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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-08
SIN Happy.


Detroit Free Press.l
For the past two weeks a Wood
ward avenue druggist has put up a
prescription of some kind or other
about four times a day for certain
small boy, besides filling orders for
a large variety of patient medicine
and pOruS plasters. The sales were
all cash, but the druggists curiosity
was at length aroused, and said to
the boy:
Got sickness in the family?"
Kinder" was the reply.
Your father?p
Yes-all but me. Ma is using
the plasters for a lame side and
taking the tonic for rash which
broke out on her elboys. Pa takes
the troches for tickling in his
throat, and uses the amica on his
skin. Louise uses that catarrh
ShulI ana the cough medicine Bill
wants the brandy for a sprained
ankle, and the squills are for the
baby. That's all butgrandma, and
this prescription is to relieve the
pain in her chest and make her
sleep harder"
Rather unfortunate family" re-
marked the druggist.
Well, kinder, but pa says it's
cheaper than going to the seashore,
and SO we plaster up and swallow
down and feel purity happy, after
all"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-08

Inye,,ted iudiciOusly in Stocks lOptiops or
P,riyilegesl. is a sure road to rapid fortune.
run details ana Ohicial Stock kxchange Re
CO., Bankers, S5 Wall street New Vort o.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-08
the GOLDEN WHEEL
FOrtune Teller and Dream RnAI

tlearns any one how to tell fortunes
gives you true interpretations Of droant sal ana
tains great many secrets important FL ,l. eoh.
one, ana "a the most complsts 1s-ts asesesiiy
Ind lever ever pS9iished All completofsr ohIS s'S
plainly written, with price, to fTh tegTgIFs,9 eTIss,m9
G-dtw.lO5. JJ'nVlnhAu' v,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23
Commercial Morality.

American manufactures are of pure
cotton, as free from size as possible;
while all the lower classes of goods
from Great Britain are heavily load
ed with size and this circumstance,
with the smaller cost of production
here. has thus far enabled our manu-
facturers to put their goods on the
China market at a far lower price.
Hitherto, as one of the Consuls dry
ly remarks. "the Chinese have al
ways run after the cheaper commod-
ity, so long as it possessed sufficient
adhesiveness to hold together under
the needle, and not fall to pieces in a
shower of rain" But such state of
affairs obviously cannot be expected
to continue. Already the Chinese
are beginning to entertain a very
natural prejudice against the low
priced, but really costly rubbish sent
to them from the Manchester looms
and sizing watts, and the feeling is
operating to diminish the demand
even for medium makes, which do
not merit the suspicion. The newt
able result of the dishonest practices
of the British manufacturers, if thew
are persisted in, will be to brand all
their products, good and bad alike,
with an evil name in the Chinese
market, and their American rivals
will gain position from which il
may become impossible to dislodge
them.--Edinbrgh Scotsman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23
Blair Again on the War Path.

Montgomery Blair came to the
front in the House of Delegates Tues
day with another series of resolves
expressive of his state of mind in re-
gard to the Presidential settlement
He asks, in his joint resolutions, that
the Attorney General of Maryland
be instructed to exhibit a bill in the
Supreme Court of the United States
on behalf of the state of Maryland,
"setting forth the fact that due effect
was not given to the electoral vote
cast by this state on the 9Th day of
December, 1876, by reason Of the
fraudulent returns madh from other
steates, and allowed to- be counted
Professionally by the Electoral Com
mission, but subject to judicial re-
vision, and praying said court to
make the revision contemplated by
the act establishing said commission,
and upon said revision to declare that
the return from the state of Loussi-
ana and Forldia, which were counted
for Rutherford b. Hayes and Will
liam A. Wheeler, were fraudulent
and void, and that the electoral vote
of said states were, in fact, cast for
Samuel j. Tilden as President and
Thomas A. Hendricks as Vice Presi-
dent, and that by yirture of said
votes and the 1874 votes cast by other
states, of which eight were cast by
the state Of Maryland, the said Tilden
and Henrick were duly elected, and
praying said court to decree accord
ingly."
The introduction of the resolutions
in the house seems to have or ,ated
some surprise, as it was supposed
that the matter had been finally dis
posed of in the summary rejection of
Mr.. Blair's previous memorial upon
the same subject. He however sue
ceeded in having his resolutions re-
ferred to the judiciary committee in.
stead of the committee on federal
relations that slaughtered. his memorial
so numerically. 1t is not supposed
that he will get favorable action upon
them in the legislature. The Balti-
more Gazette remarks suggestively
! that the committee will no doubt be
ready to report son the LIST of April"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23
In the National House of ROl

