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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1884-04-17


Some Of the newspapers of the republican
faith and Others of republican Procliy.tic>
learn with sati,f utiou chat Mr.. ridden appears
content and happy with his books and the
superb surroundings of his home, and think lac
should he lyft in the uudi~turbcd possession
aud enjoyment of them. tt Is the most natu-
rll thing in the world forthc Republicans, who
would continue ia uuais-urhcl serenity of
mind ancnt the eneolumcrtS bestowed upon
them by q psternal government, should desire
.tat Mr. Tildcn. whose shib1leth might Dc an
aggravated conditi ol Reform Turn
the raseals out. should De ieit tothc tranquil
,riovmcut OF the riches Of Grauussrsy ls,k. DO
Notwithstanding. the Indebtedness Of the Re
pubhcan party 20 ,hc colored voter hc Is. eX-
ccpt as a vo;c-. con;cmptuou>ly regarded. ],
* fresh in the minds OF AL shat Johnny Wise
testified that when colorcd legislators consult
,l him they did SO IN hi> Kitchen or backyard
and that hc also boosted himself g,rticrsun
throughout. except Tor his necessary association
with negroes" Cen Lousstrcet the Mahone
,rGcor.,ia. SAYS hc Is tired of negro leadership
The ONLY congressman NOT invited 10y PrcSi-
len, Arthur % Che white House table are the
TWO colorydmembcrs And Bily MahoacsayS
,,lly tie ~bcst' men Of his party must be sen,
to the state Convention command intended
t3 ,xclnde the coIorcd man and brother
And set. prominent republican mauipu!a-
tors are busy preparing 90 scoop in the coiorsd
voters Some II cn in these parts lately. Boss
Atkinson will see 20 10 that some Of his friends
shall cross your pathway, colorcd voter, fire.
quently twiy. now and thc election.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1884-04-17

Old Mrs. Blmkcr gives hint to- congressman
who wo,SI win The admiration ofthe rural con-
s,iucny by an apparent lively interest IN foot
and mouth diseases. She says the bet remedy
for m. foot ai7N mouth discas, is " for folks to
stay Il, home lnorc AND talk less"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1884-04-17


An exchange says that IN digging well IN
Texas sharks teeth were brought mp from a
depth of forty feet Le'Sd shark. We suppose
and it IS some comfort to know that at least one
of the genus was buried well aIs1 deep.
And now it is said Mr.. Tildcn las written the
chairman of tilc state democratic cosnreittee
positively declining To be a candidate. The
nominee. lac says must be one who can enter
"a the work Of reform with unvaying vigor
Mr. Richardson. the a>tute and reliable cor
RESPONDENT of the Baltimore Sun, recently Wis
tied Nr. Tildeu at his home and found him
,Ac picture ~ health and Tranquil. happiness.
Joshua VanSan;, city comptroller Of Bal
tanore since %, is dead-ageI 81. He
se-ved in the 23d Congress, was city ?. NJ.
'37-'4l aul mayor 10.
lie bailt the magnificent city hall and
kept The cost within theoriginal estimates
covering afterwards into the Treasury a
small balance left over frou, the last aPpro-
priation. Nothing like this has happened
before or since in the L. :.
The Virginia appeals court sustainS the
7 holders Of Richmond, Fredericksburg ard
+ Potomac Il. z. guaranteed stock in demand
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Wall Street.

Nav York, 3O.-Noon. Stocks lower
the past hour; Louisville 81 Nashville
file from 50 to S0I. The remainder OF the
list 6ecliaed Is to 1.
Stocks quite l!roDg. The highest prices
Of the day current for many share;
Louisyille and Nashville broke t. 29A
snd rallied 30 3lN. In fiasl shares Union
Pacific ross TO 493 The market closed
strong.
Governments strong, railways firm
The stocR market TO day wss dull, strong
At the opening there was an advance OF
per cent. the Thu < lines being tht
most conspicuous in the rise on account
OF an official denial Of the report that thC
Grand Trunk had withdrawn from tht
Trunk line pool. After the Louisville s
Nashville wss raised from 80 to 392z, Oh
favorable reports concerning the COM
pany. Other active shares .feil OF "a tC
II in cympathy; but later on the M 4rke
hardened and bears becoming alarmed 8
the strength exhibited anu attempted y
corner. Stocks moved up and closed t
highest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Fun In Old England.

