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TERRIBLE COLLIERY DISASTER.
Ei?lilocn T)c:ul Uo<li??. Uocovorod?A Hcnrtrt'lldillK
SffllC.
A correspondent of the London Ti)nc8
writes fVom Bolton : In the course of
their oxploration Messrs. Dickenson and
M:?vtin came across the whole of the
vightoeu bodies of those killed by tlie
terrible colliery disaster ; lifteen of them
were huddled together in :v group ; some
were kneeling on the ground with their
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Aidiitir* V <*: > II ill 4 ) UUK'IO
wore seated on the wagon way, anil
had apparently awaited death with composure,
while others again were lying on
their faces, with their lingers deeply imbedded
in the earth, testifying t<> the desperate
efforts they had made to crawl out
of the suffocating smoke. Mr. Dickenson
states that if these poor fellows could
only have managed to battle their way
for forty yards further they would have
been safe. Two others were found within
twenty-five yards of a working that was
clear from smoke, while the eighteenth
was discovered within nineteen yards of
what would have been a haven of safety.
The tlow of water into the pit was stopped,
and about seven o'clock the whole
of the bodies were conveyed to the piteye,
and placed in tubs, and covered
with sheets ready for removal. The
rumor that the bodies had been found
spread rapidly through the district, aud
some thousands of persons soon congregated
around the pit bank. In order to
allay the excitement which prevailed the
police adopted a very pardonable nwc,
and informed the crowd that the deceased
would not be brought to the surface
till liicltf?:i liinf wliieli hn.il the effect
of considerably thinning the numbers of
those present. The winding up of the
dead bodies eommeneed at eight o'clock.
They "were brought out of the pit in
couples and propelled along a tramway
into the colliery yard, where thev were
placed on stretchers and carried into the
joiner's sh< >p. One of the first, to be deposited
on the bare ground vas Daniel
Walker, the heroic fireman. He was in
a partly nude state, with his hands folded
over his breast, and his features as calm
and peaceful as though he had been
sleeping. The faces of the majority of
the dead were not much swollen, while in
not a few instances blood oozed from their
eyes, nose and ears. All died from
^ asphyxia. There was not the slightest
sign of a burn on any one. One poor
fellow had been stricken down while in .
the act of putting on his shirt. He had
one arm through the sleeve, but the other
portion was sti'l on his head when lie
fell, apparently lifeless, to the ground, j
The poor boy Shorrocks, who was found
in his father's arms, had apparently
passed into eternity without a paug of 1
pain, judging from the happy expression
011 his features. He was a tine looking j
lad, even in death, and when he was
lifted out of the tub and placed on the j
ground with his safety lamp beside him, |
there was a uuiw rsal expression of sym- j
pathy. By nine o'clock the whole of the
deceased had been placed in the work- I
shop, and a number of women were at |
one- introduced into the place for the
purpose of making the necessary preparations
prior to the bodies being placed iu
. eoilins. The faces and feet of all the uu- j
fortunate men were washed, after |
which a few of their bereaved friends ;
were admitted in order to testify as to j
their identification. The scene was most ;
heartrending, sufficient to try the nerves ,
of the strongest present.
Collecting Subscriptions.
A London barrister recently received i
a letter from a school l>o:ir?l election '
agent to Ihis effect : " Sir?I am deeply |
interested in procuring the return of Mr. j
for the hoard, and, knowing your i
views upon educational matters, have I
taken the liberty of placing your name j
upon his committee. I have further |
ventured to put down your name sis a !
subscriber of live guineas toward his ex- !
penses, and unless von notify to me on j
or before the ?th that you do not con- 1
cur in these arrangements, I shall take !
the further liberty of assuming that you >
acquiesce in them, and that I may look j
to you for the subscription recorded to
your name."
The barrister promptly replied : "Sir j
? I regret that 1 cannot accept the offers j
made by you to me in your letter of yes- :
terday. I may, however, mention -that I ;
am deeply interested in raising a fund to j
provide for the necessities of a destitute !
and deserving widow lady. Knowing j
your charitable disposition, I have taken !
the liberty of putting down your name j
as a subscriber for ten guineas, and since i
bis dat qui citodaf, I shall, unless I hear ;
to the contrary from you by midday to- !
morrow, venture to assume that you ac- i
cept my offices on your behalf, and that j
I may lo:>k to you for that amount of |
sunseription.
Early next morning came a messenger
in haste, in a cab, bearing a letter from
the agent. " So sorry, but the pressing
calls upon his purse forbade him to accept
Mr. 's kind offices."
A Lucky Fall.
Perhaps richer specimens, but certainly
no more beautiful ones, have ever j
been taken from any mine than are now
beiug obtained from a recently discovered
lodin Jimt iwu. The story runs
that for months the miners, in going to
and from their daily labors, have traveled .
along a certain p ith, wearing the earth |
a way to a rock. A vein was thus brought i
to light which presented no attractions j
t > tin* prospector, aud was trod upon as j
of no account. A laborer, two weeks ;
ag.?, swung a sledge upon his shoulder, j
and started early in the morning for his !
accustomed toil on the mountain side, j
Itc-aching the vein, he carelessly allowed
the heavy stone breaker to fall upon a
projecting point, and thereby detached j
several pieces of the vein matter. The '
white character of the rock, and its glit- 1
tering particles disclosed to him one of I
the richest mine* in the world. Liberally |
full were the white specimens with bright
particles of almost pure gold ; and, although
a shaft has been sunk to the
depth of nine feet, the rock increases in J
richuess, and at the bottom very thin
strips of wire gold seem to hold together i
the fragmentary parts of the vein matter.
Untold wealth is the sure possession of j
the men, Virdeu and Griffin, who own
this treasure vault of the hills.?Denver j
A Trotting Team of Oxen.
The Cheyenne leader pays: Dexter, '
the tamer of bovines, created a great.;
sensation 011 the streets bv aimonrinc in '
a carriage drawn by four milk white oxen,
all in harness and driven tandem. The
pay and festive looking beasts pranced i
along in tine style?" heads up and tails
a risin'," asfour John would say. Gov- i
ernor Thayer was invited to take a ride,
and was driven about for some time by i
.Dexter. Other gentlemen also enjoyed
tin novelty. Dexter says that either of
his team can trot a mile in I5.17. He
offers to bet any amount of money that :
he ran load a wagon with 4,500 pounds
of freight, attach his four, oxen, and
make better time to Deadwood than any.i
four-horse or mule team with the same :
load can possibly do.
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A Curiosity of Numbers.
"A curiosity of numbers" can be
shown to good advantage in the following
tn!>!e : j
123JGG789 multiplied
bv 9 (9x1) will give 111111111 i
l)V IS (9x2) " 222222222
bv 27 (9x3) " 333333333 :
by 30 (9x4) " 144444411
bv 45 (9x5) " 555555555
bv 54 (9x0) " GG0GGG6GG
bv 03 (9x7) " 777777777
by 72 (9x8) " 888888888
by 81 (9x9) " 999999999 1
Is it not a curiosity in the way of multiplication
?
NEWS ITEMS.
W'lint In IfoliiK in (tic Old World nnd th
New.
A grand ball was given at Norfolk, Va., i:
honor of Alexis and the other officers of tli
lturfeian navy A uollr jirnsC'jui has bee
entered against Mr. IJelknap. nv order of tli
attorney-general, and with Gcu. Grant's aj
proval AH the United States mintH ar
over crowded with work, and it will take a fu
year longer to complete the ?50,000,000 o
silver money authorized by Congress A
armed mob broke into u jail at Wilksboro.N.C.
an l liberated three illicit distillers confine
tin-rein The famous shorthorn cow, Tent
Duchess of Geneva, died in England. Thi
animal was bought by Lord lieetive in Nei
York Mills in the State of New York, in 1S73
for over i?8fl.O JO.... Samuel C'antrell, a wealth
. New York boot and shoe dealer, committtei
snioide by shooting, while under an hallucinn
tion that lie was poverty stricken Align."
Quack, of Quack A Burger, cotton brokers o
New York city, is a runaway defaulter. He in
duced the confidential clerk of a large house t
j'>iu him in his speculations, and lie also llei
after becoming a defaulter to the amount o
Jt.l-'OJ Queen Victoria opened the I5ritis]
parliament in person. In her speech she ex
pressed hopes of a peaceful settlement of tli
Eastern question Hear Admiral Charle
Wilkes died in Washington, aged seventy-six
after liftv years' active service. He was tli
officer who "captured Mason and Slidell dtirini
the late war Lego & I!ros.' lithograph!
establishment in New York city was destroyer
by fire. Loss, .fS ',' 00 The Tennesse
State Senate concurred in the Housc^esolutioi
directing the comptroller and treasurer to sus
pend the payment of interest on the Stat
| bonded debt.
Cashier Taylor, of the broken Franklin (Iud.
hank, who was a fugitive defaulter, returnci
to the town in the night and when discovers
in the morning was in a critical conditio!
through sickness. No money was found witl
him Cushing, Kirk & McLean, wholesale
dealers in boots and shoes in Chicago, havi
failed, with liabilities amounting to *22,0)1
and assets figuring up Sl'i-0 Charle
Henry Simpson and Martin Henry, both col
, ored men, were convicted on circumstantia
: evidence and hanged at Port Tobacco, Md.
for the murder of John \V. Everett , in July last
' Of the nine men composing the -tcw of
oyster schooner Laura, which was lost *iea
Annapolis, Md., eight of the bodies ..ere re
covered A verdict for ?22.(100 was givei
in Salt Lake City against ex-Judgo Clinton
for having, when on the bench, declared a grog
shop a nuisance and ordered the destruction o
its stock of liquors The proprietors of tin
Wamsutta mills, New Bedford, Mass., hav<
given notice that on the first of March tin
wages of their operatives wi 1 be advanced t<
the same prices as paid in January Tin
summer hotel at Shutcsburg, Mass.. known ai
the Mount Mineral Springs House, was de
stroyed by lire. Loss, tl2.ni'0 Harrisoi
Turner fell in love with and wished to marn
the daughter of Milton Anderson, at Sorre
Hill, l'a., and on the father and the young lad;
both refusing him encouragement, he killec
the father with an army musket, and then re
loading it blew out his own brains.
