The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-02-29
ITEMS IN GENERAL.


Crestline is out of debt. So says the
AdUocGte, and it glorifies over the
fact.
In ChickasaW county, Mississippi.
AIr. Lorenzo Day married Miss
Martha Week, upon which local
poet comments as follows:
"a Day is made, a Week is lost,
But time should not complain,
Thersu soon be little Days enough
To make the week again."
We have often before heard of kill
ling time but never of making it.
Judge Davis thinks he would like to
as follows.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 23.-The following
dispatch is just received from Judge
Davis:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2.
E. NJ. Chamberlin, President Ma
tional Labor Reform Convention.
Be pleased to thank the Convention
for the unexpected honor which they
have conferred upon me. The chief
magistracy Of the Republic should
neither be sought nor declined by an
American citizen.
DAVID DAVIS.
When Sumner, Schurz, Morton,
Conkling and TrumbulI get through
their squabble in the Senate chamber
and allow the Senate to proceed to
business the people will be better
pleased than they are now. From
first to last the discussion has been
tinctured with personal spite and has
at last degenerated to an undignifed
brawl in which the original question,
whatever may have been its merits,
has lost its interest. The determina-
ton of Senator Sherman not to coun-
tenance the affair by taking part in it,
even by his presence, shows his good
sense.-HerGld.-Which remarks are
not far from right.
The nominees of the Labor Conven-
ton are not very sweaty fellows
Judge Davis of Illinois is a capitalist,
and Parker, of New Jersey, is the rich
est man in the State. With both the
sweat Of their brow did othave much
do with their wealth, without speoula-
ting is laborious business.
Our Stewart-GIdeon T.-of Nor
walk, was named for a candidate for
President before the Columbus Tenn
perance Convention. He was not
He "went back" on the
because they would not
give him an offiee-is the temperance
party to lose the light of his counte-
nance?
The House of Representatives at
was in Committee of the
Whole for speech making on Satur-
lay. The attendance was small and
he proceedings uninteresting; and
uch is the case every Saturday. Ten |
II fifteen members get together and |
ak to empty galleries and each other,
'et their speeches published and frank |
hem to their constituents TO make
hem think they are doing something.
)ften some Of them deliver a few par
graphs and ask the privilege of pub
shing the balance in the Globe. or
curse the request is granted and
thousands Of words are embaImed.
altogether it is a humbug, and If
lembers have not the ability to speak
nth sufficient interest to hold an
"mun" should be their mot
o.
The Kansas legislative committee
investigating the bribery charges in
he last senatorial elections have made
report, finding money to have been
reely usedby Pomeroy, Caldwell, and
heir friends and by their opponents
nd their friends.
The Spanish government has re-
uested the recall Of Minister SichIes
q account OF ms NEEDING in Spanish
olitics. The italian government in
imates that the recall of Minister
larsh would be acceptable. The
-ouble in the latter case is a letter of
be Minister to Secretary Fish, charg-
lg the. italian government with
acillation and duplieity.
The suit against the Mutual Benefit
life Insurance Company, OF New
ersey, by an administrator, TO recov-
? S, 600 insurance on thelife of James
. G. Baxter, deceased, resulted in a
srdiet at Boston, for the plaintiff in
le full amount. The defense was
lat Baxter died of intemperance, it
eing stipulated in the policy that in
would render it void. /,