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5 s A 1 Wednesday, December 21, 1881. .3= Vf* In my'otter accoptlrtg the nomination for JVice Presidency, I stated that in my judgment if* "no man should be incumbent of an office, the duties of which he is for any cause unfit to perform, or who is lacking in the ability, fidel ity or intejn ity which a proper administration of such olHco demands." This sentiment would doubtless meet with general acquies cence, but opinion has been widely dividedup von the wisdom and impiacticability of the va -rkms reformatory schemes which hare been Suggested, and of certain proposed regula tions prcneinmg appointments to public office. /t'tae efficiency of such regulations has been distrusted mainly because they have seemed i to exalt nieie educational and abstract tests above geuoial business capacity, and even special illness for the work in band. It seems ru to mo that the result that should be applied to ^the management of the public service may ]F iPi opei ly con toi m, in the main, to suchrisregit- *& late the eondition of seccessful private bus f|iuess. Oi uiual appointments should be based fcS V-upon ascertained tltness The tenure of office *&' should, so tatiwoithy as practicable, be the promotion and efficienttilled officers.y Th ^r Investigation of all complaints and thepunish *-vyment of all misconduct should bo prompt and ^?,thoiou{ih Tho lows o\pietsed in tho foregoing letter f\ are tno^o whu ill govern my administration *5*o tbe E\ecuti\o ollicc. They aio doubtless shifted bj all intelligent and patriotic citizeus, howevei dntigentin their opinion as to the best methods of putting them into piactical opt i ation Foi example, the np adoption heie that original ap pointing M& should bo Import upon asccitained 'fitness "is not open to dispute," but tho ques tion how id piactiee, such tltness can be most effectually a-cei tinned, is and which, with slight anatiotis in its details, has lately been ui god on tho attention ot Congress and the Ex "ciuti\c, hnit- pi incipal feature in thescheme of compctitn examination Save for certain exceptions, xvhich need not here be specified, this xv on Id gh admission to the service only to its lowi&t guide, and would accordingly de mand that all A acancios in the higher positions should be title 1 bv piomotion alone. In these piuticularsit is in contoimity with the exist ing ci\il-ser\ ice jsti in ot Gicat liiitam, and indeed the success which has attended that sjstom in the ceutuiy of its birth is the strong est atuuicnt which has beendurged rlh for it tact shoul not howevers be o\eiloo *e I that theie aie ceitain features ol tho Lng ish sj stem which ha\ not general ly been ecu ed with iiuor in this country, even among tho ioiemost advocates of pivil- stiMco icloun Among them are* First, a teniae oi olhccMvhich is substantially a life ti nine Jsocondjii limitation of tho maximum jure at which an applicant can enter tho ser- e, wlie by all mc in middle life or under nu with some exceptions, ngidly excluded. '1 hud, a lctiung allowance upon going out of Hie '1 hesc thn elements aie as important 1 ct i otthcpiobletn as anj of the others. lo eliminate theietiom tho English system ul 1111 a most i idie al change in its theo an 1 pt at he a\ owed purpose of that s\stt in i- 11 induce the educated joung men ot tin mntiv to devote then lives to public empliMiuut bv an assiuanco that, having mue enti udupon it, the need never leave it, an 1 tint iltr i volnntaiv letnement, they shall bt leeipuuts ol an annual pension. That this s\-ti in as nu entuctv has pioved very sutits-,hil in C.ieit lb nam seems to |be genu ill\ com ilnl, even by those who once opp its adoption 'lo a statute, which sli uild me i uite all its essential features, I should Jul bun to give my apptoval, but win the i ltvvoul 1 be tot the best interests of the public totixupon an expedient, forimmedi ati mil extt -i\e application,whichembiaces ceitam It atuu oi the English sj stem,but ext clue -a oi iiKies otheis ot equal impoitance mnv be oeriously doubted even by those who tie niipiesscd, as I am mjsolf, with the grave importance of collecting the ev lis which in line the present mi thods of appointment If, for example, tho Lnglish mle, which shuts nut persons above tho ago of ^5 yea is fiom a huge number ot public cmplov ments, is not to be made in essential part ot our system, it is questionable whethti tho attainment of the highest numbi i of maiks at a competitive ex amination should bo the ci iteiion by which all npplicati ms toi appointment should be put to test and undt 1 similar conditions it mnv also be questiotK dwhi theralmission tothesirvice should be stnctlv limited to its lowest uinKs 'I heie arc veiv many i haiacteiisties which go to make up a model civ ll seiv ant, prominent among thf in aie probitj industry, j,ood sense, good habits, good mpei, pitieme, ardoi, eourtesv, tact self-ioliince, muiiv defeience tosupenoi olheeis, and iiumlv considerations foi mfeiiors The absence of these traits is not supplu bv a wi lc knowledge ot books,or by piomptitude in answeimg questions, or by any othei quality likely to be biought to light bv competitive examination To make suc cess in such a contest, therefoic, an indispens able condition of public employment, woulj ery likely result in the piactical exclusion of the oldei applicants, even though they might possess qualifications far superior to their ounge and more brilliant competitors. 