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fridays Daily.)
District Conference.

Conference met at 8: 30 and spent half
an hour in song and prayer, led by
Rev. II. Champion. At o'clock session
opened, minutes of Yesterday were read
and approved. Minute business taken
up. +. NJ. Green made report of Kinks
vile circnit, reporting regular class
meeting at almost all points on the
charge and the spiritual interest ad-
vancing. The Sunday schools, four in
number, are in good condition. The
charge in good condition.
H. Champion reported Memphis cir
circuit. It has eight appointments. four
NJ. +. Sunday schools, regular pray.
er and class meetings are sustained,
Twenty TIN ee Advocates are taken. At
Prairie View $500 subscriptions have
been received for new church.
|. S. Ware reported Queen City, three
appointments. two Sunday schools,
four Advocates are taken.
r. l.. Thompson, of Sand Hill circuit,
shows good growth religiously; two
Sunday schools are organized successful
Iy. The Advocate has fourteen subscri-
hers.
Z. H. Brunbaugh of Unionville has
five appointments: sixteen Advocates
are taken. There are three M. f..
Sunday schools A church will be
built this year.
VIM. NJ Brown made report Of Bra
shear circuit as in good condition.
A letter was received from H. {.
Dahotf of Clarence, and read by j. J..
Bentley.
The case of Albert Collins was called
and after report from examining COM
mittee he was recommended for admis-
sion to the travelling connection.
The literary exercises were resumed.
II. Champion read paper: ''The
Hindrances to Moral and Christian
progress; criticised by Ware, Thomp-
son, Stauber. Wheat, and Enyeart,
|. S. Ware read an essay on the I'm.
portance Of Circulating pure Litera-
ture; criticised by Enyeart, Wheat,
Green, Warner. Champion and Stauber.
'The inconsistencies Of Modern In
fidelity by E. FL. Brumbaugh was pre-
sented, and criticised by Ware, Wheat,
and others.
On motion Rev. f. H. Brumbaugh
was requested to furnish his paper for
publication in the Chn,rh oad Home.
b. Il. Stauber, of Lancaster, read an
essay on the Eternity of Future Pun
ishment'' :criticlsed by Enyeart. Thomp-
son, Green and others.
The paper Of B. I. Stauber was re-
quested for publication in the Church
and Home.
Conference adjourned until = o'clock
p. m.
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ST. LOUIS MARKET.
tare.

Wheat-duli, closing at 1.32.
Corn-dull, cash "A IS
Oats steady. cash 50'.i
Eggs good demand at 16cts.
Butter-very unsettled chice dairy
20 to p C. ckoice country 16c.
Potatoes-old, 1.i5 to 1.15, new to
210.
Wool choice tub washed St to 81
low 80 to 32
Cattle-light ship steers 6.5I to 100
heavy do 100 to 80. good cows and
heifers $50 to g.
Hogs-sood pigs 100 to 725, heavy
ship. 7.s5 to SO.
Sheep-weak 3.00to 400.
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Snow In the Northwest.

,, ST. PAUL, MINI. May 2I.--Reports
received to-day indicate unusual cold
weather tor this season west and north.
west of here. There were slight fur
ries of snow at Fergus Falls, Moorhead
and Winnipeg. Heavy SHOWS IS report
ed at West End, Hastings and Dakota,
but this report is not confirmed nor
fully credited.
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REEDS INTENTIONS.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. May 21.-Coun-
sci for Guiteau says he has plan which
he will put in execution if the decisic-
ion of a motion for a new trial is adverse
to his client, to save the country the
everlasting disgrace of hanging an in
sane man. 1t IS thought that Reed
will apply for a commission de lunatico
mouirendo.
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saturdays Daily.)

The conference met at 2 p. m. yester-
day for its closing session. Devotional
opening services conducted by Rev. W.
NJ. Brown, of Brashear. The afternoon
session was devoted chiefly to minute
business. I. J. Wheat read a paper
on Are the requirements of scripture
in keeping with reason" The confer
ence adjourned at 4 p. IN. The next
meeting will be held at Lancaster.
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Prospects Good.

