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,VV " mm MAIL. , fc, VOL. VI. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST i4, 1884, NO. 33. ' COAST 1 jJHBS Miscellaneous GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES at Tin: XINT CASH STORE -ON ACCOUNT OF I3issolu.tlorL of gTOAhh AND HKK I'OJl YOUl.BKLlV.JKy Wo arc selling CLOTHING AT OltKATLY UKDUCJ.I) ItATKB. And wo liavo nlso determined to sell anything that tho people, need In our lino nt tho LOWKBT l-KIOKB. Hcmetnlier, wo NBVKIt KAIL to bo continually adding to our Htock and tliut wo Itnvo put , 1'IUCHH DOWN TO JusLdrop In mul try to comprehend our jirlccit, and-you will notice tliat uu active, trailu U always conducted on tlio Htnulbproflto plan. Upon viewing our Immonso Htock of WHY UOODH, OLOTHLSO, LADIKB' and OKNTLKMKN'H FUItNIBIIINCI ttOODB, HOOTB mid BHOKS, HAT8 and OAFB, OIL CLOTHING mid ItUJIIIKK GOODS, UltOOKKIKH. I'HOVIBIONB, TOHACCO, OIUAItB, WINKR and LUJUOKB, CUOCKKRY, CJLABHWARK, l'AINTH and OILH,nnd otlior articles too numerous to mention, tlio universal exclamation is, Wlmt n porfccl store and wliut cheap goods I J. LANJ)0 & SON, Proprietors. IBID II STORE Front Btrcct, opposite tho Ccntrnl Hold, Marshfiolc., Oregon, Dr. O. 33. GrOXjPElSr - Proprietor ;MtMntljr H kaHtl Hll KOrlM of DRUGS & CHEMICALS ! ' w m ! Winca for nietliclniil purpoHos, Dyo Fluffo, Trusses, Sponges, ' Toilot Articles, Perfumery, Stationery ami School Hooks. Also, choico CIGAltS mid TOHACCO, and everything usually kpt in rt medical dispensary. rrcticripiioiig cnruiuiiy cniiiwimiui. CIS BAY IDG Marshfield, Oregon, Henry Sengstacken, -"- - Proprietor, DKAI.KIt IS . Drugs. Medicines, Chemicals. Paints, Oils, Oandlcn, Tobacco and Clgnra, Htntloncry nnd luim Toilet Articles, Pure AViues mid Liquor for Medicinal use. Inscriptions skillfully coinjioumlcd. Agent for Wells, Fargo A Go's hxpress. N. it. Tho KmplroClty Drug Store will continue under tlio sumo management nnd ownership as Iteretoforo. Order left nt v!U'Sr,.!il0,.:.l)!t;lx;?,l!?l"lt attention. IlLMii ohMioIrtUMiN. BAY VIEW BREWERY .MABSHFIELD, OK., CjLEMMENSEN & CO., PBOPKIETOE-S, Keeps constantly on hand nnd odbrH for mtlo u HUjiorlor nrliolo o - LAGER BEER, ALE AM PORTER, WJIOLKSALK an RKTAIL. MY H All IS SUPPLIED 11777 THE OJIOTOESTJUIANDS OF WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. ROGERS' 2SFEZW STORE) South Coos llivor. THK UNDKRSIONI'.I) HAS JUST IUv CKIVlil) ami opened up for lain, nl hi new store at liii daco on South Coos river, mi extensive stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE, KMHRAOINO Grocerlei, Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Cutlery, Crockery and Glassware, Tobac- cees, and almost everything: the market demands, all which wilt be sold at THE LOWEST LIVING RATES, Ami person! living on tho river, as well niclsc- where, will Ami It to their Interest to call anil trado with inc. jaiB s. c. rookrs. PIONEER MARKETS. Makuiifiku) Jk KMfiiti: Crrv. II. P. WHITNEY, PiiowiiKTOu. A good supply of MUTTON, GANNKI) iiknf, mm noons, rouic, KTO. J ELM iJTO,, ETC, nnd nil kinds of SALTMEATSandVEGETAILES constantly on hand. AIbo n good Htook of cixioaisxizM. VESBELS AND L0B8INQ CAMPS SUPPLIED AT SHOUT NOTICE. Advertisement. Oopa.xtri.ers3a.Ip THK LOWKBT NOTCH. R. L. AGERS, General Blacksmith AND Nickel Platex, Front street, north of Postoffice, MAltSINTKLP. HORSESHOEING AND EVERYTHING hi the liLicksmllhlnj line executed ill short notice nnd on reasonable trrms. Having tUcly brouelit fiom the cnt a process for nickel-plating table ware, etc., I make n po dally of that hutlnrts.nml nm prcixireil to tnini fiinu Inferior or half uornout table cutlery, etc., Inlo lianjiomo and tervlccililo nrllcles that are nlwaya bright and never need tcourlnj;. Order from the country solicited and prompt ly iltlended to. myaJ K. U AOBHS. lAV!l YOUNO. IIKNKY IIUPBX nvESLTslilelc5L SODA WATER "WOHKB, C'oi'Hiir r Thlril hhiI V wIi-coIh, IIUHEN & Y1HJNU, Vroprloionu QODA, SARSAPARILL GINGER ALW, BTC, OB SUPERIOR