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ewg flainflealet I. YAH BLYKE & BON, MoHENBY, ILLINOIS. ~ FKEBIDENT GHADBOTTBHK, of Williams •College,!!*® resigned, to attend to pri- ""tifce' interests. croP i® thia Honntijr for 1880 promises to be up to the average. The present prospects in England are sagainst a good crop. THX marvel of the CENSES -DF «6&E» IS the increase of 614 per cent, in the pop­ ulation of Denver, Col. In 1870, Den­ ver was a frontier town of 4,759; now it numbers 34,000. THK number of immigrants landed in .Hew York during the past six months "was 177,000, exceeding by 19,000 that for the corresponding period of 1872, which was the yeer of the largest ar­ rivals. THERE are now three Hebrews in Con­ gress--Messrs. Jonas, Morse, and Ein­ stein. In the House there are six Ger­ man Representatives, among whom are Heilman. of Indiana; Poehler, of Min­ nesota ; Muller, of New Yolrk, and Deuster, of Wisconsin. ' AMASA STONE, the millionaire of Cleve­ land, offers to give $400,000 as an endow ment fund and $100,000 for the purchase -of land, provided the Western Reserve GoUege, Of Hudson, Ohio, shall be re­ moved to Cleveland. His proposition will be accepted. GEN. GRANT has a regular income of •$9,000 per annum, but his reserve funds were increased the first two months of this year by his son Ulysses, Jr., who made for the General a lucky invest­ ment in Chrysolite mining-stock that netted $16,000. The New York Hour is responsible for this statement. THK Marquis of Harrington stated re­ cently in the British House of Com mons that the cost of the war with Ca- bul was $15 ,000,000 over the estimates •of the Tory Government. The deficit wh-ch the Government will be obliged the 8un for some jmnuke8' however. the total up to $3,000,000,000. This gave us a debt of $85.71 for every man, woman and child in the country. The debt is now, after deducting cash in the treasury, $1,942,172,000 or more than $1,000,000,000 loss than at the close of the wax-. On the basis of a population of 48,000,000 (Gen. Walker's estimate), the per capita is $40.45. We have been reducing the burden of debt, practically, by increasing the population as Well as \)j actual payment. S -- -- -- -- -- -- AMONG the historical characters AT Utah and Mormonism is the notorious Bill Hickman. He was with John D. Lee and Rockwell as' a participant in the Mountain Meadow 'massacre, and was known in the Mormon Church as a man of peculiar unction when it came to hunting down and destroying offensive Gentiles. At the trial of the partici­ pants in the Mountain Meadow massa­ cre Hickman turned State's evidence to save his life, and since thee has been able to continue in existence only by keeping under the protecting wing of the United States military authorities at Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake City, where he is now domiciled, HA8BT. * , f -vC • - i < ' ? * ^ ... v - < • ' * • TANDERBHIT draws the interest on one- eleventh of the registered bonded in­ debtedness of the United States. It's perfectly natural .under the circumstan­ ces that his daughter should marry a Lord, and not a perfectly reputable Lord at that. The rumor is that the young­ est Miss. Vanderbilt is now betrothed to Viscount Dupplin, son and heir of the Earl of Kinnoull, and a nephew of the Duke of Beaufort. Lord Dupplin has been a good deal on the turf. He was married in 1871 to a daughter of the late Earl of Fife, and divorced from her in 1876. THOMAS DBFOBD, who lives near Bal­ timore, relates a first-class snake story, wherein a water snake, fifteen inches long, which was found imbedded in a cake of ice gathered perhaps eighteen months ago, was restored to life when exposed to the sun. The ice was taken from the ice house on the place, and the snake was seen in the center of a large block. It was cut out with a pick and was stiff as a bone. When exposed to to make up during the next fiscal year is $16,535,000. „ . \ DR. J. D. GAI^IIOWAY, who died in Dallas, Texas, a few days ago, had twenty-two sons in the Confederate army during the late war. Ten out of the twenty-two were killed on the battle­ field. Dr. Galloway was famous also for his wives, of whom he had seven­ teen, one at a time. Some of the wives <died and from others he was divorced. : a debtor on a postal card has !>een decided by the Supreme Court of Ohio to be unlawful. The court held that anything so written that is liable to injure the credit or reputation of any one is a crime. The decision was made in the case of a man whodqaneda debt­ or for an old account on a postal card, and in that manner made the matter public, to the detriment of the latter's •credit elsewhere. began to wiggle, and after a time started off for the grass. It was captured and placed alive in a large glass bottle, and will be shown to tke incredulous. CENSUS returns have been received from a number of Texas cities. Galves­ ton has a population of 22,350; popu­ lation in 1870, 13,818 ; increase, 8,432 ; per cent, 61. Austin has 10,500; in 1870, 4,428 ; increase, 6,072 ; per cent, 137. Houston, 16,750 ; in 1870, 9,382; increase, 6,368; per cent., 67. San Antonio, 21,800; in 1870,12,256; ia- -crease 9,544 ; per cent., 77. A LITTLE while ago it was said that the <day for soldier candidates for the Presi­ dency had gone by. It hardly looks so when there are more of them in nomina­ tion now than ever before in the history •of the country; in fact, there are no candidates who are not soldiers. The Democracy have nominated Gen. Han­ cock ; the Republicans, Gen. Garfield; the Greenbackers, Gen. J. B. Weaver; 4 the Prohibitionists, Gen. Neat Dow. IT biw been demonstrated by statis­ tics that not fewer than 