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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
FrOstburg Must Stand it.

A correspondent of the Rockville
Sentinel, writing frem Frostburg
gets off Sunday joke at the expense
of our neighboring. little city of
Frostburg. He says:
In Sabbath school crowded to its
utmost capacity with little urchlns Oh
Welsh origin the superintendent In
quired, "How did Sampson destroy
the fields of the Philistines ?"
with fire." said one of the little
scholars.
Eyes, with fire. brands, but he tied
the fire-brands to the tails of certain
animals. What animals were they?"
Silence and subdued whispering.
"What animals are those" contn-
ued the superintendent, (which stay
awake all night and are noted for be-
ing so cunning 20
Babies" yelled little boy.
After which the SUPERINTENDENT
touched his hand bell and told the
scholars to sing "Let Us be joyful"
but the little fellows shrewd remark
seemed to bear on some of their
minds, and they could not refrain
from laughing, and indeed the wor-
thy old superintendent could not
quiet them, when the pastor, and old
man about four and a-half feet high
and four feet in circumference. arose,
speaking in very broken English, be-
ing a combination of Welsh and En-
glish, and said. II want you to know
that l don't claim any power to work
miracles, but l have an undisputed
right to cast out devils and will cast
out every devil in this church who
don't quit their laughing" Seeing
that the old man was so determined
silence reigned supreme over the
church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
Wrecked by a Cyclone.

CHICAGO, July 16.-The town of
New Ulm, Mimi, situated on the
Minnesota river, 65 miles from st.
Paul, containing about $500 persons
was wrecked by cyclone late this
afternoon. The telegraph wires went
down in the river, and only megre
details can be given. 1t seems that
two currents OF air swept the valley
simultaneously, coming from differ
ent directions.
The scene was appalling in the ex-
treme. Stone and brick buildings
were RACED to their foundations, and
the air was full of debris. The town
and its suburbs are now a mass of
ruins. West Newton, in the neigh
boring county of Nicollet, was yisi-
ted, and family of three persons
killed. The following is an imper.
feet list of the killed and wounded in
the Inflated valley: The killed in
New Ulm are Mr.. Eckert and mis-
twelye-year- old son, Laura Wright,
aged eleven years found on the
prairie, decapitated heaG not yet
found); a son of Mr.. Warner, aged
IA, the only body found killed in the
town of Severance, near by; Martin
Frank, Jos. Kulube, wife and three
children, one child badly wounded,
sole survivor of the family. In West
Newton, child of Mr.. Loomis, and
an unknown old gentleman, who
was found with his arms clasped
around tree. The wounded are in
New Ulm-John Palmquist, Mr..
Luesch, wife and child, probably
fatally; III. Fiddler, seriously, prob
ably fatal j. Kuntz, arm and leg
broken and cut; George Fogle and
wife, seriously; Carl Krubet, M.
Reitz and Jacob Miller, legs broken !;
Mr.. Warner and wife, seriously Mr..
Nelson, slightly; VIM. Sharpans. in
ternally, very serious J. Schuelen-
ger, badly cut by glass. Town of
Milford. Pfeiffer, seriously; three
persons whose names are not yet as
certained. The county is peopled
almost wholly by Germans, forty
eight of whom were in Minneapolis
at the time, attending the turn fest,
and none of them knew of the CotaS-
trophe until to-day, when all left i'm
mediately for their ruined homes,
with no knowledge as to whether
they would find their family, friends
or property.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