QUALITY, Constantly on hand and for sale. to" Orders from ths country promptly filled. Address orders to " Mnrshflcld Koda Works." my 17 FOE SALE. T IDB LAND LOT BAST OF THIS LUNCH KQOMH llUII.DINCIS, trront sireei, Marumeiu. Apply to A. M. CKAWF0KD. jaio Attorney at law, Marshlkld, STORE A WAR STORY OF LOGAN. How "Ulacle Jack17 Gallantly Stood Father Over the Fatherless. IBroni the National Trihune.1 It wan in tlio mnnuiflr of 1801, nnd tlio army under Hliorinnn hud fallen Imck from Uh poHltion hoforo Atlnntti nnd Hwopt (trotind to IIofxl'H rear, General Loittt leadltiK tho ndvance, I reinein- Ixir tho country wuh donoly wooded, nnd tlmt innirnlllrcnt forchlH of pine, o.tk nii'l chc nttiiit towered on either xldo of tho road over which wo marched. -Tout uh wo turned n lieud In tho road wo emerged suddenly into 11 wninll clearini;. A rude lo cnhln, Miirrounded liv over Krcou HhruhlHjry, wloml in the clearing, and Imnglni; fron; ono of tho hntiheH wo notlcod 11 yellow cloth. Ah medical olllcerH, It naturally occurred to uu at once tiiiu tuiH wuf) an unproviHoa Iiohiii tal of hoiiio Bort. and wo rode up to in tilru. At tho door of tho cabin, an wo approached, an old woman, evidently of tho familiar "cracker" tyjm, procoutcd horHclf. HI10 told uh "there wa'n't no uounded men thar," and when nuked why hIio had put out a yellow flag there, nhu replied; "Waal, yer hco, my kI 1b pick, and I reckoned ef I put out (hut ycr hoHp't'l rat? yon'im wouldn't ho peHterin' round ho much." "Whnt'B tho matter with your child?" H.'tld I ; "wo aro medical ofliccrri, and perhapj) wo can do hoiii(Ui1iii for her." "Waiil, now," hIio ijuickly rcHponded, "of yoti'iiH 1m real doctorH, jtint look in and hcu what yon'im nil douo with your rdit'llln'. Time my rii! wa Hieket, two of yourn bIicIM como clar through my cabin, nnd, I toll you, it wan right Hkenry for a Mjtoll." Wo accepted tho old woman' .Invita tion and walked In. It wan nn nho xald. Tho cabin, built of rough phio logx, niioriliMi lint, one room, nliout Vi leet Mquaro. iho only liouMeliold nrtldeB vlmblo were an old Hkillct. a rather dilapidated lied, two or three chairn wiuiota ijacKH, nnd a queer collection 01 gotmlH. Tiie hIioIIh bad indeed played havoc with the interior. Tho roof had lweu badly Hluttlcred, and a xtrny idiot had pierced tho wnllM. It had cut ono of tho lou' entirely in two. nnd forclnir ono fagged end out Into tho room tto far that It hunt; threateningly over tho bed, uji 011 which, to our aMtouinhmcnt, wo Raw lying a young girl, liy whose Hide wan a uowborn bnbo, with tho print of tho Crciilor'H fingerK freuli upon it. It vnn a Htranaoyct touehiuj?HiK.'ctacIo. . Hero, In this lonely cabin, Htrtppcd by IiiwIchh MtrngglerH of both urmlcH of fooI and clothing nnd Muttered by tho flying hIicIIh of our artillery, in tho Btorm nnd fury of tho battle hail been born this HWeel Innocent. Tho mother, wo learn wl, wttH tho wife ot a confederate Holdler whoms blood had stained tho "sacred hoH" of Virginia but u fow months nft5r Iim mnrriago and conscription into tho Harvico, and tho child wan fathcrlcHB. Ily HiIh time quito a number of ofllcero and men had gathered about tho cabin. 1'roHontly Homo ono BUggesttnl that tho baby ought to bo chriiitenod with full military honor, and it being duly ex plained to her that to "christen wan all tho Hamonato "baptise," alio replied, with alacrity: "Ob, yes I baptised. I reckon, if you'im lias got any preacher along." This was all tho boys wanted, and an orderly wn at onco Bent back to tho general commanding, with tho com pliment of tho surgeon and a rcmicst that a chaplain belonging to ono of tho rcgimouttt in tho advance brigade might bo allowed to return with tliontcsRongor to tho cabin. Upon thin, General Lognn (for he it was) Hignifieantly remarked that the mimuH mentioned wero in them hoIvoh Htifllcent to K.ttlsfy him that hoiiio tloviltry was on band, but that, no'er thelefH, the chaplain might go. Then, Inviting the colonel, who happened to ho riding with him ut tlio