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.BILE3STE5 DICKHSTSOISr COUNTY, KA2STS-AJ3, MAY 15, 1884.
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OPPORTUNITY.
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE
FOR THE NEXT
30 DAYS.
In order to organize such a com
pany I am offering for :;o days the
south half of section :, tp. 1 0, r :$ e.
and the south half of section '.I,
tj- 10, r :, for hale and will take a
large interest in the town myself,
leaving the management of it to the
Company. Hope's future is hright
and all know it. It is just half way
between Council Grove and Salina;
no village for :)4 miles east or west.
Prompt action is requested. Please
call on me for information and a
meeting will soon he called publicly
or private. It is a golden opportu
nity. Correspondence solicited.
A. HENQUENET,
Hope, Kansas
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SPRING HAS OPENED
And Spring Styles are Coming.
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anTl more to follow. j
& Every customer knows
in the grocery line we cannot be 38
excelled, in quality and price. &
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CHOICE SEED POTATOES.
We make a specialty of Choke
Hrrf Potatoes. Send for cata-&
logue sent free.
M. A. FIXLEY,
j Abilene, Kas. jg
sBroadwavSt. 24-8m.. f
LIVERY
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FEtD ANDSALE'STABLES,
WAGON AND STOCK YARDS.
GOOD LIVERY TURN OUTS,
AND GOOD ACCOMMODA
TIONS FOR ALL KINDS
OF STOCK.
Stock kept by the day or week.
Horses bought and. sold
on commission.
South side railroad trade, Immediately east of
Berry Bros. Store.
BROW BROS, Pros
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T, Bt BOSS,
Physician and Surgeon,
ADILEXE, : : KANSAS.
HavlUs recently located tor the practice of his
profession respectfully offers nla berrtccs to the
citizen;, of Abilene and vicinity.
OFFICE and consulting room at residence on
Cedar street, formerly occupied toy Dr. Flack,
where he can be found both day and night all
hours.
V
Cures all Open Sores
aals
miy
use.
ST0HE FOE SALE. .
Thoe "Rrimtlng Bnlldlng or Dimension Stone
SUlis Step, Comers, Pavement or Crossing stones
of the bet quality, chonld call on tLc unBerslsTjed
t hlshome in Sherman tpwnehlp. yV24,,AUIT'."
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&T jpajt-jlffirft Urug Stores. s
VKSah" 50 Cents n Box.
SHOCKEY & SNIDER
DEALERS IX
MTOi
Tin
Pumps,
Farming Implements,
of all kinds.
ESf Just received a car load of barbed
wire, -which will be sold at bottom
prices. Agent for the Iron violator
Wind Engine. A TIN SHOP attached
with the store. zg- Call an see him.
Cor. Broadway and 4th St,
Xo. 33 tf. ABILEXE, KAS.
TOBACCO
SPECIALTIES!
THE PALM LEAF PLUG
CHEWING TOBACCO.
AND THE GUVNOR
5 CENT-CIGAR,
FOUND ONLY AT THE
LITTL
A. E. YANDEfeBILT, Pro, dy
J. UNCASTElC
T. McDOWEIA
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"Ai House Painting! Hard Woo dp?
'Finishing! CarriagePainting.rgf
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Z& All contracts filled "to the dot." Satls
faetlon Ruaranteeil In even- respect. Olve us a
call. Sliop over city Hlacksmtth shoj), inune
dlateb" webt-ot Uonebrake's ebtabllslunent.
LAXCASTEU & MCDOWELL
F. B. M IL-OK.
W. XT. WILSON.
F.B. WILSON. & SON,
Real Estate Agents,
ABILENE, KAS.
Represents the following Insurance Companies:
Firemans Fund, of California.
Union, of California.
North German Ins. Co.
Merchants, of Newark.
Mattoon Life Ins. Co., of Illinois.
Hartford Life and Annuity of Hartford,
Connecticut. 1 Gm
PATBOTZE THK
New Bakery
For ITrosli Bread,
Calces, 3?ios,
Crsyclcors, .Sec.
Lunch and Hot Coffee at all Hours.
Confectioneries A Specialty.
jSPTuepuWlcHmiicd to call and fee n, on
the corner of Third and Spnicc Streets.
JAMES V. SMITH.
PETJIT THEES.
IIOaLE geoavx
FRUIT AST ORXAIENTAL
TREES.
GRAPE VINES.
SMALL FRUIT,
E-ERGREENS,
t RHUBARB,
RUSSIAN MULBERRY.
For sale at the nujcf ery near- the
bridge over tho Smoly JRUI river at
Entrprtse.'
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J. G. NORTHCEAFT,
Drinst ail Ptomacist,
"We are still in the lead with
stock of
DETIGS,
PATENT MEDICINES,
TOILET ABTICLES,
STATIONERY
FINE PLTJSH GOODS, &c.
