The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-25

ranking 10 the order ! have set them
down. One brewer III T,ledu ship-
thr. e car loads u day. 10 this cry
alone. for city consumption, and as
much more for suburban use. The
effect upon the morals OF the drinking
people has been good One cant
drink enough of the foaming lager to
intoxicate him, very we'll. ard if be
does, the ~intoxication is not that fu-
rious. fran ic kind that wbiskey pro-
duces. If . will drink, il is a
good thing they prefer the mild beer
to the fiery whiskey out Of use. The
beer IRON the vest is shipped here
in refrigerator cars. SO that il lands
in as good order as it left its brewery.
The business is increasing every day;
all bars keep it bottled, and thousands
of whiskey bars now draw It from
the wood, the same as the exclusive
German saloons.
POLITICAL
The Presidents order compelling
federal Office holders to abstain from
political management is creating q
vast amount of trouble in this city,
where the federal Offices have been
held as rewards for political work.
Several Republican organizations in
the city were oficered exclusively by
Custom-Hous a~ppointees. and they
have all resigned their posilionsLnot
10 the Custom-H House but in the clubs
are now high privates. The
Times growls about this, and pre-
diets all sorts of trouble 10 the fall.
Boss Kelly processes to see 10 it an
opportunity for carrying the Republi-
can districts in the interest of Tam
many, and boasts that be will control
the next Legislature. They will ali
find themselves mistaken. The citi-
zens who are not Office hol iers will
take the leadership, and they will do
the work more effectuslly than the
political bummers ever did. In fact,
the i~mpudent and arrogant control Of
the Custom-House has done the par
ty more harm than good, from the
beginning. II was not pleasant for
q good Republican to go to his ward
caucus, and find the machinerylset up
by paid Hessisns, and a ticket ar
ranged which to him was as dista.e-
full as though it had all been made of
Democrats. For these professional
politicians are ell of them ION the
make" and they cared very little who
paid them. In the old Tweed days
they would bargain with the Boss as
to what kind Of a Republican they
would send to the Legislature, until
there grew up a class of Tammany
Republicans who had much better
been seen 10 the ranks of the
for they acted with them
in everything essential. The as
OF control by these men
drove out OF politics the better class
Of Republicans, for they saw the
party in the hands of unworthy men,
who used their power for their own
and they were unable to
cope with the trained cohorts. | pre-
dict that the politics Of the city will
be run 10 better advantage than ever
anu that instesd of losing We
shall gain seats in the Legislature.
The work of purifsin the Custom
goes on steadily and f~lithfully.
dead-beats were dischsrg-
ID last week, making the whole num-
Der discharged come very close to
i've hundred, and ths saving to the
government quite $500. 900. And be-
sides abuses are being stopped, and
men are being put in who will run
he business on q strictly business
basis. The President has done sl
splendid work for New York.
THE DOCS
are still being prosecuted, over 1900
been drowned TO date. The
,ity has paid for over FIVE thousand.
The catchers managing to pass the
same dog through three OF four times,
the 80 cents for it each time.
There Is q swindle 10 everything cou-
,ected with the city, from drowning
\ dog to cleaning q street. Yester-
lay ,uere e T65 dogs waiting
Idenuhca ion or death. Their no WI
Inss were piuIul. They seem to
know ~hat Is going to happen TO
hem aad They act sbou; as men
SoUe howl for mercy, 9th
.rs put ON a stoical look and 60 TO theE
with q bold front, aud others
light desperately % The last. One
keeper was bitten through the hand
SIX times, and was compelled to go TO
he hospital. The most vicious Bit
RS are The little spilz dogs, which are
susceptible 10 hydrophobis than
my otber variety. The dogs are get
ing scarcer IN the city, and the
'stehers are extending their search
into the country.
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