In the National House of Repre-
sentatives, Saturday last, Mr.. Mon
ey, a member of the Postoffice Com
mittee, defended. himself from the
imputations made by Mr.. Conger of
any knowledge that the claims OF
Southern Postmasters had been paid
by the Confederate Government. Mr..
Conger repeated what he had before
said, that it was exceedingly strange
that members who had acted in the
Confederate Congress should forget
such fact. Out of 18>claims IA had
been paid. He did not blame the
claimants, as they had been paid in
Confederate money, and with the
condition that if they ever received
the money from the Federal Govern
ment they would pay it back to the
Confederate Government. Mr..
Townsend, of New York, remarked
"that was heightened" Mr.. Money,
of Mississippi, was anxious to keep
the paper read by Mr.. Conger out of
the Record, but the Speaker inform
ed him that as its contents was pant
of that gentleman's speech it was his
right to have it printed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

The engineers" of the railroad
and canal compromise stock water"
before their measure was completed
in the Senate, and extended the limit
of the canal rates to the State line, so
that the benefit that may be derived
from the limit named is open TO all
the residents of our county.
If Mr.. Blair means bust ness he can
now put the Sixth district under
such obligations to- him that they
will not soon forget or ignore. Let
him see that fair local rates of freight
for Western Maryland are obtained,
and he will find that the people are
not ungrateful. Mr.. Blair can retard
this compromise measure, in which
the Peoples interest is entirely SUBJ
ordinated to that of the railroad and
canal, and can compel the railroad
company to re-adjust its rates for
local business upon an equitable ba-
sis. The burden under which we
have labored so long ought tobe re-
moved, and the "liberal' disposition
which Mr.. MCLEAN thinks is so de-
sirable in our dealings with the rail-
road and Mr.. German thinks is SO
desirable for the canal, may be en-
ployed toward our people with the
utmost propriety, and the man who
will give himself to this service will
not only deserve, but receive, the
substantial appreciation of those
whom he has served.
Always and everywhere, in legis-
lation and courts, is this disposition
to deal "liberally" with this corpo-
ration, and it is met on the other
hand with the settled policy to grind
our people to the utmost, without
regard to favers heretofore received
and now asked; regardless, too, of
any obligation on its part to do all it
can to promote the prosperity of cit
liens living on its line.
We do not eXaggerate when we
say that our county has been retard-
ed more than twenty years by the
"local policy" of this corporation
that to-day asks its representatives
to vote it an "extension" on its liza
bilities now matured and due; and
not only our county, but every Sec
ton of the State is measurably Grip
pied and impoverished by this mis-
taken policy. In view of these facts,
the legislature ought, in justice to its
own citizens, interfere so as to pre-
vent the continuance of this iniquity,
and make it impossible for this COM
pany any longer to extort this
'blood money"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

