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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-07-01
Political Points.

Hurrah for Hancock and English!
And where's the bloody-shirt now?
Judge Taftonly 'hopes" that Garfield
may be elected.
Will Garfield call Schuyler Colfax to
his Cabinet if elected?
It is James Abraham Garfield and
Chester Allen Arthur.
Hancock and English! Pennsylva-
mia and Indiana. Good enough!
Who now is for Blaine first, last and
all the time, except Gail hamilton?
It is said that the late James A. Bay
ard favored the nomination Of General
Hancock.
Gen. Hancock is the only officer in
thessarmy who has any reputation for
craftsmanship.
Gen. Hancock came from old revolu-
tionary stock. This is better than
Mobilier stock.
Garfield escaped without a scratch
during the war. It will keep him busy
to dodge the hot shot now.
AS great General, w. S. Hancock
was able, brave, generous, kind and
magnanimous to his foes.
Winfield S. Hancock, of Pennsylva-
MIA, and William II. English, of Indi-
ana, is the ticket that will win.
The Republicans always did go in for
daring sutler in the army during the
war.
The Republican dark horse has the
salary-grab ringbone, the De Golyer
SPAWN and the Credit Mobilier CLAN
ders. b.
The solid South, 1888; New York, 35;
Indiana, Is; total, 1873. Necessary to a
choice, 1S5. But New Jersey is sure be-
sides.
Our Republican exchanges take pride
in saying that Garfield is "a poor man"
He is is undoubtedly poor man to be
President.
One of the Liverpool papers announc-
es that Mr.. Garfield comes from splen-
did stock, being brother of Cyrus w.
Field and Stephen ]. Field.
The New York Times in 1873 pro-
nounced Carried equity morally, If not
legally, of perjury" In 1880 the Times
thinks him n proper person, indeed.
Both Grant and Blaine are entered
for the Presidential race in 1884. They
evidently mean to fight it out on that
line If it takes them several summers.
Garfield's pedigree seems to be tri-
fie mixed. Already it is said that he
came from Welsh, Irish and Dutch
stock. And then there was his Credit
Mobilier stock.
The New York Tribune lauds Gar
field, but makes no editorial mention
of Arthur. He is certainly bad pill
or the Tribune has an incurable consti.
patton.
Mr.. Garfield is in the hands of his
friends, and If they know what's best
for their party they will swap him fol
some Republican candidate without q
record.
Is this to be torchlight campaignt
The Boston Transcript has heard o.
one manufacturer who has ordered fiji
ty thousand yards of waterproof mate.
rial, to be made into capes for uni
forms.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
Masked Train Robbers,

A dispatch from Atchison, Kansas, says
two masked men boarded the short train
which runs from Kansas City to St. Joseph
on the Missouri Pacific railroad at Winthrop
Station at an early hour on the morning Of
July 8, and between there and the st. Joseph
junction robbed the United States express
company's safe of two hundred and fifty dol
ars and package of iewelry belonging tc
Baldwin and Co., ST. Joseph. The robbers
are unknown.
Another account ssys the train was local
train, running between Atchison and the
main line of the Kansas City, st. Joe and
Council Bluffs road TO connect with the train
from Kansas City. The robbers boarded the
the train at Winthrop, covered the express
messenger, Sinons, with revolvers, and in the
presence of four passengers opened the safe
j. c. Connolly. baggage master, and Frank
Ferhardt, depot watchmsn, were also covered
with revolvers and searched for weapons bnt
none found on them. They then took from
the safe the jewellery and expressed great
surprise that there was no more money in the
safe, and asked where the other packages
were. 1t appears simons refused to receive
valuable money package from the north
ward bound train destined for Atchison and
the theory is, the robbers knew this package
was on the way, and expected to find it in 81.
mons safe. When the train arrived at the
junction the robbers made Simons signal the
engineer to stop the train, and they leaped
off and disappeared, after promising to return
Simon's pistol which they had taken from
him,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
No Homes for Calif0rnians.

