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C M I M L T O I T O T i n TO

L I C I L I I D ( E I E M L I E V 8 .

LOWELL JOURNAI J *

J O W E L L WATIOHfAL HANK

Of Lowell, MieliigaB.

CAPITAL flOO 000 SIHPI-US | ] 8 000

OFFICE Of an.iUASTH niOCK-U FLOOR.

t O W B L L B U I U I f l D l l B O f O I T

D I O K * McDAHHlLL. fby«id«*4 • •4 r U t f u : OBc« !• B«*k Block.

RtsRT IfARSUALL, Cooper. U * w t UrSI. floor borrotiMUoll k l i4 i of

o r O I A VABB. M a i t r n of iMki, MUl plekifte. 014 pUv Mill* mw, Movtn 104 RMpon ropairol.

A. CHAPMAN, Phoioff«ph Artlit. Roomi otsl to Pmt-offlc*. np (Uirt.

• ) OHASK, Bokiry, oo4 KwHf»i l . OppofiU Modt Ball

R, RICKBRT. Lowoll Rokwy *04 BoMMnat. OpporfM PallM'i Block

P 8 . 0 . A. CBAPMAR, MiUiMry t i i O t m mtkUg. Oppaolu Rook Block.

T 0 . WB8T, Dranii t u 4 Sutlooor. Agtol J . far Ototiao Robbtr .Poial. OppoolU ItoMt MUU.*

DUM VIVIUUH, VI V AM IS." 11.10 PKIl TEAR IS ADVANCE.

W . W HIT. H. I I . A . H I C K .

A . 8 . S T A S X A I I I " ,

C. T . W O O D I R O ,

£ . J . B O O T S ,

C. R. HnfE, M. S. Hw*. E H . C H A W .

VOLUME XIII . LOWELL. MICHIGAN. W E D N E S D A Y MARCH 27. IbTft. N U M B E R 39

I I . M . C l . A L ; * ,

I u t e r e n t p a i d o n U e p o « l t « .

* W . N A T C N , r f . > I D . R I K . / . B O O T S , 7 p , . , U.lf CLARC/TubUrr fl

0 1 A I D RAPIDS DIRECTOR?

J Orion Edi t .

SDBatOK.PBTSICUV .94 A~r„cl„ar IB Dr.BUM' Blfck.Or.nl l:. rij

VrtT Ik.l tOBSl

u t s r . t u I H T I I i imoj i •t-iiT,

E D I T * 0AVI8.

i B T u n j u m i i D i i

Offlce. Pooirl 12 A 13, 2 J fluor,

KOTO#' Block.

Marrird.—At Lowell. March >8, by Her. S. E. Bueser, Mr. QaataTna 8. Ylninj; of Lakeriew, Montcalm Co. and

| Mita Lara F.. Avary of Ihia Tillage.

The lioinctaltnt to take part io Prof. Hunt's conccrt Apr. 5, will contlet of Mrs. Kittie M:SlroDK, Meaara. Balcom and Clin** and Hie I.owrll Qoirtctta Club.

Q K U B T E B E U .

IIRFWER & MAL8TER

City Hrewery, Grand Rapid

VMJ VOUTT.AOKK.

' Dusinca*" is iho uaroe of • new pa per just started at St. Charier, thla

Grand Rapidt, Mich ^ stni«. We opine it will be anprofluble

batincsa publiiliiuf; a paper la that •mnll burgli.

! The W. C. T. I*, will meet at the

Midi ^ ' l ' 1 ' " t i ' u ^ c ' , to morrow (Tburaday) afiemoBD. Ercry member requested to be |irc>.ct. as there will be iajportaot bu-inc*« to traniact.

taAia o. notUKP. riAAr

HOLMES & UAYHES, Manicd. —At tho residence of Mra.

C . s ^ o r r . BaHvarc, Saab, Doa(B,aeJ ~ lia'.Ciin Lowell, ou March 24, by RET. _ BaiMM flailwara a apadally. | A T T O R N E Y S & S O L I C I T O R S j « Morler. Mr. Chaa. H . Brooka and rorort Uk. ^ j j 1 ? g A j 0 McElroy both of Campbell,

Rp*clalallentlotigi»tt)tj Lcao« aCollftilcn I Ionia Co., Michigan.

OrrlCESI L t d * fiTREET.

H. WEBKrt, Jasticoof Ike Peace | Notary Pabik, Ileal KaUle, laaaraaca ! Oaloa Block.

Q. LOOK, Dragilat aa4 Butloaar, Ac. . Ualoo Block.

S

w ft PLAMAOAB. DealMla

BBM a*4 Bboea, Olettlag Ac. OB-toa Bloefc, Weet il4e

ITOBBLL ft OOMOVAK. Orocerleeaa4 Prorldoai, Crockery, Olasa ware ftc, Block.

W T M. WBATHRRWAX. Dry Ooo4a, oleik-' J . lag, Boon, Bboea, Bala, Oafa, ftc.

Vale* Block.

D ACS H008B. Conor Mala a r t Waal

Water Btreota. A. Daka, Proprietor.

A TKIBS A ADAMS. f \ taral I s p l e a n u , f rMgt Street.

Dialira la Agricol-Pana tooU, Ac,

I

0. TBAIB. Dealer la Pars prodaeta, Wool, yells, pork Ac. Bridge Street.

*T ITBBT, SALE aa4 BOABDiBO 8TA-I i BLB. Moaroe Sl.Thaa.Tata Praprie-

HU.SBEPABD. Baidwata of all klada, . Doors, saab, glasa, fta. Baak Blaak.

P.DOrV, Deatlat. E Bat4wara alow.

Baasas t e c Scott'a Watt warraela4.

UWK ft WBITE. Boota, ehow, Loatbar, ftc. Bri4ge Street.

J 0 . BABE, Marble Works. Oaa door eaat of Lae'a Store. BrWge Suoet.

nBr .BTONB, Carriage Ballder, Mae roe U Street, Allklads ol repalrlagdaaala Brat^laaa atyla.

LP. BILDaBTB, Geaasaltk. MaaicBall Block. Kow guos made to order.

JOBM TATLOB. Iroa f o n ^ r y . of Jaekaoa ft Arery Btreoti.

D CUffl 0 . IIENBT, Boaaa a r t Carriage

pals tar. Klag A AnphltU'a Black.

H

M' ILTOM M. PBRBY, Attoraey ai U w , a r t BoUdlot ia Cbaacery. Baak Black-

1 1 0 . BABRBK. Grocariea, PrjrUioas, ML. Orockery, Hatlcos, Ac. Cor.Rridgoft

^Vaablagtaa Rfoota.

n 0 . STOKE

S t . -ft GO Dry Goods, Baota,

Hew, Cape, ftc. Baak

£ B.BLAIN. Paacy Dry Good*, Cdr-potlags, BaU, Cape, Noiloaa, etc. Ora-

1'a Block.

LOWBLL OMBIBCS U B S . 0 . Watan I pruprielor. Laaro orden a t boUla. '

[OBB WILSON, I sbooiag, Wagoa a r t Carriage Iroa lag. saraeBtroet.

N L McCABTT. W Grocer. Baak Black

T i A.BOBDBBLIB. Botary Pablle, Uw-JTi all Natiooal Baak Ail Ue Ulcatatylea ofsaeariag dot*.

SHAULEB ALTBEB. OatMag, PanUtlog goods, hata, cape a r t traaka.

loa Block, Baat ooratr

TOBN W1MGLEB. Wboleaala a r t Be. f l UU dealer la Oroeariee a r t Prartaiaaa. ValaaBkKk.

£ABBR8 ft Mala Street

IU their card.

BODSB. Tba alga of the Wg hacaa

A WALEEB.M.D. Bnaisspatkie Pkyal-XX. d a a a r t Borgeoa. Cbroala diaaaaaa a

OBoe at M. C. Barber's old Beaidaace at tba hoaae prariaaaly ac-by Dr. J . Boward Saith.

OOOOt, A. P. MICK*. ' L a i w A C o l l e c t i o n o f l l o * of

D O D G E & H I C K B , R e a l Estate Agency,

L o a m Negot ia ted . rm* u i o e a BTBBJCT ovta / . c . w o w

D B D O BTOBS.

HOI IT R •10,000 la laaa oa li iproredCarasa la Keat

eaaaty, ia aans of I M I a r t apwarda, oa (brae la i r e years t laa .

BOKT ft OATIi, Booms I t a r t ' * I V . » Black. Graad

Baplds. Micblgaa.

/ ^ B A B P B BAKERY ABD EEBTACREBT, 1 / Tba place la got a Goad BoaataMaai.

bAll kiadaof Bakiag dooelaardar. Oystara ' Ve; vad oa abort aotico a r t b r aala by tba

caa. Taffy eaady aapedality. Pleaaagire saa a call. BaaMssber the place. Chase's Bakery. Lowell, Bleb. U If

8T.CEABLE8 HOTEL, (Bear D A B Depot,)

LuWELL, MICB. COBMICE MoGEE, Prop. TbtoKoDsa [to marly kaowaastba Rblaa's

Maags] baa baaa tbaraogbly orarbaalad, raa-• rated a r t ftpalaied, a r t MW praTldas Brat O m aceowedatleaa tor i u

Herbert B. Johnson, i u t m j nd OMiseltr al Uw

CM. DBVEBDCEP, Agaat for Doaseaiie Bawiag Macblae, aad tbe Ealey Or-

gM. GMdaor east o/Peat Offlea.

PDGE A BICES, Attaraeys al law Botary Pablle, ke. O-cr Waat'a drog

OryMil.Pe.tOflc*.

T A G K > X r t T

Attorneys at Law,

Grand Rapids. •

Cor. Lyon 4 Ottawa st*. Mich

CM AD a . SUIOHDB.

Bimondf & Fletcher, Attorneys, Etc

SI, Canal S t . GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

uoaios n. HSI BV

Wise men from the east, with shekels OraadBtpidi.Bici, ti JCj r v.allets, talk of completing the

! Kalanisroode L j w d l railroad. (Tea to ^ J T D . | o n c ,|IAJ editor will take thia as

1 a huge joke.)—Z>f(. Jfetci.

Nay. rerily, no joke. You hear?

Election tickets, neat and chcap printcil at this office on rery abort uo-

— tice. Orders from several townships al-

NIUAM A. RI.ERI IIEII . I uady rcceircd this week. Prico 50 cents per hundred: c u h with order or

on dt l i rcry .

One of our CDthuiiastie Nationals shouts: "Wo asked for bread and you

t a r e us a stone." Well, well, don't

make such a fuss about it. Just pat the government stamp upon the atona nnd you'll hare a splendid loaf of bread.

Some one has been unkind enough to ray that if the Nationala want Dr.

Elswortb to remain io their party they hadn't better refuse to nominate him

wiixiAMf, B. A. UAUI.AK, f o r Buperrisor. Unkind as thia remark A 1 1 , n , L ^or»odH.pW». m a j . jt eridently comes from one

W i l l i a m s & x i a r l t t n , who is pretty thoroughly acquainted

A T T O R N E Y S and SOLICITORS with the doctor.

Sojourner Trutli interested a good | sired audience at the Congregational I cbun h last Wednesday evening. She

has a blunt but charming way of mak-ing n point and dr i r ing it home. It ia suid the i» over 100 years old. Ccrtain-

BBSBT r . CBCBCBltt,

CHURCHILL ft DRUBT

OFFICE-NBUJH RLOCK.

F A R M L O A N S ,

In sums of |300 A upwards at low rates.

W. B. WIU.IA1U, B . A . U A U I . A K ,

r a w ' s 0..tm floQM Dler.k.rrsrl ftrrft, OB AND BAriUS. MICniUAN

SECRET SOCIETIES

B . A . M .

BBOCLAK Comoclloo el UookrrCkiplcrK* rt.atr • — • -u .u , on tvednr«d.,i.,»ni»si; ly she is a remarkable person, and one

aaaikafcrelh. rail . . . a l . ^ h - j . a . , , ^ , w l i o ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t l i e ^

• . A.Sraaaaua. Bsc. The present term of the Lowell Union

I School closes on Friday. Bpring term •^"• ' • rd tycr fa - i c o mmCnce8 on Monday, Apr i l s . The

B a n o o n r Lodge AT01M i.o.o. r . B..1I01 IT la Bisk Block.*

A. B BLua.Bcc'r

A B. GESLER, M D., Bnmropatblc Phy-[\.. sician. 0®c« oter Uanl. Forr.aar, llcb. Uoaotry practicesollciird.

ED. M.DAVIS, AUoiDtr aod Eulit'ifvr , GircultOoarl Comiiiiwiuiitr. Couon r collections a speeliliy. gars tar. M!eb.

W. AVERT Mesa Market. OppoaiU UeTto/Ur all uotico i/mrt rmcU (/,;» vf-

fict not later than Futtiay r.uon, to inture pyUicatum the tamevek. Sotiru of eun tiierMe length thouhl If nut in tn ffr.'v <U Tvetdaj/ morning.

Home and Vicinity.

Portland, Ionia county, has 110 jjreeu-backera.

W.

I winter term has been a succeuful and

Mtisfactory onc. Foreign pupila are well iileased and will recommend the

I Low ell Union School to their young ; frii'uds » ho ilesire to attend a good in-stitution of learning.

T h e r e w i l l b e a ' • G I . O T B S O C I A L " a t

theiesiJence of J. R . Spragur, this HVdnesday eve March 27lh. This w u

gireu out at the M. E church on i Suuday eve. uud understood by some, r.« a "Love Social". But by prefixing

0 to love, we hare KIOTC, which pro-| ducr' the decired effect. All arc invited.

The Grand Rap'uls National derotes "Tcr half a column to "Mr. Ilineof the Lowell JounxAL" simply because Mr. H<ne of the Lowell JOTBRAL h u punctured some of the pet bubbles so

Congregational aocial at Mrs. U Graham's this evening.

Tbe Nstionsls will have a bi^r meeting 1 fondly cheriihed by tho tuds blower of ' iji, concert.

Benefit Concert on April 6th: "Mr. J . de Ziellnski next appeared in a piano

solo from Dirzl, which showed to a nicety the perfect mailer he was Tho magnificent Steinway never intnnstea finer notes tnan Mr. de Z. on this occa-sion evoked; anyhow, never in thit city: bis fingers seemed perfectly adapted

Q t s a v "Wbj will nea smoke common lobacco, when ibry can bay MarWg Bros, Benl ol North Carolina' at tba same price?''

Jimcrax.

Wa bars jail space enoujli ibis moralnf Disease sod deatb, wbeo Ibey rsach our The following is from I he N . Y. Oa Gorernment can make paper nvr#amta- aaJ (liiniiink itey ctn gel awar with toy rette In regard to Mr J de Zicliniki, ,<ir«of money but no government under club of eli who will comieie Bitb ihem In tosaytbat tbe eaUriaiatceni last algbt »t o w n '1 0 U ,*' I 0 ' , ' ,• , r e ' o o serloos' for jeslloK who is to asti.t io Mr Hunt's Grsnd the son can make p s p e r m o n e y , ' a tbe geogrspbleal r,sm... or tbe book *1 • r-tio's Hall aader tbe aospi'et of (be L t. r ? ' . y > _ 0 ° r ^ f ««rl'o off tbe

Urg, kty oee who tbiokt be cao learn tbe ^ t b h o o t Mrs. M. Moore - T t T T T C ^ . " a * d ^ a ^ r ^ booklo-rnur Hoars p « K let « e koow | ^ ^ ^ ^ ; 8r« s p p r o ^ t b a t fell d e e ^ y n , C o e n - T after you bare studied it 'Fo-jr V\cfks »od , , 4 . i , 1 , l o n ln , l i e ' b , P « coogb or sliKht cold as we leliere «e can Cod words io it that you ; ° e selfclioat in a very admirable well at more serere BroncMal or Calarrbal will misspell. Io cjaiiderailoa of the rpel!-i l na n B e r . and Prof, fott fairly cbarned tbe ! ^"Dp'^'ols. we sbouU at once use Eilerl's

d5»o beleg evee the tity compli- •o'li.oca with bl. m s g a i W volet, reciriog . u ' S f n L V b " ^ ' 1 E^rTtoU'l 'wLVn" mealed tie OikEcld Club with tbe door mon ,« hearty encore. Jlrs. Strong wes bisac- t f d t o f , j T e t t t j | f a t l i 0 0 g0, |j ( j r o

| ey to piy for the dictionary. ! Maipaolst at Ibe organ. A sweet duet wu j glstli

i We tLibk It if Iu good l ards srd will be "OIT bX s , r 0 BK O""1 M1" 1 »,v w ^ ^ — ' a'pteciated. M. T. Jr. J Citiand,—Slits Mary Booth at the organ.' " 6 Mott Valuable Gifts—Rettoration

Tbs LowellCoraet Bsnd played • tpIeodMly,"'

Earl Rosebery married well.—21,000, • to 000.—Fret Prut. Well, Its tho Earl y

the instrnmsnt they played upon. Not bird that catchcs the worm

a note was lost but throughout Sir. deZ. , Wellnough Is tbe nsme of s ITisconsIn j showed whst/w/eefion in piano playing 1 man who weighs 230 lbs, and can l i f t j really it. Wo have yet to hear h i . 1 three quarters of a ton. It is better to

equalln this city: etich wst the unani j IS, , t S l n o a R b 8 l 9 D e - w c , T ' a l w ^ ' mous verdict ol all those thst hesrd M _ ., Bilrer threads among the gold now . . . m m , very much. This isn't original but it's ^ h3 • members uv

The iwttmaster has, for the beuifit 1 , , u e -

Gsaa Over to tbe Nationala. I didn't think much about jiuin'

of the Health. Daring the put lea years tbe Grest Sbo-

' - " • « " H " 1. j inflashunists until I took a reterspectlTe j b u t n i n # C">"hoppeiJ out of every ten ; iic. AianDingaa'd i p p , r e n , ! 7 b o ? t k , , C

P,WI

voo of tilings and found I lied bin snub- do. Smith'* Saleratus made by the new I of Lung Diseases. Dyspepsia. Liver complaint

when crcr I wanted a off

I lit I bin snub- do. Smith'* Saleratus made by the new of Lung Diseases, Dyspepsia. Liver complaint r my old party process makes the biscnitt light and J Affllciioni of the Kidney and OLrcnic Com-,. V ' J i- 1 . 1 , P'alDU of every detcriptloo. ineludioe Strof-11. I k a n not spongy. Lse only J as much as of other nltand Skin Diteaset of llfe-Ioog duraUoo

of ths public as well as himself and How it the Governor of Vireinia to I lioiscientiously belong to a politiclc ! brands and be happy. Call for Smith's have been penaneDily remored and eradl-ollls. : Saleratus. ilanufacturcd by 1 cated Thosa who volanteered tbelr lestlmo.

ny to Ibe efficacy ol Ibe Kemedy, are not bo-xoi people io uotieard*of loca iiics ol foreign

Grand Rapidt, Mich. .Countries bat rcspecublo ciiiteot of this ' Coanlry, easy of access and open to qaetlion,

clerks, put up tiro noticcs in the post-1 PV S , 0 # - " w a r d for the the arrest of; party that snubs mc when I v. ant

politics taiftcu | t | l c treasurer!—Free Preu. DUO: r*ut: .1. here". One of these notices is st the the Government stamp on a f a w t h o u t - ' . , , , Money-order window, the other near | and reamt of paper and DII up that old ! I ) s r t 7 1 n : o r ' : e ( ' n i l c B n t l ' o r

the general mail delivery. They were j t r c f t S U , 7-put up, not to "trample upon ths! liberties of men," as Dr. Elswortb, Altonltlat , ,

Mutton It cheap at arriiing. Tuesday u j " i s kurrupt kaucus that, nommynat-morniog tbe 19lb InsL Isaac W. White had ! ed the ticket, I commcnst to think, five valuable tbttp killed and teveral more There is nothiu' that'll make n man

HENRYS. SSUTN&CO.

thesuckccss uv the principles of the I grate party to which 1 belonged, but , when I found I was k i t ou t in ths kold

eloquently puts it, but simply to secure tbe liberties of men, women and child-ren, who, all will say, should have free access to the post-offlce delivery, in-stead of being obliged to crowd them-aelres through groupt of loud talking politicians standing in their way.

badly woonded by dogs, and oa Salurdty 1 think so quick and so much as to be sot Borning tbe Dslsnjr boyt bad thirteen tbeep | down on by a kaucus or konrention, or killed There were two dogt at each plac^ by the peeple at the polet. I h e r bin and by tbelr detcription tbey were ihe tamt there—to all of cm, and tpeak know-in both placet. Tbey hava IdeotiGel one ol

This it one reason. Another is, the post -; l h e 4 ^ m u t e r in the discharge of his duties I .. .

DldD I Wf BAft tOBt cannot talk politics and attend to those night?

ibnoder Saturday Rep., wife and baby were on their

in'ly. And I eay, dam the principles uv the party that allows jit. I'm throo with them, thank fortoon! When this noo Nashunal party started up I sed to duties at Ihe same time, and does not

desire to try to. For these reatont , , 1 -and these only were the notices potted, T ^ " 7 H my nommynation an 'my offis too.

and every reasonable man muSt see S ' an ' ^ ' ' J a ' 1 h1 '11 ^ I " 1 , D f 1 , b U t k i D d "

general public aa well as those con- ^ nected with the .office. Much as Mr. |

Ths wife of Rev. 0 . W.Bhtrmsn iratslire

way from Lowell sod wu going up tbe Giles | myse l f - "now I'll hare my revenge an'

see at onet that it wuz a broad an' kom-prcbensir platform an 1 after lalkiu over the probbybllitics fur oflis, I jlned.

O you korrujit hangeis-ou of tho korruptcst old parties that ever existed. I'm only too glad to bid you adoo. I'm

to bum now—with hundreds of others who her bin tuubbed by you just as I hev bin. 0 , yon theerei You hev sot down on mt fur the last time. I've c rawled into a soft thing an' intend to hang on to it as loug as it pays. A n ' I j u m p t o n at jest the right time, ton. ef I'm correckly informed. An' ef I'm correckly informed it is jest the men like me what's K 0 ' a g to run

upon whose verbal rccomtneadationi we are willing to rest Ibe reputation of the great Sboiboaeet Remedy. If you ate afllicted, do not delay until medicine may be powerless to aid you. No injariont effects can pottibly follow tbe use of these Indian Remedies, at tbey cootaio 00 niaeralf, by wbicb tba fate of the invalid it to often 'sealed under tbe form of some Itaporary tedatire or ttlmu-ItnL Tbete Indian Bemediet are widely

, known acditlll possess tbe public confidence, wonder tbat we become 1 l b # o f •o n 3C'"t ''me to test their

' efficacy. Tbe Shosbonees Vegetable Sugar Coated

Pills bare won fortbemtelret Ihe moit favor-

Tbo Curao of American a la Impetuotlty. We cannot do aoylbiog moderately. We

don't lake lime lo eat or drink. Wben the leaton of soclsl galberiags comes on io Win-ter, we rush fiom one to saotber, night after night, until we become tired out and the system it ran down. In Summer we fly to tbt watering places and idle away oar time ia luxury. No "blaze" ID middle life. Then we try medi. cines to recupersle, and often retort to unfor Innate (timalatioo in ibe vain hope of woo-ing back onr yontbtul energies. Every European tees thit. At Ibingt tre, tbe bett

'remedy, wben tbe pbysioal powers begla to decline, it tbe Pxacvua Sracr, which has for many years been used in extclly ibis di-rection. It it tbe best tonic known to msn and tbe leatt injuries. It restores wasting energies, etresgtbens Ibe tystetn against the losiduoat maladiet which a n induced by weakness, and buillt up the tyslem properly and eflectnally. Seld by dealert generally.

able reputation af any pill before the public. Tbelr efficacy bubeen fully proved at a rem-edy for Bilioutnest, Sickheadacbe and inac-tiviiies of the Stomaob Price of the Remedy In pint bottles, t l . Pills 25c a box.

Prepared only by FOSTER, BILBDBB ft CO.Baffalo, N Y, Sold by Bunt A Unnter. Lowell.

feel uv me. They cum, and felt and red ine the greenback platform and ted

Elswortb would like to make It appear; 7 , ^ ; " ' • • , n i l l i o a l i n i t : ' ' 1 t e l J 0 "

" :;rz s ? T s . s s t 1 ^ And he h u once more made himself ' , io w iy

a laughing stock by this fresh a t tempt , Bt r . j , o.Coilits bu clo^d hitmeeiiess

to spread himself. j wlthoal giving ns tbe promised history of old

Miss Cora R. Miller, who hes, during j Nick aod bis demlnioas, to we shall not bate the p u t season, fairly tharcd the lau - : 1 0 "PP'T to Judge Boyt for an lejunclioo. rela and honors with all the great sin- ! Bar. gers that haye visited the northwest, | " h u been engaged by Mr, G. W. Hunt, Y o u r Fs t ronaie Boliclted. to sing ia his beneCt concert on the 5th ; We have ttruck a branch of butiucM of April. One who h u long known her | now that is going to be just as good u apeaksof her at follows; "Miss Miller I Ibing u we want. Wo propose l o g o is an American by birth, belonging to I ' B ' 0 '''® niiik trade on the National par an old New York family, living now in j ' i ' plan and offer special inducements to Grand Rapids, in this Btute. In esrly j the Nationals t o buy their milk of us. childhood she wus trained io the study We shall have an unlimited number of

of money by skilled musicians and dls-1 tickets issued with the government things, too. The Loaimon laborin'man played remarkable talent for the dirine | stamp upon each t i c k e t - " T h i s is a who it with ut her had no experience an' art from the most tender years. Several j ' lU t t r t "f mi lk . " Haren' t yet decided ; ^iH d o j e | t M w u g # y i We'll attend to years of bard study followed, and liar-; whether to keep a cow or not, probably J o u . „ l i a j i a u W 8 w l l ( ) l i c v b i u

ing overcome her scruples in regard to not- Whenever anybody wants a quart fnubU..(l by the korruptionieU uv the going on the stsge which ut one pctio<l; "f milk we shall let him have it, cow or o i j parties shel hev our reward. were almott unsurmouiita'ole. Mr. J . uo cow. Ry act of Congress every tick de Zielinski, her last teacher, brought f t is a quart of milk, and the man who llopublloana. Do Tour Duty. her out in opera in Grand Rapidt. Her, says it isn't must be a fool. If anybody Scxt Monday is "town-meeting day.'i

success was immense, and we quote in attempts to say that one of those tickets u will he a day of local fights and great S ^ f l b T ^ T i i ^ f T b s T o ^ ' t e t

F I R M FOB S I L E .

Situated two miles north of Lowell, on Ibe bank of Flat Riser, containiog 126 a c r e s , (100 of wbicb are improved) a Grst-clast boast ant baro, well, cistern, etc , etc., on lbs place. 20 acret are In, Will tell on long tine. No first payment required down if

, salitfaelory security is given. Also 30 or 40 ' lull blood ••Cottwold" tbeep for tale. 1 Apply lo R. N, OOODSELL,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

An AitODiihisg F a c t A lartre proportion of tbe American people

tre to-day dying from the effeclt of Dyspep-sia or disordered liver, Tbe reialt of these , diMMt upon the maaia. of iotelllgeat^and I B i j r y 9 l r M l j r p . p e r s , Wefk lkS , Taiuable people is most alarming, life actually a burden Inttead ol a pleasant existence of enjoyment aod lutfulnets at It

you raskles. , ought to be. There is no good reuoa for ibis, if you will only throw aside prejudice and skepticism, take the adfice of druggists snd your frltnds, aod try one bottle of Creen't Augast flower. Your speedy relief is certain. Millioat ortottlet ol tbit remedy batB been given away lo try lit virtues, wilb satisfactory retulltin every case. You can bay a sample bottla far 10 centt lo try. Three doset will relieve tbe wortt cate. Positively told by all druggittt on the Weit-ern Continent.