60.000 Euro­ peans, or one in every 5,000 of the popu­ lation, commit suicide annually. A writer in Blackwood's Magazine as­ serts that the average rate of self-de­ struction is five times greater at present than it was a century ago.. The in­ crease of suicides, both in the New and Old Worlds, is evidently a marked feature in modern civilization. The questions arise, "What is the cause of this ? and what the remedies therefor ?" CHARLES DE YOUNO'S will has been admitted to probate in San Francisco. It recites that he owned twelve-eight- tenths of the San Francisco Chronicle. He bequeaths the profits of three- eighteenths to his mother as long as she lives, and leaves the remainder to his sisters, Amanda and Laura, and their children, and to the wife of his brother istave. The will makes several minor i quests to his nieces and nephews and to his favorites on the Chronicle's force. THE burial of a Chinaman at Virginia City, Nev., attracted much attention from the citizens. The deceased Celes­ tial was a Mason, and was buried with the honors and customs of the order in Fatherland. A noisy, discordant (native) brass band led the procession, made up of Mongolians wearing badges and other insignia of the fraternity, followed by the hearse and a large covered wagon, in which were seated a number of feminine Chinese musicians. Their instruments consisted of fiddles, drums, guitars, cym­ bals, gongs, and each made as much racket as possible, without the least re­ gard to harmony. The noise is repre­ sented as deafening, and would wake anything not dead. Behind the Chinese musicians came a van loaded with roast pig and other delicacies, edible and po­ table, to be left at the grave for the ben­ efit of the deceased. Strips of paper, pierced in three places with crescent- shaped holes, in rows of five, were strewed by thousands along the route--the cus­ tom under such circumstances. Gov. MURRAY, the recently-appointed Executive of Utah, delivered a Fourth- of-July oration, in which he took occa­ sion to outline his policy toward the Mormons. He said that the tree of liberty had grown broad enough to sliel- i ter all patriots, native and naturalized, and was rich enough in timber to furn­ ish scaffolds and coffins for all who con­ spire against the constitution or violate the written laws. He then went on to say that nntil Utah had abjured Mor­ monism there was no possibility thai it could become a State. THE public debt in April, 1866, was $2,827,000,000, exclusive of items not then ascertained, but afterward charged Against the Government, which brought A Model Seaside Hotel. The Gobblecash seaside house is now open for the season. Contains over seven hundred rooms, with every possible discomfort for your money. Chamber doors are just not large enough to admit your Saratoga. Chambers square, having one window and Utile inducements for heated air to get out when once it gets in. t Water all in pitchers; no hawina or faucets. Furniture of the light summer pat­ terns. Fierce contest necessary to open the bureau drawers, and similar one nec­ essary to coax them back again. Not less than four changes of dress tol­ erated for ladies. Washing, twenty cents per square inch, hotel laundry measurement. Guests having valuables are requested to deposit them with the landlord, as he wants them. Chef de cui»ine same as last Reason, and will serve up the same chickens. Guests who do not properly fee the waiters are expected to satisfy their hun­ ger elsewhere. The clerk is an American gentleman of noble European lineage, and distinguished hauteaur, dignity and high old breeding to parties bringing only hand baggage. The bathing suits furnished, having properly rotted during the winter, are warranted to add to the excitement of the rolling breakers, and furnish much en­ tertainment to spectators on the beach. A distinguished swimmer has been em­ ployed by the Gobblecash Seaside House, who will allow none but objectionable and unfashionable parties to drown on venturing beyond a safe distance in the breakers. The table will be supplied with pure country milk and eggs from New York City.--New York Qraphic. A Remarkable Swan. Visitors to Pine Grove Cemetery, at Milford, Mass., are much surprised to see a swan standing on a grave near a child's rocking-horse. The swan utters a shriek if any one attempts to approach the grave. Some years ago the mate to the swan died,' and soon after the rock­ ing-horse was placed on the newly-made grave, when the surviving swan immedi- diately stationed himself as protector over the horse. If the father of the little boy that is buried there, approaches, the swan makes no outcry, but no one else is allowed to approach the spot. Recently the horse was taken away and painted, and while it was absent the swan took no notice of the grave, but passed its time on the pond or in the house, but when the horse was replaced the swan took up its position by its side, thus showing that it was the rocking-horse and not the grave that was the object of its vigil. It is rumored that the trustees ordered the horse removed, but the owner of the lot refused to comply with the command be­ cause his son had requested that* it should be placed above his grave. Cwmer* Rm ti«n tm «• tlw 9mtna(i»n* mt Ciaduati. CoxramiT X Roam) (wteh is in the State uv Kentucky), v Joon 26,1890. J The Corners is alluz being made the victim uv mistakes, wich will never end till we git rid uv Joe Bigler, or till our people git into a habit uv reedin. On some accounts I wish our people did reed. They woodant make ao many blunders, but on the other hand they woodent be so easy to manage. It is a bad thing for Dimocrisy when people git to reedin