time, he set out himself for tho xcono, Bpurring "Old John" to a gallop, and soon had joined tho party at tlio cabin. "General," said tho doctor, a tho former dismounted,, "you are jtint the tuan wu'ro after."' "For wlmt?" "For a godfather," replied tho doctor. Tho matter wan explained to him, and, as tho doctor led tho way Into the lioiiHO, tho boyn, who had gathered nruund tho general in tliu expectation that tho event would furnish an occas ion for a display of his characteristic humor, noticed thero wan something in Muck Jack'H face that they wero not wont to wit there, and that in his cycH there was a certain humid tenderuesa far different from their usual Hashing lnightnesH. He stood for a moment silent, gazing trt tlio unhappy mother and fatherless child, and their pitiful surroundings, nnd thou, turning to those about him, said tersely: 1'Tlmt looks rough." Then glancing around nt tho' ruins wrought by our shells, and addressing tho men In tho cabin, ho called out, "I huv, lioys, can't you straighten this up a flttla? Fix un that roof. Them aro plenty of 'stakes' around that old sta ble and push back that log into place, and help tho old lady to clear out tho litter, and I don't think it would hurt you nny 10 leave a part ot your ra lions!" Prompt to heed tho suggestion, tho iMiys leaned tneir musuets against mo logs, nnd, while Homo of thorn cut hrush, oiuerH swept up 1110 spinners aim pino knots that tho shot nnd shell had strewn over the floor, ami not ono of them for got to go to tho comer of tho cabin nnd eunitv his haversack I It made a idle u commissary stores, constating 01 meat, coffee, sugar, hnrd-tack and chickens (probably foraged from her next-door neighbor) surpassing any that this poor "eruckor" woman had nrobably over seen or possessed nt ono time. This done, tho next thing In onlor was the christening, nnd tho chaplain now canto forward to perform his sacred of fice. "What aru you going to glvo her for a namoY 1 want, sinning rigtit poart, now," said grandmother. HIio was told that tho unnio should h satisfactory, and forthwith sho brought out tho baptismal bowl which on this occasion consisted ot a gourd full of water fresh from tho spring, Gonoral Logan now took tho baby, wrapped in its Hwnddllng clothes ot coarse home spun, and hold it while tho chaplain went through with thu ceremony. Tho lattor was brief and characterized with duo solemnity, the spectators behaving with becoming reverence, nnd thus tho battle-bom bnbo was christened Bholt Atina. Hoforo parting, tho general cautlonod her to put thomonoy hi asafo place, lest some "bummer should steal it, hi spllo of everything," mid then, ordering n guard to bo kept ovor her cabin until tho last straggler had passed by, ho rodo away. Tho old lady's good byowus: "Waal I them thar YankH is tho beatenlst critters I ovor seen!" Remarkable Hay. fRcno (Nevada) Journal. J Perhaps tho most remnrknblo hay crop to iio-iouuu in tuts stuio, 11 not on tho coast, is on .John llovnton's ranch. on tho Truckeo meadows. Tho grass is indigenous to the soil and is called red top, for tho reason that In tho field it somewhat rcsetubleH that species of grass, nut it Is not red-top. It more closely resembles tho mountain bunch grass tlinn anything else. It grows sjon tancously on bottom lands which, a few years ago, wero so Impregnated with alkali as to bo practically worthless. Tho alkali has been leached out by irri gation, nnd nature, unassisted, has pro duced the grass hero mentioned. It af fords" but ono crop in tho year and yields about three tons to tho acre. Hut the most remarkable thing about this grass is tho honey-dew with which It is thick ly coated every year. This year tho honey-dew Is unusually heavy, so much so that by grasping in tho hand a bunch of the grass growing anywhere In tho Held tho stalks will stick together ns if waxed. Ills claimed that ono ton of it is worth three toiiH of ordinary hay. iloynton will harvest nearly 400 tons of this bay on land that ton years .ago ho considered absolutely worthless. Four Girls Killed by Lightning-. Just before daylight on tlio morning of the ."