FORT SCOTT, KAN. May ao.-It
commenced raining here little after
midnight last night and poured down
in torrents until daylight, and i: has
been raining all day. Chinch bugs are
wiped out. The prospect for crops are
magnificent. The wheat Is all in the
mix or in bloom. and the crop is fine,
never better, and everybody happy.
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Crop reports from The northern tier

Crop reports from The northern tier
of counties in Minnesota and Red River
Valleys say wheat seeding is about fin
lshed and corn planting begun. Here
tofore corn raising las been uncom-
mon in the northern part of the State.
a McGregor, Iowa, dispatch says
the continuous cold and wet weather
has had an injurious effect on farm
work and the look is unsatisfactory.
The average of corn will be larger
than for many years.
a Kansas city special says: Never
has the growing wheat crop attracted
such general attention and so much
solicitude in this section as now. The
presence of chinch bugs throughout
Kansas last year, the general shortage
in crops, resulting from these, and the
otal point of the crop. Reports from
Southwest Kansas are wonderfully I'M
animous that the growing wheat is in
remarkably good condition. Central
Kansas correspondents agree that the
prospects are very fattering. The late
cold weather has been very beneficial
and the plant looks healthy and strong
promising a large yield. The acreage
of corn is said to be very large and
most of it up. Pasturage is good and
the general outlook is good all over
the state.
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Prince Blsmark says that never. to
his personal knowledge did he Lear
General Ignatietf speak the truth.
BiSmark is a diplomat. and knows
what he is talking about. The first
Napoleon once said, that between
tates, truth was never told except at
tbs mouth of the cannon.
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STILL HOPEFUL.

After the adverse decision to day
Counsel Reed visited Gulteau, who
seems, Reed says, to have perfect faith
that he is coming out all right in the
end. Reed will visit the Jail with a
notary tomorrow morning and obtain
Gulteau's signature to an affidavit,
which will be used in the next step in
the case.
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The envious man is tormented not
only by all the ills that betall himself,
but by all the good that happens to
Others He is made gloomy not only
by his own cloud int by anothers sun
shine.
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Dissolution.

BY mutual consent the law firm Of Harrington 4
MHsick is this day dissolved. all ipersons knowing
the mselves indebted to said firm, will call ut
and settle. +. VI. Harrington will continue the
pr actice of law at the same Office the Kirks-
Vile Savings Bank at which place any old firm bust
will be attended to by MIN. Also all biisi-
ness will receive his attention in person.
+. NJ. II HARRISGrON.
J, X. MVsiCK
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Come LII Young Man.

During the course of his Sunday eve
ning's sermon Boston divine suddenly
paused, somewhat near the close of his
sermon, and said: 1--WE would be clad
if that Young man in the vestibule
would come inside and satisfy himself
whether she is or is not here. That
would be much better than keeping a
half-inch draft on the occupants OF the
back pew" And in the solemn silence
that followed the congregation could
hear sound outside as of the retreat
of an army with banners.
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A man with silver-plated, double
back.action coln-holder, says the Erau-
ssliAe 4aygAs, came into the sanctum,
the other day. andcommenced explain
ing the beauties of the article for hold
ing silver halves, ETC., and he had got
ten half through before he found he was
in prlnting-oft Whsn he saw his
mistake he went to the door, sadly open
ed 1t, and kicked himself clear down
stairs.
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'.rhereis nothing like settling down" :"
said the retired merchant, confidential
ly, to his neighbor. ''When l gave no
business | settled down and found that
| had quite comfortable fortune. If
| had settled up should not have had
cent
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THE ATonIzED NEDICA EREN sYs1fu /!
Dissolution N0tIce.

