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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-14

The complete vote Of Massachusetts, is:
Blaine l40,4S6, Cleveland 1924. Butler
"a, 1865, st. John 10000.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-14

The southern Democratic press are ex-
tremely anxious over team Of Republican
fraud and intimidation in New York"
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-14

Returns thus far received indicate thai
Cleveland has carried West Virginia BY I
majority Of less than $500.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-14
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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-14
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
Conclusions MS 10 Results.

The state Republican conventions
have nearly all been held, and this week
will about conclude the labor of dele
gate making. With those delegate al
ready elected and those to be elected, of
whom it is pretty well known what
their choice will be, there is not much
change in the prospects OF the various
candidates to what they were two weeks
ago. The statistican, the fellow who
never makes mistake, says President
Arthur's chances for the nomination
are the best of all. Ex-senator Blaine
has been making quite boom for him
self, but in the past week has gradually
been falling off. Secretary of War, Rob
ert Lincoln has dropped nearly out of
sight as Presidential candidate, but
seems to be about the only person
named for the second place on the
ticket. Senator Logan holds his own
remarkably well, and no doubt will be
second on the list. Senator Edmunds,
with the boom he received at the New
York State convention, is taking n start
for the leadership, although what
strength he receives weakens ex-senator
Blaine. At the present writing it APP
pears as though the first ballot taken at
the Chicago convention will show the
candidates standing in about the follow
ing order: President Arthur, ex-senator
Blaine, Senator Edmunds, Senator Lo-
gan, Secretary of War Lincoln.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
stPupch and Judy.n

Perhaps there is not reader Of the
papers but what at some time has seen
the puppet show of Punch and Judy.
The Democratic party, by its division
on the tariff bill, is now no more than a
puppet show. Ex-Speaker Randall
appears as Punch and Morrison as
Judy. Whatever Mr. Morrison and his
followers advance in the line of tariff
REFORM Mr.. Randall and his hackers
instantly dissent thereto. A reduction
of the tariff is all right for the western
states, and all wrong for Pennsylvania
and some other of the eastern states. If
Mr.. Morrison would only make his tariff
bill adjustable, so that it would not in-
terfere with Mr.. Randall's constituents,
the opposition would be withdrawn.
But it is not on the tariff question
alone that the Democrats are acting out
the characters of Punch and Judy. On
all other questions, of equal Importance
to the people, they are quarreling and
wrangling, punching and knocking each
other about in the most reckless manner
possible. And while they are thus en-
gagged, the people, not only of the United
States, but the whole civilized world, as
the audience of this great show, are
laughing at the antics and quarrels of
the performers. As Punch and Judy
combination, the Democrats in Congress
are decided success.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
Republicans ON Watch.

The present aspect of the Democratic
party in their fierce raid upon the gov
eminent offices requires that every Re-
publican should be on watch. 1t
would seem, from the many lodges
the Democratic leaders are making,
that principle with them is an after con-
sideration. Every measure so tar
brought forth by Democrats. either in
the Senate or the House of Represent
atiyes, points directly toward their
gaining control of the official patron
age of the government Any scheme
that can be concocted which has the
appearance of becoming popular with
the people, is at once adopted by the
keen scented Democrats and put forth
as measure calculated to anchor
ate the condition of the 'poor down
trodden voters of the United States.
These productions Of much thought on
the part of Democratic Office seekers
are made to adapt themselves to all To-
calities and all peoples. There is the
tariff and the anti-tariff leader in the
House; the educational and anti-educa-
tional leader; the bankruptcy-act and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS faction; the inter-
state traffic nfan and the anti-inter-state
traffic advocate; the silver coinage man
and the man who is opposed to the sill
ver-coinage measure; the postal tele-
graph advocate and the anti; and in
Vulnerable other measures which the
people of one section desire and to which
other sections are opposed. Whatever
proposition is brought before Congress,
Democrats are to be found who will adj
vocate its passage or oppose it, just as
the feelings of the people in different
sections are ascertained
This is system of political jugglery
known only TO the Democratic party;
but never before has it been so persist
emily worked as the present year, and
the Republicans cannot watch these
matters any too closely for their own
welfare. To gain the object of their
hearts-the federal patronage-it is
highly necessary that acquisitions to
the voting strength of the Democratic
party should be made; which strengt
they must necessarily obtain at the ex-
pense OF the Republicans. Hence their
many schemes by some of which they
hope To break the formidable columns
opposed to them. Let Republicans
beware of the bits of sop TINS thrown
out, and stand by the old party of right
and reform.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
The Family OuarreI.

