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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23
THAT CLUSTERING DISPATCH.

The dismissal of the Blaine-SentimeI
libel suit by the plaintiff, as announced
in THE HERALD few days ago, makes
the republication of his sensational dis
patch of August 14th apropos at this
time 1t will be borne in mind that
newspapers quite generally, without re-
gard to party, believing that Mr.. Blaine
was in earnest and acting in good faith,
applauded his course and hoped that he
would make the editor who had libeled
him and his family smart severely, it
being rightly held that no political cam
paign could justify the invention
of so malicious a SANDER. 1t
soon dawned upon the people
however, that perhaps it was no libel,
but absolute truth that the Sentinel had
published, and that may be Blaine's
clustering telegram and his pretended
indignation, were simply buncombe,
intended to help him politically, he in
reality being guilty as charged. and
never intending to prosecute the action
beyond the institution of the
suit. This latter impression grew
stronger and stronger, and was finally
confirmed when Blaine's insulting let
ter was made public. Here is the
original telegram; in the shadow of
Blaine's course since it was written it is
mighty interesting reading:
BAR HARBoR, Ne, August Il.
Colonel II. Il. HoIl01c0y:
have this morning received the afro
cious libel of the Indianapolis Sentinel.
It is utterly and abOminably false in
every statement and in every implica-
ton. Political SANDER l do not stop to
notice, but this editor assails the honor
of my wife and my children. l desire |
you, without an hours delay, to en- /
ploy proper counsel, and have the re-
sponsible publisher of the Sentinel sued /
for libel in the United States District |
Court of Indiana. 1t is my only |
remedy. I am sure that honorable /
Democrats alike with honorable Repub- I
licans will justify me in defending the /
honor OF my family if need be with my /
life.
(Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23

THE ALEXANDRIA (Va.,) Gazette
NEARLY seven hundred divorce suits are
in progress in the courts of Chicago,
and more than that number in Phila-
delphia. And yetit is in those cities,
and in New England, where the ratio of
divorce to marriage is even greater, that
the MOrmons are the most abused.
The permaHence of the marriage tie is
the sheet anchor of society'S morals;
but it is in that section of the country
VIII Ii complains SO much about the
morals of the other sections, that the
least possible permanence is given to
that tie. Much better for the State
would the Mormon practice be than
this custom OF tandem" marriages to
which reference is made"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23
The CONTROVERSY between Gen.

The CONTROVERSY between Gen. Sher.
man and Jefferson Davis has resulted
somewhat to the discontinue of the
general, while the chieftain of the Con-
federacy has certainly lost nothing, if
indeed he has not gained something.
Gen. Sherman, though a sagacious and
able soldier, has shown in his efforts to
further humiliate Davis, that he has an
abundance of that quality rarely found
outside of old women's sewing circles of
resorting to thas mischievous nuisance,
"they say" He cannot prove what he
alleges, and having made charges which
he is unable to substantiate, they natu-
rally rebound against him. 1t would
have been mNch better for the general
if he had let the fallen statesman re-
main PROSTATE.
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THE APoTHEoSIs OF CHRIST: or, the New
Marriage. BY Charles Stuart Welles.
New York: Charles Stuart Welles.
The author has some ideas about re-
form in the marriage and divorce laws
of the country being necessary, and in
this little book he seeks to express those
ideas. He proposes that every mar
riage be publicly acknowledged before
notary public, and be duly recorded,
thereby preserving evidence of mar
riage, enabling sheirs to trace positive
ancestry, preventing false evidence of
bogus marriages, and doing various
things which the author thinks essen
tial to the correction of the evils of the
loose and irregular spstem.
The work is interesting chiefly as ex-
hibiting the crankiness of the author,
and the crudity of his views.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23

An EXCHANGE remarks that 'Lieuten
ant Dannenhower brought home to his
mother a knit bed-spread, that he
bought of young Siberian girl not
quite finished" The lieutenant should
have brought the girl along also, as an
unfinished girl would prove rare Curl
Osity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23
Bargains ! Bargains I!

Gentlemen wishing to save money
should buy their Furnishing Goods at
the daily Auction Sale. at
BAMBERGER & Co.'s,
South of Postoffice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23
ARRIVE CLOSE.
MAILS.

The above is standard mountain time.
JOHN T. LYNCH,
Postmaster.
SALT Lake City. Utah. December Sd, 1884.
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The MAILS.

Arrivals and Departures-SaIt Lake
City POstoffiee.
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MiSCELLAN EOUS
Holiday Presents !!


