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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23

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The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01

The fact ia, the Republican party,
without making a noise about it. COM
menced to reform the civil service as
soon as Mr.. Lincoln was elected in
1861. Corruption in official circles
reached its maximum under the rule
of Martin Van Buren,, when the
amount of money stolen by federal
officers who handled is averaged over
eleven dollars out of every thousand.
Under Harrison and Tyler the losses
were reduced and rose again under
Polk. Pierce and Buchanan to three,
four and five per thousand. But when
the Republicans came into power the
change in honesty and efficiency was
startling. The losses of public money
in the hands of officials, nOtwithstand-
ing the waste and extravaganza of
war, fell at 0nce from $3.50 under
Buchanan to seventy-siX cents for
each thousand dollars collected and
disbursed. Under Johnson the losses
were reduced to f~ifty-seven cents per
one thousand dollars under Grant to
twenty-fOur cents. Under Hayes it
fell to three cents for every ten thous-
and dollars handled, and under Ar
thur it has fallen again to eighteen
cents for every one hundred thousand
dollars. Now let Us pause a moment
to listen to the hoarse howl ~, Demo-
cratic orators about Republican steal
ing.-ET
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
"a LITTLE %NONSHNSE."

The trouble with most baritone
singers who try to soar into the tenor
register is that they fly to parts un'
known.
NO." she said. sweetly, Il don't Oh.
ject to the smell of 4 cigar; its the smell
of the smoke l don't like. "--BurtingtOn
Free Press.
kiss me as l fall to Sleep" is the
title of a new song. 1t might work all
right with some men, but it would
wake us right up.-Burtimgton Hawk-
eye.
Among the most blessed of all the
c~ontrivances of Nature is that which
prevents a man from being disturbed
by his own snoring.-LoweH Courier.
doctors say that people would be
healthier if they ate moro onions. In
doubtcdly they would. It would keep
them from going ont nights. -Bnrting-
tan Free Press.
Care will kill u cat The care must
be exercised in taking aim. 1t is OK.
tremely difficult, however. to hit in
the dark with q bottle.-NcW Orleans
Rcdyune.
Travels in Utah-'.ls your mother
in9" asked a visitor of a little Mormon
boy who opened the door. mo,
ma'am," the little boy replied, with
tears in his eyes Che had just been
spanked), but my brothers mother is
in.'-PilaLiphia Call.
"A young man on the West Side, of
an economical turn of mind, who has
been engaged to a girl over there for
three years without ever spending a cent
on buggy-hire, ice-cream. concerts. or
any other kind Of refreshments, re-
Gently called to the front door. early in
the forenoon, and asked her with IRE
pressible Joy if she wouldn't like to 20
to a funeral.-ChtcagO Journal.
NO. said Mrs. Bounce, II don't
know as there is any real harm in
smoking-that is to say, in itself; but
when two or three men sit down to-
gether, putting at their cigars, they
seem so contented and so happy that !
fear they forget what sinful creatures
they are. There's where the harm
comes in, Mrs. Green, as I've said to
Bounce a hundred times if I've said it
nee. "-Boston Post.
An unshaven man with q couple of
black eyes, a bruised nose and a cut
lip, was escorted into the Harlem Police
Court yesterday. where Justice O'Reilly
was informed that he had made Manhat-
tanville hum on Saturday night. and
that a platoon of policemen had to sit
on him before he could be got to the
station. What do you do for a living?"
the Justice asked. Il carry the hOd,"
answered the prisoner. You are a hod
case said the Court. Ten days.
". y. Sun.
1t is announced by some person that
a chunk of dynamite carried about the
person will cure rheumatism. This
seems plausible. If q violent kick is
administered to the patient on that part
of the person where the remedy is con
cealed, it will also cure lumbago, and
in-growing nails. and consumption, and
poverty, and Bright's disease, and
melancholia, and smallpox, and unre-
c~iprocated love. and catarrh of twenty
years standing" and indigestion, and
salt rheum, and-and all the rest of 'em.
1t goes right to the spot. Beware of
c%Ountcrfeits. Mention this paper when
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