4 pole thirty feet long AMI four OF
iye inches IN di8mater was laid down
with on, -ca'iits length secured on the
shore, tho oiasr half being over the
wafer. a. the water end of the pole
a large hog was suspended with
greahsd pig il 1t. Seven men tried
ter bqif an boar 20 get At the pig BY
walking tho creased pole. They
wopli take sIpp or two and then
tumble mead over heels into the water'
The crowd roared with laughter. FL
nally one 81 The man walked about
half the distance out and made q
Jump, 60 shat be Was able to catch
hold OF the string on the box, which
opened the tTap-door at the bottom
and let the pig into the water. Then
he had to iump into the water him
| sell, catch the pig aud bring it ashore
As the pig was creased, this was Do
| easy task: hut the fellow finally SIC
| ceeded, and walked of with the aDl'
NAL, which let everybody know 1t Wss
alive by shrieking ell it conli.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Too True to be Sad

He was busy man and she WAS,
society woman. One evening hs ,ud
denly looked up from his paper sDa
said:
"By the way didn't We have a bah,
IN this house about the time Midland
broad guage went up to Ninety.
eighth"
"Yes," she said. "O.car was bonn
the night OF the EVerin8ham recep.
ton"
boy, was it," hs said, with a sbO,
Of interest. "I had forgotten; mus
be about seven months old By tbI
time. Where is he2"
She touched bell. q servant On.
pesred. &nd she ordered Oscar to b
brought into the presence of bic sirs
Instead OF whom, the weeping nuns
appeared alone, ard with many team
confessed tina! that infant Oscar bad
bsen kidnapped in the park SIX week.
before. and that the most caIeia
ssaroh, aided by advertisements in tbs
daily pspere, had thus far failed ID
reveal bis whereabouts. Thus We sc,
that wealth is no barrier to SORROW
and even into the homes OF the riCl
and the great, trouble creeps with it
ssesl.hy tread, and sometimes break
up a whole evening OF enjoymeut.-
Darlington Hswkeye.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
An Idol cut Of Business.

LOOK here" ssys Mics l.
pointing to q niche in the inner face
OF the wall close to one OF the gate
ways, in which. amid 4 heaO OF dust
and rubbish, lies broken and delaC6d
the gi!ded head of an idol. Do you
sac that hole between the stones in
that niche. like the mouth OF letter.
box? Well, formerly rich peopia Td0
came to pray TO the image that uatd
to stsnd in the niche dropped mCng
into that hols for the poor, end IL
poor u.s. to come and take it, think
ing the idol sent it to them. Bath
and by, when the place grew old and
began to be forsakeu, there wls ca
end to these contributions; and the
minute tue poor felix's found that The
idol had left of sending them morey.
they knocked it down and broke tall
to bits"
Father strong reform measure
certainly, for such orthodox church
men; but other men besides these
Ignorant Asiatics" have been knOwr
to break their idols. quite as resdilS
when nothing more wac 20 be hope
from them. II The Manhattan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Goraon ExpeSiition.

Paris. so. - The Republiqne
FRANCHISE Gays: "The missioh ,,oI
Lord Northbrook and Geaer ~
Wolseley to Egyp., is a challenge 70
Eurone and a public assumption
hat ENGLAND has exclusive power
In EeynS. Has England cont1dereo
her sIIenetn," the paper asks, De !.
fore taking SO grave a stepk IL ~ 10 .
TO be noted THAI Egypt formed tne e
substance of the rec Mt conference
az Varsein between Bismarck ano
Bsron Decourcel, French ambassador
to Germany" :.
Montreal, s0.-The enthusiasm OF
the Caughnawag4 Indians Tor lns
Karthoun expedition is weakening.
They want q guarantees AGAIN.
death In the service and refuse u
engage longer than SIX months.
Cairo, so.-General Wood, Colone
Duncan and Major Sandwath, VIII
two companies of Egyptian troops
have arrived at Wadlhsllfa.
The Staffordshire and Berkshire
regiments are being pushed al g
the Sussex regiment, which arrives
at Madyhalfs, AS rapidly as possible
Boats are passing the Semnsh cat
aract, and are greatly helping TIT
transportation OF troops.
London. 30-rheTe are four trans
ports at Woolwich, and two at Lily
erpool, loading stores aud munitlon
for Egypt.
The transport Poonah takes IS
troops to Egypt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
The Aldermen Win.

