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Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
COMMUNICATIONS.
rne Government of Beacon Falls Defs

Tne Government of Beacon Falls Defend-
 ed.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 In an article published in the Register of February Sd, relating to Beacon Falls, the general conduct and method of governing the town. the correspondent has so misrepresent- ed our people that you will no doubt pardon me. as a resident of this place, for correcting the errors in said article In the hrst place Michael Hickey was arrested the mes ana costs in his case amounted to upwards or sev- entv dollars, and he is now serving out his sentence in the county jail. Kearney was also arrested for breach of the peace, was tried and fined, which with costs amounted. to about forty dollars. John Wolf, Esq, the agent of the woolen mills, is gentleman of known character and integrity, who attends to his business strictly and not to the business of the town Our system of legal procedure may not be as perfect as you have in your city, and yet very few breaches of the law go unpun1shed when the correspondent writes that "A gang or friends who may deem it proper to punish anybody for anything get together ln one or the saloons of the place and agree as to what course of action to take't in. legal cases, he writes that which has no foundation in fact, and is not true in any particular. The au- thorities in this place at all times are ready and willing to do their whole duty ln every question which comes De1ore them, peins l gentlemen of known integrity, who have the Confidence of our town people. One grand juror resides within a short distance; the other is at all times ready to do his duty In fact, no trouble is experienced in procur- ing warrants for arrest at any time. There 1 is no public officer so pressed with ouslness 1 that he cannot attend to the affairs or the town at any time. The church mentioned cost us seven thousand dollars. and is mort paced for twenty-two hundred dollars, not to Waterbury bank. The question of 'old residents in no manner interferes with the management of the town. In fact the Peo' n1e of our town are of an orderly, law abid- ing character, who work for the best good ei the town, whether they are in or out of of I fee. Therefore we feel that an injustice (ne doubt unintentionaD has been done us by th' untruthful article above mentioned, wh1ci was probably written by person who wa not resident of our town.
 DAVID T. SANFORD.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16

The suit in chancery filed in London yes terday by parties whom the marriage of the Baroness Burdett- Coutts has aggrieved. bids fair to be long and celebrated one The contested property said to be worth one hundred thousand pounds sterling year, is a prize worth contending for; and as the bsroness is abundantly able to defend the suit, and has pride as well as fortune at stake, she will carry the appeal to the House of Lords if it becomes necessary. Mir. Smalley telegraphs from London that ''law- yers consider that the baroness is sure to lose" On the other hand, Mir. Bartlett of Phila- delphia, a hnsman of the bridegroom, writes that "such litigation will be hopeless, al though it may be annoying" He quotes from several English statutes defining alien age to show that the principle of English law is well established under which the baroness will still be able to save this part of her es- tate for the charitable uses to which she has always applied it.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The temperance workers are unusually busy this winter, and they are making extensive attacks upon State legislatures and upon Con- gress On Monday the desks of United States Senators were so heaped with temper ance petitions that thirty minutes were con- stunned by their presentation
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
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 financial including jOurneys, lawsuits, gains, losses
 absent friends, and great success in selecting lucky numbers. Sittings for orbusiness affairs examtna-
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Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16

Germany is generally thought to be great country for beer, and it is, but it will surprise most people to learn that more beer per per son is consumed in England than in Germany. In Belgium the consumption in a recent year was thirty three gallons per head, while it was but twenty-two gallons per head in Ger many.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
An Interesting Account. stone i'm the Bladder Expelled by using
 Dr. Kennedy's

FAVORITE REMEDY.''
 Mr. s. W. Hicks, of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co, N. Y., the of Mir. E. 8. Hicks, whose name may have appeared in this journal in connection with article similar to this, like his father, afflicted with Stone in the Bladder, only that his case was
 more serious than his fathers On the appearance of the disease the father advised the to write to Dr. David Kennedy, of Rondout, N. F., who. he said. would tell him what to do Dr. Kennedy replied, suggesting the of Kennedys Favorite Remedy" which had worked successfully in the fathers case Hicks. who had been assured by the local physi- that they could do nothing for him. tried " Favorite Remedy" at venture. After two weeks of it he passed stone < of an inch long and of the thickness of pipestem. Since then he has had symptoms of the return of the trouble. Here is sick man healed. What better results could have been expected? What greater benefit could n edical science confer? The end was gained that is surely enough Dr. Kennedy assures the public, by g repu- tation which he cannot afford to forfeit or imperA that the s.Favorite Remedy" does invigorste the Blood Liver, Kidney and Bladder complaints. as we'll those diseases and weaknesses peculiar to females. Dr. Kennsdyis Fayorite Remedy" for sale by all druggists. ja25 eodAw1m
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
rae MarseilIaise.