Mr.. Cyrus w. Field has written a
letter to the New York Times justify
ing the subscription of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars as a fund
for the benefit of Mrs. Garfield and
her children, on the ground of the
world-felt sympathy with the Presi-
dent, himself hanging between life
and death, and with his heroic wife
watching by his side fearing every
moment to be left widowed and des-
olate. He deems, moreover, such a
provision necessary and commend
able in view of the modification sui
fered by Mrs. Lincoln, after the as
sassinatien Of her husband, in having
her case discussed in Congress and in
the papers, coupled with the paltry
calculation how much-or rather how
little-the nation ought to give her
the whole ending with merely the
allowance of the rest of that one
years salary and-the ranking priv
ilege! "This," adds Mr.. Field, "was
all that a Congress which voted $780,
600 for Lincoln's funeral expenses
could give to the support of his wild
ow. This small provision was soon
exhausted, and five years after his
death, as if from very shame, Con-
'ess voted her a pension of $4,000
year. Thus slowly and grudgingy
d the nation for the widow of its
martyred President. If this is the
way the government treats the fami-
ly of Chief Magistrate who has
died in its service, it is well that in
dviduals have the public spirit to
step forward to save their country
from such humiliation"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

cription of the Union arch of the
Washington acqueduct, spanning
Cabin John Creek, which is declared
to be the largest masonry arch in the
world. The span is 220 feet, the
height i01 feet and the width 20 feet
The acqueduct, which supplies the
city of Washington with water. was
begun in 1858 and finished in 1861
the engineer in charge being General
Montgomery G. Meigs.
The one hundred Chinese students
now studying in this country, most
of whom are in colleges or technical
schools, have all been recalled home
The Chinese educational mission was
established in this country in 1879
No reason is given for the recall.
DIR. E. HI. HOWE, of Frostville. N
Y, whose body was found in the
Niagara river, and is supposed to
have committed suicide in company
with Mrs. Sadie Stewart, with whom
he had been criminally intimate
leaves a wife and five children in a
destitute condition.
A man who had become crazy with
excitement since the attempted mur-
der of the President, created a scene
on Sunday morning in New York
by kneeling on the sidewalk, PRAYING
aloud to save the life of President
Garfield, and invoking curses upon
the assassin. He was removed tn.
Bellevue Hospital.
The books of the Bureau of Docks
OF Brooklyn haye mysteriously dis.
appeared, like those of the Board of
Education. to conceal official mall
1easance OF the predecessors of the
present officials. Their loss prevents
any progress in the investigation as
to whether all the receipts for wharf
age in 1879 and 1880 were accounted
for.
The largest Sunday school in Can
ada is that of ST. James Cathedral.
Ioranto. The average attendance,
Is about 800, and there are on the roll
The names of 1926 children. Sixty
teachers are engaged in the work of
instruction.
During the seven days, from July
10 to July 16 inclusive, the deaths
from sunstreke in Cincinnati num-,
bered 264, and from excessive heat
lou, making Ala deaths in all. The
greatest number on any one day
from these causes was on July 18th
being Sc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
LOGAN.

Many of the horses purchased by
the street railways learn in half ar
hour to stop and start at the sound o.
the bell. A few are so intelligent
that when they see man waiting
for car in the middle of the crossing
they will stop without a word from
the driver.
The torpedo ship Alarm, designed
by Admiral Porter, is now lying at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, ready for
action. She carries 15-inch Dahl
gren gun, weighing % tons project
ing ahead is ram, capable of doing
terrific work, and she has torpedo
spars, one of which, projecting under
water thirty feet adead OF the ram,
can explode torpedo of 100 pounds,
sufficient to destroy the largest iron
clad afl0at. The Alarm is to proceed
to Washington to undergo further
testing of her speed and capacity for
service.
The associated charities of Boston
warn the people that giving money
to street beggars is encouraging
swindling, and that ninety-nine out
of every hundred are cheats. The
practice enables impostors to live and
thrive, to the detriment and loss OF
the worthy poor.
The sale of Queen Victoria's year.
lings has of late years generally
brought forward very inferior lot
of animals. This year, however, the
contrary was the case the yearings,
although the majority of them were
small, realized an average of nearly
1000 apiece.
The Des Moines Register says that
there is a widespread desire over
Iowa "to have the grandest celebra-
ton in lieu of the lost Fourth and in
honor of President Garfeld's recov-
cry every witnessed in the state when
the President is well enough to
stand up and make the proclama.
tion."
A woman belonging to the sect
called Perfectionists undertook to
run herself to death at Dallas, Texas.
She got the idea from a Seriptural
passage about running the race to
the end" that if she ran till she died
she would go direct to heaven. She
could not kill herself by pedestrian
ism, however, and resorted to drown
ing instead.
The last number of the Scientific
An'erican contains picture and des-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
A good deal of loose talk is beir

