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The New York herald., 1879-08-08
SIGN THE LETTER.

From the Davenport Qowa) Gazette-rep.l
1t must be admitted that skilful as is Mr. Tilden
in "the art of putting things. the ep:ste drawn up
for him by the HERALD could hardly be improved
upon. Samuel J. would do we'll to adopt. sign and
publish that letter his aud get him into his
little bed.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08
ADVICE FROM A ssBAR'L'' ORGAN.

From the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution-dem.
If Mr.. John Kelly. Of New York. desires to be-
come popular statesman in the great North Aneri-
can Republic he has only to drop his opposition to
the New York democracy Instead of using his little
hatchet let Mr.. Kelly take out his box of salve.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08
CAN'T AFFORD II

CAN'T AFFORD 1T.
From the Albany Tmes-dem.l
The party cannot afford to renominate Governor
who takes instructions from Gramercy Park
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

MR.. ROBINSON AND THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
From the Wayne Democratic press-dem.l
Not single friend of our free school system
poor who desire that their children should have
good education-wil favor Lucius Robinson for
Governor! Not one OF them!
The New York herald., 1879-08-08
NONE BUT DEMOCRATS ON GUARD.

From the Wayne Democratic Press--dem.1
The Tilden and Robinson faction working very
hard to secure delegates that will favor the nomina-
ton Of Mr.. Robinson. The great body OF demo-
Gratis. however (those who believe in supporting
democrats for ofice), Will not vote for him il he is.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08
wILL ooyERNon RopINscN RETIRE |?

From the Flushing Journal-dem.l
1t is possible that Governor Robinson may. after
all. not be the nominee. We can only hope for re-
stored harmony in the party that we may say in
November, ''We have met the enemy and they are
ours"
The New York herald., 1879-08-08
TILDEN AND TAMMANY.
HIT BY A BooMsHELL.

From the Chicago Times--ind. dem.l
Mr. Tiden's little boom appears to have been hit
with boomshell.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RAPID TRANSIT STOCK.

SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RAPID TRANSIT STOCK.
At the Office OF tho Central Trust Company sub.
scriptions to the stock OF the "Hunts Point Branch
Company were received yesterday. aggregating
$4,000. making tho total amount subscribed thus
far 1900, out of q capital stock of $2UO.0O0.
The total amount OF subscriptions TO the stock of
the suburban Rapid Transit Company" up to yes-
tcrsay afternoon was S540.0 of which S1S0000
received during the day The capital stock OF this
company has been fxed by the Rapid Transit Com
lnisaiOners ut l.5OO.UU0
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

murderous plan of starving only the
judicial branch of it. There they
would stand. They would recede no
further. Thatwas the last ditch. There,
by the eternal, they would cut off the
dogs tall But they did not. The
fiz2ling went on.
The next degree brought the pro-
gramme down from starving the whole
judiciary establishment TO starving
only the Marshals or National con-
stabulary. That was positively the
last" ditch. There were to be no more
last bitches beyond that. They had
fallen back from behind the ears to be-
hind the rump. They had fallen back
from the point where the tail and the
dog come together to almost the last
joint in the caudal extremity. There
should be no more falling back. They
had yielded all but about half an inch
of the tip end of the tail; they would
never, no, never,-well, hardly ever
yield any more! BY all the gods at
once, they swear that halfinoh shall
come off, or the Marshals may wait for
their pay until next winterl
To this at last has the great under
taking to give the people something
new to talk about for 1880 fizzled out.
The little atom of fizzling matter left
over will quickly drop out of sight, and
every partisan Alcibiades will soon
hear the people talking more vehement
ly than ever upon the questions they
made so prodigious an effort to evade
by giving them something else to talk
about. Chicago Times, { Ind. Dens
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

freedomp OF what avail are the patri-
otic words, however sincere, of Senator
Lamar in Congress, if in the schools of
Mississippi book like this moulds the
feelings of the childrenP We do not
know how extensive the use of the book
may be, but we do know that such
works are not compiled for schools with
out knowledge of what is acceptable to
the school authorities. We may say
without hesitation that no correspond
lug work exists or would be tolerated
in any part of the country except in the
Southern States. There is a book of
Boston Orators, and The Rhode Island
Book, and similar publications, but their
purport is entirely different from this
They are no more sectional than the
history of State. They do not seek
to nourish " Northern" sentiment.
They are not "hand- books for "North-
ern'' students. They do not glorify
i" the North" nor, in a word, inculcate
disloyalty TO the national Union. We
regard sehool-boolx like the one that
we have mentioned as very signifi-
cant sign of the situation, and as a warn
ing not to be disregarded by patriotic
men. .-HdrpeT''S Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

