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National Republican., 1883-10-10

u EAUTIFUL ROOMS, WITH BOARD, IN PRI-
Id vae family; good location, with all comforts.
lNo. lll6 10Th st., near II. ~
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29
Startling Figures.

Some weeks ago Hon. Joseph Medill,
of the Chicago Tribune, appeared as a
witness before the Senate Committee
on Education and Labor, and in the
course of his testimony presented some
figures and facts concerning the money
expended for drink in this country
The New York Times, criticised some of
his figures. Mr.. Medill has written a
letter in. reply to the Times, from
which we make the following extracts.
The figures are startling, but there $ no
doubt that they are based on .facts =,
81 did not say that the money thrown
away the past year would have furn-
ished everyone with q comfors ablc
home" but this: shat persons who
have made a careful study of the sub
ject estimated the amount of nlbney
squandered on Intoxicating drinks Ey
the wages classes of the United States
at $40O, 100000 per year, and that this
sum, if it had been put out at interest
by them during the last TIN years,
would now amount to nearly $4,000, 900
00O, sum sufficient to buy every wage
States now paying rent, a comfOrtabl
domicile, thus emancipating them from
seryitude to landlords l notice that
in your further comment you only esti-
mate the wholesale value of the LIQUOR,
wine and beer manufactured and i'm.
ported, whereas these intoxicants cost
the drinkers fully three times as much
as the wholesale price thereof 1t costs
OF hi TO - ~
looms, paying internal revenue license
tax, and their bar-tenders and the rent
Of the places. The number of dram
shops in this city I am told, exceeds
| 10000; estimating their average re-
celpts at the very low figures of SIS per
day, and you have the huge sum OF
$54, 757,UOO per annum IN this city
| alone. What proportion of this money
is furnished by the wage and salary
classes of employees, who compose more
/ than three-fourths Of your total pOpu.
! latiOn? Computing the average re-
ceipts of the quarter of million Of dram
shops at only SO per day, their aggre-
/ gate sales amount TO S912,5O0, 0OO,, Of
! not far from a billion year. No; one
! will deny that half the LIQUOR consumed
| by the people OF the United States is b.
the wages classes. The farmers, wis
constitute one half Of the total popula
tion, drink but comparatively little a
contrasted with the city people. Eng
lish statisticians estimate the expendi
| ture of drink Of the English and Irisl
Fat about $500, 000,0 600 a year, and thi
! by a population only two-thirds aslarg
as ours. The waste of earnings Of
drink leaves the wage-workers poor
| and poverty renders them DISCONTINUED
'Fhe reform most needed is temper
ance s,Ei 90 loH anr j. MEDlIL.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29
a COO sIgn.

The growing acceptance of the idea
that this is nation is illustrated by the
unanirnity with which the governors. Of
of Southern states follow the example
of the president in appointing the last
Thursday of November as Thanksgiv-
ing Day This festival of New England
origin never secured much acceptance
in the South before the war, but that
SECTION is now coming to keep it almost
as generally as the North. When the
governor of Mississippi issues q procla-
nation appointing the day, not only
Gin obedience to sacred and historical
CUSTOM 'Fbut also, in harmony wi b
the proclamation of the president of
the United States the. growth of
national feeling IS made. plain to the
dullest coinprehensiOns '+s5.i
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29


There is no measure. perhaps, in the
interest of our ex-soldiers that has been
the object of such wholesale abuse and
such bitter aud malignant misrepresen-
tation as the equalization OF the boun-
ties bill, yet of all measures conceived
in their interest," there is none which.
rests on such secure Foundation of abb
sOlute justice. The question involved is
simply whether the Governments, haV-
ing wrongfully withheld nom Il certain
GLASS of our veterans the money prom
ised them under various bounty acts,
can now plead its own inequitable ac-
ton as limitation of payment. These
| bounties were promised the soldier at a
time when the Cover nment was in sore
need of men, and they we're to be given
in return for services actually perform
ed. 1t was not the intention of the
trainers of these acts, nor was it the
wish of the people, that the Govern
ment should take advantage of any
technicality to escape payment Of any
part or the bounties which had been
promised; yet, as matter of fact, un-
DER the Interpretation which the Gov
eminent chose to put on the law, in
thousands OF cases it denied bounties to
soldiers for fractions of their terms of
service, even when their failure to com
plete their terms was due to no fault of
their own. bat to their compulsory hon
Orable discharges by the Government by
tho disabilities, Cor other causesl incurr-
ed in the line Of duty. And thus it
frequently happened that while one sol
der. having completed two years Of his
three years term Of service, was paid
his bounty in full, another-a member
Of tho same company and regiment per-
haps-hsying just one month before
the completion of his two years term
been honoFably discharged from the
service by reason of disability or aother
causes, was denied all bounty whatso-
ever. Now, we put ito any fsir-minded
man whether this action on the part of
the Government was not o fragrant
breach Of contract, and equivalent to
the fat reputation of a debtP II ii
was, then even st this late day it is nee
sssary to the national honor that the
Government should disavow its inten
ton to defraud the soldier ont of his
just earnings and make full provision
for the equalization Of bOunties.-C Ma
tiopal Tribune. ate
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29
vEALY MARRIAoEs.


