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Connecticut western news., 1885-02-04

IF men are so wicked with religion, what would they be without it?
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-04
WARRINGTON NOTES

The House Claims Committee will report bill to refund the war tax levied on States and Territories in 1861 and 1862.
 A decrease of $5000, 900 in the public debt took place in January. The receipts amount to about $25, 800, GOO and the disbursements to about ell, ,000, 900. The receipts are less than for the same period of last year and the dis bursements slightly in excess The payments on account of pensions amounted to $500, 000
 The Post Office Appropriation bill, as com pleted by the House ApproP Priation Committee, provides for total appropriation of $52, 253,- 200. The estimates as prepared by the Post Of6ce Department amounted to $56, ,009, 169, and the appropriation for the current year amounted to S49. .040 400.
 The Senate Finance Committee agreed on bill for the retirement and recoinage of the trade dollar.
 MT. Lowering, of Massachuse it's has sub mitted to the House Committee on Invalid officer, soldier and sailor who served sixty days or more in the late war a pension of S8 & month. The report estimates the expenditure for this purpose at S66, ,0S0, 900 a year.
 MT Nlmmo, Chief of the Bureau of Sta tistics. rep rts that during the month of Decem- Der, 1884, the value of our exports of mer- ehandise amounted to $91, ,294, ,810, or about 93 O00, GOO day.
 In the Senatorial elections in Paris the Republicans have returned 67 of their candi- dates and the Conservatives only 20, gain for the Republicans of 22 seats.
 The snowfall on the Italian Alps is the heaviest within the memory of man. Terrible accounts arrive from the villages destroyed. It is calculated that so far as known 300 lives hare been lost through the storms
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Music Books for Schools.

WINIH IKidncV unH LIY1fl IFAINWN ls purely yogeiabls, and Che utmoni reliance may
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and beneficial societies Of working people
which are in onr midst destroyed? And
their destruction is the selfish object OF
the greedy, would-be autocrats of the
News. Can any man or woman who
lays claim to one humanitarian principle
wish to see the laboring classes Of this
state ground down to the slavery Of
Hooking, some portions Of PENNSYLVANIA,
Europe, and other localities which are
recommended as examples BY the kind
hearted old man of the News7 Does it
not cause such q one too great PAIN al
ready 10 know that there are any Of
Gods people anywhere on His footstool
that are so oppressed and suffering?
Does it make misery less hard to look
upon, to know that other eyes are gazing
upon greater suffering and woe? We
think not.
And now, in conclusioh, we wish-to
say to all good citizens and true Chris
tians that we cannot support paper
which aims at leveling down rather
than leyeling up of citizenship; which
would sink humanity into the dirt, and
trample human Liberty under foot, and all
that it may serve its masters the blood
sucking corporationists, well.
lSigned)
JoINr Committee OF THE KNIGHTS OF
LABOR.
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expect ffcm sae ~ ditor BE ought
u be censarsd fpk tbit pc has already
written.
II the Father wants some Of us to leave
such pleasures V 6od and drink, and
seek for HeAve4Iy sSsurss. it is strange
He did not ssy anything 70 Us about it
through His prophets They told about
the peace and sbuntiiance that was to be
on the earth. bit said nothing about an
other world. The New Jerusalem was
to be on the site Of old Jerusalem. Our
editor probably believes that 'the king
dom of Heaven ii within you" and the
less food you take the more room will be
left for the kingdom.
"While blessing others We feel that he
has been blessing us. =
The man who wrote the above was
not hungry. No hungry man can look
in on rich mans FEAST and feel that all
are blessed alike
I A joke is good thing. but the Monthly
Cleaner carries the matter too far. De-
cisive measures must be AIKEN against
such an irreligious use of q paper that
should be q public teacher. ZENo.
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HIDE m AWAY.