"The saddest phase of this coast" saws
the Virginia (Nev) Enterprise, ''probably
of all gold and silver mining regions, is
the absence of homes. We mean real
homes, whose founder laid the first hearth
stone and made the first clearing with
the thought that On the spot he was to
do his life's work, and there at last amid
familiar scenes, sink in that sleep that is
final. The absence of this disposition
has made nomads of the men of the
coast. They came here originally with
the thought that in a little while they
would return and make the home of their
future in the land of their birth. Could
the air-castles which could have been
erected in thought by the men Oh the
coast, while lying in hunks in rude cab
ms, or in blankets around camp-fres, be
woven into a picture, what city it
would make but the years have stolen
by; except in issolated cases, the be-
witching dreams have never been realized,
and while the hoped-for homes were new
er builded back in the land of childhood,
neither, alas, have they been builded
here. We do not mean to say that there
are not plenty Of families living in what
they call homes. But those who have
homes which we're created with the ex-
pectation that they would be permanent,
that in and about them were to be hoard
ed the gathered treasures of a lifetime,
are very few. This might, perhaps, be
expected here in tile desert, but the same
is true of California, especially in the
country. As rule, the farm houses of
California and their surroundings are q
perpetual sign of For Sale.' On many
Of those farms men and families have
lived for a quarter of century, and still
It has never been home in any rightful
sense OF the word. There has never been
q time that the husband and father has
not intended to sell out in the course Of q
few months, and never time that the
family has not hoped he would - '..s2
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
Hanging in Arkansas i.

At Oceola, Arkansas, July 10, George
Sanford and Richard Mckee, both colored
were hung for the murder of Armestead Penn,
colored, on the 9th of November last. In an
interview the night previo TO hanging both
confessed their guilt, but said the Lord had
pardoned them. At noon they left the Jail Uni.
der strong guard and walked to the place Of
execution, quarter of a mile. The galiows
was erected on the bank of the Mis-
sissippi river, under gigantic old pecan
tree. The CONDEMNED men joined in singn 2
"Hark, from the Tomb Doleful sound and
"show pity, Lord, oh Lord. Forgive" Oh III:
scatfold Mckee confessed to numbering Penn.
Sanford spoke for several minutes, his voice
clear and firm, saying he was guilty and he
too, was prepared to die. At the moment
great feeling was exhibited by many of the
crowd and number pushed through the
crowd climbed the steps of the scaffold, grabbed
them by the hands and bid them goodbye.
The drops were sprung ats o'clock. McKee's
neck was broken by the fall. Sanford's moose
slipped little and was drawn up against his
left cheek. He cried out, "Oh, kill me! kill
mep and made many spasmodic twiches, at
enc time drawing himself up double Three
thousand people witnessed the execution
which was the first ever had in the county.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
Little by Little.

s, II you are gaining little by little every
day, be content. Are your expenses less
than your income, so that though it be
little, you are yet constantly accumulat-
ing and growing richer and richer every
day9 BE content; so far as concerns mon
ey, you are doing we'll.
Are you gaining knowledge every daye
Though it be little by little the agere-
gate OF the accumulation, where no dav
Is permitted to pass without adding
something to the stock, will be surprising
to yourself. ~. tS.';,'' a.,
Solomon did not become the wisest
man in the world in q minute, LITTLE
by little-never emitting to learn some
thing, even for single day-always
reading, always studying little between
the time OF rising up in the morning and
laying down at night; this Is the wsy to
accumulate 9 full store-house of knowl-
edge. Finally, are you daily improving
IN cnaracter2 Be not discouraged because
1t 70 little by little. The best men fall short
q What they themselves would wish to
be. It is something, it is much, if YOU
Keep good resolutions better to-day than
you did yesterday, better this week than
You did last year. Strive to be perfect,
but do not become down-hearted so long
e you are approaching nearer and near
er TO the high standard at which you
sim. IS 49,
Little BY little, fortunes are accumula.
ted little by istle, knowledge is gained :;
little BY little, character and reputation
are achieved.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
Making a King Sing.

