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The
, PuMialil Srny Friday .
BURC1I & MEREDITH.
Om snuarn, ens week w.j. i.nt..
rcn aouujonsj week.,..
nm IHVRtnii
Oite-fiturth column, Hire month la Is)
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MM
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49 00
70 00
70 00
120 00
Tuiass of labeerlsakrai '.
Rlnfle coplri. per year f W 00
OlnlM of Ire, per year 174
Club of ten . l
IMVARIAnLY IX ATIVAXCK.
ntM war..
nix moniiM.1
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VOL. 1.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO., FIOT
ihio rolumn. tlx month.
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Jefferson City Mess Directory.
AT 8C0VETW WAONKR'H, on Msdbon
street, In tho place lo buy your irrocerlcs,
wines ml liquors, etc. Cat nnd examine their
laiuo stock before buying clscwlicre.
ANDKAK, II. I'. Dealer In Fore Ian and Ito
niotic Turn, Musical Intnrments, Sports
man's Onod. C'onfeelioneiiea, Cifrsr. Tobareo.
rtic. etc, HlKh t. bet. Jeffemon and Madison.
V.7 em. Proprietor, dealers in all kind of
Lumber, Shingle, Fence Posts, etc., corner of
.nam aim jonerson sireeia.
(KX, 8. W. Land Agent, lluy and sell bind
J oh commission, and denier in mines and
mineral land, Ofttee on Madison treet, bet.
Jiiiln and lllh.
HKIDT, WM. "having 8alnon, untler City
lintel, lliiih street. Shaving, hair ruttliw.
ttml dressing done In the bet ami lute! stylo of
I lip art uive nun avail.
Tl'ST received at the (leneral Feed tore of
l lthode Stirrer, a larire lot or baron, but
ter, eaa-s, flour, corn nienl, cum, oat, shipstulT,
hrnn, etc., which they are scllina; at bargain.
rilHOMAS CRAVKN. General dealer in
.a. Stsple and Fancy (irocerics. w ine aiM
Liquors. Country produce bout-lit for cash ex
ehiMively. Comer High and Mtulion trret.
LF.VKY. J. I., Hosier In Dry Gooil. Notion.
Etc., High, between Madison and Monroe
streets. A rare chanee for bargain. Call and
nee him. ' e 1.1 tf
T Al)l.'s' BAZAAR All kind of Ladies'
I J wear constantly on hand: nlo ltonnet.
I hit. millions. French and American Flowers,
etc., High street, nci. jenorson and ainmson,
OIIKKM AYKK, M. k J. Wbnleal and re
tail dealer ill Dry Goods, Clothing, tiruro-ra-.
Country Produce, etc., cornor Iligli and
-uuuiwn sireei.
WELLS DOSA1IOE, Dralemln Queen
wnre, Tahlo ;utlery, Iinip, Ac, High
ftireci. oeiween tfenenion anu ,iiHuinn.
C. W. LOHEXAN,
v$ueeesor lo W. II. Morlock.) .'
i
.IKFFKR.'OX CITV. JtlsaofKt.
T1IK attention of tlie pnbtle 1 culled to hi
tine toek of ttnr t;oo.l. Groceries. Hani
wtiro and Notion, lfoot and Hhoe. lint and
Cup. Ac. lliglicMt murket price paid lor farm
IHHHIIten. iui.e,.,.t-iy
S W. COX'
Fire Insurance Agency
i , , JcfTorMon City, SIlsHoitrl. '
1nuranco (.'omimnv of N. Auicrka, IVnn)l
vania, cash capital WjVMI.Kh).
Iiniieriiil Fire Insurauco Company of Loudon,
J'JIgllllMI, casn cupiiai, goiu, tio.woa;. .
(ierniania Fire lnuranc Conipauy of New
Aiierkrun Central Firo IiiMiiruntw Company of
M. 1illlM, ean capital sssew, i,ivvj,
Halnt .losc.ph Fire lnunnee Company, cah
canitul .'hm).O00.
Tmrelcr's Accident Insurance Cominy ot
J isinroru, conn., enn eapiiai ssioo,ai.
S ". Cox. Xotarv Public. , dee.27."Mm,
OFSZi dSc GOTsTiHTR.,'
n itXITURE UKALKRS AXJV
UNDERTAKERS.
MANi rAtTLHKlW AND DKA1.KUS IN ALL
kimlH of furniture.
SpiMriHl utttmtion aivl'ii to bunliieM from fhi
voumUiitf conntiy. Kurntturo and nnilortakor'a
(fOOlIN fll'UVtTmU III H11J llllll III IIItT t'Ulllllir.
New storo on IIIrIi ntn-rt, Ix'tween Alfttflson
nittl Atlmaliwtn,opp. Murket Ilrnwc. an-Vly
Biisoh & Beckers.
nVtiAoncA T.nm rtDT "VctvA
UlUUUgU UUUiUUl AUHUj
Cor. ol 'Main and .Iclferwiii St.
Teffcraon City, Missouri,
I.AltOE STOCK OF ALL KIXP8 OF
J. v. Lumber or a Superior Quality.
SHINGLES.
LATH,
SASH,
DOORS,
HLIXDS, Kte.
Always mi lisnd, and for Side, at the Cheap
est lisie.
F.J. MAYER,
StflTBs, Tinware, Etc.
IMl'Ii Street, (npp. I'ratt's Auction Room,
" ' , ,'i Jefferson City, Mo.
V LAUGH ASSORTMENT OF PAUUJK
and Cooking Stoves, Cooking L"teull,Tiu
tVitre, etc., alwavs on bund.
Tin Piping and Guttering, and all kind of Tin
ware imaio io omer wiiii ucninv piki oh
lialch. dcc.87.7S-tf
t, II. M'ilMJW.
IIAKHV KKUP.
MoAdow St, Kemp
ARCHITECTS , ,
CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS,
Oftlre and Yanl on Main street, bet. Madison
and Monroe. i .
' Jeffemon City, Mlaaourl
TAEALEHS 1H ALL KINDS OF LUMBKB,
XJ alonUIIng, Doors, tuun, minus, etc.
' Flans', Sieclncutons and Estimates prepared
III1IUUU PIS WHIDURIIUrVJIUim
Contract taken for New Buildings, or Renal
Including 'II the branches, dcc.57.7a-
WILLIAM H. RHODES,
. W IIDLM.H.K AXfl UKT.HI. Hr.ALKIt
Provisions, Feed, Etc
Mndlsim st.i.bvi.'Majtf and High;,!
. JifferioaOitr.lCe
ivKifp nlwtiTtt on hand m 1c. m atock of ProH
. lonn, FtwU. Ac, wblh w h)i at rmluoeU
)iiU'iM. All KluoiooiiBiryiiniiuoauouai
The State Journal.
FRIDAY. DECEMBEU 3. 1878.
J. II. Kiilil has bocn appointed County
Superintendent Publio Hrhnola fur Oaa(e
F.dward liiuglicrty lias been conrlctci!
of mnrtler, and acntenroe) by the Carthage.
