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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-01
WHO KILLED TWEED.

Now that Tweed has met the fate which he
merted, some of the democratic organs have
the audacity to claim that the democratic par
ty brought him to punishment. The Albany
journal not being inclined TO allow such an
unfounded claim TO go unquestioned, reviews
some Of the facts in the career of the great
robber, and shows how the matter really was.
The Journal says;
''In the winter of 1871. Tweed was in the
zenith OF his power. HIS own lawless and
prodgal corruption and the fiagitous iniqui-
ties of the whole Tammany Ring were even
then well understood By every Intelligent man,
They were Haunted defantly and Extensively
in the very teeth OF the people. They rioted
In wantOn and reckless carnival through leg
islatiye and judicial halls Did the Democrat
lc party at that time say aught against this
arch-thet, as much malciactor then as now!
Va the contrary, its press supported him and
its representatives, in the Legislature unan-
mously sustained him in pushing through the
most Infamous legislation ever enacted IN this
State-nay more, herded and waited together
under his lead while he was VIGOROUSLY en-
gagged In debauchlng and enticing into this
harem OF corruption the one sing lie republican
member needed to consummate the iniquity.
BY this strong Democratic support for the
mo outrageous measures that could be de-
vlsed, Tweed established what seemed 10 be
an impregnable power.
Suddenly III the summer Of 1871 the whole
aspect of the sky underwent II remarkable
change. The New York Times, with the
highest spirit Of public duty, inaugurated a
campaign against the Tammany Ring which
for It's courage perSistency and vigor has sell
dom been equalled. 1t began with bold
characterization of Tweed aud his associate
leaders of Tammany as thieves, and followed
it up by publication of the accounts which
constituted the most startling and irretragable
proof of their gigantic robberies. In this war
fare the Times had little help from its metro
politan contemporaries. Some openly sustained
the Ring, and others querulously snapped at
the powerful attack upon 1t. But the people
echoed the cry Of reform. The public con-
science was reused, great popular uprising
occurred and the campaign against the Ring
was carried forward to a triumphant concIu-
| sion.
But in what wayl How did the two par
ties meet the issue? We freely concede that
among Democrats Mr.. O'Conor and Mr.. Til
den took pronounced position against the
King and did good service. Mr.. O'Conor as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-01

sumed charge Of the civil suit against Tweed
and we sincerely trust that, though delayed
and embarrassed in the courts, it will not fail
through any mistake in the management but
will be crowned with the same success which
has distinguished the criminal suit under DIT
ferent auspices. MIR. Tldcn has also given
the good cause the benefit Of his efforts. But
beyond these men We should be glad to know
what representatives of the Democratic party
have contributed to the grand result. Ger
tainy the Demo cratic organization has only
embarrassed and retarded 1t. The Democrat
ic State Convention OF 1871, Two or three
months after the disclosures, was wholly in
the interest of the Ring, and refused to nom
mate Mr.. O'Conor for Attorney General be
cause tie Ring did not want him. Where has
that party done anything TO advance the re-
suits we now witness?
Many honest individual democrats have,
indeed, united with the republicans TO over
throw the Ring and secure the punishment of
its INSCRIPTIONS chiefs. The very fact that
they ielt constrained to do so and that the re-
form movement gave success to the repuh!i
can party in 1871 and 1872, is the best eYi-
denec that the democratic party was regarded
as the friend and the republican party rs the
enemy OF the Ring. Apart from the excep-
tiogs to which we have alluded, every step tor
the overthrow OF the Iammany iniquity from
the first publication of the damning figures 10
the final trial, sentence and imprisonment OF
Tweed has been taken by republicans. The
republican journals and representatives. make
no special boast OF IL. They have simply
done their duty. They have acted in accor-
dance with the uniform spirit and impulses of
their party. But when our opponents in this
hour Of public congratulate seek 20 miSrep
resent history. il is vel! that its outlines
should be recalled.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-01
GENERAL .Nhii,.>.

