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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

Jos. F. MALLoY, of Edgefeld, South
Carolina, recently obtained verdict of
e20, 1000 against the New York Herald
tor libel.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-22

ALADY stood patiently before the receiving
teller's window IN .. Broadway bank the other
day, but no one took any notice of her till she
attracted the attehtion-of ~ money-taker by
tapping With Der parasol o. the glass. why
don't you pay attention 70 me &c she said, pet
ulantly. s'Pm sorry, ma'am, but we don't
pay anything here. Next window, please
was the polite responsc.-N Y Commercial
Adeerfiser. s+s
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-22

TnE Popular Science Nonth1y asks: "what.
are erowdsa" It Is not quite certain how
science will handle this question; but the
average common-school educated man knows
that under some circumstances three is con-
sidered q croEd.-E O. Pieayupe.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11
AUTHORIZATION.

1t may interest some of onr readers
to know that, at ameeting ofthe Anti
Prohibition League of Indiana, held
August 9th after the adjournment OF
the Republican State Convention,
the following Resolutions were unani.
mously adopted
RESOLVED, That at the election in
November next we will support the
Democratic party.
Resolved, That we request all indie
pendent voters, who care more for
the welfare of our country than party,
to stand by us in the battle for per-
sonal liberty.
The reason for this action was
found in the adoption by the Repub-
lican State Convention, the previous
day, of the following relating to the
proposed Constitutional Amend
ments favoring Prohibition and Wo-
ma MS Suffrage.
Resoiyed, That reposing trust in
the people as the fountain of power,
we demand that the pending amend
ments to the constitution be agreed
to and submitted by the next Legis-
lature to the voters of the state for
their decision thereon. These amend
ments were not partisan in their orr
gin and are not so in character and
should not be made so in voting on
them. Recognizing the fact that the
people are divided in sentiment in
regard to the propriety of their adop-
ton or rejection, and cherishing the
the right of private judgment, we
favor the submission of these amend
ments at special election so that
there may be an intelligent decision
thereon.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11
Congress has Adjourned.

Congress adjourned sine die yester-
day afternoon. AT the last moment
bills were rushed through at railroad
speed.-Owosso Press.
Perhaps the Press can tell US what
bills "were rushed through at rail-
road speed" No other paper has
the news. Of the adjournment the
Post and Tribune says:
1.-THE adjournment of Congress to-
day was accomplished with much less
hurrying and confusion than is gen.
orally Incidental to the closing of a
long session. This state of things
was owing to the fact that the House
took a recess until 10 minutes before
the hour of adjournment and the
Senate did not come out Of executive
session until five minutes before the
hammer fell. Hence there was none
of the rushing in of bills between the
two houses. 1t is the first time for
many years that Capt. Bassett, the
old doorkeeper of the Senate, has
not found it necessary to get a STEP
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11
.Repu6Lic0n State COnUe7o.
tiOn.

A Republican State Convention TO nominate State
ecers and for the transaction of other business will
be held at the Opera House, in the village of Kala-
mazoo, on Wednesday, August 3oth, 1889, at II
O'Clock a. m.
In accordance with resolution adopted at Grand
Rapids May roth, 1876 every county will be entitled
to one delegate each 300 of the total vote cast for
Governor at the last State election Tin 1880 and one
additional delegate for every fraction of 800 votes
but each organized county will be entitled to at least
one delegate.
Under resolution of 1885 no delegate will be en-
titled to seat in the convention who does not re-
side in the county he proposes to represent.
In accordance with resolution adopted at De-
troit June 3d. 1880, the secretary OF each county
Of the State Central Committee by the earliest mail
after the delegates to the State convention are
chosen certified list OF such delegates as are en-
titled 10 seats in the State convention from their re-
spective counties.
III. p. BALDWIN, Chairman.
q w PARTRIDGE Sec. pro TEN.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The action of the President and Of
Congress has very properly placed
on non-partisan basis the question
of the propriety of the River and
Harbor bill, which by the action of
Congress, just about an equal num-
Der of men from each of the great
parties voting therefor, has become a
law despite the President. And if it
was to become law we are glad it is so.
1t now only remains for the press in all
fairness to treat the measure as nom
partisan one, and let the people fair
ly, in the elections soon to be held,
determine what shall be the future
policy of the Government. Economic
questions Of this kind should be nom
partisan, and the public monies freely
voted for such improvements as are
constitutional, and for the good of
the people, but not dollar for any
other purpose.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11
Republican Congressional
COnUenti0n-EiShth
District. ~