(Hit tilt., ninu miles northwest of Murysvillo, Kansas, Nathan Miller, a farmer, had four daughters instantly killed and a, son badly hurt by lightning. A sovero storm was raging and the five children had left tho upstrirs nnd gone to tho kitchen and made their lied to gether, fcloon after this, after a blind ing flash of lightning and a terrific crash, tlio father hoard tho little hoy crying and calling him to como and put the fire out. The father hastened to tho scene to dud his four blooming daughters lying dead nnd their bedding burning. One of tho boy's legs was badly tornand his knee-joint burst. Tho liodies of tho girls wero blackened and ono ot them was literally torn open from tho right shoulder down to tho left hip, exposing the bowels in a horrible manner. The ages of the girls wero respectively 17, 13, ft and 7. Tho lwy was 5 years old. No sadder scono could bo witnessed. Tlio mother will probably never recover from tho torriblo shock. Tlio Hon. Bntnucl 'Willingford, the leading greenback-labor advocato in southern Indiana, bits tho nail on tho head. Ho savs: "Tho workinemen asked tho republicans for protection, mid tnoy put sucii a plant in tueir piattorm. They asked tho democratic party only for tho same thing, and what did they do? Instead of taking tho declarations that their representative, ltutler. pre sented, they shouted and hissed him down. I tell you tho laboring men will elect Blaine, nnd nothing can defeat him. Jtlaino has always been popular with them. They take no stock in tho slan der that tlio press keeps publishing.. This eastern independent movement is going to aid tho republican ticket. They aro regarded by laboring men as dan gerous to American industries." The saniQ opinion prevails in this, region nlso. I f any body supposes that the work inii iieonlo of tins conn try do not under stand the tarilF question or care about it let mm liston attentively u montn or two. Tlio dcmocrutH are beginning to real ize that thuy made no less of a mistake in nominating tho tail of their ticket than in selecting tho head. General ltoxc cranrf is credited with saying that tho ticket chilled two classes of workers the industrial class and tho soldiers. It Is hard to seo how auv soldier could vote fur Hendricks. In the darkest hour of tho war ho was ut homo making speeches attacking "tlio infamously wicked and tyrannical administration" of Abraham Lincoln, nnd asserting that tho administration horde should bo "switched out of the white bouse." Hendricks is the representative of the basest element in tho democratic party, as judged bv their Intentions relative to tho national credit, nnd by their course during tho war and previous to it. It pectus curious that there is not a wax-match manufactory in tho United States, but so it is. All those that are uscd,nro imported from England, Franco or Italy. An English company is the oldest match factory in tho world, hav ing started more than fifty years ago. Now thoy make only wax vestas, and employ L'50 hands at "this alone. Machi nery bus reduced tho cost wonder fully, and even with a duty of GO ler cent, a neat metal safe, with a spring lid, tilled witiitw vestas, can no ma on mo inurkot for a trifle less than two cento n piece. Attempts to deceive tho workingmen nliout tho real Issues of tho present nat ional canvass do not seom to lie suc ceeding very well, If wo may judge from what occurred at a meeting of working men held in Jersoy City tho othor day. The tone of tho wholo mooting was tlmt tho triumph of the republican party this fall meant protection to American indus tries, while tho success of the democrat ic candidates meant free trade and lower wages, It is Impossible to withhold admiration for tho engineering skill which has pbnned and con structed the underground railways of London. Great warehouses, monuments nnd weighty structures of nil kinds have been tunneled under and promicd up without