-Four ladies are spoken of as candidates for
the clerkship of the Iowa Legislature.
a Chicago paper declares that "ihe sehoon-
er Sunrise is the fastest vessel Ga the lake.
for one Of her speed
Fifteen desperate irdvi! uals anonymously
threaten to burn Reading, IA if rents are
not Immediately reduced.
Special courses of medical Instruction for
women have been established il st. Peters
burg and Moscow.
Hon. d. A. Macdonald, Postmaster Gen
eral of Canada was reelected to Parliament
for the County of Glengarry by aeclamation
A Pennsylvania Amazon wants to wrestle
with somebody for the championship Of the
State.
The employing plasterers of Brooklyn have
voted not to accede to the demands of the
workmen for 81 day TO be guaranteed during
the winter.
The Hudson River was frozen Thursday,
from Albany to Tivoli, distance Of nearly
fifty miles.
'!pease don't shoot the cows is sign on
a farmers fence near Chicago, intended for
city sportsmen who go out after prairie
chickens.
Mr.. Walters, chief proprietor of the Lon
don Times, has again been offered baronetcy
and has again declined the honor. Walters
is ''clear grit"
gentleman who has recently inspected
the lodges of slate in Fairhaven, VT, reports
that there is slate enough in that town to
keep a thousand men engaged a hundred
years in quarrying.
Over thousand skilled English and French
silk operatives have returned home beyond
the seas since the cessation Of work at the
silk factories in Paterson
Antrim. \. H., has voted to exempt from
taxation for two years any person or company
investing $4,000 or more in any additional
buildings or improvements for manufacturing
purposes
The census of Baltimore, taken by the Po-
lice, completed on Wednesday, gives the
population at SOP 1898, showing an increase
of 10000 since 1870.
party from the interior asked his friend
who had morning paper if there was any
news. "No," said he, 'except that Tweed has
been sentenced" "Tweed! whom did he
murder?" was the innocent inquiry
1t is estimated that thirty thousand Frenc h
Canadians have returned TO that Province
from the United States during the past three
weeks, their return being largely due to the
stcppage Of manufactures. A large proper
ton of them have left for Western Canada.
An ordinance has been passed in Phlladel-
phia, prohibiting the planting of trees that
will obstruct the light Of street lamps, and
requiring, with the same object, the looping
of all branches of shade trees that fall below
ten feet on the public streets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-01

The announcement that the government
of Spain yields to the demands of our gov
eminent in relation to the Virginius, dis
pelling the war cloud which has rested
over us, is received with satisfaction by
our people. The President will be able to
make his message one of good news.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-01

Power of Speaking Restored.

NEwAsH, ONTARIO, d. c., March so, 20.
Mr.. FELLows-SIR: Some two months ago
my son lost his voice. l became very anxious
about him. None of the ply sicians could do
him any good. Having heard Of your Com
pound Syrup of Hypophosphites, obtained a
bottle. Strange to say, my sons voice was
restored about two hours after taking the
second dose.
You are at liberty to publish this for the
benefit of other sufferers.
JONAS FoTHERINGlLL.
d&wlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-01

The new Congress which meets to-day
for the first time is politically divided as
follows. In the Senate there are SO re-
publicans and 10 democrats: in the House
1913 republicans, 93 democrats, and one
vacancy. In the last Congress the repub-
licans had 40 majority in the Senate. and
only 81 in the House; now they have Sc
in the Senate and 105 in the House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-01

Most all pills in the market and those styled
vegetable, are not only large, nauseous,
gripping, and difficult to swallow, bat they
contain Mercury, besides Aloes, Gamboge,
and other injurious drastics. These are old
medicines, aud used before medical science
developed better, now supplanted by much
more pleasant but etfectual cathartlcs. DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Purgativc Pellets embody
the latest and best cathartc properties in a
concentrated, yet mild and searching form.
and are never taken with disappointment.
Wholly vegetable, suear-coated, small neat,
and in delicate glass walls. old at % cents,
by Druggists. decl-f&wlt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-01

The brilliant flea of half a century ago that the
weak and allmg could be bled blstered and sail
waited into a condition of health and vigor is happi-
ly exploded but violent and prolonged purgation
Is stlil to some extent, in vogue. We have impos-
tiers who are daring enough to offer TO the world
as tones and resoratives, the most destructive ca
thartics, unmodded by a single stimulating sooth.
ing or restorative element. Compare the operation
of one OF these terrible nostrums with that of Hos
letters Stomach Bitterr in which are combined the
three great curative elements-a tonic an alternative
ann an apericut. The former completely paralyzes
The vital forces, that nature can make no resis
lance disease; the latter sustans the strength OF
the patient, while IL restores the suspended func-
lions of the secreto organs aud relieves the bow
els without violence Ur pain. It is simply a choice
between restoration and prostratlon.
ATAINE PROBATE PRACTICE, by Enos
lNi Luce, for sale at
nar7-t&wtf PIERCE'S BOOK Sr','
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-12-01