New York, 39.-The aldermen
recently passed resolution giving
the Broad way surface Railroad the
riah5 to run street cara on Btoad-
way: 81, 100000 had been offered by
another company for the franchise;
Mayor Edison vetoed the resolution,
and an Injunction was obtained re-
straining the aldermen from passln e
the measure over the veto. Late last
evening 8 dissolution was obtained.
At Q O'Clock this morning the aldeE>
men met and pa: sed the resolution
over the May or's veto and aoj urned
a few sbsentipg themse Ives, know
| ing the meeting would be held anc
the controller did not receive the
usual notification that the meeting
would be held.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Cable Clicks.

London, 3O.-The man ot-war
Kingdsher, which has just reached
England from the Pacific, ID ordered
to be ready to sail for China.
Thes Times, giving a review OF
the recent blue books, relating to
Madagascar, says: This Is a eonclu-
sive Gisproof OF the charges OF saw
agery and elementary baroarism
brought agslnzC Madagascar by the
French.
Alden, 30.-Two hundred Abysin-
ians under Rssaloular attacked
Keren and were put to ut or route
by the Egyptian troops, only six ca
Belsrave, 30-The King of Rou
mania is visiting the picnic OF MI
Ian.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
THE PIEGANS.
wAr rhex are Starving.

Washington, 30.-In regard 10 the |
report OF the distressed condition OF |
the Piegan Indians, Acting Indian
CONAN, Ssioner stevens to day stated
that the Indian office is not to blame
for The condition IF affairs AT the
Lao. session OF G ngrefs the Commits.
aiope, requested an appropriation OF
s7b 600 for the maintenance OF THESE
Indians. This amount was, IN the
oninion of the bureau, the smallest
sum that would suffice for tne pur-
nose, but the House Gut the estlmats
down O $40 600. Tbe Senate IN :
creased the appropriation of $5o,OoO.
and this money although used. tost6e
neat advantage, ia not enough
r, feed the Indians during the yea.f.
On August 18th Agent Allen made
the following report uron the soC>
Ijecs. az ,esA 7
wrote to your Office REVERSING me
estimate for supplies made by my
Predecessor, John Young, for Inc
wear ending June so, 1855, anu
showed that the amount OF meas
estimated for was only quarter OF
the quantity req dired, and che hour
was only about third Of the quar-
ti,y req uired. He asked for B u QUO
hounds of beef gross, aud only 400
eco pounds had been pur
cha,ed-less that one fifth rations
or less than Eve OUNCES per day for
} each neraou. The -four purchased
for the current fiscal year gives less
than six ounces per day to eseh
person. On such al allowan &c,
hsvlng nothing else, how C ould they
avoid starving? l te'egraphed you
I have supplied for the present
/ needs, III wee to divide 100000
pounds of be gross by fifty-two,
I the number Of weeks ln,the ear
0 and issue only that amount the
: needs would not be met. but an.
; issuing ncte than that aud will
] continue to do SO while L have il
6 on hand for these Indiana
shall not die OF starvation while
: ave anything for them. II tins
d supply runs out the responsibility
e NAV reat where it belongs. AT PIE
pDlU EueIO Is = SICHS "Su-AAN -
berries, and these help to prevent
l. starvation, for the Indians gathel
i. aud eat them in great quantities
but the berries will soon be gone, ant
there will be nothing left but mea
and -four. 1t should be borne il
, mind that at no time since l as
u slued charge of this agency, ha'
: there been a single pound OF r!cf
e beans, homlny, oatmeal or anything
= of that kind 20 give the Indians
y Do YOU wonder that It is reporte
. they are starving? In May an
- June there were times when the
e stripped the trees end ste the inne
~ b .rk 10 keep soul and bodies to
: gether, and al the time they wer
=, =. begging for food. | at on
- time issued over 10000 pound
u OF bacon that 1 had NJ
~ receIpted for, which had been coI
W denned by The board of survey:
~ could never have done go had the
, as not been in q starving condition
ny Juet now they sra not suffering, 81
in very short time the berries wi
be gone and the supplies will RI
short and the carpenter will aga
be kept ousy making burial boxe
unless something can be done IN I'll
az way of getting them addition
nd food"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
The Libel Suit.