Circuit Court to fifteen rears In tho Peni
tentiary. : ' ' '
Cnnt. Silas Bent, of St. Louis, has been
Hpiointed by tho Governor Trustee of the
Wind Asylum in saiil city, fW Janiei E.
eatnmil, resigned. i
Hew. HtciiAim Yatks, thn great wttr
(iovemor of Illinois, is uo mora. He died
at Uiirnum's hotel, St. Louis, Thanksjjlvltijf
mornlnjt nt 9 o'clock.
Hogs were going Into the hands of local
buyers, along the Missouri River laittom,
lu Dunne nnit Callaway counties, Inst
week, at 93. 10 per hundred prom.
Tho poor fiirm of Jasper county hits
been an expensu to the ootinty of :,An6
this year ; of which fCOOwas forsnlury.
nil .'UW.MJ fur permanent inipruvements.
AVk don't comprehend the orcaslnil for
tho bitter opposition of tho Tribune to the
nomination of Gen. Edward fur County
Representative.1 Is he not a sound and
true Democrat, an able, honorable and
upright citiscn ? i - 'in !
Tho Missouri Valley Cpuncil of Grang
ers lias resolvod that hogs should not be
sold for less than (U per hundred weight
gross, this year. Tills council consists of
oue delegate for , every one hundred
OTimgcrs and fraction of .S3 thereof in
each county ot the valley wIiuhc trading
center Is Kansas City. '
Sixteen lodges, mostly in Audrian conn
ty, and comprising: a membership of over
six hundred, have appointed C.-T. wnna-
nberry ol that county their agent, tind he
has opened an ftico in Mexico, where be
proiHises to deliver to the members ol" the
sisttuen lodgus alwve mentioned niaoliine-
ry and family groceries nt wholesale prices.
Stt. ValL4CK, a notorious duserado
of Arkansas, who recently killed John
Wiirc, tint Deputy City Marshal ot'Clnrks.
ville, Arkansas, and shot Judge Meirs
fioiu umbtish, wan sentenced, on the 2Ctb
nit., for tho munlur of JiHieph Dickey, a
St. Loiils Coinnicrclal Traveler, soma four
venrs nuo, to be hunir on tho ftith inst.
He, has becu taken to Little Kock to save
him from the fury of Lynch law) '
At it innetiiis; in Coltax; town-ship Da.
vless Co., Mn, the following resolution
was minuted: "We tho lax payors of
Colfax township iigrca, Hirst, Hint owing
to the timinciut crisis, it is iniKssible lor
many nt the tux payers to pay their tax,
there tori) be It resolved that we ns tax
pavers, agree to not bid on any property.
offered for sale by the tax collector of Col
fax township in the collection of the pres.
ent tax of 1K78. We also further agree
that if any outsiders cotuu to the sales, that
wo will give them a warm reception. "
The Dnsodt report of the celebration of
the marriage of J. J. Krey, a pronnnvut
railroad official at Sudiilla, to. Miss Mt
M. tlall. of that citv, coiicliulns with tho
following invocation: ..... ,i.
Through tho rush and the noise of life's stream
l"st tne swucnes snq soinons oi lime; , ,
Like the heaven-bound traveler's dream, ,
JHsy their lives ne a journey suniime i
May tits mad-way of life be all clear
All nis railway enueawr wiu wwur
Msv lira pleasures In life be more dear
Vn !,- Lim wlwR tthn n.lwntlM - hell,..
M'hen the grades and the curves of tills lll'n
Thev hsve pssseil to aapnterlime,
lt us' hope, for this husbund and with,
I mis ine wnisne win siirnai, - shi time .
W'k will say, for the comfort oi the De
mocracy of this place,' that, so far as we
can bear, the Republicans will neiiher put
a candidate in the Held nor vote at the
eouiing election lor County Representa
tive.' In the view thoy take of the situa
tion, they consider this the wisest course
to pursue. In the first place, the Legisla
ture Is so hopelessly Deiuoomtiu that.were
they to elect a Republican, he could be of
but little servioo to tho county. : what we
w.ant of our member of tho Legislature Is
downright work; and if he is in harmony
with the dominant party he can work to
better advantage. It is the material inte
rests of tho connty wu seek to promote,
and we are willing lo lorego. partisan or
political amb,li)n for the sake of serving
them alibis time, when no great political
Issues are at stake. ' . .
Tim ideas of tho Cullaway tanners on
(Mimical questiohs, impressed in the fol
lowing resolutions, are worthy and com
mendable, They resolved that " they dis.
dain being a political organisation, whose
object Is the furtherance or promotion of
any political party. . fteverlheless, they
hold that every citizen Is under obligation
to pertorm a political duty in trying to
hare the best men serva them In the ca
pacity ol officers and that to ignore or
shirk this duty U a species of moral cow.
ardlce, the cfl'oct of which is to lot pm-tison
demagogues, trkUters and wire-pullers"
feast npon us and continue the evils under
which we now' suncrr,' Yet, a few days
ago, when culled upon the Democratic
party o( Cole county to put forward one
of 4beir best men for the legislature or
take the chances for defeat, the Tribune of
this city soouted tho proposlthsn, rejeclod
the idea of our Callaway' neighbors, and
declared Ihelr purose io ptii'sue a strlotly
partisan course, under the load of partisan
demagogues, tricksters and wire-pullers.
Hut wa shall see how for tho Democratic
farmer grangers of Colo concur with the
Tribune in repudiating I 111 wise declara
tion of the political rule of action in Cal
laway. W shall sou if our. Cole county
(Ira'ngers are made of the same sort of
stuff their Callaway neighlmrs are.'
?? t - i
A fire broke oat In the Ming Hotel,
Warrcnsbitrg, at 10 o'clock Saturday night.
The Ili.trl and adjoining buildings, be
longing lo II. F. Clark, and tho Jnhnson
Connty Savings Hank, were burned. The
Are caught from the explosion of a lamp.
The most calamitous part of the dm was
the loss of life. Mr. M. K; Mulve.hill, the
proprietor of the hotel, Sir. J. M. Poland,
a photograph artist, recently of Kausas
City, and J. L, IVouly, of Clititonvllle,
MiasiHirl, a student in the Normal School,
were burned to death. Mr. Mulvehill was
the lirst to discover the fire, and nt- once
proceeded to alarm his guests. In doing
this he, no doubt, became suffocated with
the smnkiv and his means of exit being
cut off by the flames, was overtaken by
them and consumed. There were several
vary narrow escapes, but no ether fatali
ties, v '"; ' ' -1' ' ' ' ':
Tuit Statu JoritssL has hnd the temer
ity to ask of the Democracy of Cole county
that they put one of their best men in the
field aa a candidate for the Legislature
warniug them that if tliey do not, they
will meet opposition and defeat. " Parti
san feeling In this connty," stid we, Is
not very strong not so tyrannical as to
admit of no combinations for a worthy ob
ject, particularly the selection of a suitable
Representative. We have no tlouui mat
the holiest portion of the. Democracy of
the county received this simple, earnest
and well-meaning expression of a truth in
the spirit in which It was Intended : that
of devtstedness to the best interests ol the
county. Its effect upon tho Tribmif, how
ever, is not easily imagined. Hysterical
convulsions forthwith followed, with the
disagreeable: features of that pitiable dis
order !, Impotent ; anger, harmless garru
lity, unaccountable fear, accomiainied ly
the usual contortions, Why 'should our
desire to have Ilia Democrats put forward,
for so Important an otlice as that of the
Colo county Representative, one of their
best men, afflict , the n-itmne so seriously?