An analysis of the vote on taking up
the Morrison horizontal Tariff bill, on
the Democratic side of the House, only
goes to show tibet the party is hopelessly
divided on the tariff question in what
are called the doubtful States. New
York is considered of some Importance
to the Democracy, and yet nine of her
twenty-one Democratic votes were cast
against considering the Morrison bill at
all, and it is not certain how many votes
would have been east if the question
hsd been on striking out its enactin 2
clause.
Next comes the pivotal state of Ohio,
which has thirteen Democratic votes,
and five of them were against consid-
GRAFTON. Pennsylvania cast eleven of
her twelve Democratic votes against
Mr.. Morrison. but Pennsylvania is Re-
publican anyhow, and both she and
Ohio have not cast an electoral vote foi.
a Democratic candidate for President in
a quarter of century. California threw
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
Mrs. Tannood.,s Cold nar.

MIR. Topnoody was buttoning up his
coat to go down town the other night,
and as he closed in with the fire he re-
marked to his wife:
MY dear, this terrible cold night"
Yes, Topnoody, quite cold enough
for sealskin sacque."
but, my dear, I don't think it will
last" he continued, not recognizing the
hint or the interruption.
No, don't think it will. In fact,
Topnoody, feel quite sure that by next
July there won't be enough frost in the
ground to kill potato bug"
My dear, you are getting to be real
funny, amt your"
"Oh, yes. I've been reading the funny
newspapers and have to do something
to dispel the gloom"
II think, my dear, that this is the
coolest weather ever experienced"
Possibly, Topnoody, but that is not
my experience"
mop Why, my dear, we have al
ways lived in this neighborhood, and I
certainly would remember any colder
weather than this"
uSA eaiS Wudt you fcucIuUers i
know what / know"
You were never any further north,
were you?"
"No.n
"Then, my dear, am sure you are
mistaken. have kept record of the
weather and know the temperature of
every day for the past thirty years, and
none is colder than this"
"There is one day you haven't record
ed, Topnoody, but I've got it down in
my mind and have had it there fresher
every hour since its occurrence"
And you are sure it was colder day
than this ?"
Yes, know it."
well, l like to know what day il
was, so can make note of it."
1T was the day, Topnoody, that
married you, and the more 1 think of il
and of you, the more 1 am convinced
that it was the coolest day in my life
and You know me well enough to know
that it is only on very cold day -
Good evening, said Topnoody, max
ing break for the door. Merchant
IraUeler.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01

four of her six Democratic votes against
the bill, and New Jersey, which voted
for Hancock and against Garfield in
1880, cast all her Democratic votes sol
idly against it. and arrayed herself like
stone wall in opposition to it. Con-
necticut is another State that usually
goes Democratic in the off years, but
her most experienced statesman on the
Democratic side, Mr.. Eaton, denounced
the bill as one of the most impolitic
measures that could be introduced
Turning from the doubtful States, we
find that the bill would have been indef-
initely postponed if the Democrats from
the reliable Republican States had not
voted solidly for it. Thus all the DEM
ocratic votes from Delaware, Iowa, Mas
sachusetts, Michigan and Wisconsin
were given in favor of consideration.
Hence we see that, If Mr.. Morrison had
depended alone ON the reliable Demo-
cratic States for support of his boomer
ang bill, it would never have been con-
sidered, but would have gone "where
the woodbine twineth. ~ Chicago Jour7a-
al.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
Bankruptcy Bill.

The Senate passed the bankruptcy
bill in substantially the same form as it
was introduced. 1t constitutes the sew
eral district courts of the United States
and the supreme court of the District
of Columbia courts of bankruptcy with
complete jurisdiction. Appeals on ques-
tons of law may be made to the circuit
courts, the decisions of which shall not
be reviewed by the supreme court ex-
cept upon disagreement between two
court judges. Commissioners of bank
ruptcy are to be appointed by the cir
cult courts, not TO exceed in each state
the number of members of congress to
which each state is entitled. A super
visor in bankruptcy shall also be APP
pointed in each judicial circuit who
shall give personal attention to ali pro-
ceediugs in his jurisdiction. Ii has long
been considered that bankruptcy law,
such law as would protect the creditor
as well as the debtor, should be passed.
Under the existing condition of business
the failures that have taken place have
worked great injustice to the creditors,
while, in many instances, the debtor
has come out of the wreck with well
filed pockets. The law passed by the
Senate, if concurred in by the House,
will fill long felt want
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
DESTROYING Cannibalism.

