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Maher or appoint some less objectiona-
Two days after Senator Butler wrote
his letter the impatient chivalry OF
Blackville concluded to remove" the
postmaster themselves. The effort to
do this is described by the postmaster
himself, who, on the Goth inst. had re-
covered from his wounds sufficiently to
be able to write a letter to the Post
master-General The letter was re-
ceivea to-day. Mr.. Nix says that upon
his accepting and taking possession of
his Office many public threats were
made by the Democrats, and q con-
spiracy was formed to take his life SIM
ply on account of his politics and color.
He relates the circumstances of the at
tempt to assassinate him on the 10th
inst, as follows:
about four o. clock in the afternoon
1 was sitting in front of my office.
Luther Williams, white, one of the con-
spirators, sent across the street for his
mail. got up and went into
the Office to get the mail.
While was at the letter-box getting his
(Williams) mail for the man he had
sent, was disturbed by the clicking of
a pistol at the delivery window, about
six feet from the lettcr-box at which 1
was standing. l half turned, and as 1
turned, Williams, who had slipped into
the main room from across the street
up to the delivery window, fired, put
ting his hands through the window.
The ball took effect in my right arm
and across my chest and entered the
letter-box. After he had fired he i'm
mediately went into the street, pistol in
hand, which created quite an excite
ment. called upon the town authori-
ties for assistance. Being all Demo-
Gratis they refused to render any. 1
have made affidavits before the United
States Commissioner, and he has issued
warrants for the arrest of the parties
concerned"
The letter, which is in the hand
writing of Mr.. Nix, is fairly written,
and is itself, in part, an answer to SEN
ator Buffers charge that the writer is
incompetent to discharge the duties of
postmaster.-COr.N N. Y. Tribune Sept.
2S
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Aseneth looked out through the glare

and smoke with parched lips. For {
scratch upon the girls smooth cheel
he had quite forgotten her. They hat
left her, tombed alive, here in thi.
furnace, and gone their happy way
Yet it gave her glorious sense of relic
and triumph. If this were all that sht
could be to him, the thing she had done
was right, quite right God must have
known. She turned away and shu
her eyes.
When she opened them neither Dick
nor Del. nor crimsoned snow. nor sky
were there; only the smoke wreathine
up a pillow of red blood flame.
| The child who had cried for heI
mother began to sob out that she was
afraid to die alone.
"Come here, Molly" said Sene.
"Can you crawl aroundp"
Molly crawled around.
Put your head in my lap and your
arms around my waist, and I'll put my
hands in yours-so. There! l guess
that's better"
But they had not given them up yet.
In the still unburnt rubbish at the
right, some one had wrenched an open
ing within a foot of Sene's face. They
clawed at the solid iron pintles like iron
things. A fireman tainted in the glow.
"Give it upr' cried the crowd from
behind. cit can't be done! Fall backr'
then hushed awe struck.
An old man was crawling along upon
his hands and knees over the heated
bricks. He was a very old man. His
gray hair blew about in the wind.
81 want my little galr' he said
Cant anybody tell me where to find
my little galP''
Arough looking young fellow pointed
in perfect silence through the smoke.
"rn have her out yet. I'm an old
man, but l can help. She's my little
gal, you see. Hand me that dipper of
water; it IL keep her from choking, may
be. Now keep CHEEKY, Sene! your old
heart childf That's itr'
"It's no use, father. Don't feel bad,
father. don't mind it very much"
He hacked at the timber; he tried to
laugh; he bewildered himse': with
cheerful words.
No more ye needn't, Seneth, for
it'll be over in a minute. Don't be
!downcast yet! Well have ye safe at
home before ye know it. Drink little
more water-do now! They'll get at
ye now, surer'
But above the crackle and roar, q
woman's voice rang out like bell:
"We're going, going home"
A child's notes quavered in the cho-
rus. From sealed and unseen graves,
while young lips swelled the glad re-
frain:
"We're going, going home"
The crawling smoke turned yellow,
turned red. Voice after voice broke
and hushed utterly. Only one. sang
like silver. 1t flung defiance down at
death. 1t chimed into the lurid sky
without tremor. For One stood be-
side her in the furnace and his form was
like unto the form of the Son of God.
Their eyes met. Why should not Ase-
meth sing.
"Senethr' cried the old man out
upon the burning bricks; he was scorched
now, from his gray hair to his patched
boots.
The answer came triumphantly:
ITO die no more, no more, no more"
Z" "Senei little Sener'
But some one pulled him back.-Eliz-
a6eth Stuart Phelps.
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Facts and Figures for Northern Men tO
Think AbOut.