"TEIHD AND TRUE." What words of con-
6dence and trust are these. 1t is what many
poor sufferer can say of IIelmbold's Buchu
1t is the only reliable medicine of those terri
BILE diseases OF the Kidneys and Urinary
Organs. Beware of counterteits The gen
nine has the private proprietary stamp of ii
T. Heimbold. Full directions with each bot
tie. For sale 10y all druggists.
dnrl = "A man.l1x
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-09
POLITICAL.

A Jackson, Miss, dispatch of the Goth SAYS
Governor Powers, acting under the advice of
Attorney General Morris, had issued a procla-
nation postponing the State election. The
Governor says that he will convene the Legis-
lature in extraordinary session as soon as
possible. The Pilot the State organ, has
pronounced the Governors movement incen-
diary, and calculated to lead to revolution
and anarchy.
A call has been issued for a Northwestern
Farmers Convention, to meet at Chicago on
the 22d of October, to consist of delegates
from Oranges and farmers organizations.
The New York State Democratic Conven-
ton met at Utica on the LIST. Horatio Sey-
mour was elected President. Mr.. Seymour
delivered anaddress urging the nomination of
men of the highest character and undoubted
capacity, and advising the Democrats and Lib
eral Republicans to unite in the coming elec-
ton. The Committee on Credentials gave
seats to delegates from the Tammany organi-
cation, whereupon the Apollo Hall delegation,
after Withdrawing, met, adopted a vigorous
protest and then separated The Democratic
Convention then adjourned until the following
day.
The New York State Democratic Convention
reassembled on the morning of the I'd, and
adopted resolutions inviting the cooperation
of all citizens who agree with the principles
enunciated by Jefferson, including State rights
and the supremacy of the civil over military
authority; denouncing the Congressional sal
airy bill, those who voted for it, those who
have taken back pay, and demanding its re-
peal; pronouncing the Republican party I'M
worthy of the confidence of the people, be-
cause they allowed the Credit Mobilier frauds
and failed suitably to punish those who were
engaged in them; denouncing Federal inter
ference in Louisiana; demanding revenue
tariff which shall stop enriching one section
of the country at the expense of the other;
demanding also return to specie payments !;
scouting the Presidents pill for panics," and
pointing the country to the true remedy and
cure in the tried and historic principles of the
old Democracy. a resolution was also adopt
ed recognizing the Liberal Republicans as
worthy coadjutors, and inviting them to Co
operate i'll the efforts to restore pure govern
ment in State and Federal administrations
Dledrich Willcrs, Jr., was nominated for Sec
rotary of State; Asher c. Nichols, for Comm
troler; Daniel Pratt for Attorney General;
Thomas Ranes, for Treasurer; S. s. Sweet
for State Engineer and Surveyor; James
jackson, for Canal Commissioner, and G. w.
Mlllspaugh for State Prison Inspector
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-09

van, confirmed inebriate, caused On :;
vestigation some days since, and Sill ili
vans body, half devoured by rats Vii ma.
found upon filthy bed of rags, was
The missing Halifax schooner Tbroo
Brothers, was picked up and towed into int
Little River, Newfoundland, on the o.. 9ad
ult. She is complete wreck. SEVEN
bodies were found in the cabin. The 70
mainder OF the fourteen of the crew aro
supposed to have been washed overhaul
"A man named Van Antwerp met with
a serious, if not fatal injury, at Manches
ter, Mich, some days ago. He stenned
OFT freight train, on which he was a mas
senger, and while standing Oh the track in
the rear Of the train, it bachAl over him
cutting off one leg and crusl. the other
William Stonestreet, resident &c
Hanover, Ind, was driving into Madison
on recent evening, in company with h;s
wife, when the horse SHE'D at some Object
by the roadside, precipitating the vehicle
over an embankment. Mr.. Stonestreet
was instantly killed and his wife severe.
ly injured.
A son of L. X. Wilson, aged fifteen
years, at Pretty Prairie, Ind, took hold of
a screw over his head in the barn, TELLING
the other boys present he was going to
show them how to skin cat" when the
screw and bar on the beam above fell,
struck him on the head, and fractured his
skull The blow paralyzed him so that he
was unable to speak afterward, and died
in five days after.
Julia Raub, an employee in the button
factory at Kankakee, Ind, met with a
narrow escape from instant death recent
ly. Her clothing caught in shaft under
meath bench at which she was working,
and in an instant she would have been
drawn through the space between the
shaft and the floor but for the providen-
tial assistance of S. r. Moore, Esq, who
stood near and seized her Her clothes
were torn from her body, but she suffer
ed no bodily injury
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-09
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PERSONAL.

