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Year: 1877




''The Commission may succeed in fusing
the twa Legislatures down there, but how
they are to get Packard out of the way / fail
to see. Indeed, am not at all sangIine that
they can accomplish anything practical.
Nothing can bring peace to Louisiana, and
the end of the case, but the complete turn
ing over of that State to the taxpaying portion
of the community, represented by Nichols.
All other remedies are mske-shifts and patch
work that will react disastrously. On the
other hand, Packard is rs brave as lion and
as stubborn as mule, and man of the most
decided Republican convictions, and not the
leas' of his convictions is the conviction that
he is elected. He is not of the ordinary class
of carpet baggers; in fact, he Is not carpet
bagger at all, but native of Louisiana. He
has no personal acquaintance with fear, and
and can louk down the muzzle of double
barreled shot gun in the hands of bulldozer
without wink. He made the canvass, of the
State in the late campaign armed only with a
small walking-cane. The nobs and bulldoEers
and assassins, who played so large q part in
the campaign, were forced to respect the
bravery of this man. He believes that he
wss elected as much as Hayes. He cannot be
bought of, for he refused the hest Office in
the South Collector of the New Orleans port)
to get out Of the way. With such q man on
one side and Nichols and the united whites
on the other, the Commission viii have its
hands full, even were there not two Legisla-
tpres to fool WITH"
Year: 1877

To regulate and license Hawkcrs and Peddlers.


Be it Ordained by the Common Council OF the
Village Of WOrrhngtOn.


SEQ l. 1t shall be and is hereby declared to be
unlawful for any hawker or pedd cr who trav-
els from place to place to sell goods, wares and
merchandise and who come and 80 within this
village of Warrington to sell any goods, wares
or merchandise within the corporate limits of
said village without having first obtained a IL
cense therefor as herein provided.


SEC. 2. On application Of any such person to
the Recorder Of SAID VII lage and the payment to
said Recorder of the sum Of Five Dollars for first
day and Two Dollars for each subsequent day,
it shall be the duty of the said Recorder to issue
to said person license authorizing said person
to sell goods, wares and merchandise as hawk
OF or pelder within the corporate limits of said
village for a period Of any desired number Of
days from the date Of sail license and which
shall be signed by the President and Recorder
of said village.


SEC. 3. Any one offending against the provis-
ions Of this ordinance shall be fined, on convic-
ton thereof, in a sum not exceeding one hun
ared dollars for each and every offence and in
default OF payment of said fine, may be impris
ol,ed not exceeding ninety days.


SEC. I. This ordinance shall take effect and be
In force from and afterits passage.


Approved: Sept..2l 1871:


GEO. J. DAr, Recorder.
Year: 1877

Elsewhere we give report of the
County Convention held on Tuesday
last. We have not time this week to
speak of the ticket in detail, but shall
endeavor to do SO hereafter. It is
claimed that Of the eight nominations
made, four are Ring nominations and
four are Peoples candidates, making
it an even thing. All the nominees
are Worthingt0n men with the excep-
tion of Capt. Mills. Agreeably to what
we have always urged as the fair and
right thing to do, we labored to give
several more of the prominent nomina-
tions to candidates from the country.
But the People must for this time be
content with half loaf, looking to
the business of their cause and the fu-
ture to give them a complete triumph.


Several of the most bitter members
of the Worthington Ring have been
laid aside; several of the pet candida
tes were defeated at Tuesdays Conven-
tion, and if the anti-Ring element had
done one-fourth the work which the
Ring did, and has been doing all Sum-
mer, there would not have been a SIN
gle Ring candidate nominated.


