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TJARRINGTON MUSIC
KlrUvilU Ml souri
Office over Kirkullle Hank
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Atcraaer at Xjsvw
Klrkvlllo Mi emiri
OFFICE Ser mill door up tair over
Store
yEO WCOOPEU
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AM XOTARY rUinjC
OFFICE SmiijkI dcnir up Stair m r
Satins Hunk i
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Practical Jeweler
HMitlicalcsr Sntre
All klmlfof iicrorlngid repairing Iiw In
order Cn and M tf nc
G THATCHEB
HRE AND ACCIDENT
INSURANCE AGENT
JT Office Mlide onheSijiinreoviTTur
utrs Jrociry Slurc
MISSOURI
OMf t wd Healthiest riiiiipiiiiicln the United
MM represented
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GEM CITY
Bakery Con feet-
iMiery and
Ice Cream Parlors
Frcdi Hrc id airi eakes enntanUy nn hand
Ulioif e nut Cisirs Tnlueco ete
Cill Mil ee in In the new brick ImlMiii
doer- sutitli of the iins It ml
a son Cairriage
SHOP S
All Kindt ot rejiiiring neatly iud
MACHINLTSY OF ALL KINDS lE
IAIItKD AND 0VEHHAULE1
SHOP One door irel d the American
IIuuic li V ItliOWN
7 MILLER
THE ILOlLES
ISnlccr foKfcciaoncr
Xorllmist Cor Stjmtrr
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Will drlhcr Criki s etc toily In
rtularciiitoiiier anj here iu the lily
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Grain Seed Hay
Etc Etc
SLOANS OLD STAND
Directly west of the Parcclls Hou i1
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SIGN PAINTER
I 5T IOAIiIGKSA SPECIAITV g
1IHJ puiiiting CIrnininc and jinpcrliangin
done on
hllOI AM OFFICE Up stairs m r Jnn
CaikryV Store
Juksviiie mahisle wokks
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Aineiican and Itallian Afarbk
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KIKKSVILLE MO
All orders fllhd on short notice
onierof the jmlilic Minare
runliisud direct from the qnnrries
und the lnt of workmen employed
MT IMPROVE
MENTS
XcCOlttflCKS
XEW KEAPEU MOWEK
AND DROPPER
These are unquestionably the finest
karietbi machinery In the orld
KTIKINO NOT IUItCHAPE TILL YOU
HAVE CAKEFUILY EXAMINED
THESE
lull line of ItniAIKS nlwnjson limuK
SULKY AND REVOLVING HAY KAKES
H LINK BLACK MANS
Editorial
Democrats now accuse green
backers of flourishing the bloody shirt
9
Hancocks full vote free ballot and
fair count is a fine piece of sarcasm
in the light of recent events
Out greenback friends will yet find
that ontvdc of the republican party is
no hope of safety or fair treatment
from the bull divers of the south
Tm people of Adair will hardly
pneicr an Alabama democrat and
sjieculator over a hard working tarnicr
a wounded soldier and a republican
Tins is not a good year for
tuted candidates There am already
evidences that the Miap game is not
relished by tlie democrats
ltoiiTcKioLLia sort of prophetic
character At least he lias a very
unique way of stating jioliMeal truth
He says This is soldiers year
The Adair county repinhtns have ver
ified the prediction by putting a
dicr ticket in the field and it will win
i
IjrnrrrxiiKSTs sore head- and holier
will not liiul this a good year Da en
new party movements will languish
This is not an off j ear and the returns
in Xovciulicr will show that tin boys
in blue are all in line Mark the pre
diction
Axotiiii old political party has gone
over to Hancock Wu 4incan David
Di vis of Illinois In the language of
Arlcmns Ward this is too much
Tin liie republican conference in
New York proves one thing conclusive
ly and that is that there is complete
unanimity among republicans through
the country
Tiimie is a fixed feeling in the mind-
of the jhOpk of the northern Mates that
it ab olutely necessary for tlie pros
peritj of the country that the desnocrat
ticket be beaten A full ote 11 je the
result and a full vote in the northern
skites means a solid noith afain t a
solid south and victoiy for the
Cllls
AoTiiri whole jiuty ha uone over
to Hancock in a body and the purchase
price is slid to be the promise of a Cab
inet ollice This party is the Independ
ent patty and ia icpropjitcd by one
man David Davi and only cists one
vote
With David Dnis hanging on to the
coat tiil of Gen Hancock the democrat
miikl warrior will tall far behind in
the rani this fall Let as see we be
lieve it was David thit deranged the
irojvcts f the democratic idan in the
electoral coiuiniion
McDonald comes out in a book
which he calls an ejrpor ol the whiskey
ring Tlie book is not likely to create