History of the French War Song.
 fCorrespondent of the New York Tribuns.l
 PARIS, Jan. 29.-The authorship of the Marseillaise Hymn, so often prohibited by despetic governments and now the national air of France, has often been disputed. M.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16

Those who travel abroad are interested in recent decision of the English Court of Fx- chsquer. The plaintiff in the case CRhodes against The London and County Banking Company lost several circular notes of .10 each, together with the letter of indication
 He immediately informed the defendants of the loss. requested that payment of the notes should be stopped, and added that he should hold the bank responsible for payment after this notice Nevertheless, the notes were cashed by an adroit forger, some at Rouen and some at Dieppe, and all in the regular course of business Hence th1s action, The plaintiff of course, rested his case on the familiar and well settled rule that banker should only pay to
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16

Card to the Public. II street, corner State, Room S. where shall be Ieezst to see my former patients and friends, and an kho may desire my services. Teeth 6lled with Go 4 Porcelain 0s-artincial. Amalgam t61EeEt. Ar ticial Teeth inserted Gold. Platinum, and any of khe cheaper bases. All work warranted
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Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
MORNING. FEBRUARY 16. 1881.
ssouual ano Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. 400 State Street, Courier Building.
 JOHN B. cARRINGToN. EDWARD T. oARRnSGToN. JOHN B. oARRINGToN, JR.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16

Two Fre1ich scientific men have. for the last twelTemonth, been keeping nine pigs in state of habitual drunkenness This has been done with view to taStins the effects of different kinds of alcohol on these anl- mals. The experiment is interesting for we are told that the pig is the animal whose d. gestive apparatus most closely resembles that of man; but then drunkenness does not act on a mans digestion only, and the behavior of a tipsy pig furnishes but a slight indlca- tion of what a tipsy mans would be who had drunk of the same liquors. However, we learn that the pig who takes absinthe is first gay, then excitabIe, irritable, cumulative, and finally drowsy the pig who has brandy IaaaAss with his food is cheerful all through till he falls to e1eep; the rum -swilling pig De- comes sad and somno,.at almost at once, while the pig who takes gin conducts himself in eccentric ways, grunting, squealing, tilting his head against the stye door, and rising on l his hind legs as if to sniff the wind. Dr.
 Decaisne, writing on these intoxicated swine | in the France. remarks that they are none of them the worse for their years tippling. | which is remarkable if true.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16

The last congressional work of Fernando
 Wood, who died at Hot Springs, Arkansas Monday, was the conduct through the House of the pending funding bill, and it was
 work requiring of him, in his condition of health, a fortitude justly characterized as heroic MT. Wood one of the best known members of Congress. He was serv- ing his seventh consecutive term, and was member of the twenty seventh Congress in l 1S42, and of two or three intervening before l his election to the fortieth. Always strict | and even an extreme partisan, and not | thought to be over-scrupulous in politics any | more than in business, he has been distin- | guished for courteous bearing toward his | fellow members, although his manners were l naughty and he seldom relaxed into any | thing like cordiality. Tall, slender, erect. always faultlessly dressed, with a face and l bearing that at once attracted attention, he was one of the first to be noticed and iden- tifed by.strangers who visited the Honse when in session. He did not often take part
 in debates, but he was watchfuf of the pro ceedings, almost constantly in his place, and
 | when he spoke received good degree of at
 tention.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
Jottings from the Great, Dry Goods Sale. z R@N z

ssYou have great name for SILKS in IAtohneid county" said party of ladies' 'bu we did not tnink there waa such difference till this week we have keen shopping in New Haven. and we And you have more Silks and lower prices than any other store"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-31
NEW York. May 90, 1881
DeLand Agncnlturist.l
Inducing Immigration.

The small descriptive pamphlet on Florida,
issued by the Board of immigration, has been
eagerly sought after, but it only makes people
who are turning their minds toward the State
greedy for more information. In our opinion, if
instead of keeping staff OF officers at Tallahas-
see. the Board would get two light wagons and
send out D. s. Place to South Florida and an
other competent person to commence at Escam-
bia county, devoting one month"; at least, to tray
cling over each county and writing up good
description Of It, their papers 10 be published on
the first page In n journal each week, that more
people would be induced 10 make this State their
home than in any other way; for each part of
the State would be impartially represented and
described, and 1t would add an immense fund of
information regarding cur State that all those
who are making II their home would be interest
ed 10 knowing. Another plan would be to ap-
point and pay person In each county to write
II mp, but they wosld be too apt to give colour
dc rose description, and We think the first plan
the best We will give the Board our first page
to publish the reports, and supply them with a
thousand copies per week at half price. This
would be better than getting out pamphlets that
any one can read in an hour. People would
then know where to get The kind Of information
they need. At leas, 900 copies of the paper
should be placed in public readiDg-rOoms In the
United States sr
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-31

