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Year: 1874




AS shown in another column of
this paper, he, whose name is at the
head hereof, is the Republican nom
inee for Congress in this district. He
.is now AZ years of age. He has been
a resident of this county since 1s43,
when his father came here with his
family from Illinois and settled on
what afterwards became a farm in
Washington township. His boy.
hood was passed on the farm, receiv-
ing such advantages as the winter
schools of that early day afforded ;
unsatisfied with which, on arriving
at manhood he obtained for himself
fair education at Mt. Pleasant, in
this State, and at Galesburg, Ill.
Having been admitted to the bar in
1855 he settled in Sigourney where
he practiced with remarkable suc-
cess until 1861, when he entered the
army as Captain in the 5th regiment
of Iowa Infantry. In this capacity
lis peculiar characteristic as a stu
dent at once evinced itself. In lieu
of working for promotion he set
about qualifying himself for his new
position. But "the Office sought the
man" and he was commissioned Lit.
Colonel of the regiment before he
even thought of having his name
presented for the place. In this Ca
pacity he served until October, 1864,
when he resumed the practice of the
law at this place. In 1865 he was
nominated without opposition and
elected to the Senate, served one
term, and in 1866 was elected Judge
of the District Court, and reelected
aoithoat opposition in 1870. AL
though he has been found competent
for every position in which he has
been placed, yet his laurels have
principally been won in the Judge
ship. From the time he first took
seat, he has not had a superior on
the District bench of the State and
now there is no Judge, either Dis
trict or Circuit, who approaches him
In ability or popularity. He is en-
phatically a student. During the
last eight years there has probably
not been law student in the Dis
trict who has studied as many hours
per day as the Judge. With splen-
did legal mind, with untiring indus.
try, and as impartial as the law itself,
he has built up for himself reputa-
ton in this District which will never
be surpassed. Whoever may be his
successor will find it difficult TO fill
the mantle. Had he desired sec.
ond reelection, we believe he would
have had no opposition-certainly
none for nomination. But he soon
let it be known that he preferred to
return to the practice and remain
with his family. He was Emporium
ed to enter the list for the nomina-
ton as candidate for Congress, but
refused, not desiring the office and
having supreme adherence of
seeking the place. In the ,conven-
tion, the delegates from his own
county-every one of whom prefer
red him above all others-voted for
another at his solicitation until the
nomination was utterly thrust upon
him. He does not feel at liberty to
decline. We now present him as a
candidate, knowing full well that his
election is cure, and having an abid.
ing faith that he will be equal to the
place. In every position where he
has heretofore been tried, Lawyer.
Soldier, Legislator and Judge, we
defy the world to point to single
instance in which E. 8. Sampson has
been intentionally derelict. 1t il
eminently fit that we have such 8
man in Congress.
Year: 1874

From Jasper Free Press and Republican.


The nomination of E. N. Gates for
Congress by the Anti Monopoly Con-
vention was quite surprise to him,
to several other candidates, and the
people all over the district. True,
his name had been mentioned, but
not in manner to give it any prom
inence, and but for the persistent eff
forts of the Jasper delegation he
would not have fourth of the votes
of the convention. The plea that
he was farmer had great weight
with many, and the fact there was
towards dozen candidates materi-
ally aided his final victory. He is a
man of some ability, by far the rich
est man in Jasper county, lawyer
by profession, a speculator in gener-
al practice, a Democratic dema-
gogue in politics, a man who has
studiously made the Grange his step
ping stone to present political prom
inence, and man who never had a
feeling of sympathy for the people





who work for their daily bread. In
his personal intercourse with man
kind he is the courteous gentleman
in the business of life he is grasping
and avaricious, ever reaching for the
last possible dollar in every transac
ton, and seldom satisfied with his al.
most uninterrupted succession OF
successful speculations. An Anti.
Monopoly candidate for Congress,
who owns enough land to make Q
hundred comfortable farms, no doubt
he will go about the district in shah
by garb to impress his supporters
with the fitness of the farmer eandi
date to represent the interests of thu
masses. We expect he will be de
feated at the polls, and We know h.
ought to be. Look we'll to this mat
ter, voters, and do yeur duty.
Year: 1874