Kill T h e m ! ill Thim. ' Uany children can be found In every city,

town, village, aod hamlet throagbout Ibe land, in whom the onmitlakabl* evidence of iuiesiioal worms it clearly traced by the tu-mid abdomeo.emacialed cxliemltles, oDeoeive breath, appetite sometimes voracioot aad io-

liable and at other timet very poor, griod'

another column an extract from n Grand is not a quart of milk, we'll spill it all1 victories and overwhelming defeats, all circles under tbe eyes, and a death like pallor Rapids paper, a criticism wrote by an over him—the ignoramitt! perhaps without any particular politieal iD l b e exP rM, i®a o f ' I 1 8 mouth, with disturb-

excellent judge of muiicsl matters. | . ' ^ ' f i c a u c e iu many placc^ aad yet it Is ' S u r ^ e ^ a ^ b i l d i J a ^ X a l e ^ S " -The pure beauty of Miss Miller s voice,! ^ rou dear tne Trade, f i r e up tbo always best to be ou hand to vote. In : tioo from this cate. In all tucb cues retort the c h u t e elegance of her style, and; l < > 0 l , Lowell the excitement will undoubtedly '"m^Bate'r lo the ate of Dr. B A Smith's

at Train's Hall to morrow evening.

Aa Booeei Uoney Lesgae has teen otguiaed lo Lowell. Work it up.

National caucus at Train's Hell next Saturday afteruoon at one • 'i '.in .

Not much "local' ' in town tint week azcept local polillct. .Heaptof t!iat.

E rery body attend the Anli Inflalion

that buule. Thank you for the notice, but lie careful not to bite oil more than you can chew.

The National Greenback party it in poor health—so Terr poor that it doesn't stir nut much.—J'kjwn Journal.

It f fems to be getting sick pretty fast all around. It r.ppears to be In better

health in Lowell than in most towns.

the great pertonal charm of her pres-ence, constitute her one of the foremost siDgcrs among the }oung artisl', of to-day. She has just closed a lengthy en-gagement with acoureit company, and it was only by the most strenuous ex-ertions and a rery liberal offer that Mr. Hunt hat tuccceded in securing her for

It will lie many veart be

meeting in this village, Friday evening, j simply owing to the fact that it b u n ' t

No aominations were made at t i e Democratic townihip caucus last batur-day.

See "notice to builders," aeklnt; pro pops Is fsr building the North lio'vne Baptist Church.

Republican township caucus at Music Hall in this village next Satur-day, a t three o'clock P. M.

Bee Atkins and Adams new ad. They are ready for spring and tummcr trade and will make things lively.

Jacobson's new ad. this week speaks for itaelf. I t is big enough to do so. Doing lota of business there.

Tbe LOWELL JOCBKAL man would ; I , e v r r B l | e t t e r f C o m p i i m e n t i n g in very take Janauschek's diamonds on tub- U r n i , o o r t r t , c l w l n t h e j o r t M A l

acription. — (?. R. Enjuirer last week on the money queatlon. and

A rote taken to day in this city would requesting us to forward e i t u copies not show half u many inflationists as , of the psper to them for distribution, would bare been the catc ten days sgo. A1i t , i e n u n t w c claim for what ws —Lannna Rejulliean. 22iid. , ... .. ., , , . 1 have written on the question, is simply

Speaking of maple sugar, l ime watU the irvlh simply sjioken. We hare t o know "bow many trees a shoemaker been telling tho truth so long that ws can tap in one day." Boot t r e e s ! - G . have got to we like to d o i t . But there B. Bnjuirtr. ' are a good many people, we regret to

Tbe last number of the Bentoa Har- 'ay, who don't like to hear it when it

until now met with any orcanixed resis-tsnce here. Next fall tbe song will |w with the Nationals in Michigan—

"Since so quickly I w u done for , I wonder what I was begun for."

There are only about 750 voters in this township but if ths Nationals should poll 1500 votes here this spring don't be surprised. All they want is the "stamp of the Government'' and if they can get one before election they'll make every hitching-post and Itncs-rail in town walk up to the polls and rote the National ticket. Certainly. Let there be nn unlimited circulation.

We have received from Grand Rapids, Whito Swan aud three other towns

bor Palladium u y a the gieenback gnote there is dead. It couidn't survive the sttack of sound argument. Next.

The list of patents forwarded to Mich-igan inrentora, March, 19, inst. includes J . C. Moore's Fire Escape. Jack is a Lowell genius and his patent is XXX. A . No. I .

Ventilation it good in all cases. Therefore we u y , ventilate this £recn-bacA inflation bnainets thoroughly, and

come right straight a t 'em.

Dr. Elswortb, wo are informed, quotes liberally from the JOUBHAL when making greenback speeches. One who was there informs ut that at a recent greenback meeting ths doctor tried his best to bury us deep—very deep. We are also creditably informed that be succeeded iu making an egregious a u of himself in the attempt,—only that and nothing more. Verily, we belisre

let tbe daylight into the corrupting the habit hat been "gmwing on him*1

scheme, and it will past away like enow I e T u r ( i n c e i,c ditcorerea tho secret of before a May tnn.—fonting Rqtublujn. m a k i n . l t m p chimneys out ef oowe'

We agree with you there. L o r n | W e h l v , n o t ^ fit ^ ^

Ws hare had a •'cold snap." It notice the ravings of this great political "whewed" around Saturday night and slnsh-guther, but if it 's personal alln-Bsaday w u t.,e fint cold, freeang, win- j sion he's alter he can't strike a more toy disagreeable day ws have had in a fruitful source than the one ht b u cho -b a g time. Fruit trees just budding ; sen. We know whereof we speak, "by BMMt be badly Injured. . a large majority."

fore our readers will have the pleasure of listening in Lowell again to thit lady't singing for if we are informed rightly the it toon to leave her native sboret lo go to England, w here the ex-pectt to make her ffr.ind dehvt in open.

It it quite at amuting at aUurd to b . i s ) t , n k c T | i e N a l i o M ! l

h e a r a g r e e n b a c k e r u y t h a t t h c n e w p a r b c e n p r o p m t i o u , ty Is not in favor of inflation when Mot-'

to sweep . , , everything before them, aud feel con-

e t t t . Field, the new p a r t y champion fiaeat o f . u c c e s . , should they succeed advocate in Michigan is going about i t w i l l be o«injj to the natt and present from place to place making the most inactivity of the KepubUcant of Lowell ramcal inflation tpeeches. We know it b u t t,JC r i c t o r J w m b e t b e i t . j u i t t l i c

it like pulling teeth to many of the Na- u m e , and it will be to them In impor tionalt to admit that their party Is the t l n c e w h i t t h c fir([ B ; j11 R u i ) w a s t 0 t b e

party that advocates unlimited expan- .outhern confederacy. Should the He-aion, repudiation etc.. but it is neyer- publicans come out in full force next theless true, and when truth gets error t i m t | c o n # b t h ^ into a corner the error is " a goner."

i Worn Syrup- It will remove every vestige have long 0f tbem and unltet with Iu other properetlt

a sweet and plctsanl taste, a barmfets effect upon tbe tytlem and provet lltelf In all tucb cases where satisfaclion it not given. Bold by druggistt at 23 cents; tent by mail post-paid for 30 ceais. Dr B A Smith A Co, pro-prietors, Erie, Pa.

•AfCszlHes, B U i l t i e r y , c i g a r s , ! • -k a c c t . U i f c c i l o i e r y e t c a t i k e P a s t Office News r e e a . I k e e p t he latest l e w s a i d t he Best C l f i l B S I S I f W B .

F R I S K D EDDY.

A T B I C K S B T ' S .

At Ricker ts Bake ry oystors are served as you want them. W a r m meals or cold lunch a t all hours. Everv th ing in the bakery line fur-nished promptly . G o to I t icker t ' s fo r your daily bread and d inner .

Rheaataluffl, neuralgia, tpralot and brnite will be relieved by Uncle Hun t Nerve ani Bone Liniment, told by all drogglttt.

Thenervet are ever on Ibe rack while rbenmalitm, Neuralgia. Nervout Headache or Sciatica are lurking In the tytlem. To re-1 e 'ery machine lo do any kind of Plaits

But few people know what eve r r -body should know; tha t Carter 'a Compound Ex t rac t of S m a r t w e e d cureu every pain. Mmf l

Uncle Sam't Uarness iOil Gilt and elotes the pores of leather, effectua lly preventing the entrance of dampnett, dust, 4c., and ran-dering lbe harneet toft aod pliable, while U tbe tame time increuiog Iu dorability.

Baaar Flatter and Flutor In One.

Without extra attachments. I t will do more work than any other PIsiter in the market, having a larger capacity, making 80 Plaits at ono operation. I t cannot get out of order. I will warrant

move tbe Jitease and tooth disordered nerves nothing bu been found more effectaal than Lawtoa't Curative.

The ingenioutly conitructed platform which so cunningly fixes a "minimum'' but no maximum in the currency clause, etc. it not so ingenioutly constructed af-ter all. He who ruat may read the

Tne Anti-leflationiaU. TbeantUollailonitli of Lowell are j m be. • I . . S a* f (a . • . • /* •••V •MV«V I miwmw. tatwg • S AUIVIWBia tuc

giBBing to work. At the preliminary j c |ear interpretation ol It wliicn is , D ! | 4 - ' will not vote the National ticket. I'"?11™1100. lno,e "S'vertally tucceetful than

elect their ticket. If tliev don't , theyi Beldnest, not hereditary, it often produced c, . .i . i .i v .< i . , ty •'eknett or humors of lbe tcalp. wbicb dry

won t. Some who loiucd the Natlonalt I Up u, , producing gUndt or follicles, aod under the pressure of urgent solicitation the hair falls oat wilb wbat it generally call- I and excitement and in such haste as to e d • 'hair-eater' at the eod. Tbe root it j

. b u , « . . . . o n l U I « U e j 1 lion, have already regretted the move 1 is nesded. Uing't Vegetable Ambrotia it tbe 1

that can be made by hand or by any other machine, and' many kinds that cannot be mide perfect by hand. Price 12.50. MES. L. SAW, Agent.

Milton M. Perry, R e a l E s U l e , L o a n a n d l o s n n u c e

lag Friday eseaiag a good n.mbee were pre,. t l o a . » n J » 0 0 " • ' n trying to ^ i t t U t t t b t l l l l c , m , j o r i t . , ^ <hi» parpate.- j eal aad o . Monday tv.oing ibe orgaeisaiioa , d l > d * e ^ a t fact. So, If you say you are w b o b l T e .}M l h e ^ exrhange.

w u perfected. The officers ore at folloirt u .o t , n f , T o r o , | n f l * l i o . n J o u n o t c o D - have been bull-doied su l lushed lu, i n ' 50TICE TO BUILD EES- L

Good FARMS aod LOTS for talt or

Prssldsnl, Robert Bnnter. Jr ; Secretary, M C.Barber, Vice Preiidentt, D. H. Denite, Jamet Lew is. James Brannon.Cliat. B. Carter. W. B. Eddy, N. P. Bailed. Executive cora-mittss, B. Bonier, J r ; M.C. Barber. 0, 0 . Stone. Tbt platform of lbe Honest Money Lcaget, pnblitbed in last week't JoraatL w u naanlmootly adopted. A large number of volert tlgoed Ihe retoluliont that evening. The executive commilUo was instrncted tote-core the service! of Hon. A. B. Uorse of Ionia U speaker at the Anll lnStlloo meeting lo be bald hers oa Friday evening of tbit week. Tbe ball it rolllog.

Instead of taking time Staled propoialt for building tbe North j TO KENT on rentonable termt.

fore the ureal "Censort." received the : u.oic^I 'reiTdvcct i a ^ B o ^ Jill be r l I R A C K A G A I N tolemn obligation, (which is only a con-1 ceived from builders up to Friday April i , |

A N D

sistently rote the National ticket or bo- ( ( b j g r e r ) , n.Hy

long to that party. U yon deny tho ^ ti.iuk ihev l iav7 l)eVii Vu.ii7d"u|) be- " T " ^ ' ' V ^ ^ b - ^cordi'Dg to plant trade why not give up the toolst Many < r„ ,i „ , r ' , , „ - , , l n B j »P®eIflcaUoM to be see a at W, T.

" " ' " J t b . t tMidnc. i . B o w . . , - -

live theory of tho inflaUonists.are be- f e M i o n o n l b e t o f t b t N l k t i o a t I |

ginning to tee IU hel owneu . ready, t l l d r ^ a r e w A | u f . and it won t be long before the Nation- ficient ^ h u l J i L e a r t T

als will tee their rope of sand pulled in- 1

to atoms. The friendt of honest, stable , . , . 1 ••stick,") and in this very remarkable manner been suddenly converted from Kepublicansor Uemocrals to "Nation.!

.•ether «iili-

money ere at work and will win, just as sure u •'truth is mighiysnd will pre ra i l . "

1678. at one o'clock P. U. Tbe comBillee reserve Ibe rlghl to reject any or all bidt. Seed tealed prvpotali to W. T. Remingtoa, Alio, Mkb.

J a s tn MlLLEt, t 0 . P. Biivox, > Buildicg Com.

39wj D, II. Desist. 1 MM FOR Emm

Q. B. BALCOM,

The Maclcal Btamp

We arc told by the Nationals that the stamp of the government legislated up-on a piece of paper makes that piece of

Tbat Spell atOreenrUie. BDITOB Lowitt JoraxAt.-—Tbe •oelliug

match In tbit city Tuesday evening wtt a

the purpose of

tnccesi, although one of Ibe clubs failed lo ;

__ Uotbert will And Dr. Aiochell't Teething ' . . . r . V- _,| '" ' . ' "IT,"'1 Syrup inst ibe medicine to have io the boase * „ , a.s or in othei woxdt ic -tiouisttof tho | , o r c b l I ( l r c D i i, will cure co'.dt, coogbt.; , I m 0 P f a e ( l UP a ' ' ' "P in the furniture Repudiator Field sort. Wo eay torn* tore throat and regulate the bowclt, try it. roomt of G. KOPF for til have already left the new party and 1 S< |M b ' 1 , 1 drogsittt. \ repairing

many more are coming. In Luutiug the Nationals are all split up and in many other placet All *e u k of . B A T C H E S , CLOCKS,

paper money, absolute money, worth | ^"b ,%7yTb7w of ^beTIufiW dub 'R7 I7 &11 » ! j l » o f l b e m o u * y question and ' ria^ Coldt^CLolera, a ) ! i c , D ia r rba 'V j ju t t u much u cold or silver. I k s u t l - j t a ( i E l w a r d p. - . | then go and vote at hit judgment tell. I thsumatUm, Asthma, PhtbtBic, | T j - , -WXT- - p , T T b " V fol thought. At the close of the war it • j j a , , B'oof reader from Cincinnati. Hen-! b i m ' The result will be sudden death ; Croup, Feve r and ague , and haa n o , J P i W J j i i i I V JL •

Theru is no one medicine t h a t will relieve as tuany pains

pat in an apptarance. Orabill of tbe Indepen- ^ ! Car ter ' s Compound E x f a c t of dent pronoacced to a clatt of i w . . , ^ M , . n m t Q " , u *** »» Smar tweed , a sure relief lor Diptbe-

At the clote of tho war i t 1 ^ , p^ r r sads f from CiBcioaati. ile^- l l i l a - „ . ? . , w u o u r privilege to tee teveral large box-! dersont Tett Speller wat uted. Mitt Antie 1 l o t l ) i* u * w Il: ir ,-T 0 , i u f l * l i o D - Then let e-iual as a lioimeot for man or beas t , j • s full of "Confederate scr ip .This scrip OerU ioon went on a rftennotttcnce upon her I^P'JM'-'AD « come to the front and not ; F o r sale by Hun t & H u n t e r , Lowell , had the stamp of the Confederate gov- own reeogniunce to do batter next lime, 11,0 alarmed bccaute of a temporary flur- a ' 1 ^ ^ drugglBli generally. 23mG.

ernment uponi t . Query; How much 1 when Benry Hill got into an afueiari and by 1 ry- Go to the polls aud work and vote w u it worth! The tin peddler whoja iap iw Uryu* failed to gel out all r i gh t 1 - eve ry man. trades bis ware for "paper-ragt can an- • B. B. Boyt iben nnqaalifiedly misted Uen-

Where he will be pleased to see all hit old friendt and customers.

swsr. Ten thousand one-dollar billt of this money wat worth u much at ten tboiuand lOO-dollar billt of the same. The paper w u worth so much a pound or ton and the stamp of tbe government w u thrown in. "Yes, but"—a green, backer yells out, " the Confederate gov-ernment busted I" Thst 's it, i t "bust ed." But suppose when it butted, all that confederate scrip had been so many dollars in goldl Tho gold wonldnt bare busted would i l l Even with the

jvUUly tnd J. W. Gilbert wat teited with a Republican Caaeua paroxfm and left the epellen' teal. Next j The Uepublican electors of Lowell Mrs. Ruun, not believing io coercion, ,p«ii. j township are requested to meet la Cau-ed cofrciK with an s. and alihongb E. B.; c u » B t M r " c on BATCUDAT, Jonet It a temperance man be allowed cAaia* MABCU. 80. 1878, at 3 o'ctocx, P. M. pa f t to gel tbe belter of bim. A luppopeit-1 to nominate candidate t for township of-mw wat too many foi ff. B. Weand, and | ficert. Let every Republican and ^ t i -Dr. Martin Betired on Laboratory, Oar ; inflttionilt como out to this caucus. nomical tpelltrE. P. Biggint tbon*U tiUam C. G. STOKE, I tbould bava two •-Ts," and Frank Squlrtt bad W. 8. WHITTLUET, ( Committee. ! "i" notions of hfjiae which left Mrt. Prof. E. „ . — „ , „ . , Vergennea HepubUoaa Caucua-P. Church, of the Oily and W. B. J . Davit of c h i n e 1 The Itepubhcaas of \ crgennets aro !

Disiempen, crag hi. eoldi, Fevert and most of tbe diteaset wbicb bortet, ealtle, tbeep, bogt and pooltry are subject to are readily overcome aod cared by ating Uncle Sun t Cooditloo Powder according lo Ibe plain dl-rectiont. Sold by all druggittt.

cvxct r. r n x i x s .

J I T S T R E C E I V E D .

a handsome Lot of Silk H a n d k e r chiefs suitabls for i io l iday presents for 20o up.

• , M % . . White Swan, the osly remaining turvivort, s u m p of the Confederate government ^ , . i ^ . , « f .h. ^ . requested to mee t s t tho Waters school-npon it. tbe gold wouldn't hsve busted m o a M B f t i ^ j bouse on Friday, March 29th. A D. Tbe gold would hare been worth so 4 B r i B < ^ h o o f l ^ | ? t m o ' ^ M 1878 at 3 o'clock P. M. for tbe purpose

ranch by weight, and the psper scrip ^ ^ #f n, , ^eat spel-, o f nominating tuitable persons for town-werth just so much by weight, i | ( r _ t o d DOI venture npon tbe tag of war In ' ship officen, and for the trantactlon

G E T T H E B E S T .

T k e Kew A m e r i c a i S e w l i g H a .

r a i l a a d e x u d i e A i d Ge

R e d w e d P r i ce s a l C l i S . I L T H E S S ,

C t r . S t t r e , T r a i l s Bleck .

That shows tbe difference between In triasie value for money and tbe stamp «t tbe government on psper for money.

B i y a e i >, y e i t k ' s k e y ' s of 1 d e t k i i c a t C k t s . i U k e i ' B . C e r i e r

those tlxteea pages of gecftraphical namet. ^ such other businest as may be neccsu- i S t t r e , T r a i l ' s k l t c k . T k l S i S t k e Tbe Oakfield clab claimed to be welt posted | ry. By Order of Committee. I Oi ly eXCllSi re C U t k i l f k t I M i l •n tbe proper names at tbe close of toe book i Dated, Vergennet, March 29, 167S > Lewell .

[EtTABLieDtn ieei.]

r t n j . >. Ktatii ' ,

Harlan & Perkins,

PENSION

AGENTS. All persons now disabled either Ly

disease or wounds received in the service of t h s United

States are entitled to ^eDsioD,and should

a t once make application there-

for. W r i t e to ns. Many now receiving pension are

entitled to i n c r e u e . W e ean se-cure tbe same if case ia d e s e r r i n g .

UABLAS ± PERKINS,

. Pear l I t ree t , Qr tad I t p U a . ( H k

C j ) t $ o l D ( l l | i r a r n a I .

j A & W . i m . M M w »>« r iUIAw.

L O W E L L U I C H I O A i r .

T h e D e m o c r a U o f t b e B o a t h , b i tv lng couBolldated t h e i r |K)Wfr, h a v e delib-e r a t e l y r e p u d i a t e d e v e r y p ledge t h e y h a v e m a d e , a n d g o n e back to t he i r old x y s t e m of pereeout lon , ve i l ing It for t h e t i m e be ing , u n d e r t h e fo rms of l a w , b u t d i f lp lay ing u Hplrlt i h a t c lear ly f o r e s h a d o w s t e r r o r i s m a n d m u r d e r w h e n these sha l l s e e m to be necessary . T h e h i g h e r Cour t s a r e a par t ia l c h e c k , bu t t hese , il is feared, wi l l be bu l ldo red i n t o compl i ance w i t h t h e p o p u l a r

i - lamor.

T h e I ' n i o n I 'acif lc a n d Cent ra l I 'a-

d f l c Companief l a r e fighting desper-a t e ly a g a i n s t t h e j trojioslt ion to h a v e t h e m begin i l i | u i d a t i n g t h e b o n d s on w h i c h t h e U o v e r n m e n t is e n d o r s e r . T h e m o s t r igid firmness should be dis-p l a y e d v tireading t o a passage t h e v e r y moov ' . i bi l l n o w p e n d i n g in Congres s . I t Is of i m p o r t a n c e t h a t t h e t h e o r y t b a t Govei n m e n t loans w ill no t b e rei tald be se t as ide , a n d t h e fac t es-t a b l i s h e d t b a t t h e G o v e r n m e n t w i l l as c e r U i n l y c o m m a n d i t s o w n as w o u l d a n y p r iva t e c red i to r . T h e two com p a n l e s a r e w e a l t h y , a n d a m p l y a b l e lo m e e t t b e d e m a n d s m a d e upon t h e m . T h e r e f o r e t b e y s h o u l d ab ide t h e con-

t r ac t s t hey h a v e m a d e .

T h e " t r u e , l i v i n g R e p u b l i c a n i s m

w h i c h w e al l so a c h e to b e a r " m e a n s peace a n d good wi l l t o t b e Houth, bu t nu t t h e a b a n d o n m e n t of Repub l i can r i g h t s . I t m e a n s conci l ia t ion for Confedera tes w h o w i l l show conci l ia-t ion in r e tu rn bu t n o t tbe l r p re fe rence ove r good R e p u b l i c a n s . I t m e a n s

h o n e s t a n d cons i s t en t elforts to e levate t b e pub l ic se rv ice accord ing to in te l -l i gen t , pract ica l a n d effect ive m e t h o d s . I t m e a n s absolu te a n d resolute w a r f a r e

a g a i n s t tba t c o m b l n a i l o n of S o u t h e r n c l a iman t* w h i c h t h r e a t e n s t h e f u t u r e of o u r c o u n t r y . I n a word it m e a n s t b e best luBpi ra t lons of t b e pa t r io t ic masse s of t b e . 'and organ i ied a n d vi ta l ized i n pos i t i ve ac t ion . T h i s is t h e t r u e R e p u b l i c a n i s m o f t h e t imes.—

Albany Journal.

Secre ta ry S h e r m a n , in h is tes t imo-n y before t h e S e n a t e Commi t t ee , ad-m i t s t h a t t h e s i lver bill will p romote , r a t h e r t h a n re ta rd r e sumpt ion . T h e r e 1< m s teady a c t i m m u l a t i o n of ove r five

mi l l i ons of gold a m o n t h , a n d t h e Sec-re t a ry es t imates t b a t t h i s can be con-t i n u e d t h r o u g h t h e year . T h e favor-ab le balance of t r a d e heliHt in th is . It also works a n o t h e r advan tage . Our bonds a r e be ing r e t u r n e d at t h e r a t e of u p w a r d s of $0 000,000 per week, a n d yi t a r e a lwmbed in t h i s coun t ry w i t h o u t d i f i icul ty . T h e e f l ec t has b e e n to w i t h d r a w o v e r f100,000,000 of ou r bunds f rom E u r o p e , u p to t h e p resen t , —a fact admi t t ed b y t h e Secre ta ry lo be v e r y a d v a n t a g e o u s to resumpt ion,— in t h a t i t p r e v e n t s t h e necessity of send-i n g gold abroad . H e a 'an ts Congress to |>ermit h i m t o b u y bonds wi th g reenbacks , a n d t h i n k s tha t t h u s t h e d e m a n d for gold wi l l be lessened. H e t h e n , wi th e x i s t i n g laws, a n d p resen t facili t ies, wi l l be a b l e U resume.

T h e H u i i K r y H o u i b .

• rum Ibr N V TrlLunr. On Fr iday w e p r i n t e d details of bil l- i

i nvo lv ing grant'< o r exiiendiluren at i • be Sou th . In n u m b e r , forty in t h e ] Henate and two h u n d r e d and s i s t y -M-veii in t h e HOUM-. All these were in lns luced liefore t h e iioliday recess. S ince tha t rece** t h e Houne ha* been In Mit-ion m o r e t h a n two months , a n d a irreat n u m b e r of nimilar bills, not include*! in t h e l ist g iven , have been in t roduced . N e i t h e r does t h e list in-c lude t h e p r iva t e c la ims , which c a m e u p in n u m b e r as t h e lice of Kgyp t . T h e s e are o n l y t h e bil ls professedly of a publ ic charac te r . S o m e ask con-s t ruc t ion of {lublli- bu i ld ings . S o m e ask " r e l i e f " for d e l i m j u e n t t ax-payers whose proper ty lias been sold for t axes

re la t ive popu la t ion , w e a l t h a n d com mercla l impor t ance , a n d t h e d isnro-

g e n e s be b y g o n e s " o n one s ide , bu t on t h e o t h e r a l s u . r u n l s h m e n t a n d per-secu t ion lor past m i s c o n d u c t cease. R u t r eward for rebel l ion ia no t go ing to beg in .

I l may l>esaid w i t h t r u t h t h a t t h e r e a r e also bil ls w h i c h seek e x p e n d i t u r e s of pub l ic m o n e y a t t h e N o r t b o r W e s t , a n d t h a t t h e s e also, a r e no t a l w a y s meri lor lous . R u t let t h e Imnar t l a l ob-server con t ras t t h e list a l ready p r in ted w i t h t h e bills offered for t h e benefit of a n y o t h e r sect ion, h a v i n g In m i n d t b e

lit" " K S S S m I

por t ion wi l l be I n s U n t l y seen. T h e S o u t h w a n t s " t o ge t e v e n " a t t h e imb-l ic expense . I t w a n t s to r u n t h e Oov-e r n m e n t for i t s o w n a n d s epa ra t e ad-v a n t a g e tor a w h i l e , a s it was necee-sa r i iy m a n a g e d , d u r i n g years of separ -a t ion , w i t h regard t o t b e i m m e d i a t e Interests of t h e non- seced ing S ta tes . T i ia t is e x a c t l y t h e t h i n g w b i c b will no t be d o n e w i t h o u t s t ro t 'g p r o t e s t W h e n m e n of m e a n s w a n t to bui ld u p was te places a t t h e S o u t h ou t of t b e l r p r iva t e f u n d s , us a n i n v e s t m e n t o r f rom mot ives of generos i ty , w e sha l l al l rejoice. R u t t n e c o m m o n G o v e r n -m e n t of t h e s e U n i t e d S ta tes h a s n o bus iness to p a y m o n e y , l evy taxes , o r i n c u r d e b t s in o r d e r to m a k e those S ta tes w h i c h rebel led as well off as those w b i c b d id n o t rebel . T b a t is no t Just g o v e r n m e n t , a n d t b a t sort of " r e c o n c i l i a t i o n " wi l l o n l y h e l p people to unden t t and w h a t Democracy m e a n s .