Sir Win. Fergusson, the famous Scotch mir
geon, and sergeant surgeon to Victoria, died ii
London, aped sixty-nine. He was an eminent
author on surgery.. A dispatch from Cal
cutta. India, reports that a gunpowder explo
sion has occurred at Adhemabed, bv which lifts
persons were killed and one thousand wounded.
During a quarrel between Charles ant
George Seifert. brothers, at Etnaborougb, Pa.,
George drew a revolver and shot Charles in tin
breast, intlicting a wound which resulted ii:
his death in a short time Four men wen
killed and three wounded by the explosion ol
the boiler in Jones' sawmill near Noblesville,
Ind The noted Sioux chief, Spotted Tail,
selected a bodyguard of two hundred picket:
warriors from hiiioiil- the ,i<reiiev Indians line
started for the hostile Sioux camp, in the capacity
of paciticator, to endeavor to induce then:
to accept the terms offered by the government.
During a street fight i etween two gang?
of roughs in Williamsburgh, W Y? Fred. Iftrtfelder
was stabbed in the neck and killed bj
\Ym. Abernethv The Abyssiniaus have
again defeated the Egyptians near Massowah.
Potatoes imported from France are now
being sold in the New York market Mrs.
Richard Conkliti, of Brooklyn, N. Y., accidentally
net her clothing on fire and was burned tc
death. Her husband was seriously burned in
his efforts to subdue the flames President
Tracy and Cashier Chapman, of the Hartford
(Conu.) Farmers" bank, nave been arrested foi
embezzlement and falsifying the bank accounts.
both men held high places in the city The
cotton ladei^ steamer Bavaria, from New Orleans
for Liverpool, was burned at sea when
off the Carolinas, and the passengers and crew
were forced to take to the small boats, leaving
everything behind. After drifting for nineteen
hours they were rescued by a passing vessel.
The cargo and steamer were valued at *500,000.
The Lake Shore road has paid >5.175 to the
widow of L. C. Crain, of New Haven, who was
ono of the victims of the Ashtalmla disaster.
Bear Admiral Theodorus Bailey died in
Washington, aged eevcnty-two. He was the
third rear admiral to die within a period of two
weeks Intelligence from England is tc
the effect that forty Yarmouth and Lowestoft
fishing vessels, having ou board two hundred
souls, are missing . . .Leredo de Tejada,
the refugee president of Mexico, arrived in
New York from Panama, accompanied by (leu.
Escobedo, heretofore reported killed. The
future movements of the party are uncertain.
Revenue officers raided the il icit distilleriesin
the mountainous regions of North Carolina,
supported by government troops. Thirty-three
distilleries were destroyed and eighty-four men
captured. The stills and their contents were
destroyed. During the night following attempts
to rescue the prisoners were made b\
their friends, and Lieut. Mc In tyre, of the
regular army, was killed by them and his bod\
taken off. A detachment sent for the body wa>
obliged to kill three of the desperadoes before
accomplishing their object... .a he thirty-ninth
call for the redemption of ten millions of 5-2C
bonds of the issue May and November, 1KG5,
has been issued In consequence of the
prevalence of rinderpest in Germany the importation
of cattle and hides from that country
into the United States is prohibited When
Deputy United States Marshal H. H. Hughes
attempted to arrest two murderers near Independence,
Mo., he was shot and killed by
them Win. Green was hanged at Pittsburgh.
Pa., for the murder of his half brother.
On the scaffold ho exhorted his bearers to put
their trust in God as he had done A California
farmer was arrested for offering to give
Secretary Chandler $;100 to decide a laud claim
in his favor John Sullivan, age four,
and John Sweeny, age live, were drowned at
Ansonia. Conn...... Receivers have been appointed
for the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre coal
company.
A man giving his name as 1). S. Gooding was
lodged in jail at Poughkeepsic, X. V., charged
.. IM. uu i.i.ll,,.,, in llw.
Halt- of corn ^hellers, whereby he obtained their
signatures to alleged receipts, when in fact
they were notes for various sums. He has also
been operating in Putnam county The
festival of Mardi (irus was appropriately celebrated
in New Orleans and .Memphis by street
parades and balls The council of the University
of the City of New York has decided t(
admit female students The body of Col.
John O'Mahoney, the dead Fenian chief, after
lying in state for live days in the armory of tin
New York Sixty-Ninth regiment, wan taken tc
Europe, accompanied by a guard of honor
An Indian runner brought m the intelligence t(
the Hed Cloud agency t<> the etTect that a few
weeks previous eight hundred lodges of Crazj
Horse's warrior*, encamped on the Tongut
river, discovered between three and four bun
dred United States soldiers marching upon them,
whereupon they threw fortlrward a few warriors
as decoys, while tiie main body of Indian;
formed an ambuscade in a canyon in order t(
annihilate the soldiers. Tire troops did uoi
follow up the decoys, and thus saved themselves
from a deadly ambuscade Mrs. Nellie
Whistler, who was acting as postmistress at
North Liberty. Ohio, eloped with a sehoo
teacher, and three days afterward was arroste
for having abstracted valuable letters from the
mail One man was killed and twootheri
badly injured by a railway collision near EagU
Bridge, N. Y.
The detective force have just effected tin
arrest of James Dtinlap, Robert Scott and Win,
Connors, the robbers who, in January, 1K7G,
entered the house of Cashier Whittlesey at
Northampton, Mass., and at the muzzle of f
j'istol compelled him to go to the bank when
ne was employed and open the vault, fron
which they took money and securities to tb<
value of *750,000, with which they escaped...,
Tiros. J. Douglass, a treasury clerk, has beer
arrested in Washington l'or collusion with i
New York attorney by means of which tliej
swindled holders of registered bonds out of i
great part of their interest money A lire al
Urbana, N. Y? destroyed a number of build
ings, and caused a loss of ?2#,(lfi0 A number
of bodies having been stolen from th<
graveyards of liising Sun, Ind., great excite
merit prevailed, and on the burial of a litth
girl, her friends employed two men to watel
the Krave at niuht. The mayor also detailei
two men for the same duty, neither parti
knowing of the others action. At night l?>ti
patrols met at the grave, and each mistaking
the other for <4 bodysnatchers " opened lire, ri
suiting in the serious wounding of two (.f tin
men Maurice Hovt, aged eighty-live, tin
oldest Mason in New York State, died at War
wick A terrible explosion has taki n plan
in one of the coal mines at GrnissK-sac, ii
the department of Herault, France. Fifty
five miners are known to have perished
Col. Gordon, the African explorer, has been ap
pointed, by thekhedivc of Kgypt, governor o
the entire province of Soudan. Africa Sittinj
Hull and Cra/v Horse have sent two pett;
chiefs to Gen. Crook, signifying their anxiet;
to secure favorable terms of peace. Thev wan
the peaceful head chief of the Sionx Spotte<
Tail, sent to them with projier terms and the;
will follow him back Four counterfeiter
were arrested at Dubuque, la., and in their pos
session was found all the implements,for makitif
five, ten aiid fifty cent silver pieces.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
e Mcnnte.
TVIr. Sargent (Rep.), of California, submittei
n a bill providing that the whole number of pan
0 sengers of Asiatic birth or dcecent received 01
n board the steamers of the Pacific mail company
c to be loaded at any place in America, Khali a
no time exceed one passenger for every lifted
L> registered tons, and on any violation of thi
II provision, payment from this appropriate
C shall cease. Ordered to be printed
n The Scnato considered the Indian appropria
tion bill, and various amendments reported b
j the connnittee on appropriations were agreei
I, to. The bill having been considered in com
H niittec of the whole, was reported to the Senate
K and the amendments made in commi tee wer
concurred in. ' The bill was read a third tini
v and passed.
'] Mr. Dawes (Hep.), of Massachusetts, intro
. i duced a bill to authorize and equip an expedi
I tion to the Arctic scan, according to the plan o
f ('apt. Howgate, of tlic signal service. Referrei
. to the committee on naval affair*.
0 The bill to encourage a new cable telegrapl
] line between America and Europe was passed,
f Mr. Adams, clerk of the House of Reprcsen
I, tatives, appeared at the bar of the Senate am
, announced that tiio House would be prepare!
e to meet the Senate'in the hall of the House t<
H nrocced with the further count of the voto fo
; President and Vice-President.
q The Senate returned to its chamber after tin
[r visit to the House, and the president pro tein
c announced that he having submitted to the tw<
j houses of Congress in joint meeting the de
e cision of the Electoral commission in regard ti
n the vote of Florida, a member from New Yorl
objected thereto, which objection would bi
e "ad.
Tiie secretary then read the objection sub
n mitted in the House by Mr. Field.
1 The Senate, by a strict party voto of 44 to 2G
I ; refused to adjourn.
; Mr. Whyte (Dem.), of Maryland, submittc<
, the following: Ordered, That the Senate di
' n >t concur in the decision made by the commis
sion created under the act approved Jatiuar
, 2!). 1877, but that the votes cast by Wilkinsoi
! Call, Robert Bullock, J. E. Young' and R. R
Hilton as electors of the Stato of Florida, ar<
7 the true and lawful votes for President am
Vice-President of that State, and should hi
' counted as the electoral vote of the State o
" 1 Florida.
j A number of amendments were presented
_ 1 and finally Mr. Hamlin (Rep.), of Maine, sub
" mitted the following :
{{/ solved, That the vote of the State of Flori
I da should be counted for R. B. Hayes fo:
j President, and William A. Wheeler for Vice
President, as determined by the Electoral com
! mission.