N0ME AND SEE THE VARIETY OF
" Furniture and Upholstery. Two car
loads now unlOaded, suitable for all people,
in all varieties and conditions of life.
There is the smallest Rocker to gladden. the
heart of "a child, as well as the comfortable
Library, Reading or Office Chair for the
business man, and the Patent Rocker for
ripe matrons and the comfortable Easy
Chair for the venerable patriarch. Z FAIL
kinds of Bedroom and ParlOr Furniture,
Pictures and Feathers, for people setting
up housekeeping. Come and see, and be
convinced that the cheapest and best place
to buy Holiday Presents is at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23
30 SCAR Given Away

No Soap Given Away
With Spanish Clippings" Smoking To-
bacco, as when once tested it will sell
without premiums thrown in, and the
price, soc. per pound, is within the reach
of all. For sale by
SAM LEVY,
Cigar Manufacturer.
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publishers, and w. F. Raybould has it
on sale at his book store, this city.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON. By oliver Wen
dell Holmes. Boston, HOughtOn, Mifilin i
Co.; Salt Lake; James Dryer. Price Sl-25.
This is the newest volume in that
most popular series, American
Men of Letters that is being
published by the same firm, the
other volumes in the series already out
being Washington Irving, Noah Web
ster, Henry D. Thoreau, George Ripley
Fenimore Cooper and Margaret Fuller
Ossoli. 1t is a labor of love for Dr..
Holmes to write OF his friend Emerson
and in this brief review of grand and
baauteous life, the former has given fair
but not full scope to his great admira-
ton. The work is divided into
periods. each illustrative Of events and
sentiments and characteristics OF the
poet-philosopher. Copious extracts are
made from the writings of Emerson, and
what Will please the reader most is the
fact that these are largely of the intel
Ggible and therefore, better parts of Mr..
Emerson's works. The book is bio
graphical in character, yet it is charm
ingly literary. The American Men of
Letters Series" is edited by Charles
Dudley Warner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23

Gold ThimbleS, Diamond Ear Rings.
Silver Thimbles, Diamond Shirt Studs.
Gold TOothpicks, Diamond Collar But
Gold Pencils tons.
Gold Pens q Holders Gold Watches
Gold Lace Pins, Silver Watches,
Silver Lace Pins, Nickel Watches,
l k Solid Gold Rings, French Clocks, with
ISk Solid Gold Rings, gongs,
Amethyst Rings, American Clocks, with
Topaz Rings, gOngs
Pearl Rings, Gold Spectacles.
opal Rings, Silvef Spectacles,
Garnet Rings. Steel -pectacles,
Turquoise Rings, Opera Glasses,
Ruby Rings. Field Glasses,
Emerald Rings, Sterling SilverWare.
Diamond Rings, Fine Silver plated
Diamond Lace Pins. Ware,
Fine Line OF Candelabras and Sconces in
brass.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23

Stokes & Allen, New York, are the
publishers, and w. F. Raybould has it
on sale at his book store, this city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23

RALPH WALDO EMERSON. By Oliver Wen
dell Holmes. Boston; HoughtOn. Mifilin i
Co.; Salt Lake; James DWyer. Price. Sl.25.
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600 900. The gain in 20 years has
been 200 per cent The progress of
the United States since the Repub-
lican policy was adopted has been
such as no other great nation ever
has attained, since the morning stars
first sang together. Reckoning the
same items for both, Mr.. Mulhall es-
Inmates the wealth of Great Britain
at $44 900 900 900, and our wealth at
$40 200, 900 900. III the census items
only be included on each side, the
British aggregate falls below $40
600 ,000, 900. Upon any mode of com
putation, the United States is now
the richest nation on earth, But it
is rich because the people are rich.
Great fortunes are few. The policy
of the nation prevents great landed
estates. The entire soil of Great
Britain is owned by 100000 per-
sons. In this country not less than
1000, 900, own farms, and not less
than 100000, own land. With
in ten consecutive years we have
sold abroad over SIS ,518 600 900 worth
of the products of domestic agricul-
ture alone. In other words, every
acre of improved land has brought
to us from Europe more than So a
year, besides all the products which
have fed and clothed 50.000,0 900 of
our own people,"
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COL. WARD III. LAMON.

From the optic, published at
Las Vegas, San Miguel county,
New Mexico, we learn that our
valued friend, Col. Ward H. La
mon has been sojourning at that
place and is highly spoken Of us
a proper person for Governor Of
New Mexico. The optic says:
awhile at the springs, Col.
Lamon took the mud baths and
had portion of his foot amputa-
ed, and his physicians are conf
dent that he is now permanently
cured. His disease was senile
gangrene.
He leaves the springs having
great faith in the waters and
baths and thanking everyone who
has aided him during his illness
and in making his convalescent
hours pass pleasantly.
Col. Lamon is in the vigor of
manhood, he possesses the requi-
site Jeffersonian qualities, and he
would give us a good, clean, able
administration, therefore THE OP-
TIC would like to see him New
Mexico's next governor.
We are certainty glad to learn
that the Colonel has recovered his
health which we hope he may pos
sess and enjoy for many, many
years, and for the honorable posi-
ton Of Governor or any other
position of honor and trust the
best wishes of the INDEPENDENT
and his host of friends here will
always attend him.
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BEECHER'S FAITH IN THE
Nh COMMA NDMENT.