F o r f e i t e d P u b l i c L a n d G r a n t s .

T h e C o m m i t t e e of t h e H o u s e on Pub l i c L a n d s h a s repor ted f avo rab ly a bill r e s t o r i n g lo t h e pub l ic d o m a i n m o r e t h a n 135,000,000 of acres of pub-lic lands , g r a n t e d t o t h e S ta tes a n d railroad compan ies , a n d to a id va r ious pub l ic works , w h i c h l a n d s h a v e be-come forfe i ted b y fa i lure to comply w i t h t b e t e r m s of t h e g r a n t s . I t Is he ld t h a t fo r fe i tu re does n o t t a k e ef-fect w i t h o u t legis la t ion . Most of t b e g r a n t s n a m e d were m a d e to S ta tes to a id specified en te rp r i ses , a n d several of t h e m d a t e back a s far as 1856. T h e fo l lowing is t h e p r e a m b l e a n d t e x t of t h e b i l l :

WktrtM, More than 100,000,000 acres of the publ ic lands of tbe Lul led Slates lisvo been granted by Congress lo States and corporations lo aid in Ibo construc-liun of certain rai lroads and telegraph lines, and said Slates and corporsllons have failed to perform Ihe e«mllllims ol their rMpective grants , and h a t e failed, in whole o r In part, lo earn said land*, manv of which have been wi thdraw ana withbeld f rom set t lement for more than 20 vet rs , and which Isnds should be re-stored to Ihe public domain, and offered to settlement as o ther publ ic l a n d s ; therefore,

Bf H enartnl, de. That all tbe public lands which havu been granted by Con-gress to aid in tbe construction'of tbe following named railroad and telegraph lines, and specified, which have not been earned unde r said grants, s re hereby de-c-land forfeited t o m e United States; and said lands shall hereafter be disposed of as other publ ic lands of the Untied S t a t e s .

T h e fo l lowing is t b e l ist of g r a n t s wh ich t h e bi l l d e d a r e s forfeited:

unpaid". S o m e a sk t b e survey or bu i ld ing of s h i p o r o t h e r canalx. S o m e ask t h e e s u b l i s h m e n t of new |«st< routes in regions w h e r e the o lder routes do not pay expenses . S o m e a x k p a y m e n t s t o S t a t e s for expci isot in-cu r r ed . r ivers and ha rbo r s . mei i t

i-nt* t o Htat<-M for extM-iiM* in- " " I " ' " " " " " ' " " v • , r ^ u ,

[ so tm- a sk I m n r o v ^ t of w h i c h h. . s caped by and h a r b o r s S o m e a - k nav- ' n g t h e m to r e m a i n as publ ic

of " a r r e a r a g e . " d a i o m i i t ' ' i L ' ! : ^

Ntmeol IUIlro*l.

<iulf •nd Ship IiUnd, Alibtiu* aod KtoruU, <v»*» tod TtnnwM*. .IUIUD* A rhitl»n.K.t«,

fo-m-rlj Nunb-wt toJ . -MIi l jAlsbt iBMUd Willi* \ tUej R'Jt,

l>n>irul**Dd <irariii*. Florid*. AtUntlc *DJ liulf

C«nlr*l, Korlh I/IUIIUD* and T n -

*•• fxrisi-rlj Vlrkkburf Sbrrrrport (lid Til** lUllrocd,

Ncv OriMDf, FUlon I'jjUfr and Vlckibunr.

81. Umlt and Iron Moun-laln,

IJnlr Hock and Fort smiih.

ISritoli and MHvaakc*. lli'unbion and Onlun*-

p.n, ('.rnwrlj-JUrnirltr in J Ontudi/'.n,

North H'Uc«>u*iD. f"nner-1; SI. Croix a>.d I akr MJprior and branib lo Jlajt-W,

WiKoailn O m n i lur-m'rlj' I'ortaxr. Wlnnr-ba*o aed ftaprrior,

M. I'aul and TaclSf, St. Vlacfot «il«n>ioD, for-•ri'rl; br*nrb lo Itrd lUti-r of ibr Nortb.

I'aul aud IVlllc. Ilnlurrd bnnrb, for-turt\j branch to I jke Suptrtor,

l luuur ' and Dakota "rrton Onlral, Ailaolle and I'aciie, Tf «a» TadJc, Nurtbrru IVltc,

SUM* In lUllmalrd • bhblu- auantltrof ralnl. landa ('I'd

Arrra J I lMl t f lpp l . Al*. and Flo. 4l»r'.a> AUbim* LC.tnO

NEWS OFTHE WEEK.

M I O H I O A H

Oeo. I 'armelee, of Old Misslun, has plowed 70 acres of g round since licoem-b e r l .

Tbe next annual meet ing of the Mlchi-

Ci Stale Medical Society will be held in nslng May 0.

F ish Commlsstoner J e rome has depox-lled l.MKI.OOO Cal i ibmis salmon try In Cl inker Lake, near Douglas.

The re have been large additions thia Spr ing lo lbe Freshman clans of the Agri-cul tural College. Tlie class is ncarly doubled in n u m b e r . T h o rooms In tho new and old balls a re nearly all taken.

The Traverse Bay Kagle says the pros-pect tor a lull crop ol Iruil of all k inds was never belter than now in the Urand Traverse region. Should the season con-t i nue good, there will be au abtmdanl crop.

L y m a n K. I lol ines. township treasurer of Bloomlngdale, Van Huren county, was robbed Fr iday n ight of SOO by h ighwaymen, who found lilm In b is Htanle, and gagged and relieved him of the above sum.

Sa turday isst a swarm of iiees came in-to Kalon Uranch's ya rd and lighted In one of his trees, and soon after they were safely hived by Mr. Branch. This sur-prises the oldest Inhabitants, not one of whom ever beard of bees ventur ing out earl ier than the last ol M a y o r first of June.—/yduresee Adrertiter.

Latest Michigan Pa ten ts : Plows—H. da le , Albion. F i r e Kscapea—J. C. Moore, Lowell. Windoillla—F. Robert, Monroe Clothes Pounders—K. A. Kddy, East

Saginaw. Wrenchea—A. Berdeu and A. K. War-

ren, Tecumseh. Water Heating Apparatus—R. Freer ,

Cassopolls. t i r e Klndlers—J. H . Prentice, Sagi-

naw. Car Heaters—W. Smi th , Adrlsn. Bed Stone Suppor ts for Urlndlng M ills

—F. O. Wallace, J ackson . Supply ing Steam Blast lo Furnaces—

E . R . Stegl, De t ro i t Mr . | Hur ley , a f a rmer of Seneca, 1^-

nawee Co., woke u p Monday night snd found his house In llaiLes. It is sup-posed to have caught f rom a lamp left burn ing . He carried out two c b i l d m i sleeping in the apa r tmen t with himself, and then nauled his wife snd one child from another room with a hoe. Another child In the sarne room he could not teach. The house and contents were sil burned . One child died this morning, and Mrs. Hur ley cannot live. Ihe front of her body being burned to a crisp. Mr. H u r l e y is also in a pitiable condi-t ion.

Tbe steam flouring mill ol I / i rd , Fsrvo A Co., at Grass Lake, was destroy (si by tlre at II o'clock Monday evening. For some t ime the town was in Imminent danger , but by heroic exer t ions tlie ware-house directly esst was saved, thus sav-ing tho entire business portion of the village. Tho fire Is supposed lo have been the work of an Incendiary, ss no lire had been In the mlii since Saturday, insurance, tH|000, on Ibe mill. A HIUSII amount of grain and about Kio barrelh of flour were burned .

In Ihe Circuit Court at Flint, J u d g e T u r n e r sentenced Kdward Sull ivan, convicted of manslaughter , to iteven years hard labor at Jackson.

Tbe University Rose-Douglas i^se again came up for trial Tuesdav morning.

About Ave months ago a ifttle -I.year old son of Nicholas i ^ m o n , who five*

A meet ing of the A s y l u m Board at KalamavM), Justified unan imous ly the coun-eof Dr. Van Deusen snd subordin-atos f rom Ibe beglnntng to the end of hia adinlniNtrallon of Ihe a sy lum, especially witii regard lo Ihe recent suit . Dr. H a r d was appointed assistant medical superin-tendent, Dr. Wisialer assistant phyalclan.

An old resident of ( iaines, Kent Co., named J a m e s Cru inback , aged about 70 years, had occasion lo pun ish a grandson for someollense, w h i n h i s cries called Ida si- ter, Paulino Cole, lo his aid. Sheseic-ed a s tone and s t ruck tho old man on tho bead, inflicting in jur ies f rom which it la feared ho may die. The girl fled but has s ince been arrested.

Ph i l ip M. El lsworth , who was sentenc-ed at South Bend lo H years in t h e pen! tent iary for breaking into Ihe Chicago and Lake H u r o n depot at that place last fall, has confessed to the shoot ing of (ieorge Kendall nea r Niles about that t ime .

Tho special train which passed over the Michigan Central with President Sloan and par ty last week, made 48 miles in 43 minu te s between Niles and Michigan City.

Thosu i t of tho Union Trus t Company of Now York, lo foreclose the mortgage npon the Chicago A Por t H u r o n Rail-road, came up for final hear ing In tho I 'ui ted Stales Circuit Cour ton Saturday, and a decree of foreclosure wsa entered.

Tho amount overdue for coupons and interest on Ihe mortgages foreclosed is (1,301,310 9-2. The a m o u n t Is lo be paid within ten days and in defaul t tbe road Is to lie sold by a Commissioner at De-troll a f ter adver t isement for four weeks. The two parts of the road, namely , that part f rom Port Huron t o Fl in t , and that

Iiart f rom l o u s i n g lo the State Line, mown B» the Penlnsutu- road, a re lo lie

sold soparalely. Receiver i iancroft 'a certificates of in-

deblMlness are held lo be valid, and his accounts, with IIIOHO of Ihe present Re-ceiver, will be audited by a Master In Chancery. An order was entered requir-ing Ihe receiver lo show cause why the railroad should not pay tbospec idc Slate taxes now due, aggregat ing about £{&,-000.

The Spiriluaiistii in Stale Convention at Kalamazoo voted to change tbe name of the nssoclatlon lo Spir i tual is ts snd Liberailsts . Dr. A . B. Spinney, of De-

ildont, S . B. troll , wan chosen Presli Crscken, Secretary, and Dr. J . B. Spen-cer, of Battle Creek, T rea su re r .

G l j M J B R A T * H £ a w S «

The following synoptds shov s tho ex-ports of Animal products from the United States for Ihe montli of Februi . ry Bacon and hams,90,342,777 pounds; j-ork, 5,064,-115; pirkied beef, 4,905,950; fresh beef, 4,801,614; lard. 41,NVi,40; tallow, 9,177,-Oul; btiuor, 721,404; rhoese, 3 3.-W,722; ag. g r tva le value, 113,655,218.

Washington dispatches say that Secre-tary Shennan will be ready to resume iliecie payments by the first of J u l y , but

doub t s whether, unde r the law, be can do so unti l Ibe first of J a n u a r y .

Tho Supremo Court of Louisiana has •lischsrged Anderson. The Court re-viewed the proceedings, the verdict and the sentence, and said : ' -The document offered was a 'consolidated statement, ' certified by tho register of voters, and not tho 'original re turns , ' and tbe statute of tho SiaUi does not attach much value lo it. This 'consolidated stateuienl, ' the orlginsl returns not being altered, would not change the result of the election, or interfere with the Interebl of Ihe people. The paper offered In evidence is not the

C O N G R E S S .

Secretary of the In te r io r lo make certain vitiations with the Ule Ind ians In Ihe

March 19—In t h e Senate, the House bill to authorize tbe Krantlng of an American reglater to aforelgn-bull lNhlp, for tho purposes of the Woodruff s d e n -tiflc expedition a round Ihe world, pasMnl to-day as It came f rom. tho House.

T b e Senate bill lo amend section 2464 of the Revised Statutes relative lo cul t i -vation of t imber on lite public domain was diicussed unt i l Ihe expirat ion of Ihe morn ing hour .

A bill was passed su ibor iz ing Ihe Inuirln "

negotlat: S u a e of Colorado.

In the discussion of tho law lo protect t imber on tho pub l ic lands, au amend-m e n t was offered so as lo provide Uist no m o n e y of tho amoun t appropriated shatl be uaed to collect a n y charge for wood o r t imber cut on publ ic lands iu the Terri-tories of tbe Lul led States for tbe use of actual settlors In t b e Terri tories and not f o r e x p o r t f rom the Ter r i to ry whore the Umber grows. Mr . lllalne accepted this amondmont , and a lively debate s p r u n g up upon th© jiollcy ol exact ing s tump-age aud the action of the l imber agents and tbe Secretary of the Interior.

The Military Academy appropriation bill come back f rom Ihe House with Sen-ale amendmen t s not concurred In. Tbe Senate refused to recede and aco tuml l lee of conference was apixilnled.

I n the House, the Committee on Civil Service Reform, submit ted the msjor i ty report of Uiat committee in Ihe matter of charges against Doorkeeper I 'olk. I t de -clares Polic to bo unlit fur the responsi-bilities of the position snd reoommemls

of a i

g y m Uoueral 's sftlce d u r i n g Ihe balsnco of the present fiscal year .

The bill was then reported lo the Sen-ate, and tho amendmentii made in coir-mittee of the whole wore sgreed to, and the bill was read tho third t ime snd passed.

After an executive sessiou^be Senate adjourned till Monday.

In the House,Mr. Stephens,!Dem. (is.) reported a bill l o smen t f Ihe Isws on Ihe

the sdoption ifllce of doorkeeper vacant, and devolv-

i resolution declaring Ihe

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T h e hill is c u u s i n g a good dea l of e x c i t e m e n t a m o u g railroad m e n , a n d wi l l n t tn ic t p r e t t y w ide a t t e n t i o n , s ince It t ouches a v e r y la rge n u m b e r ol in te res t s . S o m e of t h e l ands e n u m e r -a t ed a r e w o r t h l e n s ; o the r s a r e s u p -imeed lo lie v e r y va luab l e . A c c o r d i n g to the pub l ic records t h e l a n d s a r e al l forfei ted, a n d o n l y t h i s f o r m a l act Is needed lo res tore t h e m to t b e G o v e r n -m e n t ; bu t t h e r e is a suppos i t ion t b a t In some r a s e s t b e w o r k s h a v e been completed as p r o v i d e d for , because t h e m o m e n t t h e y c o m e Into possession of t h e co rpo ra t i ons t h e y a r e subjec t to t axa t ion , w h i c h is escaped by al low-

' ' c lands , ve noted

due to persons In t h e S o u t h e r n S t a t . , j * ' ! ' lor K - r £ . « before t h e war—the said " n l m n n Ir ^ m i - n ^ l - e r s o n s h a v l n g t a k e n themselves , the i r ! ' p?Ai#J . T h olllces and t rus ts , a n d publ ic p rope r ty 1 F / l . f » , " M ^ t i in t h e i r charge , o v e r to t h e t e M l i o n . "?.. !! o | u J , ? h n l I l l fo r f P i ?ure i t o i l i t ^ S o m e aek beacon l ighte, hospi tals , < ™ i ™ l l t e c h n i c a l for fe i tures t o da tes l igh t houses a u d m i l i t a r y posts. S o m e a»-k t b e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of ports of entry-, a n d some a u t h o r i z e persons or corpor-h t ions to prosecute sui ts ags lns t t h e

T h e E n g l i a b G r a i n M a r k e t .

T h e Mart J.anr. ErnrtM s ays t b a t r i : i l , ^ , K t i Z r X , J ^ T n c m d Z tile a l t h o u g h some-m r a t imporUt i t - h e a d l a n d - , is l o o k i n g volved, ask t b e cons t iucUon of t a i l - ; m i l w a v s te legraphs . c anaU a n d levee , ! 1 ' , e r " T u K ? o d c r o P ™ o r e

Rilh< of aiUhMte classes we find in t h e l , r " ' " " ' , " l ? t h a " a t t h e cor respond n g ahrsrt last o f f e r ^ i l i l h e Sena te a lone l " " e - , r i J C T h e p r o m i s i n g

Home o^ IhH>e , . . 1 - ^ 1 m e ^ u r ^ «'"tkK.k, t b e la rge a r r i v a l s a re nroner a n d Mitue blirbiv i m i . r o t ^ r from abroad, a n d t h e ear ly r e o p e n i n g ^ m ' e w o u i d l ^ r ^ n a U e i f ' t ' h l V r n : l'1 ' - v i g a n o n In N o r t h e r n E u r o p e , t r y b a d a b u n d a n t f u n d s , n o debts , a n d ex fp . i s ed a v e r y d e p r e n i n g effect hi li iirtKiieriiv - o t h e r s would no t be " I " " 1 H r i t i s h corn t rade , a l r eady n J o o a b l e L n a n y £ S o m e a r e b o m

t h e w a r l i k e |s>lltical a p p e a r a n c a i f u r -

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t a J a l i v lo t h in p u n « » e a n d In effw-t. ^ r r e u t for n « r y a h v a r l e -Kul beh ind a l l l .e>e bills, considered Le» of t* rea l s a n d products . T h e de-

rid t h e Others Offered i r hve r i . i t o f L n g l U b whea t f rom f a r m -rT. UI -IM.' a n d al l t h e bills offered in ^ h t t l " ' I '""*-"'!*' m a r k e t s have been ! l M VIOUMT EIIIL* t h e f e *»I" a n d t h e " x l ' U r ' " y o o r m p o n d l n g

S " s i i S r ? ui. '"as I>eiii>< rats to m a k e k n o w n all t b e i r i . , . t u-ar.-w.i >i.^ d e m a n d , , l l « ^ s a n . e c u n i b l n . t . o n ^ ^ T b o S p l U .

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t h e n . . » . k n a v i s h of these bills f t will be urge<l t h a i s o m e t h i n g munt 1* done } .„ , . . t r a , i e i.. p r , ! , , * p h c m

t a k e a p r ac tUa l a h a w . F i n e w o r d , i m m t w U e b W ( ( U l d | l | d k ^ t h ^ v ^ . b u t t e r no | « r h n i i - s , t h e Sou th h a s not l j f c r e p e r b a n t , le la t ive ly l ower p r ^ p e m i d n r i n g a n d lu M f i ^ e n w t l i a l l t b ^ n u ^ i o i t w a r r a n t s . b e ac-of i ts iebel l ion, a n d ^ lual depress ing | M w e r for Uie m o m e n t by a c t s of C o n g w e a , a n d a t t h e pub l ic I H m e ab^ tenUon of m i l l e n f rom b u y -

t h e a d v a n t a g e s wb icb I t baa i I IK> m b e r t h a n t h e preMture of fo.-eign t h r o w n a w a y . L e t u* piit a s lde o n « „„ , , , 1 ^ a l l j jt ^ m s s c a r c e l y p t w i b i e lor a l l , t h e I .usluers can remain in IU p r « e n t sec t ional hos t i l i t y t o » a r d l h e Bou b g t l l l e of inacUon m u c h longer . Feed-all t h a t Uie . ^ u n l r y should do fo r t h e 1 | ) ( i | i a v e Miare.l i n t h e gene ra l p u b l i c Interest a n d f ? : dul lness . L o w e r rates were accepted d o , should be d o n e regardless of local!-1 f ( ) r b I I a r l i ( . l e M except old A m e r i c a n t y . Hut w h e n S o u t h e n i m e n a r e ask- U i | k | z ( . ge l l i ng scarce , a n d ed, hceatise t h e woutb is poor a n d h a s merv fo re m a i n t a i n e d I t s l <|uotations, l ' » i m u c h , to vote for m w u r e s w h e h j u . j U | f a j r l i r r i v a l R 4 l I - ) r t s o f e n . T h e a r e n o t w o r t h y , o r l , ' f i fl<n,tliig ca rgo t r a d e for whea t improved \ ean i io l n o w a f fo rd , h w t l o n ^ i a m rMirs , ^ ^ | 0 0 I j e . j j i i l i n g per q u a r t e r , I Its h e a d a g a i n . \ \ e of t h e * e l ' W i i i i v i m e c o n t i n e n U l d e m a n d . Maize c o m e b a c k l b e M a t e s of t h e S o u t h advam-ed f rom t h r e e i ^ n c t to six t * n c e . ' | u a l s in t h e I n l o n . bjU w e d o n o t n t r B a r l e y q u i e t pi.i|><iBe to m a k e u p t o t h e m a l l t n a t 1

i b e y h a v e t h r o w n a w a y . I l w o u l d b e | X | j e , n n u a ] r e p o r t for 1877 of t b a well for us a l l 1 ~ r u- L'nioti Pac i f i c ra i l road , s h o w s a s u r p l u s J 4 '"Us- I t wou ld «HO w w w l f o r m i ^ e a n i i n g s ove r o p e r a t i n g expenses all If t h e N a t i o n b a d n o t a g w a t debt a | | ( 1 ^ ^ 1 7 ^ 0 0 ^ 1 0 .

' I ' " Iiie .>or in I1M a. n m r ^ r t v o w n - expre»wenunan imousconv ic t lon . " O n e

r ' / m " n k r m " m k e t h e f f l i L well neve r fee l , t h r e e h u n d r e d b lows on Ln as iMl b a d no* rebel led . " I > e t b y - a n o t h e r m a n - s l a c k . "

...U—II ... t - .wnmn " " " i n e |ia|>er ofiereil in evidence Is not the a b o u t . f o u r mi lM f rom Clare, wandomi | paper cbirgod as being rged I n o r d . r off aod got lost in tlie wood*. Tho neigh • | ) 0 a [uraery, tbe Ins t rument which la bora turned out and searrhed ths woods I a i i ^ e d u . bo fslaified, must , if t rue be le-.!L?L . « i i . t ! . V: ' . .I ' l^ I K a l | y '"si'Sble of i -ommll t log a f raud.

. ~ . . . . - ,where In law la a consolidated re-tu rn required ax a declarallun ol Ihe ro-sitll, and Its alteration or modification can in n o way affect an eloction. If every eoniMilidatod re turn were forged, and the Return ing Hoard i-ompliod with tho law, and made their slaternent from the com-miBalouerH' returns, no in jury could re-sult . It does not sppoar thai a n y paper has iieen forged that is calculated, with a compliance with tho law, lo change Ihe reaulL 11 is tlie essence of the crime that it should be commit ted by a public olllcer, and ou s document which would change the result of the election. This waa not done.

It was ordered that the verdict of Ihe jury bo set axide and reversed, and Ihe prisoner discharged Irom custody.

- . . , - , -1 Wi th in a period of 11 yeara the public and no traosa of the metal lound. The I , | p U of Canada has increaaed f rom HO,-tbeory la that Mrs . Hur ley was chloro- to |174,«77..,W|; t h e e x o e w of lul-formed, the house robbed and then f i red. ; 1 H l l U , c>vor ex |K.ru fo r tbe s a m e length

trace of him and brought bi> iiiolher home In a crazed oondltion. A few davh ago tbe remains of tho child were ftiunil by tbe side of a largo log where it had probably died of hunger and exposure.

A promising newly-dlscoi-eted vein of oopiier Is iieing opened i n the property of tlie Saginaw mine In the upper iienin-sula.

An Investigation developes the fact that the terrible casualty in Seneca, !>•-naweeCo. , Tuesday night, whereby .Mrs. Hur ley and two cblidreu were burned to death, was a case of burglary and ini-en-dlariars. A box , wbl< h contained in greenbacks, has been found, somo dls-tanoe f rom the burned house, empty . In the bureau d rawer whore the l u x wax kept WBSBome|l7 In si lver. Thedul i rU at ths t spot has been careful ly aearcbed.

An explosion of gas occurred in the MethodUt Church, a t Kast Saulnaw, Wednesday night. T h o Rev. K. K. •'as-ter was sst-erely burneil , and ' •» two lit-t le daughtera also. The younger will lose her eyesight, it is thought. The church is s l ight ly dsmaged. A young man named 8. Savage wan also aeverely burned .

Uovernor Croawell ban ai.|s>int<'<l Dr. Joel C. Parker , ol Urand Rapids, Flab Commissioner In place of Ueorge K. Clark, deceased.

In toe United States Court at ( . rand Rapids Judgmen t was rendered in favor of the Cambria I ron Company against the Township of St. Joseph for tin,l7(i, de-faul t having been made In tbe paymen t of rai lroad bonds.

F o u r millions of Infantile wb iu -fisb have been taken from tho lletroit halcbcry fur plant ing In the small lakes along the Michigan Central Rai i r^ui .

Tbe Urand Rapids Kagie saya the real estate business is more ai-tive there and prices a re Improving.

In the matter of tho estate of Dennis Morrissey, who died at Marshall In Se|i tember , IK75, t h e expense- of bresking one will and sus ta in ing another will be sljoul |6U,OUO. Of thbi the lawyera get (S- OOO, and tbe doctors anil the l« lance goes for compromUen ami ex-l>enMsi general ly. The legatee, an Irish gent leman, gets about fi'i.ooo.

Tbe Ancient Order of United Working-men of Michigan has lieen granted sep-arate benedciary lurisdiction. This will leaaen the cost of Insurance.

Tbe Oovernor has ismloned Uoo. Kal-lea sent to State Pr ison from Kent , six yea rs from March, 1876, for burglary. 'Che pardon was Issued on preeentatlons b y t h e Judge, prosecutors snd Jurors who tried the case and prominent citizens of Kent ceunty .

Tbe red ribbonera of Kalon Rapids cel-ebrated tbelr first anniversary by laylm tbe corner s tone of a new hall.

All accounts agree in representing the growing wheal as promis ing very fair for a large yield.

Four million white fish f ry have be<n

Michigan Southern railroad Miss Lou M. Reed, instructor in Ihe

mieroaoopic laboratory at the Universi ty, ia the only lady teacher ever em '

of t ime foots u p a total of 1315,746,000. A Negro was sold at auction In tbe

streets of Hicicman, Ky. , last week. Ho had been previously convicted as a va-grant; and Ibe verd ic t of tlie j u r y was that he should lie sold InU) servi tude for nix months , as tbe law provides aud di-rocta.

The Supreme IAJJKO of tbe Ancient Or-de r of United W o r k m e n of the United -States and Canada held lis s«*>slon at St. Louis. The rcporta of oltlcers show tbe order lo lie in a flotirisbing condition. Al though hut nine years old it now has a meuilx-nddn of 35,000. The lodges of TennuMfeee,MinnfsiotaBnd Michigan have Is-en granted seiiarate beneflciary luris-diction, and atiplications f rom Indiana, MUsourl and Colorado fo r thesamo (low-er are now bef.ire the Supreme I /s igo.

Captain Constance Will iams, of the Seventh Infan t ry , stationed at For t liel-knap , has sent to the mil i tary head-qusr ten i the result of some scouting ex-pedit ions which confirm tbe report re-cently telegraphed by United States Consul Taylor at Winnipeg, Manitobs. Capt. Wil l iams ieama that tbe lurccn unde r Sit t ing Hull aggregate, with what lie has assurances of receiving in tbe way of reinforcements, near ly seven thousand liKhdng men. Tho talk among them is that they will fight nobody, bu t II any one comes across their ps th they will get it j list tlie same. The Indians are well KUpplled with a rnmunl t lou , and tbe slt-ustion Is regarded as critical, and de-cisive messures are urged.

The Isrulalana at torney general has applied for a re bea r ing In the Anderson case.

The grand J u r y ' s report contains cer-tificates from tbe clerk of tbe United .Statea Circuit Conrt at New Orleans, and Win. Orant , special United States attor-ney in the cases aga ins t W . R. Whllaker , which show that the three charges against Wbi take r for embezzlement wore dls-poaed of, one by acquittal by the Jury, and the other two by nolle proaequi, entered in •nusequenne of tbe verdict in tbe lirat case.