? At the request of Mr. Merrimon the decisioi
B i of the Electoral commission submitted to tin
' joint convention was read. The question beinj
' j on the order submitted by Mr.Whyte, it was re
* jeeted?yeas, 20 ; liays, 45 : a strict party vote
" j The question was then taken on the resoln
I tion of Mr. Hamlin, and it was agreed to?veas
| 43 ; nays, 25 ; a strict party vote.
. i After some further discussion Mr. Shermar
i : (Rep.), of Ohio, said he did not like the resolu
tion offered by the senator from Maine, anc
" j just adopted, because it contained the names ol
the persons voted for. lie hoped the vote bj
- i whicii that resolution was agreed to would b<
1 j reconsidered, and one submitted by himsell
t | would be adopted in place thereof. Mr. Slier
- ; man's resolution was as follows:
- j Resolved, That the decision of the commissior
! upon the electoral votcH of the State of I'loridr
, ! stand as the judgment of the Senate, the objecI
j tions made thereto to the contrary notwith,
! standing. The resolution of Mr. Sherman was
, then agreed to?yeas, 44 ; nays, 25 : a strict
i | party vote.
j i Mr. Patterson [Rep.], of South Carolina, prer
1 sented the credentials of David T. Corbin,
, J claiming to have been elected United States
, . Senator from the State of South Carolina foi
I six years from March -1.1877. The credential!
I were signed by D. H. Chamberlain, as gover
- nor of South Carolina ; and after being reac
i fliev were placed on file, no objection bcinj.
, ! made thereto.
? ! Mr. Mitchell [Rep.], of Oregon, called uj
. the resolution providing for the issue of ai
| attachment for Conrad X. Jordan, cashier ol
) the Third National bank of New York, he hav,
1 ing failed to appear before the committee or
* j privileges and elections to testify as to the acj
counts of Samuel J. Tilden, Wm. T. Pel ton and
; A S. Hewitt in that bank. After discussion
i i the resolution was agreed to.
i j Mr. Ingalls (Rep.), of Kansas, from the committee
on pensions, reported favorably on the
I ' amendments of the House to the bill increasing
| the pensions of those who have lost both an arm
and a foot from $24 to 63G per mouth. He said
i the Senate passed a bill to increase such pensions
to $l!7 a month, but the House reduced il
to 43f), and as there were only sixteen persons
on the pension roll- affected by it, the committee
thought it best to have the Senate concur,
i The amendments were concurred in and the bill
! passed.
| After discussion Mr. Booth's amendment tc
i the Pacific railroad bill to create a sinking fund
! i for tlic liquidation of the-indebtedness due the
' government by the Pacific railroad companies,
i . providing that the ?750,000 to be paid by the
i j companies to the credit of the sinking fund
> ; shall be in addition to other payments, instead
i j of in lieu of other payments or requirements,
| was agreed to?yeas, 22 : nays, 20.
j The Printing Appropriation bill passed by the
| Senate provides that from and after the presi
j ent Hossion of Congress the Congressional prin,
, ter shall not pay a price-exceeding fifty cent*
! per thousand cms for composition, and furtj
J cents au hour for time work in binding, etc.
i ; Ilouite.
Mr. Halo (Hep.), of Maine, rose to a privi>
j leiced question and read a letter which had been
i addressed to him from J. Madison Wells and
. Thomas C. Anderson, stating that they were
I confined in a damp, dark dungeon in the cellai
j of the Capitol : that, by order of the Speaker,
( they had been transferred to a much bettei
j room, and that they had been brought back te
i ; the cell bv order of the sergeant-at-arms, and
! j that on account of the bad air in the cell one
t of them (Gov. Wells) was now on his sickbed.
) I Mr. Hale said his attention had been called In
, j this letter to the matter. He had gone to the
: j cell in which the prisoners were confined^ and
! had found it a damp, dark room into which a
j gleam of sunlight could never penetrate, and
t j which had to be illuminated by gas. The an
i was poisonous, and one of the prisoners, an old
j man over seventy years of age, lay on his bed
! of sickness. It was inhuman to keen them in
| such a room, and he therefore offered a resolu]
tion directing the sergeant-at-arms to remove
: j the prisoners to a well lighted and well venti
lati.-d room, where their health may not be
i endangered.
i Mr. Ce>x moved to refer the resolution to the
| special committee on the election in Louisiana,
, I with instructions fo report speedily to the
j House whether such a state of affairs does exI
ist as is stated in the communication of .T,
I Madison Wells and Thomas C. Anderson, and it
I was so referred.
{ Mr. Morrison CDcni.), of Illinois, chairman ol
i j the special committee on Louisiana affairs, sub
; mitted the rciiurt of that committee, which con
eludes with a resolution declaring that the
i Democratic electors received a majority of the
, votes in the State of Louisiana ; that "the pretended
canvass and compilation of the vote foi
electors by the board of returning officers v.as
, ! withe) it authority of law, fraudulent and void,
, and that the vote of that State cannot be count'
ed for Hayes and Wheeler without con!ilining
. and approving tbe illegal and fraudulent actior
, of the said returning board.
, Mr. Townsend (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, submitted
a minority report recommending the
, adoption of a resolution declaring that the
. Republican electors have been elected in Louisi
. ana. and that the election was examined into
, determined, declared and promulgated bv th<
. proper authorities of said State, under ail the
forms of law and in compliance with the Con
[ stitution of the United States.
. Both reports were ordered to be printed ant
, recommitted.
r The Speaker laid before the House n com
. munication from Justice ClilTord, the prcsid
, ing ofticcr of the Electoral commission, stating
' that he was directed by tho commission te
i inform the House of Representatives that il
j has considered and decided 011 the matter!
, submitted to it touching the Electoral vote ol
\ I Florida and has transmitted said decision t'
. I the president of the Senate.
! The Senate in a body visited tlie House, am
! the decision of the Electoral commission wa:
5 ! then read. It \va:; signed by eight members, i
majority of the commission.
, After the reading of the decision the presid
t I ing officer arose and asked whethe r there \va
l ! any objeetioas to tlie decision.
) j Mr. Field (Dem.). of X<-w York, rose am
i presented objections which were thereupoi
> lead by the clerk of tlie House, and which sel
. forth '"that to count the votes of Charles H
i Pearcc, F. C. Iluinjihreys, \Y. H. HoKlen ant
i Thomas \V. J.ong, as electors fur Presideii'
r and Vice-President, would be a violation of tin
i | Constitution of the United States."
t I The Senate withdrew, so that the Housi
- might consider and determine the objections
As soon as the House had coinc to order.
J Mr. Lvnde, of Wisconsin, moved that tin
- House take a recess from Saturday until tei
i o'clock Monday.
i The Republican members objected to this
i asserting that it was the duty of the body to gc
; on and settle the matter, and an exciting dis
1 eussion followed. During the discussion ai
; appeal was made from the decision of tin
- ( Cliair, but the Chair was sustained bv a voteoi
3 15(! to 7l>, and the House by a vote of 103 t<
2 108 voted to adjourn.
Mr. Field |l)em.J, of New York, for the pur
2 pose of bringing the Florida matter before tin
i House in due form, offered the following order
(frih rrd, That the counting of the electora
votes from the State of Florida shall not pro
eeed in conformity with the decision of tlx
f ; Electoral commission, but that the votes oi
; j Messrs. Call, Yonge, Hilton and Pullock b?
i" j counted as tlie votes from the State of Florid.'
i* i for President and Vice-President of the Unitei
t , States.
1 ! Mr. Hale [Kep. |, of Maine, moved an amend
c | ment as follows:
s j Order ai, That the counting f the electora
- votes from the State of Florida shall proceet
$ | in conformity with the decision of the Electora
I commission.
Mr. Hale made the point of order against ]
: further amendments that under the Electoral <
> commission law it was the imperative dutyof ?
a i tlio House, at the end of the two hours' debate, ]
lo voie on uio main qneBtion, wmcn wan i
~ whether the votes should be counted in con- 1
foruiity with the decision find that nothing in ]
j the shape of delay, in whatever form presented, <
could now arrest tne wheels of its decision. i
s The debate closed after many exciting <
' speeches on both sides and the House pro- ]
ceeded to vote on the question. The amend- i
n.ent offered by Mr. Hale wr* rejected by yeas ]
~ ninety-seven, nays 107, and the original res'olu- 1
tion offered by Mr. Field was adopted by yeas ]
_ IfiS. navs 108, a party vote, except that Mr. : i
Vhitehonse, of New York, voted with the lie- } i
' publicans. It was then ordered, on motion of j'
Mr. Field, that the clerk inform the Senate of j i
the action of the House, and also that tho 11
_ i House is now ready to meet the Senate in the j
hall of the House. *
? Mr. Seeley [Rep.], of Massachusetts, from j
> the committee on Indian affairs, reported a bill 1
amending the act authorizing tho Seneca nation i
i ; of Indians of New York to lease lands within 1
1 the Cattaraugus and Allegheny reservations.
1 Passed.
j The House proceeded to the consideration of
the report of the committee on the election in
; Florida, declaring that tho Tilden electors had
.! ! been elected in that State. Wilson [Rep.], of
Iowa, said lie did not want to be bothered with
any such funeral business. Hopkins [Hem.], |
of Pennsylvania, in presenting the report, spoke
' upon it, and Dunnell [Rep.], of Minnesota, who
made a minority report, spoke in favor of that.