order to secure its enactment the same meas
ure is again presented for my approval.
Coupled in the bill before me with the appro-
priations for the support Of Marshals and their
deputies during the next fiscal year. the OBJ
iect manifestly is TO place before the Execu-
tive this ternative-either to allow the ne
cessary functions of the public service to be
crippled or suspended for want of the appro-
priations required TO keep them in operation,
or to approve legislation which in official
communications to Congress he has declared
would be violation Of his constitutional duty.
Thus in this bill the principle is clearly EN-
bodied that by virtue of the provision Of the
Constitution, which requires that "all bills
for raising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives" a bare majority
OF the House OF Representatives has a right
TO withhold appropriations for the support OF
the Government unless the Executive consents
TO approve any legislation which may be at
tached to the appropriation bills respect
fully refer to the communications on this sub
iect which l have sent to Congress during its
present session for the statement Of the
grounds OF my conclusions, and desire here
merely to repeat that, in my judgment, to es-
tablish the principle of this bill Is TO make a
radical dangerous and unconstitutional
change i'm the character of our institutions.
TSignedl RUTHERFoRD B. HAYES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. June 80, 1879.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11
WEST AND SOUTH.

Dock Howell was shot dead at Castroville,
Texas on the 30th ult., by his brother-in-law,
named Ware, after the latter had received two
shots.
The California Democratic State Convention
was held at San Francisco on the 1st. Hugh
J. Glenn, nominee of the "HOnorable Bilks ~
Convention, was nominated by acclamation.
The platform alfirms that the Democratic
party, being the only party which has always
obeyed and maintained the Federal Constitu-
tion, is therefore the only one that can be
trusted to administer the new organic law of
the State; condemns Chinese immigration;
indorses the action of the Democrats in Con-
gress who secured the passage of the Thurman
bill compelling railroads to pay interest on
bonds; declares in favor of Legislative control
of corporations and the regulation of freights
and fares; an ndissoluble union of the States
under the paramount authority of the Federal
| Constitution, in all powers which have not
been reserved by the States, and that as suf-
frage is privilege conferred exclusively by
the State, each State for itself, agreeably to
the constitutionally expressed will of the peo-
pie thereof, any attempt Of the General Gov.
ernment to interfere with elections in the
States, or in any of them, is dangerous to the
liberties of the people and destructive of the
sacredness of the elective franchise.
William Pierce, laborer on the Chicago Il
Alton Railroad, at Glasgow, Mo, was shot
and killed there on the ID by John Counors,
another laborer The murder is said to have
been unproyoked.
At Cincinnati, on the 4th, William Burgeon,
a drayman, and one Teeters, a butcher, be-
came involved In quarrel, during which the
latter cut the throat of Burgeon from ear to
ear with cleaver
Prof, 8. w. Colgrove, accompanied by Miss
Emma Allison, of the New York Graphic,
made balloon ascension from San Fran.
cisco, on the 5tA, but after travelling a short
distance the balloon came down in the bay
on account of rent in the bag and was
dragged through the water over two miles In
about the same number Of minutes Both
occupants were thrown out In marsh, some
what cut and bruised but not seriously In
iured.
At Clarksburg, W. Va, on the 5th, Louis
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11
Terrible Storm in Minnesota and Wisoon.
sin,

ST. PAUL, Minn July 4.
The first complete and coherent ac-
count of the terrible destruction of life
in Goodhue County by the storm of
Wednesday night and yesterday morn
ing, reached here at an early hour this
morning. The storm assumed the char
acter of cyclone near Red Wing, the
point of great violence being at Vassa,
a small village some ten miles west
of the Mississippi. The following is
from the Red Wing special to the Pi-
Oneer Press.
In the town of Vassa the fury of the
storm was at its height, making fearful
havoc. 1t seemed to start about four
miles beyond Vassa Church, and tray
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11
WARRINGTON.