Does it lavor for the candidacy ono of its
Worst men f , Sncb. Is tho logic of Its lan
guage, at all events, i The Tribune says
wo have Veen "swimming veiy deep
lately."-. Well, nobody will accuse the
Tribune of swimming. Scum never
swims: it always Uonls. We will endea
vor to soothe onr neighbor's fears, quiet
its uervusi aud perhaps thus humanely re
store it to Its usual -comatose state of nor
mal stupidity, which is far hiss painful
than Its present hysterical condition, by
giving it Ilia assiirauco that the Joi'KKAL
promises to bring out neither a Republican
uor a Democrat for the Legislature. The
Jot'RNAL and Its political friends rely on
the good seuse of the loading Democrats
of the county believing they will Ignore
aud repudiate the unwise counsel ol the
Tribune, and that, instead of putting a
man iorwnrd fur the service i f a selfish
ring, they will bring out one who will rise
above rings, and comprehend and serve
the: .interests of all his constituent in the
county. . This is all, and the extent of our
meaning ih the mention we made of the
matter. We will say, further, that we did
not direct our remarks to the Tribune In
asking' the discharge of a duty at the
hands of the Democracy. ' We do not un
derstand either tlutt It is Ihe Democratic
partv, or that it speaks for any perceptible
portion of it ; mid when wo asked of the
Doniocrnt'u party the. doing of. a; plain
duty to the best interest ,l Colic' county
we did i)t suppose the Trtlmne would In
dorse it. -' Su wrapped up is it in its own
narrow and selfish svhontc., that a liberal
and just proposition afflicts it with a lit ol
the horrors frightful to contumplate. ;
Dniikruptcy ot Osnge Iron Worka.
A petition , for1 ndimllcatlon of bank'
ruptcy against the Osage Iron woi-ks has
been filed in the District Cpurt, ; , Concern
ing the situation of the company , the Linn
Creek Met nnd the Benton County iktnh
cmt have the following. . 1 he Stel says :
,'A frlmid of ours who lias lust arririd
from the Iron works reports that the hands
are all leaving ; that there Is notnnig bat
bread nnd water to eat In the boarding-
houses. He says that the Works arc turn
ing out more and better Iron than ever be
lore; but the proprietors say theyeannot
iret nionev for it. even in St. Louis, lie
says that his Impression, as well as that of
others. Is that in anouc turee weens tue
present proprietors will be compelled to
suspend operations from lack of wood and
coal If from no ether cause, as their pres
ent snpply will give but by1 that time and
they cannot re-iurnish themselves without
navliuritir it. Our friend sava that the
oompany huve nothing in their - store the
former universal paymaster and that Die
Odor ot, tue company is ueciueuiy uau,
, The Democrat has the following : '
We shall deeply regret tho failure of the
Osace Iron Works, tor tho projectors are
gentlemen worthy of belter lute. Kut
only do we desire to see this furnaco' sue
oeetl on aceonnt of the good will wo en.
tertain for it, but its failure will be a terri
ble blow to the mineral Interest of the
entire Osage Valley. We understand the
great drawlssck to the . Company to be Ihe
non-navigable , condition of tue, .Osage
river, not hi the lack of materials, which
hrlnrs the imuortaneo of the ncrtnanent
and speedy improvement of this stream
prominently before our people, , In these
Iron Works are investments, (presenting
over ilOO.faM, being tnreed to wall on ao-
accontrt or tne want ot an ootieito tuarcei,
Tlis Comuanv hare a sulBoIencv ot Iron.
aliowly cast lutu pigs, to pay ihvlr, judeU-
cdness and leave a margin, lut 'the low
water in the river forbids their ehipping.
hence their bankruptcy seems inevitable.
Improve the rier give its reliable out
let to the commerce of the world, and not
only willtii.Osag Iron Works be a sonrca
of endless profit, hut other similar enter
iiriscs will bo erected, and the usage vat
lev made the richest aud inost Dfosperous
portion of tho State ul Missouri, .
hiiKKiKA' Hide. This, great poem
was written nmler peculiar circumstances.
It was in ihh.' I tell mo etory as iney
told It to me. TWo was to he a great
war meeting at Pike's Opera-house In Ciu
cksaati, and Jsroea K. Murdock was to
sneak. In the afternoon he enlled at T.
Hurhanan Read's studio and asked bltn if
he couldn't write sonictlung for Inm to
ronn that evening.
W hat, to-nightr' exclaimed unaii.
"Yes. to-nlirlrt. and I must have it,
said Murdock.
Hut, the devil! I cau t, Uiiuk of any
thing. .. ,. .i : .. . .,
' What eau't think of nurthhiff ahont
Phil. Sheridan and Sherman and (Smut?
can't ?" -
"Yes. Murdock. here's the iwenlv-mile
ride of little Phil's, from Harpers Kerry
Imvn to Winchester, trlciimphcii in the
Tinirt tnd Vhromcle tins morning, I'll
write about that.1 Then tho poet took a
few decncHons of strong tea,' which Mrs.
Read always gives him, and In an hour
out came the ride "Sheridan's Ride?"
That night Murdock appeared nt the
Opera-house. Ho told the aildianre how
at 4 p. nt. he hurt met a gentleman whd
said ho couldn't write, anything about
abemlun (J licnllicv all stood up auu
shouted ftnr Shoridnn. For his fatuous
ride mid victory over Knrly wns in every
month.) 1 "What?" said I, "cant yon say
something aliout Phil. Sheridan not a
word for Winchester?", . "The Gentle
man," continued Murdock, "oomnieaoed
writing, and a few moments ngo Thomas
Huchanan Rend handed ine this for gal
lant Phil. Sheridan." ,
There was a thunder of applause, while
the audience stood on tiptoe somo with
the very telegram of Sheridan's exploit in
their hand and listened to the patriotic,
liery juutdock as lie read; . . i . :
l"p from the South at break of day ,
Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, "
The affrighted air with a shudder bore. '
Like a herald In baste to the chtcftau's door.
The terrible rumble and rumble and roar, '
TelHng the battle was on once more. . ' 1 ,
And Sheriilan twenty miles sway. etc. "'' .',
Thew was a tcrriblo1 applause and 'the
whola nndiencc shouted, some with their
hats tu the air and sonic with patriotic
tears streaming down their cheeks, i And
tneu -AiuniocK was uiii oue un vena
Sheridan's Ride"' nirain. then airnin. and.
in fact, the famous poem was the bcginlng
and the end ul uie evcuiuc . .. . ,,
Knna tls: rinriunatl Commcrcial,Xocnils't 27.