and thinkin for theirselvea. Joe Bigler come around to Bascom's last night and reported that he had ad­ vices from Cinsinnati, and that the nom- in ashen uv Tilden and reform wuz a shoor thing. He sed the Southern Brigadiers had so decidid, and that set­ tled it. Bleevin in the words uv this arch de- seever wich takes delite in oonfusin us, I immejitly organized the Faithful into a meetin. I remarkt that we hed wunst more a candidate under wich we cood rally, without any feer uv results. We wuz, happily, rid uv the military ele­ ment in Dimocrotic pollvtix, a element wich every troo Dimpcrat despised, on- less it was clothed in #ray. "Wich uv us is ther," I remarkt, "who does not remember the disgust with wich the nominashen uv Micklellan inspired us in 1864 ? We wuz then com­ pelled to cast our ballots for a man wich coodent help slawterin some uv our brothers, tho, to do him jestice, I would say that he did jest as little uv it ez he cood. The convenshen now in seshun don't make no sich mistake. Saml. J. Tilden hez ever bin the frend uv the South, and never drord no sword agin it. He wuz our frend, fust and last, and I shel never ceese to revere his name till I forgit the $450 he paid me for my vote at St. Louis four years ago. He is no bloo-coted hirelin wich went forth to destroy us, ez did Garfield; he is a man uv peece, wich is wat we want the North to alluz nominate. In the South we hev different views. Then I moved the adop- shen uv the follerin resolooshens: Resolved, That the Dimocrisy uv Kentucky, now ez ever, deprecates the nominashen uv men for civil offices which hev nothin but military records to back 'em. Itesohwrt, That, holdin the late war to be an unprovoked assault upon the liberties uv the South, we rejoice that the Dimekratic Convene shun hez given us a candidate wich hex no mili­ tary record to apologize for, and no Mood uv the South to anser for. Resolved, That the Corners, in the interest nv constitooshnel liberty and uv free government, will give S. J. Tilden every vote in the precinct, and, ef any nigger or Northern agitator in these parts attempts to break our unanimity by votin for Garfield, that his hed shel bo broken prompt­ ly and to-wunst The resolooshens was past immejitly, and Bascom wuz so delited that he to- wunst announst a suspensliun uv the rools, and remarkt that, in view uv the speedy openin' of Tilden's bar'l, he wood also open a bar'l, and wood give credit to-nite, ef he glode into bankruptcy to- morrer. Bascom does git deliteful streeks now and then. Everything wuz now ez I wanted it. Bascom wuz tappin' a fresh bar'l, and the Dimocrisy stood around in a state uv expectancy wich may be imagined but cannot be described. Our mouths wuz a waterin' for the likker wich wuz to come. Bascom wuz a-fillin' the bottle : to pass it around, when, jist at the most i unforchoonit time, Pollock, the Illinoy | disturber, come in. That man is alluz a bird uv ill-omen. "Bigler," sed he, "I hev just re- ceeved a telegram from Cinsinnati. It ain't Tilden at all." " Who is it ?" I demandid. "Gineral Winfield S. Hancock," sed he, "a Fedrel soljer." And he and Bigler walked out, leerin at me in the most feendisli manner. I am very seldom caught in a dilem­ ma wich I can't get out uv, but this rather staggered me, and it did the Di­ mocrisy assembled. "Hancock," growled Issaker Gavitt. " Why, Hancock wuz a soljer wich was at Gettysburg, and agin us." "Hancock be ," sed Dekin Po­ grom, "he fit agir^us from first to last" It took me several minutes to collect myself, wich I did while I was burnin the resolooshens wich we hed past. But I finally got my thots together. " My frends, ' sed I, "don't be too fast. Come to think uv it we wuz too fast to go to pnssin resoloohens till we knowd fur sertin what we wuz a resolootin about. We have committed them resolooshens to the flames, and we won't pass no more till we hev wat the convenshuu actooally did, under the name uv the President and Sekretary. Then we will pass a set wich will reafirm wat they hev dun with great cheerfulness and nlakrity. •' A Dimekrat's fust dooty is to obey Ids convensliun, and to do wat his conveu- shun direx him to do. I don't deny but wat my hart is somewat tried by the nominashen uv a Fedrel soljer which bore arms agin us. But why should we repine? Why so shood we question the wisdom uv the choice ? Wich seckshun eoutroled that convensliun? Paws and refleck. Wuz it the North or the South? Ef the North, wat difference is there be­ twixt an Northern Dimekrat and o South­ ern one, anyhow? But the Northern Dimekrats didn't hev nothin to do with it. The convensliun wuz controled en­ tirely by the Solid South. The Briga- deers wuz all ther. Ther wuz Wade Hampton, uv blessed memory. Ther wuz all uv em. Ther wuz present every long-haired man wich hed bin prominent in the defense uv the South, either ez a delegait or ez a inflooensliel spectator. Bare this in mind, ther wuzn't a nipp""' delegait in the entire convenshun; not one ! It wuz a convenshun of white men, actin for white men, and in the in­ terest of the white men's party. " Does it make any difference to the Corners who the figger-head is that is put up. Not at all. The Corners wants Seceshun crik slack-watered ; the Cor­ ners wants a custom house and a post- offis, and the Corners wants her Suthern heroes penshund and the losses uv the cruil war paid, and done ez quickly ez possible. The Corners, onto wich Bas­ com hez got a mortgage, wants releef in the shape uv money from the Fedrel tresurv, and that immejitly. We want our niggers back agin--we want the old system restored, and the Corners wants to rool this kentry ec it did wunst. "JEf Hancock is the way, walk ye