The DISCUSSION of the divorce ques-
ton ''has evolved one matter that has
had comparatively small consideration
but which is vital character; it is the
marriage of mere boys and girls. Pri-
marily. hasty and too youthful marriages
are the:cauSes of much after misery and
a final disruption of he marital tie. Ii
''boy and girl marriages. as the
Brooklyn Union terms them, are fruitful
Of divorces and of great evils, why not
narrow the opportunities for them?
Theirs can be set up no statute to pre-
vent young men and women from max
ing for themselves beds of W Je, but the
law may refuse TO be party to unwise
unions, To raise the age Of legal con-
sent is one thing that may be done in
this direction; 70 require prior deelara-
ton and record OF some considerable
time is another. In New York state,
tor instance, boy of fourteen and a
girl of twelve may marry if only they
can find az officer to perform the cere.
mOnY ), nor Is it even required there
that q license shall be procured. With
such loose system it is no wonder that
divorced women of eighteen and
divorced men of twenty-five are numer-
Gus in New York.-( LeavenWorth
Times,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29
Arrival and Departure of Malls.

Mail east aud west via. G: b. Mo.
Pacific r. B., arrives, 4 q III. leaves
7.S0 p m, daily.
Alma and Phillipsburg-Ar II
m, Mondays, We mes lays an Fri
days; leaves pm.
Long Island and PhilljpEbuTg-Ar-
rives Il IA. and leaves 1 p. M, On
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Nance and neutrality-suspicious. 4
p. HI, Tuesdays and Fridays; leayes
s q. nl., Wednesdays and saturdays.
WagneFsviIIe and Phillipsburg-Ar-
Tives 2 p. M. and leaves p. III. on
Tuesdays Saturdays.
POst-Oftice HoHns-Opens 8 a IN,
closes 1T p NJ, Sundays opens a III,
and closes Z p ~, closes 10 IL III and 7.3O
y III. Money order business ClOSes at
SPIN, no money order or register
letter business Transacted Sunday,
H. e.. SPAULDING, =. Al.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29

Notice is hereby given that the follow
ING is g. list of lands and town lofs- eol0
fer taxes and nnredeesne(l 80 this time.
Containing the names of the persons to
whom assessed wherever such names
appear on the tax roll aad showing. the
amount of taxes and costs, together with
the interest thereon calculated TO the
last day Of redemption. and unless such
lands and town lots are redeemed on or
before the dates given opposite each
tract or lot. they vii be conveyed to the
purchaser.
Des. Sec. Town. Range. Amt.
nh nwqr 19.--.4 III 16 50
Redemption, To whom Assessed
ID. n. Y.
8 April, 1854. Fertner McGowen
f. City-of Kirwin.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29

Boston papers assert that Gent But
Ter has the proof in black and white that
Samuel J. 1ildsn secretly kniied the he
TO of Tewksbury, and that he encouraged
the c7,leute of the independent Demo
Gratis. They also state that old Ben is
whetting big knife on the heel of his
boots, and ever and anon casting blood
curdllng glances over towards Gramer-
az Park, and the next skin that Govern
or Ben parades before the astonished
eyes of awe-struCk millions will not bear
the Tewksbury brand, but the brand Of
b. Ut, will be found thereon Il Leav-
enWOrth TimsS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29
The LIght Of the Future.


