The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-08-15
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE.

Electric candles, are rapidly superse
ding gas in Paris, out of doors.
People do not generally associate
wealth with British Colonial bishoprlcs
but there are exceptions to every rule
Bishop Tyrrell of Newcastle, N ew South
Wales, announces that he has bequeath
ed ST. $50, 900 for various purposes, IN
Guiding an endowment Of 100000 toi
the clergy, in that diocese.
There is an over~supply OF West POM
graduates. Most of the class OF 1877 are
Still unassigned, and the class of 1873 Is
in the same condition. The supply OF Of
fcers, ought to be cut down to the size
of the army. .,
General Meade's son takes issue with
some Of the statements in Grants Herala
missive, bearing on the slight to his faith
er in the appointment of Sheridan as
Lieutenant General over him, on purely
personal grounds. General Thomas ad'
mirers have always made the same COM
plant in regard to that great General
He should have been the Lieutenant
General.
The South Carolina Democratic Con,
vention met last week at Columbia and
enthusiastically indorsed and renomin-
ated Governor Hampton and all the
State officers. The platform adoptedre-
affirmed the platform Of 1876, is in harN
mony with the pledges and performances
of Governor Hampton, and guarantees
tull protection to all classes in the adj
ministration of justice. Accompanying
the platform is a series of resolutions,
which were also adopted, urging unity
of purpose and action among Democrats,
denouncing fusion with Republicans,
and deprecating the presence of inde~
pendent candidates, also strongly recomN
mending the fostering of immigration,
inviting people from every quarter Of the
globe to make their homes in South
Carolina, directing attention to the rev,
enue troubles in the upper counties, ur,
ging Congress to amend the law and
quiet irritation, and requesting President
Hayes to grant amnesty to illicit distill-
ers in the upper counties.
The Chicago Times gently remarks
that, IN the Seventh Illinois district, "the
national tramp party have nominated
their eminent statesman and illustrious
fiscal philosopher Alexander Campbell
whom God, in his inscrutabl9 providence
permitted to occupy seat in the Forty
fourth Congress. Excepting Dowdall Of
Peoria, he is the damnedest fool in Ill
inois."
A young English lady remarked to
Bismarck that the Congress had not
settled the Eastern question" He re-
piled: "Oh no it's only cobbled for
the time, and when the shoe pinches il
will break out again. am satisfied with
the patching. wanted peace" And
England p "She, should be satisfied
also, for she has taken her share Of the
spoil without fighting for it,
The dowry ofthe late Queen Mercedes
was returned to her father, the Due de
Montpensier, by King Alphonso, but the
Duke refused to receive it. The King
thought that in retaining it he was doing
an injustice to the children of his broth
ers,in-law, but the Duke has decided on
the point. The King therefore retains
the palace of Castileja de la Cuesta, near
Seville, and the Jewels of his late wife,
The money received has been appropri-
ated to the poor.
A young Scotchman lately presented
himself in great perturbation of mind at
the police station of the Paris Exposition,
and announced that he hadI Ilost his wife.
A description of her was given, and three
police agents we're sent on a search. The
lady was at last found, seated on bench,
crying. The young husband was so
overjoyed that he drew from his pocket
two notes of 500 francs each and offered
them to the men. They smiled and Fl
gayo says, told him that the French po'
lice find gratis ladies who have gone
astray. He should have tried it on them
singly.
It is said there are few tramps in the
South. AS the negroes, who have auto
cratic sway in the kitchen, do not take
kindly to them, and will not give them
anything to eat. Another reason for their
absence is that the South does not afford
the same advantages for plumber and
free living to be found in the North. II
is expected that the cotton crop this
year will be larger than the natives can
pick, and the suggestion was made that
tramps be secured to help get the crop
all in. The general opinion, however
prevails that it will be more profitable
that the extra cotton go to waste than tc
encourage the tramps.
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