n slnglo accident or evi dence 01 injury alone the line of the last section completed, 'ltio chief beauty of the system is that tho comnanv owns itsricht of way. inter- fervs with nobody and can run its trains nt the hlRhcit rota of speed with littlo danger of cas- ualtles. tlio New Orleans Times-Democrat thinks su car culture In the southern iortlon of tho Uni ted Stales, especially in l-ouilsl-.ua, has becomo to piecarious a business that it would be wise fur the owners of sugar land to look out for oth er crops more certain and mora profitable to w 1 en 10 aetoie inai rare y nrouueuve uisuicu It sucecsts the substitution of nunle nnd Jute, to wtilclilt regnnu ma soil nnu climate 01 i.ouiiana eminently adapted. An old subscriber being landed his paper right from the press, asked why the paper was so damp. The editor said he didn't know, un less it was because there was so much duo ou It. FRUITS AND FLOWERS. O winter of the frults'nnd (lowers! Wc thank thee for thy wise design. Whereby these human hands of ours In nature's garden work with ihlne. And tlnthks that from our daily need 'llic Joy of simple faith is bora; 'llial he who smiles the summer wrcd May trust thee for the autumn corn. GWe fools their gold and knaves their power, I;t fortune's bubbles rise nnd fall; "Who sou s field, or trains .1 flower, Or plants a tree, Is more than all. Tor he who pleases most Kblest; And God nnd man shall own his worth, Who toils to leave as his lierjucst An added beauty to the earth. And soon or late, to all that mv. The time of harvest shall be given; 'Hie (lower shall bloom, the fruit shall grow, If not on earth, at last in heaven. John O. Whitlitr. CLEVELAND'S ROMANCE. A Disappointed Lover, Like Buchanan, but Fickle and Happy. I Buffalo Letter to New York Journal. Gov. Cleveland has had many love affairs, hut not so much as n U-icticIor of his wefght, politi cally and sodally, would be expected to have. Hit love affairs hitvoM liren of a pkttonic kind, and it is said by his friends that he has been in capable of falling deeply enough in love to pro pose to nny girl since he became n law)cr in 1859. When just able to support himself, he became enamored of a pretty and beautiful soung woman, who was a relative of the late Judge Vcrplank. The girl was not disposed to look favorably, on his suit, and tl made him love h-r the mote. She was quite a flirt, and delighted to tantalize him by jcnn!tUng other oung men to escort her home from the old liglc Street theater, which was th-ts the only place of amusement of any account In the city. Hie girl was comparatively wealthy, and looked down on Grover, who was a poor lawyer. Af ter awhile she cot to fondly thinkinz of him. and it is said that they were engaged to be mar- nctl, when sue was taKen ill witii lever ana ctiea. Cleveland did not recover from the shock for several months, and, though he lias a bachelor's liking for pretty ladies, his friends say that he will never marry. One lady became s infatua ted with him that she proposed to him. He re jected her advances, and it is said that she be came CRuy ana 1. now conunca in an asyium. Gov. Cleveland has always been of a retiring disposition, nnd most of his time has been spent in Ins law library or in the company ol bache lor friends. " His most frequent plices of resort were the City club and the hih-toncd Buffalo club on Delaware avenue. There he was accustomed years ago to spend most of, his evenings pbying cards and telling or listening to stories told by a coterie composed of the late Hon. Harnmon S. Cutting, the late John Allen, vice president of the Central and Hudson railroad, and other un married gcnUcmcn. A friend of the governor told a romantic story of how a lady living near Poughkecpsie engaged in correspondence with the governor since he was elected mayor, nnd that a tender feeling had spung up between them. They have met but four times, once when Cleveland was sheriff, a few years later at Saratoga, after Cleveland was elected mayor, and once since he