"What time is it now ?" "It is II
minutes past o'clock, railway time
sun time is 13 minutes slower"


We walked around town and he
gave me the hour several times, cor
rectly each time within two or three
minutes. Several times he called
on citize0s of the place to attest the
truth of his statements, which they
did. One OF the leading citizens Of
the place told me he had tried
"Reub" on the time question on both
clear and cloudy days, and also on
dark nights, and he always gave the
correct time. Reuben asked the
gentleman we were talking with to
write down a column of figures,
which he did ; they were then read
to him, thirteen numbers, two figures
in each number, and he at once gave
their sum, and could repeat the num-
bers in the order in which they were
were written, either forward or back
ward.


The tax collector got Reuben to
look over his work last fall, and
Reuben said he could remember the
column and the sum yet. County
clerks have sent from Kansas for
him to help straighten their books.
A wholesale firm in Kansas City
heard Of him and sent for him TO do
some invoicing. He told them he
could do the work of ten men in
computations. They told
him If he could he should have the
pay of ten men. He mounted high
stool with the clerks around him, and
kept them giving the number of ar
ticles, price of each, and taking down |
his answers. They gave him $45 for
his days work. A firm in Fayette
vile selling out took an invoice of |
their goods. Reub was sick at the |
time, but they figured it out and sent
it to him he found a mistake Of
$500.
Year: 1874

OBJECTS OF TiE DEMONsrRAIIoS-THE COMMITTEE


OF SAFETY.


The agitation which eliminated yesterday
has from inception been the work OF few men-Com
munsts and Inernationals. They first held a meeting
In the Cooper Institute which, to their surprise and to
the modification and Indignation OF the genuine work
ipgmen gave them footing. They have since main
tanned their organization, and the Committee OF Safety
has been constantly before tho public. Last
week they held meeting IN Union
square, and there resolved to hold meeting In
Tomphins- square and TO march TO the CRY Hall, and
Year: 1874

While Patrolman Baignet of the police force
of Montreal Canada, attempting to arrest
drunken man IN that city July 81 last, attempt
made by the drunken mans friends to him. One
of the prisoners friends named Cornelius Decry struck
the officer on the head with shovel, nfcting deep
wound Baignet dropped senseless on the pavement
and died the next day. Deery fled from the city, and
the poicc could obtain cew In regard to his where
abonts The Chief Of Police accordingly teegraphed
10 oSupernendent Walng information Of the murder and


description Of the murderer Superintendent Walling
received the telegram on Aug and at once sent out
general alarm TO the police of this city informing
of the request Of the Montreal police and giving de-
scription Of the fugitive


drunken man was found asleep upon a bench in the
Battery Park by an officer OF the First Precinct yester
day and was taken to the Newst Station house. The
prisoner said that his name Kelly that
ne was out Of work and could not obtain employment
Sergeant Lindeu who was duty at the desk thought
that the mans features vey similar To those given
IN the description OF the Canadian murderer He asked
the man where he from. Kelly answered that nc
came from Toronto Canada, and that he had walked all
the way from Buffalo to NewYOIk. The Sergeant there
upon deemed it his duty TO take the man to
Police Headquarters. The prisoner was brought
before SUPERINTENDENT Waing. who questioned him
in regard to his whereabouts during the past month
Kelly then said that he had just come from COnnecu-
emf where he had unsuccessiuly endeaYored TO obtain
employment. Two weeks ago he Was discharged from
the Lunatic Asylum at BackwelPs Island, where he
had been while suffering from dellrlun tremcns
He arrived this city from BtiO over SIX weeks ago
His answers were not deemed entirely satisfactory,
however, and his features were very similar 20 those
described OF the murderer superintendent Mallng
Police OF the arrest and requesting tnat Ot5er be
sent on to identify the prisoner. Meantime Inquiries
Will be made in this city IN regard 10 the truth OF ms
assertions regarding his Imprisonment Ia the lunauc
Year: 1874