The President, on the Both ult,, nominated
Col. Horatio g. Wright Chief OF Engineers,
nice General Humphreys, resigned
The President, on the 1st, nominated John
A. Hunter, of Missouri, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court Of Utah. The Senate confirm
ed the nomination.
During the session OF Congress just termi-
mated III bills aud As joint resolutions were
introduced in the Senate, and 2,325 bills and
1l9 Joint resolutions IN the House.
The public debt statement for June is as
follows: Total debt, $2,349, 567 4S2; cash in
Treasury, 1858, l52,577 interest due, $780,
792,35l; debt less cash in Treasury, $2,027,-
a07, ,256; increase during June, S24,7SS de-
crease since June 30, 1873, $S,579,575.
The members of the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections have arranged to
distribute themselves as follows for the pros
ecutlon of the inquiries authorized by the
Spofford Kellogg case and ingalls, investiga-
tion, during the Congressional recess: The
Kansas subcommittee will consist of SEN
ators Salisbury, Bailey, Vance, Cameron, OF
Wisconsin, and Logan. They will commence
their labors In Kansas during the latter part
OF September. The Louisiana subcommittee
will be composed of Senators Hill, Of Georgia,
and Houston as Its Democratic members, and
either Cameron, Of Wisconsin, or Logan as
representative Republicans. The Louisiana
investigation viii not be resumed until about
the 20th of November, when the sub commit
tee are to assemble I'm New Orleans.
The Indian Department announces that
200 horses have been run off by white men
from Red Clouds agency, and the military
authorities cannot interfere on account of the
posse coDiitatits law of last year,
From various causes l05 lives were lost on
steamboats, the past twelve months against
2l2 the preceding year. In 1875 the number
of lives lost on steamboats, was 607; In 1876
394; in 1871, 224; In 1878, 2l2.
The Commissioner of Pensions has Issued
circular stating that by virtue of an act O
Congress, approved June 81, 1879, the bien
NAL examination OF invalid pensioners Il
abolished from that date.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

eled in southwesterly direction. The
Orphanage, which is under the care of
the church, was completely demolished.
1t contained twenty-four inmates, be-
sides Stranberg, who has charge. Out
of this number three were killed out
right and seventeen others injured,
three, it is thought, fatally. The house
of Erich Swenson, close by, was blown
down. He was killed and his wife Sc
verely injured. G.. II. Holme and wife,
an elderly couple, were killed; also a
baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. Linsed, and
another party, whose name could not be
learned, making nine in all killed
and four more not expected to live.
The number of wounded is thirty.
The square roof was blown from the
parsonage, n little in the rear of the
church, and set down in field where
it f1attened like a fan. The barn of
August Peterson was blown down and
his house badly injured. Also, of course,
the houses of all who have been men
toned as killed were blown down.
At Warrentown, on the lake shore,
three houses were torn down and a man
and his wife and daughter killed in one
of them.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 4.
Further details of the damage by the
rain, lightning and cyclone were re-
ceived during the day. The tornado
that did so much damage in Goodhue
County seems to have come across the
State from direction a little west of
south. Before reaching Goodhue
County it struck near Havana, Steele
County, and Lake Emily, Nicotelle
County. In Havana several farmers
barns were blown down or struck by
lightning, yet no loss of life is reported.
The following is list of the casualties
at Lake Emily:
The residence and farm of Alex. Walk
totally destroyed himself, wife and
daughter injured; Albert Walk, barn
demolished and four horses killed; the
barn and granary of Harlow Petit
blown into the lake, his daughters s
collar bone broken; the residence of
Mr. Peterson scattered over the fields,
and himself and wife badly hurt; the
barn of Bradley Carpenter wrecked and
the windows and doors blown out of
his residence, and himself cut about the
head; the residence and barn of VIM.
7. Jones demolished and he seriously
cut and bruised. The school house was
blown into the lake.
The storm crossed the river from Red
Wing to Pierce County, Wis. At War
rentown, that county, the residence of
VIM. Rush was carried away and with
it the family, including Mr.. Rush, wife
and daughter, and young lady about
twenty years of age, all being drowned
Another young lady, daughter of Mr.
John Davis, of Rush River, was drowned
in attempting to get out of the house,
which was flooded with water to the
depth of several feet.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