A Republican Convention for the Eighth Con-
gressional District, composed Of the counties of
Saginaw, Midland, Isabella, Gratiot, Moptcalm and
Shiawassee, will be held at East Saginaw, Thsrs-
day. August "a, 1884, at o'clock m, for the pur-
pose of nominating candidate for Congress, and
for the transaction of such other business as May
come before It, The several counties will be entitled
to delegate at large and one delegate for every
500 Of the total vote cast for Governor in said coun-
ties at the state election in 1880, and one additional
delegate for every fraction of 500 votes: Saginaw.
II; Midland, 3; Montcalm 10; Gratiot, z; Shia-
wassee, S. Isabella, a; Total, 43.
ROBERT SMITH, Chairman, Gratiot Co.
J. s. EASTABROoK, Saginaw Co.
J. w. SMELL, Midland Co.
EFF. GRABILI., Montcalm Co.
PF DODDS, Isabella Co.
NORRIS OsBURN, shiawassee Co.
Congressional Committee
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Despite the passage of the so-called
River and Harbor bill over the veto,
it is still in the power Of the Presi-
dent to prevent this wholesale expen-
diture of the public monies, for pur-
poses he believes unconstitutional,
and we trust he will not hesitate about
using his power so as to protect the
public treasury, and prevent the ex-
penditure of single dollar for any
purpose, or in any place where its
use will not be in strict conformity
with both the spirit and letter of the
Constitution.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The Republicans of the second
Congressional district in New Hamp-
shire seem to be pretty we'll agreed
as to the propriety of renominating
Hon. Ossian Ray, and their decision
is wise one. He is one of the few
men in the House, whose defeat for
reelection would be national calam-
ity. We expect to see him renomi-
mated by reclamation, and reelected
by greater majority than he had at
the last election. Such a vote will
honor the people of New Hampshire
more than her distinguished son.
In the First District, we note,
among the names mentioned for a
nomination that of Ex-Governor
Prescott of Epping, and we think
with Ray and Prescott to represent
her in the House of Representatives
the influence Of New Hampshire in
the national councils would be fel,
on all questions of any Importance,
as potently as it has been in the past
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
From Our Own Correspondent.
New YORK, AUGUST 7, 1882.

NEW lORk, AUGUST 7, 1909.
Thank Heaven We have more
endurable weather. And it shows
what we must have suffered when
people felt cheerful and braced up
with SO on the average. The fact
is the big cities get SO baked up by
the sun in the day that unless there's
rafting breeze there's no let up at
night, and the want of sleep is what
kills. To add to the discomforts OF
business men in New York the streets
all over down town are torn up by an
invasion of steam heating companies,
and what not, so that the torrid air
is charged in dry weather with SOL
id fog of fine dust, and in damp
weather is like mush with mud as
slippery as ice. In Brooklyn the
death rate last week beat New York,
and was $40 per thousand, an appal-
ling figure, worthy of Bagdad when
the plague RACES. One hundred doc
tors have been commissioned by
the Board of Health for gratuitous
attendance on the very poor, and to
perform house to house visitations
among the ignorant, armed with tracts
giving brief but valuable information
for the management of the health Of
children and adults, and it is splen-
did service spendidly performed.
The Stock Exchange governing
committee have been seized with
fit of economy, and resolved on re-
ducing the expenses of that institu-
ton to the extent of the price of half
dozen lunches a week, or say, $50.
They have discharged all their mes
senger boys, replacing them by
force supplied on contract by the
District Telegraph Company, which,
to put it mildly is not popular con-
Germ. They cut the little fellows
heads off with precious little notice,
too. One poor child, who had sup
ported his mother and himself out Of
81 week, was called away to her
death-bed, and on his return to make
arrangements for her funeral, was met
with his walking papers. the case
excited sympathy, and he not only
had handsome sum, raised on the
spot, given him, but the indignant
members called special meeting to
see if they couldn'tgo back to the
old plan, which worked well. The
old boys knew the members, and had
become as smart as steel traps. The
new boys were all at sea. The other
day member sent for sandwich to
Delmonico's, who has several restau-
rants, one of them close by. The
messenger returned in an hour and a
half with the sandwich, and a bill
for car-far. He had been up to
Twenty-third street. He had pre-
viously worked up town and only
knew one Delmonico's.
The police are a good deal ha-
raised by extra duty watching the
strikers in case the latter should at
last break out. The weather, too,
has been trying to their short tenn
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

