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The Republican journal., 1884-12-25
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE sTATI
MIR. BLAINE'S LIBEL SUIT.


The following is Mr.. Blaine's letter to his at
torneys instrucing them to dismiss the suit
against the publishers of the indianapolis SEN
tinel, and of which mention was made last
week:
Gentlemen-Wh | requested you in Aug
last to bring suit against the publishers of the
indianapolis Sentinel TO libel | did so in the
behef that the wrong done me by that paper be-
ing entirely personal and of a domestic charac-
ter could be fairly tried and without undue in
nuence from political considerations. | confess
| was profoundly amazed TO find the matter at
once taken up and the libel reproduced with all
possible eXaggeration in avery Democratic pa
per in Indiana. Except from three members
OF the Democratic party of that State | never
heard that a word of dissent or disapproval
was spoken, while the great mass OF Democrat
lc speakers repeated the libel from every stump
in Indiana with intemporalive rancor. with gibe
and rlbald Jest. 1t was thus made. so far as
any matter of The kind could be made AN issue
In an exciting political campaign and the Dem
ocrats OF the State were thoroughly poisoned
IN their minds in regard to the question TO be
decided at law.
Under such conditions it is simply impossible
that can have a fair trial or that | can expect
any other result than hat which uniformly at
tends political libel suit growing out of an
exciting campaign in this country. If | We're
unfair enough TO desire a jury composed of my
own partisans 1 could not have it. y properly
constituted jury in Indiana would be composed
OF members of both political parties of about
equal proportions and when visited Indiana in
October | was repeatedly adv i>td that six Dem
Ocrat> could moi be found in the State who, in a
political suit would give verdict against their
leading party organ. This did not necessarily
convey an imputation upon their personal in
tegrfly a> citizens hut simply that the bindings
OF party prejudice would utterly prevent an i'm
partial consideration of The evidence submitted.
] am perfectly able TO fight the sentinel news
pdper Indiana court. but MGuIt stand
The Republican journal., 1884-12-25
The Methodist Centennial.

The Methodist Centennial Conference which
has been in session at Baltimore closed on the
18th inst with great love feast, and has issued
pastoral letter to the Methodist people in the
United States and Canada. 1t was largely
attended and very interesting gathering, and it
is particularly noteworthy that on this occasion
the Northern and Southern branches of the
church came together as one body for the first
time in forty years. There were present
representatives of the Methodist church from
all parts of the country, including the divisions
known as the Methodist Episcopal, Methodist
Episcopal Sopth, African Methodist Episcopal
African Methodist Episcopal Zion, Colored
Methodist Episcopal, Independent Methodist,
Canada Methodists and Primitive Methodists.
These branches represent almost four millions
OF members, or, reckoning as the Catholics do,
20 0.000.0O0 adherents. The object of the gather
ing was to celebrate the centenary of Method
ism although it is said that the first American
Methodist conference was held in 1773 The
earliest Methodist organization in the United
States says the Portland Advertiser, was made
by Philip Embury and other Wesleyan immi-
grants from Ireland who began to hold meet
ings in New York city in 1866. The sect rapid
ly increased, and at the first conference num-
bered 10 preachers. In 1884 there were II. 900
COMMITMENTS. So far the American Metho-
dists had been dependent on the church in
England for sacraments; but in this year Wes-
ley consecrated DR.. Thomas Coke as bishop,
ordained two itnerants AS presbyters and sent
them to America with authority to organize
the Methodist Episcopal church in America
This made the latter consolidated aud distinct
church. and it is this event which is now cele-
brated. In numbers the Methodists now lead
all other Protestant denominations. and are led
only by the Catholic church which numbers
between six and seven millions.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-25

The editors baby was not born With a silver
spoon in her mouth; but she has been the re
cipient of Christmas gift ''From the journal
force" in the shape of handsome silver mug,
and ought to be the happiest baby in the State.
The Republican journal., 1884-12-25

LAW CoLRl. Mi. Berry, Clerk Of Courts, has
received the rescript in the OF samuel Otis et
al IS. Inhabitants Of stockton. This is one Of the
many stockton cases in which e. q. Roberts. select
man, hired money while in office. The came
before the Court last April, hut Went up GA report,
The following 4 a history of the in brief IN
December, ~, Isaac 5. staples, of Brooks loaned
c. C. Roberts, chairman Of the board of ~eIectmen
of Stockton $4,000 receiving in return three town
orders Of $1,000 each. staples sold the ORDERS to
ohs & Co., indorsng them over The question was
whether the plf should 'ook to the town coy Staples
for payment The law court non suits the pluuun'
iu tli,.f nlI
The Republican journal., 1884-12-25

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The Republican journal., 1884-12-25
NO DIVORCE CONTEMPLATED.