Will the desperate Worthington Ring
learn from this Convention the lesson
that they cannot have it all their own
way; that men must be allowed to diff
er from them in politics without being
bounded, prosecuted and pursued; not
only in politics but in everything else;
and that, sooner OF later, their evil will
return upon ''their own pates" and
that their imprecations will ''come
home to rOOst?''
Year: 1877

ABUSES IN THE NEW YORK CUSTOM
House. New York Journal of
Commerce says:-Some of the abuses in
the charges and commission cases-with
which our importers are unhappity too
familiar--are startling. OF these abuses
the referee class is specially fagitious.
Mr.. French mentions the doings Of one
referee who makes bills of three or four
hundred dollars in each case against the
Government, for work that is no harder
than signing his name to certified state>
ments His average for superfuous
witness fees alone is about SIP per case
and his income from that source on all
the cases now before him would amount
to $4,000! The Secretary would stop
this Treasury leak by referring the whole
business to the Collector of this port
who could do it without extra charge,
though he might require a small tempo
rary increase of Custom-Hou clerks.
The Collector is at least likely to be as
honest as any of the referees, and he
does, or ought to, understand the case
better than any outside party. The
Secretary has reason to believe that large
numbers of judgments haye been DIS
honestly awarded by collusion with
minor Government officers. These he
proposes should be reopened and rigidly
Investigated, and that until this is done
the payment of appropriations for such
claims should be suspended, This course
would not prejudice honest plaintiffs in
the slightest degree, but iC would we
hope, prevent more frauds from being
consummated. But before any grear ad-
ditional security can be obtained by Mr..
Sherman's plan, the civil service at the
New York Custom House must be re :
formed. No material progress can be
made in the war against this variety of
claims until the Custom House force is
purged of the vsnality which has so long
prevailed there and in all the custom
houses of the country, and which is the
fountain and origin of most OF the cor
ruption of which the Government and
the merchants are in turn the victims.


When the Secretary is ready to recon-
mend the strict exclusion of politics from
the custom house and the running OF
those establishments on plain business
principles, and when Congress will
second his endeavors, then we shall begin
to have some faith in the defeat of the
legion of swindlDg claims.
Year: 1877

How do the farmers of Delaware like
the idea of paying 440 grains of silver
for the bonds of their State when they
got but 412R grains ? And yet this is
decidedly what the demonstration of
silver will cost them if the Bland Silver
bill is defeated.
Year: 1877

From the Shenandoah Herald.


ST. Franciscus Hospital, a Catholic
institution in Pittsburg, has recently
been the scene of very romantic of
currence. Some five or six months
ago young physician obtained the
appointment of fassistant physician to
the hospital. He received no pay for
his services further than his board
and unlimited command Of the wines
and liquors of the establishment. Re-
siding in the hospital were several
nuns and sisters of mercy, who had
taken VOWS of eternal celibacy. One of
these, however, happened to be young,
beautiful, intelligent, and attractive,
and the young ply ysician soon became
deeply enamoured of her, and, not
withstanding her ivows, her love for
the fascinating young physician be-
came as strong as his for her. In the
daily association of hospital life they
had frequent opportunities for speak
ing in that language which requires
not words for utterance, and eventu-
ally the young Romeo prevailed upon
the not unwilling Juliet to renonnce
her secluded life. So one bright
morning, not more than week ago,
the fair recluse was not to be found !;
in the stiffness Of the night she had
flown, without even so much as bid
ding her companions adieu. The
Mother Superior of the establishment
proceeded to make an investigation of
the affair. As the result of her in
quiries she accused the young physi.
clan of having assisted in the nuns
escape. To her surprise, he did not
deny it, but openly acknowledged
that he had opened the doors for the
nun. The Mother Superior became
exceedingly wroth and informed the
physician that his services would be
dispensed with in the hospital. The
physician is but little over nineteen
years of age. The nun is q young
lady who formerly resided on the
South Side, and is likewise by those
who know her much, esteemed for
her many virtues, as we'll as for her
beauty and intelligence.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, June 22-It is
thought that at least week will
elapse before the civil service reform
rules will be ready for promulgation.
From private utterances of the Presi-
dent it is inferred that all Federal
officers will be prohibited from tax
ing active part in political manifes-
tations, becoming members of politi-
cal conventions, or serving as men,
bcrs of political committees. The
President, in recent conversation on
the subject said that while the en-
forcement of such rule might. and
probably would work some injury to
the republican party for little while
to come, yet it was sound in principle
and he would insist on its being


strictly observed. In the end he


thought the republican party would


be benefited by it. 1t was brought
to the Presidents attention, yester-
day, that in large Atlantic cities like
Boston, New York and Baltimore,
the manipulation of the republican
primary elections had for years been
mainly directed by Custom House
and other Federal officials The
President said he was pretty well
cognizant of all these facts and the
time had come when there must be a
change. He had no objection to any
of the Federal officers who thought
that patriotism and duty to party de-
manded that they should manage
primary meetings and conventions
on resigning their Offices, but they
must either give up one or the other.
Year: 1877

