ointment, the in :.
tense iiehius 10 allaysd At once, he gets
cured, and goes down to the lodge without
one whit Of gratitude. When asked why
hs looks 90 cheerful, he lodges the ques.
sion By an i.didsreai answer. Its just like
Q man though, isn't III
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We call upon men to arise and re-
sent their wrongs; but much wrong,
upon wrong has rendered them eallcus,
so they cannot feel. This is class
which the iutslligent laborers, now
combined in their own defense. will
BE- forced to carry as a millstone On
the neck of the present movement,
and quite as heavy an obstracle on
,ths ens hand - orsanissd monopoly
IL O ths otksr.
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Mothers should remember il is . mos.
Important duty st this season to look sfisr
the health Of shsis families and cleanse
shs lalsria aud Impurities from their sys.
ssns, and that nothing will tone mp the
stomach and liver, regulate the bowels and
parity the blssd % perfectly - Parksr's
Gisgsr Tonic, advertised in our columps-
Poet. See other column.
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some~hst ea.t Of the center. Noted for
its manu- acturinR sstab!i+hments, and
business center Of The comfy. Many build
iDgs are going up both in country and
town this summer. Of which carpenters
have steady employment and are ipaid big
wages. i will close by saying the success
to the PREss and father that il has become
the leading paper Of the county SUE.
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: At meeting of the School Beard on
Tuesday evening the matter of increasing
salaries and selecting a teacher for the
Grammar School was disposed of.
On motion of r. B. Woodward, j. K.
Henry was offered eight hundred and
twenty five dollars for Superintendent for
nine months. which was adopted.
The next year will consist of the follow.
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A bill was introduced into the Ohio
Senate lat winter requiring railroad
companies to deal justly with the pso-
pie who had enabled them to build
their roads. Its passage was petition
Cd for BY Thousands upon thousands
Of business men and farmers, irrss-
psosivs Of party Inca In spite of
these petitions it was dsfsatsd. Why'
Bssause there wsrs men in ths 6snats
who wore more deeply interested in
the railroads than in the people. And
the people had sent them there. Is
it it not time that reform began at
the ballot bsx?-FARMERs' ADVANCE.
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There is no stronger point against
Chinese immigration than this: That
wherever it has become an established
thing the people of every grade and
shade of character and Of every depart.
ment Of labor or business, professional
or otherwise, are unit against it.
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George L. Converse 10 the big dog
with the bra. collar in the Demo
cratic camp in this district. They
are all afraid to question his right to
the nomination. Has George L. a
Railroad or some other monopoly at
his backf
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osissaias sivsses~sss. u has b.sn TO
@nuns4 - hsa AsWss a.d lss setiesa-
t1n1D - - - shs sish cd shs treat
osns = aissa1s sAas u ssy otAsr dspsrt-
nsu 81 hsnihs ksovi,igs. 1hs LIE or
dssth Of . yAtisas 10 too frsqssatly . mere
matter Of sbsiasut o. -ssssse. Some great
discoveries, however. have been made and
certain remedies are known and used with
sinoss isfsllibls eurssive results. Such q
remedy 10 TarsxiDs where q dersngsd
liver 10 involved, or where diseases of the
Bowels. Kidneys or Spleen prevail. For
sale BY c. II. Hope, call for Taraxine
Memorandom Books free.
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The newsof signing Of Anti-Ch
Bill by the President was received at
Sanfrancisco and the interior with
much satisfaction.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE.

A desirable piece Of property. The
houss is two story brick, with slate roof,
contains six rooms and is in tip top repair.
win trade for western land. For partin-
uisrs inquire at this Office 1s
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Will the farmers Of this District
support with their ballots next fall a
man for Congress who 10 identified
with the Rail Road Monopolles.
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being a~-'anding reaoluiion on
record that teachers can not he elected in
the absence of any member it was necesaa-
~ to reconsider the action of the last
meeting of the Bnard
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An ingenious method has recently
been brought forward for the welding
of steel, as well as in the restoration Of
burnt steel. For this purpose COM
pound is used, consisting of sulphate or
other salt of copper, resin, and salt ann
moniac. This is thrown upon the meta!
under treatment, thereby becoming in
corporated with it. rstss ! fa.a.t ~ a-
The most durable article of belt
lacing, 1t appears, may be made as fol-
lows: A dry, untanDed horsehide is
soaked in water until soft enough to cut,
and then cut into strings; these are
made soft and pliable for sewing by
''sawing" them over a square-cornered
iron, and the belt is then sewed with
the hair side inward the first time across,
and outward on the finish, so that the
hair takes ali the wear. After the string
has dried it is as solid as any hooks.
The Scientific American says that
the prejudice against American hem
lock-tanned leather has disappeared,
and English tanners now appreciate its
excellent qualities. Its capabilities for
resisting water and withstanding wear
by attrition in the soles of boots and
shoes are said to be quite equal to those
of the best English sole-leather, and
greatly superior to the leather of En-
glish s'mixed" tannages or the gener-
ally poor sole-leather made on the Con-
tinent of Europe.
"A German named Schmidt has
patented q school slate which consists
essentially of stiff piece of white
cardboard covered with artificial or pa
per parchment prepared by the action
Of sulphuric acid upon unsized paper.
They are set in the ordinary wooden
frame, and furnish q cheap and indie.
structible slate. The ordinary size sells
for 81 pfennings & 1-2c.) He also
makes a peculiar kind of ink for use
with these states, called 'schildren's
ink" (Kindertinte). 1t is made of harm
| less mineral colors and solution OF
dextrine, and has an advantage over
common ink, that the blots which chill.
dren are sure to make can be easily
washed out with cold water. The same
slate can also be used to write on with
ordinary ink or lead-pencil, and both
washed off with an ordinary sponge.
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One evening last week Peter Dittee
missed some twenty two head of sheep
which had got out on the pike by the gate
at the lane being left open. On making
inquiry concerng the wherea bouts of the
sheep he learned that man from Gratiot,
by the name of Samuel Kreager had taken
drove of sheep along the pike and that
ne had stopped for night at John Deans.
The drove was described and two black
sheep, Or nearly so were among tie num-
ber There was two such sheep among
Mr.. Dittoes and he went after them.
He found them all at Mr.. Deans but
Kreager had gene to Gratiot. Upon hia
return he was made acquainted with the
fsct that he had Dittoe'- sheep by the
,wner, and the matter was settled by
Kreaaer paying five dollars per head for
the entire bunch, which was a very clever
price.
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Farmers Attention.

We will have on hands In
a few days a supply of the
old reliable Buckeye sup
per phosphate, for Corn and
Oats sowing,
DAasr g. REAM.