A good deal of loose talk is being
INDUCED in by the Democratic news
papers and certain alleged Republic
can journals about the probability OF
Ohio being lost to the Republican
column this year. The same thing
is also said of Pennsylvania, and is
charged of New York. AS for Ohio,
none of the newspapers of that State,
which are credited with political
prescience, express any doubt of the
reelection of Governor Foster next
October. There is not a single jour-
nal in the State which does not sup
port him and the Administration.
In fact the Republican party of Ohio
never appeared to be and probably
never was mere united than it is at
present. The same thing is true of
pennsylvania, and so far from the
State being lost to the party next fall
the probability is that it will give
one of it's largest majorities,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
Some Speculations About the Comet.

If the comet were to come in con-
tact with the earth, the temperature,
according to Prof. Newcomb, would
rise to 10000 degrees in the shade.
The professor says: sat the first
contact in the upper regions of the
atmosphere. the whole heavens would
be Illuminated with a resplendence
beyond that of a thousand suns, the
sky radiating light which would
blind every eye that beheld it, and a
heat which would melt the hardest
rocks. The highest degree of heat
that may practically be obtained in
the laboratory is that of the electric
arc, which attains a temperature of
10000 degrees. while, as we have
seen. in its motion through our at
mosphere, solid body may generate
a temperature of millions of degrees.
A few seconds of this. while the huge
body was passing through the atmos-
phere, and the collision at the earth's
surface would in an instant reduce
everything there existing to fiery
vapor, and bury 1T miles deep in the
solid EARTH" While this is not very
pleasant summer reading, it is well
enough to know just what we can ex-
pect in certain contingency.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

A reporter of the Philad elphia
Times, who has been making some
inquiries into the condition of iron
manufactures in that city, writes that
all the large establishments are run
down with orders, with no prospect
of a falling off in their business. The
Disstons employ 1900 men in their
saw works, and, although running
night and day, are a month behind
in their supply; and the Baldwin
locomotive Works, employing 5000
hands, have Mexican orders alone
for 200 locomotives, and their con-
tracts will run into 1882. Other
factors tell similar stories of the pres
sure of trade, and it is evident that
a recurrence of hard times is not to
be apprehended in the immediate
future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
Mr.. Combs Declines.
Oakland, Nd. July 18th, 1881

Oakland, Nd, July 18th, 1881.
Editor of THE REPUBLICAN:
In the last issue OF your paper see
my name mentioned as a probable
nominee of the Republican party for
the Senate from this county.
Idesire to say through the columns
of your paper, to the many friends
throughout the county who have ex-
pressed themselves in favor of my
nomination, that am not an aspirant
for that or any other Office, that |
will not permit my name to go before
the convention and if nominated
could not accept place on the ticket,
as my professional duties require my
whole time and attention.
earnestly desire the success of our
party this fall and will give my
hearty support to the nominees who
ever they may be.
Respectfully yours.
H. WHEELER COMBS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Special Correspondence to The Republican.
WASHINGTON. D. c., July 10, 1881.
The Presidents physicians now re-
gard him as out of danger, though, as
yet, they have not officially stated the
fact. He is permitted to eat whatever
he desires, and to hold unlimited
conversations with those around
him. The bullet still remains in his
boly, and its whereabouts even are
not accurately known. His recovery
has been one of great wonder, and
the history Of the case, published
after his recovery will show what
pluck and determination can do to
aid nature in fighting and conquering
frightful wound. Mrs. Garfield,
also, contrary to the fears of all, is
rapidly gaining in flesh and strength.
Her confinement, consequent upon
her husbands illness has seemed
rather benefit than otherwise. Two
subjects seem of paramount interest
to the President just now, namely,
his eating and sleeping. He is espe.
cially interested in what he has to
eat. In fact, he appears as anxious
for meal times to come around as a
child would. One of his most cheer.
ing symptoms is that each day finds
him demanding more food than the
one before. Mrs. Garfield, who has
always been steadfast in the belief
that the President would not die,
has never appeared in the sick room
looking in the least respondent and
weary. She has made it point to
be always cheerful in the sick room.
1t is now proposed that some day
be set apart, after the Presidents re-
covery, either the 10Th of October, the
date of the Yorktown Celebration, or
his birth day in November, for Ma
tional Thanksgiving for his recovery.
The Governors of the States are in
correspondence in the matter and
probably some day will be named for
the purpose.
The Garfield fund now amounts to
S150,000, and is rapidly approaching
the maximum of two hundred and
fifty thousands.
The election of Crongressmen War.
ner Miller to the U. S. Senate by the
New York Legislature, while sur
prise to all is hailed by good Repub.
licans here with joy as sign that
the contest is near its end. 1t now
seems probable that Congressman
Lapham will be elected to the re-
naming vacancy.
Guiteau is still closely confined in
the District Jail. He is growing
nervous and uneasy, disliking to be
kept so wholly from knowledge OF
what goes on in the world. His
vanity which kept him up for the
first few weeks has all gone, and dis
appointment at the failure of his at
tempt and solitude are doing for him
what the law cannot.
LOGAN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
"Tho Vice-Presidentv G