An Engllshman arrived at Paris some
days before the revolution of July 1880.
He very eagerly sought to inspect the in
terror court OF Palais Royal, where the
prince Louis Philippe of Orleans, was re-
ceiving deputahons that came to him
from all parts of the country, villagers
with the mayor and drummer at their
head, brave fellows we'll furnished with
addresses and often excited by the IA
tigues of the road and the heat of the
day.
The Englishman, on arriving. asked If
Louis Philippe had made his appearance.
"Certainly," they answered him, che
is just retired.''
''Ah! l am very sorry for that" be
said. ~ am come to Paris to see HEM
"Never mind" said one near him; 81
will show him to YOU" So he shouted
out: "Vive Louis Philippe! Vive la
Charte p and the multitude cried out the
same.
A window opened over a balcony, the
prince appeared, humbly saluted the
crowd, and retired.
"Ah! l am very glad indeed" said the
Englishman; but l have heard some say
that one might see him with the tr1col-
ored flag, and surrounded by his family"
"That is very easy said the other;
"glve me some sous, and he will come
FORTH"
"Indeed here are some, with great
pleasure" said the Englishman, handing
frank to his neighbor.
Immediately voice raised the COUP
let, which thousand voices immenlate-
ly repeated:
Soldier. with the tricolor flag,
Who from Orleans Dearest it,, etc
And the couplet did not cease to be
heard before the prince, surrounded by
his family and holding the three-col-
ored flag, came forth to salute the
crowd.
There was silence for a short time.
Then the complaisant neighbour, turning
toward the ear Of the Englishman, said:
"Now shall I make him sing? As it is
rather difficult matter, You will have to
give me ten francs"
~ will do SO willingly" said the Eng
lishman, assured by the success of the
former engagement.
Then the man, with the ten francs, ex-
erted himself and shouted with others ar
ound HIM so eagerly and Justify, "Vive
lie roi? Vive la Chartei Ia Marseillaise!"
that at the end Of twenty minutes Louis
Philippe presented himself again before
a large crowd exultlng with impatience
and joy.
The Marsei)laise was Justify raised by
the people. The new king was about to
retire from the balcony, but stopped in
the midst of the loud applause. and sang
with the people, marking time with his
feet.
The story relates that the king exhibi-
tor, addressing the Englishman, said to
him: Snow # you give me one hundred
francs he shall dance. But the other,
the show had gone far enough,
went away.
Some may think this anecdotc comes
from suspicious source. It Is taken
word for word from the contemporary his
tory of G. A. DaubiD, a work in use
among students of philosophy. 1t appeared
TO the learned professor to be so chsrac-
tefistic that he thought 1t worth relating,
although at first sight 1t appeared to him
of the gravity of history
Leisure Hour.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
First District Republican Conven-
tlOn. =

Inc Republicans OF the First Minnesota
Congresslonai district met at Waseca, July z
anu organlzeo Dy eiectng TWO sets OF ottic ers
ne firs1 being Earl .. Youmans, president, and
4. Z. Huntington, secretary: Hon. NJ 81
Dnnneil was nominated for Congress, receiv.
ing sixty.eight out Of seventy-One votes. Re.
solutions We're adopted endorsing the national
KepaDncan party ana platform, pledging the
nrst olstrlct 10 give wv majority for Garfield
and Arthur and saying
Ihat IN Hen. Mark H. Dunnen this dis
trict has Tor ten years, an able, faithful repre-
sentative ior the people, and we will reflect
nun tAls iali despite 1acnonal opposition with
party to defeat him."
SnorT speeches. were also made by Messrs.
D Danneii' simpson, Miller and Youmans. Mr..
Dunnell did not refer to the division of the
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
Second District Republican Convention.