much of a stir among ftir minded
thinking people The man who ha oc
cupied a felons cell tor a crime of which
he confesses himself guilty and who
Lis driven his wife fiom her own house
hi order to ge place to a wanton i
not likely to leceive a very great
amount cf credence among decent peo
ple
Tia democracy stems very proud
over their victory in Kentucky and
Alabama well according to the testi
mony of Gen Weaver they have 1
right to Ix proud of their achievement
especially in Alabama for it is a true
exponent of the democratic idea of lib
erty and free ballot in the smith
The democracy of Indiana hae
adopted the Chinese plan of battle
When thelatterattackan enemy they
0en the tight with a gong solo To
day the democracy open the campaign
in Indiana with a speech in every coun
ty in tiic state One hundred and
forty two oratorical gongs let loose at
once ought to make things quiver
Look out for light earthquake shocks
with variable wind squalls and cyclone
in the Mississippi valley
Jonx Logas says an exchange in
hiis speeches does not occupy any time
in the praise of Garfield tien Gar
field needs no eulogistic speeches his
grand achievments in behalf of repub
lican principles are too fresh in the
minds of the American copIe besides
all the time of the orator who loves
his country and the lilierty of the peo
ple is required to show up the deviltry
of the democratic party the party that
is now skulking behind a union gener
al hoping thus to deceive the eople
into again placing it in jiower
Bkfom Gen Garfield went to New
York the democratic pre s was very
busy circulating the rrpnrt that he was
going there to meet Mr Conkling that
they might agree upon some plan of
division of the offices Now that Gen
Garfield failed to meet Mr Conkling
this same high minded democratic pre s
is crying oh Conkling is mad he did
not have any use for Garfield What
a pity it is the republicans cant act in
accordance with the wishes of their
democratic
KLY
ripliie Correspondence
Diversified Kxperiences
The first place taken in was
Quincy 1 raving five hours I viewed
it on foot that is I was on foot not the
Gem City and was unable by this
method to discover why it is called by
this pet name Here I found a square
with walks in good repair shady with
grand forest trees and there net it
one with walks worn out or in gone
with even- variety of tree that will
grow in this lattitude and by an edi
fice though built at 1 great cost for a
private residence very nicely adapted
for Us present uses Here through
the courtesy of President Long I was
permitted a birds eye view of Quincy
from the cupola of the college Dame
distance kindly lent the enchantment
to the iew and looking at it as its
guardian angels must top side I said
errily a gem of a city
Leaving by the Wabash night ex
press we plunged into Illinois dirt and
darkness at the rate of forty miles per
hour In spite of the whistle and the
humping necessary to make up the
through express at Bluffs and Decatur
this body slept and shivered and
shivered and slept all in an August
night till daylight revealed to us Indi
ana and the Wabash Illinois gone as
a chilly dream Lunched at Ft
Wayne and turning to a mirror hardly
knew myself you smile twas not on
account of the lunch that
coffee uould tvist a handsome
face horribly no twas the
amount of Illinois soil 1 had fallen
heir to during the night thrown in
gratis of course The country is mon
otonously level but has a very fertile
soil and great forests of grand trees
Black walnut ash maple hickory
linn etc In the early morning the
surface of the country passed was
diversified with granite boulders in
great abundance from Ft Wayne to
ward Toledo with swamps pools of
stagnant water and I suppose the
experience of the people is diversified
with ague chills Well c passed
some beautiful solid built thrifty towns
til we reach Napoleon in Ohio Sug
gestive name Here the train was
boarded by 45 men in Uncle Sams
millitary garb and armed cap-a-pie
What election precinct are they
about to terrorize I queried Ventur
ing to speak to one I found that they
were part of company F of the 1 5th
O N G being interpreted Ohio na
tional guards Only militia on their
way to Tiffin O to meet the
rest of their regiment for a weeks drill
and inspection They were fine look
ing farmers a neucleus of the great
army the nation can send from her
free homes on the shortest notice
when the need arises But the train
is behind time and I have the diver