" He defended the action of the Electoral commission
in refusing to receive the report of the j
majority as evidence in the Florida case. No
tribunal in the world, he said, would receive it
as evidence. It was simply an investigation
* ; carried on by a partisan majority, handled for
a purpose, and nafldled solely for the accom'
j plishment of that purpose.
i Mr. Purman (Rep.), of Florida, rose to dei
bate the report of tbe Florida committee. Up
" to that time no interest .whatever had been i
~ i taken in tbe debate, the other speakers having j
j principally addresBea vacam uenenes. ?nt-a
j lie began* bin speech, however, and it became .
j ; evident tbat he favored the resolution of the .
j ! majority, declaring tbe Tilden electors duly
B ' elected, the Democratic members gathered i
f I around him, and frequently interrupted his
i speech by applause. He "said it was, without i
j exception, tbe most peaceful election ever held ]
' i in tbe State ; and not one case of violence or j
j disturbance on election day lias come to my i
_ | knowledge. It seemed the peculiar privilege
r ; of tbe Republicans to win under all tnese %ji*
. | vantageous circumstances ; but it is a fact, sir, i
which I cannot stand upon this floor and deny, i
and every man, woman and child in my State '
j knows, that Florida was lost by the lie- i
j publican party in the late election, and '
^ that the Democratic gove^or and tbe Tilden j
' j electors were truly electea. I make this declaration
now under the most solemn sense
' of public duty, and from an irresistable feeling
I of obligation" to the people of my State who ]
' ! have a right to expect that, however partisan J
j j their representative may be in his political
. j faith, lie should at least, on questions of public (
j j fact, be an honest man. From the face of all ]
p ! the county returns the vote in the State stood t
. j fur Tilden electors 24,439, and for Hayes elec- ,
[ tors 24,349,"giving Tilden a majority of ninety. ,
f Ho explained how the changes in the votes were
mado.
After further discussion the majority resolu- ,
( tion declaring the Tilden electors as duly elect- ,
t ed in Florida was then adopted?veas, 142; i
nays. 82 ; a party vote, with the exception of '
Mr. l'urman (Itep.), of Florida, who voted in
. the affirmative. I
t* THE JOINT CONVENTION. 1
5Ir. Adams, clerk of the House of lieprcscu- <
, tatives, appeared at the bar of the Senate, and j
< | announced the decision of the House that the (
counting of the vote of Florida shall not pro- ]
< ceed in conformity with the decision of tbe <
. Electoral commission, and also notified tho
1 Senate that the House was now ready to meet <
; the Senate in joint meeting. The senators i
then proceeded to the hall of tbe House, and j
i took their places. As soon as order was rei
stored, the presiding officer, Mr. Ferry, arose j
f and said : (
"The joint meeting of Congress resumes its ]
[ session. The two houses separately have
. considered and determined the objection sub- ,
1 mitted by a member of the House to the de- ]
i cision of the commission 011 the certificates from
tbe State of Florida. The clerk of the Senate |
. will now read the decision of the Senate." i
: The decision of the Senate having been read (
; by its clerk, and tbat of the House Lv its clerk, i
t tlie presiding officer said: * I
| ' The two houses not concurring in ordering j
. otherwise, the decision of the commission will |
' stand unreversed. Tho counting will now
t proceed in conformity with the decision of the ]
. commission. The tellers will announce the |
, voto of Florida." ]
| Senator Allison, one of the tellers, there- j
upon announced that the State of Florida had (
i given four votes for Ii. 15. Hayes, of Ohio, as
[ President, and four votes for William A. ,
s Wheeler, .of New York, as Yicc-l'resident. i
The Vice-President then preceeded to open j
j tbe certificates and announce tho votes. (
I Georgia, eleven votes for Tilden; Illinois, |
| twenty-one votes for Hayes; Indiana, fifteen <
votes for Tilden ; Iowa, eleven votes for Hayes;
Kansas, five votes for Hayes; and Kentucky, t
> twelve votes for Tilden. (
Then came the certificate from the State of \
. Louisiana, showing eight votes for Hayes and (
i Wheeler, the presiding officer announcing that <
the certificate had been received by mail, and |
tbat no corresponding one had been received j
bv messenger. The messenger api>ointed for ,
that purpose was Thomas C. Anderson, of the <
' returning board. This was authenticated by j
' Kellogg as governor, he being himself one of |
' the electors.
The ccrtitlcate having been read, the presid- j
ing officer handed to the tellers another certili- ,
cate from the same State, with a corresponding )
one received ny man, snowing eigni voies ior \
' filden and Hendricks. This was authenticated
' by McEnery as governor of the State. Still a
! third certificate was opened aud read, a corre- j
sponding one having been received by mail, with
' votes for Hayes and Wheeler, authenticated by
| Deslondc, secretary of State.
' Another certificate, a burlesque, every name
j; in it being that of John Smith, was read, crca'
ting comment and indignation.
Senator McDonald (I)em.)> of Indiana, rose
and submitted an objection to the Hayes and
L Wheeler certificates. The objection was based
1 on the ground that the Hayes electors had not
" been duly elected, and that their election had
! been certified by William P. Kellogg, who
" claimed to be, but in fact wan not. governor of
: the State of Louisiana; that the returning
board of said State was without jurisdiction,
: for the reason that the laws of Louisiana con1
ferred no power on said board to canvass or
! compile the votes for electors: 'that the said
' board constituted lut four of the live persons
; required by law; that those four were of the
' same political party, and that there was a va.
caucy in said board which the four members
had refused to lill; that the four members of
the returning board had full knowledge that a
true compilation of the voles would have
i .1 - ii...i. ? . i i
niiu\>u luai him j iiiu;ii cjwivn.* u;ui i'cvu uhit i
! elected; that said hoard had offered for money | '
| to sell the vote of Louisiana: and that A. IS. I
Levisee and 0. IT. Brewster of the Republican I
! electors had held olliecs of trust under tho
government of the United States at tho time |
| of their appointment as electors.
' Tho objection is signed !>v Senators McDon1
al?l (Intl. ), Stevenson (Kv.j, Saulslmrv (Del.),
ami J'ogv (Mo.), and Representatives Jenks
(l'a.), (iibson ("La.), Tucker (Va.), Levy (La.),
| Ellis (J,a.). and Morrison (111.)
Mr. Gibson (Demj, of Louisiana, also sent
up objections to the Haves and Wheeler certili- _
^ cntes, because: First, the government of \
Loui-iaun was not republican in form; second, I
no canvass was made on which the certificate* .
of election were issued; third, any alleged
. , canvass ol the votes was an net of usurpation, ]
fraudulent mid void: fourth, some of the electors
were ineligible bv the laws of Louisiana, 1
i:nd were disqualified from being electors as j ,
| holding State otlice*. Kellogg being acting (!> j
' /(trio governor; JefTrion, su per visor of regis- I
I tralion for t!ie parish of Point (,'oupee; Marks, j
district attorney ; and Lurch, a member of tho I
j! State Senate : a member of the board of con- j
trol of the State penitentiary: an administrator j :
' j el the deaf and dumb asylum and treasurer of ,
. j the school board of East Baton Kongo ; fifth,
I bee;inse JefTrion was .specially disqualified by
1 i the thirteenth section of the act of the Legisla1
j ture. passed July 21,1S7 J. which provides that '
' n > supervisor of registration liiall be eligible
" to any oiKee at that election : and because Jeff'
! ri'iii was at the last election supervisor of reg.
i juration for tho jiarish of l\?:nt Coupee.
i 'i'lii objection is signed by Senators Sauls- '
' I bury. M'-Donald and Kernati, and by ItepresenI
tatives Jenks, Tucker, Gibson, Field, Levy and
; I F.gl ert.
I Mr. Wood (Deni.), of New York, submitted
further objections to the Hayes and Wheeler ,
certificates, on the ground that the electors
were not elected as provided by tho Legisla- .
5 ture.
Mr. Howe (Hup.), of Wisconsin, submitted ,
' objections to the Tilden and Hendricks certi- ,
ates, on the ground that there was no evi- ,
' ; deuce that those electors had been appointed in
j such manner as the Legislature directed, while
' there wfis evidence conclusive in law that ;
' neither of them had been so appointed; also 1
I .... ti. . ......?i,<i ti.o? <li?rr. w!i? no evidence that 1
' MeEnorv was governor of Louisiana in the year
' 1S7('i, while there was conclusive evidence that '
Kellogg was. during the year 187(1, and for sev1
eral years prior thereto, governor of that Slate, I
and that ho was recognized as such l?v tlio :
' judicial and legislative departments of Louisi- |
' aim. and hv all tlio departments of tlio govern- i
j | incut of the United States.
The presiding ollicer?" Arc there further ob- j
| jectiouK to the State of Louisiana? (After a I
' I paiiH_.) There being no further objection all i
I of the certificates from y>at State, with the i
' papers nccompaniyng the same, together with
! the objections, will be now submitted to the I
Electoral commission for judgment and de- i
cision. ! he Senate will now withdraw to its
"< chamber."'
I The Senate thereupon withdrew.
