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it Speech Chairman J. too. of M Temporal̂ . Thurel Iliward Intfi Addiw «B IMNit- fef the Jtaj» of lodge Qyinhfim Words of Hon. W. P. Hefbari in Nominating Senator AnZu Chelrmiaa Thef^ ' " b* Baa. John M. Than ton, ot Nabraska. upon ' [the temporary cbalrmenahip of the BipaWnu Convention, spoke as fol mm ot .. _ SMB. and tat, Hiat M>|1 --J ib* 8oa» will join laah to- fsnmr exterminate In this repobiio doctrine or free trade. rememuer the other of the convention, I am deeply : ot tbe diBtlnguishod honor yon have oonferrod upon me aa the presiding officer of grave reaponsibill- AM of the position, and if they are successfully Moat it will be due to the continuance of your gmiiiniiis favor, and the beitowal of your loyal WiHrtMflt "I have no words in which to fittingly express ny heartfelt appreciation of your contidenoe. I ' ink yon, gentlemen, not for myself alone, but that great and growing West which n«ver disappoints the expectations of the Republican (larty. ! "I csome from a State whose vast domain lias _ely appropriated by the surviving vot- I of the tniiy of the Kejjubhc, under the beneficent provisions of the homestead and pre-emption laws enacted by & Republican Cou- gress, and, true to the heroic recollection of the past, the homesteader* of the West still march on under the banner of Republicanism. "In victory and defeat, in suushiue and in Storm, in prosperity and adv<r3ity, this mighty West retains the courage of its convictions, and ltolds that devotion to principle, though it brings defeat, is better than success achieved by broken vows and political dishonor. "We are met in Na ional Convention for de- 'Hberation and conference. The Republican party of the United States relies upon the wis- 46m of its assembled delegates for such action as will insure success. If we are prepared to honestly ami fairly ineot the supreme issues of the hour with a clear, fearless, and ringing dec­ eleration of principles, and to nominate a ticket which will commend itself to the loyalty and intelligence of the country, we can grandly win, *We enter upon the proceedings of this con­ vention prepared to sacrifice individual judg­ ment to tee wisdom of the majority, and to lay «o«n personal preferences on the altar of party SUftceaa. "When our candidates are chosen we will all Join with heart and soul in the grand chorus of rejoicing, and the rainbow of our harmony shall Ctve certain promise of the glory of a victorious . morning in November. When the Democratic party, at the close of the last Presidential elec­ tion, robbed us of a victory houestly and fairly iron, we patiently waited for the certain coming of the justice of the years. We hoped and be­ lieved that 1888 would right the great national wrong of 1884. Right it, not only for the Repub­ lican party! bat also for the grand and glmous oajMHdates whosenames were the inspiration of 4ti*t wonderful campaign. •The infinite wisdom of an all-wise Providence has otherwise decreed. One of them--the citi- JHU soldier, the warrior statesman, the Black Eagle of Illinois, has been summoned; by the silent messenger to report to his old commander toeyond the river. But although John A. Logan is dead in the body, yet he lives again in the il- tof hii ~ grurt eonveatfcm held in this city in iaoo. We re­ member how it was inspired with the wisdom and ooursge to select that great man of the peo­ ple ; that Moses who led «s through the parted waters of the sea, past the wilderness of battle, over the Jordan of safety into the promised land. In 1384 we were driven back into the wilderness aasin God give us the wisdom to find another Moses who can limit our wandering to four years instead of forty. "The mighty past is with us hers to-day. It fills us with that same spirit of freedom, patriot­ ism, and devotion which breathed into the com­ mon dost of ordinary humanity the sublime in­ spiration of heroic deeds. Lot as reed its les­ sons rightly and bold its precepts dear. "Whan Robert Brace, King of Scotland, lay upon his dylngrbed be requested that his heart should be taken from his inanimate body and borne by knightly to the Sav­ ior's sepulcher. Af»r his death James, Earl of Douglas, undertook the sacred mission, and with the hsart encased in a golden casket set oat apon his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. On their way thithir, himself and comrades were set apon by a great host of Moorish war­ riors. Though they xought with all the valor of mortal men, they were born backward-by sheer force of numbers and their overthrow seemed certain. "Then Douglass, drawing from his bosom the priceless casket, cast it far out into the midst of the oncoming host and cried out: 'I.eml on, heart of Brace, we follow thee,' and the knights of Scotland, never defeated while following Bruce, pushed forward and won the day. "Let this convention find a Douglas for our Bruce. He wiU take the soul of our great leader into the golden casket of his love and with it lead as an,to certain and splendid victory. Mr. Swett. Hon. l>enaid Swett, of Chicago; la presenting to the convention the name of Judge Gresham as a candidate for President, said: "M«. PUKSIDENT AND GENTLKMEN OP THE CONVENTION--This presence recalls a scene en­ acted in this city twenty-eight years ago. That was the second , national Republican convention and the first nomination of Abraham Lincoln. At his inauguration tho Republican party first assumed the reins of governmental control. With unimportant interruptions the Democratic party had controlled our national policy for thirty-two years. The country in 1361 stood upon the verge of political and financial ruin, and the sharpest and most deadly conflict of arms ever known succeeded. We have had of Republican rule since then four years of war and twenty years of peace. The four years of war produced heroes, sacrifices, and suffering without parallel and a reunited country. Tlie twenty years of peace increased the population, internal im­ provements, manufactories, useful inventions, comforts in homos, and the general development of all classes with a rapidity unequaled in the history of the world within the time named. In laminated pages < is country's most splendid history; lives in the grateful love of a free peo­ ple, whose union he so gallantly fought to pre­ serve ; lives in the blessings of a down-trodden nee, whose freedom he so manfully struggled to achieve; lives in the future song and Btory of a bero-worBhiping world; and along the highway of the nation's glory, side by side with old John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant, his soul goes marching on. "The other, that gallant leader, the chevalier of . American politics, the glory of Republicanism ' and the nightmare of Democracy; • our Henry of Kavarre, Is seeking in foreign travel the long needed relaxation and rest from the wearisome burdens of public life and service. rWith the sublime magnanimity at his incomparable great­ ness he has denied us the infinite pleasure of Spporting Mm in this convention. Desir-i above all thitags party harmony and suc--cesS, be has stepped from the cortain ladder of his own laudable ambition that some other man may climb to power. As his true ' friends we cannot, dare not, commit the po­ litical crime of disobedience to his expressed will. We cannot place him at the head ot the ticket, bat we will make him Commander-in- Chief . at the head of the forces in the field, where be will be invincible. And, though James O. Blaine may not be oar President, yet here- mains oar uncrowned king, wielding the baton ot acknowledged