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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-09-16

RErtBLICAN TORCH LIGHT PROCESSION AND
tLLUMINATIoS. 1t would be difficult to imagine
more beautiful sight than was presented by the Re
publican procession As 1t marched down Church
street on saturday evening. The column was one
blaze Of light, and the coored lights at the head of
the procession were beautifully reflected from the
Gins which arched overhead, producing the sharp
IT contrasts of light and shade. The illumination
81 the Republican residences along the route were
both extensive and brilliant far outshnng anything
Yf the kind ever before witnessed in Belfast Limits
el space forbds giving complete list and de
-rrption of them all. Mr.. William c. Marshall
made beautiful display of colored lights lanterns
81. DR. Flanders house was one blaze of light
Dr Brooks residence, across the street, was beau
fully Illuminated, and had colored designs at all the
windows, and three ladies In costumes displayed
fireworks from the portico. Fl. III. Johnson Philo
Hersey, Mr.. Kelley and VIM. o. Poor had elaborate
decorations, colored lights, fireworks, flags and
lanterns. The residences of Daniel Faunce and
Hiram Chase tastefully decorated with color
Cd lights, balls of fire. and fireworks. As the pro
eCssOn changed Its route somewhat, those living on
The lower part Of Church and High streets We're
taken by surprise and consequently were not pre-
pared. Cheers were given for Mrs. Jerry Sullivan,
whose mouse was nnely Illuminated; also Tor milton
Carter, who made beautiful display. John Briggs,
lngraham Bros and III. \. Lancaster, had elaborate
displays of lanterns, balls of fire, &c. W. G. Frye
and Capt. Wording had nag the street, fire
works, and windows finely dressed In colors. Frank
knowlton floral motto at gate and illumination. Z.
P. Field and ii. H. Adams were finely decorated.
Mr.. Oscar W. Pitcher had without doubt the finest
decorations of all. Innumerable lanterns and can
dies together with flags and fireworks, produced
brilliant effect. 5. q. ThurlOw, DIR. Stoddard and
Sherburne Sleeper's residences We're finely deco
rated. Hon. 5. l.. Milliken had his home brightly
Illuminated, and he was enthusiastically cheered.
Mr.. Geo. o. Bailey had large globes of fire in his
garden, which made fine effect. The lanterns In
the garden at the Abbott's looked beautifully. Asa
HoWes and Frank w. Patterson showed lanterns
and transparencies. Mr.. 4. G. Bassick displayed
lanterns and fireworks, and was loudly cheered. A.
ID. Chase made fine show. Messrs. j. ID. Tucker,
DR.. Hills, Rev. Mr.. Goodenough j. w. East
man, and many others, had decorations and illumi
nations all contributing the and briliancy
of the demonstration.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-09-16

With ten horse power engine and three horse
team, the Lawrence Bros of South Gardiner are
piling 600 logs per day.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-09-16
The Criminal Record.
A LEADvILLE TRAGEDY.


DENVER, Col, Sept TO- The Republicans Lead
W. speei"A says At oe,ock this morning
Thomas Morgan, former assistant superintendent
OF the gas works at st. Joseph Mo- fatally shot
Richard Stevenson, a former deputy sheriff OF
Kansas City. Morgan had escorted Stevenson
wife who had returned to her mother on account
OF Ill treatment, to one or two parties Stevenson
became jealous and insulted Morgan and was i'm
medlately knocked down by one of the latter's
friends. Stevenson followed Morgan around town,
II seems, with murderous intention but when they
met the latter was too quick.
ROASTED TO DEATH
CHICAGO Sept - Shortly after midnight last
night two workmsn, engaged in unloading ore at
the mon Steel Eoundry dock on Ashland avenue
became involved in quarrel After desperate
cllnch they separated, and each seized a kerosene
bracket lamp, and with curse hurled it at the
head of the other Both lamps struck their mark
Two explosions followed and in moment both
combatants were enwrapped in flames Both men
were unconscious and badly roasted before their
comrades could extlnguish the flames One vii
liam Doyle. was so badly injured that he died to
day while the other Timothy Council, to night
is not expected to live
Mrs Cynthia Sargent, Il highly respected widow
lady ~ years Of age living alone at Fort Ann, n
! was brutally murdered Thursday night at her
home. No motive assigned
drunken teamster in Wilmington Del. drove
INTO crowd killing one man and iniuriug two
children
John johnson colored shot and killed VIM
Lewis, at Plansfeld. \ J., Saturday during a
quarrel
John i. Chapman prominent lawyer Of Alex
andrla Virginia, was found dead ii bed with
pistol in his hand and bullet III his head
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-09-16
important NOTICE.

