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The Pittsburgh DisDatcb, anron

The Pittsburgh Dispatch, apropos
of the case of General Pearson, who
has turned Democrat, and eX-candi-
date for Governor Mason, who, from
being Democrat and a Greenbacker,
has become Republican, says: "We
maintain that IA man has a right to
change his politics as lie changes his
diet. If the pabulum which has lain
comfortably on his political stomach
for years becomes suddenly nauseating,
he should change his food and should
be permitted to do so without having
the fact heralded and discussed in an
annoying manner"
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Cincinnati Commercials General
Hancock if elected, would do the bid
ding of the Democratic party; the sys-
tenn of the party would overcome him;
the bosses would capture him and use
him. He might charge with all his
chivalry against the system for while
but it would master him, and his fine
flavor of independence would be
whistled down the winds. We are
not in favor of the experiment.
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Cleveland Leddor: General Han
cock seems to he blessed with II plastic
disposition. In 1863 the Democracy
declared the Reconstruction Acts re-
volutionary and void, and to this Han
cock said amen. Now he takes ground
in favor of the inviolabiiity of the
amendments to the Constitution, the
very amendments that the Recon-
struction Acts were passed to enforce
Like his party, General Hancock has
as many faces as there are points to
the compass"
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Hancocls,s Jealonsr.

TO those who know the feelings of
Gen. Hancock toward the late slave
holders and his sympathy with thom,
it will not he surprise that his pre-
judice against the colored troops at one
time was attended with most disaster
Gus results. 1t will be remembered
by civilians who watched army move
ments closely and by the officers and
soldiers of the army, who were spec
tally interested in the success of the
Union arms, that there was great dis
satisfaction with the result attending
the celebrated mine explosion in
front of Petersburg and the causeless
slaughter of colored troops under
Burnside. There are members of the
SD Regiment in this city who tell of
the apparently criminal silence of
batteries which should have spoken
on the right and left of Burnside as
his colored troops made their memora-
bic charge on the dismantled fort. 1t
is in accord with this general under
standing of the lack of support given
Burnside on that occasion that the fol-
lowing statement is made by DR.. w.
S. Matthews, of Youngstown, o., who
was present at the time, he said:
at is historic Friday and historic
date. Sixteen years ago to-day Burn
sides corps made its disastrous attempt
to capture Petersburg, and the Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency
was there. Burnside had laid his
plans for the capture of Petersburg.
He had driven sixty feet perpendicu-
larly under the fort on Cemetery Hill
and set n mine of ten tons of gun
powder. Burnsides corps occupied
the center. Warren and Hancock
were on the flanks. The rebels had
countermined, but had gone down
only 10 feet, thinking that Burnside
would not go beyond that The
mine was sprung, the fort was blown,
the rebels were killed or mutilatcd
who were in the fort, and those around
driven in CONSERVATION. The charge
was made magniticently, and it was
supposed that Petersburg was ours.
Hancock and Warren however,
through jealousy Of Burnside, lost us
the day. Their men begged to
charge with the Burnside corps, but
Hancock replied that he would be
d-d if they should Burnside's eX-
pectations was that these two generals
would at least amusc the rebels on the
flanks while he drove his wedge into
the center and broke the rebel line.
As it was the rebels had their own
way of it. As Burnside's corp.
charged through the demolished fort
they were soon exposed to an enflad.
ing fire from either flank, and horri
bic was the massacre and disastrous
was the result Of one of his best plan
ned schemes of the war. We were
driven back in confusion and rout tC
our old line. The negro division
suffered terrifically, Such was the
vanity OF Hancock and Warren, theil
miserable Jealousy, their fear that
some other general would win the
glory, even at the expense of the vic
tory of our arms and the lives of oul
soldiers" The doctor says he think:
that if the ninth corps boys had got
hold of Hancock and Warren that day
they would have cholled them pretty
lively,
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Chicago Inter- ocean: "SiX weeks
ago eXulting over the rumored defec.
ton of prominent Republicans, the
Democratic paper are now charging
that the leaders are so closely united
and so earnest in their efforts for Gar
field as to excite suspicion. Then the
Republican party was to be beaten be-
cause the leaders were sullIing; now it
is marching straight toward annihila-
tion because the leaders are rallying to
a man around Garfeld.n
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ENSEONS!

Bounty, pay for rations, new and
honorable discharges, and increased
pensions obtained.-Ne laws higher
rates of pension. The slightest dis
ability, from wound, injury or disease
OF any kind entities you TO a pension
Widows and heirs, fathers and MOTH
ers are now en- titled.
Land cases promptly settled, Pat
ents obtained. All kinds OF govern =
ment claims prosecuted. Write ut
once for new laws, blanks aud in
structions with two stamps. Address,
J. w. FLENNER d CO.,
Lock Box 3l4, Washington, d. G..
NOV PLANT
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The Boston Journal is cruel
enough to say that if the Democratic
press had appealed half as fervently
to Democrats in 1868 to follow Han
cock as they do now, there never
would have been any necessity for the
draft.
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Chicago Tribune: "It was like
Hancock to write letter in defense
of the Constitution. No Democrat
ever wholloped slave except in con-
stitutional manner.
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According to the Cleveland Herald
another Republican motto has been
unearthed from Hancock's letter of
acceptance. It's; "a full vote, a free
ballot and fair COUNT
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Geucrnl Hancork,s ANCESTRY.

