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Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the United States Senate on the
18th the sugar schedule Of the Tariff bill was
disposed of, large reductions being made in
all grades. In the House the bill to authorize
the Freedmen's Trust Company to pay divi-
dends on accounts was passed. The River
and Harbor bill was ordered printed. The
Tariff bill was considered in committee and
The metal schedule concluded, excepting
one section.
THE flood in the Ohio River was
terribly disastrous on the 18th. At Cincin-
natl the Southern Railroad depot was un-
dermined and fell. The water rose to sixty
tive feet one and a half inches.
At Louisville break ia an embankment oc-
Cured, and square mile.of inhabited low
ground was soon flooded. Some loss OF life
resulted. Great damage to property was
reported at various points.
THE Colorado Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 18th.
NEW five-cent nickels, so perfectly
gold-washed as to deceive many ignorant
persons and pass readily among them as iiv e
dollar gold-pieces, were lately disc overed
at Washington, d. c.
NUMEROUS cases Of frauds by pension
agents on Western claimants have been dis
covered. M
THE House Pensions Committee has
favorably reported bill to pay $50 per
month pension to Mrs. Septima Randolph
Meikleham, the only surviving grandchlld
of Thomas Jefferson.
THE Knitting mills at Amsterdam, N.
Y, were wrecked by an explosion OF gaso-
line the other morning.
THE United States made last year
4, 623, 323 tons of pig iron; almost 100000
tons more than ever made in one year in
this country.
THE late Earl of Ashburnham's col
lection OF manuscripts has been offered for
sale to the British Museum.
THE preliminary examination OF Con-
ductor B. F. Reid and Brakeman John Pal
ton, charged with criminal negligence in
connection with the recent terrible railroad
accident at Tehachapi, CAL, was COM
menced at Bakersfield few days ago, and
would probably last several days.
HEAVY gales and floods were reported
prevailing in England and Ireland on the
18th.
THE death of Major-General George
Webb Morrell occurred at Scarborough, N.
Y, few days ago.
THE Maine Central Railroad Com
panv has been indicted for killing DR.. A.
/. Pickard, struck by train.
sAUGUST GERHARDY, who shot ana
killed a sandbagger who attempted to rob
him in the sti ieets of Chicago recently, was
discharged from custody by the Coroner 3
Jury with vote Of thanks.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17
FORTY.SEvENTH CONGRESS.

FEBRUARY 7.-At the close OF the morn
ing business the Senate helda brief executive
session. and when the doors were reopened
the Tariff bill was taken up. The paragraph
embracing women's and childrenS dress
goods, clothing, carpets and endless belts or
feIts was after some discussion passed over
to give the Committee on Finance an oppor-
tunity to consider it further. The silk sched-
ule was adopted as reported from the COM
mittee. Books, pamphlets; maps, etc, were
placed on the free list. The motion to put
pulp for making paper on the Tree
ule was next taken up and some
changes made. THE House, during the
remainder of the session, will take recess
from $50 to 7:30 p. M. The Tar1f bill was
taken up in Committee of the Whole. mo,
ton to adopt the metal schedule as agreed
upon by the Senate was ruled out OF order
The paragraph on iron ore was adopted as
reported. When the committee rose bill
was introduced for the appointmentof com
mission to inquire into the methods OF the
various telegraph companies.
FEBRUARY S.-The President laid before
the Senate a memorial of the Legislature OF
Kansas with reference to pleuro pneumonia
After a brief executive session the Tariff bill
was again taken up and consideration OF the
free list was completed. message was re-
ceiyed from the President transmitting
communication from the Secretary OF the m
terror setting forth the necessity tor the re-
preston of evasions and violations OF laws
relating to public lands. In the house,
q Joint resolution to admit nee OF
duty monQmept to George Wasa-
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17
-PITH AND POINT.

