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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

THE dry bones are rattling in the
Treasury Department. The new Seere-
tary is evidently determined to shake
things up mighty lively.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

Senator Vest yesterday introduced
hill in the Senate providing for an eX-
Tenditure ofS2O, 900, 600 for the improve
ment of the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers, according to the plan of the river
commission. The amount, by the terms
of the bill, is to be equally divided be-
tween the two rivers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
Aaditional Appropriation

Additional Appropriation
for his Office for the payment OF more
clerks, messengers, etc, with the
exception of the treasurer and superln-
tonding architect. Every assistant treas
urer, except The three, at Cincinnati, Bos-
ton and st. Louis, ask for more salaries.
The Boston assistant treasurer submits
cash estimates of reorganized office with
out any increase of salaries. All the de-
partmSnts appear to be in need of addl-
tional clerical force, or of of better clerks
and workmen than the appropriations 1or
the present year can pay. More than 81
900. 600 more than the appropriation of last
winter is demanded for the army, and the
increase ispretty evenly distributed over
all the items of the list. The same may be
said of all the departments. u.
The Committee Cbairmanships.
WASHINGTON, December Speaker keif-
er and his advisers have been at work to-
night arranging the committees which are
to be announced next Tuesday The
chairmanshipS, so far rs agreed
lows, according to statement to one of
Keifers friends, and n man who the
Speaker has freely consulted:
Foreign Affairs-Robeson: Ways and
Means-Kelly; udiciary-Crawley, of New
York; Elections-Calkins; Public Lands,
Belford The appropriations will be given
TO HiseOCk or Kasson.
DiSposing of the chairmanships is slow
work, as in some cases several members
want the same committee. and though the
Speaker expects to have the list ready by
next Tuesday, there is some doubt if he
can complete them by that time.
Mr.. Frost. of Missouri, is fighting for an
amendment TO the rules that will permit
the creation of a Spccial committee on
Mississippi river navigation. 1t is eSti
mated that the Speaker will decide againstit
on thk point of order, but there will be
strong fight for this committee, as the
Western members believe that they could
accomplish more for the river improve
mehts through a committee appointed for
that purpose.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
The virginia senatorship.

over which RidRleberger, Massie, Wise,
Lewis and other ReadjuSter candidates are
Ouarrcling. is matter of some interest To
the Republican friends OF each here, and
considerable delegations have gone to Rich
mond to look after their friends. To DEM
ocratic members the selection does not seem
10 present anv feature of interest, it being
generally understood that the successful
candidate. whoever he may be, will act
throughout with the Republicans.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

The President took up his residence at
the White House late this afternoon. i" John
Davis, nephew of Bancroft Davis, and SON
in-law of ex-senator EreEnghuysen will be
President Arthur'S Private Secretary.
The postal authorities were in
formed that during the war between Peru
and Chill and the subsequent occupation
of Perm by Chilian troops, the mails for
Peru have been opened several times by the
Chilian military, and a number OF regis
tered lettarS seized
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

PoStmasters are to be elected at Milan
and Steubenvile, the Congressman
from that district being unwilling to
take the responsibility Of making the
anDOintmentS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

the exception of the permanent appropria-
tions, which includes the interest ON the
public debt and the payments on the prin-
cipal. 1t is note worthy that every bureau
and division officer of the Treasury Depart
ment asks .-r|
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
Comfortably Soaked,

went off and joined other Baptist churches
without ever saying SO much aS thank you
to the Williamsburg pool management.
Il got tired Of that sort of thing said
Smith. and told them one day from the
pulpit. that while the Baptist Church OF
Williamsburg always held itself ready TO
perform its own rites for its own members,
II did not propose thereafter To take in any
outside washing. And that ended it.
Ian.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