Mr.. Beecher, a preacher, and
the author Of a work entitled the
"Life Of Christ, made the follow
ing appeal to vice IN his recent
speech in Brooklyn. He said
"If psery man IN NJ y. State,
4cjlo hos broken the seUenh Com
mandment once, ttrice or thrice
acoutd cote for Ctereland he would
haze a majority Of 200, O00.''
What an unclean place must be
the Plymouth pulpill Contrast
the above with the following:
Least Of all do we want that
women shall direct half-yotes or
whole votes for the election Of
Grover Cleveland to be President.
1t would be bad to have it truely
said that the pure women of
America placed man in the
White House whose presence
there shut out all women for the
four years to follow -Rer. Ed
acard Hale's letter to The LADIES' Of
the Womon's National Christian
Temperance Union.
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DON'T BE A FOOL.

The great excitemant Of the
political campaign will soon van
ish. If your party should not
win, don't turn fool and commit
suicide. Yelling stumpers and
shrieking organs are mere wind
bags that are not needed by think
ing voters, and have but slight
relation to the cyclone force of
the silent yet irresistible mass of
intelligent, determined thought
and action. The sun will shine,
the rain fall, the earth produce,
flowers bloom, there will be births
and deaths, mirth and grief, and
the ceaseless grind of the world
go on into centuries and ages just
as surely after Tuesdays contest
as now, and the American Re-
public will continue to live, sur
vive and burp contending parties.
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The Railroad War.

The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company is supported by the
Courtin it's refusal to transport
the cars of the Baltimore and
Ohio Company, provided that it
allows full thirty days from
the first service of notice, on
October 3, before putting its re-
fusal into effect. Mr.. George
Shiras, of Pittsburg, argued that
the Pennsylvania. Railroad was
bound to transport the cars of
the Baltimore and Ohio Company,
because it is a common highway
for the transportation of persons
and property, but the Court
thought this was too wide reach
ing and important proposition to
be settled on an application for
an injunction, and, without pass
ing upon it, refused to entertain
it at this time.
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"You need no labored defence of
a protection policy. 1t defends it.
self as it defends your labor. No
argument for it can be so powerful
as a bare recital of what it has done.
In twenIy-four years it has lifted
this nation past France, past Ger
many, past England, to the position
of the richest, the most powerful and
the most prosperous nation of the
world. In 1860, according to the
census, the wealth of this country
amounted to SIC 900, 900, 900, but
therein the value of slaves as prop
erty was included, and the Republi-
can policy has made slave property
no longer. Exclusive of that item
the wealth of the country in 1860
was Sl4, 500 100000. But in 1880,
according To the estimate prepared
by the Census Bureau, it is $43, 600,-
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THE POLITICAL RUNNER.

The political hummer hangs
around candidates and commit
tees. He winks and blinks and
always knows just what is going
to happen. He is man of infu-
ence, the usual extent of which is
to influence money out Of the
committees treasury or the can
didate's pocket into his grasping
palm. They do not flourish as
they once did, but every commu-
nifty has a few left, but their days
of responsibility has vanished.
They are now recognized as dead
beats.
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WORTH READING.
PROTECTION AND THE FARMERS

PROTECTION AND THE FARMERS.
Hon. VIM. NJ. Grosvener has
always been a student of political
economy, the science Of govern
ment and the development of the
best interests of the governed.
For many years of his life he was
q thorough free trader in princi-
pie and was the author of the
most readable book upon that
subject ever written in this coun-
try. Now, in his ripper experience,
in the wisdom of added years, he
renounces his free trade doctrines
and adopts the more reliable
principles of protection and we
presume he understands these
questions as well, if not better
than most of those who discuss
them. In u recent address in
Philadelphia, he summed up his
remarks as follows:
"If statistical details were not
tiresome to an audience, | would
compare the wages and the cost of
living here and in England. Let me
make five statements, for any one of
which L have here the proofs, if this
audience desires to hear them,
81. The average wages Of labor
are 60 per cent. higher here than in
Great Britain.
50. The same qualities of food
which this country consumes, cost
ing in New York $50 for each per-
son will cost in London over S55.
"3. The British taxes on liquors
| and tobacco, make the cost OF the
! quality which our people consume
greater in England than the cost
here by about So per person. Great
| Britain takes care to put taxes where
her own people will have to pay the
| whole of them, so as not to lose Gus.
toners. That is British free trade.
We are glad to put taxes where the
British manufacturers shall pay as
much of them as possible.
"a. The cost OF all other articles
entering into consumption hereof
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SATURDAY, NOV, l, 1884.
QUESTIONS or ELIGIBIL-
tn "