IL is not understood by the relatives of the
Pfiina donna, Mrs. Lillian Norton Cover. in
Pennington. that any divorce from her bus-
band is pending or contemplated, but it is un-
derstood that she never intends living with her
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20


Old birds aie shy Of chat;
4 nan wont wakrn up his second child
-PhacdHphio Gail
There is nothing like the baby-Ches
ter Times. Guess you never heard fog
horn.-Philadelphia Call.
If fresh air and exercise are wholeSom e
young fathers should he healthy. The
man with fresh heir gets plenty of exer'
ciSe-PhilsdeIphia Call.
Patti IL said to have once refused an
offer OF marriage from Brigham Young. He
wanted her to sing his babies to sleep
Louisville Courier-JOurnal.
A man can't help but raise storm when
he has 10 rock CRYING baby, because in
the nature of things he is sigh-rocker,-
Cincinnati Merchant Traveller
Babies put out to die, is the heading Of
an article on baby farming. Many grown
people feel put out to die, what can be ex,
pected OF bieS?-CincinnaG Saturday
Night
There are over $4,000 locomotives in
this country and vet when woman wants
to take her baby out to give it fresh air she
has to push the coach herself instead Of
having an engine in the house 10 harness it
to.-Philadelphia Chronicle.
The eminent DR.. Parvin aihrms that ba,
bies should not be allowed to sleep with
their mothers. This announcement will
send SILVER OF CONSERVATION down the
back of pater Observation-Disclosures Free
Press
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
MODERN AND PREHISTORIC PUNs.

Easily sooted-The coal miner.-Boston
Post.
A Joint operation-CarViug chicken
Boston Post.
The heated term: "You are harF-
Boston Courier.
After the ball the end Of the whirled-
Whitehall Times.
The rivers mouth has a wateEy lip
Gouyerneur Herald.
People who try the bicycle will buy the
tricycle.. Philadelphia Call. "
The inner mana convict in jail
brakes Travellers Magazine.
A Venetian blind-A bogus beggar ION
tie Ria!to. Rochester Post-lGxgreSs.
The suffering tippler has a high-draw!'
hic-po~-~ ower.-Gouyerneur Herald.
The latest thing in psntaloons-The man
who gets up IasL-WsterloO Observer.
Did Milton ever find the pair-odice he
advertised as lost?-Apcient Chestnuts.
II is a dashed cold day for hyphen
when it fails to comnect.-New Orleans
Picayune
When bad actor is pelted with aged
eggs. does he receive an oya tiou?-Older
than Eggs.
The popular opera in Utah is The
Chimes Of Mormon day. Cincinnati
Merchant Traveller.
The man who stole Il pig aud carried If
home to roast had al artistic appreciation
Of the p;g-chew-rcsque he took.-Boston
Times.
"l'our candid date cannot be, as the
tropical fruit said when it slipped out Of
the purchasers fingers into the gutter
Philadelphia Call.
A society exchange says: skeleton bon
nets are very fashionable" We presume
they are mostly affected by deadheads.-
Boston Transcript.
Why is to-day like small pup? Be
cause it is just little doggy.-Lowell
Courier How cRnincy one be guilty OF
letting loose such dog-goue bad joke as
that without muzzling it? Butter cur,tail
your wit-Brockton Enterprise.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
ODDITIES OF OSCILLATION.