: OnAnA, DecsmbeY 1.-The Prsidest's
vent Ksst With his family. being trsasfer.
red from Helena, Noutsns, 70 Gen. Haa-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
The ReadjuSter Element

in the House as well as the independent
member from Brooklyn, Hyatt Smith, seem
to have been captured altogether by the
Republican leaders.
The latter, however, is peculiar genius,
and can be relied on To say or do whatever
he pleaSes He told me, once, that when
he was a Baptist preacher in Williamsburg
he built nice baptiStry, and people came
there to be baptized on account OF the nice
steps leading down to the water, and the
general excellence of the plumbing arrange
mentS. \ good many Of these people after
hrinw
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
The Northern Pneifsc.
RepubIican Caucus-

WASHINGTON, December I.-Ihe hepubIl-
can Senators held a short caucus, this
morning, to arrange for making some
changes in the Republican membership of
the Senate committees, in order to meet
the personal convenience of Senators, and
TO provide suitable committee positions for
Window. A committee was appointed by
the caucus to confer with the individual
Senators and report hereafter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

''wHkT every one says must be be true"
that "Dr. Sellers Cough Syrup" has no
equal for coughs and colds. Try it. Price
25c.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
THE NEWS.

illinois pays more revenue taxes than
any other State. Ohio, New York,
Kentucky, Indiana and Pennsylvania
follow in order.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
GRANTS RETIREMENT.

The Virginia SenatOrship-The Read
JuSters-The brooklyn Baptist Mem
her.
Special Dispatch to the Register.
WASHINGTON, December Gen. Logan 5
bill to place General Grant on the retired
list of the army, is Interpreted as an indi-
cation that "old man has concluded to
drop further Presidential aspirations, and
give some one Of his faithful three hundred
and six bows a chance
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

If all the newspapers tell the truth,
the good poet Longfellow has warts on
his nose. carbuneles on his neck, alb
sccsses ON his legs, and is threatened
with cancer on his face.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
dSSocidted Press.
What the Prosecution VIII Do.

WASHINGTON, d. c., December THE
Criminal Court was denscly crowded this
morning. Among the audience were Gen
cral Sherman and Rev. Dewitt Talmage.
To-day the prosecution commence, in re-
buttai, to demolish the theory of insanity
as set up by the defense. In doing this
they will rctravcrsc the ground gone over
by the defense and from the standpoint OF
the prosecution will thoroughly ventilate
Guiteau's past life and habits. beginning
with his early life in Freeport, and con-
Guiding with vast amount of the best ex-
pert testimony obtainable in the country.
As soon rs the court formally opened,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

IT was predicted some months ago
'hat the term Stalwart would 90 out of
Use OF become a mere word of repr0ach,
but the stalwartS seem to be active in
washington, and, more than that, they
are not without large following ofper-
sons supposed t. have been very decil-
ediy on t'other side of the fence. o..
course the President didn't issue any or
uers ~ the speakership contest, blt a
NICK Is As good as a wink TO a blind
horse.
WE have received from GEO. Q. CAN
On the Mormon delegate in Congress
I'm Utah, a pamphlet of hundred
~ Is, showing up his claim To a seat in
tohSrSss. Possibly, from a strictly legal
standpoint, CANNON is entitled to the
pace but from moral standpoint he
Snouid be reverdebarred. The Ameri-
an Congress should have never been
sraced n by a Mormon polygamist.
l',8 may not good law, but il is good
Ors's. %
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

The editor of the Mesilla NclrS re-
members "when there was but one pc
riodical published in New Mexico"
now there are about thirty, aud new
ones starting every month.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30
Il PARTY SEEKING TO BE
REA TEN
ZION the New York sun