Tho f tilted States Treasurer Is paying deposited in t h e smal l lakes along the ! a second dividend of 10 per cent to de-w . e h . « n Koniharn nailroad. poaitors In tbe I - r e e d m a n s Hank at

Washington.

In the institution, and Is showing herself well entitled to t h e position. She bss been conducting some teals of arti ' Ins of commerce, of which w e find this mention In the Michigan T r i b u n e : " O u t of l«s spedmeoa ol g round apices, purchaaed at different t imes d u r i n g Ihe past year, at tbe varioua atorea of Ann Arls .r . only one specimen was

The < I bio r iver steamer J ames W . G i f f , with 'M pasaengsra, and loaded with freight , sunk near Connellton, Ky., Thur sday night, worth $30,000 and in-sured for |21!,500.

Tlie Rhode Is land Democratic State Convention Fr iday nominated J . II. I t amaby for Oovernor . Isaac l-awrenee for Lieut . Oovernor. H . H . Robinson,

ires o r Ann Arbor, only s ^ r r e t s r y of Sta te ; Charles I L 1'sge, AI-LS found lo be pure . Two torney i /eneral , a n d Tbumaa W . Dedarg, aa black pepper. Upon T n M U u r ( J , s p e d m e u s sold

close mlcrosoopl contain a single sr t ic .e of that aromatic

imlcroscopic analysis proved not to

, but were compoaed of buckwheat lour,' wheat flour, mustard seed, burned

lieans, rod pepper, cfcarcoal, rspe ssed, sswdust and ginger. H,a te of these sarno Ingredients were also found. In groater or leas proportions. In every adulterated •peelmoo examined .

Tbe price of farm labor throughout tbe State Is 116 to f^O per month , with board.

R. H . Morrison, iat« Treaaurer of Uie Grand Lodge ef Odd Fellows, has msde a statement that bo Is tho victim of a con-spiracy on tho par t of several o fBcen of t h e O r a n d Lodge ; that he Is not s de-faulter ; tbat ho has youchent for every dollar paid lo b i m ; tbat Orsnd I/Mlge of-ficers forged b is n a m e to important pa-pers ; tha t very little money wss ever paid to him by tbe Grand Secretary, and that be will m a k e th ings hot for tbat ofll-cer.

A defalcation of fCOO, r u n n i n g back several years , has been discovered in the Ilsy City accounts.

One of Mr. Smi th ' s coal pit* at Clio caved in, b u r y i n g Ass Grooms of Fl int and Mr. Gingham of Clio under a mass of rubb i sh . Mr. Grooms sustained a f racture of the shoulder , and serious in-ternal Iniuriea. Mr . Gingham's r ight a rm was crushed.

Tho Macomb county fair will begin at ML Clemens October 1 and cont inue four daya.

A. E . Wood, of Pew am o, has invented a steam plow, or rather a steam ca rnage for d rawing plows, which Is thought lo be a great improvement upon anyth ing of that k ind ever Invented.

Treasurer . T b a examinat ion of all accounts, nolM,

coin and bullion in tbe sub- t reasury by Secretary S h e r m a n ' s commission bss lieen completed. T h e only discrepancy discovered was an excess of 31 cents in fractional notea. T b e amoun t ol gold coin sesled u p in the vaults, exclusive of loose gold and bull ion, la 187,000,000.

F u r t h e r ills patches f rom Battleford, NortbweatTerr i tory, confirm the rumors of an Indian c-mfederation. Il is said Big Besr, one of the chiefs of the l eague , demsnda as an u l t imatum tha t the buff-alo law shall be repealed and tbe Indiana •hall be allowed to settle their dtsp' . tes between themaelvea. wi thout Interlsr-ence by mounted police or tbe Canadian government . A stieclal f rom Biarnsrck saya that the cavalry have been ordered to bold themselves In readiness for field service.

The snnouncement Is made tbat the Stewsrt Hotel for Women will be opened on the 'id of April .

Tbe exports of domestic produce last week were tho largest In value ol the season. From New York and tho cotton porta slono tbey a m o u n t to 115,000,000, and from Han Francisco, Beaton. Phila-delphia and Balt imore not less than |5 , -000,000 sddltionai.

Three rnea were ins tan t ly kil lsd and twelve others severely in jured Saturday morn ing by a s ' ^am chest explosion on

t n e r

ing i u duties on tho S«rgeant-at-Arms unt i l the appointmont of a now d o r r -keeper . A minor i ty reisirt, signed by Messm. Cook. Cravens, Garth and H e n -ry declares that no corruption having been proven, or even charged, against Col. Polk, it would lie a grievous wrong lo adopt tho msjori ty resolution. Tho reports were ordered printed and recom

T h e Committee on Appropriat ions re-

Eprtad back tho Weal Point Academy ill, recommending concurrence In some

of t h e Senate amondmeuts and non-con-currenoe In othera. One a m e n d m e n t , in which concurrence is recommended, was tbat depr iving tbe Preuldentof tho power of appoint ing 10 cadets a year , and a l -lowing but ten d u r i n g bis t e rm. Oppo-sition lo this a m e n d m e n t was ex prow ted by both Democratic and Republican members , but the report was sgreed to.

TbeComml t loe on Kxpendi lu ies In tbe Department of Justice, reported back a bill fixing tho compensation of Ju rors in t h e United States courts, reducing It f rom $3 to {2 ; psssed. Also a bill fixing tho foes of c lerks of said courts . I t a l -lows a charge of HI cents lor searching cour t records for lleiiN on real estate, and provides tbat tho c lerks shall account for tho same. Also, a bill fixing t h e compensation of United Slates Marshala and deputiea. I t II i.lta that of Marahala to 93,000, chief deputies to $2,500. and oth-e r deput ies to $5 per dsy; passed.

The House then wei;t inio commit tee of t h e whole, Mr. H u n t e r (Rep., Ind.) in the chair, on tlie Ueneral Dellciencv bill. The total sum recommended by the bill is 11,^6,405. Wi thou t any general de-bate the Clerk pro<-eeded to resd the bill by sections.

Wllbuut f inishing tho hill, Ihe com-mitlee rose. The Sonsle bill sppoln t lng (ion. Sherman s s Regent of the Smi th -"onIan Institute, Instead of Geo. Ban-croft , resigned, was taken u p and passed, snd tho House adlourned.

March 20.—In tho Senate the Senate bill to amend section 2,474 of the revised Statuea relating to thecui t ival ion ol Um-ber on Ihe public domain was discussed briefly snd paaaed ; yeaa 3!', naya 12.

Mr. Howe (Rep., Wis.) submit ted t h e lo i lowing:

JUnolveil, That the President lie re-queated. If not Inoompatlblo wi th tne publ ic Interest, lo Inform the Sens te whether W. R. Whit taker , who receutly preslded in the Super ior Criminal Court of t b e pariah ol Orleans, was former ly employed in the Internal revenue ser-vice or as Aaalstant Treasurer at Now Orleans, If so, d u r i n g what period of t i m e ; whether In oltherof said ca|iscitlas said Whi t taker defaulted to the United Statea and to wbat amoun t and u n d e r what c i rcumstances; whether legal pro-ceedings have been taken against sal.; Whi t t ake r ei lber ciril or criminal, and with wbat resu l t ; whether such proceed-

subject of coinage, to |ierfecl Ibe duublo miitalilp standard, to provide for issuing gold and si lver bnlllon cortllioatea, and to retire certain sl iver coins now In use; ordere 1 printed s n d recomroitted.

Several other bills were Introduced. Tho Hnuae then went Into committee

of tlie whole, Mr. Mills In the chair , on tho private calondnr. The Commltee diap. sedol a largo n u m b o r o f bills, tmd Iben rose ami reported them lo Ihe House, and they wore passed, princlpally penaion bills, to tbe n u m b e r of about 40. Among them-a ro bil ls pensioning the widows of Rear Admira l Si lss H . Str ing-bam, Lieu, Col. J a m e s Totlon, and Com-mudoro l lenj . J , Totten; and a hill to pay the widow of (Jen. Custer 93,000 for money paid on a forfeited bond. A bill was also passed pensioning tbe widowa and minor children of Capu Gutbr io and Ibo sur fmou who wore drowned In ran-dering assistance to t h e crew of the wrecked s teamship Hnron . A bill grant ing an increase of pension to 930 lo the widow of MsJ. Craig, Chief of Ord-nance, was amended in commit tee of Ibo whole by fixing It a t 950. and th is a m e n d -ment gave rise to a. discussion In tho House, and was finally adopted and passed.

Tho House adjourned till Monday,

FOREIOM HEWS-A Vienna correspondent summarlzps

IhoolUalal t ex tof ttio treaty. I t Is sub-stantially the same as already telogrsph-ed. The terri tory ceded to Montenegro Is, however, twice as large as the Mon-tenegrins could have claimed on tbe baala ol u/ i / louidrfM. 1 bis acceaslon of territory Is principally to tbe uorthwent. Sen-la being considerably Increased on tho southwest . Tbe T u r k s , t o gain acceaa to Ihisula and Uorzegovlnls, without en-tering Hervia or Montenegro, m u s t c r o a s the Mobrrago Mountains. Th • f ront ier of Bulgaria ex tends f u r t h e r west than at first stated, the new boundary bolnK formed by the River S t r iuns , approach-ing within a few- miles of Sslonlca. Rua-sis, however, bss m a d e the concession that, in one year af ter t he in l roduc t iono r Ihe new regime In Bulgaria, the Porto, Russia and the Kuropesn Cabinets may agree to associate special delegaUs with the Russian Commissioner w-bo Is charg-ed with tbe reorganization of ihe pro-vinoe. Al though t h e co-operation of t h e powers Is not dis t inct ly mentioned s s necessary to m a k e Ihe peace definite, still t b e admission Is Indirectly m a d e that something more is required.

A special from SL Pe te r sburg says tha t rumors are In circuistion that Russia baa demanded that the British fleet qui t t b e Sea of Marmora immedia te ly . The cor-respondent has reason to believe those leports, al though exaggerated, a re not entirely unfounded and that Russia Is making, o r is shout lo make, repreaenta-lluus In regard to the British fleet Mln-

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Ings aro still pending, or If discou' inned wben they were discontinued and by wbose direction.

Ordered tbat It be printed and lie on the table.

Tho Pacific Railroad s inking fund hill and tho Umber bill were discussed wi th-out action.

Tbe House considered the bill regula-t ing tlie advertising of • . • ' lottings. It provides that notii*-. . ..*11 1« publ ished In one or more papers In each State Inter-ested, that proposals for mail lettlngs will be received at a certain dale, and tbat all Information |>ertalnlng tbereui can lie obtained on sppllcstlon to tbe Second Assistant Postniastar Ueneral.

Mr. Hale ' Rep., Me.) offered an a m e n d -ment providing that n-i snb-le t t lng of contracts should be | iorrnitted,and when-ever such sub-let t ing did occur the con-tract should be considered as t e rmln-aled.

Af te r discussion Mr. Hale 's aniend-ment waa adopted and the bill, as amend-ed, passed.

The House then went into commit tee of the whole, snd resuined tho considor-atlon of the Doflrii-nry bill.

Af te r a few uninipor tsnt changes, the committee nmf mid re|Mirted the bill to the House, and it was passed.

Mar-h 21—In the Senate, the bill to es-tablish tho terri tory of l.lnctiin was d l s - | cuased, without action ; also tho 1'aclflc lUllroad s inking fund bill, with the same resu l t ; a ruin was adopted l imit ing de-liate UJKIU motions to amend appropria-tion lulls to I v e nilnuU-s.

Mr. Garland iDem., Ark.) reported favorably on the Senate bill to disapprove and annul the a r t of the Legislative As-sembly of New Mexico passe.! over tbe ( iuvernor 'a veto, to incor| .orate tlie Ho-cloty of JtMUll Fa thers of New Mexico; plared nn the calondsr.

Tbe bill to emoloy t.-rnporary Treasury d o r k * and to br ing li.lo marke t publ ic lands, etc., was u k e n up. Deliate in re-gard to the t imber dotiredationH was con-t inued. Meaara. Jones (Dem., F la . | and Morgan (l)em., Ala.) opposing the a i l lon ol the Secretary of the Interior and Matthews. (Rep., Ohio,) defending it.

In tbe House, the i-hairman of tho Committee on l'»*tof1lce and Post roads, reportod a bill to eatabllab a poatal sav-ings -leposluiry as a branch of the Post oftice Uepartment , and to aid in refund-ing the interest-liearlng indebtedness ol tho United Slatos.

Tbe Houae went into coaimlttee of the whole, Mr. Carlisle (Dem.. Ky.i in the chair , on tbe Naval Appiopriat lon bill, T h e a u i o u n t apnroprlatMi la ft.Uts.OM.

Mr. Clymer (Dem., Pa.,) explained the proviaionaof the bill. It had tsien agreed

article In t h e Journal D e S l . Pe te rsburg attracts much sl tenllon. I t points to the continuance of Ihe fleet In the Sea of Marmora, In dollanre of tho Interna-tional law, and a s k s if II is not t imo to ask Kngiand what sbo really want*. Knrope should call Kugiand liefore her ludgmenl ses t . s i s l summon her to re-enter lbe sphere of Internatlnnal law by quil t ing tho urn i is and formslly engag-ing not lo re turn. Seml-olllc-lal b in s are given that, if i tng land d ' « s not wlab to at tend tho Congress, it will meet wi th-out her. I n i-onnection with the forego-ing mtell lgence it should bo stated that r umors wore circulat ing in tho lobbies of Par l iament last night that tho tone In Kngllab offlclal c l n l c s Is deddwl ly war-like.

A I / indon dispatch a a y s : Tho l and ing ol a lorco on the Asiatic side of the Sea ol Marmora bss unques t ionably been con-sidered by the governuionl . Tho rai lway material iu be laid on a parallel lino with the Bospborui haa lieen purchased.

Ths government has purchased from Sir Win . Armstrong four 100-ton guns at a cost • I 8»>i,00U eai'h.and is negotiating for s nuinlM r of smaller weapons, Identical with those now in tbe service. Tbe s a m e l inn, as well aa Whi twor th A Co., have accepted large contracta for iron gun carnages , lo be completed at an early date. Woolwich arsenal Is rapidly pro-paring wagons for the tninsport service. Several other contracts for a r m y s tores a re in course of completion.

Wbokiale and nu l l dealer* in gardeo aad lei

N E E D S ! Fmb, genuine *nd pure. Send for Catolocnai

II Michigan Grand Ave.. - Detroit.

I W§ mM-*4 ft" I !• 0' ml I J * 1—>e. II 4il«r»ai tanec*#*. fat II 0 " *"

I

.......ami. i. aiatnat nr..ilea, ti TiUr.m. all •.•>n*f Ull.. Irr Illa4wlw. all Bo.fri.r 1 ull.. I.i . CAraatt.B*.i •|>lia4i* l-ru. I.r - .. . .

9 HarJr Fl.amaaShiaU.lacni.rir IM I A hundred other thlnsa cheap . ]

»• "ra- lr.»n«ic . i , if~M^ii||a ns I

tAI io. a n Immanaa Slock of Fruit I Ornnmenta Trees. C«ergre«ns. J

hruba. e t c . A uio. 1 •tc.. .a l I.-, . . . inc. Im Ir... 341(11 r ea r . l3Creenhou»ea. SOO Aoraa. ]

BEST in the WORLD!

to unanlmousely by Ihe Comtnltteo on Appropriationa. Tbe aiippro| l ecommtnded b y II was fl.VXi.i

iudlng il

WAU OP isia—Soi.t 'iKiisAsnWIDOWS —Pensioned for I t days ' service. Wri te Col. L. l i lngham tV; Co., Ally's, Washing-ton, 1*. C.

P E T B O I T M A K K E T 8 .

FLOUR—Choice wmte, | 5 60A5 75 Medium, b uur^S 50 Low grailea. 3 Mif^t ^5

BucgWHKAT FLOUR, 3 Z'lfo.'i 60 WuRAT—Kxtra while, 1 VWJ

No. i whiu<, 1 Za Amlier, 1 23

Colli—4Sc jier buab. OATS—No. 1 white, 301: mixed . 201, BARLET—fl 05®! 50 per hd. lbs. Rtr—60(2570 per bush. Ari'LKs—f.> OO&S UOper bbl. HKAXS—U npicked, | 80(41 20 per bnab.

Picked f l :W(2I & . B U T T M - P r i m e qual i ty , 16^102. Me-

d ium I0(|£l2u; poor quali ty 10 eta.

CBKBSR—I3@131c p e r lb . DHKIMED Hons—#4 SUfgi 36 p i r c w t Boos—Freaih 8 ^ 0 i-w. FLKW—Racoon, 5(^50c; Mink, E@75c

Muskrat , ^(ctl lc; Fox, Uatlger, ; Oisnsum, 5fit Sc; Skunk , Hf«50c; Marten, 7Sm 8 t c ; Fisher , f i 6lKa,6 00; Hoar,

appropriation ll/jOO.iOO less

than that of last y^ar. Including deficien-clea, aud (ti,OiW.UOU less than the estimates for the next fiscal year .

Tbe committee rose aud reported tbe bil > without a single amondment and It waa Immediately passed by the Houae. I

March After tbe morn ing fionr, In wbicb nothing of Importance occur red , Mr. McDonald spoke In favor of t b e Pa-cific Railroad s ink ing fund bill reported by the Jud ic ia ry eemmlttee.

Tbe t imber bill then c a n e up, and , af ter some discussion, and by a vote of 42 to 4, tbe following amendmen t waa agreed t o :

" T h a t where wood and t imber lands o t b e Territories of t h e United S'aten are not surveyed and offered lor sale In proper sulxllvlslons convenient of access, no money herein appropriated sbsli lie uaed to oillect a n y charge for wood or t luiber cut on the public lands In the . Terr i tor ies of the United Stales for t h e ' use of a.-lual set t lers in the Terri tories | and not for expor t Irom the Terr i tory of tbe United Statea where the t imber grew; | provided, fu r ther , that If any t imber cut

| 2 OUf^H; i tecver f l 25(^1 75 p e r l b ; Lynx , No. 1 | 2 ; Ifeer sk ins , 15f$-JM per l b : Indian dressed, 80c |s-r lb.

HAT—111 S0I&12 OOper ton. HIDKH—Ureen «f#01c; cured, 7 (a71c ;d ry

flint, 12($15<^itry salle-l, ll@13c; green kip, 7 ( j 8 c ; dry k i p 13&16c: green calf, 10(^11; cured calf l i f t 12: sheep sklna, 75(^1 50.

HOHRT—ISto 17c. M A P L R S U U A H — I 2 @ 1 2 1 c p e r l b . POTATOES—Early H.*e 2 8 0 8 0 ; Peach-

blows, 32 feM POULTRT—Chicgeus 0@10-. t u rkeys , I l ( a

121 c. PROVISIONS—M»s Pork | 1 0 2 5 a i l : Clear

Pork , 111 76f$18 00; Lard 7108c; smoke. 1 hams, Blc; Shoulders 6c, Bacon 0c; ex t r a meaa beef 911 00 per bbl .

SALT—Onondaga and Michigan, t l 26 per bbl.; Syracuae dairy, 45047o per b u s h . s a c k ; Aahton da i ry , S3 00 per 224 f"

SREOa—Tlmoth Clover^,

WOOD—92 7 5 0 5 per ooru.

IRoTolten aent ire* tomamlnatlSD. Pr.UM free. Or't Wwt'n Uun Wk*, PHlibarik, Pa.

IF? , I. O.J, w o o a M*dlasa.lB J. W. Kermgtt, M. D., make* all ntrrooa sad

chronic dlieaiea a apeclally. 'W Woodwart *T*. ttCQ a week aellinii our new InTeoUon*. Ttnn* i D J f f r r , Marahtli A Co.. lackport. N. Y

For old liul yonni, m*le tnd Itaialt, Ur, Ker-moll'a Mandiake IHU are th* beat cathartic.

FREE

n n i n u MBiu * * k i a • U K tanatAbaa. Da Sri U l |Ulfl'Hfrti.-Cr.l>.r.lUn».wSsayJUa»

A r eiaaanl .ArtUtk caidi. »now(Uk*.Orieat-/ 3 al, ate. No- -j alike, with suae lOt, potlpald.

(ieo. I. lleid A Co.. Naaaau, r "

rate TSaaa aw i>a law! lai lijiTial

mm ALLKXTS aend for circular* of HUterrof

laaa by E. H. FU-llluitrated: beanUfnllyboaDd.

i ' l f t l r a l a n t l a m I

OPIUM It. D. 8. Tyler A Co^ MUrUwold St.. DetroU.

Morphine babll'und in from lOtott day*. No pajr Ull cured.

lilt. J. BTEPIIENB. Ubaaon.O. PRta iCI WATCH AXDCIItI5a*t*M winder, Tree with every order. OwtM Kre*. J. 0 . UitLoao k Co., Chkafo, ID,

if 8 ; 8 f 8 9 s t ? m I A K O R t lb. featbar pillow*only 81 Meb.aib Cbedifd. Splendid poultry feather* ISc lb., by Ex-pteaaorfrel)(bl. J. W. Morrl*oii.«» JtC arJUttstt

PATENTS. F. A. LEHMANS. Solicitor of Pawnla, Wuhla*.

ton. DC. Ho p«lent. no pay. Bend tor clrtnlar. jUboieui* aapnly boos* la Mlehlaa

I O T P f o r all fiewfaa tlaofaln* MeadUa, aa ! It.-irni*1 All kind* of picture fnmm, ehnmm,

and *cenl*'*nd dealer** lupptlea. CallorsddnaLl. R. llam*ry, NO UleUcaa A»», Datiett, **t»afce

of Ihe UfMnln«Ani*t<taa PlalUaiMaddae. — - a

SOI.1)1 KRS OF 181-2. A new law aliawa a ptmlon lo all who aerrad net leaa ikan 14 daya or were In aay enpnment;aad to lb* sldow* ut inch wltboat m a i d to dataaf martUae. illlo BSleten*ACu.n—^a »Uym.P*Osll.

" i l l I Lean Teli | HOtolIW a month. Bmall aalanr wl

- Ing . l iUu*Uon* f u r n U h a d f r e e . Can b a d e a a l a f o u r m o n l b a . A d d r e u , K. V a L n r r t s s , M a s a a s r

II U.

Fruit & ornamental Trees. -hrub*, Tinea, amall frulla, apple aMdUaff* aad ne t gratis. I'rlcw li*( free,

W. A. WATBON, McLean Co. Knnery. Henaal, IB.

c r c u 8 . b C O ^ b c t i — m r t a r . ' M n H i

BEBRY MP. Warranted equal lolbe beat Send forprkeltal.

®- n t m n a m o T T i

B r a M h . L w t 4 i a c Au^ruo.

H e v a l v e r a . 7-ib»t. $ t EntlUh dewkie aho^fua 111 OUM KaQaltJOptr doten. Bnd for etrtolar.

r r i a h a r . 8 6 0 B r — d w a y . I f . T .

-A. T E IV T S

r — V " i itn^iilaMiMai* f a

SHOOT THAT P! But don't pal It la when yoa write JONES, of Bin j-b*mton, Bingham ton, S. Y., for lilhocraph aad free price Hit of tS) Won *cal*a for hay, coal or atock, *11 Iran and iteel, freight paid and so money aaked till leatnl.

Central Boiler WorkN, Manufactarrr* of all kind* ef maris* sad itallna ery holler*: alao abeet I n s work aad Wllcr rnaJr-log-, alao all kind* of machinery fBrakhed. Parti** baflng machinery or boUen lo **U or exahaan will hae* prompt attention oa appllcaUoa to THoa. McOasuoa, prop'r, (of tb* lata Irm of J . A T McGregor) cor. M ACongm* iu. . Detroit

Il U the BI>T *nJ MO-T CCONOUICAL Tobacco iua.lr In tbe world for the folluwlng rraaoni:

lit—It I. l h e * ' B £ g T n becauae II ia manufac-turnl rr.miibe flneat aelecled *n<l fully mat nr.U leaf, a<.l.a..t.d by the rich red color loo coloring c..nii..undi or other lojurluu* luleUBiei being UMTI IU nhl*lu II.)

*nd lie better aatlifactliin than any othar bund In tbe muket.

Walker . MoGraw & Co., la LOBE TOBACCO WOBILS,

D e t r o i t . . . . . M l r h l g . n . Sold by Fi rs t C I B K S Dralera.

• •.utioKia*'*

er 224 lb. aark. .thy, | 1 45 t , 94 6U per bush.

91 45(^1 £0 per bnah.;

DBTIIOIT L I V E STOCK.

Heat gradea, . CATTLR.

ir cwt. , franea, per Medium Kraoes, Utcbl a n d poor atock,

Hooa.—9» '0@3 HO per cwt, SHRRP.—44 "Jfa.4 75 per cwt.

00®4 40 1

50(3,4 UU | S 00

THE ALBANY CORN P U N T E R

on lbe public lands shall urted

board H a d s o n Klvrr s teamer Ma-genta, p lying between Kew York and Uaverj- traw.

F i r e s : A t Mobile, Ala., loss 975,000. A t Pi t t sburg , Pa. , loss 975,000; insured for 900,000.

ipoi f rom the terri tories of t b e United Sta il absli lie l iable to seizuro by the I 'n i ted StaUM autborillea whenever found ."

Mr. Wlndom movoil lo amend Ibe aeoond section s o ss to appropriate 915,-000 for tbe o the r rmrposea ment ioned m, tha t aectton, and 95,000 for the m veallfni-lion of t reapamai on public I an da. Agreed to wi thout division.

Tbe other ainendnients of Ibe Com-mit tee on Appropria t ions were Agreed to without debate , as lol lows: ApproprU at ing 940,000 for a defidenoy in the appro-priation lor aalaries and ezpenaes of col-lectors of I n t ems l revenue, s n d 911.000 to enable lbe Mecretai? of War lo em-ploy 23 additional c lerks and two h bor-ers in the pension dlvlaion of the Sor-

Wllt pUnt Corn, Bean., Tornlp and Saoall seedi with prerial.iu. fiwIU

Sare It8 Cost Ihe Flnit Season! The I'LASTia. at One Proce**, Open* Ma Farrow

Oaage*. Drop*, Coier* lb* Meeda and Holla Ibem down. Alao Meaaure. and Mark. Off ibe dlalaace for Ike MXI row or drill lo be planted.

It la cbangiahlc from a I'lanter lo a l l O K M K H O E

In two ulnntea' time, and la altogether lbe moit complete Implement for the purpoaea dealrned in uae. An ImproTemenl baa joat been added, by •ceaaa of which Ihe operator U enabled lo perfect-ly row hla corn both wayLBendforcliculara^tc.to

O. H. P. OlRSKLL, Proprietor Albany Ag'l Work*. Albaor. K. Y

S E L L E R S ' L I V E F P I L L MMyr* Utrr REa U.t f* TtirtT a mSk^ea I* 'L. . ^ . ^ U i e tieHala^j

Mnt-tr,. .^iOSUrf.Of gmM-ajmnM. Vn.'.rtw.MUal^aa. rrw.1 f aaM. BIL Upm arufUl 4—1 l~t J . . mU b. 1

m.%.ULLiha a in. - "

Cnrrg I.Ivor Complaint. Scrofula, MK :"irifl"« Hi- blood, Itu r v s i c j ibe sopeblt ind t- i iv-u-s tho whole svttcm. l i b ' I" ; ! . ! ! / bi-iieflcial In Ai t ^ . l l i l l o t u F e

.•or.Si.-kor i l i l 'ouall . 'dnrlie.DriiH-pil*. r n i n l o Hehlllty, ('.iti-ilpalion. and all .til. ."tsor ScrofulmMiv.n. i .u int , . A ^

. ! e f i ' ' ! 1 ' - - * J- 'mtlv < -iliiutle Pil ls HI!b full deacrlptli ri of illieaie, laenc-lot-cd »vi:h each lar^e Lottie.

a ^ t R -

MAGIC RED DROPS! O p I ' u l n K i l l e r .

n a cure for nil mannir i f A<-iite Ps lns . "olkj, Cliol.-M Uorbtia, Cholera Inlaii-imn. Ps lns lu l l io Clie-i. Xi-tiralgia of lbe ^oma- l i . and l 'a lpiut l . .n of tbe Heart . A hen aji;il<<.-d as t liiilin.-ii'. run-s Itlu u-•oatl'm aud all innin r of Ncrvona Pain. It l« Jii-l wha t every family ehould keep m tlic house.