There seems to be considerable
doubt as to who the successful can
didate for Representative in Congress
in the 10th Congressional district will
be but the list of probable candi-
dates does not include one man that
would not honor the position. To
an outsider it looks as though the
candidate would probably be selected
outside of Bay county, and in that
event the people would find Hon. B.
w. Huston, of Tuscola, very de-
sirable man for the place; while if
Bay county is to win the name of
James Birney ought to be favorably
considered.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The Corunna correspondent of the
Post and Tribune says, at is safe to
say two-thirds of the wheat in Shia-
wassee county is yet in the fields.
From careful inquiry learn the
wheat is growing in all quarters.
There is no doubt that already one
fifth ofthe crop is badly damaged. At
the present writing it is intensely hot,
and the prospects for clearing up are
dubious enough. Thus will one of
the finest wheat crops ever raised
hereabouts be partially destroyed.
Other crops are doing we'll"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

1t is said that State Senator Joseph
H. Chandler, of Houghton, is a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for Representative in Congress from
the nth district. That district, or
any other in the State, has not in it a
man who would fill the place with
more credit to himself and honor to
the State.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The Clare County Cleayer "The
Owosso TIMES puts more good sound
sense into an article in favor of Gov.
Jerome's denomination that ever ap.
peared in the Public Leader since it
has been published"
Now if the editor of the Cleaver
only knew how proud we felt, to have
The TINES compared with the Pub
lie Leader, we know that it would
keep right on printing it, just to make
US proud and happy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

ladder and with stick turn back the
clock to wait for some bill from the
house."
But then the Press simply forgot
this was Republican Congress and
did not do business in Democratic
style. That's all.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Congress adjourned sine die at 3
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The
Tax-bill, so-called, was defeated in
the Senate, much to our satisfaction.
We believe in letting well enough
alone, and SO long as we are paying
IL or Is millions a month of the
National debt we think the people
are contented to pay the small tax of
friction matches, bank checks and
patent medicines and are almost
unanimously opposed to any reduc-
ton in taxation on either whiskey or
tobacco.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Gov. Foster, of Ohio, does not be-
lieve that the disaffection among the
Germans of that State is nearly so
widespread as has been reported.
He feels confident that the great ma
jority of them will be found voting
the Republican ticket.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The election in Kentucky on Mon
day, for Clerk of the Court of
Appeals, resulted in Democratic
victory by a reduced majority.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Michigan gets $4,000 for her
share of the River and Harbor "steal."
--Owosso Press.
Yes, gets it over a Republican
Presidents veto, by the aid of Dem
ocratic votes. If it is "steal" why
did Democrats vote for it2 Perhaps
the Press can tell.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

A well-known writer states fact,
which is very apparent to every man
familiar with congressional proceed
ings, when he says, "the pairing sys-
tenn ought to be wiped out of exis-
tence. 1t is the refuge of shirks and
the last resort of legislative dishon-
esty.'
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The Democrats in Indiana take
open ground against prohibition, and
the Republicans propose to distribute
100, 900 copies of the speech of Mr..
English on that subject.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The Indianapolis Journal states
that ga party of masked women at
Westfeld raided the saloon of Shaw
& Williams, demolished the glass,
burst the heads of the beer kegs and
and liquor casks, and tore down the
building. This is the first saloon ever
opened in Westfeld, and the people
are greatly incensed by it."
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

1t is stated that in the United
States with fifty mi llion people there
are but thirty-fve million sheep, while
in Australia with a population of
only three million there are eighty
million sheep. From this it would
seem as though the breeding of sheep
could be expanded in this country
with great profit to the farmers, es-
pecially when we remember that
while we export no wool of any ac-
count a very large share of the product
of Australia, and vast amounts from
South America, are annually import
ed for the use of our manufacturers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

A Republican County Convention to
elect State, Congressional and Senatorial
delegates, and for the transaction of other
business will be held at the Court House,
in the city of Corunna, on Saturday, Aug.
10Th, 1882, at II o'clock a. m.
The several towns will be entitled to
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