sion of cast bound train missed and a
wait in this city by the lake for nearly
eight hours which time is easily spent
cheeking the city I have an inalien
able right to coin a phrase What else
expresses so well that polite impu
dence that goes staring about into the
produce exchange steamboats
churches stores and lastly into the
good Samaritan inn where one gets a
substantial dinner without desert
for 15 cents and feels comfortable
I am writing in the beautiful free read
ing room furnished here for railroad
men
There is considerable dissatisfac
tion manifested oer the nomination
of Mansur in the 10th congressional
district and from some combinations
that are being formed the probabilities
are that Col Mansur is not as near
being an Al C as he thinks
Chataucua the now celebrated re
sort on Chataugua lake New York
is laid out in the shape of a letter V
Is altogether in the woods has no
side walks and has now a population
of about eight thousand No dancing
is allowed in the place
A lawyer in Virginia not remark
able for his cleanliness of person
peareel at a part- 1 while ago with a
rose in his button hole Where do
you suppose it came from said he to
a brother lawyer who was admiring it
The latter looked up and down the
entire length of the questioner and
with great deliberation responded
AVhy I suppose it grew there l
GRAPHIC
KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI SATURDAY AUG 1 4 1880
2NTcicrl2T3crlJoe5a IsTe cxs
Schuyler County
The North Mo Turning Mills Co
shipped a car Innl of goods to St Louis
this week the factory is now running
on full time and pays out an immense
amount of money for raw material
The Queen City correspondent of the
Excelsior fays
At a meeting of the school board of
this town on Tuesday evening of this
week it was determined to employ two
teacliersfur the winter term Air Wil
lis il on and Mi Tull were the sue
any way only broken bats enough cessful applicants and by separating
left to stub the toes of all high minded
pedestrians the jimson odorously
disputing possession with the walkist
and the gutters over grown or over
flown with the refuse of laundry tubs
and their business houses and resi
dences stables shops and stores mix
ed up in delightful disorder I said
of the pet name surely an enemy hath
done this
dark if I had not visited the superb
me sciui into two departments it is
confidently expected that it will
progress much better than when all
the pupils were crowded into one room
The Criterion gets oil the following
Miss Spencer one of fne brightest
belles of ICirksville is visiting in the
great summer lesnrt of North Missouri
and the Glcnwood beaux are on their
bet behavior
Glenwood Criterion Capt G 1
Gray cf the state Guards de ires all
iafiou will
Andl had been still in the I ev soldieis who intend to attend the
great re union at hirksvillc to report
mil enioll on or before Saturday of
grounds of Chaddock college adorned uei week at which time the
ffeefed and arrange
ments perfected preparatory to the
occasioir u is expected uiar oilier
points 111 the county will furuMi their
quota and especially it i desired that
all Mexican eterans arrange to go mil
meet their omrade once more while
they can
Criterion A correspondent at Coafs
ille says On Satuiday morning
about daylight Sam Ihoids safe was
blown open by burglars Ioi innate
ly it contained nothing but papers and
boo- not having been used since the
owner left several months ago 1
IJurgy y Co kept store iu be building
where the safe is Six or seven dollnis
was taken from the inonev drawer iu
the counter The burglars got tools
from the blacksmith shop punched a
hole in tlie top of the s afe and insert
ed a fue On Monday two men were
arrested on suspicion and were tried
and acquitted on Wednesday befoie
S puire Grav They proved an alibi
Putnam County
The Uninnville school board has or
dered an election on the 17 to vote on
question of levying a two per cent
tax ior the purpose of building a school
lldtlsC
The New Century says A great
many fanners in tliiscountvarethresh
ing their timothy to get the seed This
is a paying crop as the seed always
brings a good price
Scot land County
The conntv fair will bo held on Sept
JS wth and Oct 1st
The Democrat The normal insti
tute opened hiht Monday morning with
22 patrons in attendance rnd the
of more to follow Prof J It
Usrbee has been engaged as a insii
iutor than whom 1 moro competent
one is hard to find
County clerk W W Purmoits line