| The Democratic party have contro
OF the legislative branch of this Gov
ernment, with all its enormous power
and privileges.
What is the Democratic party, and
what are its aimsP.
In the first place, it is controlled by
and largely composed of persons lately
in arms against the Government. These
persons are not reconstructed and
honorable men who accept the results
OF the war, but scheming, plotting,
dangerous persons, who proclaim their
continued adhesion to State sovereign
ty, defy the amendments to the Con-
stitution, and boldly trample upon the
laws.
The proportion which the so-called
Union Democratic sentiment of tho
North bears to this Mexican eleme,
will be seen by the relative strength O.
the two classes in Congress.
The Senate has forty Democratic
members, twelve of whom are from
the North and twenty-eight from the
South.
The House has 155 Democratic men,
bers, fifty-five from the North and 100
from the South. In both Houses the
ex-Confederates control every impor-
tant committee, and the whole legisla-
tive machinery of the country is there
fore in the hands of those not only dis
loyal to the Union. but full of hatred to
the North and her institutions.
We call particular attention to few
interesting facts regarding this dan
gerous predominence of the unre6ned,
unprogressive and semi-barbaric ele-
ment Of the South..in cur politics.
In the States having a majority of
Democratic members in Congress there
are 8, 722, 3SS persons who cannot read;
in the States having a Republican ma
jority there are, of this class, but 697,-
2S8.
In the Democratic States above
named the wealth, according to the
last census, was S9,114, ,6S1, ,561; in the
Republican States S21, 1S9, 329, S61; and
this counts Ohio as Democratic, which,
of course, is unjust, as at the last cleo
ton she cast 10000 more Republican
than Democratic votes.
These Democratic States paid to the
Government in customs revenue last
year 81, ,487 1894; the Republican States
paid SIG, ,212,816.
From 1866 to 1873 the Government
was compelled to collect from the peo-
pie over two thousand millions of dol
lars as internal revenue. Of this
amount the late rebel States paid a
trifle over two hundred millions, while
the rest of the country paid over eiqh-
teen hundred millions.
The single State of Illinois paid $10,-
0O0, 900 more than the whole Confed-
eracy combined, while New York paid
nearly twice as much. Chicago Inter
Ocean,
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JOy That Kills.

A telegraph clerks wife had for some
time been in failing health. She vent.
by advice of physicians, to spend the
summer in farmhouse in Normandy
where boarders were taken. She wrote
her husband almost daily, and gave ia
vorable bulletins of her health. Re-
Gently he received letter bearing the
postmark of the village where she was
staying 1t was written by neighbor.
1t announced the wife's death. The
poor husband swooned away, fell into
an armchair and was completely
stunned by the blow. This stupefaction
lasted three or four hours. He was reused
from it by his door-bell. He opened
the door. His wife, the very picture of
health, stood before him. His surprise
and joy we're too sudden-too great.
He muttered incoherent phrases, hys-
terically laughed and sobbed alternate
ly. He was insane. The physicians
fear his death will speedily follow
Neso Orleans Picayune Paris Letter.
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NUMBER 8.

ing the cost of it.'' Details are quite
unnecessary. War was hardship and
involved sacrifice. The Democratic
party vainly urged the people to aban-
don it for peace at any price. Debt,
too, is a hardship and payment in
wolves sacrifice, and the Democratic
party now urge the people to get rid of
it by repudiation. They are perfectly
consistent. They would sooner submit
than fight; sooner cheat than pay
N. 2. Tribune.
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When the girl who has encouraged
a young man for about two years sud-
denly turns around and tells him that
she can never be more than q sister to
him, he can for the first time see the
freckles on her nose.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09
Barber Shop.

II yon want Q nrst-class Shave, Hair Cut or Sham
poo. call Robnson's o. K. Shaving Saloon Liberty
Street A full assortment Of Hair Ola Pomades and
Hair Restoratives- We also keep the best brand Of
Raxors. and warrant them. Razors honed or ground
70 order. T. I. ROBINSON.
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= q, IvKRErr. L. q. srARB-
EvEIETr . STARR Manufacturing Chemists.
and Wholesale and Retail dealers In DrugA Nedi-
efnes and full line Of Notions and Druggists Sun
drfes. North side Liberty Street
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THERE are enough selfish men to ac-
cept all the sacrifices woman can make.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09

a WoMAN with . pair of shabby shoes
csn.never be convinced that short dress
% are not vulgar.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09

