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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-12-01
Lucky Arthur.
From the New York World.
Ocean.

Chester A. Arthur is better off than il
ne had been born rich. He was born
lucky. There has been some dispute
about his birthplace, but there can be
no doubt about that. 1t was luck, pure
luck, that namnated him for the vice
presidency. The "3O6'' of the Stalwarl
guard had to be eonciliated after Gar
fields nomination. Garfield was in
mortal terror of defeat from the instant
the deciding vote was cast in the Chica-
60 convention, and was ready to swear
anything, to promise anything, or to sell
anything for success He would have
gone down on his knees to Roscoe
Conkling and have pledged to him the
whole power Of the administration if
Roscoe Conkling had not been man
whom even al. Ohio republican congress
man dared to approach. Arthur's nomi-
Of the fears of the Garfield faction,
therefore, and luck made him the
choice of the 306. Luck and money
elected Arthur. If he had not been
running second to man who was ready
to trade off the whole executive patron
age for an election, or if English had
not been nominated by the democrats,
Arthur's ticket would have been beaten
Indiana was purchased; New York was
flooded by golden stream, and Arthur
went into the vice presidency. Garfield
was full of life and vigor. He might
have outlived half a dozen presidential
terms. But disappointed and embit-
tered republican ofiice-seeker assassinat-
ed him after he had been four months
in Office, and lucky Arthur became
president. Luck does not yet desert
Arthur. lie is now in undisputed pos.
session Of the solid South" which he
holds through the power of the federal
patronage. The republicans of the
Southern states give no electoral votes
to the republican party, but Arthur feeds
them with offices, and they will supply
him with 306 votes in the Republican
National convention. Again his lucky
number turns up-306! Arthur will re-
Quire 402 votes for nomination. He
starts with the famous 800, representing
nothing but federal patronage. With
these, secured by purchase, he has al
most the power to nominate himself
| uck yiyaS him his own stataa Sippe
Folger was inassacred the Half-Breed.
have collapsed. They never represent
ed anything but pretentiousness, i'm
pudence and bluster. They are now
swallowed up by the machine, recon
structed or i'm process Of reconstruction
with Johny OBrien at its head. New
York may add the largest part of Z.
votes to the Arthur list Then Arthur
will carry off the prize and the nomina
ton. Can there be great doubt that h,
will obtain the required number? Can
not Secretary Frelinghuysen give hin
some Of New Jerseys Is? Canno
Logan and Secretary Lincoln hand owe
the AZ from Illinois? Will the At.orne,
General, the Postmaster-General an,
the Secretaries of the Navy and Interio
contribute nothing? The ticket ma,
be Arthur and Lincoln.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-12-01

The copartnership heretofore existing
under the firm name and style Of Has
erodt 4 Frederick, or Frederick Il
Haserodt, in the Town Of Custer City,
County of Custer and Territory of Da-
kota, is this day dissolved by mutual con.
sent.
FRIEDERICKA HAsERoDT.
Witness: FRANKLIN w KNIGHT.
Dated at Custer City. ID. T., this Sew
enth day of November, 1883.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-12-01
Notice Of Final Communication Proof
OF Frank Melville, HID $50

OF Frank Melville, Hid $50
LAND OFFICE AT DEADwoop, d. TT
Nov, 5, 1888. !
Notice Is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has filed notice Of his intention TO make
final communication proof In support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the Reg.
lister and Receiver at Deadwood, ID T, OH Tues.
day, Dec. Is, 1883, viz.
Frank Melville. I'D No $50 for the ne or sw a
and NV or Sc or and hf sc or, sec 81 tp s range
eBst.
He names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land, viz:
IS Chilson, 4 Chilson, A Pemberton and
Thomas Quigley of Of Custer county Oak
J. r. LUSE. Register.
rstpublication Nov. IL.
Special Notice
Special notice is hereby given to Joel s. Doan
who made ID No Pip, to appear at the same
time and place and show cause why his H.
ing No 2li2 should not be Cancelled for conf. ct
with the above mentioned entry.
J. p. LUSE, Register.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
POPLAR POKER.