to the destruction of his influence as tenn perance man, who does not see in it his justification. There Is no young man just beginning course of dissipation who does rot find his downward steps the cas- fer for it. All those who respect and re- were the temperate practices of your life are aggrieyed by it. It has done harm almost immeasurable harm-to a cause which in your heart you love. You have unconsciously put stumbling-block in your brothers way. you have offended many, you have made many weak You have made Q mistake which you can hard ly rectify in lifetime. Your influence has been given to the wrong side in the controversy between the powers of light and the powers of darkness; you have done exactly what the latter most desired you should do. You have given strength to the forces organized against the na- tlonal purity and morality You did not intend to do it.. You carefully made all the distinctions between proper use and an improper abuse; but, practically, those distinctions in this country and under the present circumstances amount to nothing. The license law which you recommend as your cure for drunkenness has been tried Tn many States, and has never succeeded ln one; and so long as the men of the country have not found 8 remedy for the evils of lntemperance, 1t seems to me to be no more than Christian courtesy to bid the women's temperance movement "God speed" am yours very respect fully, J. G. HOLLAND.

 In the same paper Mr. Graham of Jersey City publishes letter from which we extract the following:

 The Archbishop informs the women, of Cincinnati that he ''cannot instruct or preach that it is a sin for day-laborer who has to carry the bod on broiling hot day in July of August mp a steep ladder to the third or fourth story of a building, to restore his exhausted strength by a glass or two of beer." Now, this Arch bishop informs me. as one of your regu- lar readers, that if 1 have any manual la- bor to perform and feel fatigued glass or two of beer will give me strength. This IS not true, for l have tested it when working 90 hours week for several months; and 1 could not work with the same pleasure and ease on beer that I did on tea or water. In 8 large establish ment where there were 1,500 men and boys employed at hard manual labor, I watched closely those who drank beer in moderation for its strengthening properi- ties, and I found that men who never drank beer could work longer and better, with less fatigue. than men who drank beer, and those who had drunk beer, had less physical strength than the men. who never drank it. This I have found to be the case in some of our largest workshops in Europe and America. l am of the opinion that Archbishop Purcell does not know much about manual labor, and much less about beer. If he understood how beer made men slothful and unfitted them for work, he never would preach in the way he has done in his reply to those mo- ble-minded and courageous women of Cincinnati who are waging war against one of the greatest curses that ever befell man.
Year: 1874

The young man who putting behind him the less spiritual rewards of other professions, selects the ministry as the field of his 1abors-drawn to his work by the consciousness that it is there his duty points-is certain to impress us with the purity of his purpose. That he should exert stronger influence over our minds than young lawyer does, or young mer- chant, or young man in any respectable walk of life, is easily understood. But a young man, because he buttons the top button of his coat and wears white neck tie, is not necessarily person of exalted purpose or shining ability. Yet he is apt, without any very searching examination, to be so regarded in some of our provin- cial towns. think the straight-otit black coat must possess subtle magnetism in itself. something analogous to the Qla- mour there is in the unifo.m of a young naval or army officer. How else shall we explain the admiration which we have many time seen lavlshed on very inferior young men.
Year: 1874

From the Louisville Courier-Jeurnal.l


| am reminded Of joke that was
played on poor man when Nellie Grant
was married. He happened in Washing.
ton about that time for some matters OF
personal interest. A wag wrote para
graph for one of the papers that this
gallant gentleman had travelled to Wash
ington for the purpose of making mag
nificent bridal present of fan to Miss
Nellie. A lengthy description was given
of the fan, and, as the writer had bril-
liant imagination, there was no limit to
the costliness Of the pearl frame, exqui-
site paintings, point-lace cover, and re-
splendent with diamonds, and monogram
Of the same precious gems. The poor
man was thus placed in very embar-
RAISING position. OF course, as such
notoriety was given to his offering, there
was no alternative left him but to pro-
cure a fan as nearly resembling the de-
scription as it was possible to find. But
OH what an inroad was made in his
finances by the fan he purchased.
Year: 1874