in it. Does any one suppose that Han­ cock, wich is to be elected, ef he is elected at all, bv the solid South, is a goin back onto the solid South after his eleckshun? Does the ass know his master's crib ? Is he a goin to turn and rend the hand wich feeds him? " Are we so stoopid ez to spose that the Southern Brigadiers wich run the Cincinnati Convenshun didn't know wat they wuz about ? Hevin but one thing to do, do you spose they didn't go and do it ? To win we have got to kerry some Northern States, and wood it hev bin polisv to hev put up a Brigadeer in gray to hev skeered the Northern Di­ mocrisy, whose stomicks are still week? We kin forgive a Federal Gineral wich, for the sake uv bein President, is willin to undo ez a President all that he did ez a soljer. Wat he did ez a soljer is past-- wat he will do ez a President is yet to come. We hev not gone back onto our­ selves in nominatin him--ef he goes back upon hisself that is hi« own biznis. "My friends, it is perfectly safe to take any Fedral soljer wich is willin to take a nominashen at the hands uv Suth­ ern Brigadeers, yoo bet yer life. And it is perfectly safe for us to swaller the res- olushens, no matter what they may be. They all pint one way. Ef they are for tariff or agin tariff, they mean the old rool uv the glorious South. Ef they are for hard money, they mean the triumpf of the South. Miklellan, ef he lied bin elected, wood hev done jest ez well for us as Jeflfeon Davis, and ao will Han­ cock." We adjourned with three cheers for Hancock and the platform, tho we hedn't receeved the platform ana didn't know- nothing about it. But, ea in the case uv the nominashen, we know the men wich made it, and that's enuffl Kentucky will role up a pood old-fash­ ioned Dimocratic majority this fall, shoor. PKTROLETJM Y. NASBY, Exultant P. &--Bascom is ooncerned alxmt the barL I satisfied that much doubting man by ashcoring him that Tilden's barl wood be opened ]iat the same. But the Nashnel Coramitty want to he in haste about ftxin' that We kin take a candi­ date on trust, but the barl must be a reality. We must kjaox AIL HIKJUI that, and for shoor.' P. V N --Toledo JilaOe. ' ' "f!: ^ ? - • -V 1:1> DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. Their Significance -- Purpose mi the SoutIterti Democracy. [From the Providence Journal.] * When, in 1872, the Democratic Na­ tional Convention nominated for its candidate the life-long, outspoken, and conspicuously influential antagonist of the Democratic party, Horace Greeley, every sober-minded citizen of the United States saw at once the fatuity and ridicu­ lousness of such action. The Cincinnati Convention has perpetrated^an incon­ sistency equal to, if not quite as absurd, as that of 1872. It has nominated for President General Hancock, and thus, in so far as this particular movement Is concerned, it has declared that the sup­ pression of the Bebellion was right and proper ; that the South had no right to rebel; that it was as wrong, as ungrate­ ful, as suicidal, and as unpatriotic in its attempt to destroy the Union as the llepublican party has always declared it to have been. It has said that the utter­ ances of the Democratic leaders in Con­ gress during the extra session were false in doctrine, were wieked and foolish in the then situation of the country. Gen. Hancock fought to maintain the Union which the Democrats were fight­ ing to sever. He was and is an officer under the Government, bound by con­ stitutional demands to secure the rights • if a class which the Democracy of oue- lialf of the country has both fraudulently :lnd forcibly denied. There is no affili­ ation between the Hancock who fought tor the constitution and the Hancock who is supported by the red-shirts of South Carolina, and the bulldozers of Mississippi. For, be it remembered, that, although in the last sefsion of Con­ gress the Democrats, &s a matter of pru­ dence, were silent as to the doctrines of nnd in favor of rebellion announced in the extra session, they did not in the least recant, modify or abate those doc­ trines. They simply let "I dare not wait upon I would." They held to old opinions ; they only, ana that re­ luctantly, agreed not to flaunt them in the eyes of the country. But the convention consoled itself for this compulsory tribute to Unionism and good government by nominating for Vice President one who was a notorious sympathizer with the South when the veiy life of the nation was in danger, mid who was, ir those dark and dreary days when even the most hopeful patriot J'eared and trembled, a Confederate «t heart though without the Confederate honesty and courage. As he was a se- eessionist then, is he not a secessionist now? Is it possible that the Union North should put him within the possi­ bility of being the President of the United States? Upon the vital issues, what sympathy can there be between the Union General and the copperhead civilian ? It is not alleged that English iias changek ; if Hancock has not, then rhey are now, as in 1861 to 1865, wide as the poles asunder as respects the prin­ ciples now and then enunciated by the Southern Democracy ; and the Southern Democracy is the power and the helm of the Democratic party. But we say again, as heretofore, that we care comparatively little who are the standard-bearers of the Democracy. If the Democratic party should gain con­ trol of the Government, it would be con­ trolled by the South. The Democrats of the South have now as distinct and grimly-lield a purpose as they had in the ante-bellum days. Then it was seces­ sion ; now it is recompense for the loss­ es occasioned by the war of the Rebellion. Even with a Republican in the execu­ tive chair of