NORKHOUsE q MINER, Dealer In all kinds Of
Cut Aeats fresh and salt Of . better quality than
has heretofore been sold In Wellington We have .
new patent cooler and AL the appliances for doing
arst class business- Our prices are higher than
osherscharge for inferior mests- Market North
side Liberty Street.
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Planning MIL.

and dealers In Sash Doors. Blinds, Brackets. Bat
tngs Lumber. Shingles, Lath. Cheese and Butter
Boxcs- Scroll Saving. Matching and Planning done to
order. d L. wadsworth. Prop once, near rail-
road Depot.
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"A bachelors house should have no
Ewes. Waterloo Observer.
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Z WELLS. saddler and Harness Maker. The best
workmen employed, and only the best stock used.
An work done under my supervision. North side
Mechanic Street.
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Bring your printing to the Enterprise once. An
khds Of printing done neatly and promptly. once
vsss side Public Square. over Houghton's Drug
store,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09
Insurance Agent.

r II. GOODWIN. The Insurance Agent win Be-
found ut his once In Hustled Bros.' Boot and shoe
Store. where he win be pleased to his Ipli
TONERS needing anything in his line. Standard COM
panies represented and rates reasonable. Looss
pruaptiy adjusted and paid at his agency,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09

Z @. FULLER, Dealer In Fresh and Salt Measa.
Bologna and Pork sau' age Highest market price
paid for Beeves, Sheep. Hogs, Hides, Etc. Markst
south side Liberty Street
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09

Up. EDr Baker and Grocer. Fresh Bread, Caks
and Pies every day. Also choice and complete as-
sortnent Of Grooeries- Manufactures and sells
Wholesale and retail. Candies and Confectionery.
Wess side North Main Street
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09
Boots and Shoes.

Boots and Shoes.
". b, ASHFORD, Manufacturer and dealer in
Booes and Shoes and all kinds Of nrst class custom
work All work and materials fully warranted. Shop
South side of Liberty STREET, Wellington, o.
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Clears and Tobacco.

A. p. DIMOCK Manufscturer. Wholesale and Re-
tan dealer In Cigars, Tobaccos, etc. nne assort.
ment always kept In stock at lowest cash pricea
ealesroom North side Of Liberty Street.
Druggists.
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Lumber Yard.

n. wADSwoRra SON, Planning Mil. Scroll
Saving. Matching. Planning. ETC. done to order.
Dealers In Lumber, Lath, Shingles. Doors, Sash.
Biinda Mouldings and Dressed Lumber Of all sorts.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09

D. YoorL KENT wARNKR
FOOTE WARNER. Livery and Sale Stable.
Ffrst-class teams and turn able rates
Once South side Liberty Street.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09
Livery Stables.

WIN. CUSHION q SON. Livery and Sale Stable.
Choice turnouts furnished and charges reasonable
South side Mechanic Street. door east of Ameri.
can Hoase-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-09

J. H. WIGHT. Dealer In Clocka Watches, Jeweiry.
silvervare. Gold Pens. Etc Shop in Houghton's
Drug Store.
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A 8. POWERS Merchant Tailor. nne assort-
ment Of Cloths >ss Csssimeres, which win be made
TO order In :hs latest styles and reasonable prices
No. 2, Benedicts Block NJ stairs
, 1879-01-17
THE DOCTORS.
Figures BY The PhvslcfAns Who Have Taken
tha Job Of Looking After the Other Pity.
atcIans OF This stats.

Figures BY tho Fhysctans Who Have Taken
tha Job Of Looking After the Other Pity.
ateIans OF This Slate.
Gofefai NspdseA to 7ze Tribune.
8PR1x0rtELD, ILL.,, Jan. 10.-The State board
Of Health held It's annual meeting this after
noon. Drs. Bateman, Clark, Chambers, and
Wartlner were present. Some time was devoted
to reading aud correcting draft OF tho Boards
report. Thrce petitions, signed BY 1fty ply
sieiana, were received. asking the Board to fr-
vesttgato The conduct Of Dr. O. l.. pcltou, Of
NIackbersy Station. A motion to appoint Nh
Investigating Committee was Loaf Adjourned
I'LL morning.
The examination OF several applicants for Ger
tificates Is IL progress.
The following figures from tho forthcoming
report Of tho Board will be Of INTEREST,": Since
tho organization Of the board, July II, 1877, to
Dec. II, there have been I, 874 certificates Issued
10 practitioners, Of which 76s wera issued to
residents Of Cook County. OF tic total NUM-
bcr Of 1850 certificates Issued, not Including
midwives, tho various schools OF medicine were
represented as follows: Regular, q $40; Home
0pathir, 437: Electric, 45B; Physiological, u
not stated, Ee}; MI others, IS. For Cook Coun--
y tAe figures are: Regular, 51u; Homeopathic,
II; Electric, 81; not stntcd, II; all others, q.
Such statistics hare never before bscn complied
in nuy asatr. ard will change the popular iu,-
preston In regard to tho comparative strength
OF TIC di1crrnt schools OF medicine.
, 1879-01-17
times q year. "a voice: ~ don't think Jou
aver vent clear EnrouHb." Laughter.1
During this little spns