The foolish "Pedigree" of General
Hancock which the Rochester, N. Y,
Union and advertiser set afioat, and
which the Democratic press has been
copying to prove that the General is
the grandson of old John, of Massa-
chusetts, the President of the Cont
mental Congress, has been pretty
eflectually riddled though so absurd
a piece of campaign falsehood ought
to have been detected at once by every
intelligent person-The persistency
Of the Democratic newspapers in
printing the stuff with illusions to
their candidate as "the grandson
of the illustrious John Hancock,
whose bold signature" ETC., etc, must
have been quite annoying to the GEN
eral and his friends who were ac-
quainted with all the facts of his
ancestry, and are well aware that it is
not traceable beyond his father on the
male side.
A few facts, however, show the folly
ol tne prelenSe tnaJ squire IldlcOch
of Norristown, was John Hancock S
son. The latter died in Quincy,
Mass, in 1898, while Benjamin f..
Hancock according to his own state
ment, was born in 1870, in Philadel-
phia. John Hancock was married but
once-in 1775- his wife being Dorothy
Quincy. They had but two children,
daughter born in 1875, in Philadej-
phia, and who died there in infancy,
and u son who lived to be nearly
eleven years old, and died in conse-
).quence of fall on the ice while
skating. Mr.. Hancock, of Norris
town, had of course no relationship
whatever to these people.
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- .Gyo,~-


A Philadelphiun sent his hope
lessly drunken wife to pauper asy-
lum though he was able to support her.
The POormaster brought suit to com
pei him to provide maintenance, and
obtained the following decision by
Judge Briggs: "rhere is no ground
that will warrant Il husband in not
detraying the expenses of a paupar
wife, unless her conduct is such as
would entitled him to divorce. Drunk
enncss is not within the enumerated
specifications for divorce in Penn
sylvania. notwithstanding that your
wife is anSncurabie inebriate you will
have to support her. Drunkenness Is
like insanity or any other Oftno phases
OF inability to perform the marital
contract and as between the taxpayers
and the husband, the law says that
the wife must be maintained by the
husband. You took her for better or
for worse, and you have no right to
discharge her and throw her upon the
county for the worse"
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given that an ap-
plication will be presented to the
Court OF Quarter Sessions Of Elk Co.
at September term, 1889, for the in
corporation of the village OF Ridgway
as II borough, under the style of the
Borough of RidEway.
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- Subscribe for THE ADooCATE dur
lug the campaign. We will send it
for month or year just as you may
choose
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Governor Gear says Iowa will give
Garfield 10000 majority and a plurality
of 10000 to $4,000
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Ohio Soldiers Insulted.

WHY THE BoYs OF THE 4TH OHIO
WILL NOT VOTE FOR HANCOCK.
Special Despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette )
Columbus, August 8. - The Demo
cratic press are moving around at a
lively pace in their endeavors to refute
the evidence of Jerry Ward, formerly
Il member of the 4th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, who told the story of Han
cocks brutality to reporter of a
Western paper, published where Mr..
Ward now resides. Any effort, how
ever, in that connection will prove to
be without avail. That General Han
cock did use insulting language to
the 4th Ohio, as charged by Mr.. Ward,
is susceptible of proof, and your cor
respondent has several names of men
who were present when the said lam
guage was used, and will make affi-
davit to the same if requested. In an
interview with Mr.. Robert ID. McCar-
ter of this city, and who was n
member of Company G, 4th Ohio, at
wv oiiiS lCtSllCu W, L aShCl nun 1t
| there was not some mistake in Ward s
statement. He replied, No, sir; every
word that Jerry Ward says is us true
us the Gospel. But he does not tell
the whole story" Companies A.
and G were in the advance when we
reached the stream, not far from
| Warrentown, Va. We had halted at
the stream, waiting for the pontoon
wagons to come up, as the stream was
too high to ford unless the men
waded above their hips, and there did
not appear to be any necessity for that
as we were not expecting fight, and
| there had been no evident hurry on
the march. Soon after we had halted
General Hancock rode up on his horse
and damanded of his officer in COM
mand why he had halted. The
officer replied that the stream was too
deep to wade and they were waiting
! for the pontoon wagons, which would
soon he up. General Hancock at once
burst out in rage of passion, and
heaping abuse upon the officers and
men, said; Make the - - -
- swim it, then, if it is too deep to
wade,'n
Reporter-Did Hancock really say
that.
"Yes, sir. ! was but about twenty
feet from him and heard it and so did
every man of the advance. and | tell
you it made our blood boil, and the
only thing | wonder at is that he was
not shot dead on the spot"
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WINTER TIME TABLE.

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phia d Erie Railroad Division will
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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1880-10-09
\ TYPICAL CASE.