TBK CKW KOt.1..
List f Members ssT Botk IIousm of lbs Kext
:i i ..; CoswrMS
The fbrtv-thlnt Teneress 1 assemble for It
Sr eloa on Mondsv. Disvmljef 1. The vi
cissitude of politic have for ones brought
shorn less ewinge in ise rompiexiun m ine
llousi or nepreseniauveii inaiioi me eeissie.
While the lleniibllcans have sirnln sc imprd mere
than rwtvthlnt of the Iwer House, thev have
nil but kist in Ihe 8enate that overpowering
raajoritv ri-iiresenttMi nv a iwo-tnirus voie,
which thev have controlled In unbroken sue-
iMtslrat ,r IMS vaars nasi. The neliste conststs,
Wliell nm, oi sovenrv-iuur meinncrs. son inrre
IS but one sent vacant In Hist body; It Is a seat
bctomtlutr to Louisiana, contested by P. II. H.
Kiiu.noucK. woo nolo lis cerinHniH oi ine
Kelhunr aovernmcnt. sgiiinst a nltresentstlve of
tne IfrllloeroiK! panv. sv nen mis seni i hiifu.
s t'o4lilrtls niaiorltv would reoufro tlnv votes,
The HepublleBiis, as' will be seen by Ihe follnw
fnir Hst. hsve fortv-uine Sienstors. the Demo
crats nineteen, and Hie Liberal ltepulilknns Ivr,
or sn airregale or seveiiiy-inree. i ne Kepwo-
lleans will want I'incbbsck, to make np tin
two-third vote. 1
The followius the mil or Munaiors r : "
' ALARAMA. ' ' MISSOIIIIU ''. ''
Geo. K. Kpcitcer. , Caltt. Scitfuz.
lieurye uounieatU'. ,, A, I '. uoyy,
ARKANSAS. , ,,, .NKIIRABKA. ,
Powell Clayton,,;',,' i T. W.Tiptox. .
S. V. Dorsev.
. CALIFORNIA.
Siigene Viwcrty, ,
A. A. Sargent.
NKVAHA. , ' !.
, W. 31. Stewart. . ',
. p. Jones, '
,;ii,'w,;dic'i!i1' :iT- i
, si:w jkrs:v.,'.
COS'.NECTIC'l'T. .
O. S. Ferry. 1 , ' , .
W. A. Buckingham.,
7". F. Bnunrd.
' V. T. KrellnghuyM if. ''
, ", ' NEW YORK,
' 'It. 1. KKVTOX, ,. ,
K. I'onkllng.
' NORTH CAROLINA, .
",.;V. I". Katuam. , ,
,t. S, Merrtwan.' ."' :
' OHIO, -. ,
' John Sherman, ' i
.it. (?. Tliurmmt. , .'
ORKOON. , ,,
, .Alines K.Kellt-n,, ...
J. II. Mitchell. ..
' rKUXSVLVANU.,'
. .Simon Camerou. , ,' .
i John Reott. , ,
' Know: isr.AMi,
, It. II. Anthony, . '
., William sruAOfE,
,, SOUTH CAROLINA...
, T.J. Robertson, ...
: J. J, Pstlersou. ,
, TItli.NESSRi:.
, , W. tl. trownlov,,.
Jfcnry Cnoper, ' ., ,'
, tlx as. , '
' M. C. Hamilton. "
" J.W.Klammsa.,
. VERMONT
, .George F, Cdnuiuil.,
,1, .,Morrlll, . ,,,
: , viiuiisiA, ,
J.V.Lewis. T
'." W tT VIRGINIA. ;.
A. 1. Porenutn, , ,
,11. O. Davie. 1 .".',
WISCONSIN., .
T.O. Howe. ' 11 1
; j-xoiuoa. .,
S. B. t'oiiovcr. ';
A.lillbert. .',,.'..
(inunait. , .,
T. .V. A'orwoorf.
(f. H. Itvrdou. , ,"'
1IJ.1NOI-.
J. A. Loaall. ,
u. J. oglcsoy. ,
1NIIIANA,
O, P. Morton. ' .
O. V. Pratt.
IOWA.
W. II. Allison..
(1, 0. Wright.' .h .
KAKSAS,. ..' ,
J. t. Ingslls. ... ,
Itolnrt Crosier.
KKNTUUKY'.
,f. tr. Stevenson.,
I. IS. MtLreeril. .
LOl'lHIAXA.
3. U. West. .
scauey.
maim. ,
M. Morrill. .
llamlifl.
UARYLANII.
' T.BamiUm, ,
G. it. liennU.
MASSACIU.SKITS.
ClIAIULKS HUAWKK.
Qeorge 8. Boutwcll.
MICHIUAK.
Z. Chandler. ,
T. W. Kerry.
MIXNUSOl'A. ,
Tn, tVlndom. , .
Alexander Bauuey. .
. . MISSISSIPPI,
j, L. Alcorn. . , ,
A, Ames. .
M. II, Carpeiiter.
.nennbllesns in ltoinsm Drauoemls In Jtaifce.
Liberal kcpublksn or lndc'Blont lu small
CAW. I- .' . : -I. "i . ' "I
- I la the last Senate rho Ilcawersts had but fif
teen members t now I bey have ninMuca, and
rh. prosiaset of enlarglns the opposition majori
ty In the next Nensse, to replace members whose
terms expire March a, ISIS, Is as follows ;
Virginia basing gone largly Democratic, wMI
replace Senator Lewis by an opposnioa mna
tor, Tne same may be ssld f Texas, mat prob
sMy isf West Virginia asst Teaaassee. Wlseoev
shi bssaot gone lastnoerstle.bat Henstor far
pents't's defest lor re-eteetioa ualvarsally o
eeded, while an Indeiwndeat KcpUhHcan or
snltsHint msB wHI doubtless replssn Mm m She
Senate. In Ihe other Nartrwrn rilstes, the pres
ent Senator will sMner be le-eleetcd or renlsovd
bv meuibers of the ssme pomlcs! fslus, rnu the
ekoeasloa of Now Jersey where the Itepubll
essw wtH gain a Senator, aaa New York, whr
Senator rVatoa who taiasd stae LaMrsI stspab
llesns las year, wiH bs soeseesled bf I'true
Mne Hepublk'an. ' - " 1 '-'I
i Weaaaie now to the soN f th. rssesent Hatw
at HenraiaeitMlvml whleh ksS (Mm - taureaswl
by tki ApimrtlonasertVAet, ewssr th. Us of
seiu, rrom ata nientvers w jug Bseaaornfy as tvi-
low'! ''If ' ' i" ' . '.. V- i;
nfcMiwR!rrsTivir this rmvritint cvi
liKMS as ran as omcm.i.r AsiRatAiNnn.
ALAhtMAI
I. V. li. BRoxnRto. .
1 NT.VAOA.
1. . H", Kendall.
KKW IIAMPSHIRK.
1, B. Small. , .
1. AuattnF. like. .
9. . H". Parker.