has been governor. Tins friend said that It was quite likely that the lady would be married by Cleve land if elected president, and that she would grace the white hou-c parlors at his receptions. The lady is described as being a charming bru nette, about 35 years old, with pleasing man ners and considerable property. Inquiry among other mends vended the story, but no one would tell the lady's name or just where she lived, except tlut it was in a small town near I'ouglikeepsK-, A BOLT TO BLAINE Unwilling: to Support the Democratic Free-Trade Platform. Krom the Gainesville (Ga.) Southron. For 30 years the editor of the Southron has been an unswerving 'democrat. He lias never voted or advocated a republican ticket during Out period. So rock-ribbed lias been his de mocracy that he was one of seven who voted Breckinridge and 1-inc in his county in the memorable canvass of i860, all the othtr demo crats voting for DouLi.. More than this can not be said to prove his devotion to the princi ples of old-lime democracy. For these reasons, it is not without regret that he finds himself driven to the necessity of sever ing his connection wan the present so-called democratic organization. It has, however, be conl his duty, as a patriot nnd intelligent citi zen of this glorious commonwealth, to cliant his solemn requiem o'er the corpse of democ racy. The truth Is, tho democratic party has ceased to exist. It formerly had principles and policy. It now has neither. In the north it has degenerated into n heterogeneous nnd nun- f;ry crew of irresponsible place hunters, with a cw good men who arc conspicuous because tltey are lonely, and on whose' garments is the un savory odor of corrupt associations. In the south the party partially exists, because of a sentiment far more honorable, but not less disastrous to orderly government. At the head of its columns sull chums, in demo cratic fancy, the red-cross battle Hag of the con- icueracy. lis inuiuun 13 an mspinuiun iu uic gallant spirits that rallied to its nhngment in the shock of war against the government which over came it, until .time, in its progressive course, shall heal old wounds and obliterate these mem ories. Tins is our deliberate Judgment niter nearly 14 years intimate association with her fvui'ic 4 no umm kivi, ut uiw -uuui, u .u ..a wcknow, arc republicans, without exception. Thccdilor of the Southron is a union man. He Is an American. For sotpo time we have been hoping almost against hope tlut the democratic convention which lias just niijouriieu at umcago wouiu ot feran opportunity for the renewal of our fealty to lire party with which we have acted during rather an animated existence of many years. I hat hope was vain. The platform adopted by that convention was a free-trade platfotm. A platform which is contemplated with delight by Hunt nnd Hewitt, Wattcrson and Carlisle, nnd the CoIhIcii club. A platform deadly to the in terests of thu working clashes. A platform that would reduce tho wages of American labor to the British standard, drive the products of fac tories from the market, and force this proud na tion to the condition of Ireland, whero once prosperous Industries are narked only by ruins, and where the half-stnrvcd, ragged laliorer begs vainly for his daily bread that the factory lords of Manchester nud the merchant princes ot I-oii- don may ialtcn mul llinvr. "Tariff for revenue only" crashed a good man welching a v pounds and this war a "tariff for public purposes exclusivity" will crush a 35a jtoundcr not quite so good. To our wormwood, mossback contemporaries, our most deferential salutations. To all the world, Justice, To ene mies, charily. To friends, gratitude. To Ulaine mul l-ogan, success. lohn Anderson, a railroad hand at Colfax. V. T., had a hard time in that town the other day, when a circus company was there. In the afternoon Andetson cot drunk and went down to where the animals were being loaded on tho train. Notwithstanding repeated warning, lie persisted In approaching Samson, the large clc nlinnt. Sainton stood his foolishness for a time, but finally bccomlni: tired of it he reached out his trunk and caught Anderson around the waist and threw him to the ground. 