The Right Rev. Geo. NJ. Randall, Episcopal
Bishop of Colorado, New Mexico and Wyom-
ing, died at Denver, Colorado, on the 2Sth, of
typhoid pneumonia.
telegram from Boston Of the Goth an
nounces the death Of Admiral Winslow of the
United States Navy.
A dispatch from New York of the I'd says
that the billiard match between GARNER and
DAILY for the championship of America, the
diamond cue and $1,000, took place on that
night GARNER was successful.
A New York dispatch of the Cd announced
that George Bird, Grinnell & Co., of that city,
known as Vanderbilt's brokers'" had sus-
pended. Gold was plenty and brought 1854
in greenbacks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-09

point of contention. 1t was said that the
Russians would be compelled in self defense
to take the same course toward Bokahara
which had recently been taken toward Khiva,
and reduce it to the condition of Russian
dependency.
According to dispatch from Cartagena,
Spain, of the 3D., the insurgenJ frigates had
not been much injured during the late bonn
bardment of Alicante, and they proposed soon
to attack Valencia.
London dispatches Of the Sd say that Par
lament had again been prorogued until De-
cember Is. Advices from the Cape of Good
Hope are to the effect that sickness had
broken out among the troops on that coast.
Out of one detachment of 104 marines, 80
were in the hospital. A chimney 800 feet
high, in the village of Northfleet, had fallen,
killing five persons and manning dozen
others.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-09
Cholera and Pafn-Kfller.

PERRY DAVIS PAIN-KMLER.-Thisu npar-
alleled preparation is receiving more testlmo.
malls Of it's wonderful efficacy in removing
pains, than any other medicine ever offered 10
the public. And these testimonials CONT
from persons of every degree OF intelllgsn .ha
and every rank of life. Physicians OF aLt
first responsibility, and perfectly conversan1
with the nature Of diseases and remedies, re-
commend this as one of the most effectuai IN IN
the line of preparations for the cure Go, oil
Cholera, Cholera Morbus and kindred oo"e'
troubles now SO common among the people
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-09
Indian ShaWIs.

Of late years the retail trade in camel's
hair or India shawls has assumed such
proportions that it is beginning to be re-
garded as one of the most important
branches of the dry goods business.
There are not more than four importers of
these shawls in New York and the en-
tire trade of the country in these articles
is in their hands, the cost of the goods
putting it beyond The power of country
dealers to carry an assorted stock The
prices OF shawls range from $4O0 to So
600, and, therefore, to keep large
assortments, and to hold stocks of
varied patterns and different make, re-
quires the investment Of large sums,
which only the mammoth houses of this
city can afford to make. The force of
this statement will be admitted when it
is known that the present stock of one
Broadway establishment is estimated at
100000. India shawls are named
Dacca, Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Umrit-
ger, etc, after the districts in which they
are made
The labor, however, is what chiefly de-
termlnes the value of shawl, even when
the texture is not the finest. The retail
trade begins with the coming of autumn
and lasts until late in the winter 1t
would be interesting to know how much
money is expended in one season in the
purchase of these goods but as the deal
ers are always unwilling to make a
statement of their business it is impossi-
bic to arrive at the fact with any degree
ofaccuracy. Some idea of the magnitude
of the trade may be formed, however,
from the statement of q manager of the
shawl department of a firm doing 3 large
business in that class of merchandise in
this city, who informed a reporter of the
Tribune that twenty was the average
daily sale of India shawls in his depart
ment.-Neao York Tribune.
"A chap who in some mysterious man.
ner had received a bid to a large and
fashionable party was somewhat discon-
certed on finding that he was not ac-
quainted with a single person present, nor
double one either Finally he perceiv-
ed an elderly gentleman of a disconsolate
mlen looking over Photographic album
Our hero made for this party of the sec
ond part and said, 81 say, you and 1 don't
seem to know any body here. Let's 20
home" 1t was the head of the house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-09
Balance Of interest paid by the United