The revenue officers engaged in
breaking up Illicit distilleries in
White county, Tennessee, are meet
ing determined opposition from the
moonshiners, and are threatened
with death if they continue doing
their duty. A barn belonging to the
Revenue Commissioner at Peeled
Chestnut has been burned, and also
those of three farmers who were
suspected of giving information to
the officers. A postal card directed
to Mr.. Davis, who is conducting the
raid, says "between fifty and one
hundred men are making prepara-
lions to meet you, and you may ex-
pect bloody work. They are armed
with long-range guns. They assert
you shall come no nearer than Cook
ville."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

it's good offices as mediator when
they are solicited We see nc indi-
cation that Germany is at all dispOs
ed to interfere with the tactics Of
Russia, even if they extend to the
occupation of Constantinople, nor is
she apparently at all anxious to
hurry on the conference. On all
sides, hence, it seems at this distance
that England must either retire from
all pretensions to check Russian ag-
gressions or else antagonize them
openly and defantly, and back up
her remonstrances with all the force
at her command. We must soon see
which course she will elect to pursue.
-B0Lto. american.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

A Mississippi paper advises the
state of Virginia to repudiate its debt
and Danish from her cousels the
narrow Drained ''honor and dignity"
men who insist upon paying it. prin-
cipal and interest, although most
fit is due to northern capitalists"
AS the state of Mississippi has suffer
ed for years from the repndiatiori
stain upon her credit, it would seem
that this advice from that quarter is
a'good deal like that of the fox who,
having lost his tail in a trap, urged
all the other foxes to have their tails
cut off as useless appen dages.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

PAYING OUT GoLD.-Postmaster
Tyler on Saturday paid off all the
carriers and street collectors of the
Baltimore postoffice,, total sixty-six
men, in gold coin, in denominations
of five, ten and twenty dollars. Each
man received his two weeks pay in
gold pieces, and $4,000 were thus dis
bursed. Messrs. w. T. Dixon &
Bro, 306 West Baltimore street, also
paid their employees off in gold,
which required about $1,000 A
number of Baltimore storekeepers
last week paid out gold as change to
customers, -Balto. S,oa, Monday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

The mines generally have consid-
cred the question of price with re-
gard to mining coal, and have agreed
to work at 40 cents, but there appears
to'be difference between the miners
and some of the companies with re-
grad to the subject of weight. 1t is
generally conceded that the matter
will be amicably arranged and the
work of putting out coal will speed
lily commence.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

The Turks have been committing
dreadful atrocities in Corfu, one of the
Ionian Islands, in their attempts to
suppress the instruction. In the
district, Of Ghimara the insurgents
and a. force of Greeks have been
either killed, captured or dispersed
in, the mountains. Sixteen villages
were burned or pillaged, the inhabi-
tants having fled or persisted. The
foreign Censuls have appealed to-
their Governments for preventive
measures. The British man-of-war
Repaid, under the direction of the
British Consul, has been very active
in assisting the fugitives.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23
A Sensation in the Maryland Senate.

The chief subject in the legislature
to-day was the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad adjustment bill, which came
up in the Senate together with a sub
stitute by Mr.. Dennis, of Somerset;
and its discussion proved one fthe
most interesting events of the ses-
sion. 1t was the determination to
force vote if possible during the
afternoon, but the debate was of such
an extended character that the mat
ter went over until this evening,
when the substitute was rejected by
a vote of Is to s, and the bill was or
dered to engrossment. The vote was
a test, and the passage of the bill in
sured.
From | O'Clock until o'clock in
the afternoon three speeches were
made, the speakers being Senators
McLane, Dennis and German, when
a recess was taken until o'clock,
when the discussion went on. Mr..
McLane spoke in favor of the bill,
and in the course of his remarks said
some good words for the canal. Sem
ator Dennis created a profound sem
sation by declaring oDen war against
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and
its paramount influence, not only in
Maryland politics, but in its control
of the business interests of the peO-
pie of the State, and especially of the
city of Baltimore. He asked how
the canal came to be in this matter,
and what it had to do with settle.
ment of the affairs of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad? 1t was because
the canal company holds power in
this State and in this senate which
makes any settlement impossible
without benefits being provided and
conferred upon it. Sensation.
He said he saw no connection
whatever between this settlement
and the canal company, but that
power pervades this Senate and the
House of Delegates. 1t pervades the
politics of this State; it makes and
unmakes United States Senators,
Governors and other State officers,
great sensation, and woe to the
aspirant to any position who stands
in its way. What claim, he asked
has it on the State to cause the State
to cripple its own right arm, which is
daily and hourly working for the in
terest of every citizen of this State,
and making Maryland and the city
of Baltimore powerful? He then
reviewed the canal, and showed how
much money had been sunk in it by
millions from the time twas first
thought of until the present day, and
said that its future was the hammer
and the auctioneer's block, and the
purchaser may he that other corpo-
ration, the Pennsylvania railroad.
Mr.. Dennis advocated a substitute
of his own as the basis of settlement,
and opposed the bill. While he was
speaking Mr.. German, who is the
President of the canal company, sat
on the opposite side of the chamber,
cold and self possessed, and half the
time amused. Once he smiled and
it attracted the notice of Mr.. Dennis.
Mr.. German was, of course, the OBJ
served of all observers, and his cool
ness was in striking contrast with the
imprisoned feryor of his opposite.
When Mr.. German began his speech
expectation was ON tip-toe. He gave
cold steel in return. -AnndpoL Cor.
respondent Bulto. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