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s.r...1 .,.,,,,tno,a ,b.t 11.1ev ora ont ~
d.r ~ H., +,.m..n. tho,,"hs ne contrarv and.
thn oi. .,..i,ta ~; ,"o gras,ta,,y vorkrd iii
..u tnt ~. stn..,n.n,s Al. snd Ehen on the
n1.,fo.1n S +. .aia II COMMITTEES verc aonotntcd
- In..sttre.o In wo,,ii iesd Them thronrh. Tia
rnch hr.sns IN =. wrrs cveT nh ia Thomas,
.rho f.h.ir rsafei h,m II nrt,tr. No rcrsonAlf-
it,. .ho"Ia h. inarf1ci, In. Waier. however. d.
m.ndcd COMMITTEES "f invest|eation. liz
nn,,id .hnrv fh.f siSn mn or S25tj00 bat) been
snt."n,,srnI TVntsn. 4 pnt him tiowni,i1 Hc
"ffsrsd III fo,fowinu.s
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, 1879-01-17
FIFTY CENTS APIECE.

PIrrsHuno, Pa, Juu. 10.-Tho SIaith family
throughout the cnuHtry should be happy. At
various times within the past two years items
havr appeared iu tho public journals ia regard
to Tho large estate IN England awaiting mem.
btss of TINT family In this country who could
proye their lcscunt from Edward Smith. Ger
tain supposed heirs sou'o time ago sent to Aus
tra,la ior copy Of Edward's will, which was
supposed 10 10 III Melbourne. Co!. John Small.
Ut this city, one of tho heirs, received = letter
tu-lay from his nephew In Ohto. who had WRIT
Ten 10 Australia On tho subject Ut tho will.
Tic letter states thai copT 1T tho document
haa beun rrcstvr.,, aud that Il substanst&tcs the
hopes iululRel concerning It. Further steps In
thn nlntter wilt te taken 1t once, and ttcre
seems prospect that there arc mllllons 1n Il
fur the fortunate hcts- Tho estatc IL valued at
seyerul hlludrea millions.
, 1879-01-17
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, 1879-01-17

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CORNER WAHfffSUToS.
e PETERSON. GROCER AND PROVISION uEAt..
D. er. Nos ~ and 10 West Dhlptt. a1 S North Hal.
stet'as, neat.rnsfkHt 717 North Ilalseh.st.. offers
reward Of ktoo - ny org rho I'll fur. she name Of
nned for living false wtlxht: g. eetton y orc Of tho
prominent Krocer3 In thC city. who only buys for
caah. and stIll II lowest market rt1cts.
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he would Impress upon nil the necessity that
every commander within bis sphere. be It great
or sfnall, should have sucl, knowledge OF csery
oue Of .hcso subjects as would enable him
10 understand tho appropriate relations
Of ali branches uf the service TO each other, to
cstlmato properly The uses Of each, and to meas
uto with accuracy what each arm OF department |
was able to accomplish, and In what periods Of |
ttnc given quantities. OF work could te per /
formed. These, fto said, were among tho most |
important elements Of every military problem, |
set they were among tho most neglected. 80 |
much 30 was this tho cnBe that military onera- |
ttons were largely Of purely experimental
character, and war wns made "Eamc OF
chance" Here, then, was.tho great object of
auct, study sud discussion as this Institution
would foster hud manage: To fctiuce tho
ebances Of war 10 the minimum; to bring IT a.
ncsrly Is posstbio within the domain Of exntt
science; to impress to tho utmost all material
instrumcntaiiIics; 10 learn huw best to use
these anil to estimate their trua value: to learn
how 10 rapidly organize, equip, aitcpllnc,
and handle now troops, aud then to Judge cor
rcctIy
WHAT kSTERrntsB MAI De uHDKnTAkRN
with reasonable expectation OF suecese, The
General mentioned several ,nstatcos in support
Of Ills argument. ami especially impressed upon
his hearers the supreme itupurtauce OF sisne In
military operations, although he held that too
great lasfo MAS nearly ~ great fault ~ too
litttc and sometimes might be far mofu dagger
| Gus.
lie was talking to commanders whose l}uet-
| ness It was To think, not to Bubordtnntes whose
o''3 aas3 r ""s ,' ~ 49, , ~ =. 49, ,....s, a..
Rhe" "ell enough 10" 10 ou tne 'asts1' .no
ooJeet ot the'r stuutca "aa 70 e@eet I'LL sae
1ostner' Every captain ana Lieutenant snou!u
bc In no smntf degree renl General. He
directed speclai attention to one branch Of his
.mhtao, ,rh;,h nr,,rcnca .hnva IN have ,e,n
e"u!se.' 49," H.. ~ ',,'a. y, "a,,,, I,n
mo.e neR.ee,eu .'au any ,n, .'"st -, .a VI sasr' M NJ
thts he did not mean mere economy OF money
M of material resources. nor Of ttmo olonc. nor
~. H. ,,,.. sn, a. trsrtt, NJ .,o,, h,,t -, Al,
yet u toe nfcs al" e''e.etn " a.eu' wv ~ ~
these ro1Rbincu --econo'ny ot military strength,
, 1879-01-17