What is nv opinion Of kisses? They are
parts Of speech common to all languages.
Cincinnati Merchant Traveller.
New York girls are seen kissing horses.
Horses in New FORK are not easily scared
Louisville COurier,Iournal
Never send kisses by letter. They might
drop out and he gulped down by hungry
chicken, and just think how shocking that
would be Philadelphia Chronicle.
"Oh. shall drink or kiss? asks poet
Being a poet, you will probably kiss now
and then. but most of your time will be de
voted to nking-DrakeSs Travellers
Magazine.
The true idea of the Emma Abbott kiss
has never been caught except by the man
who tries to suck big oyster from its shell
without giving a fish flavor to his mustache
Fall River Advance.
The French kiss the forehead instead Of
the lips This custom will never obtain in
Boston, because all the girls there when
they art not reading wear their spectacles
showed up on their orehcads.-Drake )
Travellers Magazine,
Freuchmcn kiss ladies On the forehead
instead of on the lips. They do this in or
der to keep from getting chewing.guu. stuck
fast to their mustaches and because they
are fond of the ounce seed in the ladies
bangs.-Paris Beacon.
A pretty girlin New York ice cream sa,
loon had her young male assistant arrested
for kissing her too much, when the evidence
at the trial showed that he didn't kiss der
enough That's just like these girls.-Ken'
lucky State journal.
An exchange tell, the housckeepcr to
watch her lips" in cOuversing with her
servants and not take them too closely into
her confidence IL the servants are young
and pretty, the male head OF the house
should watch his lips too, and let them come
in contact with those oC-but, of course, he
wouldn't anyhow.-Norwich Herald.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

r6kt sells at 81 20 per ton in Chicago.
c<1nberland coal sells at Baltimore at
- ~ md at New York at 81.
k6heltou gas camel coal sells at New
po<k eEs at s. .25.
KhSawha gas coal sells at Newport News
ct k}le; at New York AZ 81 81.
CoAeellsyillc coke sells in Chicago at
ritkburg coke sells in Chicago at 81 IS
PEI ton
Cseneusy;llc coke sells in Buffalo y. Y,
IT - 40
Two ne L. from Tuesday the niuth an
NAL convention ofthe National A. A. o. |.
ahd VI. meets in Pittsburgh.
Tso.s,rike at the Hartman steel works,
Beae1t balls, Ba., still continues for the re-
inslatemeni.oE three men.
The efxike against a reduction Of 30 cents
per t6e ~ pudding in what is known as
Inc oia nj mill at Danvill, Pa, still con-
,;nnea. AID, - tar. the firm have failed to
eet sompsteat men 10 30 IN to work. Keep
awaf lf1in Danville.
eThe<nslcok IN South Troy is very gloomy
lfor I. larQe number OF men. They thought
fhst ai.sr 80 many short StOppages and the
! rcsunption again that for n while at least
the nQ.k NOuid De steady. Now the an
noQneenaent.is made that on August LIST the
, AlAanSan3 Rensselaer, iron aud steel mill
!, Vii sfn, dewn for two and probably three
n}n>hs becausc Of the dullneSS Of the iron
and KtA trade.
4 uniy,rsGl confederation OF window
e,nss HDrLc7s has been organized in Europe,
.coz1 I'D o. all the window glass msnutac-
.trI64 Countries in Europe and America.
m iSIiowiRg are the officers Isaac Cline,
I;1:.>4 States President: John SimeOx,
E11.8t6. Vice President; Alert DelwarTe,
Ee'z;th, General Secretary; francois Bar,
!. fr> 1&4 Treasurer All communications
ot<< - addressed to the General Secretary,
Bo1It<s. I'd Central, - Charleroi, Belgium.
k>e'6eat Cline and Andrew Burt, who
hn<. Ma in Europe for the past three
r1ot< organizing lodges Of the Knights
-of .k,ss, arrived in New York on Wednes-
4k.. hail feeders at Niles, o., are idle at
peeaf',t
{Aestrike at the Montour rolling mill
Nsn,s.h. Pa, stin continues.
Week has been resumed in the Trenton,
n. y. 0pn Company wire mill
The Laclade rolling mills, st. Louis, have
s1St I'm,
0t<<>tions were resumed in the rolling
MIL q be New Jersey Steel and Iron Com
paax s. Trenton, last Monday,
The >pllng mills Of Cincinnati are doing
11rf f,lle.
~ hail mill at Niles, o., made q mar
~ aye from destruction BY fire feS
dtE &c.
I'D has been broken for the founds.
I fe< q the tack factory to be located q
vile, Pa.
price of steel rails in Pittsburg was
works on the lsS of JangaFT. 0u
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
GAS FROM GARBAGE.
4 New Process for Disposirg OF and Utiln-
ing the City'S Refuse.
-