rTNHE UNDERSIGNED having closed out her ell
L tire business hereby notifies all persons in
debted to her. to make immediate payment. As all
unsettled accounts will be left with an attorney for
collection 60 days from this date
$. A. WETIIERBEE.
Belfast, sept. IG, iSS0-iw}S
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-09-16

SOMETHING or \ KICKER. one of the horses on
Hc Monroe stage gave practical illustration If the
meaning of the word "klcNcr'' Yesterday afternoon
,ud those who Witnessed the exhibition -ay thai
he animal thoroughly understood what he was
bout A preliminary introduction Of what wa
; follow, While the driver was attending to -omt
n-ne- On Main street. the animal fairly flIet the
Pr with pieces OF the pole, Whichhe spfntered viii
lc well directed kick, ana then the fun began in
lrnc-t The horses We're both cleared from the
''ck A. quickly As possible, and then the driver
y thl- playful animal waltzed around the street
a very lively manner. 1t seemed a. though tho
l-lness end Of that horse was IN the air all the
nr, and a. ne had nothing to Kick at in particular
went to work with the express determination
but he would at least throw his shoes of. The
liver finally got him into a stable ont OF sight
here he may be kicking yet Tor all we know.
Bangor Wing, 10Th
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
The Failing Ice Crop,

They will begin cutting ice on the
Kenduskeag stream, Maine, this
week. The ice is of good quality
and fourteen inches thick. On the
river at Bangor it is only eight
inches thick. The best ice is looked
for in February, and that month
will determine the supply. In Con-
necticut they have already stored
considerable Ice, but it Is only Of
inferior quality and only six inches
thick. Many New Jersey towns
are lamenting the loss of revenue
consequent upon the failure Of the
ice crop. No ice of consequence has
been harvested on the Hudson, and
south of that so far there has been
no show for an ice crop.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14

The counsel for Jefferson Davis
has put in q. demurrer to the COM
plaint in the suit of S. Percy Ellis,
of Brooklyn, and other relatives of
Mrs. Sarah Dorsey, who died in
July last, leaving her beautiful
home at Beauvoir, Miss, and other
valuable plantations, including all
of her personal property, to the ex-
President of the Confederacy. The
brothers, sisters and nephews of
Mrs. Dorsey have engaged the same
lawyer who conducted the suits OF
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines to success
full issue, and they intend to make
determined effort to break the
will, alleging that it is contrary to
public policy, as the sole reason Civ
en- by the testatrix for leaving all of
her property to Jefferson Davis, to
the exclusion of her natural heirs,
is her assertion In the will that his
treason has never received proper
reward from his countrymen. 1t is
contended that the United States
Courts will not recognize bequest
as valid when based upon such
grounds, and will restore the prop
erty to the natural heirs, The case
will soon come up for argument.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
The United States the Great News
paper Country.

Our great progress in journalism
is shown by the fact that in 1775
there were in the United States less
than forty newspapers and periodi-
Gals, whose aggregate issue for that
year comprised 1, 200, 900 0copies; now
the united press publishes over 500
daily newspapers, more than 1900
weeklies, and about 600 monthly
publications. OF the dailies that
existed in 1870, about S00,000,000
copies were struck off that year; of
the weeklies about 100000, 900, and
of other serial publications about
100000, amounting in all to /, $780,
100000 copies. And to sum the
matter up yet more fnrcihly, it must
be stated that the United States
publishes more newspapers, with
greater combined circulation, than
all the other countries of the world
can boast of having. The oldest
paper of uninterrupted publication
in this country is the Hartford
Courant, which has already attained
the hoary age of 116 years. In re-
gard to its last birthday it plaint-
lively says: "We believe that, with
the already announced death of
New Hampshire paper, recently, at
the age of lie, we are left in a con-
dition of absolute isolation. The
last of our early contemporaries is
dead, -
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
Dying Words.
Virginia New Enterprise