The Hon. Henry Watterson of
the Courier-Journat, a gallant and
accomplished gentleman, but not al
ways the wisest of politicians, con
tends zealously for making free
trade the cardinal doctrine of the
Democracy in 1884.
There are others who agree with
Mr.. Watterson in this view of pub
lie duty, though there are few who
put it with such picturesque origin
atty Of phrase as he. eve want no
more pig and-puppy campaigns, :"
he says, "and no more nOw-you-see-
it and you-don' t tickets. Penn
sylvania may go. Mr. Voorhees,
and Mr.. Randall may fold them
selves in one another's arms and
waltz off wherever they please. RAJ
pine and robbery, masquerading in
WORKOUT DISCUSSES, have lifted the
black flag Of slavery with its false
label of protection, and the legions
of freedom, no matter where they
come from, must organize to tear il
down"
Now as matter Of theory, OF
ideal truth, Mr.. Watterson may be
entirely right. Perhaps there
ought not to be any tariff laws OF
any custom houses. But when you
come to apply this high standard
difficulties at once arise In 1880
for instance, the Democrats in THEN
National Convention declared them.
selves in favor of free trade We
believe Mr.. Watterson himself
wrote the declaration, and it was as
free from evasion and double deal
ing as he could make it. But nc
sooner was the campaign brought
to a state of activity and zeal, thar
this very declaration was broadly
repudiated by the candidate fol
President. A public letter, just a
outspoken and undisguised a
though Mr. Wattcrson had been it
author, proclaimed that this fire,
trade candidate was really a thor
oughgoing protectionist Nor wa
this backward motion undertaken
moment too soon. The workmel
were everywhere turning agains
the Democracy because Of its anti
protectionIst attitude; and if thei
votes were not to be thrown away i
was necessary to say something t,
reassure theA. Candor also com
| pels us to add that among th
worst scared of the Democratic pol
iticians at that time were some O
the theoretical free traders. O
these, however, Mr.. Watterson wa
not one.
The truth is that the large major
! ity Of American voters are earnestl,
in favor Of protection to American
industry; and any political part,
which goes in frankly and earnestl,
in opposition to that sentiment
| goes in to be beaten. THIS is evi
dent from the very remark of tn
! C0Wicr-JouRaI which we hav
| quoted above. What sort ola SHOW
| would a Democratic party make a
the polls after it had driven off MI
! Voorhees, and Mr. Randall and Gu
loose from Indiana as well as Penn
sylvania?
No doubt, free trade is essential,
true as a matter Of pure principle
| SO is peace. The ideal Of human
society will practise absolute free
dom of trade, and will never tolerat
war or permit the existence Q
armies. But as yet mankind is dis
tant from that perfection.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30
TEE MORRISTOWN GAZETTE
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 80, 1881.
THE CONTRACT LET.
MORRL37 OWN, CUMBERLAND GAP
AND OHIO -RALLROAD.

AM OuIO IN LLhOAO.
We mentioned last week that the
directors of the Morristown, Cum
berland Gap and Ohio railroad COM
pany had been holding a protracted
session with view of letting the
road to contract. We know nething
more than this at that time. HAY
ing derived our information from
headquarters, we are able to say
now that the road is under contract
from Morristown to Cumberland
Gap: That the people in the three
counties through which it passes
will be asked to subscribe literally
to its capital stock, to be paid, how
ever, only when the whole roa | is
graded: That if the people respond
as literally as they are we'll able to
do, the road will be built as rapidly
as plenty of money will build it.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30
BILL ARP'S" VIEW or PREA Gil
EPC

ERS.
/ like the preachers. They hold us
pack from going to extremes. They
are the conservatives. They are good
citizens and set us a good example.
They are the balance-wheels Of society,
The scotch to the wagon, the airbrakcs
10 the train, the pendulum 10 the clock.
They are like the Sabbath that gives us
rest and peace. They are to society
Wharf.-The judge is to the law | love 'cm
all, and when they arc blotted out,
Which God forbid, l want to go too.
In sickness, in troubla, in affection, yea
in the last agonies they are with US and
| comfort us, while the busy world ways
on. God bless the preachers Of this
land-the preachers of every creed that
teathes love to our Creator and love and
kindness TO another Nevertheless, l
sometimes feel sorry for the preachers
/ children, for the good man is 50 afraid
he will do wrong he leans the other
way. 1t did me good the other day
when 1 saw one of 'em take his children
to see the circus procession. 1t vas so
kind and considcrate. If they can't let
the little chaps see the'circus, do let 'em
go to the procession. B y-and-by, may
be, they will get old enough to be
trusted within the canvass and see the
pretty horses in the ring, and the men
ride round, hear the clown crack his
jokes and laugh at him becaus G hc is such
a fool. doE't admire these folks who
are always a laughing whether a thing
is funny or not, and never did like TO
sec pretty girl gigling at everything
that happened but still it is better 10
laugh than be crying. The world is
not draped in mourning. The birds
sing and the butterflies float around ia
the happy sunlight. Alright the cricket
chirrups on the hearth and the katydid
sings his evening song sweet flowers
are blooming everywhere, and Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these. All nature is happy cx.
cept few snakes and hyenas, and
don't want to be like them
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30