Notice Is hereby given that the r.-,,,.-.,.,,
crins hn;s petween the unds, signed In lie hutch
e. T. M.Iyin ns been dissolved BY mutual consent.
rh wnl De found at the old stand for coeei,.
remaining m.mhsr pe et continued on, by d. Oberiy the
x a, themselves to be indebted are reop.ste ~ %
ID. 0BERLY
hirssville. April .;,h, lssc s'L. MELVIN.
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PA will you get me pair of skates
if | prove 10 You that deg has ten
tails" Yes my son. We'll to begin
onedog has one more tail than no dog
hastnt hes Yes Well no dox has
nine tail>, and if one dog has one more
tall than no dog then one dog must
have ten tails. He got the skates.
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An injury unanswered in time dies
away in an involuntary remorse. In
bad dispositions, capable of no re.
straint but power, it has a diferen.
effect-the silent digestion of the
wrong proyokes second
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SIIERIFFS SALE.

PY virtue and authority Of special execution is
j Osued from the Office OF the clerk of the circuit
court OF Adair county. No.. rcturnabe al the June
term. SS2 OF said court To directed in favor of
Wm l.. Fletcher. administrator of the estate of J .
W. Hale, dec's'd. and against the Indiana Black
Coal company. u corporation. have levied upon
and seized all the right title, interest and claim of
the said Indiana Black Coal Company. u corpora
ton. of. In and TO the following described real
tate in Adair county. Missouri, tO-wit: the south
east of the south west and the south the
south east of section three k23 and the north
west of the north east and the north east of tho
north west of section twenty-slX l2il and the north
east Of the north east aud the south east OF the
north east of twentysix G and the north east OF
the south west and the south east of the north east
OF section thirty 81 and the south west OF the
south east and the south east OF the south OF
section twenty-five l25l and the south west of the
north east OF sectiON fweutysx t26l and the north
west of the north Wa OF section twenty five (25)
and the west half Ofihe north of the north west
of section twenty-skx f26 and the east half of the
south east quarter 6fsection tweDty-nine (29) and
the south east cithe north west and the south
of the north east OF section twenty-four 2il. All
the above land in township sixty-three (6s,, Of
range sixteen (iG), and the south west quarter ,f
section thirty-One (3), township sixty three (i3.
OF range fifteen and the south of the north
west and the southwest of the north east Of section
tweutyone (2, and the south east OF the north east
and the north east Of the south east of section
twenty-one (2D, of township sixty-,hrec (6s range
s0Y "a MT anlI INattl
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TUESDAY, THE 18Th DAY OF JUNE. 1882.

between the hours of O'Clock In the forenoon and
O'Clock In the afternoon of that day while the cir
cult court for Adair county. Missouri, Is In session.
at the Court House door In kirksville Adair county
Missouri. sell the same, much thereof ~ NAV
be required. AT public sale. to the highest bidder
cIsh In hand Subject to all prior liens and judge
ments) to satisfy said execution and costs.
JOHN SHAVER.
Sheriff Adair Co NJ
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Charges Moderate

And the closest attention given To p,,en,. rh.,.
ssnnsring from sore Eyes Ears should call on The
, without delay He cures all chronic diseases
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Jaifa Is beautiful from the sea and
from many places outside, but once you
are in the town itself, Il mean the
Arab part. not the German colony the
charm is gone; the streets are narrow,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-21
SAN ANTONIO.
A Statesman News Gatherer's Report.
EspeciaI to the Statesman.l