It is probably natural that at the
last the scenes which have made the
strongest impressions in life should
be recalled by memory. The old
mountaineer, when he comes to die,
with his last whisper says his snow
shoes are last; with the stage-driver
he is son down grade and can not
reach the brake, ,"'the miner can not
get to the air pipe, the sailor says
6eight bells have sounded" and the
gambler plays his last trump. A
little girl died here a few years ago,
and as her mother held her wrist
and noted the fainting, and flicker
ing pulse, a smile came to the wan
face and the child whispered:
"There is no more desert here,
mamma, but, all the world is full
of beautiful f1owers.u A moment
later the smile became transfxed.
In an Eastern city, not long ago, a
Sister of Charity was dying, and at
last from a stupor she opened her
eyes and said: "It is strange: ev-
cry kind word that ! have spoken,
every tear that | have shed, has be-
come a living flower around me,
and they bring to my senses an In
cense ineffable,"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
wonderful things / have seen. they

wonderful things / have seen. They
are beautifully built of iron, and
run along by the third or fourth
story windows of the houses. The
cars are made expressly for them,
of course, and are lovely, being
nicely finished and furnished. Go
ing up long flight of steps, you
find a nice waiting stand, and as the
cars run every few minutes, along
one will come with a rush and
whirr, stop moment, you step on,
and are borne like the wind to your
destination, seemingly through the
air. Off you get, descend similar
steps, and find yourself on terra fir
ma once more. 'Tis wonderful to
think of this air journey, above the
heads of the people below. A good
part of New York can be seen as
these ears dash rapidly along, and
over the housetops and multitude
of towers, is glimpse of hlaish,
flashing waters. Brooklyn lies
vailed in shadowy mist on one
hand, quiet little islands form eme-
raid chains on the other. In the
many harbors the white-breasted
vessels ride at anchor, and far out
on the bay, ship after ship is fading
slowly away into the golden hori-
zon. EVA.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
WHOLE NO. 2,3O7.

THE World pointed out yesterday
that the real question for Republican
conventions was not whether the
Republican party should ljestow A.
nomination upon General Grant.
who undoubtedly has a personal
strength greater than that Ofthe Re
publican party, but whether Gener-
al Grant should bestow ubOn the
Republican party the advantage OF
his acceptance Of its nomination.
This view, as will be seen by our
news columns, was abundantly sus-
tanned by the proceedings Of the
convention at Harrisburg yesterday.
Besides its Macedonian cry to Gen
eral Grant, the only thing OF inter-
est done by the convention was its
production Of platform. Platforms
are almost always amusing read
ing, as any paper must be in
which intellectual acTObats under
take to meet the views OF every
body on questions about which great
differences of opinion prevail. The
currency planKs of the present plat
form are particularly comic. The
convention goes in for "Our financi-
al system as ii Is" though no man
in or out Of the convention can de-
fine what sit is" and though a
private Pennsylvania who had a
few million dollars Ofdemand notes
out which he neither paid nor meant
to pay, and who should announce
his satisfaction with the financial
system "as il is" and who should
point to his financial prosperity
and sOundness" us "the natural re-
suits" of it, would be Justly regard
ed as proper inmate either Of
lunatic asylum or common Jail.
From Kelley, however, towel, to
any Republican leader in Pennsyl-
vania who Is hard-mOney man
from conviction, If there be any
such Republican in Pennsylvania
there is nobody who may not COM
placently stand upon this latest
of Pennsylvania "princi-
pies" The currency planlIs, how
ever are not more comic than the
from the party which
counted Florida and Louisiana for
Mr.. Hayes, that sour republican
form of government will he signal
failure when any political party can
in defying the public will,
as shown by the people at the ball
lot-box," or the further observation
''the growing tendency
TO throw elections aside as mere
technicalities." The last plank,
however, takes some notice of a
mere technicality and provides for
i substitute for any eleetor who may
be found to be ineligible. In 1876
lhe mere informality of an ineligi-
Die elector did not count against the
vote of Oregon, but the Pennsyl-
vania Republicans seem to be aware
hat Republican certificates will be
more carefully examined at Wash
ngton next year than they were
,hree years ago.-Nei0 York HOrld
,f FEB. 8.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14