The place poker occupies in journal
ism to-day cannot be overlooked. One
might fancy that the sine qua non of an
editor or reporter would be to have
some acquaintance with that particular
game of chance. Just now the papers
team with poker incidents. There is
the case Of Paymaster WATSON, the
poker player Texan Legislators, and the
Philadelphia Custom House officials, all
taxed with having come to grief in try
ing to make straights and tlushes. l.
gambling more prevalent to-day than
in former years, or does it really exist
to a greater degree in the United States
than in other countries? AS to the first,
We should be inclined TO think that
there is greater tendency to engage in
games of chance in this country. II is
one of those vices which, repres>ed in
one direction, is sure to appear in an
other. Poker has supplsnted in great
many instances all other more sedate
games, such as whist, Boston, ecarte
and euchre, and not only has this hap
pened in this country, but in England.
The sedate CAvENDISH, the Scion Of
whist, has not thought it beneath his
dignity to write the laws of poker, cor
recting those due to the American
minister at the court of st. Jemes, and
he has also promulgated the probabili-
ties or chances in the game. Every
now and then in the current English
romances of the day may be read some
reference made to poker. Card playing
and necessarily the manufacture of
cards, has enormously increased in the
United States. When all inquiry was
addressed sometime ago to the leading
card-maker IS 10 where the consump-
ton ofcards was the greatest, the reply
was rather an astonishing one. 1t was
as follows: "New England uses more
cards than any other portion of the
country, because the manufacturing
towns of Massachusetts and { Connecticut
buy the greater part Of the cards" Card
playing in Europe may be said to be
universal. We have not yet taken up
custom, more prevalent in France
than in England, Of having at evening
parties a special room devoted to
whist. Rich and poor, lsyman and
cleric, all play on the Continent. If
cards are not used it is dominoes. In the
United States very large sums are oc-
casionally lost at the poker-table, but if
the whole amount Of money which
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
VACATION AT HAND.

The closing reports of the college and
school commandments call to mind
the fact that the long summer vacation
is at hand. TO all the educational in
stitulions throughout the land, from
the stateliest university, seated in noble
architectural piles, to the rudest dis
trict school, perched in log hut on the
frontier of civilization, this stated pc
Rod of repose come. TO all and to the
occupants of all it brings benefits
according to their needs. Teachers
and scholars alike need rest and
the sort of development that comes
with rest. The institutions themselves
need rest and rarely fail to set forth af-
ter this vacation interval on new de-
parture with higher aims and with aug
mented power for work. To the chill
dIen of this city, many of them over
strung and impaired in vital powers by
the competitions of school life and the
priyations of home life, this vacation
comes as a supreme necessity. Undoubt-
edly its beneficence will be greater
when its duration shall have been made
Conterminous with that Of the extreme
heats of the summer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
CRACK ATPHIL. SHERIDAN.

PINT. SHERIDAN is getting himself
about more, we fear, than may prove
good for him. He is about to become
Lieutenant General of the Army. Ger
tain admiring friends in Chicago have
presented him with S4&,OOO house in
Washington, and now n Minneapolis
paper insists that he shall be the Re-
publican candidate for President. All
this might turn the gallant PHIL's
head were il not that in the midst of it
old JUBAL \. EARLY. comes to the
front, and, by way of sntidOte to the
overdose of flattery, says that PHIL. de-
serves to be court -martialed for not cap
turing EARLY's army at Winchester,
and that his failure to see his advantage
aud not act on it cOnvinces old JUBAL
that PILLS military reputation is
shockingly overrated. Moreover, the
old rebel says whatever credit is due the
ter belongs to General N7tIGifT;'NS Ho
had him whipped before SHERIDAN ar
riYed on the field.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
EACLTDE THE CARGO OF MORnoxs,