D R . K E L I X W O ' S

. H U H 1 1 5 REMEDY! . an be employed Inicrnally o r ex terna l ly . U is flic licit i emcdy known fo r Couchs, '•oI'M. Sore " h r o n . Croup. Ilnsraenes*. Bronciildt. and sil kinds of Lung l>ls-anes . Appli d e s i c r i u l l y it cures Lurus . Scaldi, Cuts , etc.

D N . K E L L O O G ' D

FAILY CATaiETIC PILLS! rimy neither n-iiMeatethe Mr.maeh. (rrlpe •r ona t lpa i e ilu.' bowel*, but leave tlie ippetite good, t!ie bowels f n e and regti-ir, I hey aVmld be u-ed In raaes ol

jlillousaets. Fever. Ague. ConUipsllon, Uheumatljim, ludigest ion. Liver Com-alalnu, etc.

All of tho above medlelnea arc for aalt 7} DrnggUU and Dealers generally.

L. B. KELLOGG & CO., Fropr i t ten , u d W b l t u l a B u l w ,

4 N N A R B O R . - .

GIANT SOAPS. M & s z x i z s ' t z ' z i g r z ' s t anu are half peand* ef the Ineet quality, boiled and perfumol pare Map. We offer Ihem u Iks be«t lalue lobe bad lo toilet aoapa. Bold e m y -

R O B I N S O N B R O S . Jk Co-. B O S T O W . — W a t x a , Bicaaaoaoa ACo.-araB-

.r tcrai i s m a a ooLoa I* recoa-' mended by thouaanda of lb* agrl-rallaral preaajnd uaed by tbe £nS | dairy men. Il gt'ea * perfect Juno (color and I* u ham leaa aa aalt. A 23c bottle colora 300 lb*, aad adds

I U k U II per lb. to II* ralne. A*k roar ruggUt or merchant lor II. or If yon would Ilia le

know wbat It li, what it coata, who naee It, aad

HENRY'S CRIMSON INK P R E P A R A T I O N .

Pat up In nackagt* autBclent to make a plat of bril-liant ated Ink, aent by mall prepaid on reed at of tOcenta, or one diuen for Uo), with dlrsctlona for

" i c r s ; »A) perdu*. Add m a

hlgan UauufSctarinjj Co^^

Henrys Writing Fluid, p m a n d fraas anU tall*, Ibe only Indeatrortlble black flald. la qua M ~ "

A C H A L L E N G E ! Ia eitenlid lo the world lo olaee before tbe pablle a belter cough orluog remedy than

ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM Verily, Il baa ao equal.

COSSUnPTIVEH, READt

Would rou c a n that dUtrnstai caogfe, mat bring b*fk Ihat baslthy rigor Ull latdr a g g a l l a yuarehaekf Uy- iwi i ld do not daLyTfaTara yoa ar* swan U will bo too late.

Allen's Lung Ba lsam! I* y o u r hope . I t h a a b o r n t r i e d b y t a* y o a w h o h a r e b e e s c u r e d ; m a n y l a t b e i r m i l l u d e . b a r e l a a t t h e i r a s m a a l o ea , t h a t s a B r t M b o m a o U / c a s r t s d t b e l r e r M e o e e a a d beUaea . M a ' , e t p e r f m e n l w i t h n e w a n d u n t r i e d m l a t a i a s ywa c a a n o t a f f o i d I t - h u t t r y a t s a c s I M s b n s l s s M s a r t i c le . I l la w r m a l a d I s bewsk o p I k * M e t t r o u b l e a M M c o u g h l a a f ew h s a t s , If a o t o f t a a

la warraatsd lo ( I r s esl l rs Mils , o f l a a g s s d t h r o a t d l f l c a l t l a s .

F O B S A L E B V A L L

DETROIT WHOLESLE DRUGGISTS

PITS! FITS I FITS! D R . B O B B B T V

GREAT WORM SPECIFICI P r i s n i l a f tka C U 4 .

A n d r e m e d y fo r c h l U r e n t e e t h i n g . Cora s w o r m . a » 4 t e a t b l D g d i a r r h e a w o r m farer, FTTH, a a d a n a j m p t o o i g r o w i n g o u t of t k a a s eauaea. i l l * s r e r m l f u g r b a n a l * * * a o d aaie . W b e n oooe uaed y o u would n o t be w l t b o a t U f u r t e n l ime* I u coat , ( l i r e II a I r i a L .1 i a a r e to g l e e a a l l a t a n l u u .

F A K I U X D , W I L L I A M S A C O ,

WlMdaaale A g e a l a , - - D a t r e l t , M k k .

b L F E R R V g r j . ,

•WM 11* aH-a. aaa aa »rt~*aa*i>MM. K s r j r t m t v —

D- M. W M T t C O . paiTrtt. ^

' A E D U A B O S T S O L L / T L * ) < N. N i n t h a l r o e M T i l U d e l p h i s , P a . A a I - . l a a U t u U o a a s r l n g a b l g b t

iKu bonenUacunduct IsPskflL

CANCER. PRINTERS

ON B E A U T l f ' J L C A T A l C

SHCV/lNG r • ' PRINT Nf ' • 1

AND OVLR/O: S M A L L F O N T S • - T Y K t U T S B 0 R D E c

BEMTCN.GOVE & CQ

SomelKMly 'H M o t h e r .

T h e w o m a n w u old s o d ragged s o d g r a y . A o d h * o l w i t h I k e c h i l l of I n e w i n t e r ' i d*y i

T h e i t r e e t w u w e t w i t h a n c e s t m o w . A n d t h s w o m a n ' * fee t w e r e aged a n d i l o w .

• f s h e ( load s i t h * c r o u i n g , a n d w a i t e d l ong . Alone , n n c a m l for , a m i d t h e t h r o n g

O f h r n o a n b r l o g * w h o p a a i M h e r b y , K o r heeded t h e g l a n c e of h e r a n a l ou t eye .

D o w n l b s i t r e e t w i t h l a a g h l e r a n d ahu i i t , I l i ad l a t b e f r e e d o m of "acbool l e t o u t , "

C a n s I h e boy*, l i k e a flock nf aheen , HslMDf I h e * o o w p i led w h i t e i n d d e e p .

P u t t h e w o a u o ao o ld a n d n a y I l u t e o e d I b e c h l l d r e o o n t h e i r w a y ,

K o r o f k r t d a h e l p i n g b a n d t o b c r , So m e e k , t o t i m i d , a f r a i d l o a t i r

Leal t h e c a n l a g s whee l* o r I h e h o n e * ' f ee l S h o u l d c r o w d h e r d o w o In t h e a t l p p e r y a t r ee t .

A t l u l c a m e o u t o f t h e m e r r y t r o o p — T h s gayea t l a d d i e of a l l t h e g r o u p ;

H e paaaed bes ide h e r a n d w h i a p e r e d low, "111 h e l p y o u a c r o o a l f y o u w i t h t o go . "

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Wel l , s ir , t l ie y a r n h e spun u s as to how h e c a m e there , if we h a d n ' t a k n o w ' d It m u s t be true, we cnul t ln ' t never have lielleved It. H e said t h a t he were u p b o r n e by t h e wind so as to h i t on the w a v e as l ight as a co rk , bu t of coun-e t h u u g h t lie b a d no s h o w for h is life, ami i n a d e u p his m i n d h e were a goner . J u s t at t h i s t ime , h e s a i d . It were a great comfor t to h i m to t h i n k tha t h e liad ills Hlble w i t h h i m , ant l h e p u t s h is h a n d down to feel It, It wereal l r i g h t in to h is pea- jacket p o c k et . H e n o s n o n e r clasps h is b a n d o n t o it , besa i t l , t h a n h i s h e a d fe tches u p agin son i e th in ' ba rd , w h i c h of c o u r s e he grabbed, a n d lo a n d behold w h a t -ever should It be bu t o u r <|uartcr-boat, w h i c h as I told you were washet i ol! tlie gal lows f r a m e a b o u t t h e s a m e t i m e as he w e n t o i l ' t h e topsail y a r d . Kot-tom u p she h a d been on t h o f r a m e , b u t now she was r i g h t s ide u p , a n d p r e t t y nigli ful l of w a t e r . H o w b e eve r dragged hisself i n to h e r h e d i d n ' t k n o w . I t w e r e a h a r d Job, h e sa id , w i t h b is wet c lo thes o n , but h e d o n e i t , a n d h e bal led a w a y a t her w i t h h i s h a t t i l l h e go t h e r n i g h o n to f ree f r o m w a t e r . H e r oara w e r e fast to t h e t h w a r t s , a n d w i t h a couple of t h e m h e m a d e a d rag , a n d so k e p ' he r h e a d lo t h e sea, a n d be in ' a F r a n c i s m e t a l l i c life-boat, s h e Jus t rode ou t t b e ga le l i ke a cork , o n l y once in a w h i l e t a k i n ' in a l i t t le wa te r from t h e c u r l of a roller. W h e n t h e m o r n l n ' c a m e ant l t b e w i n d c h a n g e d . b r l n g l u ' fine w e a t h -er, Gr i f l l t h sa id b e w e r e p r e t t v wel l t ucke red o u t , w b a t w i t h ba i l i n ' a n d a n x i e t y of m i n d , a n d w b e n t h e s u n rose he Jist laid d o w n in t l i e s t a r n shee t s a n d w e n t oil" lor a long snooze

H e k n o w ' d hows ' eve r , t h a t i t w a s in consequence of h i s b a v i n ' b i s B i b l e w l t b h i m t h a t t h e boat b a d b e e n s e n t to b i m , a n d h e t r i ed a f o r e b e w e n t olf to r«u l a c h a p t e r o r so, bu t in conse-quence of i ts b e i n ' so w e t , a n d h e so s leepy b e c o u l d n ' t d o It. H e , h o w s ' -eve r , opened t h e book, a n d s ecu red i t u n d e r t h e b lade of a o a r , so as i t wou ld d r y . H e t h e n w e n t oil" o n t o a l o n g cau lk , a n d w h e n h e w o k e t h e s u a w e r e g i t t l n ' l o w , a n d h e h a d p robab ly cov-ered n i g h on to t w e l v e hours .

A s n i g h as h e could m a k e i t , f r o m t h e looks of t h e s u n , i t were a b o u t five o 'c lock In t h e a r t e rnoon . T h e ga le h a d modera t ed , t h e sea bad g o n e d o w n a n d t b e w e a t h e r w e r e d e l l g h t f u l l v flno, a n d here w e r e he , w i t h a good boat u n d e r b i m , a l o n e in t b e m i d d l e of t l ie A t l a n t i c Ocean . I f l ie bail o n l y h a d s o m e t h i n ' t o ea t a n d d r i n k b e wou ld h a v e been well e n o u g h ofT, b u t t h a t

foundla inl . H e were v e r y w e a k , hows'ever , ami w e m ' t t a k i n ' m u c h no te of a n y t b l n ' . T i m e s , be sa id , us he were n igh g lv in ' u p , he 'd rend t b e Hlble ami be iiturvelously s t r e n g t h e n -etl. ' I n fact , boys, ' says lie to ns, 'If It hadn ' t been for t h i s blessed book I wouldn ' t h a v e been here th is d a y . '

" A b o u t eleven o 'clock tha t forenoon the fog l i f ted, antl h e r e o n l y abou t th ree miles ttbead of h i m Orl l l seen a lleet of t w e n t y or t h i r t y l l s h l n g schooners a t a n c h o r . I t i g h l ib rougl i Ihe m i d d l e of t h e l leet w e n t t h e p o r -pus, ami as t b e Isiat were go in ' pa s ' one of ' em O r i f T m a d e a shi f t lo c r a w l for-ard a m i cut t b e boat ' s pa in t e r . H e would probably h a v e been rescued a n y h o w , for t h e l l shemien had seen tne boat a c o m l n ' , a n d , t h l n k i n ' t h e r e wasn ' t nobody In to he r , was a g o l n ' to sec w h a t it were t h a t were a t o w i n ' of her. I n a few mini t f l Grill" f o u n d h is -self aboard of t h e Abiga l a n d Alice , of Marblehead , w i t h lots of g r u b a n d e v e y t h l u ' comfor t ab le . N e x t d a y t h e Be tsy A n n , of Gloucester ; w e r e g o l n ' to s ta r t for home , a n d b e were pu t aboard of h e r . a r r i v i n ' In due t i m e , antl m a k i n ' h is w a y to N e w Y o r k , whe re h e h a d been for a week w b e n we a r r ived . . . . .

" d r i l l we re d r e a d f u l l y p u t ou t w h e n h e got h i s chls t , w h i c h lie said b e lef t ful l of d u n n a g e : b u t t h e r e w e r e n ' t a n y l m d y bu t m e a n d S h e p h e r d as could tell b i m w h e r e It h a d gone , a m i w e d i d n ' t l i ke to for f ea r of h u r t i n ' h i s feelins. So he m a d e a c la im o n t o Ker -ml t a n d Carew, w h i c h was t h e o w n e r s ef t h e sh ip , a n d t h e y paid h i m some-t h i n ' r a t h e r t h a n s t a n d a l a w u i t .

" T h e r e was a scept ical cuss of t h e n a m e of J i m m y D a v i s a s said t h a t the Hlble h a d n ' t n o t h l n ' to do w i t h Gr l fTs i reservat lon, bu t h e were a l w a y s a tliot, a n d nobody d i d n ' t m i n d b i m .

Here It w e r e : l ive c h a p s goes over-board, o n e h a s a B i b l e In to b i s pocke t ami t h e o t h e r fou r h a s n ' t . T h e m four g i t s d r o w n e d , a n d h i m as b a d t h e Hi blc ge ts saved , w h i c h proves con-clusively t h a t if t h e m four h a d bail Riblci I n t o t he i r pea- jacket pocke t s t hey wou ld h a v e been saved too. Leas te rwlse , t h a t e r e were t h e way Gr i f l a rgyed It, t h i s he re were t h e wav mos t ol t h e c h a p s a rgved it , a n d th is he re Is t h e way i t we re w i t h o u t any doubt , as every good s a i l o r m a n will say if h e is a s k e d . "

w h i c h were in h i s pockwt, a chap as I w e r e w i t h wou ld h a v e lost t b e n u m b e r o f h is mess , a n d wou ld neve r m o r e h a d a n y use for t h e k e y of b is ch ls t . Leas tw i se , t h a t ' s m y o p i n i o n ; l ikewise i t w e r e t h e op in ion of m o s t of t h e c h a p s aboard of t h a t s h i p , t h o u g h t he r e was s o m e I r reverend c h a p s a s said t h a t t h e B i b l e d i d n ' t m a k e a h a ' p o r t h of d i f f e rence .

" H e r e ' s t b e w a y i t were—If y o u ' l l l e t h i m fill m i n e u p a g a i n w i t h m o r a r u m , leaa wa te r , a n d t h e M i n e a m o u n t of s u g a r as t b e laat. 1 w e r e c o m i n g f r o m L i v e r p o o l in t h e J o b n H. Kkiddv a l o n g In t h e m o n t h of A u g u s t , 1848, if I don't d i s r e m e m b e r , b e i n ' t w e n t y of u s a l l to ld fo 'caa ' l , I b e i n ' i n t h e atar-h o a r d w a t c h , w b i c b l ikewise t h e r e w e r e in a c h a p b y t b e n a m e of Gr i f f i th , w b i c b w b e n no t e a t l n ' n o r aleepin were e i t h e r in t h e ga l l ey p i a y i n ' c h e c k e r s w i t h t b e cook o r else s i t t l n ' o n h i a c h l s t a r ead in ' of t b e Bible,

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' d t h r ee o r fou r s t o w a w a y s was also took o v e r ; t h e b u l w a r k a was s tove, a n d e v e r y t h i n ' abou t t b e decks s m a s h -e d u p gene ra l ly . T h l a here Gr i f f i th , o n t h e lee topsail y a r d - a r m , h a d Jist la id back o n t o t h e e a r l n ' wben t b e l u r e h come, a n d , t h e e a r l n ' p a r t l n ' , o v e r b e w e n t bead o v e r heels, flyln' a w a y to leeward In t b e h a r d ga le as If h e h a d been a fea ther .

" T h e r e were a c h a p of t h e n a m e of S h e p a r d a t t h e ' d o g ' s ea r . ' and I we re n e x t t o h i m . U s t w o was t l ie o n l y o n e s tba t seen b i m go, a n d we both fe l l b a d t b a t w e c o u l d n ' t git In off t b e y a r d a n d lay d o w n to g i t t h e fust w h a c k a t b i s ch l s t , h e b«ln ' k n o w ' d fo r t o h a v e a good l o t o f d u n n a g e . W e kep* s h a d y , h o w s ' e v e r , a n d Jist passed in t b e w o r d fa r a n e w e a r l n ' w h i c h r e t t i n ' . Hbepard s h i f t e d outs ide of t b e J if t a n d I took t h e 'dogs ear , ' a n d w e soon b a d t h e e a r l n ' passed a n d laid d o w n .

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" I t be in ' one of t h e m reg ' la r b o w l -e r s , t h e old m a n , k n o w l n ' I t w o u l d n ' t laat long . Just w e a r e d h e r r o u n d w i t h h e r b e a d to t h e s ' u t b ' a r d , fu r led t b e foreaall a n d fore a n d mizzen topsails , a n d h o v e h e r to, so a s w b e n t h e s h i f t c o m e I t w o u l d t a k e h e r a f t a n d do n o d a m a c e . T h e flurry come abou t 4 o'clock t h e n e x t m o r n i n ' , a n d t b e w i n d i n t o n o r w e s t , a n d the w e a t h e r c l ea red .

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: dor , a n d h e were m u c h encouraged by see ln ' t h e n e w m o o n fus t ove r hi* r igh t shou lde r , t h a t be in ' a l u c k y s ign , a n d w b e n h e cons idered b o w muc l i be t t e r off b e were t b a n ; h e m i g h t h a v e been if b e h a d n ' t fell in w i t h t h e boat , h e were m o r e enuouraged, a n d f ina l ly d ropped off to s leep a g ' l n In a h o p e f u l f r a m e of m i n d .

' N e x t m o r n i n ' i t was n e a r l y c a l m , a n d t h e sea were as smoo th as a nilll-p o n d . T h e r e was t w o sails In s igh t b a t so fa r a w a y t h a t t bey w e r e of ut use to b i m . A s h e looked, h o w s ' e v e r , b e seed a w a y to t b e eas t ' a rd b r o k e n wa-te r , as if it were a shoal , a n d a t o n c e h is hopes revived. H e k n o w ' d t h a t w h a t h e seen w a s a school of | iorpusaes. ami h'- k n o w ' d t b a t if h e could o n l y be l u c k y e n o u g h t o ca t ch one of t h e s e t h e blood a n d t h e flesh would g i v e h i m will ies a n d d r i n k . H e m a k e s fast tlie e e n d o f t h e l i ne to t h e boa t ' s pa in te r , an-t go t t h e l i l ly-lron ready for to s ri :e o n e of ' em If so be as t h e y come u i g b e n o u g h . S u r e e n o u g h , t h e y kep ' c o m l n ' t o w a r d s t h e boat, h u n d r e d s i.f ' em, j u m p l n ' a n d p i a y i n ' i n t h e sun glade. M g h e r a im n lghe r t h e y come, t i l l a t l as t h is boat was s u r r o u n d e d by t h e s p l a s b l n ' a n i m a l s , a n d w a t c h i n ' h i s c h a n c e as one of 'em d a r t e d by he b e v e t h e i ron c h o c k t h r o u g h h i m , tog-g l i n ' i t o n t h e o t h e r side. T h e m-zt m l u n i t h e was h o v e head ove r heels I n t o t h e bo t tom of t h e boat w i t h Ihe sudden Je rk as t b e l lsb b e g u n t o r u n . a n d a t once f o u n d h i m s e l f go ln ' t h r o u g h t b e wa te r a t f u l l y t en miles a h o u r . H e was so b l t w e d h u n g r y t h a t h e t r ied at Unit hi h a u l t h e beat up to t b e 1 ^ 1 1 1 ^ llsb, bu t h e found t h a t h e cou ldn ' t do this , a m i t h a t Ins we igh t fo r ' a rd o n l y m a d e t h e lioat y a w

THE PATRIOT WAK.

A PAPER READ I1V K. CLARK, ESQ., OF ANN AltllOlt, AT TIIK PIONBBR HO-CICTV MKKTINO IIEI.D AT Vl'Hll.AN-TI M AllCH 0, 1H78.

It will be r e m e m b e r e d b y t h e p lo neers of Mich igan , a n d no t o n l y b y t h e m , bu t by al l o thera of t b a t t i m e along t h e f ron t i e r l i ne be tween t h e Uni ted Hla tes a n d C a n a d a , t h a t d u r -ing t h e w l n t e r o f 1837-38 occurretl w h a t was k n o w n as t h e " P a t r i o t W a r . " T h e object of t h i s w a r was unders tood to lie u revolu t ion t h a t should separa te t h e Hr i t i sh possessions of C a n a d a f r o m t h e m o t h e r i rountry t h a t t h e y m i g h t erect t h e m s e l v e s I n t o sovereign a n d I n d e p e n d e n t Htates.

I n consequence of t b e financial crash a n d h a r d t i m e s t hen p reva i l i ng there w e r e m a n y a d v e n t u r o u s , r eck-less a n d Idle pe r sons In t h e Htates w h o took p a r t w i t h t h e I 'a t r lo ts . T h e a n i m o s i t y t h a t g rew o u t of ou r Revo lu -t ionary w a r a n d t h e w a r of 1812 to-wards t h e Br i t i sh m a y h a v e s l u m b e r e d but was no t fo rgo t t en , a n d It took bu t l i t t le t o a w a k e n t h a t old fee l ing. I t was r ev ived a long t b e w h o l e l e n g t h of t h e f ron t i e r , a n d was no t c o n f i n e d to u u r s I d e o n l y ; i t waa fa i r ly reciprocated by ou r loya l ne ighbora . A t t b a t t ime , as it m a v be now, t h e r e w e r e m a n y half p a y E n g l i s h m i l i t a r y officers w h o would h a v e ba l l ed a w a r be tween t h e Un i t ed Htates a n d E n g l a n d as a God send t o t h e m , for in t h a t even t t b e y would be restored t o ac t ive service on ull pay a n d s t and t b e l r cnancea for p romot ion . T h e hos t i le fee l ing h a d reached s u c h a degree of I n t ens i t y t h a t Genera l Sco t t was ordered to t h e f ron-t ie r w i t h t roops . T h e s t eamer Caro-l ina , t h a t was supposed to be In t h e service of t h e pa t r io ts , was cap tu red iu t h e N i a g a r a r ive r b y t h e Br i t i sh forces, ami s e n t ove r t b e falls , a n d i t w a s ^ u p -posed w i t h pa r t of t b e crew on lioard. T h e 1'

Giving Uer C C I I H I I H .

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" T h e r e a r e five of us In t h e f ami ly , a n d w e paid 1100 d o w n on t h i s place. M y h u s b a n d ' s n a m e is Pe te r , b i s age is for ty- two. a n d b e c a m e f r o m a m e a n f a m i l y . H i s f a t h e r was a l w a y s h a v i n g l awsu i t s abou t dogs, a a d b i s m o t h e r was t h e grea tes t gossip In E l m l r a . H a v e y o u got t h a t d o w n . "

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M y n a m e la A l v l n a S a r a h , a d d I was b o r n In . "

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• 'Wel l , I c a r e ! " she e x c l a i m e d ; " I t m a k e s a g r e a t dea l of d i f fe rence w h e t h -er I was b u r n In A f r i c a o r Bos ton , and I w a n t it put d o w n . A s I was s ay ing , I was born in Boston in 1838. Pu t d o w n t h s t I c a m e of a good f a m i l y . "

" M a d a m , y o u d o n ' t unde r s t and— you .

" D o n ' t I u n d e r s t a n d t h a t I c a m e of a good fami ly ? I ' d l ike to k n o w of a Boston f ami ly w b i c b car r ied the i r noses h ighe r t h a n t h e Roge r se s ! Put d o w n t h a t m y f a t h e r wus In t h e Mexi-can w a r . "

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down t h a t m y m o t h e r was ki l led by a n explosion in a q u a r r y . H e r a n d f a t h e r were

. . . . P a t r i o t s bail a t t b a t t i m e a c o n s i d erakle force on N a v y Island. A Rock-e t Hr igade was s ta t ioned a t W i n d s o r . Occasional m u s k e t sho ts were flred f rom W i n d s o r in to Det ro i t a n d a cor r e spondence was opened be tween t h e aut t ior l t les on each s ide w i t h a v iew to s top t h e recklessness . T h e la te A d j u -tant G e n e r a l J o h n E . S c h w a r t z con-ducted t b e co r respondence on t b e pa r t of M i c h i g a n . H e read it to t h e w r i t e r of t h i s p a p e r . A b o u t t h i s t i m e I vis-ited De t ro i t , s topped a t t b e N a t i o n a l Hote l as t h e Russe l l H o u s e w a s t h e n called, a n d before I h a d t i m e to w a r m myself I m e t Col. S m i t h , t h e n a m e m -ber of t b e Leg i s l a tu re f r o m M o n r o e C o u n t y , w b o l a v i t e d m e In to t b e back par lor w h e r e I m e t G o v e r n o r Mason w h o ordered m e b a c k to A n n A r b o r to raise a c o m p a n y of mi l i t i a a n d repor t to Col. S m i t h , w h o was t h e n u n d e r orders f r o m t h e G o v e r n o r t o m a r c h down t h e Det ro i t river a n d b reak u p tbe e n c a m p m e n t a of Pa t r io t s in t h e n e i g h b o r h o o d of G i b r a l t a r , a smal l v i l l age n e a r t h e m o u t h of t h e river, a n d d r i v e t h e m a w a y . I h a d a l so a n order , addreased t o t h e la te Col. S l lng-e r l a n d , t o m u s t e r b i s ( t he 5 t b Regi-men t ) f r o m w h i c h t o rec ru i t m y com-p a n y by v o l u n t e e n . if poesiblc, o r by d r a f t . T h e Colonel Issued h i s o rders a n d d id h i s d u t y , b u t so s t r o n g was t h e s y m i i a t h y in f avor of t h e P a l r i o t a a n d a g a i n s t t h e E n g l i s h , t h a t n o t ove r t h i r t y m e n ou t of abou t s ix h u n d r e d c o m p o s i n g t h e r e g i m e n t obeyed t b e Colone l ' s order . Of course I was obliged to repor t m y inab i l i ty t o repor t t h e c o m p a n y o rde r ed . M y recollec-t ion is t b a t Colonel S m i t h m a d e a s i m i l a r r epor t a u d t h e e u c e m p m e n t r e m a i n e d u n d i s t u r b e d .