y " Y .t ~ Z
Justice Nondon.) s
Ye modern Mammenites, whose hearts are
cold
And stained and jaundiced through and
through with gold,
What though through nineteen centuries of
Christ 81
Your yearly tale OF souls are sacrificed
In Mammon's central shrine and sacred seat
Ere falls your idol shattered at your feet,
A little longer will We hold it high9
A little longer let it front the sky?
That all the world may see its shameful
fall,
That all mems mouths may mock at it. that
all
Mems startled eyes may stretch with star
ing-nay,
Cover it up foEshame, hide it away.
Isthis the outcome Of your social plan9
This your ideal of regenerate man2 d
That some should feast and some should
starve, and some
Should watch and pray till Mammon's
kingdom come; ' n
That each should WELD war-weapons In his
hand,
And fight for life, and bid his brother stand
And straight deliver all he hath; that life
Should still be nought but struggle, strain,
and strife; E5s 4.
Is this indeed your boasted social scheme?
Is this the idol We so sacred deem,
And hold on high for worldwide wonder?-
Nay,
Cover it up for shame, hide it away.
Yea, hide your idol deep as hell for shame;
Let none henceforth make mention of its
| name;
Let hate and strife, and strain and struggle
cease;
Let social war give place to social peace:
Let waste and want M lensor. be deserted,
Nor luxury and famine side by side;
Let faith and friendship flourish once again;
Let long lost love resume her ancient reign;
Let lust Of gold decay; let envy die;
Ler Mammon's self fall headlong from the
sky; IL
Blot out the record Of his worship; yea,
Cover itup for shame, hide it away. :
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According to the World, Vanderbilt
and other speculators were heavy suffer
ers through the shrinkage of values.
The money king has lost fifty millions
in this way; that is to say, the stocks he
holds are quoted at SO much less than
their market price few years ago
lGould, Huntington, Field, Mills. Jewett
the coal stock operators and other fnan-
rciers have also met with losses of the
same kind that run into the hundreds OF
millions. 1t is q desperate spectacle'
traly, but. after all, these public plunder-
ers yet hold vast boards of gold, and ex-
.pect to make up their speculative losses
next year, by the Wall street boom,
with workingmen's wages on the Euro
pean basis. ~ ohm Swinton's Paper.
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toa property. During the campaign .
great many Of the newspapers declared
that the Republican canpaign fund was
paSing everything for him, and now the
'eame, papers chuckle oyer the idea that
the candidacy Of this hard-headed old
Democrat cost him SO heavily. But why
inthe world did they lie SO about it at
the timer
By the way. Gen. Butler has jnsl
opened law Office in the EQUITABLE
building in this city. He is not coming
here to live, but all persons who want
his professional services can get them
and We dare say that the number Of
these will not be very small.
All the great lawyers grayitate to New
York. New York Sun.
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EASTERN SPECIALS.
Mtnersyille,
[By Associated Labor Press.l