the nation, this has l>een made apparent. What would be the de­ pletion of the public treasury in case of a Democratic administration can only be conjectured from the attempts which have been made in Congress to obtain appropriations for the South of amounts simply astouuding to the Northern mind. The idea of the South is clear, and it i* logical, and, granted the premises, it is lair. It is tlus : " We had a right to se­ cede ; secession cost us thousands of 'niilions of dollars; the Government, which cost us so much, should repay our losses. We can, if we have control of the Government, recover our losses by appropriations to be spent in the South; if we get the power we will use it." And so say those who brought forward Han- cook and English. Judge Poland Upon tien. fcrarfleld. Of all the testimony from political friends and foes to the character of Gen. Garfield--and it is universally an, ex­ pression of the highest admiration and confidence---none is more emphatic than that of Judge Poland, the Chairman of the Credit Mobilier Committee, who re- j cently addressed the following letter to the President of the Vermont Repub­ lican State Convention: ST. JOHNRBCBY, Vt, June 33, 1880. Jo the President of the Convention: Sia--I was chosen a delegate to tho conven­ tion by the Republicans of this town, and hoped to bo able to attend, but the unexpected prolongation of the court in thin county pre­ vents. I greatly regret my inability to be pres­ ent. I am not at all anxious to participate in the selection of a State ticket. The Republican^ of Vermont can always be safely trusted to nominate good men. I only desired to have an opportunity to express to the convention aiul to Republicans everywhere my entire approval of the nominations made at Chicago. Probably no man in Vermont knows Gen. Garfield more intknatelv than myself. He waa in Congress during the whole ten years of my strvicc, and for eight years we stood together in the House, and ever on terms of friendship and in­ timacy, ot his eminent ability, power in de­ bate, and untiring devotion to public ttervice I On the subject at free trade, lie a brilliant uniform. On the subject of rive* and harbor im-oate, ana nnnnng devotion to public ttervice I uhuw iiii- need not speak. His long service and leading j provements, he makes a grand appear- position in Congress hav» made him known to all the people of the country who take any in­ terest in public affnira. But our political op­ ponent* affect to question his personal integ­ rity and parity of character, and to base their accusation upon the evidence taken before a committee of Congress, of which I was Chair­ man, known as the Credit Mobilier Committee. Now I desire to say to the convention, and to all who may feel any interest in my opinion of Gen. Garfield, that nothing which appeared before that committee, or which appears in their report., or any other matter or thing which ever came to my knowledge in regard to him. ever led me to doubt his personal integrity. 1 behove him to be a thoroughly upright and honest man, and who would be so under all circumstances and against anv temptation. The use that is being made of my name, and of the report of the committee, which was drawn by me, in my opinion makes it proper for me to express my personal judgment as to the character of the man. I ask you to do me the favor to communicate this note to the conven­ tion. Lints P. POLAND. ance on horseback. On State rights, he appears well in lri« epaulets and brass buttons. Qn civil-service reform, he a <lm> military bearing. On the so-called reform in the admin­ istration of the Government, he is a modern Murat, On the subject of our foreign relations, he wears a splendid mustache. On the school question, he is a hand­ some-looking man. On all other questions of public policy he has a martial bearing. ' Ctau Garfield's Record. There have been many biographies of Gen. Garfield published since his nomination, bat the following brief summary of his career is the cleverest that we have yet met. We take it from the columns of the Albany Evening Journal: " At 14 he was a4 work at a carpen­ ter's bench. "At 16 he was a boatman on the Ohio oanal. " At 18 he was studying in the Ches­ ter (Ohio) Seminary. " At 21 he was teaching in one of Ohio's common schools, pushing for­ ward with his own studies at the same time. "At 23 he entered Williams College. "At 26 he graduated from Williams College with the highest honors of his olass. " At 27 he was tutor at Hiram College, Ohio. "At 28 he was principal of -Hiram College. " At 29 he was a member of the Ohio Senate--the youngest member of that body. "At 31 he was Colonel of the Forty- second Ohio regiment " At 31 he was placed in oommand of a brigade, routed the rebels under Hum­ phrey Marshall, helped Gen. Buell in nis fight at Pittsburg Landing, played a prominent part in the siege of Corinth, and in the important movement along the Memphis and Charleston railroad. "At 32 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army of the Cumberland, participated in the campaign in Middle Tennessee and in the notable battle of Chicamanga, and was promoted to the rank of Major General. " At 33 he was in Congress, the stkfc- oessor of Joshua R. Giddings. " At 48, having been continuously in Congress since he was 33, he was elected to the United States Senate. "At 49 he was nominated for the Presidency of the United States." Hancock and Garfield. Gen. Hancock represents no polioy, no principle, no issue, nothing but the party which has nominated him, and he will be supported by those only who think that the public welfare would be promoted by bringing the Democratic party into power. Gen. Garfield stands for the best sentiment of the party which lias been identified with the Satriotism, the intelligence, the free in-ustry, the progressive spirit of the country. Gen. Hancock represents a party without a programme or a policy, and with the most damaging traditions. That party has eminent leaders, but Gen. Hancock is not one of them. If he has views upon public questions, they HXH0I8 NEWS. .