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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-14

The inebriate asylum at Bing.
hamton, New York, which fuctu.
ates regularly from failure to sue.
cess in the reports, is Just now re-
ported successful. II has eighty
patients, most Of them cultivated
men, and nearly all voluntarily in
mates of the institution, who have
come to be cured of dipsomania,
and cheerfully obey the rules
Among them are one clergyman,
three divinity students, three doc
tors, three medical students, three
journalists, enc dentist, two civil
engineers, and manufacturers, mer-
chants, clerks have a fair repre-
sentation. The table is well spread
and well served. There are two
excellent libraries, one belonging
to the Ollapod Club. All the New
York morning and some of the
evening papers are taken all the
American magazines many of the
New York and London illustrated
papers; and there are occasional
literary and musical entertainments.
There Is small but well-furnished
theater which affords a field for
amateur talent; the dozen card
and chess tables in the club room
are always filed, and there are
three rooms on the first floor, each
of which has a billiard table. The
means of amusement and of dis
traction from the inevitable ennui
Of residence are abundant. The
opportunities for study are of the
best. Recuperation and rest are
secured and the patients perman-
ent cure is a matter that depends
wholly upon himself.
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tiers OF daily occurrence with him
il, as We suppose, the town wa:
founded by Hiram Of Tyre, who
left all his treasure there to be
squandered in litigation presided
over by Mr.. Garfield Otherwise,
and if Hiram were like other Ohio
villages of the same size, Mr.. Gar
field might derive the smount OF
this fee from his practice in two
years, if he did all the business.
But ut Washington a man of less
than Mr.. Garfeld's angelic inno-
cence ought to find no trouble in
picking up large number of five-
thousand dollar fees if the atten-
ton of claimants before Congress
were once drawn to bis legal abil-
tiles by his position as Chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations.
If such a man did not happen to be
a lawyer he could do other things
as lucrative as drawing briefs for
the clients of his friends. He could
sing songs for more than the pay
of prima donna, even if he had
no voice and no ear. He would
have no difficulty in winning
Thousand dollars or so whenever he
sat down to poker, even though he
knew not the rudiments of the
game. He could get vast sums for
his candid opinion of new in
vention which he had never heard
of, and even his casual conversa-
tons would enrich him. And if
he were as pure and good and in
nocent as Mr.. Garfield, he would
never dream of connecting these
things with his craftsmanship of the
Committee on Appropriations, and
he would hurl back in the teeth of |
everybody the cruel charge which
everybody would make, that he
mad been bribed and disgraced.
TO the pure all things are pure,
particularly checks for $4,000
But what a thing it is to be a white
'ouled fluttering thing like Mr. Gar
ield in a heartless and censorious
world.
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Hayes Cabinet.

Hayes tried to placate every.
body in the selection Of bis Cabinet
and the result is that be has pleased
nobody-at least in his own party.
His nominations went to the Sen
ate yesterday, and although it has
long been the custom of the Senate
to confirm the Cabinet nomina-
tions Of new President without
the formality Of q reference to ap-
propriate committees, the custom
was set aside IN the case Of every
enc Of Hayes nominations, and all
Of them are to be reported upon
before action is taken. When
President Grant was first inaugu-
rated his Cabinet nominations, al
though some of them excited con-
siderable surprise, we're confirmed
without question by the Senate,
IL was subsequently as
eertained that one of them was in
eligible, and could not take the
cffiec to which he had been nomi-
stated. IL is therefore q sign OF
trouble for Hayes when there was
such decided opposition to the list
u nsspes he sent in that lac has 10
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Mr.. Garfield's $4,000.
From the New York worl