THE managers of the Louisville
d Nashville Railroad were in the
city last week to confer with the
Cincinnati Southern in regard to a
freight tariff. The proposition was
that the longest line should fix the
rates, and that the charges from
this city direct should be the same
as from Cincinnati ria Louisville.
This was preposterous, of course,
and could not be entertained. The
distance from this city to Chattanoo-
GA is the same as from Louisville,
therefore the charges should be the
same. The managers Of our road
could not make any better tariff for
Louisville if they would. We spent
our twenty millions for the purpose
of securing a short line to the south.
and secured it. To trade away this
advantage would be worse than
ridiculous. IL would be criminal.
This is out of the question. The
Louisville gentlemen argue that our
bridge is free, while theirs Is toll
bridge, making a difference of equal
to near hundred miles of road IN
favor of Cincinnati in regard TO
through freight. This is all true.
But Louisville can make its bridge
free by paying one million five hum
dred thousand dollars for it. That
is somewhere near what the Cincin-
natl bridge cost. We do not pro-
pose to throw this advantage away,
nor do we intend to selfishiy appro-
pirate it. 1t is to be given to ship
pers and passengers who use the
road. The rates between Cincln-
natl and the South on local and
through traffic will be the same rs
between Louisville and the South.
The distance being about the same,
this is fair. Any other arrange
ment would be unfair. The Cincin-
natl Southern will be open for busi-
ness very soon, and the day il is so
open rates viii be fixed upon the
basis OF distance. That will. suit
the public, and the Louisville and
Nashville managers must accommo-
date themselves to this fair adjust
ment.-- Cincinnati Gazette. I'll
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14

REV. O. G.. WHEELER, of San
Francisco, has delivered a fiery
lecture against the Chinese. He
has discovered some peculiar traits
in the Chinese mode Of robbine
hen-rOosts. One morning about :
O'clock-it was very dark-a police
man passing along 1 street in the
Chinese settlement, heard, as he
thought, a rooster crow on the roof
of a house. The place attracted his
attention and he cautiously recon-
noitred. He soon discoved a China
man standing up against a chimney
on the top of a house, and watched
him. 1t was not long before the
Chinaman, peering into the dark In
various directions and finding, as
he supposed the coast clear stepped
slightly away from the chimney,
slapped his arms against his sides
and crOwed very like a cock that
the head Of flock in neighboring
roOst answered with a real crow.
Then another, farther off, hearing
him, responded, and Others more
distant still took up the refrain, .un-
til every gallant chantieleer for
miles around had given oral testi-
mony to the elegance of his man
ners. The thieves knew the neighs
borhood, even the premises where
chickens We're Kept, but did not
know the particular spot where the
owner had secreted them. The
programme was this: A dozen or
two of them, more or less, went,
each with a dark lantern, stationed
in different portions of the town, in
neighhorhoOds where chickens were
known to be kept. The cocks that
fell in to the chorus, whose key.
note was given by the Chinaman
on the housetop, unwittingly dis
closed to the watching thieves the
exact places where they and their
families had been secreted for the
night and thus enabled the thieves
to easily secure and carry them to
Chinatown to give cheer to empty
stomachs."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14

NEW YORK asks for 81 600, 900 to
improve the Harlem river. New
York will get it, along with mil
lions to improve Hell Gate, which
has already swallowed up six or
seven millions. When the Missis-
sippi River Commission asks for
SO, 900, 900 or $4 900, 900 with which
to continue the improvement Of the
Mississippi river, it will be theduty
of Congress to assent. Every Con-
gresham from the valley States is
expected to personally urge such an
appropriation. 1t is for q work OF
far more value than the local job at
Harlem river. The subject of the
appropriations for theimprovement
of tho Mississippi and tributaries
should be considered by the Com
mittee on Levees and Mississippi
River Improvements, and not by
the log rolling Committee on Com
merce or Appropriations. lis mag
nitude requires such separate consi-
derations, Cbarteg'syoat1nat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
overvvornsed and Underpa,d ,reach-