T h e l eaders of t h e Pa t r io t s bai l or ganized a secret society k n o w n as " H u n t e r s , " w i t h lodges io e v e r y vil-lage a l o n g t h e f ron t i e r . T h e y had tbe l r secre t s igns , gr ips , a n d pass-words, a n d were s w o r n to secrecy. A large porpor t lon of t b e a b l e bodied m e n w e r e " H u n t e r s , ' ' t h a t is m e m -b e n of " H u n t e r s ' L o d g e s . " I men tion t h e s e facts t o show t h e s t a t e of publ ic feel ing w i t h regard to t h e Pa-tr iot w a r a n d t h e reason t h a t Governor Mason could no t f u r n i s h t h e necessary force to m a r c h o n t h e Pa t r io t e n c a m p m e n t a n d d i sperse t h e force t h e r e en canq ied . Before t h e close of n a v Hon a n e x p e d i t i o n was organized by

a m b i t i o n . I bel ieve t h e r e would h a v e been but l i t t l e d l t l lcu l ty in e n l i s t i m ! t h e n u m b e r of m e n to till Hie fviir c o m p a n i e s r equ i r ed , a n d it seemed plain to m e Unit a l t e r rece iv ing com-mlsslons, a n d before t h e Ink of t h e G o v e r n o r ' s s i g n a t u r e was fair ly d r y on t h e m S u t h e r l a n d would h a v c o r d e r e t i a f o r w a r d m o v e m e n t a t a iilace w h e r e we w o u l d hove been m e t by an o v e r -w h e l m i n g force a m i been compel led to s u r r e n d e r . I could come to no o t h e r conc lus ion t h a n t h a t S u t b e r l a m l was false t o t h e cause h e p re tended t o es -pouse. I f w e h a d been t aken p r i son -ers of course wo would h a v e c la imed t h e t r e a t m e n t of pr i soners of war . T h i s m a y h a v e been accorded t o us In cons idera t ion of ou r commii-sions, a n d w e n o t h a v e been h a n g e d as C u n n i n g -h a m , L i n n , L o u n t a m i o thers were . If t h e i nvas ion h a d taken place tha t m i g h t h a v e been regarded b y ou r C a n a d i a n ne ighbors as a commence -m e n t of host i l i t ies ou t h o p a r t of t h e Un i t ed S t a t e s ant l a s a s u f l l c l e n t jus t l -flcation for t h e Rocke t Hr igade t o o p e n on Det ro i t a n d b u r n i t . A t t i ia t t i m e t he r e were n a t roops t h e r e excep t t h e H i a d y G u a r d s , a n exce l len t c o m p a n y ol v o l u n t e e r m i l i t i a of less t n a n one h u n d r e d m e n . W h a t t h e conse-quences wou ld h a v e been if S u t h e r -l and ' s ordera h a d been obeyed o the r s may i n f e r . I r e m e m b e r t h a t S u t h e r -l and to ld m e t h a t h e h a d cal led meet -ings a n d m a d e speeclies t h r o u g h Oak-land C o u n t y us h e h a d in W a s h t e n a w . M y d u t y seemed pluln a n d s imp le , a n d I lost n o l i m e in go ing to De t ro i t w i t h t h i s p a c k a g e of papers . I found t h e G o v e r n o r In b i s offlce in t h e old capi tol , a n d as soon as w e were lelt a lone I told h i m n o e r r a n d ant l laid t h e p a p e r s before h i m . H e read t h e m a t t e n t i v e l y a n d arose f rom h i s c h a i r and w a l k e d t b e office for s o m e min -utes w i t h o u t u t t e r i n g a word . I t was

Ela ln to be seen tha t u s t o r m was r e w l n g . A t l e n g t h It burst ou t In

l a n g u a g e m o r e forcible t h a n iiollte— too forc ible fo r m e to repeat in t h i s paper . M y impress ion was t h a t if S u t h e r l a n d h a d been present h e would h a v e fe l t t h e w e i g h t of t l ie G o v e r n o r ' s a r m . A m o r e a n g r y m a n I h a v e sel-d o m seen . A f t e r t h e e n g a g e m e n t a t Po in t a u Pe l eeoccu r r ed , S u l h e r l a n d , u n d e r t h e p r e t ense of j o i n i n g t h e vic-to r ious P a t r i o t s a t t h e Po in t , a t t e m p t -ed to pass For t Maiden w i t h a horse a n d c u t t e r on t h e Ice a m i wus cap tured by s o m e of t h e ga r r i son of t h e For t , w h i c h h e p robab ly In t ended to be, a n d w l t b T n e i l e r a n d Col. Dodge, was held a s a p r i sone r u a t l l t h e t h r e e were taken to Quebec , a n d cou t lned in o n e of t h e f o r t r c s e s s t he re . T h e l l e r a n d Dodge m a d e t h e i r e&cajie f r o m t h e pri-s o n a n d , a f t e r r e t u r n i n g , T h e l l e r lold m e t h a t ou t h e i r j o u r n e y t l o w n , w h i c h was b y p r i v a t e conveyance , ( there were n o ra i l roads t hen

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abou t a n d c o m e n i g h t o s w a m p i n ' , and so h e w e n t a f t a n d l e t h i m r u n , break-f a s t i n ' o f f o f t h e Bible , as o u t h e pre-vious n i g h t b e b a d supped .

" A l l t h a t ilay tha t j iorpus k e p ' a r u n n l n ' , a n d s h o w e d no s i g n s of weari-neas. H e h a d s t ruck h i m n e a r t b e tal l , w h i c h were exce l len t fo r t h e Iron b o l d l n ' , but w h i c h had no t atlVcted the c r i t t e r in a n y vital p a r t . W h e n t h e s t a r s c o m e ou t agin G r i f f seen by t h e N o r t h S t a r t h a t Tils course were a l i t t le t o t h e n o r t h of west t r u e , a n d h e wai ted as | i a t l en t iy as h e c o u b l for t h e a n i m a l to t i re , so an lie could get at h i m . I t were r a t h e r tanlall/.lii' to k n o w t h a t o n l y about t h i r t y fa tboius a w a y the r e were p l en ty of good food a n d y e t no t be a ide for t o ge t a t It. H e w e r e d r e a d f u l h u n g r y , a n d th is second n i g h t h e c u t up o n e of h is aea boota a n d chawed a w a y on t h a t , w h i c h were v e r y unsa t i s fac to ry . A t last lie fell off to sleep, a n d he said h e d ream ed t h a t h e were s i t t l n ' d o w n t o t h e moat l uxu r ious b a n q u e t s o n l y to w a k e a u d f ind t h e day b r e a k l n ' a n d hkse l f still a l o n e in t h e boat , w h i c h t l ie l o r -pus were st i l l t o w i n ' to w e s t ' a r d l ike m a d .

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' H o w m a n y ch i ld ren h a v e you , m a d a m ? "

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t h e census of t h e c i t y . " " W e l l , " s h e sa id , g i v i n g h i m a dan-

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" F i v e in t h e f a m i l y — h o w m a n y ch i ld ren ? " H e s u d d e u l y a s k e d .

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" T i l l s Is fo re ign to t h e sub jec t , mad a m . H o w old a r e y o u r c h l l d r e n ? "

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" Y o u c a n ' t ascer ta in i t h e r e , s i r ! " s h e suap | ied . " I f m y s i ckness , wh ich cost over IJKl. I sn ' t good e n o u g h to go in t l ie book t h e n you d o u ' l gel a l ine h e r e ! "

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« r a p b s , s i r ! If you get ' e m a n y -whe re a n d p u t ou r p ic tu res in tba t book we ' l l m a k e It ho t for y o u ! Good d a y . sir—good d a y ! "

l i e stood on t h e door s t e p , s i g h i n g , ami s h e cal led t h r o u g h t h e d o o r :

" M y g r a n d f a t h e r was a l so b i t ten to dea th by a n a l l iga tor , b u t I w o n ' t g ive you a n y of t h e p a r t i c u l a r s ! You w a n t to w a l k ! "

H e passed o n , s o r r o w f u l l y wonder i n g if t h e n e x t w o m a n ' s m o t h e r was b lown ofl 'a b r idge or car r ied down t h e r i v e r on a h a y - s t a c k . - / > e / r o i 7 J-Wc Pre*'.

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by p l ay ing " " e lders " N o w .

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Hrigat l ler G e n e r a l The l le r , of t h e Pa-t r io t service, for t b e pu rpose of captur-i n g F o r t Ma iden . H e e m b a r k e d in t h e s loop A n n , a n d w h e n s h e a r r ived off t h e F o r t waa fired i n to a u d he r rigging so cut u p t b a t she became u n m a n a g e a b l e a n d d r i f t ed ashore . T h e ;enerel a n d Colonel Dodge (I bel ieve l is n a m e was) a n d t h e c rew were tak-

e n pr i soners . T b a t w i n t e r a l a n d i n g of a P a t r i o t fo rce waa m a d e on t h e C a n a d a shore above W i n d s o r a n d a ba t t le fough t w h i c h proved d isas t rous to t h e invaders . A n o t h e r ba t t l e was fough t a t P o i n t a u Pelee w h e r e t h e Pa t r io t s were vic tors . F r o m these facts i t c a n be seen t h a t t h e magaz ine was r e a d y a n d i t needed bu t a spa rk to exp lode i t .—tba t Is to Invo lve t h e c o u n t r y in war .

W h e n these eventa w e r e taking iilacc, b u t before t b e fight a t P o i n t au i 'elee, " G e n e r a l " S u t h e r l a n d , of t h e Pa t r i o t a r m y , m a d e b is a p p e a r a n c e at A n n Ar l s i t in f u l l u n i f o r m a n d posted hand-b i l l s n o t i f y i n g t h e p u b i l e t h a t he wou ld address t h e m a t t b e o o u r t house o n t h e subject of t h e P a t r i o t w a r . T h e cour t room was filled a n d t b e Genera l was l is tened to wi th respect a n d a t t en -t ion . Before t h e m e e t i n g d ispersed a c o m m i t t e e was appo in t ed to wa i t on I he " G e n e r a l , " a t h i s " q u a r t e r s , " to eon fer w i t h h i m . T h e w r i t e r was one of t h a t c o m m i t t e e . T h e c o m m i t t e e call ed on t h e " G e n e r a l " t b a t e v e n i n g , a t h i s r o o m , a n d s p e n t a n h o u r o r t w o w i t h h i m . F r o m A n n A r b o r h e went t o Manchex te r t o address t h e goodjieo-ple of t h a t v i l l age . H i s ob jec t was tc get m e n a n d m e a n s to c a r r y o n t h e w a r , A shor t t i m e a f t e r w a r d s I re-ceived a package of u a p e n f rom t b e " G e n e r a l . " A m o n g t u e m were enlist-m e n t rolls a m i a long le t ter . H e wish-ed m e to Join t h e " P a t r i o t a r m v " a u d raise a l iat tal lon of m e n fo r t h e Pa t r io t sen-Ice , but os tens ib ly a s vo lun teer mi l i t i a , hold e lec t ions for commiss ion-ed off icers as di rected by t h e mi l i t i a l aws of M i c h i g a n , a n d a p p l y to Oover-n o r Mason for commiss ions . H e said t h a t as I waa a personal a n d polit ical f r i end of t h e O o v e r n o r t h e r e would be no di f f icul ty i n ge t t i ng t h e commls -

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C o m m i t t e e s of b o t h houses of Con-gress h a v e m a d e rej ior ts f avor ing in t h e m o s t decided m a n n e r Cap ta in H . W . H o w g a l e ' s p l a n s f o r a s c i e n t i H c a n d e x p l o r i n g exj iedl t ion to t h e Atctii : re-g i o n s ; a n d a bill a p p r o p r i a t i n g t h e s u m of m o n e y necessary to pu t t h e s c h e m e Into n | iernt lon h a s lieen passed.

T h e genera l c h a r a K e r of t h e project has been wide ly p u o l l s h e d , a n d no op-position to It h a s yet been developed I n a n y i iuar ter . On t h e c o n t f a r y , sci-en t i s t s of every school , and m a n y

tractical business m e n of p r o m i n e n c e , a v e g iven t h e m a t t e r t h e i r hea r t i ea t

comniemia t ion . O n e of n a t u r e ' s la rges t w o r k s h o p s ia

nea r t h e pole, a n d no d o u b t a s t rong m o t i v e w h i c h Inspires t h e p romote r s of t h i s measure Is found iu t h e insa t ia -ble cur ios i ty w h i c h wou ld p e n e t r a t e even t h e r e to t a k e k n o w l e d g e of t h e p h e n o m e n a w h i c h a t t e n d t h e or ig in or ex t inc t ion of t h o s e c u r r e n t s of a i r a n d witter, of m a g n e t i s m , e lec t r ic i ty a n d aurora l l ight w h i c h r a d i a t e f rom or = o w toward t h a t region. B u t t h e age

too pract ical , a n d t h e people are too oor, to w a r r a n t t h e ap i i ropr ia t lon of

m o n e y m e r e l y to sa t i s fy a cur ios i ty w h i c h is not shared b y t b e masses N o r wou ld t h e tiosslble add i t ion of ter-r i to ry n o r t h of t h e A r c t i c circle , o r even t h e glory of flying t h e s ta rs a n d s t r lyes a t t h e Po le Itself, se rve t o f e m p t t h e dol lars f rom our na t iona l coffers. If t h e project was u n c o n n e c t e d w i t h p romises of g rea t m a t e r i a l benef i t s to t h e people.

Cap ta lu H o w g a t e has been connec t -ed w i t h t h e S igna l S e r v i c e Bureau s i n c e Us creat ion, a n d Is t h o r o u g h l y Ident if ied wi th Its m a n a g e m e n t and its success. T h e chief w o r k of t h i s bu-reau, It is well k n o w n , is to d i sp lay d a n g e r s igna l s a l o n g t h e sea a n d l a k e t-oasts, w a r n i n g vessels of a p p r o a c h i n g s t o r m s and to pub l i sh Its da i ly w e a t h e r repor ts a n d predic t ions . Meterology, upon w h i c h t i l ls work is bused, is t h e younges t a n d pe rhaps t h e least developed of t h e n a t u r a l sciences, a n d t h e degree of accuracy w h i c h t h e bu reau , by a few yea r s ' exiierleuce, h a s a t t a i ned in its p red ic t ions is rather a n ev idence of tlie possibi l i t ies t h a n of a n y excel lence of p r e s e n t a t t a i n m e n t s In t h i s d i rec t ion . N o n e k n o w be t te r t h a n t h e officers of t h e Un i t ed S ta tes Bureau how m u e h r e m a i n s to be lea rn-ed liefore meteoro logy c a n be d a s e e l a m o n g t h e exac t sc iences . Of t i l ls science a n exper i enced ( i e r m a n s tu-den t a n d explorer wr i t e s t h a t t h e con-tic aillT-, i i i t iv uriJi « A|'a<'av* , Z ,

Ails t h e n ) , h e a n d Dodge d i t ions in ihe ne ighborhood o f t h e f r ig-were con f lned in j a i l s n lg l i t s b u t S u t h - id Polar Zones are i m p o r t a n t . T h e e r l a n d was en t e r t a ined in hotels . On 1 genera l m o v e m e n t s of t h e a t m o s p h e r e r e a c h i n g t h e i r p r i son , t h e t h r e e w e r e j a r i se f rom t h e e x c h a n g e of cold a n d s h u t u p In t h e s a m e cell fo r awh i l e , | w a r m , of dry a m i h u m i d a i r , be tween but so s t r o n g were t he i r i i i iprefs ions ; i h e poles a n d t h e equa to r . H o w e u o r -t h a t S u t h e r l a n d was in B r i t i s h poy | m o u s m u s t be t h e i n f l uence of t h e h u g e a n d a t r a i to r to t h e Pa t r io t cause t i iat masses of polar ice u p o n t h e d l s t r ibu-t h e y laid p l a n s t o get rid of h i m . t ion of t h e e a r t h ' s hea t Is obvious . T h e y bel ieved h i m a spy on t h e m , i Cireenlami a n d Ice land al lbrd proofs t hey found b i m a coward a n d so work* | h o w t h e m o v e m e n t s of Ice, d r iven by ed u p o n b i s fears u n t i l h e wits re-1 w i n d s a n d oceanic c u r r e n t s , may affec t m o v e d . A l t e r T h e l l e r a n d Dodge had | t h e c l ima te of a c o u n t r y , bu t ou r t h e cell to t hemse lves t h e y appl ied k n o w l e d g e of these moven ien l s Is very t h e m s e l v e s to work a n d effected t he i r j defect ive . N o w i t is possible t h a t t h e escape a n d r e tu rned to Mich igan . T h e ice of t h e Polar Zones m a y be t h e cause C a n a d i a n s t rugg le for na t iona l lude-1 of ou r own c l ima t i c condi t ions , t h e p e n d e n c e was unsuc-cesaful. | o r ig in of m a n y of t h e fur ious s t o r m s

A n o t h e r exped i t ion was p l anned a t i w h i c h sweep des t ruc t ive ly a l o n g ou r De t ro i t for t h e c a p t u r e of F o r t Maiden : coasts a n d ove r ou r l a n d . It Is prol.u-a n d was to sail f r om t h a t c i ty unde r ] b l y not s a y i n g too m u c h , adds i n e t h e c o m m a n d of a " G e n e r a l " f rom s a m e au tho r i t y , w h e n w e assert t h a t C leve land . I t h a d been ascer tuined 1 t h e Po la r regions a r c t h e most impor -i h a t t h e gar r i son was lodged in t h e I t a u t por t ions of ou r g lobe for t h e s t u d y Q u e e n ' s ware -house a t t h e fool of t h e of t h e na tu ra l sciences. T h e e x t r e m e w h a r f , a m i t h e officers qua r t e red a t j condi t ions u n d e r w h i c h t h e forces of hote ls In t h e vil lage of A m h e r s t b u r g , ! n a t u r e act in t h e v i c in i t y of t h e Poles a n d t h a t a t n i g h t t he r e was but a smal l l p roduce p h e n o m e n a w h i c h offer us tlie force o n guard a t t h e fort . T h r e e 1 best m e a n s of i nves t i ga t i ng t h e n a t u r e s t e a m boats were to be e m p l o y e d , a n d ol t h e forces themse lves . As In me te -w h e n t h e y a r r ived oil' t h e fort o n e orology, so also, iu terres t r ia l m a g n e t -boat was to lay across t h e head of t h e ' ism a n d e lect r ic i ty , theae have t o do wl iar f , a m i t h e o t h e r two o n e on each ] w i t h forces of t h e m o s t t r e m e n d o u s side: o n e pa r ty s h o u l d ina rch direct ly 1 ntagi i i iude o f ten exh ib i t ed in des t iuc -to t h e fort a'nd t a k e il; t h e second 1 l i ve energy , b u t n e v e r y e t subduwl U) shou ld c a p t u r e t h e ga r r i son In t h e t h e service of m a n . So, too, if it is de-warehouse : a n d t h e t h i r d should cup- sired to inves t iga te t h e ocean c u r r e n t s , t u r e t h e officers. Til ls was t o be done a n d t h e l aws of t h e t ides upon w h i c h in t h e n i g h t . A n d h o w e v e r feahlble j de | )end t h e safnty a n d success of ocean t h e p l an was , t he " G e n e r a l " lacked t h e commerce , In f luences a r e found cen te r -n e r v e to u n d e r t a k e i t . I t was l ike t h e \ i n g iu t h e N o r t h w h i c h m u s t be t raced ' c a u s e " a fa i lure . A f t e r t h e escape

of T i n Her a m i Dodge, S u t h e r l a n d was set a t l iber ty w i thou t trial a n d w i t h o u t p u n i s i m i e n t , p r o v i n g l i m b e r t h a t he was a t r a i t o r to t l ie Pa t r io t s . H e w a n -de red t o t h e far Wes t , to t h e verge of c iv i l i za t ion , a n d a f t e r ti few y e a r s d i e d .

m • m T h e B l r t U .

S o m e of t h e bird* are h e r e s l ight ly a h e a d of t i m e . Hefore I - eb rua ry bad passed a w a y t h e robins, b l u e b i r d s a n d b l a c k b

lo t he i r source . P r o b a b l y t he r e Is no t o n e of t h e l a w s w h i c h govern t h e ele-m e n t s in t h e i r m o v e m e n t s , a be t t e r k n o w l e d g e of w h i c h will no t result In ma te r i a l oenef i t to t b e race in cheapen -ing t h e m e a n s of s u p p o r t i n g life, In increas ing t h e s o u r c e s o f h u m a n h a p p i -ness, o r i n a v e r t i n g t h e pe i i l s to w h i c h we are now subJecU

Capta in H o w g a t e does not c l a i m to be t h e o r i g i n a t o r of t h e colonizat ion p lan of research . I t h a s been advo-cated by a n u m b e r of expe r i enced N o r t h e r n n a v i g a t o n as t h e safes t a n d therefore t h e moat p r o m i s i n g fo r s u c -

w h i c b could be adopted . T h e

a n d In m a n y cases a n u t t e r ly u n l i t per-son i sap | io i i i l ed , for n o o t h e r reason t h a n t h a t h is I n f i r m i t y , o r t h e en-g a g e m e n t s w h i c h t h e pu rchase r Is able (o enforce UIKIII h i m , e n h a n c e t h e sale-ab le value nf t h e a n n u i t y .

t ' o n s t i t i i t l o n u l A m e n d m e n t ! ! .

T w o a m e n d m e n t s a r e to be vo ted on a t tho election o n t h e first M o n d a y In Apr i l . T h e first nmentlH sect ion IU of A i t i c l e V I . , so its t o read us fol lows:

SECTION IJ. T h e Just ices of t l i e Su-p r e m e Cour t sha l l a p p o i n t t h e c l e rk of said c o u r t ; a m i t b e clerk of each coun-ty organized for Judic ia l pi ir j ioses shall be c lerk of t h e C i r c u i t Cour t of a u d i c o m i t y .

T h e present cons t i t u t i on p rov ides t h a t " T h e clerk of each c o u n t y o rgan-ized for jud ic ia l pur|Mise.s sha l l be t h e c l e rk of t h e C i rcu i t Cour t of such c o u n t y a n d of t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t w h e n he ld w i t h i n t h e s a m e . " T h e object of t h e a m e n d m e n t Is t o a l low l h e Su-p r e m e Court t o a p p o i n t Its o w n c le rk .

T h e second a n i e m l m e n t c h a n g e s sec-t ion 7 of a r t i c l e X V . , so as t o m a k e it read as fo l lows :

SUCTION 7, T h e s t o c k h o l d e r s i n a l l corpora t ions a m i j o i n t s tock nssocla-t i o n s s h a l l be l i i d iv ldua l ly l iab le in nn ainoinU equal to (he var value of their re*i>fctUi thunt which thr}/ own, or have owned, In s u c h co rpo ra t i ons o r associat ions for a l l labor t k m e iu be-hal f of such corpera t lou o r J o i n t s tock associat ion d u r i n g t h e t i m e of t he i r b e i n g such s tockho lde r s . Ing —

T h e p resen t cons t i t u t i on m a k e s s tockho lue r s individually liable for all labor jterfornu d; t b e a m e n d m e n t , if adopted , will m a k e each s tockho lde r l iab le in p r o p o r t i o n t o t b e a m o u n t of b i s s tock.

Election Laws.

T h e Leg i s l a tu re , a t its last session, >aseed two I m p o r t a n t acts, f o rp re se rv -n g t h e p u r i t y of e lec t ions . O n e of

t h e s e m a y be f o u n d on page 19:1, ' P u b -l ic acta of M i c h i g a n , session of 1877," I t provides t h a t t h e n a m e s o f a l i voters shall be n u m b e r e d on t h e noi l l is ts ; tha t , w h e n e v e r a n y vo le is cba l i euged a n d s w o r n i n , t h e n u m b e r set aga ins t t h e n a m e of s u c h cha l l enged voter shal l be w r i t t e n d i s t i n c t l y , i n penci l , on t h e b a c k of h is folded bal lot , a n d a piece of b l a n k pape r be pasted over i t , so t b a t t b e canvasse r s c anno t see t h e n u m b e r ; t h a t t h i s concealed n u m b e r ; sha l l be let a l o n e on t h e bal-lot preserved w i t h t h e o t h e r ba l lo ts , so t h a t , in case t h e elect ion is con tes ted , t h e pape r pas ted o v e r it c a n be t o r n off b y t h e cour t , t h e n u m b e r be revealed, a n d a compar i son w i t h t h e poll lists will show w h o voted i t ; a n d e i the r p a r t y to t b e con tes t m a y p rove tha t such vote w a s i l legal . I n s p e c t o r s ol election a r e r e q u i r e d by l a w to execu te

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T h e o t h e r is " A n A c t to M a i n t a i n Pol i t ical P u r i t y " (see " P u b l i c Ac t s of Mich igan , Sess ion of 1877," ac t No . 11K). page 204). T h i s act dec lares to be br ibery, a m i s u b j e c t t o a severe pena l ty , t h e oiler of a n y k i n d of m o n e y , p rope t -ty, o r cons ide ra t ion , or l o a r , o r t b e of-fer to procure o r t ry to p r o c u r e a n y such favor If a n y vo te r wi l l e i t h e r vote or re f ra in f r o m v o t i n g fo r a n y cand i -da te or t i c k e t ; o r t h e g i v i n g o r p romise of g iv ing , o r p rocu r ing o r t r y i n g to procure, a n y office, place, o r emp loy -m e n t for a n y voter , to i n d u c e h i m to vote or r e f r a in f rom v o t i n g ; o r t h e g iv ing o r oftfer to g ive o r procure , a n y gift , loan, o r promise , to i n d u c e a n y person to w o r k for or aga ina t t h e election of a n y i ierson o r t icket ; or a d v a n c i n g to a n y b o d y m o n -ey, or d i s c h a r g i n g a n y deb t o r par t of ilubt, to affect a n y elect ion; bu t p a y i n g for p r i n t i n g e lec t ion t i cke t s , posters, or t l ie expenses of c a m p a i g n mee t ings , l eg i t imate ly , s h a l l not b e a n offense. A n y pe r son o f f e r ing to rece ive a n y of t h e above favors for h is vo te o r in f lu-ence shall be equa l ly g u i l t y . G i v i n g or o f le r ing a n y voter , on e lect ion day , a n y meal , d r i n k , or r e f r e s h m e n t , o r money , t i cke t , o r o t h e r w a y t o procure such r e f r e s h m e n t , sha l l be p u n U h c d Ihe s a m e w a y . A n y h i r i n g o r p romis-i n g to h i r e lalior. or d i sc l i a rg lng o r t h r e a t e n i n g to d i s cha rge employes , to al lect t h e i r votes , shal l be pun i shed t k e s a m e w a y . A n y person elected t h rough a n y m e a n s m e n t i o n e d above shal l h a v e h i s elect ion d e d a r e d void. Offer ing a n y person , be fo re elecl ion. t b e p romise o r i n d u c e m e n t of a n y office, o r g o v e r n m e n t e m p l o y m e n t , o r place, to i n d u c e h i m to w o r k for t h e c a d l d a t e o r p a r t y , Is H S t a t e pr i son offense. T o sell , o r g l v e a w a y . o r lend , a n y l iquors o r i n tox i ca t i ng d r i n k s on election d a y is u mimiemeanor , severe ly pun i shed ; a n d al l ba rs a n d d r i n k i n g

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p res iden t s of vi l lages, a n d supe rv i so r s o f t o w n s , m u s t g ive p u b l i c proc lama-t ion Ave d a y s before t h e e lec t ion .