'I hese suggestions must not bo legaided as ev incmg any spuit of opposition to tho com petitive plan, which has been,to some extent, successfully cmplov ed alieady, and which may hereatter vindicate tho claims ot its most earnest suppoitcis, but it ought to be senously considcied whether the application of the same educational standard to persons of matmo years, as to young men fiesh liom school and college, would not be likely to ex alt meic intellectual proficiency above other qualities of equal oi gioatei impoitance. An othei ieatuie of thepioposed sjstem is the se lection bj promotion of all offlceis of the gov ernment abov the lowest grade, except such as would taiily bo logaided as exponents of the policy of the exoeutiv and the punciples of the dominant paitv to affoid cncouiage menttofaithtul public servants by exciting in their minds tho hope of piomotion if they are tound to mei it it, is much to be desired, but would it not bo farcical to adopt a rale so 1 igid as to pei mit no other mode oi supplv ing the intermediate wants of the sei vice? There aie many peisons who fill subordinate posi tions with great ci edit, but lack those quali ties which are requisite for the higher posts of duty, and, besides tho modes of thought and action ot one whose service in a governmental bureau has been long continued, are often so tramped by routine piocedure as almost to disqu ihfy him from instituting changes re* quiiedby the public mteresis, and infusion of now blood torn time to time into the mid dle ranks of the sei vice might be very bene ficial in its results The subject under discus sion is one of giavo impoitance Tho evils which are complained of cannot bo eradicated nt once. The work must be gradual. The present English sjstem is a growth of years, and was not cicated by a single stioke of ex ecutive or legislative action. Its beginnings aie found in an oider in council promulgated in 1855, and it was after patient and cautious scrutiny of its workings that, fifteen years later, it took its present shape. Five years after the issuance of the order in council, and nt a time when resoit had been had to compet itive examination as an experiment much more extensively than has yet been the case in this country, a select committee of the House of Commons mado a repoitto that House, which, declaring its approval of the competi tive method, depiecated, nevertheless, any precipitancy in its general adoption, as likely to endanger its ultimate success During this tentative period the lesults of the two meth ods of cjass examination and competitive ex- aminatiozVas closely watched and compared. It may be that before we confine ourselves upon this important question, within the stiingent bounds of statutory enactment, we may piofltably await the lesult of iuither in quiry and experiment. The submission of a portion of the nominations to a central board of examiners, selected solely for testing the qualifications of applicants, may, perhaps, without resoit to the competitive tost, put an end to the misohief which attends the present system of appointment, and it may be feasible to invest in sueh a board a wide discretion, to asceitain the characteristics and attainments of candidates in thoseparticulais which I have already referied to as being no less important than mere intellectual attainments. If Con giess should deem it advisable at the present session to establish competitive tests for ad mission to tho service, no doubt, such as have been suggested, shall deter me from giving the measure ray earnest support. And I urgently recommend, should there be a failure to pass any other act upon this sub ject, that an appiopriation of $35,000 per year may be made tor the enforcement of section 1,758 of revised statutes. With the aid thus af forded me, I shall strive to execute the pro visions of that law according to its letter and spirit. lam unwilling, in justice to the present civil service of the government, to dismiss this subject without declaring my dissent frem the severe and almost indiscriminate censure with which thpy have been recently assaulted. That they are, as a class, indolent, inefficient and corrupt, is a statement which has been of ten made and widely circulated but when the extent, variety, delicacy andeimportance of then4 duties are considered th great ma jority of the employes of tho government are, in my judgment, deserving of high commend* ation.' THE MERCHANT SEIIVIOE. The continuing decline of the merchant ma rine of the United States is to be greatly de plored. Jn view of the fact that we furnish so large & proportion of the freights of the commercial world, and that our shipments are steadily and rapidly increasing, it is a cause of surprise that not Only is our navigation in terest diminishing, but it is less than when our exports and imports were not half so large as now, either in "bulk or value. There miistbesome peculiar hindrance to the de velopment of this interest, or the enter Trl8f and energy of American mechanics and IUUd 1 capitalists woulT have kep.t this country at least abreast of our rivals in the friendlyeon* te*for ocean supremacy. The substitution of ttenfor wood and of steam for sail hare if wrrfogtit great revolutions in thefcarryin taufe of th-vorW rbut these changes coul Qnave adverse to Americ a i we had bee given to interests a ,-jh.