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Day
4
Month
July
Year
1873
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Public Domain
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A KANSAS jonrnal has unearthed tlio bilí of " stationery" drawn by ono DAVID 1'. Lowe, who representad'1 Meeding Kansas" ib tbo House durin the jubt defünct Forty-second 'Joiigruss. And such "stationery :" 229 lbs of tea at $2 a pon tul ; '2,013 lbs. of bugnr at }ti rabging from 12o to 20 peí potikd ; 21 of lemons, lo set liia teeth with iiÍVl1 eatiiig so muoTi B weet; -18 dozou stay laces, probably to "stay las atonaoh" between li i and teas; aml 209 Uis. oí Bal goda for cleaníing nud puvií'ying purposc, which wb venturo to predict was wliolly insuffloient for tlie job. And this samo Lowe votud- in viow ot' sucli meager prequiaitea - to ini his Sulary froni 5,0o0 to !í7,500 a j'f;ir. " l-'or ways that aro dark and trieks tbat are vain" Radical Congressm n are peculiar. - The Lansing Journal is puMished and uuitud ly a gradúate oí tno Liuversitv of Michigan, and yet one of its items speaks of soine oollpgo having conierred "tho degrce of L. L. B. upon Sehuyler Colfax." Will our educatüd ootemporary teil us what those letters - " L. L. D." - signify V And now, also, comea the Tolodo Commercial, and by its special correspondent avers that ut tho recent Commencement at the TIniversity of Michigan that wonderful degree of " L. L. D.' was conferred upon sevcn unfortunatesi when only ono poov, persecuted, individual was dnbbed "LL. U." Can't our brothers of tho quill and type manago to whip those cabalistic letters into proper shape ? - Á. Isfuw York Tribune Boston correspondent gives Gen. Butler tho insido track in the gubernatorial ruce. isfaction with Gov. Washbum's oourse on the liquor legisiation and tiiü support of' tho Graut administration are considered his trump oards. The sanie correspondent also assigns hiin considerable Democratie support in case of his nominntioii. Democrats who will voto for Butler will rank in meanness with tho fellow who stole the pennies trom the dead darkey's eyes. -The trial of Frank Walworth charged with tho murder of his fathei-, Mansfield T. Walworth, was eoucluded ou Wednesday evening, and the jury after being out abont three houra runderod a verdict, finding " the prisoner guilty of rnurder in the second degree." Sentenoo was suspended until to-morrow at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M., and tho prisoner was remanded to the tomba. The charge of Judge DavÍ3 ocoupied over three hours. - At last it is given out that the Wooühxill-Bowen-Tüton-Beecher dirty scandal is to be investigated by a Plymoutli church committee. Action has been commenced against Bowen forslauder, with a viow to bis expulsión from the church. Four deaconosses ure matnbers of the invostigatin coiuuiittee. "When Qreek meets Greek," etc. - Tho balance in the State Treasury at the close of the montb, Juno 30th, w;is S7-11, 914.35 : aniee littk' suni to manigulatu by loaning at 4 and netting 7 per cent., and this while the State institutions boiTow (tho same money) to meet thfcir daily detuands, over-iluu appropriationsbeing meuutiuio witheid by tho troasury watoh-dogs at Lansinft. - Radical journala confesa to Üie misdecds of Mitchell-Hipplo, or whatever his true name, tnator from Orcgon ; intímate that Lis i)resenco at Washington disgracea bit Btate ; but don't ndvise him to resign - becauae tlio Govurnor woiild appoint a Demoorot to uceeed him. Bettet a Badioal bigamist than a Deinocrat. - The total dbt of the United States.. ■Juiiu 30tb, accuri'iiii! to oflicial statement, J, 234,482, 993, not including, we suppose, the $04,023,012 of Pacific ruilroads bonds, on which tlio nation's financiers at Washington continue to pay the interest, but persist in not calliiig a part of tlio public dubt. - Hitaui Powers, the soulptor, the works of whose brain and chisel are known wherever art is adruired, dicd at Florence, ltaly, on Friday morning last. Ho was born in Vermont, and wonld havo beon 08 