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H o n . K. O. H u m p h r e y , P res iden t nf t h e S t a l e A g r i c u l t u r a l Socie ty , In h i s a n n u a l uddr - s s gave fuels a n d figures tha t a re w o r t h re | iea l lng . S p e a k i n g nf Mich igan lie Haiti:

No o the r soils in t h e History of t h e world have lieen round w i t h so v a s t a preparat ion to s u p p l y l h e w a n t s of m a n . It at lbrds every var ie ty of c r o p s w h i c h lloiirisb in t b e T e m | i e r a t e Zom-. T h e r e Is no s ta te t i ia t surpasses i t in tlie p roduct ion of g ra in , for f r u i t i t wou ld seem t h a t t h i s is t h e chosen l and above al l o thers , ami as fo r |KIS-t u r a g e a n d h a y , I l ie l ievei t can c o m -pe te w i t h a n y o t h e r c o u n t r y , o t h e r s tates mav p roduce m o r e as a whole , bu t let f t be r emembered t h a t t in ' g rea te r por t ion of o u r s ta te Is ye t im-de r t h e s h a d e of t h e forest , antl it m a y also be r e m e m b e r e d Iha t o u r forests a re v a l u a b l e beyond es t imate , liesldes t h e a lmos t I n e x h a u s t i b l e beds of gyp-s u m , coal. Iron, s i lver a m i sa l t , a r e irreat sources of wea l th to ou r s t a l e . T h e record of t h e s ta t is t ics of t h e N o r t h w e s t e r n states , i n c l u d i n g W i s -cons in , I l l inois , K a n s a s , N e b r a s k a , Minneso ta , iowit ami Micb lgan , a s reported by tlie Uni ted S ta tes c o m m i s -s ione r of ag r i cu l tu re , s h o w s t h e fol-l o w i n g facts ami figures: T h e aver -age cash va lue of al l products pe r ac re for l ive successive years . 1S71 to 187.5 I n c l u s i v e : Michigan,$17,111; Wiscon-s in , $1:180; I l l inois . $11.12: K a n s a s , $10.48; N e b r a s k a , $8,.V1: Minneso ta , $11.05; I o w a , $0.47. These figures g i v e Mich igan $;i.:fJ above tlie h ighes t of t h e o t h e r s tates , ami $«.:J0 above un ave rage for t b e five years . In I87li t h e ave rage cash v a l u e of al l p r inc ipa l crops raised in Mich igan p e r a c r e was $I4.4»I Ave rage of 22 o t h e r s ta les in t h e west a n d sou th , e x c e p t i n g t h e Pacif ic s tates , was $0.61. Oh io r a n k e d n e x t to M i c h i g a n , wh ich w a s $ 1 . 5 0 p e r ac re less. T h e rest w e r e a l l still low-er, some of t h e m r a n g i n g as low as $'i to $7 p e r a c i e . I t will be seen t h a i t h e a v e r a g e of o t h e r s tates is less l b u n two-t h i r d s as m u c h as Mich igan . T h e s ta t i s t ics also s h o w t h a t l iet ler prices are o b t a i n e d in Mich igan for ai l k i n d s of p roduc t s t h a n a n y western s ta le , In-c l u d i n g Ohio , I n d i a n a a n d I l l inois . T h i s ev idence s h o w s t h a t Mich igan surpasses t h e m all in value of products . A s for m i l d n e s s of c l ima t e t h e r e Is no o t h e r n o r t h w e s t e r n s la te I h a t com-pares w i t h it. A m i as lor a n

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M i c h i g a n s t a n d s p r e e m i n e n t . T o s h o w w i t h w b a t respect a n d esteem o u r sys-t e m is regarded by o thers , I wi l l give a few sen tences of a n address del ivered by M r . Marls , p res iden t of t h e P e n n -s y l v a n i a S t a t e Teachers ' Assccia t ion . H e s a y s : " I n A m e r i c a t h e best sys-t e m of schools Is lo be found In Michi-gan a m i Massachuse t t s . I n t h e for -m e r S t a t e t h e ideas a d v a n c e d in t b e colonia l d a y s o f t h e la t te r have been m o r e fu l ly developed. T h o u g h t b e U n i v e r s i t y of Mich igan h a s lieen in ex i s t ence but a l i t t le over a q u a r t e r of a c e n t u r y . It takes r ank a m o n g tbe foremost o f t h e laud , antl , by it* in f lu-e n c e upon t h e Un ion schools I b r o u g h -o u t t h e S ta te , It has elevated t h e m in al l the i r grades , unt i l uow t h e S t a t e of Mich igan t a n j u s t l y lioast of a sys tem of scboo 's unequa led in t h e Uni ted S t a l e s . " Mr . Mar ls f u r t h e r s a y s : " M i c h i g a n tills a n i m p o r t a n t place a m o n g t h e y o u n g e r S ta tes of ou r sis-terhood of republics, but t h e r e is no h i g h e r gen : In he r coronet t h a n t h e large l ibera l i ty s h e d isp layed towards h e r sons of toil . I n M i c h i g a n , as in n o o the r S t a t e in tlie un ion , is t h e f ree school sys tem carr ied out In Its full-ness. H e r pub l ic schools a r e open to alt he r c h i l d r e n , a n d In t h e g r e a l n o s of h e r houl she o p e n s t h e doors of h e r nob le U n i v e r s i t y to s t u d e n t s f rom all pa r t s of t h e U n i o n , regard less of sex , color or c o n d i t i o n . "

W h a t l and Is t he r e t hen u n d e r l h e s u n w h i c h p resen t s s u c h advan tages , such progress ive a n d c ivi l iz ing inf lu-e n c e s ? W h a t l and Is t h e r e t h a t offers s u c h I n d u c e m e n t s to t h e m e n of t h e east , o r y o u n g m e n of o u r o w n Sla ty w h o c o n t e m p l a t e go ing wes t o r m a k -i n g a c h a n g e to be t t e r t he i r condi t ion ? Mich igan lias mi l l i ons of ac res y e t u n c u l t i v a t e d suscept ible of t h e higt iest s t a t e of cu l t iva t ion , ami a large por t ion of it covered w i t h t h e mos t va luab le of t i m b e r s no t ob ta inab le in t h e S ta tes f a r t he r w e s t .

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I s f y l n ' t h a n sea boots a n d t h e H o l y Scr lp to rs a n d w e r e ge t t l n ' w e a k u n t o It, a n d also a l i t t l e looney In to h i s m i n d . S h o r t l y a r te r s u n r i s e , hows ever , h e r u n n e d In to a t h i c k fog a n d k n o w ' d by t h a t a n d by t b c c o l o r o t t h e w a t e r t h a t h e w e r e crowdn' t h e outer or false l i ank . T h e fog w e r e l i ke nec-ta r to b i m . Gr i f f tel led u s t h a t he 'd n e v e r In al l h i s life tasted g rog I h a t begun to c o m p a r e w i t h i t . H i s c lo thes got t h o r o u g h l y soaked w i t h it , a n d t h o u g h It were a l i t t le b r a c k i s h f rom t h e p rev ious s o a k i n g iu sa l t wa te r . It w e r e good e n o u g h for h i m , a n d h i s o n l y t roub le w e r e tha t h e h a d n ' t a n y -t h i n ' In w h i c h t o s tore u p some for f u t u r e use. H e laid In t h e s t a m - s b e e t s , hows ' eve r , a n d s u c k e d iu t h e m o i s t u r e tilt b i s t h i r s t w a s full q u e n c h e d .

" T h e po rpus st i l l ran o n , a p p a r e n t l y w i t h o u t t h e least d i m i n u t i o n of speed. Al l t h a t d a y , a n d all t b a t n i g h t , h e gal loped u n t i r i n g l y . T h e boat b a d passed llirotigh t h e fog, a n d In to c lear w e a t h e r a g i u , a u d w h e n m o r n i n ' c a m e a g a i n i n to a n o t h e r dense fog, a n d i n t o g r e e n wate r , a n d Griff k n o w ' d as h e w e r t on t h e G r a n d H a n k s of New-

turn a n d m a t e you a tall." M a m m a — " V e r y well, Mrs . S m i t h , I a m glad to see you , how d o you do, a n d how are t h e ch i ld ren ? " T o t t y — " I ' m twi te well , I t a n k y o a , bu t t h e ch i ld ren has al l dot t h e h o o p i n g to f f . " M a m m a — " I ' m sorry to nea r It. H o w m a n y ch i id ren h a v e you , Mrs . S m i t h ? " T o t t y — " O h , ! has t en , a m i dey is a g a t e lyai to m e wif m y b o u s e k e e p i n ' . " M a m m a — " T h e y m u s t be, Indeed . Hut iiow does y o u r huabami , M r . S m i t h , d o ? " T o t t y — " H e ' s very well , t a n k y o u , bu t h e ' s had bad b l t bues s a n d he h a t h fa i l ed . " M a m m a — " I ' m sorry to hea r t b a t y o u r h u s b a n d lias failed, out you h a v e n ' t lost e v e r y t h i n g , Mrs. S m i t h , for I see you m a k e calls in y o u r own c a r r i a g e ? " T o t t y — " O h . y e s ! I t e e p m y tarrage. W e basiiaid o n e cen t o u a dol lar , a u d do/.e r ight o u . "

s i on . T h i s accompl i shed I was to p u t mysel f a n d ba t t a l i on u n d e r tlie o rders of t h e " G e n e r a l , " a n d as soon as t h e Detroi t river was f rozen over so as to m a k e a passage safe b e would g i v e m e an o r d e r for a r m s , a m m u n l -t ious , b l anke t s , Ac., a n d b e would di-rect w h e n a n d w h e r e t h e i i ivasion shou ld take place . I confess to a com-p le t e s u r j i r l s e . - m o r e , I was as tonish-ed . W e were a lmos t e n t i r e s t r ange r s to each o t h e r : w e h a d n e v e r m e t ex-cept a t A n n Arbor , a u d t h e n only for a u h o u r or t w o , ami k n e w n o t h i n g of each o thers an t eceden t s .

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p i o n e e r flower has | iee|ied caut ious ly u p f rom a spot of n e s t l i n g n a t u r e ; hy-a o i n t h s a n d ciot-uoes h a v e pushed u p t h e i r fol iage to halute t h e b r o a d e n i n g ho r i zon . Hut t h e s e , w h i l e full of t r o m l s e t o a horse or sheep , a r e n o t h -n g to t h e birds, a n d t h e r e ; i s n o t h i n g

else t h a t can be dc | i ended on . Fo r t h e m t h e w h o l e lundsca | ie is u n d e r a b l i g h t , a n d n o w o n d e r t h a t t h e r e Is b u t l i t t le Insp i ra t ion of s o n g a m i d s u c h s u r r o u n d i n g s a n d prospects . Hut t h i s Is t h e lot of al l p ioneers . T h e y b rave d a n g e n In behalf of those w h o a r e to fol low a f t e r in mi lde r a u d safer t imes . T h e y agree to suffer f r o m w a n t a m i mls repreaen ta t ion if t h e y m a y but

W e are to ld t h a t t h e l i t t l e b rown cot tage in Spr ing f i e ld , I I I . , In wh ich M r . L i n c o l n lived before h e w e n t to W a s h i n g t o n , still remains near ly us h e lef t It, f u r n i t u r e a n d a l l . I t Is re-la ted t h a t it h a d a t first b u t one s tory , a n d tha t Mra . L i n c o l n fo r m a n y yean* u i i ava l l lng ly coaxed he r h u s b a n d to raise t h e roof. A t l e n g t h s h e seized a n o p p o r t u n i t y w h e n n e w a s a t t end-i n g cour t In a n a d j o i n i n g t o w n , t o em-ploy w o r k m e n a n d h a v e t h e half-s tory a d d e d , w i n d o w s pu t In, p a i n t pu t on, al l comple ted—save p a y m e n t of bills— before b is r e t u r n . C o m i n g u p t h e s t reet h e c o m p r e h e n d e d t h e s i tuat ion at a e l a n c e , bu t f e ign ing b e w i l d e r m e n t . a n d p r e t e n d i n g no t to recognize t h e old place, h e wa lked pas t a s if search-i n g for h o m e , t i l l h i s w i f e—who was 111 IVI »aaa aaa« — " — w a t c h i n g b e h i n d t h e shut tera—cal led a f t e r h i m : " A b r i m ! A b r l m ! "

«/|fBisawaa *»• knowledge . A u d w h e n h e d ivulged to me , a n a l m o s t en t i r e s t r anger , h i s p lan of ope ra t ions I lost oonf iaeuce in h i m as a m i l i t a r y leader . I remem-bered r ead ing an a n e c d o t e of W a s h -i n g t o n w h o was asked by a n i n t i m a t e f r i end a n d t r u e W h i g w h a t h i s p lan of c a m p a i g n was . W a a h i n g t o n asked, " C a n y o n k e e p a s ec re t ? " " Y e s , Gen-e r a l . " So c a n I " was t h e response. W h e n t h e legis la t ive c o m m i t t e e vis-i ted G e n e r a l J a c k s o n a n d d e m a n d e d of h i m his p l an for t h e de fense of New Or l eans , h e ra ised a lock of h a i r f rom h i s head a n d said, " G e n t l e m e n , if I supposed t h i s lock of h a i r k n e w w h a t was pass ing in m y b ra in o n t h a t sub-j e c t I wou ld c u t it off a n d b u r n i t . "

1 h a v e i iescribed t h e feel ing a long t h e d i v i d i n g Hue be tween t h e S ta tes a n d C a n a d a . I remember Uiat S u t h -e r l a n d said t b a t o n e of b i s p r inc ipa l ob jec t s was to Involve t b e t w o c o u n -t r i e s in w a r w i t h each o t h e r . D o i n g t i l ls b e wou ld a t t a in t b e h e i g h t of Ids

l iv ings Is conduc ted in E n g l a n d a t t h e present t i m e . T h e l i ondon T i m e s re-cen t ly discussed t h e scanda l a t l e n g t h a n d we reproduce a te l l ing passage w h i c h t h r o w s l i g h t on tlie n i e a u i n g of t t ie a d v e r t i s e m e n t s g iven a b o v e :

T h e a p p o i n t m e n t t e a cure of souls is in i ts essent ia l c h a r a c t e r as Impor t -an t a t rus t as c a n well lie exerc ised . F r o m a rel igious p o i n t of view Its im-l ior lance is I m m e a s u r a b l e , a u d t h e m o s t secu la r observer m u s t b e con-scious tha t It m a y d e t e r m i n e for year* t h e moral a n d social condi t ion of a par ish . Hut In m o r e t h a n two thou-s a n d pa r i shes iu K u g i a n d t h e r i g h t to m a k e t h e s e a p p o i u t m e n l s , ai.tl . In llliniri.|i-m.-iiMiiuii •• . . . . . j — - j * . —— -

c a r r y ou t t he i r purpose of a n early s e t - j fact , t h e r i g h t to t h e api io ln tmeniB t l e m e n t , h o p i n g for uml bel ieving in themse lves . Is as m u c h a m u t t e r of t h e d s y w h e n nil will be l ieaut i ful b u y i n g a n d se l l ing as tlie isissesslou of w h e r e it is now d rea rv ami ; desolate, l u u d s a u d houses in t h o pa r i sh . Theo -A n d in J u n e , w h e n t b e l r songs m l u - re t ical ly a n d lega l ly t he r e Is s u c h a g l e wi l l i those of h u n d r e d s of o the r s c r ime as s i m o n y . I t is. Indeed, a con-w h o wi l l c o m e a f t e r t b e m . t h e r e will be fus ion of ideas w h i c h t r a n s f r r s to t h e n o t h i n g to tell of t h e he ro i sm w h i c h | purchase of a t e m p o r a l a n d local p iped t h e f i rs t notes a m i d t h e s t o r m s , c h a r g e t h e n a m e of a c r i m e w h i c h con-of l h e ea r l i e r sp r ing . H o w m a n y u \ s lsts lit o f l e r ing m o n e y lor a sp i r i tua l reformer has fared aa t h e y d o ! A l a s ! pr iv i lege o r [lower. T w h n l c a l l y . bow-t h a t to both birds a n d m e n t h e r e s h o u l d ; ever , it cons t i t u t e s thla h i g h ol leuce be s u c h l u g r a t i t u d e u u d in jus t ice . i for a c l e r g y m a n to pay m o n e y for be-

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w o u l d be pleased to see h i m go , " said I , ) a y . A e l e r g y m a n o r a c l e r g y m a n ' s t h e consc ien t ious Q u a k e r . A barga in 1 f r iends b u y t n e right of n e x t presenta-was s t r u c k , a n d a ba lky horse c h a n g e d | t ion to a l iv ing he ld by some v e r y old o w n e r s . H i s purchaser in h i g h d u d - 1 or i n f i r m i n c u m b e n t ; a n d on h is neon w e n t back upon t h e Q u a k e r . H e j dea th t h e c l e r g y m a n Is p re sen ted , or g e m w e n t o a c a ujiou un- ^ u a R c r . u r a e a t u i n e c l e r g y m a n is p reseu ieo . or de f ined h i s pos i t ion : " I h a v e not lied j s o m e c o n v e n i e n t f ami ly u n d e r s t a n d -t o thee , f r i e n d . I told thee , t h e e i n g is car r ied i n to effect, w h i c h secures would be pleased to see h i m go. N o w I to one son a good l iv ing , w h i l e the w o u l d n ' t t h e e be pleased t o see h i m o the r c h i l d r e n receive s o m e c o m p e n -g o ? " ' sat lon f r o m l i lm . I n a w o r d , t he r e

A y o u n g l awye r , w h o h a d been " a d - j a r e a b o u t 2,000 l i v ings In Ibe m i l t e d " about a yea r , was aaked by a j c h u r c h w h i c h a r e bought a n d sold in f r i e n d . " H o w do you l ike you r new i precisely t h e s a m e w a y as de fe r r ed an-p r o f e s s i o n ? " T h e r ep ly w a a a c c o m - un i t i e s , ami t h e a r p o i a t m e u t s m a d e pan led by a brief sigh t o sui t t b e oc- to t h e m h a v e o o re ference w h a t e v e r to c a s l o n : " M y jtro/mion is m u c h be t te r t b e In teres t of t l ie pa r i sh iouere , bu t t h a n m y practice." a re a r r anged s i m p l y to mee t t h e con-

" T h e g i r l s of our d a y a r e v e r y b a d l y i ven ience of t h e pu rchase r o r of t h e e d u c a t e d , " said one of t h e m e m b e r s of c l e rgyman w h o is to be p resen ted . In" a c o m m i t t e e on educa t ion to t h e Hish- m a n y t-ases, n o d o u b t t l ie c l e r g y m a n op of Glouces ter . " T b a t can no t be m a y be a n exce l l en t par i sh pr ies t , a n d d e n i e d , " re tor ted h i s l o rdsh ip . " H o w - 1 t h e a p p o i n t m e n t m a y be a s good a o n e ever , t h e r e is onecouso la t l on , t h e boys as could be m a d e iu a n y o t h e r way . wi l l neve r find It o u t . " j Hut t h i s Is a p u r e m a t t e r of chance .

C u r l o t i H E x p e r t i u c Q t H .

S o m e t i m e ago Dr . S towel l of t h e Mlch lgau U n i v e r s i t y Inser ted a s i lver t u b e In to a dog ' s s t o m a c b , t h r o u g h which t b e con t en t s of t n e s t o m a c h could be e x a m i n e d . I u a le t ter t o t h e M i c h i g a n T r i b u n e , w e find t h e fol lowing rej ior t of s o m e of Dr. Slo-well ' s e x p e r t , u e n t s w h i c h m a y be of Interest to o t h e r s as wel l as to medica l s t u d e n t s : A m o n g t h e subs tances of c o m m o n food w h i c h were t h e qu ick-est conver ted i n to c h y m e w e r e rice a m i tr ipe, w h i c h were d iges ted in o n e hour ; eggs, s a l m o n t rou t , apples a u d venison were dissolved iu o n e a n d one-half h o u r s ; tapioca, b a r l e y , milK, l iv-e r a n d fish in t w o h o u r s ; t u r k e y , lamb, pota toes and p ig in t w o a u d o n e -half h o u r s ; beef a n d m u t t o n t h r ee to th ree a n d one-ha l f , a n d , s i n g u l a r e n o u g h , bo th of these l a t t e r were f o u n d to be m o r e d lges tab le t h a n veal . I n genera l , a n i m a l subs tances were found io be eas ie r digested t h a n vegetable. F r e s h m e a t h a d also a g r e a t e r degree of d iges t ib i l i ty l imn aali m e a t , thesa l -ine i n g r e d i e n t s e e m i n g to ac t In opjio-s i t ion lo t h e ju ice . I n o n e of the ex-p e r i m e n t s h e w i t h d r e w t h r o u g h t h e o p e n i n g s o m e of t h e food w h i c h h a d a i m i n u t e s p rev ious ly been pu t i n t o t h e s t o m a c h , a n d w h i c h was comple te-ly m i x e d w i t h t h e gas t r i c Juice, a n d con t inued t h e process of d iges t ion by tlic aid of art if icial h e a t ; t h e food t h u s t reated b e l u ^ l u a few h o u r s comple te -h ly cyttilfiec..

I t was a l so ascer ta ined t h a t t h e food, pa r l l cu l l a r ly meats , w h i c h were mas-t icated t h e m o s t , we re t h e qu ickes t di-gested, c l ea r ly e s t ab l i sh ing t h e fact tna t I h e m o r e s lowly a n d t h o r o u g h l y t h e food is mas t i ca t ed in t h e m o u t h , a n d m i x e d w i t h t b e sa l iva , t h e q u i c k -er and eas ie r is t h e process of diges-tion p e r f o r m e d , a n d t h e m o r e nu t r i -m e n t iu t h e f o r m of c h y l e Is absorbed f rom it i n t o t h e c i rcu la t ion a n d asslmi-iated i n t o t h e blood. Hy chemica l l y a n a l y l z i n g t h e gas t r ic J u i c e a n d ascer-taining t l i e c o m p o n e n t pa r t s , h e h a s been ab le t o c rea te ar t i f ic ia l ju ice , w h i c h p e r f o r m s t b e procoss a s sa t l s f ac tor i ly a s t h e n a t u r a l sec re t ion . T h i s , he t h i n k s , c a n be u t i l i zed by | iersons h a v i n g w e a k d iges t ive powers .

A v e r y pecul ia r p r o p e r t y of t h e gas-t r ic j u i c e is i ts ac id - l ike dissolving powers . W h e n in t h e l i v i n g s t o m a c i or w h e n p laced u p o n t h e l ive flesh, t b e h a n d , for ins tance , i t is pe r fec t ly i m p o t e n t a n d power less , bu t w h e n placed u j ion dead f lesh, o r a lmoht a n y s u b s t a n c e . It i m m e d i a t e l y begins to cor rode a n d d issolve It. T h u s , w h i l e in t h e l i v i n g s t o m a c h it serves as a n agen t to sus ta in l i fe ,- us soon as ileatli s u p e r v e n e s it does no t lose i ts dissolv-ing pro|>ertles, but i m m e d i a t e l y c o m -m e n c e s i t s work of ea t i ng a n d d is -so lv ing t h e body. It is l i t is e l e m e n t w h i c h causes t h e dec-ay of bodies a f t e r dea th , a u d t h e w a r m e r cond i t i on t h e body is k e p t in t h e m o r e accelerated is t b e ac t ion .

N O U T I I E R X M I t ' l l K i A N .

T h e co r r e sponden t of t h e Det ro i t Post , i n h is c los ing report of t l ie Micb-lgan S ta le fair for 1877, has t h e follow-i n g :

T h e upj ier count ies of Mich igan are not p roper ly apprec ia ted by t h e people of t h e lower |>enInsular, w h o seem to have a u idea t h a t t hey a r e iu a semi-ba rba r i c s ta le , w i t h n o t h i n g bu t wi ld wi ldernesses of p ine , relieved by a n occasional cheer less c l e a r i n g upon w h i c h t h e s t u m p s are t h i c k e r t b a u house flies in J u l y . T h e fact la. t he r e Is n o be t t e r coun t ry In t h e Uni ted S t a t e s t h a n t h a t of Oceaua , Mason , W e x f o r d a n d t l i e n e i g b b o r l n g c o u n t i e s of t h i s S l a t e . T h e c l ima t e is even a n d de l igh t fu l , t h e soil r ich a n d f ru i t fu l , a n d lu t h e absence of low l a n d s t he r e is per fec t e x e m p t i o n f rom t h e m a l a r i -o u s diseases w h i c h dc | iopula te m a n y new se t t l emen t s .

" W h y , " said Mr . Sessions, a Iprom-i n e u t f a r m e r ami f ru i t -g rower of Oeeana c o u n t y , as b e stood beside h is t e m p t i n g a r r a y in I 'omologlcal hall t h i s m o r n i n g , "you people down b e t e d o n ' t begin to k n o w w b a t a g lor ious c o u n t r y w e h a v e got u p n o r t h . Vou t h i n k it a cold, b leak , b a r r e n , unpro -d u c t i v e region ; bu t I w a n t you to u n d e n t a u d t h a t it is a v e r y i-aradiae for f a r m e r s . I was lioni a n d b r o u g h t up in old W a s h t e n a w , o n e of t h e rich-est f a r m i n g coun t i e s In t h i s pa r t of t b e S ta te , a n d I feel a n a t u r a l af fect ion for her. bu t s t i l l I wou ld no t g o back there to l i ve . "

Hut t h e soli i sn ' t as r ich ? " r e m a r k -ed a bys t ande r .

" T h a i ' s Just w h e r e you a r e mis-taken," con t inued Mr . Sessions. " T h e r e Is no e n d of r ich, s t o n y , samly soil, a n d a n y f a rmer k n o w s how pro-d u c t i v e t h a t Is. W h y I h a d never sowed whea l down here except w i t h a dr i l l , bu t w h e n I w e n t no r th 1 t h o u g h t I m u s t rough it , a n d s t a r t i n g out w i t h

bag over m y shou lde r I s ewed b y b u n d . W e l l , I pu t in 10 bushels o n 14 acres, ami Iben f e a r i n g t h a t t h i s won insulUclent , 1 wai ted t h e resul t w i t h d i s m a y . W h a t was m y surpr i se , there-fore. w h e n I ha rves ted :ii> bushels of No . 1 w h e a t f rom tba t s a m e Held."

A n d how about f ru i t c u l t u r e ? " was t h e i u i | n i ry .

" I t is cons t an t ly i m p r o v i n g , " was t h e reply. " H e r e a r e s p e c i m e n s of jieai-lies, p lums, apples a n d g n q i e s f rom onr section. T h e p l u m s h a v e tc-ceived first p r e m i u m , a n d t h e o i l ie r spec imens a r e not surpwtaed by a n y in l ids bull. T h e fert i l i ty of t h e soil a n d t h e c l lmn l l c Inllueiices a r e al l in o u r favor, uml t h e upiier coun t r i e s a r e rapidly t a k i n g a p l ace in t b e f ront rank as f ru i t p roduce r s . F a r m a n d ga rden imx luc t sa i i find a ready a n d rapidly increas ing m a r k e t . T h e g r a i n t raf l lc is a l reat ly a s s u m i n g large propor t ions . T h e r e is n o be t t e r place In t h e w o r l d f o r a p o o r m a u . H e can a l w a y s find e m p l o y m e n t , or ins tead of tolllug h is life a w a y for o thers h e c a n soon ga in a cheap h o m e f o r h l m s e l f , b e c o m e a pro-duce r as well as a c o n s u m e r a n d s e c u i c a condi t ion of i n d e p e n d e n c e . "

T h i s g e n i t e m a n ' s a s se r t i ons are evi-d e n t l y not exaggera t ed . Upon t h e con t r a ry t h e y a r e fu l l y Bubstant iated by I 'rof. Heal, o f t h e S t a t e Agi ic i i l tur -al College, uml o t h e r exiierienced g e n t l e m e n w h o h a v e pcreonully inves-t igated t h e m a t t e r for themselves . I t is ev iden t t h a t t h e r e is no necessity fo r people to seek h o m e s lu Kansas , Missour i a m i Nebraska , a l lu red by I h e g l o w i n g s t a t emen t s of ra i l road com-pan ies interested In t h e sale of lands , w h e n t hey can secure bet ter a n d cheape r homes . In a m o r e p roduc t i ve a n d hea l t h fu l reg ion , r i g h t h e r e w i t h -in t h e l imi t s of c u r o w n P e n i n s u l a r S ta te .

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m o i l pnw*i ln l lc la u o r f a i o i . V i l l i two m i m b e r e vf ou i B im a t a l l t lmea In New T s i k n a i k H , w * u t ] t M k « 4 U goode are at I b e l t b l | b e i i C | u t i i . I l n t l n i t h e vaa l Su daye w* b a t * p u i e b a a e d aome of l ^ a ; ( r M t * « i ; W r f a U t e d f a m l . l n e t a i e i t i i e B c e , e t e a t b t l * | U i d a l c u | b l i l i u t h l i u i h i n l r r n a l y I rw ptleee i r u e i | o eilll lower.