Iowa CRY, June 2l.-At seven
o'clock yesterday, after a day of in
tense heat with the wind southeast, a
blow accompanied by rain struck this
city from the northwest. Its dura-
tion was 10 minutes, in which time
much damage was done to standing
grain over track 5 miles wide and
in the city, stables, chimneys. and
trees were blown down. The crisis
of the storm was the blowing down
of the steeple of the North Presbyte-
rian church which carried the upper
part Of the south end of the Building
with it. The bell, weighing 2,4OO lbs
being blown from its deck at the base,
of the steeplc, the timbers and brick


work destroyed, also the gallery and


broke through the floors clear to the
basement. Mr.. Z. l.. Mosier was un-
der the steeple in buggy and escap-
ed only by eight feet. The loss to
the church is about $1,000 The
Steeple of the CongrcgssSaaal church
was wrenched out OF perpendicular
and the brick base was cracked so
that it will have to be taken down.
There was no loss of life nor personal
casualty.
Year: 1877

THE election in Ohio this fall, is
bound to be an important and inter.
esting contest. A governor is to be
elected and thus far all is uncertainty
a. to the republican candidate. The
central interest, however, is on the
legislature, which is to elect Sena-
tor for the long term following the
brief unexpired term Of Secretary
Sherman to which Stanley Matthews
was chosen last winter. Had Gen.
James A. Garfield been chosen in
stead Of Matthews, to the short term,
we should have had little fears of his
reelection to the long term. But as
the case now stands there is room for
grave doubts.
Year: 1877

During severe storm at Perry,
Dallas county, few days since, light
ming struck the rod on the residence
of John Grace, melting IL to the roof
of the house. Mr.. Grace, his wife
and son, were sitting at the supper
table and another woman was seated
in an adjoining room. Tho fluid
passed down the wall Of the house
and leaped to the table where the
family were seated, passed down
both legs of Mr.. Grace, ripping open
his pantaloons, tearing of both boots
and casting them across the room.
His wifc's shoes were torn from her
feet and thrown several feet distant.
The boys shirt was torn from his left
side to his right shoulder, and the
metal armlets over his shirt sleeves
were melted and run to the floor. All
were severely shocked but not scri-
ously injured.
Year: 1877

To-day We give q full account
of the hanging of nine of the members
of this Order. A brief history of this
organization is pertinent at this time.
As near as can be ascertained, the
Order was organized about 1862, and
is one of the fungi Of the condition of
civil war. In the barren mountain
ous districts of Pennsylvania, where
the bulk of the population is COM
prised of miners, there were many Of
this class, who embraced the oppor-
tunity, when the state and nation
were involved in o great struggle, to
give vent to the spirit Of the devil
that was in them, and organized .
secret order, having for its object the
punishment and assassination of those
who crossed them in their wishes and
desires. For about fourteen years
they have been the terror in the min
ing districts, and were only effectual-
ly ferreted out during last year.
During this fourteen years twelve
assassinations of prominent citizens
have occurred at the hands of this
secret order, while numberless out
RACES Of minor nature have been
perpetrated. One Lodge of the Or
er, through its chief, the Body Master,
formally fixed upon the murder of
some man, and then it was the duty
Of the Body Master of any other
lodge called upon, to furnish the
assassins. None but Irishmen were
permitted to Join the Molly Maguires.
The beginning of their detection and
ferreting out the testimony to convict
the nine men hung, began with the
confession Of one James Kerrigan, and


this clue was followed up by the


most skillful detectives until all was


complete, when the parties were ar.


rested, tried and convicted.
Year: 1877

PARIS, juno 22.-It is stated that
the Republican Senators have decid-
ed not to endeavor to prevent the
dissolution of the Chambers by quit
ting tho Senate previous to a vote,
and thus depriving the Government
of . quorum, as such action would
only delay dissolution for one day.
Year: 1877

"The blatant bullion blowers want
dollars that are good the world
over while our starving citizens
would be satisfied with dollar that
was good at the corner grocery
Which is the greatest Importance to
this country? to have dollars, plenty
of them, that will give bread and
work to the laborer and his family,
or few of them, that none but money
kings can handle them. 1t is not n
particle Of satisfaction to the laborer
that this country has dollars that are
'as good the world over while he
and his family are starving."-Ottum-
aca Times.