'Hie animal then deliberately but his foot on the nun. but lor(u n.itety did not plant It squarely and the body tolled from under. Samson then caught the man by the nulla nnd was prenarlnc to throw him skyward when the keeper thrust his pitch fork into the brute' side, and the dog bit him 011 the iioio. causing htm to loosen his grip, aud Anderson was snaked away. ' Political Points. , The assessors of Philadelphia report that there are ai-.aii qualified voters In the city. What a mean fellow that was who suggested that Cleveland should discuss public questions on the stump with Blaine! "Whisky barrels arc now- made of paper,". The old bourton democratic organs, cf course, make the best whisky barrels. ' A care foil of skeletons has been found In Da kota supposed to be hungry democrats who' retired from politics after an election. Cleveland (s little known, it a great deal Is known of the party which Is trying to get Into power with Cleveland as Its figure-head. "Sara ticmhardt is no longer the light weight champion, says the Buffalo Express. Why not? has the belt been awarded to Carl Shun? The democratic party has also been the ear ly of false pretenses, but this year! demand for the livery of heaven to serve the devil is unpre cedented. We are not sure that Geo. Wm. Curtis has gothimselfintoahole, but It Is morally certain that there is a depression in his immediate neighborhood. A California delegate to the democratic con vention offered to lct $10,000 that California will go democratic. He hasn't been heard from since reaching home. Once before the two states now 'represented on the republican ticket were in conjunction and the stars were favorable. Illinois and Maine carried the day. Why not Maine and Illinois? The important news is flashed from Indiana that Senator Voorhees is "quite cheerful." The significance of this information lies In- the fact lhat Voorhees always feels most hilarious when his party is in a hole. An informal ballot was taken at a Large iron foundry in New York, on Saturday, of the presidential preferences of 305 moulders, with this result; For BlaJne, 181; for Ckreland, 24. They were mostly democrats. Among the close states la 18S0, California, went democratic by V8; Connecticut went re publican by 2656; Indiana went republican by 6643; New Jersey went democratic by 3010, and New York went republican by 31,033. In 1876 the democrats demanded the Imme diate repeal of the resumption act. In 1884 they demand the overthrow of that system of revenue, the tariff, which made resumption pos sible. In 1888 tbcv will demand an mitanh Jiothiog more. Fivfcout of the 3i presidents were of Scotch Irish lineageJackson, Polk. Buchanan, John son and Arthur: two of Scotch Grant and Hayes; one of Welsh Jefferson; Bnd"bne of," Dutch Van Buren; the remaining 13 being ofs English descent. . ; In 1845 the present law was passed which provides that all presidential electors shall be chosen on the Tuesday next after the first Mon day in November. Accordingly the next presi dential election will be on November 4, the month coming in on Saturday. "Down with Cleveland' is the title of the leading editorial of the New York Irish Nation of List Tcek. It concludes fri these words: "Irishmen of spirit hare no choice. Cleveland must be. defeated, and the only way to do that effectually is by voting fotjame G. Blaiae for president.' The sur-rica) operation performed on the old ,, , ticket reminds one of the remarkable healing ' powers of a certain Yankee salve. The peddler who introduced it cut off a dog's tan, applied to the dissevered member a little of this medica ment, and an entirely new dog grew on in leu than 20 minutes. Gen. Haw ley, of Connecticut, In his speech in New York a few evenings since, said: "Hen dricks, the democratic nominee, for vice presi dent, was an opponent from the