A COMPLETE LINE OF HUMPHREY'S HOMEOPATHIC
MEDICINES.
WE ARE THE HEADQUARTERS FOR PHYSICIANS
Having Telephone Communication to any part of the City.
PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY,
as we employ none but competent pharmacists in com
pounding them.
GERMAN SPOKEN AT OUR STORE.
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OF THE EXTIltE
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Short-Horn
BLIC
PROPERTY OF
A.. EC- 2.. ZEST I IDT,
'WILL BE HELD AT THE
FAIR GROUNDS,
Abilene, Ks.,
IIEG1XXIXO OX WEDNESDAY,
June 18, 1884
And continuing untill all are
sold.
Mr. Martin says in his announcement ivhicli will appear
in his catalogue goon to be issued from this office: Having
decided to sell "Durham Park" in small farms, I will offer
at public sale the entire herd as bred by Albert Crane for
upwards of 12 years. The herd will come to the sale from
the pasture in ttrictly breeding order, there being no time to
load them with fat before the sale. I have refused very
tempting orders to price individual animals, but have de
termined to sell nothing but bulls and bull calves at private
sale and shall continue doing up to the sale. Breeders can
depend upon having an opportunity of selecting from the
whole herd of females just as I received them from Mr.
Crane. TERMS. Cash. Parties desiring time can be
accommodated by making arrangements before the sale.
A. H. MAETIN, Abilene, Ks.
S. A. SAWXJbiR, Auctioneer.
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MILLINERY
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iiinery
Mrs. Como & Co., are showing a magnificent line of Spring and Summer ililli
nery goods, jnstTeceived direct from Chicago and St. Louis. The ladies are
invited to call and see genuine excellence of the stock. x '
a choice jmd carefully selected !
SALE
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That Enacting Clause.
What the Press and some of the Public
Jfcn say about the Defeat of the Morri
son Bill.
Xew York Sun,
Professor Morrison's sentimental and
untimely obstruction was disposed of
yesterday by a vote of 150 to 15. It
was close, but it was sufficient to clear
the atmosphere in an appreciable de
gree. The advocates of horrizoutal re
duction can now reflect that there are
matters of more moment that demand
attention, and there will be ample time
to reform the tariff a year hence, when
we shall know more than we do now
about the practical bearings upon tho
great interests of the country, and when
the opportunity for its adjustment will
be as favorable as they could wish. In
the mean time let us proceed to busi
ness. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
On the democratic side there is no
such difference of opinions as should
lead to mortal feuds. The Morrison
bill was not a conclusive test of tariff
reform sentiment, because its author
and all of its supporters declared it un
satisfactory to them and declined to
make it a party measure in caucus.
We anticipate no more serious struggle
over the tariff question in the demo
cratic convention than there was in the
congressional caucus or that has been
settled without trouble in preceding
democratic conventions.
Memphis Appeal.
Randall's triumph is one that he can
not much pride himself upon. It was
achieved at the expense of his party,
lie is a democrat pledged to free trade
by every platform of tho party since
18GS, when it was reorganized after the
war. He has achieved this victory not
only at the expense of his pledges and
promises as a member of the democrat
ic party, but at the expense of every-
thiug that men hold dear in political
fealty. lie has won it by the aid of the
almost solid vote of the republican par
ty in congress, thus preferring to carry
his personal purposes with the help of
the enemy and at the cost of crippling
the power of his party to accomplish in
legislation the greatest good for the
greatest number. The vote yesterday
will recoil upon Mr. Randall. It will
kill whatever chances he may have had
for the presidency. As an open and
avowed friend of monopoly he must
take a back seat in the democratic
ranks. A
X. Y. World.
The defeat of the Morrison bill -in
the house ought not to cause any bitter
feeling on the part of Mr. Morrison and
his friends. The motion to strke out
the enacting clause was adopted by a
small majority, and a large democratic
vote was cast against it. The result is
no evidence that the democratic party
is not in accord in its desire for reven
ue reform and tax reduction. The dif
ference hi the party has been due to a
diversity of views as to the proper time
when the reform and tho reduction
could be carried intj practical effect.
Revenue reform and honest taxation
are sound democratic principles. So
are administrative reforms and honest
elections. When the latter have been
secured by driving the republican party
from power, the former will be accessi
ble. While the republican senate and
the president stood in the way the Mor
rison bill was only a demonstration,not
legislation.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
In the house of representatives yes
terday the enacting clause of the Mor
rison tariff bill was stricken out by the
close vote of 139 to 155, all of the mem
bers but eleven voting, and ten of those
not voting being "paired." This estops
a weary rehersal of all the stock argu
ments and platitudes in tariff discus
sion, and gives the congressmen from
the high latitudes a hope of getting
home before the summer sun makes
Washington hot enough to blister the
brains of the statesmen. Independent
of the abstract merits or demerits of
the tariff bill, the action of the house
yesterday will appear eminently sensi
ble to men of a practical turn of mind,
since any bill that could have been
passed by the house could not have
gone tlirough the senate, and of course
never even reached the point where the
president would have interposed his
veto. Congress is relieved of the work
of writing the tariff plank of the demo
cratic national convention.