A bad tcaper always manages to
act on the theory that two wrongs will
somehow make it all right.
The man who never changes his
opinion amt a-going to know much, and
the one who changes it too often is
a-going to know less.--JoSh Billings.
m Elizabeth Cady Stanton wishes our
hired girls had more manners. Don't
agree with you, Elizabeth. The hired
girl has manners enough already. What
she ought to have is, fewer manners and
better ones.-Detroit Free Press. .....
While William Gable, deaf man,
was walking on the Reading Railroad
tracks, near Leesport, Monday morning
but why pursue the painful subject
further. He was deaf and, like all deaf
men, loved to take his morning prome-
made on railroad track. Peace to his
pieces.-N. Y. Graphic.
The honest reflections of gentle
man after marriage are very interesting,
but it is not often that we find them in
tender verse
We are scratched, or we are bitten,
BY the pets to whom we cling; .. -r-
Oh my love she is a kitten,
And my hearts a ball OF string.
-"Indeed, | shall not buy my wife
a sealskin sacque,' remarked aPhiladel-
phia man. sAsThey are so hard to get
off that the fair owners keep them on
when making calls and are sure to take
cold when they go out again into the
open air. l love my wife too much to
expose her to such dangers.
She was one of those nervous,
fideety sort of women who get up on
chair to thread a needle, and when she
swallowed a lively fly with her raspber-
ries the neighbors thought that the
Fourth Of July had arrived twenty-four
hours too soon Freedom, during the
primest days of Kosciusko, never
shrieked with greater velocity than she
did.
1t was down at Lancaster, Pa. The
Major sat looking earnestly and affec-
tionately at his friend. ''Bob," he said,
presently, 81 dreamed about you last
night ssDid you, ADJ" his friend re-
piled, his eyes filing with tears. "Yes,"
said the Major, in heartless tones, 81
had the nightmare And then the
sounds of two strong men "rastllng"
under the table were heard In the dls-
tance -Norrtstown Herald.
A friend informs us of the following
A man who bought badly-ftting suit
that was much too large for him, was
constantly taken to task by his good
wife for the folly. One evening as their
little daughter was retiring, they were
much, surprised to overhear the follow
ing conclusion of her evening prayer:
"Please, God, make pa over again, SO
as his clothes IL fit him, and then ma
won't nag at him no more'"-Detrotf
Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

The Committee on Exhibits at the
Worlds Fair, TO be held in Boston, Mass,
has sent Commissioners to Europe, Asia,
Africa, Canada, South America and the isles
OF the sea.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

rREvELYAN, Chief Secretary of Ire
land, in speech at Hawick, Scotland, the
Oher day, said he considered the publica-
ton Of articles attacking Irish judges and
Iurors as much part Of murder machinery
as the pistol or knife.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

The Maine House of Representatives
few days ago ordered the prohibitory
amendment to engrossment by vote OF 1O4
to 81. An attempt to except cider failed.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

CLEVELAND CO., vessel-owners the
other day resolved to postpone until May
the opening of navigation, and to reduce the
wages of captains and engineers, as well as
aors, ten to fifteen per cent.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

Two companies had applied to the
legislature Of Massachusetts, the other day
for charters to build ship canal across
Cape Cod, Offering to deposit 100000 as
guarantee fund.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

THE business failures in the United
States and Canada for the seven days ended
on the Sth were 30, reduction Of thirty, as
compared with the seven days previous.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

Svvvs Of the Annapolis (Md.) cadets,
- confinement for writing insubor-
~ 80 loiter,. we're released on the Sth.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

4 PROPOSITION to submit a prohibit
,ion amendment to the Constitution to a
vote OF the people was defeated in the west
Virginia State Senate few days ago.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

In opening the Canadian Parliament,
the other day, the Governor General stated
that in passing through the United States he
observed many evidences OF regard for the
British Empire, and hoped that friendship
would prove enduring.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

THERE were several banqucts in
Madrid, Spain, on the il'h IN celebration OF
49, snanish Republic.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

A. ViIliamsport, Pa, on the 18th
,ser we're cutting channel through a gorge
..-.rtv ,I miles long to avert flood disaster.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

TIE sesqui-Centennial of the settle
,.ort ~ Georgia by General OglethOrpe was
celebrated with due pomp at Savannah on
The l2th.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

ruv Probibitionists of Kentucky will
hold convention for nominating State OH
n Louisville March ~. s.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

