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South Carolina has a revolt upon her hands. Chester county in 1873 started the system of forcing all persons to fence their cattle, and other counties followed her example. Thousands of cattle-owners fave no land, and riots have broken out from time to time. Last October the gen. eral state stock law went into effect. Many counties were opposed to the measure, and 1t got into politics. The present violence IS in Lexington county. Mobs burned farm buildings and shot down citizens un- til the governor was appealed to for pro lection. Old kuklux notices have been served on prominent advocates of the stock laws, and the disaffection is serious in at least six counties.
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6sWe insert notices of births marriages and deaths free; but have no system of obtaining them and de- pend upon parties interested to send them in Obit- uary notices in prose verse; beyond announce ment of death, charged at ene-haf advertising rates
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The St. Albans, Vt, bank closed its doors Monday MT. Barlow, the presi- dent, became involved in railway specu- lation, and in sinking carried the bank down with him. The Trust company Of St. Albans has also failed, because It's pres dorser of Barlow's paper. Both men have assigned all their property.
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New London Day A sermon preach ed by Rev. Edward Woolsey Bacon at the ing last caused considerable excitement advanced and liberal views in the matter of the administration of justice, and more than hinted that on some occasions parties were justified in taking the law i'll their own hands. It sustained the course of young Mutt in shooting Duke, who had slandered his sister and murdered his father, after the jury had acquitted him.. !
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Governor Butler and his supporters find themselves badly handicapped, The Bos- ton Herald says, by the want of a party press in Massachusetts. The daily and weekly papers are almost unanimously against Butler. There are. not half-a-dozen papers of. standing in the state that sup port the governor. The Boston Post, the most influential democrat organ in Massa- chusetts, is strongly opposed to Butleriz- ing the party any further, This state of things is said to give more Encouragement to the Butler managers than any other cir cumstance.
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The Hartford publishers, s. s. Scranton & Go, have sent large installments of their new book, "On a Mexican Mustang, {" by the editors of Texas Siftings, to England, where the work has been received with en- thusiasm.
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George Jones, of the New York Times, says if Gov. Jewell were living he would put the lie on Dorsey at once. Probably no one knows that better than Dorsey.
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 Gold Plated Studs, Gold Plated Collar Button, Hand
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You can save cent by not answering that letter until October 1st.
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THE nationsd sb5 was reduced $8, ,000, ,000 during July.
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A somewhat sizeable insurance policy was recently taken out by the authorities of Hamburg, on the city possessions. Il amounts to $6,000, GOO, and was divided among fifteen companies. Among fhe items vas $840, 900 on the city library.
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The returns from the state, election in Kentucky indicate that Proctor Knott,s majority for governor will be about 35, 900. A light vote was boiled throughout the state. The republicans and democrats have held their own generally in their own strongholds. t%H e
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Springfield Republican Norwich is having bitter quarrel over the reappoint 'ment of Rev. Hugh Montgomery as prose cutting agent for the county. The only fault fonnd with him apparently is that he Is minister, and the iquor-sellers seem to think that a man of God shouldn't be connected in any way with so disrepntable & business
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The slagging match between Sullivan and Slade in Madison Square garden Mon day night, resulted in Slade being knock ed out m tho third round Between l0,- 900 and F, 900 people witnessed the fight,
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:, TENEMENT TO RENT On East--Main-st L Inquire of CHARLES HOBBY. ]. ESOR SALE-A good driving or work horse IF Sold for want ot use. ROBERT RUSSELL. .
 Stafford Springs.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette We will state . fact that may be helpful in this connection--for we have known 1t to be pondered by honorary members of the Golden club, and that they found perplex- ity in reconciling the truth with the doc ttrinest identified largely with the name of the. great English ststesnan. Late in the war and soon after the close Of hostilities. and for few years during which the coun- try took it's second growth, and we si1c- ceeded with the help of Judge Hoadley, in straagling tho rag baby and insrring good times by the restoration of specie payments, the price Of news print was 50 high that if 1t hadaot been for the duty we could have imported 1t from Europe, aes- pecially from Belgium, and made money by the operation. A good deal of paper was imported as am experiment.. The du- ty was maintained, however, and paper mills multiplied in this country. The result is paper is cheaper than it was be- fore the war-so cheap that no one would care to irnporti 1t, and many of the manu- facturels say that if the duty were taken from chemicals they would not ask protec- tion This seems to show that there is something in the doctrine that by the pro lection of home industries they are built up so as to cheapen the articles they produce to the consumer We invite the Golden club to give this matter an investigation.
 The Princess of Wales has incurred the enmity of the London milliners. At the recent fete for the benefit of the Princess Royals church her presence among the tea-sellers attracted 8 great throng of fash ionable people to the Fisheries Exhibition. Every lady had 9 chance to critizise her taste in millinery and then to follow the fashion set by her on so public an ,occa- sion. The bonnet worn by her was se- verely simple, admitting of scarcely any trimming, and plain as 1t was, 1t was ex- eeedingly becoming. The milliners agree that 1t was shocking. example to set for the fashionable world. The princess, they say, may have beauty that shines when unadorned, but the sex generally stands in need of feathers and lace and other modes of decoration. Let the Princess's bonnets have a great run, and what will be left of the poor milliner's art? What makes it wofse for the trade is the fact that the mistress of Marl- borough house is the most popular lady in England, whose taste in dress is considered perfect
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JAMES. McLAUaHLIN, PUBLISHER. $I.50 per yenr. Postage prepaid by the pub isher A discount of 25 cents made when payment is made STRICTLY IN ADyANcE-
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In experimenting Rev. Lawrence Walsh on his departure from Waterbury, The American dwelt somewhat upon his career as member of the local board of educa- tion saying that 'she held the belief that in communities where there was Protes- tant majority Protestants should teach, while to districts where Catholics predom- mated, Catholic teachers should be sent when properly fitted and examined" :" Whereat the Waterbury Republican, a weekly newspaper of no mean ability rises to remark that sCreed has nothing to do with public schools, be the majorities in communities Protestant or Roman Gath olic, and the sending of Protestant teach CTS to Protestant districts or schools, and Roman Catholic teachers to Roman Cath olic districts and schools is at variance with the spirit which gave birth to the common school system. Like the consti- stitution of the United States, the common school system must stand aloof from re- igious distinctions, aiming simply to turn out law-abiding, enlightened and self-sus- taining citizens, and leaving churchly things to the church and to the family cir cle to take care of. "
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N. Y. Tribune The friends of W. ". Johnson, of Webster, Mass, hope to wei come him home next October from an ex- traordinary journey. MT. Webster went to California three years ago, but beeom- ing dissatisfied with his surroundings de- cided to return. He owned 8 beautiful young Jersery COW, which he intended to sell before his departure, but the man who was to buy her having tried to cheat him, he determined, in his exasperation, to drive her home to Massachusetts. He started on June l, 1882, with a horse and wagon and the COW, which is shod to pro teet her feet At Ogden he had to stop for some important papers, but they were delayed so long that he. decided to go into winter quarters there. On the 14th of last May he started again, and on August he arrived in Des Moines. He is in excellent health and spirits, and the COW is in per feet condition, but the horse is a little the worse for wear.
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 AFTER forty two ballots, the New Hamp- shire legislature on Thursday last elected for U. s. senator Austin F. Pike. The choice seems to satisfy ali republicans, MT. Pike is 63 years of age, and has been strong man in state affairs, having been presiding officer of both branches of his state legislature also served as congress man. He was member of the first na- tional republican convention held-ln 1856 MAssAcHUsETrs republicans are looking for their strongest man to run against Gov. Butler next fall Ex-Governor Tal- bot, Gen. Charles Devens, also Congress man Robinson of the Springfield district, are talked of. The latter prefers to stay il. congress, but says he will accept either duty the people may put upon him. He is useful man in congress, and this fact may lead to the choice of one of the other two frst-class men named. Gov. Talbot is one of the cleanest men who ever sat IL the executive chair, and the state house needs just such q disinfectant as him to remove the odor of Butlerism. Gen. Devens has one spot on his reeord-he suffered himself to be run against John A. Andrew, the grand old war governor, il 1863. To be sure, Gen. Devens was at the time staunch union man, but he made 8 mask for his supporters, who were largely sympathizers with the south, and his cleo lion would therefore have encouraged those in rebellion.
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Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-05
ARTHUR'S ANNUAL.