*)x*n0W^*ournavigation portionsof protection which have been wlselfcbestdwed upon our^manufacturers. I ^jfs^ewftiMntohe whole subject to the wisdom of ^fewf S*2#??! suggestion that no quea tb *f TO tto&Mtoreater magnitude or farther-reaching i importance can engage their attention. Mk IMMIGRATION ttefSupreme.Court. which if now beat9. for this reason, and be cause of the national importance of the sub ject, I recommend legislation regarding the supervision to transitory care of Immigrants nt the ports of debarkation." ALASKA. I regret to state that the people of Alaska ha\ reason to complain that they are as yet unprovided with any form of government by which life or property can be protected. While the extent of its population does not justify the application of the costly machinery of Tn Itorial administration, there is immedi ate necessity for constituting such a form of Government as will promote the education of the people and secure the administration of justice. The Senate at its last session passed a bill providing for construction of a building for the library of Congress, but it failed to be come a law. The provision of suoh able pro tection for this great collection of books, and for the copyright department connected with "it, has become a subject of national Im portance, and should receive prompt atten tion. DISTRICT OT COLUMBIA. The report of the Commissioners of the Dist rict of Columbia, herewith transmitted, will inform you fully of the condition of the affairs ot the Disti lot. The vital importance of legis lation is for the reclamation and improvement of the marshes, and for the establishment of tho harbor lines along the Potomac river liont. It is represented that in their present condition these marshes seriously affect the health of the residents of the adjacent parts of the city, and that they greatly mar the general aspect of tho park in which stands the Wash ington Monument. This improvement would add to that park and the park south of the Executive Mansion a largo area of valuable land, and would transform what is now be liev ed to be a dangerous nuisance into an at tiactive landscape extending to the river fiont They recommend the removal of the steam railway lines from the surface of the stieetsof the city, and the location of the necessary depots in such places as may be onv enii nt for the public accommodation. The} cull attention to the deficiency of the watei supply, which seriously affects the ma terial pi ospei ity of the city and the health and comfort of its inhabitants. I commend these subjects to your careful considera tion. The importance of timely legislation with respect to the ascertainment and declaration of THE VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS was sharply called to the attention of the peo ple more than four years ago. It is to be hoped that some well-defined measure may be devis ed before another national election, which will tender unnecessary a resort to any expe dient of a temporary character for the determ ination of questions upon contested returns. Questions which concern the very existence ot the Government and the liberties of the people were suggested by the prolonged illness of the late Piesident, and his consequent in capacity to perform the functions of his office. It is piovided by the second article of the constitution, in the fifth clause of its first sec tion, that in case of the reraov al of the Presi dent tiom office, or of his death or resignation, inability to discharge the powers and duties of said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President. What is the intention of the con stitution in its specification of "inability to dischaige the powers and duties of said office," is one of the contingencies which calls the Vice Piesident to the exercise of Presidential functions, is the inability delegated in its na tuie to long-continued intellectual incapacity, oi has it broader import? What must be its ex tent and duiation? How must its existence be established? Has the President, whose inabil ity is the subject of inquiry, any voice in de tci mining whether or not it exists. Oris the decision of that momentous and delicate ques tion confided to the Vice President, or is it contemplated by the constitutionthat Congress should provide by law precisely WHAT SHOULD CONSTITUTE INABILITY, and how and by what tribunal or authority it should be ascei tamed. If the inability proves to be temporary in its nature, and during its continuance the Vice President lawfully ex eiciscs the functions of the Executive, by what tenure does he hold his office? Does he continue as President for the remainder of the our-j ears term, or would the elected Presi dent, it his inability should cease in the inter al, be empowered to resume his office and if, having such lawful authority, he should exercise it, would the Vice President be there upon empowered to resume his powers and duties as such. I cannot doubt that these im portant questions will receive your early and thoughtful consideration. Deeply impressed with THE GRAVITY OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES which have so unexpectedly devolved upon me, it will be my constant purpose toco-operate with you such measures as will promote the gloij ot tho country and the prosperity of its people. CHFSTER A. ARTHUR, WASHIIVGIO:N,D December 6, 1881. A State musical convention will be held at Red Wing during the first week in Januar), under the direction of Prof. L. 0 Emerson, of Boston. Mrs. G. J. Burdick, a Minneapo lis lady, aged 50 years, was found dead in bed on Monday morning of last week from the effects of having inhaled gas from a coal