Durham cow Fashion IV which he
recently bought of Fi D Gwynne
weighed pounds -on Donnell A
IJeniiitts srdes last Tuesday The
valuable animal is only in good breed
ing trim
The unveiling of the Spencer lnnnii
munt at liihil in Clark county on
Tue diiy wa largely attended The
ceremony reported to hae been very
impressive
Memphis Beveille J C Uttpfer
plead guilty on Tuesday to the chat go
01 selling Iiquois unlawfully and was
lined y Mayor Knott MO each in thiee
case- making a total of J I7 J0 in fines
11 COsts I In
otlier parties against
wuom siuts have been commend aio
awaiting abeyance the decision of
Judge Anderson in the matter of an
application to enjoin the mayor from
trying the same
lieveille The soldiers reunion at
Ivirksvillc Spt 1st 2d and d promis
es to be a grand affair Every old sol
dier in Scotland county should come to
the county meeting in this city next
Wednesday and help make the neces
sary arrangements to at tend in a 1 ody
Sulivau County
The following is a corrected state
ment of thesad accident related in the
hYpublicin last week referring to the
sudden and violent death of Air Win
H Webbs little boy Mr Webbs son
was lojeirs 10 mouths and 10 days
old at the time othis death Deceased
was riding a horse drivingsome cattle
out of the meadow at the time A
neighbor boy was the only jierson who
witnessed the accident The horse
stumbled and fell the saddle girth
broke and the horse fell on the hoy
Deceased was an exceptionally good
boy and for this reason his terrible
death makes it much harder for his par
ents to bear He was born in Dele
ware cunty N Y and his parents
moved to this country iii 1S7J Ilis
death as related occurred onf he morn
ing of the 23 of July 1SS0 The afflict
ed parents have the deep sympathy of a
large circle ot menus 111 their sad trial
Milan Lepnbliean The Itepublicans
of Greencastle and vicinity raised a
Garfield and Arthur pole at that place
on the jlnlt The pole is 120 feet high
and iloats the national colors with a
Garfield and Arthur streamer
James V Hussey delivered one of
his characteristic speeches and was fol
lowed by the Hon E L Miller who
carved Charley Mansur up in fine style
ainl served biin up in small pieces
The Iiepuhlieuis were very enthusi
astic and say they will carry their part i
of the county by a big majority
The Greeiiwistle Itepublicans are
workers and can be depended upon A
few Itepublicans were present who were
deceived by the Greenback movement
in 70 but they fell into line again and
pledged themselves to siipjiort Garfield
and Arthur If the Greenbackcrs re
ceive no more support in other parts of
the county than they do at Gre ncastle
they had better hang up th2 fiddle
MaiMin County
We take the following items from
the La Plata Press
one hundred and fifty head of hogs of
his own feeding thataro probably the
finest lot of swine that has left this
market this year
One hundred andfiffy four caBcs on
our circuit court docket next week
The name of Dr Still is on both the
republican and greenback tickets in
this county also on the greenback
ticket in Adair for coroner And
still they are not happy
The recent burglary in this place re
sulted in the loss of X in watches
and jewelry and 100 on safe to 1 M
Dorr There were also watches belong
ing to customer- valued at about 200
lot Up to this time there is no duo
to the perpetrators of
the robbery Mr Darr has ordered
a burglar proof safe
Wm Willoughby Dandy of Inde
pendence township will leave for Ne
braska next Monday to bring luck in
to the land of the living his
Leri N Ballingcr who moved out
from this county last spring in great
glee but he is now heart sick of his
new home and will rejoice to get back
to old Macon again William Fairis
and family returned fiom Nebraska
aboiit two weeks ago futisfied that this
is the place lor u living lie lived in
1urnesS county where there had been
no rain for nearly a year and 110 vege
tation was to be seen
Macon Ifepubliean Although there
were a thousand people in town last
Saturday to attend the republican con
vention The marshal and policeman
was put to 111 trouble at all there be
ing but one arret during the entire
day and that being one of the chival
rous sons of democracy
The camp meeting at Blnomingtou
has been abandoned And a protract
ed meeting will be held at the M II
Church south in Bloomington begin
ning the Sunday night in Aug
The colored Gaifield and Arthur club
now numbering over a hundred mem
bers will rii c a handsome pole over