Two months ago sixty Mormon mis-
sionaries sailed from New York to Sc
cure proselytes in Europe, and that their
mission has been successful is shown by
the fact that the steamship Nevada,
which left Queenstown for New York
last week, has on board nearly 700 hun.
dred Mormon converts. Why should
the government permit these people to
land, when it is known that they in.
tend to violate the law of the United
states against polygamy in the Terri.
tory of Utah? There is a law to pro.
hibt pauper and criminal immigration,
and certainly it ought to be possible to
Use it for the exclusion of persons who
intend to practice poiygamy in the ter
ritory of the United States. The Nor
mon population of Utah was III, 900 in
1880, and it is the boast OF the Mormon
leaders that they will secure enough
strength by immigration to defy the
authority ofthe government at Wash.
ington. What folly for the nation. hav-
ing undertaken to exterminate polyg-
amy in Utah, to continue to permit
Mormon immigration to that Territory.
Ii would be great gain to President
ARTHUR's administration If he would
direct the officers of the government to
meet the Nevada at the dock and refuse
to allow her cargo of Mo,mops to land.
The 800 Irish paupers brought by the
Furnessia recently are to be sent back,
and the Nevada's polygamists should
have similar treatment. Let polyya-
msts and believers in polygamy be ex.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
General Sherman and family will spend
the summer at Atlantic City. tsS'ts -

General Sherman and family will spend
the summer at Atlantic City. w - -
Mrs. GRANT. the mother Of General Grant,
left an estate worth about $4,000. Bier
daughter, Mrs. Corbin, at Whose home, in
Jersey City, she died recently, has been sp-
pointed administrative of the estate.
'JoHS W. GARRETT has presented Yea lion
to Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, but the Park
Commissioners say they would have pre-
ferred the talented horse which the old gen.
'tleman recently gave the King Of Italy.
INDIANA has no small.potatoes opinion Of
herself as breeder of Presidential candi.
datea The Democrats present four-Hen-
bricks, Mcdonald, Holman and Niblack;
and the Republicans point with pride to
Harrison and Gresham. -...-s .-..-
" the congratulatory letters sent to Mr..
Beecher on his SEVENTEEN birthday mean
anything, that gentleman could probably
borrow more honey without security than
any person living to day in this country,
General Grant not excepted.
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN, of "Pinaicre"
fame, is in very delicate health at Carlsbad.
He has as his companion Mr.. Frederick
Clay. the author OF The Merry Duchess"
who is on the doctors list. Both are favor
ties in society here.
Mr.. BLAINE says that he is the richest
man in Washington, because be has
enough" and is contented Herewith. A
good many men could Sc. up as philoso-
pliers if they had accumulated five or ten
millions on salary of 5000 a year.
WILLIAM H. BEATTY, wealthy banker Of
Toronto, was asked, one day recently, to
leud his four.in.hand to drive the marquis
of Lorne and Princess Louise from their
hotel to the race course. Mr.. Beatty, who
had two 81, 900 bills in his hand, said: Not
much. l would sooner tear these notes up
and throw them into the street than lend
that party my fourth hand"
IN appearance, Cardinal McClosky is
somewhat spare and thin, and apparently
frail, but his chest il full and the tones Of
his voice clear and far reaching. His gen.
tie disposition, his learning, the soundness
of his Judgment, and, withal, his modesty,
even while bearing the highest honors and
responsibilities, place him in the front rank
of the noble men Of the age. His whole
life.work has rested upon a strong and en-.
during faith, and an abiding consciousness
OF the continual presence of God.
AMONG the items in the estimate Of ex
penses for the Duke OF Edinburgh'S special
mission to Moscow was 5000 for "gratui-
ties" When the Emperor Nicholas visited
the Queen at Windsor 1915 he gave $4,000
to the servants and $4,000 to the house.
keeper, as we'll as six gold snuff boxes, with
his picture set in diamonds, to the lords OF
the household, and six with his cipher TO
the equerries and groomsin waiting.
These were the chief gifts, but for other
dependents about bushel of rings, watches
and brooches was distributed. When the
late f nperor Napoleon stayed at Windsor
in lS55 he left about s., 800 for the servants.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01