stove* Senator Edmunds has introduced a bill in Congress to punish polyga mists by a fine of not exceeding $5,000 and imprisonment for a term of not exceeding five years for each offense. Chris Gilson, the oldest scout in the government service, reports to General Pope that there will be an uprising of the Utes. Piutes and Navajoes in New Mexico in the Spring. It is alleged that the Indi ans on the Utah reservation are be ing freely furnished with arms by the Mormons. The River Falls (Wis.) Journal says the report that a Durand jury found a verdict to the effect that Ed. Maxwell fell down the court house steps and broke his neck proves to have been purely an in vention, no coroner's jury having been impanneled in the case. It is at last authoritatively an nounced that Postmaster General James retires from the Cabinet Jan uary first and enters upon the presi dency of the Lincoln Bank in New York. Mr. James, in his letter of retirement, says his personal inter ests demand the step. He expresses the highest esteem for President Ar thur. We pity Piesident Aithur when bnsan B. Anthony bears down for him loaded to the muzzle, as she certainly will when she hears that he has resolved to appoint no more lady postmasters Susan never med dles with the males herself, but she won't tamely submit to see the pri vileges of her sex curtailed. Gen. Sherman and the executive committee of the Garfield memorial hospital project have received most encouraging reports from abroad of interest taken everywhere in the en terprise. Committees have been formed in many of the principle ci ties of Europe and even in Cairo, Egypt, to collect moneys as testi monials of love and respect for the late president. The Readiusters of the Virginia Legislature unanimously nominat ed Riddel berger for the Senate to succeed Johnson. The Republic ans gracefully acquiesced, and the nomination was "ratified by the. Legislature yesterday. Riddelber ger is now on an equal footing with the Demrodratic Senators who op posed his election to an inferior po sitron last apr,ing.^m^ W f' uf*iR o_ thel<ftd fctw leplgred unconstitutional the statutes instates which Imposed upon ship |dnsigtiees a toi of fL80 fOr each *WfTlVingrfrom aforeign country, or, SPltsmuftpd airand^Sdemnity itfd lo^"oUthortUeff ^s^nst ex- iPSi^ Hayetd Out," DEFECTIVE PAGE rj, is a common complaint. If you feel so, get a package of Kidney Wort and take it ana yon will at once feel its to nic power. It renews ttfr healthy ac tion of the Sidneys, bowels and Jfver, ana thiis^Mtores the natural life and Gov. St. Jorm,/of Kansas, has is sued a proclamation offering rew$rds from |100 to $500 for information leading to the conviction of any city Marshal, County attornev, or other officer* of certain cities, for a neg lect of duty in enforcing the prohi-" oitoty liqucr luw of that State. A similar reward is offered for the con viction of brewers or others engaged in manufacturing liqnois in the ci ties named An editor in New Jercy is having lots of fun all by himself. He pub* lishes a daily Republican paper, and a weekly Democratic paper. In I he daily he pitches into himself as the editor of the weekly, but in the weekly he gets even by bitterly an nihilating himself in the daily. The fight se^ms te be closely contested and the subscribers have not decided yet which is ahead.Le Sueur News. Minnesota has reason 10 be satis fied with the place she holds in the United States Senate, as her repre sentatives in that body are at the head of two of the most important committeesWindom chairman of the committee on foreign relation*, and McMillan chairman of that of commeice. The House committees have not yet been announced, but it is safe to say that our representa tives in that body will be equally as well taken care of. The official canvass of the votes cast at the last State election, for the several officers voted for, will be made at the capitol Tuesday. Janu ary 3d. The canvassing board con sists of the secretary of slate, two judges of each of the supieme and district courts. Gov. Hubbard and the other officers elected will prob ably net take the oath of office until January 10th, although they can do so any time after the vote is can vassed and announced. The St. Paul Dispatch says it has authentic information direct from Dakota teiritory, that positive in formation has betn received by territorial officials from" Washing ton, that Chief Justice Shannon will soon be removed, and Gen. A. Edgerton of Minnesota appointed to succeed him. The Dispatch sees a hedge-hog in the fence, and says this is in pursuance of a binding bargain between Windom and Ed gerton, at *,he time the latter with drew from the senatorial contest. The Dispatch never misses an op portunity to belittle Windom and Edgerton. The Piesident last Friday sent in the name of Benjamin Harris Brew iter, of Pennsylvania, to be Attor ney-General of the United States in place of Wayne MacVeagh, resign ed. The nomination was promptly confirmed. Mr. Brewster is oue of the ablest lawyers in the country, and his appointment as Attorney General gives new assurance that President Arthur means to take no backward steps in carrying on the work of departmental reform inau gurated under his predecessor. Mr. Brev ster is 65 years of age. He is a native of New Jersey. The uncles, the cousins and the aunts are still intent on securiug the pardon of the Younger bi others, the desperadoes and murderers now in the penitentiary at Stillwater. Having failed with Gov. Pillsbury, Mis. Regan, an aunt of the villains, is going to Washington to see what can be done for them. Is there power at the national capitol to up set penitentiary ^tate rights?. Can the active aunt get a congressional act passed to override state sover eignty and set murderers free* Bet ter drop the matter and let the las cals remain in States prison, where they "will do the most good." Globe. STILL MARCHING Ox.