AT a banquet in the Grand Central
Hotel, New York, the other night, given in
honor OF Senior Malo, Of the city Of Mexico,
General Grant declared that in fifteen
months it would be possible to 60 by rail to
Mexico from any part of the United States.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17
NEWS And NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.

ruv last surviving son OF Words
worth, the poet, died in London Eng'' a
tow days ago.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

THE Chicago Qll.) Board of Trade
few days ago passed resolutions against
The transfer of the revenue marine, life
saving and marine hospital services to the
control of the Navy Department, and against
establishing maritime bureau in that De-
partment.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

EX-GOVERNOR MARSHALL JEWELL,
""I WI, - hartford, Conn, on the 10th.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

Several Philadelphia stores require
their lady clerks to dress in black
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

from practice in the London courts because
VI warning by eminent physicians in re-
gard to the dangerous condition of his
heart' SAID English mercantile law had
proHted by the reception accorded in En-
s'aho TO Louisiana's S accomplished jurist.
LIE Ohlo River floods far exceeded
.ne ninils which had been apprehended on
."e l-h' AT Cincinnati business was en-
urely suspended and the Chamber OF Com.
nl'ice organized relief committees. The
kentucky River was still rising. Warming
Y" gwen OF approaching floods in the Mis-
,,s>'ppi' between Memphis and Cairo. The
'iOiohsahela was reported falling.
"ooD business men at Cincinnati. O..
%no we're not sensational, said on the 11th
o,' nS' 'ne damage from the overflow Of the
v"o hlVer in Cincinnati, Newport and Gov.
Hg'on would amount to millions. The
;. inet was sixty two feet four inches and ris-
haI, al men and half hourly. This was
~, ah men above the great rise of 1S47.
NeWport the military barracks were all
,aOueu' n, Nearly two square miles of the
caiyi. S under water. People were re-
tS,slng ,Sg coal and provisions from boats
dow. second and third story win
tha All houses and factories on
hoodoi Ner front of Covington were
stor,. - qua the water was in the second
MI. VI some OF them. Nearly ten
mo.s ,.s VI The river front of Cincinnati was
M ~ iess under water. Along the land
hin, 'ne hood was up to the second and
worL. stories Of many buildings. The gas.
p,s - we're submerged, and there was only
w..or a"Oush 10 last through the night. The
ei,r supply was also threatened. The
beiow - =. .La"renceburg, Ind, twenty miles
Tho Cl"c'hnati, was entirely submerged.
vori, peooie had telephoned for bread, and it
A. 'I' nave to be delivered TO them in skiffs.
sjv +houisVlile, KY, there was thirty.
H. ~ ~ IN The canal. and something less on
on TA. ms The ground floors of all houses
tnol,n 'rer n street were inundated. The Ken.
A. l,i.ef was thirty-f four feet and rising
Was "n.lort. tal. At Wheeling, w. Va, the Ohio
,ban -sNlng, but Wheeling Greek was higher
eaha,o uiiug the recent rise. The Monon-
por,i~. ,a was rising again, Pittsburgh, Pa, re-
ing fourteen and half feet, while
: ','.s ~ aoove there reported the river rising
= 'Fs tate Of twenty inches an hour,
Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17

IHE London Times, in a eulogy of
judah L. Benjamin, who recently retired
from practice in the London courts because
Ol a warning by. eminent physicians in re-
cara TO the dangerous condition Of his
heart, said English mercantile law had
plonted by the reception accorded in En-
grand to Louisiana's ACCOMPLISHED iurist.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-24