eral weeks and nv tears have ceased
to fall. l am glad to learn of the
prosperity of your Literary Society
and Band of HOPE. They are good
institutions for the young, and even
for some of the old. Keep them up !;
they will lay good foundation for
the future to build upon, and make
their mark on many lives.
Faithfully yours,
J. A. FULLERTON
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23
INVESTIGATING r r. CHARGES

INVESTIGATING r r. CHARGES
The special committee Of the West
Virginia Legislature for the investi-
CATION of the charges for transperta-
ton, &C., made by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, will meet at Martins
burgh, April 2, at Keyser, April 3; at
Grafton, April'4, and at Wheeling,
April 5, to receive testimony from
those who have evidence to submit,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

ANDERsoN'S RELEASE ORDERED.
New ORLEANS, March 18.-In the
case Of the State VS.. Thomas c. An.
derson, on appeal for new trial, the
supreme court has reversed the YER
dict of the jury and ordered the pris,'
oner to be released.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23
SATURDAY, MARCH %, 1878.
Hon. VIM. Walsh will accept our
thanks for valuable public docu-
ments.

Montgomery Blair's STINT resolu-
tions" ejecting Hayes from the presi-
dency. were introduced rather mop
portunely on the day when the dis
charge of Anderson in New Orleans
put quietus upon tho agitation of
the question at that end of the line.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

The Frederick Union hoists the
name of Hon. VIM. Il. Hamilton as
the next Democratic candidate for
Governor of Maryland, and highly
eulogizes that gentleman. The
Unioa's man may win, but we doubt
il,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-23

Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee OF good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-29
OUR MOUHDsWLLE LETTER.
MouNpsyIIlr, May %.

AAbA&Nk9N
EditOn intelligence.
We are being favored in the way Of
entertainments IN Moundsyille. Arthur
Love gaye another Of his rare perform.
anees last evening, in the school hall, TO
a fair house, and we must say that 1t ex.
celled anything Of the kind we have had
In our place for n long time.
understand that another manufacture
ing company are to commence operations
at the penitentisry in a few days. This
will give employment 10 all the convicts.
A stroll through the prison on Saturday
showed to US that everything Is in the
very best OF order. The fine reservoir ID
kept full Of water, while business at the
various manufacturing establishments
moves right along.
Prof. A. ]. Waychot, Of Pennsylyania,
a former teacher 10 The West Liberty
Normal School, is sojourning with US at
present. He looks hale and hearty says
be came by way Of the Narrow Gauge
from Waynesbnrg to Washington, with
once. Mr.. Waychoff Is now engaged in
surveying and engineering. He reports
business dull at his old home.
Strawberries are plenty, but where are
the promised festivals.
The Busy Bee Literary Society hold 3
picnic In Lockwood's Grove on Saturday.
A goodly number 60 from here TO
Rock Lick on tomorrow TO attend the
Sunday School Convention to be held
there. It is expected that there will be
q grand time.
Many would like to see the sham
battle who will be denied that privilege:
Success to it Let the boys be careful
and especially be sure that they fire blank
cartridges. \.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-29