-The twenty second anniversary of the death of Old John Brown, of Ossawottomie, who was hanged at Harper's Ferry, Va for treason against that State, was celebrated by his admirers in New York city on the 2d inst. The hall was well filled, and eulogistic addresses were made. Though the country has passed through a great rebellion since Old John Brown's day, during which a million of par icidel hands weie raised against the government, the memorable fact re mains that Old John Brovvn, who took up arms to strike the shackles from the oppressed, was the only man recorded in our national histo ry as having been executed for trea ion. The official report of the Ring theater disaster at Vienna says the chief engineer asked two policemen at the main entrance of the theater whether there was anybody within and receiyed the answer that the whole audience had got out in safe ty. This statement is apparently confirmed by the fact that none of the audience were seen at the en trance of the building. ^|The men of the fire brigad##ftie%tentjy' made an entrance to the galleries, but the air was suffocating and it was im possible to penetrate. Torches went out for want of oyxgen and the firemen were unable to breathe. The report expresses the conviction that the audience died speedily from suffocation. So far 917 bodies have been taken from the ruius. There are still a number reported missing Mr. Michael McCann, well-known and popular manufacturer, of fyra cuse, N. Y. writes. "I felt generally debilitated and my health failing me. I longed and prayed for an iron con stitution, that I might be rid of the many-annoyances of ill-health. But dyspepsia and urinary troubles, at tended bf^hervous prostration, had gotton hdltrof me, and I felt my time had come. Nothing seemed to give me waj^permanent relief. /Finally I rhapgened to see an advertiseoient of Brown's Iron Bitteis. 'Bless me,' says that'ajust the medicine for me rtyt* And sc it waa, By the The monkey show at Washing ton continues to draw full houses Both sides continue summoning new witnesses and it does begin to appear that Guiteau may die of old age before the case W given to the jury. The question of the assassin's responsibility was pretty clearly de monstrated last Friday by his change of demeanor towards his di vorced wife when her husband, a fierce, broad-shouldered, sharp eyed Leadville man was standing by her side, with his right hand in his hip pocket, calmly romtemplating his predecessor in h's wife's affection. The presence of this stern spirit cowed the cowardly assassin into admitting that his ex-wife was an estimable Christian lady against whom he had nothing to say after having traduced her villainously be fore she had been called to the stand. If the assassin were insane he would not have been so keenly alive to the peril of traducing her good name in the presence of her husband from whom he might well anticipate a deadly assault then and there. Governor Ramsey for Postmaster, General. Glei.coe Register, If Mr. James is to retire from the post-office department at Washing ton, we know of no one better qual ified to fill that responsible position and one whose appointment would five more universal satisfaction than that of Hon. Alexander Ram sey, of St Paul. The many years of service as chairman of the United States Senate committee on post offices and post-roads, has fitted him for the position ot postmaster-gen eral, above all others who have been named, and had he been called to duty then instead of the war office, by President Hayes it would have in all probability been more to his liking. Gov. Ramsey once perform ed valuable services to the govern ment as a special envoy to France when he secured a postal treaty with that government much more favora ble to us than former ones. In fact theie is no man in the United States who can fill any position to which he may be called with more value to the service and more hon or than Alexander Ramsey, and as the great unsettled west is without a representative in President Ar thur's Cabinet, it would be -a very fitiing thins: to place Minnesota's honored ex-governor, ex-senator and ex-secretary of war at the head of the post-office department. MINNESOTA NEWS. The small-pox is rapidly spread ing over the State. Four cases were reported from Sacred Heart, this county, last week, and it is still raging at Granite Falls, some cases proving fatal at the latter place. Hector Union At St. Paul on the ninth, by the caving in of a bank where he was employed in grading, a young man named O'Brien, aged twenty-three years, living in West St. Paul, was instantly killed. Another, unknown, had his shoulder broken, and was so badly hurt as not to be expected to live* A third had his leg broken. As Mrs. Chas. Sibeck of High Forest was scalding a turkey on Thanksgiving day, her little girl, aged two years, in some manner tipped the table over, and the hot water was poured down its back, scalding it terribly. The little one did not cry, and died within lour hours afteiward. Two prisoners broke jail at Le Sueur Wednesday, one of whom was