Nsrr York Ssn.
Julius Wodiska. q manufacturing jeweler
at No. 81 Fulton street, has a scheme to
utilize the city sgarbage in the manufacture
of Illuminating gas An experimental
demonstration was made on Monday even
ing with small ana crude apparatus. con-
strHcted in u make-SmfI way bv the inven-
tor Seventeen ounces of garbage were
placed in the jewellers smelling retort. The
stuff used consisted Of cabbage leaf 4 lit
tie bone, three cigar stumps, the end of q
cigarette, some potato Feelings, bit OF
leather, q fragment Of elastic webbing. q
dry lemon peel, bit of pineapple riue, q
banana skin, little chunk offat pork rind.
bit Of lean corned beef. egg shells, mustard
daubed bread from half sandwich. q rag q
bunch of beet tops, bunch OF dried mint
and two msggots. A gas fame driven BY
an air blast, was started under the retort in
a jewelers. smelling furnace. The steam
was driven of. and the gas began to fo~
through a cleansing battery and into q gas
ometer m ten minutes. The gas passed
through FIVE jars containing water and
slaked lime, one jar filled with charcoal, and
a Tin box filed with unslacked lime, In
thirteen minutes the garbage gas was light
ed at burner at the end Of pipe.
The lack Of proper regulation OF pressure
prevented a satisfactory result In the GARNER
part of the experiment The fame was
small and blue. A change Of burner gave
| a much larger fame, which, however, was
still blue. Much better results were 90.
tanned BY passing the new gas over small
surface OF benzine-sbsut q quart IN guam,
t;tv. The gas thus enriched burned
: brightly, with clear white fame.
! The meter registered twenty-five seet o
gas obtained from the seventeen sunces o
refuse, In addition to this some was lost
and more remained in the gasometer, and
owing 10 defect in the construction Of tina
! part ofths apparatus, cohh not be got owe
10 the netet An sxpscinent Ga . tA,g
! scale wiz b nade skQFts
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20

ery they sooA be willing to bet they
i.wooid make The thing hamp day and ntgn'
OF ssch speed as to get JUST shaving 90
il, anyhow"
Capitalists with whom they talked re
fused to be parties TO any such wholesale
attempt to change the typographical aspect
of Arizona or disturb theequiiibrium OF the
earth by picking UP the greater part OF an
IONA bodily and dumping il into Colorado.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
DIED.

HOLLIpAI-At New MartinSyile, W. Va, Fri.
day, July 18th, at p. NJ, EuGENIA PAUL., inian
daughter Of Harry B. and Ella L. Holiday, aged 4
months and IS days.
Funeral services ut residence OF J. A. Holiday,
No. 1000 Chsplins street, Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock. Interment private.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20

Fos the lip there is no brightness,
For the teeth there Is no whiteness,
Where S0z0D0NT has got no place;
But those who use it know full we'll
How bright and beautiful the spell
It throws o er man or womans face.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
Cupidity of the schemers.

Every railroad in this country knows how
necessary it is to keep an eye on its lands.
Somebody is scheming for them all the
time, Dozens of jobs have been organized
TO capture big slices Of the public domain
on which corporations of one kind and
another have fastened their grip. Every
legal point must be watched with the ut
most care, and if any loophole is left open,
some fellow who may have been waiting for
years for Just that opportunity is sure to
crawl in at it.
Not long ago two men, who looked as
though it was good while since they had
lost their grip the last time, appeared in
this town in the interest ola big copper
scheme. They had figured it all out and
there was no doubt about its success. They
had beea at work for long time in Arr
IONA on what they hoped at the beginning
would prove rich silver deposits. Hundreds
of tons of rock had been piled up, and a ton
or two had been sent to Denver to be
assayed There was little silver, little
lead and little copper; but not enough Of
either or OF all together to pay for working.
The owners hated to give up the idea that
they had a bonanza of some kind, and they
came to Denver to secure capital to put uE
machinery at their mine for the reduction
Of their copper ore. One Of the men with
whom they talked declared that it wouldn
pay; there was not enough copper in NV
/ tons of the ere to paw for working one, bu
they could not see it. They had thous
and tons in sight and, figuring on q prob
Of 81 to the ton, they were certain Of " ,OO'
! right away. They knew alsosthat the sam
Kind Of rock existed for miles around. an
|. they belieyed-it extended . mile or two int
! DE earth. and e they ceald gettha nssAiH
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
Don't Bother Him q Bit.

kdHor LdeoT IrrouSe.
BArvIEw, Wis. July Isl Just want to
say to Z. o. PedelfGrd, or any one else
whom it may concern, that the statement
made in regard to the strike st Oakland
Cal, is true in every respect and l will
prove it if necessary, Pedelfords opinion
Of me don't bother me in the least.
J. r. SCorr.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20

The Prince Of Wales Is said to be losing
nearly all his hair. This makes him both
an heir spesrcnt and . hairiess parent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
THE TINY TooTH-CUTTERS.