Hoc&Iei's Opinion.
Hon T. A. Hendricks said: '-It is
very unexpected. I regarded the de
cision of congress to consider the bill
as an assurance that it would be pass
ed. I do not believe that the vote will
be reconsidered. There should be a
tariff reform, the leading view of which
should be to reduce the revenue to the
real wants, of the public service. It is
now millions in excess of the demand,
and there shoidd be a reduction. I
think this will be followed by a careful
litigation after the presidential elec-,
tion,- but the parties lit congress are in
no condition to take up the question
now. Just before a national campaign
is no time for a great reform."
Senator McDonald said: '-The vote
on the bill I suppose means itsHnal de
feat, but the matter maybe brought up
in another bill. I do not think congress
will adjourn without some reductions
in the tariff. The action of to-day was
probably brought about by Randall and
his friends. The bill was not all that
might have been desired. There were
some things that might have been cov
ered more fully, and doubtless it had
some small defects, but it was the most
satisfactory bUHhat has been offered.''
a toik-svuq uarusiejnuucagoainies.
Speaker Carlisle said to the Turns
correspondent that he was not at all
cast down by the defeat of the bill. He
points with pride to the fact that had it
not been for the solid opposition of the
republicans the faction within their
ranks would scarcely have made them
selves felt. He does not pretend to say
whether there will be any f uither at
tempt at tariff legislation at this ses
sion or not, but he did say with great
emphasis that the nominee of theirpar-
ty would be a man thoroughly in accord
with the principles of revenue reform.
"How ridiculous,'" he continued with a
warmth quite unusual in him, 'to the
claim of the high tariff men that they
will outrage the sentiment of four-fifths
of the party by foisting a candidate up
on us who will not pledge himself to
cany out the work we have begun.
If you will analyze the vote you will
see that there were but three dissent
ing votes from tho old slaveholding
states, including Maryland. These were
Findlay of Maryland, Hunt of Louis
iana, and Nichols of Georgia, who was
paired against the bill. Go west from
Ohio clean to the Pacific coast, and
what do you find? Pour votes against
the measure. Xow, what is the logic
of this? Does it not mean that tho
south and the west is a practical unit
in favor of revenue reform? With this
preponderance of sentiment, are we to
be understood as allowing a handfull
of protectionists, half of whom belong
to Ohio and Pennsylvania alone, to dic
tate to us whom we i shall nominate?
Manifestly not."
"Whom shall you nominate?"
"That I do not pretend to say. Mr.
Cleveland is thoroughly in sympathy
with us in New York, and. McDonald
in the west. I merely mention these
as probabilities. We have others also.
I don't wish to be understood, Ji.owever,
as booming these gentlemen. I simply
mention them as available men. The
point I wish to make is, that the tail
cannot wag the dog. The action of the
house in defeating the bill will only in
tensify the feeling throughout the coun
try, and make our friends more deter
mined than ever. The agitation of the
question will help us the more the peo
ple come to understand it." Carlisle
said that he and Morrison, after a care
fid canvass of the situation, decided
that they would be beaten by a majori
ty of three. The actual majority Was
four. Morrison said he had given up
the contest ever since Barnum came
here last February to attend the meet
ing of the national convention. "It
was decided then to defeat us," he con
tinued, "and I was sure they would
succeed. They had four or five votes
they could call upon whenever they
needed them. Tliev had methods at
their command' tliat we had not."
The Kansas Delegation.
The delegation that has 'been select
ed to represent this state at the Chica
go convention seems to be of such com
plexion that there are doubts about who
it will support for president. The
probabilities are that Blaine can count
on having tliirteen of them of sure, but
beyond that number "nixie." Of the
delegation at large, Plumb, Mann and
Woods are for Blaine, and wereyfour
years ago. If there is any Grant faction
in the convention this year, Merritt will
in all likelihood go to it. In the first
district Cy Leland is an old Blaine man
but Insley has no record, therefore is
counted for Blaine.
The third district has one solid-for-Blaine
man, William P. Hackney, and
one, J. R. Halowell, alittJeluke warm.
He would just as soon tlirow his
strength to almost any body else. The
fourth district delegates are George R.
