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From Ransom.

RANSOM, Nov 14.-G. ID. Hill, of Kins-
man. was in town Wednesday night.
p. N. Weber Is as happy as q live tur-
kew after Thanksgiving, beCause-Cl eve-
is elected!
N. Mcintyre shipped a carload of hogs to
Chicago last week.
The Republicans admit that Nov 4th
was cold day for Blaine.
George Shear has won the Rose Of his
affection and on Tuesday was united In
marriage to Miss Rose Helbling by Squire
Painter of StreatOr. The happy couple went
south on wedding tour. Congratulations.
The Ransom school captured premium
on work shown at the State Fair. 1t Is the
best common school in the county. The
maps were beauties and the class may well
feel proud of their diploma. But while the
scholars are proud OF their success, they re-
gret that the ono who urged them on In the
good work Is not present to share the plea
sure with them. Yet in the far of Cornell
University he may rest assured that the
name of their beloved teacher, I'll. Brunk.
will be ever twined in their palm wreaths
of victory. 20
J.P Clark is doubly happy: the demo
Gratis won, and it's girl! Call her Belva.
II. s. Cate was in Streator on Monday to
get a marriage license--for another fellow,
but it took Bob so long to get back that the
other fellow went after him. He finally
overlook Bob and his "death warrant" and
is now happy; but Bob says he won't get
any more licenses for other fellows.
RANSOM, Nov. 19.-Mr. John Devaney
and wife, of Seneca, were in town last
week.
One of the town kids undertook to
thump country Jake, as he called him,
Saturday night, but got so badly left that
he won't be apt to try it again
Mr.. Vernon has built a grain office north
of the Nassau house.
Walter Smalley fell from q wagon last
Thursday, cutting his face badly and broke
one of the bones of his leg. DR.. Brown
was called and under his care Walter is in
u fair way of recovering.
Miss Aggie O'Hara is visiting friends In
Streator.
Mrs. s. Cleal is entertaining some Ottawa
friends.
Mrs. Frank Schoenhafer is home from
Ames, Iowa, and will commence teaching
in Ransom, Monday
Miss Nellie Devine called on her Seneca
friends last week. U. CuTY.
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There is strong movement on foot
among the Democrats of New York TO send
Conkling to the L. s. Senate in place OF
Senator Lapham, whose term expires ON
the 4th of March. But thirteen votes In
the New York legislature, in addition to
the democratic vote are necessary TO effect
Conkling's election, and as there are sup
posed TO be some % stalwarts among the
republican members, the plan looks feast.
BILE. While no one claims that Conkling Is
ANYTHING but a republican, he Is yet an up
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From Dimmick.
DIMMIcK, ILL.,, Nov. 20, Is