beginning' of everything thai led to 'the salvation of the union, and had been on thje wrong-side of every thing tlmt God or man thought best for the counuy." Gen. Hawley said that, while he could respect a rebel, he had no respect for a 4 doughface like Hendricks. It is a satisfaction to know that the Hon. E. Barksdale of Copiah county. Miss., has been for Cleveland first, Last and all the time. "It is not .1 secret." said Barksdale to a reporter the day after he reached home, "that before the meeting of the convention, with all my admira tion for other prominent candidates for the nomination, I believed that Cleveland possessed more than any of them, the elements ofsuccess." The Catholic Herald of Boston says: "The democratic nominee is a man all but unknown outside of a small circle in Buffalo and Albany. He has no national reputation whatever, was never elected even to a state legislature, much less to congress, never saw the inside of a sen ate chamber, and would scarcely know his way to the white house even if elected. It is prob ably in consequence of his ignorance of these tilings that the (bolting) republicans see in him just the class of person to suit their tastes and designs. There is no use attempting to deny it, Luge numbers of Irish-Americans arc going to vote Cw Blaine." Gen. W, S. Rosecrans, who Is a democratic congressman, was in New York the other dav. and in an interview with a reporter expressed himself as greatly dissatisfied with the nomina tions that had been made at the democratic na tional convention. He said: "The nominations made by the democratic party at Chicago have chilled two classes of workers. Thev arc the industrial classes and the soldiers. They have seen the choice nude with sorrow and regret. Neither body has had the slightest attention paid to it in any way, and that they have been ignored will not help the party, and you can be sure of lhat The republicans put In a man for Uhom the soldiers will vote." "Rosy" undoubt edly voices the sentiment of the veterans. A late hurricaue in New York state caught two circuses showing one at Cortland and the oilier at Richfield springs. The whirlwind at Cortland circled all arouud town without doing much damage until it found a "soft snap" in Bamum's exhibition canvas, when the perforni nnco was at its hlghu The hippodrome was about to come on, and the horses and chariots and drivers stood ready for the contest. Th storm broke in and unroofed 6000 people in auj instant, aunu inc manning crasn 01 snapping' spars and guy-ropes. As usual, the terrified , thousands ran right into the worst danger among the horses and 75 were hurt, some of them dangerously. The circus people all es caped injury, and Barnum was damaged $10,000 worth by the Mow. At the springs, on the same day, a storm struck Washburn & Hunting's menagerie tent and tore it to atoms. The beasts were badly frightened, but their fastenings re mained. The circus tent was leveled over the heads of the people and fell flat on the audience. When they crawled out on their hands and knees they were pelted with big hailstones and ran for life to the shelter of a neighboring bam, which was almost immediately struck by light ning, but not set on Are. Nobody killed. These storms came la the afternoon; it might have been worse at night, and among the scat tered audience tho opinion pr ailed that Provi dence was still on the side of -custa. It seems they have found ways and means to run telephone wires underground without Im pairing their powers as well as the ordinary tele graph wires. In Birmingham most of 'them axe buried and in Newcastle, Eng.,allof them ore under the pavement In London the telephone wires connecting the government offices are un derground and thu rest are to go there.- In l'arisand Berlin most of the telephone wire have been placed in sunken viaducts like tfeotn of the telegraph. It is only a question of tieie when the American companies will learn how to do it. 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