From the New York World.
The extreme frankness of Mr.
Garfield's statement concerning hi,
relations with the De Golyer con
tract lets new light on the pro
tessional abilities of radical mem
bers of Congress. Mr.. Garfield
drew a brief for a brother lawye,
in behalf of De Golyer, having al
necessary papers and models fur.
nished him, and received $4,000
Afterwards, by a curious coinci.
dence, he had to report upon The
claim of his friends client, as
Chairman of the Committee on Ap-
preparations, and having been in.
formed by his previous researches
in legal capacity on the merits OF
the question, he was struck with
the justice and ability of the
claim, and reported it favorably.
This, Mr.. Garfield says, is absolute
ly all there is in the story, and how
anybody can make any harm of it
is more than he can see.
People not so guileless and sim
pie of soul as General Garfield can
see plainly. They understand now
what Butler and the other agitators
for back pay meant when they ex-
planned that it was absolutely nee
essary for a member of Congress
to do something besides his legis-
lative business to exc out his SUBJ
sistence in Washington. Some
practiced law, others resorted TO
other make-shifts. Perhaps Mr..
Schurz used to play the piano for
dancing parties on the "off nights"
OF the Senate, and perhaps Pig
Iron Kelley is boiler-mender. A
medical member Of Congress might
do a decent business il he could
get all bis colleagues to trust him.
But members of Congress are most
y lawyers, and there is n tremend-
BUS deal Of law business done In
Washington. 1t is done at paying
prices, too. The easy and familiar
way in which Mr.. Garfield talks of
lis $4,000 fee for drawing a brief is
ruiy touching when we consider
hat according to Mr.. Garfield that
7as Only half the fee. II Mr.. Gar
eds constituents had ordained
hat he should stay at home and
ractice law in the courts of
Iran, Ohio, instead Of sacrificing
is private interests in the service
bis countrr, five thousand COL
r fees would, Of course, be mat ,
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Whatever consolation the organs
Of the administration can find, in
proclaiming that the Democratic
campaign was a series of blunders
and the candidacy Of Governor
Tilden mistake, they are welcome
to- A campaign and a candidate
which secured nearly 100000 ma
jority on the popular vote, and
m actual majority of elector-
al votes which could only be
turned into an apparent minor
ity by the most gigantic fraud
ever committed, and then only into
n minority of one, can safely be left
to history. 1t is a poor compli-
ment the supporters of the admin
istration pay their cause when they
admit that, even with the help of
the scoundrelly Returning Boards,
1t would not have succeeded but
for the blunders of its opponents.
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II was not for nothing that Nor
ton went to San Francisco last year
after his party had been routed at
the election in Indisne. The city
which he visited pol'ed more than
5000 fraudulent votes, or nearly
three times the majority which
Hayes received in California
With an honest vote in San Fran
cisco, California would have been
carried for Tilden.
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wait the pleasure of the Senate for

wait the pleasure of the Senate for
his Cabinet.
The cause of the opposition &c
the nominations is patent. Hayes
has shown something Of a DISPOSE
tiou to ignore the men to whom he
is indebted for his place, and they
are bitterly enraged at his con-
duct. They do not propose to be
sat down upon without giving
some vigorous kicks. What the
upshot of the matter will be it is
difficult to predict; but it is clear
that not a single one of the names
which Hayes sent into the Senate
yesterday can be confirmed with
out the aid of Democratic votes-a
fact which does not betoken a great
degree of harmony within the Re-
publican ranks.
The Cabinet selections, however,
are entitled to better treatment
than that which they received at
the hands of the Republicans in
the Senate. On the whole they
do not constitute very bad Cabi-
net. There is some good material
in the list; and there are some men
whom statesmen OF high order
would not select as the best the
codntry afforded for Cabinet posi-
tons. But Hayes Is not much of
a statesman, and he has been dread
fully harrassed since he went into
office by crowds of hungry Office
seekers who wanted something at
his hands, from a place in the Cab
met down. He has done the best |
he could He has labored to re-
ward personal service to himself,
has sought TO keep ADMINISTRATION
promises, and in pursuance of his
proclaimed policy has put South
ern man and a former Democrat in
in his Cabinet.
1t is evident that the leaders of
the Republican party are to put
Hayes to the test, and that he is to
have an opportunity to show what
he is made of. His Cabinet, if con-
stituted as sent into the Senate by
him yesterday, will be unsatisfac-
tory as whole and in detail to the
men who led the Republican party
n the late campaign. From this
lime forth there will he an extra
ordinary pressure brought to bear
lpon him to make him remodel it
o meet the views of extremists. If
he fails to remodel it, he will be an
Executive opposed by his own
party; if he remodels it, he sur I
enders himself into the hands of I
,eepers different from those in S
whose charge he went to Wash I
ngton, and by whom he has thus ,
ar been inspired. {
Democrats will look on with in- I
crest while the battle wages be- s
ween Republican factions. They q
I'LL not take a hand in, except as b
heir participation may advance b
le cause of self-government in the Il
ountry.-Detroa Free Press. I
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The Personnel Of Hayes Cab
tnet.