A Republican nominating convention
for the second Congressional district was held
at Pennington, July s.. Hon. A. E. Rice,
OF Kandiyohi county, presided. The names
OF three candidates were presented for nomi-
nation, namely, Hon: H: B: Strait, Hon. Cor
don E: Cole, Hon. NJ. s. Chandler. alAn in
formal ballot showed the following result:
Strait 81 votes; Cole 33; Chandler IL; max
ing total of 1O2 votes, two more than the
number of delegates. formal ballot
was then taken. Strait received Sc;
Cole %; Chandler 10. Major Strait was de-
clared the nominee. Mr.. Strait appeared, and
in formal speech accepted the nomination.
dorsing the nomination and warmly eulogized
the Republican party, and predicted its tri-
umphant success in November. The following
platform was adopted:
Resolved, That we, the Republicans Of the
second Congressional district of Minnesota,
in convention assembled. heartily subscribe to
the principles enuneiated by the great Repub-
licaa party in its platform adopted at Chicago,
and that these old time honored principles are
worthy to be- the guiding star Of a free and
generous people on the road to success aud
prosperity.
ten of divine providence in the action of the
Chicago convention in presenting to the
American people, as their standard-beare of
the coming election, the name OF James A..
Garfield the pure and able statesman, a patr1-
otto citizen, soldier, the unimpcached and un-
impeachable, the embodiment of the selfmade
element in this free republic, and that in Gen
eral Chester A. Arthur, our candidate for Vice
President, we recognize an able statesman
and patrioric citizen.
RESOLVED, That the efforts OF the Democratic
party when last in control of the government
to destroy it by our late war, and its recent
attempt to utilize its control of Congression-
al power to defeat the execution of the FL
teenth amendment by endeavoring to with
hold the means for its enforcement, together
with its revolutionary action struggling to
smother the executive veto under urgent
public exigencies industriously created for
the occasion as supplemented by the system
attic schemes of the people lately in rebellion
to evade the spirit while obeying the let
ter of the constitution, by creating through
the aid of their State governments novel
standard of citizenship, other than race, color
or previous condition of servituee, discloses a
controlling hereditary purpose at war with
the peace, prosperity and perpetuity of the
union.
RESOLVED, That we hereby pledge ourselves
to support with earnestness and unanimity
the several candidates the Republican par.
ty, national and congressional, with loyalness
Of purpose, to remove all opportunity to the
Democratic party to assert control of the ma
tional government by unconsti tutiona] and
revolutionary methods.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
HER LAST LETTER.

Ills but line, hurried scrawl,
az 1na nttie seem the words to say, 81 5,-.. =
Yet hold me in reproachful thrali: !, ~,,,
You quarreled with me Yesterday;
Tomorrow you,llbe sad.n 81
Az, you'll be sad"--the words are few.
ana yet they pierce my soul with pain;
AZ, you'll be sadn-the words are true:
lney haunt me with prophetic strain:
tomorrow you'll be sad"
We quarrelled, and for what? word
foolish speech that Jared the ear
And thus in wrath our pulses stirred:
linen came her letter: "Dear, my dear,
tomorrow youth be sad" - q
Few words! half mirth and half regret
The last her hand should ever write
Sad words! learned long ago, and vet
FRESH with new pain to ear and sight.
Tomorrow you'll be sad"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16

thing about this book; here are some pic
lures, II want to know what they mean"
Maggie, with deepening color, went
on without hesitation.
so, tell you what that means. It is q
dreadful picture, isn't ito That old wo-
wan in the water is q Witch,-they We put
her in to find out whether she is witch
or not; and If she swims, she's witch,
and if she drowned and killed, you know
she's innocent, and not witch, but only
a poor silly old woman. But what good
would it do her then, you know when
she was drowned2 Only I suppose she'd
20 to heaven, and God would make it up
to her. - .. -
Mr.. Tulliver listened to Maggie with
petritied wonder. =. ne. 49,.
"What book has the wench got hold
ont" he burst out at last.
"The History of the Devil, by Defoe, :"
said Mr.. Riley. "How came it among
your books2"
'Why, it is one of the books I bought
at sale. They were all bound alike,
sermons mostly I think I thought they
were all O. one sample. But It seems
one mustn't judge by tn outside. This
is puzzling world.
Have you no prettier, Maggie?" said
Mr.. Riley.
80 yes, 'Esop's Fables a book abont
kangaroos and things and the Pilgrims
Process"
"Ah, beautiful book" said Mr.. Ri
ley ''you can't read better"
"Well, but there is great deal about
the devil in that" said Maggie, and, I'll
show you picture of him in his true
shape, and Tom colored him for me with
his paints,-the body all black, and the
eyes red, like fire, because he is ali fire
inside, and it shines out at his eycs''
"Go! go! said Mr.. Tulliver. at is as
thought the child'll learn more mis-
chief nor good in the book. Did you ev-
er hear to the like on it?" he said as
Maggie retired.
''It's pity but what she'd been the
lad-she'd been a match for the lawyers,
she would; it 8 the wonderfulest thing"
here he lowered his voice-t'as I pick.
ed the mother because she WASH so cute,
being good lookln' woman, too; an she
come of rare family for mareginy. But
you see when mans got the brains him
self, there's no KNOWN where they will
run to; an woman may go on ralsin'
you stupid lads and cute wenches till it
is like as if the world was turned topsy-
turvy. It's an uncommon puzzling sort
thing
Mr.. Riley's gravity gave way, and he
shook little before he said:
"But your lad is not stupid, and I do
think you are right tospend money in
his education rather than leave it all to
him in your will. know of an Oxford
man and NJ. A., and one whom the
bishop thinks highly of, who is fond Of
teaching, and wants two or three boys as
pupils So when midsummer came
Tom went to school, and the father lived
to be proud and fond of his boy, as this
speech will show.
They were sitting together one day
when the father suddenly put out his
hand and said. "Shake hands with me,
my lad. It's great thing when man
can be proud as he's got good son. I've
had that luck.''
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16