A MAN in Utica, N. Y, who wanted
to 90 TO Watertown arrived at a station
a little too late for the train. Thinking
he could economize by walking ten
miles he footed it to Stittsville and
asked for a ticket. He found the price
to be So. 10, whereas through ticket
from Utica is only $3.50, so that he
paid sixty cents for the privilege OF
walking ten miles, and he didn't like it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

Corrico was shot and mortaly wounded by
Ben Boggic. Boggie escaped.
At Newport, KY, on the 9Th, George Black
was shot and almost instantly killed by Will
lam p Parry. The difficulty originated about
the rent of a house.
Seventeen persons at Lauesboro, M'nn.,
were poisoned by some substance supposed to
be tartar emetic in lemonade, at picnic on
the 4th.
While Captain A. Oaksmith, of Carolina
City, N. c., son and four daughters we're
crossing Bogue Sound on the 4th, the boat
capsized. One daughter was drowned and
the other daughters survived but a short time
after being rescued.
James W. Croft aud Charles G. Woorth, as
rested in Alamosa, Col, on the Sd for the
murder of William Lvock in New Mexico,
June %, were taken from the Jail on the 5th
by 100 citizens and hanged to a cottonwood
tree.
The semple IL Blrge Agricultural Imple-
ment Manufacturing Company at St. Louis
suspended on the 7th.
Mrs. John Bandy shot and fatally wounded
Leonard Offerman at st. Louis on the 7th.
OtTerman is her brother in-law, and she claims
that he mstreated her mother, who lived for
a time in his family.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

"No, darling" said the undertaken
to his wife, {" | can't afford to give you
silk dress at present. just wait
few weeks until green apples are in the
market. "--Philadeiphia Chr0ntcIe- Her
aid.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

Surgeon General Barns, OF the United States
Army, will be placed upon the retired list in
August.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11

" AbEINNION, UIlt %,
The following is the text of the veto
message received from the President
TODAY.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-02-27
Death of Marcellus Emery, ESQ.

Marcellus Emery, Esq. editor and
senior proprietor of the Bangor Com
ynercidl and Democrat, died at his resi-
dence in the Penobscot Exchange Hotel,
at seven o'clock Sunday morning. after
a brief illness of intense suffering from
a malignant carbuncle.
He was born at Frankfort, July "a,
1880, graduated at Bowdoin College i'll
1858, taught the Hallowell High School,
and afterwards was private tutor in
Mississippi and Indiana. He was sd-
mitted TO the bar in Bangor in 1857, and
entered into partnership with Abraham
Sanborn. In August of the same year
he purchased the Daily journal and
Weekly Democrat. He changed the
name of the Daily to Onion, and con-
tinued its publication till the spring OF
1861. The Democrat continued till Au-
gust, 1861, when the press was destroy.
ed bv Q mob on account OF its violent
opposition to the war. He resumed the
publication OF the Democrat in 1868,
and in 1872 established the Daily Com
naercial. both of which he continued 70
manage until his sickness.
The deceased was one Of the most
prominent democrats in Maine. and was
noted for his extreme radical views. He
was unmarried. and leaves q brother
and two sisters.
The funeral will take place Wednes-
day. ftodsy) from the residence of HE
brother " no resides in Bangor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-02-27
THURSDAY. TEs1uAsy q. 1879.
Summer Communications.

The company that formerly run the
Steamer Ulysses on the Sullivan route.
are building new Steamer for the same
route 10 begin running the coming sea-
son. The Steamer is expected to be very
fast. and will connect at Rockland with
the Boston Boats aud the Knox d Lin
coin Railroad. This route has now be-
come permanent as ii Is more than self
sustaining. There is also good promise
OF good profits in the increase OF bust
ness from Bar Hsrbor pleasure travel.
and the Sullivan quarries and mines.
Thus Ellsworth will have good COM
municaiions on either side. but none di-
rect. We have TO go West twenty miles.
or East ten miles 10 reach a steamer for
passengers or freight. II would seem
that a city of 5000 people. the shire
town, and centre of the valley of Union
River, should have some direct com
munication. The former attempts have
failed because they were on too large 8
scale-too expensive, and gave no prom
Use of permanency. Hence business men
did not care TO rely upon them
One OF our most experienced ship mas
tiers who has had considerable steam
boat experience is convinced that salt
able Steamer can be run to Ellsworth
sufficient for its business, at half the ex-
pense OF the former trials. lie has been
in conference with the Rockland & Sui
livan Company about the matter. That
company now offer TO put on boat suit
able for the purpose, If the people of this
vicinity will manifest their interest by
subscribing 5000 to the stock. The
company will furnish the rest. This
seems an offer that should be secured
That amount and larger have often been
raised for the building Of vessels here.
Why cannot as much be raised for this
new enterprise?
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-02-27
The Caucuses.