crowd OF people below, and with the ex.
ceptiOn of some music by the Marine
Band, and probably the firing of sa.
lutte, there was neither parade nor cere-
mOny. And after the administration OF
the oath by the Chief Justice, and the
delivery of his address, old Hickory
mounted his horse. and accompanied by
two or three friends, rode up PennsylVa-
MIA avenue and took possession Of the
Presidents house. Gen. Jackson was a
fine hOrseman, and l TecOllect so we'll
his appearance as he rode up the street
to the White House.
have often thought how much better
1t would be If we could follow the plain,
simple ceremony of Thomas jefferson
and Andrew jackson, than to have the
fuss and feathers and expense OF the
present day. As centralism expands,
however, corruption expands and COW
ers the land. and the outgrowth is cor
rupt whisky rings and star route steals,
to apply the soap and buy up the states,
and now Hubbelism to still further top
out corruption and the corrupt use of
money. In fact there Is at least twenty
times the amount of money used at the
present day to corrupt. and carry cleo
tiOns that there was in the days of An
drew Jackson, fifty years ago. Now If
President Is elected there is no GER
hhAhbN ITO Will no AlAdukuAdbGL, anu IL a
candidate for Congress should be sue
cessful under an unequal and outrage
GUS appOrtiOnment, he has then to run
the gauntlet Of the canVassing board at
Columbus.
was connected with the Globe office
during the redhOt opposition to the ad-
ministratiOn OF Gen. jackson, and help
ed put in type not less than half dozen
of Old HickOTy's messages as sent to the
office in the hand writing Of his secre-
tary, Major Donaldson. Gen. Jackson
was man of polished manners and hon
esty of purpose, and when he felt he
was right, no man could move or change
him. was where l could see the most
vigorous aid to the administration from
the pens of such old and distinguished
statesmen as Thomas II. Benton, +. P.
Blair, as we'll as other eminent men of
that period. When the United States
Bank opened its full batteries upon Old
Hickory there was hot work, / can as
sure you; but the people stood by him,
and he came out victorious, while the
bank soon proved to be bankrupt.
1 could write columns upon this old
time subject Of fifty years ago, but 1
will not tire your patience to read them.
Sorry cannot be with you to pay hon
Ors to the memory of Old Hickory.
Respectfully, H. H. GREGG.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-24
HOW GEN. JACKSON TOOK
THE OATH OF.OFFICE.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer gave the
following letter, written by Hon. H. H.
Gregg OfNew Lisbon. The Plain Dealer
says:
The venerable Henry H. Gregg of New
Lisbon, wrote the following letter to the
chairman of the committee Ofsinyita-
tiOn, which was not received In time for
publication with the other letters. We
give it below; it is interesting:
NEW LISBON, o., Jan, 8, 1888.
Hon. II. B. Payne, Chairman Committee
of Invitation Sth of January Celebra-
tiOn:
thank you for the invitation to the
anniversary reception of the Fifth Ward
Andrew Jackson Club of the city Of
Cleveland. This reminis me of the old
time politics and politicians. was in
Washington city when Gen. Jackson
came in, l believe, in an old fashioned
stage coach, from the city of Baltimore,
and stopped at the National Hotel, cor
ner Sixth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. His friends wished to get up a
grand reception, but Old Hickory cared
little for great parades and show, and
came in quietly, without noise OF form
ality.
1t is said of Mr.. jefferson that he rode
up to the capitol, and hitched his horse
to an old fashioned panel fence, and
went in to be inaugurated. L was at
Washington on the 4th of March, 1929,
when Gen. jackson first took the oath
of Office as President Of the United States,
and it was almost as simple, plain and
democratic as the inauguration Of Mr..
Jefferson. There was q great throng,
amounting to thousands of people in at
tendance, but so simple and plain were
the proceedings, that Gen. Jackson wal
ked on foot to the capitol, accompanied
by few friends. in the midst of the
crowd, and took the oath of Office at the
east end of the capitol, on the elevation
space being occupied by the Senate, the
House, Supreme Court, Foreign Minis
terS and ladies. From this elevation he
delivered his inaugural address to the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-24
CITY CURRENCY.
Local Events Condensed and Crys-
talliZed.
The Daily Events Of Busy Canton Arranged
In Readable Shape for Easy
Literary Digestion.