FIFTY years ago." said Earl Cairns.
at meeting of the Church Missionary
Society, "if man had been ship
wrecked on some of the islands of the
Pacific, he would have been killed,
cooked, and eaten; whereas, if man
were shipwrecked there now, he would
receive Christian hospitality. Miss
Gordon Cumming, who is not a mis-
sionary, and who did not write for the
purpose of CRYING up missions, de-
clared that, while in 1885 the people of
Fiji were cannibals, there are now
400 churches ard / 400 schools there.
Lady Brsssey writes that anybody who
wants TO sec the last traces of heathen-
ism in Japan had better go soon, as
they are rapidly giving place to Chris
tianity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
Every Man His Own Weather Prophet.


For all meteoric or storm observa-
tons on large bodies of land in the
temperate zone, fix yourself with face
looking toward the main sea or ocean.
Ii the wind is blowing in your face at
the rate of only four to eight miles an
hour rain is not apt to be present, as
the atmosphere will likely be expand
ing and absorbing water, and convert
ing it into vapor and holding it sus-
pended in the air until proper planetary
phenomena transpire.
If the wind is moving at the rate of
ten to fifteen miles an hour it is proba-
bly, passing to rain, hail or snow
storm further inland, and you will like
ly find the barometer falling.
If it is moving at the rate of twenty to
thirty miles an hour it is likely passing
further inland to o more violent rain,
hail or snow precipitation. If it is NOV
ing at the rate of forty to sixty miles an
hour it is probably blowing further in
land to a water-spout, hurricane or tor
nado, etc.
When you find the wind turned
around (about $50 degrees and blow
ing on your back, the storm has passed
you, and it is ON its way back toward
the sea, and you viii be apt to find the
barometer rising and temperature fall
ing.
If the wind turns partially around
about 80 degrees), and blows on your
left, the storm is then supposed to have
passed by your left on its way toward
the sea. If the wind should turn the
other way around (sbout 80 degrees),
and blow on your left and off your
right, then the storm is likely passing
by the way of your right toward the
sea. There is frequently kind OF
short lull in front of travelling storms.
There are mild local rains caused by
slow changing positions of the planets,
etc.
By noting these rules and watching
the barometer the course and severity
of storms may soon be tolerably well
understood, even for great distances
from the observer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
HUMOR.
MAKES tracks-The railroad hnild

MAKES tracks The railroad builder.
FINANCIAL circles SOD ,0OO,0
HE dentist is facile forceps in his
profession.
A NEWLY married Texas man shot his
bride while she was mixing her first
batch of biscuits. His plea in court
Will probably be self-defense.
YES" said he, apologetically, II
said the policeman was drunk; but did
not mean to state it as fact. / merely
made the remark on general princi-
pies"
A MISSIONARY tells story of Zulu
chief who embraced Christianity at
once when told it meant only one wife.
The tawny gentleman was in search of
peace.
The dynamite party" exclaimed
Mrs. Shoddy, who was reading over
the papers. .Dear me, Augustus, we'll
have to give one right away before
those Smiths hear of it. 1 wonder what
it's ike?"
A MAINE woman offered her husband
at auction, and no one bid. Then she
put up a billy goat, and $12 was
offered. Ever since, in talking with
the former, she puts this and that to-
gether.
LORD BRADFORD was an eccentric
Scotch Judge, with bad-tempered
wife. His butler determined 20 leave
because Lady Bradford was always
scolding him. "Why," exclaimed the
Judge, we've little to complain; We
may be thankful ye're not married to
her."
FARMER: Looking for work, Ell?
What can you do?' Tramp: "Well,
don't want to brag. I'm kind O. deli
cate. Hard work don't agree with me;
but, for sittin' down in cornfield and
scarin' crows away, there amt no one
can beat me"
HEY, old man, what's the matter with
you? Somebody dead?" For Great
SCOTS sake don't detain me. I'm in an
awful hurry. I've got to get home"
lis your wife or children sick? Why,
man alive, you are as pale as ghost"
i know am. I've reason to be; but
ct me go" and he rushed up the street
like maniac. Presently he returned
with his hands in his pockets, his hat
arranged jauntily on one side of his
head, peaceful, happy look on his
face, and from his lips came the tuneful
strains of "Oh, I'm Daisy" Il beg
your pardon, old man, but had no
lime to lose; let's smile" And over
glass of beer he confded to his friend
that he had given the coat he had been
wearing for several months to his wife
TO sew on button and had forgotten to
irst look through the pockets. "But 1
was just in time" he said, with heart
telt sigh, and his friend, who was ben
sdict himself, pressed his hand earnestly
and they parted.-Philadelphia Call.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01