leadership, supreme in the al­ legiance of his devoted followers, honored and respected by all honest and loyal men, the grent- esfr,living American, and the worthy object of ^"•But publican party is not left without great men to place upon its ticket. We have that honest, able, and experienced financier, states­ man, and Senator from Ohio, and his no less dis­ tinguished colleague from Iowa. Indiana, Michi­ gan, and Wisconsin present to us gallant soldiers, while Mew York, New Jersey, Kansas, Connecti­ cut, and other 8tates offer worthy and favorite sons. From this splendid galaxy of political store we cannot choose amiss. The Republican partv points with pride to the great achieve­ ments ot its p)Bt, and offers as an earnest of its future faithfulness an unbroken record of services performed for freedom, union, and na­ tional prosperity. It is pre-eminently the party of protection. It was born of the Irrepressible desire to protect the slave from the lasn of the master, and to save our civilization from the blighting curse of its dime against humanity. It performed the sacred mission of protecting tho republic from secession and disunion; 'tnd in the later time it succeeded in protect! .ig the credit and currency of the nation from repudia­ tion and inflation. "Its platform epitomised stands for t he protec­ tion of popular government on tin* 4 uierioan continent; stands for the protection <:? all gov­ ernmental and international rights from re­ striction or Invasion; stands for the protection of the life, liberty, and property of the individ­ ual ; stands for the protection of all the immuni­ ties and privileges of American citizenship; stands for the protection of the ballot-box from tike crimes of Intimidation, robbery, and substi­ tution; stands for the protection of Ameri­ can commerce, American manufacture, and American agriculture from destructive foreign competition; stands for the protection of home invention, home skill and home labor against the free-trade heresies which would pauperize end degrade them all; stands for ilie protection of the people from the unjust and oppressive exaction and combination of aggregated capital and corporate j ower; ttands also for tliJ protec­ tion of both capital and corporation from confis­ cation and mob violence; and, above all, stands for the protection of the sanctity and happiness of tha Anierican home. "It welcomes to our shores the down-trodden and oppressed of every land, but it insists that #lw lnestimablet>lesBing of American citizenship, purchased with the priceless blood of our heroes and martyrs, shall be extended to those only who are in full sympathy and accord with the funda­ mental principles of our government, and who will loyally support the sacred provisions of the Constitution of the United States. And it holds -(hat Congress has the power to save American civilization and morality from the leprosy of Asiatic paganism, degradation and contagion. "It maintains that the nation should extend the benefits of free government to ail true lovers of liberty, but it demands that the law of ths land shall be a shield to them only who obey it, and that for the anarchist , the communit and the criminal, American justice has nothing to Offer but the sword. "The reconstructed Democracy has now been In power nearly four years. Its administration lias been most satisfactory to those wbo hold office under it. Its loyalty has received the approval of every enemy of the Government. The oourage of its foreign policy has amused t*" great powers and pleased ev­ ery coward. Its civil service has been so thoroughly reformed as to delight Mrs. Wig- Sins'. lis financial management has been safe be­ cause of Inability to destroy the resulting pros­ perity of Republi.-an legislation. And its unpar­ alleled straddle of the tariff question has been a source of wonderment to'gods and men.' It is strong in the imbecility of 'innocuous desuetude,' and deserves to live as a reminiscence of prom­ ises forgotten and pledges unredeemed. "There are those in this land wbo seem to be­ lieve that the mission of the Republican party Is at an end. That the emancipation proc­ lamation, Appomatox, and constitutional amendments are at once the monuments of its glory and the gravestones of its demise. Bat the work of the Republican party will never be done until every American citizen enters into his unquestioned inheritance of liberty, equal rights, and justice; until rep­ resentation in Congress is based upon votes freely oast and fairly counted; until adequate provision has been made for the helplessness and old age of the disabled veterans and the widows and orphans of their dead comrades ; until those policies of government which insure national and individual prosperity are firmly established, and until patriotism and loyalty are the only „ qualifications, except fitness, for official position In the service of the Republic. "There are those in this land who insist that Che Republican party keeps alive the old-time Sectional feeling, and it refuses to 'let the dead past bury its dead/ The Republican longs and prays for the coming of the millnenixm of his tope when, in spirit and in truth. Mason and Dixon's line will be blotted out forever; when fraternal ties and common interests unite us Sil; when the whole people are found rejoicing together that the holy bonds of union could not be severed, hopeful together for a magnificent national destiny, loyal together to a common Sonntry and its unconqucred flag. "But when that glad time comes black and White must marcti side by aide in the broad sun­ shine of safety, and lie down to peaceful slum­ ber in the untroubled shadows of unprotected homes. Xhe Republican party leans to the new •nkeMthWiUr«lde open arms. It offers loyal as­ sistance inthe development of its agriculture, the opening of its mines, the building up cf its manufactories. It proposes to break down the t>arriers of unpleasant memories with the hope ,«#f a new prosperity. "The great distinctive large of the irritant the language of Daniel Webster, we may say of this Republican rule, the suffering of the war, and the unparalleled prosperity of this peace: 'The past is at least secure.' "We have assembled again to select a Presi­ dent for 60,000,000 of free people. Who most in character is the very essence of these people? Who, of all the names suggested, will draw sup­ port most largely from all classes? Who can best bring together and reunite the broken fragments of oar own party ? Who, by personal courage and sablime confidence in his own con­ victions, is an ideal leader of the American people? Who most strikingly stands for cos­ mopolitan American character? These are the questions of the hour addressed to us all. "I suggest the name of Walter Q. Gresham of Indiana and Illinois, and invite a thoughtful consideration of some of the reasons why ha should be nominated: "He was born of sturdy and rugged parents in Harrison County, Indiana, fifty-seven years ago, and has spent one-third of his life in labor upon a farm. He acquired, by nature and edu cation, a profound belief in the fundamental doctrines of government and tho union of the States, 'one and inseparable,' as taught by the lives and example of. Washington and Hamil­ ton, Clay and Webster, Lincoln and Thad Ste­ vens, and a disbelief in and aversion for the political heresies of John C. Calhoun, Breckin­ ridge, Jefferson Davis, and Lemar--of property in man and the right of secession. He has always been an unwavering and inflexible Republican. One-third of a century ago be organized the party of Fremont and Dayton in his native county, which