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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22
HARRIS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

Cuddling down on the sheep-skin rug,
Fleecy and warm and white,
Three little happy children talk
Talk low in the warm freight fpQI1 o
SIT is Christmas-eve! says Harry;
at is ChriStmas-eveW saws Grace: fNft'
"'Tis Kismas-eve!" lisps little Kate, t..,.
Lifting her dimpled face.
And Santa Claus is coming tonight,
Coming when we are asleep; p tRl
And mother says he is sure TO bring
just what VIC want, to Keep"
Then he will bring me golden ring"
Hell bring INC Il doll. know"
Said Harry: Hell bring me a ship,
With sails as white as snow"
SO they spoke of their ming joys
In the rudy fre-ligh, glow.
And Harry said, in whisper:
20. wouldn't like to know
Where father is sailing tonight
Father, away on the seal
Mother says it is Christmas-eve
Wherever his shin may be-"
Then three little white-robed figures
Went hand in hand upstairs,
And three little tender faces
Bent low for their Christmas prayers.
The doll and the golden ring
In slumber were soon forgot;-i $3.50.
But Harry. with open eyes. lay still,
Heart full of a tender plot.
When the mouse was very quiet
He crept to the chimney-plaee,
Tucked a tiny note in his stocking,
And fled with happy face.
Twas only a little boys message,
BY some passing angel taught,
Only Il sweet unselfish wish,
Only an exquisite thought.
A message to Santa Claus; it read:
my father is off on the sea;
Please fill my stockings with kisses,
And take them to him from me-
All, surely the good God read it,
For the snip came home that night,
And Harry was clasped in his fathers arms
AT the dawn Of the Christmas ligfIk
-Mdf'U A Barr
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

A Bachelors Devise.


An eccentric old bachelor, named
Boniface B. Deroo, who has been res
ident of Akron, o., great many years,
died recently, leaving an estate in real
and personal property valued at about
$4,000. He directed in his will that
$1,000 should be applied to the purchase
of lot in Glendale Cemetery, supply
ing a granite monument and metallic
coffin for his body, all the residue of his
estate to be devoted to the erection of a
city hospital, admission (Which should
be without charge and without dis
tinction of race, nationality, color or
sex. If the fund is not large enough to
accomplish this, it is to be held in trust
by the city untiha sufficient surplus has
been obtained. Deroo had always been
very frugal man, and amassed this
sum by days wages. Cincinnati En-
qUirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

Rev. H. A. Weistale, pastor of the
Universalist Church at Erie, Pa, was
charged with heresy because he an
nounced his disbelief in the Trinity
and refused to accept the Bible as ar
thority in all things. A committee of
clergymen investigated the charge and
advised the minister to resign. He has
done so, but the majority of his church
will not accept his resignation, and
have engaged him for another year.
n Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

According to London Truth, Daniel
Wilson, the son-in-law of the President
of the French Republic, was almost the
playmate of his wife when he was a
schoolboy and she a growing girl.
They knew each other so well that it
did not occur to them to get married
until they were both getting on toward
middle ace.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22
ROBBIE FLETcHER's X LIPS

When the boys came out from school
that day they saw Robbie's little white
flag flying from his window That was
always a signal that he wanted to see
them, so they ran up to his room, and
heard how his servants had signed the
Temp eranee pledge.-Interip. 30 81.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-22

TIE London Drinking Troughs' Asso-
citation has Ill fountains and $50 troughs
under its care these refresh 2,40L
"prses and 800 500 people daily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-26

The June meeting of the Waldo County
Grange drew out large attendance. and
the session was highly profitable and in
teresting. Reports showed that ten
oranges of the county were represented.
w. b. Ferguson of Dixmont read very
valuable paper on ''Laborand Education"
The oranges of Waldo were never in
more flourishing condition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-26
California stage-Driving.