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From the Worcester Spy.l


Old DR.. Strong, of Hartford, was not
often outwitted. On one occasion he
had invited young minister to preach
for him, who proved rather dull speak
er, and whose sermon was unusually long
The people became wearied, and as DR..
Strong lived near the bridge, about the
time for the commencement OF the after
noon service he saw his people focking
across the river to the other church. he
readily understood that they feared that
they should hear the same young man in
the afternoon. Gathering up his wits,
which generally came to his bidding, he
said to the young minister My brother
across the river is very feeble, and
/ know he will take it kindly to have you
preach to his people, and if you will do
so will give you note to him, and will
e as much obliged to you as | would to
kave you preach for me, and l want you
to preach the same sermon you preached
to my people this morning" The young
minister, supposing this to be com
mendation of his sermon, started off in
good spirits, delivered his note, and was
invited to preach, most cordially. He
saw before him one half of DR.. Strong's
people, and they had to listen one hour
aud halfyo the same humdrum sermon
that they heard in the morning. They
understood the joke, however, and said
they would never undertake to run away
from DR.. Strong again.
Year: 1874

A baby is a very tender thing, people


say; but most of them are very far from


knowing how tender. Imagine how ner-
vous you are in certain states-when
recovering from illness, say, when the
fall of book or the slam of a door


makes you quiver and feel faint, as if
some one gave you a blow. That is the
way a young baby feels at its best. A


puff of wind will set it gasping, its little
breath blown quite away. A noise makes
it shiver, a change of summer air makes
it turn death cold. A baby is the most
nervous of beings, and the tortures it
suffers in going to sleep and being
wakened by careless sounds when just
" dropping off are only comparable to
the same experience of an older person
during an acute nervous headache.
Young babies ought to pass the first
months of their lives in the coun-
try, for its stiffness no less than its
fresh air. But where silence is not to be
baby may be soothed by
folding soft napkin, wet in wsrmish
water, lightly over the top Of its head, its
eyes and ears. 1t is the best way to put
nervous babies to sleep. have tried it
hundreds of times for a child so irrita-
BILE that paregoric and soothing syrup
only made it wider awake A fine towel
would be wet and laid over its head, the
ends twisted little till it made a sort of
skull cap, aud though baby sometimes
fought against being blindfolded in this
way. five minutes usually sent him off
into deep and blissful slumber. The
compress cooled the little feverish brain,
deadened sound in his ears, and shut out
everything that took his attention, so
that sleep took him unaware. Teething
babies tind this very comforting, for their
heads are always bot, and there is tev
vered beating in the arteries each side.
Year: 1874

masse as an escort for the remains Of the
hero, and conveyed them from the
Charleston depot to the boat So long
as the pages of history can be unfolded,
and so long as the people of the South
can transmit to posterity the annals of
the glorious struggle for liberty, SO long
will the name Of Patrick Romayne Gle
burne be beloved and revered.
Year: 1874

begged his blessing. He gave it with a
cheerful smile, and then they rendered
him their autumnal tribute of love and
gratitude. He accepted it with evident
qualification, praised them for their in
dustry, and reminded them to be CRATE
full to God for the fruitfulness with which
He had rewarded their tail. Before they
left the precincts Of the Papal prison his
Holiness gave to each Of the deputation
a medal of silver.
Year: 1874

THE world once more moves on, and
we feel confident the millennium will
not dawn under fortnight at least.
The problem is solved at last, and the
work is done by Nevada newspaper.
The Territorial Enterprise says: "a
great deal of unnecessary ink and a
great deal of unnecessary anger are
being expended nowadays in the
proof that General Grant proposes to
run for third term, which is to be
followed by dictatorship for life and
the founding of royalty in the United
States. We said above unnecessary
ink and anger, because we happened
to know positively that Grant has no
such Intentions
Year: 1874

Mr.. DAVIS, who comes here with
the county right Of the Alden fruit
drying process, informs US that he will
have a building erected and everything
in order to commence drying in time
for the incoming crop of fruit. 1t is
probable that number of these evap-
orators will be in operation in differ
ent parts of this valley within the
next twelve months. The raisins
manufactured in this part of the State
by this process will become the choice
article OF the market, not only on this
coast but in Eastern cities. We grow
the finest grape in the world, and the
richer the grape the better the raisin.
Year: 1874