however, do not have reason to feel 20
utterly detected as they might were the
crime committed in the East. Instead
of intrusting the capture Of the high
waymen to one or two detectives and
granting the criminals any number OF
examinations, trials, appeals, stays and
what not, the robbers are usually
chased by the whole community who
scour the country after them on feet
horses, and when found they are shot
or hanged on the spot. This Is severe
punishment, but it is the most efficient
ever discovered. Law prevails IN the
East, and murders are committed at the
rate of half dozen day. There is no
law in the wilds ofthe West, but sys-
tenn ofstern justice prevails, sndin spite
of the rough stories we hear, life and
property are well nigh as safe under
that system as they are under the law.
Nevertheless, the law is the better
thing, if only it be clear and no violent
m isconstructions are placed upon it.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
THE BREWING BUSINESS.

The statistics of beer for the year
ended May lst, are at hand. These fig
ures are taken from the recognized au-
tnoity of the brewing interests, "Wing's
Brewers Hand Book for 1888" The
product of the year is put at So, So, III
gallons, being an increase Of -, %, SO6
gallons over the preceding year, or
about a. per cent. This aggregate is
equivalent to ten gallons for each man,
woman and child in the country. y
family containing five children would
therefore have to consume about two
barrels if it reached the average con-
sumption.
II is plain that prohibition, nor moral
suasiop, nor high license, nor anything
else is having any considerable effect
on the consumption of beer, unless, in
deed, a decrease in the use of spurious
liquors is met by an increase Of the beer
trade. There is no doubt that q general
substitution Of beer for whisky would
be beneficial In many ways. There
would be less drunkenness, less crime,
even if there was no greater comfort in
households that need all the earnings
of the head of the family. If the brew
ers can show that as the consumption
OF beer increases, that of whisky is de-
creased, they would gain friends in
quarters where they have none now.
The beer State of the Union, ofcourse,
is New York. New York city has been
called, in fact, the second German city.
The rate of increase was, however.
larger in Connecticut than any other
State. In ten States and Territories
less beer was sold than in the preceding
year, namely: Iowa, Indiana, Ken
lucky. Tennessee, Louisiana, Nevada,
South Carolina. Texas, Arizona and
Wyoming, but in none of these was the
falling off considerable. The South is
not the beer brewing or beer drinking
section. five leave Missouri out of
the calculation, we find that more beer
is drank In Boston, or Cincinnati, or
even Newark, New Jersey, than all the
rest Of the South. Kentucky, Mary
land and Missouri are the beer drink.
ing States of the South.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
IS IT TRUE {?
Possibly In Albany; wheeling Girls
Have More Common Sense.

Possibly In Albany: wheeling Girls
Have More Common Sense.
The Albany Times editorially reads
the young men and maidens bit OF
fathcrly advice anent the subject OF
marrying, and what it says has great
deal of truth and pertinency In 1t.
Speaking of the increasing indispo-
sition of young men with moderate in
comes to marry, the Times adds:
The girls of to-day are not brought
up as their mothers and grandmothers
were. They insist upon beginning mar
ried life in the same style that their
parents are ending theirs. They will
not think of occupying less than .
whole house on fashionable street,
and must have servants to do the
Homework. They will not only refuse
to cook their husbands meals, but in
too many cases do not know how to do
so, even if they had the desire. Of
course this is the old, old story, but there
is no visible improvement In the do
mestic education Of our girls. Thirty
or forty years ago married man could
keep house and Ego into society" for
what ii now costs to provide for bach
elOr necessities. In word, marriage
Is to-day very expensive luxury, wnlie
as a rule young men just starting out In
life are no richer nowadays than those
of a century ago. Nine out often have
their fortunes to make Ii Is safe to say
that not one fashionable young man in
fifty under twenty-five years of age Ii
in pecuniary condition to seriously con-
template marriage with young woman
of his own sphere in society. 1t has
been suggested that bachelors should
~ Into tic country tu find wiveo. III
they do they must live in the country
for ever after, for the most extravagant
woman on earth Is the one brought up
in simplicity and who, leaving her old
associations, comes TO town. She has
no idea Of the value of money, for she
has never had any to speak OF. Her
youth has been spent in thoughts OF
brilliaHcy Of city life, and her ideas are
founded on novels treating Of fashion,
able life. She would ruin a.millionaire.
The reality never comes up to her old
ideal, and in seeking for the latter she
would, If permit ed, beggar CrTsus.
Now, what is a bachelor to do? He
cannot afford to marry city girl, and
if he marry country girl he must live
in the country or be absolutely ruined.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
LAWYERS INAREPURLIC.