On the I,5aIst ballot the Demo
cratic convention in the nth Illinois
district, nominated ]. M. Riggs, of
Scott county, for representative in
Congress, thus laying the noted J.
w. Singleton on the table. "Peace
to his ashes.'
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Senator Henry w. Blair, of New
Hampshire, with that devotion to
the public interest which has ever
marked his Congressional career, is
pressing with great vigor the passage
of the House bill for the protection
of the manufacturers of knit goods,
who, through an error in recent legis-
lation, have to compete with the pau
per labor of Europe unprotected.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The State election in Alabama on
Tuesday resulted in the election of
the Democratic State officers by just
about the same majority that Han
cock had in 1880, though the Repub-
licans make handsome gain in the
Legislature and county officers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The Republican State convention,
in New York, has been called to meet
at Saratoga, on the aoth day of Sep
TENDER. The prospects are that the
convention will be largely attended
and very interesting political gather
ing.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The President has signed the knit
goods bill and several thousand work.
ing men and women in the eastern
states are made happy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Yes, "James" we do favor the re-
nomination of Auditor General Lati-
mer, this year, if it is for third,
term because we believe it will be for
the good of the State.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The N. Y. Sun asks "are the
western girls charming?" and then
adds, "indeed they are. They have
beauty, dash, freedom, and vigor and
they speak the English language with
originality and insouciance, SO to say,
Their minds have something of the
breadth of the prairie, the elevation
and clearness of the Sierras, and the
majesty of those great rivers that
roll toward the setting sun and lose
their individuality in the gentle and
eternal swell of the Pacific. Bet
ter than the pretentions of Saratoga,
the culture of Boston, or the elegance
of New York, is the freshness and
inspiration of the Western girls !"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The Hon. Milo White, who has
been nominated to succeed Congress
man Dunnell, of Minnesota, is said
to be direct descendant of Peregrine
White, the first child born in the
Plymouth Colony.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Saginaw Herald "Some news
papers have but one proof of their
honesty and integrity, and that they
exhibit by standing off and bowling
at every appropriation made from the
National Treasury for the public ben
eft.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Gen'l Byron M. Cutheon was, yes
terday, nominated as Republican
candidate for Congress in the 9th
district. 1t was a glorious days work.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Post x Tribune: Mr.. C.. S. Rob-
bins, of New York, in a statement
made before the tariff commission,
said that he sold quinine at Sc per
ounce bottle, containing 4371a grains
and that the retail druggists sell it at
~ to cents per grain, realizing
from S6.55 to S8.75 per bottle. At
this rate they make from 2a7 to 337
per cent profit. Poor suffering drug
gists.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

A leading southern paper says the
south is far ahead of its ante-bellum
position in material prosperity.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The low tax bill went where the
woodbne twineth, much to the credit
of all opposed to its passage. .li
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The National debt was decreased
S13,S6o, oa7.5a in July. Let the good
work go on.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

The Garfield monument fund has
reached $4,000. We believe $780,
600 more is needed to cover the es-
timated expenditure.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Congress has passed bill to en-
courage and promote telegraphic
communications between Europe and
America.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Prominent Democrats of Indiana
denounce their late convention as ga
huge farce"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11

Six full tickets in Pennsylvania, and
still they are not satisfied.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-08-11
Republican County Convention.

c. w. PARTRIDGE, Sec pro tenn.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-21

the rattles. One of their aims was to
test each others endurance and skill,
aud any specially fine exhibition gave
the performer the head of the column.
The women also participated, but
moved from side to side OF the
column in quiet and not
urgraceful manner, merely raising
themselves alternately upon each foot
from heel to toe, and then bringing down
the heel upon the floor with each beat OF
the rattle. Some there were free-limbed.
1.-the, and by no means bad-looking, who
for freedom and ease of movement, for
modesty and be uty of form, might put
to envy the corsetted belle of town and
city.
The dance was kept up for hours and
we did not lose interest in it, for one un-
consciously singles out his favorite,
whom he hopes to see hold out to the
end. At the close of the dance the peo-
pie adjourn to large green. and there
witness variety of athletic sports, such
as running, leaping, ball plays, etc.
After this comes the sumptuous feast OF
succotash, which is made of corn, beans
and squashes, so cooked that 1t Is not
palatable. The huge kettles of sue
COldsu, uOo AIOAu Vic IiSs WoAO
brought in, a simple prayer was repeated
and the dusky worshippers fell to with
great gusto.
The remaining three days were all
celebrated similarly to the first, with
change in the dancing step, and the
grand finale" was the game of the
peachstones or beans, which is simply q
game of chance, in which the winning
side carries of several dollars in money,
which have been collected for the oc-
casion.
Originally the Indian had no Sunday,
no sacred writings to furnish him o
fountain of instruction; but his graft
tude was awakened by every returning
manifestation of divine goodness. When
the seeds he had committed to the bosom
of the earth in the spring brought forth
their fruit he recognized in the event the
watchfulness of the Great Spirit. Seiz-
ing upon the moment when the most
conspicuous evidences of the protecting
care of Diety we're before him, he
acknowledged both His existence and
His benefcence, and manifested at the
same time his gratitude and devotion by
those simple rites which the piety OF his
heart suggested.