Indianapolis, Ind, 30.-Late last
evening The defense in the Blaine
libel suit fled q demurrer to the
complaint allegeging that it does
not set fort facts sufficient to con
stitute q cause of action. Miller and
ELAN, attorneys for Blaine, ap-
peared In court this morning, and
by agreement the argument on the
demurrer was sat for Tuesday next.
It is said the answer OF the
Sentinel company has been pre-.
pared and that the defense will not
wait to be ruled to answer by ths
plaintiffs counsel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
A Brave Sister.

Odessa, Se.-The details of the at.
tempted shooting a few days ngo, of
Col. Kitansky, chief of the gen
d'arms, this city, hitherto sups
pressed, sre now public. The motive
leading the young woman, Maria
Kalinsmaja, to attempt the desper-
ate deed was a desire fol revenge
Kitansky had sentenced her brother,
a member OF the revolutionary So
ciety, TO penal her servitude for life
The girl entered KilaEsky'S private
room and twenty minutes later
drew arevolver and fred pointblsnh
at the officer. The bullet grszed hi;
ear and before she could ire sgaiI
KiIansky seized upon and placed tht
woman under arrest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Echoes.

"There arc in this world" qnosh
Goethe, $50 few voices and SO many
echoes" and it Is one OF thu mos
discour2giag signs which can De oo-
served OF any time, that il Ia al age
Of echoes. There are so few men 10
this world who have the intelisc.nai
power OF thinking for thsmseiVe11
good, honest, original thoughts; ana
il is by isr 40 much easier to echo sne
idea, the motives and tho oonduoi o.
Others that We have got 30 our dsy 10
be largely mera echoes Of eoboes' 0,
echoes again OF these ecoosa o.
ecnoes. Tradition mecks come Oh
fashion. wh'ch in trim mlm'oEe,9,
something lying farther back un,n
the hest Of IA hardly Gnd tsmeT''y "
claim originality ter cur moss iii cs'0
| thought or action.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Tho Cyclones Track.

Evansville, Ind, SO.-The details
Of the greet storm arc coming
slowly. There was great destruc-
ton near harmony, at Carmi, Gray.
vile. MI. Vernon, Uniontown and
Henderson. Houses, timber and
crops were destroyed. In sill this
section but one lie Is reported
lost here as yet. The damage to
shipping is slight, except the CAP
sizing Of the Belmont. 1t is still
thought ten or fifteen bodies are III
the wreck. AT Uniontown the Com.
merciaI Hotel wss uuroofed; the
Opera House at Henderson was I'M
rooted, and many buildings were
injured. The loss in tnis city was
very heavy, and in the county tG
barns and crops; heavy hail injured
the corn crop. Steamers danaagee
st the lsnuing are being repaired.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Another Convention.

New York, ST. The state conven
ton OF the Greenback labor party
opened in Masonic Temple this
morning. George A. Jones, chair
msn of the state central committee,
called the meeting to order. About
100 delegates ana half as mary
spectators were present. In his
address Jones said: "rime is dis
solving the old parties and the
time is coming when this par J VIII
be placed in power that will put IN
circulation money enough to enable
a man to be his own master. Both
Democrats and Republicans made
workingmen slaves and il depends
upon them ELVES whether they con-
tinue so. The National rarty re
presents the advancing civilization
Of this age"
Alden Spencer was made temper
ary chairman, and the usual COM
Inittees were named.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Details of the Cyclones Work.
France and China-Courbets
Letter.
The Gordon ExpeditiOn-Cablt
Clicks.
A Virginia Split.