Two Caucuses have already been held
in this city, and both have been under
the control of the democrats. The eau
Gus Of Thursday was convened under
call TO the regulation, fusion democrats
and greenbackers of the Pillsbury aud
Rust stripe, whose only political princi-
pei, ifthey have one, is 10 oppose the
republican party. This caucus was con-
trolled entirely BY well known. lifelong
democrats, and TO believe that TO act
with them will be productive of any
Thing else than the rankest kind of bour-
bon democracy. is to be possessed of =
degree OF creduliiv that is pi,iable in the
extreme. On Saturday another caucus
was held under = call 10 those green
hackers who preferred TO act as such
rather than with either Of the old parties.
This caucus was taken possession Of,
however, by the democrats and their al
lies of the previous caucus, and the re
suit was a virtual endorsement of the
democratic ticket /. remains TO be seen
low kindly the straight greenDackers
will take 10 the party which proposes TO
bulldoze them into the support of its
men and measures. Gentlemen green
hackers. you are only just beginning to
feel the lash of the democratic party
whip.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-02-27

President Fisher OF 81. Lawrence Unl-
versity at Canton. y. L.. died In a nt Fiji
day A. NJ. on his way to the university.
The opera house block, Columbus. In
diana, Is burned. Loss $4,000. The oc-
eupants Of the stores los, SIS 600 Insured.
Mrs. John Jacob Aston. in ten years,
has secured home. aud the means of a live
lihood for about 400 homeless children at q
cos, OF about 81 900.
The three schooners before reported
ashore at Provincetown. Mass, were the
Maud aud Bessie and MedIra, st. John.
and Helen King OF Calais
Patrick MacNamara the accused
murderer OF Patrick kcarney In County
Clare, ireland. aud at whose trial the iury
disagreed, will be released on condition OF
his quitting the country, the government
paying his expenses TO the United States,
OF the amount subscribed TO free the
church of the Messiah, New York, from
debt, $4,000 came from the Boston Uni.
tartan Association, aud $4,000 more from
New England churches.
-Pleuro-pneumonla is spreading about
New York. but outside of that State and
New Jersey it Is believed that there are no
cases
The house OF NJ Reddington a. Bloom
lngton. III, was burned Thursday night.
and Mr.. Reddington and his wife persisted
In the flatues.
Another cold spell throughout Onta-
rio. Canada. Friday, the thermometer
ranging from zero to b deg. below.
A child In ST. Adams Is paralyzed. il is
thought from eating colored candy, a habit
In which she was greatly indnlged. The
editor OF local paper says thi. is warn
Ing to parents TO keep confectionery, much
OF which Is adulteratrd or coiored with
poisonous Ingredients away from child ran
altogether.
Sir John Ashley. who made the wager
that Weston could not walk 2o0O miles
over English roads In a certain time sent
an agent to watch for deception. Bell'-
Lie contains letter from this agent who
says that Weston was twice caught riding
In wagon. Sir John refuses 10 longer
coun,euanee the; affair.
Norman NJ. Merchant, late of Battery
u. United states Artillery. has been honor
ably discharged from service at the reques,
OF his mother, an aged woman living In
Butler county, Iowa. The grounds on
which Merchant was granted this unusual
favor are as follows; His mother bore
eleven sons, OF whom Norman Is the
youngest. The other ten sons served their
full terms OF service In the army OF the
Union and arc dead. She asked that this
eleventh son might be discharged, as she
was unable, now bein: u years old. to
support herself without his active assist
ance.