Miss Blanche Tilton. who died in
Philadelphia recently. made a request
that her remains be cremated. and tho
burning took place at the LIE Moyne
furnace.
"A Lancaster pa maiden is the last
American girl to capture a title. Miss
Florence BRENNAN will return from
Italy to her Lancaster home as the
Baroness Kapetang.-Pansburgh Post.
Madame Anna Bishop, once famous
on both sides of the Atlantic as an
operate singer. died of apoplexy in New
York recently, wherefor many years she
had lived in retirement She was born
in London in 1916.
Observation-Disclosures Gresham re-
Gently entered Philadelphia on the same
train with a base ball club. and was met
on the platform as he alighted by a 10
cal sport with: Short stop or catcher?:"
PHILADELPHIA Call.
&C. Nj. Lillian, of Lawrenceburg. KY.
has a four dollar bill issued by tho
United Colonies" of America, bearing
date of February II, 1776. 1t was re-
deemable in gold or silver bullion or
SpduiSH Ulllltu uClidtS.
Captain Hoxie, the husband of
Winnie Ream. has had absolutely snow
white hair ever since he was twenty
four, and his features are like a cameo;
the only vivid color about his face is
in his eyes, which are purple-blue.
vaetacon Baergaluba. an Italian
peanut peddler at Randolph. Mass. has
received news that he has come into
the title of Count with great posses
sions, by the death of an uncle in
Italy. The Italian Consul at New
York hunted him up.
Mr.. Spurgeon. the famous Baptist
preacher, was born ut Kclvedon, Essex,
on June 10, 1884. He settled at Water
beach, Cambridgcshire, when only sew
enteen, and in London, owe the church
now meeting in the Metropolitan Taber'
nacle, at tho early age of nineteen.
Mrs. Patience Downs, of kenne-
bunksport, Me, was found dead in bed
the other morning with II lamp burning
Mt the head of her bed and al open
Bible at her side; and eighteen months
ago her husband was found one morn
ing dead in bed with a lamp burning at
the head and an open Bible by his side.
-BOSt0n Post.
Mrs. Bertram Milford. who is a
granddaughter of the old. original,
genuine Commodore" Vanderbilt, has
created n sensation in Paris by giving q
party in which all the guests were in
menagerie makeup as beasts or birds.
and where the eats and monkeys were
especially successful y. Graphic.
f. ID. Winslow. who achieved fame
as n forger in Boston, is now a very big
man in BucnOs Ayres. owning and edit
ing the Herald of that city. He also
owns blocks of buildings. drives the
finest and fastest pair of horses in the
city, has unlimited credit, and is con-
sidered al estimable citizen.
Fanny Carter, formerly the belle of
Boston, is now Mrs. ROnalds, of Lon
don. where she is quito conspicuous in
society, and created a sensation lately
at a charitable fair by appearing in u
headdress of intertwined American and
British flags, while the skirt of her cos
tune was fringed with a set Of tiny
cooking utensils.-BOStOn Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
EnCland and Blaine.

Brooklyn Daily Times.
The Times has never had the least
doubt as TO the reasons why the Eng
fish press of New York is so bitter in
its opposition to Blaine, and SO reso-
lutte in it's determination to defeat
him.
These newspapers dare not avow
their true purpose and motives. They
pretend that they regard Blaine as a
corrupt man, although they know
that a Democratic Investigating Com
mittee virtually exhonerated him, and
that the purest and best men in the
country have been and arc his asso-
ciates and friends.
The true reason why the New
York Herald, the New York Times,
and the rest of the pro-English press
hate and fear Blaine is clearly set
forth by the London Pail Nal Ga
zette. The Gazette speaks to Eng
lish readers aud it speaks frankly.
1t says:
We own nearly one-half Of the
Northern continent; We do an i'm
mensc trade with South America ;
our treaty obligations in Central
America are considerable; and the
intervening seas are sprinkled with
British possessions. On Mr.. Blaine's
theory of the Universe all this is
wrong. The Old World has no bust
ness in the New. Or course, he does
not propose to drive US out at the
point OF the bayonet. He is not a
lunatic but a very able and shrewd
Yankee. But wherever he can he
will Dust us from the position which
we hold; wherever al opportunity
offers be will use it 10 the utmost to
replace Jul influence and our trade
by the influence and trade Of the
United States, and he will regard it
as his chief object to promote a great
American cOnfeGeracy under the
Hgis of the Government at Washing
ton, which would tend TO increase
the export trade of the United States
at the expense of that of Great Britain
This il no mere inference from his
acts. 1t is avowed in almost so many
words i'm an article which he pub
lished two years ago in a Chicago
magazine, and is confirmed by every
dispatch which he wrote during his
short tenure Of Office under General
Garfield.
Let every American citizen read
this. Cut il out and read it to your
friends and neighbors. They don't
talk any rot about Milligan's letters
over in England, for they car afford
to tell the truth.
Is it any wonder that the mob OF
pro-English dudes and Free Traders
the newspapers that are controlled
by English capital or owned by an
gifted profligaters, hate and lie about
James q. Blaine?
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
A Sum in Arithmetic.

