The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-23
SPIRIT Of THE PRESS.


The Commercial says: 1t has been oul
understanding that Mr.. Edison's hackers in
the electric lamp business were capitalists
largely interested in telegraph stock. There
is company in New York. having an office
in the Drexel building, called the Edison
Electric Light Company. 1t has, we under.
stand, nominal capital of 100000. Gen
temen acting in confidential capacity for
the parties having control of the Edison
lamp were in this city on Saturday last,
and remained until yesterday. They
made provisional arrangement for the
sale of the right to use the light in this
city and in Covington and Newport. The
largest number of lamps lit at one time in
Edison's shop is seventeen-and they gave
forth steady, uniform illumination-nne
lamp having about twenty-five candle
power. There is no reason to question the
genuineness of the invention or the thor
oughness of the success obtained. The
perfect simplicity of the lamp warrants it.
The fame OF the inventor gives assurance
that he las not identified himself with a
sham, or permitted speculation
in his name and character. The
value Of stock in gas companies can
not be destroyed in day or year, but
this much NAV be taken into account by
the holders of that sort of property; that
u new and formidable competition will
come to pass. and that before long elec-
tricity will take its place in affording the
most splendid light ever seen in the world,
and the cheapest. The hostile Utes have
refused to give mp the Indians implicated
in the White River massacre. Very earnest
efforts were made to induce them to do
so by Agent Adams and Chief Ouray. The
final determination is to fight rather than
surrender them, and fight it will be. The
war will give color of justification for
driving them out and parceling out the
great reservation. They would have had
to go anyway, as all their ancestors have
done, yielding to the pressure of the civil
ization rolling upon them, and they will
90 in the same fashion, fighting till but a
remnant of the tribe is left, to be again
located till the whites want their lands.
The Gazette says: The Edison light is
now all right on paper. The question is
whether it will be all light or all darkness
when put to the test. The best that esSb
said of it is that it is all open question
Heretofore Edison's promises have been far
in advance OF his performances Since the
war of the rebellion $500, 600 900 have been
expended for pensions. 1t can not be said
that the Nation has forgotten the men who
lost their lives and health in its defense
The last census shows that of the agricul-
tural area of Indiana. 10000, 900 acres were
improved and S.000.0 acres unimproved.
There ought to be room for q few
new settlers of good character on
the 100000 acre patch. - Ewing
received 10000 more votes in Ohio
than was polled for Bishop in 1877; yet
Bishop claims that if he had been nomi-
mated in 1879 he would have been elected.
His defeat would have been overwhelming
as compared with that of Ewing The Sec
retary Of the Treasury contemplates such
an offer to the holders of per cent. bonds
due next year as will induce them to refund
now in cents, and thus enable him to
sell the remaining $108 100000 of per
cents. authorized by law.-The great dan
ger now impending is that an opposition
majority in Congress will usurp the power
to revise the election of President Electors,
to count in the candidate of their own par
tv. This act would make an uprising of
the Northern people. They who are not
willing to risk civi. war Br chance to put
in q man who was not elected will earnestly
labor to provide some way of verifying the
election of President Electors which would
avoid this danger. But the Democrats seem
to desire to keep it open.-The Spaniards
believe that there is i'll luck in the Austrian
marriages of their sovereigns; hence the
young widower. Alfonso's recent alliance
has caused many shake of the head among
the superstitious II this, however, were
all his trouble. he would not have great
occasion for anxiety. But there are, worse
things to apprehend. The republic has
not yet been forgotten, and the presence
Of the Queen mother. Isabella, for the first
tince since her fight in 1868. has no doubt
excited to renewed activity the opponents
of the Bourbon dynasty. Nor are the
Liberals the only persons whom Alfonso
has reason to dread. lie may cater to the
Church and the political reactlonists, but
the Constitution which he has sworn to
maintain forbids him to g. as far as these
medi@valists desire. From Dom Carlos
they can obtain all they want. This pre-
tender is only too ready to come back and
kindle the flames of civil war on tile slight
est encouragement. Alfons, is thus be-
tween two fires.
The Enquirer says The need of the Dem
ocratic party was never so great as now.