It will not be electrical illumination,
say the scientists. That involves too
much cost. Electricity is developed by
violence; that Is, by waste and the dis
turbanee of atoms OF matter, which is
necessarily expensive. For sensational
uses, for spectacies, for the lighting of
city squal es, streets and parks, where
expense is a minor consider alton, the
electrical light will, Of course, be en-
ployed; but the great mass of the COM
munity will never be able 10 use this
costly illuminatOr TO Danish the dark
ness from their humble dwellings. Ma
fure has been searched to find how
light can be generated under the cheap
est conditions, and the glOW-wOrm has
been hit upon as furnishing hint for
the cheap but effective domestic light
of the future. The various insects
which emit flashes of light in the dark,
do so with an exceedingly small expen-
diture of mechanical force. 1t has
suggested that curtains, wall paper,
and the coverings of furniture could be
so prepared, that, by a slight disturb
snce of the air, they would emit a
steady but mellow light at cost of far
less than candle or kerosene lamp.
Scientific men are now at work on this
problem, and if it should be successful
~ solved, it would be a very great BEN
eft to the poor of all nations From
Demorest's Monthly for December,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29

Bob Burdette, the funny man of the
Burlington Hawkeye, ''goes for'' ex-
Rev. w. H. H. Murray, who once
preached to the fashionable audience
in Boston, but has since gone to the
bad, and is now in Texas running cat
tie ranch. Hear Burdette:
adirondack Murray comes all the
way from his Texas cattle ranch t., step
on the platform and tell the people that
che preached lies for twenty years and
that The Bible is d failure" Oh, no,
Ad; oh 10. The Bible stands just
where it did two thousand years before
you ever invented a blackboard and
skipped for Texas. The preacher is q
failure, sometimes. You have showed
us that, Ad. In the pulpit and in the
blackboard business alike, you were q
most lamentable failure. And all the
time you have been in retirement the
world has been rolling just as evenly as
it did before you happened; new
chu' ches have been built, the gospel
has been preached, Moody has estab
lished another school for boys, nearly
100000 people have united witt
Christian churches since you ''scooted'
for the frontier; hospitals have beer
built, schools endowed, free reading
rooms opened, the hungry haye beef
fed, the sick ministered unto, the naket
clothed, all by the churches and ali un
der the teaching of the Book, and it's
too thin for blackboard parson u
come up from blue sky rancho IN Texa
to tell US that Christianity is d lie anC
the Bible failure. If you must lecture,
Adirondack, stick to the .hOss . you cal
talk better boss than theology
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29


DEMoREsr's MoNHLY MAGAzTNE for
December is up TO the usually high
standard If this most excellsnt pu6lics-
ton, Mrs, ChaPeny's serial. s'The
Shores of Nothing is commenced and
promises 20 be very interesting story
''Agathe De Valsuzs'' is finished, and
there are several entertaining shorter
stories. ''ChristmBs in Bsthlehem -
''An Ancient Legend of Provence, -
"RObln Hood and his Marie Man, - ga
Philosopher Of XVI, Century, - s'Ter-
genief'' and ''HOV we live in NBwYork''
by Jennie june are all articles pleasant
70 read and profitable 10 Femsmber.
in the way Of household adorameat and
'kitchen ART for ladies viii be found in,
valuable for the practical information il
imParts, The various departments ara
fully feEpishsd, with information on ma
Ueny subjects and in I'The Worlds pro-
gress" current events are discussed in
ga able and instructive manner. The art
department is remarkably good and the
trOptispisOs being q richly eolored oil
painting called The ''TambOrine Girl, -
which is one of the most attractive pic
ture that has appearedin this magazine,
An engraving of Jacquet's celebrated,
"Ths Mipuet" also apears in this num-
her.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29
John swintOn speaks as follows Of

John SWinton speaks as follows Of
Henry Willard:
t'E met him first during the war. in
front of Richmond. He was then cor
respondent of a newspaper He was q
slender, bright-faced, long-fegged, &c
centric young fellow then, with as light
a purse as the other members of his
craft, but now believe, though have
not seen him since then, he is a solid
mGn, over middle sgs, richer than Cree
srs, and up to the neck in huge under
taEings. PoorsFillardl bare-footed Doy
of Germany, Golden spike of America
Il Leavenworth Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29

The Kansas City Journal is authority
for the statement that 5. n. Wood has
sold his interest in the Topeka Journal
and will gezta w shingtontoe contest the
seat of Congressman Peters, and Con
cI6dss with the statemeIt th6t he IS pref
~ certain to become Washington hllna=
lner. If this predistion should I1sOyls
correct it would only indicate Il change
of base for Sam, as. the mind of man
runneth not to the cOHtAry, when he
was not political hnmnler. Beloit
Eazaffn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29
How ths World has progressed withir