1 The Klcrloral Tribunal.
1 The arguments on tlio question of eligibility
on the Democratic side wore made by Judge
Hoadley, of Ohio, Judge Ashbel Green, of Now b
lersoy, "aud Richard T. Merrick, of Washington. c<
Judge Hoadley insisted that the question of tl
Humphreys' eligibility turns upon tho accep- s<
tance of hiw resignation by Judge "Woods of the cl
United 8tates circuit court for tho district of ' o
Florida. HtunpbreyH asserts that ho resigned i ci
in tlie fifth of October, and that Judge Woods n
iccepted his resignation, and designated the i
nf Hu? nnrt of T>pn?nr?n1fL hk flir* nrnn#?r I O
[lersou to fulfill the duties of the oflice until his i a
<uecessor should be appointed. At the time : ti
Humphreys' resignation was sent to Judge j e
Woods, the latter was in Newark, Ohio, and | ?
from that point wrote to Humphreys. aeknowl- j g
edging tlio receipt of his resignation, and trans- ! ti
mitting to him his acceptation of the same. ! fi
Hie point made by Democratic counsel is that i ti
Hie appointment of shipping commissioner is i ti
made bv the circuit court; that Judge Woods d
is not tlio circuit court; that the court is not | ii
bold in Newark, Ohio; that the matter of res- j f'
ignation and the acceptation thereof has never a
been spread upon the record of the court, and c
that the successor of Humphreys has never t
been appointed by the court. The other coun- I
sel on tne same" side discussed generally the f
value as evidence of the three different certifi- b
cates made by the Republican and Democratic h
electors, and dwelt at some length upon tho ic
decision of the supreme court of that State 011 j t
a mandamus cauG brought by Drew against I a
Stearns, and also tho quo warranto proceedings 11
instituted by the Democratic electors. j
Judge Shellabarger and Mr. Evarts followed
for the Republicans, and Mr. Merrick closed for a
the [Democrats. Judge Shellabarger observed e
that the electors exercised an act of govern- li
ment which necessarily terminated on the day d
when they cast their votes. Mr. Evarts dis- e
cusscd the eligibility question and the question t
of validity in tho Tilden electors. ii
Tho discussiou by .the members of the com- fc
miMHion in Hcurui huhhiuu ih euiu to imvu uceii ; u
very spirited, and two or three times a groat t
depj of feeling was manifested. The Republican ii
members desired to have the decision of the p
commission s? drawn as to cover all the ques- s
tions which might arise in the Louisiana and c
Oregon cases, and thus practically settle those
cases beforo they were referred by the joint p
convention of tho two houses. It was against t
this proposition that the Democrats made their f
desperate opposition. \
There was no direct vote upon tho question t!
of the eligibility of Humphreys, as Tlnirman, t
Bayard and Clifford indicated their belief that a
his*resignation was effected by his tender of it t:
und the acceptance thereof by the judge of the v
United States circuit court. * c
The first resolution on which the commission c
ruled was offered by Gen. Hunton, and simply c
resolved that tho i ilden electors (naming them) v
had been legally chosen, and that their votes ii
nhould be counted for Samuel J. Tilden and v
1'homaH H. Hendricks. This was voted down, t
[be vote being as follows : a
Yeas?Messrs. Abbott, 1'aynrd, Clifford, Field, d
Hunton, Payne and Thunnan.
Nays?Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds, Frelingliuysen,
Garlield, Hoar, Miller, Morton and i
Strong.
Then Mr. Garfield offered a resolution to the j,
effect that the Hayes electors (naming them) H
bad been legally chosen, and that their votes j,
should be counted for Rutherford B." Hayes ^
uid William A. Wheeler, and that Senator id- u
aiunds. Justice Miller and Justice Bradley be a ^
committee to prepare the decision of the com- ^
:nission to be communicated to the joint con- ^
mention of the two houses. This resolution was
idopted by a vote of eight to seven, tho eight t]
Republicans voting aye and the seven Demo- ^
:rats nay. j.
The commission tlien took a recess for one j
liour, and on reassembling the decision was tj
read and signed by the eight commissioners a
ivlio voted for Garfield's resolution. The seven j.
ivho voted nay did not sign, as the law does not
require theni to do so. The decision of the
;ommis:;ion sets fortli tho resolution of Garfield, ..
uid a brief statement of the reasons therefor, I "
ivliich in substance arc as follows:
First?'I'llat the commission cannot entertain .
evidence outside of the certificate of the governor
us founded upon the determination of the
board of State canvassers.
Second?That the action of a State bv its legitluture
or court, taken after the electors had .
:ast their votes, cannot bo considered as determining
who were appointed electors. ,
Third?The evidence presented does not 1
diow that Humphreys was a United States ship- ?'
ping commissioner on the soventli of November. _
In considering the case of Louisiana, referred
:o the Electoral commission by the joint contention,
Justice Clifford announced the three
lertificates that were before the commission ,
inder objection. For convenience, he said, ['
;hev had been numbered one, two and three, 'J
uid" objectors to numbers one and three would e
irst be heard.
The opening argument on the part of the
Democratic objectors against the reception of
the Kellogg certificates was made bv Senator (
McDonald. It was an analysis of the laws of l]
Louisiana, having or claimed to have a bearing i,
m the powers of the returning board. j.
Following Senator McDonald, Representative t
lenks made an argument on the same side. Ho j:
Humiliated the important points and presented ?
m analysis of the action of the returning board t
loudenming them for excluding the vote of j
;wenty-two polling places in order thnt the vote (
jf that State might be returned for Hayes. r
Messrs. Hurl but and Howe, on the part of H
lie Republican electors, claimed Jthat the gov- t
ipon the action of the returning loarii, wad
lonclusive, just an had been held in the Florida
:aso. They said the Kellogg government had
jeeii recognized by the Executive and Legisla- I
;ivo depart mentn of the general government, j,
and therefore they claimed that John ilcEn;ry's
certificate to the return of the Tilden elec- 11
;ors had no more \v< ight than if it purported k
:o come from an antediluvian monarch." ^
Ex-Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin, opeued ,
for the Democratic elcetors, in arguing for the
vholc case. lie protested as he opened that b
10 did not appear as counsel for Samuel J. ;
I'ilden. He had voted against him once, and
f this commission decided that there had been
10 election, should vote against him again.
liut he was here as the counsel for ten thousand
,-oters who had been disfranchised by fraud in j,
Louisiana and whose caso had been referred to
his tribunal to inquire who and what persons *
lad been duly appointed electors in that State. *
Hiis tribunal he argued, was in the nature of a 5
egislative commission of investigation and r
lad neither judicial nor executive functions,
"or its conclusions were all subject to the re. isionary
action of Congress. It was created
ike those commissions out of which British
egislation had grown to correct such frauds as f
vas peeping out of the ballot box in England
ind were appealing for triumph in this tribunal. *'
He made an analysis of the collusive acts of K
Louisiana and declared that the State had w
failed to provide the requisite law and its n
sleet oral vote must, therefore, be blotted out ?
>f the electoral college. Mr. Carpenter said k
hat Congress ignored the board four years
tgo and declared if it was a fraud then it was
1 fraud now which this tribunal could not
ritalize. r
Mr. Carpenter spoke some minutes in support n
if the proposition laid down by mm tnai tno "
Presidential electors are Federal and not State 1<
jftieers. He read from the State constitution of b
Louisiana several sections asserting that they f<
learly limit all judicial power to tno courts? d
:'ne judicial power?conferred upon the retiming
hoard must be regarded as fully unconstitutional.
Mr. Carpenter said they would show, (]
f allowed bv the commission, that not a single 0
larish in Louisiana sent to the returning board | ^
uiy evidence in the form prescribed by law for 8
lie purpose of throwing out votes on the g
,round of intimidation and violence. He read g
from the report on Louisiana signed by Messrs. g
Hoar, Wheeler and Frye, certain pas-ages. He j
<aid that Mr. Wheeler would be, ho thought,
fen* much surprised to tind himself counted in
?y a board which ho had joined in condemning .
for doing a precisely similar thing. Mr. Carleister's
closing appeal to tl# commission was : j
not attempt to staunch blood with fraud, ''
md invite the overthrow of our institutions," J1
Mr. Trumbull then offered the evidence on
Lite Democratic side : '
First?That William P. Kellogg, who appears 1
is a, Hayes elector, is the same person who
ivas iIrfarto governor of Louisiana.
Second?That William P, Kellogg was not p
appointed one of the electors of Louisiana in d
IHTli, and that the certificate was untrue in n
facts; and to show this ccrtiJed copies of the A
lists of the commissioners of election. h
Third?That the names of the supervisors of ri
registration were fully and fraudulently omitted
to the. return part of the votes in several
parishes, and that 2,2G7 votes against Kellogg a
irere thus omitted. ^
Fourth?That by the consolidated statement i
!>f the supervisors of the registration it np- i
pears that the said Kellogg received 3,'lf>'J ; ?
votes less than each of tiie Tilden electors. j1
Fifth?That the returning board-wilfully and j
K* iictimnr?nH nnnnfY.fi 9't.l vnfi?u 1 _
which were" not given in nnv precinct of the /
State. "*
Sixth?That the votes cast on the seventh of
November as shown by the commissioners ,
have never been compiled nor canvassed, and , a
that said returning board never even protended i to
canvass these returns, and only canvassed -i
the returns made by the supervisors. I J
Seventh?That the votes given for electors j
have never been opened by the governor of the j |
State in presence of the secretary of State, the ; L
attorney-general of the State and a district : ?
judge at the seat of government; nor has ho i
examined the returns and ascertained whether j
any one was elected, but that he knew when he ! j
executed the certificates to himself and others ; ?,
that he and they had not received within 5.000 ; j
of as many vote's as had beencastfor the Tilden |
electors. * I
Hi; proposed fourth to show that in Septem- '
her, 1*7G, Kellogg and others in the city of New ! Orleans,
including the members of tho return- j
ing board, entered into an unlawful and criini'
al combination and conspiracy to cause it to
bo certified and returned to tho secretary of l
St.ite by the returning board upon their pre- I
tended canvass, that Kellogg and others had re- | 1
ceived a majority of all votes cast at that elec- ; <
tion for electors', whether such should be the : \
fact or not, and that the returning board, in | i
violation of the law of tho State, on the tweu- j i
tieth of November, 1H72. refused ti> compile a ,
statement of votes made by the comnii?sioners :
of election in rogard to the election of electors, , '
ut they did canvass and compile only the
msolidated statements and returns made to V
lem by the supervisors of registration in the V
jveral parishes ; and that the board altered,
aangea, or forged the consolidated statements _
r returns of tno supervising registrating offi- E
sr of the parish of Vernon, in the following
lanner. tart
Mr. Trumbull proceeded to state the grounds a te
f objection to five of the Republican electors,
nd charged that in violation of the Constitu- torn
on they held oth'er offices when elect- tho
d. Mr. Trumbull commenced his argument J??