The skill of the drivers in the downward
drives is something wonderful. The roads
are a continuous succession of the letter :,
winding inland out about the heads of gulches,
in many places the turn being so sharp rs to
let the three teams of horses form the three
sides of it. They are also rough and rutty
at this season of the year, and at the rapid
motion the toughest places must be avoided.
The driver, on his high seat, with his six
lines and long whip in hand, and one foot on
the brake with the other as a brace on the
foot. board, appears to have as perfect control
Of the whole turnout as il it was 4 puppet.
He will throw those six horses from one side
of the road to the other to syaddle a rut or
avoid u stone, as il they were one animal.
Sometimes the hub will scrape the bank on
the upper side and the next instant the wheels
will be on the very verge on the down
side. When approaching sharp corner and
ones impulse is to slow down, crack will 60
his whip and We shall dash around it like
gush of wind. The reins seem to be nerves,
or living tissues, conveying the drivers
thoughts, and their pulses beat and their
hearts throb in unison. An accident seldom
happens with those drivers, for extreme,
caution, coupled with absolute control of their
team and vehicle and perfect knowledge of
the laws Of stage motion, governs all their
acts. They are compelled to make rapid
progress down hill TO compensate for the
slower motion up, and they have learned by
experience all its safeguards and practice
them One driver will make this drive Of
seventy five miles into the mountains one
day and back again the next, every day OF
his life, until he knows every turn and rut
and stone on the line, and his sinews are as
strong as the lash of his whip. From the
snow and mud of the Upper Sierras to the
flowers of the foot hills and the ripening
grain of the valley below is only a daylight
drive, and we rejoice again in the presence
of early summer.-Lefter to Milwaukee
S,oftnsI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-26
Personal.

President Arthur has not only cut his
whiskers off short. but it is rumored is losing
his hair so rapidly that he is in danger of be-
coming bald.
Surgeon General Wales is credited W ith the
remark that tight lacing is public benefit,
because it kills off the foolish girls and leaves
the wise ones to grow into women.
Charles E. Owen, who graduated at Colby
in '79, and has not vet finished his studies at
Newton. is to preach for the Baptist church in
Oakland during the vacation.
Mr.. Foraker. the republican nominee for
Governor of Ohio, wears upon his little finger
a peculiar ring which has a history. 1t was
given him by young lady in Tennessee,
whose life he heroically saved during the war.
Prot. A. S. Packard, ID. d., of Bowdoin
college, while he was not the oldest man
present at the Exeter centennial, ranked as
senior alumnus. He was a member of the
academy class of 1912.
Judge Nelson, who was on the bench ut
the famous Tilton- Beecher trial, presided
at the meeting in Brooklyn last Monday
evening, in recognition of Henry Ward
Beecher's roth birthday.
John g. Cough is suffering from humor
which has attacked his hands and prevents
his using pen, but otherwise he is in good
health, and his physician Is confident that the
local trouble will soon yield to treatment.
He is at his home in Boylston.
Miss Rebecca s. Clark and Sarah Clark of
Norridgewock, have been visiting relatives in
Waterville. Miss Clark is ''Sophie May
the author Of the famous Prudy books. She
is now engaged upon children's book to
complete series, the other volumes having
already been published. Miss Sarah Clark is
also writer and furnishes excellent short
stories for Harper's Bazar and other periodi-
Gals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-26
General News.

Ex-Governor Pillsbury of Minnesota, is
spending a few weeks at his old home in New
Hampshire. and it is said that he is the bearer
of an invitation to ex-senator Pattison Of the
latter State to become President of the Min
nesota State University.
The small but sironglybuit boat in which
some forty-four years ago Grace Darling and
her father saved the survivors Of the wrecked
Forfarshire is one Of the most interesting
objects to be seen at the Fisheries Exhibition
in London-at least it is so regarded by the
thousands who daily throng about t.
Captain Lou" whose real name Is
believed to be Carrie Gardner, and who has
been identified with the work Of the Sal
vation Army both in New York and in Eng
land, was At the Tombs Police Court, New
York, on Friday charged with having robbed
her employer. MIR. C.. B. Roosa Of BROOKLYN.
She had stolen dresses, jewelry, gold watch
and other articles. At the time of her arrest
she was exhorting large crowd from the
steps of house on West Twenty-seventh
street and wore one Of the stolen dresses.
She pleaded guilty and vas committed.
The Sioux on the Standing Rock Reserve
ton are reported by Sergeant Ham, Of the 7tb
Cavalry, stationed at Fort Yates, to be in 4
wretched condition and dying OF 1t fright
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-26
The Sherman Girls.