BnlAIaE LocAla-Mn. L. A. Fetch.
er, formerly Of Wheeling, Is nowemplOy-
ed with the Bellaife Goblet Company ~
shipper and superintendent Of the pack
The National House, owned by the B,
4 o. Railroad Company, and which ma
been closed for 3 long time, will be re-
opened SHORTLY, with Mr.. VIM. CoelmAnI
e., As proprietor,
A number Of water plug. are still
sticking up above the sidewalks, which
cause heap OF trouble 10 pedestrians.
Words passing between Benwood and
Wheeling by the speaking telephone were
distinctly heard by the operator at this
place on Saturday night.
Mira, Gen. CoWen returned home from
Boston, Mass, on Friday. -,
The Cadiz company Of military will
not be with us on Thursday, Col. Baron
having received a petition from citizenl
OF that town asking that they be allowed
10 remain there for q home celebration,
and the Col. has given his consent.
Mr., A. D. Wilson has been elected
superintendent OF d hl' e. oAvuatI
school, in place Of Mr.. Duff, resigned.
The "Great Pacific circus passed
through town early yesterday morning.
Not to be behind the times, the B. & s
". Railway will run excursion train
from Weegee to Bellaire at intervals dur
ing the day. The round trip from Wee.
gee to this place Is placed at 20 cents, ant
Intermediate points accordingly.
While Mr.. Harden Beck, Of the Bell
afro Nail Works, was driving along JET
ferSon street on Gravel Hill On Sunda!
evening, a dog scared the horse attached
othe 6uggy,and 1t ran as far as the acnt,'
where the vehicle overturned, spillint
the gentleman out, but fortunately doini
him no injury.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-29
railurs OF the Woman,s Hotel.

From the New York Times.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart, bitterly disappoin.
ted, has made up her mind, after two
months experience, that the Woman's
Hotel experiment Is a complete failure.
She has, therefore, concluded to abandon
It. and will open the ediice to the public
on or about the 9th Of June as a CONNER.
cial hotel. This announcement having
been made public yesterday, reporter OF
the Times called upon Judge Hilton 10 as
certain the facts in the case. Mts. Stewart
was very much grieved at the failure.
She had expected grand results from the
enterprise had taken room in the hotel
for her own exclusive use, which she fur.
nished with the parlor suit that adorned
the President OF the United States room
in her husbands mansion nDepau row
t~hirty-fye years ago, and had hoped 10
spend the remainder Of her days in the
midst Of those OF her sex whom her hus-
bands philanthropy had surrounded with
all the comforts Of life. But after all that
had been done, and after the enormous
expenditures that had been made, the wo'
men could not be brought TO appreciate
the hotel and patroniLe il in sufficient
numbers 10 warrant running 1t any long
err for the exclusive benefit Of women.
Mrs. Stewart was thoroughly convinced
that the hotel was a failure, and had de.
,ermined to end the experiment at once.
Judge Hilton would have kept 1t open as
a woman's hotel some time longer, per.
haps, bu, ii was probably just as well to
come TO the point at once and make the
change.
Mr.. Stewart conceived the plan Of the
Woman's Hotel about fifteen years before
his death. The more he thought Of the
project the more firmly he became con-
WINGED that it could not fail Of being a
grand success. He consulted with
Ris friends about it, and could
find no one among them who would
take any stock in his pet theory: Every
one he talked to discouraged the idea, but
opposition only strengthened his own
opinions on the matter. He set to work
10 perfect a grand plan, which the hotel,
as It stood when opened two months ago,
accurately embodied. The building was
begun in January, 1859, and took nine
years TO construct. 1t cost to build, finish
and furnish jhst sS,7OO,OO