Will brother Ives tell us how he
proposes to make dollars plenty.


Does he want the Government to
start its paper mill to running, and
thus issue to the people, say lOO,OO0O00
of money?


In that case we would each be en-
titled to say two dollars.


Will he please tell us how we are
to get these two dollars apiece?.


Moreover, rs we are nearly all buy
ers. country and city people alike, is
it desirable to cheaper money and
thus make corn, wheat, flour, bacon
and potatoes higher?


Amt corn at so cts, potatoes at $3.50
to $500, flour at IS, and bacon at
l2la cts, high enough for buyer and
seller anyway.


Moreover we have just been max
ing an effort to build another railroad
through Wapello county, which
would have brought at least 100000
of foreign capital amongst us, to build
and equip 1t, thus in measure COM
pensating for the probable short crop,
which would have given labor and
bread to many people, and all this for
the trifiing expenditure of two per
cent, tax, not payable until the result
had been accomplished, and nearly
all of that tax would have been paid
by the wealthy resident and non res
ident tax payers, whom our friend
would probably call "blatant
bullion blowers" Yet we have look
ed in vain in DIR. Ives paper for any
editorial encouragement of this prof.
ect, which would have helped to make
money plenty.


In fact we don't think that the
Timesor its editor have been conspicu-
ously devoted to the idea Of encour-
aging capitalists to come among us
and build railroads and other public
enterprises, involving large expendi-
lures Of foreign money, thus maxi
ing money plenty.


Money is scarce here because we
have had two short crops, and be-
cause VIZ. e.are buyers instead Of sellers.
1t is more abundant in the money
centers and cheaper than it ever was
in the history of the country, as any
man knows who reads our daily tele.
graphic report from Wall street. If
Doctor Ives will read our dispatches
of yesterday he will observe that mon
ey was being loaned in New York at
IL per cent. Isn't that cheap enough ?


So long as there is disposition to
drive out capital; to keep people
from oominu horo N inynof tha;r
money, and even after that to take
charge of their investments through
political machinery, capital will avoid
us, and we must rely on our own re-
sources. If, coupled with this illib-
eral policy, Providence continues to
affiict us with incessant rains, we may
expect hard times and if both contin.
ne to pursue us we may prepare our
selves, like Nebuchadnezzar to go out
shortly and live on grass.
Year: 1877

Many of the occupants of stores were
off helping their unfortunate brother
merchants. Some arrived lust in
time to save their books, while others
were just enabled to witness the des-
truction of all their stock. Some of
the embers lodged in the steeple of
Trinity Church, German street, and
with nothing to save it, for the fire
was SO high ais to be almost beyond
reach, and the flames were left to
pursue their own way. As the news
spread that some wooden houses i'll
Horsefield street, as well as on Duke
street, near Victoria Hotel, were on
fire, thousands were alarmed, as it
was soon seen that this fire was
spreading north, south, east and west
to German, Charlotte, Duke and
HOrsefield streets. Not an engine
was to be had, and everything going
down before


THE UNRELENTING FIRE.


In half an hour all but the Germaih
street side of the Square


WAS IN ASHES.


The Victoria Hotel and st. Andrews
church were in great danger and hotel
guests as we'll as employees began to
make preparations for seeking new
quarters. Very little time was given
them to collect their valuables, and
in 9 majority of cases the inmates
had to leave with scanty wardrobes.
About the same time st. Andrew
church took fire and was speedily
consumed. Adjoining the church
was a two-story brick building, oc.
cupied as a'tailor shop in tho lower
story. Beacon, Pioneer and Sloan
Lodges of Odd Fellows as we'll as
Mellicot'e Encampment of the order
had the upper floors. To say the fire
ragged fiercely would but too family
describe