one hundred feet 11 height with a
streamer and Hag next Saturday even
ing
State at Large
Trenton is making a tremendous ef
fort to secure the extension of the Q
M A- P The Republican is full of it
Bethany has offered 10000 depot
grounds and right of way for the loca
tion of the Q M it P railroad through
that town
Canton Press Seventy five teams
weie counted at Benjamin hist Friday
all enroute with grain and produce for
Canton Allowing nn equal number
for the otlier five or sK roads leading to
this commeicial mart and we would
hare an aggregate of about JOO in one
daj and tlie cry is still they come
Brookheld Gazette there was n
narrow escape from a fire at the resi
dence ot M rs Burnhuin on Tuesday
eening By the accidental fall of a
table leaf a burning lamp was thrown
to the iloor and the flames and cries
fiill d in Bev rieeley and Doc Eaton
who fortunately happened io be pas
sing and the flames were extinguished
before much damage was done
The new Baptist church near Neeper
CLirk county will be dedicated next
undiy
Judge Kohert Stewart aged 7 i years
and one of the old settlers of Clark roun
tv died at his home near Peakville on
tlie 2id nit
Huntsvillc Herald Uncle Hiram
Stamper of Clifton Hill this county
has a natural curiosity in the shape of
a cherry tree It is ot the morillo var
iety aiid is a perpetual iruiter It
bloomed in the spring bore fruit in
June and IiaVbeen bearing continuous
ly ever since from the first bloom It
has now anil has had all this time a
tull lot nfi cherries in all stages of
fe row th green turning and ripe
Three prisoners esqaped from the jail
Tuesday night lydfgging through the
foundatori rA reward of SUM is offer
ed for their arrest and return They
31 e described as follows John Minor
a cojiuer colored mulatto about 00 years
old feet 10 inches high and has a
Jong swir across the back of his neck
KoberiVBurns 20 years old 5 feet 8
inchehigh fair complection weight
abarft 140 pounds James Woods 21
years old feet 7 inches high dark hair
and dark eyes weight about 150
pounds
The above reward will be paid for
the delhery of the three men to the
Sheriff at lluntsville or -30 for the
negro and 25 each for the white men
On Monday night last at Chillicothe
a negro named Bill Shiiley was shot
while attempting to crawl info the
house of Mr W Titiis Shirley made
his escape from the hous c and claims
that he was shot bv another partv and
nofjliy Mi Titiis The doctors think
the wound will Drove fatal
A patent medicine advertisement
reads thus -When a lethargic feel
ing prevades your system when you
have a disclination to move about
when you have an abhorrence to ex
ercise your liver is inactive This
will beglad tidings to many people
who have always thought they were
lazy when they felt that way Now
they will know it was only their liver
that was lazy Middletown Tran
script
For the benefit of the boys we copy
from the revised statutes of 1S79 Sec
1 641 If any person minor or adult
shall climb upon hold to or in any
manner attach himself to any loco
motive engine or car while the same
is in motion or running into or through
any city or town in this state he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor The
punishment for any misdemeanor
under the article of which this is a
part is imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding one year or by fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars
This law should be enforced
In matters of prudence last thoughts
11 IJL 111 11111 1111 11 11IM I llllll
v c
r 11 suippeu on iuasuay are ucst Moucrl Jiritf
iits
SXr3sTIDiTr
There were religious services in all
the churches in the town last Sabbath
Ilevs Sliipp Dew and IMmondston oc
cupied their own pulpits Rev Mr
Jones preached in the M E Church
Dr Mitchell being absent Prof Naon
filled his place A young Mr Cald
well who is a candidate for the gospel
minisiry and who has been visiting
this city as a sabbath school missionary
under the care of Palmyra Presbytery
spoke in the- Piesbyterian church The
Episcopal church has not been heaid
from
There were services in each of the
colored churches
The regular union meeting was held
at night iu the M IL church south
Kov Mr Dew officiating His subject
was -Culture vrfstis Christianity The
house was very full A panic was im
minent for 1 kv moments During
tlie clo ing prayer a thrill ran through
the assembly startling every one more
or less The catf e doubtltv was the