that that commission was put up by
the Democrats to render a previously
made decision in favor of S. j. Tilden;
it is also very well known that the
scheme would have gone through as in
tended, had it not been that uninten-
tionally and unaccountably one honest
Democrat was pat upon the commission.
Judge David Davis, who refused to par
ticipate in the gigantic fraud which his
colleagues had determined to perpetrate
upon this Nation. Knowing all this.
why do the Democrats continually bring
up this attempted revolutionary and
anarchial crime of their partyp
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
Land Birds In Mid-0cean.

The appearance of some of the small
er varieties of migratory birds, such as
sparrows, swallows, doves, etc, several
hundred miles away from the nearest
land is by no means an unusual occur
renee on the ocean. About these little
erratic visitors there are some curious
and interesting facts. Their appear
ance is almost always one at a time,
though / have known a considerable
number, representing perhaps, as many
different varieties, to accumulate in the
course of day. 1t is usually, though
not always, in stormy or unsettled
weather. The first curious fact about
these birds is that they never appear
to be tired out: whereas birds are often
met with near the land with their
strength quite exhausted. A second
curious fact about them is their prefer
natural tameness where there is no dog
or cat on board, and the crew show no
disposition to modest them, as exhib-
tied by their apparently seeking, rather
than avoiding, the presence of man.
Another curious fact about them is the
recovery of all their native wildness and
their instructive avoidance of mans
presence on approaching the land.
The first time ] noticed this fact was
with pair Of olive-colored ring-doves,
which. from their remarkable tameness
and familiarity, l was led to believe had
been born in domestic state, and, per-
haps, en- shipboard. kept them in
the skyhght in the cabin, where they
seemed to be quite contented; but, on
approaching the land, they became
the widest of the wild. One of
them escaped and flew away.
succeeded in taking the other into
port, where gave it its liberty.
Now. | am certain that these birds
could not have been appraised of the
approach to the land through the me-
dunn of any of their ordinary senses.
This curious circumstance led me TO
notice more particularly the conduct Of
other varieties of these little wanderers
upon the ocean so far from their native
habitat, and find that they nearly all
exhibit, to greater or less extent, the
same curious character stics.-Er.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
Growing Efeminaey of the parisians.

At gala dinners the dishes are sur
rounded with garlands Of odorless
flowers, as also the plates. When shall
we adopt the Roman custom of guests
decorating their heads with wreaths
flowers? The crue. stands now tax
the form of a wheelbarrow, and Cupid
roll along the tahle-cloth. The bill g
fare is engraved on leaf of ivory in
red or black Gothic letters, with sea.
of red coral hanging from white moip
ribbon. Ladies' are Supplied with !
crystal fiagon of perfume when game is
served. -faris letter in the Hoods
tom7a Register.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01

here is sharp competition between
Gne several ocean steamship lines for
emigrant passengers between Europe
and New York. The White Star Steam
ship Line last week reduced steerage
rates from this country to Europe to Sl8.
The rate from the old country remains
at S21. The Cunard, the Guion, the
Inman and the Anchor Lines made a
corresponding reduction. The State
Line agents offer Storage tickets at $50
from Europe and at $l7 from New York
to Europe. They say that, if the other
lines reduce Sc either way, they will
sell for So. 1t is said the German lines
contemplate further reductions in their
rates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01

That the Republican pariyls respon-
sible tor the greatest crime ever perpe-
trated since the foundation of our gov
eminent, VIZ; the theft of the Presiden-
CIV. no one will deny. 1t cannot be hid
behind the tail of the bloody shirt Re-
porter.
There it goes again. 1t is very well
known that the electoral commission,
which declared Hayes duly elected Pres
;dent of the United States. was appoint
ed at the instance Of a Democratic Con-
ores. Il is known that upon that COM
mission there were eight Democrats
aud seven Republicans; it is known
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01

a TRADEsMAy having bought door
nat with the word salve (welcome) IN
the center, country relative, on seeing
The mat. remarked: Il say, Cousin
John, what kind of a salve is that you
advertise ON Your door mat?7
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-01
A Recent Dee;sion.

The Postoffice Department has de-
cided that the mere fact Of person
taking from q postofice newspaper
sent to him without being ordered from
the publisher does not make the re-
cipient liable for payment of the same.