rith a general discussion of the power of Con- thci
ress and the commission to prevent an elec- | bed
ion 01 me iremuuiu 01 uits united scales uy ?0 ^
rand. The commission, ho said, is a lcgisla- boii
ive body, which need not be hampered by any roy
echnical rules of evidence; therefore it could
ecide for itself in regard to receiving evidence but
1 this case. He asked: Is this commission J1*1
urmed merely to add up figures or to examine i
nd consider "all questions submitted and de- ccai
ide according to the law creating it ? He held
hat the two nouses of Congress have decided ! car
hat the certificate of the governor in duo re&
orm, as in the Kellogg-Pinchbaclt case, is not ^
linding upon Congress. All the committees, ly.
ie said, who have visited Louisiana and report- not
d to Congress for years reported that the renrning
board had absolutely no power to do liar
nything but count and compile the votes, and
hat they have no jurisdiction in the way of re- Coa
ecting votes, unless a foundation is laid. pic
Mr. Stoughton followed for the Republicans, jji,
nd said that in the Connecticut election Gov- [
ruor Ingersoll certified himself as elector-atEirge.
He held that the fact that Kellogg's j*
lemand for troops was granted was conclusive tisc
vidence of his right of governor; that the re- mo:
limine board had full power to act, and that
t could act as well with four as with five mtm- the
iers, and held that all questions in Louisiana
re determined by the Florida case. Ho argued i j,
hat the power to take testimony by Congress wit
i for legislative purposes only, and not for the
lurposes of an electoral count; planted him- mci
elf on the letter of the law, and closed with H?
harges of intimidation and blood.
Mr. Shellabarger followed, also for the Reinblirnna
in a lf?p-al urtnimpnt. Vielrl that 8m
he returning board had a legal right to ait with
our members, and defended the character of I bin
Veils and the other members. He asserted
hat the provisions about protoBts being at
aciied%to the returns was merely directory, IB
nd that these acts could be done at other
imes?thiu to justify the preparation of affida- H
its and protests in New Orleans. He said that ?
ertain things, as violence and impossibility exused
the failure or omission to do so, and proeeded
to say that, under the maxim of law
.liich holds that every officer is right until he
i shown to be otherwise, the returning board
fas right. He added that if wrong was done
he defeated party had its remedy in the courts,
nd ended with charges of murder and intimi
ation. '
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People sometimes ask why does Dr. R. V.
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l advertising his family medicines, which are
o well known and surpass all other remedies ^ B
a popularity and sale. It is well known that Vs.'.
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udoubtedly it paid him, to spend many hundred ?
liousand dollars in advertising his goods, yet noody
questioned the excellence of his merchanise.
The grand secrot of success lies in offerlg
only goods which possess merit to sustain
bemselves, and then tlirougli liberal and persisent
advertising making the people thoroughr
acquainted with their good qualities. Men
n nnt mipppprl in nmftnttinrr err pot fnrfnnAa ou. '
iblishing a thriving and permanent business,
ud founding substantial institutions like Dr.
'ierco's Grand Invalids' Hotel at Buffalo,
bich cost over two hundred thousand dollars,
nlcsa their business bo legitimate, their goods |
leritorioiiH, and their services which they
euder the people genuine and valuable., Dr.
'icrce docs not attempt to humbug yon by
ailing you that his Golden Medical Discovery
rill cure all diseases. He says: "If your lungs
re half wasted by consumption, my Discovery
rill not cure you, yet as a remedy for severe i
oughs, and all cm-able bronchial, "throat and ;
ing affections, I believe it to be unsurpassed
s & remedy." The people have confidence in ;
is medicines because he does not over-roc- |
mmend them, and when tried they give satis- '
action. His Medical Adviser, a book of over !
ine hundred pages, illustrated by two hundred ! ni
ud eighty-two engravings and "bound in cloth III
ud gilt, is offered to the people at so moderate j
price (1.5iP, post-paid), that it is no wonder 1
bat almost one hundred thousand have already Oo
een sold. His memorandum books are on I
very druggist's counter for free distribution. !
Popularity.
The popularity of Messrs. .Tames S. Kirk <fc Hi
'o.'h soaps, manufactured in Chicago, is shown nn
iy the unprecedented sale which their goods Li
"ave reached during the yeas 1876. This by far
< the largest soap manufacturing concern iu ?
he United States, producing and selling iu all
mrts of the country, from the Red river of the I J/"
forth to New Orleans, and from Portland, Me., |
o S:.n Francisco, 25,000,000 pounds annually. !
to so-called greases enter into these soaps, I ad'
)nly pure refined tallow and vegetable oils are | mc
ised, containing no adulteration. Fair and I juc
quare weights always reliable. This is why I cir
heir soaps are so popn ar with all good and ! Sai
eonomical housekeepers.
j sm
When You (jJo to New York
t is desirable to stop at the bent hotel. The ,
est hotel at preneut is within the reach of the " ]
iiont moderate purse. It should be generally
nown that the Grand Central, the largest of
he first-class hotels, ha? reached the lowest p
' hard pan" reduction yet made?that is, the j _
>est first-clasri accommodations for $2.50 and j
3.00, instead of ?4.00 and $5.00 per day. | ^
I ent
" A Slight Cold," Coughs. | ^
Few are aware of the importance of check- wj
:ig a cough or ".slight coLn," which would 1
ield to a mild remedy, but, if neglected, often *
t tacks tho lungs. "Brown's Bronchial
troches" give sure and almost immediate
?Uof- N<
A (?ood Place to Stop.
When you go to New York, tho Tremont | Wf
louse, (i(ij Broadway, kept on European plan,
s the place. You can have a comfortable room
or 75 cents an<l .?1 per day. You can get a j
ood meal for from 30 cents to 50 cents. You
ill be near all the wholesale dry goods houses, j *
nd the cars and stages passing the door will take !
on to any part of the city. I was satisfied ; I ' her
now evcrv one will l:e who givcM them a trial.
[From a Distinguished Jurist.] f?J
"I have tried the Peruvian Syrup, and the T
esnlt fully sustains your prediction. It lias .
lade a new man of mc, infused into my system ]
e\v vigor and energy; I am no longer treniu>us
and debilitated, as when you hist Haw me,
lit stronger, heartier, and with larger capacity i
i>r labor, mental and physical, than at any time :
tiring the lint live years." | j,
If the 'board of health, which spent : ?
iiousands of dollars in the general distribution f
f deodorizers to prevent the spread of con- I .
ngious fevers, would be consistent, thev ' g
liould gratuitously distribute Gi.en's SUU'HUR W
oil' to the victims of tlio contagious eruptions. I
old everywhere. Depot, Crittentou's, No. 7 i
ixlli avenue, N. Y. m
[ill's Ifair it Whisker Dve, black or brown, 50c. _
- im | ^
Is there one reader of this paper sitfering
from rheumatism ? If so write to
lelplionstino <fc IJeutley, druggists, Washingail,
]). C.. for a circular of Durang's libcu- I
latio Iteinedv. This medicine is taken in- rep
L'rnally, and will positively cure any case of """
heumiiti-m 011 the face of tho green earth.
'rice, one dollar a bottle.
B & SrBKUB9 u.
n l.nr(?i. rariotv; fino NTItKKT Tit EES, FI,OWciiimj
suit cits unci kvkk<;ki:kns, ??w,u
s IUI(|])l)l)KM)It()N.S Ar.nl?>n?. Mnenolm*. N?w I'O
onifiTM. Purple Now Shrubs, &c. ltOSKN by
liand 1(K). For CatAlogucs addroMS J fil
*. B. PARSONS & CO., W
Box 99, X. Y. m,,t
A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.
to- WE WANT 500 MORE FIRST-CLASS ! ""'
SEWING MACHINE ACENTS, AND 500
VIENOFENcRCY AND ABILITY TO LEARN
rHE BUSINESS OF SELLINC SEW INC MA- j*?
2HINES. COMPENSATION LIBERAL, BUT
/ARYINC ACCORDINCTO ABILITY, CHAR
HCTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE (
ACENT. FOR PARTICULARS, ADDRES8
Wilson Sewing MacMue Co. CMcap. ,
!37 4 829 B30ADWA7. H?- Tut or K?v Or?tus L?. ;
WORN STATEMENT
IOSTON ?DRUCCIST.
mtlemen,~ I hereby certl^r thnt I havo had Ca
rrlblo sufferer. I vu rondcred partially deaf, hod
zlnfr In tlio head, pains across the temple, dizzy
lis, wealc andjpalnful eyes, swollen and ulcerated
ills, hard ana constant congli, sevro pain across
chest, and every Indication of consumption. My
d achcd all the time. Tho matter accumulated
apldly In my head and throat that I could not keep
n free. Frequently at night I would spring out of
, It seemed to me, at tho point of sulTocatlcn. I
ild then have recourse to every means In my power
llslodeo tho mucus from my throat and head before
ig able to sleep af?aln. i'or a period of sixyenrs
tonsils were ulcerated anil so tnneh Inflamed that
laid with difficulty swallow. 1 finally consulted an
nentsurgeon la regard to an operation on them,
at his request postponed It. The constant lnflara:lon
ana nlceratlon in my throat, caused by the
lonons matter dropping down from my head, had
rrltated and Inflamed my lumrs that I coughcd In!antly,?a
deep, liord cough. Meanwhile my system
an to show the effects or this disease, so that I lost
b, grew p?" /., and showed every symptom of an
ly death by consumption, When matters had
ched this stage, or about six months ago, I began
use of 6anford's Radical Cukb tob Catari'.ii.
er using the first bottle I begnu to Improve rapidThe
first doea seemed to clear my head as I ha*
known It to bo lor years. It seemed gradually to
est the discharges. It tloppetl my cnug\ in three
" wBy using It asngarglo I soon reduced the Innmatfon
ai.d swjlllutf of my tonsils, so that they
n ci'asi'd to trouble me. 'l no sorcnew across my
st disappeared, tho bazzlng noises la my head
sed, my lenses of h -tiring and of ser.lcg wcra com
iui/ r-3hiicu, hil l uv ? i y ojiujuum vi uievodo buul
I reduced me to tho verge of the gravedlsappearcd
thotuc of Sasfold's KadicalCurufoe Catarhq*
have been thu3 cxpllqlt bernus", as a druggist, I
e seen a great deal of euiferliig from Catarrh. Liid
le to convlnco ma.if that this U a great rcmcdr.'?
am famlllnrwitli the treatment of Catarrh as iirncd
by the best phynlclans, ai.d havo contullcd the
Bt eminent about my case. I have used every kind
emody and aprarams th'it have appeared durlr.g a
lod or six years past, an-1 have, -while following
Ir use, taken great care of my general health, but
alncdnorclleioroncnn'ngcmentfroraanyorthem.