Murray, indicted for shooting the marshal of Waterville. He plead guilty to the charge and was await ing sentence. NEW ULM REVIEW, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24,1881. The Davidson elevator and two stores opposite, at Will mar, were destroyed by fire Thursday. The elevator containing 14,000 bushels of wheat was a total loss, but was fully insured. Several delegates from different parts of the State went to Roches ter to form a farmers' alliance asso ciation, a* was advertised in the Western Rural, published at Chica go, but on going there could find no one who knew anything about it and they went home disgusted. Winona has a new flouring mill with a capacity of grinding 10,000 bushels of wheat a day, or 2,000 barrels of fl ur. It cost $250,000 The attempt to suppress houses of bad repute, at St. Paul, by prosecut ing their keepers having proved a failure, the county attorney has asked for a postponement ot cases until next term. So far, though testimony is clear and positive, it has been impossible, in the saintly city, to procure a jury to convict. In view of the rapid spread of small-pox throughout the country, the warden of the penitentiary at Stillwater suggests that all inmates of jails be promptly vaccinated. The suggestion is so good that it ought to be acted upon by all who are outside as well as within iihe jails. Glanders has broken out among the hOrses and cattle at Oakporta small town near Moorhead, and the sheriff has gone to the place to investigate, and will take stringent measures to prevent the spread of the disease. Chas. Cooke of Zumbrota, was sent to the county jail for taking his clothing from a hotel where he had left it as security for board. An unfortunate laborer on the Hastings and Stillwater road pre sented himself to the authorities of Hastings, a few days since, in a very delapidated condition and ask ed for aid. He had received an in i'ury in his back while working on Friday, and being disabled was turned off by the contractors to live or die as fate might decree.' lie lay by the roadside until picked" up by a farmer and brought in*^* A. little math Of Jtelano arirteartri- Thursday house at a severe quake shock was last. Thoaein USS curedme I shock. tid tellers, etc.L B* at Red Lips and Rosy Cheeks. Wheeling, W. Va May 30, 1881. I am an old physician, and hive lost many of my youthful prejudices, Learning of the great good done by a certain remedy in restoi nig to robust health a former patient of mine who suffered severely from several chronic ailments resulting from weak pulmon ary, digestive and urinary organs, and whom I wis unable to benefit with my most careful treatment I deter mined to preset ibe it. I have done so, and the results have invanbly been most satisfactory. Under the use the blood becomes licher, the digestive, urinaiy aid pulmonaiy oigans aie made stiong and perfoim their func tions readily and without pain all de cay seems to be immediately checked and the progress of the disease arrest ed the pulse becomes much fuller and stlonger, the lips led and cheeks rosy, the temperatuie incieased and more unitorm, the action'of the heait legu lar, and the muscular strength gieatly invigorated. In justice to the inven tors, 1 will say this remedy is Brown's lion Bitters it is a preparation ot Iron and vegetable tonics contains no alco 1 ol, and is the only pi epai ation of Iron in a perfectly assimilable toun and that does not blacken the teeth. I have never known it to fail to give permanent strength to every pait of the body, or to injure the most delicate constitution. I have known it to as sist in curing many chionic diseases when all other lemedies had failed M. O. Personal Taxe Below we give a paitial list of the personal tax iayes of Hiown couuty, the same to be continued in subse quent issues of the REVIEW until the whole shall have been pubshed: ALBIN 1 43 Owens O Anderson Atunson S Beinlochi Eiickson Eiickson Fiederick II Foote E Graves Grotta E Gundeison O Greenekassa O Hegna E Hyni II Iverson O Johnson Swena E Shallum A Aimstiong Aron II Davis Elletson Gilland II Gilland S Gilbert S Hubbel N Harrison II Heir 11 Hopkins Johnson Koemg LentO BLRNSTOWN Anderson N Augustin Anderson Arbes Augustin Buno Cutland Colbjoren Donner W Eiiceson O Feuiei Fleishmann Gulhck Gunderson A Hughes 2 96 3 60 4 23 Rubey Rude Schenk Stofflet Thompson Tullefson Boochart Bentley Estibaugh Hubbaid Heimer Jeske Krueger Kieper Potter A Peach I W Potter W A Peterson Potter E Sohultz A Steffel A Steffel Werring Werring W Albrecht Bohanan Brya.it Burghart W Cummings A Clary Claiy Cummings A Coon A Flaheitz Gieen Fr Giabo Gieen Heimeidingei Wendt C3 14 Julia 8 57 Winegaiden 4 79 Bottenmueller 12 29 149 191 175 126 178 4 20 2 26Gieske 2 23 4 60 8 14 2 09 4 12 A KaatzenbachC 2 98 Laison O Lang A MoeP Moers Nelson N Nelson A .Nachreiner I Olson Peterson Pantzke W ReddingSarah 2 65 Scott VanValken- burg S Wendt Redding W Wendt W 3 124 8 96 26 2 71 3 81 172 70 3 63Reni.i 3 25Snyder 179 3 87Teas 3 70 90 108 2 18Cunningham 2 08 52Dayton 3 76Groebner 2 13Goblersch 4 45Kotton 165 93 2103 163 1 60Remiger 91 108 191 2 23Sellner 2 47 2 54 37 Bice Kasko Rossback W 10 94 2 75 186 177 2 56 5 32 Lucia Cornel ville W Wiggins Eliza 2 11 4 80 VVooley 3 53 A. Moan O Prickett Frami Lee O Oleson O Siveison N Rusten II Biedl .Somerville 2 42 A 3 27 Jos A John S 4 61 4 70 4 07 2 58 2 41 118 2 33 141 78 148 105 4 39 69 122 3 92 17 197 2 79 2 08 3 47 2 22 Julia 1 50 Upsom Minnie 1 83 Weltch 77 Anderson 