Experience weight NJ wisdom briuS>,
Old birds ave shy OF ehSf:
4 uan wont wakru up his second child
To SEE the iniau, laugh.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20

Large and airy ball room. First class orchestra
Grounds tasteiully laid out in shady walks grottos
&c Special inducements offered 10 parties spending
a few days while renovating their Mountain Lake
cottages. Apply 10 THEO. FELTER. Proprietor.
Also proprietor OF "Wecker's," Washington, ID. c.,
or ST. ". LAMBERT, Chief Clerk. jeltd
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20

Hoifsnsa., r,,nuery has had, for the last
iooruos I've weeks, fifty laborers steadily EN-
.ploni hauling and piEng tan-bark This
force cfmen will probably be kept at work
sssalsly for two months longer This piece
ofw0k Is a God-send to large number Of
workiagmen, who were thrown out Of en-
pio>mepi by the stOPpSge of the mills,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-08
Final Prohibition Rally,

larg audience OF ladies and gentlemen
gathered in City Hall last evening, for the
final prohibition rally before balloting today.
Among the number seated on the platform
were G. W. G. Dixon of Virginia, Rev. A. A.
Phelps of New York, Rev. Mr.. Pope of Mas
sachusetts, Hon. w. W. Thomas, Gen. Neal
Dow, Rev. D. W. LeLacheur, M. G. Palmer,
and several well known gentlemen of the city
distinguished as advocates of prohibition. The
hymn, "I'll Stand By You," sung by choir
made up from the different churches of the
city, opened the services Messrs. Bent and
Hanson, with Mrs. Bent and Miss Wiley, &C.
compauied with instrumental music. Prayer
was offered by Rev. Henry Blanchard, after
which "What Shall the Harvest Be-" was
sung.
Rev. ii. G. Munson, who presided, then
spoke of the meeting as one of twenty Of the
kind which had been held in the hall, and
called attention to the fact that many people
in other parts of the country were anxiously
awaiting the result of the vote on the amend
ment.
Hon. John B. Finch of Nebraska was then
introduced as the speaker of the evening. EMr.
Finch dwelt for an hour and half on the is
sue, involving in his discussion the evil results
of intemperance, and the importance Of plac-
ing the prohibtory law in the Constitution.
Mr.. Finch, who has done great deal of work
for the cause during his brief tour in this
State, was exceedingly we'll received last even
ing.
The meeting closed with the singing OF
America" by the audience, and the benedic-
ton by Rev. Henry Blanchard.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-08
A Great Haul of TieUor-.

Yesterday morning Deputy Marshal Crow
ell, officers Hicks and Slower, seized an i'm
mense quantity of ale and beer consisting of
twelve full barrels and sixty-three half barrel
at the Boston boat.
OF this ale and beer sixty half barrel we're
directed to R. Collins, Groveton, N. H.; five
barrels to j. II. Watson, Groveton, n. H.; five
barrels to "W'', Gorham, N H two barrels and
three half barrels to "H'', Portland 1t will thus
be seen that Of the full amount of twelve bar
rels and sixty-three half barrels, ten
barrels and sixty half barrels were in transitas to
another State, and, it is not impossible that
this amount may have to be returned, as has
been the case with ale and beer seized under
like circumstances by the Deputy Sheriffs.
The other two barrels, being marked for Port
land parties, will probably be held.
Whether the most Of this seizure can be held
or not, it was big job on the part of the po-
lice, and we are glad to see that they are ex-
erting themselves in this matter as their eff
forts will prove of great assistance to the dep
uty sheritfs in putting down the liquor traffic.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-08
warch sawyer,s Friends

Ex-Sheriff Sawyer is sending out his stickers
and his friends are coaxing Republicans to
vote for him. What has he done that he
should receive Republican votes? Is it fol
levying on the rumseller to defeat the Republi
can party? Is it for turning Deputy Sheriff
Turkey out Of Office for being q Republican,
Shall he be elected to enable his deputies tc
again draw $4,000 from the County Treasury
for no service? Is 1t because Charles II. Chase
the Tabulator, and Samuel j. Anderson cham
pions him? Give straight vote for your tick.
ct and elect True.