General Nelson A. Miles. the gallant Indian
fighter. has just cOnsummated the purchase
of the old stone mansion on Fourteenth street,
near the boundary, says u Washington cor
respondent. He was an assistant in Boston
store in the China trade when the war broke
out, and after joining the volunteer army he
developed an immediate and conspicuous tai
ent for military service, so he entered the
regular army as colonel at the close Of the
Rebellion, and soon after won the hand of
Mary Sherman, one of the three beautiful
Cleveland sisters. nieces of Senator and Gen
eral Sherman, who had ''come OUT in WASH
ington society under the auspices Of her aunt,
the wife Of the former. Another became Mrs.
Colgate HOyt Of Cleveland, now OF New York
city, and the younger is Mrs. Don Cameron.
General Miles and wife had one child,
daughter, born to them thirteen years ago,
and last winter, second child, son. They
temporarily reside with their widowed moth
er, Mrs. Judge Sherman, on Rhode Island
avenue, in the house formerly occupied by
Judge Hunt, Garfield's Secretary of the Navy,
now Minister to Russia. The large family of
Sherman nieces owe their prosperous settle
ments in life, in great measure, to Mrs.
John Sherman, the Senator's wife, who has
assiduously taken them to her home and
brought them out with the best Washington
advantages. With no children of her own,
she has been more than blood relation to
her husbands nieces, and they almost idolized
her. Mrs Miles named her daughter for her
Cecilia Sherman Miles. Mrs. Sherman,
Miss Stuart, of Mansfield, was at one time
pupil at Mrs. Willard's Seminary at Troy.
Senator and Mrs. Sherman adopted two twin
baby daughters from an orphan asylum In
New York, of whom one died in infancy and
the other is bright girl of Is or thereabouts.
=. L.. III. Ill
Mrs. General Sherman is Catholic Wash
ia0fon Post
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-26
Dailp kenneher 3ournal.
Emigration to Dakota.

The Chicago Tribune recently called at
tention TO the unprecedented rush Of peo-
Pile to Dakota this season for the purpose
of preventing some of the thousands who
are going there from being deceived.
Dakota is great wheat growing country,
but ne reports which the Tribune has
published show that the yield per acre is
not excessive and that the crop is not more
sure than it is elsewhere. The land is
specially adapted to wheat. but the climate
is so severe that few other crops can be
grown in the portions which are receiving
the large accessions of population. The
winters are severe beyond anything ex-
perienced in New England, so that no one
will 90 from this section to Dakota in the
of milder climate. That the
region is valuable one there can be no
doubt, but it is not so much more desira-
BILE than the rest of the world that New
England people who can make comforta-
BILE homes and comfortable living here,
can safely relinquish them to try their
chance in Dakota. At any rate it is~well
to consider the disadvantages as well as
the advantages of going to Dakata with
the rush of immigration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-26

When you suffer from dyspepsia, heartburn,
malarial affections, kidney disease, liver COM
plant and other wasting diseases. When Won
wish to enrich the blood and purify the sys-
TEN generally. When you wish to remove all
feeling Of weakness, weariness, lack Of ener-
gy, try bottle of Browns Iron Bittcrs and
see how greatly it will benefit you. II sur
passes all known remedies as an enricher of
the blood and perfect regulator Of the vari-
ous bodily functions. Ask your druggist.
Mr.. William G. Willentt, Portland, Me-,
says: 81 found Browns Iron Bitters an ex
cellent remedy for nervous complaint"
DIR. IL. l.. Battle. Jr., Wsdley, Ga, says
Browns Iron -Bitters are-very popular in
this section and give entire satisfaction.
je19-f&wlwBr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-26

Those farmers who are constantly
grumbling because they cannot make both
ends. meet. that farming don't pay, and
are continually threatening to sell out and
engage in more lucrative. occupation, may
get hint from the following excerpt, and
profit thereby if they have the faculty of
making the application. 1T is good profit
to raise 800 bushels of wheat from ten
acres, but when it takes so acres to raise
that amount, it is raised at loss. So it
is with cattle and sheep-you will see the
thinking farmer making four-year old
steers worth from 500 to $50 each, and
his neighbor's at the same age, not worth
over S25 to 40" His advice to the latter
is, IF his land is exhausted he should
pillow no more than he thoroughly can ma
nure. Seed his clover and grass and let
it rest, and that field will not only pay
well for tilage, but it will furnish manure
if rightly managed, to make another field
of the same size rich also." And then
keep it rich, do not run it with grain until
again exhausted, or the latter end of that
land will be worse than the first.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-08