The city ealabOOse lodged eight tramps
on Sunday night.
Mr.W. L. WeIlman, Of the Akron Daily
News, spent Sunday in Canton.
At s o'clock Monday morning the tenn
perature was four degrees below zero.
Tomorrow night the Atlantic Club
will hold their regular evening party.
A choice lOt'Of Florida oranges inst
received, at the Fruit House of NJ. Dlsler
s. Co.
A freight wreck a few miles west of
the city delayed trains few hours on
Saturday night.
This sort Of weather is not favorable
for pushing work on the Straitsyille
COnnOttOn railroad.
c. 8. Rider & Co. are fitting up a grist
mill at Sharon, Pa, with their improved
milling machinery.
The blizzard from the west and south
west reached this region Sunday. Con-
siderable rain fell Friday and Saturday.
Choice celery always on hand, as well
as great and complete variety Of can
ned fruit, at NJ. Disler & Co.'S Fruit
House.
The fire on Monday morning was ia
John PattOn's residence, South Market
street. 1t was put out with buckets
and garden hose before the steamer ar
rived.
win n. Adams, OF the Cleveland Type
Foundry, paid the Office visit last Sat
urday. will" was formerly employed
In our job office and is a thoroughly
good workman. Come again and stay
longer.
Rev. Peter Herbruck purchased the
brick residence of Mrs. Charlotte Will
SON. on East Tuscarawas street, for
S0,OOO The lot also has q good frame
residence on Seventh street. 1t is a
cheap property.
Do not fail to see the American
King" next Saturday in the Opera
House. II proper encouragement is
given excursion trains at half rates may
be run from MassillOn, Navarro. Carroll
ton, Alliance, UniOntOwn, etc.
Marriage licenses were issued Satur.
day as follows: George w. RhOads and
Addie Engle, Canton; Leonard Erb and
Mary Click, Richville; John Geier and
Emma Bergman, Canton; Ira A. Miller
and Kate r. Dillman, Greentown.
Mr.. Phillip Haubert left on Monday,
via Cleveland, for Vermont, where he
will select choice line of monuments
and marble ornaments for cemeteries.
He Will return about the last of the
week. Hold on with your orders until
he comes back.
DR.. Kisner will be in his office, oppo-
site the Connection Valley depot, from
January 26th to February 14th, inclu-
siVe. The Doctor has located perma-
nently in the city, giving his entire at
tentiOn to chronic diseases, in the sue
cessful treatment of which he has estab-
lished quite reputation. In the treat
ment OF piles the success Of his method
Is Rttested by numerous cases cured.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-01-24
LATE NEWS.

Mrs. John T. Church, Detroit, triplets
weight, 20 pounds.
At Chicago, Monday morning, the
temperature was % degs. below zero
at Fargo 80 to 40.
The Senatorial elections in the Ne.
braska, Colorado and Michigan LegislR-
lures are not yet settled.
At Portland, few miles from Steu.
benyille, the boiler in HOdgsOn's grist
mill burst on Monday, killing a 16-yeaT
old boy named Lewis.
At Niagara Falls, Monday, Thomas
Hilsen of Philadelphia. expressed his
trunk and Valuables to New York, and
then jumped from the bridge and was
carried over the falls.
William Woodruff, the brutal negro
at Akron, confessed the crime of fOTni-
cation with Mrs. Chase, and was sen.
fenced to pay fine of 800 and to be
imprisoned for three months.
A family consisting of a man, his
wife, two children, and an old blind
man, peTambulate Logan county in a
little wagon drawn by a scare-crOw OF
a horse, begging. They camp out, and
the children are barefOOted.
Samuel Bell at Columbus entered the
residence of his father-in-laW, wanting
MS WlI6 10 i've WIN MIN. On lor re-
fusal, and leaving the room, he gave
chase and fired at her twice. He was
arrested. OF course liquor is to blame
No trace of the missing boats of the
sunk Cimbria have been found, and but
three women were saved. The rescue
boat took off few who were clinging
to the masts that were above the water
An eye witness says: ION all sides were
men, women and children wildly i'm.
plOring aid. The Sultan, after the col
lisiOn, steamed away. without trying to
help. The news Is from Hamburg that
the Sultan has been seized and the off,
GERS arrested.
About a dozen OF mounted banditti al
Monticello station robbed two whites
and half a dozen Cinnamon and fast
ened them in the station house. They
mounted the east-bound express train
that soon came along, two OF them ia
king the engine, and the remainder
seized the men and robbed them and
then shut them in the tank house, when
they were ready for the express car. But
here they were met by rapid fusilade
from A 7. Rose, express messeng ger,
The fire was returned, some thirty shots
being exchanged. This resistance made
them mount and leave.