river, and the nucleus of states estab-
lished at twenty-five stations under u
flag, which offers freedom to commerce
and prohibits the slave trade. The OBJ.
iects of the society are philanthropic. 1t
does not aim to give the management to
political control, but seeks the neutrality
of the valleys. The United States can
not be Indifferent to this work nor to the
interests of their citizens involved in it.
1t may become advisable for us to CO.
operate with other commercial powers in
promoting the rights of trade and resi-.
dence in the Congo valley from the inter.
ference or political influence of any one
nation.
INTERNATIONAL sCIENCB CONGRESS.
In view of the frequency of invitation
from foreign governments to participate
in a social and scientific congress- for he
discussion of important matters of general
concern | repeat that suggestion of my
last message recommending that provis-
ion be made for the exercise of discretion
airy power by the executive in appointing
delegates to such convention. Specialists
are ready to serve the nation in such ca
pacity without personal profit, or other
compensation than the defrayment of ex-
penses actually incurred, and these a
comparatively small annual appropriation
would suffice to meet.
RESTRICTION on AMERICAN COMMERCE..
l have alluded in my previous mes
sages to the injurious and vexatious re-
strictions suffered by our trade in the
Spanish West Indies. Brazil whose
natural outlet for it's great natural staple,
coffee, is in and %throughthe United States,
Imposes a heavy import duty on that
product. Our petroleum exports are
hampered in Turkey and other eastern
ports, by restrictions as to storage and
by oneious taxation. For these mis-
chiefs adequate relief is not always pro-
vided by reciprocity treaties like that of
Hawaii or that lately negotiated with
Mexico and now awaiting the action of
the senate. Is it not advisable to pro-
vide some measure of equitable ~retalia-
ton in our relations with governments
which discriminate against our own.
If, for example, the executive
were empowered to apply to Spanish
vessels aud cargoes from Cuba and Porto
Rico, the same rules of treatment and
scale of penalties for technical faults
which are applied to vessels and cargoes
in the Antilles, a resort to that course
might not be barren of good results.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-05