years old on the 29th of tliis uionth. - In the list of hungry Itadical politieians wanting the recent seat of well in tho United Siates Sonate, we notice tho name of .Tainos I). Snoddy, a gradúate, we take it, of tho University of Michigan, olass of 180Í). - Ilon. Geo. V. N. Lothrop, of Detroit, now worthily bears up under tho titlo ot LL. D. It was eonferred at the recent coinmenccment of Brown University, at which institution he graduated in 1S38. - Woodhull, Clatin aud Bloed have again been prosecuted : this time under tho act of Congresa of 1873,. whioh prohibits the eireulation of obscene newspaperg through the mails. - Senator Tipton, of Nebraska, bulieves in putting bis niouey " where it will do the most good," and so he has invested his share of tho back-pay plunder in an "elegant mansión." - Ten libel Buits, with $10,000 damages claimed in eaeh. Thut's tho hand oko Oliver Charliok, an appointee of Mayor Havornieycr, holds against thü Nu w Vork ï'imes. - In acoordanoo with the terras of a recent postal treaty a ono cent stomp plastcred on a postal oard will itlBUi dulivcry at Canadian or Boniiiiion postoffices. - Josse B. Grant, father of the President, died ut C'uvitigton, Ky., on Sanday evening. The President did not arrive beforo tho decease of his iged sire. - Yesterday's dailies reported severo storms in Ühio, Indiana, Sansas, in faot all through the West, with considerable deetruction of lii'e kiu! property. - Tho poet Bryant can now seo how LL. D. will' look taofced on to the end of his name. It was. ut Princeton College, N. J., the deed wns done. - Tmligriant témale sum-aggigta iitil'l a meeting at [rving Hall, New York, Weü nusdav evening, and Ecaljjcd Judge Uutit - by resolution. - Ex-Congrepsman Mullios, of Tennessee, died of cholera 011 Friday last. The establishment of K. C. Barker iV Co , Jefferson avenue, Detroit (in which J. 1. Bakker, of this city, ia a partner), was burnetl out at 2 o'clouk A. M. of Monday last. ïhe building was 42 by l'2O feet, and f o ut Btorieshigh. It was owned by tho DUCHARME estáte, was damaged in thy suin of from $10,000 to $15,000 and was fully insured. Messrs. Barker & Co's los is eatimated at f7ö,000 and it fully covered by insUnM J The Jancsvüle sp'osch oí ÏÏATr CaEPEïJTEB, defending tho Credit Mobilier aiid baok-pay graVbing Congresnien, failed to convinco and convert lbo Missouri , " m Kfat aud this is the way that leading Eopubliean journal goes for aud disposes ot' tbe Wisconiin Senator : " In tha case of The People ■vs. Matt Carpenter 'et ál , lor burgulary and grand [aroeny, th'i ury hu ving found tliu m ■ feudanta guilty, and tlie court having ttsked the defendanti if they had auything to say why sentence should not pe pronounced, Énd the said defendants, tbrougb ono of tln'ir n urn bei, Uaying made . at whioh, in the opinión ut' tho couvt, is altogether töó thin, it is i that the said defendants be I to the city of Washington, in the District of Colnmbia, thero to rhiish out the unexpired tering of thejr public service; and that, at the expiration o!' said terma, thoy be transported theuce to their respective homes, there to reuiaiu in quiet obscuriiy during tha remainder of thoiv uaturul lires. And may they i'eceivt; in Ihu next world that toeroy which a decent regard for the pouple s money will uot aüow ii. in m . Thu Babcock Hook and Ladder Tracks ire cuiiHtructod with a view oL meeting tho rejuiremente of almoat any city or town. The; ire light, durable oud mach oaiier mauaged ;hau tho ordinary clums y trucks. Concorniug these popular trucks the Shiawassee American s&ya : " Owo.so has just completed a nent briek edi Ice, the first floor ol which is ior the reception oí the magnificout B&bcook Hook rnuï Ladder Truck reoently porchwed by tho authorities, carrying eiffht iire extingaishers, anuiuber ot extensión ladders, a complement ol hu'iks, chains, ropes, a.(;s, poles, buckets, lanterns, :1r., and all the paraphernaUa bo much ueeded ut a Bre, and ju.st what evtny iire department wants."

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