consisted, all told, of four people. In 18J0, then at the age of 23, he was elected to the State Legislature at the same time Mr. Lin­ coln was elected President, from a strong Demo­ cratic county and by the aid of German votes. ' lated a&d passed a law which ttovsm wBv nnimw nimott mm* Utfnce sad eympetfty way ezlet betwaen a •rest leader aiSttbe people wlthoot either knowing the other. J can never fomet bowm moments of greet doubt he agonized, watched, and listened for tokens of guidance from (ha oemmon people, as the mariner watches for the sun, to learn where be U and whither he is' drifting through the darkness and mists of the storm. "The same sympathy and confidence exist be­ tween Gresham and the people that existed be­ tween Lincoln and the people. His heart, ahio, has beaten in sympathy with the sons of toil, for he has labored with them in sunshine and in the cold. He, too, has been promoted from their ranks, snd knows the ta->te of poverty, and, like them, has earned his bread, "in toe sweat of his faae.' He has never forgotten their lives of privation and self-denial in their hard struggles for existence. Whether bondmen or freemen, he hed that sublime faith in their hon­ esty and patriotism that, like Lincoln, he was' willing to have his body pierced with ballets in their behalf. "The rich, too, have found ample projection and the adjustment of every right in the equi­ poise of his character. "He has always stood with his party for the protection of American labor against foreign competition and has always beliewl in fair wages for fair work. "He has advocated liberal pensions for the maimed, worn, and dependent defenders of the Union. He knows by experience how the rebel bullet tears and hurts, for he himself has been wounded aud carried on a stretcher from the field of battle, and has borne the pains and sees the needs of the decrepit and health-broken sol­ dier. "We Should also not forget that this nation bas arrived at that stage of civilization and de­ velopment that it hns a right to deiuan 1 com­ mon honesty ill polities. ) f a young man hap- ]>eus to acquire the prefix of honorable to his name he has the right to demand that that shall not be the occasion of explanation and HI ology ever afterward. The people have a right to demand a higher standard of integrity than !hat its President shall in his letter of ac­ ceptance pledge himself to one term, and than by every official act afterward work for a second nomination and appual to them again for a re­ election. They have a risht, to demand that ha, shall not promise civil-service reform with his' lips aud break every such promise in practice. The strength of Judge Gresham's candidacy lies in the public belief that he will not do such things, but that he will, if elected, manage pub­ lic aTt'airs with the same common honesty he has heretofore managed everything. "There ors, undar the circumstances and ne­ cessities of our party, and without disparaging in the slightest degree ths merits of other can­ didates, 1 offer to this convention the rarest of opportunities. But nominate Gresham and the people will bear him on their shoulders to the White House and to the oificial seat of Wash­ ington, Lincoln, Garfield and Grant. The reins of government, under the inspiration of his leadership, will be -taken front those who im­ periled its existence and plactd in the hands el those who saved it in its hours at weakness and danger. "In behalf of the laboring man, of whose strug­ gles he is the living embodiment; in behalf ot capital, whose rights he has guarded and ad- jasted; in behalf of the soldier, whoso garb he has worn with honor; in behalf of patriotism and loyalty, of which he is the shining repre­ sentative and example; and for the State of Lin­ coln, Grant, and Logan, I nominate as a candi­ date for President of the United States the son of Illinois by adoption, Walter Q. Gresham." ana tc to sjUA he aided la giving "far*. Vhe ootistHutknal amendments, cae and .all, he aided In fnutai the currency legislation, and tHoes laws ef txnSi that preserved the national credit; the resump- frlond- we . place him In most illustrious namee. red by the Repu>> hand, his genius. our rivalry with of ripe ex- There he origini authorized Oliver P. Morton, our greatest war Governor, to organize and arm, at the expense of the State, any regiment anywhere in the State. We owe the peace and loyalty of Indiana at this critical period to the admirable working of this law and the fact that she was not behind the call of the President one moment in furnishing her quota of men. " After performing this service of great value to his State he selected 1,000 young neighbors and friends and marched at their head into Kentucky with Gen. Sherman at the very beginning of the war. These fdeees aided *e loyal element there in holding true to the Union tlia northern part of that State, while the southern - part broke off and went with the rebellion. But for the presence of these troops the Ohio River would have probably been the dividing line, and south­ ern Olilo, Indiana, and Illinois would have been tne first battle-ground. He served with Grant at Stdloh and Vicksburg, and was a distinguish­ ed figure with Sherman in his march upon At­ lanta in IBM. "He was frequently promoted for gallant con­ duct on the battle-rieId, and was called upon when'shsrp work was to be done, and finally fell, pierced by a minie ball, while leading bis division into the shot and shell of the enemy at the bloody fight of Leggett's Hill, in the suburbs of Atlanta. "Carried to the rear he met Col. Richard S. Tut- hill, whose presence now adoii.s the judicial bench of this State, and who was then a oom- mander of batteries of artillery making their way to the front. The scene was one of con­ fusion, of the tramping of horses' hoofs, and the rattling of artillery and caissons dashing into battle. Col. Tuthill turned aside a moment to Gen. Gresham, then bleeding on a stretcher, and said, inquiringly : 'Are you hurt badly?' The fight was not all out of him yet, and turning his pale face to see who made the inquiry, re­ plied: 'You had better hurry yc>ur bat­ teries to i the front. They are ' needed there.' He was placed in a freight-car and hurried to the North. The next day he awoke from a morphine sleep in a dazed condi­ tion and said to a soldier in attendance: 'Whose body is thatT pointing to a coffin in the same car with him. 'That is the dead body of your com­ mander, Gen. McPherson.' Thus the com­ mander of the army and the division commander had mingled their blood upon the red field of Leggett's hill. Wherever in all the war the bat­ tle s wreck lay thickest, there was the manly form of Gen. Gresham, a typa of enthusiastic heroism and an inspiration to the soldier wbo followed him. "But it is not in his military career, dashing and brilliantas it is, that we find the crowning reasons for his nomination. For him 'Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than war.' After his relations with the army were volun­ tarily severed he was called by President Ar­ thur into his cabinet to the offico of Postmaster General. Here he greatly promoted the rapid expedition of the mails, shortening materially the time of their transit across the continent. He also aided in reducing the letter, newspaper, and parcel postage, thereby saving millions to the public and encouraging the dissemination of literature and intelligence. He was also the first vigorously to enforce the United States statutes against the abuse of the mails by lot­ tery venders and other swindling schemes by which the credulous and weak-minded were im­ posed upon aud their confidence betrayed. "It is, however, in the discharge of his duties as United States Judge that the higher and crowning glories of his character npjKjar. The image of justice among the Greeks was repre­ sented as blindfolded, holding the scales bal­ anced in her hand, but unable to see tie rank or standing of the' parties before her. Judge Gresham has been the living ideal of this Gre­ cian figure. Unmoved by the threatenings of power, he has gone straight on in tbe liue of his duty to the integrity and right of the question under consideration, and has administered jus­ tice to the high and the low, the rich and the poor, with a steady but impartial hand. "The contestants in one of the greatest railroad strikes that have arisen in our country have also been before him. By a wise and happy decision he administered exact justice to all, prevented the strike from becoming universal, public traffic from being paralyzed, the nation from convulsion, and the most serious damage to an unknown number of individuals. "Wherever in all his life ho li is touched any­ thing it has been improved, beautified, or adorned. He has always nad the happy faculty of quietly doing the right thing at the right time, and be possesses B his own great char ­ acter all the good qualities of the Republican Under nis leadership the campaign cry party, will be: 'Live and let live.' There will be no attacks upon Capital and no attacks upon labor, but the country will march on, with gigantic strides, in settlement, development, and growth. The true leveling system will be adopted of making all men equal before the law, and plac­ ing all men's feet on a level. Then the tall man may thank God for his height, and the short man must be contented with his shortness. "In personal characteristics, in the manner of his candidacy, and in his relations to the Presidential office Judge Gresham is more like Abraham Lincoln than any other living man. The movement in his behalf, like the movement for Lincoln, is the spontaneous and unorganized action of the people. Like Lincoln, Gresham is not working for the Presidential office. He be­ lieves this exalted office should never be sought and never declined. Like him, too, he believes that causes which tend to great consequences should be left to work out their results uuaideJ, and that they cannot be materially hasteued or impeded by personal interference. Like Lin­ coln in character, honest and simple, but robust, fearless in danger, full of justice, of noble heart, he stands out in prominence as an ideal candidate. "May I also be pardoned for saying in this august presence that back in 1843, at th« age of 24, I first met Abraham Lincoln, he being 41. Kver afterward 1 sat at his feet, as Paul of Tarsus sat at the feet of Gamaliel, and was per­ mitted as we walked together the journey of life 'to lean on his own great arm for support.' I watched bis thoughtful face when the news first reached bim that he had received a large vote for Vice President at Philadelphia when Fremont and Dayton were nominated, and when ia a . A.V. . Hepburn, of I owe. Ex -Congress man Hepburn made a brilliant talk upon placing in nomination Senator Allison. Said he: It is the laudable ambition of every member of this convention that to-day we pursue such a course as to deserve and win success at the end of this campaign. Is there such a course open to our choice? We remember that we enter upon this struggle a beaten party--that we were not beaten for want of numbers, but for want of harmony. We are strong enough to compel a triumph, but it will require the united efforts of us all to clutch it. Is it possible for us to-day to namo a candidate for whom all Republicans will vote? If we do We shall succeed. If we fail to name such an one our flag goes down in defeat before the organized appetite for spoils aud its allies. The candidate of this con­ vention must be of spotless character and with unblemished political record. He must be a man In whose armor of integrity there is no flaw or crevice for the lodgment of censure or calumny. He must be a man versed in the pub­ lic business, schooled in tho public service, fitted for the high office to which we consecrate him by broad experience and observation. He must be a man of affairs. The Republican party is one of deeds as well as of doctrines--results no less than lofty sentiments. Its just pride and crowning glory is to be found in the long record of what it has accomplished. It loves liberi v, and it creates free States. It loves mankind, and it strikes tbe shackles from the bond and makes freemen. It loves equality, and it places the ballot in the hands of the humble and bids him stand unabashed by tno side of him who is strongest. It loves the flag and the union of States, and it builds navies. It calls into being vast armies, and tramples rebellion under its conquering feet. It sympathizes with the struggling poor and it gems the prairie with a million happy homesteads. It feels tbe dig­ nity of labor and ft protects the nation's indus­ tries, and the mill, and the factory, and the forge are erected, the children are schooled, and prosperity smiles on every home. It loves hon- vstv, and it pays the national debt. It is filled with an exalted sense of justice, and in morcy, after tbe sword is sheathed, it restores its pros­ trate foe to the high station Of un tram moled citizenship. It is a party of lofty sentiment, and it pre­ serves the national credit, fills the national treasury with abundant revenue, ai.d gives the nation almost two billions of currency tbe equivaieut of gold. It is indeed a party in which ennobling sentiments abound, but tl:ey have been followed by grand achievements, as in the economy of God fultillmont follows prophecy. Have »e among our number some one who in his public service has been a contributor to this rehearsal of Republican indorsements? Some one who in tbe 1 gislation of this gen­ eration has aided in writing this record? £ome ons whose recorded votes show that upon all questions that for a quarter of a cent' ry have tried the courage and tested the wisdom of patriotic men hs has bean upon tbe right side--tbe right Bide as time has determined the right in the honest conviction of the Republican party of this day? Gentlemen, the State of Iowa bids me ton ime to you this man--fit to be your candidate, William B. Alli­ son, of Iowa. Of all living mon he is the one we most do honor. Iowa asks his selection. It is tbe prayer of that St ite that bas been more true to Republicanism than all others that have been truest. All others have sometimes wavered. Iowa uever. In all others at some time in your history some part of vour ticket has met defeat. In Iowa never. In thirty-four years of consecu­ tive victory no man has been inducted into a State office or been accredited to tho national Senate wbo did not follow your flag and march in your columns. Fortunately for our candidate, in. the Republic we recognize no rights of pedigree or ancestry. There is no primogeniture nor entail in the honors of the state save those of worth aud genius. In these he is richly endowed. He was called to tlie public service iu the early days of 1861. The times needed high courage, hojteful- ness, integritv, practical common sense and un­ limited cupiicity for work. His early life and experiences had taught him that these qualities were the antidote for the rigors of lowly birth and humble fortune. He determined to deserve much at the hands of the people, and they, rt cognizing the value of his services, have been honored by his presence in the Congress for more than