The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-30

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Great Telegraph Consolidation nc
Busincss Outlook Various. N
NEW YORK. August. - In.

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Congressman Adrian Muiley of
the First District in this city, had
q vacancy in West Point u AT, and
to avoid the responsibility Of max
ing selection, advertised that a
competitive examination would be
held, and the boy making the best
average would be app ointed. Prob
ably Mr.. Muller would not have
done this had he had the faintest
idea Of the result, for behold you,
.'nigger" named Charles A. Minnie,
came out ahead, and Muller was,
compclisd to appoint him. There
were an hundred applicants, but
Minnie had a clear majority of
points, and there was no mistake
about it. There is loud swearing
among the Democracy Of the First,
at the "dirthy nagur" whs had the
audacity to stand first among the
youth Of that district. Jsha Nor
rissey is astute enough to turn this
little draught Of gall to advantage.
There is very large negro vote in
that district, and the gallant John
no sooner hears Of it, than he sends
his cheque for $500 to Minnie, ~ith
which he may provide himself with
proper outfit. This is . shrswd
stroke. 1t will be o convenient
thing for John to have at his back
in future political contests some
hundreds Of the negroes Of that
section, for they are looming into
political Importance every day, and
even the enmity of the Irish cannot
keep them out. Minnie is very
bright boy, he has been more than
twe- thirds educated at home, and
has done the most of it himself. In
the examination the maximum was
an hundred, aud he stood 994. He
understands fully what is before
him at West Point, but he is deter
mined to 60 through it like man;
and do something for his race as
well as himself. a
'o There is no more competition in
telegraphing, and the public is ms
entirely at the mercy of a monops-
ly as it was before the Atlantic and
Pacific was started to give us relief
from the exactions Of the WesterR
Union. With a healthy competition
rates had got down to point that
enabled the people to use the tele-
graph freely. A message from New
York to Chicago only cost rs cents,
and rates for shsrtcr distances were
even lower. This did not satisfy
the grasping managers, and so this
week, they got together and con-
solidated the two companies, and
up 60 the rates just as far as the
patience of an abused public will
permit. 1t will result in the gov.
ernment taking the Geographic sys.
TEN of the country under its wing
at least, it ought to.
There is an Improvement in bust.
ness. The enormous crops of this
year are burdening the lines Of
transportation beth by water and
land; money is being sent out o.
the city by the million to move the
crop, and that money, distributed
at once, is putting life into trade
1t is fact that the wheat crop Of
the year will average moro thar
twenty-five bushels to the acre, tax,
ing the country together, which is
something never known before, and
the corn crop will be equally large;
and this enormous yield comes wher
the country is bare of grain, ant
when a great war in Europe takes
away all the competition we hav,
always had in supplying breadstuffs
Add to this the fact Of an absolut,
settlement of our internal trouble!
by the wise policy Of Presiden
Hayes, the fact that We have 60
back almost to gold basis, ant
that the depreciation has gone OF
until we have struck bottom, ard h
must be creaker indeed who can
not see better times very closely
ahead. The effect is now percspti
bic in this city. The merchant,
from tho interior are here in force
with pleasant faces, and those VIII
came to buy five thousand dollar
arc, under adyicss from home since
they left, buying ten thousand
One publishing firm in Boston ha
sold 10000 copies Of q new book il
the first three weeks of its publica
tien, something unheard Of sine,
1873, and other intimatiohs Of re
turning prosperity are not wanting
And this Is going to be permanent
| Our exports are now largely in ex
cess Of our imports, the flood Of gol'
instead Of going abroad is settin,
this way, and Europe is contribpt
ing to US instead Of our contribut
ing to Europe. We arc exportin,
goods to Europe. .lefa -
1t is true that Jay Gould mad
four millions Of dollars by his shrew'