giving way of a sleeper and the sudden
-inking of the floor an inch or two
Such was the temper of the audience
at the moment that a scream or two
from some lady would very likely have
produced a real panic Presence of
mind and f lrong nerves are all impor
tant at such a time
Sonic of the Sunday school friends
are at work in different parts of the
county to day WHon township holds
its convention at WiNon and Nineveh
township has its meeting in one of the
school houses of the township Mc srs
Boyd Sliipp and others are off to the
former meeting and Me rs Na on
Iiaird and others to the latter
The township S S convention in
Morrow is to he held at Shiblevs Point
next Thursday the lJth S F Stahl
the township vice president is indus
triously working up the meeting
The ttsttal services may be expected
in the different churches of the city to
morrow
The Union meeting in the evening is
to be in tho Presbyterian church Kcv
Fdmnnston officiating
Would you be strong Conquer
yourself
Without adversity grace withers
Mu oii
The Christian is not ruined bv living
in the world but by the world living in
him
Said Ambrose one of the early fath
ers A we must render an account
ol every idle word must we likewise
of our idly silence
Fancy runs most furiously when a
gniltv coiiscieiie drives it Thumus
FulUr
These three questions of the old monlc
Bernard author of the Hymn Jerusa
lem the Golden though coming to Us
from thoe darkened days are wonder
fully in tinct with the Light of the
Living Gospel
1 IsitlawliU Ainyl do it and
not sin V
2 Is it becoming me as a Christian
and
o h it expedient May I do it and
not ollend my weak brothers
Wo should not otten go wrong or
with a halt and limping tread if we
but accustomed ourselves to look at
every doubtful matter iu the light of
these three questions
One of our exchanges says
A printed speech is like a dried
lower the substance indeed is there
but the color is faded and the perfume
gone
Possibly But then it was a dried
flower before it was- printed A living
truth whether printed or not never
loses its and its perfume never
dies out Does the Lords prayer ever
grow old Has Pauls description of
Charity ceased to be beautiful Has
its perfume gonp out Is the 15th
chapter of first Corinthians less a
thing beauty than it was lfOO years
ago Does the Sunbeam grow old
And Truth like Him who Is The
Truth is always fresh always beauti
ful always full of life and power
One of the daughters of Brighani
Ycmg who was lately expelled from
the Mormon church for suing some of
thy brethren who attempted to rob
lie- when entreated to leturn to the
tohi replied My father prophet
though you call him broke many a
womans heart If it was required of
me to break as many hearts and ruin
as many women as my father did I
should go to perdition before I would
back into the church A religion which
breaks womens hearts and ruins them
is of the devil Thats what Mormon-
lsiii iocs Don t tatK to me ot my
father
Here is a point made by Spurgcon
in a recent speech which we take leave
to commend to the very thoughtfulfcon
sideratton of our hisinc Christian
men and indeed of all men It can
scarcely be too earnestly pondered
Do you draw a line between tlie secu
lar and the religious any of you I
do riot I do not know of any siich line
To mc it is as sacred a thing to do my
duty in one place as in another and I
should like I would to God I could
reach that ideal that every meal I sat
at might be a sacrament and all my
garments vestment and my every
breath a psalm and my whole life a
solemn hallelujah to the Most Higlv
Do not go dividing your books and say
ing that is a secular book and that is a
religious book Kep them all religious
and dip them deep into into tlie spirit
of truth and righteousness and into
the love of God which is in Christ
Jans
SfVice has
virtue Cotton
more manvrs than
-
VOL I NO 16
Fifteen Per Cent
tfilobcDcii
Crop report- indicate an increase in
the crops fur this j ear over last year of
15 per cent this means an increase of
15 per cent in the strength of the re
publican party
3foIierIyNottoUIame
Frna tin Mobcriy Monitor
It is a dis grace to our city that a
manacled prisoner should be shot
down on her street- but when it is
done by people of otlier counties who
have come here for the purpose of tak
ing the mans lifi we think it is folly
to charge Jlohcrly with the crime
ASad Dilemma
from tin Atlanta Constitution
Editor Storey of the Chicago Tinws
is in a terrible dilemma lie lean- so