twenty-five years. Tweutv-five years of ii5o.it eventful history, and every page of tho legislative portion of th» record William B. Allison has helped to write. It is in these records that you will find the attestation of his worth. Wheu he entered tho Congress he rocoguiajd the perils of tho situation--a contiuent at war, human libertv, man's capacity for self-government the issues. He knew that it was enly by the use of all the resources of the nation that success could bs wen. So wo find him in the legislation of that day aiding, by marshal­ ing the men, and granting the treasures of the mtii'n with unstinted hand, to meet i all the requisitions of tbe commander-in-chief. I And when peace was won wa find him striving on all occasions to pay, so far as payments can ' be made, the just claims of the heroes, mutil­ ated and war-worn, wbo by imperishable deeds bad saved the state. When he came into public i life the country was reaping fruits that followed • that woeful experiment, the tariff of 184tt. The i conditions had not changed for the better from I those a little earlier described by President | Buchanan in an annual message when he said: ] "Wo have possessed all the elements of ma­ terial wealth in rich abundance, aud yet, not- i withstand ng all these advantages, our country at this moment is in a deplorable condition. In the midst of unsurpassed plenty in all produc­ tions of agriculture, and in all the elements of national wealth, we find our manufactories sus- ! pended, our public works retarded, our private ; enterprises abandoned, and thousands of useful laborers thrown out of employment and reduced to want. The revenue of the government which is chiefly derived from duties on imports from : abroad, has been greatly reduced. Under the circumstances a loan may be required before the close of vonv present session. But this, al­ though deeply to be regretio l, would prove to be only a siight misfortune when compared with the suffering and distress prevailing among the ^his picture Of the languishing industries would seem to be dork enough, but the condition was aggravated by the fact that the eight hun­ dred millions of gold yielded by California had been sent abroad to pay for the imported neces­ saries of life that should have been produced at home, and the country was thus without a cur­ rency. In the protective legislation of that era was laid the foundation of that growth in wealth and prosperity that is the wonder of the na­ tions Believing to tho uttermost that the American cui/.en who labors is entitled to better coinpenb:> * ion than was elB©wher0 paid the ' laborer--b- jieviugthftt thia people ought to be i independent of all markets save our own for necessaries ii:at we could produce-he became : a champion for the protection of American ; labor auu American industries. He has been a const!-. t, unwavering friend of that, policy to this dav, and finds in that policy the hope for that public quiet and individual con- ; tentment that is alone enjoyed where the indus­ tries of a nation wre diversified and all tlie peo­ ple are satisfactorily employed; and Mat alone , gives promise of stable government. He stands j an tbe n« at tariff defense in tbe Northwest. dier, tbe statesman, tbe juat judge. Tailed has been tbe character, but never varying the pure quality of bis extended Service. Alger, wbo has no enemies save his country's enemies, and wbo wins tbe love of men whether hs leads than in tbe fierce shock of battle or guides them in tbe quiet walks of peace. Hew Jersey's son, cul­ tured, eloquent, wise. How contentedly we could all follow bim as our leader. Busk, fearless in duty, the clamor of tbe mob bas no fears for his inflexible soul, and Ingalls--how the affections of my old comrades flow toward him aa their champion, who never falters in his strife to secure redemption of the pledges made to the boys who wore tue blue. The candidate I hare named we of Iowa commend to you. A man of that calm poise ot mind wbo aeeks the methods of judicious conservatism, and yet who has on all occasions the oourage to do the right. Who excites no anger and has no enemies. Who is sagacious, conservative, versed in the details of tlie public business, whose integrity is above the reach of calumny. Who has the respect and confidence and kindly regard of all who know bim, and on whosa candidacy all classes of Re­ publicans c ui unite, and so uniting he will lead a harmonious party to a satisfying victory. Wo cannot tell you of all that would ba done were he to direct the administration of affairs; but were he so empowered we could tell you some things that would not be dime by him. You would not fiud in his l.t^ftr Of acceptance an able argument against the fitness of a Presi­ dential incumbent for a second teem, followed by years of insistent and unscrupulous effort to secure a second term. You will not, find in bis official utterances un counted pledges for c i v il-service reform, and then long years oZ constant prostitution of the civil service to all tho viler uses of partisanship. You would not find him striving to destroy the silver- coinage of the nation, nor to retire the greenbacks so dear to the people. Nor yet to strike down the manufacturing interests of the country in behalf of our old enemy and our pros- end commercial rival. You would not find him usurping the functions of a co-ordinate brench ot tbe government and hundreds of times thwarting tbe legislative will by a reckless and wanton use of the veto power that is shameless In-view ot the traditions of the republic. You would not find him sneering at the old veterans, nor heaping gratuitous insults upon them, nor yet belittling and minifying their service, nor refusing to permit a grateful people to show their gratitude. You would not find him filling the represents- tive places of honor abroad with men who have no just conception of what this Government is, who know nothing ot the indissoluble cohesion of these States, and whose only claim to recog­ nition is to be found in partisan service. You would not find him returning rebel flags, those honored trophies ot grand victorias, to rebel archives. You would not find him paltering about home rule in Ireland and then consenting to that par­ ticular conspiracy, justified only by the footpad's logic, that disfranchises six hundred thousand free American citizens, retains them in Terri­ torial vassalage, and keeps the name of Dakota from the shield that designates a State. Y ou would not find him contentedly and com­ placently accepting the fruits of that organised system of violence, fraud and outrage that practically disfranchises three-fourths of a million of Southern voters, thwarts the popular will, makes a Presidential election a travesty, transfers tbe political power to an unscrupulous minority, and works pregnant wrong to the political rights ot every honest voter in this land. But yon will always find him true to his country and the principles of our party. WiBe in deter­ mining tne bet ter course, courageous in pursuing iblic affairs and houest it, honest in the administration of public affairs, calm, delibjrate, conservative, kind, and honesty giving the country an administration that would meet the demands and secure tbe benediction ot a contented people. The Ax and the Woodpile. Every human male man, who pos­ sesses even a lingering taint of temper, should keep an ax and a wood-pile somewhere handy that he may rush out and work off his wrath when it waxes fierce. There is nothing in this vain old world that will send a man back to his appointed work with a more wilted collar and a truer comprehen­ sion