At this season of the year, when The
public are making ARRANGEMENTS 20 be
supplied with the freshest secular, re-
ligious, political and commercial news,
domestic and Foreign, during the year
1882, they are advised TO subscribe for
Nashville Bgpner, published daily and
weekly at No. % North Cherry street,
Nashville, Tenn, by the Nashville
Banner Publishing Company. 1t is I'M
excelled in enterprise, independent
Democratic in politics, frank and fear
less in expression, strictly accurate in
its reports Of local and other markets
and is more widely read and is recciv-
ing more substantial proofs of public
favor than any new spaper in Tennessee.
The Daily, issued at o'clock p. IA,
contains thirty six columns of intelli-
gencc from every part of the world,
furnished by the Western Associated
Press and by reliable mail and telcgra-
phic correspondents. All 1.-THE cities and
principal towns in Tennessee are repre-
sentcd In it, news columns. The Daily
is delivered in nearly every place within
800 miles of Nashville, by carriers, for
81 80 per year; So 90 for six months,
81 .95 for three months; 7jc for one
month, and 15c per week; and sent free
Oh puStdSC ~ al di4t4iCoo III any CtiCi
part of the globe, at the same price.
The Week. jsaued every Thurs lay,
has thirty-six columns of choiee read
ing matter, selected with great care cs-
pecially for the benefit Of the larg and
in elligent class among whom it circu-
lales, embracing vast deal of infor-
NATION regarding the farm and the
with a6ound9pt topics Of
interest to both seller and buyer. The /
literary department receives special at
IGNITION, short stories aud sketches, as
we'll as the b st of poetry, being select |
ID with reference to the tastes OF both
1li and ypng. The Weekly is furnish
ID 10 single subscribers al one q lllar
ser year. Extra inducements are offered
agents, who ~ill fin IL proh able TO ex-
end the circulation OF the paper. SEMI
or specimen cop'es, shich will be sent
rec Nov 80
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30

1t may have been Bill Jones, the
red-handed avenger of the Potomac
flats, who fired at Guiteau, and it
may have been somebody else. The
man who fired the shot, however,
took desperate chances. He must
have known that he would be caught
and perhaps brought to trial in
Washington, thus affording the
esthetic denizens of that classic cap
ital with a week amusement, or, in
other words, that he would be COM
PEELED to take the place which Gui-
teau holds now. Guiteau is an ac-
cOmplished comedian and while he
holds the boards the people Of Wash
ington flock to the circus and burst
their sides laughing at his jokes and
his FRANKS and his capers, and the
amusement created by his keepers
is hardly less intense. IfBill Jones,
or what ever the mans name is,
is not "a comedian, it is just ten
to one that he will be sent
to the penitentiary for life. The
people of Washington must have
fun.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30
A World of Good.

One Of the most popular medi-
zines now before the American pub
lie, is Hop Bitters. You see it ev-
erywhere. People take it with good
effect. 1t builds them up. It is not
as pleasant to the taste as some 9TH
er Bitters as it is not a whisky
drink 1t is more like the old fash
toned bone set tea that has done a
world of good. IF you don't feel
just right try Hop Bitters-Nndau
NelrS..
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30
Mnke aon. OO fnr Christmas /,

The publishers of Ruaedge's Monthly
in the prize puzzle department of their
Monthly for December offer the follow
ing easy way for some one to make
$50 90 TO the person telling us which
is the longest verse in the Old Tesla
ment Scriptures by Dec 10th 1891, We
will give 500 90 in gold as prize The
money will be forwarded TO the winner
December 10Th, 1881 Those who try
for the prize must send 20 cents with
their answer, FOR which they viii re-
ceive the ChriFtmas number of the
Monthly, in which will be published
tie name and address of the winner of
the prize, with the correct answer
hereto. Cut this OUT; it may be worth
$40 90 to you. Address, RUTLEDGE
PUBLISHING COMPANY, Eaton, Pa.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30
TO THE LATE READERS OF
THE DISPATCH.