Inco curing myicir with Sanfubd'8Radical Cvr.e,
avo rocommendcd It In over one hundred cases
hoot a slnglo case af (nllnre, and have in numerous
tanccs received wholesale orders from partii s to
om I have sold ono bottle. This Is the only patent
dlclr.e I have ever recommend'1'!. never having bered
In them before, although constantly engaged In
Irsalc. Very cratnfuily yonrs.
obtc.v, Feb. 23,1S73. GEOUGE F. DOSMORE.
toik, bfl. Feb. 23, ira.
hen personally appeared the said George F. Dlnare,
and made oath that the foregoing statement by
i subscribed U true. Beforome.
SETH J. TIIOHA8.
Jus dee of the Peace.
mm i imp
SJUULLIIllf PLASTER
Cures Pains and Aches.
It cqnillzc the Circulation.
It suhrturs Inllammatory Action.
It euros Kuptures and Strains.
It rcuwwsraln and Soreness.
It cures Klilnev Complaint.
It Btrenpthc.w tlic Musclcn.
It curcs Rheumatism and Neuralgia.
It Kelajcrshtlffcnccl Cords.
It cnrcs Nervous shocks.
It Is Invulu.i lc In Paralysis.
It cnrcs Inflammation or the Liver.
It remover Nervous Palr.s.
It cures Spinal Wealcncw.
It Is Grateful and Soothing.
It cures Epilepsy or Flu.
It Is Safe, Reliable, and Economical.
It Is prescribed by Physicians.
It Is Indorsed by Electrician*.
old by all drnp?lstsfor23cent*. Bent on receipt of
onts lor one, fl ?5 for six, or $aJ3S for twelro, carely
wrapped,nnd warranted perfect, toy WSEES*
t TIC . j'ro;iri('torB, Uoston, Mat*.
QNET OF HOREHODKE AND TAi
FOR THE CURE OF
__V- n.u. T_fl TT TUta._*
ughb, uoiubf juuhlcilmf uuwoduddo, a/huuum i
Breathing, and all Affection! of the Throat, j
Bronohial Tubes, and Lnngi, leading
to Consumption.
This infallible remedy is composed of tht i
ONEY of the plant Horehound, in chemical
ion with Tar-Balm, extracted from thtf
fe Principle of the forest tree Abeih
lLSAMEA, or Balm of Gilead.
The Honey of Horehound soothes and
otters all irritations and inflammations, and
: Tar-balm cleanses and heals the throat
d air passages leading to the lungs. Five
ditional ingredients keep the organs cool,
)ist, and in healthful action. Let no' pre- j
lice keep you from trying this great metliie
of a famous doctor whp has saved thouuls
of lives bv it in his lar^e Drivate practice.
N.B.?The "tar-Balm has no bad taste 01
ell.
PRICES 50 CENTS AND $1 PER BOTTLE.
Great saving to buy large size.
Pike's Toothache Drops" Cure
in 1 Minute.
Sold by all Druggists.
N. CEITTENTON, Prop., NX
K MPLOYMENT.
lNY PERSON of ordinary intelligence can earn a liv
by Cir.-wne for the Illustrated Weekly. Experi
!e is not ! ecessary?the only requisite being, as in all
icessful bauinesa, industry and energy. Sena for parjlan.
C'lias. C'fucaa & Co.. 14 Warren St.. N. Y.
0 ADVERTISERS!
BEALS & FOSTER,
>. 41 Park Row, NEW YORK,
GENERAL AGENTS FOR
? - ' tho
Thorp nre probably a hundred or more tbj]
or.-onn in llii.< and neighboring town*. who i m<>]
ailv naffer from' tho*listrcssing effects of ki'l- j,
ey trouble.-*, who do not know that Johnson's j ?2
hu'tb/uv Liniment ia almost a certain cure. In
overe cases, great relief may he obtained, if ; oao
lOi a rericct cure. aa<i
. I A
pay
We notice that the agricultural papers , *afi
11 over till! country recommend the line of Shn-i- !
on's Cavalry Condition J'otrdcrs.?Exchange, j R
Farmers and others in this section have long ere'
nowii i\!ul appreciated the advantage of theso ;
otvdcrs over nil others. i ~
Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, .the great New jjlj
Jnglund cure for coughs, colds and consnmpion.
Cutler Bros. A-Co.''s, Boston, only genuine. :
Patentee.? ami inventors should read fo*
dvertisement of Edson Bros, in another column ! V 1
PRINTERS ffet "Strang Slnt" Cn*CH? made
liy VAXDKliHl'lKiH.WKl.l.H A Co., IS Dutch St.,S.V. fo
i*/ \ VT171V Kuxlly in tulp with our Stwioi 1 .^n : ' i^i
?jL\t .Ol JLi JL Key Check Outfit. Circui try KrmI
V .V Akthl'K STAKfoni). tl).? Kiiltnn St.. > V L
? AMU MOTAfflt UHIUH USTS
OF EO OPERAnYE_KEWSPAPERS.
dvnrtiseri dealing to use either of the List* (not
ilinhed in their own city) may communicate with
urv BKALS A FOSTER direct, u all order* will
Bitter pans through thnir hands.
A. J. AIKENM, President
American Newspaper Union.
[Estauilshed 1846.]
.ESTEY & 00.
Brattleboro, Vt.
rSetid for Illustrated Catalogue
EPUBLICANS!
DEMOCRATS!
CREENBACKERS 2
.11 who wish an able, newsy and fair-minded paper,
rewriting the best phases of Southern Republican
i, ould read the
LOUISVILLE COMMERCIAL,
loading and representative Republican journal of
Mouth.
laily Commercial, 810 per year, 83 cents per
nth. Try it one month.
t'eckly Commercial, neatly arranged, clearly
ltcil, carefully edited?a capital family newspaper;
i)cr year, SI for lix months. In Clubs of five,
.00 each, per year; Club's of ten or more, 8 1.50
h.
no copy of cither edition sent free, post-paid, to any
ress.
n Agent wanted in overy neighborhood, to whom wa
20 per cent, cash commission, or a handsome and
jablo premium. Send for Special Circular to Agent?Bc?t
Advertising Medium in the South
anil quantity and quality of circulation oou*idi.
Hate card and copies of paper free.
Address, A. II. SIEGFRIED,
Manager Commkkcial, Louisv.lle, Ky.
isicMsfofRfifiJOrps.
LARKE'S NEW METHOD
II RKRI) OK(?\NS is universally known
me of rare merit, both"in the instructive course, and
well chosen :?irs for prtctice.
liftTZit.'S BUilUUii
R PARLOR ORGAN (??..>()>. Tin- s:i!n of more
11 30,000 copie? i? the tx-st proof of its icr?:it jiopuMERSON'S
NEW METHOD
It UF.KL) ORfSANS <?2..jO*? i? tho work ??f two disCtiished
muMciuns, and is initial to the best.
ROOT'S SCHOOL
U T!IK CABINET OKGAN i?5J.50). in ono of the
?t und hot' method*. Widuiy known and lined.
LARKE'S $1 INSTRUCTOR
K RKKI) OR(?ANS, i.-s an ubbrcriated but very tfood
hod for hejciuncni.
DINNER'S NEW SCHOOL
II CABINET ORGAN 17 "i oti.>, is tlio clioapent, and
ixct-llent ciixy instruction book.
ORGAN AT HOME,
l.oO boards; ?3 cloth; ?4 ffilt), has 200 well
Lvn RimhI Oriran nit*caM.
f Kithor Book mailud, post-free, for Retail Price.
DLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston.
II. DITSON iV CO., .. ,
7 11 llroiulway, New \ ork.
IS. DITSON A- CO.,
SuCCPHHora to I.k.F. Jt WaI.KFH. rilltil. I
200 FARMS, Etc., FOR 8AUE in Del., Pa:, Md^B
V*. and Kl*. Bargaina. J. POLK. WiLMKOTOM.
A A MONTH. Apento wanted ?ra>7wbM^^B
fAOU Addrow G. PIKRU.VG, RaTeMwood,
ARK O A77 A Week to Agent*. 810
900 H Q I ? P. o. VICKERY, Aoyuta, Main*. BMB
tfifi a week in roar own town. Terms and 85 o-.;tSt^HI
*q? free. H. HALLETT A (JO., Portland. Maine.