completely to each party that he is grow
ing limner ana thin m the middle
We -end to this able political t litor the
assurances of our distinguished consid
eration
Slight Difference
From thcChlcnr Times
Weaver isnt like Tanner Jfeoan
not hire a hall and starve or go up
and down the land like a roaring Hon
seeking to do good on an empty stomach
He makes a loud call for provision-
Slight Have Been Worse
New York Triumie
The verdict of the Democracy upon
General Hancocks letter of acceptance
seems to be simply that itmight have
been worse That is true Mr
Englishs letter was worse The party
is cleat ly entitled to all the consolation
it can derive from this statement
General Garfields authorship of the
census law is a single example among
many which might le referee to of his
practical labors as a sagacious legisla
tor outside the domain of party polities
A Campaign Document
CiloucDciu
One of the best campaign documents
and one which the democratic papers
are compelled to publish in spite of
their wishes is the monthly public debt
statement During the month of July
for instance a dull and uneventful
month the national debt ha been re
duced some and
one such little item of news out weighs
a whole car load of vague charges
against republican management and
vague demands for a change
Leaked Out
Canton New
It has leaked out at last that the
late democratic enthusiasm was not so
much over the nomination of Hancock
as it was getting rid of the ghostly
Tilden and his fraudulent claim on the
presidency What about that Re
form crv of four years ago Drop
ped
Congressman
Two years ago we had a most re
markable spectacle in this Congression
al district- John M Glover a Union
soldier represented the district for sev
eral term- Xo competitor hd been
able to defeat him in the district Wil
liams and Hatch had tried in vain to
undermine him until at last an event
happened which sealed his fate He
was nppointc d at the head of a congress
ional committee and charged with the
investigation of certain alleged frauds
and peculation in some departments of
the government The ostensible object
of this wa3 laudable enough but the
real purpose was to uncover if possible
misdoings which would cast odium up
on the Itepublican party and help the
Democracy to a national triumph The
motive was purely a selfish one but
aai what a mistake thev made Glov
er unfortunately for him went to the
work with the idea that it was his duty
to expose fraud wherever he found it
He soon found in his explorations
that some democratic congressmen had
been defrauding the government and
he was foolish enough to tell of it and
now mark the re ult The decree went
forth that Glover must not be sent
back to congress any more but a more
discreet and prudent man nuistbe sent
iu his place one who has thought Ics
of country and more of party one who
had sene enough to wink at Democrat
ic fraud and to howl loudly at Republi
can fraud But to accomplish this ob
ject was no easy thing Mr Mover
had many warm and staunch friends in
the district It would not do to assail
him dircctlv and tell the prople the
true ground of complaint against him
The thing must be done indirectlyand
so the trigers were set which resulted
in his defeat
But thereare many men in the party
who understood it fully men who be
lieve with Mr Glover that if tins gov
ernment is to be maintained iu its pur
ity fraud must be exposed wherever
found They know very well what
the election of Mr Hatch meant They
know that it meant that he would Iks
more subservient to party and less
faithful to his country than Mr Glover
Can it le possible that the people of
this district are going to shut their eyes
to this thing and send Hatch back again
this fall Ought not the honest and
thoughtful voters of the district to take
this matter in hand All that Is need
ed is that they should for the time be
ing lay party asile and unite on somo
honest and capable man and they caa
administer a rebuke that will tell ujwe
the whole country Memphis Roveille
A man went into a Galveston
dentists shop to have some teeth ex
tracted He had taken a large drink
of brandy to sustain h is courage
The dentist retired to another room
and came back with a revolver and
bowie knife strapped on his person
When a mans breath smells of emo
tional insanity as yoursdoeshesaid
lam not going to exasperate him un
prepared You may be Currie hiras
self for all I knowj
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