of himself than thirty minutes' wrestling with a full-flavored ax. He can use it so fiercely on the wood. All the fury of his nature, all the hate he feels for his enemy, he can infuse into that ax-handle, and how the chips will fly. Not very artistically, probably, but they will fly. And presently it be­ gins to "dawn upon the man that he is feeling more calm. Evidently he is experiencing a change of heart. He does not hate his enemy so bitterly, after all. The ax weighs about eighty- one pounds on the up stroke. He does not hate his enemy at all. He changes his stroke, and begins to chop on the system of Italian penmanship, the up strokes heavy and the down strokes light. He rather loves his enemy now. At last he puts all his failing strength into one terrific blow. He misses his tip with the ax, and smites the chop- ping-block with the handle. A tingle as though he had swallowed an alarm- clock goes from elbow to hip and back again, the ax drops from his powerless hands, and a weak, limp, nerveless, perspiring, trembling, gasping thing, he staggers into the house, lies down on the first tiling that looks like a lounge, and is ready to die. There isn't a fear or a fault in his heart. Death has no terrors and life no temp­ tations for him. He has chopped out all his baser nature, and is just as ethereal and spiritual as ho can be on this side of Jordan. It is groat medi­ cine. People with whom I have been quar­ reling all spring would be amazed to see me now. I foolishly contracted, last year, to keep a camp-fire going. I didn't know then that it took all the forests in the Adirondack spurs to keep up one little camp-fire. I am not a large, broad, tall, sinewv man, and the ax they gave me might have beaten down the brazen gates of what you- may-call-it that what's-his-name be­ sieged, if he ever did besiege it. I have fallen trees with that ax that would have made Mr. Gladstone shud­ der. They tell me I must say felled, not fallen,* but I know better, because I only cut down fallen trees. My wrists were larger than my knees, which goes to show that I didn't pray as hard as I chopped, but I didn't have strength enough to, hate anybody; I was too limp to commit the lightest sin, so I didn't btkw niuch need of prayer. I I didn't write any the following week, because I couldn't close my fingers over anything amaller than an ax-helve. We tried tying the penholder to my elbows, but they wouldn't bend with that kind of an implement. My hands were a little better the next week, but I was as badly ax-ridden as ever. I heard voices calling even now for "more wood," though I assure you I cut a cord between every paragraph. At least, I think I did. But I went out and chop­ ped until the ax flew off the handle, which was dropped every five minutes, and then I heaped high the fagots, and crawled into the camp-fire, and showed the old martyrs how sweetly and joy­ ously a man could roast himself rather than cut one solitary single other 6tick of wood more.--Bobt. J- Burdette. PAUL DESORANQES, of Philadelphia, has collected 1.000,000 canceled post­ age-stamps. He has put them up in packages of 50,000 stamps each, the packages weighing over five pounds apiece. It has taken him six years to * make this useless collection. CONTENTMENT is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand (Laaire* iQiakea a wise and happy purchaM* •" , -,i The VnOstle aa I* Appear* 1* IJteretum [New lttfk Sun.] Few people stop to think of the im­ portant part played by whistlers and whistling in the daily life of a great city like New York. "Without a whistle," said a car-driver to the reporter, "we couldn't get along at all in the crowded parts of the city, Ybere the noise is so great that drivers of heavy wagons can't hear our bell. We buy the whistle ourselves, and pay about half a dollar for it. A whistle with a good shrill tone is needed for our business." "I don't know how I oould ever cover my route," said a letter-carrier, "with­ out my whistle. I blow it at an inter­ val of "every few houses and the people hear it and are ready for me, so I don't have to wait a moment after ringing the bell. People are always looking for letters and anxious to get them. If, I was a pedler or a book-agent and known by my whistle, I would never blow it, for every one would hide in the cellar." In some cities the policemen summon assistance bv the aid of whistles, but in New York tLey are only used by some policemen on street crossings for arrest­ ing the progress of reckless drivers. The bicyclist, too, always has his whistle at a handy place, so he may warn the pedestrian of the approach of his silent steed. Then there are the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick-maker, who, in making their rounds of apartment houses, always whistle up to announce their arrival preparatory to taking or­ ders through the tube. Before the advent of air brakes rail­ road engineers used to use their engine whistles more frequently than they do at present, and the familiar "toot" of the engine meant Uput on the brakes," while the quick double "toot, toot," of the whistle was followed by a rattling of the brakes as they were let off with a jerk. To-day the whistles do service principally at crossings, where they at­ tract one's attention to the familiar legend, "Look out for the engine while the bell rings." Aside from its practical use, there are many stories told of the locomotive whistle serving as a bearer of tidings of love and comfort. Some engineers have a regular system of sig­ nals arranged with their families, by which they can send a message when their engine passes near the house of the loved ones. One engineer in Con­ necticut whose wife lived near the track on a certain part of his route, which he reached everv night about 11 o'clock, was in the habit of whistling a good­ night message to his loving wife as he passed his house. n She would be watch­ ing for the familiar greeting, and when its welcome sound reached her ears she would place a lighted lamp in her bed­ room window, so that her lord might known that all was well with her. The custom became known to the regular passengers on the train, and they, too, would watch eagerly for the light to ap­ pear. At last their came a night when the engineer's wife waited longingly for the familiar sound, but waited in vain. The fond heart which suggested that oild way of giving token of his love was stilled forever, and the hand that had so often pulled the cord that opened the steam valve was clutched in death. The engineer had been killed in the Meadow- Brook disaster. He died, however, as only brave men die, at his post of duty, having refused to leap from his engine, and when death overtook him his hand was still on the throttle. There are a number of superstitions connected with whistling. The small boy whistles at night to keep his courage up; many men -whistle for lack of thought; sailors whistle for a favoring breeze to speed them on their way. Whistling girls always attract attention. That the antiquity of the whistle is very great is proven by many allusions to the subject found in the works of old authors. "Worth the, whistle" means worth calling or worth having, thus Heywood in one of his dialogues con­ sisting entirely of p^jpverbs, says: "It is a poor dog that is not worth the whist­ ling." Shakspeare himself refers to this proverb in "King Lear," when, in the fourth act and second scene, he makes Goneril say to Albany, "I have been worth the whistle." The saying, "You paid too dearly for your whistle," is said to have originated with Benjamin Franklin, who used to tell a story about his nephew having