otates. .-.......... ...........S 16,025,S11
The sixth annual session of the Evangelical
Alliance commenced in New York on the
evening of the I'd, at the rooms of the Young
Mems Christian Association. An impressive
welcoming address was delivered by Rev. DR..
Adams, to which suitable response was made
by Lord Alfred Churchill, and others, of Lon
don.
A dispatch from Memphis, Tennessee, says
the yellow fever in that city had largely in
creased. The interments had reached forty
one on the preceding day An appeal had been
issued for relief.
A dispatch from Lansing, Mich, says the
cornerstone Of the new State Capitol of Mich
igan had been laid on that day, with appro-
pirate ceremonies. Addresses were made by
Hon. VIM. A. Howard and Gov. Bagley.
A Galveston (Texas) dispatch of the I'd saws
that the town of Lampasas had been inundated
recently by the sudden rise of a creek that ran
through the place. Twenty houses had been
carried away including the Post Office and two
stores. Six persons had been drowned.
a petition in bankruptcy had been filed
against the Washington branch of the house
of Jay Cooke d Co. on the morning of the
I'd.
Business in Chicago, on the Sd, had nearly
recovered its wonted aspect. Banks were re-
ceiving and paying out currency freely, and
the paper that fell due was generally met.
Country collections were said to be favorable,
and the indications were that the money strin-
gency had very nearly passed Manufacturing
establishments had generally reduced the
hours of labor or reduced the wages of labor,
and few men, comparatively, had been dis
charged
According to New York dispatches of the
Sd the market had very nearly recovered from
the effects of the late panic, although prices
continued to rule low. Gold had sold as low
as 1O9M for Clearing House certificates, which
would be equal to los in currency. The fail
ure OF Albert Cole, stock broker, had been
announced.
kilograms from Boston, of the Sd, say the
ease i'll monetary circles continued, and bank Is
were freely discounting for old customers.
A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, of the Sd
announced that Reckley's Bank, of that city
had suspended.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-09

Washington dispatches Of the Sd say that
the Mint at Philadelphia had been ordered to
coin double eagles at the rate Of $1OOoO,ooo
month. The California Mint had also peeh
directed to run at its full capacity IN goio
coinage and trade dollars. Ex-GoV. COOKE,
Of Jay Cooke & Co., had SAID that
the members of that firm had pooled
their private and personal assets, ana
would place them at the command OF their
creditors in liquidation of their Indebtedness.
They proposed to pay every cent they o"e'
both principal and interest. The President
had determined to draw upou the $44,ooo,ooo
reserve, if necessary, to aid the movement OF
the crops
A telegram from Dubuque, Iowa, OF the Sd
saws an examination lust made into the affairs
of the Merchants National Bank of that city
had shown that r. A. Babbage, the Cashier
had abstracted from the bank, by means OF
false entries, $267, 1885, and that the President,
Mr.. Sheffield had distracted Sl6l ,90.
The ravages of the yellow fever i'll Memphis
and Shreveport, according to press dispatches
of the 3D., had largely increased In the former
city over 5000 people had left by the various
trains, many of whom were ill at the small
towns where they went. The Odd Fellows
had issued call for contributions from the
Order throughout the United States. There
had been "a yellow fever interments on that
day. In Shreveport there were II yellow fever
interments. The President had ordered 5000
army ratons to be shipped to that place for
the benefit Of the sufferers
Captain Jack and four of his companions
were hung at Fort Klamath, Oregon, on the
Sd. The late hour at which the dispatch was
received on the morning of the 4th prevented
the publication of full particulars. The SEN
tence of Slotuck and Barncho had been com
muted to imprisonment for life on Alcatras
Island in San Francisco Harbor