Cool
Fine weather.
Bring on that hat
In full blast-rural schools.
How is your pocket book since the cleo
ton?
Does the new hat fit you or the other
fellow?
Timothy Corners has secured r. r. pO-
sition for the winter
Many of eur farmers are through husk-
ing, OF will fin III this week.
Will Warrick, Of Waltham, was in town
first of last week. Robert Moores residence
will testify to that effect.
viii II. Henner has been ensged to teach
in Dimmick Center this winter.
Since our last writing Henry Miller and
A. R. Moore spent . few days in Chicago,
combining business and pleasure.
Charlie Bowman, formerly ofTroy Groye,
and principal of the village schools, but late
of Ohio, has charge of the nrchins in District
No. | this winter.
Mrs. Henry Weygsndt left short time
since to visit friends in Kansas.
Supervisor Doyle and Mo ssrs. Thomas and
Michael Lyons and George Murphy are in
Chicago this week rs witnesses on the DE
Dillon law suit,
H. Cuthbertson made trip to the Garden
City" this week to attend the Fat Stock
show. and also attend to the sale of a car
load of stock which he shipped Monday
Guy Simpson entered upon his duties as
school master in district No. 3, Troy Grove,
last Monday.
WIN. II. Farrall, of the La Sale Democrats
Press, passed through our town last Satur-
day, en- route for Ophir,
John Doyle recently made trip to Chica-
90 with two car loads of stock for his father
lie spent few hours viewing the city.
F. s. Gibbs and wife are in Chicago this
week attending the fat stock show.
Messrs. John and Pat Connerton recently
shipped some fine cattle to Chicago.
Thomas Weldon, a genial young butcher
of Dimmick City, has rented Dick Moloney
place for the coming year.
The Moriarty Bros. have the boss corn OF
this section, 100 acres that will average Az
bushels per acre.
Miss Woods has again opened her school
in district No 6, Dimmick for the winter
term.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church IN
the, village next Sunday afternoon, az
o. clock, Nov. 90. by Rev. Pollock, OF Men
dota.
Our popular r. R. boss, Simon Barry, has
lust recovered from severe attack OF ina
larial fever.
Dick Porter and George Ransbarger have
lust completed the contract Of hauling big
lot of stone for a bridge now in construction
across Spring creek, near Adam Deitrick's s,
School commenced in district No. z, Brush
College. last Monday, under the manage
ment of Ross Moore.
Quarterly meeting will be held in the Bap'
tist church in Homer this week, commencing
Friday evening and continue over the Sab
bath.
Deacon Butler, of Ottawa, was here las'
week Misunderstanding with his many friends
lie was the guest of o. A. Andrews during
his stay.
There will be an oyster supper given IN
Homer next Tuesday evening, Nov, 10Th. by
the Sunday school. Come and have good
social time.
Hardy Mclaughlin writes from Hope, Da
kota, that he expects to be home about tn.
10Th of next month. Hardy. you are evel
welcome.
Charles Robinson returned home from
Chicago last Saturday. Charles has beer
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The "mugwumps," or Independent Re.
publicans, OF Boston were cOnspicuously
spiteful and contemptuous in their treat
ment of the "Tattooed Knight" of Maine
Cleveland's majority in that city is 1916
while Robinson, the Republican candidate
for governor, was beaten but 4,0O7 and got
5000 more votes than Blaine. Had the But,
Ter vote been cast for Cleveland, Blaine
would have been beaten in Massachusetts.
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1t is coming to be generally agreed
among the Republicans that Blaine's selec-
ton of Steve Elkins as chief manager OF
his campaign was great blunder. Johnny
Davenport, who is understood TO know
pretty well what are the qualifications of a
good campaigner, says that "Elkins hasn't
got sense enough to run tramps' lodging
house in the BOwery'
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attending Bryant & STATIONS Commercial
School for two or three months past in the
city.
George Ransbarger thinks Homer property
is good investment. &c has purchased
the Skies property for $3.50.
We are sorry 70 report that Frank Reed,
one of Homer's most enterprising citizens,
has been confined to his bed for week past,
and at the present writing is very i'll.
Warrants were issued Monday Of last week
for the arrest of two parties in East Dim
mick for illegal voting. The boys were
warned Sunday morning and made good
their escape before the officer arrived at the
place where they had been. working. 1t
seems the boys had only been in the State
eight months. Nj. r. A.
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Vicinity Items.

Col Plumb was $40 votes behind his
ticket in the district. IN,
Adolph Korp, Peru miner, was killed
nv fail OF rock ON Friday last
The fair for ST. Patrick's church, La
Sale. realized between $4,000 and $4,000.
The Dem Press says ii Is estimated that
from $1,000 to $4,000 changed hands in
La Sale on election bets.
The Aurora Beacon is informed that work
IN the Joliet, Aurora and Northern K. X,
has commenced in Joliet on the right OF
way through that city.
Our old friend John Barton, OF Eagle,
was elected county commissioner Of ms
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Wheeling was witness to an unusually
funny wheelbarrow scene on Monday ast the
result of IN election bet. Richard Henry,
having lost, wheeled David koerner from
Tenth street to Tweny.third. Preceding
the wheelbarrow was a brass band, man
with gigantic pretzel, and another lead
ing goat with fancy trappings. About
five thousand citizens witnessed the sport.
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The Continental Hotel at Fargo Dakota,
took fire at 3 o'clock on Monday morning
and was burned to tie ground. II was a
large, showy, three-story wooden structure,
and burned like finder. There were about
100 guests in the building at the time, with
% servants, &C, all of whom escaped,
though many of them in almost nude
condition. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000.
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right and Thoroughly honest man, and could
be relied upon In the senate to favor many
non partisan reforms which a partison big
OF would oppose. The Albany Argus, the
New York World, and many other infiuen.
tial democratic papers In the state are
"bOemingn the movement.
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man as follows