giving his little savings for a wooden whistle, and then finding out that it didn't amount to much after all. Frank­ lin also said: "Tho ambitious who dance attendance at court, the miser who gives this world and the ne'xt for gold, the libertine who ruins his health for pleasure, the girl who mar­ ries a brute for money, all pay too much for their whistle." Probably the most popular saying in connection with whistles is the expression, "Let's wet our whistle," which every one knows is the American for "Let's take some­ thing." The only objection to the ex­ pression, used in moderation, is the cost entailed. An Old-Time Fishing Incident. Back in the early forties Amos Stocker was the fashionable tailor of the "Burg." Amos had his business on the back of the Oswegatchie River, on about the same spot occupied by the shop and dwelling of C. Louis, the locksmith. At that early day the Oswegatchie Biver was a great runway for sturgeon. The principal business in the winter along the banks of the Oswegatchie in the towns of Depeyster, Dekalb, and Can­ ton was lumbering. Immense quanti­ ties of pine and oak square timber were got out, rafted into cribs, and rafted over the dams to Ogdensburg,< where it was floated down the St. Lawrence to Montreal for a market. In those annual drives the timber reached here about the beginning of the sturgeon season. Sometimes in coming over the dam the cribs would be wrecked and lodge against the piers of the bridge connecting Lake and Ford streets, which were neither few nor far between, and create a jam above the bridge. On this particular spring a jam took place and timber covered the river neariy up to Green street. There were open spaces in some of the cribs, caused by some sticks of timber being shorter than others. The sturgeon is a fish of festive hab­ its; that is to say, is given to jumping. In the sturgeon season their heads came sticking out of the water thicker than hitters at "Donnybrook fair." One afternoon Mr. Stocker, who was at work at his cutting table at the back end of his shop, saw a monster sturgeon jump up, slick and clean, through one of the open spaces above described, and land on a crib of timber. Mr. Stocker didn't wait for his hat, but he started for the raft. When Stocker arrived on the timber the fish, which had jumped out of the water, was trying to find the place to jump in again; but Mr. Stocker was on deck and he tackled that stur­ geon. The Hah was awful slippery, and it was last becoming a doubtful contest, the tive till assistance came. Mr. was a man about 5 feet f inches tell weighed 125 pounds. The ataEgeoB was seven feet long from the end Of his nose to tlie tip of his tail and raised the beam at 98'pounds.--Ogdensburg Jour­ nal. Keeping the Sabbath In Puritan Dajs. Everybody went to meeting then; they had to. It was not a matter of choice, or of clothes. The law required each person to attend religious service at least oooe every fourth Sabbath un­ der penalty of a fine, unless a satisfac­ tory excuse could be given. A woman once living on Clark's Island in Ply­ mouth Bay absented herself from meet­ ing, and a deputation was sent over fqpm the mainland demanding her reason for so doing. With a pluck which we cannot but admire, she replied succinctly tfyit it was none of their business. Tradition does not say what punishment was meted out to her. Punishment for absence from meet­ ing, after trial before a justice of the peace, was a fine graded according to the heinousness of the offence. If the of­ fender should refuse to pay the fine, then a certain number of stripes were to be given him at the whipping-post, or he was to be put in the stocks. The whipping-post and stocks stood at the northeast corner of the Halifax meeting­ house. They were there as late as 1790, though much decayed, and never hav­ ing been Once used to punish a Sabbath- breaker ! These stocks were also called "bilboes," because they were once, made in great quantities at Bilboa,, Spain. It is said that the first person to occupy the stocks in Boston was the man who made them. The court thought he charged too much for the making, and as a punishment fined him and sen­ tenced him to sit in them an hour. (An offender sat in the stocks with his hands and feet confined, while in the pillory he stood with head and arms fastened into the holes in the board.) People in those days could not charge what they pleased for their work. Prices were regulated by law. As the relig­ ious and social life had its center in the old meeting-house at Halifax, so did the commercial life. By vote was estab­ lished a price current for all. articles and for labor. They never departed from this. Scarcity of anything would not increase its price. &o one, if he had so desired, could have made a "corner" in pork or gra^r-?-#*!* Awake. ' . The Best of Mem A " • The great test in life, saya Gen. Thomas J. Morgan in a paper on "Train­ ing as an Element on Education," is rather what a man can do than what he knows. Can he use his eyes? Has he good judgment? Is he a'man of com­ mon sense? Can he think? Does he reason correctly? Has he executive force ? Is he practical ? These are the kind of test questions that are put to the graduates of our schools. Can the "sweet girl graduate" cook a dinner, sweep a room, or superintend a house? Does she have an intelligent interest in passing events ? Has she robust health, good habits, self-reliance, energy, and power of endurance ? Can the young man lay aside his diploma and keep his father's accounts, write an article for the newspaper, make a business trip to Chicago, give an intelligent account of the morning's news? Can he lend a hand at home, and turn to some good account in the daily duties of life some of the accumulated stores of knowledge amassed in years of study? Does his education render him more industrious, more skillful and efficient, more ingen­ ious, more persistent, more practically masterful in whatever he undertakes? If he has been trained to use his senses, to acquaint himself with natural phe­ nomena at first hand; if he has been taught to think, to make careful com­ parison, noting essential differences and significant similarities, making patient inductions and wise generalizations; if he has been led to form fixed habits of thoughtfulness, self-reliance, moral earnestness, inflexibility of purpose, persistent industry, promptness, punctu­ ality, fidelity, unswerving devotion to duty, if, in short, as a result of his school life, his training has produced a well-rounded character, he will be able to meet all the reasonable demands that society can make upon one who lacks practical experience in actual business. He will readily acquire skill and effi­ ciency in any calling for which his special talents have fitted him. Trains •> wtfes potency to all the soul's possibilities*;;" The Hirer and the Brook* - ' • The shallows murmur, but the deeps are dumb. And do you know, to put an old bit of wisdom, that is Why we love the shallows. We stroll beside the broad, deep, voiceless river. There is no song in all the silent stream. Its bosom bears the fleets of commerce; shallop and steamer and raft drift down its silent current to the sea. By dock and slip and bending willow sweep its noiseless waters. But when we reach the winding brook, sieging over the white, shining pebbles, murmuring around the mossy rocks, whispering through the swaying reeds, we sit down and listen, and tlie music and the charm of its incessant babble drive away every thought of sorrow and trouble. Who is it that said the music of running water produces in us a mild insanity, or some­ thing like that? True