; MKW JKRSRV.
S. Msmcs T. Itsufer.. ,
S. Charles Piltiaiu.
4. Chsries iisys;' ,
5. '.T. .HCalititelt.
. Jonik II. Moss,
At IdnK, A. White,
I. ej. W. UarclK.
Christopher Collects. 2. Rainuel A.llobbuil
ARKANSAS,
H. 'Amos Clnrk. Jr.
1. Contested. '
. "Oliver 1. Siivder.
a. ajnatested.
4. I.'obrrt liamtttOM.
it. W. Walter I'aolps;
a, Lsreus fM Waril,
7, lssau W. 8otiddtr.
NKWYOIIK. .
J. Harvev W. Netvldel1.
9. ,. 8. Srhvmaltrr.
!l. M. L. Woodfianl. '
4. l'lillip 8. C'rookc.
6. II'. It. llnberle. 1
.VI Large, '. J,
llAV.NH. .
VAt.llllltXIA.
I; 'Charles Clavtou.
t. Henry t. Page.
. K. I.mrt.
4, 'tu 1 1. Houghton. ,
o.vni:liii;i.t,
e. ",v. ,1. (Jus.
'I. Moscph K. Hivlcy. ". Thru. ,1. Vreamrr.
1. v. Kellogg. ' Joan is. I.swaisi,
II. II. Markwesth- ft. lsvkl H. Mellt-a.
, sr. 10. rsW. H'osiiC
i. H'm.y. KsrnriDi. U. C, A', letter.
mii.kwark. IS. Cl.arle St. John.'
I. J. II. Isifland. 1.1. J.O. WniTTitot sK.
i rrjisins. 'It, Daetil M. lwUt.
iMessab.1UWalls.j 14. tsWi-Jirrsv.
., Wib. J. ruuuuu. IB. Jsuh-s 8. Sinsrt.
i,,ni:IA.
1. Mnraan lmrln.
2. 'Hi ft. Whltelev.
. I'killp (,'ook:
4. II. It. HarrieoH.
fi. J. V. Fnmtiu. .
1.. Aiocri. 9. unit:.
1H. Wm. A. Wheeler.
19. II. II. Msthorne. 1
90. Iiavkl Wltlwr. -Jl.
'. L. Mcrhaui. .
i!. 'Klis H.Polierts.;'
2.1. Win. K. Lansini!.
U. JullifS It. lltoHHt.
T. . .V. B. Voiim. 54; R. Holland luclf
s, ,4fr. II. MeiiVas. its. '. O. Mcl:agall.
t. u. i: Htu.
B.. T, IU lMlln,ri
i. Thomas t , 1'brn. , ;
28. !!. B. Suiltli. '
ail. Frcemsn Clarke
:tn. nirge it. llokin.
g. Lvnisn K. Bss.
M. 'Walter L. Sessions.
ILLI-Ntiis, . ; ;.i
1. John Junior-.
2. Jasper f. Ward.''
a. H II. Farewell.
4. 8. A. HurlhuC I
i. ll. O. llunaard.
. John H. Ilawley.
7. Fraukllu C'orwln.
8. O. L. Fori.
. i ran ville Barren.
At Large Lyiuan
Truiuain,
' ' NORTH CAROLINA.
1. "Clinton L. Cobb.
. C. K. Tlminas. :
a. A. M. Wadd'll.
It). Willain II. Kay.
II. Jl. M. h'naov.
12. . C. Itoliinion.
1.1. John MoXulta.
4. WiUiiim A. .Smith
ouies 3. Leach.
14. J. I). Cannon.
15. J. U. ca. '
ltV Jnines S. Martin. I
a. Thnmttt ft: Anne. '
: 7. M i. A. RabMne.
8. IfoAert . Vanre.
' Of HO. .
1. Milton .Sisver.
3. II. II. llANMNII. '
a. John Q. Smith.
4. Lewis K.Ounckol.
A. V. A'. Laminot. ;
0. Isaac It. Sherwood.
7. l.atrrance T. AW.
. William Lnwn'tiee.
- V. ,T. W. Ilnhinson.
la, :hsrles Fo-rti r. .
11. HczckiahS. Biimly-
12. lltiah .1. .level t. .
1.1. .tf. . Soullmnl. '
'11. John Jirrry.
111. Wm. P. Siragoo.
PI, Loreno Dant'orth.
J7. Laurill ll. Woml
worlh, .
IK. It. Morrisoa.
18. Jsssc Clements,
19. 8. .Vorslii.
INDIA'.
1. Wm. K. .VtWoet.
3. iSViacos A' Wolfe.
2. M'in. S. filntau.
4. .T. II. Wilson,
ft. .lohn Coburn.
9. Morton C. Hunter.
7. Teoma J. t'ason.
X. M. N. Tyuer.
. Contested, i
10 ft. 11. Ruvlor '
11. jasper Packanl.
At l,arge, s. 'inn,
nm. niuianu.
iowa. . .
ft. W. McCniry.
Avictt II. Cotton. IS. Jnines Monroe.
B. M'm. f. Donnnn. lib Msnies A . srHcld.
4. Hearv O. Pratt,
:i. lueiiantu. I'srsoas.
A. Jsunt WilMn.
U. Wm, Loughridr.
7, John A. Kason.
K James W. McOIII.
Hi Macs-son Orr.
i .KANSAS. II.
1; Dsvkl P. Lowe. ,
1. Stephen A. CoU,.
0. Wm. A. Phillips.
KF.NTl'CKT.
1. A(. Vrotelamh
a. .. )'. iiroie. I ,
H. C. 11'. MiUike.
, .; 1-1 ORtXiUN
I
. If. AasMiV'i. j
PENNSYLVANIA.
.Sf,i...r. llomloH.
Churksi )Xell.
JiBonard Mvcrs ...
Vm. 1). Kelley.
Alfred C Harincr.
Jas. Bicry. '
Wssh. Townsutal.
Jleirtr Clyster. .
A. rierr einuu.
4. w. I!, lleea. 10. -J. . hliniiccr. .
II. K. D. , 1tamlefortt.il. 'John II. .vtonii. '1
. Wm. K. Arthur. 12. L. I. Shoemaker.
7. .liu. il. . IS. J. 1). Hirswbvkbrc,
. M.J. Durham. . 14, JohnB. Packer. ,,
II. (,Vo. Jl. Attaint!.. 1.1. .vliu A. Mtiffee,,
10, Vons V. l'oiini;.
in. Jonn Cessna.
17. ff. Jffffna gaeW;
IS. Hnhleski lloss. ' :
IS. t). H. Curtis. .!. ..
20. II. L. Klchmond. ,
91. A. Tavlor.
lll'ISIANA.
I. Contested. ' .'-';
3. Contested. .':
S. C. II. Uarrull. .
4. Contotcil.
.1, 'Frank Morey;
At Large Contcstil.
22. .las'. . N'cgley. '
SI.
K. MrJimkln
" MA1N1-. .
1. .1. II. Burleigh. :
2. Win. P. Frvc.
:). Ma, (i. Blnhic.