1t was in a barber shop, and the bar
Der was rendered q two-dollar bill by
the man he had just shaved. The
drawer had been emptied Of fraction
currency. and the barber turned for re-
lief to one who sat waiting his turn.
.'Can you change MI this two-dollar
bill?' he asked.
''GuessI can-yes; I've got Just one
dollar and ninety cents. and ten cents
for my shave will make just two dol
lars. Give me the biltand here's yout
change"
The barber stood balancing the dol
lar-ninety in one hand and the two dol
lar bill in the other as if to ascertain
which weighed the most. Then the
true horror of the situation broke upon
him as he gasped: Great Sect! Do
you want me to pay you ted cents
for the privilege of shaving you. Here.
take the two dollars, and owe me twenty
cents. "-LOweH Citizen.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
~lrish.American Meeting.

Notwithstanding an effort was made
on the pert of democrats to capture or
break up the great Irish-American
meeting held in New York City the
other night in the interest of Blaine
and Logan, it proved a grand success
in every particular. The Academy OF
Music where the meeting was held
was filled by the audience, composed
in the main of citizens of Irish birth
or parentsge, and united in a happy
manner, enthusiasm and careful at
tention. The interior of the Acade-
my was generously decorated with
American and Irish flags, and trl-
colored streamers were strung from
the ceiling to the galleries. The eye
was refreshed by numerous plants on
the platform. A large number OF
distinguished persons were seated on
the stage. Among others were DIR.
w. B. Wallace, late president OF the
Irish National League, of New York,
Patrick Ford OF the Irish World, and
Jno. Dewey of the Irish Nation.
NJ. ID. Gallagher was chairman and
Z. J. O'Shaughnessy secretary. The
secretary read the principal names of
nearly 1000 prominent Irishmen in
the different states who have declared
against Clcveland's candidacy.
The chairman presented Alexander
Sullivan, of Chicago, the principal
speaker OF the evening, who when he
came on the stage was applauded and
cheercd 10 the echo, and for two hours
he treated his audience to a speech
rich with argument, satire and invec-
tive. He turned every interruption
to good account. He delighted the
crowd when a storm of misses arose At
his query: "Arc VIC turn-cOats from
British tree trade 7" he excited laugh
ter and applause by saying, "Donf
hiss. That's a bad habit imported
from the vulgar pits Of English thea
tres" A hearty response was given
10 his declaration that the democratic
party made liberty in this country
possible only As Judas Iscariot made
salvation possible.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
Mrs. blaine.

"Gath," in the N. Y. Tribune, says
Speaking OF Mrs. Blaine to a gen.
tleman a week ago, her husband said :
There is my s~heet-anchor; there is
my prop" And the friend afterward
remarked: "That is the most over
looked great woman in America. Her
character is strong. She is a Puritan,
and Washington society she will not
bend to, giving her attention to her
husband, her children, and her own
mind. While she would not think of
writing for publication, she can write
as striking a letter as her cousin, Gail
Hamilton. Mr.. Blaine is not as order
ly as she is; he often trusts his men,
DRY too much and keeps no copies of
his letters. He loses a paper some
times and gets fidgety. Wait, father
she save, perhaps l can look it up
and she seldom fails TO find it.. She
knows him thoroughly, and is in some
respects a stronger character than he.
Her humor and analysis when the day
is done and they gather around the
fire are remarkable"
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
Our Next COnsrcsssnaM.