William NJ. Evarts, of New
York, nominated Secretary of State
is now fifty-nine years of age. AL
though he has been for years one
of the leaders of the American bar
and constitutional lawyer of great
e,ninence, the only public office be
ever held was that of Attorney.
General of the United States for q
short time during the administra.
ton of President johnson. He
was one of the counsel for Presi-
dent Johnson in the impeachment
trial. He was also one of the coun-
sci for the United States in con-
Quoting the Alabama claims case
before the Geneva Tribunal of ar
bitration. His latest noteworthy
legal service was on behalf of the
Republicans before the electoral
commission.
John Sherman, of Ohio, who has
been assigned the Treasury De-
partment, has had large experience
in political life. He is fifty-three
years old, and for the last twenty
two has been in Congress, six years
in the House, where he was a lead
er of the Republicans, and sixteen
years in the Senate. He has &C.
cupied a prominent position in the
Senate, though he has never had
the leadership of the Republicans
of that body. During most of his
service in the Senate he has been a
member of the Committee on FL
nance, and for the past ten years
chairman of that committee. He
was the author of the Specie Re-
s''np''on ACT oi 1910. his posi-
''on vi 'ne 0enase committee mas
at least thoroughly familiarized him
WIN Inc s'a'e Oh tne finances OF
tue country lie is the pest repre-
sentative oi INC machine In the
Oaoine''
george w. McCrary, OF Iowa,
Nominated lot secretary OF War,
Is aiSo poh'ician OF considerable
experience lie was IN the Legis-
nature Oh iowa 10 1901 ana a men,
oer " 'ne o'a'e senate from 1901
W 1000 lie was elected to Con-
eress ID 1000, ana successfully re-
e'eo'eu " 'ne 'nree succeeding
nc was not a candi-
.a'e az 'ne close Oh the last session.
ne was 'ne mover Oh q JOINT COM
70 eeV'se means ior count
's 'no e'ec'ora' Vo'e' ana was one
:, 'ne ne'noe's Oh the committee'
NV ", was que % '"e oojec'ors 70 tue
1on oe,''noa'o. i.o. r,or'oa'
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Governor. He was in Congress in