4. . F. llerser.
.1. Rngene Hale.
AIAHVLANU.
1. K. A'. U'i7o.
2. Steruneon Archer.
3. Il'm. J. IXHrien.
4. 7'Sos. fftennu.
5. Win: J. Albert. :
Wm. S, Moore. ' .
: t, Atl.srgtt. ; .
... Lelllllul Totld. .
Chn. Albright.
W. Kconcld.
RHIIIIK ISI.SNP.
1. ll. T. Ksmes.
2. M. il. Pendleton. .
SOI III CAROLINA., ,
, at tl ..!. .a..
2. A. J. Hnnsler. '.
a, Jt. B. Mllot. .
4. A. S. Wallsco.
At Ijirgc II. II. Cuin.
TKNXKSSKK.
1. It. It. llutlcr. ''
;. 2t ,1. M. Thoralairg.
i . Win. I'rutcliSHrt. .
4. ejoh M. JMjht.
S. I Lowutlvs, Jr.
aiassaciilsrh's.
1. Mas. llulllnlon. , .
S. II. W. Harris,' ;'
S. II. L. Fieri'. '
4. Samuel Hooper-!
1, W. liooeh.
(I. iieid. F. Uutlcr. .
J. E. It. Hoar.
H. J. M. S. Williams."
. ltH. F. Hoar. - :
tOt 'Alvsh Crocker, i
II., U. Lslbiwes.
4. tl. il, iiarrisuii.
0. IP.C. H'WA.rll
T. n. f. A'tine.
a, David A. Noon..
'. II. Uarboiir lwis, .
At Larire.,
MIC'illUAN
Iloraco Msyhsrd,
f. Moses W. Field. I ' ' TKXAS,
2. llenry Wahlron: 1. 111 A". HerudoH,
3. 'tieorgo Wlllard
2. Il ts. l. Mc.eau.
4 I iiurntws. ,:
J. IVuij; tt illiuins.,
. Jos. W. Bcgtile. ,
7. f Imar D. Congt,r.
sr. N. B. Hradlev.
XJavA. ICubBcll.
, .. MINNESOTA.
' 1. M. H. Bunnell.
3. Horace A, Stri.it.
!1. Mohn T. Avcrlll.
a. nu:v,GiMif
,4. Vtlftrt ixoscka, .
' , 1 At Urge. '
1 Worr Q. .(.
AmlH. Will if.
I , VP.I1M1INT.. ."
1. UW. Wlllsrd. ,,
2. I.uke P. Poland,
:i. fieo. W. Ilcmlcc.'
. . - I I- i ;
. MISSISSIPPI. '
1. .. V. C iMuar,
' I- VIIIOINIA. 'I
1, James It. Sfnur.
2. Mas. II. Piatt. .11-,.,
L A. it. Howe.
3. 'Henrv W. Harry. 3. J. AmIJcr Smith.
4. Jason Xlles. " t. W. II. If. Stnwell;
n. eo. V. Slchee.'.
a.; John It. Lynebv
ainourtllif.
ilex. V. Itnriu
u. yvtos..'H'llnetni.
.7. .. jr.Oirris. ,..
K. hpa llnntou.
I). Ifreee T. llateen. :
1 wkst vincitriA. ' 1
1. Contested. : . '
a. conusud. .,, .
jl. .CoiiIhsHhI. t
" ' SviscViNsrN. "
'I.Tbas.4. William,1
2. HI. W. llszleton. )
3. J. Allen Barber, 1
4- 'Alex. Mitchell, ',
5CA. Ehlredae.
tl. lT)lletus Sawyer. ,
8. iiegc. 8. McVIII.
1. K. O. cunutrd.'
J. 'Kraatu Well:'
8. wm: tl. none.
4. II. A. Matcher.-
. It. r. Bland.
tl, 'Harrison K. Ha
vens. ' t. T. T. CiltteniUu'.,",
,l. Comingo., '. ,',
4ffSttS'
; .!) X. Oliver '
l.'i. 4. H-lluiHtner. ,".
, NKBRASKA. . ' i
1, renso Crounse.
.... . TKItBlTOHl AI. JXiATtS. ,
M ti'AnrsSlKA.'.t .-...-if - MOKTAHAUt
Hleh'd V. MnComlck. ' Morel HiitaiMi.
I'OIXIRADn., .1 t riW MRXKO. '
Jerome H. Clun it ek D. Klklasi
... AsWTAV ' ' 1"" - tIAMI..ll-S
!U. K. Antutrona. (ko.Q.aaasn.. -
mstniOTOr tXSLUMHIA- washinoton.
Xorten 9. CMianaa. O. Jl. Mct'aMen.
' .. IDAHO, ... ' WYOMIXO.
John Bail.. ' - William K. taetlr.
ttepuhl icaas, In Roman ....... .' 101
Isrmoevats, in Italiet S7
Liberal llepubllcsns or Imtepenueqts. m
. SMAI.f. CAPS , I
Members uT the last Congress. -' ' '"' '
' It will be seen 'that, of Uia, whole nualuer of
ueprescntaiives-eiict nue territorial iieiegaios
having no votes,! j( were members ol Un last
Uouso, while no bss thus 172 are utW members.
Of the latter number, bewaver. twenty have
bwu uismbcrs of lutmf. .'unarva'sf , flie ro)l
lOOlfepSStVOiflf.Si.,,;, ,., ,x .,,i, ,. , ....
Bsiiifclbani................. ......... .....ltd
slnotata.. ...., 7
ljAMrslli(HasblleAw.llMittlMiniteUBl. ,. -4
,C(uIHhI seats. ,.,..... -t ..t.. 4"
'. : - "tl ',, Li .11 1 l-illii.;S l!!il,". - . , J t-iy."
i .IoUl... ...., ,..,... tati
r As itwMHIisI st Bit Is IM1 ssembsrs.' this
gives th Ht lHlbHean party an assured two.
thirds majority for susiienston the rates, He,,
la ease four out of the ten oouteated svats arc
awsriatdto sVpuUlnui slsiiusutitr as Uasare
stsvitgr enrv n oi-, iv,tc i ,is.intti, si
uxrrttt STATES circt couaT.
Alfred Hehhkoper.'phtlntilT, '
i i '.',' i ., vs. ' ' '
The csmnty of Dallns, defends.
This Is an action oil coupon of bonds
Issued bv lhillas ennntr, to the Ijicledc nnd
Fort Scott Knilrond Company or henrcr.
The petition re tors to the act under wnicb
the bonds were issued) alleges that he the
snbsinriplion made the - county rditnlned
stuck eertitioato which H still holds, that
Hie enmity has exercised tho rights nt a
stouklMilile'r. that it Jtl the tlinte lirst in
stallments of Interest, but ha lulled to par
Ilia coupon sued on presentation.
I lie dels use is that inn order oi tne
eountv court making the subscription was
without authority ol law, dint the issuing
ol Hie bowl was made dependant on con
ditions ill the order of subscription, which
cuudltions have not bcen liillilkd, that the
onior ol HuUcl'iHkl luul been repealed
before the bunds were aotnallv issui'd.