The Live Oak Bulletin thinks il is high time
the people OF Florida, and the newspapers,
should stop theorizing upon the grave question
Of high taxes and 60 TO work 10 earnest to re-
duce the assessment A practical solution of the
problem will be hailed with delight by all good
citizens-Starke Telegraph,
A solution will be found when the expenses
of the government are reduced to the lowest
reasonable limit consistent with efficiency and
honest dealing with the States creditors on the
one hand, and all the taxable property, real and
personal, is made to contribute its due proportion
to meet those expenses on the other To secure
this last revenue system must pc devised better
than any vet enacted-one that will catch the
big fish rs well as the little ones. II is difficult
to believe that the taxable resources of Florida
were not as great in 1880 by million of dollars
ashley were in 1875; and yet the tax books show
just that extraordinary state of affairs In 1875
the tax returns showed $32 154, 920 for the whole
State-in 1880 the showing was only $S1, 157, 848,
or $997,O74 less
We hear much of "bOom" and read of large
land sales, but the evidence Of the growing pros
perity, il is plain, will not be found in the tax
books
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-31

reason-1st. 10 expose the trickeEY OF the. Ksp IN
schan&Dng . figure 10 suit malicidas pafbos a
well - TO cohsict II Of ignorance 81 the gea6sal
suhjees; and D. to recall 10 tho lhinds q ik6
peop, BY illuslration, the eonditlob Of the SAFE
a. to tssatea under RsdicaIsule aDf their cdesi4
ton Row, not ealy ssts tazAtion. hut a. "a tie.
better execution Of the laws for the protection Of
life and properly The reform" PROMISED In
the campaign Of 1875 embraced cheaper and
better government Every honest citizen win
admit that we have secured both and that to the
extent that the government 10 cheaper and bet
Ter we have cause for thankfulnesa. None but the
unthinking supposed that the cheap government
Of the cid days could be restored This was imp6s-
sibie for the reason that revolution in govern
nnent and society had upset the old order and
imposed greater cost in government, and for the
further reason that the Radicals LEFT to their sue
cessors Q huge debt, floating and interest bearing
which had either TO be met or repudiated.-
Moreover, the State had grown. Her popu-
lation had more than treblsd. Her vote had
increased from few thousand 10 many thou
sands, and all the circumstances between now
and then conspired 10 add immensely TO the cost
of government. To meet these expenses the
Radicals imposed a State tax of IL mills-in
some counties 1t was 1911, in others band left
to The Democrats floating debt of some $780,
900 and an increased bonded debt of over
100000. The new government has paid, not
repudiated, the floating debt and the people have
patiently borne the taxation necessary to that
end 1t has reduced taxation to mills brought
the States credit to par and WILL we hope, exri-
cate the State from the financial embarTassments
Inherited from the imbeciles of the past in good
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-31

From the New York Herald, Conkling organ.l
The Republican party has in the general opin-
ion fulfilled its mission. Why shoulc II not 60
to piecess Why should any one Of its honest
voters mourn over its disappearance 1t may
not be dead at this moment. but it is rotten. To
say that such party, which deliberately chooses
Dorsey as one of lis public manipula,ors and un-
blushingly gives him public dinners; which has
protected and honored Robson, which openly
courts the friendship Of public plunderers, which
during the four years sheltered Brady in his
Star route iobberies and took part of his gains
for its campaign fund after the exposures made
of him in Congress; to say that such party,
which scarcely conceais its relations with q
dozen Hobbies and many Of whose public men
live by jobs-to say that this party, quarreling
now over the spOils, ought TO live, is absurd"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-31

Fist and last ii appears the Board of Inter-
nal Improvement has given in lieu of fees, q
considerable lot OF lands to different parties who
have located the same and are, therefore, we pre-
sumo the bona fde owners of them. The larger
portion of these lands has been located 10 South
Florida, and in some instances these located lands
are being sold at lower rates than can be pui-
chased from the State. The fifty odd thousand
acres paid S. l. Wales is not the only lot of lands
now competing with the sale Of State lands
Now, what the people would like to know is
whether these parties to whom these lands have
been paid, are, or have been, paying taxes on
them? The tax assessors OF the different cOun.
ties should look into This matter and get from the
Commissioner Of Lands and Immigration a list
Of lands which have been thus located Tampa
Tribune
Quite right! All private lands should be
taxed And there should be some sort of
effective legislation which would oblige assessors
in the several counties to assess all private lands
al fair valuation. This Is not done under ex-
listing laws, and the result is that in some counties
the people pay taxes on full valuation while in
others they escape with valuation ridiculously
out of proportion to the actual market value of
their property, thus dividing the actual burdens
Of supporting the government very unequally.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-31