Governor. He was in Congress in
lS4l-3 and again in 1919, de-
clining a reelection. He was a
leading Wing in Indiana in the
days Of Whiggery, and was Pres
idential elector ia 1910, 1874 and
1864. Since lS49 he has held no
public Office, though he was tender
ed appointments by Presidents
Taylor and Fillmore. There is
nothing in his career which points
him out as specially qualified to
fill the office of Secretary of the
Navy, and his appointment can
only be accounted for on the ground
that Hayes did not deem it desira-
BILE to ignore the claims of Indiana,
and the Navy Department was just
as good as any other to give out.
The Republicans of Indiana, if the
choice had been left with them,
would, however, have made diff
ferent selection, and are not at all
enthusiastic over Thompson.
David NJ. Key, of Tennessee, for
the Post-office Department, is
native Southerner. He was Pres
idential elector on the Buchanan
ticket in 1856 and on the Breckin-
ridge ticket in 1860. He entered
the Confederate army in 1861, and
served through the war. He was
elected Chancellor of the Third
Chancery District in 1870, and
held the position until appointed to
the United States Senate in 1875
to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Andrew Johnson
He failed of election at the hands
of the Legislature. His selection
to Cabinet position was due to
the desire Of Hayes to put a South
ern Conservative, who would &C.
cept, in the Cabinet. 1t will be
interesting to see how the exper- {
Iment will work.
Charles Devens, of Massachusetts, /,
who has been nominated for Attor-
has not been active in
politics of late, having been for
some years upon the bench in Mas
'achusetts. He was gallant SOL
iier during the war and lost limb
n the service. He is a representa-
i've of the so-called liberal element
If the Republican party in Mas
and was talked of in
with the United States =
'enatorship from Massachusetts, :
which Hoar carried off from Bout ?
Tell. X
Carl Schulz, booked by Hayes
Or the succession to Chandler, is
s we'll known to the public as any
t the appointees, not even ex-
epting Evarts. He was Lincoln's
iinister to Spain in 1861, served :
q the army during the war, was {
United States Senator from Mis- P
ouri from 1869 to 1875. He took .
prominent part in the Liberal T.
in 1872, and was one of l
be leaders at the Fifth Avenue 9,
Conference in 1876. 1t was at the
liter gathering that he presented
report showing that such man
Hayes should not be nominated
II President; but after Hayes
he supported him
lence the Interior Department.
'etroit Free Press.
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Flint & Pere Marquette R. R.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-12
MaIIomelI loral Nems.

Our Superintendent of Burial Grounds informs
US that many birds nests in our cemetery have
been robbed of eggs and destroyed by boys; and
he expresses his determination to put stop to
such vandal and cruel practice. Robbing birds
nests may be classed among the most reprehens-
BILE practices of juvenile indiscrction and should
DO considered a crime of no small magnitude.
Parents and teachers should strictly forbid the in
diligence of this wicked propensity by children
under their charge, either of small or larger
growth. We always feel like shooting a-cat
that has no more regard for the domestic arrange
ments of the innocent birds than to rob their
nests, either OF eggs or young.
We have recently been favored with the perus-
al of a poetical history of Hillowell in the olden
time, written by Samuel h. Gilman Esq. of New
barypott, Mass, nephew OF Judge Gilman of this
CITY; IN which allusion Is made TO most of the
early residents Of llallowell, their business local
tiles and pursuits, as well as pecuarties of char
acter, profession, &c. We doubt not the author
might find 1t for his interest to favor our citizens
with public reading of this poem, which could
not fail to interest both old aud Young. The pro-
duction is quite remarkable for its completeness,
aud as an evidence of wonderful rctentivc
memory on the part OF the author.
The passage of tho ship Cincinnatus from Lon.
don to Boston, in p days, to which we recently
referred, was in the year 1875, instead of 1875
almost one hundred years ago-a fact investing
the paragraph with more significance than as be
fore printed. Such quick passage at the present
day, by ships of modern construction, might not
be considered worthy a special mention, but in
those ancient times the passage was probably con
sidered rema kabe one.
A meeting of the Reform Club will be held in
City Hall this Tuesday, evening, at the usual
hour The exercises will be of a soc al character
as heretofore; aud all interested in the onward
progress of the temperance REFORM will uudoubt-
edly be ready to contribute to the interest of the
occasion.
At the last meeting Of the city council, the city
Solicitor was ordered to appear before the County
Commissioners, and demonstrate in behalf of the
city against the discrimination Of the new road in
Augusta, meeting extension Of Second street. in
this city. The committee ON city property were
charged with the duty Of remodeling the school
house at Loudon Hill. The usual allowance of
10 and per cent. discount on taxes paid be fore
certain dates was voted. An order was also
passed instructing the city Marshal ITO place an
officer on Water and Second streets to see that
the corners of the streets are kept clear, and
fences kept clear of loafers; and especially
Sunday evenings; and also on other streets
where he may deem expedient."
The Colorado potato beetle is becoming alto
gether too familiar with the potato vines, in this
vicinity. Farmers and gardeners should lose no
time in fastening the determination of these pests.
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Mt Vernon Locals.