This was politically about as the vote
stood in the same precinct between Blaine
and Cleveland, and left Brand in the posi-.
ton of dropping few votes behind his
party strength instead of running largely
ahead of it, as from his great personal pop
ularity he was expected to do. BY the re,
turns as published Leman was elected by
39s majority On close inspection of the
returns on Tuesday, however, and compa-
rison of the figures with the tally sheets, it
was discovered that Brand had received 412
votes and Leman 220, the figures 2 and lin
the hasty footing on the night after the
election having been carelessly reversed.
The correction, instead of leaving Leman's
majority 302, gives Brand 10 majority in
the district
The importance of the discovery is Obyi-
Gus from the fact that the election of Brand
instead of Leman gives the Democrats a
majority of one in the Illinois state senate,
as they have an indisputable majority OF
one in the house, and thus gives them a
majority of two on joint ballot, insuring the
election of a democrat to the United States
senate in place of John A. Logan.
OF course the Republicans will insist on
Leman's contesting Brands election, hut
as the officers of the election precinct in
dispute were republicans and the tally
sheets appear to be perfectly clean and
straight, it is hard to see where a basis can
be found for charge of fraud. The board
of canvassers will undoubtedly give the GER
titicate of election to Brand, though Gov.
Hamilton may refuse in his proclamation
to name him as one of the senators elected.
His exclusion in that way from his seat AT
the opening of the senate would be an out
rage Gov Hamilton will hardly venture to
commit. Yet it would only leave the sen
ate an impractcable tie, while the one ma
iority in the house would still leave the de
mocrats in control on joint ballot Upon
the whole, the closely balanced condition of
parties in the Illinois Legislature promises
to its next session extraordinary interest
and excitement,
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THE LEGISLATURE.

There was a decided sensation in pOliti-
teal circles at Chicago on Tuesday Oh the
discovery, in the slow progress of the work
of the Cook county board of election can
vassers, that Rudolph Brand, democrat, was
elected state senator In the sixth district,
instead of Henry W. Leman, to whom the
published returns had conceded the cleo.
ton. The mistake that reverses the genel-
ally supposed result was discovered in the
returns of the second precinct of the 18th
ward, in which Mr.. Brand resides and
where he is admitted to he personally very
popular. The hitherto published returns
had stated the vote between Brand and le-
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ol.zef 7. MORTON q ploomlngton.