After doing service tor bis country
npOn the field of battle, Mr.. Dorsey
came to Fremont q little over seven
teen years ago, and has since made
that city his home. BY attending
strictly TO business he has amased a
comfortable share Of this worlds
goods, and thus presents himself "a a
typical specimen of success by labor.
His interests now lay in all parts of
the Third district and none can bet
ter represent this particular locality
than he. When he goes to Washing
ton he will be found not among the
hummer element, but attending strict
ly to the business for which he was
sent. To those who know him it is
not necessary to speak. They know
him to be more than these few re-
marks tell.-Central City Courier.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
SalOOn Licenses.

EDITOR JoURNAL:-The subject j.
one requiring much thought. To
suggest a proper course, and to aid in
the removal Of difficulties is the OBJ
ject of this article.
The origin Of license is found by
inquiry to have arisen from three
considerations:
LIST. The habit once formed of So
cial drinking is to be perpetuated.
Traffic says, yes; total absiainer, no.
ID. The responsibility Of the vendor
must by some means be declared.
Traffic says, by all means. Total alb
stainer, can see no ground for exer-
else of respect.
3D.. The protection of those engag-
ed in the business must be assured
10 prosecutions for the traffic, but u
few restrictions wherein the traffic is
made safer and more profitable. Re-
strictions under n license are for the
advantage OF the saloon keeper never
for the benefi: of the community.
The wrong is done before the re-
strictivc clause begin, its work.
Traffic says. we viii! make a code of
provisions. Total absisincrs and tenn
perance men claim that the whole
business is an infringement Of the
rights of mankind and can only lead
to the gain OF the trade. \. A.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01

MR.. EDITOR The Democrat says
that the Democrats who will have the
hardihOod to vote for Blaine will be
a blue looking crowd after November
next. As an Irishman of the first
water l would ask him why Blaine's
voters should look blue? Is it be-
cause they will have the moral cour-
age TO battle for the rights and free
dom of their country which their
f%orefathers guaranteed to them by
selling their precious blood at a dear
rate to consumnlatc the purchase? For
myself, ] hope TO feel remarkably well
the latter part of November, as ], with
all other sound Irishmen, will have
the proud satisfaction Of knowing
that we have in a great measure been
instrumental in placing James q.
Blaine i'm the chief magistrates chair,
the man amongst men, who will adorn
the White House and shine as q bea-
con light to this free nation-the rays
of which will penetrate the most for
eign British dungeon, where the least
of his subjects may lie in durance
vile. Yes, Mr.. Democrut, Blaine's
lamp will shine favorably on all his
subjects. When they are set adrift in
foreign lands he will never lose track
of them. EMERALD.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01

Neigh was all 'tore up last Sa,ur-
day night over the fact that Mrs. X.
J. Earl was lost over in the sand
hills. II appears she had been out
some distance from The house 10 look
after the horse. and darkness coming
Oh she lost her way and wandered
around in the hills. When her dis
appearance WAS noted her family
were alarmed, and Charley SHARP,
who lives near. came to town and
gathered a crowd of about twenty
men, on horseback. who carrying Ian
terms, secured the hills until morning
without finding her. At aybreak
they were joined by a large number
from Neigh, who continued the
search, and about six o'clock they
found her about half way between
her house and L. B. Warmers resi-
dence, sitting in the tall grass. She
had seen the lights during the night,
but she supposed they were lirhtning
bugs. None Of the party came near
enough to her for her TO hear their
voices, or to dntiDguish them or their
horses. She was afraid Of wolves,
and stayed during The night in the
most secluded spot che could find.
--AdrOcdte.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
Correspondence.

lin this department the people talk, and
not the editor. Each writer must hold
himself ready 10 defend his principles
and his statements of facts. "ln the mul-
titude of counsel there is wisdOm."-ED.
JOURNAL.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01

at Is the first duty of a good gor-
eminent TO protect the rights and
promote the interests Of its Oscn peO-
ple."-[Republicsn Platform.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01