The indications are that we shall
soon have an abundance of water on
the high ground in the western part
Of the city. Mr.. BEAUDRY's work.
men are putting down ten thousand
feet Of cast iron pipe in the place OF
the sheet iron pipe which was found
insufficient to stand the pressure.
The sheet iron pipe taken up will be
asphaltum lined and used on the high
Year: 1874

BETWEEN the people of this city
and those who furnish them with
water there has grown up a slight
misunderstanding. Some houses as
sert that while they use no more water
now than two years ago, their water
bill has almost or quite doubled with
in that time. A petition was laid be-
fore the Council some time ago pray
ing for an adjustment of the difficulty
and it was referred to a committee.
The matter has hung fire and people
are beginning to wonder if they had
better send in another petition. We
trust the committee to whom was re-
ferred the question, will find time to
examine it and be able to report at
the next meeting of the Council.
Year: 1874




SENATOR THURMAN made an able and
exhaustive argument in the Senate yester-
day upon the Geneva award. The effort
reminded one of the days of the past when
the giants strove with each other in that
forum. While Mr.. Thurman was atten-
lively listened to by few of the older Sen
stors, it is lamentable fact that more than
one half of the seats in the chamber were
vacant. This fact shows that the Senate ol
to-day depends more upon the Record than
the ear-the newspaper than upon elo-
quence. The question was not political
one. but yet full of interest to commercial
and maritime circles. In the course of his
remarks Mr.. Thurman paid high compli-
ment to MessTs. Lincoln and Seward for the
exceedingly skillful and delicate manner
with which they handled our foreign af.
fairs during the late war as to keep US out
ofs war with England, and also to prevent
England from acknowledgment of the in
dependence Of the Southern COnfederacy.


The discussion was in the best Of temper,
and was designed to develop as fully as
possible the rights of all interested parties
Under the award Mr.. Thurman exhibited
a degree of familiarity with the subject
which was instructive to all listeners
Year: 1874

THE principal commercial papers of thu
country are, as a general thing, satisfied
with the business outlook, and predict 6
revival of trade and a return of prosperity
in the near future. A leading authority
Upon this class of subjects believes that one
of the greatest obstacles in the way just
now is the uncertainty Of what may be
done in Congress. 1t says: There may
be business failures, there may be a pa,
"ralysis in the labor market, there may be
ga slow revival Of the manufacturing in
terest but with the community at large,
sitting as committee of ways and means
"on personal expenditure, o surplus Of
funds will accumulate in many hands,
C. and there will come the means and the
opportunity to set the wheels of COM
merce in active motion"
Year: 1874

The Democratic journals ere in high
state of jubilation over the recent reunion
of a couple of score of Eastern party man.
ayers at the Manhattan club in New York


We have already pointed out that this ere
union" was really nothing more than a
f'big drunk" the occasion for display OF
party pyrotechnics. Exactly why there
should have been "reunion" at all it is
difficult to see. Judging from the results
of the gathering the venerable gentlemen
who then assembled might as wen not have
met at all. Indeed, when we come to think
of it, that would have been much the wiser
course, because to each and every one of
them personally it brought only headache
and nausea next morning, while to the
great mass Of the thinking people Of the
country it has brought more strongly than
ever before the conviction that the Denoc-
racy as party is dead; that 1t has outlived
us usefulness; that the sooner 1t buries
uSen out OF sight the better.


we 90 not claim that the country is Alto


getner satisfied with the Republican party


~ 'ne present time. On the contrary, there


ste o'ates and perhaps sections, where 1t
nAs Oeen weakened since the last Presiden-
ell campaign. But this distrust, to use q
Ierm which is, perhaps, a little too strong.


anects : men rather than measures; and if II
= moi 50 strong now as it was two years ago
the cause must be sought mainly in local
ana to certain extent, sectional issues.


But II confidence has been shaken in Re.
publcanism, Democracy is In no sense the
gamer. 1t has failed utterly, and the best
proof in the world that it has failed is shown
by the proceedings of the reunion meet
ing at New York. The declaration of prin-.
Giples laid down means nothing whatever in


0 party point of view. The resolutions of