82 Geffrey II 1 36 Humphrey 5 83 Hanson 1 46 Jones O 4 37 Miner W 2 61 Oleson 8 00 I 8 21., 4 61 PeteisonP 2 84 Schneider 1 25 Sigurdson 0 21 Siveison 1 74 Troxel 40 Torgelson 65 3 58 6 0] 6 28 45 62 6 37 9 Busing 7 61 Burns 5 51 Dapporn 5 82 Greening 6 24 2 26 Hendele 25 N 3 17 Kaeseforth 6 32 Lemske 3 19 Larson A 6 50 Mulline VV 78 Neisen 2 82 98 A 4 88 Puetz 1 00 chotzko W 2 89 18 Shicelds 3 75 A 6 68 3 29 WurscherJ 4 82 8 06 Anderson A 54 72 Bendixen 38 43 66 81 1 87 42Olson 3 66Prechel 3 92 5 39 166 4 09 3 43 3 43Sandmaiin 4 08Spoo 4 29 4 63Arnold 5 61 3 43 2 53Beyer 3 92Brophey 6 00Bagen 5 04 2 81 76Crone 2 20 21 2 57Gamble 3 28Gamble 3 85 2 74Janud 3 73 2 94 3 93Knudson 6 01Krause 86Langhoff 2 18Laa 12 82 9 48Nuesslo 5 31 144 1 20 85 John 79 Burns 15 95 & Xuess- lo 117 05 Fecker 9 70 Gamble H*M 68 95 312 10 00 Hitchcock A 2 08 1 29 Katzenberger A 5 60 16 53 2 14 W 6 62 72 McKiever 5 42 1 80 Roth 12 28 Sist & Alter- matt 18 59 Schotzko 50 Schewe 88 SchwarzrockF 5 00 ShambuigA 2 46 Van Dusen & Co 56 35 Warnke 6 2 7 HOME. Beitrand Meyer A 8 16 Jac 2 64 2 07 2 45 3 04 184 4 63 146 133 2 60 126 4 28 10 66 85 175 410 86 166 5 81 5 85 455 29 2 39 3 15Peter 17 13 3 10 2 48 2 13 2 60 2 25 2 51 121 4 54 3 32Simmons 147 109 126 24 59 3 91 2 69 5 29Bertrand 94 168 125 188 98 127 Pickle Pickle Poith W Potter (J Poleski A Peterson Ravertz Ravertz Smith Cutting W Current Current I Case Current W Current French W Hills II Moll (J Middleton PeckC Peck Paffrath Raverty Roberts Libert Tuttle Paffrath Tuttle A Thompson Cutting Gibbs-P Ganska Henton Johnson McBain McPneeP^, Martin 1 Robertson Raverty Rote Seifert Sherman Taylor E Towey Thermen Werring E Bertrand Current Frost Jacobs Thekla 2 13 Kuebbs Al 1 97 Keim 73 5 IT Keiui 69 3 84 Krymarzick 1 88 2 71 Kohlhaase 2 79 1 91 Kohlhaase 2 22LoslebenJ 2 37 Loslebe Jf, Mandel MandelW 2 51 si a Raverty Hana 4 88Ojea OBMI imussen] 32 190 4 90 32 7 33 2 05 138 56Petetrmann 6 07 6 29 3 30Rose 2 46 2 16 7 26 2 10 98 38 3 65 3 58 38 159 92 6 66 2 16 1 93 Heimeidinger WooldiickG 16 07 Wagnei A Wagnei E Watschke 0 Eastman 0 Gehrke Hoffmann Kroschel W Lowinski II Mc Kenzie McGiegoi 2 54 1 72 Heimeidinger Mische A Montgomeiy 1 59 1 66 2 50 Moll COTTONWOOD Alwin W 6 80 Kum 9 73 Nagel 3 37 A 1 16Braexlei Spienger 5 48Dahl Davis 0 28EngelbaithII1149 Dietz 11 63FruscheE Fe&emeyer 12 65Gaetke 1 58Hoehne Guth Lapp Sprengei A VVeisnei Boennei A Doie- thea None leceive so much benefit, and none are so profoundly grateful and show such interest in recommending Hop Hitters as xromen. It is the only lem^dy peculiarlly adapted to the many ills the sex is almost univeisal ly subject to. Chills and fever, indi gestion or torpid liver, penodical sick headaches, weakness in the back or kidneys, pain in the shouldeis .incl diffeient parts of the body, a feeling of lassitude and dispondency, are all readily lemoveJ by these Bitters. *llnsr Piles. Symptom* and Cure 1 he symptoms are moisture, like perspiration, intense itching, increas ed by scratching, very distressing particularly at night, as if pin woi ms were crawling in and about the rec turn the private parts are sometimes affected if allowed to continue very serious results may follow. "Dr. Swayne's All-Healing Ointment" is a pleasant suie cure. Also for Tetter, Itch, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Erysi pelas, Barbers' I*ch, Blotches, all Scaly, Crusty, Cutaneous Eruptions. Prices 50 cts. 3 boxes for $1.25. Sent by mail to any address on receipt of price in currency, or three cent post age stamps. Prepared only by Dr. Swayne Ac Son, 330 N. Sixth Stieet, Philadelphia, Pa., to whom letters should be addressed. Sold by all prominent druggists. 20-82. Scientific Miscellany. Late investigations of German sci entists have shown that the electric light is not only healthier than other methods of illumination in leaving the air purer, but that it increases the power of vision in some respects, especially in distinguishing colors. Red, blue, green and yellow aie much more distinct under this light than by daylight. Two Leipsic chemists have de\ lsed a process for obtaining sugai in a permanently liquid form. This re sult is said to be effected by adding to a purified sugar solution a small qauntity of citric acid which com bines with the sugar and deprives it of its tendency to crystallize. Some experiments by M. Gautier appear to prove that human saliva possesses, in a milder degree, the same poisonous propeity as that of serpents. The human saliva inject ed under the skin of a bird caused death, with symptoms \ery closely resembling'those resulting irom ser pent bites. M. Pasteau has resolved to extend his studies in vaccination to yellow fever, with a view of determining whether or not the disease is due to parasites and can be guarded against by inoculation. A broad field of in vestigation is open to Pasteur, as it is suggested by his discoveries thus far that all contagious maladeis may be due to parasitic growths the virulence of which may be so reduced by his method of inoculation as to render this class of diseases no longer a mat ter of dread. A Neapolitan gardener, after years of experiment, has produced a camelia with a delicate perfume, and he thinks it probable that these flow ers may in the near future be so culti vated as to rival the rose in the fra grance of its odor. It filed on the wings of the morning, good news as well as bad, always. We mean the fame of "Dr. Sykes' Sure Cure for Catarrh. 