"The Vice. President says the
New York Tribune, "has returned to
the city wiser man. He knows
that the public have better opinion
of him now than they had fort
night ago, and he is not disposed to
forfeit their esteem by Fastening back
to Albany and taking part in the
closing scenes. He ought never to
have emerged from the retirement
in which he now takes refuge. The
country is grateful to him for his
final spasm of good sense"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

Mr.. Ccnkling withheld his very
mild expression of sympathy with
the President until he laid himself
liable to the charge Of having it forced
from him by the pressure of public
opinion. 1t can do him no good, be.
cause he has shown the entire lack
of that spontaneous sympathy with
affiictien even to an opponent, that
If his was a really manly nature he
could not have restrained Toledo
Blade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

Says an exchange: eff Garfield
RECEIVERS and commences his public
policy where he left off, it will not
be a year before all the artificial
shades of Republicanism will have
Dissolved into solid party. More
than this, the more Independent,
least sectional and more thoughtful
Democrats will be attracted by thous-
ands, and if Garfield lives and choses,
he can be elected by a majority
greater than ever before KNOWN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
Vice President Arthur and the AG-
miniStratiOn.


While Mr.. Arthur was in Wash.
ington he passed through a remark
able experience, which unquestion-
able produced a profound impression
upon him, and, it is thought, modi-
fed his views in relation to certain
political events in the recent history
of the party to an extent that will in
f1uence his future relations with the
administration. During the darkest
days after the attempted assassination
he was brought into frequent and
close conference with the members of
the Cabinet, and there is not one of
them but that learned to place a
higher estimate upon Mr.. Arthur's
character. They saw that he fully
realized the delicate situation in
which he Was placed, and that he felt
keenly the suspicious recklessly
thrown upon him in the heat of eX-
element following the attempt upon
the life of the President. He had
neither the hope, expectation nor de-
sire to take an office which he felt
that neither majority of the people
nor of his own party wished him to
fill. All of his expressions were self
depreciating and full of regret at the
unfortunate situation brought about
by the assassin's bullet.
Mrs. Il field was especially touch
ed with his expressions sympathy.
and more than one member of the
Cabinet, in reviewing the days when
the Presidents life was in the great
est peril, has been moved to remark
with cordial earnestness that Mr..
Arthur "has not been thoroughly un-
derstood." "He is man of large
heart and generous. manly impulses,
very much like General Garfield"
said one of the Presidents political
family to day.
What passed between the Vice
President and Secretary of State DUR
ing their frequent interviews at the
residence of Senitor Jones is of course
not known. But the situation at
Albany and Senator Conkling's quar-
rel with the Administration were
among the topics discussed. Under
these peculiar circumstances it is be-
LEVIED that the Vice President receiy-
ed then some truthful information
that had only reached him before bv
rumor, if at all, and that the way
was opened for better understand
ing in future between the President
and Vice President. Not a word
was uttered by General Arthur while
in the city, indicating that his admi-
ration for Mr.. Conkling had abated.
nor any purpose on his part to alien
ate himself from his cid friend, the
ex-senator. 1t is believed, however,
that General Arthur regrets that be-
ing Vice President he entered active
~ into the contest at Albany against
the Administration, and that he now
sees the importance of bringing
about more harmonious relations be-
tween the Stalwarts and the Admin
istration than has heretofore existed.
and will net place obstacles in the
way of reunion of the discordant
elements. = Cincinnati Commercial.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