•> EX-MABKHAL ELXIIOIT Mmtiit, of* Blooioington, has disappeared. THE measles are still prevalent in W««F portions of the city of Quincy. A SCHOOL teacher named Balfry was fined $10 in Cairo for too severely chas­ tising one of his pupils. THK Springfield watch factory is being enlarged to a capacity of 300 movements per day, employing 700 hands. THB Bloonungton Jockey Club refused $500 for the privilege of selling liquor on the grounds during the races. IN 1870 Illinois raised 45,041,352 bushels of wheat, being 10 per cent ol the entire crop of the United States. THE Lattei Day Saints of Piano have just finished a 1,200-page Bible, in­ spired by Joseph Smith, the martyr. THE Pittsfield City Council having raised saloon license from $1,500 to $2,000, the saloon-keepers have decided to go out of business. THK members of Maaoin Lodge con­ template the erection of a $40,000 Mia- sonic temple in the business center of Decatur next spring. THE island below Quiney, formed by the Sny and the Mississippi, and hereto­ fore protected by the Sny Carte levee, is sixty miles in length, and is perhaps the most fertile section in Illinois. MRS. ELLEN BEARD, who was divoroed from James Beard, in the Rock Island Circuit Court, in 1879, has presented James with $500 in money as a wedding present on his second marriage. A DOZEN large rattlesnakes have been killed this summer near Happyville, Greene County, on Judge Seeley's place. This is a larger number of these venom­ ous reptiles than have been killed in the entire county for many years. THE Typographical Union of Spring­ field has resolved that higher contract figures should lie made for the State printing, claiming that under the pres­ ent scale of prices no contractor can do the work and pay fair wages to his printers. JOHN and Walter Ordway, of Spring­ field, have a brother from Massachu­ setts visiting them, and very naturally talk of their ages. There are four brothers of them, their united ages be­ ing 284 years. The eldest is 82 years old ; Dr. Ordway, 73; John, 06; and Walter, 63, the average being 71. They are all hale and hearty. SAGETOWX, Henderson county,* was the scene of a cold-blooded murder the other night. A picnic was held at Kirk- wood, twelve miles east of Sagetown, which was largely attended by people from all parts of the surrounding country, including Archie Topp, a young farmer living near Sagetown, and Stephen Phelps, of Oquawka. About 9 o'clock, the two men mentioned, with a number of others, had returned to Sagetown en route home. Phelps was standiug on the dejKit platform awaiting the depart­ ure of the train for Oquawka, and was The corrected list will 38,000. Three townships of have less population now in 1870, namely, Joshua ̂ V< Fairview. The village ei 4,583, a gain of 111; Lewislown Ins 2,952, a gain of 184. Farmington haa 2,066, a gain of 36^ Bunker Hill has had an incBeaee «f seven inhabitants during the decade. According to the returns, now coop*, plete, of the United States censlai enumerators, the present population of Galena is 7,823. The population of Gardner is 788; the township, 1,67V--an increase. population of other villages id;<}TtB»dy * county is as follows: Morris, 3,4d7: Minooks* 415; Vernon, 161; Coal City, 600; Braceville, 270; Diamond, 170. The population of the entb e ooonW is about 17,000. The population of Elgin, wnich wat 5,441 in 1870, is, in 1880, 8,769. Inthfl township there are 10,040. The census returns give the eityat Champaign 5,314, a gain of 689 snCft 1870. Including the entire township, the population is 6,122. Urbana has 3,200, an increase of 923. The retWB* from the various towns in the ooonfgr show a very fair increase. ̂ b. *•*<£ .AC 1 are not known. Ho is, of course, wholly ! engaged in conversation with a friend without civil experience, except that of --1-~ ~ A 1 ~~ 1 ™ 1 a military Governor. He is a worthy gentleman, whose life has been passed in the military service, and whose elec­ tion as President would be a leap in the dark. Gen. Garfield, on the other hand, is not only a citizen soldier of distinction, but a statesman of wide and various ex­ perience and sagacity, of unusual knowl­ edge, and tact, a leader of his party by signal ability, and a gentleman of un­ blemished character. If the office of Chief Magistrate of the Union requires civil ability and especial knowledge, wide experience and courage, ma­ tured convictions upon public principles and policy, familiarity with public anairs and public men, as well as perfect per­ fect personal rectitude, and intelligent sympathy with the ideas and purposes and tendency of a great political party, Gen. Garfield is peculiarly the candi date for those who wish to know what their votes mean. Gen. Hancock is the respectable candidate of the Demo­ cratic party; but how has the Democratic party deserved the respect or the conti- denoeof the country?--Harper's Weekly. i , 1 '• A PLEASANT SUSMEB TOD*. ^ ̂ tirtiy 'summer tourists will persist in braving "% ' '• the perils and miseries cf a rough ocean voyage ̂ Sjy« and rush off to Europe, when an excursion rf affording vastly more pleasure can be indulged in at a mere nominal cost at home, has always g; * *' been a mystery not easily accounted for, except * on the simple hypothesis of ignorance. Every ' " summer thousands of people pack their trunkŝ 5 board the Atlantic steamers, aud, after being tossed on the tempestuous bosom of an nngijr 1 .