W e d n e s d a y , F e b r u a r y 6 , 1 8 7 8

ArolJ lb* rrowd by mitklig joar pursbaan la Ika Mtta

» , 0 0 0 j t r d e b e a l k l e t i l i u i ck I ' r l M a . f r

| l a b l l a h m e n t a o f O n n d I l a p t l a a t e now t t ' t l i n e 8s for t h e n . i a o a r Ic a c ake , w o r t h 10 c e n t a . Clar I

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- - - - • • n i n e So fur t h e n . U u j i a r a l M e d n » r « a l n t i n Ns l iena a n d faacjr r o s a i ; Ool ja ie** r f !»Val« i | "Cael ioia ie l leKi«er e s a p . 30c a cake, aold * t * r j w b * ™ * l w w w w r i i i w e # rVa"u N T* Cotlon 9 c a aponl. Itandiouie Vtlk iliwi 29c. I^dla'a all Silk Ilia. i'Jc. li idxien Udi*e floeall Iman bandkerhlefa «*.wo'lh liUj i*abl* IMtprlW. IIMM*

We have Slaughtered Prices in Every Department. Nothing held back \

r o n n l r y wi a •, a'.-i.Dii, i Ulanketa n a r k e d w a y down .

pern.! i-onic

f i* a.iv i-vi's i l ta i mi ' l i l doub le tboa* p n c * t . I lea*) aod flne W a l e t p n w s r l h J l e e n l a . I l andaome dreca gooda a l ruloa*Iy low m i r e .

el Clothe u t l y M e r n f , : ahorttlmerlace. I l l i a r j Oto> i ; t a ln i l lk a! I t | * r t a r d , ; T . c o o n Ilt-p; » I5 ,S a n d 15,-. ' UIZ lot Fell aklttariiiau-l V' 50c.

e l I t s a ; U e s d b l a n k e u i : as-IT down, id | 3 l l a pa i r .

I -Caahtnete n s i u a l S o a n " 10* a • a k a . i l l a n d e o m . i t c l o a k i t c e a lo IS* e l l y . P r l » l ; daeed l o co*!-

. S M I t h c l o a k e a l f t 9s M . r . I * . I * . ! i i". t n , t i t I Fu ta a t coal . F i n s f u n ht lea* t h a a SML O t * « ^

All wool floe blank c l e a t lhe p r l i e of c a m m o n s a e a | e^l b a t f a l n a a a a r i f f e r e d i a Ihee* | M d * . Al t h e prlcea w e a r s w l l i a c ' . h e t n you c«-j a f f o r d i F a r a l S a n l 1 3 ( 9 a ee l .

1 t * i n r a o d keep i h e m f o r n a i t y c a u ! All klsCa of i r c s ! a o ( S o d i a l D * i e * l e i i i l y

W h i t * carp*! w a t p - i i * a p o n . l , C j . i I n * lin*i. h a u - . k e i t l i l r f e n n l y *e .

The Champioii Advocato j , . . , « . . . Mn ^ IV, l i -M, tbo (rrea'. i n - ' A i i o l b c r d c c l i n o ol 6 cen t s ft y a r d in t ho p r t co ol C a rpe t a a n d Oi l W o l b i ,

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FRIEDRICH BROS. JK), C a n a l S ' r e o t

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li* Ir'rcJac'.Ian find Wcrld-renowned i v r t . tlie death-blow to high-

1 / I . i.'O GECOND-HAND \ , ."ii LAClilJeES IM THE MARKET.

.- . i I rcrlanl msllcr. as 11 li • will-I .1 l.-.tl IMl nany o l lh l « • t. .. ! i-;ch;rc; tihicli r.rs oflcred to i . -i i : ; : !!ic,sc Ihat hjvo baen re-

I l (> i. . I . I ' . cn bid, Iron cuilomeii ;";*r i ... i:'.i.iittnd r-j| upon the markil

' i H£ \ " i ; THE PEER OF ANY SEWINQ , IJACHINE HOW UrON THE MARKET.

i . i - r . ' i . ' . r . r c n THAN U I E FAMILY MA-f i . W S OF THE SINGER, "OWE AND WEED

' ' . 'V':*, , I. -,;::: in MANUFACTURE THAN niHEn OF II!!*. AFORESAID MACHINES.

| lli ( rSTHUC;.ON I j SIMPLE. POSITIVE AND Dl.l:AiiI>:.

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Uhitc hewing Machinc Co.,

CLEVELAND, 0.

0 D. Pease, Agent. V, 1 1 C N . A L . T L I L N . L O W E L L , J

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nebident Ayon*. fo-

I i s u r a n c e Co. of K o r l h A n c r i f i i

Assets , over $3,000,000.

Surplus overall liabilitiei {:!, 100.000

rates aa lnw a any flrst-i*laii c j p s n y .

Spcolal a t tent ion ^-ivrn t j

C o l l e c t i o n s ,

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LOAXS EFFECTED O.t RIAL

ESTATE SECURITY.

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As ths Bcacon I s to the ciirir.cr cn -.be r ' . c . "

coast 10 is

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inakiii ' . li ii.M-ll liiDiiiii^ly l i d i cn lous vvliu \ r l "-jn-aki un ilu; l lnanco •jiiost. 11. U " h s no in hu r e g a r d

. lor 1!f ini t l i t i i a n b o b a d for l o n c s l y win 11 d ' u i n g tbe w a r b e inf la ted bis uiT.ltli by .swindling sol-liers o u t of tbi-if biiimty m o n e y . T h e P o s t a n d TributK- S:I_\H of il ed i l ona i l } :

A co i r r s j io i idc i i l f e n d s u s a br ie f , sko lcb of \V. F i e l d ' s s p o i c b ,

wiiieli li • i.i dc l ive r in j ; in ib i s • Slate , h i s .1 m a i v e l n f i n i s n l a t c - 1 i i i u n t . l i e beg ins witli a r e m a r k |

wbicb is enough to d i sc red i t tbo j w h o l e v.b 11 he s a y s t ha t t h o r c is no ' 'fliee wi thin the gi l t of t he peop le of ilii-- c o u n t r y t h a i lie would a c c e p t . I Ilu s a \ « t h a i u i t l i in lhe p a s f t t v e l v o . yc n s tho e t t r reney h a s been r e d n e e d ' SI ,300,000,000. A s it is now abot i l 0700,000,000, this i.s ccjuivaloiil lo j s ay ing t h a i t he c n i r e n c y in c i reula- i lion in ISC5-G w a s t 'J ,000,000,00®. j As a m a t t e r of fact tbo p a p e r e i r c n l a -l ion in 10G6 was $023 ,092 ,000 ; i n 1

18CC, $708,031,000. In 187T i l w a s ; (0^9 ,010 ,670 , 01 g i e c t e r than i t w a s twelve y e a r s auo . and r.bnoht as niiieh a s it w a s l i e v e n yea r s ago .

[ Th i s docs no t inultulc tlio n d d i t f o u I lo l b " l i i c n l a i i o n o f liio s i lver ( eurrciii y. M r . F i e ld said t h a t t h e 1 ctrculal ion pi r cap i t a was ?50 t w e l v e yea r? ago , 11ml only *12 now; a s a matti ' i ol f ac t il w a s iben f r o m ? I 3 lo f 2 0 j.ei* c a p i t a and ( 1 6 n o w ,

• all l ion^lt tlio p resen t i io j iu ia l ion of lli eoiinlry i ' on ly es t imated . I t is j n t A t - I l j ,000,000; b u t i l i s n o t

p r o b a b l y a s l a r g e a s this. In 1800 which W.H a prosporous yea r , t h e cu r r ency was only SO,59. P r e v i o u s

j lu llial yetir it b a d buen a b o u t ( 1 1 ; ; t h a i is,"in IPHO a n d 1C37—the y e a r [ of t he inosl d i s a s t rous p a r i c tba ' . 1' \ui' o c e i i i n J i:i l l i i i oonn t ry .

.Mi . F ia ld il'. 'iioimced of Congreaa-1 n n n c f M i c h i g a n as fiorvants o f t h e I Cii l ish 1 r .dholdcia ai d A m e r i c a n II Mik-. . II H.aid t h a t when ho w a s 1 in t ui g reas i!.i 10 v e i e 12 f a r m e r s , j 00 law} 11 n""I i s n bankers . T h e

Ci>r;;r. «-i-.::a: l / l ' i ' I o n , s o l a r a s it | ;;i'v i l i f t i n t l l y any utatialics, ebowa j j t . , - ; i l u : - wero in tbnt C j n g i e s j 160 ,

lawyi 1-, 30 m e i c l n r l s , m a n u f a c t o r - 1 • f-r-, | r u t - *-, d o . , t ' J f a r m e r s r r

plant r.-*. a n d 15 b a u k e r i . * * * }! . Field also t a y s in his epccc l : I

: that an nulii; l ed inllation of tho cur-1 u n - y will iT-Iuee in te res t . Ho g i v e s • nr. e x p h n a l i o n of th i s :d!egca phe-I r .omenon. n 1 can I .e . T w e l v e

y i . r s p -o «! , ; 11 hi- dec la res t h a t t he j c .. 1 i i .ey v..1- • : in te r liy $1,300,000,-j COO t h a n 1 ii- w , inlercsl was h ighiT Ilia 1 il is 11 w. T h e to ta l p a p e r l i ro ida t ion of G r e a t Uri la in ia ^S30,OU0,O'i)O ai.il in teres t t h e r e is i((fi than « u i - h a l l wha t i t ia in th i s

• coun t ry . I n t i r e a t is h ighe r in those 1 E u r o p e a n coun t r i e s wh ich nre I flooded w i t h p a p e r m o n e y — A u s t r i a ,

Hussia, Tm key , Spa in and I t a ly , lie held In sp i te ol all exposu res , repl ica .

TAKE NOTICE i CstlaKe earpelalSand in centp. Vatd aide Ingrain rM|cta 2o. 99. <ee, andnp. FineTep.ilty Iliu.aelJ, |1 anil Jl.l". ItteJlBpeclal aalr willcsaiinenc* on tkoaiornlnu of Wolneadaj Feb. ;Cth.enil conllnnc tntll onr Innnen.* wlMer elock ia all diiM >> it .

I at ilio cut we hxc n.*>. e.aiy ilepaitnii nt. Tion'l d.laj lu,Iii(utitllvaur inote aciire udihoota in t* bouilil u. all out of a of 1 iliid aull • lib uafur tour i>"n laidtmai.

We ka< ekeaa edabM I* alt*k«l a l l l eaa eiliaerdloery bargala* ask Ikw

F O S T E R B R O T H E R S , Keir York Oil; Store. Corner Monroe and OllawaSti, G R A N D R A P I D S

- A - g r i c v u l t - v a - r © . ! I 3 n c a . p l e a s n . e 3 a t D e p o t .

T h e undora igncd wou ld l e s p e c t f u l i y a n n o n n c o t i tlio fi irmiiig c o m m u n i t y t h a t t h e y aro purcbaa ing for t ho season of 1870 t h e l a rge s t a n d baa t s d e o t e d atock of f a r m tools a n d m a e h i n o r y ever b r o u g h t t o th i s s re t ion of tho s t a l e . W o niontion a f ew o f tbo l ead ing ar t ic les . A full l ine of

jobnston mm \m iiiriI'STEruoiinston ihoii all i m p r o v e d l o r t he s ainii o f 1878, a full l ine of

WALTER A. WOOD'S REAPERS AND MOWERS AND SELF DINDERS, T h e n e w I m p r o v e d fioyce R e a p e r a n d t h e N e w I m p r o v e d M e d o w K i n g M o w e r , T h e J u s t i y C e l e b r a t e d W i u r d F l o w i

Q r e a r l y I m p r o v e d l o r t h i s S e a s o n H a l e C h i l l e d P l o w . O h u h h s S e v o n t y S i x P l o w , R m i o g t o n S t e e l p l o w *

in d m a n y o the r k i n d s o f P l o w s , t he new I m p r o v e d

H O H I N S R I D I N G C U L T I V A T O R , B U C K E Y E R I D I N G C U L T I V A T O R , S U P E R I O R and B U C K E Y E G R A I N D R I L L S , T H E B E S T I N U S E A F U L L L I N E O F T O L E D O P U M P S A N D B U C K F Y E F O R C E P U M P S . C O R N C U L T I V A T O R S a n d o t h e r small too ls .

N I C H O L S & S H E P A R D V I B R A T O R . P E N N V A N B I R D S E L L T H R E S H E R ,

BIRDSELL GLOVER HULLER WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS. NEW SELF OPERATING TIGER RAKE AND COATS RAKE.

I l eaper a n d M o w e r Sect ions for near ly e v e r y inaehine m a d e , W c aro agen t a for A . M . E l s w o r t b m a c h i o o f o r kil l ing p o t a t o b u g s and p c a t t e r i a g farti l i-seic, we sell r e p a i r s f o r nea r ly e v e r y t h i n g i a our line, wo sell tbo ce l eb ra t ed

COURTLAND PLATFORM SPRING WAGON 8 mie lh in t ' n e w in F a r m Bolls, t he ve ry bes t S t r e e t Shove l s , p low b lades , c u l t i v a t o r Blades , nnd m a n y o t h e r tbinKS too n u m e r o u a to m e n t i o n . C o m e and hi e our poods a n d g e t p r iccs b e f o r e p u r c h a s i n g e l s ewhere . E v e r y t h i n g a t B o t t o m P r i c e s . W i t h m a n y t h a n k s lor y o u r l ibera l p a t r o n a g e in t ho p M t w t

wou ld 1 e spec t fn l ly ask >*>'» I " 0 " e x a m i n e onr new g o o d s .

A . T T S L X N & d b A J D A T U t S .

D E A L E R S IN THEY HATE COME G R O C E R I E S a X j A ' E i . o - ' E ] s r r o o s . o r -

- A N D -

, l!l( KS. Aa.igaee

We canot be too grateful f r l l . of any remedy which will alk-ilaic i ferings of humanily, nol only in liio [ pain which the paiicntaluiic null, is, I the iliilress which it cnloih ii]" n t- ' Most every sulTcrer from 1 soa:; ' • cz|)crience it aware that thcori'.i:--i; : of treating Kheunialiun, Ni II ! .T, 1 •ml kindred di»eaves l y ii ' .: ..li is of no avail, ami so last i - thi . • • -Saining hold upon intelligent ] • tliey demand a mure |H)U-iil h . discovery of LAV IN"s < ' l • i n : s friccleti l>oon to ihousan l-i \.);o !. cured, an'! the thnii'.in l , v.I.-, i relieved of Ihcir terrible n,';"iii I. Ualimony lo its \irlii-.s

Wore we have a < !.'.TI*. " r thiugh epplied cklcrria'.ly ( : . j an-I benelkent influcin on I!i- v tjv.ern—a rerr.e ly t-f i. li'ful.-Mc tcMi.rn failing to O" .id l-ininpt ; cajri i f mute ur chr,:.ic jmr. i.i t" cr inuii-ltj.

For every kind of flhouxBliiia, i fCcuralgia lo every Form, f o r n c r v o u : : Sick Headache, for Nervousness, i . Lams Back or Side, for Ei*y$|i*,cla:- f, Diphlherla and Soro Throa t , f e r t hlains.for Sprains Braises, Culs.V/cur.i*. far Burns and Scalds, farTcoll ia:! : ; I", lact f o r a l l Pains, InllaiRiaaliou . SwdiiaBS no remedy is know n v. iiic'.i

i the remarkable healing and w-.; :-;:.-s. which is so nniviai l ini:* t'—•• -

• r K! scope or so simple nnd : J c in I;I r ..'ic-alion. For these Kisons l.-.v.

.-.rivp. should have a j-bce in c.ciy fin It will there prove its v.ilue i.a. table cases to prevent lingering di-.i-n;i 1 ihouI J be kept at hand realty for imi.;r.;

BJJJ by til DroFfl^e,

P R I C E . O n e Do l l a r p e r B o f . l o . O B o t t l o s f o r O C . O O .

r.-cjarcJ hf

L a w s o n C h e a i ; : 1 C:-, CIsTuJj, Git!0.

J. O WEST Agent .

A y e r ' s

CheiTy Pectoral

C h a r t e r E l o c t i o n -

The dnnnslChflrter Eleclion wi! n'. the Council iloom in ihe TlIlnEc of Lowell' a i l l l p roofs , f rom oflicial sources", M r . oaTueidaylbe Id day of April, IBTBfar lbe j ^ j ^ j n r , t he s t a t e m e n t s in election ol lbe fjllotving oKctrs, to-wil— . • c t • - „ „ ,» . . . t . . » . if

.. n _. i t ins f i i r t l i ol Ins, as exac t ly a s if Oce rrcsidcn!, one Trcslee, cao Treasurer,!. 1 . . ,> . , 11 „. . .

one Menbal. end oae A m u o r . be wi re a m a c b i n o ttiat g r o u n d o u t

roll , open from l until c o elxk P. M. ! a <J1,n" l5 t.J' 0J 1 ' r cduc l s as t h e y d o in

baled March i s . 1B78. I nad or pm lao lo r ies . r h e y h a v o been JAUBS 11. WEIvKB, Recorder. I an swered nn I exp loded o v e r and

over aga in , b u t M r . F i e ld n e v e r pays any s o r t ol a t u n l i o n to thoso re-f i l ia t ions . T h e r e i t no use in a g a i n r e p e a t i n g i h e m . If t he peop le a r e

' J.iWfW^iia rot easily car i r 7 7 7 c . n l , . uist . iul

V I 1 j |o l ,< 1 , ," ' " • I " : ^ ' »ho willing li

earned in tli...iitlm*e,liut ll ! three rcDtlia byak r ioe : ' ai.) r*rt ..I the country

tk el-adily al the <

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j l loyiaent thai »e lurnl.h. {0C. pntveek In your uwn town. You nee-lno! fce a.ayf.-osi hoin*or(r Iilfht, Von fsn flri- rout whole ti-s. 1- Hi- ootk «, only yt.ur aj-arc Uioiuenla. W* hau .-i i ste vh.. ara i . iaLinrorr:[H-tday. Allw^o «apnr*a!once mn make inoneyfa.t. At tbe prr.i-nt tiuitmsnet cinnot be naJc is ea.l'r and rai'lJly nt ane other l iiior.e, llcoa'.a no'.blnf! Iu try the liialnn.. Tertnaand f6ontdl f -c, AdJrc!- a! ssce. II. IIAL-CT 1 CS. .I 'trllmd.llaa*. , I U | ;

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R E D H A I R

given o v e r t o bel ieve a lie, a s b e is to l i t t e r ing :t, then even ib i s p u r p o s e lu l l be t h w a i t c d . T h e g r e e n b a c k t h e o r y is so ccduc t ivo lo t h o s e w h o h a v o n o onpoi t i in i l i es of p o a s c s s i n g thomtolvcs of tho f ac t s , t h a t t h e y like t i In lie ve i l . j u s t as a man , w h o ia e x e e s s i v i l y iond of w h i s k y l ikes lo h e a r a d o c t o r say that is a h e a l t h y dr ink and good l o eu ro c o n s u m p t i o n or i nd iges t ion .

AreehimirtKlby a f.-iv aiiiillmtioua oflhc AStllllOSIA

to a iK-niillfii! nuliuni t.r I " HIP rtarli, Inttroin eolora of youlhlnl lr. »ae.-. Iluiaora, lundnifi. Iicliiaj; of tin Hc.ii|), tnd 1 V.lin; of the llalr. nn ut one.' rund ly ll.

Where the hair folllclca tre nol di-elrpycd B R.-lll eauee the hair lo Rr. T cm Laid lieade.

It It jierflmed with ext .a from frajrr.at (Kw-ere All uho uie 1! prala., t.

Price $1.00 per Bolllc.

Colls, COC liS,

miemallsii,

SHI Keck.

KtmlEU.

Dlirr t ia

Colic, S o r e T i n a i i

T o m ,

p B O B A T K OHDEU-

Slat-of Mlchipin.ronnly of Kent.—re. Al a , • Mi..n ol the I'lOliate Court, for tb* Osnnty

ol K u.l. Ii</ldrn al th* I'tobat* OOlc*, In the City of Urand llnplda, in ilonday, His llighlesntb day • 1 Mm I., in tl.e tear one Ibouiand eight hundtrd andnrenty elslit.

I'le'riil l ;-ua 1-. I'eibini. Judfe of rtoliale. In lhe lualti t of the e.lati- of Jaroea W. Ciavfsid

d.i-CJI cil. On rr-ilii-.-and f-lingthe |iellU«nduly rerlftcdsf

Killin 11. liin* Alminl-vtalor of >ald eetata Jirnii: ; ll.tt a iljv II- f.xiil for hearing exauilmng anjal!i ».r( I. - 11-il iccounl a« euch admlnla-trat-ir

1iirreu|iea It le order* 1, Ih-il Monday, th* tf-tccntli d-y *. ( A,ril m at, at ten o'elcek In lb* I ufii iii, Uaengned l/t tbeh--irineofeaidpelilloii et l Iii .lamlnatl.iU ol tshl aroonnl and lhal th* Idt* at Uv III mid drci-aied and all nthci |i*i - i a iiit-ri Nti-d In ..III .-.l.t* are tnjalted i. .I J arat a leulsn oi aai-i conrt, then to he hold-i-n tl ll.* I'rohite Offl.-r. In tboOityolOram! Raiiida In eal 1c ii.iilr .-ind *1IIIV can i-, ilany tlierabe, aby il... n i l .-K. ..ulit al.ould nol lealloaei.-.

And ll I. lutllicr oiil*ied That aaid admlnlattator gntnoli." i.-ilh- /i-re in»iiitcre»t*(l In .aid oalate i..- ih> | ' odenej of iaid iielltioo. and the examlna-lu ii of laldacrount b | i-ina.n: a C'i,-.y ol thla sidet Ir Ic pnhJI.hed in th* I.tntll Joumal. a n*.a-|i,-iei (irlueil atidclrculalltgin .aideocmy of Kenl tl.tc* aurcc.aiire r . *Va, p^vioua in aald day ol hMtl eg.

ia I.-I.-I eon I ' v n r j i. I'KKKISJ. JoKV I!, • siiii. Jcdre 111 Pnbat ' .

lleg'aUr. SUwS

P r o v i s i o n s ,

G L A S S - W A R E .

C R O C K E R Y .

E T C .

U N I O N B L O C K ,

L O W E L L , M I C H I G A N .

Cash paid for Farmers p r a d u c e

al l k inds.

H. W. AVERY, OBALBB IM

Fresh Meats,

Poultry, Oyster*

AL KINDS OfO.UlK IK SEASON

I'AID FOB ALL KINDSOy

L I V P Stock, Salt Pork. Hides

P e l t s &o Central Uarket, Bridge 8tr**l.

B W. AVERY.

Sprmg Goods at lower prices than ever before offered in Lowell.

IAN JUST WHAT WE SAY.

IT i C H E A P .

5 W e H a v e T h e L a r g e s t S t o c k o f

12x37- G-ood-s, Clotln.ian.g1, KCst ts ,

C o - p s , T r - a j n - l s s , S a . t c l i . o l s , See. In Lowoll. Come and see our goods before yon buy. Learn our prices then trad# whe r t TOO

can buy the cheapest.

. A - X J X J O - O O I D S • W - J L m i A . H T T B U D

as rejisesentcd or money Kefunded. Don' t believe thosv wh® run our goods down, a i we havo o t 'N a ^

good stock of goods as can be found in the market .

OUR NEW PRICES. FOR 30DAYS ONLY.

tints ioob prints, fast colors, 4 C | i 50.

l u g c o f i : c .T '

Dr. J. C. AVER L CO., Lowe!!, Mr.;:., PraellcBl nml . ' .unlj (l.-.-i ChemUla.

BOLD UV A I.I. Mll'OUU.J-S L'.-i:UV»'UI.I!i;.

I.ist ol I.LTEHS r e m a i n i n g l n t l ie Cost Ofliee a t Lowell . Kent Co. , M i c h . March i'T, 1S7S.

, , . L A D I K S L I S T — M I S S P h e b e l ' r a z e e , M i s s

; : -'i-nni'' l .cecf, Mrs. Catherine Raymond. *j>'jytlclsnrznt*rt*c:ird. lYorarr oar cJrrultr, «« \ f , " x, iiifTlblogahore dlictsrr, and tbdrprot-ertreat- | Mrs-Margic l la lomlin-on. Mrs. M a r j

j W elmcr. I OEKT'S LIST—James I l inn* Brink. • Allen Brown, 11'. A. Fallass M. D..

in i l inm Fisk, Perry Hcnyon, Cephas

Arc allprlalril, tad In nio-t casea enrod, hy tho 'Of this 1'AIS EltADICATOn. It ia r.n In-

rr. ii!, tnil yt.n will t lcu th* remedy UiU tr lcj t

Prlre 35 f t s . per Eotllc.

PREPARED BY E. M . T U B B S & CO.

P n p r i c t : - o f " Sing's Ambrosia,"

MANCHESTER, N. H.

J . Q , L O O K , Agent.

| Lnmpson, Dudly Marble, 11. C. Pcck-Itnm, 11'. 11. Page, 1. J . Stevens, L . L. Taylor, l iobert IVbods.

PonEioK LIST—Miss Mary Ann Bleam. , IVrsons calling for these le t ters will i please say "ADVEnrisED" and give Ilm I date of this notice. 1 JAB. W. HIKE. P .M.

I i e t r e l t a i l M u w a i k c e R a i l r o a d '

T h e O l d Bol lable B o u t * t o a l l p o l n l i Baat a n d W a i t . TratnelMT* Lswsll

OOING EAST. Del. EIpriei 7 : 2 5 A. U

Through Mai' 11.-30 A . >I

Evening E n p r e u C ' 3 5 p. M

Mixed lo O w m s o 5- .00 r.»i

Tbroucb Freight 0 2 0 p. M S O I K Q W E S T

M o n d a y Morniag Mixed 7 25 A JI-

Througb Freight 4 4 0 A a-

Nighl E x p r e u ft 2 0 A M

Through Mail 4 65 p a

Mixed. 12 25 p «

Fail StwuboatExpreat. 11 12 p M CTThrongb UcksU ts all principal polnta Kaat

foj aalt- at tb* cofflpany'a sOc*. Lowsll. I.adlea aad Bmsklng sari oa day traloa. I'lillman'a Sl**plo| *ara on ucbt train*.

t. 0. T A T T «. C A L L * W A T . L*w*ll Altai, Sapt. Patioll Ml

Fine brown muslin 4c. Good bloachcd muslin yard wide 6c . Brown table Linen, 25e. Dress Gooda in plaid 8u. Cass Suits ?7.00. Men's Vests , all wool , 76o. Good shirts and Drawers , 20e each. Good white shirts 78c. Trunks, 90e.

I l e a y y Yard w i d e s b e o t i n g 6 c . G o o d Gingham 8o.

G o o d Corset, 2 j c . Good blaed Alpaca, s.Ik luster J5o. Good pants for men, V6i. B o y s suits in great variety, from 1 years up, $9 .00 .

Good men's Hals , 60c. P a p e r toliars, linen finish, lOc.

F ine bleached nmslin 6c. H e a v y cotton Cbevo i t shirt ing l o * . Lad ie s whi l e cotton h ose , So. -G o o d , men's suits, $ 4 . 6 0 . G o o d pants lor men , | l . 8 0 .

Men'a calico sbirta, SOc. Cotton Sooka, 6c.

Good men's Caps, 26o . All other g o o d s proportionately t o w

N o w is your t ime lo buy goods , as we arn bonnd to undersell any store iu Lowel l . You wi l l save M e M U on e v e r y dol lar b y trading at tbo

B O S T o n s r M. Jacobson & Co.,

S T O I R E , Pullen Block, Lowell, Mich*

R e m e m b e r tb* plac* and mak* no mistake.

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