Tt is a conceded fact that q
Postmaster or a member Of the
Legislature is ineligible as pres
idential elector. Members Of the
Legislature are also disqualified
for the position Of Postmaster Of
first. second and third-class Off
ces. Hon (?) George +. Evans is
a member of the legislature o.
West Virginia. If the Governor
should convene that body now,
he would constitute one of it's
members and be one Of its actors,
or at least drawer'of per diem
and mileage. Is he not therefore
illegally and contrary to usage
and established precedent, hold
ing the office of Postmaster of
Martinsburg, which is third
class office? One of the objec-
tons urged against Cleveland IN
addition to bastardy is, that as
Sheriff he was q hangman, but if
he executed any person he did it
by authority Of and in accordance
with law. George +. waited an
hour for the band to play and
Tolliver to pray, Though it is
said minister acted as chaplain)
in midnight's solemn hour, and
that without any process of law,
still the accidental Mr.. Arthur
made him, although a member of
the legislature, Postmaster of
Martinsburg. If this is republi-
can doctrine, don't call Cleveland
hangman. The Hon. Daniel b.
Lucas has been elected a member
Of the Legislature from Jefferson
county. He is an elector on the
the democratic ticket. If this
State should go for Cleveland,
land we hope it will not) will the
technical question of ineligibility
be raised to prevent his casting
his vote in the electoral returns !
: Suppose the result should hinge
on one uote what then? Ofcourse
Evans friends would claim that
the Legislature having adjourned
he, by intent, relinquished his of
flee of legislator, and on the re-
verse Of the proposition, Mr.. Lu-
cas- will claim that his office does
not become effective until he is
sworn in, but the proposition re-
mains one of legal privilege.
Which is correct?
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VICTORIOUS.

The supplemental, illegal as
sessment, preservers of respect
for Supreme Court of West Vir-
ginia party, are again victorious.
Mr.. Lewis Baker is without a pa
per. The Register is no longer
controlled by the man who voted
his personal sentiments. They
bought him out and right well
they paid him for his indepen.
dence. Sixty thousand dollars
for the Register plant, exclusive
of real estate, and all for voting
for Flick and Brown for Supreme
Judges. Honesty is the best pol.
icy, Bro. Baker, and it paid that
time, although the party gang
seem to have thought it best to
''turn the rascal out" That is
the kind of reformation that pays
There are numbers of democratic
Flick and Brown voters down
here who want to be turned out
some too. Send the paymasters
along.
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IAND > 10 n EMF ~
TORT A FALSE STATEMENT.
Mrs. Maria Halpin has sworn to the
following affidavit, made after Mr..
Beecher's attack upon her character
last week. 1t is stated that she was
unwilling to go before the public until
her character was assailed by Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher:
State of NeW York, County Of Vest
chester: Maria b. Halpin, being duly
sworn, says That / reside at New Eo-
chelle, in the county Of Westchester,
state aforesaid. l am the person whose
name has been published in connection
with that of Grover Cleveland as the
mother of his son. L have been induced
to remain silent while the disgrace and
sufferings brought upon me by Grover
Cleveland have been discussed and crit
icised by the public and the press, and
l would most gladly remain silent even
now but for the duty which lowe to my
aged and afflicted father, my children
and my sisters, to whom my troubles
were unknown until made public by
publication few months ago. My
duty to these relatives and to those
friends who knew me before my ac-
quaintance with Grover Cleveland,
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A Republican procession was
forming at La Crosse, Wis, when
its leader, f. A. Burton, president
of the Blaine and Logan club of
that city, was suddenly shot dead
by man known as "Scotty," who
fired seven shots in rapid succession,
nearly every one taking effect.
"Scotty" was hurried to the jail, but
an immense crowd battered down
the doors, took the murderers out
and hanged him.
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Not Fit to BE President.
New York Sun Ind. DEM

In the midst of the strange
features and perplexing uncer-
tainties of this novel canvass one
fact became apparent at the be-
ginning and remains as undeni-
able and positive at the close.
This fact is that Grover Cleve-
land is not fit to be president.
He is not qualified morally, intel
lectually or politically.
Forest fires have burned over a
large space and done much damage
in several Mississippi counties.
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WHEELING, w. VA, October 80
The official result will not be
known until January LIST. All
the counties are notreported, but
enough is known to fix the Demo-
cratic majority at not to exceed
400.
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A Question Of Religion, Of
Morals. of Decency.
TNe BuHalo ScQndal.

MARIA HALPIN'S AFFIDAvIT-CLEVE-
LANDS AGENTS ATTEMPT TO En-
TORT A FALSE STATEMENT.