Washington, numbering about 5000, and
to similar positions in customs districts
and postotiices where as many rs 90 per
sons are employed. A classification of
these positions analogous to that existing
in the Washington offices was duly made
before the law went into effect. Eleven
customs districts and twonty-three post
offices were Inns brought under the i'm
mediate operation of the statute.
WORKINGS OF THE SYSTEM.
The annual report of the civil service
commission, which will soon be submit.
ted to congresa, will doubtless afford the
means of a more definite judgment than
am now prepared to express as to the
merits of the new system. l am per-
suaded that its effects have thus far
proved beneficial. Its practical methods
appear to be adequate for the ends pro-
posed, and there has been no serious
difficulties in carrying them into effect.
Since the 10th of July last no person., SO
far as am aware, has been appointed to
the public service in the classified por-
tions thereof at any of the departments,
or any of the postoffices and customs dis
tricts above named, except those certified
by the commission to be most competent
on the basis of the examination held in
conformity to the rules.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-05
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
THE CIVIL

The commissioners who wereappointed
under the act of July 16, 1882, entitled
san act to regulate and improve the civil
service of the United States" entered
promptly upon the discharge of these
duties. A series of rules, framed in &C
cordance with the spirit of the statute,
was approved and promulgated by the
president of the United States, and
in some particulars wherein they
seemed defective, these rules were sub
~sequently amended. 1t will provide for
the discountenance of any political or re-
ligious tests for admission to the offices
of the public service to which the statutes
relate. The act is limited in its original
application to the classified clerkships in
the several executive departments at
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-05
TOM EDISON,
Some Interesting Recol!ectiens Of the
Great Inventor When He Was
Telegraph Operator.


Louisville Courier Journal.
ooh, yes, there are a great many OF us
who remember Mr.. Edison" said an old
Western Union operator to q reporter
yesterday. Il boarded in the same house
with him for months and worked at the
same table with him. Smart2 Well, l
should say 80. You wouldn't think it,
though, to talk to him. He is like almost
all inventors, a poor describer. He could
make q new machine easier than he could
tell you about it. | remember when he
first came here. He was q modest, sly
sort of a boy, and took a liking to him.
He was hard to get acquainted with, but
after you got to know him he was soci-
able enough. If you have noticed men
much you will find that they all have one
overwhelming passion. 1t may be drink,
it may be cards, it may be petticoats.
But there is one thing to which they are
more strongly addicted than all the rest
put together. Well, Tom was one of the
few men who never seemed to be troubled
with a vice. He couldn't be induced to
touch a card. He never took a drink in
his life, and the rustic of woman's skirts,
that made many a good man go wrong,
never set his heart a-beating. The man
was wrapped up in machinery. He had
no time, no thought for anything else.
He and | were doing day work, and at
night, instead of going to the theater, OF
amusing himself as the rest of us did, he
would go up to his room and set to work
with all sorts of electrical appliances.
And he used to have the queerest OF
rooms. 1t looked like an old Junk shop,
Our poor old landlady used to be in
deadly fear of some of them things goin
OFF, as she expressed it, and the negro
servants used to give him and his apart
ment a wide berth. He had a funny habit
when he was studying anything particu
larly abstruse of wrapping atowel soaked
in ice-water around his head and keeping
his feet in warm water.
''He was one of the most superstition
men / ever knew. He would always
study with the same coat on-a ragged
torn old ~velveteen jacket without a but
ton-because 1t gave him luck, he said
He had q mortal aversion to cats, ant
swore that they were responsible TO
every mistake he ever made, l have
known him to walk two blocks out of hi
way to avoid seeing an old pussie tina
used to sit contentedly on the front door
step Of a house that was on his wa.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-05