& < i| wean for a dozen or so days, disembark at Uv- 4 ̂ erpool or Havre, making a brief tour of En- > gland and the Continent. Then after a twelve "s -<t days' disagreeable journey they disembark at awtf/- '2 New York, more tired and careworn than when S they started. ' An intiniU'lv more delightfnlexperience wooli " "J be a tour of the great Northern lakes in one of «t the splendid steamers of the New England i , ' Transportation Line, known as the Collingwood route. The deep, crystal waters of these gnat f<»T inland lakes are as smooth as glass at this sea­ son of the year. For days and days you Mil ;" ; ^1 through these quiet inland seas, meeting ̂ ; with scenery as p-ild, as picturesque, and variedss. that afforded bv any voyage of equal distance in the world. Tailing one of the magtifioent passenger steamers of the CoQingwood io«w,w ; Chicago, von sail up the western shore of Lake r Michigan, through the straits ot Mickfaa#, ̂t ̂ < across Lake Huron, and through Oeonisn bay, f studded with innumerable andbeautiraiislands, 4 to Collingwood. Here direct connection is rT" j made with the Northern and Northwimtarn rail- 4 ̂ : ways for Toronto and Hamilton, and the be**- . .j. t ifnl summer resort of the Muakoka lakes in '••• Canada. Here wil! he encountered some of fee ' most pictufesque scenery the eye of man e*er . beheld. There are scores of theee lovely lakes, * Viv u dotted with hundreds of romantks little inlands. Mi * « There are innumerable water-falls, and the, lakes and streams teem with trouL Desvpiflk- -m. erel and other game lish. These lakes stand at . < H high altitude, and the air is consequent^ Arjr" St • and clear. , ( From Toronto the tourist proceeds eutvM ! by tho same line, passing through the piach! ' ^*9 waters of Lake Ontario into the St. Lawrence •»"£"• , river, and through the famous Thousand 1 islands, where bits of scenery, the equal ,* of which is scarcely to" be fouad .» elsewhere in the world, greet the *. K, delighted eye of the traveler. At Ogdembnrg v ̂ , * the traveler is transferred to the OgrdenAbuiK ; ~- and Lake Cham plain railroad, ana whirled ' T awav to the White Mountains, Adirondack*, * * *• * Lakes Champlain, Saratoga, George, the sea- side resorts, or any point in New England whete ' > ̂ he may elect to go. ..*0^ Should the tourist, upon arriving at Colling- » " wood by the Chicago boat, desire to traverse "feiiS the waters of Lgike Superior, he will be trans- ferred to one of the steamer* plying between *•' ** Duluth and that point. This is a 'most delight- ? fill trip, abounding in scenery of the most lovely description. Passing" through the * ,5" sheltered waters of Georgian bav, the kt great North Manitoulin channel, and down the Sault Ste. Marie, you sail down the uorth shore of Lake Superior, where picturesque scenery cool breezes delight the eye aud invigorate the body. Among the conspicuous point* of inter­ est on tliis route are the far-fauied Silver Met mines and the romantic Thunder bay and Thunder cape. Thunder bay is a grand ex­ panse of water twenty miles in diameter, en­ circled by an amphitheater of fantastic hill* What Nobody Knows. Is Gen. Hancock for a pretective or a free-trade tariff? Nobody knows. is Gen. Hancock for woman suffrage or against it ? Nobody knows. Is Gen. Hancock for hard money or soft money ? Nobody knows. Is Gen. Hancock for pensioning Rebel as well as Union soldiers? Nobody knows. Is Gen. Hancock for civil-service re­ form or for the old Jacksonian spoils system ? Nobody knows. Is Gen. Hancock for public improve­ ments or for a strict construction of the constitution? Nobody knows. Is Gen. Hancock for pensioning every­ body who served in the Mexican war, whether wounded or not, and whether rebel or not ? Nobody knows. Is Gen. Hancock for enforcing or for nullifying the amendments to the con­ stitution, by which the fruits of the war were secured ? Nobody knows. Is Gen. Hancock for controlling the railroads and othef common carriers by Congressional legislation in the public interest, or against it ? Nobody knows. Is Gen. Hancock for maintaining the Election laws intact, or for giving the South full swing in carrying itself when a shot was fired, and Phelps placed his hand to his side and said, "My God! I'm shot!" and fell dead. The murderer stood some twenty feet away, and proved to be Archie Topp. The crowd at once set upon the assassin, and iKiunded and kicked him unmerci­ fully, and his life was saved only by the prompt interference of oflicers. A vigi­ lance committee of several hundred or­ ganized during the night with the avowed intention of lynching Topp, but the authorities removed him to Oquawka. The bullet entered Phelps' right side near the armpit, passing through his body. It is said that at tlie picnic Topp was very quarrelspnie and abusive, and Phelps threatened to have him arrested. This is the only cause known for the deed. The murdered juan leaves a wile and one child. 