5^ tn <9fl P**r di,y nt home, gamnltn worth
*J tO \>?U fr(W. jjTI.y.SO.vicO . P, nland,
(2/1 A WEEK. Catalogue and Sample FKEB^^Rf
FBLTUS Jt CO.. 11H yoiMHiu 3t.. New York^MW
^1 O ft day At horns. Ajnnts wanted. Outfit oodi^U
0-L Ld torros froe. 1RUK k CO., Au?nsta, Maine. QH
Q.OK A DAY to A*ent*. Sample free. 32 pwro^BB
O-Z'j Catalogue. L. FLKTCHKR. 1 1 Dvv St..N. Y.
DCIII1I lfCOS7dMt$3.00.70?tyta?. ni.Cat.fre*.
nCf ULf Cnwz?T?BwGt??woBM.chio?go,m?^M
AGENTS wasted,'on salary orcom miMion. \ewba?i-M^H
net. Address J. B. Mabhit <t Co.. St. Loals,
TH E USEFUL COMPANION; cheapest I^MBj
published; paying largest p?rc<inU?e to Axmts.mmm
Sand for circular to Empire State Pub. Co.. New Yorfc^MM
All WATCHES. A Great Sensation. Sample
3k "i Watch and Outfit free to Agent*. Better than HH
liU Gold. Address A OOUUTER <t CO.. Chicago.
PF'jrilflN9 170 matter how slightly disabled. Inr
tiJOIUHO creases now paid. Advice ahd circular BH
free. V. McMicbael, Attjr., 707 SansomSt, Phila-.Pa. MM
dOPrt A Month.?A#enta wasted. 36 beat aaD* U
A.inil ln? articles in We world, una sampie ?w?
VUOU Addreds J\\ BUO>?QX, Detroit, Mich.
llf JB UTril Men to sell to Mtnhants. ?90
MV Mn 9 rll a mouth and traveling expanses
91 fall | fcj| paid. Gem Mfg.CK.S?.L>?i?.Mo. n
CDII CDfiV FITS cond by Dr. Boh' Epilepti^H
CrlLCrOT Remedies. Trial packaok hext rutc^^b
MMMi AdlNU, BOSS BEOS., Biohmomp. LHP^M
I ANTPn SALESMEN to travel and tell Goods OH
LJ " * ' El* to Drnlfrn. Salary liberal. All travel- ^Efl
If ing expenses paid by firm. Addrees MH
'' H. G. BOOKER &z CO.. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ain^qr sdiysaremtd?kyAcvnUMilton wirChromot,
inlU^inZfl Crayon i, Pic tar# tod Ckrrnna Cardt. ISA ?"* |HB
worth *5, p ttpal.l for fi&c. IllmlMl~i
Catalogs ftg?. 7. H. PDFTORD' B SOWS. B06T0N, MA38. H
flBIIIU HABIT CURED AT HOME. H
II fill IN No publicity. Time short. Terms mod- uJ
VI ivm enito. 1,000 Testimonials. D> H
scribe case. DB. F. E. .MARSH, Qnincy, Mich.
DfiAA A YcnrnnCKxpensestog**! AOENTi,
OyVv vrlio cro wmte-l everywhere in a strictly
legitimate and ple-ur.nt business. Particulars Ino.
AddreviJ. M OUTH <fc CO., St^Lonlm Mo.
Wfl UTCf|~SIen to solicit orders for onr goods: UP
?n I LUpermanent rmplormcntt good H|
salary. Traveling exppii?e? paid liy Company. OH
Union Indnati-tnl Works. Cincinnati, O
HO! FOR AUSTRALIA. B
Emigration assisted by Governor of New South Wales
' I-.._i. &nm -h ....i J t? , J .nnltr In
R. W. Cameron a Co., 2& South William St., NewYork.
flUimVniQUII 'Combination of Capital.* New mode
X I NI III. A TK of operating in stocks. Ix*s ImU
1 lll/lUAllJ possible. Profits sure. Kxplana.
torj circnlar sent free. 3IOHEAN dc CO.? Brotars,
3H Broad Street. P. O. Box 3338) New Yorlc.
BOOK ond A nrWTC! OmdClergymen) nrifo for
HI KM-; AVXiil* X O Circulars and extra
tormn on the "Xrir Illni(ra'*ii BihliJ'rr tk' Yn mj " (on i?
new plan). Ltjto CommN?ion* 'ni Pra-niwn*.
0. W. CRAY t SOW, IP N. Fifth St.. PaiLADEtnA.
v Mr made rapidly ran vnjwlnff.
Money ss&t?* fejns
JJA,V/AAV'J Capital. New Business.
JAS. T. WILLlIWSON) Cincinnati, Ohto
tl itput0 and inventors.
PATENTS mnuKSt
AjrenU.711 O 8t,Wa?hinKton,D.C. E?Ub. in 1866. Foe
ifter allowance. Circular q/ ia*tructlORg, etc., sent free.
POMONA NURSERY
Cn.pt. Jnck and Great American. the beet Strawberries.
Ten acrea of BravHurrine (Sanqaeco) Raspberries,
yielded last summer 84,338. Send for Cstali-gne.
WM. PARRY, Cinnamlnson, N. J.
t, Prof. Hall's Mafic Compoaa4
Is the only preparation, one package of whictl
will force the beard to grow thick and heavy
on the smoothed Ace (without injury) if V
dsys in every cue, or money cheerful!* ro?
funded, 25 cents p?r ntrksse, postpaid i 3 far
M cents. K. W. JuNKH. Ajhlsnd. Mass.
jifev ^$100. reward. $100.
rti <32** T,"? MOUSTACHE produced on a smooth toe
L ft CN by tho use of Dim s Bsixo Kuxnt without
Bi Ti fwr^ injury, or will forfeit #100. Price by mail In
sealed package JS ceota, far three 60 oeata.
A. LbMITH * CO., Arts. Palatine, UL
I have sold Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup for about Ho
four years. By using it in my own family, I became satis- B9
fiod of its merit It has become the lea din* article of ita
kind, having by far the best sale of any. Sample bottles HB
were freely given away, and this led to its rapid introduc- HH
tion. JAMES JOHNSON, H
Clayton, Jeff. Co., N. Y., W
Ri-Member of New York Legislature. jfiMM
CHEAPEST ROTARY BAUD CORHSBELLER
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Guaranteed to be the simplest, cheapest, most durable,
affective and the beat Boy it. Try it and be convinced.
Samples 81.00. Large profits to agent*. Address
Harrisburih, Pa., Family Cornsheller Co. Lock Box 9.
A BOOK: for the MILLION.
MEDICAL ADVICE
Cancer, Catarrh, Rapture, Opium Habit, etc., SENT
FREE on receipt of stamp. Address Dr. Butts' Diapenury,
No. 12 North 8tli Street, St. Lonia, Mo.
111 A II TV TV 8ALR8MEN to trarr! tn<i sell to
gHK BlilXii/ Dealers our Unbreakable or Eureka
W Ml* Glass Lamp Chimneys, Monitor Sifety
'iarners. Automatic Kxtintrni^hprn, Lamp Goods, etc.;
81,200 a year, hotel and traveling oxpoawH pud to
rood men. No peddling. No risk. Bolt ij'^ds
In the American market.
II. H. HOBU A: CO.. CINCINNATI. PHfO.
VIOLIN STRINGS!
n l.-i:?. v;nl<n S)nn.n alan fnr Rank) or Gni
tar, 15 And 20c. each, or $ I ..jO?nd $2 a doi. Sent
by mnilon receipt of price. Dealers ! Send card for catalogue.
J. SAKMiRK, Importer of Musical i intramenta
and fit-ing*. f<Ht (.'htiwbera 8t.> New York.
Young America Press Co., flfcv >
*63 Murray St., New York, f
Uwli lU Mvatry Im ife biMMW, MIi tt* nrftHiQ M
chcaneit and beat bund and
telMaUns printing nreitca. Vn ?rn-r ^
OumalM.tMinxkinl.lnH IX U <m a^. SSi^SSSKwait^
W? ?U WJ{MivM Ur T*0 bOU-.il13,
tgujiM. x irLtXDlD holiday Pmejemt. *i<*
Cbectofrw. SpaclaaaBaotoffyyt, Cati, to. tgaegUj
"*ii illi "II i The Be*t Trosn without
Metal Spnngs erer in-.-jnted.
eSi f-.h^TiiOr CT^H No humbug claim of a cerWfc^UPTUWC
tain radical onre, but a nuar-;
? ante* of a comfortable, te-1
cor* and satisfactory applianoe.
We will take Dnck and
^-*7 nay full jtrice for all that do not suit.
Pi ice single, lilce out, 94: for both aidee, $fl. Sent by
mail, pott-paid, on receipt of price. N. B.?This Triiw
will cube mora Rapture* than any of those for which
oxtrr.vncsnt claims are mada. Circulars free.
POMEROY TRUSS CO.. 746 Broadway, New \oik.
? CTTir ra 4 Tl amrTT1"
" A JL Oi!iUU9 um-ju IC7A.-W.
FHAKK LESLIE'S fflSTORlCAL REGISTER
?OF THECENTENNIAL
EXHIBITION
Is the only complete Pictorial Hi^tiry of tho Centennial
p ib'ish )'l. A in ?m nit ipm >ri n i. 1,00')I i."gu en<ravin
js, m 'ny of tli-vn h iini 11 i bv 2r <j m.-h'M. Ajf enta
Waii'"<l. A A D -urtmnat,
FiUXK UCl'-ISS inusR.
,3 } t :?j ;rl .Struct, Nj.v York.
WONDERFUL SUCCESS! 2.1,000 of the
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION
DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED.
Sold in OOdays. It being the only complete Inir.jtrUt
icmk (770 7*y". only tre-iting of the entlr*
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