We have not considered our prospects very fiat.
tering for hay crop the present season, but the
recent spell of weather" has done wonders for
the grass, and if we can have following rains for
two three weeks, we are all right for hay. Cora
of which there is an unusually large acreage, is
very large and vigorous for the season. Grain is
looking finely, with no complaint of thinning by
worms. No potato bugs in town, so far as We
hear. If a tree is only known by its fruits, we
shall hardly know our own apple trees this season,
but they are making good growth of wood and
will be in bearing condition another year. We
hope the Pathological Society of Maine will tell
US where to import apples from, what varieties
to buy and impart other informaio ion that will he lp
Us to desert fruit and sppe-sass. Dealers are Of
fcring 40 cents for wool, some are selling, and
some holding for better prices. Good pigs are
plenty at 81 Farmers are engaging their hel
for haying 81 day.
The Mt Vhrnon Grange is prospering with ad-
diions at every meeting. The Grange store is do
ing satisfactory business and the stock is to be
increased Immediately.
The Reform clubs are prospecting remarkably
We believe there is less liquor drank in town tina n
at any former period since our remem1 rance.
God speed and bless the glorious reform work.
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NEW YORK.


| NEW YORK, June IL. A camp of Indians en-
| route for Indian Territory, struck by tor
nado the 9Th inst. One was killed and several
| wounded, and much suffering caused from loss Of
| supplies.
The Nez Percez Indians are arranging with
Gen. Howard to 90 on the reservations.
Body Fonnd.
Another body was found in East river. yester-
day morning, who had been shot and then thrown
| overheard.
Order Revoked.
The World says Secretary Sherman has re-
| voked hls order removing Deputy Collector Tan
ner The order was the result of a misunderstood
ing.
Personal.
The World says Stanley Matthews is comforting
| with President Hayes on the Ohio financial plat
| form
Report.
Secy Sherman is reported as believing silver
dollars should De legal tenders for all currency
| contracts, but should be issued in exchange for
L. S. notes and fractional currency. This is sup
posed to be the safe middle ground between the
extreme opinions OF the east and west.
Missing.
T. X. VanBa.kirk of New York, recently at st.
Louis, has been missing nearly two weeks. AS
he Is wealthy man, foul play is suspected.
Gold opened at l05.
West Point.
Gen. Sherman and the Sec'y of War are ex-
pected tomorrow, and Gen. Hancock on Wednes-
day. The awards of diplomas will be made on
Thursday, at 10 o'clock, when infantry review,
parade and drill will come off.
Base Ball
| Base ball at Lowell-Lowells 8, Mapleleaf of
| Canada, l.
| The Fries defeated the Crickets at Bingham
| ton. to-day, IL to 7.
In New York-Hartfords 4. Chelscas 8.
AT st. Loais-St. Louis IL, Cincinnati 8.
Railroad M alters.
| The following is the time made by the fast train
| from Chicago, which reached New York this eve
ming: Chicago to New York. including stops, "a
hours and 50 minutes. Average, SO IL miles per
hour.
The Turf.
| HUDSON, June H. At the Hudson Driving
Park races to-day, in the 2.40 class, William Tai
Ion was the winner; Newton 3D. Delilah Sd.
| Time, 2.3S IL, 35 IL, 239.
Ia the 2.2S class, G. b. Allev was the winner
Columbia Chief I'd. Clover Sd. Time, 80, O. SO.
1882 10, 1885, 233 IL.