Correspondence Of the Indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, Aug "a Last night Oliver T.
Morton spoke to very large assembly from the
union stand, making one of the best and most
argumentatiye addresses that a Bloomington
audience has listened to. His remarks on the
tariff were in plain words, but the manner in
which he covered the ground was worthy an
older head. SO much was our efficient chair
man, Hon. w &. Browning, pleased with his
effort, that he has been invited to return, in
October, to speak to the farmers. Maj Grubbs
the Republican candidate for Congress, is to
speak here on Saturday next, and James
Wood the Irish miner, on the night of Septem-
Der 5; also, NJ. NJ. Dunlap. On Monday night
Sept 8, Col John S. Wise, of Virginia is to be
here, Colonel Wise graduated from the Indiana
University during the presidency Of Andrew
Wylie, and will be likely to be favored with a
splendid audience.
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Bands of carpet bagging or other fabric fas-
tened around the trunks of apple trees with a
single long lack viii catch many apple worms
Examine weekly and kin.
There is quite difference between the hogs
that are raised for food and those intended for
soap grease II is not matter of rejoicing to
kill a porker Of quarter Of ton in weight.
When the blackberry and raspberry crops are
off, cut away the canes that have borne fruit
The new stems Of blackberries should be stopped
when five feet high; those Of raspberries at three
OF four feet.
The way to have radishes, as they should be,
is to put in small amount Of seed each week
until too late TO SOW them. By pursuing this
method they may be had in a crisp, tender state
until autumn is we'll advanced.
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ers Tor idlersl, were put into execution,
wouldn't that lessen just in the ratio
that men left the wheel, and the spindle, and
hammer and took to the pillow. the drill and the
reaper the consumers of our landl And is it not
true that if you lessen the home requirements
that you thereby increase the export trade-the
sale OF the oyerplus in foreign martsl And
stand and what kind of competition we would
encounter in our export sales9
Let us be careful The hope of the consumer
ana the hope OF the producer is alike embodied
home productions. We consume so per cent. Of
all our productions as it Is Let us continue to
legislate in this wise and safe manner hoping
in our own country for the remaining 10 per
cent Let us depend upon ourselves. Let
Americans live and move and have their being
in Americas behalf. This is the only true and
wise and safe policy. Let US be careful of our
own. v. II. MONROE.
SEYMOUR, Aug %
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SPORTING MATTERS.


The Brighton Beach Races Furnish Fine
Days Sport
New York, Aug. %. AT Brighton Beach to-
day the weather was delightful, the track good
and the attendance heavy
The first race for twoyear-Old maidens, three
fourths of a mile Preciani won; Janet's Pride
second Machere third Time 1I9
The second race: selling allowances a mile
and furlong Plunger won; Bullshead second,
Shelby Barns third. Time, 1871,
The third race selling allowances mile and a
furlong, Dan K, won easily by length; Matte
Rapture second, Little Dan third Time, 1854.
The fifth race, Marden stakes, for two-year
olds, three-quarteIs of mile, Minnie Warren was
never headed and won Sam Walton second;
Thunderbolt third. Time 1:22t
The fifth race, for all ages, mile and aquarter,
Ferg Kyle led throughout and, never being
headed, won by twenty lengths in canter;
Little Buttercup second; Tilford third Time
2:l2
The sixth race for winners, three-quarters
of mile, Captain Flaherty won by a neck. Red
Fox second; Cathcart third. Time l19
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Return Of Minnie Palmer.

New 4ork SpeciaI.
among the passengers of the Oregon to-day, In
GLIDING Minnie Palmer and her manager, John
r. Rogers. In an interview Miss Palmer said
she was glad enough to get home again There
has been nothing to offset our success abroad,
and am full of love and
enthusiasm for the English people, who
treated me in the most charming manner both
at the theater and in the homes. Everywhers
went found myself among friends, and was
taken at once to the hearts and homes Of the
people. The Scotch people were perfectly
lovely. When we gave our farewell
at Glasgow the audience Just stood
up and cheered. The American craze all
through England now is something wonderful
Everywhere | went / found people ready to
cheer for America" Miss Palmer opens in Buff
falo and then goes t o Boston and Philadelphia.
She expects to return to England next May.
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Orange COUNT Repnbllcans.

Correspondence Of the indianapolis Journal.
PAoLI, Aug 25.--The Orange county Repub-
lican convention met on Saturday last The as
semblage was large, harmonious and enthusiast
tic. A ticket was nominated which cannot and
will not be beaten, as follows Sheriff. Samuel
r. Tegarden; treasurer, George ". Campbell;
coroner, Pearson Maxedon; surveyor, VIM o.
Hardeman; commissioner, Josiah Thomas. Two
years ago every county officer was elected, and
is no doubt Of electine the entire county ticket
and, it is hoped, to give a majority for national
and State tickets. Senator Spann and Captain
Riley were posted for speeches, but failed to
annaar