il remained until 1872, when in those
cities where carrier service was estab-
lished it was increased to defray the ex-
pense of such service. 1t seems to me
that the old rate may o with pro-
priety be restored, and that too even at
the risk of diminishing for a time at least
the receipts from postage upon local let
tiers. | can see nc reason why that par
ticular class Of mail matter should be
held double for the entire cost, not only
Of its collection and delivery but the
collection and delivery of all other classes,
and am confident after final considera-
ton of the subject that the reduction of
rate wSuld be followed by such a grow
ing accession Of business as to occasion
but slight and temporary loss to the rev.
enues to the postofice.
TELEGRAPH QUESTION.
The postmaster-genera devotes much
OF his report to the considerations its vari-
Gus aspects of the government to the
telegraph. Such reflection as j have
been able to give to this subject, since
my last annual message, has not led me
to change the view which L then ex-
pressed in dissenting from the recon.
%mendation of the postmaster-general that
the government assumes the same con.
troll over the telegraph which it has al
ways exercised owe the mail. Admit
ting that its authority in the premises is
as ample as has ever beer claimed for it,
it would not in my judgment be a wise
use of that authority to purchase or as
sumo the control of existing telegraph
lines, or to construct Others with a view
OF entering into general competition
with private enterprise. The objections
which may be justly urged against either
OF these projects, and indeed against
any system which would require an
enormous increase in the civil service
list, do not. however, apply to some of
the plans which have lately provoked
public comment and discussion. 1t has
been claimed for example, that congress
might wisely authorize the postmaster.
general to contract with some private
person or corporation for the transmits.
sion of messages at specified rates and
under government supervision.
GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION.
Various such schemes of the same gen
eral nature, but widely differing in their
special characteristics, have been sug-
gested in the public prints and the argu-
ments by which they have been suggest
ed and opposed have doubtless attracted
your attention. 1t is likely that the
whole subject will be considered by you
at the present session. In the nature of
things it involves so many questions of
detail that your deliberations would
probably be aided slightly, if at all, by
any particular suggestions which l might
now submit. | avow my belief, however,
that the government should be author
izod by law to exercise some sort of
supervision over Interstate telegraph
communication and l express the hope
that for attaining that end some measure
may be devised which will receive your
appreciation.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-05

purpose of traffic in countries where sill
yer passed Mt it's value ascertained by its
weight and fineness. 1t never had q legal
tender quality. Large numbers of these
coins entered, however, into the volume
of our currency by common consent. Their
circulation in domestic trade has now
ceased and they have become a disturb
ing element. They should not longer be
permitted to embarass our currency sys-
tenn / recommend that provision be
made for their reception by the treasury
and mints as bullion, at a small per cent
age above the current market price of
silver of like quantity.
THB CUsTons
The secretary of the treasury advises a
consolidation of certain of the customs
districts of the country and suggests
that the president be vested with such
power in relation thereto as is now given
him in respect to collectors of internal
revenue by section BAL Of the revised
statutes. The statistics on this subject
which are contained in his report furnish
of themselves a cogent argument in de-
fence of his views. At the adjournment
Vi COuRIcob Iiie uulIiDeE VI ilJcEIldi EoNe-
nue. collection districts was 1876. BY
executive order executed June %, 1888.
I directed that certain Of these districts
We consolidated. The result has been a
reduction of a third in the number which
leaves at present but SO.
INDIAN TROUBLES.
From the report of the secretary OF
-. "a .u,11 - .Nan AluA =. -. ~-1.
instance has there been q disturbance of
the quiet condition of our Indian tribes,
a raid from Mexico into Arizona by a
small party of Indians which was pur.
sued by General Crook into the noun.
tain regions from which it had come. 1t
is confidently hoped that serious out
breaks will not again occur and that the
Indian tribes, which have for 30 many
years disturbed the west, will hereafter
remain in peaceable submission.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-12-05
CIVIL RIGHTS.

The fourteenth amendment of the con-
s. o2fazsthe-right of citizenship
upon all persons born or naV.--@-~d in
the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof. 1t was the special
purpose of this amendment to insure
members of the colored race the full en-
joyment of civil and political rights.
Certain statutory provisos intended to
secure the enforcement of those rights,
have been recently declared unconstitu-
tional by the supreme court. Any legis-
lation whereby congress may lawfully
supplement the guarantees which the
constitution affords for the equal enjoy
ment by all the citizens of the United
States, of every right, privilege and i'm
munity of citizenship, will receive my
unhesitating approval,
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 3, 1888.