206-4w H$2** i ^V* ,jrkt -fiSF^SSSmk* 2 51 1 94 2 53 109 79 32 180 153 2 69 58 22 157 Piehl S Smith A Lasse Schwartz A Smith Stromer Timm W 8 73 5 43 2 26 2 68 1 54 5 22 2 01 187 1 93 57 1 01 2 07 1 50 29 04McRoe 2 76 1 04Mathewson 80 124 Ibbeison Just E LeeP Lee W 6 12 8 40 131 2 72 8 14 1160 Sophia 5 70 5 53 6 37 47 2 26 2 11 3 54 7 00 8 8 3 13Jedke 7 08Kopp 2 31 6 82Koestnei 420 8 32Pflsteiei 0 13 2 26 5 35 2 79 6 37 6 65ftpeilA 8 71 8 46 Jahnke A A Kosel X.chols A PiahlC Richter Stutz Sturm Schwerzler Mai g. Schloman E Schmelz A ?turm Schaefer Schrap Winkelmann W BeckG Bildstein Dietz Dietz Eckstein Faitwengler 1 Muhs 7 35 190 104 5 34 5 08 3 82 10 56 86 17 47 2 16 Ries W A Retzlaft Kegelia 0 Schieger achaibel JOS A 9 70 6 59Schnobneh 175 3 88Schmidt 167 4 01 W 1 60 Schneidnj 512 John 4 80 Tauer lohn 3 76 Ubt 3 ?,l Joseph 3 0C Wagner 1 82 Wohas Ihos 04 4 64 Alex 10 31 Dauer A 5 40 1014 Engelbarth 79 Feizen JOS 4 02 John 8 62 :Nic 11 54 Gulden 5 81 12 74 10 32 5 74 Gioebnei A 10 59 3 36 6 26 5 33 6 77 97 63 4 04 17 3 41 4 38 Jos 11 50Werner Gag Jos 12 18Waibel Peter 1018 Haversack W 7 58 Hochhaus A Hesse E HaasG Heers W Kassulke KalbF Lansteiner 7 30 2 11 0 04Gulden 148 7 35 10 72Gnebel 2 64 1 WM. H. KIESLIXG. H. KELLEK. John 7 0 0 4 28 Fr 1 32Giossmaiuos SugerJ 3 52 Wetzen 16 50Hilburger Mandeiteid 4 22 3 10Hoffman Mohr 13 09Jeske Pechtl John 4 86 Rewitzer 3 25Lee Retzlaff 12 88Owens Roeck 4 67 ReinT 1117 Schnobuch Jl7 65Rowlands Schaeffer 0 16 Schlumpberger 613 Schneider 3 53Tanly Seifeit 10 32Wagner Gulden Rosa 171 70s 18 81 Hamann 0 85 1 49 3 35 2 09 2 15 3 44 Jones Rotenng Pauh na II Laydies Gents II UNDERWEAR 0 30 6 86 2 00 3 20 5 04 2 68 2 91 Robeits Schneulei Grateful Women NOTIONS & Trimmings WhiteSwan Unlaundned, SHIRTS, and General Merclianilise. HIGHEls M.uketpuce aid 01 porduce. ro. mummi n. Annual CLOSIN Sale A new theory oi the so-called fas cination of birds by snakes is that the bud mistakes the snake's tongue, which the reptile keeps in constant and rapid motion, foi a Inely woim and watches it intently with the an ticipation of devouring it. Annoyance Avoided. Giey bans are honoiable but then piematuie appeal nee is annoying. Paikei's llau Balsam pievents t'te an noyAlice by piomptly lestoung the youthful eoloi. 206 4\v-e Living Witnesses. The hundreds of heaity, and healthy looking men, women and children, that have been rescued fiom beds of pain, sickness and well nigh death by Pai kei's Gingei Tonic are the best evi dence in the woild of its steiling mer it and worth. You will find such in al most every community. 206-4w-e All foims of impailed vitality, men tal exhaustion, weakened digestion, etc. etc., radically removed by using l'.iown's Iron Bitteis. MONDAY, DEC. 19,1881. AT C00DFELL0 W & UMU Minneapolis, Minn. T Till &&&t?TX"t?X. Goods For Holiday Presents. ELEGANT HOISERY AND GLOVES, SILK. LA( E AM) CAMBRIC HAXDKERCHEIFS, GEXTLEMEVS MnMers, Scarfs, Ties, Shirts, Collars & Cuffs in all the Latest Styles. LACES, EMBROIDERIES, & LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS REAL LACES IN "POINT' "VALENCIENNES "DUCHESSE" A SPECIALTY SWEEPING REDUCTIONS 1 PRICES OF COLORED DRE*S GOODS, SILKS, SATINS, PLUSHES, AND VELVETS. A SUPERB ASSORTMENT OF SILK AM) SATIN FUR-LINED GARMENTS: ALSO CLOTH AND PLUSH TKIM3IEI) JACKETS, S4CQUES DOLftANS, ULSTERS,ETC ALL MARKED DOWN TO SELL THE3I QUICK. You can buy all kinds of Dry Goods very cheap, from, nowjuntill February, at GOODFELLOW & EASTMAN S. Riesling, Heller & Co, l)h \LEK5 IN DRY GOODS,GROCERIES READY-MADE CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, New Good New Goods! AT THE N EW ULM CHEAP CASH STORE. THE UNDERSIGNED WISH TO ANNOUNCE fHAT THEIR LARGE NEW STOCK OF Dry Goods, Heady-Made Cfotliiny, Youths9 A. BEHNKE, Manager. [Cleelin( Leader Mr. Oilando Weatherbee. says an ex change of ouis, piopnetoi "The Spen cer Phaimacy," Spencer. Mass., le ports: My customeis speak -\eiy highly of the Great German Remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, it ha\ ing alwaj given excellent satisfaction. One of them, Mi. Henry Belcher has been benefitt ed by its use in a case of seveie llieu matism, and he lefeis toit in terns of highest piaise.. A oun lad named Kennedy living near Silver Creek, had his left arm torn off, last Saturday, bj the explosion of a gun# [La Fa-vctte (Ind Siindaj Timo Our City Diuggists lepoit an im mense sale of St Jacobs Oil. saying the demand is based upon thepopulai lty of its success. Wheieever it has been used, it has pioved its value, a thousand fold, and leceives its best en eomuius liom those who have hied it. ITBW IJLM. MINB Clothing, Notions, Bo^ts $ Shoes, Groceries, Crockery, And Liquors,*etc, eta for the fall and winter trade is now being ierei\ed, and we take this lv oppoitumty to unite ourfttends and custonuMfc to us a call AIM\ PXII me our stock and pi ices. WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TOCASH PURCHASERS. B. & E. C. Behnke New Firm! New Goods! FALL We have icccned the laigest as sortment of Dry Goods, Ready-made Clothing, Cloaks and Doimans, Hats & Caps, FUR GOODS, jaLOYES AND M.ITTENS, LADIES' & GEHTS' UNDERWEAR, GROCERIES, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, BOOTS A SHOES, hid the Very Latest Patterns t/t Dress Goods & Trimmings. Out pin chaser have been made fii lectand foi cash, and we aie theieby enabled to make the lowest pneob. Call and examine oui scock and com pare prices befoie puichasing else where. BALTRITSCH & lOSKOPF mi it I 1 It. KIFSLI:N J. Ha RSf HfLFK 4 i 4- I i