Especial to the Statesman.
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 16.-Gov. Ire
land is in the city.
A barber attempted to kill a Mexi-
can woman with razor to-day, but
was prevented.
DIR. f. Bracket, of Cibolo, died yes
terday.
The grand jury adjourned, and re-
turned 123 indictments to-day, mostly
against gamblers, owners renting
property to gamblers, and keepers Oh
houses OF i'll fame. Three out OF
the four daily papers take sides
against the gamblers and the city ad-
lninistration for permitting gambling.
A family of four, named Petty, from
Atascosa, were poisoned by arsenic,
which appeard mysteriously in their
coffee. No deaths.
The Mexican National will erect
an immense hotel at the
Monterey hot springs soon, and
are inducing New Englanders
and eastern invalids and others to
come to Texas and Mexico, instead OF
going to Florida. They are now max
ing arrangements to reduce the fare
from New York via st. Louis and San
Antonio to Monterey and the City OF
Mexico to two cents mile.
Ben Thompson's trial is set for JAN
uary 8, with venire of sixty jurors
Gen. n. b. SweitZer arrived ano
took command of this post to-day
The Eighth cavalry band also came il
from Fort Clark.
Wool receipts for the past fall ant
spring in this market were nearly
ii 100000 pounds.
A party OF Texas Pacific railroad
officials passed through from LAREDO
to st. Louis on special car tonight
via. Austin.
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Reform Humbug.
[Sunday Magazine.l


After all the platforms and fiery
campaign addresses on the subject, the
civil service was never in more de-
Dased condition than to-day. The
party which, instead of making civil
service reform dead plank, will make
it a revolutionary principle, will put
the country under everlasting obliga-
tions. No such state Of things US We
have now was ever inteaded by the
founders OF the government. Until
President ia :kson's time employees,
civil and military, were never removed
for their political opinions, and were
never changed with the change of adj
ministration. During Washington's
eight years of the presidency, only
nlne persons in the United States
were removed from Office, and these
for causes not political. During Presi-
dent John Adams time only nine
persons were removed, and none Of
them for political purposes. During
President Madison's administration,
only five persons removed. During
President Monroe's administration,
only seven. During John Quincy
Adams administration, only two per
sons in the United States. President
Jackson turned over new leaf, and
he removed two thousand persons for
political reasons. They had either
opposed him, or their friends had
opposed him. Since then the door for
civil service degradation has been wide
open. 1t will require an administra-
ton of almost superhuman power to
close that door. In attempting to close
it President Garfield was crushed to
death against the edoor-post. BUTT must
be closed before public life in this coun-
try can be purified. The only en-
couragement to-day in political direc-
tions Is that for the most part ahigher
style of men are nominated for official
position-men whom we may hope
will do their whole duty, whether the
party to which they belong will ap-
plaud or denounce. II is a consolation
TO know that God rules in the affairs
of states and nations, and that all
wrongs will be righted, and the king
doms of sin will become the kingdoms
of righteousness. While Others fall
into dependency at the state of politi-
cal morals, we get ourselves up into
the mount of political prophecy, from
which we can see over the'tops Of the
depressed present to the shining fu-
| tura
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THE CANAL JOB.

Mr.. Perry Belmont has presented an
elaborate protest to the house in the
shape of a minority report, against the
passage of the bill Incorporating the
Nicaragua canal company. The bill
is objected to on several grounds.
Should it become law, it will COM
NIT the United States to a guarantee
that the annual net receipts from
traffic through canal to be built in
foreign country shall not be less than
per cent of the total cost of the canal,
which shall not exceed $75,0O0,OO0.
In short, the United States becomes
pecuniarily responsible for the sue
cess of the undertaking. Yet the
United States is to have but one out
of eleven of the directors of the COM
pany. 1t pledges the United States
to make good all deficits in the moneys
of a company over whose manage
ment it has no control and in which it
has hardly a voice. What such guar
antee means is too obvious to need
explanation. To understand such
terms is to condemn the measure.
Another objection relates to the con-
troll of the canal when it shall be fin
ished. The bill in question provides
that the United States shall exercise
such control over the canal as is now
or may be at any time hereafter pre-
scribed by treaty with Nicaragua; and
should the United States see nt
for national reasons, to occupy anc
manage said canal temporarily OF
otherwise, the right to do so, subject
to any sovereign rights of the govern
ment of Nicaragua and consistently
with treaty obligations, is hereby re
served and secured to the govern
ment." This is objected to on account
of its almost phenomenal indefinite
ness. 1t would be preposterous 10
our government to become respon
sible for any canal enterprise Il
| Nicaragua, or until it is settled beyons
controversy what power is to eontro
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Muddling With Vain Words.