Petersburg, Va, S0.-The Brady
convention, at o'clock this morn
ing, by unanimous vote, nominated
Colonel James B. Brady for the
Forty Ninth Congress from the
Fourth Congressional district Of
Virg MIA. Brady is the United States
internal revenue collector for the
Second district Of Virginia, with
headouarfers in Petersburg. The
anil. Brady convention nominated
J. 2. Evans (colored) for Congress
Tor the Fourth district.
st. Petersburg, Va, 30 AFTER
Col. Brady was nominated by the
regular Republican convention, he
was waited upon by a committee
and informed OF his nomination.
He came into the convention at
half pat 2 O'Clock this morning
amid a storm of applause. Ia ac-
eepting the nomination, BRADY
wanted ID distinctly understood toat
he was a personsl friend OF Ma
hone and wanted no man 10 Vose
for him BRADY unless he was a
friend of Malone. Brady sal the
men who raissd the cry of political
machine methods where those who
were inebted to Malone for all they
had. there was g man who holds
high position ia this state whose
name would not cal who raised
the cry of boss rule and politics.
machine methods who was indebted
TO Malone for all be was worth
The party to whom Brady referred
was Governor Cameron. The Des'
pledge Brady has to make his col
Ored friends was his past record.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Young Men!-Read This

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Invader Payne.

Portsmouth, Ark, 3O.-Ths de-
tachmeut of United States cavalry,
guarding Paine and his Oaklshama
boomers, broke camp this morning
snd started to Fort Gibson, the
nearest point where they can oh
tain government supplies, there to
obtain further orders A petition
for q writ of habeas corpus for the
release of Payne and his men will
be presented to Judge Parker in the
United States Court to-day 10y
Payne's attorney.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-31
Somewhat Startling.

Editors Herald:
Picking up the Tribune yesterday
morning I was astonishea to lind
among it's correspondence ouch sen
timents IS these: ~ give the Nor
mon people, apart from their church,
credit for being as orderly, law
abiding and induetrioas a class as
can he found anywhere in the
United States" 4 - 81 trust
that with our increased facili-
ties for education, the DAY is
not far distant when they will
throw off the YOKE of bondage,
and enjoy all the rights of Ameri-
can citizens =" = ssL hope
great deal from the Mormon people
that is, the conservative class. who
are the possessors CT the principal
wealth of the Territory, outside OF
the non-McrmoDs; that class are no
execution to the mOned class the
world over, as 20 being tbs NEST
conservative class OF the com.
mdnlry; the class who ara the most
deeply interested in having the laws
of the country obeyed, and who
are the grestest loseTE by any re-
sis; ance to law" = So long as we
cry out against the discrimination
of the railroads and depend on OUT
side parties to make us great and
nrosrerous, and remain insc i've our
selves, petitioning Congress for n
Legislative Commission to put down
Che Mormons, and publishing tc
the world that everything in
Utah is ripe for rebellion
against the laws, just so long
will we keep away men OF energY
and capital, who would, with tnt
inducements we have to offer them,
| if they ielt that their interests
would be safe, CONS and join witt
us in making US and thsmselye!
rich and powerful"
TO read in the columns OF tt'
Salt Lake TTi5ufae, such sentiment
; "a these 10 enough to take ava.
ones breath, but I assure y0i
, that they ara there. just im'gln
, for q moment the eifec
OF such words az the9ei OF tiem
selves, they have no particular furcs
becsuse Of the tai company il
Ehich they appear; but suppose I'll
TYi6nae hsd been guided by th
D +ams common sense as is redeets
Q by the corFespnndens,sw - Oil
d fsreut state nf Affairs VS. would nav
= q h2d in Utah.
i OF course, the Tribune has nj
I been the only bar 10 pr0gieas, but
G hiss certainly been ons Of the mo-
n-ominent CUES. La Its seiashnes
ali in hes had III view was the sci
ING Of the paper, no matter at VIII
= aTne 3se "a the country. Rsth'
a imam that d sensation and Il
. onnorsunity of selling theusar
- AZ tTss. should be lost, ths interes
n of The territory might be damag'
3 to any extent. Is this a change
ii Sssrt or was 1t an accident?
III ne'ah' FACT