How tho world has progressed within
a century! George Washington, the
first President Of the United States, new
or saw steamboat. John Adams, the
second President of the United States,
never saw RAILROAD, Andrew jackson,
the seventh President, knew nothing
abOutths. telegraph. Abraham lincoln,
the sixteenth President never dreamed
pfsuch thing as the tslephone.-[Lea:
VenWorth Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29

The people of Smith Center or rather
She parties who have the contract to
sink Their artesian well meet with trials
and.tribnlations, the last being the Yall-
ing of the 600 pound drill to the bottom
with such force that it sticks tight and
s new wen he's to be dug, as wei as
the loss of the drill.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29

Since it has been discovered that q
snail's bite is deadly, we know what is
the matter with tho greenback party,
It has been run down, and bitten by a
SMALL Troy Chief.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29
Mo. p. r. r, Time Table.
The South and SOUTHEAST Florida.

Should you contemplate a trip to
Nashville, Chattanooga Atlanta,
Charleston, s. G. Savannah, Ga. Jack
sonville, Florida, or in fact any other
point in the south or southeast, it will
be to your interest to. examine the ad-
vanta:es over all other lines offered by
the st. Louis. Iron untain, s. South.
ern R'y.-''Iron cunt ain Route" in
the way,of Fas Time, Elegant Eqmip-
ments &c. ..I,.t r..-.4.
At present daily train is run from
St. Louis to Nashville, Tenn, making
direct connection with connecting lines,
for points mentioned above This train
connects at Nashville with the jackson.
vile Express, having Pullman Palace
Sleeping Car of the very finest make
attached which runs through to Jack.
sonville, Florida without change,
For further information address
F. CHANDLER, H.lC. TowNsEND. It
Genn. .Tkt.. Agt. Genl. Pass. Agt.
l..
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-29

TsYas: The REGULAE DITIOS of the HER
ARD Sontsins eight pages with six columns to the
page subscription price $3.50 per annuW in
aAvsaoS. Tn. DOLLAR ERITION consists Of four
SSses Of the regular edition ans contains all the
Editorial and Local News.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17
COURTHOUSE NO res.

Only One marriage license was issued
yesterday. The fond creatures are wait
ing for the holidays.
The case Of james Meath, charged
with carrying concealed weapons, has
been reset for December TO-
The usual Saturday sale of real estais
was made to-day by Mr., Black, Clerk
and Master Of the Chancery Court
Judge Greer ordered attachments fol
Margaret Walker, james Brooks and
Ellen Kerney, delaultng witnesses in the
Samuel Harris case.
The motion fer new trial in the case
Of John Gibson, grand larceny, was over,
ruled and the defendant sentenced TO Ave
years in the penitentiary.
Some doubt seems TO exist az to whether
the State or Nation shall have the honor
Of trying, and possibly supporting, the
trio OF gentlemen recently hauled In on a
charge Of passing counterfeit money in a
house Of i'll fame. The State can well az,
ford to relinquish its claims.
Jimmy Hunter, the rotund. rosy-
checked Deputy Clerk Of the Criminal
Court, Is some pumpkins on repertorial
work, where murder Is the basis. Yester>
day he managed TO grind out two columns
for the oyerwSrked scribes, who lay aside
their little pencils about the time chanti-
cheers begin 10 sing.
Deputy SheriGs Taylor, Pope and
Britt yesterday attached a portion Of
Miles Orton's circus, which passed
through here from Little Rock en- route
for Bells Depot, on warrant sued out by
Miss Ida Sutton, an attache who demand.
cd back salary. The proprietor placed q
deposit Of $1,000 in Superintendent Cole
camps hands, and the procession was al
lowed TO move on.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17