New YORK world.
The second clause of the sentence we
have quoted from the presidents mes
sage is simply a nuddling with vain
words of the declaration of the
Democratic platform of 1880 that we
must have "a tariff for revenue only"
If only such taxes ought to be levied
as are necessary to provide needful
revenue, of course they out to be levied
only in such way as to provide that
revenue most directly and most cheap
ly; that is to say, they ought to be
levied for revenue only" But
everybody knows that President
Arthur took advantage of the
declaration in the Demo-
cratic platform to stampede the unin-
formed operatives, of several manu-
featuring communities to the Repub-
ican side, in the belief that the Dem
ocratic party meant to throw them
out of work. And if anybody should
try to reduce the sentiments of the
presidents message to practice the
president, we may be sure, would
cheerfully join in an attempt to stam-
pede the operatives again from the
support of the persons who were so
foolish as to imagine that the presi-
dent of the United States meant what
he now saws
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Short Sermon.
BY a REPORTER.


1t is the Sabbath day, the day of
rest, and l rejoice that am still alive.
Last night, after having wrapped my
notebooks and pencils closely about
my shivering form, had a dream;
and from that dream propose to take
the lesson which / wish to impress
on your hearts this day. / stood on
street corner, scratching my head for
an item, when suddenly a man of
prominent proportions came up to me,
slapped me on the shoulder, and said:
Hal why look you SO sad? Cheer
up, my boyl l have an item for
you" Hastily drawing forth my
check book, l prepared to put down
in hieroglyphics whatever my friend
should happen to say for the relief of
my weary mind. My friend then told
me of something most startling that
had occurred the previous night, and
put it down. He gave me no names.
The scene was changed. The next
moment / found myself on public
square, and in the middle of it were
about a score of squabbling dogs. An
idea struck Inc: would disperse the
dogs and clear the square. / pitched
my cane into the middle of the pack
but the dogs did not disperse. Only
one of them was struck, and he set III
most unearthly howl and made a be-
line for me, and then II woke, an,
found myself shiyering with cold, ant
/ am not yet fully warm. But yet
am thankful that am still here.
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districts, and railroad managers invite
immigration. l have spent large
sums of money in the past ten years
in promoting immigration. The rail-
roads have been a great motor in pro-
noting 1t, and the way to do it is to
meet parties at their homes and there
explain to them what they can do and
point to them the many benefits to be
derived by coming to this country.
We have general agent for all the
roads, and he employs subordinates.
Our terms to immigrants for farms
and lands are usually ten
per cent cash and the balance
TO be paid in term of years. L have
frequently supported families who
suffered from bad crops until new
crops came in. l charge them from
three dollars to six dollars an acre,
and they purchase from eighty to one
hundred acres, and perhaps less. We
prefer to have many families to those
who purchase large tracts of land. /
go west twice year and see towns
which have sprung up in the interior.
ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway
and Denmark send the most immi-
grants. About 100000 acres of our
lands remain unused. Instances have
occurred where corners have been
made in the money market. Such
corners soon regulate themselves, al
though while they last the market is
depressed. lido not think trade is much
affected by it. OF course business
men become more circumspect in their
dealings. Money was very light here
three weeks ago and gold certificates
were used on that occasion. Corners
in the money market are not always
produced by capitalists locking up
their money. In the fall of the year
there is always a scarcity of money.
l am not familiar with corners either
in oil or cotton. l am not engaged in
the banking business. A panic is
when men lose their banks. This is
generally preceded by corner or a
general distrust. Men in panic times
lose their reason and rush to sell. The
first panic was in 1857, and it was
caused by Tyler's frauds and the dis
covery that there had been an over
issue of New Haven stock. Panics
have their good effects as well as their
bad. The second panic was at the
time of the civil war and was caused
largely by the breaking out of the
war.