I7OTlCEp RAiE-
L tbs Assignee u closing oct the rs 90 stbek OF
iAUfEB' FUK9 AND CLUAKH
IT. No. 100 Sadaor&t. rapidly. and tnosa II want
Of fooda should call At once Htndsotns soAks. bert
quality, 1T 81, g. 81 and $40. The nlAxntaceut atArk
Of fnrs includes mink set1 n -. f. &lh and Sfa.
Seal stta at f3, S. - Stx MArttn. ottef. beaver,
must De cioaed ont without re9ard snfs. lt5 order
Of Henry BhaN. Assignee, 100 Aadsoh.st.
, 1879-01-17
Second Meeting Of a New Aeso.
citation OF Officers OF the
Army.
Reading of an Abte Paper from
the Pen OF Gen. JOHN nj.
BcllOtieid.
The Necessity of Preserving the Germ
of a First-C Glass Army.
What Young Officers Must DO 10 Tins
Dc OF 1mmcasurablo Service.
The Need Of Constant Thought and stndy
The Deairability Of Fortitude,
The Essay Full Of Admonitious Cor
xaot in Theory and Admirable
in Practice,

The Essay Enu or Admon1ttods Cor
1aot In Theory and Admirable
In Practice.
6ptetdi Corrtspondtnts of The Tribune.
Naw YonK, Jan. t4.-A general meeting Of
the Military scrrtce fnstitution OF the United
states was held Saturday afternoon, jan. II, OIL
Governors leland, ia Now York I1arbor.
Gen. W. s. Hancock presided.
Tho result Of the bal1ot for officers for tho On.
suing term WAS as follows: President, Mai.
Gcorgc, ". Getty, David 8. stan1ey, Il. II.
Tower, Jatncs 3. FRI. and Wesley Merritt; Cot
r.spondlnr Secretary, Col. T. +. Rodcnbaugh;
Recording Secretary, Maj. G. N. Ltcber; Trcas-
urcr, Col. N. ". Drown. All nre tie same as
last year.
II was expected that Afaj Gen. Hchote1l
would read paper before the Institution, but
tle was uliavoidnbly detained at West Point on
tho Fitz John Porter case. However, he acnt In
paper which he had prepared, "0n tho Scope
and Objects Of tho Institution. and It's Probable
Valuo to the Scrvicc,n by bis A!dc-de-Camp,
Co Whcrry, who read It for the benefit Of
those present.
Following is IN abstract Of tho Generals pa-
per, full report Of which will appear IN tho
Instituton's "Journal Of Transacttops,f' 10 be
issued carly In February. He said he approached
his task With no 1fttle rcluctance. The more hc
considered It, from year to year. the more ho
was impressed with
THE MAGNITUDE AND IMPORTANCE or THE suD-
which here engaged their attention. To those
present, with others, was lntrust.d tue nrcs-
esvation Of shc vital military germ from which
our country expects great armies 10 spring in
r,sh1 dam, t,i has. nA,a