The reply deuies ull of Iho iilktgnlinns
of 4)m4iasw4rf w..- , j
J'laintiff on trial read Ilia order of the
county csuirl of August otli, lu!), mak
ing the subscripticm and the iiniondmeiits
tliorvto, producos the bonds mid coupons,
dittod July, 1st,, 1S7U, roods from Uie rec
ord of tho county ooui't the oppoiuuuent of
thu agent el the county to prepare the
bond,, mm directing uie presiding Jitstivc
anil clerk h sign uinl seal tin' same, nails
the report it Uin vouiily ngeut, showing
tho olitaining ui' stock coi'liticattis for bond-
Issuua at vanous times, and the approval
tlioruof liv the county court, roads various
orders authorizing the iKtrrowiug ol money
ay uitcrust couMnt nt they liecomu uiiu.
ho only testiunmy ollureif by ilcl'undaut
in order of thu county court, dated
August 2nd, 1870.
Kkkkel. .Indue. I hero i no inherent
power in the county courts of Missouri to
luiiku milniad subscriptions, and buticc,
thu powur must either lie granU'd in Uie
charter of thu company In which subscrip
tion Is made, or must be foutiil in tliu gen
eral law upon tho subject, la the cose be
foro tho court, power to subscribe is louud
in tho 14th section of tliu-nct incorporating
tlie Lnelcdc ami Fort Scott Hnilroatl Com
pany, ajiprovcd Fejirunrv 11th, IhiMi, in the
following Words : It sliall be lawful for
tlie county court, of any county in the State
to subscribe lo the stock ol sitiu company
nnd for mo stock subscribed In be
half pf the county may issue the bonds of
tho county to raise tlie funds to pay for the
same, and to take proper step to protect
the interest of the county. Here then wc
have the power of the county court to sub
scribe without submission, and in tho exer
cise ef that power the county court of Dal
las eountv on ine nttn nnr oi August, inch,
made and entered the following order niton
it record. '
"It Is entered by the court that one hun
dred nnd fifty; thousand dollars be. and
thel mmo I "hereby subscribed to the
capital slock ol the Laclede nnd Kort Scott
Kailiiiiul C!omtKinv for and on belinlt aud
for (he use and benetit ol said connty of
Dallas.' after limvldinir the s r.u- of the
bonds, the rato of interest, how and where
to lie paid; tho order referred In enacts
conditions as to the isstio and delivery of
Isands m the work progressm, which con
ditio! were afterward moilithsl so that tho
bonits might bo issmd at once, There are
ne allegations of rVund in the Issuing nf
these bonds, nor hns there mn nny uttempt
made b show such. Imtlhnnbiectl'on, Is that
tiic subscription woo not submitted to a
rote of-thu people.'" 1'rovisions of law ns
lo subscriptions, of this kind am tound
upon the statute books of Missouri a ear
Iv ns-lK.17, nnd oontinuort to ho granted in
a large in:ioritv -of charters which were
passed by tlm Legislatures train tune to
time. The :UHh section of Iho general
railroad law of ls.Vi gives aiwer Pi sub
scribe to railroads in tin- following wonls :
II shall IH' lawful for the eountv court ol
any eountv and tho city commit or any
city, lo subscribe to the' capital stock of
any railroad company duly organised nn-
ner tms or anv otner nn in im Mate, anu
tho etiutrty court or city cimncil subscrll)
ing or proMislng to sulsM-rilic to) such cap
ital stock, mm, for inlai niiituiu, cause an
eleolion lo he held to ascertain the sense
ol Uie tav-puvcrs of stioh Cotinty or such
city as to such suliscnptiou and as to wlioth.
er 'lhomie shall be paid by Issue of criuu
tv or city bonds as tho cumi may be, or by
t'aNation: The 'net of January 14lh, Isimi,
changed tho word mas; in III" act ipuilotl,
to thall. t- The act. of March Kid,, lMil,
inudo It the duty of the' county court
or city council of any city, whenever
satisfied that thn peoplo wanted to sub.
scribe stock' to any railroad company la
onior an election, tuid If a inajorlty of ihe
resident qualified voters voted Iherofor, to
stiliscrilio such stock. .,..,.'
The second seotion of the last unoted
act firovhlcs that no siibscriprion shirtild
be nuulo nuless the some bad -been voted
fiir' bv it luaiorim ol the resident voters.
Tims stMiil the law whn tho convention
which fruined , the present constitution ist
tne Mtste met. i tno increasing interess u
rnihriHul ImjirovcnioiiU and the evasions of
cxintHig'lawK eanseti tne enactment ot a
eonslhuliouul provision in tho following
words: Tke Ucnural Assembly shall mat
authorise iuny county, city or. town to be
mmo a stockholder in or io ksm Its credit
to1 any company, association or corpora
tion, unless two-thinls of the iualiticd
voters ot' such sxxinty, elty or town nt a
regular op special lceiion to lie held tlinre
in, shall assent tliercto." i This provision
would, no doubt, have prevented many un
wise suuaoriptiiaas tor, ruilroads. but lor
the existence of a very liirgo number of
charters at thu tiiuo, and the opinion of
the hum-owe Court of Missouri, una st ru
ing the constitutional provision as not a
piying to tltiiu. Many nf thesa charters
wore by special enactment exempted tram
Ihe prevision of Ibu general railroad law
requiring submission, being, at the snme
time, aulboriaed to build brannhes. The
question as to the rights ' of tho cor
oorstion - under, these charters came
iwforo the Sunreiae, Ctairt of MUsnuriat
Uio tsctoba s term, lno7 in uie juaeon
oountv case, at Mo jiage 4511, ami it was
Ihure'huhl' that ll did lust apply o Uieiu,
and auluauiiitious could still lie made to
orNjrutious having special charU-r, as
stated, without sulauiwiou. , . , .,, .
, To this doctrine the SnproMte. (.oinl of
Missouri : has steadily adherod up to the
,late Ckuk ouauty ease. The eoustruetiun
uf a oontniiutnasil or statutory provision.
glvoo liy the bigiteat judicial tribunal of a
State, io! binding .upon tlie. I'eilurol Juslj
ui.irvi and bus been applied In many shui
Inr vases dfternilnud at this time. It must
be belli, ittien, that Uio aubscriptiou made
bv iho oountv cmirt ol Dallas oountv. un
der thu authority ot tne provisions of the
charter ol uie lvieue anu tort acou ituu
road to lls tock. whs , valid anil .bhiding.