DEAR HELMS: Allow me, if you
please, space enough in the GAZETTE
to say to any of the late readers OF
the Knoxville Dispatch, whose time
had not expired when the Dispatch
was sold to the Knoxville Tribune,
that a firm contract was made with
that concern, and which was pub
lished in the Dispatch the morning
after the sale and transfer, to the eff
feet that all the contracts for adver-
Using and subscriptions were to be
carried out in good faith by the
Tribune. &. w. CHARLTON.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30
OF THE GAZETTE.

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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30
Ponder on these Truths.

Torpid kidneys, and constipated
bowels, are the great causes OF
chronic diseases.
Kidney Wort has cured thousands.
Try it and you will add one more
to their number.
Habitual costiveness at1iicts mil
lions of American people. Kidney
Wort will cure ii.
Kidney-Wort has cured kidney
complaints of thirty years standing.
Try it. See adv.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30

When Davis, who was lynchcd at
Athens, Ohio, on Sunday night
goth, was taken to the bridge with
rope AROUND his neck, he was
asked to confess, and being assured
that if he made a confession he
would be taken back to Jail to be
dealt with by law, he said "Im
the man" At this there was an
instant cry, "Throw him Off" One
end Of the rope was made fast to
the bridge, and he was given three
minutes in which to pray, but he
did not attempt a prayer. He was
hauled off the bridge, and his neck
was broken by the fall.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30

Rogcrsville Spectator On the
evening Of the 18th inst, Elizabeth
Mann, an aged lady and resident Of
this county, was burned to death
Mrs. Mann was four-score and six
years old. 1t seems that she was
alone, with the exceptions of one or
two little children, when her clothes
took fire, it is supposed from tho
fireplace, and before any one came
to the rescue, the clothes were burnt
off her, it seemed that she must
perish, with none to save except the
God Of all the righteous and faith
full, who putstheir trust in Him. She
lived about ten hours. during which
time she suffered great pain, and
prayed that she might be taken out
Of her misery, saying, Il am ready
to go"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30
The Germantown lPaN Tel

The Germantown (Pa.) Telegraph
scouts the idea of the nomination
by the Democrats of either Gen.
Hancock or Hon. Samuel J. Tilden
for the Presidency in 1888. 1t says;
"The next Democratic candidate for
President will be Thomas F. Bay
ard, of Delaware. He is the strong
est and least Objectionable man in
the whole catalogue" Goodbye,
Tom
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-30

The later adVices from England
says the Baltimore Sun, state that
the strange speculation in Confeder-
ate bonds, which set in so suddenly
and extended SO rapidly from Eng
land to this country, has quite as
suddenly died out The theory on
which the shreWd originators of the
speculation set it in motion was I'll at
there wer large sums Of money de
pQsited in the Bank of England to
the credit OF the late Confederate
government and other large depas-
ties of money held on Confederate
account elsewhere, to all OF which
the holders of Confederate bonds
had a legal claim 1t seems to have
been accepted by the creditors with
more confidence than is usually civ
en- to so wild a story. While the fc
yer of speculation lasted those who
picked up large amounts of bonds
for a merely nominal sum made no
ney out Of their dupes; for we learn
that at their eliminating point some
of the bonds were sold IL England
ut ten per cent Of their face value.
But when the London 4imes stated
there was no money in the Bank OF
England on Confederate account,
and when, from other sources, it was
learned that if there were any Con
tolerate assets anywhere the decis-
ions of the English courts adjudgsd
them to belong to the government
Of the United States, the hack Of the
speculation was broken, and invts-
tors had to pocket lhoir losses with
the best grace they could commqpd