1 «.»w? • \- CenmuM Point*. The citizens of Peoria, being dissatis­ fied with the Government enumeration of that city, appointed special canvass­ ers, who have made the population foot up to 35,186, against about 31,750 as counted by the Government census man. In the county outside of Peoria, the returns indicate a population of 54,970. The population of the towns of Ken­ dall county, as given by the census of June, is: Fox, 1,258--in 1870, 1,265. Na-au-say, 832--in 1870, 918. Oswego, something over 1,750--in 1870, 1,756. Bristol, 1,250--in 1870, 1,352. Little Rock, over 2,700--in 1870,1,848. Ken­ dall, 1.446--in 1870, 1,445. Seward, 1,112--in 1870, 944. Illinois towns : Kankakee has 7,000, a gain of 2,000 since 1870; Decatur has 9,500, a gain of about 2,000 ; Sycamore has 2,970, and the entire township has 4,050; Urbana has about 3,000. Springfield (official), 19,683. Includ­ ing the residents adjacent to the city, the total population is 25,583. The total population of Whiteside connty is estimated at 35,300. ** Ottawa has a population • of 7,800, a gain of 100 in ten years. The township of Evanston, which in­ cludes the villages of Evanston, South Evanston and Rogers Park, has a popu­ lation of 7,167, being an increase of 4,073 in ten years. The village of Evanston has 4,800 people. The census returns in Streator give a population of 2,757, aiul guarded at its portals bv Thunder capa^ a rugged headland of columnar basaltic trap 1.350 feet high. When the steamura whistle sounds, the reverberations leap and re-echo from point to point of the entire circumference of the bay. But when the Titanic voice of the thunder-blast rolls through the broad expanse it resounds with mighty intonations that shake the cliffs and split the air, and give to cape and bay their most appropriate name. Aside from the beautiful and romantic scene­ ry encountered at every stage of a journey by this route, it is a real pleasure to travel on the boats of the New England Transportation Company. The officers are efficient, and, what is more, they are gentlemen, and never weary in looking after the comfort of passenger*. . The lieds are as clean, as neat, as comfortnUe and as free from vermin as those of the White House, or any other house. And last, but no means least, the table-fare is tirst-class w every respect. The inner man is never allowed to suffer on the boats of the Collingwood route. Persons desiring to take a trip over this ilne f will address D. B. Linsted, Oenani Westaill ^ ̂ Agent, 2 Wells street, Chicago, " j 'i' : 1 / £ <? •-'&V I Bit • J )n •- ,»V-» i ' 7 swing in carrying solid by fraudulent elections ? Nobody j Pekin claims 7,000 inhabitants. knows. ~ -ii Is Gen. Hancock for or against ap­ pointing enough new Democratic Judges of the Supreme Court to upset the war amendments to the constitution and so revivify the rebel debt and pension the rebel soldier ? How far, in short, is he ready to go to show his gratitude to the ex-rebels, his late enemies in the field, to whom he tow owes his nomination, and by whose votes he must be elected? Nobody knows.--Buffalo Expr us. Hancock's Civil Record. The Cleveland Leader has made a diligent search of Winfield S. Hancock's civil record, and finds these to be the facts: On the subject of the currency, be is a magnificent-looking fellow. On the subject of the tariff he is a splendid soldier. Population of the city of Rock Island, 11,614; of the entire county of Rock Island, 38,292. Increase of the county's population since 1870,8,450. MoJine has 7,805; South Moline. 2,086; Port Byron, 943; Hampton, 2,448; South Rock, 885 ; and Coal Valley, 1,028. Bloom in gton claims 23.676 inhabit­ ants, as follows: City, 17,700; township, 2,400; Normal village, 2,460; Normal township, 1,116. The census returns give the eity of Monmouth a population of 4,983; the entire township, 6,3%. The city gains 321 since 1870, and the township, 160. With the exception of Ra?eville, Lenox, Spring Grove, and Monmouth, the re­ turns from the thirteen townships in Warren county show small losses as compared with the census of 1870. The census returns for Macoupin counry show a pooulation of 37,819, an That Foot. " Sam,M said a customer who mounted Sam Wagner's bootblaek stand and elevated a tremendous foot, "you don't think that I've got an extraordinarily large foot, do you? It's not much above the average size, is it? Gome, now, yon. ought to be a judge.** The foot was a stunner, and it almost. broke Sam's heart to think of the amount of work that would be required. to shine it, but he saw that the man wanted comfort, and he felt that it was a duty--a part of the business--to oblige a customer; therefore he began a criticaL examination of the foot turned up before him. He walked round the foot with one eye partially closed, and, as he vigorously chewed his quid of best Virginia tobacco^ seemed making some kind of estimate. "Well, what do you say, Sam--WJfc much above the average, is it?" and the man anxiously scanned Sam's serioos and rather perplexed countenance. • • It was a tough case. Stun did nc£ wish to hurt his customer's feelings, still he had a conscience to look out for. Ai~ last, however, with a long-drawn sigh, he said: "! • "Well, my friend, dat foot is not sndfr> a fearful big foot as it might be--stilV shutting one eve aud giving the member another critical look, "it can't be denied ? v dat de toe an' heel am a long wajs --Ezchange. 'j- "»'t-- DR. J. LAWRKWB Sstwa, et Xitaife *. <***,* ville, Ky., has made a personal ini. tion of the great meteorite whic$i IpH* Emmiti County in 1879, having ~ the spot for the occasion. The appearance was that of a mass,' rottgh and knotted like mulberry -rkuli. with rounded protuberances projeolnpf flora the surface. The larger portMM wece ot gray color, with a green minem inogtt- iarly disseminated through it. The total weight of the portions fonacl to 307 pounds. The stony part of this meteorite consisted munnliaflj of hcecudte and olivine, the three nsrwrntisl ents being silica, tsaona magnesia. *An analysis showed tha* in composition the meteorite ooatained nothing that was peenSaft, lie position, however, among meteoritsa is vaiqpe on its fall, especially the which it penetrated beneatik tke awiiea^ and also because of its ters and the J • •arm ••W&i