Thn fcTeguiarltlea m tin In Hie oiuwar
loan ne) ftvnu W neteinisjii a ooiuvi, ioi
value. The only one relied on Is the order
ot the connty eonrt of August I, 1870. It
will be observed that the bonds and cou
pons bear date prior to this last-mentioned
order." Snppxismg, " however, that the
bonds were actually- fssaed, as alleged in
the answer, after Angiut 1st, 1870, ronld
that avail the defendant? The court thinks
not. In Uie first place, the repealing or-
Iit referred to Is ntterlr Itmornl in the
after proceedings nf the county eonrt, nd
treated as a nullity. - Hut not only that the
county court proceed to pay tho Interest
H unt tune to time, nnil may lie said to nave
thus waived the irregularity, II such.
r.vcn ti a irtuiu nan ik-cu committed in uie
issuing of Iho bonds itndcr those circnin
stances an innocent holder is not cffci-tcd
therehv. The bonds and coupons mast be
held valid, and jndgincnt will lie rendered
for the plaintiff in the amount of Ihe cou
pons sued on. 1 ' ' ,
.ttitppen lor piaintin.
Ellis and Hot-ford Ibr dclendant. '
ogan McKco'
vs.
Veriion county'.
I'non trial before the court, a lltrr hav
ing ticcn waived, the finding of fact and
decision thereon was Xov. Si, 17S were
announced orally In substance,. ns follows:
IMLMiN, ( itoiiI juage Hits it nil
action brought against Vernon . county on
coupon attached lo bonds lsticd under
authority contained lit the charter of thn
Tcbo aud Xuus'ho ttullrnad Cohipanv, nti-
nroved in Jamiarv jKfiii. which conferred
on tin1 county cmitt power to take stock In
such company anil issue iimmsm pavment
thereof, Tho eountv court made a sub
scription to the capital stock nm! Issued
bonds to the amount of three 'hundred
thousand dollars. Tills action Is on the
coupons lor interest upon sinn'n of these
bonds. The defendant plends non tut fac
tum, lo which plaintiff replies by denial,
and bv setting up that Iho county "is estop
ped, ist, by Its having levied taxes and
paid coupon np to 1H7', mnklng tno or
three payments; and 2nd, by having re
reived a' certificate nt its stock from the
railroad company, and still bidding it:
wiicreny tne pjaiiiitu claims ine case is
brought within the decision in 14 Wallace.
I'pon tlm trial it appeared us follows :
The county court made an order of sub
scription for the railroad stork; and ap
pointed Mr. Birdseyo. the comity ngent,
directing him to prepare the bonds, which
were accordingly prepared and were Issued
under the order." The original bonds wore
printed nnd signed bv tlie nrcslillng jus
tice, and sealed with the seal bf the conn
iv. Tho clerk was Hall, who bad a depu-
v. Wevand. -Hall betnir disstoateii. n cv-
a'nd nttendcil to hi ditties and signed
Hall's name with the knowlerlgp 'of the
presiding Justice and of the connty agent.
These bonds did not receive fnvnr"iicvnie
not in good style, and Ihe agent proposed
to the presiding jntlcc to- substitute en
graved bonds for tlie printed one,' and to
tills the presiding justice acceded. The
old bonds, except seventeen, were surren
dered and destroyed by the irresldiug jus
tice, ns he testifies, anil in January, 1871,
new bonds were issued corresponding in
terms and fortn with the old ones. Mean
while, however, one or two of the mem
bers of the connty court had gone out of
office and new mt-nibors hnd come in, anil
Hall, tho former clerk, had-gono out ol
office nnd Wevund had become clerk.
Tho substituted bonds bore the salmi
date with the former ones, and were sign
ed by the same presiding justice and Iho
same cb-rk, and this was at the instance
tnd in the presence of tlie eountv agent
to whom the matter had been specially In
trusted. A the new bonds were made to
bear the old date, Weyiiud si ill signed the
name of Hall, his predecessor in officii,
fur whom ho had been deputy, and the
signatures on the coiihiiis 'were litho
graphed. These bonds were delivered to
inecotiniy agent, who pna'ceiieu io carry
out Ills Instructions. - - . ,i . :i
Tho oountv paid interest in 171 nnd
nnd there was evidence that the
comity received a certificate ef sfrick, not
produced at Ihe trial, tint remninrng in the
possession of theconntv.
The county eonrt ordered the subscrip
tion to be made, and the bonds folio exe.
euted by the iroslding jirslice.'-nnd at
tesled bv the clerk and the-Seal of Ihe
county. 'The starmes of Missouri" make
no 'provisions as to Hie mode In which
these securities shall bo exd'itted.;m t
The only irregularities presented In tbi
case are; 1st, Ihe substitution or new lor
old bonds:' and 2nd.' tho slirtihig by Wev
and of Hall's name as clerk! ' The qncs
tion Is then, whether tho plea' of won nt
jivhim Is snpjiorti'd by proot ef I llicsu ir-
regniaruies. . - ' -
If tin statute ttrovldetl expressly me
moth) in which these securities must la'
issued, Iho imcstion In case of non-con-
fonnltv would be mttre dltlk'Ult. the
bonds were onlereil In lie allcsten liy the
clerk, but what was none altcrwanls in
levvin?' taxes and rmrmeiit itC, interest
makes a waiver nf that' part of the order,
anil tnersmntv is now esiopten in n-iaiton
thereto, i tol-ito .- -
''These irregniarlth's nre not sn grcat a
in tho Winnebago case in own, wherein
Justice Miller's decision wns neversed by
the 1'uited rltnlvs. Stiireme Jor4. The
eouiily .inslgc there ssued'lnmls which
were "objected M in New York, and he, as
eounty judge nnd agent m New York,
more Hum l,4si miles from. hismciai re
sidence, had a new eountv seal made.
cancelled the old bonds and Issued new
bonds In snbstitntlou. The: pessn-r ot a
county judge 0i Iowa Is no greater than in
Missouri.' Here there are no 'checks on
the Judges, and no frand tsallogctl, nnd
tho county raHured no -wrong. The fea
ture ot substitution Is much worse In the
Winnebago ease. See this ease, and their
oorllllcnlo of stock. . oi. .
In reaehins these emialnslons our views
are trongthenod by the onior aiado of re
eonl by tho Vernon oounty. court, declar
ing lu reasons for not paynig lu interest.
They wetw not the ubstttation of bonds,
or the informality of execution, but tin a
groond not here taken in deesnse, Uiat tlie
rallroail oompany did . aot remph'to Its
main line aouording to contract. . Again,
we deem the net and aartlidimtion of tho
eountv agent of 4mpirfauwa,' and Uie
county is to be held-to know want be sod
thu iinisidlug jastioe had knowledge at.
The failuio lo give notice of the special
term of the county .court is of, uo Import
ance whatever. . - -j r --f.it .,: I
The bund recite thstir Ufiunoa under
Uie Tubo aud Keosho lUilroad ubailer, and
if as we find in this case Uiey are the bonds
of thu county, no tuilnm in tho perform
ance of duty on the part of tiio officers ean
afiuot tho rights of LaiM frk holdtas. ,. (See
Koiuilcut vs. .Wayne and, (tlhuc, docisijins
4d'JnjIJ-.8.nj)i-timeCiurt.,(r,1 i,,,-...,, ,
.-UU Itn.l I'.SBui ..luL.tlSy I'.u'rflw ,iu,.nnl
MiouHpuiMwaiutetfVw.in '
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