1t is natural for liberal and clever immigrants
TO avoid those sections of n new country where
the people are selfish, sordid and mean So, If
the pioneers of country are manly. selfrelant,
liberal spirited and entcrprising the popu-
lation they attract will partake of the same noble
spirit Of whole-souled manhood. The reverse of
this proposition Is also true-that IL the nucleus
Of population is illiberal selfish, uncharitable,
mean and unbenevolent, the immigration to that
nucleus will possess the same repellant nature !;
for like attracts like.
Now, the Crescent proposes TO be the exponent
Of fernando county affairs, and is solicitous only
to publish facts thereby making itself reliable
criterion TO the incoming settler. Slill it must
be admitted that II grieves US to publish uupeas-
ant truths, but this we often do for truths sake
With THE preface, We call public attention to
certain facts, illustrative OF one of the distin-
gushing characteristics of our fernando popu-
lation, as warning to the immigrant:
few weeks ago Mr. James Priest lost by
death three of his pillow horses In rapid success
sion. leaving him with large crop planted and
nothing TO pillow It with Ofcourse it was threat
ened with ruin by grass. Did the neighborhood
give him the cold shoulder and hearty shove
down hill, as they would have done in some
highly civilized communitiesf They did not
They went last week and this and plowed his
crop on. for him nicely, without bis aaking any
Last summer, in The New Hope neighborhood
port for his family. fsll sick, and lay PROSTATE
until bic crop was about 10 be destroyed by the
grass. The neighborhood appointed day, a.
scmbled with horses and plows, and worked II
clean for him.
A month Or two ago . hard working man, Nv
ing near Mallsrd's Il Sumter county, had his
house and al he possessed burned mp one night.
A handsome sum Of money Was Immediately
raised by the mean people Of this county, and
presented to him % that he might not suffer.
Theselare not isolated and extraordinary cases
Of Hernando county meanness; but this course
Of conduct L repeated whenever Q worthy object
or benevolence presents itself In this county
communities win help their unfortunate MEM
befA HernaBd6 people have been abused as
meanand lawlsss and we suppose Il y because
4 mar when Sc u dawn, and Will rive . cripple
orusch, b TIE feason, we judge why Is 4 unoe.
sfahls d Iocstein their midst AZ tof ourselves.
Ne aSe Iual mean enough olike such people
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-05-31
"Gain y to Mr.. Crane in four years. $3.50.


And yet this man, who has 30 largely enjoyed
the benefit Of reform government, has the
cheek 10 ask, What have the People Gained ~
But . this all that has been gainedY' "The
Democratic cry of reform NOT only gave
promise Of reduction Ia taxation, which We see
has besn secured, bat included better govefR-
ment ~ well. Tax reduction has not been as
great a. was desirable, for the reason that taxa
BE resources have not apparently kept pace
with increase In population, and the debts left
by the old regime, which must either be paid or
repudlated. require q large rate 10 provide the
interest," but who will say that there has not been
vast improvement IN he government itsstF In
no part Of the State Il this improvement more
where the difference betwcen nOsc and Qtea Is as
great e. between daylight and darkness People
now leela sense Of security. both 10 person and
properly, 70 which they were entire strangers
while the Radicals bore away. and hope has
I taken The place Of anxiety and gloom. In the
nine black couuties Of Alnehua, Duval, Gadsden,
jackson. Jefferson, Leon, 1aiion, Madison and
Nassat. which counties pay within . ffactiep Of
one-hAlf the taxes Of the whole State and In
which there has been q gGjW Of $40 $50 10 taxes
IN the laBt three yearl g compared with Radical
fanatics daring the last three years of their con-
rol--lwiih Eeesmbia and Monroe added, the
gala .hhs beeu 98l1 .60o) The laws are betterexe-
cuied, crime has dimihished, 0llcial accoupta-
hillfy better assured property holders better sat
iisAed and property ilselE especially personal,
ipcreaSed, because better projected. Il Il too
much 70 Say that this more favorable stats Of
affairs 3 the legitimate result Of change Of
fplel Does NOT everybody know that tisf
But Me need not cpltinne the subject further
The rebtotaiipn .6f Radical rule ID FlosidA would
prove 80 unmilIEnted evil II M0uId Fest6rt o.
sway az lgnorsSce snd imbeciilty and :plunRs
lasGe HoFiipn of ~ Stale AgaiH into ihee<a of
enxlei9 and npceEtaiply dom which the people
% ftc2ntl9 emerged. 2nd this u known 0f3aIl
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