1t has been somewhat boastfulIy said
10y member ofthe profession that this
is government by lawyers, and Sena-
tor BAYARD virtually asserted as much
in his address to the students of the
Yale Law School when he remarked:
Under our American system the legal
profession is actually part of the gov
eminent itself, as much so practically
as if nominated any commissioned in
office" 1t is reported that there are
now 10000 lawyers in the United States,
and the legal profession is growing
more rapidly than any other, except
that of medicine. Iflawyers can save q
nation there ought to be no
doubt as to the security OF our
republic. Perhaps it is because
there is so much truth in the state
ment concerning our being ruled by
lawyers that We are governed so poorly.
Certainly there is profound need of q
reform in the government of the Amer
lean people, municipal, State and Fed
eral, and the subject of Senator BAY.
ARDS Grafton, the Responsibility of the
Legal Profession in Republic, is one
which ought to have the serious atten.
ton of our 10000 lawyers.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01


Political, Histories, and Mis- eellaneous.'
This edition is In thee volumes octavo,
and viii BE- resdy shortly, 50 rig.a 81
'Golden Sands" 70 collection Of brie(
counsels for the guidance Of daily life,
translated from the French BY Ella Mao
Mahou, and illustrated by C. E Wentworth.
II u the work Of religious enthusiast, md
is intended chiefly for the study Of chill
dren. 1t attempts to impress upon the
young mind the importance OF performing
the duties OF life-howevsr disagrssabls
they may be at times-in cheerful man.
ner and with devotional spirit. The un.
DERIVING idea is m excellent one, and the
volume would form IN important adjunct
to religious parental teaching in every
household.
Under the title instantaneous Marine
Studies" an album OF yacht pictures and
sea views has been issued by Cupples, Up
ham & Co., of Boston. The photographer
is Mr.. David Mason Little, now well known
not only in America, but abroad ~ one
of the most expert and artistic instantane'
Gus photographers in the world. M
Philip Little designed the covers, which
are after his usual free handed style Of dec
rative and effective illumination. The
volume contains dozen or more aloertyPe
facsimiles Of views along our coast, and
of noted yachts IN rapid movement or
else moving slowly along on the swelling
water. tits marvellous how eIquisitely
perfect the various scenes are, and to what
an extent he carried his art. Pictures they
are, and no faulty drawing" in one OF
them. 1t is interesting to note the every
line and form of the water, aud to feel the
movement OF the yachts or other vesse Is.
The descriptive text gives enc new ideas OF
the captivating process. The work has al
ready reached a third edition, and it has
not yet been shown to the trade.
f. and J. B. Young & Co. have Just ready
in two volumes a life OF the late Bishop
Nottingham, OF Maryland, by the Rev. +.
W. Brand.
+. Cla1ton & Co.. having exhausted the
first edition of Cooper on the Use OF Belt
ing" will issue about July . second
edition.
W. S. Gottsberger has just published IN
historical romance, entitled "A Tragedy In
the Imperial Hqrem at Constantinople," by
Leila Hanoum. translated from the French
with notes by General Il. l.. Colston, late
Bey on the general staff, Egyptian army.