it is, "the shal­ lows murmur, but the deeps are dumb," and so we love the shallows. Yes, my son, y6s. That, perhaps is the reason why so many people love you. By and by you will be older--you will become deep. Then we will hate you. Oh, it is so true, so truel--Burdetfa, How Women Lore. My dear, isn't it the woman who ecstatically adores her God, who pas­ sionately loves her lover ? Isn't it the woman who, after she has killed a brute, with all of the Roman woman's horror of death, would place even about her enemy the symbols directed by her church? Remember in these Southern climes death is a physical horror. It loses all the sentimentality given to it here--that is, as far as the body is con­ cerned--and only the soul is thought of. With her beautiful eyes distended and in a manner perfectly mechanical did Fanny Davenport place the crucifix on the bad heart of the tyrant, and stand the candles beside lum that his way might be lighted wherever it was de­ creed his feet should be led. I think I never saw a more beautiful picture than Miss Davenport was in the white gown, with the wonderful girdle of Jewels about her, and her graceful form en­ wrapped in a silver and brocade cloak lined with white feathers. Women talked about wearing the gowns belong­ ing to the time of the Empire--it would do them good if they would go up, see how Miss Davenport wears hers, and learn that the possibilities of such a gown are many when worn woman.--Neta York Star. \ ^ 1 *; •" . "War, v' : -~4juletson was held In 91,m t« Kn Grand July for stabbing Prank Jc in a drunken quarrel at wounded man will likely die. --A Prohibition convention of delegates from the five counties of the Fourteenth District was held at Clinton. They non|> # nited A/F. Smith, 6f tfie Decrtar nel, tor Congress. . --A ,teijible, boiler explosion occurred at Hogus'8 mill, twenty miles west ot Effingham. Engineer Kane and an em­ ploye nam$d Lobe were killed, and others - were badly injured. The boiler was bldwn 300 feet. ••-* • • .-<»"* v ?' - • --Thoratok Short, an* of two InuHiMtV who had kept "bach" oa ataim seven miles southwest of Bantoul, near Thoraasboto, either committed suicide or was murdered by his brother, who were both supposed to be under the influence of liquor, as a beer-keg found at their home would indi­ cate. The brothers quarreled, and tho one who was killed had attended the Catholic church in Rantoul. The other brother says that when Thomas came home he remarked, "Now we wilt settle th|t fuss," and drew a revolver and snapped it at him twice. The revolver would not go off, and then he put it to his oWn head and smt a ballet through his brain. Both wera very industrious, and were well thought of. Borne doubt tbe story of sojeide. . j >, y --A terrible tragedy was committed ha tne little town of Buena Vista, about twelve miles north of Freeport. Charles Deckliir, a weil-known farmer, sent his children from the house so that there was no one at home save himself and wif#. The latter was standing on a chair in tho- bedroom finishing a job of calcimining, when Decklar crept up behind her and shot her through the brain. She fell over aud died instantly. Decklar then went into the sitting-room, and placing the stiU smoking revolver at his own breast sent a' bullet almost through his heart. Then throwing the revolver away he drew a . razor and cut his throat so desper­ ately that the head was almost SOT- ' ered from the body. ' The shots were heard by the little daughter who had' been sent to the well. She hastened to the house, and, looking ^ in the bedroom window, saw the dead body of her mothert on the floor. She hurried to a neighbor, who at once hastened to the house. Deck-! lar was found on his knees tearing at his throat and gasping for breath. Holgate,, the neighbor, hurried off for assistance, and when he returned Decklar was- stretched out in a pool of blood, dead. The murderer and suicide leaves a family ot nine children, all highly respected. --(j. H. Law, of Taylorville, has bean arrested and placed in jail atOlneytor obtaining money under false pretenses. Mr. Law purported to be special deputy of the order of National Association off Stationary Engineers, and was going • around the country organising lodges and! obtaining money without authority from the Corresponding Secretary of that or­ der, who has denounced him as a fraud1 and a swindler, --A postoAee has been established eft . Cockrell, Stevenson County, nnd Joseph - W. Lauck appointed Postmaster. --William Young, of Gibson City, was tried before United States Commissioner J. J. Rea, at Urbana, for violating the revenue laws in selling liquor without a license. He was bound over to the United States District Court and sent to jail, J ' • . •'j --A man giving the name of Jmmkt"' Clark, claiming to hail from Pittsburgh, Pa., has been arrested at Covington, Ind., and taken to Pana. Clark is charged with stealing a horse belonging to Dong Dickinson, of Pana. The hone waa found in Clark's possession. He says ho traded for him. --Miss Grace Lambert, a young ladf ot 'Geneseo, aged abottt 18 years, has jost recovered her sight in a miraculous way. For over three years she has been totally, blind, suffering greatly. She has con­ sulted some of the best known oculists in the country, but could get no relief. Tho outer covering of the eyeballs was pro­ nounced dead by the oculists, and she had'1 lost control over the eyelids, her eyes causing her intense pain. A few days ago she was persuaded by a friend to pray for the restoration of her sight. Her friend also prayed, as did several of the mem­ bers of the Methodist Church, to whioh she belougs. A few nights ago, while praying for relief, Miss Lambert experi­ enced a peculiar shook, and immediately afterward found that her eyesight had been restored. She believes that her re­ covery is due solely to her prayers and . those of her friends. That her eyes wees heretofore in a supposably incurable con­ dition is vouched for by several leading, oculists, among them Dr. Holmea, of Chicago.' --Springfield has experienced the heavi­ est rainfall in its history. In one and a half hours the precipitation amounted to over two and three-quarters inches., Sewers failed to carry off the water and cellars were flooded in all the lo^er seo- tion of that city. The basement of the woolen mills was flooded, the floors torn up, large quantities of dyestnffs destroyed, and work stopped. The spouting on /. M. Fitzgerald's wholesale grocery over­ flowed, turning torrents of water into the upper stories, stocked with tea and sugar. His loss is heavy. The new sewer work was nearly ruined. Awnings were broken down by the sheer weight of water, and pavements and sidewalks were torn up In various places. The thunder and light­ ning were severe, but did Utile damage. Damage to crops was heavy. V --John Wait, who became a resident ot Chicago in 1834, died at Elgin, aged 89. He was the father of W. T. Wait, and ot the wife of Hon. H. B. Willis. He was one of the oldest members of the Calnmet Club, and built the first jail in Chicago. --The corner-stone of the new Presby­ terian church at Assumption has been laid, Bev. E. ¥. Clark, of Pana, deliver­ ing the address. The chnrch will cost 93,500 when completed. --J. P. Hitchings, a retired fSmsr living near Harvel, and one of Illinois' * pioneer school teachers, was instantly killed by a passenger train on the "Wia- : bash Bailroad. Deceased was walking on the track and, it is supposed, did not bear the train until too late. He was W JFOSHL ot age snd leaves a u s.. % - .x .•N-v-'&V: - . 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