The corps Of engineers of the Plant system.
now surveying the route of the exsensiOn of
the >Onth Florida Railroad from Kissimmee
70 1ampa, are still working on the preliminary
lines, but will be ready by the middle of next
week TO establish the Prepayment survey.
=, \ grand army post i being organized at
Eustis.
Jacksonville is dgitating a society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals.
Large qualities Of wool are being brou gbt
20 Mariana for sale. ~
The June term % of the Florida Supreme Court
eonvenes IN Tallahassee the 18th inst.
In the contest for the best drilled soldiar
among the cadets of the East Florida Semi
nary, winch took place at Gainesville on the
@otn ult.. the entire company entered and
Cauct solomon Levy, Of NeWnansville was
aMaFfieu the nrst prize. He is the son of Mr.
Herman Levy, who some wears ago was en-
gagged IN the mercantile business in Talla-
hassee.
\ circular has been issued to the peOple of
Ta4tka asking that the quarantine against
therefor.
There Is living at Live Oak an old gentle
man; w. }. Barlow, who is now in his one
HuhuIed and second year. He was born
Christmas day IN the year 1880 at Augusta.
ana resided there until the war of 1872 when
ne entered the service as a volunteer. He took
part In the battle of New Orleans. in which
engagement he received wound in the right
shoulder. The battle Of Hatcher's Run.
during the late war, was fought on his farm
IN Virginia He and his wife, during the bat
Tie. we're run over by a troop of cavalry ms
vile dying from the effects of her injuries
whom died in their youth. Mr.. Barlow comes
OF a l0ng-lived family. his grandfather living
10 the age Of one hundred and twentv-siS
years, and his father to the age of one hun
ureQ ana SIX. Mr.. Barlow is still eniOying
good health. and bids fair TO live namber Of
years longer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-08
SOUTH CAROLINA.


At a meeting of the ministers and elders Of
the Presbyterian Churches of Laurens county
on May %, there was an earnest conference
on the subject OF evangeIistic labor within
Ihe county. The Rev. Messrs. Thomas Craig
} L talr and James FarrOw were appointed
committee to prepare and report a plan of
operations at an adjourned meeting to be
held on saturday, the 9Th day Of June next
Mr. John Ferguson declines to be can
uldate Tor Mayor Of Greenville. There is a
strong disposition to run him for the Office
whether he wants it or not.
The cOlOred people of Georgetown are build-
ing another church, which promises to be a
blg thing in time @rhe church viii be under
the auspices of the NJ. +. Church, and the
Rev. ). /. Harrison will be pastor.
Ihe County Commissioners of Chester cOun-
" nave sent out circular letter to all su
pefNisOrs OF public roads in the county. re-
questlng from each statement of the mum
Der OF miles of road within his district This
information is asked for so that the commits
slonePs slo1 may comply with the call made by
information on the subject.
At the municipal election in Fort Mill
ork county, on May -, the following ticket
was elected: lntendant, J. NJ. Spratt: War
dens, X. :. Wilson, Il. \. Fulp. 5 A Harris
Only three Wardens were elected. there
being tie between Messrs. James 4 With
ers and W. ;. Belk. An election was held
on the 9Th Of June to fill the vacancy.
The colored Baptists in Newberry are en-
w enty feet longer, several feet higher and
putting in gallery.
DIR. =. \. Wilhite, of Anderson, has recent
" purchased a plantation in sumter county,
Florida, near Leesburg. The place has about
SIX hundred orange trees on it.
The Orangeburg Times and Democrat ear
nestly urges change in the holding of the
summer terms of the Court of Sessions. Under
the present arrangement the farmers who
generally compose the juries are subjected to
great loss and Inconvenience by their attend
ance on court.
Mr. j. scott Murray, Jr., of Anderson, sail
ed from New York on last Saturday for Leip-
sic, Germany, whittier he goes to pursue a
three years course in the Leipsic University.
Mr.. Murray graduated with the degree of 4.
NJ. from the Furman University. and has been
pursuing a course of study at Johns Hopkins
University for the past year. When he
emerges from the Leipsic University he will
have pursued an extensive and thorough
course of study, and have attained a most ac-
complished education.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-08
LIGHTNING'S MAD FREAKS
A POWDER MAGAZINE EN-
PLODED IN A TWINKLTNG.