THE TERRIBLE MANNER
in which it kept on, unheeding the
streams of water directed upon it.
The engine was obliged to shift its
position in this quarter, the heat be-
ing most terrific. There was danger,
too, of the hose being burned, and Of
all things the preservation of that
was most essential. The engine was
taken down Dock street but the fire
in rapid pursuit. 1t also spread
along the western part of Mill street,
crossing over to the opposite side and
igniting Rankin & Sons Biscuit
then following onward
toward North street. From South
Wharf the flames entered into Wood
street and extended to Peters wharf
in remarkably short space of time,



EVERYTHING BEFORE THEM.
They proceeded to Water street and
from thence soon made their way to
the southern part of Market Square,
a jump to Prince William
street. AT this stage wooden house
on Canterbury street took the flames
md Church street buildings were soon
The flames then advanc-
I'd to Princes and King streets. Trim
ty Church began to take fire very
'apidly and the Academy of Music
vas also destroyed. The stores in the
building were occupied and the
knights of Pythias had hall in front
Up stairs. A great many ofthe actors
ost portions


OF THEIR WADRoBEs,
Year: 1877

THE TEMPERANCE MovEM MT 7 lder
the new direction by which the moral
suasionists take the lead and occupy the
rostrum is attracting immense audiences.
Yesterday afternoon the Grand Opera
House was filled to excess. So great wes
the crowd that some apprehension was
felt for the safety of the galleries; wheth-
er there was any danger of the accident
we do not know, but we think the fear
was altogether groundless. Nevertheless
we deem it our duty to mention this fact.
Year: 1877

The statement recently made by Wis consin legislative committee that college work was too hard for women, and that the girl students were in i'll health, is considered untrue. The committee made their visit just before commencement, when the students were faded with exam 'ination week, and jumped hastily to the false conclusion that girls cannot en- dure hard study.
Year: 1877

A Goshen School Committee" replies to H Ms call for more experienced teach. CTS for the young with the objection that tour means are small" and insufficient to pay for experienced teachers. He tells H. N: that he should be very glad of such a teacher if he could be obtained for the salary they are able to pay. Our own be. lief is that ''cheap" teacher is the dear est investment a district can make.
Year: 1877

Woman's ecclesiastical rights seem to be meeting with full recognition on the part of some of our Congregational brethren. We see it stated In the papers that the Hartford South Conference sent 50 women out of 56 delegates to the annual meeting at Southington. This is rather larger proportion than seems fair, and we expect soon. to hear a demand for ''minority rep resentation" from the male members so conspicuously left at home.
Year: 1877

OUTWARD BOUND sTEAMER-EyCUR-


SION PARTY-TEMPERANc &C.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


The American steamship Ohio went
out 10 sea yesterday passing here oout
3p. m. She only arrived last Monday
but owing to the Indiana being out of
order was compelled to make an early
return,


An excursion party from Philadel-
phia visited this city yesterday,


Owing to the threatening condition
of the weather no temperance meeting
was held last evening. 1t would be
well if these meetings were opened
earlier than heretofore; men who have
been working all day are ready TO
retire before they are begun.


Monday the Red Men will give an
excursion to Red Bank. There should
be good turn out as this is the first
time this place has been selected by
any society from this city.


The music will be of fine order
and no pains will be spared to make it
an enjoyable affair.
Year: 1877

Unremitung application will induce
disease unless the blood be kent con-
stantly pure and rich. For all hard
workers the remedy to keep the blood in
the best condition is DIR. Bulls Blood
Mixture.
Year: 1877

New York is happy in the possession Of
two Dorsheimers. One publicly exalts poor
Mr.. Tilden to the skies as the noblest and
wisest of mankind; the other privately
describes him as no better than a blunderer
and even speaks of his physical appear
ance," but allows him TO be IAN interesting
person" with bad habit of procrastination.


New York staggered under one Dors-
heimer; what will it do with two? 1t is
dreadful to think of. Let MS hope that
there are not two, after all. Let us hopo
that there are two single gentlemen rolled
into one. Let us hope it is q case like that
of Mr. Orator Puff, who had two tones to
his voice. But we hereby give notice that
if New York shall be found to contain two
Dorsheimers we will Immediately lend one
to the New Jersey republicans to run for
Governor if Mr.. Robson should decline.


Did we hear somebody say that the demo-
cratic party is not dead!