fully tried the trigger, and then re-
turned and took seat in the ladies'
waitlng-room, and, as soon as the
President entered, advanced behind
him and fired two shots. These facts.
] think. can be relied upon as accu-
rate, and [ give them to the public
to contradict certain false rumors in
connection with this most atrocious
of atrocious crimes"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

A movement is on foot for re-
duction of the postage on letters. cir
culars, etc. 1t is thought letters can
be probably carried at postage of
two cents, and even one. An ex-
change says: "The day is coming
when letter will 60 anywhere with
in the United States for one cent,
dispatch for ten, and a man for cent
a mile"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

The Yorktown Centennial Com
mission have decided to have chorus
of three hundred male voices to assist
in the ceremonies, with Professor G.
l.. Siegel as musical director. The
centennial ode has been written by
Mr.. Paul A. Hayden, of Georgia,
and the music composed by Professor
Mosenthal, of Philadelphia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

At Albany Saturday the deadlock
was broken by the election of Warner
Miller as United States Senator to
succeed Thomas G. Plat, resigned.
Miller received 76 votes, or three
more than was necessary for choice.
Lapham received 6S votes for success
sor to Conkling, which was five less
than necessary for an election.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
A telegram from Cleveland. Ohio.

A telegram from Cleveland, Ohio,
dated July II, says: Mrs. Eliza
Garfield, had a severe attack of chol-
era morbus on Friday, from which
she partially recovered, but she is
now Frustrated by fever. On account
of her extreme age, she being 81, her
condition is regarded as very critical.
and fears are entertained for her re-
,covery."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

From noon on the 18th instant I'M
til noon on the 14th-seven days
there were three hundred and sixty
three deaths in Cincinnati directly
attributable to the intence heat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

address, not necessarily for publication, but
as private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
SATURDAY, JULY %. 1881.

The Washington CAPITAL says Pres
ident Garfield is the healthiest man,
both physically and politically, in
America.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23

Judge Heller, of Indianapolis, has
decided that selling railroad tickets
on Sunday is not a dissertation ofthe
Sabbath.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-23
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-23

Aug I0.-Sarah Froebiscb, widow o
John Eroebisch, Jr, deceased, elected
to take The provisions made for her sup.
port BY the Will Of her deceased hus
band.
Avery Hill was appointed Guardian
of David, Elizabeth, zachey, Amanda,
Alexander, Florence b, William, How.
ard aud Edmon HUI, minor heirs oil
Amelia Hill, decd bond $500.
Aug. 12.-John Goodhue, Adm'r oi
the estate OF Theodore LeBaron, decd
obtained an order to sell real estate q,
public sale.
Aug. 13.-Thos. j. Griffith was ap-
pointed Executor of the estate OF G.
w. Griffith, Jr decd: bond $4,000
Aug. I5.-Michael Lohr, Admir- oil
the estate Of Kasper Walter, decd, OBJ
tanned an order to sell real estate at pub.
lie sale.
Application was made to have the
last Will and Testament of Jacob Eh-
man, decd, admitted 10 probate; hear
ing continued to Goth inst.
James Gates. Admir- of the estate OF
Nancy Gates, decd, was, on his own
applicssiQp, discharged as such Admir-,
md from NJ future obligations there
= Az l5~-Application was made to
have t6S last Will and Testament of
James Montqom6sp, decd, admitted to