Peck and William Martindale. Peck
has heretofore been with the Grant ele-
mpnt. but Martindale is red: hot for
Blaine. He is probably the most en
thusiastic Blaine man in the delega
tion. He will never desert the plum
ed knight" as long as there is a ghest of
show for him to get there. Ed. Berry,
of the jlfth district, is another hot-tor-Blaine
man, but his colleague, Colonel
Culp, of Salina, can't be counted on for
certain. The sixth district sends two
men who are strong supporters of
Blaine, viz: Capt. J. S. McDowell and
C. C. Wood. Down in the seventh dis
trict J. W. Ady is for Elaine, but'R
L. Walker has -been counted as being
for Arthur. If it is a sure thing that
Blaine can be nominated, no doubt but
that the entire delegation will sti.ck for
him through half a dozen or more bal
lots, because they feel that if ho ever
gets into the White House as president
he will do a handsome thing for Kan
sas, but when his chances at Chicago be
gin to look slim then the delegation
will bieak up. Xo doubt but that five
of them would like to vote for Arthur
from the first, but tho voters thafhave
been taken in all of the district and
state conventions show too strong a
preference among the,people for Blame.
By these Signs itwill Conquer.
Knns.13 dtjr Times.
The democratic majority in tho na
tional house of representatives and tho
democratic minority have afforded them
the grandest opportunity in the history
of the party to demonstrate tho virtues
of forbearanco and conservatism, with
out which the government would indeed
be unsafe in their hands.
Mr. Randall's convictions must have
been genuine to lead him into an alli
ance with the republicans on a measure
as important as the Morrison revenue
bill. Xo democrat is justified in de
nouncing him as a traitor to his party,
or as, in heart,' a republican. In a long
public career he has earned and receiv
ed the confidence of his party and the
country, and though grievously mistak
en sometimes, his honor and integrity
cannot bo successfully assailed. And
if the leader is actuated by honest pur
poses the same must be conceded to the
forty democrats who followed his coun
sel and shared his responsibilities.
Xor is the bitterness which many
democrats who sincerely favor revenue
reform, indulged toward Messrs. Mor
son and Carlisle justifiable. If they
have made a grievous political mistake
it is one of policy and not of principle, of
the head and not of the heart. Ever)'
one of the one hundred and eleven is
entitled to the respect and confidence
of his fellow democrats of the Randall
or of the Carlisle school. He has shown
the courage of his convictions, his reli
ability in emergencies, and his devotion
to his convictions.
Why should such men separate be
cause of an honest difference upon a
question of expediency or policy, and
by division yield to the common enemy
the greater and more fundamental is
sues which gave birth to the democrat
ic party and a constitutional govern
ment to the country for fifty years of its
existence?
Randall, Morrison, and Carlisle and
their respective colleagues all hold tho
same fundamental principles and havo
similar public records. They champion
alike the integrity of the union and tho
rights of the states. They have equally
inherited from Mr. Monroe the great
democratic doctrine of .American pri
macy upon this continent. They expe
rience the same feelings of regret and
humiliation at the impotency of the na
vy and the helplessness of the United
States upon the high seas. They have
imbibed the same theories of democracy
with reference to the rights of the peo
ple and the limitations of the power of
corporations.
But alwve all, practically each of
these great democratic leaders so lately
hi sharp antagonism has a rocord for
ability, industry and integrity, which
not only entitles him to the respect of
his adversary, but to the confidence of
the country. Xothing in this long tar
iff agitation has occurred to make any
democrat ashamed of the leaders of the
minority and major of his party. They
are -honest, public men alike entitled to
the confidence of their party.
All is not lost. Xothing is lost for
the final triumph of democracy. Xot
even the-victory of 1884 is hazarded.
Tho contrast between the democratic
leaders and their republican antagonists
is not lost. The contrast between dem
ocratic methods and republican meth-
Lods of administration may be seen of
all men. hat democrat would he
ashamed to compare Carlisle with Kei
fer, Randall with Kasson, or Morrison
with Ketcham or Kellogg? Wliat hon
est republican could" conceal a blush
when the record of Judge Field was
compared with Logan's, Blaine's, Ed
mund's or Arthur's? Xone. The dem
ocratic party is rich in the records of
her noble sons and rich in their devotion
to tlie principles of free government
equality and justice under and by vir
ture of the laws, and by these signs it
will conquer.
Solid Whiskey,
siinnlil Peterman's nueer invention
for making solid whiskey prove a prac
tical success, or course great uuuiges
in customs and statutes must be looked
for. All liq'uor laws, to begin with,
will naturally liave to be overhauled,
when whiskey is no longer a liquid
only. Then the man who promises not
to take a drink through the day will
have to be sworn not to take a bite.
The temperance societies may have to
do over again all their work of pledge
signing, while the smuggling of intoxi
cants into States where they are pro
hibited -will need to be freshly guarded
against. In fact, the German farmer
of suburban Pittsburg, to whom tins
alleged device is attributed, cannot
have foreseen all the trouble he will
cause.
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