"7Ae pe,petaity Of a institutions
rests upon the maintenance Of a free
ballot, an honest count end correct
neutrality-suspicious. Platform.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01

1t has just been discovered that Q
negro who was hanged in Hall County.
Georgia, four years ago, for sssaulting .
woman, was inpOcent-NeU York San,
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01
And another with Gen. Grants
other declaration:


l do not know of any time
when Republican success was
more essential to National pros
prrity than at present.
These words should blaze all along
the line Of the procession. They arc
worthy OF the man who uttered them,
of the man to whom they were Ut
tered, and OF the party and the C
sion. -PhiI0. Press.
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01

No Republican marching club
should think of going into the great
procession tomorrow night without
one transparency bearing Grants
words to Blaine:
The Columbus journal., 1884-10-01

: They have been abusing yen :
: rs they did me; but they will
: elect you nevertheless.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-29
English NObIemen Who Are Deeply
Interested In 4 ME rican Agricultural
Real Estate.
Cor. Washington Herald

Cor. Washington Herald
The .arsest owner Of land b III int in re-, nj
years in this country is Sir Edward June.
Reed. VI. p. for Cardiff, Wa.'s. X" has
purchased III the last ten years ",Nlj acres
Of well selected cattl, grazing land in Mon
tara and Dakota. Sir Edward Reed is a
practical man, and th founder az h.> own
fortune which he got ont of the iron AID roii
mines Of his native Wales ami the tin mines
Of Cornwall. His investments in this com
try directed many others to our public do
main who had great conli'iancc in h;s
sagacitv. Next i'll cons, quencc is HE ur-
chase last year of 800 hD acres, con ting
mostly of pine land in the state of MiS>iS.
sippi, though included in this holding are
4R,OW acres of the finest agricultural land
on the continent, living Oh the Yazoo river
bottoms. This magnificent property belongs
to the firm Of Philips. Marshall & Co, wealthy
corn factors of Mark Lane, who are also the
largest dealers i'll American wheat and other
grains i'll England.
Next i'll consequence comes the Grant
estate. which includes an entire county il
Kansas and has within its hounds HIn.0R
acres. This probably is the most des.rall,
landed estate he'd by single wnrr il
America, rs the land is rich. well wGterrd
and settled mostly by emigration farru T.,
from England and Scotland .,lt WANDER
Grant, the owner. has lad OF all his la..d,
into farms, built about 100 <, cd farm house,
each with the necessary gu. -hu llin.s amt i,
conducting the estate just rs though 1t wa.
north OF the Chcviot> ins' cad of .ti!irr.ra
The duke of Portland Owls about sW.UoJ
e L.. l..
Nen aska. and part in Colorado. Not much
of it is Yet in cultivation. Lord Stafford
OWNS lOO,OW acres on the line Of the Northern
Pacific raili road, md he is gradually ronniz
ing it and getting it into Sci cultivation
Lord Dunraven is the pioneer If til Eng
liSh nobility i'll American land-ownine. He
bought the well known property in Colorado
called hy Kim Dunraven park in lstis and IA,
government prices. Dunravcn pari; contain.
about l0U, 900 acres The first p,iic,as, wa.
@.Vn, and subsequently 1870, acres NOR,
were added IL Is one of the lest cattle
ranches i'll America, t.iiS n lovely valley
full OF pure streams fed 10y mountain springs
rich III the best cattle growing grass known
and the whole property is fenced in by noun
tain ranges. IL is now easily worth $1,000
0oO, but Lord Dunrav,n refuses to sell it al
any price. Lord Dunmore own.
lo,tOo acres not far from Dun
raven, and very much the same character
OF land, which is rapidly importing
The duke Of Beaufort is one Of the four own
ers OF a tract of 400, 0Oa acr, recently bough,
hy English gentlemen in the Pan. Hanil,, OF
Texas and Sir John Rae Reed is another Of
them, the others Of interest being two ricl
bankers Sons. Thee are many other Eng
lishmen who have from 900 to 1000 acre,
in Colorado, Texas, Dakota and New Mexico
but those alluded to in the house of lord.
Jnly were those wis ed to speak Of"