During last week there visited
Cimarron a young man who illus
trates in q marked manner the pos
sibilities that the grazing lands of
Northern New Mexico hold for the
industrious and economical. Elev-
en- years ago, be then being only thir-
teen years old, he came into the
country with no capital save pluck
and energy and six COWS, He owns
III his own right to-day, over and
above earning for himself during
those years, when most boys are Il
burden to their parents, over 500
cattle and 20 or 30 horses. Thus, at
the age of a he has capital which
in the stock business, will within
the next ten years, by pursuing the
same course, make him Il wealthy
man. Can amy other country fur
uish a parallel case? Gan a boy Of
thirteen on the prairies of Illinois
with the same capital accumulate
as much 10y raising corn? Can it be
done by raising wheat in Dakota?
The same capital invested in specu-
lation might possibly have realized
more, but the chances of its being
SO are only one in many. What this
young man did in raising cattle ev-
cry other young man with equal in
dustry and economy can do. There
is no speculation in it, simply hard
work, attention to business and the
reinvestment Of potts in the busi-
ness, instead of spending them in
reckless dissipation. We doubt if
there is a business open to young
men SO safe and profitable as stock
raising in New Mexico, or in any
part of the west where grass can be
had the year round WITHOUT cost
Cimawon News Il Press.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1880-10-09

The Z. s. Consul at Lyons, France
informs the department. of state
that the cereal crop Of France this
year will amount to 102,C00,000 hec-
tolitcrs, an average yield. Never
thelcss, there VIII be a large demand
for American wheat. In Germany
the cereal crop is a mediocre one,
and in Russia somewhat of a fail
urc.
Work at the Jersey City tunnel
was resumed on the 9th ult., with
an extra gang of men. They com
mcnced cutting away the iron Stats
of the tunnel which prevented the
lowering of the caisson. BY six
o'clock that was accomN Nlished and
the caisson was lowered two feet
when eight bodies were discovered
and taken out. Four only could be
identified.
X. G.. Journal-A lady in street
car, when she attempted to put her
hand in her pocket yesterday, found
the hand of the young man who sat
next to her already there. He had
already clamped on her pocket book
which she says contained the neat
little sum of $4,000. She seized him
by the wrist, but the thief broke
loose and escaped.
A correspondent ut Chicago who
is well posted and experienced in
handling Texas cattle says from
this out Texans will bring higher
prices than were paid in the last few
years, and that the general opinion
is that prices will be steady except
when occasional heavy runs cause
the market to break, but that such
breaks cannot last long. This bids
fair for the fall markct-Texas Live
Stock Journal
The mountain lion which has ere
ased such havoc among Mr.. Lacy's
colts on the Vermejo, one night last
week killed colt for A. G.. Dawson.
Mr. Dawson took his hounds next
morning and went in search of his
kingship and found him within two
miles Of his house and succeeded III
killing him. He must have been
one of the oldest inhabitants of the
mountains, as he measured from tip
to tip nine feet and two inches. How
would some of our tcndcrfeet feel
to meet such a beast?-Cimarron
NnMs and PrnsS
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1880-10-09
HORRIBLE DEATH.

A terrible thrcshing machine ac-
cident occurred in Shannon town
ship, Washington Co., Mich. q short
time ago. A young man named
VIM Mayer attempted to climb over
the machine ON to IL scafiold in the
barn, when by a nisstep he lost his
balance and fell into the cylinder.
The machine was stopped as soon
as possible but not before he had
passed with both legs into the
iron jaWcd monster clear to the
waist The men who were present
were unable to remove him from the
teeth of the machine until they had
amputated one of his feet by the aid
Of a pocket knife. y physician was
sent for, but nothing could be done
for the sufferer but to ease his pains
as much as possible. He lived six
hours in intense agony.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1880-10-09
THE CHEROKEE COTTON IN
DUSTRY.

a cotton gin is in process of erec-
ton ut Gulager's Mill six miles west
of here ON the Gibson road. This
will show whether this section is of
any account for cotton or not. For
"A long time it was thought this coun-
try was too far north to raise cotton
for profit, until a few timid renters
in raising it showed that it could be
safely calculated that our land
would produce at least n half bale
per acre. in some instances a bale
TO the acre has been raised on farms
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1880-10-09
VICTORIO DEFEATED.

Albuquerque Golden Gate.-The
Indians under Victorio passed thro'
the lines of Col. Buell., and attacked
a detachment of the 9th Cav. com
manded by Sergt. Robinson, at Aqua
Chiquita The troops lost two men
wounded and three mules killed.
Another attack was made sixteen
miles east of TT. Cummings on Mon
day, the 9th. Two passengers of the
mail coach and driver killed. The
names are Emory p Madden, Isaac
Roberts, n. Y. and Isaac Lcaban, of
Mcsilla, driver. Troops from the
fort went out, overlook the Indians
and had fight, losing two men
killed and one wounded. The In
dian scouts lost two killed. Loss of
hostiles not known. The Indians
poisoned the water holes to prevent
pursuit.
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