fore last, and the opening night Of the
music festival was hne success. The
best people went 70 see and hear Levy.
and the indications were that the festival
would be a financial success. Il closes
with a performance tonight.
The icy air Of the present Polar wave
extended to Pensacola on the northern
border Of the Gulf Of MEXICO, and 10
Central Texas on yesterday morning.
The sugar region Of Louisiana was frosty,
but the sugarmen have had long and
favorable season, hence the crop Of sugar
and molasses has been saved In choice
order.
An unintelligible telephone call from
the Criminal Court room at the court
house yesterday,t TO the Central Exchange,
resulted in respone from one Of the girls
on duty as follows: "Tell that cheap law
yer 10 get away, and send Dick Capers or
some one who knows how 10 talk. C. the
telephone" Il was Judge Greer himself
who was trying the apparatus, and those
who know him well enough are joking him
about il.
Orton's circus passed through this city
yesterday, going from Little Rock 10
Bells Depot where an exhibition oc-
CURED yesterday forenoon. While here
several animal cages were attached on &
claim for unpaid salary, the amount in
dispute being something near $780, the
difference between SIS and S35 per week
since April last, and claimed by Ida SUIT,
ton, the iron jawed woman known as
Mollie Haverly, The show manager
wished TO settle at SIS per week, and the
performer at SS5. The matter was COM
promised.
The ladies Of Calvary Episcopal church
have been exerting financial influences
recently toward the purchase of various
articles necessary to the comfort and en-
bellishment of the church. The carpets
in use are paid for, but the ladies do not
expect TO relax their efforts in the good
work until the lecture room is comfortably
and suitably furnished and the window
in the rear ofthe shancel or pulpit is put
in place. A thousand or more OF dollars
viii have to be raised to complete the
work, and perhaps more than that will be
necessary TO buy suitable stained glass
window for the rear Of the building
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17
Weather Items,

1t was slightly foggy here this morn
ing.
Southerly winds and warmer weather
are ahead.
Lowest temperature this morning 24o,
and range yesterday 20 to 38h0.
No rainfall anywhere South or in the
Northwest during the past SO hours, and
fair skies are promised all around us To-
day and likely tomorrow also.
The breezes blew from the northeast all
Of yesterday and until last night, then
changed TO the east, and this morning
came gently, but cool, from the south,
west.
The coolest part of the country thi.
morning was between Little Rock and
Pittsburg, through this section, and as faI
up as the border of the lakes, the temper.
AZURE ranging from Y to 800, and from
Yicksburg to New Orleans Il was 80 10
43 to 46e.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17
RIVER DISASTER.
The Steamer WIN Kyle sunk.

The steamer WIN Kyle, Captain Lew
Hates, destined from New Orleans to Gin.
cinnati, with cargo Of three or four hun.
dred tons Of sugar, molasses and othei
freight, sunk near Australia landing
Mississippi, about leo miles below here
at half past o'clock Thursday evening
The accident was caused BY striking
snag or log which protruded from a mnd
bank near the shore, and which penetra,
trated the hull amidship. The yesseI
filled and went down. in twenty feet at the
stern, while the forward part of the hull
is still out of water.
No lives were lost by the disaster, but 4
is believed the boat will prove a totai
wreck. as she is badly careened and hel
chimneys have fallen into the river. while
1t & feared the wreck will capsize.
The Kyle had a barge in tow al the tim,
OF the accident, and among other items o.
cargo we're 800 bales Of ton, destined L
Cincinnati. The clerk, James Alexander
arrived here near II o'clock this forenoon
by the steamer Josie Harry, and a mum,
Der OF The. passengers and crew arrived by
the same boat,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-17
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

/
CE s a,s street M. Is. Church, South
CHELSEA = Sunday school at $50 am
nas, @ n.y. !" = "a M Hv anl 'oO pm by TN
P"T,o,' Ie,' ., walker.
r. Uhlon street mlssioni a. the Memphil
Institute, near toe Medical College
chIIdsSyn s ~, al pm. freaehlng Z
Pa.L, NJ pun oNery ouhusy py b. M
:, Ihird Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Fourth and Looney streets, Chelsea
Services every Sunday at II am. and 7:3(
PM py .he pastor, Kew. e.. Is. Thomas
ppsY.l1aeu-sv ! 90 ~ pm. frnyer-meetln1
rIlu''y AZ 10Y pm
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Court
etreet-Sunday-scho ut am, w. r.
stewart, superintendent. Divine service
~ ~ AN sna ICY pm. IL: A. Jones
pastor' rrol' Downs presides at the
orsan'
Second Presbyterian Church, corner
MAN and beal streets -Sunday-school
gov q, m. Services at II am. and 1896
p'm.i oy rev. j + Latimer, pastor.
Alabama Street Presbyterian Church.
corner Jones avenue andAlabama street
osaoDath-school at $3.50 am. Services
II Am, ana ~ pm by Rev. w. II. Oar
nail, ID. u.
Third Baptist Church-Chelsea-ser-
vices at II am. and AZ 7.s0 n m bv
Rev. j. w. Lipsoy pastor. Sunday.