sion fee of twenty-five cents is charged. Mr..
Tanner reluctantly assented to this,
but was persuaded that it was
the only avoidables remedy. He
lies down about thirds Of tho time,
and his favorite place is where the head Of
his cot protrudes from the window. To-
morrow he will take q carriage drive to Gem
trail Park. One Of the doctors generously
promised to pay for all that DR.. Tanner ate
and drank during the "picnic,' and suggest
ed that the other expenses be divided among
those who rode. George Francis Train sits
in Madison Square and evolves letters to
t'Citizen Doctor Tanner at the rate of
half dozen day. ..-.. ~ -...-
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
Fireman Killed.

At fire in st. Louis, No. July 6, IS
Phelim Toole, fireman, was using a'fire ex-
tlnguisher, itexploded and killed him. Toole
WAS .captain Of the Pompler corpse Of the fire
department, and the man who made himself
famous BY rescning SO many people from the
Southern hotel when it burned several years
ago. His loss viii be greatly felt by the fire
department and his death will be universally
mO11rned. T., -, "" 81 ~"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
English Ora in.

The Mark Lane Erpress of July 12
says farmers express great anxiety about thu
weather. Unreasonable weather never fails a
this season to exercise hardning influence OF
the grain trade. and the copious showers o.
the past fortnight have increased the activity
in wheat. Supplies of grain we're small and
sales were more readily effected at an advance
of shilling per quarter. Farmers now hold
so little grain that holders feel justified
In declining to sell except at higher
prices. Both English and French stocks Of
native wheat are practically exhausted and
the consumption of both countries has to be
met by the foreign producer for which fair
trade was experienced at advancing prices.
At the moment the situation is decidedly crit
ical. Stocks have been worked so low by the
disinclination Of buyers to operate for further
delivery that it needs only weeks wet wealth
erto bring about such state of activity as will
materially change present values. There is
no abatement in the continental demand. The
exports for the past month are nearly 5000
quarters. During the same time the imports
were only 10000 quarters Red washeld with
extreme frmness. The market closed Fri
day, expectant if not excited, with stocks at
the lowest and prices at the highest. Maize
3d@6d dearer and In fair request, but another
feature Of the week uuquestionab]y has been
the large demand for foreign white wheat,
such as Australian and New Zealand, for the
north of England and continent trade. The
market closed very strong for these descrip-
tions at an advance of five shillings since last
Monday. Sales Of English wheat, last week,
1b.45s quarters at 4ss Sd, against 27,727 quar-
tiers at 43s i'd the same period last year. I'm.
ports for the week ending July 8, 9S9, 1854 hun.
dred weigntof wheat 195, sss hundred Of flour.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
4 Nurderous Tramn

A Byers, Colorado, telegram of July
u has the following: Last evening an I'M
known tramp, about thirty years old, came
to the depot and while engaged in converse.
ton suddenly drew large butcher knife and
gave Samuel Green cut over the eye, cut
John McGlynn so that bis bowels came out,
and then stabbed Frank McCracken, the tele.
graph operator, probably fatally, in the left
side. McCracken ran across the street fol-
lowed by the tramp who was shot dead by the
constable The tramp cannot be identified
but is supposed to be maniac.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
Now Railroad Scheme.

Articles Of incorporation of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Kansas City railway
company were filed at Chicago, July ~ The
ineorporators are prominent citizens OF Bos.
ton, Chicago and Burlington, whose purpose
it Ia to purchase the Burlington and North
western railroad, which is soon to be sold I'M
der decree offoreclosure, and extend it to
Kanaas CITY