o.. -- e lby AsSOCldbtu IItSSs
+ MINERsvMLE, Pa, Jan. 5.-For some
years past the miners of the great Anthracite
coal region have been almost wholly url-
organized, discouraged and dlsheartened.
And especially has this been the case in the
SchuylkilI valley. Since the once famous
Workingmen's Beneficial Association, around
whose standard every miner and laborer
gathered, ceased to exist no organized effort
seems to have been successful in bringing
the men t1tther. True, the Knights Of
Labor fourished here for time, and are at
present very strong in the Luzerne region,
but its membership and efficiency in this
part of the coal field has been lost because
of the stand taken by the church against it.
The fact that there has been no union among
the workingmen has been taken advantage
Of by the operators, who now have the men
reduced to just such straits as will inure to
their benefit, But this cannot last always
and indeed isn't to last much longer. e~
Several months ago George Harris, the
State President of the Miners and Laborers'
Amalgamated Association, made his appear
ance here and ever since has been speaking
nightly to the men of the necessity OF organ
ization and the benefits to be derived from
/ one grand union under the banner of his
Association. It is slow work, because of the
despondent feeling among the men and so
little being known Of this comparatively new
organization. But Mr.. Harris is persistent,
hard worker and is beginning to have smooth
sailing. Itdad long talk with him the
other day. All things considered, he ex-
presses himself as highly pleased with the
progress of the work. In this (SchuylkilD
county he has succeeded in instituting forty
two different branches, and last week held a
county conventional which representatives
were present from most all of them. A per-
manent organization was effected with lvor
D. Jones, of Minersyille, as President;
Daniel Duffy. Of st. Clair, Secretary; and
Senator John Parker, of Mahanoy City, as
Treasurer. The convention was not only
large but enthusiastic, and there is every
reason to believe that early in 1885 every
miner and laborer in the valley will once
more be banded together and in position to
demand their just rights. And they will
then be far better off than they are now, too.
Mark the prediction.
Announcement has just been made that on
Jan. 1st the Reading Railroad Company re-
duced the salaries Of their employees from
eight to twenty per cent, ranging according
to amount of salary received. The reduction
does not apply to the miners and 'laborers
about the ccllieries as their nay is based on
the selling price of coal In order to cut
down expenses only the best paying collier
les will be worked during 1885 and thousands
Of men will By 3out Of employment. F.P.
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one house reports the usual amount Of spring
orden on hand. Iu the Cunningham car
|riage factory 9o0men have been laid Of.
TRUTH.
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International Congress.

The executive council of the Demo
cratic Federation of Great Britain il
about to hold an international conference
of Social Democrats in London during
the last week of May, 1885. Invitations
to send delegates will be issued in due
course to all known organized bodies Of
Social Democrats. In the meantime 8
preliminary circular has. been issued
asking for information and suggestions
Further communications as to the pro.
gress of the arrangements will be fur,
nished in this journal from time to time
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w.shinxton. ID. C..

Washington, D. c..
IBy Associated Labor Press.l
s WASHINGTON, Jan. Sat the last busi
ness session OF the house before holidays
the joint resolution Is. R. sN granting Ger
tain holidays to employees OF the navy yard,
government printing Office, and Bureau Of
printing and engraving was passed. This
will place these bureaus on the same footing
with the executive departments as regards
holidays.
Mr.. R0secrans presented a petition OF the
machinists and blacksmi his of Detroit
against the confirmation of John Fehren
batch. Any action in regard to commits
sioner of labor statistics under the present
administration is useless. We must look to
the next President for our LABOR Bureau
and to the next congress for labor legislation
It is not probable that congress will or can
do much more this session than attend to the
Appropriation bills.
A printer named John M. Jack, wei
known throughout the SSgntry, and recently
employed at the go~ernment printing Office
died saddenly % Sunday from heart disease
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Bufler,s Expenses.

We find it reported in the Boston
Transcript that Gen. aButlers expenses
during the recent political campaign
we're $265, 900 that he borrowed $4,000
from one Boston bank and $4,000 from
another, besides $95, ,O0D on bis Washing
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Approaches the Attacks.

Editor Labor Enquirer.
AS an answer to the attacks of the
News, I Zone Of the workers. send YOU
five dollars to help put copies Of The EN-
ourRER whore they will do the most good,
"A small presentto the workers for New
Years from A SILVER MINER.
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: Rochester.
lBy Associated Labor Press.l