Hutchinson Shaken from End to Emo
bV the Force of the Crash-The Occu.
pants of a Fated House in Ashland
Manned and Crazed by Lurid Streak
from the Clouds.
ASHLAND, Pa, June 7.-Lightning last
night struck and demolished tenement
house, eight miles from here. occupied by
Hungarians. A man named Gouldinsky
was partly paralyzed, and another named
Molino had leg broken. A woman
named Kissamuth was knocked sense
less and buried under the
fallen lumber. Another inmate was fright
ened so badly that he became insane and
wandered into the woods, where he was
found with the other injured this morn
ing. TheSwOman and GOuldinsky are seri-
ously injured. The lightning also struck
a house near by, but the inmates escaped
without injury
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, June THE
Hazard Powder COmpany's Magazine,
containing 1900 pounds of powder, was
struck by lightning yesterday morning
causing an explosion which broke nearly
every glass front in the city. wrenched
several buildings from their foundation,
and knocked down plasterings, lamps and
clocks mile away, One dwelling 800
yards away, was completely riddled by
flying bricks.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-08
SORROW IN A sANCTUNI.
Charles c, Fulton, of the baltimore
American. Lays Down his Pen

Charles c, Fulton, of the baltimore
American, Lays Down his Pen.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 7.-Charles c.
Fulton, editor and proprietor of the
Baltimore American, died at S:S5
O'Clock this morning, at his resi-
dence. No. AIS Eutaw Place. MIR.
Fulton had been in bad health for about
five months, and his death was not unex-
pected. He was 81 years of age, having
been born in Philadelphia i'm 1915. When
quite young he entered the National Ga
zette Office in that city as an
apprentice and afterward served as a
jOuTneyman printer in Philadelphia, Bal
timOre and Washington. He removed
10 Georgetown, ID. c., and bought
the AdCOcdte newspaper, which he sold
five years afterwards. In 1910 he accept
ed a position as cOmpOsitOr on the Balti-
more sun, but was soon transferred to the
editorial rOOOm, where he served re-
spectiVelY as reporter, news and telegraph
editor and afterwards managing editor,
being one of the pioneers in local repOrtO-
rial and telegraph work. He was also
the first agent Of the Associated Press in
Baltimore. In 1858 he purchased an inter-
est in the american. and in 1862 became
sole proprietor of the paper. Since the
war he has taken a prominent part in the
politics of his State and of the United
States. and was widely known.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-08
Gen. McClellan's Opinion of Southern
Generals.

IaterUie'o Ia the Fort Worth Gazette
"WhO was the greatest Southern Gene
ral?'
''There were two of them--Lee and
Johnston"
(which JOnnston?'
"JOe,"
''You have heard of Jefferson Davis
estimate of Albert Sidney Johnston. Do
you agree with him?"
''Sidney Johnston died too soon. had
no opportunity to become acquainted with
his merits as a commander. Officers of
ability and Judgment, however informed
me that Gen. Johnston was an officer of
commanding ability. He enioyed the
friendship and confidence of Jefferson Da-
Wis, and that enabled him to display his
abilities at their best"
(which was the greatest soldier. Joe
Johnston or Robert E. Lee?1
sit would be difficult to tell Both had
genius commensurate with their opporto-
tnnities, and both deserve to be ranked
among the greatest Generals of the age. -
F'Was either greater than the otherg''
at would be hard to tell, They were,
doubtless, possessed of different qualities.
Lee was QUICK to plan, and Johnston
matchless in performance. Lee was su-
perb in the defensive and Johnston was
without peer in the offensive. Lee had
grand fighting qualities, and Johnston
could equal Napoleon planning cam
paign." -
s'What about other Southern Generals p,
: 81 think Beauregard should rank next
to Lee and Johnston. He made an excel
lent officer, and perhaps had no equal as
an engineer in the army"
"Where is LOngstreet's place?'
"He made an excellent fighter, and dis
tinguished himself generally as an officer,
but Joe Johnston and Robert E. Lee were
the soldiers of the COnfederacy.''
''Of the Union Generals ~
"YOu must get some Que else TO discuss
them with you"