I
ers.
1t is asserted by the Philadelphia
papers that it's city teachers are
| grievously overworked and under
paid. This may be fruthfully said
of nearly all teachers in any of the
large city schools. The demand
made upon their mental and physi-
cal strength are beyond computa-
tiOn. After a WearisOme day in the
sehool-room, they are compelled to
sit up until nearly midnight look
ing over averages, essays, examina-
tion papers, and all that sort of
thing, and yet with all this monot-
onous work and routine they are
expected to take the liveliest sort of
interest in the educational topics of
the day, attend teachers meet
ings" and institutes, hearing over
and over again the same subjects
that have been dealt out to them at
such places ever since their first in
itiatiOns as instructors. No matter
how successful a teacher is in her
own department-perh only
primary One-She must undergo a
yearly examination in precisely the
same branches that the principal of
her school does, although he is fresh
in those branches, teaching them
constantly, and she, having no use
for them, has grown rusty in her
knowledge and must brush it up so
as to pass creditably. 1t is now
proposed to give teaching licenses
only for a short time first, and to
provide system of re- examination
to test the teachers capacity. A
situation as house-servant would bel
less fatiguing and more independ-
ent.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
The Paper Tariff.
jackson Tribune and sun.

JhOhSOu anu Fodus
1t is perhaps unknown to most of
the readers of newspapers that Con-
greSs Is keeping a protective tariff
upon all the paper used in making
newspapers, books, and, in fact,
upon all the classes and kinds of
paper used. This tariff is 20 per
cent. on the paper and 20 per cent.
on the foreign cost. 1t may be per-
fectly consistent with the ideas of
Congressman to keep a protective
tariff upon knowledge lest the COM
petition should be too great, but
every newspaper in the land should
at once combine to take it off, even
if it cost a few Congressman their
official heads. We say the newspa-
pers should combine because the
protected manufacturers have COM
bined and every publisher in the
land is being bled TO swell the prof
It's of these fortunate gentlemen.
They have a regular system by
which they hold regular meetings
to determine how much more blood
the patient publisher can lose and
still live. Taking advantage of the
slight advance in the articles enter
ing into the manufacture of paper,
they have rapidly pushed the price
of paper up about forty per cent.
They have advanced ii from 81
cents up to 10 and l04 per pound,
and are only prevented from putting
it still higher by the inability of the
publishers to stand the increase.
We hone the Secretary of Silr State
Press Association will call the at
tention of our publishers to this
iniquity and that the cooperation
of the entire press Of the country
Will be secured to force Congress to
take this tax off knowledge.
If publishers OF newspapers will
Just give Congressional aspirants to
understand that they demand this,
the press of the country will not be
long under the dominion of this
protected monopoly of paper manu-
faeturers. Eu
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14

How to get into a mess and how
to get out Of ii. At an art exhibit
ton: "That pictureof KS is a fear
ful daub, don't you think?" The
gentleman addressed-"f beg your
pardon, but am the artist" ooh,
/ beg ten thousand pardons. The
fact Is, don't know anything about
art-I just repeat what / hear every
one sayingl"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
THE Cheatham County Plain.

THE Cheatham County Plain
dealer, published at Ashland City,
says:
Our county has one of the oldest
persons probably, in the State, in
the person of Mrs. Rebecca Wilson,
who lives in the second district, in
this county. She was born near
Warrenton Court House, in North
Carolina, in A. ID. 1770, and is now
110 years old. She came to this
county at an early day. The old
lady is quite hale and active for one
so old.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14

"IF you marry Grace, exclaimed
an irate father 10 his son, 81 will
cut you off. without cent, and you
won't have 80 much as a piece of
pork to boil i'm the pot" "Well,"
replied the young man, "Grace be-
fore meat. /" And he Immediately
went in search Of minister.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14

1.-THE strongest propensity IN a
wOman's nature" says careful
student OF the sex, Sis TO want TO
know what Is going on, and the
next thing Is 70 boss the Job
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS,
NOTIONS, GENTS FURNISHING, GOODS ETC,

Which cheap and ask no advance @ & on any any
although they advanced 20 cent In the last
weeks believe have the advantage of good many
sell cheaper than great many others nave " stOe h0
yards Brown and Beached Drilling goo yards Sea Island Gofo
hne
Goods with Trimmings to match
arGe stock Ladies' will sold regardless of COST You
viii also find in my store, the largest stock OF
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-14

THE Historical Society of Tennes-
see has purchased a bronze statue of
Gen. Jackson, of Clark Mills, the
celebrated artist, for $1,000.