a., by Associated Labor Press.1
ROCHESTER,, Jan. "a number Of the
shoe manufacturing houses which are gener-
ally full Of work at this time Of the year are
running on threcquarter time. The trave-
ling men report business weary bad. Only
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facts.
J. R. Buchanan, against whom the
News has let out its worst venom, is an
honoied member, an organizer of labor,
and general officer of the knights of
Labor, and has been instrumental in the
organizing of the Knights ofLabor with
in radius of 300 miles of this city, both
personally and through his paper, The
LABOR ENQUIRER, and as we are all init
mately acquainted with him, we know
him to be an honest and upright man,
and his connection with the coalsminers'
strike comes through the fact of his be-
ing general officer of the Knights of
Labor to which the coal miners belong.
The News states that he is an incen-
diary spirit, when in fact he is one of the
most conservative members (or leader,
as the News chooses to call him) and
held off the Strike for several weeks to
effect an amicable adjustment of the diff
Guilty, but without avail, and when at
last the strike was ordered he went into
the convention of earnest and deter
mined men, and talked and labored with
them, and effected break in the unit
rule that you, the citizens of Denver,
might be warm and comfortable in your
homes
The News also states that he and ]. l..
Lewis, the secretary of the coal miners
board, are trying to live without work by
misappropriating funds intended for the
relief of the coal miners, when in fact
both are among our hardest workers, Mr..
Lewis having been engaged in digging
coal up to the time of the strike, and Mr..
Buchanan's paper shows his work.
Neither are drawing pay, and all money
has been properly accounted for by
them, and we all have full confidence in
their Judgment and honsty, as is shown,
by the fact that since the News TRADE
upon them they have received four times
the amount received in all the time be-
| fore.
| The News also states that he is instru.
mental in prolonging the strike, thereby
lnjuring other branches of labor in the
state, when in fact those at work are
supporting the miners in their demand
against injustice; for what is, victory
for one is victory for all. r. .. .
The Rocky Mountain News, whenever
an opportunity offers. takes delight in
calling the attention of its readers to the
fact :. that wages are higher III
this state than they are in the
east, and that they must be
brought down to the level of the Older
sections. Can any business man see il
to his interest to have wages reduced to
the level of Hooking Valley Ia favorite
citation of the News where the princi
pal business center, Columbus, Ohio, has
sustained loss during the past six
months of upwards of S., ,000. 900 owing to
the reduction of wages made by the coal
and railroad syndicate? Is it not well
established fact that where wages are
reasonably high, the community is pros
porous? And is it not also fact that
where labor organizations flourish, wages
are better than where there is no associ-
alton among the workers2
Can, therefore, those who are inter
ested in the business prosperity of Colo
RADIO have any wish to see the protective
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NUMBING THE NEWS-ANCE,
A;committee Representing 5000 Men
Refutes the Charges Of a Black
mailing Sheet.

The Tribune-Republlcan of Sunday,
the fourth instant, contained the follow
ing: 81. s.'-. -....i B.. ..e..,.-..-
To the Business Men and Citizens of Denver:
The attack of the News on organized
labor IN the past few weeks by publish
ing in the editorial columns malicious
misstatements and falsehoods against
two of our nembers as to their connec,
ton with the coal miners, strike, has
forced the undersigned assemblies Of
Knights of Labor of this city, represent
ing 900 members, to take stand against
it, and to bring before the citizens of the
city and state true statement of the
4. -. ~
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Us. M 3O65
Mrs. Martha L. Biossat
In the 18th Judicial District Court,
Parish of Rapides, Lou
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BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias is.
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ides Parish, La, on
Saturday, the 9th day Of May, &. d.
1886,
the following described property,
to-wit - ~
One ~ Sorrel Pony Horse,
One ~ Black Ok,
One (1) Red Ok,
One ~ White Ok,
One (l) Black Ok,
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One (1) Sorrel Mare,
One ~ Bay Pony Horse.
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Sheriff's Sale.
John Taylor Hunterl
as, No. 3114.
MrS. Martha l.. Biossat

as, No. 311d
Mrs. Martha l.. Biossat
In the 18th Judicial District Court,
Parish of Rapides, Lou.
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By virtue of a writ Of fieri facias is
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to the last and highest bidder, for
cash, at public auction, at the Eden
plantation, on which the property
seized is now kept, in the Parish
of Rapides, La, on
Saturday, the 9th day Of May, 4. d.
1885,
the following described property,
to-wit -
Two ~ Wagons,
Eleven (l1) Turning Plows,
Two ~ Sweeps,
One ~ Sweep,
One ~ Cotton Opener,
Three 81 Rolls Gin Betting,
One (I Mouse colored Mule.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject to
d. G. PAUL,
Apl 25-tds. Sheriff.
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